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By Veronica VeIa
Staff writer
FGCU is a teenager having a growth
spurt.
The school is 14 and its population has
exploded. Enrollment has increased 12 percent
from 2009 to 2010, which is why FGCU has the
fourth-largest average undergraduate class
size 34 in the state university system.
Miles Mancini, a former FGCU student
and current communication instructor, said he
never took a large class. He also said that when
he was a student, even the largest classes had
only 25 students.
Mancini says large lectures and class
sizes can affect the way a student learns and
absorbs the information.
The norm is that (students) are not as
interactive, he said about large classes. The
student feels like (he or she is) a number.
President Bradshaw disagrees with this
notion. Bradshaw said that it is not a numbers
game, and the real factor of importance is who
is teaching the students. We have managed
class size well without negatively impacting
students, Bradshaw told The News-Press.
Our classes might be larger, but theyre
taught by faculty. Its not just about class size;
its about who is in front of the class.
The student-to-teacher ratio is not
just about teachers teaching and students
learning; it is all calculated meticulously
around tuition payments. If more students are
in a classroom but the learning balance is still
maintained, more money is generated for the
school. However, it is not the faculty members
teaching the classes who earn more.
At FGCU, faculty members who teach large
lecture-style classes do not receive a pay raise
or bonus.
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The ACP hosts the most prestigious
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The only student media at Florida Gulf Coast
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Contributing writer
Its 12 p.m. You rush to the library to
nish a class assignment, only to realize
there are no computers left to use. No study
rooms are open. There is no quiet space for
you to nish your assignment.
Students say that the accommodations
at Florida Gulf Coast Universitys library
are not suitable for the more than 12,000
students enrolled.
The accommodations are poor, said
senior Robert Gellman. We need more
study rooms with computers having two
rooms with computers is not enough for the
15,000 students we are getting here at this
point. Its just not enough.
Many students experience the
frustration of the lack of computers, the use
of study rooms and the time constraints.
Gellman said it is frustrating that not
enough time is being spent in making
appropriate usage of the library.
I think that the fourth oor of the
library shouldnt be used as classroom
space; we need to have a oor strictly for
studying, he said.
Barbara Stites, the associate director of
the library, is on board with Gellmans claim.
She says she has future plans for the library.
We hope we will be able to move into
the fourth oor and open that up for study
space, Stites said.
We need classroom space. We do, said
Lauren Schuetz, student body president.
Its a toss-up; we want students to have
study space, but we also want them to have
classrooms to learn in.
Gellman feels that there is more to it
than that. He also said that study rooms
need to be used for group projects and not
just for one person.
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SI,600 for Youth AIDS Awareness.
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By Samantha League
Comanaging editor
It's no surprise seeing nearIy naked coIIege
students hocking around campus during
HaIIoween weekend. But at Ieast on Oct.
Z9, students had the chance to say they
were doing it for a good cause.
Sigma Phi EpsiIon fraternity heId its
NearIy Naked MiIe phiIanthropy event
for Youth AIDS Awareness. Students
who participated in the miIe run arrived
wearing cIothes they were wiIIing to
donate and then stripped to their running
outhts" to compIete the miIe.
The event took pIace on the Iibrary Iawn,
which was aIso the starting point for the
miIe. The route took the runners around
the Iibrary to the boardwaIk of Whitaker
before Iooping back around to the Iawn.
Runners were guided by a goIf cart that
was shining a Iight and bIaring music to
keep them motivated.
ApproximateIy Z00 peopIe showed up to
run the miIe and participate in games and
activities before the main event, such as
water pong tournaments, JeIIO wrestIing
matches and sIiding down a 50foot sIip
and sIide. Of those Z00, approximateIy I50
ran.
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of success," said CarIos Garcia, head
coordinator of NearIy Naked MiIe. OveraII,
over SI,700 was raised for Youth AIDS
Awareness, and I feeI as if that itseIf is the
most successfuI part of the event."
The cIothing coIIected was donated to
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Greater Fort Myers Beach
Area Chamber of Commerce:
Help out at the 25th annual Sand
Sculpting event held Nov. 2-6 from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gullwing Beach
Resort, 6620 Estero Blvd. Contact
Jane Ross at jane@fmbchamber or
239-454-7500.
Island Coast AIDS Network
(ICAN): Help out at the Handbag
Happy Hour at Miromar Design
Center on Nov. 4. Must be 18 years
or older. Lots of volunteers needed:
20 for setup, ve for cashiering,
two registration greeters, 10 silent
auction, four rafe sales, two goodie
bags distribution, 10 tear down.
Contact Mitch at mhaley@icansw.
org or call 239-337-2391.
Junior League of Fort Myers:
Volunteers needed for the Phil
Vassar Concert in the Park on Nov.
5 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Downtown
Fort Myers Centennial Park to
sell tickets and serve Pepsi and
beer (must be 21 or older for beer
sales) in support of this fundraiser
for the community. Email
volunteers4taste@gmail.com if you
are interested.
United Way has partnered
with WCI for a Fundraiser Yard
Sale on Nov. 5 at Walden Center
in Bonita Springs. Approximately
8-12 volunteers are needed from
5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to assist with
parking, set-up, sales and tear
down operations. Contact Ruth at
RuthMarianetti@wcicommunities.
com or 239-498-8631.
City of Fort Myers: Help
out with the 29th Annual Taste
of the Town on Nov. 6. This is an
excellent opportunity for large
groups of students. Volunteers
receive free admission to the event
and a t-shirt too. Visit www.jlfm.
org to learn more. To volunteer,
register online at http://www.
jlfm.org/?nd=form__56. Please
feel free to forward this email to
your friends or other organization
leaders. If you have any further
questions, contact Micaela Heuglin
at volunteers4taste@gmail.com.
Rookery Bay: Have fun at the
Party of All Parties event at the
Environmental Learning Center
on Nov. 6 from noon to 4:30 p.m.
Contact Donna Young at donna.
young@dep.state..us or 239-417-
6310 x412.
PACE Center for Girls: FGCU
students are coordinating this
event. Help out with activities with
the girls, help set up and help clean
up at the Be Who You Want To Be
party on Nov. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Contact Andrea Lizarazo
at amlizara@eagle.fgcu.edu.
PACE also has great volunteering
opportunities available if you are
interested in working with them.
Immokalee Foundation:
Volunteer at the live auction on Nov.
11 at the Ritz-Carlton Naples Beach
Resort. Table hosts are needed
7 to 10:30 p.m. Must wear black
pants, black shoes and black socks.
You get a free polo shirt. Contact
James Graves at james.graves@
immokaleefoundation.org or 239-
404-2024.
Take Stock in Children: Set
up and clean up at the Strides
for Education 5k Walk/Run on
Nov. 19 from 6:15 to 10:30 a.m.
in Naples. Make a difference for
low-income children. Contact
Trisha Yeggy at Tricia.Yeggy@
immokaleefoundation.org or 239-
657-2461.
Goodwill Industries: Ring
in the Holidays at the 5th annual
Festival of Trees at The Sidney &
Berne Davis Art Center, downtown
Fort Myers. 25 elaborately
decorated trees will be on display
along with lots of other holiday
fanfare. Days and times available:
Nov. 25 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov. 26 11
a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov. 27 11 a.m. to 6
p.m., Nov. 28 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Nov.
29 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dec. 1 5 p.m. to
9 p.m., Dec. 2 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Art
Walk and Holiday Stroll). Contact
Natalie Strata at nataliestratta@
goodwillsw.org or 239-995-2106
x249.
FGCU Fall Trail Cleanup: This
successful event is on campus and
attracts more than 100 students.
Need help on Nov. 5. Setup is at 7:30
a.m. and nish around 1 or 2 p.m.
Lead teams of students out on the
trails to clear paths, remove exotics
and mark the trails. Breakfast and
lunch provided. Contact Sarah
Davis at sdavis@fgcu.edu.
The Clinic for the
Rehabilitation of Wildlife
(CROW): Enjoy live music while
volunteering at the 30th annual
Taste of the Islands on Nov. 13
at the Sanibel Community Park.
This event is CROWs biggest
fundraiser featuring 20 island
restaurants. Opportunities are
available both before and during
the event. Tolls are reimbursed if
you save your receipt. Please visit
tastesanibelcaptiva.com/contact.
php to ll out a volunteer form.
FGCU Food Forest is here on
campus. They need students to
help with their botanical collection
of edible species every Friday and
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until
mid-November. Sign up online at
http://fgcufoodforest.weebly.com/
service-learning.html.
Cape Coral High School
is partnering with Heartland
Gardens to put in a 500 square-foot
garden on their campus. They are
looking for volunteers of various
commitment levels and hours.
Please contact Lori Kaminski at
LoriASh@LeeSchool.net.
Pinewoods Elementary
School: This school is unique in
its passion for sustainability and
environmental education. The
Explorers Club is for fth-grade
students interested in making the
school greener in different areas
such as maintaining the Japanese
Garden, developing the buttery/
herb garden, maintaining the ve
senses garden and beautifying the
campus with environmental art.
