By Mike Ricci

Managing editor
When Robert Gerrick
speaks in front of classes
about suicide, he remains
calm and collected. While
rattling off facts, Gerrick,
a counselor for CAPS,
Counseling and Psychological
Services, sounds objective
and dispassionate. In reality,
he is exercising a lot of self-
control inside.
Suicide is all too familiar
to Gerrick. When Gerrick
was in college, his father killed
himself.
Suicide is too common on
college campuses across the
country.
A study conducted by
the University of Virginia
surveying 157 universities
and 1,361,304 students
between the ages of 18 and 24
discovered the leading causes
of mortality among college
students.
The study, published in
November 2011, revealed that
suicide was the leading cause
with a mortality rate of
6.18 per 100,000 students.
According to Jon Brunner,
director of Counseling and
Health Services, roughly 1,100
college students take their
own lives every year, including
three in the past two years at
FGCU.
This rate is actually lower
than that of the general
population (12 per 100,000
people).
College students are
generally healthier, so you
dont have a lot of the same
things you would nd in a
general population study,
Brunner said.
Gerrick was home for
winter break when he got the
call at 8:05 p.m. Dec. 15 many
years ago. The hospital told
Gerrick that he had to come
because there had been an
incident. It wasnt until he
arrived and a doctor met
him in the waiting room that
Gerrick found out his father
turned a gun on himself.
When Gerricks mother
died during his freshman year
of college, the responsibility of
taking care of his two younger
brothers fell on himself and
his father.
In the years prior to his
fathers suicide, the two had
a conicted relationship.
A week before the suicide,
Gerricks father approached
his son at work and asked for
him to move back home to
help take care of his brothers.
I told him no. I told him
that he was responsible for
taking care of them and that I
wasnt able to put up with his
behavior, Gerrick said. He
walked away somewhat angry,
somewhat disappointed.
Thats the last conversation I
remember having with him.
A storm of emotions
overtook Gerrick after the
loss of his father.
Immediately afterwards,
theres a numbness. A
disbelief. Almost like a denial
stage when people go through
a loss, he said. Then I got
angry with my dad. I got
angry with him being selsh
and doing what he did. I got
angry with myself because I
truly believe that there was
something more I could have
done.
After the initial shock
and disbelief faded, the guilt
persisted.
I started thinking, OK,
well what if I had (moved
back home). Why didnt I?
Gerrick said.
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youngest brother
will ask ne,
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Monday Mar. 12 at 5:29 p.m.:
a female caller reported to UPD
that a man between the ages
of 19 and 25 was exposing his
private parts to her in parking
garage 3. He was described as
wearing a bright red shirt, green
shorts, with short brown hair and
wearing sunglasses. UPD was
unable to locate the suspect.
Tuesday Mar. 13 at 8:50 p.m.:
two crows were spotted ying
around inside the Student Union.
A door was propped open for
them so they could y out.
Thursday Mar. 15 at 4:58
a.m.: a caller reported that a four
foot alligator was seen lying in
the road of FGCU Lake Parkway.
Ofcers were unable to locate the
animal.
Thursday Mar. 15 at 1:57
p.m.: A drug search conducted
in Biscayne hall recovered a
small amount of marijuana in a
students room.
Friday Mar. 16 at 4:08
a.m.: UPD responded to a call
regarding a 19 year old male
student who was extremely
intoxicated and acting violently.
When UPD arrived on scene at
Everglades Hall, the student was
no longer acting aggressively.
Ofcers were advised that the
male had drank two four lokos.
Friday Mar. 16 at 8:30 p.m.:
an individual was found smoking
marijuana near North Lake
Village building B. The incident
was turned over to housing for
further action.
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Eagle News staff from public
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not associated with the UPD. All
suspects are innocent until proven
guilty by a court of law.
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FGCU New Student
Programs: Would enjoy student
volunteers on campus at the
induction ceremony for honor
society Phi Eta Sigma on March
24. Contact Patti Kirk at pkirk@
fgcu.edu or 239-590-7695.
Collier County Parks and
Recreation: Enjoy the Treasure
Hunt with the Captain and his
Crew at the Freedom Park in
Naples. Need 10 volunteers on
March 24 from 36 p.m. Email
Meryl Rorer at 239-252-4033.
The Ladybug Project: Help
run concession stands at the
Minnesota Twins spring training
game on March 28 at 11:30 a.m.
Email Kim Reuter at kereuter@
theladybugproject.com.
Sierra Club: Help with tabling
opportunities at Edison College
Greenfest Week on March 26.
Contact Katie at katie.parrish@
sierraclub.org or 239-313-7202.
Quality Life Center of Southwest
Florida: Help their event, I am
the Q, here on FGCU campus on
March 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Assist as banquet server, silent
auction assistance, greeter, usher,
or cleaning crew. Dress code is
all black. Contact Angela Pena at
apena@qlcsw.org or 239-334-
2797.
ICAN: Seeking volunteers to
help Island Coast Aids Network
to solicit sponsorships and raise
funds for the SW Florida AIDS
Walk/Run/Ride on March 31 at
Cambier Park in Naples. Contact
Mitch Haley at mhaley@icansw.
org or 239-337-2391 x211.
Cystic Fibrosis: Help with
registration and cleaning on
March 31 at Lakes Regional Park
for the Cystic Fibrosis event Great
Strides between 8 a.m.1 p.m.
Need 5-10 volunteers. Contact
Heather or Kathy at 239-415-0252
or send an email to hmcnertney@
yahoo.com.
Three Oaks Middle School:
Help at the 18th Annual Family
Fun Fest with face painting, game
attendants, food court, dunk tank,
popcorn attendant, bake sale,
rafe table, or water delivery.
Time slots available 911 a.m.,
111 p.m., and 1-3 p.m. on March
31. Complete the application
at www.signupgenius.com/
go/20F0A4BA9AB2FAB9-family
or call Lori Reichart at 239-267-
8020.
F G C U - K A R N I G R A S :
Help out with the rst annual
Karnigras at Gulf Coast Town
Center on April 7. The cause
is funding future study-abroad
programs for all students. Pass
out yers on campus, make
posters, face-paint, teach or judge
the salsa dancing. Contact Carol
Fulton at cfulton@fgcu.edu or
Joyce Laorden at jlaorden@fgcu.
edu.
Promising Pathways
Conference: Need volunteers to
help provide respite for families
that want to attend the Promising
Pathways Conference at FGCU
on April 14 from 8 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. Temple Grandin, well known
self-advocate for people with
autism, will be presenting. See
information on the FGCU website
at http://www.fgcu.edu/events/
promisingpathways/. Contact
Lynn James at 239-699-0985 or
Jamie Melendez or Shay Thomas
at 239-267-2181.
Keep Collier Beautiful:
Join the big cleanup event on
April 14 from 811 a.m. For
more information visit www.
keepcollierbeautiful.com. Contact
litternot@earthlink.net or 239-
580-8319.
American Heart
Association: Over 500 guests,
will be at a fabulous event on
April 14 at the Hyatt Regency
Coconut Point Resort in Estero.
Help set up table favors, menu
cards and other light materials
in the morning. There will be a
silent auction and live auction
where assistance is needed in the
evening. Contact Nancy Holland
at nancy.holland@heart.org or
call 239-495-4905.
Estero Bay Preserve State
Park: Enjoy the outdoors? Ever
feel like we have a huge impact
on the environment? Are you
ready to make a difference and
need service hours? Well then
come volunteer at the Estero
Bay Preserve State Park! Close
to FGCU, off of Corkscrew Road
and 41. For more information,
contact Scott Stimpson at scott.
stimpson@dep.state..us.
Lakes Regional Park: Help
with a program for childrens
tours of the gardens from 3:305
p.m. on a weekday or Saturday
at 9 a.m. Concepts that may
be included are: importance of
plants to the earth, plants and
insect interdependence, kinds
of propagation, composting and
nutrients, ability of plants to lter
water. Contact Susan Moore at
botanicgarden.moore9@gmail.
com or 239-481-7845.
FGCU Recyclemania:
Track the amount of trash and
recyclables using measuring
sticks provided by Physical Plant.
Last year FGCU nished 76 out
of 288 colleges and universities
in the Grand Champion category
and 59 out of 363 teams in the
Per Capita category. Keishla
Negron-Acevedo, director
of Sustainability for Student
Government, would like to do
better. Event continues until
March 31. Interested students
can comment on Facebook at
Recyclemania: FGCU.
FGCU Food Forest: This
student run botanical garden
highlights tropical/subtropical
edible species that grow well in
South Florida and is right here on
campus! They need students to
help on Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Any
messages can be sent to http://
fgcufoodforest.weebly.com/send-
us-a-message.html.
ECHO (Educational
Concerns for Hunger
Organization): Help out with
agricultural development. Fill
out a volunteer application at
www.echonet.org. For questions,
contact Ruth at rmay@echonet.
org.
Koreshan State Park
Historic Site: Students welcome
every Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Simply show up on time at 3800
Corkscrew Road, the gate opens
automatically at 8 a.m. Long
pants and closed toed shoes are
required; they suggest water and
gloves.
