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Florida Gulf Coast University barely made a blip on the educational radar when it opened in 1997. The school began its life as a virtual university with no classrooms, no dorms and no athletics. The 2,500

students enjoyed small online class sizes where professors could cater to their needs.

Fast-forward 15 years.FGCU’s campus has shot up

as enrollment now exceeds 13,000 students. Classrooms are packed while the parking garages have become a battleground.

“We believe at the current rate of growth we have two more years of classroom and laboratory space left,” FGCU Provost Ron Toll said.

While FGCU offi cials maintain the growth is a positive, students aren’t so sure.

“We wouldn’t have the engineering building, Sugden Hall

and the performing arts building if we didn’t have that kind of growth potential. With the growth came additional resources from the state for the building,” Toll said. “It was the PECO (Public Educational Capital Outlay) money and from the expansion of the degree program that came an ability to have a higher

resident population that would begin their fi rst year here and continue until graduation. This is all part of a plan.”

The most noticeable spike in enrollment has occurred over the past fi ve years.

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Over $3 million in cuts.That is the number President Wilson

Bradshaw gave to the FGCU Board of Trustees at Tuesday’s meeting.

Making matters worse, of the $3,626,155 eliminated from the budget, more than $2.3 million was cut from the Division of Academic Affairs.

These cuts especially affected student workers.

FGCU cut 31 Other Personal Services (OPS) student positions within the Division of Academic Affairs, according to the 2012-2013 budget reduction report. This will save the university approximately $334,000. However, the cut OPS positions included student staff for the library, which recently received criticism for signifi cantly reducing its hours.

Overall, 93 full-time and two part-time positions were cut, including 25 OPS student positions within the Division of the Offi ce of the President and 26 staff and OPS positions within the Division of Administrative Services and Finance.

Students will also have to endure larger class sizes due to the budget cuts.

Twelve vacant staff positions were eliminated permanently and adjunct professors for 135 courses were laid off, saving the university about $1.4 million.

Bradshaw said the budget reductions were signifi cant because this was the s i x t h

consecutive year of cuts at FGCU.“Using the ‘cutting the fat’ analogy, we

were at bone a long time ago,” he said.Trustee Edward Morton said the cuts

are imbalanced since FGCU had to cut as signifi cantly as larger universities.

“This is somewhat analogous to the University of Florida being a 300-pound sumo wrestler and Florida Gulf Coast being a 100-pound female marathon runner and both universities are being asked to cut, both

athletes being asked to cut 30 pounds,” Morton said. “There seems to be no rationale behind the manner with which the revenues are set, by either the state or the Board of Governors,”

“This university is laboring under a signifi cant handicap,” Morton added.

Bradshaw later expressed the danger of letting the cuts inhibit FGCU’s potential as a higher-learning institute.

“My fear is mediocrity,” he said. “Mediocrity is not our goal.

Excellence is our goal.”Bradshaw also said he meets with

students, especially Student Body President Peter Cuderman, and welcomes their thoughts on the changes that are occurring.

“The hardest part is trying to convey to students that we really still invest in their success, but there is a reality we have to work within,” Bradshaw said. “What we need to hear back is when are we stepping over the line? When does this become counterproductive to students?”

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Omega Youth and Community Development Foundation: The forum will be at Dunbar High School Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We have had faculty from the College of Health Professions and several FGCU students who have volunteered in the past and will continue. There will be approximately 25 health screenings provided free of charge to the community, as well as health-related educational information. This year the Kleist Health Education Center will also be participating. Contact Cecil F. Carter at [email protected] or 239-590-7794.

Lee Memorial: Help out the children’s section at the Annual Health Forum. The event is at Dunbar High School on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact Martha Mayorga-Beck at [email protected] or 239-424-3806.

FGCU Kleist Health Education Center: Help the 5K by being an awesome volunteer. It’s at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 29 at FGCU. Duties would include keeping track of the time when runners finish, registering runners when they arrive, and setting up facilities. Contact Diane Odeh at [email protected] at 239-590-7459.

Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park: Specific outdoor projects for groups are available for those who would like to participate in Public Lands Day on Sept. 29 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Donna Young at [email protected] or 239-597-6196.

Rookery Bay: Save the date on Saturday, Sept. 29. Reserve your place now to volunteer for National Estuaries Day, which is a very fun and popular event! Volunteer positions include set up/ cleanup crews, parking attendants, FORB table, registration, interpretation, crafts, info/ survey table, front desk & nature store, face painting, tough tank, and facilities. Contact Susan Maunz at [email protected] or call 239-417-6310 x412.

Lee BIA Builders Care: Help volunteer with fundraising at the Miniature Golf Fundraiser on Oct. 11 from 5-8 p.m. at Castle Golf, 7400 Gladiolus Drive, Fort Myers. Just contact [email protected] for more information or call 239-938-0056.

Lakes Park Enrichment Foundation: Have a fun way to enjoy the fall season! Sign up right away to Join the FUN GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS at the 3rd Annual Halloween Extravaganza held Oct. 19-31, 2012 at Lakes Park. Ask for the

“Head Scarecrow” Marsha Asp. Contact her at 239-851-6434 or E-mail [email protected] for details. Traditional, weird, wacky, creative displays are welcome! Get going now! Lakes Park is a fantastic and beautiful state park located at 7330 Gladiolus Drive, Fort Myers.

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! Location is by Corkscrew Road and US 41, not too far from FGCU. For more information, contact Scott Stimpson at [email protected].

Lakes Regional Park: Help with a program for children’s tours of the gardens from 3:30–5 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 filter water. Contact Susan Moore at [email protected] or 239-481-7845.

FGCU Food Forest: This is a student-run botanical garden that highlights tropical/subtropical edible species that grow well in South Florida and is right here on campus! They need students to help on Fridays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. And there’s an opportunity for the next two weeks on Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sept. 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Contact [email protected] or Kelly Walsh at [email protected].

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 [email protected].

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, closed toed shoes are required, they suggest water and gloves.

Heartland Gardens: Did you know that FGCU alums started this nonprofit? They have a 1,700 square-foot raised labyrinth and they’re landscaping the entire acre with edible plants. Help with your financial expertise, business background, economic background, bookkeeping and data entry skills, public relations or communications background, or assist with newsletters, e-blasts, or grant writing. Contact Andrea at [email protected] or call 239-689-4249.

Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: Numerous

opportunities! Contact [email protected] or call 239-275-3435.

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 can’t make it, give notice. Be on time. Email Sally Richardson at [email protected].

Josephine’s Joy: Volunteers needed for local grassroots organization dedicated to enriching Alzheimer’s patients’ lives through music. Assistance needed with web development, fundraising, and general organizational duties. Contact Volunteer Services at 239-494-0507 or email [email protected].

Naples Zoo: Help with the planning stage of the Zoobilee, an annual fundraiser. This is a great way to get some hands-on experience and learn more about how a successful fundraiser is run! Our main area of need is for individuals who would be willing to go ask for donations for the Silent Auction - we would give you a list of businesses to stop by and ask as well as our desired item(s). We are also looking for people who would be willing to go pick-up donations for the Silent Auction. Both areas offer flexible scheduling. Contact Jessica Deering at [email protected] or 239-262-5409 x136.

FGCU Adaptive Services: They are looking for responsible students who would like to volunteer to tutor in a one-on-one setting. Please stop by the Adaptive Services office, first floor of Howard Hall, to get additional information regarding this opportunity and to fill out a Tutor Information Form. Tutors will receive service-learning hours for their assistance. If you have questions, please contact Barbara Fuentes at 239-590-7997 or at [email protected].

Gulf Coast Humane Society: Put your animal magnetism to work by volunteering. Opportunities include kennel & cat room assistants, events team, veterinary clinic receptionist, administrative help, landscaping, and more. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator Karen Fordiani at [email protected] or 239-332-0364 x301.

Partners for Breast Cancer Care: Their mission is to save lives

and reduce suffering. Come help by volunteering. Contact Barbara Farrell at [email protected].

Goodwill: From a different area? Enjoy any one of these locations: The High School/High Tech is in LaBelle, Clewiston, Moorehaven, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and North Fort Myers. Help those with disabilities develop their full potential. Contact Barbara Ramos at [email protected] or 239-693-9510 x 210.

Lee County Parks and Recreation: A ton of various places to enjoy outdoors! There’s Terry Park, Caloosahatchee Regional Park, Lakes Parks, Bowdich Park, Bunche Beach, Manatee Park, Veteran’s Park and more. Contact Volunteer Services at 239-432-2159 or email [email protected].

