Avion Newspapers 11-9-2010 Avion 2010-11-09 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/avion Scholarly Commons Citation Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "Avion 2010-11-09" (2010). Avion. 29. https://commons.erau.edu/avion/29 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Avion by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Tuesday Volume CXXIX November 9, 2010 Issue 8 Weekly Weather Tuesday Lynch tries out new material Peter Tan with members of the Daytona Beach infamous Lynyrd Skynrd song before High 74 community were treated to a night switching to “Stairway to Heaven” Guest Reporter of entertainment at the ICI Center on and then the theme song from Glee – Low 55 Friday, with famous musician/come- Journey. As part of the dian Stephen Lynch performing. Lynch then went into a short skit Mostly Sunny Homecoming week According to Lynch, he has a strong about accents and the Glee theme events, Embry- enthusiasm for performing to a col- song, covering the Southern accent, a Wednesday Riddle students lege audience. “I always try to get Scottish accent and a Swedish accent and faculty, myself booked for college or univer- which had the biggest reaction from High 77 a l o n g sity shows once in a while. I like doing the crowd. colleges, there’s always an in-built Lynch’s friend Rod Cone then joined Low 60 audience and it’s a different crowd to him on stage as they sung together entertain.” a song that gained laughter from the Mostly Sunny With the auditorium filled to the crowd. rafters, the crowd eagerly antic- David Josefburg then came Thursday ipated the arrival of Lynch. on stage to join Lynch in a duet With a thunderous roar of about the ‘Dirty Sanchez’. The High 78 applause, he opened two made powerful harmonies as up the night with Josefburg played the role of the Low 58 a song called male and Lynch’s masterful fal- “Waiting.” This setto being that of the female. Mostly Sunny resulted in the joke It was a song that had the audience targeted on the audience as rolling around with laughter. Friday they literally waited for something Cone then came up to join the to happen. other two, where they had a three High 76 As a live show at a university, the way dialogue. The discussion moved content of the comedy was directed to Lynch’s previous job as a second Low 60 for the crowd, with jokes about how grade teacher, and how he sang to the his career has crumbled and how he kids to teach them. Mostly Sunny is now ‘singing at a college in Central He sang some examples on Florida’ when he used to perform on how he taught history and sci- Broadway. ence, before improvising to sing Lynch then proceeded to belt out about some other topics and how a song about AIDS, showcasing his he can summarize them into two Bonus Bucks powerful vocal range. lines of song. When he said he Playing material from his new album, could sum up the history of flight Auction he presented songs such as “Little Gay in two lines, the entire auditorium Robot”, “Crazy Peanuts” based on the went silent, shocking Lynch and Today at 6:30 p.m. in the IC comic strip of the same name, and friends. He proceeded on anyway, to Auditorium, Student Activities “Dear Diary” which were fic- thunderous applause before breaking proudly presents the third annual tional diary entries of people who into a rap about Kitty Hawk. Bonus Bucks Auction. Students have suffered great misfortune The show also included small that have been collecting Bonus in their lives such as Anne Frank video sketches about their road trip to Bucks from Orientation through and Christopher Reeve. The diary Daytona Beach and backstage views Homecoming will have a chance entries always followed up with the of what they did during preparation. to bid on thousands of dol- punch line of “Too soon?” Of particular amusement to the lars in prizes including an iPad, During a lull in the act, someone crowd was the video where their bus big screen television, camping from the crowd shouted ‘Freebird,” driver ended up singing better than equipment and much more. and Lynch had an immediate and them during practice. The organization winner animated reaction. After yell- Lynch’s final act was of him setting of Homecoming will also be ing back “Don’t try me, I can go aside his guitar to play some tunes on announced at the Bonus Bucks all day with this!” Lynch quickly the keyboard, complete with a video Auction. Delta Upsilon will pass played a few lines of the chorus of the of certain naughty activities. on the