Need college student role models
to help facilitate, plan and organize
the club meetings, as well as plan
educational presentations and
activities for the students. The
program meets every Thursday
from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. and extra
hours will be awarded for students
who prepare presentations or
activities. Contact Laura Layton at
lelayton@eagle.fgcu.edu.
Naples Botanical Garden:
Horticulture gardening starts at 8
a.m. Monday through Friday and
includes weeding, potting, moving
plants, digging, raking, sweeping,
clearing debris, etc. Wear closed toe
shoes, sunscreen and bring work
gloves if you have them. No shorts
or tank tops. Bring water. Looking
especially for groups of students on
Fridays. No last-minute requests.
Give 4-5 lead time. If you commit,
then cant make it, give notice. Be
on time. Email Sally Richardson at
srichardson@naplesgarden.org.
The Friends of Rookery Bay
are looking for a volunteer who is
familiar with Flickr. Volunteer will
establish an account for FORB and
then upload photos and captions
which will be provided so the
media can access upcoming events
and general reserve images 24/7.
Contact Donna Young at donna.
young@dep.state..us.
Heartland Gardens: Assist at
their mini-farm on Fridays from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Did you
know that FGCU alums started
this nonprot? Contact Andrea at
andrea@heartlandgardens.org or
call 239-689-4249.
FGCU Athletics: Are you
into sports? Do have an interest
in athletics? Students have the
opportunity to help with game day
operations in serving as ushers for
Mens and Womens Basketball,
Baseball, Softball and timers
for Swimming and Diving. The
students have a chance to interact
with the athletics staff and learn the
inside operations of intercollegiate
athletics. For further details
contact Will Pitt at wpitt@fgcu.edu
or 239-590-7055.
Three Oaks Middle School:
Their reading teachers and media
specialist could really use some
volunteers to read with students
and/or reshelving books. Contact
Debbie Fite at DebbieCFi@
LeeSchools.Net.
DasHuh (Thats Her)
Basketball Foundation:
Multiple opportunities. Help with
the following: website design,
press releases, grant writing,
graphic design and coaches.
Contact Shannon Graham at
dashuhbasketball@dashuh.com or
239-357-6791.
Abuse Counseling &
Treatment (ACT): Do you have
a talent for marketing? Do you
want to take the lead and help
this nonprot agency with a
development plan? Do you have
2 to 3 months available? This
opportunity will look great on your
resume. Contact Honara Jacobus,
development coordinator, at
hjacobus@actabuse.com or 239-
939-2553.
Philharmonic Center for the
Arts: Numerous opportunities.
After lling out a Volunteer Prole,
youll be interviewed, trained,
and then assigned. Assignments
include archivist, docent, lobby
desk, museum library, museum
store, music library, school activity
volunteer, jewelry and will call at
box ofce. Contact David Varisco at
dvarisco@thephil.org or 239-254-
2779.
Harry Chapin Food Bank:
Sort and pack food for the hungry.
Work 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday
(no afternoon shift on Friday or
Saturday). Proper attire required:
closed toe shoes (no sandals), jeans
or shorts (shorts length must be
at least to your ngertips) no tank
tops or bare midriff tops. Contact
Bedzaida Bryen at bedzaidabryen@
harrychapinfoodbank.org or 239-
334-7001 x141.
The College Reach Out
Program (CROP): Local middle
and high school students are
starting a chapter at Estero High
School. There are 10 students who
want to join the program but have
limited English skills. Right now,
they only speak Spanish. Need a
mentor/translator to meet with
students every Thursday from 1:45
p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Contact Susan
Genson sgenson@fgcu.edu or 239-
590-7836.
The Rushman-Micah Angel
Foundation: Are you computer-
savvy and want to work from
home? Help update the RMAF
website and Facebook page. RMAF
is taking a lead role in bringing
awareness to bridging the gap of
technology and education for the
special needs community and their
families. Contact Barbara Brown
at rmaf32@yahoo.com or 239-216-
2363.
FGCU Department of Marine
and Ecological Sciences: Need
students throughout the semester
to test their GIS Exercises, help
with the Franco Service Learning
Workshop and more. Contact Dr.
Marguerite Forest at mforest@
fgcu.edu or call 239-590-7412.
Lee County Community
Tennis Association: Volunteer
opportunities every Tuesday
for Special Olympics Tennis
at Rutenberg Park at 6
p.m. Contact Lyn Bruner at
VolunteerCoordinator@lccta.com
or 239-489-2378.
Information is provided by the
Service Learning department. All
opportunities are pre-approved.
You can nd more opportunities
on Facebook at FGCU Service
Learning.
Events
Ongoing Opportunities
Colloquiun
Monday, Oct. 24 at 6:25
p.m.: A student slipped and fell
unconscious while exiting a bus
on campus. The subject reported
giving blood earlier in the day,
which could have contributed
to the incident. EMS responded
to the call and the student
was transported to Gulf Coast
Medical Center.
Monday, Oct. 24 at 7:35
p.m.: Another female who had
given blood earlier in the day
fell unconscious while riding
the elevator in Biscayne Hall of
student housing. The subject
refused transport when EMS
arrived on the scene.
Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 3:26
p.m.: A student fell down a ight
of stairs in Academic Building
3 and suffered a broken leg.
The student refused transport
to a hospital, and was instead
brought to the student wellness
center on campus.
Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6:09
p.m.: A drug search was
conducted by UPD in Student
Housing O Building. Ofcers
discovered a cylindrical glass
pipe containing marijuana
residue, a blue glass pipe with
marijuana residue, a multi-
colored horned pipe with
marijuana residue, an elephant
glass pipe with marijuana
residue, a small baggie of
marijuana stems, one bottle
of Penicillin containing 13
tablets, and one bottle of 24
Prozac capsules. All items were
conscated and turned over
to Judicial Affairs for further
evaluation.
Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 2:40
a.m.: Two suspicious people
were reported to the UPD
for throwing rocks at student
housing J building. The suspects
were dressed in blue jeans, and
had cans of beer in their hands.
Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6:44
p.m.: A ght outside of Manatee
Hall caused alarm for residents.
A male outside of the building
began by yelling and screaming
while refusing to leave the area.
The suspect was not recognized
as a resident or student at FGCU.
When UPD arrived on scene
they were informed that the
suspect had assaulted a female
30 minutes prior and that the
disturbances had been ongoing
for quite some time. The female
victim denied pressing charges.
The Police Beat is compiled by
Eagle News staff from public logs
available at the University Police
Department. Police Beat is not as-
sociated with the UPD. All suspects
are innocent until proven guilty by
a court of law.
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hoIiday festivities home.
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The library has attempted to
fix this by having students check
out a study room. The rooms
are now locked. Students have
to check out a study room at
the circulation desk in the front
of the library. You must have a
group of three or more people
and an Eagle ID. They provide
you with the key, dry markers and
an eraser for the white boards.
The problem with this
is that some students arent
closing the door after they are
done, and that leaves the room
open and accessible to anyone,
said Patricia Fuentes, library
operation student worker.
Stites agrees with the
students when she hears them
complain about the space in the
library. On busy days, it is hard
to find space in the library or a
computer that is open, she said.
Stites quickly jumps to point
out that wireless is available to
those with laptops.
However, if those who have
laptops cannot find a space to use
them, students are still at a loss.
Is the universitys growth
too much for the construction to
keep up with?
I think that the growth of the
university places pressure on all
resources around the university,
Stites said.
Schuetz said she does not
know if the university is aware of
all of the students concerns, and
if they do, it is not a situation in
which they can react right away.
Student Government
provides service for students,
and computers would more
likely come from the universitys
funding and not the activity and
service funding that SG uses.
Having more computers
and space is providing a better
service for students. Why cant
SG help?
If it is something the students
want to petition, or find a senator
to sponsor a bill for them, then
it is something we will look at,
Schuetz said. However, I think
it is more of a space issue and
that is why we do not have more
computers.
As student body president, it
is Schuetzs responsibility to sign
off on a bill if passed. She said
there are many different parts to
the bill process.
If the university feels like
there is no room to fit more
computers, then the bill is not
going to go in for it, she said.
Schuetz said SG is using
activity and service fees to extend
the library hours.
On Oct. 31, the library began
extending its hours until 1 a.m.
Good news for some, but bad for
others.
I dont personally enjoy
working until 1 a.m., but I
know everyone else likes it, so
whatever, Fuentes said.
Regardless of whether the
extended hours will draw in
more students or help them
incorporate library time into
their schedules, most students
agree that more room is needed.
Many feel that the library is
as important to a universitys
campus as a toilet is to a
bathroom.
The university needs to
wake up and step up when it
comes to renovating and adding
more buildings to the campus,
Gellman said.
Academic Building 5 Room
112, the largest lecture hall on
campus, can fit 180 students.
It has been booked for the fall
semester for 10 hours a day,
Monday through Thursday, with
class enrollment being 98 percent
capacity.