Pinewoods Elementary
School: This school is unique in
its passion for sustainability and
environmental education. Help
facilitate, plan, and organize the
club meetings, as well as plan
educational presentations and
activities for the students. Contact
Laura Layton at lelayton@eagle.
fgcu.edu.
Heartland Gardens: Did you
know that FGCU alums started
this nonprot? They have a 1,700
square-foot raised labyrinth and
theyre landscaping the entire
acre with edible plants. Help
with your nancial 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.
Calusa Nature Center
& Planetarium: Numerous
opportunities! Contact info@
calusanature.org or call 275-3435.
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, then
cant make it, give notice. Be on
time. Email Sally Richardson at
srichardson@naplesgarden.org.
Rookery Bay: Help give out
literature, talk to visitors about
the Learning Center, or assist
with childrens crafts. Contact
Susan Maunz at susan.maunz@
dep.state..us or call 239-417-6310
x412.
Sustainable Living and
Interconnected Education
(SLIE): 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. Contact
Hunter Preston at slieinc@yahoo.
com or 239-245-3250.
Lee County Sheriffs Youth
Activities League: Help now
through summer! Thursday at 3
p.m. at the board meeting, or yer
creation on Thursday from 35
p.m., or telecommute phone via
Skype. Contact Katie at 239-898-
6090 or Katie@katieromano.com.
Bonita Springs Assistance
Ofce: Help this primary social
service agency and serve the
community in assisting needs
of clients, enhancing public
speaking presentations, or
writing informational materials.
Contact Maribel Slabaugh at
Maribel@bonitaassistance.org or
239-992-3034.
Education for Collier:
Would love strong, committed
volunteers! Workshops in the
Take Stock Program needs
students to help in the ACT
testing areas of Math, English,
Reading, Writing and Science
to help every week. Sessions
held at Grace Place in Naples.
Choose Monday or Tuesday
evening from 67 p.m. Contact
Linda Morton at lindamorton@
educationforcollier.org.
Uncommon Friends
Foundation: Are you a history
buff? Become a tour guide
in a Georgian Revival-style
home located on the bank of
the Caloosahatchee River in
Downtown Fort Myers. Contact
Christine Forbes at Christine@
BurroughtsHome.com or 239-337-
0706.
Grace Community Center:
A multitude of opportunities!
Help with an afterschool program
for at-risk high school students,
tutor to GED seekers, thrift
store assistance, or serve food to
neighbors in need. Contact Cheryl
Wilcox at cwilcox@egracechurch.
com or 239-656-1320.
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 239-590-7055.
FGCU Center for Academic
Achievement: Need tutors
in Math, Biology, Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, Physics,
Economics, Statistics, and Intro.
to Psychology. Applicants 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.
Abuse Counseling &
Treatment (ACT): Second Act
Thrift store needs help. The
benet of volunteering is a 50
percent discount. Also, need
someone to help this nonprot
agency with a marketing plan for
two to three months available.
Contact Honara Jacobus at
hjacobus@actabuse.com or 239-
939-2553.
YMCA: Help coach basketball,
soccer, ag football or assist with
events. Contact Lisa at lisaw@
leecountyymca.org.
Take Stock in Children:
Become a mentor! Few bonds in
life are more inuential than those
between a young person and an
adult. Take Stock in Children
needs mentors for Caloosa Middle
School, Dunbar High School, East
Lee County High School, Fort
Myers High School, Ida Baker
High School, Lehigh Senior High
School. Call 239-337-0433.
Information is provided by the
Service Learning department. All
opportunities are pre-approved.
You can nd more opportunities
on Facebook at FGCU Service
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By Katie Egan
Senior staff writer
The Florida Legislature
proposed cutting funding for state
universities by $300 million in its
budget proposal.
The proposal will, in theory,
help balance the $70 billion
state budget in a year when
the Legislature needs to carve
out more than $1 billion to save
money.
Im sure there are less
important things they can take
money from, said Mike Johnson,
a senior psychology major. Like
the cameras on the trafc lights
down in Naples that dont work
or the plants along the side of the
road that we dont need.
The $300 million amount was
determined using a three-part
approach, which allotted all 11
universities the same percentage
in reductions.
The cuts break down as
follows:
The normal recurring state
fund formula used $100 million of
the $300 million; the universities
respective reserve and carry-
forward balances for this scal
year equated to $150 million of the
$300 million; and consideration
of various current tuition policy
aspects equated to $50 million of
the $300 million.
But it doesnt matter how the
information is diced up: Students
are still upset.
Its frustrating, said Veronica
Lozano, a senior communications
major. You budget money for
what you need and then you have
to do it all over again.
But according to information
provided by the Board of
Governors staff, this appears to be
a one-time, non-recurring budget
cut.
However, nothing is certain
until next years legislative
session, according to university
spokeswoman Susan Evans.
It is also important to note that
cuts such as these arent exactly
new to FGCU.
This is the fth consecutive
year of signicant operating
cuts to 15-year-old FGCU at an
especially challenging time at
this point in the universitys
development into a fully
comprehensive university, Evans
said.
Many people at the university
are not taking the decision lightly.
Everything is still up in the
air until a nal decision is made,
university President Wilson
Bradshaw said.
Hes adamant that the
university will protect its
academic integrity.
We will make sure our high
academic quality is maintained,
Bradshaw said. Were looking
at everything and will work
very hard to make sure we dont
jeopardize the progress that weve
made.
But public speaking professor
Kathy Norris and public relations
professor Dr. Terri Bailey believe
class sizes are just going to go
up, which will ultimately hinder
education.
Its not really about us,
Norris said. Its about the
students.
Bailey agrees.
The class size really makes
a difference, Bailey said. With
added numbers, the attention and
effort were able to put in goes
away.
Norris also pointed out that
larger class sizes affect students
physical and psychological
abilities to learn, and she used
pubic speaking and larger class
sizes as an example.
Norris said that more bodies
in the classroom will ultimately
make the climate in the room
hotter, which will make students
more tired, thus inhibiting their
ability to learn.
Also, in the case of public
speaking, more students will mean
more speeches.
It would be hard to teach
students how to write a decent
speech if class time is used up
listening to speeches to account
for the greater number of students
who need to give them.
The rst decision on a tuition
increase will be made by the
FGCU Board of Trustees, followed
by a required nal approval by the
Board of Governors, according to
the information provided by the
BOG staff and Evans.
It is important to note,
however, that it will take some
time, usually two to three weeks,
for the Legislature to present the
budget to Gov. Rick Scott, who
will then have a period of review
and the ability to line-item veto
the budget plan.
Scott has spoken out on more
than one occasion saying he is
against raising tuition.
If tuition does not go up,
universities are expected to use
their reserves to help absorb the
nancial losses.
State law requires that each
state university maintain reserve
funding equal to 5 percent of
the states funded portion of the
respected universitys budget.
FGCUs current operating budget
is approximately $182 million and
of this amount, $93 million is state
funded.
At this point in the current
scal year, $5.8 million sits as
the reserve target, but there
are needed capital repair
expenditures planned, which will
give the university approximately
$4.7 million of reserve funding to
work with.
Since the Legislatures cut to
FGCU is $5,232,328, this would
place the universitys reserve at
a level lower than the required
5 percent. Because of this, the
Legislature made an add back
appropriation of $2.25 million to
FGCU, making the resulting net
cut $2,982, 328.
And the university is grateful
for the $2.25 million add back,
Evans said.
The only other state university
to receive an add back
appropriation is the University
of North Florida, which also was
under the required 5 percent
reserve amount.
The Legislatures cut amount
assumes FGCU revenue from a
15 percent tuition increase for
in-state undergraduate students
and an 8 percent tuition increase
for out-of-state undergraduate
students and all graduate
students.
However, it is correct that
FGCUs budget cuts will be
higher than described if tuition
increases are not implemented
at the 15 percent and 8 percent
levels assumed by the Legislature,
Evans said.
No one at the university is
taking the decision lightly.
Were looking at everything
and leaving no stone left
unturned, Bradshaw said.
Major cuts proposed for FIa. universities
BY THE NUMBERS
300
Millions of dollars proposed to be
slashed from state universities
2,982,328
Net dollars the Florida Legislature
cut from FGCU
182
Millions of dollars in FGCUs
approximate current operating
budget

15
Percentage of possible tuition
increase for in-state undergraduate
students
8
Percentage of possible tuition
increase for out-of-state
undergraduate students and in-state
and out-of-state graduate students.
Enhanced
waterfront
reopens
After a ninemonth cIosure, the
waterfront ofhciaIIy reopened on
Friday. Amy SwingIe, director of
Campus Recreation, announced
the opening in an emaiI to students
Friday morning.
The cIosure foIIowed extensive
construction and enhancements
to the waterfront beach area. The
additions incIude a new faciIity
that incIudes pubIic restrooms and
ofhce space.
The operating hours are I0 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Students, in addition to swimming,
can check out paddIeboards,
kayaks and saiIboats. Students can
aIso sign up to use the ski boat for
wakeboarding, tubing and skiing.
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By Brandon Henry
Staff writer
Undocumented college students must
continue to pay out-of-state tuition at Florida
colleges.
