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on a campus whose film club had perished, one man was determined to bring it back. His name is matthew schlissel.•Page 8

Boylan Caravantes Cohen Schlissel Baloff Williams

coming to tHe performing Arts Building At tHe BocA cAmpus on April 24

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newsThanks to a recent land sale, the Harbor Branch campus will soon benefit from $24 million. •Page 3

sportsFAU’s two-year-old roller hockey team counts two regional championships among their highlights. •Page 13

news Students competed for $75,000 in cash and prizes in this year’s Business Plan Competition. •Page 5

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Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat received a $40,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the Haitian-American role in rebuilding Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 230,000.

Esnard, a professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, and Sapat, a professor at the School of Public Administration, were given the grant on March 11, 2010, for their longitudinal study, entitled “Haitian-Americans as Critical ‘Bridges’ and ‘Lifelines’ for Recovery and Rebuilding in Haiti.”

Esnard and Sapat have been working together on their studies for this grant for three years. They had been studying people who had moved to South Florida after disastrous hurricanes and the way these people adjusted to new communities. They used this knowledge as a basis for preparing their grant proposal regarding Haitian-Americans and the earthquake relief efforts.

“Among other issues, we were interested in the role of host communities for displacees who need to move to other areas and the assimilation of displaced populations into their new communities,” said Sapat. “We used this understanding as a basis to prepare our grant proposal.”

Esnard explained that finding out what role Haitian-Americans play in the relief efforts is crucial in figuring out how to make permanent progress in helping Haiti.

“As a university community, there have been several commendable efforts aimed at collecting supplies and funds for disaster survivors,” stated Esnard. “We also need to think ahead at long-term recovery and capacity building. Our research is being conducted in that context.”

Esnard and Sapat have three objectives for the use of

their grant money.First, they will examine the role of Haitian-Americans in

relief efforts. Then, they will document trends of Haitians who have moved to Florida. The final stage of their study will be to document policies created in the U.S. in response to the disaster.

“For the purposes of this research, we will focus on South Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties,” explained Esnard.

Sapat is very proud of the efforts of students and staff at FAU.

“Relief efforts at the university and in the South Florida community to gather food and supplies have been wonderful. Disaster recovery is a long process, and the arduous task of rebuilding continues long after the media spotlight has shifted from the immediate crisis. Efforts made within and outside the classroom to better understand disaster recovery issues and capacity building are also valuable,” she said.

Esnard hopes that their research will contribute to the repair period in Haiti.

“As we focus our relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts on the island of Haiti,” she emphasized, “we would be short-sighted if we do not engage in longitudinal research that tracks the various initiatives in the U.S. and the role played by formal governance and informal social networks, including Haitian-American organizations, that will impact long-term recovery in Haiti.”

Esnard and Sapat are in the process of creating a list of potential interviewees and document

sources. They are looking to talk to Haitian-Americans in South Florida about their efforts in helping victims of the earthquake. They are open to suggestions and are eager to begin their research.

to contact them about their research, e-mail sapat at [email protected] or esnard at [email protected].

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recover, rebuild and renewFAU professors study Haitian-American efforts in response to the devastating earthquake

Cover photo illustration: (from left to right) FAU Film Club members Events Planner Charlotte Boylan, Vice President Jessica Caravantes, Dillan Cohen, President Matthew Schlissel, Sam Baloff and Brandon Williams have major roles in the making of their films, from directing, producing and writing the scripts.

Corrections to the previous issue:

In the April 15 issue, the “Overbooked” opinions story quoted an FAU press release that said incoming President Mary Jane Saunders would have a meet-and-greet with students. This meet-and-greet did happen, but not at the time the UP was told.

The story also stated Saunders gave the UP reporter short answers. This is incorrect. Saunders did, in fact, give the reporter lengthy answers.

The UP spoke to Media Relations Assistant Vice President and Press Secretary Kristine Gobbo about Saunders’ availability to meet with student media. The quote was not clear and implied Saunders wasn’t available to meet with the student body. She did make herself available to all students during her visit. We regret the errors.

