President Obama Re-elected

TuesdayNovember 13, 2012

Volume CXXXVIssue 10

Several days ago, I had the opportunity to go to the Associated College Press (ACP) Conference. The Conference covers every-thing from photography to social media to editing and operating any sort of publica-tion. Universities from as far as Hawaii were in attendance. The Conference meets every semester and moves from venue to venue throughout the country. This semes-ter, the Conference happened to meet in my hometown of Chicago, IL!!

For five days, I was away from the dreaded classes and boring lifestyle that can come with living on campus. On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 31, Allie Iacovelli, Floyd “Pink” Perkinson, our advisor Wes Lewis and myself flew from Daytona Beach to Charlotte, NC and then on to Chicago. That evening, I surprised my family with “Trick or Treat!” Needless to say, it was pretty awesome.

The Conference started on Thursday morning and continued throughout the

week with a series of seminars and work-shops. Topics varied including broadcast-ing, writing, layout, magazines, photog-raphy, editing, and managing both content and people.

If you have ever held an interest in any of these ideas, JOIN THE AVION NEWSPAPER!

Before college, I had zero experience with journalism of any sort. I have been in college for less than three months, and I have already been introduced to these amazing opportunities. Additionally, the costs of the entire trip are covered, and you get a healthy perdiem to purchase food.

In years past, the Conference has met in Seattle and Orlando. Next semester brings the ACP Conference to San Francisco. Maybe it will come to your hometown sometime in the near future! Regardless of location, this is a great opportunity to travel and learn new things.

All who are interested are invited to come one of our meetings Tuesdays @ 7 p.m. in the Endeavor Room!

Join the Avion, you will not regret it!

The 2012 Asssociated College Press conferenceEvery year, the Avion sends a few of its members to a journalism conference in order to improve their skills and to bring back ideas for everyone else to improve the paper.

Andy LichtensteinStaff Reporter

President Obama re-elected

PRESIDENT OBAMA WON ALL but one (NC) of the important swing States for the election.This gave his 332 electoral college votes against Governor Romney’s 206, ensuring that the incumbent has another four years to bring his plans to fruition.

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Senateq The Democratic Party still main-tians control here with 53 members to the Republican’s 47.

qThe Democrats have held con-trol of the Senate since 2007 with the 110th Congress

qSenators can serve unlimited six-year terms.

qThe annual salary of each Senator as of 2009 is $174,000.

q The filibuster is a tactic used to defeat bills by prolonging debate.

House of Reps.qThe Republicans control the House with 242 members to the Democrat’s 193 and have held control since 2011 with the 112th Congress.

q Representatives serve two-year terms in order to keep them close to their voters.

qThe annual salary of each Representative is $174,000.

qHas exclusive powers to initi-ate bills for raising revenue and authority to impeach officials.

The journalism conference in Chicago was an enlightening experience for me as I got to meet people from non-aviation majors, explore a city I’d never been to before, and learned how to improve my writing.

At the conference there was an inverse Riddle ratio, for every guy that was in attendance there were 6 women to go along with him. The girls at the conference were really friendly which made it easy to talk to them and see how the other half goes to college in a non-technical field.

While in Chicago I attended several sessions that help me improve my journal-ism skills, which included how to write better reviews. These sessions helped me to express my opinion better and be more creative in my writing. Generally, after a day’s sessions were over, I had time to go explore the city and what it had to offer.

Exploring Chicago was interesting because I got to experience a different

metropolitan area than I’m used to. The food in Chicago was very hearty which makes sense given the weather that they have to endure at the start of winter. The Sears Tower was a test of will and cour-age because when you are on the Skydeck looking down over 1000 feet in the air, your subconscious wants some kind of anchor point. Part of the fun of going to conference is being able to visit the city you’re in.

Although the conference was a fun expe-rience for me, it was also a good opportu-nity for professional development and an educational experience

Floyd PerkinsonPage Editor

PHOTO COURTESY PRISONPLANET.COM

WHILE THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS that a large majority of people did not turn out to vote, it must be kept in mind that some people did not want to brave the long voting lines, and that some people felt that their vote would not make a differ-ence in their state.

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A2 The Avion, November 13, 2012Campus

Get ready for your close up!

The Avion has NEW Photo Equipment to give you, your club, or organization the perfect picture with the Avion’s all new back drops, reflectors and flashes. Stay tuned for more information as we roll out this service to faculty, staff, and students!

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A3The Avion, November 16, 2012 Student Life

The lovely ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha will be hosting their first ever coming out show since the founding line. What this means is that the orga-nization will be showcasing its newest members.

Coming out shows are shows where Greek organizations - usually multi-cultural and historically black organiza-tions - showcase their newest members to the campus. The new members will introduce themselves and greet other Greek organizations on campus.

