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UIWU g$ peHfewretf. NEWS POLITICAL EMPATHY AND APATHY Veteran congressman iffiJffitr** * Sandspur cracks jokes about immigration Florida's Oldest Kate Barnekow ing that he'd only take "friendly will never support any path to earlier versions of the bill and citizenship, "or whatever they that there were certain things in College Newspaper Writer questions," Mica opened up the Q&A. Interaction between rep­ call it," for undocumented im­ the final bill which he felt "went Established in 1894 with the following editorial: Due to recent redisricting, resentatives and constituents is migrants. Mica reasoned that too far" and that should be ad­ o "Unassuming yet almighty sharp, and pointed, Rollins College now lies within the essence of a democracy and because illegal immigrants dressed by individual states. 3 well rounded yet many sided, assiduously the 7th Congressional District I was genuinely looking for­ had "committed a felony" (this When asked what specifically in tenacious, victorious in single combat, and of Florida. That means our con­ ward to hearing what questions is not true, by the way), they the bill he felt crossed the line, therefore without a peer, wonderfully attractive gressman in the House of Rep­ would be asked and how Mica should not have access to any Mica floundered; the Congress­ 8 and extensive in circulation; all these will be found upon investigation to be among the ex­ resentatives is John Mica, a Re­ would respond. federal programs, specifically man was unable to name even traordinary qualities of The Sandspur." publican who was first elected For a veteran politician, Medicare, Social Security, or one specific objectionable aspect EDITORIAL BOARD to Congress in 1992. Represen­ Mica struck many in the audi­ emergency health care (emer­ of a bill he voted against. This Hana Saker tative Mica visited Rollins Col­ ence as remarkably impolitic. gency health care is not a fed­ prompted another awkward ex­ Editor-in-Chief lege on March 11, meeting with He spoke of his "jihad" for eral program). change of looks among the au­ Melanie Weitzner various representatives of the public transportation, such as The audience reaction to dience. Mica did say that differ­ if) Production Manager institution and ending his day SunRail (Jihad this posi­ ent states could make their own DESIGN DEPARTMENT with a public lecture at the Win­ is a sacred re­ tion—that a decisions about such topics, and O Jamie Pizzi CL ter Park Plaza. ligious duty of person should that as much as he "think[s] Head Designer if) I was lucky enough to be in­ Muslims). He He laughed, be denied this country is about equality, David Matteson and there's attributes; it isn't all Mary Catherine Pflug vited to dinner with Represen­ joked about the emergency Designer tative Mica, his personal aide, comparative ease saying he had care because equal, and there are different states." CONTENT STAFF President Duncan, Sarah El- of governing by lost a lot of of immigra­ Emily Kelly badri and Brock Monroe of the "dictatorship" in tion status— Mica gave another an­ News Editor Democracy Project (the group place of democ­ was an un­ swer—one that didn't cause LU votes with that Stephanie Garcia responsible for bringing Mica racy (we are ten comfortable any significant stir in the audi­ Scott Novak years into a war silence and Assistant Section Editor to campus), and about ten other one.' ence—but that resonated with undergraduate students before that was at least the exchange me. When asked what the big­ Ol Daniel Udell LU Head Copy Editor the lecture. Conversation fo­ partially about toppling a dic­ of a fair number of stunned gest barrier to civic engagement Maddy Clark cused on Rollins' many impres­ tatorship, and he is a congress­ looks. Mica noticed; he laughed, is, Representative Mica replied, LU Kylie Nave sive programs and facilities and man). saying he had "lost a lot of votes "Oh, just sitting on your butt." Kelly Sheldon 06 on Mica's life and many honor­ As wince-inducing as such with that one." I agree with him. And I thought if) Copy Editor I- Albert Cantu ary degrees. statements were, it was Mica's The second answer that about how John Mica has been 01 Ed Leffler representing Florida in Con­ < Mica's 20-minute lecture responses to questions about stunned some in the audience Staff Writer to a room of about 50 people two high-profile topics, immi­ was about the recent reauthori­ gress for two decades. And Annamarie Carlson gration reform and the reautho­ I thought about the fact that Web Master focused on the congressman's zation of the Violence Against Hongjin Du biography and the work he did rization of the Violence Against Women Act. When asked why he's up for reelection next year. Photography Manager as the chairman of the Trans­ Women Act, that elicited the he voted against this piece of leg­ And I thought that maybe he if) BUSINESS & FACULTY portation and Infrastructure strongest reactions from the au­ islation, vital to women across wouldn't find jokes about losing LU Ol Greg Golden Committee in the U.S. House dience. the country, Mica answered by votes so funny if we were all a General Manager of Representatives. Then, jok­ Mica maintained that he stating that he had voted for bit more civically engaged. fee Dr. Emily Russell LU Assistant Professor of English ADVERTISING Contact: [email protected] Reform on the road to citizenship This issue's cover design by: David Matteson Sehar Noor less efforts of the Rollins Office to help facilitate the transition were 710,000 Legal Permanent The Sandspur is published weekly on Writer of Community Engagement, towards American citizenship. Residents in Florida eligible to Thursdays and maintains a circulation of 1,200 Join Us In Making Progress The Florida Immigrant Coali­ print copies. The views expressed in The apply for citizenship, but only Q_ Sandspur in no way reflect those of Rollins On Saturday, March 16, the initiative and the Florida Immi­ tion has been working since 87,000 naturalized in 2011, leav­ o College or its Board of Trustees. Mills Memorial Hall welcomed grant Coalition. The organiza­ 1998 to integrate immigrant ing the rest unable to participate The Sandspur is always looking for new local individuals and fami­ tions provided Rollins students communities into American so­ in the 2012 election. paid employees. To inquire about open posi­ tions, please email [email protected]. lies with legal residency status and local community members ciety, especially through activ­ The Florida Immigrant The Sandspur Editorial Staff extends an hoping to apply for American a platform for civic engagement ism regarding immigrant rights Coalition advocates aware­ if) invitation to all readers to attend weekly article citizenship. Organizers, volun­ and community activism. and citizenship training. The ness and civic involvement so assignment meetings every Monday at 6 p.m. teers and local lawyers created "Events like this are great organization emphasizes the that immigrants can have their and sign up to submit letters and articles. In or­ der to be considered for