Mancini said there are
advantages to teaching a large
lecture class.
The biggest advantage for
me is that I can try to be really
creative because it relies on me
as the teacher, he said. I can
have fun with how I deliver the
class.
Katie Haerle, a sophomore
majoring in human performance,
would prefer the average class
size not continue to increase.
I guess I like small classes
better. It depends on what kind of
class youre taking, she said.
Haerle does see some benefits
to larger classes.
For basic classes I feel like
(having a large lecture) is helpful.
Thats why we have labs, to break
down the information, she said.
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MeIissa Bognaski,
a junior majoring in
communication, took
this photo of the Mayan
KukuIcan pyramid during
faII break.
Bognaski was on a tour of
Chichen Itza.
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By Jack Sandquist
Contributing writer
Due to the recent decline
in speeding tickets, FGCU
students have been less likely to
see red and blue flashing lights
in their rearview mirrors.
Lee County sheriff s
deputies operating in the south
district gave out 26 percent
fewer tickets in 2010 than in
2006. The trend is apparent
throughout Southwest Florida.
In fact, the number of traffic
citations issued by the Collier
County Sheriff s Office in 2010
declined 66 percent from 2006.
The reason for the decline in
traffic tickets in Collier County
and Lee County is not clearly
discernible. The prevalent
theory is that officers have been
sympathetic toward drivers
and their pocketbooks since the
nation is going through a tough
economic crisis.
Also in light of the current
state of the economy, it is
theorized that the drivers in
Southwest Florida have been
more aware of how fast they
are going.
However, the University
Police Department has
different reasons from the local
authorities for cutting back on
traffic citations.
Im sure that the reason
for this drop in tickets isnt
only compassion. Drivers must
be more aware of how fast they
are going, said Sgt. Anthony
Rispoli of UPD.
According to Rispoli, UPD
is a much smaller department,
so they do not have enough
manpower to maintain a traffic
unit devoted to only giving out
traffic violations. Therefore,
all FGCU officers on duty have
to tend to every minor phone
call on top of dealing with the
heavy-footed drivers on the
road.
Since they have to answer
many miscellaneous calls, it
makes it difficult to find time
to punish reckless drivers for
disobeying speed limits.
Rispoli also said that FGCUs
tremendous growth in this past
decade has led to officers being
needed increasingly more
often. Student enrollment is at
approximately 12,000, and there
are hundreds of professors,
cleaners, construction workers,
and other people that come to
work on campus daily.
Collectively, this means that
there are about 15,000 people
that the UPDs 10 officers are
responsible for. This population
dilemma does not leave a
sufficient amount of time for
them to patrol the roads and
look out for fast drivers.
We understand that people
have to deal with the recession,
since we are in the same boat,
Rispoli said. However, it is our
job as police officers to penalize
anybody who breaks the law.
However, the trend of the
distribution of speeding tickets
is often cyclical. With political
pressure and high expectations
from the police department,
the numbers will likely bounce
back, and the amount of tickets
will no longer be at an obvious
low.
Speeding tickets down in SW FIa.
By Brandon Henry
Staff writer
52,165.
Thats how many lines of
information are in a recent
spreadsheet released by Gov.
Rick Scott last week that
disclosed the salaries of every
faculty member in Floridas 11
state public universities.
Exactly 1,213 of those lines
are dedicated entirely to FGCU
faculty.
The information can be
found on the website titled
Florida Has a Right to Know
(oridahasarighttoknow.com), a
website Scott created in March
in an effort, according to him, to
help citizens hold government
accountable and increase
government transparency.
The governor feels like there
needs to be transparency, and
this is one way hes made getting
access to these public records
easy for everybody, Scotts
press secretary Lane Wright told
the Orlando Sentinel when the
information was rst published.
Scotts posting of university
salaries coincides with his recent
push for higher education reform
in Florida. His ideas include the
shifting of funding away from
the liberal arts and towards
science, technology, engineering
and math-related elds (also
known as the STEM elds). He
also proposes the introduction
of the Texas model to Florida
education, a plan that rethinks
tenure by tying professor pay to
performance.
What initial reaction
did Roger Green, associate
professor of public affairs,
have to the posting of his salary
information?
To laugh and say to myself, I
guess the governors re-election
campaign is starting earlier than
expected, he said.
Green believes Scott is
attempting to make himself look
better by comparison.
Hes expressed an interest
in a second term, but his public
approval ratings have been quite
poor to this point, so hes starting
his campaign work early,
Green said. Portraying public
employees in a negative way is a
cynical but potentially effective
means through which Scott can
throw some red meat to his core
constituents.
Green also adds that he
is unconcerned about the
publication of the data, since
university salary information has
always been publicly available.
In addition, if people outside
the university who know me
happen to look at my salary,
perhaps theyll nod their heads
and understand why I drive such
an old car and dress so badly, he
said.
Peter Bergerson, also a
professor of public affairs,
remains unconcerned about
the publication of his and other
professors salaries.
Im a public employee, and
the public is entitled to know
what I make, just like theyre
entitled to know what he [Scott]
makes, Bergerson said.
But to Bergerson, the
publication and its implications
are relatively unimportant.
I have not looked at it, but
the thing is, I love to teach. I like
working with students, I like
to do research, I love political
science, he said. So the salary
is important, but its not the most
important thing I do every day.
The most important thing I do
every day is teaching students.
Gov. posts FGCU facuIty, staff
and state saIaries to the web
Greek Life: Derby Days
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to view the inlornttion
Derby Days is a week of events hosted
by the Sigma Chi fraternity. The
FGCU sororities compete in order to
heIp Sigma Chi raise money for
their phiIanthropy, the Huntsman
Cancer Institute.
The events began with the historic
Derby Chase, in which each member
of the fraternity received a bIack derby
hat and sorority members
attempt to each get the Iargest
number of hats by chasing fraternity
members around campus trying to
take them.
Photos courtesy of Tom Burgess
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 EAGLE NEWS NEWS A5 WWW.EAGLENEWS.ORG
By CheIsea Fischer
Contributing writer
More than a year after the
tragic BP Gulf oil spill, Floridas
restaurant employees are nding
a way to mend the hole that was
burnt in their pockets.
So far, Ive paid off two of my
credit cards and bought the new
iPhone its free money, said
Zach Gibson, a local restaurant
employee and FGCU student. I
have to spend some of it. The rest
of it Im saving for school next
semester.
After ling a claim with the
Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gibson
was awarded over $15,000. It is
estimated that the average server
can make approximately $20,000
a year.
For those who lost money
during the post-spill economic
downturn, relief for their
crumbling nancial stability has
been found with the GCCF.
Through the Gulf Coast Claims
Facility, citizens in the states
surrounding the Gulf that were
affected by the spill can now le a
claim to be reimbursed for their
lost wages.
Gibson worked as a bartender
at Uptown Larrys during the time
of the spill. Larrys is a popular
watering hole for FGCU students
as well as a famed raw bar for their
oysters. People still came in there
to drink, but our dinner crowd was
killed, Gibson said.
Larrys serves Gulf oysters,
which are one of the main areas
of the seafood industry affected
by the oil spill. We are famous
for the best oysters around, and
people stopped coming because
they were too scared to eat them,
Gibson said.
In order to place a claim, you
are required to supply copies of
your tax returns, W-2 forms, 1099
forms and paycheck stubs or
payroll records from 2008 to the
present. The difference in income
from your records before and after
the spill determines your eligibility
for reimbursement.
For ve hours of work, you
get an automatic minimum of
$5,000. Thats a pretty good deal,
Gibson said. All you need to do is
go to a local GCCF ofce all the
paperwork questions they help
answer for you.
The GCCF website states
that if you feel it is necessary, you
may seek help from an attorney
to handle your claim. However,
Gibson says going for the do-it-
yourself option can keep 7 to 10
percent of that claim check in your
pocket.
Statistics from the GCCF show
the number of claims presented by
individual industries. Those led
within the Food, Beverage and
Lodging industry, the Retail, Sales
and Service industry, and the
Tourism and Recreation industry
contained the largest amount of
paid claims in Florida.
Other students working as
servers have felt some of the
same impacts from the oil spill as
Gibson.
Before I could even tell
(guests) my name, they were
asking if it was safe to eat the
seafood, said Lauren Hall,
a sophomore at FGCU and a
waitress at the Elephant Bar
Restaurant located in the Edison
Mall. After the initial shock of the
spill passed, even though we didnt
have any oil on our beaches, people
just stopped coming in to eat.
Hall will be placing her claim
this month with the GCCF.
In only one year of GCCFs
operation, Lee County individual
claimants have already been
awarded more than $59 million as
of Sept. 26.
The process is for any
individual whose business or
income was damaged by the
oil spill, said Brian Calloway,
representative for the GCCF. Lost
earnings or prots are the most
common claims we see.
The GCCF mission statement
says that even though the
economy is improving, some
businesses will recover more
slowly than others.
Calloway elaborates on that
statement. That is solely our goal,
to give back to people what they
lost, he said.