This is a highly anticipated event since it has been two and a half years since Lambda Theta Alpha has initiated mem-bers into their Epsilon Lambda Chapter at Embry-Riddle.

There will be many sisters from other chapters all over Florida attending from schools such as The University of Central Florida, The University of South Florida, Florida State University, The

University of Florida and more.The Epsilon Lambda Chapter of

Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. was founded in the Spring of 2010 by nine founding sisters. The traditions of Lambda Theta Alpha include saluting and strolling, all of which will be per-formed Saturday, Nov. 17.

Saluting is a means by which members of an organization can praise a particular member or honor the organization’s past and current accomplishments; it tends to include words from modern day songs.

Saluting is unique to Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. and Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. Strolling, also known as party walking, is done by having members of the Greek organization line up one after another as they move forward in the same dance motions or many times alternating dance moves.

The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17th on the West lawn at 7 p.m. We look forward to introducing the campus to the newest Lambda Ladies in town!

Any students who are wishing to con-tinue their education as a Graduate stu-dent need to be looking at their specific specialization to see if you are required to take the GRE or GMAT. The Graduate Record Exam, or GRE, and Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, are tests which demonstrate you are ready for graduate level work.

The tests are comprised of three sec-tions which are verbal reasoning, analyt-ical writing, and quantitative reasoning.

Verbal reasoning measures your ability

to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information and relation-ships.

Analytical writing measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly. Quantitative reasoning measures your problem-solving ability focusing on basic concepts such as arithmetic, alge-bra, geometry and data analysis.

More degree specializations are requir-ing the GRE and GMAT in order to begin the degree. The library offers study books and software for the tests and has seen a higher demand for the materials.

The GRE website http://www.ets.org/gre and GMAT website www.gmac.org offer quick practice tests and study guides to help prepare for the tests. The tests can be taken once a month for a total of five times in one calendar year. At $175 per test attempt you need to be well prepared - for not only your ego will feel the pain if you have to retake it.

For more information on Graduate student admissions go to the Graduate Admissions office next to records and registration or contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at 386-226-6176 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Solomon NaderGraduate Student Rep.

What is the GRE and GMAT?

Photo provided by/SOLOMON NADER

Lambda Theta Alphas are coming outIvy Ular

Lambda Theta Alpha

ERAU Jet Racing Team in reality show

Want to follow the Embry Riddle Jet Racing Team and other Larsen Motorsports teams as they travel across America? It’s easy to do on-line using a student produced reality series called “Larsen Motorsports-Playing With Fire”.

Embry Riddle Students interns and volunteers at the Larsen Motorsports Research & Development Center in Daytona Florida pro- duce and air a series t h a t f o l l o w s the teams a c t i v i -ties in the shop and on the road. See the real inside day to day operations and teamwork that it takes to run a professional race team.

From blistering summer heat or travel-ing thousands of miles just to be rained

out, the realities of racing in America can be brutal. It’s not without it’s benefits though. The Larsen’s and their teams see the country from an entirely different perspective, and when the cars race, the energy of the drivers, crews and fans is explosive. A new episode of Playing With Fire airs each month. Past episodes can be f o u n d by searching;

ht tps: / /www.youtube.com/user la r sen-

m o t o r s p o r t ? /feature=mhee

http:/ /blip.tv/ larsenmo-torsport

http://itunes.apple.com/us/

podcast/playing-with-fire/533842715?mt=2&ign-

mpt=uo %3D4 To follow the teams on line

go to LMSJETS.COM for the latest updates, news and schedule information.

Larsen MotosportsPress Release

See something, say something

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING is a new joint SGA-safety crime watch initiative. Within the next two weeks, this sign will appear in 15-18 different locations around campus, and encourages students who see anything suspicious on campus to speak up and inform safety.

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A4 The Avion, November 13, 2012Student Government

Library book saleOn Thursday, Nov. 15, the Hunt Library

will be hosting a book sale on the Flight Deck in the Student Center between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. With over 6,000 books to choose from, hard cover and soft cover, students will have access to a number of options within a diverse set of genres.

Hard covers are priced at $2 and soft covers are priced at $1. Toward the close of the day the Library expects to offer special pricing on books. Additionally, if you bring in three non-perishable food items between the hours of 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., students will have the opportunity to receive 50 percent off their purchase.

This is a great opportunity for students to expand their book collection, start a new series, or even fill in some missing holes in their aviation literature bookshelves. The WIKD 102.5 FM’s mobile sounds will be joining the Library on the Flight Deck between 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

This is also a great opportunity to meet the Library staff that works very hard behind the scenes to support students and aid them in their research and studying. This event is just one of the many initiatives and activities that the Library hosts for students and I think you will find the Book Sale to be a fun event in which to participate.

