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VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 WWW.BROWARD.EDU/OBSERVER OCT. 3, 2011 Center spread Features Sports Back page South Florida concert BC theater students Women’s soccer BC automotive club scene prepare for the stage goes against Brevard hosts their first drift competition page 8-9 PAGE 5 PGEA 13 PAGE 16 BY KYLE RAMBO SPORTS EDITOR & PAMELA VALENCIA STAFF WRITER Constitution Day Having the opportunity to see a former President of the United States is a rare feat. Having the opportunity to see two former Presidents of the United States sing a duet together, and crack jokes on the current President is almost unimaginable. Students at Broward College’s Central, South, WHC and Pines campuses had the opportunity to witness this as two impersonators of Bill Clinton and George Bush put on quite a show. It was history class but with a comic twist. Student Life put on the events at each campus from Sept. 17- Sept. 19 (Left) John Morgan (left) and Dale Leigh (right) travel the country to speak in schools as to commemorate Constitution Day. It featured the two presidential impersonators with their music presidents performing comedy, a few musical numbers, and comedy show. (Right) Morgan and Leigh and an educational portion on the Constitution of the pictured with Student Life, dressed as the Secret United States. Service, on Central Campus. Professor Jennifer Winters, who teaches theater PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SCIOLINO appreciation at the Pines Center, believed the event was the perfect subject matter for what they are discussing in with the “Know Your Constitution” game. people asking me do you know who you look like?” One class. “We talk a lot about how theater is a strong teaching Brittany Allensworth, an architecture and business day on a plane to Orlando he heard someone behind him method. When you use different parts of your brain to student, enjoyed being a contestant in the game. She is say “look there’s two former presidents on this plane.” Leigh, receive information you retain more.” taking a national government class this semester and she said frustrated, noticed there was a man who looked like Bush The two presidents entered the building highly the questions in the game were similar and accurate to the standing next to him without knowing this man would be protected with multiple sunglass wearing Secret Service ones on her exams. “The guys were great. They were really his future impersonating partner. members surrounding them. Clinton and Bush opened funny and got everyone interested in the subject,” she said. That’s when I saw John who approached me after the their speech that Bush described as “comedy with a bit of Clinton was played by Dale Leigh and Bush was played by flight and told me I was missing out on an adventure,” said tragedy,” with a patriotic rock song. John Morgan. It all started for Morgan when he and his wife Leigh. After Morgan explained the places he had traveled, The song featured Bush on electric guitar and Clinton were setting up for an actual George Bush rally in Orlando the money he was making and the satisfaction of educating strumming his bass guitar. It included lyrics like “I got a and one of the staffers for Bush told Morgan “you look a lot college students Leigh was hooked. Leigh has now been bad case of the red, white, and blue.” like him.” After his wife researched how much a presidential impersonating Clinton for over 6 years. He was even in the They continued with a lot of humorous descriptions of impersonator could financially make, Morgan agreed to give movie “Definitely, Maybe.” themselves like Clinton saying “I went from white trash to it a shot. “I love doing this, at first I thought I would hate For more information about the two impersonators the White House.” it,” he said. and their upcoming shows visit billclintondouble.com and The two elected goofballs concluded their presentation Likewise for Leigh, he had to deal with “14 years of georgebushimpersonator.com. Castro’s daughter plans to visit BC BY RAFAEL BAEZ power. Fernandez brought her life as the daughter CENTRAL BUREAU CHIEF He would visit her at night and play of a totalitarian ruler to print in 1998, when games with her, often in his fatigues, with a she wrote “Castro’s Daughter: An Exile’s Thinking of childhood memories you cigar in hand. As Fernandez grew older, her Memoir of Cuba.” Fernandez elaborates on might remember baseball games with dad relationship with her father grew strained. her experience of growing up with her mother or picnics in the park. Alina Fernandez She disagreed with his political views, and and stepfather, who she believed was her real Revaulta remembers seeing her father on became an outspoken critic of his regime. father until she was told otherwise in her television as he led guerillas against the U.S.