After a 4-3 vote in the Florida Senate
Judiciary Committee last month, the Florida
DREAM Act was struck down.
The act would have guaranteed
undocumented students in Florida in-state
tuition when attending a public college or
university.
With the Florida DREAM Act defeated,
undocumented students must continue to pay
almost three times what Florida residents pay
for their college tuition.
Maria Barbero, a senior majoring in
communications and philosophy, is disappointed
with the decision.
In my opinion, there is an urgent need for
changing the current policy, as we are looking at
a particularly inhumane system, she said.
Barbero, who is a member of Southwest
Florida PODER (Peoples Organization
Defending Peoples Rights), goes on to point out
the high number of undocumented students
graduating at Florida high schools.
It is estimated that each year, about
3,000 undocumented students graduate from
Florida high schools, she said. Unlike the
students of many other states, Florida students
are facing a particularly hard situation in
which they need to pay out-of-state tuition at
public universities. Some students are able
to somehow pay this tuition. However, given
that most undocumented students cannot gain
employment, the current policy actively works
to deny access to higher education to a majority
of undocumented students.
Barbero also claried the differences
between the Federal DREAM Act and the
Florida DREAM Act.
The Florida DREAM Act, she says,
would only guarantee in-state tuition for
undocumented students who can prove Florida
residency. The Federal DREAM Act would
actually provide a path toward adjustment of
status for undocumented persons who migrated
to the U.S at young ages and complete two years
of college or military service and a series of other
requirements.
Whichever the case, opponents of the
DREAM Act cite that the passage of such a
bill will only promote illegal immigration to the
United States.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told Fox News
that the DREAM Act is the wrong way to do
the right thing.
Instead, my hope is to come up with a bi-
partisan solution to this problem, Rubio said.
One that does not reward or encourage illegal
immigration by granting amnesty, but helps
accommodate talented young people who nd
themselves undocumented through no fault of
their own.
In a later interview with Geraldo Rivera,
Rubio pointed out that the DREAM Act would
lead to chain migration.
Youre not only helping kids, but once a
kid becomes a citizen, they can now act as an
anchor to bring in their entire family through
the process, he said. And that means that the
DREAM Act is not limited to the kids, but it
could be expanded to millions of people, which is
problematic.
But I do think that there is another way
to deal with this, and I think that one of the
debates we need to begin to have is that there
is a difference between path to citizenship and
legalization.
Mitt Romney, the current Republican
frontrunner for president, is also an outspoken
critic of the DREAM Act.
Romney stated at a recent GOP debate that
he would veto the act if he was elected president,
given that provisions included in that act say
that people who were here illegally - if they go
to school here long enough, if they get a degree
here then they can become permanent
residents.
Dr. Richard Coughlin, professor of political
science, thinks the argument by critics is invalid.
The argument that is made about adults
who are undocumented migrants is that they
transgressed U.S. immigration policy, that
they entered the United States in a legally
unauthorized fashion, and so we should
not provide an amnesty for undocumented
migrants, Coughlin said.
But we have to make an exception in
the case of children that were brought here.
Because they werent adults, they cant be seen
as responsible for making those decisions to
come to the United States.
FIorida DREAM Act kiIIed
By Courtney BIakeIy
Contributing writer
Most everyone knows that abuse
exists, but to what extent?
The Womens Warriors group from
Miles Mancinis Foundations of Civic
Engagement class will be hosting a
movie screening to help raise awareness
about abuse and how to prevent it. By
hosting this event, the group hopes
to open eyes to abuse and to let others
know that it should never be tolerated.
The movie being shown, Enough,
stars Jennifer Lopez and is a suspense
thriller about the life of a woman who
learns how to ght back in her abusive
relationship with her husband.
Liz Loredo, a member of the board
for Dress for Success and the marketing
and events coordinator at FGCU, will
also be speaking at the event.
The event is also being held to
spread the word about Dress for
Success, a nonprot organization that
helps collect clothing and accessories
for needy women going out on job
interviews.
At the movie screening, beauty
items will be collected for one of the
organizations biggest fundraiser, the
Dress for Success Ball. The theme of
the ball this year is A Hollywood Night
in Black and White.
The ball is one of the organizations
biggest fundraisers and is being
sponsored by the retailer White House,
Black Market.
All beauty items collected by the
Womens Warriors group will go toward
goody bags for attendees of the ball on
Wednesday, March 28, in Naples.
The group is looking for sample size
items such as makeup, lipsticks, soaps,
moisturizers, compacts, accessories,
pens and notepads.
The Womens Warriors event will be
held in Merwin Hall room 110 from 6 to
9 p.m. on March 23
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By Veronica VeIa
News editor
Lets G.O. !
That is the call that CREW Land &
Water Trust is sending out to the public
to encourage them to get outside to
participate in the local trail work day
that is quickly approaching.
Corckscrew Regional Ecosystem
Watershed (CREW), along with Collier
Countys Conservation Collier program,
FGCU and the Boy Scouts of America,
is sponsoring the opening and cleaning
of new hiking and biking trails.
The trails will be opening at the
Caracara Prairie Preserve, which is
across from the CREW Cypress Dome
trails.
By expanding the CREW trails,
more people will learn the importance
of our invaluable 60,000 acre watershed
the largest intact watershed in
Southwest Florida, said Brenda
Brooks, executive director of CREW.
Melanie Perez, a sophomore
majoring in environmental studies,
thinks CREW should be important to
all students.
Sometimes I just need some fresh
air. CREW provides that and so much
more, Perez said. Walking through the
trails makes all the worries in the world
feel non-existent.
Perez, who is helping CREW
organize the event, explained that the
creation of these pathways would allow
people to access land that was not
previously available to the public.
Volunteering for the work day is also
a service learning opportunity, giving
students the chance to earn up to eight
hours.
Students who participate should
bring gloves, sunscreen, sturdy shoes,
a hat and water. Its also suggested that
they bring their service learning forms.
The event is taking place Sunday,
April 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Students can register at:
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Chili for Charity: Event raises $Z,300
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I played all these scenarios
through my head thinking there
was some way this could have been
prevented and probably would
have been prevented had I gone
back to take care of my brothers.
At that point, his brothers
became his primary focus. He
wondered where they would go and
who would take care of them.
The hardest part of that whole
evening was driving home from
the hospital and thinking how to
explain this to my two younger
brothers, Gerrick said. Their
mom had died already, and now
their dad kills himself. How do you
explain that to a 9-year-old?
Gerricks aunt and uncle took
in his brothers after he decided
the best thing to do was to go back
to school when the next semester
began.
Gerrick went to school during
the week and drove to his aunt and
uncles house on the weekends to
spend time with and check up on
his brothers.
It took Gerrick years to forgive
himself and even longer to forgive
his father. The reality of it still
comes back today because at
times my youngest brother will
ask me, What were mom and dad
like because I dont remember?
Gerrick said. Thats what suicide
has done to our family.
Still to this day, Gerrick reects
on his fathers suicide and tries to
piece together what caused that
chain of events.
Im sure between the alcohol,
the holiday season, the lack of the
integrity of the family, it all just
provided a deadly mixture, he
said. I learned that people have
their own personal hell they are
going through, and if they dont
have somebody to share it with, it
remains a hell. Thats when that
hopelessness creeps in. When
people lose hope theres not a
whole lot left.
Gerrick went to school to
become a teacher. While teaching,
he found himself gravitating
toward helping others by
volunteering with the needy or
people who were very sick. He
realized it was time to switch
careers. My fathers suicide really
motivated me to be in the helping
profession eventually, and this was
one of the reasons to go into mental
health counseling, Gerrick said.
Even though he has slowly
come to accept what happened,
looking back on that night still
proves difcult for Gerrick. For
as long ago as that is, its still
very painful. As much as I was
estranged from my dad at the time,
he was still a signicant player in
my life. Despite all the crap he did,
I loved him, and that still hurts, he
said. Even talking about it today,
I can feel my eyes getting ready to
tear up because its something I
wish hadnt happened.
***
The tampered bobby pin
couldnt do the damage of a razor
blade. But for Melissa Dorff, it was
sharp enough to serve its purpose.
A dancer for years, Dorff,
a sophomore majoring in
communication, always used
bobby pins for her hair, making it
easy to conceal the true function
for the usually harmless items.
Sitting in the back of her dark
closet with the point of the pin up
against her forearm, Dorff made
cuts on a nightly basis.
She leaves her closet crying,
though not from pain. The pain was
the release she wanted. Drawing
her own blood became a game.
When you rst see the blood,
you almost have a breathless
feeling in your gut, and that was the
release feeling, Dorff said. Youre
numb for a second. That was the
achievement. If you became numb,
it worked.
Dorff said she would sometimes
wake up in her closet, bobby pin in
hand, but most nights she would
end up on her bed drowning herself
in music and tears.
Every day I would cry myself
to sleep. I cant remember one day
that I didnt. Id stay up for hours
just crying and cutting, Dorff said.
The rst mark to her arm was
sliced in eighth grade, but to trace
the origin of her downward spiral,
requires going back to when she
was 8 years old. Her parents
divorced. Her father was not in her
life as much as she needed the next
few years.
