WednesdayAugust 25, 2010

Volume CXXVII Special Issue

Welcome back EAGLES!

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A3The Avion, August 25, 2010 SGA DIVISIONS

If you are looking for an orga-nization that offers networking and exposure to the profession-al aspect of engineering along with exciting and challenging projects, there is only one place to look. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Student Branch at Embry-Riddle provides both the opportunity to meet profession-als in your desired job field and network for your future, as well provide the means to participate in a variety of design projects that are not only fun, but pro-vide valuable experience.

Along with membership in the student organization, you can become a member of the national organization and receive even more benefits. As a national member of AIAA, you gain access to a huge digi-tal library of published papers and journals on any aerospace topic imaginable. This pro-

vides a great place to start for research papers and projects, and is a resource exclusively for members. Also included

with national membership is a subscription to Aerospace America, AIAA’s monthly pub-lication that will keep you up to date with all things new in the aerospace industry. One of the most useful perks of being a national member is the ability to post your resume to be seen by potential employers, as well as being able to communicate with other members. You will also receive updates on local conferences to attend where you can listen to presentations and interact with professionals. For freshman and sophomores, there are also numerous schol-

arship opportunities.In recent history, the AIAA

Student Branch at Embry-

Riddle has organized a wide variety of events with great success. The largest of these events was a special interest tour of Kennedy Space Center, including a special presenta-tion by Space Shuttle Discovery engineer Andrew Sokol. Other

events have included dinner meetings that bring in members from the aerospace industry and students to view special pre-sentations. This gives student member the unique opportunity to interact with professionals from the area.

For this year, the AIAA Student Branch has even more planned as it looks to build upon last year’s success. This year’s plans include more stu-dent/faculty events including barbeques and picnics, design projects, special interest tours within the industry, and the annual dinner meeting.

Gain experience in your field Take your major to the next level

ATCO (Air Traffic Control Organization) is open to all Air Traffic Control majors and minors. We meet every other week on Wednesday’s dur-ing the semester. We discuss current ATC issues, the hir-ing process (updates on what current information we have from the FAA), Pay Bands and the ATSAT exam that is taken during the Senior Year of the program. We also have each of the professors from the Air Traffic department come in to give a brief overview of their careers as controllers and to give an introduction to their classes/labs. We try to open the ATC labs up at each meeting to give students the opportunity to check out what their future classes will be like, and give them extra practice for cur-rent classes. In the upcoming

year we plan to have trips to Daytona ATCT, Jacksonville Center, Orlando ATCT, and possibly Miami Center and ATCT facilities.

Besides facility trips we hope to have speakers this year from the Professional Women’s Controllers Association (PWC), Air Traffic Controllers who have graduated from ERAU, as well at NATCA rep-resentatives. We also will be working on fundraising events to raise money for a brick to put on Legacy Walk which will be Air Traffic related. Members must pay a small fee for dues each semester, which allows the club to pay for food at meetings, facility trips, and social activities. Check out our Facebook page by searching “Air Traffic Control Organization at Embry-Riddle” with questions or comments. We are excited for the upcom-ing year and hope to see some new faces in the club!

Sara Whitney ATCO

Steven SeylerAIAA

offers networking and exposure to the proffesional aspect

of engineering.

-STEVEN SEYLER

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The Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach chapter of the 99’s is a chapter of the International Organization of Women Pilots. We are a diverse group of ladies, ranging from stu-dent pilots to Certified Flight Instructors, and we even count a helicopter pilot and a glider pilot as valued members. One common factor between all of our members is our love of aviation as a whole. As a group, we have participated in many campus events including

Alpha Omicron Alpha’s Pull-A-Plane event and Omicron Delta Kappa’s Charity House competition. One of our defining activities is our air-markings that we paint on the ramps at various airports in the region, including DeLand. An airmarking is a large blue and white compass rose that is a trademark of our organization. We are hoping to paint one here at our airport in Daytona in the near future. We also do a number of fun, social things as a group, and if you ever have a question about any-thing, be it school related or flying related, there is a

member who is sure to know the answer! The 99’s also gives great scholarships for members, as well as network-ing opportunities for future endeavors. So if you are a female pilot, or even a pro-spective female pilot, chances are you would fit in quite well with our group. Make sure to check out our booth at the Fall Activities Fair, and attend a meeting or two here on campus to see if you want to join! If you have any questions please con-tact the chapter President Sable Soderlund at embryrid-dle99s@yahoo.com.

Pilots follow dreamThe AcaBellas is an organi-

zation at Embry-Riddle made up of wonderful ladies who love to sing music acapel-la. Their musical repertoire includes all types of music, including pop from Lady Gaga to Bette Midler, rock from Evanescence to Journey, and a

selection of Christmas songs. This semester, they plan to expand that repertoire and to learn the National Anthem

in order to sing at ERAU’s many sporting events. As the AcaBellas practice two to three times a week, they are sought after by different organizations who are engaged with the arts to per-form in different events held on and off campus, such as Alpha Xi Delta’s XI-Man competition, Riddles’ Got Talent and Relay for Life. As the AcaBellas are a relatively new group on campus, they have been working closely with the Acafellas for the past few semesters, growing in musical knowledge and char-acter.

The girls who are part of this

group audition to be admitted in, and they have experience with music as well. A grand majority of the ladies who are part of the AcaBellas have been part of a high school choir, band or theater troupe, which gives them a great advantage by already having musical knowledge such as reading and/or writing music. Every semester there is an audition process during which new members are invited to try out. It is recommended that you have previous musical experience. Do not be shy, and sing out with the AcaBellas as they leave a musical legacy at Embry-Riddle!

Kim EwingNinety-Nines

Maggie DavidAcaBellas

Singing with love

Do you like singing? Want an easy way to meet people across the campus? What about earning some money to help buy your new schoolbooks? Do all of the above by coming out and auditioning for Embry Riddle’s all male a cappella group, the AcaFellas. Since our formation back in 2003, the AcaFellas have become one

of the most successful music groups on the Daytona Beach campus. Every year, we per-form at countless venues both on and off campus, including our annual AcaFellas Concert in the spring semester.

The key to our success is simply how well our group can work and harmonize with one another. With some natu-ral talent, the ability to blend your voice with the group and a cool, professional personali-ty, you too can help us grow to

become an even bigger success throughout the Embry-Riddle community. The method we use to harmonize our voices is by splitting ourselves up into four sections: bass, baritone, tenor one and tenor two. The bulk of our repertoire consists of four-part harmonies, sing-ing songs as classic as the Isley Brother’s “Shout” to hits as recent as One Republic’s “Apologize.”

We are actually looking for tenor’s and beat boxers, so if

you feel you can hit some high notes or can give off a good beat, be sure to look for us at the Student Activities Fair on Thursday, September 16th. Moreover, we will be posting fliers throughout the campus regarding specific audition nights and times, so be on the look out and do not forget to audition! Also, feel free check out our website, www.acafellas.org, and get to know the members that are currently in the AcaFellas.

Peter AgueroAcaFellas

AcaFellas hold auditions for students!

is an organiza-tion at Embry-Riddle made up with wonderul ladies who love

to sing-MAGGIE DAVID

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PHOTO COURTESY AIAA

PHOTO COURTESY ACABELLAS

PHOTO COURTESY NiNETY-NINES

PHOTO COURTESY ACAFELLAS

PHOTO COURTESY ATCO

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B2 The Avion, August 25, 2010Organizations

Welcome to Embry-Riddle! In the coming weeks as you settle into the Riddle commu-nity you are going to want to get involved around campus. For those of you who are hoping to major in Aeronautical Science, be sure to check out Alpha Omicron Alpha Aeronautical Honor Society (AOA).

AOA is the only honor soci-ety for college students who are pursuing a professional pilot career. As a member of AOA you would be provided an excellent opportunity to excel as a leader in aviation and to help promote safety throughout Embry-Riddle. AOA is proud to be partnered with the Aviation Safety Department to hold the position as the official safety liaison for the Aeronautical Science student body. From hosting free safety seminars on campus to the annual Pull-A-Plane charity competition and volunteer activities such as

helping at the Braille Library in Daytona Beach, AOA is heav-ily active both within Embry-Riddle and throughout Daytona Beach.

In an industry as competi-tive as aviation, AOA provides an extraordinary networking opportunity to its members. Recent internships held by AOA members range every-where from JetBlue, Procter & Gamble, Alaska Airlines, Continental and many more. As AOA will only accept the top three percent of the enrolled Aeronautical Science student body, it is maintained as a highly prestigious organization, keeping it well respected among leading aviation companies.

Along with networking, volunteering and becoming a leader in aviation among the Embry-Riddle student body, AOA will also give you the chance to meet an extraordinary group of successful individu-als. Social events within the organization give members a great chance to get to know each other and have a good

time. Barbeques, trips to the beach, fly-outs around Florida and intramural sports are just a few of the ways that AOA is able to create lasting friendships among its members.

Although AOA is always recruiting throughout the year, applications are only accepted at the beginning of each semes-ter. The requirements to become a member include at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, a class stand-ing of at least a second semester freshman, and you must be a declared Aeronautical Science major. If you are not yet eli-gible to apply for membership, you should attend one of the weekly general board meetings that are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in COA room 354. Going to a meeting can give you a good idea of how the organiza-tion operates and what AOA is involved in throughout the year.

To find out more about AOA and how to become involved visit www.aoahonorsociety.com

Hope to see you in the com-ing semester!

Aeronautical Honor Society stands outLauren Clarke

Alpha Omicron Alpha

The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha would like to welcome all the new students as well as everyone returning back for the fall 2010 semester. We are looking forward to another great year and already have several events planned for the upcoming semester. We are starting off the year big, in partnership with Touch-N-Go Productions, with our annual Monte Carlo night on Friday September 10. It will be one of the first chances to get out and meet your fellow classmates while enjoying a variety of casino games including poker, blackjack, roulette and craps. Food and beverages will be provided and everyone will have a chance to win over 800 dollars in prizes.

Community service plays a big role in our fraternity as we seek to develop ourselves as fellow leaders among the pub-lic. Our first philanthropy will be our third annual watermel-on bust, which will take place later in the fall semester. This event consists of all the sorori-ties on campus competing in a variety of games in order to raise food and money for charity as well as be crowned Watermelon Bust champions. Our biggest philanthropic

event this semester will come in early November as our chapter participates in the 18th annual North American Food Drive. This event is the larg-est single-day, international philanthropic effort by college students as it has collected over 32.5 million pounds of food since started, for those in need across North America. We have also planned sev-eral other events to benefit the community as we will work with local churches, the American Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity and Up Til Dawn.

Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men’s general fraternities in North America

with more than 270,000 initi-ated members, with nearly 200 active chapters at colleges and universities. It was the first fraternity to eliminate pledge-ship in the early 1970’s, and it remains a leader in the fight against hazing, alcohol abuse, drugs and other challenges fac-ing today’s college student.

Lambda Chi Alpha serves as a co-curricular experience to complement higher educa-tion by providing young men with opportunities for aca-demic achievement, leader-ship development and lifelong friendship. We are looking forward to meeting all of you and we hope that all of you have a great semester.

Ryan ElwoodLambda Chi Alpha

Brothers volunteerThe Embry-Riddle

Cheerleaders are known for their spectacular stunts and performances at basketball games. However, there is much more to the program that what you see on the court. The team represents the Eagles at com-munity events such as parades, picnics, and Port Orange Family Days. Their volunteer

work includes construction and clean up at the Palmetto House, tutoring young chil-dren in reading, First Fridays trash clean up, the Heart Walk, Relay for Life, and other numerous community service projects. The cheerleaders have volunteered their time coaching children this summer at The Little Gym and with the Girl Scouts of America. To increase fundraising efforts the team hosts “Cheertastic” children’s birthday parties, and

has been recognized within the University earning them-selves additional scholarships. Several squad members have also received the Champions of Character scholarship in recent years. The Cheerleaders will compete this spring at the NAIA National Cheerleading Competition here in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ernie the mascot also plays a vital role in promoting Eagle spirit and can be found at most of these events as well as on the court.

Cheerleaders fly highPeggy Pierce

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Not quite ready to give up that instrument you learned in high school? Want to support Embry-Riddle in the coolest way possible? Then join one of the only two musically inclined clubs on campus!!! We perform for the: girl’s volleyball team, men’s basketball team, the Ice Hockey Club, a local high

school’s football team and anything else we can do to put music in the Daytona com-munity.

As a member of the pep band you would attend practices twice a week (as long as there are no prior school commitments) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:45-8:00 p.m., regularly perform at games and have the opportunity to do out-of-band fun activities (such as: midnight trips to Denny’s

and Steak and Shake after games, home-cooked dinner nights, etc.). Transportation to and from games (and even to and from our out-of-band activities) will be provided by members of the band with a vehicle, so no worries if you think you cannot get off cam-pus.

Please feel welcome to join us for our first practice on August 31 (Tuesday) at 6:45 p.m. If you do not have your instrument with you at the

time you can still sit in and watch how we run things. On a special note, we will be having a barbeque after our second practice on September 2 (aka free food). As one of the loud-er organizations on campus ,we have our very own special building on campus … it is located across Clyde Morris Boulevard in the second mod-ular (aka mobile unit/trailer) behind the ROTC building … if you think the directions are too confusing you can

meet with one of our mem-bers in front of the Student Village entrance; they will be wearing a blue jersey with Pep Band @ ERAU on the front, around 6:30 p.m. (please bring your instrument with you if you have it). If you cannot make it to the first practice you can come any Tuesday or Thursday at 6:45 p.m. and just ask around for someone important (seri-ously, people do not respond to officer titles half the time)

or find our table at the activi-ties fair.

If you have any questions please email Gabino Guerrero: guerrerg@my.erau.edu or ask anyone roaming around campus in a blue jersey as described above.

We love having new mem-bers that are dedicated to performing and improving their musicality and look for-ward to meeting everyone that comes to the first/second/twenty-ninth practice.

Jessica LinkletterPep Band

Put music in the Daytona community

The Engineering Design Club (or EnDeC) is a relatively new club to Embry Riddle, but the club has had an outstanding first year! The first semes-ter of its existence, fall 2009, EnDeC designed and built a payload from scratch to fly on the first Pathfinder rocket built by ERFSEDS, which suc-cessfully transmitted pressure and acceleration data in real-time. EnDeC designs all of its own circuit boards, hold-ing to the philosophy that low level development allows full control and impeccable versa-tility of their flight payloads. However, EnDeC did not stop there; the intrepid club over-hauled their payload design, learning from their first launch, and found new component dis-tributors which allowed for less expensive, and therefore more science payloads in the future.

As recent as mid-June, 2010, EnDeC and ERFSEDS teamed up again to take first place

at the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) with an outstand-ing scientific payload, beat-ing out UCLA, University of California, Longbeach and Brigham Young University. The payload had a modular design, allowing easy adapt-ability for future payloads. The instrumentation data was again a huge success. Radio transmission from the rocket payload section telemetered acceleration and rotation rate data, which corroborated with ERFSEDS onboard cameras. The data gathered from these rockets will be used to build better simulation models of ERFSEDS rockets in the future. These simulations will better predict the altitude and trajec-tory of small and high powered rockets. In effect, EnDeC is bringing much more science back to rocket engineering at Embry Riddle.

Although building payloads has been the primary focus of the Engineering Design Club, proper documentation and mentorship are essential to the

club’s continued success. Individual members are given the opportunity to learn from senior members. Subjects that EnDeC excel at are: Printed

Circuit Board design, electrical testing, systems engineering, radio frequency circuits, scien-tific and technical documenta-tion and coordination between

other clubs. EnDeC gives ordi-nary students of all majors the opportunity to learn important skills for development as an engineer. EnDeC is focused on

the professional development of its membership. Classes will be given twice weekly with an accompanying lab on the topics of project design, project planning, electronics drafting and how the skills you learn in EnDeC will help fur-ther your career.

My name is Alexander Manasseh, and I am the presi-dent and founder of EnDeC. I am studying to be a scientist at Embry-Riddle, majoring in Engineering Physics. For over four years, I have been work-ing with research scientists in the Atmospheric Physics Research Lab and the Space Physics Research Lab building hands on, scientifically valu-able instruments. This training has left me with a very valu-able education and I feel that it is my duty to share it with the Embry-Riddle community at large. That is why I cre-ated EnDeC. I say to each of you that read this, come give our club a try. Real, hands-on experience is not something you have to wait until senior year to get involved in!

Alexander ManassehEngineering Design Club

Club develops students’ engineering skills

PHOTO COURTESY AOA

PHOTO COURTESY LAMDA CHI ALPHA

PHOTO COURTESY ERAU CHEERLEADERS

PHOTO COURTESY ENGINEERING DESIGN CLUB

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Our faith, the Catholic faith, more than just grounds us. It unites us and makes us more than just another church group. Whether the roots of your faith are deep, shallow, or haven’t grown yet, we invite you to join us. Come to Mass Sundays at 7pm in the Interfaith Chapel, and learn about faith, fellow-ship, and the everlasting love of God. There are plenty of oppor-tunities for students to become involved during the Eucharistic Celebration. Students can serve as Eucharistic Ministers, Alter Servers, readers, musicians, choir members, or with the hos-pitality team. After mass each Sunday, the hospitality team encourages parishioners to stay awhile and enjoy snacks like pizza and ice cream sundaes while spending time with oth-ers who share your faith. Also, once a month parishioners from the surrounding Catholic parishes serve delicious home cooked meals after Mass.

The Catholic Student Union provides opportunities for stu-

dents to learn more about the Catholic faith outside of Mass. The year begins with Theology on Tap, a young adult ministry

held at Houligan’s Sports Pub in Ormond Beach. Each weeks young adults from around the greater Daytona area gather

together to hear lectures on and discuss the Church’s view on different topics that effect their lives, from abortion to illegal

immigration and beyond. When Theology on Tap ends, the John Paul II Society begins. Held at Panara Bread on International Speedway Blvd, the John Paul II Society reviews spiritual writings and discusses how they impact our lives. Additionally, each semester, the CSU partici-pates in diocesan wide campus ministry retreats. The retreats allow members to grow in their faith with other Catholics from Daytona State College, Bethune-Cookman University, Stetson University, Rollins College, Florida Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida, and Florida Southern College.

Christ tells us to love oth-ers as He has loved us. The CSU helps others do just that be organizing a variety of ser-vice activities. Service activi-ties range from those that only take a second to opportuni-ties that allow you to spend a whole day helping people who need a hand. The Pop Your Top campaign collects pop-tops from soda cans to help benefit the Ronald McDonald House charity. It takes only a second and makes a world

of difference. Other opportu-nities include Project Manual Service, Project PUSH, Heart and Cancer Walks, and Charity House. Project Manual Service helps provide manual labor for those in need in the local com-munity. Projects have included helping the elderly with lawn care, transporting desks for the Orlando Mission Diocese in the Dominican Republic, helping with projects at the Basilica of St. Paul, and providing services for the handicapped. Those who participate in Project PUSH visit local nursing homes where they take wheel chair residents for walks outside, visit those confined to their rooms, and provide social activities for the elderly. The Heart and Cancer Walks and Charity House are campus wide events that the CSU participates in each year.

Even with all the learning and helping out we still have time for some good old fashioned fun! Throughout the year, the CSU host social events such as bowling, ice skating, miniature gold, going to the beach, and interfaith bbqs. We also show our spirit during the multitude of homecoming events.

Have you ever wanted to start your own business? Do you have questions about next steps for growing your business idea? Looking to surround yourself with other creative people with business ideas?

Look no further than Embry-Riddle’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO). As a club dedicated to entrepreneurship, Embry-Riddle’s CEO club offers a unique opportunity to broaden your business skill-set, network with other college student entre-preneurs, and most importantly, learn and experience how to start a business.

Our club works hard to be sure that we are a place you can openly speak about your ideas. We love hearing new business ideas and helping you grow

them into a viable plan. Whether you’re interested in starting an airline, opening up a restaurant, or generally interested in busi-ness, CEO club provides expe-rience and research-driven sup-port to help members create and develop their business ideas.

In addition to helping you grow your business, CEO is an opportunity to develop your business skills. Our regularly scheduled meetings include member presentations (business plans, marketing plans, social media), company speakers (successful entrepreneurs) and impromptu speaking for those who want practice at speaking in front of a group. Annually, members of our club fly north to Chicago, IL to participate and attend the National CEO event. The National Conference is host to thousands of col-lege students with an interest in Entrepreneurship and offers wonderful chances for network-

ing and meeting people who may one day help you run your company.

The event is also host to a large elevator pitch competi-tion. Imagine meeting Bill Gates or Warren Buffett in an elevator. With only so little time, are you able to attract their interest in your business? The National CEO competition runs along the same lines, and last year, Embry-Riddle CEO mem-ber Zander Woodford-Smith, placed first in the competition and flew back to Embry-Riddle with an extra $2,500. And yes, we will be hosting fundraising events to help those who wish to attend.

So whether you have a fully made business plan, an idea scribbled on the back of a nap-kin, or simply want to meet people with an interest in entre-preneurship, we hope that you will stop by the CEO club. Hope to see you soon!

Build your businessCurtis Szajkovics

CEO Club

The Embry-Riddle Robotics Association (ERRA) welcomes the class of 2014! Do you want to be involved in hands-on com-petitive projects and research? This past year, student mem-bers of ERRA developed seven innovative autonomous vehicles to compete in events hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). These vehicles must all navigate and perform com-plex tasks without human inter-vention.

