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When students start college, they often don’t think about all the fun and interesting courses that are available. Students occasionally rush through prerequisites and required courses to graduate, and we often don’t pause to peruse the course catalog. Hidden deep within Gulfline are courses about magic, religion and witchcraft; desire and pop culture; and the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Professor Mike McDonald of the division of ecological students said he decided to develop a course on the topic of magic, witchcraft and religion because he is especially interested in sacred religious journeys and pilgrimages. One of the different pilgrimages he finds interesting is the annual haj that Muslims make to Mecca and the continuous pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. “But one of my favorites is the annual pilgrimage to the town of Esquipulas in Eastern Guatemala,” McDonald said. “This is one of the most important Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites in the New World.” “Each year more than a million people, most of whom are indigenous Guatemalans, Hondurans and Salvadorans, travel to visit the site on or around the annual feast day of Jan. 15,” McDonald said. “Pilgrims come to visit the Black Christ and/or to eat the curative tablets made from the consecrated clay taken from the grounds on which the Basilica is built.” The super-natural and unknown may not interest everyone, so Kim Huff, a professor in the department of communication and philosophy, offers a course in desire and pop culture that may attract students. Huff said she thought of the idea for the while composing her dissertation. “My dissertation research focused on what psychoanalytic theory could teach the rhetorical discipline about social change,” Huff said. “The discipline of rhetoric and psychoanalysis are typically at odds and I wanted to try to build a bridge between the two.” Huff said the one element that stood out to her the most was the negative public reactions to some actions for social change that psychoanalytic theory shows to actually be good actions. “I like to also focus on the ways that we are manipulated by pop culture in ways that we could never know,” Huff said. Also, according to professor Huff, this is a very new and burgeoning direction in the communication discipline. “I definitely hope to explore this in other classes in the future, although I’m not sure exactly how they will take shape at this time,” Huff said. Then there are courses available to students that are odd and baffling. The course in question is called “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” co-taught by professor Miles Mancini, professor Eric Otto and professor Sam Walch, who all belong to the department of communication and philosophy; and professor Andrew Wilkinson of the division of ecological studies. [ ] The student newspaper at Florida Gulf Coast University President Bradshaw will be accepting the Climate Leadership Award on behalf of FGCU at the third annual Climate Leadership Summit of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) on June 21-22 in Washington D.C. “Winning this award brings our commitment to sustainability back to the forefront of people’s minds and motivates us all to continue the great work that is being done here on our campus and in the community,” the Coordinator of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, Kathleen Crawford said. Sustainability is embedded here at FGCU. It is a major part of the mission as well as the university’s strategic plan. “We have it in our learning outcomes, our service-learning activities, our operations, our research, our student activities and in the examples that FGCU sets and the leadership FGCU provides both locally and globally,” Crawford said. “We are charting a path, learning along the way and sharing what we have discovered.” FGCU and 10 other institutions beat out nearly 700 institutions of higher education to win this award. “FGCU has been striving not just to educate students in issues related to sustainability, but also to weave sustainability across our operations such as reducing energy costs, cutting transportation and conducting solutions- based research,” Crawford said. Also, the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education has provided leadership and active participation to United Nations programs in sustainability, including education and implementation of the Earth Charter, Crawford said. The Environmental Health and Safety department participates on committees and boards for the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association, the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment and the Academy for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Various faculty and staff also assist in both local and regional efforts towards energy efficiency, reduced transportation emissions, water management and community development. The Center also hosts two key lecture series to address environmental concerns and promote awareness. One lecture series is the Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture. The RCD is a signature event of the Center, which works to bring public intellectuals to Southwest Florida to discuss issues close to the university, according to the Center’s website. These issues include: sustainability, ethics, democracy and literature. This year, the Center is excited to be hosting the acclaimed American Poet, Mary Oliver. The second lecture series is the Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue. Past events have included Ocean Conservation and Sustainability, E-waste and Ethics: Where do Blackberries Decompose? and Young People, Communication and Sustainability, also according to the Center’s website. The Center is also affiliated with the Earth Charter, Orion Grassroots Network and National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program. In addition, every student at FGCU is required to take University Colloquium and must participate in 80 hours of service-based learning prior to graduation. In 2010,students completed 132,451 total hours of service-learning. This year, FGCU went over the 1,000,000 mark in total service-learning hours since its inception in 1997, according to an article by Crawford on www.planetforward.com. “This award is recognition of FGCU’s leadership not only on campus and in our local community, but in regional, national and worldwide efforts towards sustainability,” Crawford said. and the
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When students start college, they often don’t think about all the fun and interesting courses that are available. Students occasionally rush through prerequisites and required courses to graduate, and we often don’t pause to peruse the course catalog. Hidden deep within Gulfline are courses about magic, religion and witchcraft; desire and pop culture; and the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Professor Mike McDonald of the division of ecological students said he decided to develop a course on the topic of magic, witchcraft and religion because he is especially interested in sacred religious journeys and pilgrimages.
One of the different pilgrimages
he finds interesting is the annual haj that Muslims make to Mecca and the continuous pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
“But one of my favorites is the annual pilgrimage to the town of Esquipulas in Eastern Guatemala,” McDonald said. “This is one of the most important Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites in the New World.”
“Each year more than a million people, most of whom are indigenous Guatemalans, Hondurans and Salvadorans, travel to visit the site on or around the annual feast day of Jan. 15,” McDonald said. “Pilgrims come to visit the Black Christ and/or to eat the curative tablets made from the consecrated clay taken from the grounds on which the Basilica is built.”
The super-natural and unknown may not interest everyone, so Kim
Huff, a professor in the department of communication and philosophy, offers a course in desire and pop culture that may attract students.
Huff said she thought of the idea for the while composing her dissertation.
“My dissertation research focused on what psychoanalytic theory could teach the rhetorical discipline about social change,” Huff said. “The discipline of rhetoric and psychoanalysis are typically at odds and I wanted to try to build a bridge between the two.”
Huff said the one element that stood out to her the most was the negative public reactions to some actions for social change that psychoanalytic theory shows to actually be good actions.
“I like to also focus on the ways that we are manipulated by pop culture in ways that we could never know,” Huff said.
Also, according to professor Huff, this is a very new and burgeoning direction in the communication discipline.
“I definitely hope to explore this in other classes in the future, although I’m not sure exactly how they will take shape at this time,” Huff said.
Then there are courses available to students that are odd and baffling.
The course in question is called “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” co-taught by professor Miles Mancini, professor Eric Otto and professor Sam Walch, who all belong to the department of communication and philosophy; and professor Andrew Wilkinson of the division of ecological studies.
[ ]
The student newspaper at Florida Gulf Coast University
President Bradshaw will be accepting the Climate Leadership Award on behalf of FGCU at the third annual Climate Leadership Summit of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) on June 21-22 in Washington D.C.
“Winning this award brings our commitment to sustainability back to the forefront of people’s minds and motivates us all to continue the great work that is being done here on our campus and in the community,” the Coordinator of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, Kathleen Crawford said.
Sustainability is embedded here at FGCU. It is a major part of the mission as well as the university’s strategic plan.
“We have it in our learning outcomes, our service-learning activities, our operations, our research, our student activities and in the examples that FGCU sets and the leadership FGCU provides
both locally and globally,” Crawford said. “We are charting a path, learning along the way and sharing what we have discovered.”
FGCU and 10 other institutions beat out nearly 700 institutions of higher education to win this award.
“FGCU has been striving not just to educate students in issues related to sustainability, but also to weave sustainability across our operations such as reducing energy costs, cutting transportation and conducting solutions-based research,” Crawford said.
Also, the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education has provided leadership and active participation to United Nations programs in sustainability, including education and implementation of the Earth Charter, Crawford said. The Environmental Health and Safety department participates on committees and boards for the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association, the American College and University Presidents’ Climate
Commitment and the Academy for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Various faculty and staff also assist in both local and regional efforts towards energy efficiency, reduced transportation emissions, water management and community development.
The Center also hosts two key lecture series to address environmental concerns and promote awareness.
One lecture series is the Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture.
The RCD is a signature event of the Center, which works to bring public intellectuals to Southwest Florida to discuss issues close to the university, according to the Center’s website. These issues include: sustainability, ethics, democracy and literature.
This year, the Center is excited to be hosting the acclaimed American Poet, Mary Oliver.
The second lecture series is the Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue. Past events have included Ocean Conservation
and Sustainability, E-waste and Ethics: Where do Blackberries Decompose? and Young People, Communication and Sustainability, also according to the Center’s website.
The Center is also affiliated with the Earth Charter, Orion Grassroots Network and National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program.
