TuesdayJuly 6, 2010

Volume CXXVIIIIssue 4

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Student Life . . . . . . . . . . . . A2

Student Government . . . . . . . . . . A3

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A5

Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6

Women’s Air Race Classic a success for Embry-Riddle

Both the Daytona Beach campus and the Prescott cam-pus entered into the 34th wom-en’s Air Race Classic, a race that began in Fort Myers, Fla. on June 22. The race ended three days later on June 25 in Frederick, Md.

Fifty-one teams total from around the nation competed and both Embry-Riddle schools did well.

The Prescott team finished sixth place in the collegiate divi-sion, and came in 10th overall. The Daytona Beach team took eighth place in the collegiate division and were 29th overall.

The Prescott team was sup-ported by Dr. and Mrs. John P. Johnson, Universal Helicopters, Legend Aviation, Cessna, Garmin, West Wind Aviation, Tri-City Mobile Wash, Macayo’s Restaurant, Jeppesen, and the Embry-Riddle Women-in-Aviation Club and Diversity Committee among other com-munity partners.

The Daytona Beach team was sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. John P. Johnson, Dr. Richard Heist, Cessna, Aeroshell, Army Aviation Magazine, WxWorx, Clarity Aloft, Aviation Supplies & Academics, and other members of the Embry-Riddle community.

Students win FAA design competition

Human Factors graduate stu-dents Maria Appel, Joe Crimi, Steve Dorton, Hilary Greenfield, Robert Malony, Allison Popola, Brian Potter and Software Engineering graduate student Il Hwan Lee took first place in the Runway Safety/Runway Incursions Challenge catego-ry of the 2010 FAA Design Competition for Universities.

The team wrote a 57-page proposal titled “Pilot-Controlled Alert Lighting System (Air PALS).”

The Embry-Riddle team received a $2,500 prize from the FAA and will also have the opportunity to present their work at next month’s EAA AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh, Wis.

Air PALS includes a radio control box that is installed in line with existing radio control boxes configured for a pilot-controlled lighting (PCL) sys-tem and existing runway edge lights. A landing pilot acti-vates that system by clicking on their radio, hence signaling the intended occupancy of the runway to all aircraft operating within eyesight of the runway.

A student is inspired by the NASA astronaut hall of fame experience

Student Life A2

SGA makes plans to visit University 101 classes in

the fall

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Wings and Waves air show returning to Embry-Riddle

Embry-Riddle will spon-sor the Wings and Waves Air Show October 9 and 10. 2010 held over the Atlantic Ocean featuring a host of perform-ers. The show will be centered at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort and will be clearly visible a mile in each direction up and down the beach. The show will start at 11:00 a.m. each day and run until about 4:00 p.m.

According to Rick Grissom, the air show producer, having the show at this location will

be “like having a fair at the air show” because of the rides at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk that will be open during the air show.

The feature act at the show will be the nine-aircraft jet dem-onstration team, the Canadian Snowbirds. The Snowbirds will be celebrating their 40th season this October.

Other performers at Wings and Waves will include the F-16 Viper, F/A-18 Hornet and F-22 Raptor demonstrations, P-51/F-22/F-16 Heritage Flight and several civilian acts including Matt Chapman and the Geico Skytypers.

For Embry-Riddle students,

faculty, staff and alumni, there will be a reserved viewing sec-tion, the Eagles Nest, at the

band shell on the beach next to show center. This area will

offer tables and chairs for con-venience and will offer the opportunity to meet the show

performers and ask for auto-graphs. Admission to this

special area will be five dollars with all proceeds going towards scholarships.

The last time that Embry-Riddle was the title sponsor for an air show was Florida SkyFest 2005 at Daytona Beach International Airport. Previous to this, the University spon-sored air shows on the beach in 2001 and 2003. According to Joni Hunt, University Director of Government Relations, hav-ing the air show back at the beach this year allows for jet demonstration teams since there is more room to have a larger safety area.

For more information, visit www.wingsandwaves.com

Richard WeakleyStaff Photographer

PHOTO COURTESY WWW.SNOWBIRDS.FORCES.GC.CA PHOTO COURTESY WWW.MATTCHAPMAN.COM

An interview with the Director of Campus Safety

Q 1- How many campus safe-ty officers perform night duty in comparison to the number of safety officers in the daytime ?

Ans- At the night there are normally three officers on duty compared to six officers in the daytime. Moreover, except summer semester, there are additional safety officers in night duty from SCPP (Student Crime Prevention Patrol). These additional officers are only on their duty in spring and fall semesters and not in the summer semester because of the fewer number of students attending college during the summer semester.

Q 2- What is the reason as to why most of the campus safety officers patrol in the periphery of the campus and not in the inside region of the campus?

Ans- The communication center of Embry-Riddle dis-patches the information to the campus security officers of the place that they have to visit. At night, after all the facilities are locked and secured, officers normally patrol the periphery of the campus unless they are informed of suspicious activity in the campus. Moreover, the Department of Campus Safety is planning to have one foot patrol and housing officer for every residence hall for the coming fall 2010 semester. Because of the inadequate funding to the Department of Campus Safety, the number of safety officers cannot be increased.

