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University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 9-17-2007 Sandspur, Vol 114, No 01, September 17, 2007 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 114, No 01, September 17, 2007" (2007). The Rollins Sandspur. 1839. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1839 \ The andspuS COLLEGE • WtNTOIl r STUDYING ABROAD UPCOMING AT THE ANNIE RUSSELL NFL HIGHLIGHTS Check out experiences from Rollins students See the Arts & Entertainment section to preview Turn to Sports to check out AFC and NFC currently studying abroad in Hong Kong and of the plays coming to the Annie this semester previews, highlights, and information. Sydney. and next. page 13-15 page 9 page 16-19 THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 114 ISSUE 01 www.thesandspur.org September 17, 2007 Welcom Home New Charter Bus Joins Rollins Family Stephanie Ellenburg cars on campus. If a community campus program stands for; people watching it pass on the enjoying the experience as you the sandspur service project was too far of a Join us in Making Progress. As road. work is priceless. drive, students had to find some seen on the Rollins website, Assistant Director of the Of To book the bus, it is a first In January, a Rollins Alumni alternative form of travel. This "J.U.M.P.! provides Rollins Col fice of Community Engagement, come first serve process. Call the Mark Miller '70 graciously do bus provides the proper trans lege students, faculty, and staff Meredith Hein, is excited about Office of Community Engage nated a bus to Rollins College's portation to bring students and the opportunity for personal this bus as well as two other ment, or email Annie Howe at Community Engagement De faculty to and from engagement growth and experiential educa buses that will be donated dur [email protected]. Thus far, partment. Mark Miller has been projects. Since having the bus, tion through campus and com ing the coming years. Hein says, reservations have only been the owner of Arabian Knights, it has already traveled to an ar- munity involvement." The bus "Ideally these buses will be used made by faculty and staff, how which is located in Kissimmee, cheological held visit, natural wrapping was completed on as transportation to and from ever students are encouraged Fl since it's opening in February wild site visits, countless service August 21st, and then displayed community service projects and ^nd able to book a date to bor 1988. Both the college and Office learning projects and in May of to the campus on August 22nd to help students get involved in row the bus at any time. Condi of Community Engagement are this year traveled to New Or during SPARC (Service, Philan the greater Central Florida com tions to drive the bus, however, very grateful to have received leans for a Hurricane Katrina thropy, Activism Rollins Col munity." The mission of Rollins are that you must be twenty-one this bus and appreciate Mark's disaster relief trip with the club: lege) Day of Community. The College is to educate students or older, go through a training generosity. Rollins Relief. sides of the bus have silhouettes for global citizenship and re process, and a driving report The initial idea that inspired Not only is the bus apart of people and the abbreviation sponsible leadership, and the will be looked over. There is a Rollins to get a bus came from of the Community Engagement J.U.M.P. is placed at the front best way to accomplish this is reservation form to be filled out the fact that most first year and Department, but more specifi and back of the vehicle. It is by providing proper transpor two weeks prior to your event out of state students do not have cally it represents J.U.M.P! This the perfect design to share with tation to offer students as they and Annie Howe is in charge of begin hands on projects to better the booking process. their community. Remembering your expe Anyone is able to reserve rience here at Rollins College the bus for any community en should be filled with memories gagement projects. Clubs, or of how you gave something ganizations, classes, and other back to the campus commu projects leading community ser nity as well as, engaging in vice or leadership development; a community project in your this bus is available to you. Ser neighborhood. You will learn vice learning has the ability to so much from something that utilize the bus and connect with touches your heart. As Martin a community partner allowing Luther King Jr. said, "Life's most students to put theory learned urgent question is, what are you in a classroom into practice. A doing for others?" So come and visual learning experience is J.U.M.P. on the bus. the best way to be educated and lanmwwffffl VOL. 114 ISSUE 01 THE SANDSPUR • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 NEWS Rollins and Winter Park Safety Increased the city with one specifically and college staff were look of Winter Park in order to The first is a siren system (pro placed in Rollins. (The college ing for a faster way of noti more efficiently contact resi vided by Federal Signal, Inc.) BRITTANY FORNOF took the liberty of purchas fying residents- especiaiespeciallry dents in case of emergency. which includes seven separate ing one solely for the campus.) after the multiple tornadoes the sandspur City officials will be able towers being placed across These fifty foot towers will that raced through Central not only emit a siren sound but MoriaFlorida last reoruarFebruary and will also eventually be able to thfhpe tragitraenc Virginia Tech inci- broadcast voice messages to dent that occurred last April. the public notifying them of This new system, which when they need to take shelter. utilizes multiple forms of tech The second system is a call nology, should prove to be more ing system (provided by EM- than sufficient in alerting the STEPHANIE DUESING/The Sandspur ROLLINS SAFETY: The "Outreach" system will be the newest safety to come to Rollins. Rollins College recently to control the emergency sys sent out a campus-wide e- tem manually at a headquarter mail regarding a new emer base and can use the system gency notification system that for notifying residents in any is to be implemented in the scenario- varying from torna next few months. The new do warnings to public threats. system, dubbed "Outreach", The new program will con has been adopted by the city sist of two separate systems: STEPHANIE DUESING/ The Sandspur The Office of Careen Services would like to SPEAKING OUT: President Lewis Duncan speaks to the press about the new emergency alert system. extend a warm welcome to the c\ass of 2011! TEL), which will significantly residents of Winter Park in the www.roliins.edu/careerservices increase the efficiency of notify case of any emergency. Also, ing residents. Currently, Win the system might prove helpful ter Park depends on a "reverse in non-emergency situations. Please Don't Keep Us Waiting! 911" system of contacting resi For instance, the city is We Want to Meet You Now! dents, which can at least thirty hoping to establish a program Don't Wait until April 2011! to forty minutes. However, in which after hurricanes, this new system will allow of residents can notify officials ficials to notify 25,000 landlines (through the calling system) as Career Services has many resources for first-year students who in approximately five minutes. to the condition of the electric Also, the calling system will ity in their neighborhood. This would like to EXPLORE careers and begin work on their Rollins allow residents and college and a few other non-emergency j 4-year Professional Preparation Plan including: students to register their cel programs should provide a bet lular phones so that in case of ter form of communication than I an emergency, the city will be what currently exists between Career Assessments able to notify them through text residents and city officials. Internship Listings messaging. In case that wasn't Also, Rollins College has Part-time job postings enough, the city will also be temporarily "picked up the tab" able to notify residents through Individual Appointments for these new systems, which e-mail, pagers, and FM radio. comes to a total of $132,000. Weekly workshops on resumes and internships Therefore, all Winter Park (Federal Signal's siren system What Can I Do with this Major? Information residents will have at least costs $104,000 while EMTEL's| Academic <& Career Planning Course (for spring semester) seven forms of notification calling system costs $28,000.) available to them (outdoor si The college has agreed to front] Resume <& Cover Letter Reviews (Drop off & Pick Up Next Day) ren systems, land-lines, cellu the money for the city's new sys lar phones, e-mails, text mes tem with a three year interest- sages, pagers, and FM radio.) free loan that the city will pay Apparently, city officials COMING UP: First-year Students Bring this coupon to Career Services September 20: Lecture: Holocaust Survivor Elsie Ra- in Carnegie Hall gusin Azzanaro and receive a Free Portfolio! September 26 - 30: Global Peace Film Festival % * * Limit one p er p erson** September 28 - October 6: "Equus" at the Annie Rus sell Theatre October 2: Lecture: Author Laila Lalami THE SANDSPUR • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 NEWS VOL.