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Housing Rates

Rise $
At the Board of Trustees meeting
Tuesday,
members
approved
increasing housing rates $15 to $115
per semester for their rental unit,
depending on the unit type.
Lauren Schuetz, student body
president, was the only trustee to vote
against the increase.
FGCU can currently house 3,678
students. A bulk of that, 919 beds,
were added last year. Palmetto Hall
added 415 beds in South Village and
West Lake Village was dubbed campus
property with the purchase of College
Club and the addition of 504 beds.
But the housing empire will
continue to grow. The master plan
for South Lake Village calls for 3,300
residents, according to information
provided in the supplement document.
It is anticipated that there will
be at least three to four more housing
projects of approximately 1,500 beds
to construct in South Village, the
document states.
Those beds arent cheap.
The university housing debt now
exceeds $180 million, according to
information provided in the supplement
document. Additional new housing
and added debt are expected in the
years to come as enrollment continues
to grow, the document states.

Now approved, it will be the rst

time rental rates have increased in
South Lake Village since 2009. North
Lake Village prices have not gone up in
the last year.
Its sad for students that dont
have a car, like me, and have to pay
the increase, said Rosa Mendoza, a
senior majoring in political science and
economics.

FGCU is offering a new degree for

music students.
Tuesday morning, the Board of
Trustees approved the Bachelor of
Music Education degree program.
The new program will be added to the
College of Arts and Sciences.
The bachelor of music education
will have two concentrations,
Choral and Instrumental. It is a
reconguration of the existing bachelor
of arts music-education program.

Admission to the existing B.A.

music-education program will be
suspended until fall 2012, when the new
degree becomes part of the university
catalog. The existing B.A. musicperformance major will remain as an
option for prospective and current
students.
The primary purpose for the
reconguration of this degree regards
graduates from the present B.A. in
music-education program who are not
certied to teach, the action reads.
This places current program
graduates at an extreme disadvantage

This increase will denitely have

an impact on my lifestyle and whether I
choose to live on campus next year.
The same action item would make
housing contracts in West Lake Village
a full 12-month contact. The proposed
contract period would begin at
beginning of fall semester 2012 and end
at the end of summer B 2013 semester.

when applying for teaching positions

as compared to other candidates who
earn certication upon graduation.
The new music degree is
important, said university provost
Ron Toll. It will allow for immediate
certication as music educators.
Its a more powerful degree, if you
will. Its just good all the way around,
Students who were studying music
and education had to go through extra
certication processes, and the new
major will eliminate that step.
FGCU is currently seeking
accreditation for the program through

NASM, the National Association of

Schools of Music.
Accreditation from NASM is
extremely important to us. It basically
puts us in a stronger position, Toll
said.
Currently, 74 students are enrolled
as majors in the B.A. in musiceducation degree.
These students could transition into
the B.M.E. or complete requirements
under the present degree.
The B.M.E. is the only education
degree program in music available to
incoming or transfer students.

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Harry Chapin Food Bank:

Join Team FGCU Cares for the
WINK News Feeds Families 4th
Annual Hunger Walk at Miromar
Outlets on Jan. 21 at 8:30 a.m.
Register at www.harrychapinfb.
dojiggy.com and click on Find
a Team, 2012 FGCU Cares.
For only $5, receive an FGCU
Cares T-shirt. If you raise $50
or more, you also receive a long
sleeve T-shirt. Contact Jo Anna
Bradshaw at jbradshaw@fgcu.
edu with any questions.
Great
Prostate
Cancer
Challenge: Need volunteers
on Jan. 20, 27, and 28 for setup,
handing out fliers, collecting
supplies,
decorating,
and
assisting with parking. Contact
Sara Geist (FGCU alumni) at
sgeist@rtsx.com or call 239-2842679.
American Cancer Society:
Help decorate from Jan. 1820. Also need volunteers for
the Cattle Barons Ball on Jan.
21 at 5:30 p.m. to help with
registration and the gaming
section. Wear your cowboy hat,
blue jeans and white shirt to this
fun event! Free food by Jasons
Deli. Cleanup help needed on
Jan. 22. Contact Tamsyn Pyper
at tepyper@gmail.com.
Jr. First Lego League: Need
engineering students on Jan. 28
at Edison State College to help
children ages 6-9 build a model
using LEGO elements. Contact
Kimberly Verblaauw, Mariner
High School Assistant Principal
at KimberlyAV@LeeSchools.Net
or 239-772-3324.
Supporting
Independent
Young Adults (SIYA): Help
the kick-off event at Paseo Fort
Myers Village Center on Jan. 29.
Contact Lori Burke at lorib@
siyacommunity.org or call 239206-3294.
CCMI: Looking for hosts and
assisting donation bid sheets
at the Galloway & Friends 9th
Annual Soup Kitchen Benefit on
Jan. 31 from 5 - 9 p.m. Volunteers
wear white shirts, black pants
and comfortable shoes. Apron
and instructions provided at
arrival. Contact Lisa Cronin
at Lisa@ccmileecounty.com or
239-332-0441.
The
Golisano
Childrens
Museum of Naples: Help out

at the newly opened museum.

Contact
Lindsay
Flanagan
Huban at lflanagan@cmon.org
or 239-514-0084.

Sustainable
Living
and
Interconnected
Education
(SLIE): This new nonprofits
first goal is making the property
more green. They have gardens
planned, compost sections, rain
barrels and hopefully some
tilapia fish farming. This is just
the beginning; so much of what
needs to be done will be decently
challenging
labor,
digging,
building raised garden beds,
constructing water-capturing
vessels and their gutters. They
welcome any and all people with
what they like to call a green
brain, which is anyone with
thoughts of doing something
to positively improve the world
we live in rather than feed off of
and destroy it. Contact Hunter
Preston at slieinc@yahoo.com
or 239-245-3250.
Heartland Gardens: Did you
know that FGCU alums started
this nonprofit? They have a 1,700
square-foot raised labyrinth and
theyre landscaping the entire
acre with edible plants. Help
with your financial expertise,
business background, economic
background,
bookkeeping
and data entry skills, public
relations or communications
background, or assist with
newsletters, e-blasts, or grant
writing. Contact Andrea at
andrea@heartlandgardens.org
or call 239-689-4249.
CREW Land & Water Trust:
Organize/lead CREW hikes.
Contact Deb Dorsett Hanson at
eecrew@earthlink.net or 239657-2253 or cell 239-229-1088.
Calusa Nature Center &
Planetarium:
Numerous
opportunities! Contact info@
calusanature.org or call 2753435.
Rookery Bay: The Estuary
Explorers 4th Grade Program
needs volunteers to teach
either the oyster or plankton
lab section of the class every
Tuesday,
Wednesday
and
Thursday of each week from
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please pack
your lunch. The dates are Jan.
25, Feb. 14 and 15, March 27 and
April 12. Call 239-417-6310.

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. No
shorts or tank tops. Bring water.
Wear sunscreen. Bring work
gloves if you have them. Looking
especially for groups of students
on Fridays. No last minute
requests. Give 4-5 day lead
time. If you commit and then
cant make it, give notice. Be on
time. Email Sally Richardson at
srichardson@naplesgarden.org.
ECHO: (Educational Concerns
for Hunger Organization) is a
non-profit, inter-denominational
Christian organization that
exists for one major reason,
to
help
those
working
internationally with the poor
be more effective, especially in
the area of agriculture! To help,
send an email to echo@echonet.
org.
Lucky Parrot: Love animals?
Service ranges from gardening
and building to public relations,
graphic design, and fundraising;
either a few hours or many.
Email Amy Towne at atowne@
fgcu.edu or leave a message at
239-590-7376.

FGCU Athletics: Numerous

opportunities with game day
operations. Serve as ushers for
basketball, baseball, softball,
and timers for swimming and
diving. Contact Will Pitt at
wpitt@fgcu.edu or 239-5907055.
Dress for Success: Do you
love posting on Facebook,
have a passion for marketing,
send email blasts, or want to
update a website? Dress for
Success promotes the economic
independence of disadvantaged
women to thrive in work and
in life. Contact Barbara Dell at
swflorida@dressforsuccess.org.
PACE Center for Girls: Help a
girl find her path. Math tutors
needed for at-risk girls ages 1217. Contact Barb Stevens at 239245-2366 or Barbara.Stevens@
pacecenter.org.
The Rushman-Micah Angel
Foundation: Help update the
RMAF website and Facebook
page and work from home.

