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Page A2 The Avion, October 4, 2011 Campus Executive Board Editor-in-Chief .....................Costas Sivyllis Managing Editor ...................Austin Coffey News Editor ................................Peter Tan Business Manager ..........Alena Thompson Photography Editor ...........Anthony Sekine Advertising Manager .....Lanie Wagenblast Editorial Staff Front Editor .........................Costas Sivyllis May Chan Campus Editor ................Stefanie Thaxton SGA Editor .............................James Scott Student Life Editor ......... Alena Thompson Opinions Editor ............................Peter Tan Aero Feature ......................Nick Candrella Sports Editor .....................Anthony Sekine Austin Coffey Editorial Staff Cont. Entertainment .......................Allie Iacovelli Karissa Hewitt Comics Editor ................. 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Opinions expressed in the “Student Government” and “Student Life” sections are those of the identified writer. Letters may be submitted to The Avion for publication, provided they are not lewd, obscene or libelous. Letter writers must confine themselves to less than 800 words. Letters may be edited for brevity and formatted to newspaper guidelines. All letters must be signed. Names may be withheld at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The Avion is an open forum for student expression. The Avion is a division of the Student Government Association. The Avion is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. The costs of this publication are paid by the Student Government Association and through advertising fees. The Avion distributes one free copy per person. Additional copies are $0.75. Theft of newspapers is a crime, and is subject to prosecution and Embry-Riddle judicial action. This newspaper and its contents are protected by United States copyright law. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, in print or electronically, without the expressed written con- sent of The Avion. Correspondence may be addressed to: The Avion Newspaper, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. Physical office: John Paul Riddle Student Center, Room 110. Phone: (386) 226-6049. Fax: (386) 226-6727. E-mail: [email protected]. The President’s Speaker Series continued last Wednesday, presenting Los Angeles Time Magazine journalist and author Annie Jacobsen. The major- ity of the Gale Lemerand Auditorium in the Willie Miller Instructional Center was full with interested students. Jacobsen has published two books, Terror in the Skies: Why 9/11 Could Happen Again and Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. The first was released in 2005, and the sec- ond in May of this year. Radio talk-show host Marc Bernier opened the interview by getting right to the point, asking, “Annie, why did you write the [Area 51] book?” As the story goes, Jacobsen was at a Christmas Eve party in 2007 with a former Lockheed physicist named Edward Lovick. Lovick had worked extensively on radar cross-section reduction and the development of low-observable “stealth” technology at Area 51, near Roswell, New Mexico. “Boy have I got a story for you,” he told Jacobsen. Some of the work Lovick did in the 1960s has just recently been declassified. Jacobsen was surprised to discover the existence of the bases, saying, “I immediately thought, ‘My goodness, it’s a real place.’” Bernier focused the interview on the controversial material in the last chapter of the book. An anonymous source that Jacobsen is “very confident about” states the crash outside of Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 was not an alien space- craft or a project-mogul bal- loon, as previously speculat- ed, but a disc-shaped aircraft designed for the Soviet Union by captured German aircraft designers, the Horton broth- ers. According to the source, infamous Nazi-doctor Josef Mengele surgically altered chil- dren to occupy the disc and, under orders of Joseph Stalin, crash it into the United States to cause a War of the Worlds type hysteria. “The end of my book became incredibly sensationalized because it does deal with… powerful…information…that the Air Force and the CIA and engineers and all kinds of black-ops people are involved in,” said Jacobsen. The interview took on a more conventional and chronological sequence of the subjects cov- ered in the book. The time line covers post-war atomic bomb testing, as well as the develop- ment and operation of strategic- reconnaissance planes, such as the U-2 and SR-71, used during the Vietnam War. “You know, it’s kind of like the Forest Gump of espio- nage and military technology,” Jacobsen said about the extent of Area 51’s involvement. “ It’s always there.” The floor was opened for questions, one of which asked about the amount of total clas- sified history covered in the book, which Jacobsen esti- mated to be seven percent. The “need-to-know” theme of the book was the subject of another question. Following the interview, Jacobsen was available for a book signing. The Catholic Student Union (CSU) hosted its fourth annual Hunger Banquet last Thursday at the Landing Strip to raise aware- ness about the millions of people who go without food each year. Tickets designating social class were handed out as peo- ple crowded into the trans- formed Landing Strip. First- class tickets were treated to an elegantly set table, bread and an exquisite three-course meal, which included steak. The middle class was seated at tables with plastic forks and knives, and their dinner of chicken and rice was served at an assembly line. Third-class tickets had to sit on the floor. They were served rice and beans to eat without utensils. Many used their plas- tic cups or a portion of ripped Styrofoam plate