University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 9-16-2005 Sandspur, Vol 112, No 04, September 16, 2005 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 112, No 04, September 16, 2005" (2005). The Rollins Sandspur. 1793. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1793 ROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA THE OLDEST COLLEGanbgpuE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA n SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 FOUNDED IN 1894 \\"\\"\V.THESANDSPUR.ORG IN BRIEF R.D. Keene Hall Opening NSCS Welcomes New Members The Department of Music in­ vites faculty and staff to at­ tend the premiere perform­ ance in the new John M. in Induction Ceremony Tiedtke Concert Hall on The Rollins Sunday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. This special concert will Chapter of the showcase the virtuoso tal­ NSCSJnducts dis- ents of Rollins Music faculty. tinguised new Winter Park Declares members. Rollins Day by Brett Heiney To commemorate Rollins' asst. photo editor ranking as the No. 1 region­ The National Society of al university in the south in Collegiate Scholars had its U.S. News & World Report's new member induction on "America's Best Colleges," Thursday September 8, in the City of Winter Park will the Suntrust Auditorium of officially proclaim Friday, Crummer Hall. The group September 23 as "Rollins of inductees to which I be­ College Day." long was treated to speeches by the Rollins chapter offi­ Nursing Home Owners cers, the national representa­ Charged for Katrina Deaths tive, and a keynote speaker. DANI PICARD /The Sandspur Louisiana Attorney General Everyone was very opti­ CROWNING A NEW STAR: NSCS Co-president Jessica Crown welcomes a new member into Charles Foti charged the mistic in their speeches with the prestigious society. husband-and-wife owners a great hope for the future of and to our community as a Washington DC, is a seem­ members were privileged of St. Rita's with 34 counts of the NSCS at Rollins. They whole. ingly wonderful person full with honorary membership negligent homicide for not spoke of the service opportu­ The national representa­ of energy and a drive to help to the NSCS on Thursday. doing more to save their eld­ nities and campus projects in tive, Meghan Hertel, spoke us succeed in all of our en­ President Duncan, and Dr. erly patients. The case repre­ which they regularly par­ about how she got involved deavors. Meghan Hertel Jayashree Shivamoggy, sents, the first major prosecu­ take. The officers seem to be in NSCS and what she does will be a wonderful addition professor of physics, were tion to come out of the hurri­ highly motivated individu­ now for the organization. to our regional NSCS com­ also celebrated along with cane. als who will contribute She, our connection to the munity. the other inductees for much to the Rollins chapter National Headquarters in Two distinguished CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 IN THIS ISSUE Roberts' Hearing Begins The issues, the politics and The Relief Effort Continues in the sparring of John Roberts confirmation hearings. page 3 Devastated Southern States Commitees are formed to handle the aftermath of Hurricaine Katrina. Interview Strategies Marian Cacciatore discusses by Lauren Kennedy the stategy of "Information staff reporter Interview" in this week's On September 8, 2005, Career Coach. the U.S. House of Represen­ page 5 tatives approved critical re­ lief legislation to help those Hurricane Katrina Fallout recovering from the disas­ Read our point-counterpoint trous effects of Hurricane on the federal government Katrina. The TANF Emer­ and the Hurricane Katrina gency Response and Recovery response. Act of 2005, as it is named, page 14 will "reduce red tape and ac­ celerate the availability of Start of NFL Season federal funds/' according to Track your favorite team in the Committee on W7ays and our recap of the first games Means. of the NFL season. "It's designed to deal page 18 with immediate relief. We believe that with expeditious movement by the Senate, KHAMPH t I I H / KRT Campus this will free up literally bil­ WAR ZONE AT HOME: Members of the Second Marine Division conduct a house to house search for the living and the dead in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. INDEX lions of dollars available to assist those people directly Thomas of California. 29, 2005. Current estimates ry. Over a million people are NEWS . 