Contact Barbara Brown at

rmaf32@yahoo.com or 239-2162363.
SWFL
Youth
Basketball:
Looking for athletic-minded
students to coach competitive
league basketball programs
for boys and girls ages 5-17.
Minimum hourly requirements
for coaches are 90 minutes per
week for practice and one hour
on Saturdays for games. For
interest in running the score
books and clocks, Saturday
and
Sunday
leagues
are
available. Contact Dave Smith
at swflyouthbasketball@yahoo.
com or 239-267-7922.
Brookes
Legacy
Animal
Rescue: Numerous animal
care
opportunities
and
adoption events. Email admin@
brookeslegacyanimalrescue.org
or tara@deltafamilycounseling.
com.
M.C. Library Education Center
Corp (MCCLECC): Assist with
library, food bank, after-school
program, internet radio and
adult services. Contact info@
mclecc.org or call 239-288-5349
x200 or x217.
FGCU Center for Academic
Achievement: Need tutors
in math, biology, chemistry,
organic chemistry, physics,
economics, statistics, and Intro.
to Psychology. Applicants must
have earned a B+ or higher in
the course they desire to tutor
and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or
higher. Paid students are not
eligible to earn service-learning
hours. Contact Frank Graceffo
at 239-590-7992 or by email at
fgraceff@fgcu.edu.
YMCA: Help coach basketball,
soccer, flag football or assist
with events. Contact Lisa at
lisaw@leecountyymca.org.
The Quality Life Center:
Want to help kids with their
homework? Contact Angela
Pena at 239-334-2797.
Abuse
Counseling
&
Treatment (ACT): Second Act
Thrift store needs help. The
benefit of volunteering is a 50
percent discount! Also need
someone to help this nonprofit
agency with a marketing plan
for two to three months. Contact
Honara Jacobus at hjacobus@
actabuse.com or 239-939-2553.

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Saturday Jan. 7 at 1:07 p.m.:

UPD confiscated a keg and a
fake keg from student housing
building Sandpiper.

smoke out of, potpourri papers

and a grinder. All items were
confiscated and turned over to
judicial affairs.

Sunday Jan. 8 at 3:13 p.m.: A

student reported her bike stolen
outside of student housing
building Marlin. She told officers
that she left it locked up at the
bike rack on Dec. 15 but when
she came back from winter
break it was gone. Officers have
been unable to locate the bike.

Monday Jan. 9 at 3:55

p.m.: Marijuana and drug
paraphernalia was confiscated
from two rooms inside Palmetto
Hall.

Monday Jan. 9 at 12:29 a.m.:

A drug search was conducted
in Biscayne Hall and officers
recovered three glass pipes,
two plastic bags containing
marijuana, a glass jar used to

Monday Jan. 9 at 6:45 p.m.:

Two glass pipes, a digital scale
and green marijuana stems
were confiscated from a room in
Everglades Hall by UPD.
Tuesday Jan. 10 at 11:58 a.m.:
A professor called officers to
report a suspicious person
described as a large white male

with dark curly hair and a thick

accent walking around door to
door in Academic Building 8
asking to purchase books. UPD
could not locate the man.
Thursday Jan. 12 at 6:57
p.m.: Several calls were made
to UPD regarding a car crash
involving a large wild boar.
FWC was contacted but advised
they do not handle those type
of situations. The wild boar
suffered severe injuries and
animal services advised to put
the animal down. The vehicle
had minor damages to its
front bumper but none of the
passengers were injured. The
animal was removed and the
scene was cleared.

The Police Beat is compiled by

Eagle News staff from public logs
available at the University Police Department. Police Beat is
not associated with the UPD. All
suspects are innocent until proven
guilty by a court of law.

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Next month, FGCU will be

losing one of its own.
Not permanently, however, and
it will be for a good cause.
Last November, anthropology
professor and one of FGCUs
founding
faculty
members,
Professor Michael McDonald, was
selected as FGCUs latest Fulbright
Scholar.
The Fulbright Scholarship is
an educational cultural exchange
program sponsored by the U.S.

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Department of State. It is meant to

provide cross-cultural experiences
and
research
opportunities
for
American
university
professors and students and their
international counterparts.
To date, FGCU has had four
Fulbright Scholars who have
traveled to countries such as
China, Qatar, and Germany.
To be considered for the
Fulbright Scholarship, one must
submit an application package
along with a project proposal.
In the case of McDonald, he will
be traveling to the University of

Zadar in the Republic of Croatia,

located in Central Europe.
I think these trips are great
fun, McDonald said. To go and
live in a new place and to meet
new people and experience a new
culture.
In Croatia, his primary
responsibility will be to teach
students at the university the
same subject that he teaches here:
the anthropology of food, which
includes how food is produced,
distributed, and developed.
While there, he will also pursue
his own ethnological research

regarding food behaviors, allowing

him to compare it to the work he
has done in Central America and
in other parts of the world.
Outside of the work, McDonald
looks forward to enjoying his
overseas experience on a more
personal level.
The experience will also benet
him and his students here at FGCU
greatly on a professional and
academic level.
My subject is to teach students
about other parts of the world,
and every year I take students to
Guatemala or another country in

Central America, he said.

This is a chance for me to learn
something about another part of
the world and to use those images
and examples in my lectures and as
points of contrast in my writing,
McDonald said.
McDonald also feels that
trips such as this freshen up his
repertoire of information.
He will be staying in Croatia
through July before returning to
Florida.

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Longboarding around campus

has been a pastime at many college
campuses for years, and at FGCU,
it has become indispensible to
students trying to get to class on
time.
Longboarding is the fastest
and easiest way to get to class,
said sophomore Arantza Calligari,
who longboards to almost all of her
classes from the dorms.
Riding on a longboard gets
you there just as fast as a bike, but
doesnt take up the whole sidewalk
or add another ve minutes to your
travel because you have to tie it
up, she said.
Some students are concerned
with the skill level needed to ride a
longboard.
Its different than riding a
regular skateboard because it is a
much smoother ride and is made
for distance, said junior Nick
Boudreau.
Longboards gained popularity
on the streets of California and
were originally made for beach
regulars and surfers who just
wanted to cruise through the hills
to get to the coast. Longboards
have taken off in big cities and
are now a popular xture in many
college dorm rooms.
The longboard is much more
exible and easier to learn to ride
than a traditional skateboard made
for tricks and technical moves.

It also seems to be a favorite for

students because they can beat the
lines at the buses.
I know that if I wake up late,
theres no way Im getting to class
on time via the buses, Calligari
said. I grab my board and Im on
campus in less than ve minutes,
you cant beat that!
Another added bonus for
longboarders is that they can
always pick up the board and walk
into their classrooms rather than
having to tie up a bike.
It seems that longboards are
an efcient way to get around, but
some students claim there are
downfalls.
Plenty of students have
complained
that
they
feel
somewhat threatened by the
amount of longboarders that
nearly collide with them on their
way to classes.
I prefer to walk to class from
the dorms and am continuously
forced to move off the sidewalk
because someone on a longboard
is zooming by way too fast, said
junior Kristen Kamen. Ive
actually seen people not get out of
the way in time and get hit.
Although some pedestrians
nd the longboarding trend a bit
annoying and dangerous, it seems
to have caught on at FGCU.
Many students are choosing
longbarding as an efcient way to
get to class. With a rapidly growing
student body, there is growing
congestion on campus and many

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students opt to grab a board and

cut the crowds.
Occasionally, students living in
the dorms nd themselves rushing
to get to campus. These students
sometimes drive and park in the
garages, which is prohibited and
can lead to a pricey ticket.
As evidence of this growing
trend, there is now a longboarding
club. This club meets up and skates
around campus to have fun and
meet new people.
Justen Ortiz is an avid
longboarder
from
British
Columbia, Canada, who tours
college campuses in the United
States to promote longboarding.
Longboarding isnt just a good
way to get around campus, it brings
people together, Ortiz said. There
are tons of clubs at universities
these days. At every event you go
to, you see the same people and
it turns into one big family with
familiar faces everywhere you go.
Ortiz
feels
that
there
are
additional
benets
to
longboarding.
Longboarding is a great way
to exercise and meet new people,
he said. I encourage anyone with
basic balance and athleticism to
give it a try!