as a scoop for the food. As the evening unfolded, pas- sionate advocates made cases supporting the elimination of World Hunger. There are over 840 million people in the world today suffering from malnour- ishment. Of those people, 6 million die every year from hunger and another 12 million from a lack of clean drinking water. People reflected on the seri- ous tone hidden in those num- bers. They had just experienced the levels of social classes through a unifying necessity: food. After dinner, guests participat- ed in a trivia game, where they were asked questions to test their knowledge of World Hunger. Top scorers moved on to a Jeopardy round to compete for a $300 Best Buy gift card. Other finalists each received a $20 gift card. Event coordinator Kevin Matiko, along with Sarah Matiko, hosted the occasion. They engaged their audience and made them more aware of the issues involving World Hunger. The CSU urges all to donate food, time or money to one of the many organizations joined in the effort to eliminate World Hunger. Area 51 myths debunked at Speaker Series Saumalu Mataafa Guest Reporter STUDENTS WERE FED ACCORDING to social class determined by random selection at the Catholic Student Union’s forth annual Hunger Banquet held in the Landing Strip Thursday. FLOYD PERKINSON/AVION Hunger knows no class at Embry-Riddle Nick Candrella Entertainment Editor NOTED JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR Annie Jacobsen discussed declassified information about Area 51 during the President’s Speakers Series last Wednesday. Jacobsen is promoting her new book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. NICK CANDRELLA/AVION Order of Omega and the sisters of Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted a Welcome to Greek Life convocation for members of the Greek com- munity on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Dr. Mari Ann Callais spoke about understanding what each fraternity or soror- ity stands for and making the most of their college experi- ence. Dr. Callais has a doctor- ate in educational leadership and research from Louisiana State University and is a for- mer national President for the fraternity Theta Phi Alpha. She also received the Sigma Sigma Sigma Greek Advisor of the Year Award. Initially, Dr. Callais grabbed the audience’s attention by playing guitar and encourag- ing all to sing “Lean on Me” and “Hakuna Matata.” While students clapped along with the beat, it was obvious the majority were unsure as to what direction Dr. Callais and the convoca- tion were headed, but she chal- lenged the hesitant audience to “take off their cool caps” and fully participate in remember- ing why they joined Greek life in the first place. Members volunteered such answers as gaining brotherhood, a support system and becoming part of something greater than themselves. Dr. Callais point- ed out that being a member of the Greek community is a great responsibility mixed with sacred rituals, ceremonies and values. A Theta Phi Alpha, Stephanie Fussell, explained to the stu- dents how one of their found- ers, May C. Ryan, affected her. “May C. Ryan wrote our ritual,” she said, “and it was written in such a beautiful way that everyone could connect with her words. If I ran into May C. Ryan today I would thank her for putting down into words everything that means some- thing to me.” Next, Dr. Callais challenged the audience to reflect on the interpersonal relationships with other fraternities and sorori- ties. “Our values we embody as a fraternity or sorority,” she said, “must be congruent to our behavior.” When sharing about Daniel William Cooper, one of Sigma Chi’s founders, Christian Schirra explained that the founding principles helped him realize, “Every [fraternity] we interact with is just as important as any other and we need to give respect to them all.” Members were asked to share stories of when a fellow brother or sister truly embod- ied the ritual. There were sev- eral heart-wrenching tales of sisters dropping everything to comfort a sister in need, and fraternity brothers revealed extremely tough experiences where fellow brothers came together to support each other. In closing, Dr. Callais told the audience to think about what life would be like without the sup- port of fellow brothers and sis- ters. Girls immediately turned to hug one another and profes- sions of love rang out across the room. Phi Delta Theta pledge Aaron Sagramsingh declared, “Seeing the energy that Dr. Callais was able to draw from the Greek life here at ERAU really demonstrated not only her passion and willingness to reach out to others, but it also conveyed the enthusiasm and zeal of the Greek Life body. As a pledge, witnessing just a small extent of tonight’s events clearly eliminated any doubts of joining a fraternity and goes on to provide further motivation for accepting what’s to come with open arms.” Dr. Callais again picked up the guitar and ended the convocation with a poignant song that declared, “All my dreams would still be dreams if there hadn’t been you.” Allie Iacovelli Copy Editor Dr. Callais leads Greeks in welcoming convocation SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES CAME together last Wednesday under the direction of Dr. Callais to share stories, sing songs and answer any questions from prospective pledges. NICK CANDRELLA/AVION
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A2 The Avion, October 4, 2011Campus
Executive BoardEditor-in-Chief .....................Costas SivyllisManaging Editor ...................Austin CoffeyNews Editor ................................Peter TanBusiness Manager ..........Alena ThompsonPhotography Editor ...........Anthony SekineAdvertising Manager .....Lanie Wagenblast