publication, the name a friendly environment well because it shows students importance of training in lan­ voices heard and become fully of the author must be included. prepared to facilitate the tran­ that we all have the ability to guage skills and civic values for engaged as residents of the In considering a submission for publica­ sition towards naturalization. change the problems that we a successful and productive im­ United States. Through collabo­ tion, The Sandspur reserves the right to edit The event was designed to help see around us. It also helps us to migrant community in the US. ration with the Florida Immi­ letters and articles. CO Please send all submissions to sub- participants through every step get a real idea of the issue and Immigration has been a hot grant Coalition, the Rollins Of­ [email protected]. All submissions must of the application process by ad­ helps rid us of our ignorance," topic recently as reform seems fice of Community Engagement be received no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday dressing obstacles such as lack Democracy Project Coordinator, to be on the brink with mem­ echoed this need for inclusive- prior to publication of awareness regarding eligibili­ Brock Monroe '14 said. The citi­ bers of the Republican party re­ ness and equal representation, The Sandspur ty and daunting application fees zenship clinic offered more than assessing national immigration and the event characterized the 1000 Holt Avenue with professional guidance and assistance with paperwork; re­ policy, especially due to the sig­ promotion and preservation or Winter Park, FL 32789 (407)646-2696 vital information. The event was sources such as English and citi­ nificant role of Hispanic votes in diversity integral to American [email protected] made possible due to the tire­ zenship classes were available Obama's victory. In 2010 there values. OPINION ITS ALL IN THE HORSE MEAT

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Ariana Woicekowski that lie with the state of, and fate from zombie (long expired) or­ consumers care about what bases of cleaning bleaches. Just Writer of, the world of food and nutri­ anges, I began to be a little more they are putting into their bod­ because something says "ce­ tion. The issue can be examined aware of what I was ccmsuming. ies and the food industry lies to real" on the box does not mean Easter is just around the with two pressing topics: Just for kicks, I started picking them, there should definitely be that a body knows how to pro­ corner and that means ifs the 1) Consumers don't always up honey packets when I saw concern and public outcry. But I cess it season of the lamb (and not know what they're earing them and reading the ingredi­ find it arguably more disturbing With the recent New York just the Lamb of God). It's the 2) Consumers don't always ent list. Instead of "honey/' I that consumers don't really care Times article "Ifs the Sugar, 'J. season of lamb dressed with care what they're earing (as long was greeted with "sugar," "corn what they are putting into their Folks" being considered a a rosemary accompanied by a as it tastes good) syrup," and "high fructose corn bodies. Now this may seem to breakthrougji in nutritional a, heaping side of mashed pota­ The first argument seems syrup." To be fair, the packets be a point of judgment, and per­ studies, there should arguably | "z toes, or perhaps a main dish of to be a very legitimate one that usually read, "honey glaze," haps it is. But it is fflegitimate be more concern for what we're ' 7* a roasted turkey with a side of centers on trust. Ji we are led which presumably translates to get upset about horse meat putting into our bodies. *t tart cranberry sauce, or maybe a to believe that we are consum­ to "honey." Not so! There are on the grounds for needing to However, at the end of the ; nice plump honey-glazed ham, ing something, and we're really a number of liquid sweets that know what ingredients are in day, ifs all about personal pref­ or even thick hunks of prime rib consuming something else/ how follow this style, including syr­ food products when the major­ erence and priorities. It seems in a delectable marinade, or, to can we trust what we are eating? up. Unless it says, "100% Natu­ ity of consumers don't even care silly to spend so much time really impress, piping red-hot Horse meat, however, is just the ral Maple Syrup" on the bottle, what they are eating. Unless hyping on nutrition when can­ lobster slathered in butter. Now most recent and media-frenzied you're pouring a highly pro­ an individual is consuming an cer sticks (excuse my reverse m that mouths are surely water­ phenomenon. In reality, many cessed and msuhn-spiking pud­ all- natural, PaleoHthk diet or euphemism) are considered ing, I'd like to direct the atten­ products are unregulated and/ dle all over your waffles. At the hand-making or home growing widely socially acceptable, and tion to one of the missing items or misleading. end of the day, just know that their own ted. consumers * even encouraged in certain cir­ in the list of acceptable holiday Cracked.com, a humorous MOP won't provide customers airy don't know what is going cles. I felt that the horse meat eatery: horse meat. but factual editorial website ad­ with maple syrup. into their body. Potydextrose? scandal brushed lightly over This recent UK horse meat dresses some prime examples in The second concern is mat Maltodextrin? Indigotine? Bi- some topics mat I was willing to1 o scandal has left a number of ar­ consumers just don't care what sodium Ribonudeotides 5?? ft press into. Perhaps the scandal •D their online articles, "The 6 Most , eas ripe for critique and scrutiny, Horrifying Lies the Food Indus­ they are eating. This somewhat sounds Hke %rchaeopteryx" wfll make someone think a little including the ethics and regula­ try is Feeding You" and "The 6 relates to the first issue, but it would fit right in there. Haha, before they bite into mat burger. tions of slaughterhouses and the Creepiest Lies the Food Indus­ has a significant deviation: peo­ dinosaur joke. These additives Perhaps people will give GMQ hypocrisy involving the choice try is Feeding You." These arti­ ple don't really care what they can be as harmless as salt pie- labeling a more serious consid­ of which animals to eat. I would cles highlight various products are putting into their bodies. servafives> or as sinister as the eration. Or perhaps ifdbe easier like to explore the reason this that either have secretly added Taco Bell had a scandal a few 52777 I7r77::7- 7" 3: 772.77 777 to keep the blinders raised. revelation is so disturbing to the ingredients or just straight years ago in which it was re­ m general public. While the horse facedly lie about the contents of vealed that the contents of their meat scandal has shocked the the product. After reading that "ground beef" contained a glu­ 73 ten-based mixture mat rarefy credits in m world, I believe that it begins to honey wasn't FDA regulated in touch upon much deeper issues and that orange juice was made actually contained meat When 6 weeks?