So be sure to come out, bring some friends, do some book shopping (or even holiday shopping), and support your Hunt Library. I look forward to seeing you there!

Jonathan HeckmanStudent Representative

SGA NEEDS YOU! Spring 2013 Vacancies: SRB & SFB

Vacancy Packets Available Online:sga.db.erau.edu

Student Representative Board3 Positions Available

Vacancy packets due by November 29 at 5pm

Student Finance Board2 Positions Available

Vacancy packets due by December 4 at 5pm

John Christian, SGA Vice President SRB 386-226-6095 [email protected] Anderson, SGA Treasurer SFB 386-226-7699 [email protected]

Have you ever left an on-campus lab after a long night of studying and encountered a sprinkler that seemed to do nothing but spray the one side walk that you needed to walk on? Let me assure you, this is not done intentionally.

What occurs during the course of a day are sprinklers go through a lot of wear and tear; they are bumped, tripped over, mowed over, or one of many things that can help to put them out of sync over a period of time.

The Facilities Department is aware of this and has assigned a staff member to patrol campus between the hours of 3 a.m. – 11 a.m., checking for campus issues such as these.

Today is your lucky day. You can actually do something about these malfunctioning sprinklers. If you notice a sprinkler that appears to be malfunctioning, you can help by notifying the Facilities Department by calling (386) 226-6500 and reporting it.

Another concern that has come about is the location of campus ashtrays. Why is it that they are so close to buildings such as the College of Aviation and the College of Business when university policy states that there is no smoking within 25 feet? Well the simple answer is campus appearance.

The University has experimented with

moving these ashtrays 25 feet away from campus buildings, but what resulted was an abundance of cigarette butts on the ground at building entrances.

As we can all imagine this was not only a headache to clean up but it left the entrances of these buildings looking very unsightly. In order to keep our campus entrances clean, the University decided to move ashtrays to locations that they know are generally used by smokers, which has helped to reduce some of the litter campus wide.

Where have the paper towel dispensers in the Lehman Building gone? Well, the Lehman Building had one of the highest rates of toilet clogs when compared to many other buildings on campus. Toilets were consistently clogged using the paper towels provided within the various bathrooms, so the University decided to install new effi-cient hand driers.

This has not only helped to reduce toilet clogs but also helps us move toward a green-er and more eco-friendly campus. However, there have been some concerns about some of the vandalism that has taken place since the removal of paper towel dispensers.

One thing is for sure we are an ever evolving campus and if anyone has any sug-gestions on how we can work together to resolve this issue, please submit all sugges-tions at: http://sga.db.erau.edu/suggestions/index.php.

Addressing a few of your campus concerns

Jamar ChambersStudent Representative

Welcome to the new Jim W. Henderson Administration Building and Welcome Center. Upcoming is the first ever student organization sponsored event in YOUR new building on campus.

The Student Government’s bi-annual Housing and Residence Forum! This is going to be a huge event, sponsored by your won Student Government Association and the Embry-Riddle Resident Student Association, aka ERRSA.

This event is held every semester to show-case the two student run governing bodies on campus and their support for the students. The event will kick off with an hour long meet and greet in the atrium where you as

a student will have a chance to meet not only the student leaders in ERRSA and SGA but also the professional staff from Student Activities and Housing & Residence Life. This hour of mingling will also include FREE FOOD for everyone in attendance as well as BONUS BUCKS.

Following the meet and greet, all present will move into the ballroom of the Welcome Center for a formal Question and Answer session with a “Town Hall” setting.

This will be a time where anyone pres-ent will be able voice their concerns to the professional staff members of Housing and Residence Life to help answer any question and continue on ever improv-ing the environment on campus and in the residence halls. Be sure to attend, Thursday November 15th, 2012!

Jordon BronshteinStudent Representative

Housing forum Thurs.

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A5The Avion, November 13, 2012 OpinionsTransition from pencils to pens

Vishnu SridharGuest Writer

Next week, we will be on Thanksgiving break. Chances are you will be visiting with friends or family, and you will be taking a welcomed break from your daily routine.

Luckily, most of us will have our mobile devices to help keep us connected – but why not use this time off to make sure that they are properly connected to you? There are a few things that you should do in order to secure your smartphone and/or tablet over the holiday break and beyond.

Lock your deviceWhat would someone find if he or she

picked up your smartphone or tablet right now? Would the person have immediate access to your contacts, calendar, text messages, photos and voicemail? What about your email, your bank account, your coursework or your social media feeds? Locking your device is the absolute first line of defense in protecting your personal information, so this is absolutely critical to do all the time.

To set a passcode on your iPhone or iPad, go to, “Settings,” and then, “General.” Then click on, “Passcode Lock” and select a 4-digit code. After you do this, you will get a prompt to enter the code every time you want to use the device. Note: pass-codes like, “1234” or “0000” may sound easy for you to remember, but think about how easy they are for thieves to crack!