After such an economic and
ecological tragedy, the effects of
the oil spill are improving. Beaches
are being cleaned, seafood is back
to being safe to eat and tourism is
making its comeback in Florida.
Help from the GCCF allows money
for Southwest Floridas restaurant
workers to come owing in that
much faster.
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thousands of peopIe whose jobs are tied to tourism and hospitaIity. Now, many are being reimbursed.
By EagIe News staff
The Reach for the Stars Foundation
will be holding a Karaoke Night on
Thursday, Nov. 3 to benet individuals
with cystic brosis. The event will take
place at the Applebees on Corkscrew
Road just a few miles from campus.
Lindsay Leban is an ofcer of the
Honors College service team for Reach
for the Stars, which is an independent,
not-for-prot foundation dedicated
to providing services and support to
individuals and families struggling with
cystic brosis.
We will have rafes and door
prizes, along with a special blue Reach
for the Stars drink available for $2.50
this night only, Leban said.
Karaoke will start at 10 p.m., but
people are welcome to dine in anytime
during the day, and 10 percent of their
purchases will go to Reach for the Stars.
Please let your server know that you are
dining for Reach for the Stars.
Cystic brosis is an incurable
disease that is characterized by the
body's abundant production of very
thick mucus. This mucus becomes an
ideal environment for infections and
causes blockages throughout the body.
The disease currently affects over
30,000 children and young adults in
the U.S., and only about 50 percent of
individuals with the disease live past the
age of 30.
Stop by and sing your heart out in
support, Leban said.
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benets
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The number of overdose
deaths from powerful painkillers
more than tripled over a decade,
the government reported
Tuesday a trend that a U.S.
health official called an epidemic,
but one that can be stopped.
Prescription painkillers
such as OxyContin, Vicodin and
methadone led to the deaths of
almost 15,000 people in 2008,
including actor Heath Ledger.
Thats more than three times the
4,000 deaths from narcotics in
1999.
Such painkillers are meant
to help people who have severe
pain, said Dr. Thomas Frieden,
director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
in Atlanta, which issued the
report. They are, however,
highly addictive.
The report shows nearly 5
percent of Americans ages 12
and older said theyve abused
painkillers in the past year
using them without a prescription
or just for the high. In 2008-09
surveys, Oklahomans reported
the highest rate of abuse; the
lowest was in Nebraska and Iowa.
The overdose deaths reflect
the spike in the number of
narcotic painkillers prescribed
every year enough to give
every American a one-month
supply, Frieden said.
Prescriptions rose as doctors
aimed to better treat pain and as
new painkillers hit the market.
Frieden and White House
drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, a Fort
Myers High School graduate who
joined him at CDC headquarters
in Atlanta, said states need to
take sharp actions to reverse the
long-running trend.
States oversee prescription
practices and can rigorously
monitor prescriptions and crack
down on pill mills and doctor
shopping by patients, Frieden
said.
Doctors should limit
prescriptions giving only a
three-day supply for acute pain,
for example and look for
alternative treatments, he said.
For chronic pain, narcotics
should be the last resort, he
added.
A federal drug plan announced
this year calls for state programs
to track prescriptions. All but
two states Missouri and New
Hampshire have approved
them, said Kerlikowske. But a
number of states dont have them
in place yet or doctors arent
using them enough to check on
their patients past prescriptions,
he said.
Americas prescription
drug abuse epidemic is not
a problem thats going to be
solved overnight, but at the
same time, were not powerless,
said Kerlikowske, who urged
parents to get rid of unneeded or
expired painkillers so they arent
misused.
Some states are taking action.
Earlier this month, a doctor
in Southern California was
sentenced to prison for illegally
selling tens of thousands of
prescriptions for painkillers and
sedative. Ohio now requires pain
clinics to be licensed by the state,
and limits the amount of pills
that can be dispensed at clinics.
Florida also has cracked down
on so-called pill mills, and a
Fort Myers doctor was indicted
just last week for allegedly
overprescribing pain medication.
Overall, there were 36,450
fatal overdoses in 2008, including
accidental cases and suicides
involving illegal drugs such as
heroin and cocaine along with
prescription medicines.
Thats the year Ledger died
from an accidental overdose
of painkillers and sedatives. A
few months later, a 12-year-old
girl from suburban New York
overdosed on methadone she
bought from a 15-year-old boy.
Narcotics also played a role
in the recent deaths of a 27-year-
old model at the mansion of an
Anheuser-Busch heir and of
former hockey player Derek
Boogaard.
Frieden noted the wide
differences between overdose
death rates among states. For
example, West Virginias rate
is about 26 per 100,000 while
neighboring Virginias rate is
only 9.
This highlights the
importance of states getting
policies right on preventing drug
abuse, he said.
Eagle News contributed to
this report.
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to bring health consciousness
Abroad for awareness
By CaroI Schneider
Staff writer
FGCU has several student organizations
that offer different purposes and missions
for students who want to be involved,
experience personal growth, develop
leadership and help the community while
earning service learning hours.
Community Health Aid Development
(CHAD) is a club that focuses on educating
and helping local and foreign communities
where health-based education and
guidance is needed.
Lis Chimaras, president of the club,
who started the organization last fall
and currently has 15 dedicated members
who enjoy devoting their time to help less
fortunate populations.
CHAD went on their first mission trip to
the Dominican Republic this past summer.
We mainly started in the Dominican
Republic because of the current need there
is for health awareness, Chimaras said.
The main goal of the trip is to provide
items to communities with items that
they may not have access to as well as to
educate children.
On the past trip, students personally
worked with children in schools by
teaching them basic health sanitation
practices and also launched a campaign on
STD/HIV awareness.
I love the small group atmosphere,
because of last years trip to Dominican
Republic we all became a family in reach
of a common goal. It is a great feeling
to know you caused an impact in those
childrens lives, Spencer Klepper, a
sophomore majoring in biology, said about
his experience.
Chimaras says that they are working
on another mission trip to the Dominican
Republic for health awareness. The
theme for the coming project, La Salud
Cotidiana (every day health) will focus on
raising awareness of sanitation, nutrition
and sexual health.
The club gets financial support for the
trips through fundraisers, contributions,
donations and FGCUs Student
Government.
[SG] is the main reason why this trip
was even financially possible in the first
place, Chimaras said.
I like the fact that we members
of CHAD create our own lesson plans
for the mission trip; we decide what is
important to teach the children as well as
our teaching methods, said Brad Sifrig,
treasurer of the club.
We are free to educate them on what
we believe it is necessary for them to know,
in a relaxed and fun environment, Sifrig
said.
For the future, Chimaras says that
CHADs main goal is to be an organization
established enough to have health
awareness outreach trips in various parts
of the world.
CHAD is a great option for those
passionate about doing good actions.
Any FGCU students and staff member
are welcome to attend the clubs meetings
and be a part of the organization.
If interested in joining CHAD, contact
President Lis Chimaras at lechimar@eagle.
fgcu.edu.
If you go
What: 5K run/walk fundraiser for 2012 Dominican Republic trip
When: Saturday, Nov. 12
Where: FGCU Student Plaza
What to wear: Workout clothes
Information: Sign-ups will happen at tabling areas, on Nov. 3 and
Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be rafe prizes for partici-
pants, and special ones for runners who get 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Photos courtesy of Lis Chimaras
Spencer Klepper
about his experience on the
rst mission trip.
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atmosphere, because
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By CaroI Schneider
Staff writer
When you wave goodbye, do
your underarms wave back? If
they do, it is an obvious sign that
its time to work those triceps,
especially if you want good-
looking arms. No one wants
wobbly underarms, which is why
it is so important to exercise and
strengthen the triceps.
For the gym lovers or those
who want to start a workout
routine, it is important to
remember that your body needs
to be constantly challenged. If
you always perform the same
exact exercises, your muscles
will eventually get used to it and
wont be working as hard.
Put your body under different
stresses so that it can adapt and
you can continue to see results
from your workout, continuing to
grow and becoming stronger, Jon
Hernandez, a personal trainer at
FGCUs fitness center, said about
switching up workouts.
Hernandez mentions that
its extremely important to keep
correct form in order to avoid
injuries or muscle pain.
One common mistake I
often see in the gym is the use
of shoulders rather than triceps
when performing a triceps
extension on the cable machine,
Hernandez said.
Most people lean over
the weight trying to push the
maximum amount of weight,
which results in not achieving the
actual goal of the exercise as it
isolates the triceps, Hernandez
said.
Cardio and weights need to be
done in conjunction in order to
have a complete workout.
Cardio can be done before
and after weight training. If
someone is looking to lose fat,
I typically recommend doing
cardio first thing in the morning
before they eat, making sure
that they eat after their morning
cardio session, Hernandez said.
If they are looking to build
their work capacity for weight
training, I would recommend
some cardio after weights,
Hernandez said.
He points out that many girls
only do cardio such as treadmill,
bike and elliptical because they
believe that it will make them lose
weight without getting big.