Dorff doesnt remember much
from middle school. She elects
not to. Throughout middle school,
Dorff was bullied. Sometimes by
students she didnt even know.
As a kid going through middle
school, the things people say is
what means the most, so when you
are getting this negative feedback
constantly, you shut down, Dorff
said.
Dorffs parents didnt approve
of their daughters depression.
Since she was still a minor,
Dorffs mother sat in on her
therapy sessions. I never
really got to voice everything
that was going on because I was
embarrassed, Dorff said.
Dorffs father hated the
fact that his daughter was on
medication for depression. He
would take away her pills. The
times spent at her fathers house
slipped her into withdrawals.
I apparently didnt have any
control over my life since everyone
was always telling me what to do,
who I was suppose to be, and how
I was supposed to act, Dorff said.
Cutting was the only thing I could
control.
Once she cut for the rst time,
there was no looking back.
If you do it once and you do
it right, it becomes an addiction,
Dorff said. Its a release and a
control thing.
Dorff knew what nights she
would cut herself. Those days
always went by in a blur. To
everyone watching her, nothing
seemed out of place. She would go
through her regular routine with
a smile on her face. Only she knew
what was going to happen later
that night.
You just walk through your day
not really remembering anything.
Youre not taking in anything
whatsoever. You simply go through
the motions of your day, Dorff
said.
Everything changed when her
parents best friend, Ardith, hung
herself. Dorff looked up to Ardith
as her second mother and spent a
great deal of time with her. When
Ardith took her own life, Dorff
derived her own plan. She wanted
to carry it out the same way.
Dorff never went through with
an attempt on her own life for more
than one reason.
Being on the mourning side of
suicide, I realized there would be
people upset if I did such a thing,
Dorff said.
She was always afraid. Afraid
of death. Afraid of herself. Afraid
that if she attempted, she may not
be successful, she said.
Being scared is almost a good
sign because it shows you have a
little bit of hope. Im so glad I was
scared, Dorff said.
Though cutting was never
her plan for suicide, the thought
invaded her mind. There were
denitely times when I thought
I might go a little bit closer to my
wrist or a little bit deeper. Maybe
one day instead of cutting, I would
just puncture myself, Dorff said.
Dorff made her last cut during
her junior year of high school and
has since mended the relationship
with her parents.
She joined the FGCU chapter
of To Write Love on Her Arms, a
nonprot movement aimed to help
people struggling with depression,
addiction, self-harm and suicide,
and is now the treasurer.
I wanted to join because I
have a story and my story is a lot
like others, Dorff said. If I am
able to spread my story to other
people, thats possibly one more
person who can relate to me and
feel accepted. Dorff believes it is
her purpose to tell her story to let
others know that she is an example
of the fact that things can improve.
Regardless of the problems
you are going through or the issues
that you have, you are not the only
person who is going through that,
Dorff said. This day may be gray,
but at some point the sun will come
out, and thats a promise.

They called him Crockett.
Nobody knew why. He was
just always Crockett. Joseph
Crockett Wise, a senior at
William R. Boone High School in
Orlando, was a smart kid. Marcus
Craft, a junior majoring in business
management, was friends with
Wise since kindergarten.
He was always making
things. Thats the biggest thing I
remember about him, Craft said.
He was always tinkering with
stuff and always building.
The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology hopeful was planning
to go for a degree in underwater
robotics after leading his robotics
team to several statewide
tournaments.
Crockett showed no signs of
suicidal intention before he took
his own life Sept. 3, 2006, said
Craft.
A few weeks prior, Crockett and
his girlfriend split. The situation
proved too overwhelming, and
he didnt know how to handle the
breakup.
Crocketts Myspace friends
who were online that day saw a
picture Crockett posted just before
he carried out the act. A shotgun
shell with the caption, This is for
you.
While walking into his parents
room, the room where the guns
were kept, Crockett shouted out
that he was going to kill himself.
He locked the door behind him,
eliminating the possibility of
someone interfering with his plan.
His mother called 9-1-1 and
tried to get in the room. The sound
of a gunshot told her she was too
late.
Craft didnt hear the news until
the following day.
It didnt hit me at that point.
Crockett was always bouncing off
the walls, always hyper and always
doing crazy stuff so it kind of made
sense, Craft said. But I talked to
him that Friday so I just couldnt
believe it,
The Friday before, Craft saw
Crockett simply hanging around
in the courtyard after school. Craft
was in a rush to pick up equipment
for practice that he left at home,
so he couldnt talk for long. He
remembers a simple, Hey whats
up? but that is the extent of his
memory of that conversation.
I dont remember what he said
after that and that is what bothers
me the most. I told him I would call
him that weekend to hang out or do
something. But I never did that,
Craft said. It was one of those
things where I thought, What if I
called him?
Six years later and the thought
still creeps into Crafts mind.
Still to this day I wonder,
What if I talked to him longer? Did
he say he was going to do it? Did
he give me any signs? I couldnt
remember, Craft said. What if
I would have spent like ve other
minutes talking to him, could
things have changed?
The initial wave of emotions
was confusing for Craft. At rst I
was completely sad. I didnt want
to do anything. I didnt want to
eat. I didnt want to go to school. I
didnt want to see anybody, Craft
said. Then later that day I got
extremely mad at him.
It wasnt until the next week
when they held the service that all
the emotions came together.
Every single emotion goes
through you. You get angry, you
get sad, you get depressed, you get
emptiness. Everything hits you at
once, Craft said.
Craft still regards Crocketts
funeral service as one of the worst
experiences in his entire life. Craft
wasnt the only one suffering from
the loss of his good friend. The
funeral was lled, and speakers and
chairs were set up in the lobby for
the overow. I can still remember
the reaction of his mom. You can
tell she felt empty inside. I can still
hear her screams of desperation of
her wanting her son back, Craft
said. No one wants to lose their
kid, especially to suicide.
In the speech given by
Crocketts sister, she said she
would give anything to have her
brother back. That statement
sticks with Craft.
Everyone is always like, Oh,
suicide, it happens all the time, but
nobody really knows that feeling
of loss, that feeling of hurt, unless
youve been through it, Craft said.
Six years later and it still hurts
me inside.
Crocketts family as well as
Craft have since gotten involved
with Out of the Darkness, a
foundation for suicide prevention.
Crocketts family and friends
also celebrate his life every year by
going scalloping, one of Crocketts
favorite activities, and host a sh
fry with the food they catch.
Its a permanent solution for a
temporary problem, Craft said of
suicide. Theres no need to take
your own life. Things can always
get better, .
While suicide can seem like
a way out for someone who feels
hopeless, Craft warns of the effect
suicide has on loved ones.
The person who does it never
feels the pain directly. Its the
community who feels the pain,
Craft said. When someone takes
their own life, you dont expect it,
so its almost like taking a sucker
punch from Mike Tyson right in
the gut.
Craft hopes that people will
begin to realize that suicide is not
the only option and that life can in
fact get better. Life has endless
possibilities, so you dont want
to end your life. Its not worth it.
Especially to your loved ones,
Craft said. If my story will stop
even just one person from taking
their own life, then Ive done more
than I could have ever hoped.
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Movies are always changing,
always pushing the boundaries and
always inspiring people.
One movie in particular is about
to do that for the second time, in
3D proportions.
Titanic, the movie that made
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslet superstars (and also
made Celine Dion an even larger
household name), is about to
premiere in theaters everywhere
in 3D, a spectacular retelling of
the classic story of one of historys
most tragic moments.
It has been 15 years since the
movie came out, and it is still the
biggest-grossing movie of its time.
With 11 Oscar wins and having
grossed about $1 billion worldwide,
theres no telling what this classic
will do when the 3D version is
released on April 4.
For those who have been living
under a rock, Titanic directed
by the astounding James Cameron
is about the maiden voyage of
the HMS Titanic, and the story of
two people, different in both social
class and personality, falling in
love, and the tragic sinking of that
very same ship.
When the Titanic sank, 1,500
people lost their lives in 1912, 100
years ago.
This movie is a classic and
showcases themes such as love,
family, and strength.
It did just what a great movie
should do: make our emotions
come out as we watch each scene
unfold. It was so raw in the way
it was told, and that is why most
people enjoy it.
Jack and Roses love story
inspired many to find the love
that they had and reminded us to
cherish the ones we have near.
With much-talked-about-buzz,
it is estimated that this movie will
make just as much as it did before
or more. In 1997, when Titanic
was released, the movie made over
$28 million opening weekend.
However, not everyone is
looking forward to the opportunity
to see it a second time.
I never really cared for it to
begin with, so Im neither for it
being out or against it, said Aisha
Peets, a freshman majoring in
radiology.
With a lot of the complaints
about the movie being about its
length, others have come to defend
it.
Yeah, it might be long, but
to see a classic love story in 3D
could be really awesome, said
Sarah Levine, a junior majoring in
psychology.
I went and saw Star Wars
in 3D and it was pretty good and
really long, and I survived to tell
the story.
This movie isnt just for women,
either; even some guys are getting
excited about the movie.
I say yes, to the Titanic in 3D,
said Ryan Mandell, a sophomore
double majoring in forensic studies
and criminal justice. It was a
great movie and Im sure it will be
awesome in 3D.