Harry Chapin Food Bank: Do you enjoy organizing food? Like knowing that those in need will benefit from your help? Contact the Volunteer Manager Bedzaida Bryen at [email protected] or 239-334-7007 x141.

Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT): Second Act Thrift store needs help. The benefit of volunteering is a 50% discount! Contact Honora Jacobus at [email protected] or 239-939-2553.

Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida: Want to help kids? Select your choice from: After-School Program Mentor, Fundraising/Marketing/PR, Facilities Quality Life Center tours on FGCU campus, Arts (visual, performing, and fine arts), Computer Web and more. Contact Angela Pena at [email protected] or 239-334-2797.

Habitat for Humanity: There are volunteer opportunities in construction, in the office, and the ReStore and for special events. Would you like to bring a group out to volunteer? Help an existing home. Call the Director of Volunteers Paula Schenz at [email protected] or 239-652-1684.

Information is provided by the Service Learning department. All opportunities are pre-approved. You can find more opportunities on Facebook at “FGCU Service Learning.”

Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:39 a.m.:While a deputy was patrolling

South Village he came across a person with drug paraphernalia and marijuana. The subject appeared to be dizzy and looked as if they were going to pass out. Medics were requested and they said the subject was having a panic attack. The subject was in the care of the medics and the paraphernalia and case were turned over to judicial affairs for review.

Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:58 a.m.:A call was transferred from

Lee County control stating that someone was trying to commit suicide in the lake in North Lake

Village. Witnesses got the subject out of the water and stated that he was very combative. Medics arrived and transported him to Gulf Coast Hospital. He was examined and then Baker Acted.

Monday Sept. 10 at 6:18 p.m.:There was a request for

an officer to be present for a room search in South Village. Marijuana was found on top of the refrigerator along with a green leafy substance and an Adderall that was identified by the resident. This case was turned over to judicial affairs.

Tuesday Sept. 11 at 2:00 p.m.: A complainant reported the grill of their vehicle had been taken off.

This happened while the vehicle was parked in the handicapped area of parking lot one. The complainant was advised to stop by the police station to provide a written statement.

Tuesday Sept. 11 at 4:33 p.m.:The Wellness Center called

and requested EMS for a female who was having breathing problems. They thought she was possibly having an asthma attack. She was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital.

Tuesday Sept. 11 at 5:00 p.m.: An officer was requested to assist with a room search in South Village. Housing officials found two empty glass jars, two

glass jars containing a total of 22 grams of a green leafy substance that tested positive for marijuana, two metal grinders, one vaporizer, one scale, one smoke buddy filter, and one glass pipe. All items were placed into evidence for judicial reviews.

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Anisha Rosan, senior, biology major

Q: What was your initial thought process on your very fi rst day of college classes?

A: “ I thought it was going to be pretty [overwhelming] because of my major, but at the same time I wasn’t scared because I knew the work load was going to be pretty intense.”

Q: How has the University grown since your freshman year?

A: “The University has grown a lot. It has become more diverse. For example there are more buildings now, the student union has grown, the library hours have shortened and more resources are now avaible for the students.”

Q: What’s the most prominent change you see when you look around campus?

A: ”The student growth is the biggest change.”

Q: What will you miss the most when you graduate?

A: “I’ll miss the environment the most. The way it is very chill, but you still know you have to get the work done.”

Ilyse Kushner, freshman, nursing major

Q: What were you expecting on your fi rst few days of classes?

A: “I was expecting it to be harder because it wasn’t high school any more. As Doctor Humphries said, “We are not in Kanas anymore.”

Q: What is the biggest difference between high school and college?

A: “In college, there is no rules. They don’t tell you what to do. There is a lot of freedom because your parents aren’t here to tell you; you are off on your own.”

Q: How does living on campus affect your college experience?

A: “Living here has a huge impact on the experience. It affects how you study, and it makes it easier to meet people.”

Q: What are you most looking forward to during your time at FGCU?

A: “I am looking forward to getting the education I need to become a nurse, meeting new people, the college experience and having the time of my life.”

Kaitlyn Roge, freshman, nursing major

Q: What were you expecting on your fi rst few days of classes?

A: “Since I took DE in high school, I was expecting it to be a lot like that. I fi gured the professors would go over the syllabi, then get into it. “

Q: What is the biggest difference between high school and college?

A: “In college, there is more freedom. The work is also clean cut; it’s more your responsibility to get it done rather than the professors telling you what to do.”

Q: How do you think/hope the University will grow and change during your time here?

A: “ I think the campus itself will only change a little bit, but due to budget cuts and student pettiotns, I can see the library hours changing again.

Q: How do you think living on campus will affect you?

A: “ It will cause my personality to change because it will force me not to be shy and meet new people.”

Eric Downey, freshman, software engineering

Q: What were you expecting on your fi rst day of class?A: I guess I was expecting hard classes. Of course, coming in you don’t

really know anyone, so I was unfamiliar with things.Q: What’s the biggest difference between high school and FGCU?A: The structure of things and how everything is setup. In high school,

you have your set classes everyday. In college, you have different classes on different days, and you can technically make your own schedule. That’s the biggest difference for me

Q: How do you think the University will grow and change during your time here?

A: Well, it’s probably going to get bigger; I know they’re putting up a new building.

Q: What are you looking forward to during your time at FGCU?A: Meeting new people, making new friends and getting into my major.

Joey Brenner, freshman, marketing

Q: What were you expecting on your fi rst day of class?

A: Confusion. A lot of it.Q: What’s the biggest difference

between high school and FGCU?A: It’s a lot easier to meet people, and

classes are more diffi cult.Q: How do you think the University

will grow/change during your time here?A: More diversity. Q: What are you looking forward to

during your time at FGCU?A: Probably meeting new people; I like

meeting people.

Amanda Rowe, senior, communication major

Q: What was your initial thought process on your fi rst day of college?

A: I didn’t really know what to expect. I came from a private school so having my teacher drop the f-bomb on the fi rst day of class was pretty mind blowing.

Q: How has the University grown since you were a freshman?

A: There’s defi nitely a lot more people. I know before you would defi nitely run into the same people while walking to your classes, and now I see totally different people everyday. And then of course, we have buildings and parking garages, and there was not that many when I was a freshman.


A: It looks more like an actual college. When you fi rst started going here, it was so small that you felt like you were almost at a community college because the amount of people that there were. Now you look around and you know it’s a fun place to be and it’s really pretty. We have a really pretty campus.

Carolina Diaz, senior, communication major

Q: What was your initial thought process on your fi rst day of college?

A: Nervous. Anxious. I didn’t know what to expect. I had an older sister who was a senior, but she didn’t give me much advice.

Q: How has the University grown since you were a freshman?

A: New buildings and a lot more students. Lutgert wasn’t here when I was a freshman. That extra parking garage wasn’t here. I think the student body has tripled.


A: I think it’s the new buildings, that they’re trying to accommodate everybody. You can tell that it’s building and going and a lot more people know about the school now than four years ago.

Q: What will you miss the most when you graduate?

A: The comfort of being in Florida. I’ve grown up here my entire life, and it was nice to be able to continue going to University in my home. I’ll be sad when I have to leave that.

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Each year over one million college students graduate, but due to cuts nationwide, most graduates are having a hard time finding jobs. For those still in school, tuition is increasing, student loans are becoming an added expense and students may be wondering if college is worth the cost.

Additionally, many college students struggle with obtaining

or qualifying for enough finical aid and scholarship money each year to help cover tuition.

According to Think Tank, 29% of all college students that take out student loans are dropping out of college.

Many college students, like Andrew Stuart, a freshman majoring in law, find student loans are too risky.

“I don’t believe student loans are worth it,” Stuart said. “Jobs aren’t hiring students with huge loans. So I am paying all this

money to get a degree I can’t even put to use when I graduate.”

According to a Pew study conducted by Times magazine, students say loans make it 48% harder to pay bills, 25% harder to buy a house, and 24% harder to get a job.

Despite the economic downturn, more entrepreneurs seem to be creating products and making millions of dollars without college degrees. This only adds to the skepticism that a college degree may not be worth

the cost. Career Development Services

director, Reid Lennertz, disagrees, saying college degrees are still necessary.

“Over the course of a lifetime, it is worth it,” Lennertz said. “Adults with college degrees make over a million dollars more in a lifetime than those who only have a high school diploma. I dislike that students have to pay more, but I still believe that it is worth the cost.”