otherwise. Reader response has clarify that it was mereiy meant editor's indicated a cloud of confusion - to poke fun at me new smoking particularly concerning tone and policy (and all that it suggests). note: intent - surrounding writer Ryan Admittedly, the more innocuous Lamberfs satirical approach to course of action here would have Here at The Sandspur, we smokers and their role on cam­ been tosimpl y label the piece of don't hate smokers. I promise. But pus. satire as such, but where's the if you read last issue's "Please That said, I'd iike to extend fun in that? don't feed the animals," f can an apology to our readers for any understand why you might think misunderstandings, as well as to - Hana Saker, Editor-in-Chief

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Zach Baldwin Grace Loescher I am part of a minority. According to a The circumstances leading up to the expul­ compilation of statistics by the Kinsey Institute, sion of InterVarsity from Rollins have been vari­ 85% of American men have had sex for the first ously described by college officials, InterVarsity time before the age of 21. Nearing twenty-two, representatives, and outside commentators - the © I've never had sex. As a high school athlete, I last with plenty of opinions but little knowledge learned that to be "uninitiated" is to be in a posi­ of the situation. tion for unique forms of harassment. During my I am in a unique position to know the facts e first year at Rollins, I was talking with a friend as I am the student at the center of the storm. I before her sex-ed presentation. As we talked, am a lifelong Christian who has been active in it came up that I was celibate. She looked sur­ Bible study groups since my junior year in high prised and asked if I "let off steam" in any way. school, and with InterVarsity since I arrived on When I said that I didn't, she looked even more campus in 2010. This past fall, I was recruited by confused and asked if I was "okay." I laughed InterVarsity to be a student leader of the organi­ and said yes. zation. I was thrilled and honored, and put my if) heart and soul into motivating others to share \- When my friend asked if I was okay, she Ol assumed that there was something wrong. She my love and deepen our mutual understanding O CL wasn't being insulting. Her comment highlight­ of the Bible. if) ed that our cultural norms are much different I was utterly blindsided when I was called from how I live my life. So, why do I live this way? Why would I in to meet with the Intervarsity organization leaders and fired from refuse the normative pleasures of our sexually active culture? Baldwin and Loescher my position because of my involvement in a same-sex relationship. John 10:9-10 reads: "I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he offer their perspectives When I was told I had no choice but to step down from my leader­ will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief ship position in InterVarsity, I knew it didn't come from a place of comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have on a campus hate, but it was also the most unloved, dejected, and alone I've ever LU life and have it abundantly." I have faith in a God who decided to felt. restore our broken relationship when I was His enemy. On a cross, controversy involving An InterVarsity representative has suggested that I was not He died to take on my failures, then physically rose again as He fi­ fit to hold a leadership position in the organization because I did Ql religion, discrimination, LU nalized my pardon from punishment. This God, Jesus, claimed that not believe the Bible was pertinent to my decision-making. Noth­ he would restore our relationship, then fulfilled that claim. He also sexuality, and love. ing could be further from the truth. As a Christian, I believe in the LU claims that he can give me an abundant life, only asking for obedi­ authority of the Bible, which is why I also believe it is important to ence in return. According to His Word, remaining celibate, unless deepen my understanding of it. The point of Bible study is to exam­ if) married (and that comes with several stipulations), is part of being ine, discuss, and sometimes challenge, the meaning of Bible verses, < obedient to Him: "If you love me, keep my commands" (Jn. 14:21). and that includes the handful of verses that reference homosexual­ I am convinced that He made good on His promise through the ity. To take those verses off the table, as InterVarsity essentially does cross; I have both confidence and experience in seeing Him make by requiring its leaders to accept its interpretation of them, is to good on His other promises. Admittedly, there are moments when subvert the purpose of Bible study. I want to follow my own desires rather than be obedient. Yet each Any Bible scholar knows that Bible passages must be interpret­ if) day He gives me the strength to overcome myself and follow Him ed in the context of the historical period, origin of the language, L01U in an abundant. and relation to other verses in the Bible. Were it not for evolving ZD Having held leadership positions in youth-based ministries for interpretations of the Bible, some would still be using it to justify nearly ten years, I greatly appreciate healthy structures that hold LU slavery, just as they did in the 1800s, or to justify segregation and me accountable for my beliefs and my integrity to them. The role to prohibit interracial marriage, just as they did in the South as re­ of a Christian ministry leader is a serious one. The New Testament cently as 50 years ago. epistles consistently discuss the severity of leadership, listing many After doing a lot of my own researching, praying, soul search­ criteria for ministry leaders and noting God's displeasure at a lead­ ing and contemplating, I have realized that this issue is much larger er's misrepresentation of His Word. This doesn't mean that lead­ than me. This isn't an issue of gay rights; it's an issue of humanity. ers should be demoted at every mistake; it means that they should This is for everyone who has ever been told they couldn't do some­ always strive to emulate Jesus' example. If a Christian ministry is thing because of how they look, where they come from, what they to be based upon its authoritative texts, and is convicted of certain believe, or who they love. Right now there is a boy or girl out there o core doctrines, then its criteria of leadership is not in place solely who has been marginalized as a result of discrimination, and I want for the organization, but for potential leaders as well. to be that person's voice. For every day that InterVarsity and simi­ I believe, along with InterVarsity and other evangelical stu­ lar organizations discriminate on the basis of their interpretation of dents on campus, that being a ministry leader should not be contin­ "Christian values" or other subjective criteria, that is one more day gent upon a specific sexual orientation. We don't believe that LGBT that somebody goes home losing hope, feeling alienated, and shov­ if) students are second-class citizens. Jesus loved us all enough to en­ ing their Bible or their self-worthiness under the bed. LU dure the cross. However, we do affirm the authority that Scripture There are as many interpretations of Christian values as there has in our consideration of sexuality, as well as the way in which we are Christian religions, churches, and congregations throughout the live according to our sexuality. world. I have come to believe that InterVarsity's interpretation is I understand, from my personal experiences, that this is a dif­ narrow and exclusive. In my opinion, that is not what Christianity ficult path. Yet, I believe, and other InterVarsity students would is all about. I believe Christianity centers on love, and as expressed agree, that Jesus is worth it. This article won't address all of the in 1 Corinthian, love "always protects, always trusts, always hopes, questions you may have about faith, sexuality, and discrimination, always perseveres...Love never fails." Call me crazy, but I can't but I hope it will begin meaningful conversations on these impor­ equate discrimination in any form with love. tant issues. I invite you to ask questions of me, as well as my evan­ I have never been prouder to be a Rollins student than I am to­ 1 gelical peers, about this "abundant life" and how we see that at day. Rollins is steadfast in its commitment to diversity and equality I work within the convictions we hold. and when challenged to step down, it only stood up taller. • CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 4 The opinions on this page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sandspur, its staff or Rollins College. OPINION NOT YOUR AVERAGE GAME NIGHT

Let's play a love game Steven unveils a steamy set of sensual games that are sure to add a little spice to your relationship. From getting scantily clad with Snapchat to rolling some naughty dice, game night just got a whole lot more interesting.