Editorial StaffFront Editor .........................Costas Sivyllis May ChanCampus Editor ................Stefanie ThaxtonSGA Editor .............................James ScottStudent Life Editor ......... Alena ThompsonOpinions Editor............................Peter TanAero Feature ......................Nick CandrellaSports Editor .....................Anthony Sekine Austin Coffey
Editorial Staff Cont.Entertainment .......................Allie Iacovelli Karissa HewittComics Editor ................. Tilford MansfieldCopy Editor............................Allie Iacovelli Karissa Hewitt
Staff AdvisorJessica Searcy, Assistant Director of Programming and Leadership
Contact InformationMain Phone........................(386) 226-6049Advertising Manager..........(386) 226-7697Fax Number.......................(386) [email protected]
The Avion is produced weekly during the fall and spring term, and bi-weekly during summer terms. The Avion is produced by a volunteer student staff. Student editors make all content, business and editorial decisions. The editorial opinions expressed in The Avion are solely the opinion of the undersigned writer(s), and not those of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Student Government Association, the staff of The Avion, or the student body. Letters appearing in The Avion are those of the writer, identified at the end of the letter. Opinions expressed in the “Student Government” and “Student Life” sections are those of the identified writer. Letters may be submitted to The Avion for publication, provided they are not lewd, obscene or libelous. Letter writers must confine themselves to less than 800 words. Letters may be edited for brevity and formatted to newspaper guidelines. All letters must be signed. Names may be withheld at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The Avion is an open forum for student expression. The Avion is a division of the Student Government Association. The Avion is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. The costs of this publication are paid by the Student Government Association and through advertising fees. The Avion distributes one free copy per person. Additional copies are $0.75. Theft of newspapers is a crime, and is subject to prosecution and Embry-Riddle judicial action. This newspaper and its contents are protected by United States copyright law. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, in print or electronically, without the expressed written con-sent of The Avion. Correspondence may be addressed to: The Avion Newspaper, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. Physical office: John Paul Riddle Student Center, Room 110. Phone: (386) 226-6049. Fax: (386) 226-6727. E-mail: [email protected].
The President’s Speaker Series continued last Wednesday, presenting Los Angeles Time Magazine journalist and author Annie Jacobsen. The major-ity of the Gale Lemerand Auditorium in the Willie Miller Instructional Center was full with interested students.
Jacobsen has published two books, Terror in the Skies: Why 9/11 Could Happen Again and Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. The first was released in 2005, and the sec-ond in May of this year.
Radio talk-show host Marc Bernier opened the interview by getting right to the point, asking, “Annie, why did you write the [Area 51] book?”
As the story goes, Jacobsen was at a Christmas Eve party in 2007 with a former Lockheed physicist named Edward Lovick. Lovick had worked extensively on radar cross-section reduction and the development of low-observable
“stealth” technology at Area 51, near Roswell, New Mexico.
“Boy have I got a story for you,” he told Jacobsen.
Some of the work Lovick did in the 1960s has just recently been declassified. Jacobsen was surprised to discover the existence of the bases, saying, “I immediately thought, ‘My goodness, it’s a real place.’”
Bernier focused the interview on the controversial material in the last chapter of the book.
An anonymous source that Jacobsen is “very confident about” states the crash outside of Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 was not an alien space-craft or a project-mogul bal-loon, as previously speculat-ed, but a disc-shaped aircraft designed for the Soviet Union by captured German aircraft designers, the Horton broth-ers. According to the source, infamous Nazi-doctor Josef Mengele surgically altered chil-dren to occupy the disc and, under orders of Joseph Stalin, crash it into the United States to cause a War of the Worlds type hysteria.
“The end of my book became
incredibly sensationalized because it does deal with…powerful…information…that the Air Force and the CIA and engineers and all kinds of black-ops people are involved in,” said Jacobsen.
The interview took on a more conventional and chronological sequence of the subjects cov-ered in the book. The time line covers post-war atomic bomb testing, as well as the develop-ment and operation of strategic-reconnaissance planes, such as the U-2 and SR-71, used during the Vietnam War.
“You know, it’s kind of like the Forest Gump of espio-nage and military technology,” Jacobsen said about the extent of Area 51’s involvement. “ It’s always there.”
The floor was opened for questions, one of which asked about the amount of total clas-sified history covered in the book, which Jacobsen esti-mated to be seven percent. The “need-to-know” theme of the book was the subject of another question. Following the interview, Jacobsen was available for a book signing.
The Catholic Student Union (CSU) hosted its fourth annual Hunger Banquet last Thursday at the Landing Strip to raise aware-ness about the millions of people who go without food each year.
Tickets designating social class were handed out as peo-ple crowded into the trans-formed Landing Strip. First-class tickets were treated to an elegantly set table, bread and an exquisite three-course meal, which included steak.
