Sandspur, Vol 110, No 24, April 23, 2004

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 4-23-2004 Sandspur, Vol 110, No 24, April 23, 2004 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 110, No 24, April 23, 2004" (2004). The Rollins Sandspur. 230. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/230 ROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA CheTH E OLDEST COLLEGantrstouE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA r I,GP. NKWSPAPFH r\r FTORTFIA ^^ APRIL 23, 2004 FOUNDED IN 1894 \\ WW'.Tr DsPUR.ORG Community Outreach Celebrating 110 Years The Spur Awards We at The Sandspur have This year marks the 110th anniversary of Holt students in Dr. Sue decided to commend our the oldest college newspaper in Florida. Easton's Small Groups class selves for our wonderful Have you ever wondered what The experience the rewards of work this semester. Check Sandspur's first issue looked like? Find caring for America's heroes. out our utterly self-serving out as we travel back in time! awards. page 14 Rita Rocks! Honors The Legacy Of Dr. Bornstein • Rollins campus receive a stone in the College's Walk of Fame, and bids farewell to Dr. then additionally surprised Rita Bornstein. her by stating the stone came She will be greatly from Central Park in New York City, where Rita had missed by all! played as a child. Rita was assisted in dropping the by Brittany Lee stone into the ground by news editor Operations Coordinator This past Friday, from Carol Dacre and Executive 11:30 to 2 p.m., a celebration Assistant Lorrie Kyle. The was held on Mills Lawn for gift giving continued as Rita departing President Rita was presented with a ren Bornstein. Rita Rocks! was dering of a garden that will highly anticipated by both be planted for her near students and staff, as Harland's Hollow, next to throughout the week flyers, Lake Virginia. The gift came notices, and even packs of from Rollin's students and pop rock candy advertised staff. the event. On the day of the SGA President, Sarah event, students eagerly hur Ledbetter, gave a speech on ried from classes to join the Rita's importance to the col picnic, and a Beatles cover lege, and faculty members band help draw curious gave speeches of similar masses. praise. President Bornstein A long line formed, responded to the surprises, wrapping around the lawn, photo / BRIAN HERNANDEZ RITA'S ROCK: Our esteemed president poses near her newly set place upon Rollins Walk of gifts, and speeches with a for hamburgers, veggie Fame during last Friday's "Rita Rocks!" celebration. speech of her own: "This is burgers, and hotdogs, while beyond the beyond. You others flocked to tables offer many convinced they were their close colleague. opportunity to write Rita a people are full of surprises. ing snow cones, pretzels, listening to the actual Beatles In addition to offering farewell note. This is just and fried dough. With band. food, the event included a Shortly into the event, wonderful...Rollins Rocks!" plates in hand, students Tables set up near the raffle that students, faculty, President Bornstein was pre Over 500 students, staff, and gathered on the lawn to lis band, which played on the and staff could enter for free sented with a surprise. Steve faculty attended this event ten to music and socialize. steps of the Mills Building, with a chance to win a vari Neilson, the Dean of Student and all enjoyed the free food, The Beatles band played sat President Bornstein and ety of prizes. A computer Affairs, called President good music, and presenta many old favorites, and their many faculty members who was set up, as well, to allow Bornstein up on stage and tions honoring our depart authentic British accents had attended the event to honor anyone who wanted an announced she would ing president. Cornell's Final Gift • Rollins receives presence at Rollins is felt Very soon, Rollins will very strongly every day and be the recipient of the largest the largest gift in will surely be felt for many, gift in our one-hundred the history of the many more years to come. nineteen year existence, a gift bequeathed by George college by one of Cornell for approximately its own. $93.3 million dollars. George graduated from Rollins in by Heather Williams 1935 and became a trustee, staff reporter photo / RC SID along with his wife Harriet Walking around Rollins, Wilkes Cornell, for more Congratulations to the one cannot help but recog than twenty years. Born in nize how overwhelmingly 1910, he descended from Rollins Men's Tennis Team different this school would Thomas Cornell who arrived be without the help of one on the Mayflower in 1638 to for claiming the very important man. This escape religious persecution. man is named George D. photo / ROLLINS ARCHIVES George was also a relative of 2004 SSC Championship! Cornell. Even though Mr. GIFT GIVER: The late Ezra Cornell, who founded Cornell died last year, his George D. Cornell. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE SANDSPUR NEWS- APRIL 23, 2004 Bush To Send More 93.3 Million Troops To Iraq Dollars be unable to come home as troops have been killed, • President Bush planned after a one year stay, making April the deadliest promises to send as extra firepower is now month since the war began. Donated viewed as necessary after the In order to quell this vio in more troops if it recent attacks and increased lence and speed the transi is found neces violence. Their stay has tion to a free and democratic ment for the Rollins presi sary. been officially lengthened by government, the administra CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dency, the first endowment three months. tion is more than willing to for a presidency ever give in by Erika Batey In addition, the strengthen the number of Cornell University. His the nation. The remaining asst. news editor President was very firm in troops. father, Edward Cornell, was $73.3 million that Rollins is In a live televised news stating that if more troops The United States is also one of the first graduates of about to receive will conference held last week, were needed in Iraq he under pressure to meet the Cornell Law School, became undoubtedly further secure Bush commented on the would be willing to send June 30th deadline to hand a prominent New York attor the school's financial state as state of events in Iraq and on them. Bush said in the con over power in Iraq. Despite ney, and served as the direc we make a transition to a the likelihood of sending ference that he had spoken the challenges, the adminis tor and lawyer for IBM from new President and a some more troops. He admitted many times with General tration remains firm in this the inception of the compa what new way of life. This that the United States had John Abizaid, the top com decision. "We have set a ny until his death. extraordinary gift will be suffered "tough weeks" and mander in the Persian Gulf deadline of June 30th and it George's and Harriet's beneficial to students and that finishing the work in region. "He knows full well is important that we meet gifts to Rollins have never faculty alike in bringing vis Iraq would remain a chal that when he speaks to me, if that deadline," Bush vowed ceased to amaze the stu iting professors to campus, lenging task. Yet, he dis he needs additional man in his news conference. dents, faculty, and staff. updating our materials and missed comparisons with power he can ask for it," "Iraqis do not support an Having provided funding facilities, funding more the Vietnam War, saying, "I Bush stated. indefinite occupation and for an endowment for two scholarships in an attempt to happen to think that analogy This decision comes at a neither does America. We scholars in Classical Studies, bring diversity to our cam is false," and adding that it time when other countries are not an imperial power, as the Cornell Fine Arts Center, pus, and basically just bring sent the wrong message to are withdrawing troops nations such as Germany the Cornell Fine Arts ing more positive attention the troops. He told the from the region. Jose Bono, and Japan can attest. We are Museum, the Cornell Hall to Rollins. George's out nation, "It's not a civil war. the new Spanish defense a liberating power." for the Social Sciences, and standing generosity has defi It's not a popular uprising. minister, said the country The specific number of the Cornell Campus Center, nitely made its mark here at They want to run us out of plans to withdraw its 1,430 troops that would be one would have thought that Rollins and will certainly be Iraq and destroy the demo troops from Iraq within the deployed was not men their contribution to the appreciated by so many peo cratic hopes of the Iraqi peo next six weeks. Honduras tioned. However, in a con school far exceeded anyone's ple for years to come. ple." has also stated it will with ference a few days earlier, highest expectations.

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