Steven Penaranda self-proclaimed sexpert, I find delectable. Show off eveiything part, usually ones with sexual sex, but for some reason ifs just this upsetting and have taken it that they love to see until they value, and each side of the other Writer become a routine insertion. You upon myself to contribute to the come and beat down your door. die will correspond to a sensual guys have all the techniques at So, you're bored with your paltry pool of sex game sugges­ As soon as your ravenous eyes action. your disposal, but have failed to sex? To quote Sweet Brown, a tions. catch each other, the game is Take turns rolling the dice exercise them for the past few woman who has gripped Amer­ To begin, I would like to over, but the real fun has just with your partner. Each roll days, weeks, months. ' ica with her wisdom, humor, propose a game of my own in­ begun. And the best thing is that will tell you exactly what to do For this game, all you need and relevance, "Ain't nobody vention: Snapchat Scandal. The there are no losers. If you don't to which part of your partner's is a kitchen timer. Set that baby got time fuh that!" Nobody got rules are pretty straightforward. have a smart phone capable of body, so those of you who are for 30 minutes and don't go for time for lame sex. Just going You and your partner begin Snapchatting, that's okay. De- lacking in creativity can enjoy actual penetration until you through the motions is a waste by locking yourselves more unorthodox tech­ hear it buzz. Instead, bring back of a condom. in separate rooms. It niques and methods of all the foreplay that used to Sex is about fun, making is preferable to choose Nobody got time for lame SeX. pleasure. The benefit make sex so amazing. Remem­ lots of noise, and feeling a mil­ rooms that were previ­ of making these dice at ber what its like to explore each lion little butterflies in your ously unoccupied. Now Just going through the home is that you can tai­ other's bodies and rekindle the stomach. Thus, I have made make sure both of you motions is a waste of a lor the dice to represent flame. By the time the timer hits it my mission this day to save have Snapchat installed exactly what you and 15 minutes, things will be hot those of you who have fallen on your phones. At this condom. your partner like. Why and heavy, and by the time it into a sexual rut, those of you point, I would like to don't you each make a gets to 29 minutes, you'll be dy­ who have been living off just a point out that Snapchat has spite the fact that you're still liv­ pair of dice for yourselves ex­ ing to dive into each other full few humps every couple days. successfully guarded against ing in the 20th century, you can ploiting all of your most sensi­ force. tive areas and what you want Today I would like to all the downsides of sexting I still have next level sex. There are fun sex games for done to them? Then try swap­ broaden your sexperiences and discussed in my debut article, For this next game, you'll absolutely everyone. Join the ping dice to experience what introduce you to the world of making it rather safe for a game need to grab a pair of dice. There digital age, take a chance and your partner enjoys. Both of sex games. The realm of sex like this. Next, send one another are dice made especially for toss the dice, or just revive what you can learn about each other's gaming is one that is not often sexy snaps back and forth. this game sold at Spencer's and has lain shelled up within your preferences, hot spots, and may­ discussed, a fact that has be­ Get the passion bubbling by other risque vendors, but there's rusty libido. Make up your own be find some of your own that taking off one article of clothing absolutely nothing wrong with games with your own rules. Do come apparent to me as I pol­ you never knew existed. lute my Google search bar with at a time. Make your significant fashioning your own right at something to keep things alive questionable terms looking for other thirst for your skin by home. Each side of one die will The last game is for those and supremely erotic. And have examples of sex games. As a making yourself look absolutely correspond to a different body of you who used to have wild fun.

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Scott Novak derecognize InterVarsity as a Rollins organization in the gion is an impermissible or a disfavored category that s Writer last week of September 2012. An organization that has not worthy of the same protections as gender or sexual been derecognized by Rollins is still be able to meet but orientation." Towards the beginning of last semester, Inter Var­ it can no longer receive Rollins, funds, use Rollins' pub­ As previously mentioned, the board's decision has a sity Christian Fellowship .asked a Rollins, student to step licity, or formally reserve meeting spaces on campus. since made many media headlines. However, Duncan a down from co-leading a campus Bible study group, cit­ InterVarsity was temporarily allowed to operate under notes that "if s not nearly the story that ifs presented to §• ing a disagreement over biblical authority and human the' authority of the chapel, but the administration soon be by the outside press." 4 sexuality. reversed that decision. Fox 35 News and the Orlando Sentinel, for exam­ s Rollins subsequently derecognized InterVarsity as. Duncan emphasized that the Board of Trustees had ple, have presented the decision as a suppression of 9 m a campus organization for violating the school's non­ approved the nondiscrimination policy, and therefore, Christianity, minimizing the issues of discrimination discrimination policy. The blogosphere and popular it was up to them .as. whether to make an exception for that are at the core of the matter. media proceeded to erupt with reports, that Rollins; had InterVarsity. He invited InterVarsity to applv to the As for the future of InterVarsity, Baldwin said, 1 banned the evangelical Christian campus minis.tr) for Board of Trustees for an exception from the ncwfe- "We're still trying to figure out what evangelical stu­ requiring that its. leaders follow InterVarsity' s interpre­ dents can do as far as [participating in] Bible studies. rn tation of Christian doctrine. I lave spent almost three years on campus and being a But according to Grace Loescher '14, the student The blogosphere and spiritual resource for them, and I plan to continue to do- involved in the incident,, it was her commitment in a that as. an individu a same-sex relationship, not her 'Christian credentials, popular media proceeded Despite all of the surrounding disagreement and which prompted her dismissal. to erupt with reports that Rollins controversy, Loescher and Baldwin remain good Kim Koi Central Florida area InterVarsity' director, had banned the evangelical friends. As Duncan has observed, "This is a case where o and Steve Wimmer, .an InterVarsity staff member, said the outside influences are much more rigid than the in­ Tl mterVarsity has an open policy, meaning that .anyone Christian campus ministry for side people... Ifs unfortunate that this gets cast some­ is welcome to Join the group, but leaders must affirm times as the way that it does, but I am very pleased o that they adhere to the beliefs: of the organization. Be­ requiring that its leaders follow about where Rollins has ended up. We are standing cause of Loescher's refusal to end her relationship1, the Intensity's interpretation of very strongly for the right far students to question and two InterVarsity staff members that guide the Rollins not have to adhere to oaths of belief allegiance in order InterVarsity chapter made the decision to ban her from Christian