Two autonomous ground robots competed in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition in Rochester, Michigan. Our new-est concept vehicle, MOLLEBot, is modular and backpack able. This robot is one-fourth the weight of the other vehicles at the competition. The surface vehicle (autonomous boat) team

competed in Virginia Beach and placed 6th at the Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition. The team (most being avid surfers) custom built a vehicle with the hydrodynamic stability

of a surfboard. Going deeper underwater, the submersible robot competed in San Diego, California. The complexities of this competition include three-dimensional courses, distorted

visual environments and water-proofing of expensive electron-ics and sensors.

There were two aerial com-petitions for ERRA this sum-mer—the outdoor Unmanned

Aerial Systems (UAS) competi-tion and the indoor International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC)—that focus on different elements of the robotic air vehi-cle design process. The UAS competition, held in Maryland, is a reconnaissance mission that typically focuses on getting a plane in the air quickly and incorporating autonomous sens-ing and navigation. IARC, held at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, requires controlled indoor flight and places a high importance on innovative air-frame design. For the past two years, Embry-Riddle developed and successfully competed with their novel single-wing mono-copter. The monocopter has a simple, elegant design biolog-ically inspired by the maple seed. The NASA Lunabotics Competition is the newest vehicle in the ERRA lab. This competition focuses on outreach and community involvement, as well as the design of a vehicle

that can safely move lunar soil.This year, ERRA is proud to

be a member of team RASR, a finalist in the prestigious Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC). November will see select members of team RASR in Australia, monitoring a group of autonomous ground vehi-cles.

Embry-Riddle Robotics Association is planning on an exciting year ahead. From ‘nerd nights’ to helping with senior design projects to volunteer-ing with the FIRST technical challenge in middle and high schools, ERRA is branching out. Our meetings will be every other Thursday at 6:00pm, start-ing September 2 in IC 104. Stop by Lehman 231 to see the projects, meet existing members, and get involved! For any questions, feel free to contact organization President, Charles ‘Randy’ Breingan at breingac@my.erau.edu.

Get involved in competative projects and researchAshley Nelson

ERRA

Are you looking to get involved and meet new people? Looking for leadership opportu-nities? Want to have some fun while building up your résumé? Achieve it all and more by join-ing the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association (ERRSA). Throughout the year, the stu-dents of ERRSA, also known as Hall Representatives, host countless events and are your voice in the residence halls. Residents can join the exec-utive board, be a part of a committee or just be a general

board member. You also have the opportunity to attend state,

regional and national confer-ences to meet other student lead-ers and develop your leadership skills. This is a great group to join if you want to leave your

mark at Embry-Riddle. Plus, ERRSA could not do all that it does without your involvement and support.

Come learn more about ERRSA and meet the staff at our first office party on Tuesday, August 31, between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. You can find us on the second floor of the Student Village Atrium, room TC 205. The ERRSA office will soon become your home away from home where you can watch television, play video games or even rent a couple of DVDs from our col-lection of over 800 films (and yes, it includes movies about planes too)! If you are looking to have some fun and make a difference, stop by our inter-est meeting on Wednesday, September 1, at 8:30 p.m. in the Student Village Fountain Room. There will be food and bever-ages provided, so be sure to bring your appetite!

Be a resident leader

Meagan ElsberryERRSA

Cameron McCuneCSU

Students share Catholic roots of faith

Are you interested in poli-tics, current events, and have an urge to dive deep into the inner workings and backroom deals of government? Are you curious about the constitution, corruption, and “the unreported news?” We sure are, and would love to have new members join the College Republicans chapter here at Embry Riddle. Do not let our name fool you though; we do not blindly follow any political party.

We associate ourselves with conservative ideals of small government, free market prin-ciples, a strong defense, and adherence to the constitution. These principles, current events, and government matters are all presented to members in week-ly meetings which guarantee all members a chance to voice his or her opinions. In addition to this, our club hosts various speakers, organize rallies, help

local conservative groups, par-ticipate in leadership seminars, as well as a host of other activi-ties.

Our involvement on the cam-pus and state level has partnered and associated our club with

numerous groups and organiza-tions that have helped our club become what it is today. These organizations include the Young Americans Foundation, the Leadership Institute, the Volusia County Republicans, Fair Tax, the Florida Federation of College Republicans, Teenage Republicans, as well as other organizations. However, we do not eat breath, and sleep poli-tics; no one in their right mind

would do such a thing. The club has to have some relaxation on occasion.

While working with cam-paigns, discussing topics, and hosting speakers is important to the club, we also believe it is important to take time to enjoy down time during the busy school year. Be it a cook out, going to the beach, or having fun in the sun, the club makes sure to break up the monoto-nous drone of politics by spend-ing time enjoying life. With a group of like minded people, it is hard not to get along.

So if you are interested in the club, curious about politics, or just want to show up and give us a piece of your mind by all means comes to our meetings. We meet every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in the College of Aviation on the second floor room 259 (COA 259). Feel free to bring friends, family; all are welcomed. We wish you the best of luck in the com-ing semester and hope to see you at our meetings.

Dive deep in government WOMEN’S SOCCER TRYOUTS

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN trying out for the ERAU women’s soccer team, please contact assistanc coach Liam Mcilhatton @ 323-5018. Tryouts will be held on Wednesday, September 1 @ 3:15

Mike CarkinCollege Republican

Join the resi-dents’ exec-tutive board

PHOTO COURTESY CSU

PHOTO COURTESY ERRA

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What’s the fastest sport sit-ting down, going backwards? It’s ROWING and the Embry-Riddle Crew team is looking for athletic individuals who know the values of teamwork, dedication, and perseverance. There are eight reasons you should join in 2010:

1). Unbeatable Fitness.Rowing is known as a “full

body workout”, because of its wide range of muscle usage, as well as amazing cardiovascular conditioning. Crew is also low impact since proper rowing is based on a smooth motion that places minimal stress on your body.

FACT: At the summer Olympics, several top trainers were asked, “Out of all the athletes in the Olympics, who is in the best overall physical condition?” It was definitive…the rowers (of course).

2). No Experience Necessary. Never heard of crew before? No problem; we will teach you

everything you need to know and gradually improve your physical conditioning.

3). Cheap Dues! For a self-sufficient campus club, we have very inexpensive dues at only $65 a semester.

4). Lots of Equipment. We have our own facility at the Halifax River Boathouse, right next to Jackie Robinson ball-park (about 3 miles from cam-pus). We have a fleet of boats as well as rowing and weight machines.

5). Lots of Competition. We have a regular intercolle-giate schedule and race against many schools such as UF, FIT,

UCF, FSU, JU, Stetson, Rollins, and crews from every state in the southern region when we go to the annual Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Assn. Regatta (SIRA). We also com-pete against school from around the country like University of Texas, Purdue, and Michigan.

6). Make New Friends. One of the best ways to make new friends on campus is to join a club. Because teamwork is such an important part of row-ing, you will really bond with your fellow rowers.

7). Crew is Good for your Resume. Crew has long been recognized as a prestigious sport synonymous with elite discipline, persistence, dedica-tion, and above all, teamwork. Since rowers require all these traits, they are immediately recognized as superior candi-dates.

8). Rowing is for Everyone. Rowing is a co-ed sport (on many college teams the wom-en’s squad is bigger than the men’s). We also have light-weight and heavyweight clas-sifications.

Are you a great motivator and love competition? We also need coxswains (the [often small] person in the back of the boat that yells orders to the rest of the crew and is a leader in boat strategy)! It’s a vital position on the team, not to mention a fun one.

Whether it’s the speed, the Zen-like unison of motion, or the raw competition, every-body can find something they love about crew. So come out and give it a try!

Interested in joining or want to find out more? Just send an e-mail to our club president:

Gutti Ingvason, ingvasog@my.erau.edu at any time. Also, an informational meeting will be held on campus during the first week of September. There will be flyers posting with the time and location.

Practice for the fall is from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesdays and Friday and 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Have schedule conflicts? It is ok, most people do and we can usually work with them. We hope to see you soon!

Gutti IngvasonCrew

Unbeatable fitness sitting down

Looking to start your meteo-rology career out on the right foot? Then Chi Epsilon Pi is exactly what you need! Chi Epsilon Pi is the National

Meteorology Honor Society, NOT a fraternity or sorority. Our members strive for excellence and are recognized throughout the country for doing so.

Chi Epsilon Pi alumni are cur-rently on research grants com-pleting their graduate degrees, working as broadcast meteo-rologists, and interning at the National Weather Service. We

promote academic excellence by awarding distinction to stu-dents who have high scholastic ability and show a promise of achievement in the meteoro-logical field.

Chi Epsilon Pi also advo-cates student and public interest in our field and related sciences through community service, such as Science Day, school visits, and keeping a mile of our local beach clean. This year we are also attending the American Meteorological Society Student Conference in Seattle, WA.

If you want a successful and gratifying start to your meteo-rology career, then stop by the Weather Lab on the 3rd floor of the College of Aviation and inquire today! Basic require-ments are that you are of sopho-more standing and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA, so those com-ing in with college credits may apply sooner.

If you do not meet these requirements but are still inter-ested, stop by the weather lab and talk to us! Simply ask for a Chi Epsilon Pi Officer and the tutors will be happy to point you in the right direction.

Kevin RaderChi Epsilon Pi

Be ahead of the storm

A new year is starting and Team Blackbird would like to welcome back all our returning students as well as welcome all new incoming freshman and transfer students. As the year gets underway Blackbird is excited and anxious to start work on a new autonomous aerial system (UAS). Team Blackbird is a group of stu-dents who design, build, test, and operate complete small unmanned aerial systems (soft-ware and aircraft).

We focus on unmanned vehicles because advances in computing have created a new era of aviation. Because of this new era Team Blackbird has participated in many AUVSI (Autonomous Vehicles Systems International) UAS competi-tions, which entails using an autonomous flight system to then spot and GPS tag a series of targets using an airborne video and imaging system com-plete with full telemetry.

We have been recognized by the school in a recent news release for our outstanding per-formance in these competitions. Blackbird has placed second in 2009 and third in 2010 out of over 30 teams from around the globe. Over the years, the need for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles has become more apparent both in civil and mili-tary applications. The ability of drones to be placed in danger-ous environments in the place of humans has proven invaluable for military and civil operations all around the world. One of the most notable uses of autono-mous vehicles may be the MQ-1 Predator, which has been used in combat and reconnaissance

operations all over the world.

Uses for UAVs are not limited to military use. There are civil applications such as patrolling oil pipe lines, searching for lost hikers, fighting forest fires, and monitoring wild life popula-tions. The need for this technol-ogy is ever increasing and so is the demand for skilled and experienced systems engineers,

software, computer, mechani-cal, and aerospace engineers.

Team Blackbird offers stu-dents an opportunity not avail-able at many universities. All majors are welcome and able to participate on the team. It is a great way to learn about design, flight, mechanical sys-tems, computer systems, soft-ware, business, professionalism and teamwork. The experience that can be obtained from the competitions we participate in is a great outlet to apply con-cepts and practices learned in the classroom.

Our team is extremely proud of our accomplishments and is striving to continue the tradi-tion of success we have built and to do this it is looking for new members that will help us enhance our system and con-tinue to improve our vehicles and team. All majors are wel-come and very much able to contribute to the team. We are proud to say that all input from all members, both new and old, are taken into consideration. Everyone is able to contribute ideas as well as work on the plane and its contained systems. As a member of Team Blackbird you will have relevant and important responsibilities that will allow you to expand and enhance your experience here. You will not be limited to major specific tasks. Students enrolled in any program are able to work on any and all parts of the team. There will be many opportuni-ties for participation. Blackbird

requires aircraft flight and structural components to be designed, changed and main-tained. Mechanical systems dealing with lenses, servos, motors, stability, and launching are also possibilities in the com-petition. Wiring power, data and mechanical systems is a

large part of keeping the plane in the air. Imaging software is needed to relay information to team members during flights and to perform image recogni-tion. Our team’s needs are not limited to engineering. R/C safety pilots will be needed for testing the autopilot system. We also need to monitor and main-tain funding and secure outside sponsorship. Anyone who is interested and has good work ethic is welcome to join regard-less of major or background.

There is no experience required to work anywhere on the team. If you are inexperi-enced, you will have the oppor-tunity to learn from other team members. We make every effort to involve all team members.

If you are interested in join-ing our team please e-mail your name and e-mail address to blackbirduas2010@gmail.com. All majors welcome. An e-mail will be sent out to you with a meeting place and time. At the meetings we will give further information about the team and opportunities. We will hold sev-eral meetings at different times to ensure everyone who wants to be a part of team can attend the “new members” meeting.

Ramiro, Ryan & Teric Blackbird

Students build unmanned system

Welcome new and returning Embry-Riddle students!

Are you the first in your immediate family to be attend-ing a four-year university in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree? If you answered yes, then you are a First Generation student! Being first in this situation should be nothing to be embar-rassed about; rather, it is some-thing that our members are extremely proud of! Statistics go to show that our group has one of the highest retention rates among college students attending Embry-Riddle and other universities across the nation.

Historically, First Generation students on average rep-resent over a quarter of our student body, and as a result the First Generation Students’ Organization is a very success-ful program here at Embry-Riddle. The purpose behind our organization is to draw together fellow First Generation stu-dents who come from similar backgrounds and share many of the same questions, con-cerns and experiences. In rec-ognizing some of the added challenges faced in particular by First Generation students as they begin their college career, we provide an academic and social support network that is there from the transition into the college-life all the way through graduation and beyond.

We are an active organization around campus and the sur-rounding community. During spring 2010 we achieved “Gold Wing Status,” a special honor for clubs and organizations that display continued commitment to the campus. On campus we provide tutoring and mentor-ing services and host numerous presentations and workshops covering topics from campus resources, taxes, financial aid, interview preparation, career counseling, diversity, dress-ing professionally, to using proper dinner etiquette. First Generation students regularly participate in fun campus activ-ities such as the Alpha Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) charity house fundraiser, the Oozeball volleyball tournament, Burritos and Board Games and Relay For Life. Our organization’s mem-

bers also get involved through-out the surrounding community by participating in Daytona’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, several service projects and by taking excit-ing excursions to places such as the Kennedy Space Center. As if that was not enough, we have many group dinners and social events including our annual President’s Dinner with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s President, Dr. John Johnson.

There are countless ben-efits to being part of the First Generation Students’ Organization at ERAU. Our members obtain scholarship and networking opportunities, great friendships, as well as stronger social and academic skills. Additionally, having our organization on résumés is very appealing to future employers. If you are concerned about money, know that participat-ing in our organization will not cost a thing as we do not collect dues or any other fees from our members.

The First Generation Students’ Organization works closely with First Year Programs, how-ever, you do not have to be a freshman to join. In fact, we love to see our returning, upper-classmen First Generation stu-dents get involved with our organization because we know they have much to contribute as they serve as good role models and mentors for the newer stu-dents.

First Generation Students’ Organization is looking for-ward to the beginning of a very fun and productive semes-ter. Our first major event of the academic year will be our annual fall reception in early September. Regular meet-ings will be held every other Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the Doolittle Annex, the location of First Year Program’s office.

If you are first generation, we would like to hear from you! For more information about our organization, please contact Kim Smith, President, at smithk3@my.erau.edu or Gaston Gaber, Public Relations, at GABERG@my.erau.edu.

Do not forget to look for us at the upcoming Student Activities Fair!

You can also find us on Facebook: First Generation Students

Kimberly SmithFirst Generation

Uses for UAVs are

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Welcome news students, transfer students, and return-ing students! We hope you have an enjoyable time here at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University!

Would you like to make your time here more enjoyable? Returning students have you always wanted to join a fun club? Join Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers and Developers Society (ERFSEDS), the pre-miere rocketry club here at Embry-Riddle!

Through ERFSEDS, you will have a great time learning

all about rocketry and gain a wide variety of experiences that will not only help you excel in school but also in your future endeavors!

By joining ERFSEDS you will have the chance to take part

in high caliber rocket competi-tions, such as Pathfinder and Hybrid. You will also have the chance to participate in devel-opmental rocket projects, such as Artemis (a completely mod-ular rocket), Prometheus Motor Design. Finally, you can partic-ipate in fun/service activities, such as National Association of Rocketry (NAR) Certification Workshop, X-launches, Relay for Life and community out-reach!

If any of these activities sounds like a fun and reward-ing experience … come join us! All majors welcome and most importantly no experience with

rocketry necessary. We have a lot of people in our club who would have no problem teach-ing you what you need to know to participate.

To become a part of this pre-mier rocketry club at Embry-Riddle, stop by the ERFSEDS information table at the Student Activities fair and we will be happy to answer your ques-tions. Or visit our website at the following URL address, http://sites.google.com/site/rocket-deck2/. Lastly if you have any further questions please con-tact Jeremy Girton, ERFSEDS Public Relation Officer at gir-tonj@my.erau.edu.

First Year Programs, located in Doolittle Annex, is focused on helping students achieve their academic goals. The First Year Programs team consists of highly qualified academic advisors, student ambassadors and peer mentors who work together to assist students with academic questions as well as aid in their transition to col-lege life. From social events to academic advising, First Year Programs is committed to helping students find what they

need to be successful at the university and in life.

First Year Programs provides a wide variety of methods to

help each student reach their educational goals including: tutoring, study groups, and a semester-by-semester plan of study based on the student’s needs and interests. Academic advisors walk students, step-

by-step, through the registration process, while teaching effec-tive study skills and time-man-agement strategies. Although advisors are knowledgeable about all academic disciplines, in order to provide students with the most appropriate infor-mation, they are assigned to specific academic majors.

For those who need help in specific subjects, the University’s new ‘Unified Tutoring Center’ is available, free of charge, to all students. Tutoring ranges from math and engineering courses to assistance in composing essays. In addition, First Year Programs

offers the First Generation Program. This program is for students who are the first to attend college in their family. Members of the “First Gen” Program may receive additional tutoring, travel to events around Florida, academic/personal sup-port and earn scholarships.

First Year Programs sponsors many activities designed to help students foster meaningful rela-tionships with faculty, staff and other students here at Embry-Riddle. Hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information call (386)-226-7073.

Eagles Flight Team is now looking for the brightest

The Eagles Flight Team (EFT) represents the Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach cam-pus and competes at the annual National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s (NIFA) National and Regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conferences (SAFECON). The Eagles are now seeking new mem-bers for the academic year of 2010-2011. The mass brief-ing of the EFT will be held on September 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the IC Auditorium. After the briefing, tryouts will begin on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday starting from September 8 through September 28 and will be fol-lowed by an interview with the current EFT members on either October 5, 6 or 7. The tryouts are separated into three major ground events which are REC, COMPACC, and SCAN.

REC (Aircraft Recognition)5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (T,

W, Th)-Identifying various aircraft

by make and model.SCAN (Simula ted

Comprehens ive Ai r Navigation)

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (T, W, Th)

-Planning a hypothetical flight utilizing aircraft per-formance charts, weather information, VFR charts and answering knowledge ques-tions based on the Federal Aviation Regulations and basic aviation knowledge.

C O M PA C C ( C o m p u t e r Accuracy)7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (T,W, Th)

-Complex calculations with a manual flight computer such as the CR-3.

Saturday Practice7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Sat)-Flight practice* is per-

formed at the Massey Ranch Airport. Pick up is available at the flight line with vans are leaving at 7:30 a.m. sharp.

*Flying events are open to members after participating in EFT for two semesters.

Potential members are required to participate in the Saturday practice and at least two ground events (REC, SCAN or COMPACC). Perfect attendance is required for all the practice and chosen events. Special consideration will be given to participants who have conflicts between their flight blocks and the practices.

With members from eight different countries and regions, the EFT is the most diverse team on campus. The team also provides you with a chance to meet friends, build up networks with the aviation industry and polish your own résumé.

The EFT earned second place in the nation in 2009 and 2010, with the previ-ous national champion-ship won by the team was in 1992. EFT’s former team captain Sherman Carll was named the National Top Pilot and also won the Short-field Landings competition. In the Aircraft Recognition event (REC), EFT successfully placed all five competitors in the national top 20. Carll also led the Eagles in winning six trophies in the top three spots. The team also had 12 indi-vidual competitors place in top 10.

Any student at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona campus can join the Eagles Flight Team. There is no minimum flight time, experi-ence or rating requirements to become a member of the team (however, some events do have specific requirements).

For more information, please visit http://www.eagles-flightteam.org/ ALL MAJORS WELCOMED!

Caesar YuenFlight Team

Compete with Flight Team

Students learn about rocketry

JOIN THE FLOCKThe Flock would like to wel-

come everyone to campus. In case you have not heard yet, The Flock is the student group that supports Embry-Riddle Athletics. We were the largest group on campus last year, with over 600 members. We are the Embry-Riddle version of the Cameron Crazies, if you are familiar with them.

Throughout the year we pro-vide free BBQ’s at different games. The first of these will be this Sunday, August 29, 2010 beginning at 5:00 p.m., and we will have a live DJ spinning some great tunes while you eat. Following the BBQ our men’s soccer team will be playing NCAA Division I University of North Florida at 6:00 p.m.

We also give away free t-shirts at a lot of different games. Think of the perks: another great shirt to put in the rotation, less time and (more importantly) money spent on laundry and the undeniable increase in your coolness quo-tient when others spot you with the latest in Flock apparel.