In addition, every student at FGCU is required to take University Colloquium and must participate in 80 hours of service-based learning prior to graduation.
In 2010,students completed 132,451 total hours of service-learning. This year, FGCU went over the 1,000,000 mark in total service-learning hours since its inception in 1997, according to an article by Crawford on www.planetforward.com.
“This award is recognition of FGCU’s leadership not only on campus and in our local community, but in regional, national and worldwide efforts towards sustainability,” Crawford said.
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Lee County Commission District 2 Candidate, Cecil Pendergrass: Do you like politics? Do you want to get firsthand experience working for a political campaign? Candidate Pendergrass is looking for energetic political science majors or students good at public speaking to work on the following areas: Canvassing neighborhoods, attending political forums and debates, meeting and greeting voters, providing, introductions of candidate at public events, distributing campaign materials, placing signs in the communities, and representing candidate at poll locations on election day. Contact Candidate Pendergrass at 239-994-7922 or by email at [email protected] to discuss this opportunity.
Kleist Health Education Center: Needs volunteers to help with their 2nd Annual 5K Fun Run on Sept. 29, 2012, which starts at 8:30 a.m. Duties include keeping track of the time when runners finish, registering runners when they arrive, and setting up facilities. Contact Diane Odeh at (239) 590-7459 for more information.
Educational Homestay Program: We are looking to place foreign exchange high school students from Spain with volunteer host families this summer, July 5-30. These visiting young students are looking to improve their English language skills and experience American culture and family life. Host families are asked to provide a bed for the students to sleep in, an extra plate at the table, transportation, and a warm, welcoming environment. FGCU Students from the host families can earn a MAXIMUM of TEN (10) service-learning hours for their hosting! You can earn more service hours by helping Educational Homestay Program plan and execute their sponsored events. For more information please call: Don Murray (239) 707-3204; [email protected]
City of Naples City Parks: We are looking for FGCU students to assist at either their all-day or half-day Children’s Summer Camps which run between June 11 and August 17. You do not have to volunteer for the entire summer. Available volunteer duties include: both indoor and outdoor work; physically active work; working directly with children and assisting the staff. Prior experience with children’s education or environmental education is helpful. Shift lengths vary according to program. Training for positions is approximately two hours. Fingerprinting and drug screening required (at City of Naples expense). Contact Mary Echols at (239) 261-4290 or send email to cspreserve@centurylink.
net.
Caloosahatchee Riverwatch: They are hosting a service-learning day at LaBelle Nature Park (440 Fraser Ave. LaBelle, FL) this Saturday, June 16 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Come and help remove exotic plants, clear walking trails, and install Plant ID markers. Bring your own gloves and pruning shears if you have them. If not, they will be provided. RSVP to [email protected] or call (916) 753-4717.
Happehatchee Eco-Spirituality Center: Needs volunteers to assist in the reopening of the facility. Ongoing service learning opportunities are available every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. List of duties and activities include trash clean up, scrap metal organizing, potato vine and other exotic species removal. If you have carpentry skills they are looking for you! There are opportunities for repair and maintenance as well. Contact Erika Cooper at [email protected] or visit their website at http://www.happehatchee.org/ for more information.
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park: Are you computer savvy? Do you want to help the environment while staying indoors? Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park is looking for students for two projects. For the aspiring filmmaker or amateur videographer, they are looking to make a film about the park and its history. For those without video skills, they are looking for a student to establish and set up a master email list in their new system. If interested contact Donna Young at [email protected] or (239) 597-6196.
Estero Bay Preserve State Park: Enjoy the outdoors? Ever feel like we have a huge impact on the environment? Are you ready to make a difference and need service hours!? Well, then come volunteer at the Estero Bay Preserve State Park! Close to FGCU, off of Corkscrew Road and 41. For more information, contact Scott Stimpson at [email protected].
Lakes Regional Park: Help with a program for children’s tours of the gardens from 3:30–5:00 p.m. on a weekday or Saturday at 9 a.m. Concepts that may be included are: importance of plants to the earth, plants and insect interdependence, kinds of propagation, composting and nutrients, ability of plants to filter water. Contact Susan Moore at [email protected] or 239-481-7845.
FGCU Food Forest: This student-run botanical garden highlights tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida and is right here on campus! They need students
to help on most Fridays between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Contact them before you go at [email protected]. Come prepared with a water bottle, sun protection, a snack, your service learning sheet, and a positive attitude!
ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization): Help out with agricultural development. Fill out a volunteer application at www.echonet.org. For questions, contact Ruth at [email protected].
Koreshan State Park Historic Site: Students welcome every Wednesday at 8 a.m. Simply show up on time at 3800 Corkscrew Road, the gate opens automatically at 8 a.m. Long pants, closed toed shoes are required, they suggest water and gloves.
Heartland Gardens: Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? They have a 1,700 square-foot raised labyrinth and they’re landscaping the entire acre with edible plants. Help with your financial expertise, business background, economic background, bookkeeping and data entry skills, public relations or communications background, or assist with newsletters, e-blasts, or grant writing. Contact Andrea at [email protected] or call 239-689-4249.
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: Numerous opportunities! Contact [email protected] or call 275-3435.
Naples Botanical Garden: Horticulture gardening starts at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday and includes weeding, potting, moving plants, digging, raking, sweeping, clearing debris, etc. Wear closed toe shoes. No shorts or tank tops. Bring water. Wear sunscreen. Bring work gloves if you have them. Looking especially for groups of students on Fridays. No last minute requests. Give four to five days of lead time. If you commit, then can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at [email protected].
Rookery Bay: Help give out literature, talk to visitors about the Learning Center, or assist with children’s crafts. Contact Susan Maunz at [email protected] or call 239-417-6310 x412.
Sustainable Living and Interconnected Education (SLIE): So much of what needs to be done will be decently challenging labor, digging, building raised garden beds, constructing water-capturing vessels and their gutters. Contact Hunter Preston at [email protected] or 239-245-3250.
Lee County Sheriff’s Youth Activities League: Help now
through summer! Thursday at 3 p.m. at the board meeting, or flyer creation on Thursday from 3–5 p.m., or telecommute phone via Skype. Contact Katie at 239-898-6090 or [email protected].
Bonita Springs Assistance Office: Help this primary social service agency and serve the community in assisting needs of clients, enhancing public speaking presentations, or writing informational materials. Contact Maribel Slabaugh at [email protected] or 239-992-3034.
Education for Collier: Would love strong, committed volunteers! Workshops in the Take Stock Program needs students to help in the ACT testing areas of Math, English, Reading, Writing and Science to help every week. Sessions held at Grace Place in Naples. Choose Monday or Tuesday evening from 6–7:30 p.m. Contact Linda Morton at [email protected].
Uncommon Friends Foundation: Are you a history buff? Become a tour guide in a Georgian Revival-style home located on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River in Downtown Fort Myers. Contact Christine Forbes at [email protected] or 239-337-0706.
Grace Community Center: We have a multitude of opportunities! Help with an afterschool program for at-risk high school students, tutor to GED seekers, thrift store assistance, or serve food to neighbors in need. Contact Cheryl Wilcox at [email protected] or 239-656-1320.
Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT): Second Act Thrift store needs help. The benefit of volunteering is a 50 percent discount. Also, need someone to help this nonprofit agency with a marketing plan for the next two to three months. Contact Honara Jacobus at [email protected] or 239-939-2553.
YMCA: Help coach basketball, soccer, flag football or assist with events. Contact Lisa at [email protected].
Take Stock in Children: Become a mentor! Few bonds in life are more influential than those between a young person and an adult. Take Stock in Children needs mentors for Caloosa Middle School, Dunbar High School, East Lee County High School, Fort Myers High School, Ida Baker High School, Lehigh Senior High School. Call 239-337-0433.
Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved. You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”
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Eagle News highlights the photography of our readers. Send your best pictures — of events, vacations, scenery, wildlife —
whatever you’d like. If your photo is picked, you’ll receive two free tickets to Regal Cinemas in Gulf Coast Town Center.
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Supporting yourself through college can be difficult. Fortunately, Career Development Services at FGCU offers assistance for students seeking work. Using their services, students can learn valuable information about applying for work in today’s job market.
Career Development Services recommends StudentCentral.com as the first option for students looking for work. Students can upload their resumes and send the resumes to potential employers. The site displayes
various jobs, from retail to law and accounting firms, and is updated daily.
Amy Scott, training and development cordinator at Career Deveolpement Services, advises students to conduct more thorough research when they are offered an interview.