doctrine. to1 participate or even lead in those discussions." leadership. Tl A week later, Loescher sent Koi and Wimmer an crimination policy, which they did in December. m An open discussion on the campus controversy mil take > email stating, "I am truly heartbroken that I am no lon­ InterVarsity's proposal stated that "true diversity H piece Monday, March 25 at 5 pan. in the Galloway mom lo­C ger welcome to share my love and deepening under­ on campus means incorporating a plurality of faiths, as cated in the 7> standing of the Bible with my friends in InterVarsity. well as creating space for adherents to those faiths to m While you.may believe that you have fulfilled your meet in safe and supportive environments.'' Christian duty by offering to1 allow me to remain in the InterVarsity President Zach Baldwin said, "a reli­ organization,. I can assure that you can't discriminate in gious organization should be allowed to use religious increments..." criteria to determine their leadership." He expressed Love is patient In September, Loescher attended an InterVarsity concern about what implications the nondiscrimination > core meeting to inform members of what happened .and policv would have for other religious groups on cam­ pus. Fiat Lux (self-described as the "Christian Crusade love is kind why she was leaving the group. "1 pretty much said, hey go guys, this is what happened. I was asked to* step down for Christ") had also rejected to follow the policy and • CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 rn because I'm in a same-sex relationship. I don't know if was therefore derecognized by Rollins as well H you guys know [about this, policy], because I didn't .and According to Duncan, the Board of Trustees formed m I want you to be aware of what you're standing for." a committee task force to investigate InterVarsity's pro­ The college administration and the Board 73 After her talk, Loescher walked out of the room. posal. The task force collected legal opinions, case stud­ of Trustees have shown remarkable courage ies, and encouraged written submissions from InterVar­ She looked back,, expecting someone to get up and walk and resolve in the handling of this situation. away with her, but nobody did. "That was one of the sity. They also looked at how other schools had handled m If InterVarsity believes it has the right to im­ most hurtful moments of the whole experience/' she similar situations, for InterVarsitv has been de- certified 2: said. by other colleges in the past pose its values on its student leadership, it The news quickly made its way up to administra- Duncan said, "There's been some schools that have should respect the right of the college to im­ tion level. The administration decided that Interval- reviewed this and granted the exception, 7 pose its values on campus organizations. large public schools, and there have been a number of was in violation of the college's nondisoimination pol­ Where do I hope we go from here? FIB co icy, which reads, "It is the policy of Rollins College not schools that have not granted the exception- Those tend for frrtertfersity making its leadership posi­ -o to be more private schools, such as Vanderbili; which O to d^aiminaie on the basis of sex, disability, race, age, tions open to all including the IG8TF com­ religion, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, mari­ is [a cist] '7 177- cly. The only private school T CO tal status, veteran status, sexual orientation, ger that was on our list of those that had granted the excep­ munity, and thereby regaining fts status on identity, gender expflesmm, genetic information, physi­ tion in the last couple of years was Tufts University . . ;a,Tipus n for that disenfranchised boy or cal characteristics, or any other category protected by . where the exception had been granted by a student- girl out there having a voice, fm for people federal, state, or local law, in its educational programs, facultv committee, not the Board of Trustees." being proud to caU themselves Christian and The trustee task force reported to the foil board, admissions pciices, financial aid, employment or other have the freedom to be who they are and — which met in February. They voted not to grant Inter­ school-administered programs." love who they want Varsitv an exemption from the college's nondiscrimina­ t Rollins C resident Lewis Duncan said. ft: is time for InterVarsity and similar orga­ terVa -.met be an official Rollins organization if tion : nizations to heed the fundamental instruction —» they do not 32:22 bjr tint institution's nondiscrimination Greg Jao, IhterVarsrtv's national field director, policy. T: • them. It applies to ev­ told Fox News mat Roffins College is sending an omi­ of Christ Love one another as yourself, and ery other organization and official Rollins' activity on nous message -Tans - "7 ;ns snggjES love God above ail else. No caveats, no ex­ you 77 7 577 - 2 are not • is." ceptions, no discrimination. welcome on the campus - particularly if you have any Because biter 1 ^ith &e intention of living them out" Jao said. "It suggests reli­ iwndiscrirr.ir.arior •n-to FEATURES UNWIRED

Ben Zitsman "That I do, amigo. I certainly it to myself. I shouldn't be here. I son reminded of Picasso's "Guer­ be in rehab at all. But now, I also don't want to be here. I want to go nica." know exactly where I want to be, Writer do know how it is. On the streets and whatnot." I pause. "But can't home. I say it a lot. Because her­ "So what you in here for, man?" which is a first: I've never been "Man, I don't even bother you kill people that way? Curb- oin, for one thing: everyone here's he asks me. able to clearly articulate that in punching those fuckers, man. stomping?" on heroin, or used to be. There's "Adderall," I say. here. I want to be back at school. I fuckin' curb-stomp them. Ain't "I ain't sayin' nothin' about that. plenty to be read online about "Just Adderall?" I want to be in The Sandspur's of­ nothin' hits harder than the ce­ I done what I gotta." America's Heroin Epidemic. Plen­ "Just Adderall." fice at 11:00 p.m. on a Wednes­ ment. Ain't nothin'." I nod, because that's really ty of stories, with photos of kids Kendall laughs. In doing so, day night, working feverishly to Kendall's words, not mine. all there is to do when a person with empty eyes and bad skin, he showers me with a fine mist of throw a newspaper together, Kendall is in here with me—a makes oblique—and patently hard-angled faces inscrutable and what's either sweat or saliva. I'm bitching about not being at Fid's. pale, slouching, amorphous blob false—references to his past mur­ cipher-like. Yeah—but to sit next too hot to care—honestly, it feels I miss that, and thinking about of a kid with yellow, plaque-fuzzed ders. "It's presently unclear to me, to those ciphers and eat your in­ kind of nice. "Man, that's some how I miss it, the sense of loss I teeth that look as if they simply Kendall, whether you're trying to stitutional meals, your stringy pot fuckin' pussy shit, man. No meth feel is more acute and more pure © won't work as a team, but in­ keep me from buying crack from roast and waterlogged cauliflow­ or nothin'?" than anything I've recently experi­ stead choose to jut out at weird, you in the future, or simply telling er—to see firsthand the drug's "No, sir," I say. "No meth or enced. The clarity of the emotion 3 disparate angles. Teeth I've seen me the penalties for non-payment pull in the upper Midwest: that's nothin'." is disarming: for the better part a lot of since my arrival here a if I were to buy crack from you." something else entirely. It makes "So the court made you come of a year, nothing's been clear to 3 3 