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University campuses are often

considered to be places where free speech
is valued. They offer a mixture of varying
cultures and perspectives, and students
are frequently confronted with a plethora
of conflicting opinions and ideas.
These traits of a university were
emphasized Jan. 17 when four Christian
speakers stood in the Student Plaza
and on the Library Lawn and shouted
a variety of loud proclamations to the
students passing by. These assertions
included claims such as, Allah cannot
save you. Mohammed cannot save you.
Buddha cannot save you, and, If you are
fornicating, you are living in sin. Your sin
separates you from God. When you are
separated from God, Hell awaits you.
David and his wife, Doris, were two of
the speakers, and preferred not to disclose
their last name.
David feels that college campuses are
a particularly important place for the
importance of the Bible to be emphasized.
They are like Las Vegas; they are Sin
City, he said.
David, who has visited approximately
20 college campuses, claims that they do
not expect to accomplish anything simply
by shouting at students as they walk by.
That talking is to draw a crowd, so the
other three of us can talk to people about
the Bible, he said.
Doris said that college campuses are
an important place to speak out because
of the vulnerable state of college students.
They are full of young, impressionable

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-Doris
Woman preaching on the library
lawn Tuesday

people who are inquisitive, she said.

They want to experiment and know more
about what the world is made up of.
Living in fornication, drunkenness,
and masturbation is living in sin. We want
to expose those sins. We are all born in
innocence. Sin is a choice of the will.
David and Doris are not affiliated with
any particular church.
If you asked the devil what he would
change about religious systems, he would
say, Absolutely nothing, said David, who
believes that churches have a negative

impact on society and spirituality.

Churches are run by an organization,
and the only organization that I honor is
Jesus Christ himself.
David suggests that people read the
Bible, but that they ask God for guidance
before doing so.
Doris shares her husbands disdain for
institutionalized religion.
Jesus never taught religion. He simply
said, Repent and follow me, she said.
We are here because we want to put out
the good news: Sin will bring you to hell.
Jonathan Cohen, a senior doublemajoring in criminal forensics and
criminal justice, feels that there was more
to the demonstration than convincing
students to read the Bible.
Its a stunt. They want a lawsuit. They
want someone to get so upset that they
can get a lawsuit out of it. The intention
here is just to get someone to hit one of
them they really do it for money, said
Cohen, who describes himself as Jewish,
but not particularly religious.
Tyler Mitchem, a sophomore majoring
in marketing who describes himself
as a Christian who attends a nondenominational church, was no more
sympathetic to the speakers.
I dont think its right for them to come
and condemn us, Mitchem said. Youre
not supposed to go out and force this upon
other people.
Matthew Woodward, a senior majoring
in history, supports the message of the
speakers, but feels that they are going
about it the wrong way.
Their message wasnt from a spirit of
love. I know that I dont necessarily live

the way I should. Im human.

I dont want them to think that nobody
supports or believes in what theyre doing.
But they should have a little more tact in
the way they go about things and their
methods, Woodward said.

A6 NEWS EAGLE NEWS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18

EDITOR: VERONICA VELA NEWS@EAGLENEWS.ORG

It may get dark early, but the librarys

lights are staying on.
The Library Hours Extension Bill
passed Tuesday in Student Government
Senate, maintaining the 1:00 am closing
hour.
This is huge, said Student Body
President, Lauren Schuetz.
The bill, which was originally
proposed late last semester, had been
delayed several times after the need for
verification of financial calculations had
become a reoccurring issue.

One of the biggest changes to the

bill this semester was the split financial
responsibility between the Student
Government
and
FGCU
allocated
accounts. Previously, if a bill to extend the
librarys hours reached senate and was
passed, it was solely the responsibility
of Student Government to pay for the
changes.
Now, the $12,720 bill is being cut in two.
It just shows how committed (FGCU)
is and we are, said Schuetz. In the past
student government always paid.
Prior to voting, Senator Eddie Livesay,
one of the authors for the bill, urged his
fellow senators to pass it. He said that

passing the bill takes them one step closer

to getting the library to stay open 24 hours
one day down the road.
The bill passed unanimously.
The Hours will continue through the
spring semester.

As a new semester begins, FGCUs

Interfraternity Council is ready for spring
recruitment to take place.
Although sorority recruitment will not
take place until fall, there is still a chance
for students to join a fraternity this
semester.
Recruitment starts this week, when
there will be tabling on campus in the
plaza and the breezeways. It will end

Jan. 28 around noon when all bids will be

turned in.
Kolve Byrd, president of the IFC,
said that spring recruitment is a second
opportunity for students interested in
joining a fraternity.
Spring rush is kind of a warm-up for
fall. We have recruitment in the spring
because there are guys who express
interest in the fall but want to settle down
first, Byrd said.
FGCUs IFC is comprised of six
fraternities: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa

Alpha Order, Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha,

Kappa Sigma and Lambda Chi Alpha. For
Lambda Chi Alpha, which was brought to
campus this past fall; it will be their first
recruitment.
There is no specific number of students
being accepted into each fraternity
during spring recruitment. However, the
numbers should be higher than last year
as a result of FGCUs growing population.
We dont have quotas. The spring
pledge classes are typically a lot smaller,
but we experienced an increase in the fall

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and Im expecting it in the spring, said

Byrd.
If one is debating whether or not to
participate in spring recruitment, Byrd
recommends giving it a try.
I would say you have nothing to lose.
We are trying to build leaders on campus.
It has enriched my college experience and
is one of the best choices Ive ever made.
If you are interested in participating
in spring recruitment, visit the tables on
campus on Jan. 17.

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Bringing together aspects of reggae,

hip hop, rock, jazz, funk, and many other
music genres, the band Common Ground
has been playing its unique style of music
throughout Southwest Florida.
Together as a band for a year and a
half, the five members of Common Ground
show much dedication and passion for
their music, and have been attracting
many fans.
We started as friends getting together
to play reggae music and after a few
changes we formed the band to what it is
today said Robby Donnelly, lead guitarist.
When it comes to the transition of being
simply friends to becoming a well-known
band in the area, the members share that
it is not easy to be a self-managing band,
however, they all contribute in order to
grow as a team.
Having a band is a lot like having a
family. We consider ourselves a second
family, said Nick Grim, trombone player.

Twitter, Facebook and emails ...

oh my! There are so many sites and
social networks today that it is no
wonder that people are sometimes
having a hard time keeping track of
them.
With too many things going
on and so little time, forgetting
passwords and keeping our online
world neat and tidy gets a little
stressful.
This is where a brand new
website set to debut in March,
designed to put all our online stuff
together on one deck, comes in to
save the day.
MyComingle.com brings in
sites such as Twitter, Facebook,
and Linked In together, says Steve
Bryson, vice president of Internet
Marketing at MyComingle. This
way you can easily bounce from one
site to the other.
This site will allow you to check
and respond to your emails, tweets,
and pokes from one spot, and will
even include a calendar and RSS
feeds, so you can see and also share
up to date news from everywhere to
anyone on your pages.
We even have an aggregated
search feature, which allows users
to search not just with Bing, but also
with Google, Bryson said.

There are definitely rough spots but

we all have to continue to grow and accept
our mistakes, move past it and work on it.
It is an ever-evolving learning experience,
Grim said.
The basic foundation of Common
Ground is unity and acceptance of
diversity. We all come from very different
backgrounds and carry different music
influences, bringing it all together in
music, said Lance Anderson, bass player.
Their main inspirations are artists such
as Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles,
SOJA, Passafire, Bob Marley, Slightly
Stoopid, The Movement, and many others
The music that we play is a result of
all the different music backgrounds that
each member has and brings to the group,
Eddie Kopp, drum player, added in.
The group shares that the name
Common Ground refers to all the diversity
found within the band members, as well as
in their fans.
Their concerts attract not only high
school and college students from the area,
but also many older people who enjoy

You can also have people

organized either by rst and last
name.
And the best part: The site is
free.
MyComingle makes sure all
accounts are active, and also allows
you to view which email accounts

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not only their music style but also their

energy.
Our fans vary from the ages of 2 to 87
years old, and they all come out to watch
us, Anderson said.
The band explains that time
management is a challenge, especially
because the members have other
occupations and jobs, but they overcome
the difficulties in order to come together
to practice and make it happen.
We all try to bring as much stuff to the
table as we can, and we put it all together
just like a piece of art, a masterpiece,
Anderson said.
The boys have many funny stories from
the road when traveling through Florida.
We burned about nine tires of our
trailer; it has golf cart tires on it. Another
time the vans engine blew up, singer
Kevin Beattie said.
Common Ground currently has an
EP with five songs, one official video clip
on YouTube and T-shirts of the band for
purchase.
The group is working on getting a

you want to see if you only want to

see a few, or even all of them.
Just like emails, you can view the
people and prole activity you want
through this website, and allows
you to comment on a persons post
from there.
If youre wondering how this

full-length record out, a tour for summer

time throughout the East Coast, as well as
another video clip.
The boys share that they truly want to
reach the FGCU students and community,
especially those who believe that Fort
Myers does not have a lot of attractions.
Common Ground shows the public
otherwise.
They display a lot of energy and a
good relationship with the audience
while performing, as they play very
enthusiastically entertaining the public.