“Students sometimes have a lack of understanding for what they’re interviewing for. Employeers want applicants to know when the company was founded. The company mission, their organization’s mission, the number of employees, their current buisness situation, who are their clients,” Scott
said. “There are five to ten classic interview questions. For instance, ‘Tell me about your self?’ Students may go, ‘I have three brothers...’ They will go into not relevent information rather than say, ‘I’ve done this. And this is how it relates to this job.’”
Scott also advises students to network with friends to find employment. Charles Duffee, a sophmore majoring in athletic training, is a part-time aviation technican for Future Aviation, Inc.
“One of my friends saw their ad and said, ‘Hey, there’s a job opening and I’ve done this work before with my dad.’ I called them
and set up an interview and they instantly hired me based upon my credientials,” Dufee said.
While happy to be receving a paycheck to support his college lifestyle, Dufee finds himself exhausted putting in 25 to 30 hours a week at work, tending to his college courses, and maintaining an active social life. Wynter Rose, a freshman majoring in marketing, understands this predicament.
Rose is a professional figure skater who has participated in the SunValley Ice Show for the last three years. While competing in shows with notable figures such as Oprah and Warren Buffet
in the audence, Rose finds it hard to juggle everything too. She currently works part-time at Banana Republic and for a non-profitorganization that collects donations for military veterans.
“I work for my meals, extra curricular activities and sorority bills. I’m used to skating two to three hours a day,” Rose said. “I haven’t skated in two weeks because of work and school. I want to own my own clothing line, so I find it stimulating to be in that kind of enviornment.”
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Mancini is the zombie expert, Otto is the robot extraordinaire, Walch speaks of war and destruction, and Otto is the time travel/environmental aficionado.
The course is offered this fall and spring 2013 on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m.
“We don’t teach a course on how to prepare for the apocalypse,” Otto said.
However, the professors said some students do actually believe in the apocalypse.
“It’s a critical thinking course and the apocalypse is sort of an organizing theme,” Mancini said.
Each theme—zombies, war,
robots and technology and time travel and the environment are segmented into three weeks and co-taught by each professor, though one particular professor will take the lead during their respective section.
“Each professor has a three week segment where they are the team leader while they’re covering their theme, but the rest of us are also involved,” Mancini said.
For the first week, reading assignments are given and lectures in class enforce those assignments.
For the second week, a film is chosen to reinforce the criteria from the readings and lectures.
For the third week, tribal
meetings and tribal councils are set in motion.
“It’s like an apocalyptic UN,” Walch said.
Certain tribes are allotted certain things like food and medicine, and they must then debate how they are going to work together or with other tribes during these tough apocalyptic times, said Mancini.
“They have to negotiate in order to try to survive each disaster that we present to them,” Mancini said. “We also present certain ethical dilemmas, such as the theme of humanity and zombies.”
Should you kill all the zombies? Enslave them? You have the power to decide.
“Another theme is self-reflection,” Walch said.
“We want students to be able to look at these futuristic or apocalyptic films and literature and understand that it’s not really about the zombies taking over,” Otto said. “They’re really stories about us and how we treat ourselves and other people.”
There is also the theme of exploring new ideas and trying to grasp them.
“The idea that the world is a very complicated place and sometimes it can be hard to understand doesn’t mean that a certain idea is stupid or wrong,” professor Walch said. “Things change, things are different. They are not just stupid or dumb just
because you cannot understand it.”
The course makes you think about your ties to technology and the way it can run your life.
It also makes you ponder the environment.
Professor Wilkinson’s theme of time travel propels students into the future.
“Students can see what the consequences of environmental disasters may be like in the future, but I don’t want to scare them into thinking its going to be tomorrow,” Wilkinson said.
When Eagle News asked students at the end of the fall semester if they were worried about the world ending in 2012, not one student seemed preoccupied (see below). That carefree attitude may have changed with recent zombie apocalypse rumors running rampant.
The Center for Disease Control got the attention it wanted on how to prepare for an emergency, just not in the
manner they expected. The CDC published a zombie preparedness guide as an unusual way to get the public to learn how to prepare for an emergency, but this unknowingly coincided with bizarre acts of violence that happened around the country.
The theories of a zombie apocalypse began when Rudy Eugene tried chewing off the face of a homeless man in Miami late on May 26.
The idea of such a catastrophe grew when a man in New Jersey stabbed himself, cut out his own intestines and threw them at
police. Due to the odd incidents
and the untimely publication, the CDC was forced to make a statement saying they aren’t aware of any impending attack.
“CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms),” wrote agency spokesperson David Daigle in an email to the Huffington Post.
Even after being reassured by the CDC, some FGCU students aren’t convinced an attack can’t happen.
“I don’t think it’s as far-fetched or as much of a joke as people are making it out to be. Diseases and such can do very weird things,” said freshman Carol Diaz. “I am not talking full-fledged attack like in some movies, but I think it’s obvious that ‘zombie’ behavior can happen.”
One FGCU student agrees with the CDC saying the theories behind a zombie apocalypse are ridiculous.
“I mean, come on. I don’t know anybody who is actually scared of a real zombie apocalypse happening,” said freshman
Christy Johnson. Despite the confusion and
apprehension it caused, the CDC is still publishing its “Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic” graphic novel. The novella can be downloaded or ordered through the CDC’s website: http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies_novella.htm.
With the year 2012 inching near, some may be on the edge of their seats anticipating the end of the world.
It’s not uncommon for many to be unfamiliar with the Mayan prediction that the world will end in 2012. Even though it has been a juicy topic of discussion and debate, the truth will be revealed within the next year and, surprisingly, many FGCU students say they are not the
slightest bit uneasy about it.Senior community health
major, Kacey Herrin, said she thinks the Mayans ran out of room on their rocks.
The moment of truth on that “final day” of Dec. 21, 2012 will be nothing short of interesting.
After interviewing ten random students at the university, not one said they were worried about the possibility of the world coming to an end.
“I don’t believe it,” biology major Halie Keller said.
Keller believes that the fact that today we have advanced technology and yet no one can
predict the future, then people thousands of years ago didn’t have it any better.
“There’s been research showing that they were hundreds of years off on other things so that leads me to believe they are hundreds of years off about the world ending.”
Michael Hardy, senior finance major, said he won’t be doing anything out of the ordinary on the days leading up to Dec. 21.
“I’ll continue with my normal schedule: school and work,” he said.
Herrin said she’ll be doing the same.
“I’ll probably go to a party just to celebrate with the rest of the idiots,” she said. “Why waste a good party?”
However, Hardy said he believes the Mayans were accurate about some things.
“I think they were right in stating that the planets and stars will be aligned in a unique way, but I don’t think it’ll be the end of the world,” he said.
As for student Lauren Barbush, a senior double major in sociology and criminal justice, she said she has mixed feelings on the issue but still showed no worry.
“Who knows when the last day will be,” Barbush said. “I believe it’s important to not think about this “impending doom” that may or may not be coming, but to think about it as living every day as if it were our last.”
Barbush ended her interview by cheering, “Bring it on, Mayan calendar.”,
In nearly a year the myth of the Mayan calendar will either prove itself or be a bust. Until then the controversy continues.
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Cynthia Rubio traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos for nearly the whole month of May. The junior, who is majoring in communication and Latin American studies, left the states on May 8 and came back on May 21.
“The trip to Ecuador and Galapagos was by far a life-changing experience. I could not have imagined a more diverse group of people,” Rubio said. “We had biology majors, civil engineers, math, anthropology and communication.”
Rubio says the diversity made the trip all the more special.
“Although we were all so different, it made the trip just
perfect,” Rubio said.Rubio says the trip was a one-
of-a-kind experience; however, snorkeling and swimming with sea turtles, white tip reef sharks, sea lions and penguins is something she says she will never forget.
“Zip-lining through the cloud forest in Quito was also extremely fun,” Rubio said. “Although, once or twice I thought, ‘This is it,’ as soon as I would get to the other end, I could not wait to do it all over again!”
The adventures did not stop there.
“We literally hiked to the top of a volcano. The view from the top of Sierra Negra Volcano was spectacular. Once we were all up there, we thought, ‘Holy crap, we are on the edge of a freaking
volcano! And that’s not fog…those are clouds!’”
The group was offered four courses to study during their stay: History and Politics of Latin America, Colloquium, Latin American Environments and Natural Selection.
According to Rubio, during the History of Politics of Latin America course, the group got to be part of an oral history project that meant interviewing natives from Puerto Ayora about their experiences in the Galapagos.
The group also got to put on a play for kids at a local school.
“That was one of the most amazing experiences,” Rubio said. “Just interacting and laughing with the kids and watching them draw, the many methods they use to take care of the environment,
was so unique.”Colloquium overseas isn’t
much different from Colloquium at FGCU. Both groups get to enjoy sizzling temperatures.
