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The Key to Knights' Success
Athletic Trainers are the Backbone for the Fighting Knights |
The Highway to Hell Is Found
One Man’s Journey Finds a Mayan Cave Believed to Link to Hell |
Santa's Little Student Helpers
The Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Makes Snowflakes for a Worthy Cause |
How to Make a Paper Snowflake
iPulse Staff Writer, Megan Mangone, Shares a Holiday Tradition |
Kiteboarding Visits Delray
An Exciting Event of Soaring High for Thrills and Spills! |
One Last Run for PFlunger
Senior Dusty Pflugner Bounces Back From Serious Injury |
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The Key to Knights' Sucess
Athletic Trainers are the Backbone for the Fighting Knights |
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Athletic trainers Duck, Neinas and Favata pose for the camera. Photo/LU Photo. |
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By Gene Prousnitzer
Staff Writer
The Fighting Knights have won 18 national titles and 22 Sunshine State Conference Titles, but there is one key to the success on the fields and courts: the Athletic Training staff. The mission of the Athletic Training staff is to provide the best possible medical care for the student-athletes of Lynn University.
There are three athletic trainers, Michael Duck, Lance Neinas and Christine Favata.
In addition to overseeing the daily operations of the Athletic Training Department and the Drug Education Program, Duck provides injury evaluation, rehabilitation and prevention strategies for the volleyball team, as well as the men’s and women’s tennis teams and men’s basketbal team. Neinas is responsible for the medical coverage and care of the men’s soccer, baseball and men’s and women’s golf student athletes. “I also am in charge of handling all insurance issues for the athletic department and the athletic training budget,” said Neinas. Favata’s main responsibilities are to provide medical coverage for women’s soccer, women’s basketball and softball.
The Athletic Training staff not only assists the players, but the coaches as well.
“As a coach they provide to us a number of other competitive advantages,” said Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Marcus Hayes. “Such as advising us on the best way to keep our guys hydrated, or which foods will benefit them the most when it comes to energy, stretching techniques and making our jobs easier by keeping our players playing, and not out to where they can’t help the team.”
The training staff has seen many moments in their time at Lynn.
“I have had many memorable moments in my 10 years at Lynn,” said Duck. “I get satisfaction everyday from helping our athletes perform their best. However, there is nothing like the feeling after winning a National Championship. Having the fortune of assisting with two national championship teams (‘01 women’s tennis and ‘07 men’s tennis) was special and is something I will never forget. Individual achievements are nice, but team accomplishments last a lifetime!”
“Having the men’s basketball team go to the final four was probably my most memorable moment. It was good to see all the buzz around campus and to see the team go far in the playoffs.”
Favata is in her first year as an athletic trainer at Lynn, since coming from Coconut Creek High School.
“I am coming from a high school so the athlete’s mentality here is much different, said Favata. “I enjoy working with them because they are at such a high level of competition that they are willing to do whatever it takes to be at the top of their game. They will do whatever you say regarding rehabilitation and exercise and that makes our job a lot easier to get them back in the game.”
The athletic trainers contribution to Lynn’s athletic program is a major reason for the 18 national championships that Lynn has won and the many more to come. |
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The Highway to Hell Is Found
One Man’s Journey Finds a Mayan Cave Believed to Link to Hell |
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De Anda plunges into the depths of a Mayan Cave. Photo/Associated Press. |
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By Renee Ingrassia
Stff Writer
Mexican archeologist Guillermo de Anda recently explored a series of caves and now believes he found the connection to hell, a myth among the Mayan culture.
The myth is that the afterlife of the Mayans was supposed to be devastating; the dead had to navigate through rivers of blood, and compartments full of knives, bats, and even jaguars. This destructive place is what the archeologist feels he has found on his journey; the highway to hell.
“It was the place of fear, the place of cold, the place of danger, of the abyss,” said Archaeologist Guillermo de Anda.”
The journey to the underworld is explained in the Popol Vuh, a mythological text. A few things suggest that the Mayans produced them to imitate the journey to the area. These things are the area of underground cavities as well as the roads and temples beneath the farmland and the jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula.
It is a well known fact among archeologists that Mayans viewed their caves to be sacred. De Anda’s team, however, initiated a vital ingredient by searching through historical records in order to establish the connection of a series of these sacred caves and to also connect them with the idea of their road to hell.
“I think it’s rather interesting how the archeologist findings of the caves can be linked to the culture of the Mayan people,” said Devin Porter, senior. “Such finds help people nowadays figure out what happened in past historical events.”
De Anda also uncovered a 100-yard flawlessly paved underground road, an immersed temple, and the complex crossroads of the Mayan legends. In some areas of the cave, it is nearly impossible to walk through without cutting your skin from the stone structure; this leads De Anda to infer that these are a depiction of the “room of knives.” In addition, shallow roads broken up by pools of water are believed to represent the rivers of blood. Florida Atlantic University Archeologist Clifford Brown has also worked in the area and concurs that these caves are seen by the Mayas as a threshold to hell.