The band performs every Wednesday at

The Beached Whale in Fort Myers Beach
and every Thursday at Stevie Tomatoes in
Fort Myers at 10 p.m.
You can check out more from
Common Ground on Facebook.com/
OfficialCommonGround, where you can
see their official video clip, Live It, on
YouTube, or find their EP Cultivate
available on iTunes.

came to be, as it turns out, one of

the reasons this site was created
is in response to the younger
generation.
A few of our senior board
members were meeting, and
they were listening to kids
talking, Bryson said. They

were complaining about having

to keep up with everything on
their favorites page, so we asked
ourselves, Why not come up with
something to help? There has to be
a better way.
With MyComingle, everyone
will be able to keep organized.
Organization was denitely a
key in this process, but so was being
able to make social networking
easier for everyone, especially when
they are on the go, Bryson said.
This will denitely be a benet
to everyone, especially college
students who are always moving
and doing something.
Currently in beta, the expected
release date is March 1.
We are currently working on
the mobile version, Bryson said,
and everything seems to be going
smoothly, so the date should be set.
MyComingle
is
currently
looking for a college captain for
a program they wish to start here.
For more information or if you have
questions, contact Steve Bryson at
steve@mycomingle.com. Also look
for the advertisement on Youtube
simply by searching MyComingle in
the search engine.
MyComingle will keep all from
suffering from social fatigue that
we all have succumbed to at one
point or another, so look for this site
at a computer near you March 1.

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Your Tunes

What are you listening to?

Miranda Gallagher
Sophomore
Elementary education
1. Im Only Me When Im With You
by Taylor Swift
2. If Everyone Cared by Nickelback
3. Hicktown by Jason Aldean
4. Last Name by Carrie Underwood
5. Every Mile a Memory by Dierks
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of the week

Many ways to better yourself in 2012

With the beginning of a
new year, there comes a time
to reevaluate our past years
habits and decide what we want
to do differently in our lives. For
most people, starting to work
out or landing a dream job are
two accomplishments we would
like to see happen. But without a
little self-motivation, we cannot
achieve the things we want to
do. So take on the challenge of
working toward a better you this
year.

BODY

Hit the Gym

Whether you want to build
muscle or tone up, you need to
actually get out there and do it.
Do it however you want: if you
need a gym buddy to motivate
you, start making friends. If you
need to make it a lone crusade of
you vs. fat, so be it.

Shuffle Your Diet

Most of us dont really like it when
PETA has a complaint against
Super Mario wearing a raccoon
suit (save our whales, PETA, but
we need acid-dropping plumbers,
too). However, try walking a mile
in their shoes: go vegan for a week
or vegetarian for two. Different
diets have different benefits, so
you might see yourself slimming
down or being more alert. If you
dont want to go full-on, cut out
soda or junk food or try buying
organic.

MIND

Learn Yerself Sumthin

Yes, thats what schools for, but
we all know how monotonous and
sometimes pointless some classes
can be. So, find something youre
interested in and pursue it at
your leisure. Its great to learn.
Philosophy
Chances are, you havent
experienced the world firsthand.
The highs and lows of optimism

and cynicism, wealth and

poverty, and apathy and hard
work vary greatly over the Earth.
Get out of your bubble and make
your views on life come from true
experience, not a classroom.

might just be bad people that

you view through rose-colored
glasses. Youve already lost touch
with at least one friend; whats
the harm in speeding up and
controling the process?

Empathy
Its easy to hate someone,
but its very hard to understand
anyone. Many issues in life can be
resolved simply by taking a step
back and getting the other side of
the story.

PROFESSIONAL

SOCIAL

Prune Your Friends List

No one has 500 friends in real
life, so why should anyone have
that many on Facebook? Do you
really need to know that your
creepy uncles son-in-law passed
the MCAT?
Prune Your Actual Friends
It might seem cold-hearted,
but not every friend is worth it.
Some are bad influences, some
are holding you back, and some

Retool Your Resume

Update your work and education.
Get rid of buzzwords. Employers
are increasingly looking at
achievements, rather than fancy
phrases.
Join Some Clubs
A great way to make friends
and find new opportunities is
right on campus. Clubs also allow
you to explore fields that FGCU
may not offer or are too risky as
degrees. Like acting, but dont
want to commit to a bachelors
of theater? Join the Improv
Club. Looking for like-minded
freedom lovers? Get in with the
Libertarian Club.

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With the release of games

such as Mass Effect 3, Halo 4, and
Twisted Metal, gamers around
the world are left with their
mouths wide open and tongues
on the floor.
Mass Effect 3, a game
developed by Bioware Studios,
continues the saga of Commander
Shepard and his final bout with
the Reapers to save the earth and
the entire universe from total
annihilation. Rated M, it will be
released on March 6, 2012.
Halo 4, being carefully cradled
by its manufacturer 343 Studios,
leaves off right where Halo 3
ended with the Master Chief and
his A.I. Cortana spiraling into an
unknown forerunner world. Not
much is known about the game
right now since 343 is keeping
most of the details tightly under
wraps. Halo 4 is not yet rated
and will be released this holiday
season 2012.
Twisted Metal is a game
developed by Sony entertainment
and directed by David Jaffe, who
is the creator of the original,
Twisted Metal and the God of
War. This game revolves around
one thing and one thing only:
complete and utter chaos.

In the primary single player

campaign, the players main
objective is to obliterate anything
in his or her way to win the prize
of one wish fulfilled, and become
the ruler of the Twisted Metal
Tournament. Twisted Metal is
rated M and will be released on
Feb. 14
But what would video games
be without their brilliant,
astonishing,
and
classy
counterparts: the consoles.
There are two known consoles
to hit the market this year,
namely the PSP Vita by Sony and
the Wii U by Nintendo.
The PSP Vita is like a
Playstation 3 but it fits in the
palm of your hand. It comes in
two forms, with WiFi or with
WiFi and 3G.
The handheld comes bundled
with a six axis motion sensor, a
five-inch OLED touch screen that
displays about 16 million colors,
a rear multi-touch pad, cross
platform play and dual analog
sticks. The PSP Vita is set to
launch in North America on
February 22, 2012.
The Wii U is Nintendos
newest console on the market.
What makes the Wii U so
different from the Wii is its
graphical overhaul and its new
tablet system. The Wii U will

have a processor that is very

similar to the Xbox 360, and will
be able to render 480i to 1080p
as opposed to the Wiis standard
480p definition.
The Wii Us tablet will
incorporate a 6.2-inch by 16.9inch touchscreen and traditional
button controls, including two
analog circle pads.
This tablet allows players to
move the picture from their TV
to their tablet a.k.a. cross play.
This fresh, new console will be
released for the 2012 holiday
season.
Around campus, heres what
students picked as their most
anticipated games and titles of
2012:
Freshman Daniel Cutting
picked the Wii U, because he
believes that Nintendo makes the
finest products on the market.
Graduate
student
Jake
Stresen-Reuters
most
anticipated game of 2012 is Max
Payne 3, because he was a big
fan of the Max Payne series while
growing up, and thoroughly
enjoyed its dark, intense and
highly emotional story line.
With the release of new
consoles and games, theres a lot
to look forward to in the world of
gaming this year.

universities they have applied to, a

series of students attempt to create
their own college. The comedy
follows the reject students as
they create a fake website, lease an
abandoned building as a campus,
and accept any student who
applies that results in hundreds of
applications.
9. Legally Blonde (2001): Elle
Woods is a girly sorority president
majoring in fashion merchandising
when her boyfriend breaks up
with her. Determined to win him
back, she applies, and is accepted,
to the law school at Harvard
University. Despite her peers
earlier assessment of her bubbly
nature, Elle succeeds and begins
deciphering a curious murder
case.
8. Wonder Boys (2000):
Michael Douglas stars in this dark
comedy as a novelist struggling to
nish the follow-up to his successful
novel. He asks two college students
to help him with his novel and with
strange infatuations, affairs, and
theft; the three get far more than
they bargained for.
7. Road Trip (2000): After

accidentally sending his girlfriend

a videotape of himself with another
girl, Josh Parker embarks on a
journey to get the tape before his
girlfriend does. Josh and his two
friends travel from New York to
Austin, Texas, and are not without
speed bumps along the way.
6. Good Will Hunting (1997):
Ben Afeck and Matt Damon star
in and wrote their breakout movie.
Matt Damon plays Will, a janitor
at MIT who just so happens to be
a mathematical genius, too. With
the help of a therapist, Will gets
through his painful past and starts
to enjoy the better things in life.
5. National Lampoons Van
Wilder (2002): Van Wilder is a
popular, seventh-year college
student who does not feel like
graduating anytime soon. Under
the threat of being kicked out, Van
proposes that he do a semesters
work in six days and take his nals
so that he will be able to graduate.
For the procrastinating student,
it takes the word cramming to a
completely new level.
4. Old School (2003): They
may not be college students but