Nonsense. By only
performing cardio, you are doing
yourself a big disservice. Use
weights and cardio. They both
work hand in hand for a healthier
lifestyle, Hernandez said in
emphasizing the downside to only
doing cardio in your workout.
Dont forget to stretch your
arms by holding your elbows
behind your head and pushing it
down.
It is recommended to work
triceps once to twice a week.
If you desire to work another
muscle in the same day, biceps is
a good option of muscle to switch
up with triceps.
Below are some options for
effective workouts.
Diamond Pushups
Lie on the oor face down and place
your hands closer than shoulder
width for a close hand position,
then put them together in a triangle
shape. Lower your body until your
chest almost touches the oor as you
inhale. Keeping your elbows in, press
your upper body back up.
Tip: If you are new at this exercise
and do not have enough strength
to perform it, you can either bend
your legs at the knees to take off
resistance or perform the exercise
against the wall instead of the oor.
Triceps Pushdown
EZ Bar Triceps Extension
HOW TO: DumbbeII OneArm Extension
Tricep DumbbeII Kickback
Lie down on a at bench with your
head near the end of it. Lift the bar or
dumbbells with your arms locked and
elbows in; hold it straight.
Make sure that your arms are
perpendicular to the oor. Keep upper
arms stationary and bring the bar
down by moving forearms toward your
forehead.
Challenge: Perform the same
movement on a declined bench.
Set a bar attachment (curved or straight)
or a rope on a high pulley machine.
Grab it with the palms facing down at
shoulder width. Lower the bar by moving
your forearms while keeping your
elbows close to your sides and upper arm
stationary. Fully extend your arms.
You can do this exercise standing up
straight or sitting on a bench with back
support. With one arm, bring weight to
shoulder height behind your head and
extend your forearm up. You can use
you other hand to hold your upper arm
to make sure it stays stationary; you
should only move your elbows. You can
also perform this exercise with a rope
instead of weights.
Bend one knee on a bench and have the same
side hand placed on the end of the bench
holding you up. Keep your back straight and
have your torso parallel to the oor.
Hold a weight with the other hand in a
90-degree angle formed between your forearm
and upper arm. Lift the weight backwards until
your arm is fully extended; keep upper arms
stationary.
Photos of Matthew Sti//e, a graduate
student majoring in physica/ therapy.
Photos courtesy of Anthony Wi//iamson
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Maddox's cynical derisiveness lashes out in new book
By Josh Huff
Contributing writer
Many of the descriptions of Maddoxs
sophomore effort look like they belong
on a bottle of habanero hot sauce instead
of on a book. It is bellicose. Caustic.
Uncompromising. Not for the faint of heart
or those pregnant or nursing. It is 320 pages
of a grown man bashing childrens artwork
and it is hysterical.
The premise behind I Am Better Than
Your Kids (IABTYK) is that Maddox,
Internet celebrity and de facto creator
of the humor genre the New York Times
dubbed fratire, is grading the childrens
work on an objective level, holding them to
the same standard he would, say, a 32-year-
old former computer programmer and
bestselling author.
Maddox uses the traditional scholastic
grading scale, but (spoiler alert!), only
hands out varying degrees of failure. The
author gives an F+ to those who almost
made a passable entry. For instance,
Genevive, age 7, depicts herself using her
ability to y to test the theory that cats
always land on their feet.
I can actually get behind this, Maddox
says. The F-minuses go to some, but
virtually every other piece gets a solid F. In
the interest of fairness, the author grants a
handful of A-pluses these rare treats all
belong to Maddox, age 32.
Maddoxs criticisms bear a passing
resemblance to method the archetypical
Internet troll: He is vicious, universally
negative or sarcastic and sometimes
ignores the heart of the matter to instead
pick at the low-hanging fruit by lambasting
minutiae such as grammar, or the childs
age or name.
The difference, of course, is the total
lack of anonymity that comes with being a
New York Times bestselling author, not to
mention his precision and style.
With his inventive and lively use of
language, Maddox takes his trademark
offensiveness to new heights and turns
misanthropy into an art form.
The casual fan of the books brand of
humor might grow weary of the joke, but
the author spared no effort to keep the
material fresh.
His responses to the artwork range
from comments of Hemingway-like brevity
to lengthy diatribes, and vary in form from
mocking captions to devastating critiques
and even occasionally goes on random
tangents that barely relate to the work.
Compared to his mainstream literary
debut, IABTYK is more focused and
polished. Its full-color, high-quality paper
is a denite step up from the roughness
of its predecessor, The Alphabet of
Manliness.
The book itself is visually stunning, so
the tough call comes when the reader has
to decide if IABTYK is merely a vehicle
for well-crafted shock humor meant to
eke out a few laughs, or if its a ha ha,
only serious acknowledgement of a
foible namely, mediocrity in modern
American culture.
Fans of the animated series South Park
know the feeling.
Whether you want to read a deceptively
rich satire or just have some guilty laughs,
you could do much worse than picking this
one up. But, as the bottles say, youd best be
ready for the heat.
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By Destiny Brunson
Photo editor
The Philosophy Club was founded in
fall 2005 to encourage critical thinking in
a philosophical approach.
We conduct meetings in order to
enlighten ourselves and enrich our
education to a further extent, said Ellie
Levy, president of the Philosophy Club.
Their aim is to make all concepts and
ideas interesting to the FGCU student
body. They cover a vast amount of topics
to try to interest every student.
The Philosophy Club provides a
different ways to view different things,
saidJeff Spanski, anthropology major.
The topics range from education to
religion to politics. It is a time of the week
where you can gather information; voice
your opinion, all while hearing the opinion
of others.
Even though Im not a philosophy
major, going to the Philosophy Club allows
me to explore more specific topics and be
enlightened in ways that doesnt happen in
a regular class, which is amazing, Rachel
Shanahan said.
The Philosophy Club holds several
events throughout the year.
On Nov. 2, Chris Phillips will be coming
and performing Socrates Caf, which
is based on the book he wrote. Socrates
Cafs goal is to bring philosophy to the
everyday man. The event will be held in
the Student Union in room 214 from 5:30-
6:30 p.m.
On Nov. 7 at 5 p.m., guest speakers Dr.
Glenn Whitehouse and Dr. Elena Ruiz Aho
speak on articles they have had published
in AB3 room 107.
On Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. in Sugdens Welcome
Center, David Loy will be speaking about
postmodernism and Buddhism.
We encourage all curious minds to
attend and engage in conversation with
us, Levy said.
The Philosophy Club is not limited to
those in the philosophy major.
It is open to all students. To join the
Philosophy Club you can email Ellie Levy
at philosophy@eagle.fgcu.edu or attend
one of their meetings, which are held on
from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays in Reed Hall
room 163.
If you would like frequent updates on
the happenings of the Philosophy Club you
can Like their Facebook page at FGCU
Philosophy Club or follow them on Twitter
@FGCUPhilosophy.
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By Jenny WiIIiamson
Staff writer
Since I began writing about
the Occupy Wall Street and
solidarity movements, Ive
encountered a lot of negative,
stereotypical language.
Ive heard politicians accuse
protesters of simply wanting
handouts.
Ive seen articles referring
to protesters as unemployed,
as victims of a bad educational
system, as clueless liberals, as
mobs, as dirty hippies and as
socialists.
In fact, the word socialist
has become a mainstay in the
vocabulary of critics of both my
articles and those taking part in
the protests.
Initially, I was confused by
this. Why would so many people
cry socialism over the concept
of removing corporate corruption
from our government?
I embarked on a quest of sorts
to find out if the accusations had
any merit.
According to the Merriam-
Webster online dictionary,
socialism is any of various
economic and political theories
advocating collective of
governmental ownership and
administration of the means of
production and distribution of
goods.
A second definition on
the website describes a state
existence where there is no
private property.
Based on these definitions
alone, it seems a stretch to call
the Occupy movement a socialist
one.
But I never want to offend the
sensibilities of you, the readers,
by arming myself with only one
perspective of an argument.
So I went to www.nycga.net
where, under the resources tab,
the Declaration of the Occupation
of New York City can be found.
The purpose of the Occupy
movement along with a non-
comprehensive list of grievances
is listed.
I had read
through the
document a
few weeks
ago, but I re-
fami l i ari zed
myself with
it to see if
there was
some socialist intent that I had
previously missed.
Still, I failed to find a clear
connection.
I took my research one step
further. I drove to Centennial
Park armed with my camera, an
empty notebook and a few stock
questions.
I wanted to see how many
people are taking part in the
protest, what the approximate
age range is, what their political
preferences are and why they
felt the Occupy movement was
important enough to support.
So off I went in search of
what, had the critics been
correct, would be a dirty drum
gathering filled with unemployed
liberal socialists who wouldnt be
able to articulate what they were
protesting for due to the poor
education they had received.
What I found during my three
hours at the park couldnt have
been more different.
For my part, I could not have
picked a more beautiful day
to visit the Occupy site. The
weekly farmers market was just
wrapping up. It was a comfortable
85 degrees with a light breeze
blowing off the Caloosahatchee
River.