Ilyse Kushner, a freshman

majoring in nursing, agrees with Lennertz.

“I believe the money made from a career that requires a degree will be worth it in the long run and eventually surpass the amount it took to achieve the degree,” she said.

A recent lawsuit filed in Miami claims Darden Restaurants Inc. has not been giving their employees proper pay. According to the lawsuit, incidents like these have been occurring nationwide at establishments such as Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and others owned by Darden.

These restaurants now face claims that they have violated Florida labor laws and have been underpaying nearly 1,000 employees across the state as well as nationally.

By Florida law, if a server is doing side work, such as rolling silverware instead of waiting on a table when the day is slow, their pay is supposed to bump up to an hourly pay of minimum wage to make up for their lack of tips. Unfortunately, the lawsuit claims that some Darden restaurants did not meet the legal standards for their employees’ base pay.

Some accusations against them include not allowing employees to clock in until customers began to arrive,

forcing servers to clock out and work without pay and not honoring the overtime laws of those whose work time has exceeded 40 hours.

Amanda Donnelly, a junior at FGCU, worked as a server for more than a year and was surprised to learn of the infractions reported in the lawsuit.

“That is really horrible and unfair to those employees,” she said. “I’d like to see them pay those employees what they rightfully owe.”

Although Donnelly has not personally been through situations like the ones alleged in the lawsuit, when she was working as a server Donnelly says she would not have dealt with it.

“I would quit,” she said. Student Jessica Scanlon says

she understands why servers are taking action against the restaurants they work for.

“As a former waitress, I can empathize with this because at my job, tips were a huge part of income and it would be very upsetting if these servers here, who are our friends, were not earning what they should be,” she

said.Similar lawsuits like the one

filed in Miami are now pending in Illinois and New York.

This is not the first lawsuit of its kind for Darden.

In 2011, employees from an Olive Garden and a Red Lobster in Texas sued for labor violations. They later received $106,800 in back pay and fines.

The lawsuit filed in Miami was filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act and against Darden Restaurants Inc., meaning the company is being sued as a whole, covering any employee working under one of their chains.

There are two Olive Garden restaurants a short distance away from FGCU and a Longhorn Steakhouse opening soon at Gulf Coast Town Center.

Darden spokesman Rich Jeffers called the lawsuit “baseless,” saying its allegations “fly in the face of our values and how we operate our business. Each of our brands complies with all federal and state labor and employment laws, and we’re proud of our standing as an employer of choice.”

Students interested in “real” food were invited to attend the Real Food Challenge Leadership Training session over the weekend, which was hosted by the FGCU Students for Environmental Justice organization.

The Real Food Challenge is a national campaign that “leverages the power of youth and universities to create a healthy, fair, and green food system,” as stated by its vision. The goal of the campaign is to shift $1 billion from existing university budgets nationally to “real” food.

The training hosted students from all over the southeast, including Louisiana and Georgia, and covered a wide spectrum of topics ranging from leadership and organizational skills to the importance of community-based, organic, ethical food. Included in the weekend training were tours of the Immokalee tomato farm hosted by the Coalition for Immokalee Workers and the FGCU Food Forest.

Food Foresters vice president, Arlo Simonds, said sustainable food not only makes for healthy people, but for a healthy community too.

“Real food is important to me because it is the fi rst step toward a sustainable human society in which we all respect the ecosystem around us and recognize our place in that ecosystem,” Simonds said. “We all have to eat, may as well get two birds stoned at once!”

Rebecca Dart, a junior majoring in environmental studies, said the training session opened her eyes to certain food

and sustainability issues that she didn’t previously know.

“I learned just how unhealthy the food provided to the schools in America really is as well as great and effi cient ways of curing that and other problems by forming community-based relations with local businesses,” she said. “I now see that the implementation of real food not only in schools, but in every facet of our lives is not only benefi cial, but necessary.”

Students are currently running the Real Food Calculator, a tool used to fairly and critically evaluate the health, fairness, and environmental impacts of the food provided on campus.

For more information and opportunities to get involved in the Real Food Challenge and FGCU Students for Environmental Justice (SEJ), contact Raciely Hernandez, co-president of SEJ, at [email protected].

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WEEK inREVIEW- After more than a week of

picket lines, the teachers of Chicago agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom. The stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel began over issues such as teacher evaluations and job security, two topics at the heart of efforts to reform the nation’s public schools. Union delegates voted overwhelmingly to suspend the strike after discussing a proposed contract settlement that had been on the table for days. Classes were to resume Wednesday.

- Galen Grier Hopper, daughter of late actor Dennis Hopper, inherited a trust fund of $2.25 million cash and $600,000 worth of property from the “Easy Rider” actor’s estate. Legal documents reportedly stipulate that Galen’s mother and Hopper’s estranged wife Victoria Duffy have no access to the money.

- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams completed the first triathlon in space, running, biking and “swimming” along with athletes in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California over the weekend. Williams is the U.S. commander of the Expedition 33 crew aboard the space station, which is orbiting Earth about 240 miles (386 km) overhead. She used exercise equipment, including a stationary bike, treadmill and strength-training machine specially formulated for weightlessness, to simulate the

triathlon experience in space.

- Russia forced the United States to close its aid mission in Moscow, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, in a blow to U.S. efforts to improve ties and a step that may aid the Kremlin’s crackdown on pro-democracy groups. Russia gave the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) until Oct. 1 to cease operations after two decades and more than $2.6 billion spent to combat disease, protect the environment, strengthen civil society and modernize the economy.

- Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the man seen in a surveillance video trying to leave a convenience store without paying for two packs of beer in Boynton Beach, Fla. Police say the suspect grabbed the beer from a cooler last week and put it underneath his shirt. He then walked up to the front counter and asked the clerk if he could “slide’ and not pay for the beers. The clerk said no, but the suspect left the store with the beers. When the clerk chased after him and told him he called police, the suspect head-butted him and took off.

- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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In his democratic nomination acceptance speech, Barack Obama gave his reasons as to why he deserves a second term as President of the United States.

A telling statement in the president’s discourse was when he criticized Republican opposition on their desire to “provide bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations.”

This quote gives a strong contrast between the incumbent and his opponent, Mitt Romney, and ultimately a contrast between the two platforms on either side of the aisle. Obama makes it clear that government must continue, and even increase, regulating the American people and their businesses. This philosophy is perpetuated with nearly every decision made in the White House.

The president described his belief in “a future where we keep investing in wind and solar [power] and clean coal.”

What was his energy policy in his first term? According to Peter Schweiezer, a best-selling author and a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm Oval Office Writers, the President has been running a “recycling program” with tax payer money. Twenty billion dollars in Solyndra-type loans have been given to fund new solar companies in the president’s first term. Eighty percent of that money ($16 billion) can be linked directly to either members of

Obama’s 2008 national campaign finance committee (10 members) or bundlers for his campaign (12 members).

These are multibillion dollar grants and loans with what is ultimately taxpayer money. When all is said and done, these contributors got a return of

$24,760 for every one dollar given to the president’s campaign. This is Obama’s idea of investing in the renewable energy field: Taking tax payer’s money and hiring contributors to his campaign to run the companies he provides subsidies to.

Shall the American people allow for such cronyism to continue at the expense of current and future generations’ obligation to the national debt?

The Troubled Asset Relief

Program, or TARP, supplies hundreds of billions in tax revenue to “troubled asset” businesses.

Perhaps the most famous of these is General Motors, when it was “bailed out” with $81.8 billion of American taxpayer’s money. According to the SIGTARP’s (Special Inspector General of TARP) Quarterly Report to Congress, “Taxpayers are owed $44.5 billion in TARP auto funds” (page 144).

One might argue that when a business such as GM employs 202,000 people, the government should be there to catch them if they fail. Just remember that government spending means more taxes, more debt and all the potential interest rate increases that come as a result.

Naturally, President Obama boasted that he saved hundreds of thousands of jobs by bailing out GM, when in reality it’s the taxpayers who came to the rescue and renewed the American auto industry.

Another one of President Obama’s self-proclaimed accomplishments is his “[increase on] fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas.”

More than any president before him, Barack Obama has used the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to raise fuel efficiency in all types of vehicles. This may sound beneficial to have a more fuel-efficient motor vehicle, but raising CAFE standards has a

direct impact on the fatality rate of drivers throughout the nation.