Our goal is to create great atmosphere at Embry-Riddle games, and to develop tradi-tions that you will be proud of not only as a student, but as

an alum. One of the ways we are trying to do this is creating a bucket list of 50 Tasks for you to accomplish before you graduate in four to six years (whatever the case may be).

You can find all of the tasks online at our website: http://embryriddlesports.com/flock or by searching Facebook for “EMBRY-RIDDLE 50 TASKS.” All you have to do is upload a photo of yourself doing each task, and we will reward you at each ten-task plateau.

Joining the Flock is fun, rewarding and most of all easy! It is just $10. For that little coinage you get the new Flock t-shirt, a discount card that can be used at our spon-sors (for 10% or more off your purchases at most locations) and a host of new friends. We will see you at the game this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for free food. Go Eagles!

The Embry-Riddle Formula Hybrid team designs, builds, tests and then competes with a high performance hybrid race car for the SAE Formula Hybrid International Competition. This competition held annually in New Hampshire focuses on the design, marketing and racing of high performance hybrid pow-ertrain. In the 2007 inaugural event, ERAU Formula Hybrid took second place in the world, first place in the United States and won awards for the Best Hybrid Systems Engineering and Most Innovative Design. Again in the 2008 competition our team took first nationally and second place international-ly, placing first in every single design category except for one.

In the 2009 year, our team fin-ished sixth place overall after an unfortunate failure of the electrical system on the car, preventing us from finishing the endurance event. Instead of competing in 2010, the team choose to instead to take a two year design review creat-ing a completely new car from scratch.

Our car features a complete-ly new battery propulsion sys-tem designed to replace our aging capacitor banks while still giving us a full parallel hybrid powertrain along with improved performance. The powertrain has the ability to be powered by the electric motor, the gasoline engine or both in tandem. Improving from our previous past success from car-bon A-arms, the 2011 compe-tition car will have a carbon monocoque along with all car-

bon suspension member. The increased use of composites allows reduced weight along with improved performance. Along with the reduced weight we are also redesigning the car from the ground up using suc-cessful systems and concepts from the previous vehicles while making improvements to chassis, suspension and power-train designs.

The team works throughout the year in the SAE Shop (LB 183) and the Manufacturing Lab (LB 182) both located in the Lehman Engineering Building. Team meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the SAE shop located through the Manufacturing Lab starting on the second Monday of the fall semester. Formula Hybrid is looking for dedicated students of all experiences, skill levels

and majors. Engineering stu-dents can work on the team for technical elective credit, which is a great way to fulfill your degree requirements. Freshmen are especially encouraged to come join the team since no experience is needed. ERAU is noted for graduating engi-neers with the practical skills that equate to great value in the job market. Working on this team is an excellent way for engineering students to devel-op hands-on practical skills to complement their classroom learning and make themselves much more marketable when it comes time for internships and job searches.

Interested students should contact Paul Dovi by email (pauldovi@gmail.com), attend the Formula Hybrid meetings, or stop by the SAE Shop when the team is working.

John PhillipsFlock

Join the Riddle flock

SAE win with Formula Hybrid

First Year Programs assist studentsPat Lee McAllister

First Year Programs

To all of the new flight stu-dents on campus, the Flight Professional Conduct Board (FPCB) welcomes you. You will soon be starting to fly here at Embry-Riddle and there are a lot of new and exciting things that you will learn about.

One of the things you will be learning is what the Flight Professional Conduct Board is and what we do. You know, a lot of upperclassmen prob-ably cannot even give you a correct answer to who we are. Just a few weeks ago I heard someone ask a classmate who we were and the classmate’s reply was, “That’s the no-show board, they charge us money.”

I would be unprofession-al if I were to lie to you and tell you that the state-ment made was completely untrue, and unprofessionalism is exactly what the board is

trying to prevent.Professionalism can be

defined multiple ways. Maturity, responsibility, com-munication, and education all play a part in defining the term. All of us flying here at

Embry-Riddle will not only strive to be professional, but are also held to that standard. This is where the FPCB comes into play.

If a pilot does not to show up to work, it is considered unprofessional. At Embry-Riddle, the standards are the same. From the day a student

walks in here, until the day they walk across the stage, they are expected to act as a professional.

Not only is Embry-Riddle teaching a student to become a pilot, Embry-Riddle is teach-ing a student to become a professional pilot. In the real world, there is no monetary fee for unprofessionalism. It comes in the form of suspen-sion and termination. It may seem unfair to most, but the fee associated with an unexcused no-show is designed to cover the cost associated with the unused resource. For example, the oral room, simulator, or aircraft, as well as the instruc-tor, which were reserved for you and went unused.

The Professional Conduct Board was also created to stand up for the students in the event of unprofessional-ism from the other side of the table: instructors. This is the reason why the board consists of flight students; students that understand and work with an

individual in question to find the very best outcome.

Remember that we are not only there as a deterrence. We are here to aid in the shaping of a professional and reward those who show outstanding professionalism. We are active in the creation of our Flight Operations Manual (FOM) and are a voice of the students when students are not heard. We are bound to uphold the principles listed in the FOM, and strive to clear away the grey area that so many of us fall in to when it comes to missing an activity.

Enjoy your flying this semester! Please, remem-ber to set two alarm clocks for those early flight blocks, and understand the rules of the FOM for properly medi-cally grounding yourselves. Our area on Blackboard’s “Flight Department Page” includes some helpful tips to avoid a no-show, as well as the online version of the FOM. Safe Flights—FPCB.

Students learn professionalismMatt Leidecker

FPCB

Craig CzlapinskiSAE

Our goal is to create a great atmosphere at Embry-Riddle .

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Felix Baumgartner is preparing for the seeming-ly impossible. After riding up to 120,000 feet in a pressurized capsule, he will jump. In his attempt to achieve a world record, high-est free fall, Baumgartner will reach Mach 1 (690 miles per hour) within 35 seconds of jumping. How will he sur-vive? What will happen to his physiological state? His psy-chological state? Will physi-cal or mental stress affect his performance?

These questions are what bring together the members of the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments (HPEE). We are an interdisciplinary forum for scientists, practi-tioners, operational person-nel, students and other pro-fessionals with expertise and

interest in human performance in complex, high stress, and demanding environments and occupations. Our mis-sion is to lower the bound-aries between scientific disciplines, to encourage collaboration between aca-demic and applied domains and discover new ways to use

science and technology to push beyond the boundaries of human abilities.

We define extreme envi-ronments as settings that possess extraordinary physi-cal, psychological, and interpersonal demands that require significant human adaptation for survival and performance. Example envi-ronments include space, high-altitudes, polar regions, des-erts, underground, open ocean, and underwater. Furthermore, a number of extreme activi-ties and occupations occur in these environments such as spaceflight, aviation, moun-taineering, military opera-tions, firefighting, emergency services, search & rescue, hazardous materials handling, mining, diving and a variety of extreme sports.

If you are interested in the extreme and want to know more about the ERAU student chapter of HPEE, please con-tact Joseph Crimi at joseph.crimi@gmail.com or faculty advisor Dr. Jason Kring at jason.kring@erau.edu.

HPEE: The new extremeJason Kring

HPEE

The Indian Student Association is one of the many cultural organizations on campus. It strives in under-standing Indian culture, religion and cultures from a completely different angle. Since India is a nation known for its vivid and diverse cultures, it would be an amazing experience to understand it. ISA has members from almost all parts of India, giving you the opportunity

to interact with diverse peo-ple. Besides Indian students, it would be a mind-blowing experience for international students since they will be exposed to completely new culture. Several Indian festivals like Holi, kite fly-ing and Diwali are celebrat-ed in complete Indian style with delicious Indian food served at every event. An ISA festival makes one feel like being in “India away from India.” Moreover, ISA is the best place to nurture sports as we organize cricket and

soccer tournaments through-out the semester. Involving oneself in ISA activities would be best for Indian fresh-man students since they will get the opportunity to know many Indian students. Indian food, friends and festivals may help new Indian stu-dents get out of “home-sick-ness” in a short period of time. ISA will be arranging its glorious “Diwali show,” one of the most popular festivals in India, which includes lots of activities including dancing and sing-

ing. Thus, for all Indian and international students, it will be an amazing opportunity to be a part of the ISA commu-nity since the Diwali function is organized only in the fall semester along with tons of surprises and events throughout the year. We hope to see you at our bi-weekly meetings and events!

Look us up on Facebok as ISA ERAU

Or get in touch with us @ erau.isa@gmail.com

COME!! Join us at ERAU Studen Activities Fair!

The ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated would like to welcome all the new stu-dents, and welcome back everyone else to what is sure to be an eventful and memorable year at Embry-Riddle Aeronaut ical University. Lambda Theta Alpha is proud to be the new-est sorority, and the first Latin sorority on campus. The fierce and legendary Epsilon Lambda Chapter was estab-lished this past spring semes-ter by nine lovely ladi s es. Epsilon Lambda became the ninth undergraduate chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha in the state of Florida.

Lambda Theta Alpha is not an exclusive group of women. Although our roots are Latin, we have sisters

from various cultures, nation-alities and races includ-ing Caribbean, Caucasian, African American, European, Central and South American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and many more. We are paving the way for change on our campus by becoming the first and only sorority in the Multicultural Greek Council.

The ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha are very active in the community and have participated in Fair Share Gardens, Haiti Relief, Relay for Life, Christmas Toy Drive and funding to send a student and personal friend, Alina Fernandez, to the New York Marathon, among many other events.

We have a lot of events planned for the fall, includ-ing a Lambda Family Beach Bash with the Brothers of Lambda Theta Phi and fellow Sisters from all over

the state of Florida. We will also be traveling to Miami to support our sisters from Beta Sigma Chapter in the annual Myeloma Walk. We are continuously working hard to make Hispanic Heritage Month truly celebrated at Embry-Riddle. As an academic sorority we will be bringing guest speakers and hosting cultural events to raise aware-ness.

Our national philanthropies are F.U.T.U.R.O. (Focused Urban Teens United and Ready for Opportunity) and the newly added St. Jude Children’s Research, and we look forward to holding fund-raisers for these causes.

If you would like more information on Lambda Theta Alpha contact Mireya Ortiz at epsilonlambda.fs8@gmail.com or visit our national web-site www.lambdalady.org. Good luck to everyone in the upcoming school year!

Helena HobbsLambda Theta Alpha

The Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University endows to the inquisitive stu-dent an enlightening perusal of the extensive sphere of mathematics that has circum-vented University curriculum. Students engaged within the organization are exposed to a marvelous degree of mathe-matical matter that is designed to supplement coursework and promote personal intellect – most importantly, the Student Chapter of the MAA seeks to encourage a passion for math-ematics throughout the ERAU community.

Each meeting of the Student Chapter offers an exceptional opportunity for the presenta-tion of a mathematical topic of interest; a dynamic rota-tion of University professors and students provides MAA members with a weekly semi-nar of concepts that are not disclosed within ERAU cours-es: previous discussions have regarded tensor analysis, pure mathematics, and the theory of sets and groups. Furthermore, members are encouraged to freely discuss (and submit solu-

tions to) open problems within the monthly MAA Horizons publication; extensive training and practice is aptly provided to those who wish to challenge themselves with the annual William Putnam competition. Additionally, members of the Student Chapter may present their own research efforts and mathematical subject matter at MAA meetings – recently, a student presentation invoked audience participation in a unique and highly enjoyable demonstration of the celebrat-ed “hat problem”.

Should the reader be a curi-ous and rather inquiring indi-vidual seeking to expand his or her knowledge of mathematics while thoroughly enjoying the discipline in a relaxed envi-ronment, the reader is strongly encouraged to consider join-ing the Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America at ERAU. Meetings are held weekly in the Lehman Building (exact loca-tions and times to be later determined); please visit the MAA booth at the upcoming Student Activities Fair for fur-ther information. If the reader wishes, he or she may contact MAA President Paul Anderson at andersp2@my.erau.edu or MAA Advisor Greg Spradlin at spradlig@my.erau.edu – we sincerely seek your dynamic involvement this semester. Come and experience the insightful oppor-tunity of the Mathematical Association of America!

Paul AndersonMAA

Campuses newest sorority welcomes all

The Medical Emergency and Disaster Relief (MED) Club would like to welcome all new incoming freshmen along with returning students. We hope you had a safe and relax-ing summer and are looking forward to another success-ful school year. For those who do not know about us,

we are a student organiza-tion made up of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s) and Certified First Responders (CFR’s) who work closely with the Campus Safety Department to provide emergency and non-emergency medical aid on campus. Our goal is to begin life saving care within three to five minutes of being called to service, before local ambu-lance or fire services arrive.

Now your next question may

be what do I do if there is a medical emergency on cam-pus? Call 911? The answer is simple. Call Campus Safety at (386)-226-7233 and tell them of your situation. Next, campus safety will dispatch a Safety Officer and MED Club to the scene in under 5 minutes while simultaneously alerting 911. From here, MED Club will perform basic life sup-port until paramedics arrive on scene. This could be a phone call that could save a life.

For those who are interested

in joining, please see us at

any club recruitment booth or stop by our office in Simulator Building Room 125 to say hello. We are an all-volun-teer organization looking for interested students to make a difference. Those interest-ed need no medical training at all. We provide an in-house certified first responder class each semester. The mem-bers of MED Club look for-ward to once again serving the Embry-Riddle community.

Brandon SacketMED Club

Students share love for math

The fall semester of 2010, saw the installation of a new executive board at the National Business Aviation Association- Official Student Group. The new board consists of President, Hal Perera, Vice President, Javier Perez-Albert, Treasurer, Kruthika Namboori and Internal Affairs Steven Whitehouse, also returning Secretary Sable Soderlund. Commenting on the new board, out-going President of the NBAA OSG, Megha Bhatia, noted that, “the mem-bers of the incoming board were instrumental in making our first and second semesters the success that it was and would expand the reach of the NBAA at the Embry-Riddle Campus!”

In outlining the fall agenda,

President Hal Perera said that the goal of the board and the operating committees of the club are, “to provide our mem-bers with the opportunities to become more involved in the Corporate Aviation Industry and in student life at the Daytona Beach campus.” This simple mission has led to recruitment drives that initially started in the College of Business and College of Aviation.

The NBAA OSG is plan-ning to represent Embry Riddle at the annual NBAA confer-ence in Atlanta on 19th to 21st of October 2010. The Spring Corporate Aviation Panel is ten-tatively scheduled for October 8th 2010, and will follow a format similar to our success-ful panel discussion last fall and spring. Hal noted that like the last panel discussions, we at the NBAA will be looking

to assemble a panel that rep-resents a wide cross section of the Corporate Aviation sector to share their knowledge with you. Last semester the panel included distinguished members such as CEO Oscar Garcia from InterFlight Global, Louis Seno, Board of Trustees and CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. and Elizabeth Clark, Captain at FedEx.

The NBAA OSG also has openings in the following com-

mittees; Marketing, Alumni Relations and Philanthropic Outreach, Industry/Academic Research, Website and Newsletter. In addition if you are interested in becoming a member or just want to get a better idea of what the Corporate Aviation is about, Make it to their first meeting on Monday, September 6th 2010! Come and help your-self to refreshments and get to know the NBAA better.

Students become ready for any emergency

Students dive into Indian culture

Hal PereraNBAA

Take your place in Aviation

Ravi GondaliyaISA

Our goal is to begin life saving care with three to

five minutes.-BRANDON SACKET

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PPHOTO COURTESY LAMDA THETA ALPHA

PHOTO COURTESY NBAA

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...if you can’t remember what’s behind the door which says “Exit.”

...if you have a pet named after a scientist.

...if when your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be any-where in the universe.

You might be interested in physics.

The Society of Physics Students at ERAU is an orga-nization dedicated to finding interesting ways of showcasing

physics concepts. Membership is open to anyone interested in physics.

Past Physics: used liquid nitrogen (-346°F or -210°C) to make ice cream and freeze random stuff, built ghost hunt-ing equipment (sense chang-ing electric and magnetic fields) and went looking for something paranormal, built tube with small incandescent plasmas that respond to sound, made a ping pong ball crush a soda can, installed camera in microwave to watch how things reacted (soap, metal, etc)

Went rock climbingMade lava lampsToured Kennedy Space

Center

Built and launched model rockets

Some Upcoming Physics:Build tank to view galactic

cosmic raysFind the speed of light with

chocolate and marshmallowsVisit room with wall-to-wall

trampolinesSo if any of this sounds

interesting, or if you have your own physics ideas to imple-ment, come out to one of our meetings!

Until then, may the dp/dt be with you. (That is “May the FORCE be with you” for those who are curious)

Contact erauSPS@gmail.com for more meeting time, location, and other information.

As we start a new year, so does the Embry-Riddle Muscle Car Association. Last year, ERMCA celebrated its 10th anniversary and has big plans in store for fall. As a club, ERMCA meets every Thursday night in the ICI parking lot at 9 p.m. with post meeting events planned each week. Meetings

are great ways to meet people and get advice on your car or learn about cars in gen-eral. Members will often give advice for troubleshooting and are even willing to offer their knowledge and services if you decide to start a project on your car!

After the meeting, the club will sometimes go for a group ride around town, or go to a local go-cart track and enjoy dinner after. Once or twice a

month the members get togeth-er for a BBQ-cruise to the beach and spend time grilling out in the sun. Another activ-ity includes several Dyno-Days throughout the semester where members can show off their car’s performance. “In addition to all the events, ERMCA is also planning a new Car Show for the spring semester,” says club President, Jon Pro.

Joining ERMCA doesn’t require that you have a muscle

car, just an interest in the topic! If you are interested in joining, feel free to contact Jon Pro (President) at Proj@my.erau.edu or Brittnee Branham (Vice President) at branhamb@my.erau.edu.

If you have a muscle car, the club will be meeting the first week of school for a car wash. So come wash your car to make it shine around cam-pus, or just come to hang out and make new friends.

Christina ChuSPS

Get a taste of Greek life

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) with more than 33,000 members nationally, is one of the larg-est student-managed organiza-tions in the country. NSBE is comprised of more than 233 chapters on college and uni-versity campuses, 65 alumni extension chapters nation-wide and 89 pre-college chapters. These chapters are geographically divided into six regions nationally and cur-rently on a mission to being a recognized international orga-nization.

NSBE is a professional organization with a mission to increasing the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers, who excel academ-ically, succeed professionally

and positively impact the com-munity. Here at ERAU, we strive at doing that and reach-ing out to more than just the black community. We strive at empowering all races into positive thinking and involv-ing all as much as possible in improving the livelihood of the minorities through educa-tion. The club is open to all races regardless of nationality where it is evident from the attendees of the national con-ference.

By joining NSBE, one gains more than just positive thinking towards their future careers. You get professional tips on how to succeed on your way to your dream career, as well as scholarship opportu-nities available through the national organization. You can build your leadership skills by running for a position on the executive board, which will look great on your resume. Other benefits include free software and more importantly the NSBE magazine and an opportunity to attendant the

regional and national confer-ences.

Annual conference offers a lot to NSBE members, where about 100 well-known engi-neering companies attend. With a two day career fair, workshops, competitions, social events and many more, you are sure to leave with much more than just new friends and a hope for an internship.

This academic year, we have a mission to be more than

just a professional club. With more socials for our old and

new members, you will surely enjoy being part of this great organization. With the starting of at least one pre-collegiate Chapter this fall in one of the local high schools, you will get a chance to be able to impact your community posi-tively while still in college. Other projects are being set up in order to help you excel in your schoolwork.

The NSBE torch symbol-izes the everlasting burning desire to achieve success in this competitive society and to affect a positive change on the quality of life for all people. The lightning bolt represents the striking impact that will be felt by the society and indus-try due to the contributions and accomplishments made by dedicated members of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Visit www.nsbe.org or meet us at the Student Activities Fair on September 16th for more information or contact Secretary Kenneth Kungania on kunganik@my.erau.edu.

A desire to achieve successKenneth Kungania

NSBE

On the Embry-Riddle cam-pus, being a part of the Greek community is an exciting and growing experience that leaves you with unforgettable memories and life-long friends. Being collegiate women, we set our goals high in scholar-ship, community service and leadership and Alpha Xi Delta inspires women to realize their potential. College is all about gaining skills to succeed in life, as well as having fun. We like to think we take it a bit further, while helping our members maximize their own strengths and talents.

Alpha Xi Delta would like to welcome you to Embry-Riddle. Alpha Xi Delta’s vision is “Inspiring women to realize their potential.” Therefore, we dedicate ourselves to helping our members maximize their own strengths and talents while offering a sisterhood that is meaningful, genuine and fun.

Alpha Xi Delta has been a very involved chapter on Embry-Riddle’s campus as well

as within the community. We have received many awards at Embry-Riddle, such as the Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award, Sorority Women of the Year, Philanthropist of the Year and the Greek Unity award. Alpha Xi Delta supports the world’s largest autism advo-cacy organization with our phi-lanthropy’s signature awareness and fundraising events known as “The Amazing Challenge,” and “Xi Man.” We are committed to improving the lives of children and families affected by autism and we do so with lively and spirited campus events!

As recruitment quickly approaches, we strongly encour-age you to see what Greek Life can do for you. All the sisters of Alpha Xi Delta are thrilled to have the opportunity to meet each of you. We hope to show you what Alpha Xi Delta has to offer and share our experiences with you. Alpha Xi Delta is inspiration. Find out how we will inspire you!

For more information, feel free to further explore our chapter website, www.eraudb.alphaxidelta.org as well as our national fraternity’s website.