The crowd was small. There
were only 13 to 15 people in the
general area. The tents were
neatly scattered across a grassy
area not too far from the public
rest rooms.
There was no police presence,
no barriers and no trash. What
there was, though, was a recycle
bin and a handful of clean,
well-groomed people who were
pleasant and respectful to all who
passed by.
The first gentleman I
attempted to interview, Luis
Ospina, kindly declined my
request because he needed to get
to work.
Strike one against the Occupy
critics. In fact, two of the people
I interviewed, Chris Faulkner
and Matt McDowell separately
estimated 75 percent of the
Occupy Fort Myers regulars left
camp at some time during the
day to go and work at their jobs.
Thats a pretty impressive
statistic for a group painted as
unemployed.
Rich Wilbur was the first
to grant me an interview. Hes
a 65-year-old, semi-retired
Vietnam veteran who expressed
his frustration at a broken
system.
He feels the Occupy
movement can be an important
tool for change.
When people make
mistakes, we are supposed to
take responsibility. What about
corporations? Wilbur said.
He believes the government
could help keep jobs in America
by taxing all products built
overseas as imports regardless
of the country of ownership.
Under this concept, he
believes it would no longer make
sense for American corporations
to take jobs outside of the United
States.
As if on cue, a passerby
from Peoria, Ill., who had been
a member of the United Auto
Workers union, lamented the loss
of his job to a site in Mexico.
Keeping American jobs in
America hardly fits the profile of
a socialist movement.
When I sat down with
McDowell, who has been a part
of Occupy Fort Myers since its
beginning, I was curious what
his general observations of the
experience has been up to this
point.
McDowell was quick to point
out his feeling of encouragement
that younger people are paying
attention to the issues plaguing
the nation.
When I asked him about the
general age range of the people
hes seen come out to support
the movement, he told me it was
from toddlers to geriatrics and
all ages in between.
He said 98 percent of Fort
Myers police officers have been
good about the protesters
occupying Centennial Park.
But recently, citing permitting
and insurance issues, the city has
been giving citations to those
who choose to remain at the park
overnight.
When I questioned McDowell
about this point, he said, it
enhances the image of why they
are there by providing a visible
reminder, which he hopes is
driving the conversation.
Its an act of solidarity with
those who are occupying Wall
Street.
McDowell told me there
have been a range of religious,
educational and employment
backgrounds, and yes, political
backgrounds as well.
An average weeknight general
assembly, which they hold at 7:30
p.m. to accommodate the most
people, draws an estimated 30
to 100 people, some of whom
are Republicans, Democrats,
Independents, Libertarians and
yes, a Socialist or two.
But McDowell stressed that
political leanings are not a point
of contention.
Instead, the mix of people lend
to a more robust, non-partisan
discussion where every person
has the ability to have his or her
concerns and ideas heard.
Our government should
conduct itself in the same
manner.
If politicians stopped listening
to the corporations funding
them and instead listened to the
people, all of the people, protests
such as the Occupy movement
would not be necessary.
Jenny is a junior majoring in
environmental engineering. She loves
the Boston Red Sox, riding roller
coasters, writing poetry and watching
science ction programs.
By Robert WiIIiam Green, Jr.
Senior cIerk at the WeIcome Center
Tucked away in the comfort of our
bedrock Guiding Principles are two
behavioral expectations necessary for
all human beings in relations with other
human beings.
Domiciled in the rear of the second
principle is the firm pronouncement
from our founding forebears that
The University vigorously protects
freedom of inquiry and expression
and categorically expects civility and
mutual respect to be practiced in all
deliberations.
Mutual respect, although mentioned
sequentially last, first came forward
sometime around A.D. 1300-1350.
Because of its compound traits and
dual characteristics, it has greater
importance.
Civility, younger and most popular,
was positioned grammatically first by
the Deans Council in 1996 as a result of
widespread usage to get people to act
with courtesy and politeness. However,
most have temporarily forgotten that
mutual respect sets the foundation and
secures the capacity for human beings
to be civil.
Mutual respect is the surrendering of
human perceptions, deep-seated needs
and value systems by one person who
shows respect and the surrendering of
same by the other person who accepts
the show of respect.
The absence of mutual respect
in human relations gives rise to
misconduct. The most common form of
misconduct is bullying, which occurs at
home, school, work and online.
Bullying is the personal, institutional
(workplace) or Internet (cyber-bulling)
desire of individuals and social systems
to control people psychologically,
economically, socially and physically.
In Florida, children in K-12 grades
are protected by a law that prohibits
bullying against any student or
employee. However, no state law
specifically prohibits bullying in higher
education and other jobs.
Two suggestions have been
submitted for University mutual
respect and workplace bullying
policies to ensure the certainty that
respectful treatment remains a right
and a responsibility for all members of
our University community.
Would you be so kind to bring
mutual respect forward and put away
workplace bullying at FGCU?
You know you are my friend.
BuIIying resuIt of absence
of 'mutuaI respect'; FGCU
needs to promote the idea
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By AIex Townsend
Contributing writer

There are events in our lives that
are so memorable you remember
where you were the moment that they
occurred.
For my generation, the events that
shaped us were 9/11, the election of
Barack Obama, and, on the afternoon
Friday, Oct. 21, another event for
our history books occurred when
the president announced that all
remaining U.S. troops in Iraq would be
pulled out at the end of the year.
We want to have a new
relationship with this country, a White
House ofcial said in a statement
Friday.
The question of what kind of
relationship Iraq will have with our
country is one that we will have to
ponder for more than the 48 hours.
In fact I would suggest this country
wait until 2013 before we have any
contact with Iraq given that we invaded
that country almost nine years ago led
by the fascist and ctitious agenda of
the George W. Bush administration.
Roughly 4,500 soldiers have lost
their lives as a result of this war that
many Americans, including myself,
never endorsed, but we always stood
by the troops because they were the
brave ones who went overseas and
fought for our freedoms.
My father, who served in Desert
Storm 20 years ago, once said to me
that its OK to be against war but that
we should never be against the troops,
especially when they come home from
war.
We cannot forget these brave men
and women when they come home.
Many have lost their arms and legs
and many have Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder from seeing the horrors of
death that no one should have to see
up close.
Charities such as USA Cares and
The Wounded Warrior Project do
wonderful work in assisting veterans
who come home from war with
physical and psychological scars,
many of which will be around forever,
reminding us that we cannot forget
these brave Americans.
For soldiers, the hardest part of
war is coming home when you dont
know what to do next. Its difcult to
go back to a normal life after seeing
people, some you may have known,
killed before your eyes in triple-digit
temperatures while you and those who
died wonder why you are there and if
the mission is worth the consequences.
War, what is it good for? Just like
the song says, absolutely nothing.
When the reasons for it keep changing
over time to force the public into
conformity with threats of being
blacklisted as a communist, which
Joseph McCarthy made a career
out of in Congress during the 1950s,
or even worse, being blacklisted
as a Nazi, which Bush Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld said when
he denounced those who opposed the
Iraq War in 2006.
We all know the truth now so I
might as well say it for those who are
scared to speak out: George W. Bush
presented a message after 9/11 that
divided us a nation after pledging in
the 2000 election to be compassionate.
I never saw any compassion
from him or anyone who served
in his administration while brave
Americans from poor or middle class
surroundings were being killed in a
war based on lies, and the ones who
spoke out against the war were called
unpatriotic, traitors, etc.
Im reminded of a scene that I saw
in the Michael Moore documentary
Fahrenheit 9/11, in which a woman
named Lila Lipscomb, who lost her
son Sgt. Michael Pedersen on April
2, 2003, in the Iraq War, was having a
conversation in Washington, D.C., with
a foreign woman who was against the
war and said it was for oil.
A few seconds later, a disgraceful
woman who clearly hated Moore came
up to the two of them as the tape was
rolling and said right to Lipscombs
face that her son wasnt killed and that
their conversation was being staged.
An angry Lila Lipscomb said in
tears that her son was not a stage,
that he really died and as the proud
mother of a solider walked away, the
disgraceful woman said, Blame Al-
Qaeda!!!
That incident is one example of
how divided of a nation we are because
we allow our fears and paranoia to
drive us to elect arrogant, brainless
individuals into power who take our
civil liberties away from us and who
send innocent young people off to die
in wars that are not only illegal but also
immoral.
We need to stop being the military
policeman for the world and deal with
the problems in our country before
we wake up tomorrow and see that
freedom has been stolen from us.
I applaud President Obama for his
action and I expect him, along with the
rest of America, to support the brave
ones who are coming home from war
in whatever way we they can. I also
encourage the president not to stop
with Iraq and to bring more troops
home from countries we do not need to
be in.
The real war is at home in
rebuilding a stronger and more
productive United States Of America.

Alex is a junior majoring in
communication. He enjoys going to
concerts, going to Starbucks, listening
to his Sirius Satellite Radio, going to
the movies, swimming and playing
games like UNO and Monopoly. His
favorite musicians are R.E.M., Bon Jovi,
Elton John and Kenny G. His favorite
magazines are Mother Jones, Newsweek
and Rolling Stone, which he loves to pick
up at the campus bookstore.