According to a 1999 USA Today article, “Death by the Gallon,” for every mile per gallon fuel standards are raised, roughly 7,700 deaths come as a direct result.

Though President Obama’s intentions may be admirable, the consequences of lighter and smaller cars are deadly. This is yet another example of government interference in a so-called free market economy.

Toward the conclusion of his speech, the president makes a defining statement:

“[I] also believe in something called citizenship, a word at the very heart of our founding, at the very essence of our democracy; the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another, and to future generations. We believe that when a CEO pays his autoworkers enough to buy the cars that they build, the whole company does better. We believe that when a family can no longer be tricked into signing a mortgage they can’t afford, that family is protected, but so is the value of other people’s homes, and so is the entire economy.”

The president continued and went on to describe more examples of “citizenship” that, frankly, no one would argue with.

This is called a “straw man,” when a fake argument is presented that no one is on the opposing side of. Everyone can see the benefit of charity and decency, but Barack Obama

believes that citizenship should be enforced and legislated by the government.

When in reality, the only reason our government exists is to protect citizenship. Our government was created to protect the God-given rights of its citizens. America has been the greatest example of freedom the world has ever known.

But if the citizens who own this government continue to allow lawmakers to take ever-increasing power, we will lose more of our citizenship and ultimately, we will lose our freedom.

There is a fundamental question facing the American people this election season. Should our federal government act as an employer, charity organization and regulating service on behalf of the American tax payer?

Or should the House and Senate take pay cuts from their $175,000 yearly salaries until our nation’s debt is in order? Not to mention the nearly half a million dollars we pay our president each year.

These men and women on Capitol Hill have bankrupted our country and hijacked the taxpayer’s bank account. There is no end in sight to Washington’s onerous spending. Let us stand up and fight the recklessness that is Washington D.C.

Across the country, tuition is rising. This summer, I supported our university’s proposed tuition increases.

According to Nicholas Lemann, writing for The New Yorker, “Now that we know that either Obama or Romney will be President next year, we also know that, from 1989 through at least 2017, every President of the United States will have had a degree from either Harvard or Yale or, in the case of George W. Bush, both.”

The apparently passé sequence for high school students is to enroll in a four-year university, following their high school graduation. Recent high school graduates may have an unrealistic view of the world and,

specifically, of their potential career.

As Brian Stanley, writing for The New York Times, relates, “My well-nurtured ego thought of the outside world as the waiting arena of my actions, where all humanity was expectantly assembled for me, yet when I arrived I found that no one knew my name nor wished to learn it; I was a king without any subjects.” Stanley’s crow’s nest is relatable, since, in one form or another, we each naturally progress through that stage.

Case in point: Clark, a fictional college student in the movie “Good Will Hunting,” fails to embarrass Will’s friend Chuckie following a false claim he attended the same course the prior semester with Skylar — a patron at the bar and a student at the nearby college. Will then explains to Clark the proper way to improve his social poise.

“One: Don’t do that,” Will said.

“Two: You dropped 150 grand on an education you coulda’ picked up for a $1.50 in late charges at the public library.”

While Will’s speech is hilarious in its entirety, the

second statement is not the truth. College has been, and still is, a superb investment.

Institutions such as FGCU enable possession of an ace in the hole for graduating high school students. When down on their luck in the future, students can revert to knowledge personally acquired. With the tumultuous state of the world today, there’s not a better investment with capital in order to reach avenues desirable in the future.

Dale Stephens, 20, founder of UnCollege, holds an opposing view to a traditional four-year university. His premise is a rebellious take on information in the current day. Stephens manipulates the readers with veribiage that sells his course curriculum. These books are just a place to start hacking your education, as opposed to going to a traditional college.

The writer is unclear in his explanation, however. In a New York Times interview, the writer contradicts himself repeatedly. For example, Stephens responds, “What you learn in college is generally the same skill set that you learn in a traditional school environment. You learn how to

follow directions, meet deadlines and memorize facts.”

“When you go out into the world, there’s no structure like that. A job doesn’t give you a syllabus,” Stephens said.

The point of an education is to give an individual an education. The point of a job is to perform duties of a job. I entered college to learn about my future and to perform at a high level quickly.

Less than a year ago, when first entering the work force, my sales manager did not offer any insight to success. Rather, the person is delivered a script and expected to quickly master the language the company offered in a brief, five-page paper.

Stephens said, “. . . learn how to follow directions, meet deadlines and memorize facts,” which are important qualifications regardless of occupation.

The information provided in college is relevant. It’s an accumulation of bodies of relevant information for those in the future to properly do the job and handle the responsibilities of positions of influence.

While such words seem high and mighty, and more

appropriate if they were coming from the mouth of Bruce Wayne, “This is our world, not our predecessors.” The broad topic of history includes information from accounting, chemistry and various other curriculums of choice.

While characters such as Clark in “Good Will Hunting” offer justification for annoyance with the current education system, the association with Will is intentional. Clark will apply knowledge learned to improve his world, while simultaneously, the larger world in general. The list of similar gregarious-minded students from universities is endless.

Michael is a sophomore majoring in finance. He enjoys travel, basketball, hanging out with his friends and listening to music.

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A l l throughout the history of America, there are days that

are so unforgettable that each person alive on the day remembers exactly where they were on that day. Last week, that day was 9/11.

This year, on the 9/11 anniversary, this member of the Eagle News remembers two things about the day: The flag planting ceremony which was held last year on the 10th anniversary and a discussion of this tragic day in our history the next day in the class Rhetorical Criticism by Dr. Mary Walch, who did an excellent job in getting a large group of 20-somethings to talk about a day that is difficult to speak about even with a close friend or a family member.

While planting the their flags in 2011 and 2012, people can see 50 stars in the flag, representing each state as unique with its own beauty and together they represent diversity along with a pursuit of the dream that makes this country great.

In Dr. Walch’s class on Sept. 12, the class examined what 9/11 meant to us and what each student was doing

on that day, as well as examining the speeches President Bush gave following the attack.

Many of the students were in middle school, including this columnist, and remembered gathering in classrooms with other students to watch the coverage as it happened before being released early to go home for the day.

Coming home that night, my mom and dad didn’t say much and also encouraged their son not to say much, mostly because they were scared and they didn’t know how to explain this event to a 13 year old with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Every American family went through the same anxiety, as well as fears of what the next days would bring.

Our hearts were broken, but our engines weren’t dead. By choosing to live as America did on that morning is what kept us from going crazy.

Let’s continue to live, dream and make a difference in our country because that’s what those who died would want us to do.

Alex is a senior majoring in communication. His interests include reading, going to concerts, listening to music, swimming, bowling, going to the movies and visiting his second home, Starbucks. His career goal is to be a talk show host and political columnist

Over the past week A m e r i c a n s have sat in disbelief at the Muslim w o r l d ’ s reaction to a crudely made film,

“Innocence of Muslims,” that seems to make fun of the prophet Muhammad.

The American ambassador to Libya, along with three other Americans, were killed in an assault that seemed to have come out of nowhere. There were a number of other attacks in places like Yemen, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Iraq. However, some speculation is coming out that these attacks may have been premeditated to coincide with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Putting the odd coincidence with the somber remembrances aside, let’s look at the rest of the situation. A Coptic Christian immigrant named Abenob Nakoula Bassely has been credited with financing the film that was made in California. In

an interview with people close to Bassely on NPR, it was said that the movie was more of retribution for how the Coptics are treated in Muslim countries. Therefore, the setup is that one person of a religion, who just so happens to live in America, has made a film that degrades another religion as a form of protest.

Having only heard of the nature of the material in the film’s trailer, one could only assume how low budget and extremely offensive it must be to Muslims.

However, Bassely, who now lives in America, is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. He has a right to free speech, no matter how much others don’t like it. Just as white supremacists, neo-Nazis, the Black Panthers, the Klu Klux Klan or any other hate group that can be thought of, do too.

Many Americans do not abuse their First Amendment rights as many hate groups do, but we hold the right to be able to speak our mind pretty sacred. Most of us also find the movie that has the rest of the world upset just as offensive.

In contrast, nothing seems to be off the table anymore when it comes to entertainment.

Jesus, Buddha, the Pope,

God and many other religious figures have been portrayed in a wide variety of media, including cartoons, movies, books and plays.

Muslims hold the belief that no likeness of Muhammad should ever be seen. A few years ago, when “South Park” was set to show the prophet, the uproar it caused forced Trey Parker and Matt Stone to “cover” their Muhammad with a bear suit.