With Android devices, you can set a digit code, an alpha-numeric code or a pat-tern unlock (with the latest versions). To set a code on your Andriod device, go to, “Settings,” then “Location and Security Settings,” and then choose either a pat-tern/pin or password.

Passcodes on iPhones/iPads, pattern

locks on Androids - whatever your device - whatever you call a password, just set one. Sure, it may take a few extra seconds to unlock your device when you want to access it, but you will get used to it, and this practice is worth its weight in gold.

Enable Remote Wiping and download a Locating App

Smart devices get lost and stolen every day – even with the most conscientious of owners. It only takes a few seconds of distraction, literally, and a thief can make off with your device, or you could simply leave it behind by accident.

Most smart device users shudder at the thought of having their data in the hands of others, of having their password cracked and their personal information, images and messages being on display for the world to see. That’s why all smart-phone and tablet users should enable remote wiping on their devices and install a location application.

All major smart device providers offer some kind of remote erase capabilities. The process is usually done by installing an app on your phone or tablet, or by sign-ing up for a cloud-based service. If you are unsure about which solution is best for you, ask your service provider for further details.

Most providers are also offering a remote wipe feature coupled with the ability to locate a lost or stolen device through GPS. The most common services of this type are, “Find my iPhone,” “Find my iPad” and, “Where’s my Droid.”

Back up your dataThink about it: a smart device is just a

handheld computer. And what are some best practices with regards to safeguard-ing data on personal computers? One of the first thoughts that comes to mind is backing up data.

Even if your device doesn’t get lost or stolen, files can become corrupt, so it’s good practice to back up the data on your mobile device.

Many smart device users are taking to using the cloud environment for data backup. Some people are more comfort-able manually plugging in their phones and tablets into their computers and syn-chronizing data libraries that way.

Another easy way to back up data is to copy important files to removable stor-age devices like USBs or removable hard drives. A debate can be made to use any or all of these options, but whichever one you choose, it’s important not to take the long-term efficacy of data on a smart device for granted.

Defend your personal apps A good way to protect your personal

information is to use your smart device apps defensively. One tactic you can use to defend your information is to log out of your apps that require personal informa-tion each time you use them, such as with social media or banking apps.

Another way to defend this information is to change your passwords often, mak-ing sure that your passwords are complex and aren’t shared with anyone or written down. This idea does not just apply to just the password to get into your phone or tablet, but to your apps that you use once you’re there.

By performing the few tasks outlined in this article, you can safeguard your per-sonal information and protect your private messages, thoughts and images.

Best wishes to you as you head off for Thanksgiving break. I promise that if your phone or tablet is ever lost, stolen or com-promised, you will be thankful that you took the time to protect it and every little tiny detail that lives inside it.

Secure your smartphone and tablets during your travels

This semester, I switched from pencils to pens. I have been using pencils for the past two semesters. At that time, I could never understand people (fellow class-mates) who use pens. You can’t erase with pens – it’s like using a bad old typewriter, if you make a mistake it stays forever.

However, now I understand the pro-foundness of using a pen!. Pens are almost frictionless. They glide effortlessly over the pages like a zero-volume mass sliding down a frictionless decline.

Using a pen feels like you’re saving nano-joules of energy due to fewer fric-tion. The experience of using a pen is unparalleled to that provided by any pen-cil I’ve ever used. Pencils are TI-10s. Pens are TI-89s. So, wonder why I stopped using pens two semesters ago?

A little history, I sometimes try to be perfectionist. I always try to perfect my MATLAB codes; it gives a pleasure while I attempt to make it concise as possible. However, over the course of my educa-tion, I’ve gotten a lot better of turning off my perfectionist tendencies — like when the professor alters the notes after I copy it down. Before, I would have erased it — with the eraser-end of my pencil, of course.

Now, I don’t have to. I feel like it’s

less efficient; it takes around 5 seconds to erase few words, while it only takes a second to draw a line across the same few words. So what if I wrote “Kircoff’s rule” instead of “Kirchhoff’s rule”? Well, when I go back to my notes, I would still understand it, and if I don’t know to how to spell it, Google’s “Did you mean….” will save me.

Just the other day, I submitted my Physics (Electricity and Magnetism) prob-lem set. I had few scratchings across some calculations, but I became more conscience later on.

You might wonder this would have cre-ated a bad impression. Guess what hap-pened after I got it back? Absolutely noth-ing. I’m pretty sure my profes-sor didn’t care at all and has completely for-gotten it, unless he reads this column.

This shows that I’m really putting my education to great efficien-cy and doing some Calculus cons t r a in ing (and also some

probability). After putting time fixing my slight errors, I’ve already reached the point of diminishing returns.