In the “On the verge of history” sports story, the UP printed a photo of tight end Jamari Grant under the name of tight end Jason Harmon. We regret the error.

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After two years in the works, FAU’s Harbor Branch campus will soon benefit from millions of dollars.

On March 22, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Foundation (HBOIF) sold the state and St. Lucie County 384 acres of its land for $24 million. The sale is a big deal because it is the final step to the merger between FAU and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), an FAU campus in Fort Pierce that focuses on ocean engineering and marine biology research.

Essentially, the land sale is an indirect way for the state to support HBOI. According to Jack Aylor, director of development and foundation relations, the process involves some giving and some receiving. HBOIF had to give the state an incentive in order to get itself rebuilt after being severely damaged by hurricanes in 2004 and 2005.

“HBOIF would have either sold the land or given it to the state. The institution needed operating dollars for HBOI. So, we turned to the state,” Aylor said of the motive for the merger.

The funds from the sale will be invested back into HBOI, though some of it needs to be used to lease the land on which the campus sits, since it is now owned by the state and St. Lucie County. In other words, HBOIF will pay the state in order to lease back the land that it had just sold to it.

The money does more than just pay rent, however. Megan Davis, Ph.D., an associate executive director at HBOI, said that the money will open up room for new initiatives by HBOI.

“The Harbor Branch Foundation has invited Harbor Branch, working with the deans from the Colleges of Science and Engineering, to submit proposals for research and education programs at Harbor Branch. The foundation is keenly interested in seeing a stronger graduate-student and postdoctoral program.”

The land sale itself took more than 11 months to complete, much to the frustration of all those involved.

“We had a piece of property that had slowly been taking shape over years. It had never been surveyed,”

confessed HBOIF Chairman Jim Seitz. “It took us six months and [more than] $100,000 just to survey the land and get its outside boundaries.”

HBOIF still owns a little more than 100 acres of land, and Seitz is hoping to get rid of it at some point, though he is reluctant to sell to just anyone.

“We don’t want to sell the land to someone who doesn’t complement HBOI. There would have to be an arrangement, whether it’s to fund co-op programs for the students or hire researchers,” he said. “Otherwise, we won’t sell the rest of the land.”

About the foundation

HBOIF is a direct support organization, making it solely responsible for HBOI.

“The $24 million goes into our funds,” Seitz said. “The goal is to provide perpetual funding to the university forever, or at least until we run out of money.”

The foundation provides grants for specific research departments in HBOI but tries to ensure that the projects are worthwhile.

“They come to us on an annual basis and say, ‘This is what we need.’ We evaluate these things through our grants committee. We ask, ‘After we give you this money, what are you going to do?’” Seitz said of the funding process. “We don’t want to just do things. We want to do important things, to fix something, improve something.”

Since the money afforded to research programs does not come from a bottomless pit, the foundation has to pick and choose where the money goes.

“We want to grow the breadth and the depth of these things. We don’t want to take a small amount of people and fund them forever, because new people bring new ideas, new students, new energy, new thoughts,” said Seitz. “This is how research evolves.”

According to Seitz, not too many people are aware of what goes on at HBOI and the marine research they conduct.

“We have to make the world know what great things are happening here. But we have to start off small, with the county,” he said. “Think of it like a pebble dropping in water and its rings expanding.”

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Harbor Branch oceanographic institution Foundation, an organization that solely supports fAu’s Harbor Branch campus (HBOI), makes more than $3 million a year by selling license plates through the state. Although its cut of the profit is only $20 to $25 a plate, this adds up at 150,000 plates a year. According to Jack Aylor, director of development and foundation relations, the income from each license plate supports a different wing of research at HBoi and is one of its largest single sources of revenue.

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under the seaStudents from the Broward campuses got a free trip to Key Largo

(above)students enjoyed the surf and aquatic life off the coast of Key largo during the free snorkel trip. some students saw animals such as manatees, sting rays, nurse sharks, barracudas and a wide variety of fish.

(left)james Capp, building coordinator for FaU’s Davie student Union, geared up in his scuba suit before getting ready to dive into the water. earlier, boat captains gave a thorough lecture on the proper way to utilize all the necessary equipment, especially swim fins, scuba masks and breathing tubes.