Back to the current portrayal, this movie was made by one man with the help of a small number of crew and actors.

The ambassador killed did not film it. Nor did any of the others who have been injured or hurt in the week’s events. They did not endorse, promote and may have not even heard of it when they were attacked by what now seems to be groups of opportunists. Many of the people involved even claim that they had no knowledge of the true meaning of the film. The only person who seems happy about the reaction is the Gainesville, Fla., preacher who burned a Quran last year.

The deaths of uninvolved people since last Tuesday over a movie trailer put on YouTube reminds me of the old saying “the pot calling the kettle black.” After the Twin Towers fell and Americans became increasingly suspicious of all Muslim-looking people (because many of those targeted weren’t even Muslim), thinking they were all terrorists, many Americans said that to judge the whole group by the actions of few was wrong.

Many Muslims asked to not be judged by the actions of fanatics. Yet here the world sits watching protests and attacks against

people who had nothing to do with an opinionated home video which sole purpose was to spread hate.

On the contrary, to sit here and lump all Muslims together again as perpetrators of violence is wrong. Clerical leaders and Quran scholars have said that this violence goes against the teachings of their holy book and the words of the prophet himself. This returns us to the notion groups of troublemakers have taken something that would have disappeared if it had been paid no attention and used it as a scape goat for inciting anti-American violence. The people who do not like the movie have their right to be angry, their right to protest, their right to freedom of expression, just as the person who made it does, but what none of us has is the right to kill people.

Our hearts go out to all victims of this senseless violence over the past few weeks and their families, regardless of nationality or religion.

Mandie is a senior majoring in secondary social science education. She is married with two children and is active in the suicide- prevention field.

I am shocked to see an article published in our college newspaper promoting binge drinking. Yes, one could argue that it was only the facts stated and no fingers were pointed, except at wealthy students, Greeks, males, heterosexuals, etc. But in a newspaper that students predominately look to for advice and trends, this article did not fully encompass the topic of binge drinking.

As a senior, I have seen it all, and I have experienced it all. But, I have been informed of it all. Many freshman students entering the family of FGCU have never experienced alcohol intake, nor have they ever been taught the rights and wrongs of it. As a suggestion, it would have been smart to include in your article, even just a little, information on the happiness that comes without binge drinking.

You might have included some statistics like these from the Alcoholism Guide website:

“Alcohol is the third-leading cause of death in the 15-24 age group,” “College students who binge drink often are less likely to have good grades and attend classes/lectures regularly” or “Almost 1700 students die annually from binge drinking.”

Students would have been interested to hear that binge drinking is a door-opener to many drug uses. The recent tragedy in Coastal Village left one of our very own FGCU peers pronounced dead in a drug-related incident. The student jumped to his own death.

In case anyone has forgotten, alcohol is a depressant. It, in no way, causes more happiness than how one would feel without alcohol. One’s “social status” may grow, but most of us are mature enough to know that if you have to drink to gain friendships, they aren’t friendships one should admire.

I am writing to generate support for the article “Snack Break: Healthy food for a healthy mind,” which was published on Sept. 5. Eating healthy isn’t the easiest thing for a college student to commit to, but this article is great because it provides inexpensive snack options that are quick to make and easy to bring to class.

I work at a fitness center in Bonita and have never been so into being in shape and eating healthy. At the fitness center, we have a workout program which I was involved in this summer. The program is called “Living a Healthy Life.”

The name speaks for itself. The program included many educational meetings that were dedicated to improve our posture, balance and agility. We also were able to meet with a personal trainer to help us learn the machines in the gym and to set up a program specifically

designed for our bodies. The program also included circuit trainings and small group sessions so we could have encouragement from the others who were in the program.

I have found that 47 percent of college students never go to the gym while they are attending a university. Nearly 64 percent of students that live at home with their parents or guardians have never used the gym and about 9.57 percent of students who live on campus in college-provided dorms have virtually never used the gym. I feel that, being in college, we have the opportunity to not only get a good education but to better ourselves. Getting in shape and learning how to eat healthy is the one of best things I could have done in my four years as a college student.

I would really like to see more students making good healthy choices in what they eat. There should be more articles like this encouraging students and showing them how easy and inexpensive eating healthy really can be.

I am writing in response to last Wednesday’s article, “Mistake at the Lake.” I am saddened to say that I don’t feel the proper steps were taken in regards to maintaining health code swimming standards for FGCU students.

For “nearly 15 years” the water was not tested? It took such an unfortunate event to happen before anyone checked the bacteria levels? I find this disturbing and feel like a more active approach would have been appropriate. Why wasn’t anyone double-checking the water samples every now and then to ensure that Miromar Lakes was

upholding the standards? After reading this article so many

questions came to mind that weren’t answered, and this seems like a way bigger issue of which we have only scratched the surface.

While I do see the benefit of having the partnership with Miromar Lakes when it comes to handling wildlife, I am not sure this outweighs the fact that the water could have been contaminated for years.

Bottom line: Student safety should be upheld at all times, and this article was a wakeup call to all readers who have any concern for their health.

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Florida Gulf Coast University hosted the Board of Governors meeting last week for the first time since 2005. The board, which was created in 2003, is a group of 17 members chosen to oversee Florida’s universities.

The meeting discussed changes and plans for state universities, but FGCU may have the biggest change coming to its campus.

The Board of Governors unanimously approved the construction of a 13th dorm on campus.

The new residence hall would cost approximately $30 million and could house up to 520 students.

It was stated during the meeting that the dorm is needed because enrollment is up and students need an affordable option for a place to live. President Bradshaw said the new dorm is still in the planning stages, however.

“We haven’t made a decision yet on when we’re going to build that next residence hall. We’ll be talking about that over the next few weeks and make that decision,” he said.

For the past six years, FGCU’s residence halls have had an occupancy rate above 99.8 percent. Bradshaw said this only escalates how important and necessary the new dorm is.

“For all practical purposes, our residence halls are at capacity and if we don’t build one, and we wont for next year I’m sure, we’re going to have a waiting list and we’re going to have students and

their parents, especially freshman students, who are going to want to be in a quality residence hall and we won’t have enough room to accommodate everyone who wants that,” he said at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday.

Bradshaw went on to express his delight that so many students do live and want to live on campus.

“We have 4,200 students living in our residence halls. That’s phenomenal! We’ve obviously created a product that is in high demand.”

At the meeting, it was also decided that Academic Building 5 would become Edwards Hall, being named after former Board of Governors member Charlie Edwards.

Edwards later spoke at the meeting and said he was impressed with the improvements and tremendous growth FGCU has made in its short history.

It was also decided at the meeting that Academic Building 5 will become Edwards Hall after former Board of Governors member Charlie Edwards, who spoke at the meeting.

“Isn’t it great what (FGCU president Wilson Bradshaw) and others have done. This was a cow pasture a few years ago,” Edwards said.

From 2007 to 2012, FGCU exploded with 4,000 additional students (from 9,388 to 13,468). This semester alone, the FGCU campus welcomed a whopping 3,918 first-time-in-college (FTIC) freshmen.

The University of Central Florida is still currently the largest school in the state, but over the past five years FGCU has beat them in enrollment rate increase. While UCF has grown 18 percent over the past half-decade, FGCU has grown by a jaw-dropping 30 percent.

“FGCU is in a very different place in its life as a university (than UCF). We’re new, comparatively, young, comparatively. And what we’re attempting to do is fulfill our mission by becoming that regional comprehensive university. You have to attain “critical mass” in order to be that comprehensive public regional university,” Toll said.

At FGCU, freshmen make up

29 percent of the student body, the highest percentage of any class. However, the sophomore enrollment rate is the lowest of all undergraduates, making up 17 percent of the student body. Juniors range at about 20 percent, with seniors accounting for 23 percent.

Public universities often find that despite high freshmen enrollment rates, the retention of these students is often very difficult. However, Toll said FGCU retains more freshmen than most other public universities.

“Our retention rate went up 1.7 percent in one year. That’s a huge increase,” he said. “Our freshmen-to-sophomore retention rate has fluctuated in the 70s (percentage). If we were able to get to 80 percent (retention) as a public university that would be absolutely fantastic, but we are already very good (at retaining students) as compared to public universities across the United States.”

Toll attests it is often due to a lack or change of a major that causes freshmen to decide to

leave FGCU. Other students came to

FGCU because of their major. For the students who hoped their skills would be honed in a more personal atmosphere, the increase in enrollment has been a turn off.

