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Meet Mac's Maniacs The Fighting Knights’ Student Section Exudes School Spirit
Fall Final Exams Pertinent Preparation Tips are Provided
Lynn Greets A Greek Council Greek Life at Lynn puts its Game Face On with a New Council
Cold War-Busting Congressman Former Congressman,’Good Time Charlie,’ to Address Campus
Rockers Return From Hiatus Guns N’ Roses Latest Endeavor “Chinese Democracy” is Reviewed
Issues of Importance Students Take on the Historic Presidential Election

Meet Mac's Maniacs The Fighting Knights’ Student Section Exudes School Spirit



Mac’s Maniacs show Blue and White spirit

By Gene Prousnitzer Staff Writer Every big time school has a student section. Duke has the Cameron Crazies, Wake Forest has the Tie Dye Nation and Lynn is no different. The student section is in its second year with the name, Mac’s Maniacs. The name Mac’s Maniacs is in honor of the Lynn Men’s Basketball Coach Scott McMillin. Maniacs are encouraged to be as loud as possible. “Mac’s Maniacs was such a great idea,” said Lauren Fry, junior. “It has gotten so many more students coming to the game and supporting the team. This year it just seems to keep growing making the section louder and louder. I’ve been to some of the away games and haven’t seen anything close to Mac’s Maniacs.” Last year, Mac’s Maniac became a big hit. Students are privileged to sit in a special section during home games. To spur participation, students who are members of Mac’s Maniacs function on a points system. To receive a point, a “maniac” must wear their free Mac’s Maniac tee shirt and be in the maniac section for the entire game. Maniacs will receive a point card and receive two points per game for their participation, one before the 17:00 minute mark in the first half, and the second point after the game ends. There are 22 points possible, plus a bonus point, with 18 qualifying the “maniac” for a $1,000 raffle, and 12 qualifying the “maniac” for $250 raffle. There is still time to sign-up, email Jon Roos at jroos@lynn.edu.

Fall Final Exams Pertinent Preparation Tips are Provided



Student studies for exams. Photo/LU Photo

By Ashley Feldman Staff Writer As the semester dwindles down, stress increases and students begin to prepare for finals. The pressure of finals week can become overwhelming. To aid all students in the quest to pass their class and earn an “A,” here are some tips on how to manage the stress of finals. 1) Take a break in between studying. Every two hours one should take a 15-minute walk to alleviate stress. 2) Do not study for more than two hours on one subject in one sitting. 3) Eliminate distractions. If choosing to study with friends, select friends who will not be initiating frequent conversations. 4) Think positive. Change “Isn’t it horrible” thoughts to “I’m going to do the best I can.” 5) Get enough sleep and rest. Studies show that students should get seven to nine hours of sleep a night in order to function at their fullest potential. 6) Eat a balanced diet and try to avoid stress eating. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it gives one energy to get through the rest of the day. 7) Exercise daily as it clears the mind and reduces feelings of stress. 8) For the java junkies, try to avoid excessive coffee, tea and soda. They may “hype” one up and make thinking clearly difficult. 9) Avoid procrastinating. Use a planner or “to do lists” to organize test dates and study times. This will help avoid cramming. College life is hectic, but there are enough hours in the day to get in adequate study time if one manages those hours appropriately. “I study little parts at a time a few days before and then the day before I review everything. I make sure I have time to take breaks or I lose concentration,” said Breese Buffington, junior.
Lynn Greets A Greek Council Greek Life at Lynn puts its Game Face On with a New Council



Office of Student Development located in the Student Center. Photo/LU Photo.