(far left)somina Francillon, a student working on her second bachelor’s degree, sits on the bow of the boat and enjoys the scenery and the relaxing ride back to shore. many students opted to sit on the bow of the boat in order to get better acquainted with the ocean and their new surroundings.

Owl Productions is the Broward equivalent of the Boca campus’s Program Board. They provide students with free activities ranging from speakers on campus to trips. for more information on owl productions, contact coordinator sabrina ubinas, who can be reached at [email protected], or follow them on facebook at ow.ly/1ylAt.

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$75,000 worth of cash and prizes were up for grabs on April 16 at FAU’s second annual Business Plan Competition.

Sixteen student-led teams of finalists each presented a plan for a business that was judged by a panel of business owners and investors. The competition was made up of two categories: plans for existing businesses, and plans for new businesses.

Although the competition is hosted by the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) at the Boca campus’s College of Business, the majority of last

year’s competitors were not business majors, according to ACE Director Kimberly Gramm.

Gramm explained that the competition is meant to “bring people together, like an engineer with an idea [who] doesn’t know how to write a financial statement.”

The final 16 teams — the “sweet 16,” as Gramm calls them — were chosen based on criteria such as how well they would market and manage their businesses.

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Portuguese bonbons, vacuum cleaners, Greek Life stores and anti-theft devices for laptops were but a few focal points of this year’s Business Plan Competition. Of the 16 teams present at the competition, seven teams won cash and prizes. The first-place team in the Existing Business category was Slicket Ticket, a so-called stock market of events for which you must buy a ticket, like concerts and sports games. They were represented by Hayden Trepeck and David and Jeffrey Gray. Off the Quad, a subscription-based service that e-mails college students information about local bars and events, won first place in the New Business category. They were represented by David Rich. To read more about these teams and their competitors, go to: www.upressonline.com.

Similar to this year’s competition, the 2009 Business Plan Competition featured two categories: businesses needing more than $1 million to start operating, and businesses needing less than $1 million to do so. Some businesses have fared better than others — Gramm said that 60 percent of last year’s teams are still in business. Still, no team has yet expressed regret about entering the competition. What follows are two examples of winning teams from each of last year’s categories.

“Similar to the way in which Match.com and other dating Web sites match people with their best-suited mates, our concept is similar in that we match people with homes best suited for them,” said Marshall Sklar describing Student Housing Off Campus, a business started by Sklar and other FAU students that helps South Florida college students find apartments close to campus. “Most of our properties are located within two miles of campus, where students are close enough to avoid long commutes, yet far enough away to feel as if they truly have an ‘off campus’ experience.”

Since its creation in 2005, Student Housing Off Campus has helped more than 28,000 students and faculty from FAU and other local colleges find off-campus housing, said Sklar. After winning first place in the category needing less than $1 million last year, Student Housing Off Campus

was awarded an office in the FAU Research and Development Park on the Boca campus. But since last year’s competition, Student Housing Off Campus has expanded enough that a new office will open in May in Fort Lauderdale. “We hope to extend our reach to the [Fort Lauderdale] campus through this expansion,” Sklar explained.

Sklar added his thanks on taking part of the competition. “[The Business Plan Competition] gave us much more recognition amongst the FAU community, both on campus and off campus. It financially impacted us by giving our company a boost in revenues that helped us exceed our previous years.”

Freddy Moldt and Jason Langford had the idea to start a Web site called Generation Oxygen that tracks a user’s charity donations and volunteer work. Moldt and Langford won third place in the category needing more than $1 million last year with their idea. Generation Oxygen’s goal is to get young people to continuously donate and volunteer for charities by providing points to increase their humanitarian ranking on its Web site, which is yet to be published.

“Since the competition I have been pursuing investors, computer engineering/science students, building a demo Web site, and competing in further nationwide and global business plan competitions,” said Moldt. Despite his ambitions, Moldt has had only lukewarm support from students. “After requesting help around the College of Engineering I have only found mild

interest from students even though I have offered payment and equity.”