The slightly decreased probability of something going wrong just isn’t worth the additional time I’d spend to attain it.

I am not on a discriminative drive towards perfectionism (although it wasted too much time), but I think perfectionism shouldn’t be applied to less important things.

I think pencils are great (wait, don’t think I’m contradicting) but only for sketching! Pencils, used wrongly, will more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them. Finally, to me it is a rap-ture to be a pen person now.

VISHNU SRIDHAR

Barbara ChearneyInformation Technology

Student Forum

What if the 2012 December World ending is imminent?-Vishnu Sridhar

Han’15Aerospace Engineering “I’ll stay with my family. If there’s a rescue ship, I’ll find it! And take command of it!”

Samit’15Aerospace Engineering “I will somehow try to get to my girlfriend in India”

Jake Bryan’14Computer Engineering“I’ll hug my mom and go to Church”

Faustina’16Aerospace Engineering “Fly an F-16..and try to prevent the world from ending”

Brandon Jones’16Human Factors“I’ll steal a cruise ship and take it into the ocean”

VISHNU SRIDHAR / AVION

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A6 The Avion, November 13, 2012Then and Now

Then:

Hunt Library

Sim Building

Hunt Library

The Landing Strip

Student Center

Doolittle Hall

Student Center Fitness Center Pool

Student CenterWright Flyer

Data Processing Building Spruance Hall

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“Open and frequent com-munication with students [about] how their tuition dollars are being spent.”

“Grow residential undergraduate enrollment to ... 5,000 students...”

“25% of enrolled students ... will be women. Similarly, 25% of students ... will be from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.”

“Our residential campus tuition pric-ing strategy will positin us at about the average of tuition among private peer institutions.”

“Campus buildings will be de-signed, with user involvement, to be flexible in order to ac-commodate multiple func-tions, class sizes and instruc-ton styles.”

Now and in 2015:

Quotes fom: Embry-Riddle Aero-nautical University Plan 2015 (written in 2005)

Photos: Avion stock photos

The Avion has found old photos and information from University plans dated 2005 and we give you a peek as to what the administration was thinking back then. Bear in mind that the 2006 tornado was not planned for and many plans from then were changed. This is in no way a reflec-tion of the present, just a glipmse into the past.

Spruance Hall

Congratulationsfrom the Flight Department to the following students for receiving their:

PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE:Benjamin Thanh Tran

INSTRUMENT RATING CERTIFICATE:Nicholas Sherod Middleton

COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE:Ethan Sammy Hung

Kevin Michael RomeyAndres Nicolas Pitarque Molinari

David Lyle Mccartney Jr.

COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE ADD-ON RATING:Patrick Andrew Amann

Alvaro Daniel Arias

COMMERCIAL SINGLE ENGINE ADD-ON RATINGMatthew Alexander Kress

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE:Matthew Aaron Komishock

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B2 The Avion, November 13, 2012Sports

CROSS COUNTRY

Saturday, Nov. 17 vs NAIA National Championship

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Friday, Nov. 16 @ 5:30 vs Montana Tech, Mont.

Saturday, Nov. 17 @ 7:30 vs Carroll, Mont.

MEN’S SOCCER

Saturday, Nov. 17 @ TBD vs Opening Round

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Friday, Nov.9 @ TBD vs Sun Conference Tournament Final

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Saturday, Nov. 17 @ TBD vs TBD

Upcoming Sporting Events

Three-peat! Eagles win third straight Conference Championship

The sixth-ranked Embry-Riddle vol-leyball team got 19 kills from Jordan Holcomb on Saturday afternoon to lead the Eagles to their third consecutive Sun Conference Championship as they defeat-ed St. Thomas, 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-15). The Eagles improve to 28-4 on the season while the Bobcats end the year at 16-7.

The Blue and Gold did not trail for a single point and were tied only twice (8-8 and 10-10 in set two) throughout the entire match. The Eagles hit a blistering .438 compared to STU's attack percentage of .127.

The first set started out with six Bobcat errors in the first seven points, three of which came via ERAU blocks. Embry-

Riddle took advantage of the big early lead and never allowed St. Thomas to get back into the set, holding a six-point lead for the rest of the stanza. A kill from Morgan Shattuck grew the margin to 10 points (16-6) and a kill from Taylor Martin ended the set at 25-13.

The Eagles jumped out to a 6-2 lead early in the second set, but the Bobcats fought back to tie things at 8-8 after going on a quick 5-1 run. Back-to-back kills from Martin ended the run and a pair of kills from Emily Jacobson put the Blue and Gold back in front for good, 13-10. Jacobson and Erika Hinel combined for two straight blocks late in the set to put the Eagles on set point at 24-19 and Jacobson ended the set two points later with a kill, giving ERAU a 25-20 win and a 2-0 lead in the match.