Old School continues to be one

of the universal college classics.
Luke Wilson stars alongside
Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell as
middle-aged nobodies who form a
fraternity to keep their home. Old
School is a movie that will stand
the test of time, and its classic
lines are still being thrown around
today. Youre my boy, Blue!
3. Revenge of the Nerds
(1984): This cult classic trails
two freshman nerds as they
form a posse of dorks and begin
their own fraternity much to the
dismay of the stereotypical jocks
and cheerleaders. This lm is
the ultimate underdog story and
showed the rest of the world that
being nerdy is cool.
2. The Social Network
(2010): More of our generation,
The Social Network follows
the founder of Facebook, Mark
Zuckerberg, during the cultivation
of this monumental idea. Though
many were skeptical (a movie
about Facebook really?), The
Social Network was creative, well
written, and above all, smart.
1. National Lampoons Animal

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Movies
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1. Contraband
$28.8 million

2. Beauty and the Beast (3D)

$23.5million

3. Mission Impossible-Ghost

Protocol $14.2 million

4. Joyful Noise $13.8 million

5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of

Shadows $10.5 million
These figures are courtesy of
boxofficemojo.com.

Since
we
started
our
educational careers, the traditional
journey through college has been
consistent: Teachers challenged
us, parents monitored (or as we
liked to call it nagged), and the
partying through college was not
only a popular topic on almost
every television station, and in
movies but became real life.
Thanks to the depiction of
college through movies, fraternity
parties and silly tales of revenge
are what these movies soaked into
our perception, though not very
accurate.
It is still a favorite structure for
all of the collegiate tales. Getting
the girl and making the grade is
what it is all about in the alternate
universe where these universities
reside. The classics appeal to
everyone differently, so we have
compiled a list of the top 10 college
movies you really should have seen
by now.
10. Accepted (2006): After
being rejected from all the

House (1978): The epitome

of college life, though a little
extravagant, is seen in the classic
Animal House. The Delta Tau
Chi fraternity is at risk of being
expelled due to their low grades
and their behavior. The fraternity
decides to take matters into their
own hands, getting themselves into
all kinds of shenanigans including
the accidental death of a horse,
a rambunctious performance
of Shout!, togas, and the
bombardment of a parade. If you
have never seen this movie, hang
your head in shame in the name of
John Bluto Belushi and order it
on Netix, immediately.
The colorful characters in
all of these lms display courage
and perseverance, while proving
themselves and their unique albeit
unconventional talents.
Each of these lms, as
extreme as they may be, focuses
on life as college students and
the everlasting friendships and
experiences that you can make
during your four-, or seven-year,
track to get your degree.

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EN

On Jan. 3, as we prepared to
return to class, computer services
rolled out the new student email
system they never stopped
working over break.
The new system, which boasts
more memory and scheduling
capabilities, is a cloud-based
service that is offered by live@
edu, better known as a Microsoft
service.
At rst
I
thought
that
the
rollout, like
many other
ambitious
tech shifts,
was delayed
when I tried
for three days to update to the new
system.
Then in a ash of brilliance
(OK, more common sense than
brilliance), I cleared my cookies
and, voila ... there it was.
Before I had my epiphany
about the cookies, I had emailed
helpdesk@fgcu.edu to ask why
I couldnt upgrade, and Clinton
Nitz replied within moments with
the same suggestion about the
cookies.
The upgrade was painless,
my emails transferred to the new
system and I even had a few new
ones to boot, one of which was
my contacts list from the other
system, which I must admit I have
yet to attempt to import.
So far, I am OK with the
change. The look is appealing,
and it looks like a more modern
system. I hated the preview pane,
so I gured out how to remove
that. It took me a while to gure
out the whole conversation
grouping and how to make an
email open; sometimes being clickhappy works miracles.
The calendar function is nice.
Its similar to the Google calendar
as in you can share any or all of
it with certain people, allowing
you to coordinate study groups,

Lets
not
have
any
preconceived ideas about how
cool your Eagle News opinion
section editor is: I spend the
majority of my free time on the
Internet amusing myself by
watching YouTube videos and
reading message boards.
Months ago, when the GOP
primary race began, mentions of
the candidates naturally began
appearing on social networks.
Since the Internet isnt
particularly kind to those with
ultra-conservative viewpoints,
there were many shots against
candidates such as Michele
Bachmann and Rick Perry.
The latters Strong ad,
which was posted on YouTube
and has Perry announcing
theres something wrong in
this country when gays can
serve openly in the military but
our kids cant openly celebrate
Christmas or play in school,
currently has 746,029 dislikes

remember deadlines and even

keep up with your work schedule
if you want. Thats a nice feature.
Another good move on
computer services part was
including directions for integrating
the email with our smart phones.
I used to have to go online to the
eagle.edu website and sign in to
get my e-mail. Having it pushed to
my phone is time-saving, to say the
least.
My largest complaint is my
inability to take advantage of some
of the conveniences the system
has to offer. For example, I cant
put a permanent signature in.
At rst I thought it was
because I was using the Chrome
browser, Googles browser that
isnt compatible with FGCUs
various software, but the system
is compatible for the most part.
But, I have also tried Firefox and
Internet Explorer, and none of
them allow my settings to save.
I would like to not have to type
Thank you, Mandie Rainwater
at the end of each email.
I would also like my display
name to read Mandie, not
Amanda, but no matter how many
times I try to make it change, it
always reverts back.
All in all, I guess its going to
be ne. Nick Diemart, a junior
majoring in education, said, Its
like everything else: the more we
use it, the more used to it we will
become.
I agree. Other comments I
have heard are that it seems more
like a business-style system and
that it doesnt work on Macs. The
latter I cant conrm or deny, but
computer services wants to know
if you have any issues.

Mandie is a junior majoring in

secondary social science education.
She is married with two children and
serves on the Board of Directors of
C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention.

(compared to 25,663 likes), and

comments were disabled after
massive backlash against him.
Then the wild card took hold.
Yes, Ron Paul. The 76-yearold,
conservative-leaning,
constitution-loving libertarian
has apparently won the hearts of
the social media crowd.
Various
organizations,
including Pew Research Center
and Sociagility, have shown
that Paul has been leading the
scoreboards in social media.
Pew Research additionally found
that the majority (55 percent) of
mentions of him on Twitter were
positive.
The Washington Posts @
mentionmachine
clocked
285,147 mentions of Paul in the
past week, compared to 246,434
mentions of Mitt Romney and
128,579 of President Obama.
The Paul-ites, as some
have deemed them, arent
just supporting him theyre
aggressively defending him.
Anti-Ron Paul YouTube videos
have disproportionately negative
like bars when compared to

While the GOP primary has

turned into the sitcom Everybody
Hates Mitt in the quest to find
the true conservative for the 2012
presidential election, President
Obama has been riding high in his
first month of 2012.
The unemployment rate has
now dropped to 8.5 percent with
200,000 jobs added to the economy
in December, according to the U.S.
Labor Department.
The rate is the lowest level that
unemployment has been at in three
years. For 22 consecutive months, the
economy has added private sector
jobs, and in the past six consecutive
months alone, this country has seen
gains of at least 100,000 jobs each
month.
The U.S. Labor Department
also reported industries with solid
gains in December, including the
construction industry with 17,000
jobs, retailers with almost 28,000
jobs, transportation firms with
50,000 workers, and manufacturers
with 23,000 jobs.
In 2011, 1.6 million jobs were
added to the economy. This is an
improvement from the 940,000 jobs
added in 2010 and economists are
predicting that 2 million jobs will be
added to the economy in 2012.
President Obama proudly pointed
out this 2011 accomplishment in
a speech he recently gave to the
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau with an added detail you
wont hear on Fox News:
All together, more private sector
jobs were created in 2011 than any
year since 2005. The economy is
moving in the right direction. Were
creating jobs on a consistent basis.
Were not going to let up, not until
everybody who wants to find a good
job can find one.
This definitely sounds like the
president I voted for in 2008 and
what a refreshing trend to witness
him brag about his accomplishments
for a change. America is moving in

other videos by the same user.