Q 3- Is the bicycle theft acceptable in the college where the fees charged to the students is from $35,000- $50,000?

Ans- It is not acceptable and in fact, the Department of Campus Safety regrets the theft the most after any student reports bicycle theft. Since in some parts of the world, the number of bicycle thefts low, students presume that the situation is same in the United States. Thus, with these thoughtw, most of the inter-national students don’t secure their bicycle lock properly. Moreover, the Department of Campus Safety will be includ-ing the full two-hour class in University 101 in fall 2010 to inform students regarding pre-cautions to be taken to prevent thefts.

Q 4- Why are the bicy-

cle stands near Mckay hall, Doolittle hall and Student Village kept unguarded and without security cameras?

Ans- Security as staff is less during the summer semesters. Moreover, the budget given to the Safety Department is not sufficient to install security cameras in the parking lots of every residence hall. If the bicycle thefts increase to a certain extent, campus secu-rity does install surveillance cameras near the dorm. For example, bicycle theft increased drastically near the Student Village and campus safety caught the thief with the help of a surveillance camera.

Q 5- Are there any plans made by campus security to reduce the bicycle thefts in the future or any advice you would given to the students to prevent bicycle thefts?

Ans- For the next semester, there is an increase of one member in SCPP (Student Crime Prevention Patrol) staff. Moreover, campus secu-rity is having a Lease-a-Lock program in which students are given a U-lock for lease. Also campus security distrib-uted some U-locks for free during the orientation of Summer B.

“Student awareness is a more practical option than having a security man guarding every room.”

~Kevin Mannix, Director of Campus Safety

A student seeks an-swers to bi-cycle theft problems on campus

Ravi GondaliyaGuest Reporter

Newcomers flood Embry-Riddle campus

Embry-Riddle has many new guests to start the whole new summer semester. The guests consist of motivated incoming freshmen and those from the ESPER program. ESPER, or Engineering Scholars Program at Embry-Riddle, students are from local Volusia County high schools who can participate in a seven week program to help motivated students focus on science, engineering, math-ematics and physics course-work.

The other students are incoming Embry-Riddle freshmen who decided to get a head start in classes by tak-ing Summer B. A student from Orlando commented, “Why shouldn’t we take this oppor-tunity to get ahead?”

Together, these dedicated students enjoyed move in day and orientation. With Riddle students’ assistance and shopping carts, the move-in, even to a Student Village’s fifth floor room, was a “cinch.”

The orientation was present-ed bright and early at 9:00 a.m. the next day to further assist the newcomers and parents. Here, the students were informed of the resources, activities and possibilities available here on the Embry-Riddle cam-pus. Students observed during the entire registration process, “The campus is clean

and organized” and “Everyone is really nice.” With the returning students and facul-ty’s help the students had a pleasant experience.

The Diversity and Women’s Center further welcomed the newcom-er females of the ESPER program by having a luncheon with the young students. During this time, the students could learn about female engineers at Riddle and different opportunities that can be presented to them by joining the engineer-ing and math fields.

Touch-N-Go Productions, in celebration of their new guests, also hosted a cook out and a movie Wednesday, June 30. Larry’s Giant Subs gave any Riddle student as many personalized toasted subs that filled their hearts content with a combination of chips and soda. At this event, new and returning students could be acquainted with one another while eating, swimming, and watching the comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine.” The entire event was a huge success.

With move-in, Orientation, and the movie event, Embry-Riddle has kicked off a great start to this new sum-mer semester. With the new semester in mind, faculty, staff and returning students would like to remind newcomers not to be afraid to ask questions or for assistance. Remember, everyone was a freshman once.

Alena ThompsonAdvertising Manager

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A2 The Avion, July 6, 2010Student Life

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“If you had a theme song, what would it be?” - Compiled by Alena Thompson

“Don’t Mess Around with Jim by Jim Croce”

Nolan StinerSophomore

Aviation Maintenance

“Hakuna Matata by Lion King”

BreAnna McGuireSophomore

Aviation Maintenance

“Eye of the Tiger by Survivor”

Michael SilvermanSophomore Mechanical Engineering

“Stand by Rascal Flatts”

Ashton McElhenneySophomore Homeland Security

“Consolidation by Def Tech”

Jason HallSophomore Computer

Engineering

“Imperial March from Star Wars”

Kevin Scott SophomoreAerospace Engineering

Student Forum

THE U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL of Fame had a public induction ceremony June 5, 2010 for astronauts Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Kenneth D. Bowersox, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. and Kathryn C. Thornton at the Kenedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The host of the ceremony was Jon Cryer from the comedy “Two and a Half Men.”

FLAVIO GONTIJO/AVION

Who didn’t in their child-hood want to become an astro-naut? I have dreamed about exploring space as an astro-naut someday. This is the rea-son why I left Brazil to attend Embry-Riddle and fulfill my goals. I also heard that some students who graduated from Embry-Riddle have become astronauts, or have worked for NASA as aeronautical engi-neers. Due to my deep desire to learn more about astronauts and their exciting careers, I went to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex on June 5, 2010 for the first time.