“That group got to work extremely hard, under ridiculously hot temperatures,” Rubio said.
The group’s job was to clear the field from mora, branches that have pointed thorns infested with fire ants, so native trees could be replanted.
“We all have scars from there,” Rubio said.
According to Rubio, during the Latin American Environments course, the group had to keep a journal and write about the interaction between humans and the environment.
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was Natural Selection. Although Rubio did not take this course, she says it was concerned with Evolutionary Biology.
Rubio said she learned a lot about conservation and sustainability during her stay in Ecuador and the Galapagos.
“I became friends with a bunch of crazy people, but most importantly, I learned that if you are determined and 100 percent committed to something, you will accomplish it.”
Students interested in a faculty-led study abroad program like this experience should visit the international services page at http://www.fgcu.edu/International/StudyAbroadMain.asp.
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This is my introductory entry so you all can get an idea of what this blog is going to be about. Before I delve into the details, fi rst let me introduce myself.
My name is Arcadia and I am a recent graduate of FGCU (go Eagles!). I caught the travel bug quite some time ago, and for the past two years, I have have been planning the biggest trip of my life to-date. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!
I have been planning it for so long that at times it doesn’t seem real that
I will be leaving the states tomorrow.This summer, for two and a
half months, my sister and I are going to be backpacking through Europe before ending up in London for the 2012 Olympic Games. Holy excrement, I am so freaking excited!
I have never been to Europe (or the Olympics), nor have I ever done backpacking. For the most part, we will either be staying in hostels or CouchSurfi ng (which neither of us have ever done). I’m a little nervous, but I am really looking forward to trying both of these and meeting new people. It should be awesome.
So, a brief on our trip itinerary.
We will be going to Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, North Ireland, England and Scotland in that order.
The number of cities and the length of time we will spend in each country varies. For example, in Italy, we will be touring fi ve or six cities and staying for about two weeks. But in Austria, we are only going to go to one city and stay for three or four days. It is going to be awesome!
I am planning to update this blog once a week, but I have no set day for when that update will happen, so sorry in advance. Each post will be about where we have been that week,
what we have seen/done, people we have met, etc.
If anyone has any tips, advice, ideas, questions, or anything else, PLEASE let me know. I welcome all forms of help and love to hear from others who have done anything like this or have been to any of these places. Other then that, I hope you all enjoy the blog and talk to you all in a week.
Bon voyage!Arcadia
Today marks my sister and I being in Europe (specifi cally Italy) for one week, so here is the new update.
So far, we have been to Rome, Pompeii and Florence, where we are currently. We stayed in Rome for fi ve days, Pompeii for one and we will be in Florence for a total of three days, though our last one is a travel day.
It has been amazing! We have seen so much stuff and done a lot of walking. Rome was without a doubt our biggest exploration destination so far. We saw Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel, the Basilica, St. Peter’s Square, Castel Saint Angelo, Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Campo di Fiori, the Trevi Fountain, the Colloseum, ruins near the Colloseum, random ruins in the city and a few other places with names I cannot remember off the top of my head. I’m at an Internet cafe and don’t have my map with me, so this is all from my memory. Next time, I’ll be sure to remember a list.
All of it was amazing, but I particularly liked the Basilica, the Colloseum and Castel Saint Angelo. The Basilica blew my mind with how big it was and how much money must have gone into its decorating.
In Pompeii, we saw the Ruins of Pompeii, of course. It was a really interesting experience to walk through the streets of ancient Pompeii and see everything as it must have been before the eruption of Vesuvius.
They even had moldings of two people who had been unearthed during the excavation, and you can see their expressions and body language
at the moment they died. It was sad, but not as intense as I thought the whole thing would be.
Today, we explored Florence and saw David, which was really cool. I had no idea the statue was that big! I thought it was human-size, but it was huge. We also saw Santa Maria del Fiore, which is this giant Basilica and tower. I wish I had thought to count how many steps we climbed to get to the top of that dome, because it was outrageous! Holy cow, my thighs were on fi re. The view at the top was worth the effort because we could see all of Florence, and it was beautiful. It was so cool to see the city before me and the mountains hemming it all in on the horizon.
Our accommodations have been just as wonderful as the sites and cities we’ve seen. We have stayed in everything from four-star hotels to couches in a stranger’s living room.
For the most part, we have been using CouchSurfi ng.org, Hostelworld.com and Booking.com. All have been lifesavers and great resources for fi nding cheaper places to stay, which is great for our budget. Even the four-star was only 61 euros for two people, with breakfast included.
I also need to thank Armando and Beppe for making our fi rst ever couch surfi ng experience so great. They are both amazing people and excellent cooks. The food they made us the two nights we were with them was hands-down the best I have had this entire trip thus far.
I have to say I was expecting more from the food here, but it’s really just like the pasta back home. It was kind of disappointing. However, dinner here is huge. The menus all have appetizers, a fi rst course (usually pasta), a second course (meats and such) and dessert. Sometimes,
there is even another course between appetizers and the fi rst course. It’s crazy and very fi lling. We did that for one night and it was great, but it was a lot of food.
The train system here is amazing but a tad confusing, at least for us fi rst-timers. Shari: thank you so much for the Euro rail passes! We just used them and they work great! So easy. The metros here are also really easy to use, but I might be saying that because it is so close to what I used in D.C. The bullet train we took to Florence the other day was the best train ride so far. It was so comfortable: the chairs were like airplane chairs, there was air-conditioning, it had a collapsible table and it was only a two-hour ride. Very nice.
So far, our packs are holding up, but the one time we had to carry them around all day was brutal. It was in Rome, and we saw 14 different sites that day and walked to them all with thirty-plus pound packs on our backs. That was exhausting, and my feet hurt so badly by the end of that day. We walked for MILES. Really, that has been the only thing that has hurt on the trip so far: our feet. We do a LOT of walking, but I love it. We are going to be in great shape when this is all over!
So, our next stops are going to be Pisa, Cinque Terre and Venice, and that will wrap up our Italy experience. That should be all of next week, so next time I post will be about our experiences there.
Till then,Arcadia
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Sand, surf, and sun are the three S’s of summer. All three also happen to include either going to a pool or beach. Here are fi ve key things everyone should have when they are getting ready to catch some rays and enjoy the summer weather safely and at a reasonable price.
2.Bathing suit: A good bathing suit is important for everyone. You want something you will feel comfortable in and still look good in. They make them for every body type and in every size and color imaginable, so it is also pretty easy to fi nd one. Every bathing suit is made of different material, however, so when looking for a suit you need to choose one that will be hardy. Bathing suits aren’t always cheap, so you won’t want to replace one until you have gotten good use out of it.
3.Sunglasses: They are not only stylish, but help keep your eyes safe from the sun. Like a bathing suit, you have to fi nd the right pair that fi t you but still go with your style. Most sunglasses have a UV sticker on them, so look to see
how much protection they will give you. Prices vary depending on where you are shopping. So, if you break or lose glasses frequently, go with a cheaper pair. But if you know you can take care of them, get a pair you will want to keep for a while.
4. Hats: You can never go wrong with buying a hat if you know you can get easily burned. They protect your face and, depending on the type, can also protect other sensitive areas such as your shoulders and chest. Hats also have a downside: getting easily lost or swept away, so this is another item you may not want to spend a whole lot of money on. Go with a hat you will fi ll comfortable in and look good in, because if you aren’t comfortable, you won’t enjoy yourself as much.
5. Sun block: This is perhaps the most important item to have for the summer. Sun block comes in a variety of types, from sprays to lotions, and also a different range of sun protection factors, or SPF’s. Sunscreens with an SPF of 30 are pretty good, but if you are really sensitive and burn easily, go with higher. There are also some that help you tan, but you don’t want to use too much of them unless your goal is to look like a pumpkin a few months before Halloween. You will be grateful for investing in sun block. It could potentially save your life.
A good bathing suit is important for everyone. You want something you will feel comfortable in and still look good in. They make them for every body type and in every size and color imaginable, so it is also pretty easy to fi nd one. Every bathing suit is made of different material, however, so when looking for a suit you need to choose one that will be hardy. Bathing suits aren’t always cheap, so you won’t want to replace one until
You can never go wrong with buying a hat if you know you can get easily burned. They protect your face and, depending on the type, can also protect other sensitive areas such as your shoulders and chest. Hats also have a downside: getting easily lost or swept away, so this is another item you may not want to spend a whole lot of money on. Go with a hat
5. Sun block Sun block: This is perhaps the most important item to have for the summer. Sun block comes in a variety of types, from sprays to lotions, and also a different range of sun protection factors, or SPF’s. Sunscreens with an SPF of 30 are pretty good, but if you are really sensitive and burn easily, go also a different range of sun protection factors, or SPF’s. Sunscreens with an SPF of 30 are pretty good, but if you are really sensitive and burn easily, go with higher. There are also some that help you tan, but you don’t want to use too much of them unless your goal is to look like a pumpkin a few months with higher. There are also some that help you tan, but you don’t want to use too much of them unless your goal is to look like a pumpkin a few months before Halloween. You will be grateful for investing in sun block. It could potentially save your life.before Halloween. You will be grateful for investing in sun block. It could potentially save your life.
how much protection they will give you. Prices vary depending on where you are shopping. So, if you break or lose glasses frequently, go with a cheaper pair. But if you know you can take care of them, get a pair you will want to keep for a while.