Anti-Ron Paul posts on
websites have countless people
defending him, even when users
usually agree with other posts on
that given website. These people
come out of the woodwork to
support him.
President
Obama,
who
played the social media game
successfully in 2008, seems to
have lost favor to Paul, although
maybe thats because everyones
currently preoccupied with the
GOP primary.
It was last week, though, that
really got me thinking about
Pauls influence over the web. A
video I was watching on YouTube
was preceded by a 12-minute
long advertisement promoting
Paul, but what was creepy was
the introduction to it. A bunch
of Newt Gingrichs quotes and
news report clips about him were
played over jarring sound effects
and eerie music.
It was meant to illustrate
how Gingrich has shown serial
hypocrisy, and then the ad began
talking about why Paul was a

the right direction whether the GOP

nominees like it or not.
President Obama needs to
address the issue of jobs in the State
of the Union address on Jan. 24
because it is the middle class he is
fighting for and not the very wealthy
in this country, all of them who could,
without any doubt in my mind, pay
their fair share in taxes and still
be very well off. Do people really
need more than two houses to live a
comfortable life?
Mitt Romney has said more than
a few times that President Obama
has failed America, but the numbers
show otherwise, which drives
Romneys level of delusion up sky
high with the other nominees, except
for Jon Huntsman, who dropped out
anyway.
Lets also not forget that Romney
has made the claim that he added
100,000 jobs when he was at Bain
Capital,
however,
the
former
Massachusetts governor is refusing
to release his records to prove his
claim.
Even one of the Presidents
loudest critics, Sarah Palin, is
suggesting Romney release his tax
returns and the records from Bain
Capital.
Mr. Romney, the numbers dont
lie and Americans are finally finding
work, and my hope is they will
continue to do so regardless if you
win the 2012 election or not.
I also will agree with Palin for
the first time in my life and say that
unless Romney plans to call U.S.
Labor Department officials liars, I
suggest he shows us his numbers if
he wants to be known as the honest
CEO he is proclaiming to be and
not one who gets a kick out of firing
people.

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.

reliable candidate.
Maybe Im not used to
political ads,
but it was
over-thetop in its
presentation,
as
if
its
aim was to
hypnotize and
brainwash.
Pauls call
to fame is his
libertarian ethic and other key
points, including keeping us out
of wars, opposing the war on
drugs and opposing legislation
such as the Patriot Act and the
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA),
all initiatives that sound pretty
appealing.
Internet
denizens
have
embraced Paul via social media
because his ideals play directly
into the sort of landscape the
Internet is. The Internet is
fairly unregulated (at least the
United States), and people would
fight tooth and nail to prevent it
from becoming more regulated.
Particularly, online folks flock

to Pauls opposition to SOPA

because SOPA is seen as one of
the most potentially damaging
bills to Internet freedom.
Often, when discussing Pauls
faults, online commentators
will defend him by saying that
his faults arent outweighed by
the overwhelming commitment
to freedom he espouses. For a
voter base that so passionately
defends freedom on the Internet,
its clear why Paul is successful in
promoting himself through social
media.
If Paul wins the primary,
it will be a helluva showdown
between the man who previously
used social media and energized
the younger voters (Obama) and
the rising libertarian star.

Andrew is a sophomore majoring in

journalism. He enjoys exploring the
concepts of cynicism and optimism
side by side. He goes to far too many
concerts.

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EDITOR: ANDREW FRIEDGEN OPINION@EAGLENEWS.ORG

Talk Back
Spotlight
So being the daughter of a cop
and living with guns has made
you the expert? Sorry darling. I
have seen two people get shot.
One was a suicide and the other
was a cop that shot himself after
he had just been warned, by me,
about his poor gun handling
skills. When you talk about
leaving it to the professionals it
brings two things to mind. The
first being the DEA Agent that
shoots himself in the foot. Google
Google Video section to find it.
And second it makes me want
to ask you if you are responsible
for your own well being? Or are
you leaving that up to someone
else? Nice. Remember, when
seconds count, the police are only
minutes away. Oh, and can you
name ANY case in this country
of a permit holder shooting an
innocent bystander?

CHLs are trained to recognize

threats. There is no special
training to remain calm, its just
training. The student did not
obey the command to drop the
weapon. He probably began to
raise it, thats when he forfeited
his life. LEO acted appropriately.
CHL carriers are required to
only engage when a life or long
term injury is about to occur,
then machete wielder. A CHL
holder would have been justified
in shooting this student as he
posed a threat to everyone at
the school. The CHL holder
will be trained to realize if they
shoot wrongly, they WILL go
to prison for manslaughter. I
believe your article is a twisted
attempt to influence judgements
based on the authors anti-2nd
Amendment sentiments.

Ah, yes, where would we be

without our savior journalists
watching over us and advancing
the notion that they can rid our
free society of all risks, accidents,
dangers, and vulnerabilities?
Sell your guns, pack up your
steak knives, and be sure to get
stickies for your glass patio
door because with leftists there
are no dangers associated with
being disarmed and defenseless.
Youll only shoot your eye out.
Note to media: This isnt a news
piece; this is an op-ed disguised
as news and from the readers
comments you may be able to
discern that your technique is
totally ineffective.
-Jeff Buchman

@ the crazy people writing

books on here: You think a two
hour concealed weapons class
can teach you what a cop knows?
Come on! Do you think a 21 year
old student who has taken one
of these classes that emphasizes
basic gun safety, would know
what to do, besides shoot, when
there is a threat? And, most
cops are gun enthusiasts, to
think otherwise is also crazy. A
scared persons instincts will be
to shoot first and ask questions
later. While the cops that shot
that boy will always live with
the knowledge that he was just
carrying a toy, they did what they
were trained. People who carry
for the sheer feeling that they can
keep a gun on their hip are more
likely to want to play cowboy.

Concealed carriers do get

training on carrying their guns,
but they dont get the training of
negotiations. It doesnt matter if
people have a concealed permit,
who needs to carry a gun at
school? Thats the point. Yeah,
as many other commenters have
posted, cops make mistakes. I
dont think the author ever said
they were infallible. And to the
others who said this isnt a news
piece, youre right. This is in the
OPINION section of the site/
paper.
-Anonymous

-Use your brain

-Richard Connelly

-Bruce Jackson

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

In response to Brandon Wasicskos article,

Protesters want $lice of the occu-pie, not
sound economics
Why its wrong to blame Occupy
protestors:
The main message from the Occupy Wall
Street movement is that corporate greed
has inltrated government in a way that
disenfranchises the ability of all citizens to be
adequately represented.
Another message, arguably the most
appealing of the movement, is the outrage over

unethical government intervention in the most

private aspects of our lives.
Calling
the
occupy
protestors
collectivists deeply misstates the current
role of stakeholders in America. What many
libertarians ignorantly disregard is the fact
that the private sector has been allowed to
lobby Congress as collectivists themselves,
thereby reducing the power of the individual.
The legislation that passes through
Congress is largely funded by wealthy people
and corporations who associate themselves
as a class in American society that have
successfully limited the liberty of all other
individuals for their own personal gain.
Its not fair that the Occupy protestors,

the people who are brave enough to publicly

express their concerns over declining freedom,
are inaccurately being labeled as some elitist
economic vocabulary term.
In truth, the most powerful collectivists
in America are the very corporations and
religious organizations that our government
incentivizes.
If insurance companies write tort reforms,
banks write nancial reforms, corporations
write the tax code and religious organizations
write social policy, then why arent libertarians
labeling them as collectivists?
The way that some incorrectly portray
economics provides insight to the current
decline of our country as a whole. We live

Thanks to Jeffrey Haut for his thoughtful

reappraisal of the Ringling Bros. Circus.
Please allow me to point out that there are
volumes of documentation available about
Ringlings sordid history, including a former
Ringling staffers eyewitness account of baby
elephants being beaten until they give up all
hope and circus owner Kenneth Felds own

sworn court testimony that elephants are hit

with bullhooksheavy batons with a sharp
metal hook on the end.
Independent veterinarians have called for
Ringling to pull elephants who are sick and
lame off the road.
An in-depth investigative piece about the
circuss entrenched culture of cruelty ran in
the Nov./Dec. issue of Mother Jones.
In November, the circus paid a record
ne of $270,000 for violations of the Animal

Welfare Act.
Ringling has been cited repeatedly by
federal authorities for failing to provide
animals veterinary care, causing trauma and
physical harm, unsafe handling of dangerous
animals, and failure to provide adequate care
in transit.
Readers
can
review
www.
RinglingBeatsAnimals.com and judge for
themselves.

in a state where ill-contrived concepts of

capitalism have deed logic and shown utter
contempt for the essence of human life as well
as the health of our planet.
The failure of many economic experts to
comprehensively address all the components
of our economy has severely undermined
the health of our society. Of all the blame to
be passed around the table, we should never
tear down or mischaracterize those who dare
protest against discrimination in this country.
We should not allow our economy and
system of justice to be manipulated by any
entity based on the weight of their wallet. Dont
sell out on what it means to be American.