Melissa GonzalezAlpha Xi Delta

Women meeting their potential

Think for a second about what you really want to get out of college. Do you want to build friendships, meet new people, and try new things? Do you want to gain experi-ence and confidence in leading groups, planning and organiz-ing events, and public speak-ing? What about building networks for the rest of your

life? Joining a sorority is about making lifelong friends and agetting more out of your col-lege experience. Women who join sororities learn skills that help them to build character and develop meaningful rela-tionships with others. If you want all of this and so much more, we urge you to check out the sorority recruitment events. Sorority recruitment will take place starting Tuesday, Sept. 7 and continue throughout the week.

A Greek woman here on campus was kind enough to share her story about joining our Greek community.

For me, coming to Embry-Riddle from Massachusetts was terrifying. I was shy, had never moved in my entire life, and

suddenly found myself far from home. I even would have been too shy to come out for recruit-ment had another woman not brought me with her. Once I got to recruitment, I discovered how welcoming, supportive, and fun all the sisters were. I noticed that each sister had an entire family to rely on for any-thing from studying and choos-ing classes, to borrowing a pair of shoes. Sororities encourage women to get involved in more than just their organization, but in activities throughout cam-pus.

As you get more involved in a sorority you will learn skills never taught in a classroom. Sorority women learn to speak in public, organize events, lead organizations and how to

have fun while doing it all. All these lessons I learned because I showed up that one day for sorority recruitment. As I enter my final year here, I am so pas-sionate about Greek life because it gave me the opportunity to grow in new ways. College is what you make of it!

With that said, the Panhellenic Council which governs the three NPC sororities on cam-pus, would like to formally invite all women to come out and meet the sorority ladies of Embry Riddle. Please visit “Embry-Riddle Recruitment” on Facebook, or www.embryrid-dlegreeks.com, for our full cal-endar of scheduled events and activities. We look forward to meeting you all and answering any questions you may have!

Katie AdamsPanhellenic Council

Welcome to one of the big-gest and most exciting changes of your life. Entering college brings upon many new challeng-es and opportunities. For many of you this will be your first extended time away from home, which can be quite overwhelm-ing at times. One of the best and fastest ways to get involved in campus life is to enter into the Greek community. Embry-Riddle offers a wide variety of Fraternities and Sororities that will offer friendship, university involvement and a home away from home.

Being a smaller non-tra-ditional university, joining a Greek organization greatly enhances your years spent at Embry-Riddle. If you are inter-ested in joining a Fraternity we would like to invite you to meet the brothers of Phi Delta Theta. Founded in 1848, Phi Delta Theta has continued to uphold the Cardinal Principles of Friendship, Sound Learning and Moral Rectitude, while car-rying a reputation for excel-

lence on over 170 campuses in the United States and Canada, having initiated almost 240,000 members. As one of the nation’s largest fraternities, Phi Delt offers members the chance to be a part of a long and rich history, forming bonds that will last a lifetime. Some notable Phi Delts are Frank Lloyd Wright famous architect, Benjamin Harrison former President of the United States and the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

One of the main concerns of many college students is find-ing a job upon graduation. An advantage of Phi Delt is the networking between brothers. There are brothers at intern-ships and careers at Lockheed , Boeing, Rolls Royce, American Airlines and various other com-panies throughout the United States.

The Brothers of Phi Delt can be found in all aspects of Embry-Riddle from ROTC to SGA and in many degree programs. There are many events planned this semester in which you can get to know the Brothers. We will have a table at the student activ-ities fair as well as the Meet the Greeks event, followed shortly by the start of rush week. Once again, welcome to one of the best times of your life, and we challenge any interested men to come find out what Phi Delt is all about.

Dane WoodardPhi Delta Theta

Brittnee BranhamERMCA

In Alpha Phi Omega we do not ask you to slave away for countless hours at monoto-nous tasks in the name of service. Instead we bring you into a close-knit brotherhood of like-minded people, who

are all intent on not only serv-ing their campus, community, and country, but also want to have fun doing it. You will never see a brother of Alpha Phi Omega without a smile on his or her face, whether he or she is cleaning the beach or participating in one of the world’s largest water balloon fights for Cancer Cures at one of our many Inter-chapter Weekends.

Alpha Phi Omega is the world’s largest international co-ed fraternity. This kind of international network of service-oriented individuals allows for service, and leader-ship, opportunities unrivaled by any other fraternity. The founding principles of APO, adopted by the founders from

the Boy Scouts of America, lead to not only a service, but

also morality, driven lifestyle that has a reputation around

the world.This is not to say that

Alpha Phi Omega brothers do not have fun outside of service projects as well. We incorporate an intensive fellowship pro-gram into our daily lives, and our group of brothers cares about each other, not out of necessity, but out of genuine friendship.

Most brothers look at Alpha Phi Omega as a home away from home and a truly tight-knit family. We try to take this approach towards all incoming members and even visi-tors, and would encourage anyone interested in APO to stop by a RUSH event and see for yourself.

Students showcase Physics concepts

Enhance your college life

Start up your muscle car

Do service the right way

Mark AltmanAlpha Phi Omega

Gain expe-rience and confidence

PHOTO COURTESY SPS

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The Florida Rho Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) welcomes all of the incoming freshmen and trans-fer students as well as all of our returning students back to campus.

For those who are not familiar with SAE, we are a social fraternity that value

honor, loyalty, and friendship. Throughout the school year our brotherhood participates in sev-eral on and off campus activi-ties, which include events such as the Relay for Life Walk, The NASCAR Auction by Habitat for Humanity, Private Charter Boat fishing trips, Greek Week Competitions, In t ramural Spor t ing Events, and many more fun activities to make your time as an Undergrad unfor-gettable.

Choosing to join a frater-nity or sorority on campus is a decision that can impact the rest of your life. Not only will you be involved on cam-pus, but you will also obtain social and leadership skills

that are essential to becom-ing successful in any career.

In today’s working world, networking has proven to be

an effective way of entering any industry, and with SAE closing in on initiating its 300,000th brother, members are easily provided with mul-tiple connections for an array of careers.

Joining Sigma Alpha Epsilon can offer fun for not only all the years you are a student, but also into the future as your time as an Alumni. If you think being a brother is some-thing that interests you, then come out to rush events and find out for your self. Any questions you may have free to contact any one of the brothers of SAE, and remem-ber where will you leave your legacy at ERAU?

Nicholas ChevolaSigma Alpha Epsilon

Ahoy Mates! “Ready about? Helm’s a lee!” Not everyone at Embry-Riddle is focused on keeping their wings horizontal, some of us try to keep them vertical! For those that like to mix wind, wings and waves the Sailing Club is the place for you!

The sailing club has three major things to offer to its club members. These are: the oppor-tunity to learn how to sail, per-haps compete in intercollegiate regattas, and, lastly, have an outlet for entertainment, exer-cise, and stress relief away from campus. Our club’s members range from people who have been sailing since they could walk to people who have never sailed before joining. Each semester we conduct a sail-ing course that results in you obtaining a sailor certificate. Of course, you can always ask another member to take you out in one of our boats and show you the lines. (There are no “ropes” on our boats!) Within the sailing club we have an intercollegiate race team that travels across, and sometimes out of, the state of Florida to participate in collegiate regat-tas. Some members have been racing long before coming to Embry-Riddle, and those who have not are encouraged to give it a try.

The facility at which the club keeps their boats is also home to other sailing organizations; these are the Halifax Sailing

Association (HSA), the Halifax Youth Sailing (HYS) program, and Hobie Fleet 80. The Halifax River Yacht Club (HRYC), located just up the river, is also a member of our consortium. Both HRYC and HSA host events for larger racing and cruising sailboats, and quite a few Embry-Riddle club mem-bers have crewed on those boats in both river races and off-shore regattas. If competition doesn’t float your boat, all the members can take out any boat that they have been checked out in to enjoy a nice leisurely sail down the Intracoastal Waterway. You can even have a picnic on your own little “private” island.

If you are looking for some-thing a little more adventur-ous, one of our Hobie cats is located on the beach a few miles south and east of campus. When the surf is high, and the winds are higher, there is noth-ing quite like blasting through the waves out into the big blue ocean! Once through the surf you have quite the playground to sail around on! You can relax and sail out to sea looking for dolphins or sea turtles, or you can stay close to the shore, ride the swells, hike out as far as the winds will let you and fly a hull!

If this club sounds like it is something that interests you please contact: Joe Finkiewicz via email finkiewj@my.erau.edu or phone 303.396.7203 or use the following instruc-tions to find us on Blackboard. Log onto Ernie; click “Go to Blackboard Home”. Then Click the “Organizations” tab. Enter “Sailing” into the Organization Search Field, click “Go” and then click on “DSWC”, (Daytona Sailing and Windsurfing Club), our organization ID. This will take you to our home page which you can feel free to explore. If you have further questions you can contact any of the officers, whose contact info you can find on the Blackboard website under “Staff”.

Task Force One (TFO) is the ultimate club for first year students to get involved on campus at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University! From the TFO constitution: Task Force One shall serve as a liai-son between first year students and the Student Government Association, increase first year student involvement on cam-pus, and inform and empower first year students to become effective student leaders. In the first month of classes, each first year student will find his or her place. As a first-year student, you are a member of TFO and you are welcomed to come and share your university concerns at any of our meet-ings. This organization will present challenges at times, test your patience, teach you many things about leadership and the university, but most of all how to have fun at Embry-Riddle.

Last year TFO organized a carnival themed field day event and showed the Super Bowl in the Student Center on Touch N Go’s big screen with lots of free food and door prizes at each event! After the Haiti earthquake, TFO joined the forces of many other organiza-tions on campus to raise money and nonperishable foods for the

victims. We raised over $300 and a large amount of nonper-ishable foods for the Haitians. Last year rounded out with a beach cleanup and a member incentive to a trampoline house and dinner. Active members attain a variety of experiences on this campus through this organization and will feel very accomplished and proud of the impact they had on the campus in their first year.

Task Force One has a good history of co-sponsoring events with many different organi-zations on campus. You will meet many new people and establish lasting friendships with many students and future colleagues through this orga-

nization. It will also establish a great connection and under-standing between you and the various clubs and organizations within Embry-Riddle.

Choosing Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a great decision to begin with, so why not enhance it as soon as you get here with an amazing club like Task Force One. Look for the flyers, banners, and emails about our informational meetings. TFO nominates and elects a new executive board within the first month of class-es, so don’t miss your chance to run in the elections. Good luck in your first week of classes at Embry-Riddle and welcome to Daytona Beach, Florida.

Amy VaughanTask Force One

As another fun school year approaches, Theta Phi Alpha reflects on the events and rec-ognitions that made our last academic year so memorable.

It was the year of awards for Theta Phi Alpha’s Alpha Tau Chapter! Embry-Riddle Student Activities recognized Theta Phi Alpha with the fund-raising award. It was evident that our efforts working the Daytona 500 and other major races, bake sales and rummage sales paid off. Fundraising has become a key goal for our chapter. The money received from our fundraising events combined was used to lower our dues, donate to charities and philanthropic events and for our end of the year formal.

Theta Phi Alpha National Office awarded us, Alpha Tau Chapter, with two very dis-tinguished awards. The phi-lanthropy award was granted for exceptional dedication to community service and ser-vice to national philanthropies and charities. Throughout the year Theta Phi sisters collected clothing, hygiene products and canned foods for our national

philanthropies “House that Theta Phi Alpha Built” and “Glenmary Home Missions” whose purpose is to aid the homeless and less fortunate with extra emphasis on victims of domestic violence and chil-dren. Aside from our national philanthropies, we also partici-pated in ODK Charity House, made blankets for Haiti, par-ticipated in Relay for Life, sent cards for soldiers over-seas, raised over $1,500 for the Children’s Miracle Network, and promoted awareness of the $0.87 to a $1.00 women get paid compared to men in the work force. National Office also awarded us the recruitment award for our high number of pledge sis-ters as well as the best retention status of pledge sis-ters on campus. Our eight week pledge sister program is designed to create a posi-tive strong bond among pledge sisters and sisters by establish-ing awareness of Theta Phi Alpha history and values as well as the sorority’s current direction. We are dedicated to shaping model sisters involved in the collegiate community and citizens of character and distinction.

There were several events

that made our last year extremely awarding. Theta Phi sisters and pledge sisters par-ticipated in numerous social events. Some of the most mem-

orable were attending Central Florida Zoo and Gardens with the gentlemen of Pi Kappa Alpha, walking for a cause with the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi and Phi Delta Theta at Relay for Life, and collect-ing donations for our philan-thropies with Delta Upsilon. The Watermelon Bust with the men of Lambda Chi Alpha was a blast! We could defiantly not forget Derby Days. The week long competition held by Sigma Chi Fraternity proved

to be quite challenging but the outcome was exceedingly rewarding as Theta Phi Alpha was announced to be the win-ner, collecting the most money for charity and creating the most awareness in the com-munity!

The past year was absolutely full of memories; however we are more than eager to cre-ate new memories with fresh faces and open minds. This year the Alpha Tau Chapter of Theta Phi Alpha will be celebrating its 25 anniversary of being established here at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, making us the oldest sorority on campus! Everyone is welcome to join our celebration, more details are sure to come. We look for-ward to our new scholarship program and have plenty of study hours and study groups with older sisters set up to start cracking those books!

More is absolutely ahead of us. Check out Theta Phi Alpha during our Disney/Values based Recruitment this fall semester during the week of September 7. If you have any questions or want to get involved with Theta Phi Alpha, just ask a sister. We are every-where on campus!

Pamela GarciaTheta Phi Alpha

Christopher G. HerbsterSailing Team

Sail toward your dreams

The ladies of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority have been eagerly anticipating the fall semester! The sisters are anxious to meet all the lovely new Riddle ladies on campus! Shortly after the start of classes, Greek Life recruitment sea-son goes into full swing, filled with exciting and extraordinary experiences and events that will display the unique qualities that make Embry-Riddle Greek Life like no other!

The Sigmas are interested in meeting some ladies that share their same ideals of the per-petual bond of friendship and strong womanly character.

Sigmas are also dedicated to their long-standing core val-ues of wisdom, power, faith,

hope and love. Proudly wearing their pearls along with our mas-cot, the skull and crossbones, Sigmas on the Riddle campus definitely standout. From their involvement with ROTC, SGA, Orientation Team, The Ninety-Nines, Women in Aviation and other major organizations on

campus, Sigmas like to make an impact on more than just the Greek community!

We cannot be more thrilled than to get the chance to meet all interested females on campus. So grab your purple and pearls and come meet the enthusias-tic ladies of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority and see what it really means to be apart of a sisterhood.

We hope to see you on September 7 at the Meet the Greeks event on the West Lawn from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., as well as during our SIGMAlicious-themed recruitment starting later that evening! If you have any questions, feel free to contact our recruitment direc-tor, Destiny Heinkel at HeinkelD@my.erau.edu.

Courtney E. BuzanSigma Sigma Sigma

Whether or not you came to Embry-Riddle for Meteorology, the University definitely offers a great place to pursue your passion for the weather. The American Meteorology Society/National Weather Association Club offers bi-weekly meetings to dis-cuss current and past weather events, news from the meteorology industry, and discussions where club members can expand upon their interests. We also host special events in conjunction with Chi Epsilon Pi, the National Meteorology Honors Society, to bring speakers and workshops to campus, such as Scott Spratt, a mete-orologist from the National Weather Service, who trained Embry-Riddle Students on how to be a storm spotter this past year.

The AMS/NWA club is the only student club on campus solely devoted to students with an interest in meteorol-ogy without actually required the student to be in the mete-

orology program. We accept all members, even if they are

enrolled in a pilot, engineer, or business degree. You don’t even need to be participat-ing in the weather minor. The

only requirement that we have is that

you bring an interest in meteorology to meetings.

The AMS/NWA Club is also known for activity on campus. Whether it is participation in philanthropic events, fund-raisers for the club, or social events such as bowling with fellow students interested in meteorology, the AMS/NWA club’s program is sure to keep you entertained.

Another highlight of the AMS/NWA Club is participa-tion in the Annual American Meteorology Society con-ference. This year’s confer-ence will be held in Seattle, Washington, and we are look-ing forward to sending as many members as we can. The conference offers a unique opportunity to connect with other American Meteorology Society members, hear speech-es about research being done in the meteorology field, and bond as a club.

So, if you have interest in meteorology, stop by our newly refurbished Weather Lab on the Third Floor of the College of Aviation, or come check out our introductory meeting in September. Look for posters around campus for the date and time.

Analyze the skies above

Nicholas StapletoneAMS/NWA

Building sisterhood memories

Making the right decision

Join Task Force One

Sigmas standing out

PHOTO COURTESY AMS/NWA

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Are you looking for a great way to network in the aviation field and make new friends? Then come try out Embry-Riddle’s Women in Aviation Chapter. It is not just for pilots; and it is not even just for women! Everyone at Embry-Riddle (students and faculty/staff) is eligible to become a member. Every spring, our club goes to the Women in Aviation International Conference (the

2011 Conference will be held in Reno, Nev.) to interact with people from almost every major company in aviation. In the past, our members have come back from the Conference with internships and jobs because of the connections they made. Joining our chap-ter also gives you the oppor-tunity to apply for the Women in Aviation International

SCHOLARSHIPS awarded at the Conference. This year, they gave out $688,000! Do not miss your opportunity to get part of that money!

If you want to know more about the Conference and scholarships, please visit wai.org. On top of being part of an International Organization, we are also an active Gold Wing Club. Women in Aviation participates in the fun events on campus like the ODK Charity House, Homecoming week activi-ties, the Women’s Center’s Jeopardy, Women in Aviation Day, and Pull-A-Plane. Our organization is also very involved with charity work and fundraising events in the Daytona Beach commu-nity such as beach clean-ups, Trunk-or-Treat, paint-ing for the US Coast Guard, Easter egg hunts, the Heartwalk, the Breast Cancer Walk, and many more. Remember: charity work looks great on your resume! Business aside, we also host social events for our members to get to know each other bet-ter. Last year we went bowl-ing, had a scrapbooking party,

made pottery at Mud Monkey, had a board game night, enjoyed our annual Holiday Party, and made chocolate at

our annual trip to Farris and Foster’s Chocolate Factory. Come out and make lifelong friends! If you are interested in this exciting networking opportunity, please check out the Women in Aviation table at the Activities Fair or contact the President, Kelsie O’Bryan, at erauwai@gmail.com to be added to the club’s e-mail list. We hope to see you at our first meeting!

The Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the newest edi-tion to Greek life on Campus. The Organization was estab-lished 1834 and is the old-est non-secret, non-hazing

Fraternity in the United States. The Embry-Riddle Colony was established February of 2009 and in as little as year received the conformation of it’s char-tering.

Over the course of this year the Fraternity has been very active in fundraising, commu-nity service and campus spirit. One of the most noticeable achievements the fraternity has obtained was winning first place for Homecoming over all other Organizations. Furthermore they have achieved the second highest GPA out of all Greek Organizations on Campus. Also, Delta Upsilon’s Advisor Shane Ryan was voted Advisor of the year surpassing every other Greek organization. Next to scholastic achievement and having one of the best advi-sors on campus, the Office of Student Activities awarded Delta Upsilon with the Most Improved Organization on campus award.

Currently, the Brotherhood is 34 members strong and keeps reaching out to poten-tial members that can relate to our founding principles; The

Promotion of Friendship, The Advancement of Justice, The Diffusing of Liberal Culture, and The Development of Character. These Values are something the Organization lives closely by and applies them to the fraternal goal of building better men and our motto “Dikaia Upotheke” which is the Greek translation for “Justice, Our Foundation.”

Since the Fraternity has received word last Semester that they have been approved for Chartering by their International Headquarters they have making many prep-arations and have set the date for the initiation ceremony to September 4th 2010. After this ceremony the Delta Upsilon Colony at Embry-Riddle will officially be recognized as a fully-fledged Delta Upsilon Chapter of Embry-Riddle, a goal they have strived for since their first installation on this campus. The Brothers of Delta

Upsilon would like welcome all the incoming students of the class of 2014 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and wishes them the best in their time spent here. Furthermore, we encourage all of you to get involved on campus whether it is joining a club or becom-ing part of a Fraternity or Sorority.

For more information on Delta Upsilon please feel free to visit our website www.del-tau.org or pay us a visit during Meet the Greeks.

Daniel DietzDelta Upsilon

The newest Greek life

After tuition, books, and everything else you need, some-times you just will not have money. We know that and that is why dues are not required to play; however if you do have money we encourage you to pay our measly $5.00 dues per semester. In the game is all about having fun and making your favorite hobby more socia-ble. I am Ian Bryan, the new president of In the Game, or ITG as we call it, and I would like to introduce you to our club and what we are all about. We have been steadily growing our membership usually consists of about half freshman. The for-mally mentioned dues you pay do not just go into our own special bank- far from it they go right back to you! They go to any of our thrilling events we hold, and trust me, you will get your money’s worth from our special privileges redeem-able in tournaments and other events we host. One of these

monthly events is Retro-night, in which we play retro games. These would include any Super Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo 64 or Playstation 1 game. Some of the games we have played in

the past include Mario, Killer instinct, Bomberman 64 and Twisted Metal 2. Along with that event, this year I hope to bring you a monthly tournament with prizes. On a regular night we will set up two of our video game systems in two rooms,

and vote on the games to be played that night (our current consoles include a Playstation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Retro-Duo). We have an excellent selection of games including, but not limited to: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Rock Band 2 and Dance Dance Revolution, but we also love when members bring new games to play. One of my favorite nights of our club was when one of the mem-bers brought in Castle Crashers; I had never played, and it was so enjoyable that most people did not even go to the other system. We look forward to a new year and hope you will join us and help to broaden our library of available games to play. If you would like to con-tact us for more information, or get on our mailing list send us an email to ddreagles@gmail.com. You can also join us on our facebook page: In the Game at ERAU DB.