No matter your movie taste or
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As the card reads, For a
good time call (239) 225-Yabo,
but just a good time is a major
understatement.
Yabo isnt just another Italian
restaurant; its ne dining with a
rock n roll air.
The previously small restaurant
that sat 30 people off McGregor
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evolved into a 144-seat restaurant
serving up an Italian explosion of
life. There is a full dining room and
bar with seating both inside and on
the outside patio.
An evening at Yabo is usually
comprised of such delightful
experiences as succulent food,
unique wines, eclectic music, and
interesting conversation on the
patio with new acquaintances,
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producer of Yabo.
Located at 16230 Summerlin
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not only the place to nd food
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wide variety of numerous bottled
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I have not been to Yabo yet,
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various people.
Yabo also serves desserts
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Norman Love.
Besides great eats and drinks,
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the competition just cant match.
Its the music that makes the
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Black walls and red accents
adorned oor to ceiling with
posters, photos and paintings
of great musicians throughout
history: Nirvana, Bob Marley,
Beastie Boys, Jupiter One, Jimi
Hendrix to name a few.
I love that they play all types
of music, especially Bob Marley,
Ostroff said.
Live music is played weekend
nights and often during weekdays
as well.
Music will soon play all the time
as new bands are booked. Yabo
selects artists to play live who have
original music, steering away from
cover bands.
There is something about Yabo
that gets the people going. Its not
the food, drinks or music; its the
atmosphere.
This restaurant has an
emergence of ambiance, welcoming
a new ow, with a rhythm owing
into the heart of every customer.
I noticed Yabo on my way to
Fort Myers Beach, so on my way
back I decided to stop in, said
Joshua Stlain, a senior majoring in
biology.
The food is to die for and the
people are amazing. I cant wait till
I have another chance to go back,
Stlain said.
Yabo is a place that has a
mixture of family, with a hint of
that dont mess with me attitude,
down-to-earth humor and a lot of
soul.
Any member of the Yabo staff
is extremely personable and can
talk to anyone about anything.
Kida and his family are from
both Italy and Australia. The
cuisine and dishes stem from both
of his heritage backgrounds. In
Australia, yabo means a lazy bum,
Kida said.
When asked about the story of
Yabo, the staff says, Come in more
than once for the whole story. This
is a sample of their tasteful sass.
For bands interested in
bookings at Yabo, please send a
digital press kit to foodandfrets@
hotmail.com.
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to accommodate live music
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Well, its an even-numbered
year, so you know what that
means: the 1980s are back.
Clothing stores have entire
walls of neon garments, skin-
tight bottoms are acceptable
womens fashion (not that guys
are complaining), and people are
breaking out the Ray-Bans.
Film is also seeing the effects
of this with 2012 promising the
summer of Batman, la 1989
bringing back classic Tim Burton
in the form of Frankenweenie,
and a re-imagination of the
classic cops-pose-as-students
series, 21 Jump Street.
In 21 Jump Street, perennial
awkward guy Jonah Hill teams
with perennial heartthrob
Channing Tatum to take down a
drug ring.
The two former rivals go
undercover at a local high school
and have to win over the popular
kids to get to the bottom of the
hallucinogenic supply chain.
What follows is a tale of
debauchery.
Thankfully, the film is
incredibly hilarious.
21 Jump Street works on a
number of levels: as a comedy, as
an action movie, and best of all, a
deconstruction of action movies.
The film is constantly playing
around with itself, commenting
on how absurd the premise is
clichs of the genre, and the
difference between fiction and
reality.
The angry black captain is
played nicely by Ice Cube, and
theres a very special, fourth-
wall-touching cameo that steals
the show.
Aside from those two
examples, the actors are all
solid with the dynamic between
Hill and Tatum being similar to
The Other Guys (this further
reinforces that Tatum is the new
Mark Wahlberg).
Their relationship is pretty
predictable, but works well for
what is being done.
Everyone else plays well,
also, from James Francos little
brother, to Rob Riggle, to even
the manic pixie dream girl of a
love interest.
However, another touch,
often overlooked, is how well
the film interacted with its own
marketing.
Most of the footage shown
in the trailer (namely the police
training academy) is covered in
the first five minutes of the film.
This allows those who missed/
forgot the ads to understand the
set-up, while at the same time
sparing people whove seen the
previews a thousand times from
having to sit through too much
old material.
The movie works well by
breaking down the buddy cop
sub-genre and treads the line
between parody and homage with
ease.
Essentially, 21 Jump Street
works on a set of three rules: Be
funny. If you cant be funny, be
awesome. If possible, be both.

















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By Mandie Rainwater
Senior staff writer
No one ever prepares for
death, even though we all know
it comes at some point. We learn
this as very young children
when we lose a goldfish or other
beloved family pet. But, what if
your first experience with death
is that of a parent?
When my daughter was 4 I
had the very real experience of
telling her that her father had
died. He was in North Carolina
and I was living here in Cape
Coral. I waited a week to tell her.
I had to decide how I should tell
a 4-year-old that her father was
gone and what to say about the
circumstances that surrounded
his death. He shot himself in the
head.
We had been up to N.C. over
the Thanksgiving weekend where
she spent five uninterrupted
days with him. He laid out plans
about the upcoming Christmas
holidays and what he was going
to do with her. Less than three
days later, I received the call that
he had died at his own hands.
I had never known anyone
who died by suicide, which by the
way is the proper way to speak
about those who have diednot
commit suicide. I had never
had to think about how to tell my
youngest about any of this. There
was no place that I could find that
could help me. So, after a week of
reading about the various things
to say and not say like dont
say went to sleep and didnt
wake up, the child may not sleep
for days
without fear
I told her
sitting in our
living room
that he had
died.
N e x t
to the soft
g l o w i n g
light of the Christmas tree I
broke my daughters heart, a task
from which I may not be fully
recovered.
Later that night she asked,
aged beyond her years in a
matter of hours, how he died. In
an effort to not lie, I answered
he had been shot. When she took
her fingers, in the shape of a gun,
and placed them against her
temple, I recognized there was a
problem.
It took me months to find
help with C.A.R.E.S. Suicide
Prevention, the organization
that I now humbly serve. They
helped me find therapy for
Morgan. After some very intense
sessions, Morgan revealed that
the last week she was with her
father, he had indicated what
was on his mind. He had tried to
cry out for help to a 4-year-old,
who had no idea what was going
on. My job now, as a mother, is to
address the lasting implications
of this every time she hits a new
milestone in her life. Some days
she will just be staring out the
window and bring it up.
We talk freely about the
choice of suicide in our house
and the other circumstances
that surrounded the death of her
father.
Statistically, for every one
completed suicide there are six
survivors (immediate loved ones
heavily impacted by the death).
Of those six, one will attempt
suicide as well. I refuse to let my
daughter be that statistic.
Suicide is an act that I
honestly believe is 100 percent
preventable. I have known many
people who have had to get that
phone call or late night knock at
the door telling them that their
son, brother, daughter or sister
has taken their own lives.
And no one saw it coming,
until they looked back. Many
people will give some indicators
that they are thinking about
suicide and its our job to
question those. I know many
people that I have aggravated
because I come out and ask them
Are you thinking about hurting
yourself ? I have no shame in it.
I know what its like to be on
the other side of the decision,
and I wont be put there again if
I can help it.
Suicide can also be impulsive.
People feel as if they have
nothing to live for or the stress
of everyday life (like exams and
relationships) is taking a toll. If
you every feel this, please call
the National Suicide Hotline and
talk with someone. If you notice
a friend or roommate start to
change their habits or give things
away, come out and ask them.
You may be the one person who
shows them there is something
to live for.
Suicidal feelings are most
common in the spring. The
coming together for holidays
has passed and people often
find themselves alone, where
depression and other feelings
can take hold. If you feel these
things, find someone to talk to.
If you see these in others, be the
someone that listens.
There are things worth living
for. Sometimes they just obscure
themselves from view. There is
no mother, father, husband, wife,
child or friend who needs to feel
the tremendous loss that comes
when a person dies by suicide.
It is like no other pain that
can be experienced. There is no
murder to lash out against, there
is no car accident to analyze for
answers there is just a void.
All thats left is sadness that
infiltrates everyone who ever
cared and thoughts that they
should have done more, but now
they cant.
While suicide is a decision
made by one in a moment of
crisis, it has lasting effects on
many more than one is often
aware of.
Before you put that gun to
your head, those pills in your
mouth, or point the nose of your
car at that tree, think about the
faces of those you love. I dont
know if Morgans father saw her
in the moment before he decided
to put the gun to his head. I hope
he didnt see her in the split
second after it was too late.
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.
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C.A.R.E.S. Suicide Prevention
By Ryan Lemay
Senior, communication
I am saddened to see the
article written by Mary Castro,
Student entrepreneurs create
clothing company that ran on
Feb. 29.
I am all for students making
money in these tough economic
times, however to promote a
clothing company that celebrates
partying and drinking right
before spring break is not right.
S p r i n g
break is
more than
p a r t y i n g
and having
drinks, but
being safe.