Still, Moldt is glad to have entered the competition and is hopeful for the future of Generation Oxygen. He said, “It is a learning process, so there is value in listening to the advice from the judges. ... In our case, one of our judges was CJ Wilson, who happened to be an experienced executive in the field of philanthropy. He shot us down and gave us much criticism. ... Now that I’ve gone through two competitions with real judges, I feel I’ve gained a better understanding of what investors look for.”

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Owl Productions, the program board of the Broward campuses, paid for students to go snorkeling for a day — the only requirement was a three-hour bus ride. But when students finally made it to the snorkel site, not everyone spent much time in the water.

Most of the students made it into the water, but a few were scared of the aquatic

life that they came on the trip to see. Boat captains had to reassure several students that they would not be eaten or harmed by sting rays or nurse sharks.

Sabrina Ubinas, Owl Productions coordinator, didn’t want to go in the water during the April 10 trip to Key Largo.

“Before this trip, I was actually scared of drowning, but my boyfriend pushed

me along in the water until I got to the reef, and as soon as I saw the beauty in the reef and the different animals there I completely forgot any fears that I had,” she said.

Owl Productions is also planning a second snorkeling trip to Key Largo for May, which summer students are encouraged to take part in.

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student Housing off Campus was one of the first-place winners in last year’s Business plan Competition. their web site, www.studenthousingoffcampus.com, helps students in south Florida find off-campus housing.

When Matthew Schlissel realized that it was up to him to bring back the FAU Film Club, he did.In fall 2009, Schlissel, a sophomore pre-

law major, was looking to join the Film Club on the advice of Ryan Kaplan, one of the club’s ex-presidents, with whom he had worked on a film during the summer. When he looked for the club on campus, all he found were dead ends.“I went to school and asked what was

going on with the club. I called the contact information, and no one responded. I asked people who I knew were in the club the year prior, and no one knew what was going on,” said Schlissel. “Apparently, there was no club; there was nothing. I decided to start it up again.”To do this, Schlissel had to re-register the

club. This entailed getting the necessary signatures for its creation, obtaining the club’s constitution, updating it and finding an adviser. After he had completed all of

these steps, Schlissel approached David Sharvit, the Film Club’s most recent ex-president before its disappearance, and got from him access to the club’s e-mail account.“I saw a lot of unanswered e-mails, and

I responded to them. People e-mailed the club, asking what was going on,” Schlissel said regarding attendance of the club’s first meeting in October 2009. “I didn’t really have to promote the club.”According to Schlissel, at this point, he

took control of the club, naming himself its president. Dillan Cohen, a junior communication major and a Film Club member, agrees with Schlissel’s position.“It’s not just that he handles the club well;

he built it from the ground up,” said Cohen.On matters of submitted scripts and

movies to be made, however, the club operates more equally.“We just talked about it and voted on it. It’s

been 100 percent democratic,” he said of the club’s filmmaking process.According to Ryan Kaplan, Schlissel has

improved on the product put out by the club.“It’s pretty incredible where Matt has taken

the Film Club. I think they made maybe 12 mini-films just this past school year,” said the FAU alum. “My last term we made maybe three five-minute films.” In order to put out these movies, Schlissel

sometimes has to delegate work to qualified members, which is not always easy.“I haven’t had a problem with people who

aren’t good at doing something; I have a problem with people not wanting to do something. They want the least amount of responsibility,” he said about the different duties within the club.Dillan Cohen explained that Schlissel is

able to command the club well when need be, but is also able to promote ideas on the set.“When he comes to meetings, he makes

sure we stay focused and on track. But on the film set, he’s there for suggestions, and he allows creativity,” said Cohen.While the club has its own camera, light

kit and tripod, some equipment needs to be borrowed from Owl TV. According to Schlissel, the arrangement works well now, but it wasn’t always so.“We would ask them to use their equipment,

and it would be a bit of a struggle. But now it’s great,” he said.In 2009, when the club started, Schlissel

asked Chris Robe, an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, to be its adviser. Robe agreed, and also proposed what would later become the annual FAU Film Festival.“He threw out the idea of the film festival at

the end of the year to show all the movies we’ve made. I thought that was the greatest idea I’ve ever heard,” said Schlissel. “I’ve been dreaming about it since that moment.” To learn more about the FAU Film Club,

go to www.faufilmclub.com.