Ian BryanITG

Make time for fun

College ministry reaches students

CAMPUS OUTREACH IS A collegiate ministry that focuses on leader development, service and discussion. We place a high premium on relationships, so we seek to uniquely develop and mentor individuals as well as serve students and the local com-munity. Given the diversity of culture and thought at ERAU, issues dealing with life & faith can be quite polarizing. So we host frequent, open-forum discussions as a way to bring understanding and build unity. For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at pbellomy@campusoutreach.org or 386-451-1433.

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Riddle students soar together

It is not just for pilots; and it is

not even just for women!

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Our organiza-tion is also very

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Student Activities awarded Delta Upsilon with the Most Improved on campus award.

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Welcome to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University! If you are here in hopes of becom-ing a part of the aviation indus-try, you have come to the right place! The Aeronautical Science Department at Embry-Riddle is not just an outstanding program; it is one of the world’s most renowned aeronautical profes-sional pilot training institutions. I transferred to Riddle three semesters ago from a small lib-eral arts college up north, and although it was a very reputable college, the academic experi-ence I had there cannot begin to compare to the education I am receiving at Riddle. Having transferred mid-year, I know a bit about what it is like to be brand new to the Embry-Riddle community. I know it is intimi-dating, so I would like to share with you a few of the things that I wish someone had told me when I first arrived.

Do not Fool AroundAt other schools freshman

year is often used as a year to test the waters in as many fields as possible to get an idea of what you want to do with your life. Here at Riddle however, we already know! We are here

for airplanes! From the first day, you will be immersed in aviation related classes. These classes are very technical and will be different from anything you have experienced before. My recommendation to you is to PAY ATTENTION during syllabus week! This will give you a good idea of what the class will be like and how your professor will teach it. If you get the feel for it early, you will be much more prepared for the rest of the semester. Also, do your work early! Each semester you are going to have lots of big projects. Get started on them as soon as they are assigned. Time management is essential. If you do the groundwork early you will have the rest of the semes-ter to research and gather infor-mation, making it easy to pull it all together in the end.

Use Your ResourcesYou have the incredible

opportunity here at Riddle to learn from some of the most impressive faculty in the indus-try. Our professors range from airline pilots to military pilots, dispatchers, aeronautical engi-neers and Top Gun graduates! Listen to them! The stories you will hear are amazing! There is nothing that this staff wants more than to see us succeed. Professors will go out of their

way to assist you. For every project I have done I have received help from dozens of the AS professors, and some were not even my own profes-sors! They can point you in the right direction for sources, lend you DVDs and textbooks on just about anything and they can explain pretty much any topic you can think of that is related to aviation. Use every chance you get to go to their office hours. These are extraor-dinary educators, and you only have four short years to absorb as much of their knowledge as possible.

Do not forget about the tutor lab in the College of Aviation. It is a great tool to utilize. It is student-run by students who are all at least commercial pilots, and many already CFI’s (Certified Flight Instructors… get used to the acronyms, it is how we talk around here). There are flight simulators all around the room, which are a great practicing tool. If you are nervous because you are coming in with limited aviation knowledge, do not be. We have all been there. The curriculum is set up to start you at the basics, and there is a pilot on every corner eager to answer any questions you might have.

Have Some Fun

Although the curriculum here is challenging and time con-suming, it is still important to get involved around campus. Riddle has approximately 140 organizations! From clubs to honors societies to intramurals to Greek organizations, it is easy to find something that interests you. There is a huge activities fair every semester. You cannot miss it; the campus is covered

with tables from the UC to the far end of the COA. Be sure to get your name on some lists. Joining organizations is a great way for you freshmen that do not know anyone yet to make new friends.

Hopefully you will take some of this to heart and it will help you in having a successful experience at Riddle. One last piece of advice that I would like

to leave you with is STUDY YOUR FLOWS. If you are going to be flying, study your flows every chance you get! Knowing your flows is one of the easiest ways to make flying much less stressful and much safer, but not knowing them is probably one of the easiest ways to UNSAT a flight (that and forgetting your flight bag… do not do that either.)

Lauren ClarkeCollege of Aviation

Department gives advice for newcomers

Are you a pilot, or becoming a pilot at ERAU? Do you enjoy working with computer hard-ware and software? Are you a hands-on person who likes to build and repair mechani-cal systems? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then read on about opportuni-ties at ERAU’s state-of-the-art Advanced Flight Simulation Center.

Built in 1997, the AFSC currently houses 14 Level

six Flight Training Devices (FTDs). The simulation fleet includes a Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ-200), two Diamond DA42L360, two Diamond DA42TAE, one Piper PA44 Seminole, eight Cessna 172 Skyhawks, two Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATDs), and one Frasca 141 Level one FTD. Manufactured by Frasca International, a com-pany renowned for its cockpit realism and accurate out-of-cockpit Visuals, our level six FTDs include a 220 degree pan-oramic field of view. This wide scene generates the sensation of

motion through an effect known as vection, enhancing the pilots’ flying experience while elimi-nating the high costs associated with full motion systems.

The AFSC is open from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily, and is staffed by three full-time and anywhere from six to ten part-time student assistants to pro-vide the best flight training experience ERAU can offer. Student assistants at the AFSC maintain and enhance the FTDs alongside the full-time staff, uti-lizing skills from computer net-working to electronic repair to customer service and commu-

nication. Our student assistants also engage in developing new content for the FTD visual sys-tems, such as improved lighting systems, more detailed runways and taxiways, higher resolution satellite imagery for terrain, buildings and structures3 and much more.

The AFSC is currently look-ing for qualified applicants; there are excellent job oppor-tunities for students at the AFSC, but positions are filled quickly, so apply early. As a Simulator Technician, you will be required to work the occasional 5 a.m. opening

shift, or close the Center on a 1 a.m. closing shift. Previous technical or IT experience is highly preferred. The more available you are to work, the more valuable you can be to the organization; hours are assigned based on availability. However, our scheduling staff can more easily work around your school schedule, and pro-vide you with more hours than more traditional nine to five jobs found around campus. The hands-on experience you’ll gain as a Simulator Technician is a tremendous boost, especial-ly if you plan to pursue a career

in simulation, engineering, or computer science. Former stu-dents and staff have graduated and gone on to work for such companies as Lockheed Martin, Flight Safety International, Northwest Airlines, and L3 communications.

The position is open to all majors and fields of study. If you’re interested in working in an especially interesting and innovative environment, we encourage you to apply. For inquiries or more informa-tion, please send a cover letter and resume to Joe Poznanski (poznac80@erau.edu).

Technical Support StaffAFSC

Improve your flight skills with AFSC

Explore the world while tak-ing classes with ERAU study abroad programs!

Welcome everyone! We are happy to have all of you amongst us for this semester. For you new students, this is an opportunity for us to introduce our study abroad office and for returning students, update you on our abroad opportunities. In either case, our main objective is to get as many as possible out of here, but not just anywhere and doing whatever. We want to see you pick up your passport (or have you get one if you don’t) and explore one of more than 30 countries worldwide!

Do you want to experience a different culture by combining academics with travel, and live a completely different hands- on learning experience? Then this is the best time to make your dream come true. For more than 25 years now, our study abroad office has been working hard in order to find challeng-ing and exciting opportunities worldwide ; Staying a semester to a year abroad, students take classes, undergo internships and even participate in diverse research project in some of the best institutions worldwide. Each year we try to expand our destinations offering a wide

variety of destinations for you. Each of our programs is tai-lored to your needs in order to provide the best academic and cultural experience.

This year, our long term exchange participants in New Zealand spent their spring break touring Australia and the Fiji Islands, while those on our short term summer programs got the opportunity to spend up to six weeks in one of eight culturally diverse destinations in Asia and Europe. Participants of our Paris program headed to the Airbus A- 380 factory in Toulouse after a mouth-wa-tering visit of a Parisian bak-ery. On the other side of the globe, one of our Japan summer participants held a semi local community event to present his final course research project in Niigata. These are some of the numerous exciting experiences our study abroad students have had and it could also be you in a near future! Think it would be too expensive? Wrong! Students studying abroad through us still get the EXACT SAME finan-cial aid they would if they were to stay here, perhaps even more! Our summer abroad programs are half priced- that represents an instant saving of close to $3,000 on tuition alone. Studying abroad offers a unique opportunity for academic and cultural enrichment. Our reward is seeing you take advantage of this life changing experience.

Finally, I wish all of you a wonderful semester full of trav-elling plans!

EXPLORE and DISCOVER the world with our study aboard programs. Contact us today by either e-mail at study.abroad@erau.edu, phone at 386 226 6215 or simply visit us at the Student Center Annex Room SCA – 263.

Throughout the summer of 2010 numerous Army ROTC Cadets were provided the opportunity to attend the US Army Airborne School, at Fort Benning, Georgia. They’re eli-gibility to attend this training was based on their participa-tion and performance in the Senior Army ROTC program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. When given this opportunity, each reported to the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Headquarters at Fort Benning, Georgia. After two days of unit in-processing, the training began. Three weeks later, and after successfully completing all training require-ments, the Cadets graduated and were awarded the coveted US Army Airborne Jump Wings.

Airborne School is divided into three week-long training blocks. During the first two weeks, the majority of the train-

ing is conducted on the ground using multiple platforms and towers of varying heights. These platforms and towers range anywhere from three feet to 250 feet, and Cadets practice jumping off of them while uti-lizing proper falling and impact techniques. The final week of Airborne School is titled Jump Week. During this time Cadets will practice mass exit static line deployments from US Air Force C-130 and C-17 cargo planes at an average of 1,000 feet above the ground. They safely execute the jumps using the T-10 or T-11 parachutes and the knowledge and training gained from the weeks prior.

The following is an account of one Eagle Battalion Cadet’s experience at the US Army Airborne School during sum-mer 2010.

After three long, sweaty weeks of training in Fort Benning, GA I have accomplished something that only the elite and finest in the military have done. I have successfully completed five 5 jumps from an aircraft, earning

the title “Airborne Qualified.”I was pushed physically and

mentally through long Physical Training (PT) sessions, repeti-tive training exercises, intense running, and little sleep on top of it all. The training during the first two weeks led up to

the most amazing experience of my life: Jump Week. Every morning began at 3:45 and was worth every ounce of sweat during the first two weeks. The thrill of jumping out of a mov-ing aircraft at 1,200 feet with 30 jumpers all around you is extraordinary.

My first jump was my favor-ite; I jumped with a T-11 para-

chute. I landed in a nice pile of sand and felt no pain in my body. My second jump, along with the rest, was completed by using a T-10 parachute. The T-10 is a parachute that has been used since World War II. These landings were a little rougher on my body, but nonetheless I was ready to do it again. I also completed a combat jump with a 45 pound ruck and a weapons case attached to my body.

I plan to be part of an Airborne Division after I commission in two years, so I can continue exiting high performance air-craft in order to maintain com-bat readiness. The thrill of being part of an elite force continually motivates me to perform well in school and maintain a high level of physical fitness.

Military Science (MS) III Cadet – Junior, Tracy Ross

Airborne School GraduateIf you would like to par-

ticipate in such training or would like to know more about what the Army can offer, please visit the Embry-Riddle Army ROTC Department.

Kyle TomasinoArmy ROTC

Embry-Riddle requires that all students have health insurance. The University plan, underwritten by United Healthcare Student Resources, provides cont inuous coverage anywhere in the United States and while travel-ing abroad. This plan will be renewable on an annual basis. However, students already covered by a different health insurance plan can apply to waive out of the ERAU plan. Please log into your ERNIE account to complete the waiv-er process.

You will need to start

in ERNIE and click on Insurance Waivers under Student Resources. Then log into WebAdvisor and select the STUDENTS box on the right. Click on “Insurance Waivers” under the Financial Information banner. If the stu-dent is comparably covered, the waiver will be applied. An acknowledgement of the waiver will be sent to your ERAU email address. International students should contact International Student Services to determine if their coverage meets the guidelines for residency requirements as established by the State Department.

Failure to waive the stu-dent insurance plan by the

semester deadline (September 6, 2010) will result in the non-refundable insurance fee remaining on the student’s account. Remember—the option to waive coverage will only be available during the active enrollment period at the beginning of each semester.

Plan Highlights

•No Plan Deductible•Provides Maximum

Coverage up to $15,000•Prescription Drug Benefit•No Pre-Existing Coverage

Clause•$25 co-pay is waived if

referred by ERAU Student Health Services

Plan pays 80/20 for in-net-

work providers; 60/40 for out-of-network providers

Intercollegiate sports inju-ries are covered

Optional major medical coverages are available for purchase separately

For a full description of coverage including costs, benefits, exclusions, reduc-tions and limitations, please visit the website www.uhcsr.com, click on “Find My School’s Plan” select Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, and scroll down. If you have any additional ques-tions, please contact Student Health Services, Terri Rinko, Insurance Coordinator, at x67917.

Experience abroad

Student insurance updateTerri Rinko

Health Services

Army ROTC gives training

Ollia NjibalohInt’l Programs Office

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C2 The Avion, August 25, 2010Departments

WHAT DOES YOUR MAIL & OUR SERVICES MEAN TO YOU?

Mail Center Counter & Student Service Information

For Postal, Shipping & Student Mailboxes

Hours of Operation Customer Service window

open 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., M-F for Student Mailbox & Package pick up

Postal Teller windows open 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-F for full US Postal Services

Shipping Service window open 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., M-F for outgoing FED-EX and UPS Services

Payment methods for both our Postal and Shipping Service windows are cash, check, eagle and credit card. As a courtesy to others we ask that you have your mail piece/s and package/s properly packed and addressed prior to present-ing them to the window clerk. Please note: We do not sell or provide boxes or packing supplies, however we do have carrier service envelopes and boxes, but may only be used for the service indicated and is what you pay for.

NOTE: To prevent delay or the return of incoming mail and packages, please be sure to inform family, friends and

other outside contacts send-ing you mail, publications or packages that they must use your full name and correct box number on each mail piece. It is required that all mailboxes whether you live on or off campus be checked no less than once a week. Important internal campus mail such

as registration information, course books, refund checks, grades, etc. are sent to your campus box.

Mail Box Key loans and/or replacement fee

Should you forget your key and need to check your box we will loan you a key, but will do so only two times a semester.

Keep in mind we cannot go to your box and get your mail for you, so remember it is impor-tant for you to remember your key. Should you lose your key, you can have another one made at the customer service window for a fee of $10.00 charged to your student account.

Box record information and

Package pick-up serviceFor your safety as well as

ours you must present your Student ID if you need assis-tance with a key or need assis-tance or information regarding your mailbox. You also need your Student ID and Package Notice when picking up pack-ages. Without proper ID, we

cannot give you box informa-tion or your package/s.

Mail Forward ServiceIf you plan to be away from

the University for more than one month, for the summer, for an internship or are leav-ing permanently you must pro-vide the Mail Center a forward address. Please do not leave the University and forget about your mail. It does not take long for your mailbox to become full.

For your convenience, you can place your mail forward electronically by visiting ERAU’s Blackboard under Daytona Campus Tab, Student Links - Mail Forwarding. Your mail will be forwarded for up to four months if it is a per-manent closure or until the date you indicate if it is a tem-porary or Co-op closure. For students leaving temporarily, please hang on to your key; do not turn it in! Students leav-ing permanently must turn in their box key directly to the Mail Center, not to housing or the RA’s. Failure to do so will result in a $10.00 non-return key charge against your stu-dent account.

Receive faxes to your mail-box at 386-226-6459. They will be placed in your box dur-ing business hours M-F.

If you have any questions or need our assistance please do not hesitate to visit or call us at 386-226-6021.

Alicia HutchinsonMail Center Below is the proper

address format for students to use when Receiving Mail and Packages here at the University

USE YOUR FULL NAME (Including Middle Initial) Mail #14_ _ _ _ 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach Fl 32114

Welcome students of the Fall 2010 class! We are excited that you are here, and invite you to find out more about us. The Department of Campus Ministry is dedicated to nurtur-

ing the spiritual life of our stu-dents. As you probably know, spirituality is not limited to religion, but rather is inclusive of any search for meaning in our lives. In the midst of the academic and social aspects of college you will be explor-

ing questions of meaning (such as what you want to do with your life and who you want to become), and we want you to know our Chaplains are avail-able if you would like to talk to someone as you sort through these questions, or any ques-tions, during your college years here.

Our Chaplains are respectful of all traditions, and work to foster a healthy interfaith com-munity on campus. We also serve as a resource for the student religious clubs on cam-pus, and can connect you with others who can encourage you

on your journey. In addition, we are able to assist you in connecting with a nearby faith community of your particular tradition, including assistance in finding transportation, if needed.

The Department of Campus Ministry is housed in the Interfaith Chapel, which is open daily from 6:00 a.m. until mid-night, and is a quiet and com-fortable place to study, meet with other students or simply relax between classes. You do not have to be religious to feel at home here. Meditation and prayer rooms are located in the Chapel and available for individual prayer, meditation and reflection. During the fall and spring semesters various services are held in the Chapel, including a weekly Catholic Mass. In addition, the student religious clubs often hold their meetings in the Chapel.

We are having an ‘Open House’ at the Chapel on Thursday, August 26 from 3:30 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. Please plan to stop by during this time and tour our facility and meet our staff. In addition, represen-tatives from the student reli-gious clubs will be available, as well as representatives from local houses of worship.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Gloria E. RiveraCampus Ministry

Worship on campusSafety is the way to do

BusinessThe field of Safety and Health

is a stimulating, cutting-edge discipline that has the poten-tial to benefit all aspects of life, work, and leisure. Embry-Riddle offers a major in Safety Science, an academic field that has momentum and has seen a continued demand for qualified employees. Recent reports in the Wall Street Journal stated that jobs in safety and health are and will continue to be in demand over the next eight to ten years.

Safety and Health is the field that employers, the government and policy makers turn to for experts for the development of and compliance with regula-tions, now and in the future. Professionals recognize that there are three primary reasons for the existence of safety and health programs and processes. First, employers have a legal requirement to provide a safe and healthy workplace; sec-ondly employers also have a moral duty to reduce or elimi-nate hazardous exposures in the workplace; and lastly, safety and health impacts the bot-tom line of every business and

industry. Employers are seek-ing professionals that will help them achieve excellence in all three areas.

Embry-Riddle’s Safety Science program will prepare you for a leadership role in this most important field. As a Safety and Health professional, you can make a difference! The program enables students to focus on aviation safety or occu-pational safety, with the oppor-tunity to complete a minor as a strong complement to almost any other major.

To be successful in this inter-disciplinary field, it is important to have a well-rounded back-ground in one or more of the sciences, mathematics, commu-nications, management, inter-personal skills, problem solving and leadership skills. Depending on the level of education and experience a Safety and Health professional can expect to have a long and rewarding career, as the employment outlook for this field remains strong. The Safety Science degree provides an individual with a strong edu-cational experience along with internship opportunities that prepares them for entry-level positions with the profession and able to contribute positively from day one.

Armed with the Safety Science degree, individuals in

this profession are very trans-portable, able to move within divisions of the same organiza-tion or from one organization to another, should the opportunity arise. Many individuals have experienced rapid promotion and advancement by apply-ing the skills and knowledge gained with their Safety Science degree.

Salaries in the field range from the $30,000+ for entry-level positions to $200,000+ for senior positions in large corpo-rations or government organiza-tions. Some recent graduates have received starting salaries in excess of $40,000. The average mid-career Safety and Health professional can expect to earn $85,000 to $100,000 annually.

The Safety Science degree program offers individuals a broader spectrum of careers than many other fields of study. In addition the Safety and Health professional can take pride and satisfaction in the fact that the fundamental objective is to protect people, property and the environment from harm. You WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of employees, and of your employ-er! For more detailed information contact Dr. Michael O’Toole, Aviation Building, room 322, phone 386-323-5062.

Bill MartinSafety Science

Safety with Science

The College of Business offers a Career in the Skies

Global demand for passenger air travel is projected to grow by over five percent per year for the next 20 years. At the same time air cargo demand is projected to increase by near-ly six percent per year. All of this adds up to dramatic new opportunities in the avia-tion and aerospace industries. “Opportunities will only grow for skilled operations, mana-gerial and leadership talent as the air transport sectors con-tinue to grow to meet this increased demand,” according to Dr. Daniel Petree, Dean of the College of Business. Petree added, “In order to manage this

dramatic growth anticipated for the air transport sector, tomor-row’s managers must know how to operate complex and growing aviation systems efficiently and effectively by applying the best managerial and leadership prac-tices. The challenge is to meet the environmental and econom-ic sustainability demands of society while providing respon-sible development unique to air transport in order to meet the needs of an increasingly inter-connected and interdependent world. It may well be the most exciting time in history to pre-pare oneself for a professional managerial career in aviation and aerospace.” Among the key components of the air trans-port system which will need new business and managerial talent are commercial airlines, airports and aerospace manu-

facturers and suppliers.To support the growth in

these industries new infrastruc-ture and improvements to cur-rent airports mean the need for airport managers and planners to build and operate the critical facilities needed for people to access the world of the skies. Airlines must constantly be aware of the global forces that can impact airline operations, from the price of oil, to natural disasters, to possible political changes, to world events that call on the airlines to meet the needs of the traveling public. Skilled managers are needed with the business knowledge of the marketplace and industry knowledge unique to the airline industry who must also know how to acquire the resources needed by the airline to serve the traveling public in a cost

effective manner. Aerospace managers must constantly strive to develop the aircraft and sup-porting technologies and sys-tems to allow more travelers access to the skies all the while being aware of the growing need to do so in a manner than does no harm to the planet we occupy and whose skies we wish to access.