Martin aced back-to-back serves early in the third set to put ERAU ahead 3-0 and the Eagles led the rest of the way. Holcomb put down four straight kills to cap a 9-1 run that pushed the lead to 16-7. Hinel scored a kill to move the score to 20-10 and Shattuck earned a solo block to give the Eagles championship point at 24-14. Two points later, Holcomb ended the tournament and secured a national tournament bid for Embry-Riddle with a thundering kill, closing the set at 25-15

and the match at 3-0. Holcomb racked up a match-high 19

kills and hit a match-best .548 to lead the way offensively for ERAU. Martin added 11 kills, 13 digs and three service aces, while Shattuck and Jacobson each tallied six kills. Hinel led all players with five blocks while Jacobson added four blocks. Hannah Gray picked up a match-leading 16 digs and Adriana Vazquez tallied a match-high 38 assists to go along with seven digs.

Taylor Allgeier led the Bobcats with 10 kills but also committed 10 errors in 40 attacks. Nicole McInnis and Felicia Gonzales each totaled eight kills, though McInnis also hit .000 with eight attack errors. Angie Ardiles recorded a team-high

13 digs and Sydney Maynard collected a team-leading 28 assists.

The Eagles have earned The Sun Conference's automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship and will now await the announcement from the NAIA tomorrow afternoon to officially punch their ticket to Sioux City, Iowa for the NAIA National Championship Final Site. The final Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll and the 36 National Championship qualifiers will be announced tomorrow (Nov. 11) by 5 p.m. EST. If the Eagles, who were ranked sixth in last week's poll, remain in the top 11 in tomor-row's poll, they will receive a bye through the Opening Round and advance directly to the Final Site.

ST. THOMAS 0EMBRY-RIDDLE 3

Michael PierceERAU Athletics

Women’s Golf ranked fifth in preseason coaches poll

The Embry-Riddle women's golf team is ranked No. 5 in the 2012-13 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Preseason Coaches' Poll that was released on Friday. The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffili-ated groups.

The Eagles fell two spots from last sea-son's final poll, garnering 376 points. The Eagle women placed third last season by posting rounds of 308-304-308-295=1215 at the NAIA National Championship Tournament in Greeneville, Tenn. Maria Lopez and the Eagles battled their way to their best round in program history in the final round, finishing four shots behind team champion British Columbia.

British Columbia landed at No. 1 in the 2012-13 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. The Thunderbirds collected 10-of-16 first-place votes for 430 points. Sun Conference rival SCAD Savannah checked in at No. 2 with 422 points and five first-place votes. Collecting the last first-place vote and earning 413 points was No. 3 Lubbock Christian with Oklahoma City placing fourth with 382 points.

Sun Conference members Northwood and South Carolina Beaufort also appear in the preseason rankings. Northwood is ranked ninth with 320 points, while USC-Beaufort comes in at No. 12 with 270 points.

The Blue and Gold will tee off their 2012-13 spring season at the SALLY Tournament on Jan. 10, 2013. The first regular-season edition of the Top 25 will be released on March 15, 2013.

Alison SmallingERAU Athletics

JAYARAJ SOMARAJAN/THE AVION

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B3The Avion, NOVEMBER 13 2012 SportsWomen Soccer blank St. Thomas to win Conference Tournament Crown

The top-seeded Embry-Riddle women's soccer team claimed its fourth consecu-tive Sun Conference tournament title with a decisive 3-0 victory over No. 2 seed St. Thomas, Friday at the Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium. Ranked 15th in the lat-est NAIA national poll, the Eagles (15-5) earned an automatic bid to the 2012 NAIA National Championship Opening Round with the win and will learn their opponent when the 32-team field is announced on Monday.

The Eagles were led by their top three scorers, Valerie Obita, Martine Olsen and Krizzy Menez, each of whom netted a goal in the contest.

The first half of play saw the Blue and Gold dominate on the offensive end, outshooting the Lady Bobcats 7-2 in the frame. The Eagles' chances in the opening minutes included a shot by Olsen, a second team All-Conference honoree, which was stopped by a STU defender and another by Obita, which was corralled by STU goal-keeper Victori Shahbaz.

The Eagles finally got on the scoreboard in the 29th minute courtesy of Obita's 17th goal of the year. The play started when Olsen played a long ball across the field to Obita on the run. The first team All-Conference selection took a couple of touches before taking a shot that skimmed both the crossbar and post as it went into the upper 90 for the 1-0 Eagle lead.