1. Beach Bag: Boys may not be very fond of carrying a bag around, but girls, this will be a must-have. Whether you are carrying towels and snacks or sun block and a book, a good bag is what you will need to avoid having your stuff melted by the sun or trampled on by other beach or pool goers. There are a wide variety of bags to choose from, so go with your personal style and choose the one that fi ts you most, because you won’t want to carry around something you hate.
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Sand, surf, and sun are the three S’s of summer. All three also happen to include either going to a pool or beach. Here are fi ve key things everyone should have when they are getting ready to catch some rays and enjoy the summer weather safely and at a reasonable price.
1. Beach Bag: 1. Beach Bag: Boys may not be very fond of carrying a bag around, but girls, this will be a must-have. Whether you are carrying towels and snacks or sun block and a book, a good bag is what you will need to avoid having your stuff melted by the sun or trampled on by other beach or pool snacks or sun block and a book, a good bag is what you will need to avoid having your stuff melted by the sun or trampled on by other beach or pool goers. There are a wide variety of bags to choose from, so go with your personal style and choose the one that fi ts you most, because you won’t goers. There are a wide variety of bags to choose from, so go with your personal style and choose the one that fi ts you most, because you won’t want to carry around something you hate.want to carry around something you hate.
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It’s hard to believe that children born when the first “Men in Black” came out are now entering high school. When it originally appeared on screens, the inventive sci-fi comedy was a breath of fresh air: a buddy cop movie with cool effects, a fret cast, and a retro vibe. The sequel lost a lot of what worked, but thankfully, “Men in Black 3”
brings it back (in time). The plot kicks off when a violent alien named Boris escapes a maximum security prison and set out to kill Agent K, his jailer and the man who foiled his schemes. Boris travels to 1969 to aid his younger self in killing K, and Agent J must go back (in time) to save his younger partner. Now, with any time travel story, there’s the risk of plot holes. The film encounters its fair share of those, but making the setting the ‘60s was a good move. The decade boosts the retro-factor by tenfold, and lets us see what it was that made Agent K so cranky. The
overall main plot (bad guy seeks revenge) is pretty lame, but each scene works individually, either in getting laughs or as an action scene.
The acting is good, all-around. Will Smith surprisingly combines his authority-challenging, street-smart attitude from the first film with a sense of duty that really works to present J as a hyper-competent, even if cocky, force for good. Josh Brolin works his magic and does a pitch-perfect Tommy Lee Jones; the man has a gift for impersonations (see “W”). The real Tommy Lee Jones, on the other hand, delivers an odd performance. He hits the tiredness of K very well, but the ending spoils it by having it be for no reason. Throughout the movie, his regular “deadpan foil” routine is just replaced by a sense of him not wanting to be there. Jemaine Clement is serviceable, but Bill Hader really steals his scene as an undercover agent portraying Andy Warhol, exasperated at having to create art from increasingly mundane things
There are two major flaws holding
the film back. One, as stated earlier, is the ending. There’s a purveying feeling in the movie of passing the torch or moving into the next stage in life, but it just sort of… ends. You never really know if the timeline was changed or reset back (in time) to how it was originally. There’s a lot of build-up and no pay-off basically. The other issue is the character of Griffin. Griffin is an alien who can see through time and its multitude of possibilities, and after he gives the heroes the magic space pendant, his role in the story literally consists of telling the audience “Oh no, this is the timeline where good is likely to lose!” We get it, Griffin, there’s an alien assassin shooting spikes out of his hands at the agents, with the fate of the world in the balance. We understand that the heroes are in danger, without you stating it every five minutes.
“Men in Black 3” is a pretty decent movie. It mixes some mindless fun with a couple of clever jokes, and manages to entertain an audience looking for an hour and forty
So, it has come to this: board games. The executives at Universal were so strapped for ideas,that they had to turn to a toy that consists of two people guessing where stuff is. Oh, and they added aliens.
At the very least, the “Transformers” films stuck to the simplistic story already set up by the toys. You know you’re in trouble when you’re comparing plot, and “Transformers” is the favorable choice. Let’s just get this over with.
“Battleship” starts out with a kind of expo, where many nations’ Navies gather to have a friendly pissing match. Anyway, aliens come to Earth by following a signal from human scientists, seal off Hawaii with a force field and then do battle with the ships there.
Giving some credit before smashing the movie to pieces, the way in which the aliens (called “psychic frogmen” from here on out) discover our planet is pretty good. It’s not exactly original, but it’s a relatively novel and smart idea for a film like this. That said, the psychic frogmen don’t really seem to have any motivation. This incongruity is the film’s
main problem. It’s almost like there were two
screenwriters involved: one trying to make a grounded, self-serious action movie, and another guy who realized how ridiculous the premise was and said, “Let’s put Rihanna in the movie.” Speaking of Rihanna, whose idea was that? Did they need star power? They already had Liam Neeson and Brooklyn Decker. Did they need a minority action starlet? Get Zoe Saldana or Michelle Rodriguez, because both of them are better actresses.
The other problem is the lack of a hook, pretty much a requisite in alien invasion movies, at this point. After 1954’s “War of the Worlds,” each alien movie has had something to set it apart. “Independence Day” had at-the-time unseen devastation of national monuments, “Battle: LA” took a gritty and realistic approach and 2005’s “War of the Worlds” had the prospect of seeing Tom Cruise disintegrated). By comparison, “Battleship” is just generic. In regards to the characters, “True Blood” hunk Alexander Skarsgård plays Straight-Laced Big Brother, but seems to be mixing up his accents a bit.
Brooklyn Decker is actually not bad as Blank Slate Love Interest, mostly
because she just hides and stuff, and is actually pretty sane.
Rihanna plays Sassy Black Woman, and simultaneously makes the NAACP face palm and does more for female action roles than Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson combined.
Taylor Kitsch takes the lead as Egotistical Hero Who Must Learn Humility. Kitsch is not a bad actor, but he lacks the presence to carry a film. Here, he comes off as someone imitating Chris Pine doing Captain Kirk, so maybe he should just stick to supporting roles for a while. Liam Neeson’s only in it a little, and his main motivation is, I kid you not, getting to his daughter. Obviously, he’s awesome, and he’s also well-aware of the type of movie, unlike everyone else. “Battleship” is not really a movie. It’s a recruitment commercial. It’s likely that a decent chunk of the Navy’s budget went towards funding this film.
This isn’t a slight on the military, and the sight of a U.S. warship unleashing its full payload should make our enemies wet themselves. However, that, on top of everything else, ends up making “Battleship” a cliché-ridden mess.
Four year ago, Marvel Studios set out with an ambitious plan: link up a bunch of franchises into a super-franchise. Five films and a corporate buyout later, it’s finally happening. The problem is, “The Avengers” has lot of little problems. Sometimes it’s “Marvel’s Avengers,” and sometimes it’s “Joss Whedon’s Avengers.”
The film revolves around the government organization SHIELD trying to find and defeat the Asgardian Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who has stolen a source of unlimited energy. To do so, SHIELD Director Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, puts together a crack team of superheroes: living weapons platform, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.); super-soldier Captain America (Chris Evans); Loki’s brother, Thor (Chris Hemsworth); the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo); and assassins Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). The formidable team has tussles with each other before uniting and throwing down with a transdimensional army.
First, the bad stuff: dialogue and fan-pleasing. The dialogue is where writer/director Joss Whedon pokes his head out the most and, let’s be honest,
the media has been pushing Whedon as just as much of a star of the film as any of the actors. Whedon is well-known for his love-it-or-hate-it brand of quirky, witty, pop-culture-laced dialogue, which works to the detriment to the movie. While Captain America is the least effected by the dialogue (barring one moment where Cap is all too pleased to understand a “Wizard of Oz” joke), Tony Stark/Iron Man gets the brunt of it.