The College of Business is one of the leading institutes of higher education in the world for those wishing to pursue the business careers available in the in these industries and provides students with the skills to succeed in the indus-try segment of their desires. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree features a choice of a Major in either Air Transportation or Management. The 15 hours

of open electives allows the completion of may attractive minors, including Aviation Law, Homeland Security, International Relations, Flight (18 credits) and Air Traffic Control (21 credits). This degree prepares the graduate for a wide variety of positions, both in and outside the aviation industry. Additionally, with the start of the new academic year, a new curriculum option offer by the COB allows a student the opportunity to enroll in the accelerated BSBA / MBA pro-gram that can lead to earning both degrees within a five year timeline.

The professors in the COB are aware of the factors impact-ing the world of aviation and have written the leading text-books in the field of airline operations, airline management

models, economics and finance that are used here and in avia-tion firms around the world. By becoming an undergradu-ate business student or a MBA student you can study and learn with these world recognized scholars and know the issues presented and discussed are rel-evant to the world’s transpor-tation industry. Furthermore, internship and co-op opportu-nities for students enrolled in the College of Business allow the students to gain experi-ence of these issues in leading firms across the globe and often work with other ERAU – COB alumni who can provide valu-able mentoring and network-ing opportunities as one begins their career. Let the College of Business be your gateway to a career in the skies that meets the future of your dreams.

Dr. Blaise WaguespackCollege of Business

College of Business offers a career in the skies

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The Parking and Traffic Services Office wants your time on campus to be safe and enjoyable. In order to achieve these goals we need your help and cooperation. All students who wish to oper-ate a vehicle on campus must register their vehicle at the Parking and Traffic Services Office and purchase a regis-tration decal. The cost of the decal is $35.00 and is valid for one full year. The fee will be charged to your student account.

The decal must be affixed to the outside rear window (lower driver’s side corner) or on the rear bumper. If your vehicle is a convertible, the decal can be affixed outside the front windshield (driver’s side).

Our office is located in the southeast corner of the Student Center. Office hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. To register your vehicle you will need to show a valid driv-er license, state vehicle regis-

tration, proof of insurance and your Eagle Card.

When you purchase your decal you will be issued a Parking and Traffic booklet explaining the rules and regu-lations on campus. It displays a map showing exactly what parking lots you are autho-rized to park in.

If you operate a bicycle on campus you should also regis-ter it with our office. There is no fee to register your bicycle. For added security, consider our Lease-A-Lock program for securing your bike at bicy-cle racks. It is the best way to protect your bicycle or motor-cycle.

The Parking and Traffic Services Office also provides additional services such as vehicle jump starts, tire infla-tions and enough gas to get to a service station if the need arises.

With lots of campus con-struction going on, we need everyone to drive slowly, carefully and to park legally. Should you have any ques-tions or suggestions about a parking issue, please do not hesitate to let us know at 386-226-6482.

Jeannise JohnsonCampus Safety

Welcome to Embry-Riddle. With the start of the new aca-demic year, the Campus Safety and Security Department is

here to assist you with a vari-ety of services that will help you adjust to campus life.

Safety and Security Officers patrol the campus twenty-four hours per day. You can reach us by calling extension 66480 from any campus phone

or by using a campus exte-rior emergency phone. Simply push the button and you will be automatically connected to our Communications Center. For emergencies, dial SAFE (7233) from any campus phone. We encour-age you to program these numbers into your cell phone. The area code is 386 and the prefix is 226. We enjoy a beautiful campus and share the responsibil-ity to keep it safe and secure. Call us whenever you see a suspicious or hazardous con-dition.

The Campus Safety and Security Department is located in the Student Center. On the first floor is the twenty-four hour Communications Center and on the second floor, room

256, are the Administrative and Crime Prevention offices.

At Embry-Riddle, we stress personal safety and crime pre-vention. Do you have a bicy-cle, motorcycle or laptop com-puter? Have you purchased textbooks? Are you looking at off-camps apartments? Have you taken a motorcycle safe-ty course? Have you signed up for CodeRED emergency notifications? Have you met the Student Crime Prevention Practitioner assigned to your residence hall? We have pro-grams designed to address these topics and more. Check out our web site at http://www.erau.edu/db/safety/index.html.

Working together as a team, our department can make the campus a safe and secure envi-ronment for everyone.

Student Employment - Earn While You Learn

Welcome new and continu-ing students. We in Student Employment are very excited about the return of our previ-ous workers and the challenge of assisting our new students seeking employment.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University employs over 950 students during the fall and spring semesters and over 500 during the summer; this equates to nearly one-quar-ter of our student popula-tion! On-campus employment is available to all students regardless of financial need.

As soon as you are reg-istered for classes, please sign into our online job search system through ERNIE> Student Resources> E m p l o y m e n t > S t u d e n t Employment. That is it. Now you are ready to search for jobs and sign up for job mail.

If you need assistance, do not be afraid to ask. That is why we are here.

Where is the Student Employment Office located? C-Bldg. Room 406

What are the hours of opera-tion? Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where are job postings pub-lished? All job posting are located online through Ernie

I never worked on campus before, what should I do?

a.View available jobs online.

b.Submit your resume if requested, or

c.Follow the employers instructions on how to apply

d.Prior to accepting employ-ment, be sure to check with Student Employment, regard-ing necessary documents that must be completed in order to work on campus. Original documentation is needed to prove identity and eligibility; for example: a passport OR a driver’s license AND a social security card.

How about off-campus employment? As we all know,

the job market is tough this year, but we do have some positions available with our off campus business partners. Off campus jobs are posted on our website. Since ERAU students are reliable, focused and conscientious workers they are sought after in the community.

How does Work-Study dif-fer from Student Employment? To be eligible for Federal Work Study, you must already be receiving Financial Aid and your aid does not cover your cost of attendance. There are only two jobs which you must qualify for Work Study: our Volunteer Network and our off-campus Elementary Tutor Program. A Student Employment representative can advise you of your eligi-bility. All other jobs are open to all students.

What is Quick Cash/Temp? If you prefer not to work a steady job, but can use some extra funds on occasion, sign up for job mail under Quick Cash/Temp. This posting is for students who would rather

work occasionally rather than full time, as in: furniture mov-ing, baby sitting, computer set up, lawn service and more. Do you enjoy the NASCAR races or working for special concert events? If you do, watch for our signs when students are hired to work as ticket tak-ers, car lot attendants, serv-ers and runners for many of the Speedway events, concerts and spring break. Just keep watching our job boards under the Quick Cash category.

What’s new this year? Timecards are now automated! Fill them out online, verify and submit! For questions on the use of this procedure, please come see us

Part-time Job Fair - Speaking of seeing us, do not miss our Job Fair, September 9, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. –

2:00 p.m. on the Flight Deck in the Student Center. Both on and off campus employers will be there!

Stop by the C-bldg. open house on Friday, September 10, to say hello! We would love to meet you.

Be safe and prepared on campus Avoid parking tickets

Students can earn and learnKathryn Parsons

Student Employment

Kevin MannixCampus Safety & Security

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C4 The Avion, August 25, 2010DepartmentsDR. CHRISTINA IS HONORED

“DR. CHRISTINA FREDERICK-RECASCINO, vice president research and assistant to the president, is honored as the runner-up for the individual adult education award. Dr. Recascino was nominated through her involvement with girl scouting for more than two years, sitting on the board of directors for the girl scouts of citrus council and devoting many hours to board activites as well as the support of girl programs and special events. Tina played a pivotal role in promoting the community covenant involvement, dedicated to support families of our active military. Her dedication to the council’s 18-thousand girls helps to continue to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.”

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Have you ever wondered what happens after you spent your valuable time taking a survey or an instructor/course evaluation? You carefully responded to each question, hoping that it will make a dif-ference, but in the end – did it? Have you ever wondered how many students are on cam-pus? The ratio of males to females? How many students are enrolled in your program? Or perhaps you were sitting in class, and began to daydream of life after ERAU. Who will I work for? What is the starting salary? How long does it take to get a job? (Answers to these questions and many other sta-tistics can be found at: http://irweb.erau.edu/).

The Office of Institutional Research (IR) is tasked with the design and administra-tion of university-wide and national surveys that pertain to students, alumni, faculty, staff and employers and the analysis of the collected data.

Your responses to instruc-tor/course evaluations, sur-veys and focus groups have influenced: curriculum, fac-

ulty evaluations, created new courses and majors, extended dining hours & student service hours, helped incoming stu-dents select majors and living arrangements. From Alumni we receive valuable survey information on salary and the

job market. This fall you may have the

opportunity to voice your opinions when IR adminis-ters the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey, as well as at the end of the term with instructor/course evaluations. Be sure to make your voice heard!

Questions regarding the instructor/course evaluation process or survey research may be directed to the Office of Institutional Research (B-509) at 386-226-6225 or by email: irstrsch@erau.edu. Results from prior surveys and stud-ies may be viewed at: http://irweb.erau.edu/.

Kim BrantleyInstitutional Research

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From wireless Internet access to discipline-specific technology in labs and classrooms, Embry-Riddle offers an advanced cam-pus network and an exciting technology environment. To enhance your academic experi-ence here is a quick reminder of some current services as well as few new ones that wwere added over the summer.

Blackboard upgrade! Embry-Riddle uses Blackboard, (Bb)

an online learning manage-ment tool that provides per-sonalized course information and academic resources. The upgraded Bb has a completely new look and feel that provides enhancements to improve the teaching and learning experi-ence. New and improved resources like discussion boards, blogs, and dashboards make it easy to track classroom activity and stay on top of your classes. The new version of Bb also resolves the incompatibil-ity issues with Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.5. For more

information on how to use the new Bb, visit http://ondemand.blackboard.com/students.htm.

New Dell Precision T3500, Optiplex 780 and 755 comput-ers are now available in various labs and classrooms on cam-pus to ensure optimum per-formance for your class work. Some of these areas include the Computation lab, the Weather Lab, College of Aviation and other computerized classrooms and labs. All of this adds up to over 200 computers that are available for student use in labs, classrooms and the Hunt

Library. For those late nights, visit the 24-hour lab located on C-409.

Free access to Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade, Microsoft Office 2007, and McAfee anti-virus software for your per-sonal computer, free e-mail and anti-spam services, high-speed internet access and wireless ser-vice throughout campus, and a student discount on Dell comput-ers are just some of the additional services that are available to you. To access the free software from your ERNIE homepage choose Information Technology

from the left hand menu and Software Downloads.

ResNet (Residential Network) provides high-speed Internet access in every room for students living on campus, and a ResNet support office staffed by student comput-ing consultants. Supported services include troubleshoot-ing network and computer problems, Operating System installations and upgrades, University-licensed software installations and upgrades, virus removal and installation of anti-virus and anti-malware applica-

tions, and hardware recommen-dations. Due to the widespread use of cell phones, telephone service is no longer provided in the residence halls.

Information Technology is happy to welcome all new and returning students to campus.

Be sure to log into ERNIE and select Information Technology from the left side menu to explore all of the services that will help you achieve a successful fall semester or give us a call at (386) 226-6990 for 24-hour support, seven days a week.

Norma ButlerInformation Technology

Information Technology welcomes students

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So would you like to be in one of the fastest grow-ing majors at Embry-Riddle today? If so, then you want to major in Computational Mathematics. Mathematics majors have become one of the fastest growing indus-tries today according to the New York Times and the Wall

Street Journal, and will enable you to have a high-paying and fulfilling profession. They go

on to say how the top three posi-tions out of the 200 best careers today are held by mathematics and statistics based profes-sions. This major will also supply you with qualifications that will allow you to work with complex technological systems such as designing sur-veillance systems and scientific visualization systems. You will also have the assis-tance of experts supplied by The Industry Advisory Board, which is made of

professionals from compa-nies such as Boeing, NASA, GE and many others. The members of the Industry Advisory Board will supply you with the knowledge and expertise that will guide you through the major and towards the path to a job. With a Computational Mathematics degree and the knowledge to succeed, you will be able to go far in the world of technologi-cal advances.

The first two years of any

engineering degree offered at

ERAU is similar to the first two years of the BSCM degree.

Therefore, completing an engineering and Computational Math double major can be done in as little as two extra semesters. A dual-degree will set you aside and give you better chances of obtaining a job upon graduating with your engi-neering degree. Or if you are planning to attend gradu-ate school, math majors typi-cally score higher on entrance exams, such as the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT and GRE than most other majors.

If you have questions or would like more information, please visit www.eraucom-putationalmath.com and/or contact the program director, Professor Timothy Smith, at 226-6720, LB-104.

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Moving into the residence halls and having one, two or even seven roommates/suit-emates is one of the hardest things many students have to think about when leaving for college. While most stu-dents hope to become best friends with their roommates, and that situation is ideal, it is not always reality. Being able to live together in a com-fortable atmosphere should be the first goal of any roommate situation. College is a time for students to learn how to live cooperatively in a community, and living on campus provides this opportunity, in addition to easy social networking, leader-ship opportunities and a way to learn about other students’ cultures and backgrounds.

There are several ways to ensure a comfortable living environment for roommates, and the Resident Advisors (RA) are able to help with

them if needed. Residents will be asked to fill out a living agreement with their roommate and/or suitemates, where stu-dents will establish common rules for the room and suite. Some of the items addressed on the living agreement are cleanliness, sharing of food or other items, guests and study time. If a disagreement arises, whether it is related to the liv-ing agreement or something else, residents are expected to discuss and attempt to resolve the situation. Issues should be discussed respectfully amongst all roommates/suitemates. Avoid using Facebook, instant messenger or text messaging to express your frustration with a situation, as this is not a way to truly express how one is feeling, and messages often get misconstrued. Meeting face to face and having a conversation is always the best way to dis-cuss an issue, and the RAs are available and happy to help.

If a situation escalates to a point where the residents do not feel they can resolve the

problem, there are several steps that are required to be taken. First, a roommate mediation needs to occur which involves the RA and all roommates/suit-emates involved. If after the mediation and a trial period the situation does not get bet-ter, the Resident Director (RD) will come in to discuss the situation with the residents. The Assistant and Associate Directors of Housing and Residence Life will assist the RDs as needed. Room changes are the absolute last step, and are not granted between room change days. Room change days exist one day per month, and give all residents an oppor-tunity to move rooms, regard-less of their situation, pending the availability of empty spaces on campu.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your RA, and remember to attend your wing meetings as most questions can be answered there! The Housing and Residence Life staff wish you a happy and successful year!

New Residents advice

Be part of the a fast growing industry

Kirsten GetkaResidence Life

Rebecca WoodComputational Mathematics

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out of the 200 best careers today are held by mathema-

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The Resident Advisors (RAs) and Resident Directors (RDs) are carefully selected and trained student lead-ers who are responsible for managing and preserving the residence halls by promot-ing safety, diversity, commu-nity building, academics and healthy living. RAs are desig-nated on each floor/wing and are tasked with promoting the overall safety and well-being of his/her residents, as well as being a mentor and advisor.

Living and Learning is an initiative taken by each resi-dence hall staff member to help

make each of their communi-ties more than a usual living community and to engage the residents outside of the class-room. Each residence hall staff member provides resi-dents with sponsored programs ranging in topics from aca-demics to alcohol awareness, social to educational events. The programs and themes are catered to specific issues that college students typically face. Resident Advisors are able to help their residents with things such as studying or just answering questions about school in general. Most of the interactions the RAs engage in are academic, such as tutoring or putting together study sessions, but many also

talk with their residents about future career plans, financial aid, etc.

The Faculty-in-Residence

program aims to further merge the living and learning environment with the class-room. This year we are lucky to have Dr. Kaba, Associate Professor of Mathematics, residing in McKay Hall. Dr. Kaba will be able to pro-vide mentoring and tutoring opportunities specifically in the math area to residents. Tutoring and study sessions are provided for additional academic support even during weekends.

The RAs and RDs add value to the students’ on-campus liv-ing experience. Together, the staff of Housing and Residence Life are here to promote the well-being of residents on the ERAU campus.

Rojith & LauraResidence Life

Living and Learning is an initiative taken

by each residence hall staff member .

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C6 The Avion, August 25, 2010Departments

If you are a female on this campus, you probably noticed one thing: there are guys, guys and more guys. Though it is convenient to have all those neighbors to help squish the occasional scary spider in your room or to open the jar of Mayonnaise for your sandwich, the overwhelming testosterone starts to wear on your sanity. However, there is a solution.

Here at Embry-Riddle, they have a special place where girls can come together and just have fun: the Women’s Center. Either to hang out and watch television with other girls in the Women’s Center lounge or to go on a behind-the-scenes engineer-ing field trip to Disney World, being involved at the Women’s Center is a great place to just enjoy yourself.

The Women’s Center was opened on August 31, 2006 and was designed to be a welcom-ing space dedicated to women. However, it has grown to much more than that. The Women’s Center provides an engineer-ing mentor program to help new female students adjust to Embry-Riddle life from where not to eat to tips on what classes to take from upper classmen who have learned from experi-ence. Once a month, it presents Tuesday’s Treasures, a lunch and learn program featuring a

guest speaker addressing topics on diversity and women. The Women’s Center helps females reach their full potential with support, tutoring (Monday-Thursday 5:00-9:00 p.m. in engineering, physics and math) and eye-opening service proj-ects. The Women’s Center also has a collection of books and films in the library consisting of themes related to diversity and women, which include popu-lar fiction, classics, LGBTQAA literature, non-fiction and biog-raphy and much more to assist you in your studies and culti-vate your interests.

The Women’s Center is not all work though. The Women’s Center has activities such as game nights, ice cream socials, Halloween brunch, Islands of Adventure tour, Kennedy Space Center trip and much more. These are also all women pro-grams, so you have the oppor-tunity to be in a stress free envi-ronment, make lifelong friends and most importantly, have fun. The best part is, as you are hav-ing fun, you are earning points to get a twelve hundred dollar scholarship which is awarded to five mentors or mentees every semester.

If you have any inquiries or would like to visit, please stop by the Women’s Center in 404 in Building C in Alphabet Soup. Coming to Embry-Riddle proves that you are destined for great-ness and the Women’s Center wants to help you get there.

Center provides perfect haven for womenAlena ThompsonWomen’s Center

Daytona Beach, Fla., July 28, 2010 – Grab your beach chair for a weekend of impressive showmanship displayed over-

head. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical

University is proud to announce the return of its spectacular Wings and Waves Air Show over the Atlantic Ocean in beau-tiful Daytona Beach, Florida.

Several aerial and aerobat-ic displays will take place at the show. These include mid-air demonstrations by, Matt Chapman, Mike Goulian, Jason Newburg, Greg Poe, Julie Clark, Mike Wiskus, Corkey Fornof and the Snowbirds.

Audiences can catch a

glimpse of raw power as the Air Combat Command F-22 Demonstration Team performs precision aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the unique capa-bilities of the world’s only operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight (HF) program presents the evolution of USAF air power by flying today’s state-of the- art fighter aircraft in close formation with vintage fighter aircraft. The Wings and Waves Heritage Flight will fea-

ture the P-51 Mustang, F-22 Raptor and the F-16 Viper to dramatically display our U.S. Air Force air power history. Individual demonstrations by these fighter aircraft will also be performed.

Experience Rob Holland’s non-stop, action-packed air show routine. Stepping off his Gold Medal Finish at the 8th World Advanced Aerobatic Championships, Holland brings a whole new and exciting set of world-class maneuvers to his routine this year.

Cheryl Stearns, an aviator and the most successful com-petitive skydiver in the world is also set to perform.

Also taking to the skies is the GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team. The team performs a low level precision formation flying routine combined with a thrilling aeronautical demon-stration highlighting the unique capabilities of the aircraft. In addition, GEICO Skytypers are often found typing messages utilizing the horizon as a back drop. These messages can be as

tall as the empire state building and visible for up to 15 miles away.

The show will take place on October 9 and 10, 2010 off the Daytona Beach shoreline centered in front of the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort. The show begins at 11:00 a.m. daily and admission is free to all.

For more information or if you’d like to be involved in the 2010 Wings and Waves Air Show please visit: www.wingsandwaves.com

Wings and Waves comes to Daytona

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Going off to college is a wonderful and exciting experi-ence. It is a time of tremendous growth and self-discovery. It is a time for many firsts. For many of you, it is the first expe-rience living away from home. Thus, there is a newfound sense of freedom and independence away from the watchful eye of your parent(s). And, let us not forget about all those intriguing new people to meet through the residence halls, classes, clubs, organizations and cam-pus events.