[Sabrina Koramblyum contributed to the reporting in this article.]

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Each film is an average of 10 minutes long, with the exception of the film Dual Enrollment, which is 35 minutes long. This means that if each film is played back to back, this festival will last exactly two hours and 22 minutes. The event will go from 5:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, in Room 101 of the Performing Arts Building on the Boca campus. The event will also include performances by Hoot/Wisdom Recordings band Bell Tower Falls and student artist Joy. The film submissions were open to all students, and almost half are Film Club productions. These films have been made throughout this spring semester, with one that is trying to be finished in time for the festival.

But all their hard work did not yield great results.Major problems with plot lines, sound quality and just

plain bad acting prevented these films from entering the atmosphere of being taken seriously. But if you want to get a good laugh, then check them out.

Here are my thoughts concerning the Film Club productions:

Burt Reynolds, The Kinks, Egyptian garbage and a man named Steven who is now called Susan all have something in common: They will come together in a film festival.

The Palm Beach International Film Festival brings 90-plus short and long films from all over the world to unite in a five-day event. Students can pay $25 for a pass to view as many of these films as they like.

Reynolds, not only known for his mustache but for being an actor/producer/director, will be receiving this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Silver Screen Splash ceremony will be held in Lake Worth on Friday, April 23.

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Luna, the “whole nutrition bar for women,” has managed to put together a film festival. The FAU Jupiter campus will be home to this year’s festival. The small group of people, backed by the nutrition bar company, has raised more than $470,000 toward women-targeted organizations and more than $300,000 toward the Breast Cancer Fund.This festival travels across the U.S on a 36-date

tour. The 10 films are all made by females from all across the world and spread among topics such as body image to relationships to cultural diversity.All of the proceeds made from this night will be

sent to the Breast Cancer Fund and FAU student scholarships.

FAU’s John D. MacArthur campus Lifelong Learning Society Auditorium

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A poor retelling of an outlandish parking lot brawl with the clear moral of the story being that FAU’s parking situation is horrible, or as the narrator describes, it “sucks monkey balls.” With dub overs and a music-laced fight scene that is reminiscent of Ocean’s Eleven, it pains me to compare this film to anything associated with Brad Pitt.

Dog Eat Dog

Nothing spectacular about this one, neither good nor bad. It’s about people being nice to other people in a pay-it-forward kind of way.

Karma Carousel

The best out of the five because it has well-executed story, script delivery and camera techniques. The characters’ sentence wording is a bit cryptic, but for a good reason that is all revealed in a eureka moment that ties everything together, like it should.

The Wonderful World of Waking Up

The longest of the Film Club films, this is three times longer than the rest but still didn’t have much character development or a detailed plot. I guess what it was supposed to be about was a young drug dealer whose opposite best friend is trying to convince him to go to college, and he struggles with the options of getting an education to get him a career with a good salary or making quick money in the life of drugs. But each scene focused a bit too long on mundane details, like the routine of getting ready in the morning or driving places with no important dialog, rather than moving the storyline forward. If the story jumped ahead a year to when he starts attending college and is still dealing drugs to pay for tuition, it would be one part The Wackness, two parts Charlie Bartlett, with the flavor of being at FAU thrown in to equal a great movie.

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For more films, check out: www.upressonline.com.

An American film about a man’s journey in a Volkswagen bus.

Show times - 4:30 p.m. @ Muvico Parisian on Friday, April 23, & 7 p.m. @ Muvico Parisian on Monday, April 26

Bass ackwardsThis film documents the life of Steven Stanton, a former Largo, Fla., city manager as he undergoes a sex change to become Susan.

Show time - 7 p.m. @ the Lake Worth Playhouse on Friday, April 23

Her Name Was StevenGeoff Edgers, a Boston Globe staff writer, is a man on a mission to reunite ’60s rock band The Kinks. Clive Davis and Sting are just a few he manages to meet on his way in the documentary film Do It Again.