Caitlin Rew has been an Eagle since she began her college career. As a junior this year, Rew expressed her disappointment in the school’s increasing size.

“I want what’s best for the school, but had FGCU been something as big as UCF I might not have come here.” Rew says. “I feel like I can access the amenities more, it’s more personal. The intimate classroom setting is very important. “

According to the Herald-Tribune, FGCU is currently ranked number eight in enrollment increases out of the 11 public universities in the state for the year 2012.

“We’re not afraid of growth, what we need to be looking at is what is the level of growth over the next two or three years that makes the most sense. That is the

question now.” Toll said. Other students have more

urgent concerns when it comes to the schools skyrocketing enrollment rate.

“I need parking!” said junior Shanna Phillips.

Phillips doesn’t mind the additional students enrolling in FGCU. However, she feels the school was not built to accommodate such a large number of students. Phillips, a transfer student, was also drawn to FGCU’s smaller-scale appeal.

While students such as Rew and Phillips are less than thrilled about the more populous school, others think it will open up new doors for the young university.

“I used to go to FAU and when I was growing up it was a small school, but it started to grow and I started to like it more. It became like a real school,” junior Maria Mennillo said. “I feel like that’s where FGCU is going.”

“We know we can grow out this campus to 20,000-21,000 students. But we can’t do that without more capital construction, particularly of

academic buildings,” Toll said. As the school expands the

students are hopeful they will reap the benefits that come along with the growth, particularly the Eagles’ dream of a football team. Toll, however, maintains while those dreams are in sight, they are not yet in reach.

“There’s more we want to do and we’re anxious to do it. Now we have to temper our own enthusiasm and optimism about getting to that full, built-out, comprehensive university and recognizing the cost of the economic turn down,” he said. “We have to reset our growth parameters. “

While the classroom sizes continue to expand at FGCU, Eagles still love The Nest. They are still able to get the hands-on attention from their professors while beginning to experience the hype surrounding the expanding classes.

“I transferred from a larger school, but I like it better at FGCU. Even if it grows, I still want to stay,” Mennillo said.

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The Olympics has been over for a month now, but thanks to the Southwest Florida Symphony, the competiveness and excitement that the Olympics bring are still here in Southwest Florida.

The Southwest Florida Symphony is planning on adding a fun twist to the Olympics called the Pub Olympics.

“The Pub Olympics is a fundraiser which is put on by the Symphony society. What it’s going to be is an event where people are going to play darts, shuffleboard and pool. They’re going to have rounds to play each event and the winners will win prizes,” says Mary Larkin, who is a marketing associate in the Symphony.

The Southwest Florida Symphony, which debuted as a group on April 15, 1961, is a group of people who are committed to bringing the joy of music to the Southwest Florida community. In hopes of achieving this, the Southwest Florida Symphony puts on many concerts for the enjoyment of the community.

“We are a professional orchestra that performs twenty times a year.

So our season is from November to April, and we perform classical, pops, and chamber music. We perform at Barbara B. Mann and Sanibel,” says Larkin.

While their main focus is on music, the Southwest Florida Symphony attempts to reach all aspects of the community.

“In addition to the concert season, we also do have an education program. We have a youth orchestra and within the orchestra we have ensembles; we have a concert orchestra and a performing orchestra and we have about ninety kids in the orchestra who are under eighteen. They’re all auditioned and trained by professionals,” says Larkin.

Other education programs that the Southwest Florida Symphony offers are ticket programs for disadvantaged or at-risk youth and scholarships for high school seniors who are planning to major in music. The Symphony also offers a “rush ticket” program for college students, which allows you to get a $5 ticket up to one hour before the concert.

While the Symphony does do a

lot for the community, the fact that they still need money to function cannot be avoided. This is where the Pub Olympics come into play. “This event is proving to be very difficult. We are cognizant of the fact that we cannot market it to our regular clientele. We are hoping to get 125 people so this can be a closed event,” says Roz Lesser, coordinator of the Pub Olympics.

The Pub Olympics will be held on Sept. 30 from 4 p.m.-9 p.m. at Dublin Ale House on Chiquita Blvd in Cape Coral. The cost for admission is $45, which includes a beer tasting and your choice of two pints of beer. Call the Symphony Office at (239) 418-0996 for information or reservations.

By Mary Castro

Sick and tired of the same old fast food chains? Is SoVi dining becoming overly repetitive? Fear no more of the typical college meals. Next weekend, while strolling down Fort Myers Beach, stop by Heavenly Biscuit. The name speaks for itself. Located merely a mile down from Fort Myers Beach, this hole-in-the-wall, mom-and-pop style kitchen is a hidden treasure that will have you coming back for more.

To the average eye, this comfort cookin’ kitchen looks like a cottage pulled straight out of Southern Living Magazine. Home to locals and tourists, this kitchen serves to-die-for breakfasts and lunches that are sure to make you feel right at home. As you pull up to the restaurant, you can’t help but notice the “come as you are” attitude. Past the iron mailbox and hand-painted welcome sign, up the wooden steps to the porch, you will find yourself transported to your Southern grandparents’ cottage.

As an untraditional restaurant with limited seating, Heavenly Biscuit emphasizes takeout meals as their main gig. I recommend you snag a table on their white picketed porch and catch some beach air. Their laidback atmosphere is attributed to the easy access counter service. Unlike chain fast food restaurants that force you to pick up the food yourself, Heavenly Biscuit serves it right to you

and allows you to pay at the counter when you’re ready to leave.

Homemade daily, the Heavenly Biscuit is famous for their cinnamon rolls. Just ask the locals, and they’ll tell you that they have the best ones for miles around. Hot n’ ready for each order, the cinnamon rolls are infused with hearty layers of cinnamon and lathered on top with melted icing. The gooey, fresh-baked dough is wrapped around crunchy cinnamon sugar, creating a flavor exploration for your taste buds.

Also sold at the Heavenly Biscuit are their famous homemade heavenly biscuits with all the fixings. Their menu tempts you to be as creative as you dare. With 12 different topping choices, ranging from egg and cheese to salmon steak, the possibilities are sure to leave even the most adventurous eater satisfied.

You might think to get food this good the prices would have to be unreasonable. Just looking at the prices baffled me! The sinful cinnamon rolls are a measly $2.83, and a biscuit sandwich with egg and cheese is only $2.00! The Heavenly Biscuit is sure to fit within your college budget. Don’t forget to bring along some cash, because the Heavenly Biscuit doesn’t accept cards. Conveniently, there is an ATM inside just in case you forget cash.

Next time you’re in the neighborhood or on your way to Fort Myers Beach, stop by the Heavenly Biscuit. You won’t regret it.

Visit Heavenly Biscuit on your next beach day

If you goWhat: Pub OlympicsWhen: Sunday, Sept. 30Where: Dublin Ale House, Cape CoralContact Info: (239) 418-0996Admission: $45

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Ten years ago, director Paul W. S. Anderson helmed a movie adaptation of a video game with a twist. It wasn’t horrible. The fi rst “Resident Evil” told the relatively simple story of commandos fi ghting zombies in a shady corporation’s underground base. It also starred Anderson’s future wife, Milla Jovovich, as the hero.

The sequels were pretty straight forward, too, following the zombie outbreak as it spread through a city, then the world.

In “Resident Evil: Retribution,” the plot is… who knows? In the fi fth outing for the action horror franchise, Alice (Jovovich) wakes up in yet another underground base, only this one is more elaborate. At the same time, a strike team breaks into the compound to rescue the only means of humanity’s triumph over the hordes of the undead. Alice and the team must fi ght through different zones in order to rendezvous and make it out alive. That may sound like a plot, and in a certain sense, it is (specifi cally, it’s the plot of the fi rst “Evil”). However, it is not a story.

Look, no one comes into a “Resident Evil” movie, expecting high art, but there are certain norms for the series. The fi rst three (this reviewer hasn’t seen the fourth) had pretty standard horror points. The only things that really made them stand out were the franchise name and girls in skimpy clothes shooting guns. They were pure exploitative fun with some fl aws (what was with that telekinesis thing in “Extinction”?), but they had cameos by some of the video game characters, while not alienating non-players.

In comes “Retribution,” shoving fan service down everyone’s throats, and shoehorning

in every possible reference to the games into the space of an hour and a half. This makes it seem like Capcom (maker of the games) had increased creative control.