By Ryan Brooks Staff Writer Nickelback is one of the biggest and most successful bands to hit the airwaves over the past 10 years. They can be considered one of the most influential bands in rock history, having sold more than 26 million albums worldwide. Nickelback returns on their 6th album “Dark Horse.” The album was produced by one of the legendary producers in rock, Mutt Lange and collaborator Joey Moi. This is definitely one of the strongest points of the album, the production team. Songs such as “Next go Around” or “I’d come for you” are expertly woven together and makes the music never gets stale; that is really hard to do in the alternative rock genre. The band also stays relevant with just enough new sounds that keep the band from becoming irrelevant. Songs like “Gotta be Somebody” and “Shakin Hands” all touch on serious, but fun topics as well. They don’t try too take themselves too seriously with the content, which I think is a major problem with artists today. Although there are personal songs in the album, you don’t get the feeling that the album is trying to preach something. I am very surprised by the quality of “Dark Horse” and would recommend it to anyone looking to listen to good music, I give this album a 4 out of 5.

Cold War-Busting Congressman Former Congressman,’Good Time Charlie,’ to Address Campus



Former Congressman, Charlie Wilson.

By Laura Vann Special to the iPulse Colorful, Cold War-busting Congressman Charlie Wilson to give Lynn’s next Dively lecture Charlie Wilson, a 24-year Texas Congressman credited with helping end the Cold War, noted for his colorful personality, and celebrated in both a best-selling book and a 2007 film starring Tom Hanks, will bring his “unbelievable” story to Lynn University next spring as a part of the university’s Dively Frontier in Globalization Luncheon Lecture Series. At the Tuesday, March 10, noon-time lecture, Wilson will discuss his political life, role in arming the Afghan Mujahedeen against the Soviet Union, and his experiences as the namesake of “Charlie Wilson’s War” – a film that fast became a hit after it debuted in theaters last December. Tickets are $70 (includes lunch) for the lecture, which will take place in the campus’ Louis and Anne Green Center. To purchase tickets, visit www.lynn.edu/tickets or contact the ticket office at tickets@lynn.edu / 561-237-9000. Wilson’s appearance will be the second of two Dively lectures this academic year at Lynn. In October, CNN political analyst Paul Begala, and former White House chief of staff, Republican Andrew Card appeared to debate issues and candidates leading up to the Nov. 4 presidential election.

Rockers Return From Hiatus Guns N’ Roses Latest Endeavor “Chinese Democracy” is Reviewed



Album cover of the recently released Guns N’ Roses “Chinese Democracy.”

By Billy Hartigan Staff Writer Guns N’ Roses are one of the most influential and popular bands of all time. The band had gone through extremely rough times in the past, but they are finally back with their new album “Chinese Democracy.” Now, if you are a fan of the music industry, you will know just how historic this release is. It has been an album that has seen more than nine different producers, band members changing and coming back, new labels, and Axl Rose’s struggles with his own personal demons had a lot to do with it, but it has been hyped for the past 17 years and it is finally here. And what do we get, a very solid album that sounds well but may have been trying a little to hard. First lets start off with the genre, at the time of their popularity they were mainly a hair rock band, and that is non existant today so they have made a kind of jump to more progressive rock. This dose not hurt the music in anyway it just feels a little different. The guitar solos are just as good as well while Slash may be absent, Bucket Head is no slouch on the guitar and provides wonderful solo’s like he has been there from the start; he makes the music flow very well on song such as “Better” and “Sorry.” Axl Rose has had 17 years to create the lyrics and they only come off as mediocre. I can forgive the obvious cracks that 17 years will do to ones voice, but the lyrical content just is not there anymore. Although there were songs where I was completely enthralled such as “Shecklers Revenge” and “I.R.S” Overall, this is an excellent fabulous album and one that should be looked at by rock fans. I give it a 3 out of 5.
Issues of Importance Students Take on the Historic Presidential Election




Results of survey regarding the most recent election.

By Harry Glennon Special to the iPulse Having been almost a month since the final election results came in, one has to ask themselves, what issues do students find important? Many times one will hear talk about voting for a “lesser of two evils,” “non-warlord,” or perhaps a “anti-socialist,” but those are poor answers for one who is in the process of deciding who to vote into office. Professor Carmeta Blake’s Media and Society class conducted a survey in the early months of the election to assess what issues, direction and candidates the students of Lynn University are interested in moving forward with. Out of a survey of 211 students. The adjacent column indicates the results. As one can see, these results seem to accurately reflect the course of the past election. The Media and Society class would like to thank all who participated in this survey.