Arriving there was a nice surprise! Visitors do not nor-mally have a unique chance to see several famous astronauts all at the same time. I think it was my destiny to meet these special people that day. Astronauts Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Kenneth D. Bowersox, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., and Kathryn C. Thornton were inducted into the U.S.

Astronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The host of the ceremony was Jon Cryer, star of the comedy series “Two and a Half Men”.

The attending astronauts invited to join on the stage were Buzz Aldrin, fol-lowed by John Blaha, Dan Brandenstein, Scott Carpenter, Mike Coats, Dick Covey, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Owen Garriott, Robert “Hoot Gibson, Fred Gregory, Fred Haise, Hank Hartsfield, Rick Hauck, Steven Hawley, Jeff Hoffman, Jack Lousma, Bruce McCandless, Edgar Mitchell, George “Pinky” Nelson, Rusty Schweickart, Brewster Shaw, Bill Shepard, Loren Shriver and Al Worden.

A nice surprise, isn’t it? It reminded me of a book by a Brazilian writer, Leonardo Boff, The Eagle and the Chicken. Let me summarize the history of the story.

There was an eagle that grew up among the chickens. Due the strange situation, the eagle behaved liked a chick-en; she flew like a chicken. Therefore, she had a limited

life. When one day, she was looking to the sun and saw a group of eagles. She looked at herself and thought, “I seem like those birds. I want to fly like them, higher and higher!” But it was a long process. Why? Because the eagle lived a long time amongst the chick-ens. For chickens, flying is almost impossible. But in the heart of the eagle there was a hidden pride asleep that never died. She kept looking at the sun; she tried and tried to fly. Sometime later the eagle was flying higher and prouder than the chickens!

In conclusion, visiting the Kennedy Space Center was like looking for the sun. I saw the astronauts like the eagle-chicken saw the eagles. During my proud childhood, my eagle heart kept telling me day-by-day, “You can do it!” Or inthe words of NASA, “A day for fun. A lifetime of inspi-ration!” Thanks God! Thanks to all the astronaut heroes! Let’s go EMBRY-RIDDLE EAGLES!

Thanks to Ms. Kim Hardman for all corrections, support and incentives.

Flavio Cristiano GontijoGuest Reporter

Astronaut Hall of Fame Experience

Farewell Rebecca

SGA SAYS FAREWELL TO Rebecca Cosgrove with a surprise “see you soon” not “goodbye” party. Many SGA members and staff were in attendance.

RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION

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SGA to visit all of the University 101 classes in fall

This fall the Student Government Association mem-bers and representatives will be going into each University 101 class to discuss our roles and responsibilities within the university. It is our intention to inform the new students about the Student Government Association and all of the many services that we pro-vide. Starting in the coming fall term, each University 101 class will include a lecture on the SGA, and will be visited by

SGA representatives. The pre-sentation will cover some of the basic functions and struc-ture of the SGA, such as the branch and division types, and will provide information on how a new student can become involved. The presentation may also include extra credit (or some other incentive) for meeting the SGA executives, or attending the student repre-sentative board meetings. We will also provide a descrip-tion of Task Force One (the freshman advisory council of the Student Government Association) with the intention of increasing membership.

We at the SGA believe that taking the time to inform the newest members of our stu-dent body of our function will ease their transition onto our campus. As it is, some seniors on our campus are not even aware of the opportunities our SGA provides; and we intend to put a stop to this issue using this program. So, going into the University 101 classes will let us reach the majority of freshman. Hopefully, as a result of this program more students will become interest-ed in taking on leadership roles with both the student body and the SGA.

Tess DoeffingerStudent Representative

SGA to prepare financial report for all students

A common question that the Student Government Association (SGA) receives is “Where does my SGA fee go?”

In the interest of full dis-closure, the SGA has commis-sioned a report that outlines how that 100 dollars from each student is spent. Included in the document will be breakdowns of the largest portions of the budget. The overall operating budget, as well as The Avion and Touch-N-Go Productions

spending will be explained for both fall 2009 and the spring of 2010. Funding to student organizations will be included as well.

All branches of the SGA, the Executive Board, the SRB and the SFB as well as its divi-sions wish to be forthright with the student body as to where that cash goes. For example, TNG spends a majority of its allocation on student entertain-ment. That ranges from the big ahow to stress relief day. The Avion spends a vast majority of its funding on printing costs. The SFB allocates funds to stu-

dent organizations on the basis of need. The Executive Board runs the SGA office as well as the SafeRide program. It also provides all SGA student swag (candy, notebooks, umbrellas, pens, etc.) and Riddle Vision. The SRB uses funds for their respective college’s forums. The full report will break down these costs more fully when it is completed and released to the students in the fall.

If you wish to get involved with SGA, you are encouraged to do so. Meetings are held every Monday in the Endeavor Conference Room at 5:15 p.m.

Christopher DalboraStudent Finance Board

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