couple weeks ago, since Kendall Kendall smiles blankly at me. your substance issues seem here?" A solid half of all visits to me. Now this. CO breathes only through his mouth. "Yep," he says. tame and trivial, and eminently Glenbeigh are court-ordered, the It's clear to me, too, that my "3 There are a lot of 'only's' with this "Duly noted." manageable. Which is a problem, result of kids choosing between addiction's responsible for this guy: He wears only one outfit, a And that's how I spend my time when the program through which rehab and a few months in pris­ sense of loss I'm feeling. No, I'm livid purple sweat suit; I've taken in here. you're to deal with your drug prob­ on. That's how Kendall came to not Kendall. No, my circumstanc­ to mentally rechristened him Bar­ lem (a slightly-modified Twelve- be here: he was caught trying to es aren't similar to those of many ney because of this. He refers to Step program,) is predicated on steal a length of chain from a play­ of Glenbeigh's patients. No, I don't if) admission of your addiction's un- \- others only as 'motherfucka' and 'Here:' the Cleveland Clinic's ground swing set. Yeah—I don't want to be here, but I'm realizing 01 'nigga,' the latter despite being re­ Glenbeigh Hospital, a rehab facil­ manageability. know, either. I probably need to be. I'm not at o soundingly and in all ways white. ity in the northeastern corner of My counselor tells me that a "Nope." I'm looking at Kendall, peace with it, and I'm not happy. Q_ Ohio. I was ad­ few days into treatment—a round, and I notice everything's in softer But I'm not angry anymore, either. if) mitted on Janu­ cherubic, Mrs. Klaus-type woman focus than it usually is after an ary 27. That was named Vanessa. Vanessa appar­ hour in the sauna. I feel like I'm in two weeks ago. ently once had a Dexedrine ad­ an aquarium. The trip was, diction that was just harrowing in "Then what the fuck hap­ I will leave here soon. I will go in many ways, a its indurate tenacity, but looking pened?" to Alcoholics Anonymous meet­ UJ dispatches long time com­ at her now, it's hard to image her What the fuck indeed. What ings daily, sometimes more. I will ing—ample evi­ addicted to anything much harder the fuck am I doing in rehab, with sit under fluorescent lights and dence speaks to than scrapbooking. guys like Kendall? Really, what drink bad coffee, and I will listen to from this. The last ar­ "Did you feel you had control the fuck? I don't belong here. I a great deal of people talk about Ol UJ ticle I published over your addiction?" she asks am not the type of person to go gratitude. Gratitude is a big part in this paper, me. We're in her office, and I'm to rehab. I don't take hacksaws of AA, and a favorite discussion LU suspension for example: an trying to figure out why she has to playgrounds and go to work on topic of its adherents. Gratitude to o3 investigative re­ a Christmas sweater on in late the tire swing. Vanessa wants to the program, to friends and family if) \- port of Adderall January. know why I'm acting like my ad­ members, to God—to God most Ol Ben follows up on his last story use among col­ "Well, yeah," I say. "I felt I did. diction's manageable, and this of all; AA is a spiritual program < where he described his struggle lege students Once. But then I got suspended is why. Because I feel my addic­ before it's anything else. I will which unrav­ from college, and now I'm sitting tion is different. I feel I'm different. hear much talk of gratitude, and with adderall addiction. eled about 450 in your office, in a rehab facility These kids can't manage, but me, I'll often try to feel some myself, words in, when outside Ashtabula. So I'm kind of I can. I'm not them. though it won't come easily. Be­ if) I admitted to us­ thinking maybe I didn't." Everything looks brighter than cause I won't like AA—won't like LU ing up to 200 mg "And why aren't you acting like normal, too. the coffee, the lights, the clammy, Ol of the stuff daily. it, then?" "I got suspended from col­ feel-good spirituality, or the pro­ He's conversant in only one sub­ Combine that with the fifth-or-so Yeah, about that. lege, Kendall," I say. Everything's gram's tacit hostility toward the in­ LU of bourbon (also daily) I washed tellect. Some people love the pro­ UL ject: his career selling crack on the getting brighter still. The sauna's mean streets of 'Bula (Ashtabula, the pills down with, and it all starts rocks, the wood benches, the gram, but I will not. Here's what I Ohio.) Nobody in here's sure if making sense. It makes sense I glimmering, sallow skin of Kend­ will do, though: Kendall actually used to deal, or if failed every class in which I was They've got a sauna here, and all's chest and the livid, red pim­ I will, a few weeks out of Glen­ he's making all this up as he goes enrolled last semester. It makes Kendall and I are sitting in it. It's ples on it. Everything seems to be beigh, reread the piece on Ad­ along. We all humor him, though. sense Rollins suspended me for what I do when I'm overwhelmed, its own source of light. "I got sus­ derall I wrote in this paper. And I'll It's not that we like the guy—quite this. And it makes sense for me to which is most of the time at Glen­ pended and now I'm here." be reminded, then, of the haze of write about my suspension in the the opposite: we just aren't up beigh: when the only coherent "Shit, son." He laughs some hopelessness and self-pity and— Sandspur: I was, after all, writing Q. to calling him on his shit. A kind thought in my head is, What the more. He gets brighter. "That's it?" most of all—fear that clouded my for this paper continuously while O of lassitude sets in after a few fuck am I doing in rehab, when And brighter. mind as I typed it up. Even then, I ingested the drugs that contrib­ days here, a passivity unique the I'm too baffled by everything that "That's it." Everything brighter I won't feel gratitude. But I will uted to my suspension. So now, damned once they've resigned landed me in here to feel anything and brighter. "That's it:" feel ready to continue the hard I figure, I'll be your correspondent themselves to their damnation. but a baseless, nebulous kind of Then, nothing's bright at all. work required to ensure I never We're tired. on the outside; I figure I'll report anger. I sit in the sauna until I'm feel that way again. And I'll feel on the break Rollins—quite un­ if) Or I am, anyway, which ex­ lightheaded, and everything starts hopeful that maybe, with enough derstandably—decided it needed UJ plains the conversation I'm now to look luminescent. Vaguely ir­ of that hard work, years from now, from me. I figure I'll send in semi- having with Kendall: radiated. Until everything is fuzzy I'm in a hospital bed with an IV I will feel gratitude—to the pro­ regular dispatches from suspen­ "So you're saying when some­ and glowing, and it looks as if I in my arm. gram, to Glenbeigh, even to Rol­ sion. This is the first. one doesn't pay you for their could be anywhere—until I can "You passed out in the sauna," lins for suspending me. For now, I crack, you curb-stomp them?" forget, for a minute, myself and a nurse says to me. "You're in the think that's enough. "Damn straight." Kendall leans my situation. Until I can forget this detox unit. You'll stay here until on the back two legs of his chair, place. It's probably not healthy, you get rehydrated. You just rest grinning a furry-toothed grin of I'm pretty sure this isn't what but then again, I'm in rehab: 'it's up for now." self-satisfaction. I need. Rehab. I don't go around unhealthy' has never stopped me CM "Mhm," I say. The nurse walks "Isn't that a bit gruesome, Ken­ saying as much—common knowl­ before. out, and I'm left alone in the room. dall?" edge around here: no better way I'll spare you a description of I don't want to be there—I know "I do what I gotta, man. You to stick around than by telling peo­ shirtless Kendall except to say, that much; since my arrival at know how it is." ple you want to leave—but I say looking at him, I'm for some rea­ Glenbeigh, I've never wanted to Courtesy of Commons 8 F^TOJES ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK Immersion vireHiI