The middle class was seated at tables with plastic forks and knives, and their dinner of chicken and rice was served at
an assembly line.Third-class tickets had to sit
on the floor. They were served rice and beans to eat without utensils. Many used their plas-tic cups or a portion of ripped Styrofoam plate as a scoop for the food.
As the evening unfolded, pas-sionate advocates made cases supporting the elimination of World Hunger. There are over 840 million people in the world today suffering from malnour-ishment. Of those people, 6 million die every year from hunger and another 12 million from a lack of clean drinking water.
People reflected on the seri-ous tone hidden in those num-bers. They had just experienced
the levels of social classes through a unifying necessity: food.
After dinner, guests participat-ed in a trivia game, where they were asked questions to test their knowledge of World Hunger. Top scorers moved on to a Jeopardy round to compete for a $300 Best Buy gift card. Other finalists each received a $20 gift card.
Event coordinator Kevin Matiko, along with Sarah Matiko, hosted the occasion. They engaged their audience and made them more aware of the issues involving World Hunger.
The CSU urges all to donate food, time or money to one of the many organizations joined in the effort to eliminate World Hunger.
Area 51 myths debunked at Speaker Series
Saumalu MataafaGuest Reporter
STUDENTS WERE FED ACCORDING to social class determined by random selection at the Catholic Student Union’s forth annual Hunger Banquet held in the Landing Strip Thursday.
FLOYD PERKINSON/AVION
Hunger knows no class at Embry-Riddle
Nick CandrellaEntertainment Editor
NOTED JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR Annie Jacobsen discussed declassified information about Area 51 during the President’s Speakers Series last Wednesday. Jacobsen is promoting her new book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base.
NICK CANDRELLA/AVION
Order of Omega and the sisters of Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted a Welcome to Greek Life convocation for members of the Greek com-munity on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Dr. Mari Ann Callais spoke about understanding what each fraternity or soror-ity stands for and making the most of their college experi-ence. Dr. Callais has a doctor-ate in educational leadership and research from Louisiana State University and is a for-mer national President for the fraternity Theta Phi Alpha. She also received the Sigma Sigma Sigma Greek Advisor of the Year Award.
Initially, Dr. Callais grabbed the audience’s attention by playing guitar and encourag-ing all to sing “Lean on Me” and “Hakuna Matata.” While students clapped along with the beat, it was obvious the majority were unsure as to what direction Dr. Callais and the convoca-tion were headed, but she chal-
lenged the hesitant audience to “take off their cool caps” and fully participate in remember-ing why they joined Greek life in the first place.
Members volunteered such answers as gaining brotherhood, a support system and becoming part of something greater than themselves. Dr. Callais point-ed out that being a member of the Greek community is a great responsibility mixed with sacred rituals, ceremonies and values.
A Theta Phi Alpha, Stephanie Fussell, explained to the stu-dents how one of their found-ers, May C. Ryan, affected her. “May C. Ryan wrote our ritual,” she said, “and it was written in such a beautiful way that everyone could connect with her words. If I ran into May C. Ryan today I would thank her for putting down into words everything that means some-thing to me.”
Next, Dr. Callais challenged the audience to reflect on the interpersonal relationships with other fraternities and sorori-ties. “Our values we embody as a fraternity or sorority,” she
said, “must be congruent to our behavior.”
When sharing about Daniel William Cooper, one of Sigma Chi’s founders, Christian Schirra explained that the founding principles helped him realize, “Every [fraternity] we interact with is just as important as any other and we need to give respect to them all.”
Members were asked to share stories of when a fellow brother or sister truly embod-ied the ritual. There were sev-eral heart-wrenching tales of sisters dropping everything to comfort a sister in need, and fraternity brothers revealed extremely tough experiences where fellow brothers came together to support each other.
In closing, Dr. Callais told the audience to think about what life would be like without the sup-port of fellow brothers and sis-ters. Girls immediately turned to hug one another and profes-sions of love rang out across the room. Phi Delta Theta pledge Aaron Sagramsingh declared, “Seeing the energy that Dr. Callais was able to draw from the Greek life here at ERAU
really demonstrated not only her passion and willingness to reach out to others, but it also conveyed the enthusiasm and zeal of the Greek Life body. As a pledge, witnessing just a
small extent of tonight’s events clearly eliminated any doubts of joining a fraternity and goes on to provide further motivation for accepting what’s to come with open arms.”
Dr. Callais again picked up the guitar and ended the convocation with a poignant song that declared, “All my dreams would still be dreams if there hadn’t been you.”
Allie IacovelliCopy Editor
Dr. Callais leads Greeks in welcoming convocation
SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES CAME together last Wednesday under the direction of Dr. Callais to share stories, sing songs and answer any questions from prospective pledges.
NICK CANDRELLA/AVION