Iraqi troop withdrawaI
generationaI occurrence
By Mandie Rainwater
Staff writer
Tricky Rick, known as Voldemort in
social media circles, is at it again.
His entire governorship has been based
on the interests of big businesses, especially
his own, and he has decided that the rest of
the people of this fair state must prove that
they deserve to live here in every way.
First, he said that people in the most
vulnerable positions had to be further
subjugated when asking for public
assistance by paying their own money to
take a drug test.
So far, only about 35 applicants have
failed the test and 1,600 have refused to take
it.
The 1,600 arent required to say why
they wouldnt, so Scott and his camp assert
the presumed guilt of those individuals.
But this past week
a federal judge
blocked the practice
after a lawsuit
claimed it infringed
upon the rights of
individuals, namely
that it violated the
Fourth and the 14th
Amendments.
What Scotts
administration doesnt tell people about
the tests is that the information collected is
not condential and can be shared across a
whole group of institutions.
And when you shout, Who cares?
remember that most of the people in this
predicament never thought they would be
there.
I believe that when Scott thought
about this, like many afuent people do,
he assumed that everyone on welfare is an
uneducated drug abuser and wouldnt ght
him. But someone did.
That person is a veteran with two
children who cant nd a job. He is not a
drug user, but refused to be tested on the
grounds it violated his constitutional rights.
Also, before you start screaming at
the paper, when you test for a job, its not
compulsory. Companies do it to keep
certain rates and abilities, not to deny you
work. If you fail a drug test after becoming
employed, companies are required to help
you get treatment. They dont just turn you
out into the cold.
As if asking for assistance when youre
down isnt hard enough, Scott went on to
kick people some more. A new law went into
effect this past week that ties unemployed
individuals to computer and Internet
access.
They must do all unemployment
certications online, even if they dont have
a computer, and they must also take a skills
assessment test.
Not everyone can just go to a local
library, career center or friends house with
Internet; they only have so much money
and transportation becomes a factor.
And a person ling a claim has to pass
the modules of the skills assessment or
they may be deemed unemployable and
denied benets until they take classes at a
local state career center, again relying on an
assumption that they can get there.
The skills tests are applied mathematics,
reading for information and locating
information. If unemployed people fail to
certify that they have sought jobs within the
time frame the system is online, they can
also have benets halted.
All of Scotts programs rely on
assumptions that people are uneducated or
poorly educated.
So what does Scott want to do about
that? Make more cuts of course! In an
effort to make voters see the light of the
evil education system this past week, Scott
had the top salaries of state university
employees posted on his website.
He now says he wants to remove any
existing tenure programs for professors
and cut out liberal arts programs.
He has focused on anthropology, making
statements saying that we dont need more
anthropology degrees in this state.
Perhaps he is just angry with his
daughter, who has an anthropology degree
from the College of William and Mary, or
maybe he is trying to open up the job market
for her by eliminating the competition, as he
tends to do.
By asserting to college boards and
trustees all over the state that liberal arts
degrees are ineffectual in the job market
and that scholarship money should go
to more core courses known as STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics), he shows that he doesnt
value well-rounded educations.
He doesnt want to teach reading, or
English, or the arts, or history. Maybe
because he knows that if these subjects are
taught, then people can make up their own
minds. That an educated populous is not
controllable. That the subjects that teach
critical thinking, synthesis of ideas and
humanities are the exact opposite of what
he believes.
Scott got the top seat of Florida
questionably. He who shall not be named
has come in and done nothing productive
for this state or her citizens.
He has criticized the lower classes
and presumed guilt. He has hoped for
illiteracy and situations that keep people
technologically deprived in order to benet
his friends in business.
He has hoped that by exploiting the
salaries of educators he can persuade his
followers to turn on the education system
with him and kill funding to degree seekers
that will empower future generations to
ght people such as him.
He forgets that like his own daughter,
many of the nations top business people
have liberal arts degrees and they are very
successful. Dont kick people while they are
down. A cornered dog will bite.
Vote educated, my fellow Eagles.
Mandie is a junior majoring in secondary social
science education. She is married with two
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By Justin Kane
Staff writer
For seniors Holly Youngquist,
Jelena Simic and Lara Metz,
Saturday will be the last time they
play at Alico Arena.
Its awesome to see how FGCU
has grown, Youngquist said. The
last four years have been amazing.
Coach (Dave) Nichols has helped me
grow and helped the program grow.
FGCU (14-10, 7-3 A-Sun) plays a
pair of matches this weekend to end
the home schedule. Friday, they face
off against conference foe Mercer
(10-17, 3-7 A-Sun), which the Eagles
defeated in ve sets Oct. 7.
Nichols appreciates the efforts of
his seniors.
Its a big moment (the nal home
games for the seniors), Nichols said.
They are a part of the growth of
the Division I process for the whole
athletic department.
FGCU then closes out the home
schedule against Big East opponent
Villanova (15-10, 7-5 Big East). This
will be the third Big East opponent
that FGCU will face this year, and
they are 2-0 so far against the Big
East.
Weve already played some Big
East teams this year and I think they
will be the better of the [Big East]
teams, Nichols said. Itll be a great
challenge for us. They are a good
program.
Youngquist was Nichols rst
recruit when he took over four years
ago and helped bring FGCU from an
unknown school to one that is known
nationwide.
Holly (Youngquist) is my rst
four-year player and to see her
graduate is a big thing for me,
Nichols said. Lara and (redshirt
senior) Keishla Negron are also a
part of my rst class, so theres some
emotion there for me.
But after the nal home games
this weekend, there are still three
more matches before the conference
tournament.
We want to just get better every
week, Nichols said. We were very
disappointed on Saturday (a ve-
set loss to Stetson). So we want
to get back to where we are ring
on all cylinders for the conference
tournament.
We feel like were improving
in areas. Our middle attack was
much better this weekend but we
regressed in others.
After the match against
Villanova, FGCU is on the road to
Miami to face Florida International
(16-7, 8-4 Sun Belt), and then they
head up to Jacksonville to end the
season against North Florida (12-
15, 3-7 A-Sun) and Jacksonville
University (12-15, 4-6 A-Sun).
FGCU plans to be primed for a
tournament run by then.
Were nally understanding
each other and were working
together, Youngquist said. At the
beginning it was rough because we
didnt know each other. But now
everyone knows the goals we want
to accomplish and we mesh.
Our chemistry has improved
greatly since the start of the year
and thats what is going to help us
in the conference tournament,
Youngquist said.
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Staff writer
The FGCU womens tennis
team is very happy to have senior
Jen Evans leading them.
Thats because the Eagles
didnt always have her. Evans,
who left the team for personal
reasons after her sophomore
season, does not regret her
decision to leave.
It took a lot of prayer, thought
and discussions with family and
friends that helped me realize
that it was best for me to leave
the team, Evans said.
Evans returned mid-season
last year as a junior.
An Atlantic Sun All-
Conference performer her
sophomore season, Evans quickly
returned to where she left off,
finishing with an 8-5 singles
record last year, including a 5-3
mark in conference contests.
She went 7-5 (5-3 A-Sun) in
doubles play while paired with
Bibiana Almeida at No. 3.
Now, Evans is back again and
in full stride as FGCU completed
the fall portion of its schedule
Oct. 22 at the ITA Regional.
There, Evans picked up a
singles victory in the consolation
bracket.
In late September, Evans
and sophomore Gyanna Mandic
earned a doubles win against a
duo from Northern Arizona.
Evans knows it was the right
decision to return to the Eagles,
as her recent results indicate.
Coming back to the team, I
feel like this is the place for me to
be, Evans said.
Evans also says that the close
friendships she has developed
with her teammates factored into
her decision to come back.
Last year we were on a trip
at Eastern Tennessee State and
I realized what I was missing,
Evans said. Hanging out with
the girls and playing against good
schools. Just starting to play
tennis again is very exciting.
The senior leader couldnt
avoid her love for the game, a
passion that sprouted early in her
life.
I love tennis and I began
playing tennis at a young age,
Evans said. Ive always loved it,
and even when Im not playing I
still think about tennis.
When being away from a
sport for a long period of time,
its natural for an athlete to lose
some of their skills. However, this
was not the case with Evans.
It was not hard for me to
break in with the team again,
Evans said.
I knew a lot of the girls on the
team. If I was a freshman I would
have felt a little uneasy, but the
team welcomed me back.
The time away actually did
Evans good.
Evans notes that after coming
back, she witnessed a positive
change to her style of play.
The mental part of my game
is a lot better, Evans said. I can
pick up strategies and, through
my records, I played better last
year.
Evans, who still has a full
season to play, is not too sure
what she will do after she
graduates.
She cant let tennis go for
good.
Ill always play tennis
whether or not I continue to play
it seriously or not, Evans said.
Tennis is my passion.