Nine minutes later, the Eagles won a

throw-in on the right side of the field and got the ball to Menez who delivered a low cross into the box. Shabhaz dove to make a play on the ball but couldn't hold on to it pushing the ball to a wide open Martine Olsen who took advantage of an empty net to put the Eagles up 2-0 at the half.

The Lady Bobcats increased their offen-sive pressure to start the first, including an attempt by Amanda Trujillo that was

hauled in by ERAU goalkeeper Lauren Gallant, but the Eagle defense was up to the challenge and turned the St. Thomas press into offensive chances on the other end of the field. Despite besting the Eagles 8-6 in shots in the second stanza, St. Thomas was unable to find the back of the net.

At the 64:09 mark, the Eagles were able to convert on a counter attack to add the insurance goal. Obita gathered the ball at the midfield stripe and with a deft touch, completed a short pass to Menez, who was also named to the All-Conference first team. The pass put Menez in a one-v-one situation with the Bobcats' last defender and the Eagle senior outpaced her marker, racing down the field into the box. With just Shahbaz to beat, Menez measured her shot and beat the St. Thomas goalkeeper into the lower right corner to extend the Eagle lead to 3-0.

St. Thomas matched ERAU's shot-on-goal output in the game with seven, but Gallant, who earned the first All-Conference first team nod of her career, was able to stop all seven attempts, col-lecting a season-high seven saves on the night. Shahbaz finished with three saves for the Lady Bobcats who ended their season at 11-4-2.

The NAIA National Championship Opening round will consist of 15 match-es played at different campus sites across the country. The NAIA will announce the tournament pairings on Tuesday, Nov. 13 and that will determine the Eagles' next opponent.

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Alison SmallingERAU Athletics

An NAIA National Tournament-type game went No. 11 Davenport's way on Saturday night. The Panthers pulled away late to take the top 25 battle over No. 16 Embry-Riddle in the championship game of the 2012 Daytona Mitsubishi/Kia Shootout presented by SW Grill. The Eagles (2-1) suffered their first loss of the young season while Davenport (4-1) claimed a second victory in as many days over an NAIA II top 25 opponent.

Both teams proved they could shoot the ball efficiently with .491 (ERAU) and .460 (DU) field goal percentages for the contest, but it was the Eagles' slow start in the first half, coupled with 15 turnovers that allowed Davenport to claim the victory. Embry-Riddle came back from a five-point half-time deficit to take the lead several times in the closing period, but Davenport scored nine of the final 11 points in the game to come away with the win.

Whenever the Panthers needed a basket, junior JaVontae Ford stepped up, scoring 21

points for his team en route to tournament MVP honors. Ford was 4-for-5 from three while also grabbing eight rebounds.

Davenport came out under control in the opening moments of the game, taking an 18-11 lead at the 11:48 mark on a Ryan Dame three-pointer. The Eagles turned the ball over 11 times in the frame, and despite shooting 54 percent from the floor in the half, found themselves trailing DU through-out the first. DeForest Carter led the way for the Eagles with 11 points in the first half.

The Panthers increased their advantage to seven at the 17:17 mark in the second when Dearmond Davis hit a jumper in the lane, but the Eagles were able to hit a pair from downtown sandwiched around a Davenport layup to cut the lead to three.

Two minutes went by without either team scoring midway throught the final period until Carter got a layup to go down with just over 11 minutes left in regulation. A Daniel Kiesling jumper cut the Eagle deficit to one with eight mintues remaming and following a defensive stop, Billy Serle gave Embry-Riddle it's first lead of the game with a three-pointer in front of the Eagle bench.

The Blue and Gold stretched it's advantage to three at the 5:45 mark on another Serle jumper, this time inside the arc. But just a few moments later, Dawid Czerniawksi tied the game with a bucket for the Panthers.

The two squads traded baskets until 90 seconds left. With the game tied at 72-72, Gabe VanderJagt was fouled and stepped to the line before calmly sinking both free throws, giving Davenport the lead for good.

Cesar Pastrana missed an open-look on the next trip down and the Eagles were forced to foul Dame who repeated his team-mates performance at the charity stripe with two made free throws.

Carter accounted for the final Eagle points of the night with a driving layup with 43 seconds left, but VanderJagt made three free throws and grabbed a steal that lead to a breakaway bucket, clinching the Panther victory.

VanderJagt was the only Panther in dou-ble-figures other than Ford, but every DU

player that got in the game scored.Carter finished with 22 to lead all scor-

ers, he collected five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in the loss. Daniel Mondragon chipped in 14 points and Jason Powell reached double-figures as well with 10. Rico Saldana paced Embry-Riddle on the boards with 10.

The Blue and Gold plays a home game against DeVry (Fla.) on Tuesday before trek-king to Helena, Mont. to take on Montana Tech and Carroll (Mont.) in the Carroll College Classic.