Show times - 9:30 p.m. @ the Lake Worth Playhouse on Friday, April 23, & 2:30 p.m. @ Muvico Parisian on Saturday, April 24

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This is not a film; it’s a public service announcement about rape. The first-person camera technique is a unique way to portray the situation, but this night out that Carly is having is at a lame house party where she gets slipped a roofie by a guy wearing his sunglasses at night. So, if you don’t want to be taken advantage of, just stay away from the ’80s.

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Former FAU linebacker Andre Clark is used to the glare of the bright lights on the football field, but he now finds himself under a completely different spotlight: the center of the boxing ring.

Grinning from ear to ear and bouncing around the ring, Clark almost lasted a full four rounds against opponent Robert Turner Jr. in his professional debut at the Rise of the Heavyweights event at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla., on April 13.

With only three seconds left in the final round, Clark succumbed to a Technical Knockout (TKO) after a powerful blow from Turner. It wasn’t the start the rookie was looking for, but Clark knows what it’s like to deal with disappointment.

Clark watched his career as a potential professional player go up in flames when he pulled his hamstring on his Pro Day at FAU in 2009. He had been hoping to get drafted into the National Football League, but his dream of playing football at the next level was short-lived. With a family to take care of, Clark had little time to decide what to do next.

“I didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Clark. “I have kids, so I didn’t have time to wait. I’d have worked at Burger King just to take care of my family.”

Before Clark could don a hairnet and start flipping burgers, Justin Montgomery, director of recruitment for The Heavyweight Factory, a local boxing organization, approached him with an offer. If Clark agreed, Montgomery and trainers at The Heavyweight Factory would train him to become a heavyweight boxer.

“When Andre first walked into the gym I saw a good athlete that we could train,” said Montgomery. “I talked to the weight room coach at FAU, and he told me Andre was a hard worker. That’s what this program always looks for.”

For Clark, the decision was simple. Having always been a fighter growing up, the switch between football and the ring proved to be an easier transition than both Clark and the training staff expected.

“[The transition] for me was really easy. I’ve been fighting my whole life,” said Clark. “It wasn’t the worst, but I had a rough life growing up, and I had to be tough to survive. I always had that, and I knew that if football didn’t work out that [boxing] is what I was going to be doing with my life.”

True to prediction, boxing has become a major part of Clark’s life in the past year. Daily training regimes plus learning the nuances of the game have turned Clark from a college football player into a pro boxer in a very short time. According to Montgomery, Clark’s ability to learn quickly is the

reason why he has taken to the sport so quickly.“He’s looking more and more every day like a

boxer,” said Montgomery. “He’s figured out that he has to be able to not only dish out a punch, but to take a punch. Usually it takes individuals longer to learn that, but not him. He picked it up quick.”

That toughness helped him stay in the ring for almost four complete rounds against a much more experienced opponent at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in his debut. Clark came out in the first round swinging hard at Robert Turner Jr.’s head, going for the quick knockout. However, three rounds and two knockdowns later, Clark could barely stay on his feet. With three seconds left in the fourth round, the referee stopped the fight as a dazed Clark could no longer continue.

“I made a lot of rookie mistakes. I’ll go back in the gym and work on my fundamentals of the game,” said Clark. “[Turner] is an experienced guy, and the mistakes I made he capitalized on.”

While Clark could not help but feel disappointed with the outcome of his professional debut, he has many more fights to come that will sharpen his skills as a fighter.

“This is still a new world for me, so I’m going to take it one step at a time. Heavyweight champion of the world takes a lot of dedication,” said Clark. “My life and everything needs to be in order to accomplish that, but that’s the goal.”

The Lucky Street Boxing GymThe Heavyweight Factory is based out of the Lucky Street Boxing Gym in Hollywood, Fla. The mission of The Heavyweight Factory is to find top athletes from around Florida who can’t necessarily make a living at the professional level in football and basketball, and then turn them into heavyweight boxers. Recruiters travel to Florida university campuses and also recruit from the Miami Dolphins.