While there’s some of the character audiences grew to love in his solo films, Stark here is overly self-referential (wearing a “Black Sabbath” shirt and blaring a song from the “Iron Man 2” soundtrack in his first fight scene) and at some point decided to to call everyone by movie-based nicknames (mostly films from the 80s). Tony Stark is practically the avatar of Joss Whedon, throughout.
The other problem is that the films often sticks too closely to the comics. The costuming tries to stay close to the classic 60s/70s looks, but a lot of it just looks goofy, including one alien that looks like a Power Rangers villain. The movie plays it a little too safe, mostly being a standard auctioneer with a coat of superhero paint.
All that said, the last hour alone is worth the price of admission. Hawkeye and Hulk steal the show in the action scenes, utilizing polar opposite fighting styles such as machine-like precision and a whirling dervish of chaos, respectively. A lot of the wow-factor has been ruined by the 5,000 trailers, but there are a solid five surprises, two of which are jaw-droppers (Hulk facing down the giant mechanical dragon blew up the screening with cheers). The character interaction is also really strong, and with all the different personalities, you’re likely to find someone with whom you identify.
When all is said and done, “The Avengers” is all spectacle, little substance. It’s summer fluff at its finest, but doesn’t redefine the genre, like “Iron Man” or “Spider-Man 2.” See it in a packed house, but don’t expect it to challenge your notions of what superheroes can be.
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The 11th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival fi nished up its four day music
festival on June 10. This year, the extravaganza
brought in over 150 bands to a 700-acre farm in
Manchester, Tennessee, along with a large audi-
ence, estimated to be near 150,000 people. Many
of the concertgoers camped throughout the entire
event.
This year’s line up included popular
bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead,
Foster the People, and Mac Miller. It started
on June 7 and gave up and coming bands of all
genres including reggae, rock, and hip hop.
Some of the most talked about moments in-
cluded the release of Mac Miller’s new single off
his next record and Alice Cooper singing Lady
Gaga’s “Born This Way”.
Some of the other activities that went on
throughout the festival included a poster art ex-
hibit, a movie theater inside a tent and a comedy
theatre.
There is a seven-month window before
the lineup for the 2013 festival is announced,
but for many college students who attended this
year’s Bonnaroo, the twelfth installment cannot
come quickly enough.
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W i t h b e l t s t ightening across the country, the p r o s p e c t of allowing universities across the state to
have the option of upping tuition costs by an unlimited amount was too much for Gov. Rick Scott this past April.
Scott used the power of his office to veto H.B. 7129, a move which angered certain Florida universities but relieved many students.
Cutting students’ attendance costs may sound like sound fiscal policy. However, university leaders across the state are concerned. The increase in tuition would allow universities to make up for the monies lost from last year’s $1.3 billion state budget cuts. Not to mention that this will be the fifth year in a row that universities will suffer from a scarce education budget.
This past month, the University of Florida nearly lost its computer science program, due in part to the slashes to the education budget. In fact, FGCU’s own Marieb Hall needed to
dodge the governor’s budget ax, with the administration barely scraping together the funds necessary to complete and furnish the building.
In a time when the economy is approaching disaster, education sounds like the most important investment our government can make in its future.
However, wasteful spending across the board has cost the taxpayers billions of dollars, and the governor and his administration have been forced to make some very difficult decisions regarding the budget.
In addition to the tuition decision, the legislature authorized Florida
Polytechnic to become our next state university—a risky move indeed. Considering the state can barely afford to subsidize our current universities, the notion of adding another university to our system is may prove costly.
Our legislature usually crafts very sound legislative policy; I don’t understand why our representatives would authorize crushing tuition increases for current students in order to subsidize another university that would simply add one more hungry mouth for our budget to feed.
I praise Gov. Scott’s decision to help alleviate the costs of tuition for students,
although it may force universities to make up the difference in program and class selection cuts. However, I wish the legislature had used more prudence before granting a charter to Florida Polytechnic. Hopefully, the decisions don’t prove counterproductive to sustaining an educated Florida workforce in the future.
Jeffrey is a senior majoring in political science. He is a brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and believes that “all are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.”
It is 2 0 1 2 . O k a y , so it has been for about six m o n t h s so far, but what does 2012 mean? If
you are a dooms-dayer it may mean the end of the world, but if you are a voter, it may mean the end of your right to cast a ballot in the state of Florida.
Let me explain: In 2011 Gov. Rick Scott and his tea party affiliates started an initiative to purge the Florida voter rolls of people who were non-citizens, ineligible or dead. They attempted to get with the Department of Homeland Security to cross check those who might be non-citizens, but the deparment said they couldn’t use their database for that purpose.
So what does Scott and his administration do? What they want, of course. They said in FAQ’s released earlier this year that their software had originally identified over 180,000 people in Florida who might be ineligible to vote, but after checking with the Department of Motor Vehicles that list went down to 2,600 names.
Scott issued orders to every county’s election supervisor that they were to begin purging immediately. Luckily, the supervisors of elections banded together to tell Scott, “No.” Why have these election officials locked arms in solidarity against Scott? Could it be because they are all democrats? No, 30 of the 67 are republicans. It’s because they agree that the method which Scott and his band of misfits used to identify those who are registered illegally is flawed.
Sarasota election officials (republicans, just to let you know) say that they received 14 names and among them were 3 that
were U.S. citizens. They have decided to not purge any without more concrete information that they are not allowed to vote. Volusia County (another republican area) was given information about 15 potential unlawfully registered voters. Among them was a soldier currently deployed in defense of the nation. These stories go on and on.
However, this is not a new tactic from those who seek to run the state from behind the curtain, like in the Wizard of Oz.
Former Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning, started this whole thing over a “spidey sense tingling” that he had about the state of eligibility of Florida voters. However, many fail to realize that Browning spearheaded the Political Action Committee Protect Your Vote, based in Tampa, that tried to show how the fair redistricting laws that were passed (and then challenged by Scott) were going to be harmful to Florida. This
PAC contributed $100,000 to Scott. Then Browning was chosen as Secretary of State. Browning also tried to block voters for various reasons three months before the 2008 election.
Good thing for us the elected supervisors of elections care more about the people of Florida than about how they will be funded in upcoming elections. Scott has tried to persecute people who have become citizens by calling that citizenship into question. He has said that men and women who have given many years of military service across a vast swath of U.S. conflicts are not eligible to exercise their right to vote. It also just so happens that 22 percent of those the system identified as ineligible voters are African American and Hispanic. There’s nothing suspect in that at all.
What I am ultimately saying here is you need to vote. But before you ever step into that booth you need to get educated about the types of people you are
electing. Read as much as you can from a variety of sources about all of the candidates. You will start to make an informed picture about who is running and what their real agendas are. Don’t allow your country to be dominated by those who have bought power. Don’t allow your country to be controlled by those who have no business being in office. It’s that simple. You were given the right to vote, often times on the backs of giants, so don’t fluff it off. We have a duty to serve our fellow man and woman.
So, come November I hope you think before you bubble in that card and vote for someone who has our best interests in mind, not their purse strings.
Mandie is a junior majoring in secondary social science education. She is married with two children and serves on the Board of Directors of C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention.
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“ W i n one just for the G i p p e r,” s a i d R o n a l d R e a g a n ,
portraying George Gipp “Knute Rockne, All American.”
Reagan, who has become the pedestal republican of late, altered American culture with “Reagan Revolution.” The nation under his tutelage equilibrated from a 33 percent poverty rate, 13.5 percent consumer price index and 10.8 percent unemployment.
An actor elected governor, much less president, seems ludicrous. I’m reminded of “Back to the Future 2” when Dr. Emmet Brown said, “Then tell me, future boy, who’s president of the United States in 1985?”
Marty McFly replies, “Ronald Reagan.”
“Ronald Reagan? The actor?” said Dr. Emmett Brown. “Then who’s vice president? Jerry Lewis?”
Elena Stepanova, assistant professor of psychology at the College of Arts and Sciences, attributes this feat to direct and indirect methods of persuasion in social psychology.
“Appearances play a pivotal role. You can judge how attractive, how fast the speaker speaks and the clothes the speaker wears. Without noticing, the listener doesn’t realize they haven’t heard a word of content,” said Stepanova. “A poor speaker is stymied against a naturally charismatic speaker,” she said.
President Obama has certainly picked up on the utility of television. On July 27, 2004, then a senatorial candidate from Illinois, Obama stepped into the political stratosphere with his Democratic Convention speech.
The condensed speech infused powerful claims within a tedious tradition of the political party convention. His statement, “There’s not a liberal America
and a conservative America; there’s the United States of America,” was delivered with Regan-like proclamation rather than the usual boring verbiage incorporated in lecture so often by politicians.