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Senior Jen Evans (pictured) Ieft the women's tennis team after her sophomore season for personaI reasons.
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FGCU pIays a pair of matches this weekend to end its home scheduIe.
It wiII be the Iast home game for seniors HoIIy Youngquist (pictured
setting), JeIena Simic and Lara Metz.
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By Ron Lee
Staff writer
Make it two straight for the
Eagles.
The Florida Gulf Coast
University mens soccer team
ofcially clinched its second
straight Atlantic Sun regular
season title with a 4-1 victory
over North Florida last Sunday in
Jacksonville.
With only one game remaining
against non-conference foe Florida
International on Nov. 4 in Miami,
the Eagles will be post-season
bound for the rst time in school
history. FGCU had to sit out the last
four years due to a reclassication
period to NCAA Division I.
The Eagles (10-4-2 overall, 7-1-0
A-Sun) have earned the No. 1 seed
in the A-Sun tournament, which is
set to begin Nov. 9 in Johnson City,
Tenn.
Due to the seeding, FGCU
will get a rst-round bye and will
play the winner of the Belmont-
Lipscomb game.
It has been an impressive run
for coach Bob Butehorns Eagles.
FGCU is 16-1 against A-Sun
opponents the last two seasons.
FGCUs pressure attack led the
A-Sun in points with 94. They also
led the conference in assists with
36, and nished second in goals
with 29.
This team has got it done all
year with a mix of old and young.
Senior Christian Raudales leads
the team in points with 13. He
has six goals and one assist. He
is followed in the stat sheet by
freshman phenom Xavier Silva,
who is second on the team in points
with 12 and in goals with 5.
Silva has appeared in 12 of the
teams 16 games, starting the last
four. Junior Will Morse has been
the best player off Butehorns
bench. He has appeared in all 16
games for the Eagles, and is fourth
on the team in points with 10.
Morse is tied with fellow classmate
Deion Jones for second in assists
with six.
The Eagles have high
expectations for their rst post-
season.
They are satised with the No.
1 seed in the A-Sun, but they fully
expect to make a run in the NCAA
Tournament.
FGCU played a challenging
non-conference schedule early in
the season, going 1-2 against Top
25 teams.
After a 2-0 home loss against
USF on Oct. 4, a game that marked
the rst time two ranked teams
played head-to-head at FGCU, the
Eagles buckled down and went 6-1
over their last seven games.
ENSPORTS
Weekly recap
Closing the fall season
at the 2011 Atlantic
Sun Conference
Championship, the FGCU
womens cross country
team fnished seventh.
For the sixth straight
event, junior Barrie
Cohen led the Eagles,
placing 24th overall.
Mens cross
country
Womens cross
country
In the fnal competition of
the fall season, the FGCU
mens cross country team
placed eighth at the 2011
Atlantic Sun Conference
Championship.
Sophomore Argeo Cruz
and classmate Gilbert
Chemaoi fnished 25th
and 26th, respectively.
The FGCU womens
basketball team will host
an exhibition against
Eckerd on Saturday
at 11 a.m. FGCU will
ofcially open the
2011-12 season at Seton
Hall on Nov. 11. The
defending Atlantic Sun
regular season champs
are picked to fnish frst
in A-Sun preseason
polls. Also, the Eagles
earned the No. 8 spot
in the frst edition of the
2011-12 CollegeInsider.
com Womens Basketball
Mid-Major Top 25 poll,
announced on Tuesday.
Womens
basketball
Mens
basketball
The FGCU mens
basketball team will
host an exhibition game
against Saint Leo on
Saturday at 8 p.m. Under
frst-year coach Andy
Enfeld, the Eagles are
predicted to fnish eighth
in Atlantic Sun preseason
polls. FGCU will ofcially
open the 2011-12 season
at TCU on Nov. 11.
Men's soccer cIinch reguIar season titIe,
No. I seed in AtIantic Sun tournament
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The FGCU men's soccer team cIinched its second straight ASun reguIar season titIe on Sunday. The EagIes
earned the No. I seed in the ASun tournament, set to begin Nov. 9 in Johnson City, Tenn.
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Womens soccer hosts rst post-season game
By Zach Gibbons
Senior staff writer
Last weekend, the Atlantic
Sun Tournament womens soccer
semifinal matches which will
both be hosted at the FGCU
Soccer Complex this Friday
were set after two upsets.
No. 1-seeded FGCU, which
earned a bye, will play its first
ever post-season game at 7 p.m.
Friday against No. 5 UNF.
UNF upset No. 4 Belmont last
weekend.
In the other semifinal, No. 6
Mercer will play No. 2 ETSU at 4
p.m Friday.
The winner of both games will
compete Sunday for the A-Sun
Championship at 1 p.m.
The A-Sun champion earns
an automatic bid into the NCAA
tournament.
In the regular season matchup
between FGCU and UNF, the
Eagles came away with a 4-0
victory.
Senior midfielder Gina
Petracco scored two goals, and
freshmen forwards Melissa
Arnold and Shannen Wacker
each scored one goal to give
FGCU the win.
The Eagles know that it may
be hard to pull off a second win
against UNF.
Its new for us, because weve
never had to do that (play the
same team twice in one season),
said Jim Blankenship, FGCU
coach.
Thats probably the biggest
difference in this (A-Sun
Tournament). You have to re-
beat teams. There are so many
elements that play into that. The
revenge factor and one team not
playing as well as they could have
the first time. Regardless of what
happened the first time this is the
one that counts.
Senior middle forward
Gina Petracco agreed with
Blankenship.
Itll be a harder game,
Petracco said.
They lost to us and they
thought it was an unfair game.
They didnt bring their best, so
theyre going to come with their
best game.
The bye week helped FGCU
curb lingering issues from a 1-0
loss to Belmont that ended the
regular season.
This past week and a half
weve buckled down and tried
to take into consideration our
loss last weekend, to get back to
the way we were playing before,
said Melissa Arnold, freshman
forward.
Weve been training a lot
harder and trying to get back into
the swing of things technically
and just playing together as a
team instead of breaking down
and trying to play as individuals.
FGCU hopes to exploit its
home-field advantage in hosting
the tournament for the first time.
Its nice to be at home and
kind of in our own comfort zone,
Blankenship said. I think its
been good, but its only going to
be great if we take advantage of
what happens Friday night.
In order to pull off a victory
and move on to the championship
on Sunday it will be important for
the Eagles to maintain focus and
come out fast.
I think we became a little
overconfident against Belmont
and they slipped a goal by us,
Petracco said.
We just need to do our thing
as a team and focus on ourselves
and not what they do. Then we
will be able to get the ball in the
back of the net.
UNF might have an early
advantage as they worked
off nerves in the tournament
quarterfinals last weekend.
UNF will definitely have the
mentality of playing (before),
Arnold said.
We need to come out fast and
score first, so we can show them
that even though we got a break
were still as ready as they are.
Staying focused will allow
FGCU to play for the A-Sun
Championship and a spot in the
NCAA tournament.
It would be really amazing,
Petracco said.
As a senior, to go out with
a winning season and to play in
the finals for conference would
just be a great season-ender,
and a great way to leave FGCU
athletics.
By EagIe News Staff
The Atlantic Sun became the rst NCAA
conference to declare sand volleyball a
championship sport this past Thursday when
the sport was approved for conference play.
FGCU, Jacksonville, Mercer, North Florida
and Stetson will compete for the A-Sun title this
spring. Jacksonville will host the rst A-Sun
volleyball tourney April 20-22.
The nal vote came at the annual Presidents
Council meeting in Atlanta.
Fifteen schools will sponsor sand volleyball
this spring.
FGCU volleyball coach Dave Nichols will
also coach the sand team.
In January 2010, through the legislative
process, the NCAA Division I membership
added sand volleyball to its list of emerging
sports for women, effective for the 2011-12
school year.
The sand volleyball season will be opposite
the traditional court volleyball season with
spring competition.
Team competition will feature 10 players
teamed in ve sets of pairs.
As an emerging NCAA sport, the Division I
membership allows 10 years to land a minimum
of 40 teams.
If the minimum sponsorship target
is met, the membership can consider the
implementation of an NCAA Championship for
sand volleyball.
According to the most current list compiled
by the Sand Committee of the AVCA D1
Head Coaches Committee, the A-Suns ve
participants make up one-third of the teams
committed to sponsoring a team for the 2012
season.
That list also includes Cal State University
at Long Beach, Pepperdine, the University
of Southern California, the University of
Hawaii, Florida State University, the College
of Charleston, the University of Alabama
at Birmingham, Tulane University, Florida
Atlantic University, Florida International
University, and Webber International (NAIA).
Georgia State University has a l s o
conrmed its intent to sponsor a team in 2013.
To start, sand volleyball will not be a
scholarship sport.
Eagle News will report more on this
developing story as it breaks.
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No. Iseeded FGCU wiII pIay its hrst ever postseason game at 7 p.m. Friday against No. 5 UNF at the FGCU Soccer CompIex.
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