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The FGCU womens tennis

team battled with big-name
programs at its invite last
weekend in preparation for the
upcoming dual meet season.
The FGCU Eagle Invite
featured top competition in the
University of Miami, Wichita
State, FAU, Northwestern State
University of Louisiana, Stephen
F. Austin University, North
Texas, Iowa State and UNF of the
Atlantic Sun.
Miami
claimed
the
championship in both doubles
and singles.
Hurricane
sophomore
Melissa Bolivar and freshman
Liat Zimmerman earned an 8-2
win in doubles over Iowa State,
and seniors Anna Bartenstein
and Gabriela Mejia (also both
representing Miami), who are
ranked No. 15 and No. 39 in
ITA singles, competed against
each other for the singles
championship. Mejia defeated
her teammate, 7-5, 7-6, 9-7.
As for FGCU, junior Morgan
Bechtel earned the lone singles
win on the first day of the invite,
beating an opponent from
Witchita State (6-5, 7-1).
On day two, sophomore
Bettina Botha and freshman
Zhoe Solaun claimed the teams
first doubles victory over NSULA
(8-4).
Then, the Eagles went on
to earn three singles victories
with freshman Sarah Means,
sophomore Gyanna Mandic and
Botha all getting wins.
The final day of the invite
brought the Eagles two more
doubles victories, both against

FAU.
Senior Jen Evans and Means
won at No. 2 doubles while
Bechtel and Mandic won at No. 3
doubles.
FGCU coach Jennifer Gabou
was pleased with the invite
overall.
I thought this was a huge
success, Gabou said. It was
exciting to see the finals, with two
Miami players internationally
ranked as high as 15th in the
nation.
Our
team
(FGCU)
specifically, I thought they came
out, grabbed some wins, and it
was a good warm-up for the rest
of the season.
Gabou was also pleased with
Sarah Means performance.
I thought Sarah Means did an
extremely great job, Gabou said.
She won her first college match
(7-6, 7-6). She lost only by three
points the first day and shes just
a really hard fighter.
Bechtel was also happy with
her individual performance.
My singles match on the
first day I thought was a great
win, Bechtel said. I was really
excited. I won the first set 6-1,
and then she started coming back
in the second set, and I was still
able to pull it out 7-5. My doubles
win, we beat FAU. That was a
great doubles win.
The Eagles will once again
face FAU in its first dual meet
match of the spring Feb. 4. FGCU
will face UNF again March 29.
Botha and Bechtel feel that
the Eagles are capable of beating
both teams.
FAU looks OK, Bechtel said.
I think we have a great chance
of beating them this year, and
I hope we can all step it up and

Dwyane Wade says it with no

apologies. There was a time when
he thought 30 sounded old.
Now that 30 is here, it doesnt
sound so bad.
Wades 20s are over, a decade
where he was part of more than
445 wins at the college, pro and
international levels, fathered
two sons, was the MVP of the
Miami Heat run to the 2006 NBA
championship, helped the U.S.
capture an Olympic gold medal at
the Beijing Games in 2008, claimed
a scoring title, had estimated
earnings topping $100 million and
made seven All-Star appearances.
Yes, his 20s were roaring. Bring
on the 30s, he says.
I never really sit and think
about when I came in at 21 to now,
turning 30, how time has gone,
Wade said this week in an interview
with The Associated Press. I

beat them for our first match.

Botha is similarly optimistic.
I think UNF has a good team,

never really sit and think about it

because Im always moving. But
when you look at your career and
you say, Ive got more years in than
I want to have left, youve got to be
realistic with yourself. Its real. It
becomes real. So I took a little look
back.
And what did he decide after
taking that look back?
You know, you didnt do bad,
kid, said Wade, who routinely says
hed like to play in the NBA until
his mid-to-late 30s. Ill see what I
can do next.
Big-picture, Wade is still at
the top of his game, though at this
particular moment in time thats
not exactly the case. A sprained
right ankle is the most signicant
of three lower-leg maladies hes
been dealing with of late, and hes
not looking likely to play Tuesday
night when Miami losers of

but we are better, and Im looking

forward to us playing them,
Botha said. I think FAU, being

three straight open a ve-game

homestand by playing host to the
San Antonio Spurs.
It surprised no one that he
was picked Monday for USA
Basketballs pool of 20 nalists for
the 12-man roster heading to the
London Olympics this summer,
and it will surprise no one again
if hes ultimately selected for that
team. Among active players, his
career average of 25.3 points per
game for the Heat ranks third in
the league, behind only Miami
teammate LeBron James (27.7)
and the Los Angeles Lakers Kobe
Bryant (25.4). And he has blocked
nearly twice as many shots as any
other guard in the league since
entering the NBA in 2003.
Dwyane is a very smart guy,
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said
Monday. He was very mature
when he came in at 21. He didnt

our first match, itll be a good

match, and I believe we can win
it.

carry himself like a normal rookie.

But certainly, hes changed. His
experience on and off the court,
hes become a leader, hes become
a brand, hes become a positive
example for so many people.
He was also quickly labeled a
cant-miss around the league,
many coaches have said.
They were right.
Yeah, he was a ridiculous
talent, Spurs coach Gregg
Popovich said, when asked if he
saw anything early in Wades
career that tipped him off for what
the former Marquette guard would
do in the NBA. It was pretty
obvious to everybody that he was a
hell of a player. And he was a hard
worker. He had great skills, great
athleticism, understood how to
play. Everybody knew he was going
to be a great one.

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EDITOR: JOSH SIEGEL SPORTS@EAGLENEWS.ORG

Dont call it a sibling rivalry.

Siblings in the sports world have made
sports more of a family affair on Saturdays
and Sundays the past few years.
The Pouncey brothers, Maurkice and
Mike, both manned the offensive line of
the Florida Gators protecting Tim Tebow
from defensive linemen.
This Sunday, two brothers will try to
lead their teams to the Super Bowl. Jim
Harbaugh of the San Francisco 49ers and
John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens
are striving to become the first brothers to
coach against each other in a Super Bowl.
Florida Gulf Coasts swimming and
diving team now consists of siblings also.
Danielle and Maegan Butler (Orangeburg,
N.Y.) are now together after little sister
Maegan, a junior diver, transferred from
Florida Atlantic University at the end of
the fall.
At FAU, Maegan won the Sun Belt
Conferences Diver of the Week Award six
times as a sophomore and qualified for

the 2011 NCAA

Zone B Diving
Championship.
When Maegan
decided
on
transferring
to
FGCU, she didnt
leave her big sister
in the dark.
I asked her
if she minded
me talking to the
coaches
about
transferring here,
and she was all for
it, Maegan said.
Older sister Danielle, a senior,
transferred to FGCU from Saint
Bonaventure in western New York before
her sophomore year.
The sisters are both enjoying this
opportunity and have the same goals
as each other in separate swim events.
Danielle is a swimmer in the butterfly and
backstroke while Maegan is a diver.
There is no sibling rivalry between us
mostly because we are in two completely

different sports, which doesnt make it a

competition, Danielle said.
Sometimes, the transition from one
school to another can be hard on some
student athletes, but this one seems to be
a perfect fit.
My teammates have been really
supportive and welcomed me in right
away, Maegan said. They have made it
really easy for me, and I love it here.
Both of the Butler sisters love the fact
that they are together now at FGCU.
It reminds me of high school a little
bit, its really nice, Maegan said.
Danielle went on to say, I think its
lovely that we are together and that
everything in the transfer process worked
out.
After finishing first in the one-meter
dive in a win versus Radford on Jan. 9,
Maegan was voted Coastal Collegiate
Swimming Associations diver of the week
along with teammate Emma Svensson
(Uppsala, Sweden), who won swimmer of
the week.
It was a great way to start off my
career here at FGCU, and I was really

excited to be awarded with that, Maegan

said.
Competing in her first meet with the
Eagles, Maegan placed first in the 3-meter
dive against Radford with a score of 270.90,
which qualifies her for NCAA Diving
Zone B. Butler also scored a 256.28 in the
1-meter dive against the Highlanders
FGCU Diving Coach Andrew Goe had
nothing but great things to say about his
new diver.
She had a lot of experience coming out
of the Sun Belt Conference at FAU, and
we are excited that she chose FGCU over
other schools, Goe said.
The next time the Butler sisters will be
in action is this Friday as the swimming
& diving team heads up to Jacksonville
to compete against UNF, and then will
travel to Statesboro, Ga., to face Georgia
Southern at noon Saturday.
The Eagles will be looking to build
momentum toward the CCSA Conference
Championships, which are being held Feb.
16-18 in Athens, Ga.