This leads into the production design, which screams of “trying too hard.” It’s not that diffi cult to make Milla Jovovich look sexy, so putting her in a restrictive cat suit, then having her strap on platform goth boots that prevent her from running in a stunt-heavy movie is a pretty huge faux pas. Jovovich’s inability to run faster than a one-legged, malnourished orphan leads to a lot of slow-motion. So much of it, that the movie would be approximately a third of its current running time if played at normal speed.

There also seems to be some massive plot holes. A major part of the “story” is about Alice getting her powers back, despite the fact that she clearly still has super strength, super endurance, and super kung fu. Everyone else has these powers, too. Why does Alice need her powers to kill zombies, when she’s amazing “without” them? What makes her so special? Why does the Las Plagas virus sometimes make Wolverine-people, and sometimes make Nazi (Commie?) zombies? These questions keep me up at night.

Paul W. S. Anderson can make stupid, fun movies (previous “Resident Evils,” “Three Musketeers,” “Death Race”), but “Resident Evil: Retribution” is the fi lm equivalent of a spastic fi ve year-old play with action fi gures from ten different playlets, and the child takes himself way too seriously. You could go and pay to see this movie, or you could wait until the video comes out and make your own Rifftrax commentary. The latter would be much more enjoyable.

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Concert giant AEG Live is seeking book drafts and manuscripts by Jermaine Jackson that it claims may reveal details about his superstar brother that will help its defense in a lawsuit filed by the singers’ mother.

AEG is seeking drafts and manuscripts of Jackson’s recent book, “You Are Not Alone,” as well as an unpublished memoir it claims may focus on Michael Jackson’s alleged drug abuse.

Jermaine Jackson’s attorneys are fighting the request, calling them overly broad and in violation of the First Amendment, according to court filings. Turning over the writings also would violate the privacy of Michael Jackson’s three children and other family members and constitute a “fishing expedition,” according to documents filed Monday.

AEG’s attorneys contend the writings are important to its defense in a case filed by the singers’ mother claiming the concert promoter failed to properly supervise Conrad Murray, the physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Michael Jackson’s June 2009 death.

Their efforts seek drafts of a book

described as “Legacy: Surviving the Best and the Worst,” which was reportedly in the works several years before the pop superstar’s death. AEG claims drafts of the work would show issues “of immense relevance to this case, including Michael Jackson’s rumored long-term abuse of prescription medication.”

AEG’s attorney Marvin Putnam wrote in an email that the company was seeking the documents because, during his book tour, Jermaine Jackson publicly touted the “details of his brother’s life and death.” Putnam also wrote that Jermaine Jackson claimed he was the “only person qualified to deliver the real Michael.”

The writings are not covered by protections afforded to investigative journalists since they are memoirs, AEG wrote in its motion to get a judge to order the release of the materials. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 28.

Jermaine Jackson’s lawyer, Kevin Boyle, who also represents his mother in the lawsuit against AEG, was not immediately available for comment.

AEG had promoted Michael Jackson’s comeback shows, titled “This Is It,” which were canceled after his unexpected death due to an overdose of a hospital anesthetic

the singing had been given to help him sleep.

The company also is seeking to depose Jermaine Jackson. And it obtained a judge’s order Wednesday, requiring Jackson’s longtime friend and dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein to appear for a deposition next month.

Katherine Jackson sued AEG in September 2010, and the case is scheduled for trial in April 2013.

The company also is involved in a separate lawsuit filed by Lloyd’s of London over Michael Jackson’s life insurance policy. Putnam said the company has informed Lloyd’s that it has recouped its losses and is no longer pursuing the claim. Any proceeds should be paid to a company that benefits Michael Jackson’s estate, he said.

AEG’s formal withdrawal of the claim is expected soon, as well as its dismissal from the case filed by the insurer.

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Imagine Dragons have been a growing sensation for the past several years.

They are an alternative rock band with the attitude that guitarist Wayne Sermon describes as “familiar, cautious not to be derivative, with music written for the moments that have passed.” Starting off in Vegas as a half cover band with full dedication, Sermon had met vocalist Dan Reynolds at a show where Reynolds had a commanding singing presence, full of emotion.

They moved to Vegas, where they met drummer Daniel Platzman and bassist Ben McKee, who had been part of a jazz ensemble together at Berkley. The intricacy and perfection is shown throughout on this album, “Night Visions,” while having a fun whistle or desk tapping beat to a melodic R.E.M. feel. They have been putting out EP after EP every year since 2009 working from the ground up.

The lyrics on the album outline being alone and overcoming difficulty. Sermon recalls that “Amsterdam” was written on a bus between 12 and 4 AM in a time where Ramen noodles were considered an average diet.

The band has always had each other to depend on, and they keep an open mind for change of a synthetic or organic sound. The melody is so complex between every instrument that it has to be an individual message, shown perfectly in their first big music video for “It’s Time”. It outlines a post-apocalyptic world where the saving grace is “dealing with affecting change and crap in life, and staying true with your inner

person,” according to Sermon, an ironic metaphor, I think, for the music industry.

For any fans of Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine, when prompted about his hair, Sermon stated, “I don’t want to start

anything, but I think my hair is way better than (James’). It’s more full with a curl illustrious nature.”

The album “Night Visions” came out Sept. 4. The top tracks from this album include

“Radioactive,” “Bleeding Out,” “It’s Time,” “My Fault,” and “Amsterdam”. They are ending their tour in the Ft. Myers area with electronic band Awolnation Oct. 24-25.

- Topless photos of Kate Middleton surfaced this week promptly on the heels of Prince Harry’s Vegas adventure. French tabloid Closer decided they wanted to publish the photos, which resulted in a lawsuit fi led by Kate and Prince William. The French courts ruled in their favor, and the pictures were to be handed in. There are also potential criminal charges being fi led against Closer for invading the royals’ privacy.

-Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will not be judges on The Voice for next season. Their replacements for the spring 2013 season are R&B singer Usher and Colombian singer Shakira. Both Aguilera and Green are taking the season off to focus on separate projects, including Aguilera’s

new album, Lotus, which will be released this November.

- American Idol is also receiving a new makeover on the judging panel. It is confi rmed that both country crooner Keith Urban and rap artist Nicki Minaj have joined new judge Mariah Carey and veteran Randy Jackson, who allegedly wasn’t returning to the show. Idol will be entering its twelfth season and is set to air January of 2013.

- Shaun White was arrested for intoxication and vandalism Sunday. The snowboarding legend pulled the fi re alarm at the hotel he was staying at shortly before 2 AM Sunday morning, which led to all the hotel guests being evacuated from the building. He was also seen destroying a hotel phone and then tried to fl ee the hotel in a cab when a hotel guest tried to stop him, resulting in White injuring himself and being sent to the hospital. Police noticed that the Olympian reeked of alcohol and was extremely intoxicated.

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We’ve heard it all season … this year’s Lady Eagles are young. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t a force to reckon with. After their weekend in Arizona, the FGCU women’s soccer team remains 5-2-2.

This year’s freshman continue to produce standout results and it was only a matter of time until freshman Shea Rhoney’s name jumped out of the stats book.

Rhoney is currently leading the team in points (8) and was recently named College Sports Madness Player of the week at their tournament in Kansas City.

At her high school in Lithia, Fla., Rhoney co-captained the women’s soccer team, which was ranked No. 2 by ESPN Rise.

She helped the team to four district titles, one regional title and appeared in the regional fi nals for three consecutive years. It’s no surprise she ended up on FGCU’s radar. Coach Jim Blankenship is satisfi ed with the results she’s shown so far this season.

“She’s a freshman who came in and we had high expectations for her and she has more than lived up

to them,” Blankenship said. “She’s done really well in scoring and we’ve had to move her around with some of the injuries we’ve had. Her ability to be fl exible and play really well has been very helpful for us.”

For Rhoney, the transition from high school to college has been relatively easy thanks to the chemistry on the team.

“The upperclassmen are really supportive of the underclassmen,” Rhoney said. “We’re like a big

family. We just have so much fun hanging out. After practice and games, we love joking around and talking in the locker room.”

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family-like team, Rhoney said she

feels the challenge of playing on a collegiate stage.

“The level of playing is very intense. In college, we’re going really fast,” Rhoney said. “Every team in your conference and every team you play is good. You have to always be working hard and you

can never take a break. It’s pretty intense.”

One look at Rhoney’s statistics would convince anyone that this standout athlete fi ts right in on the college stage. Rhoney set high expectations for herself and has hopes to score 12 goals and make the All-Conference team by the end of this season. Coach Blankenship also hopes for Rhoney’s continued success.

