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[email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 113, No 18, February 19, 2007" (2007). The Rollins Sandspur. 1829. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1829 The andspuROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDr A "'ARTS & KOTEkTAlNMENT OPTNTONS SPORTS DISNEY MAGIC POPPED COLLARS SHOOTING HOOPS The new Pirates and Princesses event at Disney What do Rollins students think of their peers Rollins Basketball works hard to keep Rollins on brings treasures to the area. popping their collars? top. PAGE 14 PAGE 16 FHE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 ISSUE 17 www.thesandspur.org February 19, 2007 Evolutionary Biologist Jared Diamond Visits Rollins Rini Hutchinson the sandspur Renowned author and geog rapher, Jared Diamond, spoke to a packed audience in Knowles Memorial Chapel on a sunny af ternoon this past February 8th. His lecture marked the first of 10 presenters in this year's excit ing Rollins College Colloquy se ries. Many in the audience were familiar with his works, which include Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed; Guns, Germs and Steel; The Third Chim panzee and Why Is Sex Fun? Those unfamiliar with Di amond's writings were likely drawn to attendance by his amaz ing list of credentials which in clude a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant, The Conserva tion Medals of the Zoological Society of San Diego, The Carr Medal/the Tyler Prize for Envi ronmental Achievement, Japan's International Cosmos Prize and the USA's National Medal of Sci ence.