I am
a senior
here at
FGCU and I have worked with
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(M.A.D.D.) in Boca Raton while
I attended Florida Atlantic
University and the local office
here in Fort Myers.
I am your typical college
student who likes to go out with
friends and have a great time,
but I am only one of a handful of
students who know the true and
real dangers and consequences
of drinking and driving.
I have worked with multiple
families who have lost their
children because of a drunk
driver and I have personally lost
two fraternity brothers because
of a drunk driver.
According to M.A.D.D.s
website, Florida is ranked 13th
when it comes to DUIs and you
can only imagine how many more
drunk drivers we get during
spring break since Florida is
a top designation for spring
breakers.
It truly saddens me that the
spring break edition of Eagle
News does not have one article,
statistics sheet or written
section on the dangers of alcohol.
I believe that the main message
from FGCU to their students
during spring break is safety,
which the student newspaper
would have been a crucial tool to
promote the dangers of alcohol
and carelessness during spring
break.
I am not trying to be a buzz
kill, but I am concerned with
what we are trying to tell our
fellow classmates to do and
apparently that is to rage.
Emphasis on raging doesn'l consider consequences
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towards
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since that
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buIk of their
services.
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pubIic heaIth
concern.
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pIenty of
peopIe
who do not
beIieve in
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By AshIey Scott
Contributing writer
With the Vagina Monologues
going on next week, womens
sexuality has been on my mind a
lot lately.
In the gym the other day, I
overheard a group of guys talking
about some close encounters (of
the no-pants kind) with women
they had.
On the very same day, I met a
friend of mine for coffee and had
to reassure her that she was not
a dumpster diver because she
had sex with a friend of a friends
ex.
The differing conversations
left me wondering: Why are guys
praised for their conquests, and
women are secretive of what
happens underneath their jeans?
My friend Chris likened it
to men being a key and women
being the lock: If the lock opens
for any key, its not a good lock.
For me, on the other hand, its a
locket with two halves matching.
Slut-hood is a human right,
not a gendered privilege. I guess
Im just a feminist, but even
that word has been filed away in
young womens deepest cabinet.
There are so many negative
connotations around feminism.
However, in my gender
perspectives class with
Professor Nicola Foote, no one
is burning bras or letting their
armpit hair grow long enough to
make an anti-man beanie.
Young women should
understand that feminism has
given them personal checking
accounts and opportunities,
Foote says.
She believes that Slut-hood
has a deep historical root.
Before contraception,
womens sexuality led to a
baby. Pregnancy was a very
high price to pay and had social
meaning. During the 60s when
contraception started to become
available, women experienced
different kinds of sex, which
changed the way sex was
viewed.
While men inflate their
magic number of partners,
women deflate it. I think the
number is silly, it shouldnt be a
relevant need to qualify for social
acceptance, Foote says.
People need to understand
being a slut isnt a bad thing;
its a liberation and a way of
life. Women have always had
psychological and physical
needs; saying they do not have
any is not heroic, its unrealistic.
By slut-shaming, people become
more at risk for STDS, STIS,
and pregnancy they catch
their favorite shirt on fire
because they have never ironed
before.
Not to mention, people gain
a fear of intimacy and spending
their life with someone. I think
that when it comes to sex
everyone should be an equal-
opportunity employer (if they
want to be and are responsible,
etc.)
Im not telling yall this to
shock you. Im telling you this
because I believe women have a
right to be sluts. We are taught
from youth that being a slut is a
bad thing.
Princess Ariel has to lose
herself to be with the guy, and
Snow White gets poisoned
for living with seven men. Im
telling you all this because
being a slut is a dangerous road
and a lonely road that is not
protected. Women are told that
if they wear a short skirt, if they
were drinking and if they were
walking home after 8 at night
that its their fault if they get
raped.
Women are told that
they cant use morning-after
contraception because it would
promote them embracing their
femininity and their natural
desires as human beings. Some
women are even driven to suicide
because they were called a slut.
Ladies, whatever your number
is, however big or small, please
just get over it.
Its only a number. Numbers
cant tell you how great of a
person you are, or how you
deserve to be loved forever in a
monogamous relationship. No
one can tell you if a relationship
is meant to last forever. Only
you can tell yourself that you are
worth the way you feel today.
Ashley Scott is a sophomore
majoring in journalism with a
gender studies minor. She enjoys
art, reading, listening to Savage
love and drinks more coffee than
anyone ever should.
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By Jacob Robinson
Sophomore, communication
I am writing in response to the
Amphitheater on lawn? article. As
a student leader on campus, I can
definitely identify the lack of space for
student programming as a concern.
As a director for the Programming
Board specifically, I can say this is an
issue that comes up repeatedly in our
executive board meetings. The question
always is, Where are we having this
program and does the venue provide
enough space for our expected student
attendance?
We are outgrowing our university.
The Cohen Center Ballroom (previously
known as the Student Union Ballroom)
is a perfect example. Many of our events
are not able to occur in this location due
to maximum capacity set by the state fire
marshal.
When The Great Porn Debate was
brought to campus, we were faced with
this issue. We, as the Programming
Board, took a lot of heat from the student
body for not being able to provide a
proper venue to allow more students to
view the debate. When in all actuality
due to security restrictions set by
administration as well as an executive
decision on our part, it was the only
location that was feasible and that we
had to work with.
This outdoor amphitheater will be a
great starting point in what is to come.
I hope. We are in dire need of locations
such as this in order to spotlight student
talent, allow small-scale concerts and
provide entertainment right on our
campus.
The SoVi green, which was created
by housing, has been a great location
that we are definitely taking advantage
of with the Spirit Day Hoedown and the
Romance Rave. Being a university known
for sustainability, I think it is our duty to
ensure we are living up to that with any
new facility we build.
Note to readers: The amphitheater bill passed
unanimously 21-0 on Tuesday, March 13.
Talk about it
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Amphitheater provides
a much-needed venue
A rendition of the amphitheater, courtesy of Student Government
By Amanda Brauer
Junior, communication
I am writing in response to
the article Elections should not
be a battle of theologies by Alex
Townsend published in the Feb.
29 issue.
I completely agree with this
article; the upcoming presidential
election should be more about
the issues plaguing America
and less about the religion of the
nominees.
Frankly, every time Rick
S a n t o r u m
opens his
mouth, he
makes me
more and
more of a
D e mo c r a t .
Before the
race to be
the GOPs
presidential nominee, I was
unsure of who I would be voting
for.
Thanks to Rick Santorums
offensive remarks about
abortion, womens rights and gay
rights, I am now sure that I will
not be voting for him should he
be the nominee. I feel that, should
Rick Santorum somehow become
the next president of the United
States, he would send us back
into the Victorian age.
Women would be forced
back into the home and would
be unable to have a successful
career.
His remarks about reinstating
dont ask, dont tell were very
upsetting to me. I have never
understood how someones
sexual preference could affect
their ability to defend our
country. Furthermore, I believe
that anyone who chooses to go
into combat for our country
should have our utmost respect
regardless of their sexual
orientation.
According to the 2008
Religious survey conducted by
Trinity College, 86 percent of
American adults identified as
Christians in 1990 and 76 percent
in 2008.
Even though 76 percent is
a large portion of Americans,
Im sure that many of those
Christians have similar beliefs as
my Christian friends do: While
they firmly believe in the Bible
and Christianity, they recognize
that those are their own personal
beliefs and respect the right
for everyone to make their own
choices.
Faith not neant to be the central issue this Novenber
Eagles,
Suicide is an incredibly
important issue, both locally and
nationally, for college students.
Eagle News spent weeks gathering
stories and information to bring
awareness to this often unspoken
issue. Think about it. Talk about it.
We hope you will take the information
provided and do what you can to help combat
this problem. There are many resources on
campus that can assist students who may be
struggling with these, or similar, issues (see
box on A5). Take advantage of them.
FGCU is your extended family. If you
know someone who needs help, talk to them
or seek the help of a professor, counselor or
doctor. It could be a matter of life or death.
Stay safe,
The Eagle News editorial board
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AIIison GagIiardi, editorinchief
edilorinchieeaglenews.org
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Mike Ricci, managing editor
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By MichaeI Ruiz
Staff writer
The FGCU baseball team was unable
to complete a sweep of the UNF Ospreys
on March 19, as the Eagles fell 10-3 in
the nale. With their visit to Swanson
Stadium, UNF represented FGCUs rst
conference opponent of the season.
The Eagles once led 3-0, but the UNF
bats awoke when they put up their rst
run of the afternoon in the fth inning,
two more to tie the game in the sixth, four
in the seventh to take the lead, and three
in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
It was a tough loss for an FGCU squad
that had held this same team to a total of
just four runs in victories in the previous
two games. FGCU came out on top 2-0 in
the March 17 opener and took the next
game as well with a 7-4 victory.
Right-handed starter Ricky Knapp
earned the victory in the opener with
a complete-game, three-hit shutout in
which he struck out six batters. Lefty
Andrew Polly got the nod the next
afternoon and picked up the win, going
six and giving up three runs on 10 hits.