However, these new firsts can be scary and overwhelming. The expectation to easily and readily fall into the rhythm of college life can be very unreal-istic. This time of transition to the university setting is a very individualized process. Some

students will experience very few behavioral changes, others one or two, while still others may have several as they adjust to the college setting. Some stu-dents will develop sleep prob-lems: either sleeping too little or too much. Some students lose their appetite while others will want to eat all the time. Others may become depressed, anxious or both. Some com-plain of poor concentration and an inability to make decisions. Unfortunately, there will be those that attempt to deal with the adjustment to college life by “self medicating” with alcohol or drugs.

The counselors at the Counseling Center are trained to assist you with the myriad of stressors associated with the college life. All services are free and confidential to registered students. Counselors assist with concerns including, but not lim-ited to: university life, academic

performance, test anxiety, time management, goal setting, depression, loneliness, stress, sleep problems and relationship issues. Counselors work with you to identify your strengths, personal resources that are working for you and those areas that are problematic and need fine tuning. Counselors help you establish a personalized plan that is right just for you.

In addition, the Counseling Center offers a variety of help-ful resources. We have a large selection of self help books available through our lending library. We also have many helpful, informative brochures. There are assessments for per-sonality, mood and substance abuse. A state-of-the-art bio-feedback training program, Healing Rhythms is offered. Campus-wide wellness pro-grams are offered as well. This fall look for Join the Journey and Qigong.

The Counseling Center is located in building #20 of the Wellness Center Complex, adjacent to Health Services. To schedule an appointment, you may drop by or call (386) 226-6035, M-F (8:00 a.m.-5:00

p.m.). For after hour emergen-cies you may receive free crisis counseling by calling 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).

We wish each of you a healthy, happy, and successful transition to ERAU. College

truly can be the best time of your life. The most impor-tant gift to give yourself dur-ing college is to take care of yourself; the counselors at the Counseling Center are here to help you do just that!

Linda BloomCounseling Center

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All communications, whether written or oral, are respected as confidential and are not released without the individual student’s informed and written consent. Exceptions may be necessary for legal requirements or medi-cal emergencies.

The mission of Disability Support Services is to guide and support institutional compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, to ensure equal access for students with disabilities of the Daytona Beach and Worldwide Campuses.

For all students, transition from high school or the work force to college life involves a series of adjustments. Disability Support Services facilitates transition and promotes stu-dents’ effective participation, academic persistence and per-sonal development while sup-

porting academic integrity. The individual student and DSS staff form a partnership in order to examine career and personal goals, identify and reduce barriers and collaborate with faculty and staff to adapt the living and learning environ-ment so that students’ opportu-nities for achievement may be equalized.

Currently enrolled under-graduate and graduate students, having one or more documented disabilities.

Various Types of Disabilities(But not limited to these only):

Dyslexia & Cognitive Processing Disorders, Asperger ’s Syndrome (Autism),·Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Visual and Hearing Impairments, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia (Writing and Math disorders), Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Initiation of Services, The Student’s Role:

· Students must initiate ser-vices with DSS in order to be protected under the law.

· Student must provide clear documentation of disability in order to receive support from DSS.

· Students are encouraged to meet with their professors in order to ensure that all accom-modations can be made in a timely manner.

Hours Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. E.S.T.

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May Include the following: · Testing modifications· Classroom modifications· Textbooks in alternative for-

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ogy· Assistance with campus

physical accessibility· Referrals for diagnostic

evaluation (medical, psycho-logical & educational)

· Advanced registration· Time management· Review of adaptive housing

requests· Interpreter services

If there is one thing that an Embry-Riddle student can-not live without, it is their EAGLEcard. From allow-ing access into dorms, to using it as a debit card and for flight accounts, the EAGLEcard is a multi-function must-have. It is the key to your experience at ERAU.

What is the EAGLEcard? Essentially, it is your official ERAU ID card with a debit account. You can use it just like a debit card at places like the University bookstore, all on-campus dining loca-tions, vending machines, copy machines and all on-campus washers and dryers.

You can also use your card at many off-campus locations thanks to local businesses who have partnered with Embry-Riddle. Some merchants will even deliver to campus. Your

card will be accepted at the following locations:

•Aero Supplies and Express•Chili’s•CVS Pharmacy•Chipotle Mexican Grill•Daytona Pilot Zone•Domino’s Pizza•Gator’s Bar-BQ & Wings•Honey Baked Ham•Larry’s Giant Subs•McK’s Tavern•Papa John’s Pizza•Subway•The Car Shop•Uno Chicago Grill•Upper Crust and Crumb•Wing ZoneYour EAGLEcard is also

used as your flight account

for all ERAU flight activities. In this case, flight funds can only be withdrawn from the account upon completion of flight course or withdraw from the flight program.

An EAGLEcard holder can manage their account through their ERAU Blackboard login. You can view and print up to 90 days of transac-tion history, make a depos-it or suspend activity on your card. Even better, friends orfamily can go to the EAGLEcard websi te ( w w w . e r a u . e d u / e a g l e -card) and make a deposit to your Eagle dollars via the “Guest Deposit” link.

Eaglecard benefitsRodney Hartung

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DSS supports studentsVanessa Lloyd

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C8 The Avion, August 25, 2010Departments

The Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering (ECSSE) is the newest department in the College of Engineering, formed in Jan. 2010 by merging the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and the Department of Computer and Software Engineering. Focusing on the technologies enabling contemporary aerospace and aviation, ECSSE is home to undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as student projects and faculty research, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Computer Science. Graduates of those

programs go on to work in leading aerospace, avionics, and unmanned aviation compa-nies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Insitu, and AAI.

Systems Engineering thinking is pervasive in all the department’s programs, but specifically so in the Aerospace Systems track of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and in the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering. Those degrees, along with the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (either Avionics track or non-track option) prepare students to design and develop the digi-tal hardware and computer software that underlies air-

craft, spacecraft, and airspace systems operations. The tal-ents developed to be a suc-cessful engineer in aerospace and aviation enable department graduates to succeed in areas with less strin-gent real-time and safety-critical demands, such as video games, web development, and enter-prise systems. The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree offers students the chance to apply the fundamen-tals of Computer Science and Software Engineering in one of four application domains: Applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Homeland Security, or Human Factors. ECSSE also offers the Computer Science Minor, which for some degree pro-grams can be achieved with as little as one extra class. All

the department’s undergradu-ate degrees feature hands-on activities, starting in the freshman year and continuing through the capstone design project during the senior year. In 2009–2010 Computer Engineering and Software Engineering seniors designed a search-and-rescue system con-sisting of an autonomous quad copter, an autonomous ground vehicle, and a ground control station that performed image processing and directed the autonomous vehicles. Electrical Engineering seniors worked in the College of Engineering’s EcoCAR project, developing power distribution electronics for the auto’s biodiesel plug-in hybrid.

ECSSE students are involved in many student activities, but particularly those in the areas of unmanned systems, robot-ics, and energy-saving strate-gies for aircraft and automo-biles. Department students are also active in the AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Systems International) com-petitions, with the department sponsored Team Blackbird having placed second in 2009 and third in 2010 in AUVSI’s SUAS (Student Unmanned Air Systems) competition, and with department student participa-tion in the Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition and the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. The department sponsors the IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Student Branch, including participation in the annual IEEE SoutheastCon Student Hardware Competition, in which tabletop robots devel-oped by teams from universi-ties around the southeastern USA participate. Recent com-petitions included a vehicle powered only by harvested light and a recycling robot. Department students and fac-ulty are involved in the both EcoCAR and Green Aircraft Challenge teams.

Department faculty mem-bers, in conjunction with graduate and undergradu-ate students, conduct funded

research in avionics systems, modeling and simulation, unmanned systems, electronic communications, and for-mal modeling of software and systems. Ongoing proj-ects include integration of the sensor package into an expendable unmanned aircraft to be used in hurricane research, modeling and simulation of the NextGen National Airspace System, and passive (sense-on-ly) approaches to determining aircraft locations. Department faculty are involved in NEAR (NextGen ERAU Advanced Research) lab research, the Daytona Beach NextGen Test Bed activities, and Eagle Flight Research Center projects.

The department is located in

the 140 suite (first floor, Clyde Morris side) of the Lehman Building. When not teach-ing or in the lab, faculty can usually be found in their offices with their doors open. Stop in to learn more about ECSSE programs, student activities, and fac-ulty research. For specific information about degree pro-grams, please see, call, or write Dr. Tim Wilson, ECSSE Chair, (LB 145, wil-sonti@erau.edu, x6–6994) or Professor Farahzad Behi, ECSSE Associate Chair (LB 146, behif@erau.edu, x6–6454). Or, find the latests from ECSSE on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ecsse/.

Tim WilsonECSSE

Department supports Aerospace technologies

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World Fest brings cultures together on campus

World Fest 2010 was held on Saturday, March 27, at the ICI Center. The event was sponsored by Student Activities, and brought t o g e t h e r v a r i o u s groups on campus to share and e x p r e s s their cul-tures with the commu-nity.

E a c h country that was represented had a table that displayed information, pictures and fun facts. Some countries also offered giveaways and activities for all ages, such as games.

Each attendee, upon enter-ing, received a passport booklet containing each country attend-ing and the organizations that were present. In addition, each attendee received a grab-bag full of candies from around the world.

Indian food and Thai food was available for sale in the lobby, provided and served by Neelam Indian Cuisine and Songkran Thai Cuisine, respectively.

Embry-Riddle’s own Kim Hardiman, from the Embry-Riddle Language Institute, put on a performance that stunned the crowd and certainly got many cameras flashing. She per-

formed a tradi-tional Chinese flag dance accompanied to three differ-ent songs.

There were 13 countries represen ted , i n c l u d i n g Bahrein, India, I n d o n e s i a , K u w a i t , M a l a y s i a , M a r t i n i q u e , P a k i s t a n , Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,

South Korea, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.

Organizations represented at the event included the Indian Students Association, the Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha, MBA Students, the Multicultural Greek Council, First Generation Students and the Student Alumni Association.

The turnout for the event was not very high, but organizers still deemed the event to be successful.

Many students, faculty and community members that attended the event this year said they were looking forward to next year’s event even more.

Alan LarsenStaff Reporter

Last Tuesday night, students gathered in the Student Center for the “Fall-nale” Event for Up ’til Dawn. The event start-ed at 4:00 p.m., but did not end until 4:00 a.m., making it one of the longer events held on campus each year. Up ’til Dawn is an organiza-tion on the ERAU campus and across the nation that works to raise money for Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital through differ-ent events that are held annually. The event that took place is their Fall finale event, where their main goal of the evening is to have stu-dents throughout the night write up to 6,000 letters to be sent out to family and friends to make donations to Saint Jude’s.

Up ’til Dawn is hoping that a majority of the $50,000 that is set as their annual goal this year will be donated as a result of the letters sent out at the Fall-nale event.

“This goal is also our most ambitious goal yet,” added Hannah Surber, the director of Up ’til Dawn for the ERAU campus.

Terumiane Thomas, the Saint Jude Representative for the campus, stated, “I have all the confidence that ERAU will make their goal this year.”

This sentiment was echoed by the student population, as approximately 150 students joined together to write all 6,000 letters, and also to have

some fun.The night was full of noise

and dancing as the events were kept going by the Up ’til Dawn staff. Some events included basketball, four-way jousting and some air bouncing. On the flight deck, some students spent time playing head-to-head Halo, while others practiced their c ard shark skills, playing Texas Hold’em. One of the big hits of the night was all the adult-size tricycles that

were zooming all over the place.

Lauren Peterson, a junior at ERAU, stated, “Definitely a fun way to raise aware-ness and money for Saint Jude’s Hospital and the time really flies! What else are you doing on a Tuesday night? You can sit at home or write some letters, eat pizza, joust your friends, dance and have a chance to win a free semester of tuition! I definitely have been having fun.”

As Peterson pointed out, stu-dents did have the chance to win a free semester of tuition, along with several other big and smaller prizes. In order for the students to be eligi-ble for the free tuition draw-ing, students were required to submit 35 email address-es (non-ERAU accounts) or write letters to individu-als they knew. Semi-finalists were drawn throughout the night, but in the end, only one student could win the free tuition. The lucky winner was Chris Gallagher, who wrote 450 letters during the night.

Other prizes raffled off throughout the night included one Wii game system, an I-touch, Skydiving Tickets, a Garmen GPS, a laptop, a free parking pass for the Daytona Beach Airport, digital cameras and much more.

The night was summarized by Aline Maurice, an ERAU Graduate student, who stat-ed, “A great event that was fun and can be joyous in donating to a charity. People should take time to serve and give to others without thinking of thinking of our-selves.”

Although this is the last event for this semester put on by Up ’til Dawn, they will be having several events in the spring, including their annual Date Auction. They also encourage organizations on campus to also coordinate other events to raise money for Saint Jude’s. If students have any questions for Up ’til Dawn, their office is in the Student Center room 112.

Ainsley RobsonStaff Reporter

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Up ‘til Dawn makes new goals

‘It’s all about respect’

The mission statement of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University includes an emphasis on academic excel-lence and the development of mature, responsible gradu-ates. In a move designed to make students even better, the Student Government Association (SGA) has imple-mented a new program this semester called “It’s All About Respect!”

While this may be a tag line, it also sends a very impor-tant message to the campus: Peers should be treated the way one would like to be treat-ed, which should make the cam-pus a more welcoming, safe, and comfortable environment.

SGA Treasurer Angelina Ranieri and SGA Vice President Nate Mulder are the founders of this project to increase respect school-wide. The SGA teamed up with the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association (ERRSA) to publicize, educate, and promote the ideas and values of respect to everyone.

Each week issues of dis-respect are dealt with, and through this new way of think-ing, the SGA hopes to edu-cate more people and solve more problems to make every-one on campus happier and more content in any situation. SGA President Bryan Dietz is very proud of the program and sees it as a very positive opportunity for students to make wise choices and treat others respectfully.

“I think it is very impor-tant to understand how our actions can impact oth-ers, even if unintentionally,” said Dietz. He went on to reinforce how Embry-Riddle graduates are “above the rest,” and the school as a whole has every intention to keep them there and take them high-er.

Dietz also pointed out that it is important for students to remain humble, respect-ful, and courteous no matter what. Student support has a

big impact on this program - but unlike clubs and organi-zations, anyone can be a part of this ongoing “Respect” campaign by just treating others with manners and sincerity.

Mulder is very happy that this program has started off with so much support in its early weeks. Mulder explained, “We had been planning this for nearly two months, and it felt really positive to finally start the program. Bettering the nature of the student body is something that can always be done, to always reach for our best and stick out from the rest.”

A lot of background work went into this campaign, and it is not meant to last for one semester - it is meant to stay permanently.

The SGA is also in the pro-cess of setting up an anony-mous report line, by which stu-dents can report incidents of disrespect and hurt. This line is not meant for discipline, rather it is meant for a way to try to change people’s atti-tudes to getting along with everyone and not having to deal with “bullying.”

Students will also soon be invited to pledge respect - for pledging, each student will receive a small item symboliz-ing their pledge, such as a wrist band or t-shirt.

Costas SivyllisStaff Reporter

The SGA and ERRSA begin the semester with a new campaign: Respect

AS PART OF THE “Respect” campaign, students were invited to pledge to be respectful by signing their name to a chain (seen above) that wrapped halfway around the Student Center. The “Respect” campaign was created to promote respect throughout the campus in an effort to make the campus more welcoming and comfortable for everyone.

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Homer Hickam started off Engineers Week events on the ERAU campus on Tuesday evening by speaking to fac-ulty, staff, students and mem-bers of the general public in the Gale Lemerand Auditorium as part of the Embry-Riddle Honors Program Distinguished Speakers Series.

With a full house and aisles packed with eager listeners, Hickam reflected on his child-hood memories, his written works, and the experiences that he has had in the engineer-ing world. Best known for his memoir “Rocket Boys” and the film “October Sky,” Hickam was not surprised to see that nearly everyone in attendance had either seen the movie or had read the book.

Having grown up in the small coal mining town of Coalwood, W.Va., Hickam was inspired by seeing Sputnik streak across the sky overhead, and grew up with the dream to be able to build rockets and send them into space. There were many dangers in the coal mining business, and oftentimes fam-ily members or friends would not return home after a day of work due to tragic accidents. Contrary to what one may believe, Hickam explained that that the people in the town were never afraid, and he used this as the basis for his talk about the current state of the U.S. space program.

Hickam explained four main reasons as to why the people of Coalwood were not afraid to live each day, despite their sometimes difficult cir-cumstances. First, the people of Coalwood were proud of who they were as coal miners. Second, they stood up for what

they believed in. Third, they kept their families, related and non-related, together. Last, they had trust in God for their life but they relied on themselves.

Hickam emphasized these

principles and related them to how aspiring engineers should live each day. Starting off, Hickam assured the enthusias-tic Embry-Riddle crowd that by being proud of who they are already puts them ahead of most people. Secondly, Hickam explained that is necessary to “marshal your arguments”

in a polite way while stick-ing up for what you believe in. Hickam showed this to the world in his persistent efforts of learning about, making, and launching rockets at every given chance he got. He then related his Coalwood family to the Aerospace Engineering family in stressing that the engineering family is always a family, and that it is impor-tant to stick together. Finally, Hickam explained that the town of Coalwood did not pray, for they “knew it didn’t work.” Instead, everything that they wanted took pure hard work. These attitudes had worked for the miners in Coalwood, and Hickam assured that it could work for anyone with a dream.

Hickam touched upon the recent cancellation of NASA’s Constellation program and said that it had put him in “an uncomfortable position.” He expressed his concern that NASA does not currently have any future plans for sending humans into space, though he wittily assured students that he believes that human spaceflight will continue or else there will be “100 blue suited astro-nauts” picketing outside of NASA’s headquarters!

AS PART OF ENGINEERING week, students, faculty and the general public were invited to hear Homer Hickam speak on topics from his childhood to his experience in the engi-neering world.

NICK CANDRELLA/AVION

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Every year around Homecoming, the basic Embry-Riddle student trans-forms temporarily. They go from the usual shorts, t-shirt and sandals to wearing the most formal business attire. For two days, the campus as a whole is on a mission: get a job or an internship, whatever it takes.

The reason of this trans-formation is the annu-al ERAU Career Expo, which featured 87 companies at the ICI Center on Nov. 4 and 5. From Continental to Boeing, most big names of the aviation industry were pres-ent and looking for talented recruits.

“Overall, the expo itself is a great opportunity to make connections,” said David Bodnovich, a Business major who will be graduating in December. “If you knew facts about the company, they like that and it is easier to get a personal business card from the recruiter. But they were more looking for interns, there were few offers for entry-level jobs.”

Indeed, it is hard to evaluate how many students or alumni get internships or jobs out of the Expo. However, accord-ing to Lisa Kollar, the execu-

tive director of ERAU Career Services, even the students who haven’t gotten an offer straight away should follow up with the companies. Some employers ended up calling students a year after seeing them at the Expo.

“We are looking for students with good GPA, work expe-rience, internships, personal-ity, communication skills and enthusiasm,” said Mack Cox, a site manager in Georgia for Lockheed Martin.

The manager has attended the event for many years, and even though fewer companies showed up, he estimates that there was a great turnout and good resumes. According to Career Services, about 2,600 people attended the event, which is a little higher than usual.

“In terms of the adminis-trative side of the event, this was the best year out of the 16 expos I’ve been a part of,” said Kollar. “Everything ran very smoothly.”

Despite this positive feed-back, she estimates there is still room for improvement. Next year, the expo will be much different.

“With only 87 companies present, we already had prob-lems with room availability for interviews and such.”

In prior years, the Friday of Homecoming was a day off for students, freeing up class-

es to be used for interviews. But this year that vaca-tion day was moved to Fall Break, meaning Career Services had to work with a lot less space.

“When the economy goes back up and we start having more companies again, there will be a problem,” said Kollar. “A company like Boeing may want up to 15 rooms for their interview sessions.”

Another problem is the fact that many companies decide to leave after the first day of the expo, making the second day useless and frustrating for students.

“This is why I have made the decision to move the expo from two to one day, with extended hours on day one. On day two, we will rearrange the event floor into a nice and quiet interview hall.”

According to Kollar, this is currently the best solution to provide a better experience at the Expo to both employees and students.

“We could probably increase the number of interviews on campus, and the employers we have talked to love the idea,” said Kollar. “It doesn’t hurt to try new things and then later assess how it went.”

However, with only one day to attend the Expo, students may have more difficulty scheduling time around their classes.

With good planning and the support of the Deans, Kollar hopes to make the transition easier for next year.

Another change in the orga-

nization will be that the event will be only open to ERAU alumni and students, along with students from local uni-versities such as Stetson.

“We will from now on

close the event to the outside public,” said Kollar. “In the past, we have let them in, but most of them don’t have any experience in aviation. It’s just not appropriate.”

Career Expo complete success for studentsAlbane FlamantCampus Editor

STUDENTS TALKED WITH EMPLOYERS and handed out resumes at the Industry/Career Expo Wednesday and Thursday. Eighty-seven companies came to the Expo looking for ERAU students and alumni to fill open internship and full-time positions within their respective organizations.

AINSLEY ROBSON/AVION

Space Shuttle Endeavour lift-ed off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center Monday morning, February 8, at 4:14:08 a.m. Eastern Standard Time after having its original launch scrubbed 24 hours earlier due to low clouds. In the last min-utes leading up to the launch, anticipation grew. But at T- 9 minutes, mission control told Endeavour “you’re going flying tonight!” causing cheers to erupt from the on-looking press. With what was equivalent to seeing the sun rise only three miles away, reporters at the press site were in awe of the shuttle as it cleared the launch pad tower and began its journey skyward towards space. Certainly a feat of human ingenuity and talent, the Space Shuttle program rep-resents what the greatest minds in the world can do and what human kind is truly capable of. With the ground shaking, and rockets blasting, media gathered to see what was the first of five last shuttle launches before the program is retired in September of this year.