Panthers claim Shootout Crown

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Ryan MosherERAU Athletics

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The title of this article is is a quote by General Patton referring to the M1 Garand rifle, the main battle rifle used by the US in WWII: Its accuracy, power and reli-ability made it a formidable opponent to the German Kar98.

The main reason why it is a superior bat-tle rifle is that it was semi-automatic. That means each time you squeeze the trigger a shot is fired. It is faster than other battle rifles at the time that were all bolt action, where the bolt must be manually operated after each shot. So the rifle’s pedigree is outstanding, but how is it to actually shoot?

Far from the battlefields of Europe or an island in the Pacific is a range in central Florida between Daytona and Deland. The Volusia County Gun and Hunt Club is my favorite range and it has ample facilities to

really see what a firearm is capable of doing. Just the other day I was at their 1000-yard range that they will soon expand to 1700 yards (1mile). They also have action ranges where you can do many other fun activities

At 9 pounds, the M1 is a tad bit on the heavier side by modern standards, but it is very well balanced. It also handles very well and is easy to shoot off hand (standing). It is not obscenely long and has a rather wide profile, which I like. The sights are impressive as well, probably the best iron sights ever fitted to a rifle.

This contributes to the accuracy of the system greatly. When sitting on a bench, supported, the rifle was able to shoot five rounds in a grouping about an inch across at 100 yards. This is impressive even for a modern bolt-action rifle, let alone a 60 year old semi-automatic battle rifle shooting 50 year old ammunition.

So it is capable of great accuracy, but

what about the round it fires?The .30-06 cartridge is over 100 years

old, and in its lifetime, it has been popular among militaries, hunters and target shoot-ers. It is powerful, accurate, and many different types of ammunition exist for it. Standard full metal jacket, hollow points, competition rounds, soft points for hunting, tracers, various types of military types like armor piercing, incendiary, and blanks.

To put the power of this round into per-spective, it has twice the power of a round fired by an AK-47 type rifle and nearly three times as much power as an M4. It was common for it to be able to penetrate three enemy soldiers with a single shot.

So far it seems as if this thing is a hulk of pure testosterone. And it is. There is noth-ing soft or weak about it. Every moving part moves with authority. When you thumb in an eight round clip then bump the bolt closed, you get a real sense that this rifle is

as strong and tough as the men who used it in WWII and Korea. The recoil kicks more than the average modern rifle as well.

Despite the recoil being a bit softer com-pared to other .30-06 rifles due to its semi-automatic fire, it still took me a few trips to the range to stop flinching before each shot.

It’s far from painful but it lets you know you’re shooting a serious rifle. The trigger is also amazing. It has a nice soft first stage then a crisp second stage.

This is the best shooting rifle I have ever shot and am very lucky to be able to own one. Forget AR-15s, forget AK-47s, if you want a serious rifle, get a M1.

Sure you have to put only surplus ammo through it, but who cares? The pedigree of the rifle along with it being so fun to shoot makes it comparable to driving a 67 Mustang. It is classic, timeless and will always put a smile on your face.

Little was known about what Skyfall would be about, which perhaps is what allowed director Sam Mendes to muck up a Bond film. The twenty-third James Bond film in the series, Skyfall was released on the 50th anniversary of the franchise started in 1962.

Despite Mendes’ interference, Daniel

Craig seems to have finally settled into his Bond persona. In the previous two Bond films we saw Craig steadily fine-tuning himself into the James Bond character that he would play. In this latest film, Craig managed to find himself on even footing with the original Bond, Sir Sean Connery; but, as great as Craig may be, he will never surpass the original James Bond.

Although it is the twenty-third film in the franchise, Skyfall seemed to encom-pass all the elements of a Bond film. The film had plenty of hand-to-hand combat, exotic locations, gunfights, and according to one reviewer, “crunchy” action scenes, whatever that means. Despite everything that the film does have, Skyfall could not overcome the obvious ineptitude of a director that should have respectfully removed himself from the project if he wasn’t such a money hungry whore.

Skyfall had all the visible signs of a great Bond film; but beneath the surface, the core was lacking. Mendes’ Bond film had a good build, but the underlying plot of the film was not the plot of a Bond film. If the film were to have stopped just after the second act, the film would have made a good first part 1; however, as the film continued into the third act, there was no cat-and-mouse game and the illu-

sion of a Bond film was shattered, reveal-ing nothing but a plain action spy-flick.

No matter how many elements from Bond films Skyfall integrated, it is noth-ing but a two and a half hour tease.

Skyfall completely missed the mark of a Bond film, which is why I give it 3.5 airplanes out of 5. Although you may be used to being teased at Riddle, I do not recommend wasting any time on Skyfall.

Skyfall

New Bond movie Skyfall(s) slightly short

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The greatest battle implement ever devisedDerek Walters

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