2 affected by the hurricane This funding is neces­ place the death toll in the known to have been dis­ HOLTNEWS .....5 and those states and others sary for much of the gulf re­ thousands, and the damage placed, which hasn't hap­ LIFE & TIMES 6 who are assisting them with gion. Hurricane Katrina is expected to surpass Hurri­ pened in the United States ENTERTAINMENT ... .10 funds otherwise unavailable Louisiana, Mississippi, Flori­ cane Andrew the costliest since the Great Depression OPINIONS 14 to them/' said Chairman Bill da and Alabama on August natural disaster in U.S. histo­ SPORTS 17 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 THE SANDSPUR -NEWS Newspaper Hoax Spirals Out of Control hoaxed, tricked, zapped, journalist should look for break, right? Sounds like Chicago Tribune on the punked, played, anyway red flags when they are e- • Published arti­ anyone with the least bit of night of August 17, and the you want to put it, there is mailing an eight-year-old animosity and compassion Tribune instinctively sent a cles of orphaned really no way to sugarcoat kid. would be feeling sorry for a reporter. Once the Tribune's what it did to the newspa­ Also, it is so easy to get a girl who lost her little girl like this, right? reporters arrived in Carbon- per's reputation. kid to believe anything, es­ It all started in 2003, dale, they searched the U.S father in Iraq turn pecially the chance to be­ when the Daily Egyptian re­ Department of Defense web­ It turns out that Kodee out to be false. come a big time movie star at ceived a letter from a little site, but found no Dan Ken­ was one of Jaimie Reynolds' age 8, so you can't blame by Juan Bernal girl who was bothered about nings. The next day, officials family friends from out of Caitlin for being too gullible. "" staff reporter an anti-war protest on SIU's from every branch of the state, and that she convinced Kodee's mother that she had In journalism, part of becom­ The word around the campus, because her father military confirmed that they movie star potential and that ing a good writer is checking Southern Illinois University was a soldier. Student re­ did not have a Dan Kennings she was a big part of a movie your sources. campus in Carbondale, Illi­ porter Michael Brenner was or have anyone die in the that was being filmed on We have seen many jour­ nois was that a little girl intrigued by this, and e- manner or time period that SIU's campus. Kodee's real nalists lose their jobs for fal­ named Kodee Kennings had mailed the little girl and de­ Hastings had described to identity was Caitlin Hadley, sifying for failing to provide just lost her father in Iraq. cided to publicize her story. them. On Saturday August who lives in Montpelier, In­ accurate sources. As for This was significant because Colleen Hastings, the lady 19th, there was a memorial diana. Caitlin was manipu­ Reynolds, it puzzles me, ten-year-old Kodee was now who Kodee was supposedly service in the American Le­ lated into impersonating an orphan; her mother had staying with throughout Sgt. gion Hall in Orient, Illinois. what she was trying to get Kodee. She was manipulat­ passed away when she was Kennings' tenure in Iraq Kodee and Colleen were out of this swindle. Was she ed into believing that the five, now her father, built a relationship with both in tears and several trying to get back at the uni­ Sergeant Dan Kennings, was Brenner throughout his en­ children were seen in the film was being recorded by versity for something that just another casualty in Iraq. counters with Kodee. church, as well as many pic­ all sorts of hidden cameras. was done to her, or an op­ Reynolds says that the scam Kodee had been writing The first story was pub­ tures of Kennings sharing portunity that was denied to was Brenner's idea, and said letters to the Daily Egyptian, lished on May 6,2003, which some good times with other her? Whatever it was, ridi­ that he was her best friend, Southern Illinois' newspaper only got to become the be­ soldiers. Later that day, the culing our Armed Forces like for two years. She wrote the ginning of it. When Brenner Tribune was informed that and that they were in love. that is pathetic. The U.S mil­ Daily Egyptian letters on was appointed editor of the there were no official state Brenner vehemently de­ itary is at war and losing how she missed her father Daily Egyptian, he began to records for Colleen Hast­ nies the accusations. Caitlin lives in Iraq, so that one of chasing monsters from publish unedited notes that ings.