After being America’s way into space for humans for almost 40 years, the orbiter has gained its age and for safety must be taken off active duty. There was also a gloomy mood around Kennedy Space Center this weekend as just a week ear-lier President Obama announced he is cutting the Constellation program, which was NASA’s future and our way into space come 2015, the replacement for the space shuttle.

Mission Commander George

Zamka and Pilot Terry Virts, and Embry-Riddle alumni, guided Endeavour on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), including perform-ing a back flip known as the “Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver” approaching the station so the Expedition-22 crew on the ISS could take high resolution photos of the heat shield for NASA engineers to analyze. This has become a mandatory procedure after the Columbia disaster, when a hole in the heat shield cause it to break apart upon reentry, killing the entire crew in January of 2003. Endeavour reported a success-ful docking with the ISS on Wednesday morning at 12:57 a.m. Eastern, beginning STS-130’s mission at the station to install the Tranquility Node and Cupola. The Italian-built Tranquility node will provide additional room for crew mem-bers and many of the station’s life support and environmen-tal systems. Three space walks are planned to install it. The cupola is a robotics control room that will provide a 360 degree panoramic view of earth. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will spacewalk three separate times to install the new units.

Throughout the mission, sup-plies will be transferred from Endeavour to the ISS for life, experiments and backup sup-plies. With only four more shut-tle missions left after STS-130, completing the ISS and making it as livable as possible are NASA’s main long term goals. Shuttle Endeavour is sched-uled to land at Kennedy Space Center on Friday, February 19, at 10:01pm Eastern.

Endeavor blazes to ISS

Costas SivyllisStaff Reporter

Students learn proper etiquette for business dining environments

On Wednesday, April 14, in the COA Atrium, the Student Alumni Association (SAA) and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity co-sponsored the 6th annual Etiquette Dinner. At this din-ner, students were treated to a free five course dinner. The only catch was that they also needed to learn about proper etiquette that may help them in future business dining envi-ronments.

This dinner, which had lim-ited seating, was attended by 84 Embry-Riddle students and 12 faculty and staff members. The faculty and staff members were there to serve as the host or hostess for each indi-vidual table. There were also six different faculty and staff members that spoke to the student population in atten-dance about different etiquette topics.

Edmund Odartey-Williams, the Associate Director of Alumni Relations, explained that the event was “an oppor-tunity to make sure that the students are prepared in all areas before they leave Embry-Riddle.” He expressed that this preparedness included knowledge of proper etiquette at a business dinner or a for-mal event.

Anthony Evans, Pi Kappa Alpha’s Campus Involvement Chair, shared that “as a Fraternity [Pi Kappa Alpha], being a gentleman is one of our pillars. So we just want to take the opportunity to teach as many students about etiquette as possible.” He indicated that this was a reason why Pi Kappa Alpha was interested in

co-sponsoring the event.Michele Berg, the Executive

Director of Alumni Relations, was the first speaker of the night. She provided an over-view of etiquette and shared its importance with students in attendance.

During the appetizer course, which consisted of mozza-rella and tomato bruschetta, Dan Montplaisir, the Vice President of Institutional Advancement, shared some of the lessons that he had learned over the years when it comes to interview-ing and behavior during a business dinner. One of the many lessons he shared was that less is actually more, especially when it comes to danger foods such as toma-toes, sauces, and even wine or alcohol. Montplaisir also shared how dinner interviews are not necessarily about the interview, but about fitting with the company.

The next course was Italian wedding soup, and was served as students were intro-duced to Barbara Dryan, the University Director of Financial Aid. She shared how table manners have evolved over the years, and covered topics such as spitting at the table and having elbows on the table.

Students were also given the opportunity to learn about international etiquette, and they were told to be sure to research the cus-toms of the country that they visit prior to their trip. This, and other stories about personal experiences in different cultures, was shared by Dr. Jim Cunningham, Associate Vice President for Academics.

Chicken Picatta with sea-soned green beans was served for dinner.

During the meal, Kathy Parsons, Director of Student Employment, reviewed prop-er attire to wear at business events. Based on her research, she shared that she found that it is important to wear dark colored suits, such as black or navy, with a white shirt and plain tie.

During dessert, which was strawberry shortcake, the eti-

quette of a toast was cov-ered. A toast to Embry-Riddle was given by Robert Oxley, Professor of Humanities and Communications.

At the end of the evening, each participant received an etiquette booklet and a crystal globe.

According to Jessica Dernoga, from Theta Phi Alpha, “The evening was great and the food was delicious. I also learned a lot while having a wonderful evening.”

A GROUP OF STUDENTS participated in the 6th annual Etiquette Dinner, which was co-sponsored by the Student Alumni Association and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. A total of 84 students and faculty participated in the event.

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D4 The Avion, August 25, 2010YEAR IN REVIEW

With fall graduation quickly approaching, ERAU seniors have become busy with making post-graduation plans.

According to Lisa Kollar, Executive Director of Career Services, Embry-Riddle has a high job or further education placement rate for their gradu-ates.

“Typically we do remain above national average,” said Kollar.

The national job placement average according to NACE, an online resource for Career Services, is 19.7 percent for 2009 graduates, down from 26 percent in 2008 and 51 percent in 2007.

According to Kollar, Embry-Riddle’s effective placement rate (including both having a job and continuing education) was 41.3 percent in Fall 2008 and 48.1 percent in Spring 2009.

In agreement with the sta-tistics, Kollar says, “I think [the placement rate is] going to improve.” She says she expects to continue to see a gradual increase from both avi-ation industry and non-aviation industry jobs in the future.

Kollar also gave advice for students who were graduat-ing this semester, or even next semester.

“If you’re not registered with Career Services, then you need to get registered,” said Kollar. She emphasized that Career Services is not a job place-ment agency, but it does offer helpful services and advice to students.

Career Services offers one-on-one advising to all current students and alumni, as well as resume critiques, mock inter-views and the co-op/internship program.

In a tough economy, it is vital for students to actively pursue job opportunities and use all resources available to them.

“I think there are about 20 percent of our students who get it. They come to the presenta-tions and workshops and meet with their Program Managers.

It’s no surprise they are the ones getting the jobs,” said Kollar.

Kollar mentioned that she attended the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) forum recently and was surprised by the few students she saw there. Kollar saw the forum as a unique networking oppor-tunity, and one that in today’s economy, no student should miss out on.

“You meet a lot of differ-ent people who have friends in different areas,” said Kollar. According to Kollar, a person’s network with today’s economy could be a huge step to getting a job.

Another available on-cam-pus resource to students is the Alumni Relations Office. The Alumni Relations Office helps to build both students’ and alumni’s networks with the various programs they offer.

The Alumni Student Connection program brings many ERAU alumni to campus each semester to speak with students about their industry jobs.

“Alumni are always ready to share their experience with students. We always encourage students to attend our events for an opportunity to network with alumni and industry experts,” said Edmund Odartey-Williams, Associate Director of Alumni Relations for Daytona Beach.

Alumni Relations also has a mentorship program where alumni can sign up to be con-tacted by future and current students for various reasons.

Chris Carta, Associate

Director for Outreach at Alumni Relations, said that currently many alumni are a part of the mentorship program to help students, other alumni and even prospective students connect.

“We are currently in the pro-cess of making the mentorship program more accessible,” said Carta. Alumni Relations will soon have a directory where mentor information will be readily available to students, according to Carta.

Right now though, fall grad-uates can register on the eagle-sNEST, the official alumni website for the University, at eraualumni.org to find an alum-ni mentor, join an alumni group or chapter or stay in touch with the University.

Both Kollar and Carta encour-aged students to take advantage of the many resources ERAU provides for them to make the most of their education.

Rebecca Allen, a senior graduating this fall from the Human Factors program, took advantage of such resources and recently got a job interview for a position with The MITRE Corporation.

“I decided yesterday that I was going to have a job when I graduated,” said Allen.

Allen said that she acciden-tally found the company by browsing on the EagleHire website, Career Service’s online resume referral system.

Allen encouraged her peers to not get discouraged with their job search.

She said, “One week ago I thought I was never going to get a job and this week I got an interview.”

Amy Treutel Editor-in-Chief

Graduates’ outlookFrank Ayers, former Flight

Chairman of the ERAU Daytona Beach campus, has taken over the position of Executive Vice President of the ERAU Prescott campus. The move was announced by ERAU President Dr. John P. Johnson on Sept. 11, and came about as a result of the retirement of former Executive Vice President Dan Carrell. With the departure of Dr. Ayers to Prescott, the position of Flight Chairman at the ERAU Daytona Beach campus has been filled by Kenneth (Ken) Byrnes.

The speedy transition has required Ayers to move to Prescott, Ariz., and Byrnes to take over immediately as Chairman of the Flight Department of the Daytona Beach campus. As both men have new duties to fulfill and tasks to complete, Ayers and Byrnes are taking it in stride. “I am excited to serve Embry Riddle in this new way. I real-ly believe in this University and the great young graduates it produces, and this is a new opportunity to serve,” Ayers said.

Also launching the term with a positive note here in Daytona Beach, Byrnes is starting the school year by working to accomplish new goals, as he previously served as the Assistant Chief Pilot before this fall semes-ter. In response to how the new position is going so far Byrnes said, “Wonderfully, I have an advantage with my background in this school, I know the students so it’s a seamless transition.”

As far as goals, Byrnes’ top priority is safety. “I want to run the safest, most profes-sional flight training depart-ment that produces the highest quality of students,” Byrnes stated. According to Byrnes, his priority list includes zero accidents, increasing profes-sionalism of graduates and

providing more learning tools to the system.

Byrnes also commented on the current status of the flight program. “It’s excellent right now, there are over 1,000 stu-dents registered and they’re motivated,” Byrnes said. With the economy suffering, Byrnes noted that financial holds are not “anywhere above nor-mal.”

“We’re watching close, it’s no different, we have increased our scrutiny of [financial problems of students] and we are trying to help students this year,

we’re guiding them to financial aid and working with that department” Byrnes stat-ed.

As far as flight instruc-tors, there has been an addition of ten full-time instructors and overall, instructors have slightly increased according to Byrnes. He emphasized that the train-ing for everyone is still the same and that there are no exceptions. “They are still strong and experienced,” Byrnes said. 40 part-time instructors remain and a hand-ful of temporary instructors have also been added to the staff.

There are also several additional changes to the Flight Department. Two coor-dinated teams have been created to cater to and give special attention to the needs of students who have obtained their Private Pilot

License and/or are under-going Instrument training. Additionally, students who come into school with a rating will go through a spe-cialized program designed just for such transitions. “There’s one flight, one simulator, and one oral because we under-stand that it’s different flying here,” Byrnes said. He stat-ed that all these changes are intended to “build commercial pilots.”

With all the changes and responsibilities ahead of him, Byrnes says he is excited to take over. “I’m honored and privileged. It’s unbeliev-able that I’m in charge of the finest flight program on the earth,” he said. He mentioned his door is open for questions and comments or concerns, as “there is no problem too small.”

Some of Byrnes’ previous jobs include working as an Assistant Chief pilot and Chief of Productions.

Byrnes gives his best wish-es to Ayers. “Frank is going to do a wonderful job out there and we will definite-ly keep in contact,” he said. Ayers responded to a sudden retirement in Prescott and is currently adapting to the dif-ferent environment. “I really believe in this university and the great young graduates it produces, and this is a new opportunity to serve,” Ayers said.

Ayers also spoke of his current challenge. “The challenge right now is to continue to provide great edu-cational experiences to our students in the face of chal-lenging economic times. As I said earlier, we have great stu-dents, staff, faculty, and facili-ties here at Prescott, so we are up to that challenge” he said.

Ayers and Byrnes are both available to provide answers to questions students may have. Ayers will be visiting Daytona Beach once a month and Byrnes can be found in his office in the College of Aviation. Both are currently in the process of developing superior leadership services to better Embry-Riddle.

Priyanka KumerStaff Reporter

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D5The Avion, August 25, 2010 YEAR IN REVIEWStudents gain leadership skills at conferenceThe annual Student

Leadership Conference was held on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Willie Miller Instructional Center. Students gathered starting at 9:30 a.m. for reg-istration and a continental breakfast, and the conference continued until the wrap-up at 4:30 p.m.

This event has been done annually for the past five years and this year’s event brought 120 individuals reg-istered from all over Florida. Participants came from other locations such as Brevard County Community College, the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla., and Saint Augustine, Fla.

The theme to the conference was “Building Sustainable Skills.”

According to Amy Vaughan, Assistant Director of Student Activities, the vision that built the theme was, “That students would see that the Student Leadership Conference as a one-day learning opportunity that could last them a life-time.”

The day started off with a quick round of “People Bingo,” where participates had to fill in their bingo cards by learning things about other individuals that attended the event. After that, participants were separated for the first of three breakout sessions that were put on as part of their leadership development. These breakout sessions covered different topics such as “Leading While Living a Balanced Life,” “Communicating Your Way to Success as a Leader,” and “How to Change the World: Solutions for our Communities’ Problems.”

The conference also includ-ed a keynote presentation by Donovan Nichols, who is a national Pay It Forward inspira-

tional speaker. His presentation, “Pay It Forward,” was about the concepts that are shared in both the movie and book, “Pay It Forward,” by Catherine Ryan.

The Pay It Forward con-cept is where one individual does something special for three other individuals, who then help three more individu-als each in a “special way.” Nichols shared two examples of how the Pay It Forward concept has been shared, both of which have gained national recognition. The first was cus-tomers of Starbucks paying for the next person’s drink order in the drive-through. The

second example involved indi-viduals who donated a kidney to an individual in need, who then helped find a match for another kidney for someone else.

At the end of his presenta-tion, Nichols challenged each attendee to think of a way to help individuals and challenged them to “pay it forward” by passing along a white bracelet that everyone received. He also invited everyone to participate in Pay It Forward Day, which is going to happen nationwide on April 29.

Karl Koeppel, Assistant Director of Student Activities, shared, “We would hope that

students realize the impor-tance of building the skills that they may obtain in college and see the potential of how these skills continue to grow in the future.”

Jerome Williams, who attend-ed the conference as a member of the Student Government Association, echoed the concept of seeing how leadership skills can work here in school and continue even after college. Williams stated, “Today’s event pro-vided me new tips and insights on how to continue being astudent leader on cam-pus and learning more about myself as an individual.”

Ainsley RobsonStaff Reporter

In the beginning of the semester, the University as a whole is feeling the effects of the financial crisis. From hiring freezes to budget cuts, each and everyone has had to adapt, and the consequences are obvious in many depart-ments.

Student EmploymentOne of the areas in which

the effects of the recession are the most apparent is student employment. ERAU students used to work to earn extra money. Today, they are help-ing their families pay their college bills.

“At the parent’s orientation, we were swamped by parents that begged for help,” said Kathy Parsons, director of ERAU’s Student Employment department. “When a non-technical job is posted on our website, there are 70 to 100 applications. I have never seen that many students seeking employment.”

On her desk, the Student Employment Director has a few sheets of paper, which are photocopies of students’ Eagle cards.

“Each week, we have stu-dents coming in, they’re just desperate for a job. We try to help them as much as we can. I just found a job for this girl,” she said with a smile, showing one of the sheets.

On campus, there have never been as many students working as there are now. A record number of more than 1,000 students worked on campus at different times last year. However this is still not enough. The problem is off campus, where many part-time jobs that used to go to high school and college students are now taken by older peo-ple who are jobless and now looking for any employment opportunities.

“In years past, the Student Employment staff never had to leave their office to seek out part-time employment for students,” said Parsons. “Word

of mouth and the quality of ERAU students was enough to post a minimum of 50 to 100 jobs at any given time. Today, we work very hard to pick up one or two openings a week.”

The lack of job openings is hurting students even deeper, as local engineering and avia-tion companies who used to offer part-time assistantship are too busy trying to keep afloat.

“They’re just not hiring right now. We are not getting any jobs related to our degrees,” Parsons said.

SGA BudgetAnother item impacted by

the recession has been the SGA Budget. Caffeine lovers need not worry, as the free coffee provided by the SGA will still be there every morn-ing. However, ERAU’s enroll-ment is down, which impacted the SGA budget, meaning its members have to compensate.

“The executive board is really committed not to cut down on services,” said SGA treasurer Angeline Ranieri. “We are doing a lot of inter-nal budget cuts, including little things like switching

our polos to another material or not printing our meeting’s agenda anymore (they can be downloaded online). What we are asking from the SGA as a whole is to be creative with their budget.”

Despite these changes, stu-dents will feel a difference, especially in club funding. While the number of student organizations keeps growing on the Daytona Beach campus, the funds available for them are decreasing by a lot - down $10,000 to $15,000 compared to last semester.

But why is the overall bud-get down so much? While the official numbers are not up yet, the first estimates suggest that enrollment went down by three to four percent. From 4,945 students paying the usual $85 SGA fee, they are now down to about 4,500.

Another change in SGA pol-icies will concern Safe Ride, an initiative highly appreci-ated by ERAU students.

“Safe Ride is the most expensive service we provide,” said Ranieri. “So we will be a lot stricter on the people who might be abusing it.”

This semester, the SGA will therefore be checking when, where and how often Safe Ride is used by each student.

“If somebody uses Safe Ride at 2 p.m. to get a ride back from Kmart, we might ask him to come in to explain himself,” the SGA treasurer said.

Next week, The Avion will attempt to explore other aspects of the impact of the economic crisis on the University and the Daytona Beach campus.

Recession impacts ERAU departments

Albane FlamantCampus Editor

On Tuesday, Jan. 12, a mag-nitude 7.0 earthquake shook Haiti and caused a large amount of damage and a high death toll. According to The New York Times, the worst earthquake of the century has already affected over a third of the country’s total population of 10 million. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that offi-cials anticipate a death toll any-where between 100,000 and 200,000 people so far.

While helping hands all over the world are joining in efforts to aid survivors, Embry-Riddle students have begun giving to the cause.

The Student Government Association (SGA) announced a “Haiti Week,” which will be Jan. 25-30. Within this week, clubs and organizations are encouraging members, students, staff, and faculty to donate non-perishable goods (canned goods, water, flashlights, etc.) or money, in addition to sup-porting bake sales, a car bash, and other such activities.

According to SGA President Bryan Dietz, there are two pri-mary efficient ways that students can help victims and survivors

of the earthquake. One includes the collection of cans in the des-ignated drop-off locations such as the Student Village, Hunt Library, the Flight Line, and other locations on campus.

The second option is raising monetary funds, which is acces-sible at _______________. (He is supposed to email me with the website he’s working on but he hasn’t yet). Dietz announced a goal of $56,000, which is approximately $10 per student, faculty and staff member on the Daytona Beach campus.

According to Dietz, the goods donated will be flown directly to Haiti through ERAU’s con-tacts within corporate aviation. “Money is going the best way possible. The money donated will go to The Red Cross and Partners in Health, who help bring modern medical care to poorer countries like Haiti,” Dietz said.

Dietz is proud to inform his peers that the majority of the effort behind this week has come from students in orga-nizations who first identified the need to help Haiti. The National Business Aviation Association and Caribbean Students Association are among students organizations involved with helping to plan this week.

Dietz shared his concern for Haiti, concluding that it is important to share America’s success with Haitians right now.

“The country [Haiti] itself was struggling economically and socially, this shows the need to help people. We have been blessed to have buildings that are still standing, and water and electricity,” Dietz said.

He highly encourages students to help in any way possible, whether it is through an organization or personal donations.

The lack of job opening is hurt-ing students even

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THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, hosted by the Student Activities office, brought 120 students from around Florida together in an effort to teach “Building Sustainable Skills,” which was the theme for this year’s conference. Above, students listened to the key-note speaker, Donovan Nichols, who spoke about paying it forward.

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Students making a difference

This past Thursday night the social Greek fraternities and sororities gathered on the West Lawn for their annual Meet-the-Greek event. During this night of fun and music all 11 fraternities and four sororities of the social Greek community gathered to cele-brate the start of the formal recruitment period.

“The purpose to Meet-the-Greeks is to expose the cam-pus to all the fraternities and sororities so that students have an opportunity to learn about

all the groups in one location,” according to Lauren Moran, Assistant Director of Student Activities.

The evening was not just about having fun and showing the camaraderie of the commu-nity, but also to answer ques-tions that potential new mem-bers had.

The goal was better stated by Mack Means, from Delta Upsilon, who said, “Meet-the-Greeks is all about sharing val-ues - our fraternity values - with new students, and what we do as a Greek Community.”

As the evening progressed, the members of the Greek com-munity answered questions and

joyfully talked about what it means to be a member of a social Greek fraternity.

“Being in a fraternity is all about improving yourself and bring part of something that is also bigger than yourself,” said Turner Edwards, a brother of Delta Upsilon.

Lauren added, “We also hope to gain excitement about recruit-ment that is kicked off with this event.”

For more information on join-ing any of the campus’ social Greek fraternities or sorori-ties, visit the Student Activities Office in the Student Center, room 106, or check out www.embryriddlegreeks.com.

Priyanka KumarStaff Reporter

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Recruitment kicks off