Jason Forjet, a right hander, allowed
only three hits and also made a quality
start by surrendering just three runs
in six innings of work. He would end up
with a no decision and reliever Brady
Anderson would take the loss.
Anderson gave up six runs in 2 and
1/3 innings of four-hit ball. Only two of the
runs were earned, however.
Yet despite being pummeled in the
nal game, the 8-11 Eagles were still
able to leave the eld with a sense of
accomplishment, for they had won their
rst series against an A-Sun opponent.
It was pretty huge, said Sean Dwyer,
a outelder/rst basemen. Any time you
can take a conference series its huge. So
this was our rst one and hopefully we
can carry it over to next weekend and
things will be good.
FGCU had been going through quite
a rough stretch before snapping a ve-
game losing streak March 17. In the
last eight games before playing UNF,
FGCU faced off against big schools such
as Boston College, No. 1 Florida, and
Rutgers; they were on the losing side
seven times.
Well, you know, weve opened the
season with what people are saying is
the second-toughest, non-conference
schedule in the country, coach Dave
Tollett said. So thats the reason (for the
recent struggles). But it prepared us for
the weekend in conference. Any time you
can win in conference its a big weekend
for us. So well take it, and well build on
it.
FGCU will play a two-game series
at Texas Tech (Big 12) this week before
coming back home for a weekend series
against their second conference opponent
of the season, ETSU.
FGCU may have struggled against the
bigger schools thus far, but it isnt afraid
of playing Texas Tech.
We feel good, Dwyer said. After we
played Florida we feel like we can play
with anybody. So we just have to do what
we do, not throw the ball around, and
well be able to compete.
Weve just got to pitch, Tollett said.
Weve got to have some of the guys who
are midweek guys step up. Our weekend
guys are doing a good job.
With an even more signicant three-
game conference series against ETSU
just around the corner, Dwyer put the
notion of potentially overlooking the next
one completely to bed.
We usually just take it one series at
a time, try not to get ahead of ourselves,
Dwyer said.
He also assured that going on the road
will help this young roster grow as a unit.
Denitely, yeah, Dwyer said.
Theres things that you can pick up on
the road. Its just a growing experience.
Every series can be a growing experience.
Thats what makes it fun.
Photo courtesy FGCU Ath/etics
Righthanded starter Ricky Knapp earned the
victory in the opener against the University of North
FIorida with a compIetegame, threehit shutout in
which he struck out six batters.
By Andrew Binninger
Staff writer
Jessica Barnes is the rare two-sport
athlete who excels at both.
An outelder on the FGCU softball
team, Barnes leads the team in batting
average, home runs and slugging
percentage. She won the Atlantic Sun
Player of the week March 6-11.
In the fall, as an outside hitter for the
volleyball team, Barnes was fourth on the
Eagles in kills.
Barnes was recruited to FGCU as a
softball player. FGCU volleyball coach
Dave Nichols saw Barnes athleticism
and gave her an opportunity on his team.
Nichols calls Barnes the best athlete
on campus.
When I rst came to FGCU, I was
recruited by Cheyenne Jenks, who was
an outstanding softball and volleyball
player, Barnes said. Coach Nichols saw
that I was interested in volleyball. He
gave me the opportunity to play volleyball
as well as softball. So even though it was
a long process, it worked out in the end.
Even though she plays two completely
different sports, Barnes nds a way to
balance the two.
In the fall during volleyball season,
Barnes doesnt even pick up a bat.
In the fall, I only focus on volleyball
and I do not do anything training-wise
for softball, Barnes said. When spring
comes, I focus only on softball.
Even though she proved herself in
volleyball, Barnes is still learning the
concepts of the game.
I feel like Im still learning volleyball
as the years progress, Barnes said.
With softball, I have more experience,
so I am rening my skills.
Barnes notes, however, that as the
years go by she gets better in each sport.
This year, in volleyball, I had a lot
more playing time and I felt that I was
able to see the court a lot better, Barnes
said. This year, in softball, I already feel
like that I am able to help my team out a
lot more than I did last year.
Barnes expects that she will once
again be playing both sports in their
respective seasons next year.
One of Barnes teammates on the
softball team is Amanda Josie.
Josie, a sophomore pitcher who has
been playing alongside Barnes since last
year, feels that she is a great asset to the
team.
She is denitely a big contribution,
especially to the outelders, and she hits
leadoff, which gets us going, Josie said.
Josie also feels that Barnes presence
on the team serves as a motivator to the
team.
She has a great attitude and shes
always energetic, Josie said.
She helps us get pumped for the
game.
Josie knew Barnes before they
came to FGCU because they played on
opposing travel teams.
She is a great athlete and having
her around makes everyone want to be
better, Josie said.



By Zach Gibbons
Senior staff writer
The FGCU womens tennis team is now
2-0 in conference after beating Mercer 7-0
last Thursday. Whats impressive about the
victories is that they have done so without
the guidance of their head coach, Jennifer
Gabou.
Gabou has been away on maternity leave
since early March, and has left the team
in the hands of assistant head coach Joey
Barnes, who is entering his third season
coaching for the Eagles.
Freshman Sarah Means, who plays No. 1
singles, and senior Jen Evans, who plays No.
2, both believe the transition has gone well
for the team.
According to Evans, I think its been
a very smooth transition. I mean Coach
Barnes was leading us more and more as
Coach Gabous pregnancy was getting later
and later, so the transition was very smooth.
We all respect him a lot and I think its great.
Were having a fun time and thats very
important. Were relaxed and were learning
a lot, so I think its real good.
Means added, Well it is denitely
different not being able to have both coaches
roaming during matches, but we are really
familiar with Coach Joey (Barnes). Hes been
with the team for the last two seasons, so it
was a transition period. We just had to step
up, show that we were mature and didnt
have to depend on the coach out there every
single point of every match.
The transition hasnt been completely
without its bumps, though. Before playing
against Mercer, the Eagles lost two matches
in a row: a 5-1 loss to Penn and a 7-0 loss to
Virginia Tech. But those losses provided the
Eagles with motivation.
Whenever you lose youre disappointed,
but theres also re in you that makes you
want to go out and play right away again. So
yes, I think it denitely motivated me, and I
think it motivated the team as well to start
getting wins, Evans said.
The Eagles will have to continue to keep
that re and continue to improve as they will
play conference opponents USC Upstate and
ETSU this weekend. The primary goal right
now is to compete hard for every point.
According to Means, Every conference
match is important, so we denitely want
to continue our run and be 4-0. The doubles
points denitely important, but we just have
to continue to be aggressive, and continue to
work on that and put pressure on the other
team.
The motivation for being aggressive will
continue to come from Barnes for the time
being.
Barnes says playing psychology is one
of his biggest strengths, I think I know the
techniques, I know the patterns. Ive been
around this for 20 some years, but I think
one of the things that sets me apart is that I
know how to get into somebodys head, and
get them to understand what it is to win.
The Eagles; thoughts are still with their
head coach, who gave birth to a baby boy
March 10.
According to Barnes, Youre missing
your head coach, but at the same time they
understand. Theyre ghting for her, and
they want the wins for her. This is a team
effort and they understand that. The girls
themselves are a great team, they are a
bunch of Eagles.
If you want to put it in a good term, they
know right off the bat, Momma Eagle is not
here, so weve still got to survive.
BasebaII team wins hrst ASun
series as Knapp throws a gem
Twosport star Barnes may be
the best athIete on campus
An outheIder on the FGCU softbaII team, Jessica
Barnes Ieads the team in batting average, home runs
and sIugging percentage. In the faII, as an outside
hitter for the voIIeybaII team, Barnes was fourth on
the EagIes in kiIIs.
Photo courtesy of FGCU ath/etics
Women's tennis undefeated in conference
without maternityminded head coach
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 EAGLE NEWS SPORTS B7 EDITOR: JOSH SIEGEL SPORTSEAGLENEWS.ORG
By ManueI Navarro
Staff writer
Freshman swimmer Emma Svensson
traveled to Auburn, Ala., on March 15
to compete in the NCAA Swimming
Championships and broke two FGCU
records.
She participated in the 50 freestyle, 100
backstroke and 100 freestyle. Svensson,
who qualified for the 50 free at the Last
Chance Meet in Athens, Ga., with a time of
22.46 seconds, entered the meet with the
29th fastest time nationally.
In the NCAA championships 50 free
preliminaries, Svensson posted a time of
22.66 seconds, which failed to qualify her
for the round of 16. She finished in 38th
place. This was Svenssons first event of
the meet and she admitted she was a little
nervous and disappointed with her time.
I was a little tense in the 50, Svensson
said. I was trying not to think about it and
stay relaxed, but I may have been a little
over excited with all the excitement in the
building. I wanted to go faster in the 50
free and that was the event that I had the
best ranking in. I was a little unfortunate
that that race didnt go well, but overall,
thoughts on the meet were positive.
FGCU coach Neal Studd, who traveled
to Auburn with Svensson, pointed to
nerves as well.
I think if she wouldve raced the 50
free later in the meet, her time wouldve
been much better, because she was a little
nervous and excited going into the event,
Studd said. She found her comfort zone in
the next event.