Ana Suarez vided into teaxis or 4 units: the HWef first unit took the kitchen,, the second took the dining room, I didn't know what I was the third (myself included) took signing up for when I decided to the Iving room, and the fourth send in my Immersion Applica­ team, bless their hearts, were tion for Spring break. I had nev­ assigned scraping paint off the a er gone on an Immersion, and I walls; this job took them the was unfamiliar' with the experi­ whole entirety of our work time ence. I had heard about the trips from Monday to Friday. but it never peaked my inte i We would start ever as a recluse and hermit. How­ around 9:30 ajn. knowing what ever, my parents"' abandonment we had to do: clean the walls, over- the March holiday offered vacuum the floors, scrape paint, me either a week in an empty scrape grime, scrape tar of the dorm hall (creepy) or to go to walls, paint the walls wit] -z. West Virginia with 13 strang­ coats, and attempt to fix any­ m ers. So, I chose West Virginia. As thing that may have been bro­ if) various group meetings passed, ken. I must be forgetting other we came upon our departure duties, but its possible a week Photo Courtesy of Meredith Hein SPRING BREAKER In the Bahamas, Ed Leffler 14' and a group of students spent Spring Break volunteering with an educa­ date: March 3, has fuzzied my tional organization, Every Chid Counts, based in Abaco. At 7:00 ajm. our memory. luggage and 13 We fin­ O Ed Leffler with the Paragon school was an child and how much I can grow of us hobbled ished with "O Staff Writer incredible experience. I know in a week. The ECC is a place sleepily onto Our job wasn't barely enough that teaching special needs is an that empowers these children the JUMP Bus time on Friday, Spring Break 2013 was quite incredibly difficult yet reward­ and young adults to be the per­ that would car­ to judge Ms. Ann's hanging up the the adventure for many Rollins ing opportunity." fect, unique individuals they ry us 13 hours iving conditions, but new curtains students. Through Rollins Im­ Eventually the Immersion are and in return these children to Pipestem, we bought for mersion trips, a sendee com­ group arrived in Abaco and, teach people like me a little bit West Virginia. notice them and try Ms. Ann on her ponent is emphasized during after a relaxing day of soaking more about myself and about For a Florid- windows and the week of Spring Break out in in the sights and the sun, they the world." ian (even with to make them better. empty door­ m the community in Florida or in headed off to ECC. The first For Wittebort, the week was thicker blood frames to keep C the greater US. In recent years, day at ECC was a challenge to extraordinarily special because than most) I did not anticipate the heat in her house from leav­ 73 rn Alternative Spring Breaks have many of the students, but many she was able to work one on one the freezing cold of 19 degrees, ing the living room. With tears if) become the norm here at Rollins students were already able to with a student who could not but the snow was a welcomed in her eyes, she looked around College. see the mark that the experience walk. "My student was Sabieon friend (and eventually an en­ and said, "Yall got me new One particular trip this would leave on them. whom I had already fallen in emy against our bus.) curtains. I haven't had new cur­ Spring Break was a standout After a harried and tiring love with. He is a fourteen-year- We arrived at the App tains in 20 years." With that, she from all the rest: ASB Abaco day, Sofia Marias '14 was able old boy that is confined to a chian Folk Life Center, intro­ hugged us goodbye, and our > in the Bahamas. The group of to reflect on the experience wheel chair, but has the bright­ duced to its cheerful coordina­ mission was complete. We gave H students, accompanied by four positively - "I could see myself est spirit and the most shining tor, Ms. Shelly, and then settled Ms. Ann hope, which, immate­ C/) living here. It would be an in­ smile." into our dormitories for the rial compared to what we phvsi- Co facilitators, were able to take m part in an international working credible change from my life at She returned to Abaco this night, preparing ourselves for cally gave her, was our purpose z experience at a special needs Rollins and a long distance from time ready to graduate and the first day of work on Mon­ when we first set out to West H school in Abaco called Every my family and friends, but that equipped with a little more day. That morning we staggered Virginia. m Child Counts. ECC has grown all seems like small sacrifices knowledge about working with out of bed and after packing It wasn't all work and no 73 from two students to over a when I realize that my presence the additional-needs children lunches, we climbed onto our play: snowball fights, cook-offs, hundred in its short time on could possibly make a differ­ on the island. She explains, "I bus which would take us the 25 pauper, capture the flag, mov­ the island. The admirable goal ence between a child learning to have worked closely with Dr. minutes to Princeton where our ies, culture sessions and even m of ECC is "to provide an alter­ live independently and a child Camahan, at Rollins, in the work was stationed. zip-lining, our trip was filled z native education for children being lost in the cracks." CDC and with children in gen­ We arrived at an aloe-green with so much fun that the phi­ H with learning, developmental As the week progressed the eral on how to read storybooks house with toys littered all lanthropy itself was considered or physical disabilities (regard­ participants became more and to children and how the read­ across its front porch. There we a highlight. less of financial, family or social more attached to the school and ing and writing process works. met Greg, our site leader, and Before this trip, I had never restraints) to maximize each the students around them. Most I felt empowered today to use knocked on the white screen done anything volunteer based. days could be summed up by my past knowledge and experi­ door to meet Ms. Ann, an older I had figured it wasn't in my na­ if) child's ability to become a pro­ 73 ductive, successful and inde­ facilitator, Shallini Allam '13, ence and tailor it to fit Sabieon's blue-eyed woman with strik­ ture. However, the Immersion O 73 pendent citizen." who said "Well it was quite a needs and wants." ing auburn hair who had lived trips are more than worthwhile H Working with additional- long day... but I believe it was When it was time to leave in this house for 20 years. From to participate in. You make CO needs students was a challenge definitely impactful." Amanda Abaco, there wasn't a dry eye in the outside, there appeared beautiful friendships, strange for the participating members, Wittebort '13 had a special expe­ sight from any of the immersion to be nothing askew with the relationships, meet new and j who prepared by attending rience, because this was not her trip participants. Participant home despite a few dingy shin­ unexpected people, and give many meetings prior to leaving first time to Abaco or to ECC. Sneh Patel '16 summed up ev­ gles, but the inside, apart from