Since then, President Obama has continued to defy convention by his actions rather than words.
Upon graduation, I’d want to enhance my earning power, and will enroll into business school. Paying 6.8 percent interest on $100,000 would add over $200,000 in interest if I pay $600 a month.
I will become another statistic contributing to the one trillion dollar deficit in place by prior students before myself. Obama is adamantly striving toward capping income-based federal student loans at the 3.4 percent.
In April, at a speech in the Holocaust Museum in Washing D.C., Obama announced a new executive order which imposes sanctions on foreigners who use information technology to facilitate human rights abuse.
Obama has recently became the first President to publicly support same-sex marriage, when he said on ABC, “personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
Vocally supporting such a controversial issue takes considerable gusto.
Whether it is Obamanomics, Obamacare, or anything else Obama, the skillful leadership he has implemented is guiding the country in the proper direction.
However, these achievements have met considerable resistance. Republicans during Obama’s tenure in office have opposed nearly every piece of legislation the president has sought to implement.
In addition, Obama has to contend with the popular republican media outlets that are relentless on criticism. For example, the Wall Street Journal, which is notoriously right-leaning, has repeatedly (and rather disrespectfully) harassed
the president by slanting quotes and making mistakes.
Through the various solutions proposed by the right-wing throughout the prior four years, Mitt Romney is their new Houdini by process of elimination.
Prior to becoming the republican nominee for president, Romney ran Bain Capital as CEO. While at Bain, Romney managed billions of dollars of capital throughout his tenure. Also, his running of the Olympic committee in 2002 seems pretty chill. Each position demonstrates his tenacity and ability to lead efficiently.
But is Romney’s leadership the necessary leadership for 21st century?
While his financial brilliance is apparent, referring to “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” which is currently under consideration by the Supreme Court, Romney pleads insouciance claiming he will “kill it dead.”
The PPACA, in a nutshell, requires each American citizen who doesn’t have healthcare coverage though an employer or government-sponsored insurance plan to pay a base fee to maintain minimal health insurance.
The Supreme Court is discussing whether the provision of the “individual mandate” is constitutional. The argument against the provision is “individual mandate” violates Congress’s authority to regulate purchase of health insurance (known as the commerce clause).
“America should judge our system by its results while comparing the system to other world health organization from a statistical outlook. The United States, on average rankings world-wide, tends to fall behind other countries such as Japan, France and Canada,” said Stephen Drew, professor of business strategy at Lutgert Hall said.
“We can’t say the billions of dollars spent on healthcare is always as effective as it should be,” Drew said. “This system is truly broken and has to be fixed.
There are enough models from other countries that we improve ours here,” he said.
The Wall Street Journal has lately done a 180 on their view of PPACA. Universal healthcare is suddenly “in.” Republicans, who may still be against supporting a majority of legislation from a democratic competitor, aren’t likely to voice against a bill that will provide millions of Americans protection they need.
Obama has effectively accomplished what no other president has done before: Pass legislature that would provide universal health care. A co-worker of mine at my former job currently attends our neighboring college Edison as a parametric major and has had to face the harsh realities of the expense of medical bills.
Her brother fell 50 feet from a ladder with chain-saw in hand after having a heart attack. Tiffany’s family can’t afford medical bills if their insurance expires. While her brother has awakened from coma with significant memory problems, without proper rehabilitation, will he return to the person he was prior?
If her healthcare was more affordable, or if Tiffany’s family was wealthier, would this accident have been as devastating?
When considering the president’s family, I am reminded of the movie “Gatica,” where liberal eugenics has become the norm to produce the perfect infants.
Michelle Obama, who re-invented herself upon Obama’s entry into office as a suburban housewife, adamantly promotes physical fitness and the use of fresh vegetables in meals.
In early December of 2010, President Obama signed the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” into law. This piece of legislature will provide $4.5 billion to children in need for free and reduced-price meals and refurbish the menu under the nationwide school lunch program.
Obama’s decisions display
visionary nature and ability to efficiently lobby. Like Reagan, Obama has done what he deems to be correct on a diverse range of issues, despite lack of popularity and restraint. Hopefully, our country will have intuition to re-elect President Obama. Often, it’s complicated to see past current problems and consider the future as a whole.
In the 2012 Kentucky Derby, the horse “I’ll Have Another” used blinders to improve vision.
Likewise Mitt Romney, as a teenager, gave a gay classmate, whose views differed from his own, a forced hair trimming. Romney’s unscrupulous tactics displays his internal disposition, which clearly lacks empathy toward his fellow man. There are multiple facets to problems. Relevant issues require more than private equity expertise, despite what SuperPACs may preach.
America must contend with issues ranging from improved communication with neighboring nations, to catching up to other democracies in primary-school enrollment.
Our country this November will be at a fork in the road yet again, where Americans will decide the best course for its longevity and future. There are many factors playing into a twenty-first century president’s success.
The best we can do as voting American citizens is to place the most capable individual in office and let their intuition lead. Let’s just win one for ‘Merica this fall.
Michael is a freshman majoring in finance. He enjoys travel, basketball, hanging out with his friends and listening to music.
Once upon a time, our p r e s i d e n t s had no p e r s o n a l i t y or no sense of humor but were
only committed to progress, such as winning World War II, fighting for Civil Rights, ending polio, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and of course establishing the GI Bill—all things this country accomplished in the 20th Century. In 2012, times have changed and likeability helps a lot if you are the president of the United States.
So has been the case for Barack Obama, as he been quite a darling of the talk show circuit, much to the dismay of the Republican Party and conservative media who are unenthusiastically voting for Mitt Romney this November.
President Obama’s most recent appearance on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” which was filmed before an excited group of students at the University Of North Carolina, caused quite a uproar to those who oppose his very title as the commander-in-chief. But it also pleased two million fans who stayed up late with a snack to watch like I did.
The president smoothly slow jammed the news with the equally smooth and hilarious Jimmy Fallon and sat down with the late-night talk show host to talk about life in the White House, the Secret Service, his inevitable opponent Mitt Romney and the important issue of student loans.
“For the first 10 years of our marriage, we were still paying stuff off, even when we were supposed to be saving for Malia and Sasha. We didn’t pay off all of our student loans until about eight years ago,” President Obama said.
The reason for this discussion
is a deadline of July 1 when interest rates on student loans will double for nearly seven and half million students who will end up owing more on their loan payments.
So President Obama showed Americans once again that he is the likeable leader, but he’s also proved to be the leader of the people by supporting college students on this fundamental issue that will affect their future if Congress refuses to do the responsible thing.
I also find it very important to point out to those who only want to see President Obama fail and will attack him on anything that a president or any well-known politician making the entertainment circuit is nothing new as history has shown.
That list includes: Richard Nixon appearing on the variety series “Laugh-In” during his 1968 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton playing “Heartbreak Hotel” on his saxophone on “The Arsenio Hall Show” 20 years
ago during his campaign for the presidency, Al Sharpton hosting “Saturday Night Live” in 2003 when he ran for president, Sarah Palin doing stand-up on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” in 2010 and many others that you can find just by going on YouTube or searching on Google.
It’s also fair to point out that Fox News praised President George W. Bush with his 2008 appearance on the popular NBC game show “Deal Or No Deal” and I don’t recall “The Inevitable One” Mitt Romney receiving criticism for appearing on “The Late Show With David Letterman” or “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”
I find any politician who wants to attract the 18-29-year-old voters by going on shows like Jimmy Fallon’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” or “The Colbert Report” a smart move because I think that demographic is a lot smarter than they are given credit for, especially with a growing number of independents
who are sick of the two-party system.
So my advice to Mitt Romney: Roll the dice and make an appearance on all three shows I just mentioned and while you are at it, agree to host “Saturday Night Live” and make your plea that my generation can relate to you if you are brave enough.
Also, please don’t forget to say thank you when they serve you dessert after the show.
Alex is a junior majoring in communication. He enjoys going to concerts, going to Starbucks, listening to his Sirius Satellite Radio, going to the movies, swimming and playing games like UNO and Monopoly. His favorite musicians are R.E.M., Bon Jovi, Elton John and Kenny G. His favorite magazines are Mother Jones, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, which he loves to pick up at the campus bookstore.
Despite winning the first two games of the Atlantic Sun tournament, the momentum wasn’t enough for FGCU’s baseball team. They they dropped two in a row, to Belmont and Kennesaw State, respectively, and were eliminated from the A-Sun tournament.
After putting up 12 runs against KSU in the first game of the tournament, the Owls gave FGCU some payback. They put up four runs in the first inning and didn’t look back, scoring runs in every inning but two.