Fun facts• Before Andre Clark turned pro, he TKO’d a fellow amateur 13 seconds into the first round of the fight.• At the Rise of the Heavyweights event the announcer made a comment that it seemed like the entire Miami Dolphins team was in the house. Players in attendance included running back Ronnie Brown, tight end Anthony Fasano and defensive tackle Jason Ferguson.• Andre Clark is known as “The Underdog” because he is undersized by the heavyweight division standards. However, according to his trainers, he can bench press 400-plus pounds.

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FAU’s Roller Hockey Club enjoyed a strong first season as a Division I team. The Owls won their regional division championship but failed to win the coveted national title. Here are some of the highlights from the season.

First period: Regional rush

The Owls roller hockey team can now claim two regional championships in as many years, going undefeated in the Southeast Division I competition this season while also winning the Southeast Regional Championship in Division II last year.

“Regionals was a really good atmosphere for us. I think we proved what we have,” said sophomore forward Greg Kneeves Jr. “Regionals was the best we played all year.”

The Southeast Regional Championship was held from Feb. 26 to 28 in Snellville, Ga., a city 15 minutes outside of Atlanta.

“Coming into regionals we had a pretty solid team. We came in confident — not cocky, but confident,” said forward Chris Capandonis. “After regionals, we thought we were going to come out pretty hot in nationals.”

For this only being their second year playing as a team, both players and coaches were proud of their regional accomplishments.

“They played hard — they really did — and we were proud. They played like champions,” said coach Steve Capandonis.

Second period: Nationals? Not this season

While the team came out strong in regionals, losing players Mike Thiefault and Brett Duncanson due to personal reasons right before the National Roller Hockey Competition in San Jose, Calif., from April 6 to 11 hurt both the morale and stamina of the team.

The team ended up traveling with only eight players plus a goalie, while most teams traveled with 12 to 14 players.

“It was a lot of fun. We didn’t win, but we did pretty good, though. There weren’t any blowout games,” said forward Brittany Johnson. “We killed until the end [of each game], then they just wore us out.”

In roller hockey players rotate in and out of the game as they get tired, so for FAU to enter nationals short-handed was a big disadvantage.

“Instead of going out with a full squad, we only went out with eight and a goalie. That’s like losing your quarterback,” said Greg Kneeves Jr.

In the round robin before the finals round started, FAU faced North Texas, Arizona State University and Rhode Island before playing University of Central Florida in the quarterfinals round, where the Owls would ultimately fall.

“UCF is usually a great match-up for us, but we just couldn’t pull it off,” said Steve Capandonis. “For a team that’s accustomed to winning, and winning a lot, it’s frustrating.”

Third period: Coming soon

With two regional championships under their belt, the team is now focusing on the elusive national title for next season.

“We’ll be focusing on having better commitment and setting goals for the team,” said Chris Capandonis.

Next season the Owls will be getting a new goalie from New York. The team is also looking to tighten up their teamwork and prepare to come out even stronger in the quest for a national championship.

“We’re gong to rebuild for next season,” said Steve Capandonis.

Are you interested in joining FAU’s roller hockey team? The team is holding

tryouts right before the fall semester starts. for more information, call coach Steve Capandonis at (954) 263-1185.

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The FAU Alumni Center is looking to end the 2009-2010 school year with a bang.

Or make that a bell. Following the football team’s annual spring game

on April 24, the Alumni Center will be starting two new traditions, one of which will be the unveiling of a bell that will ring out during victories at athletic events on FAU’s home turf.

“There’s going to be a barbeque for athletes, students, alumni and the community held here at the Alumni Center, and it’s going to be a celebration of FAU, an end-of-the-year kind of thing,” said Mike Burdman, FAU’s alumni adviser.

The bell, which is being donated by the FAU

Alumni Center and alumna Nina Taylor, will be hung in a compact bell tower until the football stadium is built, where it will eventually take residence and preside over FAU’s home games.

“The bell is supposed to start a tradition, so once the stadium is built they’re going to ring it right after the game,” said Student Alumni Board President Moussa Hanna, a junior finance and management major. “It’s going to symbolize unity.”