something back to those who She said "I worked at ECC my eryone's feelings, saying, "Then Ms. Ann's warm welcome, was rarely take. I encourage that for Abaco. One of the meetings 3 freshmen year winter and now it was time to leave, which I am disparaging. Our job wasn't to other students take advantage included a trip to the Paragon a- of these volunteer opportuni­ School, an additional needs I am here three years later for pretty sure most of us did not judge Ms. Ann's living condi­ to Spring Break where I knew the want to. Everyone was pretty tions, but notice them and try ties, whether through Immer­ school right here in Central t\3 sion or JUMP because you never Florida. Group member Melissa ECC would help me grow once exhausted and a huge thanks to to make them better, one of the know, you might just surprise Looby '15 enjoyed the pre-trip again. But, once again, I under­ the facilitators who ended the many valuable lessons I learned yourself. experience saying, "Working estimated the power of just one week with a great reflection." on the trip. So, Monday, we di­ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT BREAKING THE BOY BAND MOLD

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01 LU Not just another LU <* \-if) cookie cutter boy band 01 < Camilo Garzon until Language. Sex. Violence.band' s frontman Kelly Jones, Other? where conceptually and this record and the next one will Writer musically the band became a be the soundtrack for the movie Musical maturity—that is full-fledged young adult - a project that Kelly is developing if) what Stereophonies worthily combination of interconnected which could be seen as a combi­ UJ embraced this year when they songs, heavy influence of poet­ nation of both Stand By Me and 01 Z) released their eighth and new­ ry and alternative rock, plus the Quadrophenia with a plot that re­ est album Graffiti on the Trainon e word titles showed us the volves around graffiti on a train, LU March 4. But why now? Evi­ promise of what a great band an abstraction that helped for dently because of recent deci­ they were becoming. the cover of the album and one sions regarding musical direc­ Yet, it is in the release of of the songs. tion and band chemistry. This their eighth studio album where I must say that - by seeing is the first album that has been we see what will continue to be the three videos that have been CO autonomously produced by the most important asset and released so far of the album, z Kelly Jones (lead singer) and ingredient for one of the bands Jones has a manifestation in his o Jim Lowe (established producer z that has kept rock alive: inde­ talent for direction. Revolving Q_ and music engineer) and the pendence. It was after four years around the ideas for his film, the o record label is one the band cre­ without releasing a new album videos are really pieces of short ated: Stylus Records. and one of those without a tour films that are connected to the The childhood stage of the where the Magna Opus of Kelly songs and the stories that are band were known as the "Tragic Jones' songwriting skills, love told by the lyrics. Love Company," where experi­ for film and musicality comes co My five most recommend­ Photo Courtesy of Pressparty ments were tinkered with live to life in full. In Stereophon­ ed songs are the ideal-connec­ UJ Graffiti on the Train to gain more experience, lead­ ies' history, it is the third time tion that is drawn by "We Share ing to the sound Stereophon­ they've changed drummers - St e i?e'oip.honl c s the Same Sun;" the metaphoric- Stereophonies ies made their own years later. this time to the newcomer Jamie love story from "Indian Sum­ Morrison. Previous drummer r^\a$u on th* tmn Download: Shortly after the band formed mer;" the classic-British-rock •-? we received World Gets Around,Stuar t Cable passed away and reminiscent "Catacomb;" the «5 "We Share the Same Sun" "-I J.E.E.P, Performance and Cock­this year Javier Weyler left to instrumental and soulful story "Violins and Tambourines" tails, You Gotta Go There to Comebecom e "Capitan Melao" in his of "Violins and Tambourines;" Back (the teenage years) leading new project Ldgrim. and the experimentally woven CM Prior Albums: into a period where the band "In A Moment." -4! Conceptually, the album Word Gets Around was sparked a glimpse of what has an oil painting by Stephen If you're searching for the •L fl KJB ^M could be perceived as an tangi­ Goddard which embraces the next great rock album of 2013, ickickk ble identity. However, it wasn't next idea; according to the look no further, here it is. 10 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT THE SOPRANOS Modern meets Mozart at junior recital Featuring a stunning vocal performance by duet partners, the music recital put a modern spin on a musical classic.

Ed Leffler from La Nozze de Figaro. New­experience being able to work Writer ton's amazing voice and emo­ with the composer on the song tive engagement of the audience in preparation." This weekend featured an­ was showcased with her middle She was thrilled to step out­ other amazing junior recital out piece "Ah! non creda...Ah! Non side her comfort zone and per­ of the Rollins College Music gunige." The aria featured the form this unusual piece for the Department. This one featured ups and downs of the lovesick recital. Emily Newton '14 and Alexan­ character which Newton cap­ "Taking risks is what life is dra Martinez tured with excel­ all about, and I am glad that we '14. Their pro­ lent poise and did on that one," Martinez said. gram featured accuracy. From Working with her partner some amaz­ sad to happy, Newton was equally enjoyable ing pieces and Showcasing Newton takes for her. "This musical experi­ featured the their amazing you with her on ence was like no other because two sopranos' the roller coaster of the love and support from my voices spectacu­ music talent, ride of love and fellow peers and faculty. Work­ larly. Singing in opera. ing together with my best friend French, English they were met Martinez Emily over the past few months and Italian the with a standing had some partic­ has made it simple to enjoy and two perform­ ularly interest­ been an amazing journey for us. ers alternated ovation, wondrous ing pieces that I would say that we both grew their showcases; she showcased, a lot musically and friendship beginning and applause, and including "Vo­ wise from this." ending the show roses from their calise" which The ending duet was with incredible featured a cello "You're The Top" from Anything duets. families. accompaniment Goes which featured the mag­ The open­ and was sung nificent voices intertwining and ing of the show completely on harmonizing in perfect pitch. began with the ladies proceed­ the syllable "oo". Showcasing their amazing mu­ ing on stage and Newton dic­ Additionally, Martinez was sic talent, they were met with tating a letter to Martinez, sing­ able to perform a piece written a standing ovation, wondrous ing of course. The funny twist by Rollins's own Dr. Crozier. applause, and roses from their the performers adopted for the She said, ""I felt extremely hon­ families. The performers rep­ song was not that Martinez was ored to perform Dr. Crozier's resented the Rollins Music de­ sending a letter, but that she was piece ["The Rainbow Comes partment with utter grace and sending a text message, throw­ and Goes"] for this recital. Not eloquence and they are only in ing a modern twist on the clas­ only is it special that he is my their Junior Year. I can't wait for sical Mozart piece "SulT Aria" teacher, but it is an incredible their Senior recitals next year.

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