“We had a rough first inning,” said FGCU head coach Dave Tollett. “They put up a four spot in the first. Then they tacked on two, then two more. It’s just tough to come back from that. We ran out of arms as well.”
FGCU went with sophomore Brandon Bixler, who finished with 3.1 innings pitched, gave up seven walks and struck out six.
“Bixler is Bixler,” Tollett said. “He’s electric. He’s either going to turn out the lights or burn down the house. He’s been like that all
year. He went longer than I’d like, cause if we won, we were in a situation where we would have to have played two, and we didn’t really have any other options.”
That loss knocked FGCU out and sent KSU to the championship game where they eventually lost to Belmont.
Senior CF Ryan Gebhart, senior pitcher Jason Forjet, sophomore shortstop Brandon Bednar and sophomore Sean Dwyer were the four players who were voted onto the all-tournament team. With those four, FGCU had the most of any school at the tournament.
Bednar led the A-Sun Tournament with a .600 batting average, going 9-for-15. He also delivered a hit and RBI in each of the four games, accumulating a program A-Sun Tournament record of six RBI over the four days.
“The ball looked like a beach ball,” Bednar said. “It felt good, I felt good up there. I just came short for my team.”
Coming into the A-Sun tournament, FGCU was the hottest team in the league.
They swept Stetson in the last regular season series to make it into the A-Sun
tourney. Those wins propelled FGCU into the four seed and with momentum.
“This is just an incredible feeling and I’m so proud of the guys for the heart they showed over the last three days,” Tollett said.
“We entered the weekend knowing we had to take two, probably three games to have at least a chance to make the postseason, and these guys never showed signs of nervousness. We are playing some of our best ball of the
season right now and there’s no better time to do it.”
All looks good for the future of FGCU baseball. They graduate just three seniors from this year’s team and had 17 freshmen.
“We’re excited about where we are and that we got here, but we know what we need for next year,” Tollett said.
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FGCU softball did something that three other FGCU sports did this year; they qualified for the NCAA tournament.
They became the fourth FGCU sport to qualify for the NCAA tournament in their first year of postseason eligibility.
However, they weren’t like the others.
They defeated the University of Florida 2-1 for their first NCAA Tournament win in team history.
The A-Sun Tournament MVP and A-Sun Pitcher of the Year freshman Shelby Morgan picked up her 23rd win of the season, shutting down the Florida offense. She allowed just five hits.
She allowed five hits and four runs in 4.2 innings pitched when FGCU faced Florida on Feb. 12. They lost that game 5-0.
“Shelby pitched a great game,” head coach David Deiros said. “She had faced Florida earlier in the year, but that was only her second start of the season. She was more prepared for this start because by this point she had won 20 games.”
FGCU swept through the A-Sun tournament beating Jacksonville, Stetson and Kennesaw State by a combined score of 19-4.
By making the tournament, Deiros felt a sense of vindication. “The last four years, we were not allowed to play in the tournament due to
NCAA rules, and due to where we finished in the conference standings, we would have been eligible for tournament play.”
Despite earning the upset victory in the first round, the job was not over yet. They faced the University of South Florida in the second game of the regional. USF beat FGCU 4-2 in the first game of the season Feb. 10.
Unfortunately, the magic ran out for the Eagles. They dropped the first game to USF 8-3 and
then lost to Florida 6-2 in the elimination game.
“They both played real well, the University of Florida persevered to make it to Sunday after going into the loser’s bracket right away,” Deiros said. “I want to congratulate my team. I couldn’t be any prouder of them. If early in the season you would have told me that we would be A-Sun Champions and we’d be in Regionals, beat Florida and had a chance to go on to the
Regional Finals, I would have thought you were crazy because we weren’t playing well early. But that’s a testament to how well our kids turned things around, and I couldn’t be any prouder of them.”
Despite the early exit, the season was no failure. FGCU won 38 games this season, the second most in history since moving to division one. Also, FGCU only loses one senior from this year’s team.
Despite the team’s early
tournament exit, Deiros feels very good about next season. “If we take lessons from this year, there’s more preparation. If we approach next year the way we are supposed to, the sky’s the limit for us.”
Workouts for next season will begin in August and full practice will start in January.
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FGCU men’s basketball head coach is making his impression felt. After leading the team within one win away from the NCAA tournament, he landed Marquette transfer Jamail Jones.
Ranked as the No. 52 recruit in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 53 by ESPN.com’s ESPNU 100 in 2010, Jones spent the last two seasons at Marquette on clubs that won a combined 49 games as a member of the BIG EAST. The 6-foot-6 guard will have two years of eligibility
with the Green and Blue after sitting out the 2012-13 season due to NCAA four-year transfer rules.
“Jamail has the unique combination of size, athleticism, and skill level that can help him become an exceptional scorer and versatile play-maker,” Enfi eld said. “His talent level was recognized in high school as he was rated a top 50 player in the nation. With his strong work ethic, we expect Jamail to become a big time college basketball player. He fi ts in perfectly with our other talented
young players in our up-tempo style of play. I could not be more excited than to welcome Jamail and his wonderful parents to the FGCU basketball family.”
Jones played in 46 games over the span of two years and averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in that span.
Jones played his high school career at Montverde Academy in Florida and will fi nish his college career in the state.
Men’s basketball adds Marquette transfer
After thinking that his career was over at FGCU, senior Brandon Pena got one more shot, and this time it was at the national level.
Pena was one of 10 individuals who competed in the Athens region for a shot at the national championship.
“I’m proud of Brandon for all of his hard work throughout his four years at FGCU, and it’s exciting to see it all pay
off in a chance to play for a National Championship on the individual level,” head coach Brent Jensen said. “It’s also great for our program to make a mark in the postseason during our fi rst year of eligibility. I’m really looking forward to sharing this experience with Brandon.”
Pena fi nished tied for 26th place after shooting a 74-73-71 for a total of 218.
Pena fi nishes second all-
time in the FGCU record books in rounds played, par or lower rounds, counting scores (90) and third with a 73.2 scoring average.
Senior Pena qualifi es for NCAA tournament
After winning the Atlantic Sun championship’s last season, both the men and women’s soccer teams announced their schedules for the 2012 campaign.
For the men, the 17-game slate will feature nine home contests and includes fi ve matches against opponents that competed in the NCAA Tournament a season ago.
“We are very pleased with the overall quality of the opponents on our 2012 schedule,” FGCU men’s head coach Bob Butehorn said. “The combination of the different styles of play along with the outstanding pedigree of the opposing coaches will provide a fantastic opportunity for us this season.”
Aside from the eight A-Sun contests, the Green and Blue will square off in nine non-conferences matches against teams from the MAC, BIG EAST, Patriot, Conference USA, MAAC, CAA and SoCon. Six of the opponents on the upcoming slate fi nished the 2011 season in the top 50 of the RPI, including three in the top 25.
The Eagles start on the road for two games that include 2010 national champion Akron Zips and Georgetown Aug. 24 and 27th. Their fi rst home game will be Sept. 2 against Bucknell.
FGCU will play in two tournaments this year where they will face South Carolina and Iona in the USF tournament in Tampa, Fl.
After that, they will head home to host the FGCU-Courtyard By Marriott Classic, where they will face Virginia Commonwealth and Furman.
The last two non-conference games will be against UCF and USF Sept. 22 and 25, respectively. The Eagles look to avenge a loss to UCF in the NCAA tournament last
year losing 1-0 in double OT in Orlando. Conference play begins with the Eagles
facing new member Northern Kentucky on the road Oct. 4 and continues through till the A-Sun tournament Nov. 7-11.
On the women’s side, the nine-game non-conference schedule features fi ve teams that earned a spot in their respective conference tournaments and won nine or more games.
“I am excited about defending our title and about the level of competition in our non-conference schedule,” women’s head coach Jim Blankenship said. “This will have us well prepared for the conference season, and we hope to have another successful season with another postseason run.”
The Lady Eagles open the 2012 schedule with fi ve straight home matches. The season opens Aug. 17 against D-II school Lynn University and then C-USA foe UCF on Aug. 19.
In the FGCU-Courtyard By Marriott Classic, the Eagles will face off against Wisconsin-Greenbay and Illinois State. They wrap up the home stand with a matchup against Sun Belt foe FIU on Aug. 31. That is their last home game until Sept. 28.
They play two more tournaments before conference play. In the UMKC Tournament in Kansas City, they will face off against Tulsa and Saint Louis. They then head to Flagstaff Arizona to face off against Northern Arizona and Utah Valley in the NAU Tournament.
After that they start conference play visiting USC Upstate on Sept. 21 and continuing conference play until Nov. 4 when the A-Sun tournament ends.
Soccer teams announce 2012 schedules