Svenssons next event was the 100
back, where she earned 34th place and
a mark that put her in the FGCU and
Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association
history books.
Svensson broke the 100 back records
with a time 53.61 seconds, 27 tenths
of a second better than her best time.
Svensson also broke the schools 100 free
record in her next event with a time of
49.44 seconds, which was good enough for
a 35th-place finish.
Im really happy about the records
and that I swam two really good one-
hundreds, Svensson said. Ive been
changing a lot from the conference meet
to the Last Chance Meet, and then to the
NCAA Championships, so it was a great
feeling.
Svensson still had an incredible
experience even without qualifying for the
final 16.
The experience was amazing and one
Ill never forget, Svensson said. I made
friends with other kids coming from a
mid-major school like ours. We grouped up
together to build our own small team.
The future is limitless for this
freshman, whose first year included four
CCSA Swimmer of the Week awards and
a Freshmen Female Performer of the
Meet award at the CCSA Conference
Championships.
Both Svensson and Studd see room for
improvement.
Im going to keep practicing
everything to become better and better,
Svensson said. I will work especially
on my starts in the 50 free. Im already
excited for next season. Next year, I will
have more concrete goals compared to
this year when I didnt have any, and Ill
be more experienced. I already know my
main individual goal next year is to get
back to the NCAA Championships and
make a final.
Studd has specific off-season goals for
Svensson.
I know shes going to do everything
she can to become better, Studd said.
Well do some tweaking over the
offseason. We will probably look to bulk
her up a little bit so she has some more
power for her races.
Her work ethic and talent will help her
continue going to NCAAs and go deeper in
the championships, the coach said.
Photo courtesy FGCU Ath/etics
Emma Svensson, who quaIihed for the 50 free at the Last Chance Meet in Athens, Ga., with a time of ZZ.46 seconds, entered the NCAAs with the Z9th fastest time nationaIIy.
Freshman Svensson becomes hrst FGCU
swimmer to compete at NCAA championship
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Weekly recap
Led by freshman Jack
Hernandez (Fort Myers,
Fla./Bishop Verot HS)
taking home individual
medalist honors, the
FGCU mens golf team
produced its third
consecutive under-par
round to fnish in third
place in the 15-team
feld at the Rio Pinar
Invitational hosted by
UCF at Rio Pinar Country
Club.
Womens golf
Mens golf
In its best fnish under
frst-year head coach
Sarah Trew, the FGCU
womens golf team
concluded the 36-hole
26th annual NIU Snowbird
Intercollegiate in third
place on the 11-team
leader board on Friday
afternoon at the Pebble
Creek Golf Club in Tampa.
The FGCU mens tennis
program, led by frst-
year head coach C.J.
Weber, has announced
the addition of Mike
Napoli to the staf as
the Eagles assistant
coach. Napoli spent 21
seasons as a head coach
at Cuesta College in
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
In his 21 seasons as
a head coach, Napoli
accumulated a 270-96-1
overall record.
Mens tennis
Sand
volleyball
The Eagles frst home
match will be March 30
against Stetson. Sand
volleyball is in its frst
season on the list of
NCAA Emerging Sports
for Women. The A-Sun
will feature fve schools
FGCU, Jacksonville,
Stetson, North Florida
and Mercer and will be
the frst NCAA Division
I conference to sponsor
a championship for the
sport. The inaugural
A-Sun Sand Volleyball
Championships are
set for April 21-22 at
Jacksonville University.
FGCU hockey cIaims hrst
ACHA DII titIe in schooI history
By Robbie Spencer
Staff writer
When the FGCU Hockey
Team saw its semifinal opponent
in the DII ACHA National
Championships was Michigan
State, they couldnt help but feel
a sense of deja vu.
MSU, after all, was the team
that knocked FGCU out in the
championships last year in a
heartbreaker. This years round
proved much different, as FGCU
dominated in a 5-2 triumph.
At the beginning of the year,
captain and eventual tournament
MVP Mike Lendino said, Every
year has been disappointing so
far because we expect to win a
national championship.
The team is disappointed no
more. The FGCU Hockey Club,
after going undefeated in pool
play and beating nemesis MSU
in the semifinals, completed their
quest for a national championship
with a 4-2 victory over last years
champ, the Grand Valley State
Lakers.
The game was tight
throughout, with several
enormous swings of momentum.
Early on, Grand Valley was in
constant attack mode, with
nearly 10 shots on goal in the first
10 minutes of action.
FGCU appeared to be on its
heels early, but a quick timeout
led to the Eagles drawing first
blood when junior Jake Coyle
netted a shot to make it 1-0. The
Eagles took that score to the first
intermission, protecting the lead
until a devastating momentum
swing with roughly four minutes
to play in the second period.
In a 15-second span, Grand
Valley State claimed first a power
play goal followed by another
wrist shot to take a 2-1 lead that
sucked all the life out of FGCUs
home crowd at Germain Arena.
Following the second
intermission, FGCU came out
attacking, drawing a penalty on
Grand Valley State very early in
the period and picking up a quick
power play goal.
That would follow with
another goal to take the lead
several minutes later, then the
exclamation point by Lendino
with an empty-netter with less
than a minute to play sending the
partisan crowd into a frenzy.
Weve waited for this
moment all year, said
defenseman Nick Allega, who
delivered and received several
huge hits throughout the contest.
I couldnt be happier for all the
seniors. This team has worked its
tail off to make it here.
Goalie Ryan Lynch, except
for the chaotic 15 seconds in the
second period, was strong in the
net, making save after save.
FGCU claims the first national
championship in its 10-year
existence, beginning as a small
DIII club and evolving into two
teams, one in DII and another
in DIII, playing in the American
Collegiate Hockey Association
(ACHA).
Coach Bob Brinkworth has led
the coaching staff since the clubs
inception, leading this years
edition to a club record 35 wins
and his first championship.
By Justin Kane
Assistant sports editor
In its rst ever NCAA
Tournament appearance, FGCUs
womens basketball couldnt pull
of the upset as they fell to St.
Bonaventure 72-65 in front of a
crowd of 1,227 at the Tucker Center
in Tallahassee.
Im really proud of the effort that
our ladies had, FGCU coach Karl
Smesko said. Obviously we hoped
for a better outcome and we expected
to win. We knew we were playing a
great team but we felt like we could
win and advance.
At the start of the game, FGCU
(29-3) didnt look like the team that
won almost 30 games this season.
They shot a horrid 23 percent from
the eld and from behind the arc.
For a team that averages 10.8 threes
a game, FGCU was 3-13 from behind
the 3-point line.
We just didnt execute our
offense, senior guard Kelsey
Jacobson said. You have to give
them credit for their intensity of
defense. They played great defense
all year and they came to play today,
so I think it was a combination of that
and us just not executing.
Jacobson nished her career at
FGCU with just three points in the
game, shooting 1-8 from the eld.
St. Bonaventure (30-3) played
FGCU tough all game and was very
physical down low. They didnt let
FGCU get any open looks.
They were very physical, senior
Courtney Chihil said. Obviously
they were playing to win and they
were trying to push us off screens. In
a game like this we knew they were
going to be physical and we had to
match that and we didnt so that one
is on us.
Chihil also nished her career
with seven points, shooting 2-6 from
the eld.
In the second half, after the
Bonnies got a quick layup to go up
by eight, Jacobson hit a three that
sparked a 10-0 Eagle run which
turned into a 20-6 run with 8:24 left
in the game. FGCU led 47-38 at that
point.
It was just nice to get a basket,
said Jacobson, who went 0-6 before
that shot. I dont think it lifted any
weight off of my shoulders; it was just
nice for the team to start a domino
effect and to get them going.
After three eld goals and two free
throws, FGCU took a 54-44 lead with
5:52 to play. Then, St. Bonaventure
went on a 12-0 run that gave them the
lead with 3:27 remaining in the game.
The two teams traded baskets
and Chihil made a layup with 3.3
seconds left to send the game into
overtime.
It was all square at 62, then St.
Bonaventure went on a 10-3 run to
nish off FGCU.
I could not be happier about
making the decision of coming to
FGCU, Jacobson said. The people
I met, being able to play under Coach
Smesko, the last four years honestly
couldnt have gone any better. Im
beyond thrilled with the experience
that I had, and I couldnt ask for a
better one.
FGCU will graduate ve seniors
this offseason, including record-
makers Jacobson and Chihil, but not
all is lost for the Eagles.
FGCU returns two starters and
has valuable pieces returning. With
freshman Whitney Knight, redshirt-
sophomore Sarah Hansen and junior
Brittany Kennedy returning for next
season, the future looks bright.
Dream season ends with OT Ioss
to St. Bonaventure at the NCAA
The FGCU Hockey CIub, after going undefeated in pooI pIay and beating nemesis Michigan State in the semihnaIs, compIeted its quest for a
nationaI championship with a 4Z victory over Iast year's champ, the Grand VaIIey State Lakers.
Photo courtesy of Christopher Epifanio
After its season ended Sunday, FGCU returns two starters and has vaIuabIe pieces returning, incIuding freshman Whitney Knight, redshirt
sophomore Sarah Hansen and junior Brittany Kennedy.
Photo courtesy of FGCU ath/etics