Along with the unveiling of FAU’s newest noisemaker, Pride and Spirit Night will also take place. The event will be a celebration of the school year and will have free food, dunk tanks where student athletes will have an opportunity to dunk their coaches, and live music.

School spirit will also be put on display with the Spirit Cup Competition, where student

organizations have the chance to compete with one another to prove who has the most school spirit. The winners will get their name on a trophy and the competition’s bragging rights until the following year.

Live music from reggae band Stampede Movement will round off the activities and provide the backdrop to a night of celebration by students and alumni alike.

“It’s going to be a big event; it’s going to be fun,” said Burdman. “It’s going to have the same energy that we have at the bonfires. Come out and have fun.”

spirit ringsthe fAu Alumni center will unveil a pair of new

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earth Day celebrationTake the time to give some serious props to that busy third planet from the sun, also known as yours and every human’s address, on April 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the open grass area in front of the Liberal Arts Building on the Davie campus. Learn some crafts, like making a papier-mâché globe and painting flowers. The event is free for students and offers priceless knowledge about your home. For more info, contact Ashaad Addison at [email protected].

the national society of College scholarsNot just a résumé bonus! Learn about various scholarships, internships, and volunteering and job opportunities available to you through your membership. And if that’s not enough incentive, members who show an active involvement and attend weekly meetings are eligible to win a $50 scholarship every week! Check your e-mail for upcoming meetings. For more info, contact NSCS President Shenee Craig at [email protected].

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otakus are welcomeWhether you love Cowboy Bepop, Death Note and Bleach or just love Japanese culture and language, you’re sure to find people who share your passion! The Japanese Animation Multimedia Society meets on Wednesdays and Fridays in the Student Activities Center House Chambers of the Boca campus from 6 to 10 p.m. Bring your imagination, an open mind and a good sense of humor. For more info, contact Steven Kuehn at (561) 236-4039 or [email protected].

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Free yoga and pilates!You can’t use the money excuse to wiggle your way out of exercise! You can give your wallet peace and tranquility because the West Palm Beach Public Library will be having free yoga on Thursdays at 6 p.m. and free pilates on Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. All you need to do is bring your own mat. Best of all: no registration necessary! For more information, visit www.mycitylibrary.org.

parasailing, snorkeling and a cruise … oh my!Been living in Florida for years yet never gone on any water outings aside from sunbathing or swimming in a pool? Well, stop it, just stop it! The sunshine and its scorching temperature have returned, so toss that sweater aside, put on your best bathing suit and sign up for parasailing, snorkeling or a cruise at the Palm Beach Activity Center in Riviera Beach. The prices range from $20 to $60, so it won’t empty out your bank account. Enjoy what the Sunshine State has to offer with friends or family. For more info, visit events.pbpulse.com or www.visitpalmbeach.com.

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advance auto parts seeks salespersonLove working with cars and their parts? Apply to become a salesperson for Advance Auto Parts. You must have at least two years of retail experience and have a charming and outgoing personality. Good verbal skills are also a must. For more info or to apply, visit www.snagajob.com.

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How far does your imagination stretch as a writer?If you write original science fiction or fantasy short stories, the L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future essay contest wants your submission for a chance to win $1,000 and be eligible to win the grand prize along with $5,000. Entries may be up to 17,000 words in length. The deadline is June 30. For more info and contest guidelines, visit www.writersofthefuture.com.

How far does your imagination reach your sketch pad?If you draw original works, the L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future contest wants your submission for a chance to win $500 and be eligible to win the grand prize along with $5,000. If you qualify to compete for the grand prize, you will be assigned a short story to read and illustrate a cover for. The deadline is June 30. For more info and contest guidelines, visit www.writersofthefuture.com.

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the wonderful world of corn

It’s yummy, yellow, and it has its own fiesta! The Annual Sweet Corn Fiesta at the South Florida Fairgrounds is the perfect place to gather some friends and family, take a spin on the rides, pig out on food and see who among you has the strongest stomach! Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for kids. The entertainment inside is absolutely free. Dare you to have a hootenanny on April 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.! For more info, visit www.sweetcornfiesta.com.