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ENSPORTS
Weekly recap
Mens
basketball
Riding an eight-game winning streak,
its second such run this season, the FGCU
womens basketball team faces their biggest
game of the year.
On Saturday, the Eagles will travel
to Deland to face off against the 16-4 (7-1
Atlantic Sun) Stetson Hatters.
We know this is going to be our biggest
challenge to date, FGCU coach Karl Smesko
said. We have a good team and I know we
can play well enough to win the game.
The Hatters are the only team over
.500 that the Eagles will face the rest of
the season. They are a perfect 8-0 at home,
including a 4-0 start against conference
opponents at home.
Were familiar with Stetson and theyve
played outstanding basketball this year,
Smesko said. Theyre coming off their
rst conference loss so I know they will be
ready for us. They have several kids who
will probably make the all-conference team.
Theyre extremely talented and just a good
basketball team.
The Hatters are lead by junior guard
Victoria McGowan who is averaging just less
than 17 points per game this season. They
also have three other starters who average
10 ppg or more.
With Stetsons 65-58 loss to Belmont on
Jan. 14, the Eagles now have the No. 1 seed
in the conference, and with a win Saturday
they could extend that lead to two games.
Also, they can control their own destiny for
the A-Sun regular season title.
We know its going to be tough (to

A dominating first half

performance on both ends
of the floor set the tone on
Monday night, as Belmont
led from start to finish in a
95-53 Atlantic Sun win over
FGCU at the Curb Event
Center. The Bruins owned
a 49-19 lead by the half as
the Eagles slipped to 8-10
on the year and 4-4 in the
A-Sun.

Baseball

Coach Dave Tollett and

the FGCU baseball team
announced the schedule
for the upcoming
2012 hardball season.
Entering the 10th season
of the program, this
years 56-game slate
includes 30 home and
26 road contests and
features opponents
from the ACC, SEC, Big
Ten, Big East and Big 12,
in addition to the nine
A-Sun schools.

FGCU womens softball held

their rst practice of the 2012
season Jan. 17 at the FGCU
Softball Complex. For two hours,
players participated in a series of
batting, elding and pitching drills
in preparation of a season head
coach David Deiros hopes will end
with postseason play.
As the team prepares for their
season opener against USF at the
USF-Best Western Tournament in
Tampa on Feb. 10, Deiros is looking
for his teams collective experience
to be the strength that propels
them through their schedule.
The entire starting ineld is
back. In the outeld we have two
players returning, four new, but we
have a lot of depth, Deiros said.
He added that the team has two
returning and two new catchers.
This season is the 10th for both
the softball program and for coach
Deiros, but only the rst season
FGCU is eligible to qualify for postseason play. And while he joked
that this years goal is to win every
game, Deiros acknowledged there
was work to be done in order to
reach their postseason goal.
The team nished third in
the Atlantic Sun Conference
last year with a 31-25 record, but
run scoring has been down from
previous seasons. Deiros explained
last years batting slump on the
number of rst-year players who
had never seen Division I pitching
before. The Eagles will be looking

Swimming
& diving

Freshman Emma
Svensson and junior
Maegan Butler helped
the FGCU swimming and
diving team sweep the
weekly Coastal Collegiate
Swimming Association
(CCSA) awards for the
fourth time this season,
earning Swimmer of the
Week and Diver of the
Week, respectively, for the
week ending Jan. 11.

Mens
tennis

Led by freshman Tianyu

Baos singles win, the
FGCU mens tennis team
finished a successful FGCU
Invitational with three
singles victories on Sunday
afternoon at the Three
Oaks Tennis Complex. Bao
finished the weekend with
a 2-1 singles record after
defeating Georgia States
Sofiane Chevallier, 6-3,
6-3, to improve his overall
record to 5-3.

win at Stetson), Smesko said. Theyre

undefeated at home and they know that this
is a big game for them just like it is for us.
They are going to feel like they need to hold
home court.
A big key for the Eagles is for senior
Kelsey Jacobson to stay hot. She leads the
team in three-pointers attempted (7.6 per
game) and made (3.2). Shes shooting 42
percent from behind the arc and will be
crucial against a team that gives up 62 points
per game. On the other hand, the Eagles
score 75 ppg and only give up 51 for a scoring
margin of plus 24.
With this being the only game this week
for the Eagles, it gives them a chance to rest
up any injuries and to prepare.
We have some time to really prepare
and understand what they (Stetson) want to
do, Smesko said. It wont be that we didnt
have enough time to prepare and be ready
for them so thats good.
Smesko doesnt think senior guard
Nicoya Jackson will be healthy enough to
play against Stetson. Jackson sprained her
knee in the win against Jacksonville on Jan.
9. Smesko listed her as doubtful to play
Saturday.
Shes
healing,
Smesko
said.
Fortunately, she didnt tear her ACL. Shell
be back this year; its just a matter of when
shes going to be able to get back on the
court and feel comfortable again. Hopefully
its soon because shes been exceptional this
year.
Shell be a rst team all-conference
player. Were denitely a different team
when we have her, so hopefully shell be back
at full strength soon.

It takes time to build a winning

NCAA Division I basketball
program. If the results under rstyear head coach Andy Eneld are
an indication, then Florida Gulf
Coast University looks to be on the
right track.
The Eagles (8-10, 4-4 Atlantic
Sun) sit at the halfway point of the
2011-12 campaign. This time last
year FGCU was 3-13.
FGCU is on pace to post its best
record since moving to the highest
level of intercollegiate athletics

back in 2007.
The impressive part of this
turnaround is that the Eagles are
winning with a young team. Six
of the 13 players on the roster are
freshman. The underclassmen are
highlighted by a pair of guards,
Bernard Thompson and Brett
Comer.
Thompson leads the Eagles
in points per game with 12. He is
second on the team in rebounds
with 91, minutes with 512 and
assists with 39.
Comer has started every game
but one and leads the team in
minutes with 516. He appears to

to build upon their experience at

the plate and to score more runs.
This years team is young,
with only one true senior, Morgan
Campen, who was named to the
All-Conference team her freshman
year.
When asked about the pressure
of being the only true senior on
the team, Campen stated, It was
natural for me to be seen as a team
leader and hope I can lead my
teammates by my experience.
But according to Campen,
her teammates are pretty much
all leaders who pick each other
up and step up whenever and
wherever they are needed.
In addition to her hopes to
remain injury-free, the righthanded senior pitcher hopes to
help lead the Eagles toward the
pos-season in 2012 so she can end
her collegiate softball career on a
positive note in her only chance for
NCAA tournament play.
It might have been only the
rst Eagle practice on the 2012
season, but one would never know
it from the seriousness on the
eld. The inelders practiced like
a well-seasoned squad, demanding
perfection of themselves on every
throw; and the ping of softballs
off the sweet spots of the bats in
the cages were a testament to the
Eagles focus on raising batting
averages and scoring runs.
The Eagles 2012 home opener
will be held Friday, Feb. 17 at 4 p.m.
at the FGCU Softball Complex,
located next to baseballs Swanson
Stadium.

have solidied his role at the point

guard position and also leads the
team in assists with 95.
Sophomore forward Chase
Fieler
and
junior
forward
Sherwood Brown have contributed
as well.
Fieler leads the team in
rebounds with 93 and blocks with
22.
Brown is second in scoring
with 11.6 ppg and leads the team
in rebounds per game with 5.3.
Brown has recently returned to
action after sitting four games due
to an unspecied violation of team
policy.

With only two seniors on

the roster, Ed Rolax and Kevin
Cantinol, this team is poised
to change the culture of FGCU
basketball.
The Eagles are looking to string
a few wins together and provide
some consistency.
After splitting the weekend
with Lipscomb and Balmont, the
Eagles are set to open the second
half of conference play with a trip
to Stetson on Jan. 20.
That contest will be the
featured A-Sun Game of the Week
and will be televised on Comcast
Sports South at 7 pm.