- Using fake papers, Fernandez and her early teens. She describes her stepfather and backed government of Fulgencio Batista. daughter, who was 16 at the time, fled from half-sister fleeing the country as her father Who is Alina Fernandez Revuelta? She is Cuba to Spain in 1993. From there, she took power. She recalls seeing her cartoons the daughter of Fidel Castro, and she will made it to Miami, where she has lived since. replaced by propaganda and executions. Her be visiting Broward College in honor of Fernandez has become a large participant book is currently being made into a movie, Hispanic Heritage Month. in Miami media. She hosts a radio show, titled, “Castro’s Daughter.” In 1959, the Cuban revolutionaries “Simplemente Alina” (Simply Alina), on the Fernandez has also visited several colleges, PHOTO COURTESY OF ALONGTHEMALECON.BLOGSPOT.COM succeeded in driving out Batista. This lifted AM radio station WQBA-1140. On Tuesdays where she has told her story, of what it was Alina Fernandez Revaulta Fidel Castro to the highest position of and Thursdays, the show hosts artists and like growing up in Cuba when its future power in Cuba. He held that position until musicians. Every Wednesday, however, the was uncertain. While visiting Fort Hays 2008, when his brother, Raul, took over, show is used as a political forum, discussing University, she said, “A revolution is usually Oct. 11, from 12-2 p.m., in the Southern effectively ending Fidel’s 52 years in office. any and all matters affecting Cuba. She also a short experience. I come from a country Breeze Cafe, and on Central Campus on Alina Fernandez Revuelta, born in 1956, was writes articles for the opinion section of the where the revolution is endless.” Oct. 12, from 12-2 p.m., in Building 17, only three years old when Fidel Castro took Miami Herald every other Sunday. Fernandez will be on South Campus on room 425. OCT. 3, 2011 FEATURES PAGE 4 Woman creates shelter for injured Muscovy BY KYLE RAMBO and has been the organization’s main source SPORTS EDITOR of funds ever since. Sivertsen describes her as “just an Simply walking into Eunice Sivertsen’s awesome person.” Sheffer helped Duck house it is easy to tell that she is an extreme Haven in any way possible and even paid animal lover. From the various cats scattered Sivertsen’s mortgage for ten years. Due to across the home, exotic birds squawking in a massive heart attack, Sheffer sadly passed the background, and a Belgian Sheppard away a few years ago and Duck Haven has dog barking and jumping on anyone that been suffering greatly ever since. moves, the inside of Sivertsen’s home is filled Most if not all of the work done for the with life and chaos. Although, it is not until ducks on a daily basis is taken care of by seeing Sivertsen’s backyard that her true love Sivertsen. Duck Haven is home to over 50 and compassion for wildlife is exposed. ducks and there are constant caretaker duties Sivertsen runs the non-profit organization for each duck including the important duty Duck Haven. The entire establishment is of Sivertsen “cleaning them twice a day.” run out of her backyard in which she takes She is an expert on her ducks and knows in locally injured and abandoned Muscovy important things like separating them ducks and rehabilitates them in her custom because some of the ducks fight each other made sanctuary. Many of the ducks found as “there’s always a fighter in the crowd.” will live on Sivertsen’s property for the rest of Sivertsen was not always the sole caretaker for their lives while others will fully recover and the ducks as her husband, Charlie Sivertsen, be relocated into a community lake. founded and co-ran Duck Haven with his Sivertsen has been saving ducks for over wife. After 30 years of saving Muscovy ducks 38 years and says it all began “when I first and 49 years of marriage, Charlie sadly moved down from New York to Sunrise, passed away in 2005. This was another huge PHOTO BY KYLE RAMBO Creator of Duck Haven, Eunice Sivertsen. Fla. I lived on a big lake and saw a man one hit on Duck Haven and took a much greater day hit a duck and drown its babies. I ran toll on Eunice. over there, got the mother and babies, and With all the losses that Duck Haven and brought over an injured duck she came across also her neighborhood crime watch captain. took them to a wildlife center.” She has been Sivertsen have taken within the last few years in hopes that Sivertsen could help improve The ducks in Margate aren’t the only ones doing anything possible to help ducks and there was no sense of stopping or slowing its health over time.