Homecoming Cup to this TIM KRAMER/AVION year’s winner. Pre-Flight Competition Tailgate party outlasts the cold Michael Petrisino There was also an inflat- each other up in a “safe” envi- Today at the flight line a able UFO which con- ronment. Cessna 172 will have numer- Guest Reporter tained a laser tag course. There was also an inflat- ous discrepancies that should Competition between players able with a velcro wall where be found during a pre-flight This past Saturday, Touch- inside the UFO was fierce. people wear a velcro suit and inspection. Each competitor N-Go Productions presented The lack of not only hiding jump to the wall and stick will earn points for each dis- a tailgating party to cap off places, but light, led to almost there. crepancy found. The event is the homecoming week cel- hand-to-hand tactics to come All of these events were free, co-sponsored by the Aviation ebrations. Students celebrat- out on top. Alongside the UFO in addition to free subs from Safety Department. ing homecoming sports on was giant inflatable bounce Jimmy John’s, Pepsi brand Saturday found a plethora of shaped like a tiger. sodas, Frito-Lay brand snack events to keep them enter- Students also could food, face painting, tempo- Fight Hunger tained. challenge their rary hair dyeing and of course, Among many activities, friends to a box- musician Josh Thompson. Food Drive there was a track that was ing match in School spirit ran defined by inflatable walls in an inflatable strong as students Sodexo is pairing with SGA to which racers could challenge bounce with filled the basketball collect food that will be given to their friends on their electric o v e r s i z e d game from the Halifax Urban Ministries. Cash powered toilet carts. g l o v e s party and cheered prizes will be awarded to ROTC The top heavy carts, with w h e r e on the Eagles bas- groups and student organizations undersized wheels, led to a lot friends ketball team as they for the most food donated in of two wheeled turns and a lot c o u l d beat the Tennessee pounds. Organizations need to of fun. beat Wesleyan Bulldogs. sign up to participate in the com- petition at www.erauinvolve- ment.com. Donations will be accepted at in the Student Center until Nov. 12. Any individual who donates on Thursday, Nov. 11 will receive a package of home-baked cookies. ERAU Battle of the Bands This Friday at 8 p.m., join Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Touch- N-Go Productions, and Up ‘Til Dawn for a night of musical competition never before seen on this campus. Bands from the school and the Daytona Beach area will compete for the audi- ence vote to win a cash grand prize. For spectators there will be chances to win many raf- fle prizes, listen to some great music, and it is all benefiting the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Mark your calendars RICHARD WEAKLEY/AVION for an event you won’t want to STUDENTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS came out to enjoy food, face painting, hair coloring and much more on Saturday. Country artist Josh Thompson miss. performed in front of a large crowd as students showed their school spirit before the basketball season opener against Tennessee Wesleyan. Campus . A2 Student Government . A4 SGA Soccer teams Saw 3D Space Feature . A5 Homecoming . A6 addresses advance in confer- reaches its Opinions . A8 Safe Ride abuse ence tournament final chapter Student Life . A10 Sports . B1 Entertainment . C1 Classifieds . C3 Comics . C4 Campus C2 Sports B3 PHOTO COURTESY LIONSGATE Ent. Inside C2 Page A2 Campus The Avion, November 9, 2010 Speaker talks about Safe Ride abuse lessons of Challenger sparks SGA concern James Holt later, I had in the back of my cancel Thiokol’s contract if Priyanka Kumar other ways to offer better ser- “Students should first think ‘I mind, God I hope it isn’t relat- McDonald’s position was not vices to ERAU,” Vas said. should find a designated driver,’ Guest Report ed to [the o-ring] problem,” reinstated. McDonald was made Copy Editor According to Vas, abuse is but if students absolutely cannot McDonald said. the director of the space shuttle defined as when a student takes find a ride and feel unsafe, then Last Wednesday, former President Ronald Reagan verification taskforce to rede- The Student Government the ride too many times in a they should use the program,” director of the Space Shuttle formed a committee to investi- sign the solid rocket boosters. Association (SGA) at Embry- month or if one takes it repeti- Cope said.