“Her ability to be fl exible and play and really play well has been very helpful for us,” Blankenship said. “With her commitment level and her desire, she’s a kid that could have a really exceptional career playing with us.”

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Jones holds a 3.42 GPA as a dual major in Biology and Environmental Studies. He was named to the Inaugural Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference team in 2011 and earned ESPN Academic All-District 3 second honors as a sophomore in 2010. He is a three-time A-Sun All-Academic honoree.

Jones is a three-year Eagles Council (SAAC) member, serving as the Vice President in 2011-12 and the President for his upcoming senior year. He also represents FGCU’s student-athletes on the Ethnic Diversity Committee. He will be a team co-captain for the upcoming 2012 season.

Each of the 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 fi nalists through the 2012 regular season. Those fi nalists will be put on a ballot for media, coaches and fans to vote on.

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We’ve all had bad weeks. Most of us cope by shutting down and being sad for a few days. Especially when loved ones die.

It’s hard to recover from that. It’s hard to resume normal operations when one of our loved ones dies, but what about when two people you love die?

That’s what Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o went through last week.

Te’o, the senior linebacker who has played in every game of

his Notre Dame career, lost his grandmother on Tuesday. To make matters worse, his girlfriend lost her battle with Leukemia the next morning. Two of the closest people to

Te’o were gone in a matter of 24 hours.You’re probably thinking, “There is no

way he played Saturday against 10th ranked Michigan State.” Wrong. He played like Brett Favre when his dad died. He led the team with 10 tackles and a fumble recovery.

He’s an inspiration. Not many people can do what he did, let alone in his circumstances.

Professionals will sit out when their pinkies hurt, but this shows how dedicated college athletes are and how much they love the game.

Manti Te’o changed my view about him and his dedication to the game of football. I now will be forever a Te’o fan and will support him throughout his career.

Now to move on…In cased you missed it, FGCU men’s

soccer had to cancel their match against No. 21 Furman on Sunday due to lightning. Officials waited out the 90-minute waiting period but the storm did not pass.

So in their only game of the weekend,

men’s soccer fell to Virginia Commonwealth University snapping a three game win streak. They also gave up more than one goal for the first time since Aug. 24 when they lost to No. 2 Akron 4-0.

Women’s soccer lost their first game since Aug. 19 when they fell to University of Nevada Las Vegas 2-1 at the Northern Arizona University Tournament.

Props to freshman Shea Rhoney who was nominated for A-Sun player of the week after she tallied a goal in the 1-1 tie against

Northern Arizona. She now leads the team with four goals.

FGCU men and women’s cross country both finished fifth at the Mt. Dew Invitational for the best finishes in the programs history.

Junior Dean Tsamas and sophomore Jordi

Vives represented the

FGCU men’s tennis team in the Round of 16 on Saturday at the 2012 Bedford Cup hosted by the University of Florida. FGCU’s five singles wins on Friday were the second-most in the field that featured all 11 NCAA Division I men’s tennis programs in the state of Florida.

Led by freshmen Edward Figueroa and Jake Sherwin, who were making their collegiate debuts, the FGCU men’s golf team completed its first round of the 2012 fall season in a tie for 10th place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Spirit Hollow Golf Course hosted in Iowa.

Last but not least, FGCU volleyball hits the road yet again to face off against in-state rival USF. FGCU leads the all-time series 3-1 including wins in 2010 and 2011. Friday they will hit the road to start conference play against Kennesaw State and Mercer.

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The Florida Gulf Coast University cross-country team has a secret weapon inside Marieb Hall. Inside the University’s Human Performance Lab is a device that makes them lighter. It’s a space-aged machine that can trim pounds and reduce the pounding of a workout at the same time.

This secret weapon is called AlterG – a zero-gravity treadmill.

The manufacturer’s website says, “The AlterG was originally conceived by Dr. Robert Whalen to design effective exercise regimens for NASA’s astronauts, Differential Air Pressure (DAP) technology has been adapted by AlterG for use in training and rehabilitation. Cleared by the FDA in 2008, the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill is a medical device that can be used for rehabilitation of lower extremity injuries.”

The AlterG allows you to run in a zipper-sealed bubble at 20 to

80 percent of your body weight, which reduces the injuries involved in running like shin splints and stress fractures.

F G C U cross-country runner Gilbert C h e m a o i has utilized the AlterG technology for the past year and a half as a cross-training e x e r c i s e . The redshirt junior from Kenya uses it to reduce the frequency of stress fractures in his shins from an extreme amount of land running. Gilbert is currently 143 pounds, but when he runs at 80 percent of his body weight he is a mere 114 pounds, which is a much easier weight on a runner’s joints.

“He (Gilbert) ran a lot in Kenya before coming to the States. Once he came to America and attended EKU (Eastern Kentucky University), his body

began to wear down from all the stress on his legs,” FGCU cross- country head coach Cassandra Goodson said.

Coach Goodson’s favorite aspects of the AlterG is that her runners recovery time from soreness and injury is cut down.

“I don’t make my runners come run on the AlterG, but it has done great things for Gilbert that if someone feels soreness, they use it” Goodson said.

When Chemaoi transferred to FGCU, his injuries continued, and he wasn’t healthy untill last spring season. To rehab his injuries, Chemaoi ran consistently on the AlterG to relieve soreness, but now Chemaoi does only 20 percent of his running on the AlterG compared to an 80 percent workload on land.

Chemaoi has not been alone in his effort to get in shape. FGCU human performance student Lindsey DiLeonardo has been there to plot and track Chemaoi’s progress. DiLeonardo tracks his heart rate and his RPE (Rating

Perceived Exertion), which is a scale from 6 to 20, ranging from light to hard in the amount of exertion.

“I remember when I first worked with Gilbert on the AlterG, and he walked at 3.5 mph and 40 percent of his body weight. Then we slowly moved to 6.5 mph and 50 percent of his body weight all the way to where we are today. It has been great to see him progress to this point in which he now runs at a much quicker pace and [more] of his body weight,” DiLeonardo said.

When Chemaoi runs on the AlterG these days, he now runs at a five-minute mile pace and a total of twelve miles at 80 percent his body weight. Chemaoi, a year and a half later, now makes the five-minute mile on the AlterG look extremely easy

The AlterG has been a game-changer for Chemaoi.

“My performance has been much better, my times are improving and my workouts are great,” he said.

A change has done Kaitlin Holm well. The junior transfer student has spiked her troubles and found success at Florida Gulf Coast University. This season she has been named to two of the first three all-tournament teams.

“I worked really hard this summer, and I know that I had this ability in me,” Holm said. “I really wanted to do well this, and it makes me happy knowing that all of the hard work has paid off.”

Prior to coming to FGCU, Holm played volleyball at Marshall University in West Virginia. Holm played high school volleyball in Fort Myers.

“Growing up in Fort Myers and going to school there was a culture shock for me,” Holm said. “It was a

tough program to get adjusted to, and our coach was very strict. The coaching staff was a lot different than here, but it definitely was a good lesson

for me.”H o l m

quickly realized she needed a change of scenery and immediately thought of home.

“I knew that I wanted to transfer early on, and I decided that I wanted to go to FGCU,” Holm said. “What I love is that we have such nice things here, such as our own locker room. Playing against other Division One teams was also a reason why I wanted to be here.”

Holm didn’t have any difficulty adjusting to FGCU.

“The girls here are really awesome,” Holm said. “Being able to live off campus my first year was good for me because it helped me to glide in, and the coaching staff here cares so much about us.”

Eagle head coach Dave Nichols played a role in Holm’s transfer.

“Kaitlin had played club volleyball here,” Nichols said. “She had contacted the club coach with her interest to play here. We knew her quite well, and once the release from Marshall went through we were thrilled.”

Nichols has also noticed improvement in Holm’s game.

“She’s much more mature,” Nichols said. “She does not get down on herself quickly, and she brings a lot more leadership. From the emotional side to the technical side, she just gets better all the time.”

Regarding Holm’s selection to the tournament teams, Nichols is not surprised.

“It was well deserved. She’s been our best player in the first three weeks,” Nichols said. “She’s a great flexible hitter because she can play left, middle and right, and she can hit high and quick balls. She is also the best pin blocker on the team, so she brings a lot to it.”

Nichols has positive expectations for Kaitlin’s future.

“She has a chance to be a First-Team All-Conference player,” Nichols said.

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