“If only we were as sure about things, such as the location of hell, as the Mayans,” said Professor Stephen Aiello. “Unfortunately, we, as modern people, are often the creators our own hell in how we treat our brothers and sisters on this planet.”
Source: Associated Press
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Santa's Little Student Helpers
The Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Makes Snowflakes for a Worthy Cause
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Tara Cherry, Senior - “To eat all I can, and not feel bad about it!” |
By Britney Hutchinson
Advertising Manager As the holidays quickly approach and many stores start stocking up for the season, the ladies of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority are as busy as elves in Santa’s workshop. They have been making snowflakes to send off to children who will be spending the holidays in the hospital.
Project Snowflake is just one of the many contributions to Sigma’s philanthropy The Robbie Page Memorial Fund. The fund was established in memory of the son of one of the sorority’s former national president’s who suffered and passed away from Polio. The memorial helped find a cure for Polio and its main goal now is to fund play therapy for terminally ill children. Fundraisers such as Jail n’ Bail which raised $748 this year, and Karnations for Kids have helped contribute to the worthy cause, but hand making paper snowflakes comes as a more personal contribution.
“Doing fundraisers like Jail n’ Bail and Karnations for Kids has helped contribute to a worthy cause,” said Lauren Fry, philanthropy chair. “I think that the kids will enjoy the snowflakes because it gives them a sense of the season and they were handmade which gives it a personal touch.”
Sigma would like to see a school wide contribution. During Lynn’s Annual Snow Day, on Wednesday Dec. 10, Sigma will have a table set up to teach ‘Snowflake Making 101.” All snowflakes will be sent off to the philanthropy’s hospital at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where they will contribute to making the Holidays more cheerful for some children.
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
iPulse Staff Writer, Megan Mangone, Shares a Holiday Tradition |
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By Megan Mangone
Staff Writer With the holiday season just around the corner, people are using different methods to get into the spirit. A classic tradition to try this holiday season is to create and design paper snowflakes. It’s fast, easy and puts anyone into the holiday spirit. Here are a few simple steps to follow when creating paper snowflake.
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Step 1: Begin with a square piece of paper and fold the piece of paper in half.
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Step Two: Now fold both sides of the corners to form two 60 degree angles. |
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Step Three: Cut along the bottom of the two folds in a rounded shape. |
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Step Four: Now cut the paper as much as desired and when finished, unfold the snowflake carefully. |
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Kiteboarding Visits Delray
An Exciting Event of Soaring High for Thrills and Spills!
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By Amy Lyus
Staff Writer
The time has come to take advantage of free kiteboarding lessons, a downwind dash and a relay race at Delray Beach’s “Best of the Best CKA Collegiate Kite-boarding Contest, Tour Stop 3.” The event takes place on Dec. 6-7 at South Florida’s Delray Beach by Anchor Park.
A live D.J. will be present and activities include kite-surfing, snow-kiting and land-boarding.
Some of Lynn University’s very own will be competing in the contest.
“I’m so excited to get out there and compete,” said Lauren Forman, junior. “I hope everyone comes out to experience the intensity of kite-boarding.”
All are encouraged to celebrate the thrill of kiteboarding and have a great time this coming weekend.
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One Last Run for PFlunger
Senior Dusty Pflugner Bounces Back From Serious Injury
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Dusty Pflugner. Photo/ LU Photo. |
By Gene Prousnitzer
Staff Writer
Dusty Pflugner is looking for redemption in his senior year. Pflugner spent last year and the first month of this year recovering from a torn hamstring in each leg, including two in his right leg, and a torn ligament in his ankle.
Pflugner, a sports management major from Sarasota, is entering his second year under Head Coach Scott McMillin. Pflugner spent his first two years at Division I Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA.
“I chose to come to Lynn since it’s close to home,” said Pflugner. “Lynn also has a great environment, a top notch coaching staff and a history of winning and competing for championships. Since coming here, I’ve found the thing that has made my time here more enjoyable is the camaraderie I’ve developed with my teammates. There is nothing that could take the place of it.”
“Since last year, I’ve worked on trying to stay healthy as well as my defense,” said Pflugner. “I’m getting more sleep and taking better care of my body. Defensively, I’ve just tried to pick up on every little thing the coaches are teaching us.”
Pflugner scored 18 points in his first game with extensive minutes against St. Thomas on seven of eight shooting, including three of four from beyond the three.
“Seeing Dusty come back like that made me want to come back from my injury that much more,” said Brandon Kennedy, junior. “He knows how limited his time is on the court and is taking every possible advantage of it.”
After graduation, Pflugner is planning on receiving his MBA in the field of sports management and taking some time to travel before he enters the job market.
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