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STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 113, No 16, February 05, 2007" (2007). The Rollins Sandspur. 1827. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1827 mi The andspuROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDrA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Wmmmmt ALL NEW EXHIBIT Four new exhibits are opening at the Cornell Fine Superbowl Madness Arts Museum. Check them out but first read about Did You know the Superbowl is the most watch sporting event? them. PAGES 8-9 DAGE15 THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 www.thesandspur.org February 5, 2007
THE TROUBLE CAUSING SPEED BUMP GETS LEVELED
Jessica Benson the sandspur
"Well I just stop my car and let it roll over." "No, No you have to go at it with an angle, completely turn your steering wheel. Go over it one wheel at a time" "Well I just go really fast and hope for the best." These are just a few of the many approaches to conquering the gigantic "raised crosswalk," the new addition to Rollins Col lege's family of steroid injected speed bumps. This one was defi nitely the worst and the most talked about. There has even MEGAN BORKES/The Sandspur been a facebook group started in LEFT: The raised crosswalk caused enough drama to get its response to this speed bump, it is own Facebook group. called "I climbed Mt. Rollins and RIGHT: Construction began in the early morning to tear the "harsh terrain" damaged my down the speed- bump. DANIKA TANZINI/The Sandspur! car!" and on the groups wall stu pus safety and the grounds man- So you are probably thinking, eight inches which was clearly back on campus and the com- dents have been discussing the agement team, but they know how does this humongous raised too high. plaints started rolling in Laura bump and different approaches little about the situation, so it is pedestrian crosswalk make cam So, over Christmas break the and the rest of her staff were to getting over the mountain. time to get the real story. pus a safer place, right? first modifications of the speed brainstorming new ways to solve As soon as students got back After speaking to Laura Coar, As many Rex Beach residents hump took place and the contrac this problem. to campus after winter break the the landscape and grounds can tell us one would have to risk tor slopped the road up to the This past weekend the con talk on campus centered around manager, my impressions of the their life in order to get across the crosswalk. tractors are back on campus tak this raised crosswalk. raised crosswalk were complete street in front of this building. As facilities did some testing ing another approach to lessen People assumed that this ly changed and I hope yours will The school wanted to make of their own, by driving all differ the severity of the raised cross was campus safety's latest way be as well. She assured me that a crosswalk and also add some ent sized cars over the crosswalk, walk. They took away the con to make our lives miserable. Not this was meant to be a positive device that would slow drivers it was obvious that even after crete ramp and raised the road only do we get a parking ticket no thing for the Rollins campus, "the down. They were trying to stay these modifications the bump to meet the bump. They did this matter where we park on campus, school is in the middle of trying away from speed bumps as much was still not completely right, but over the weekend to try to lessen but now they are trying to de to upgrade and improve pedes as possible and with a contractor it also wasn't wrong. It was slow the interruption for students. stroy our cars completely, maybe trian safety." came up with the idea to have a ing down the cars, but obviously The outcome seems to be a in hopes of having a car-less cam This effort is extended to more raised Sidewalk. The specs looked the aim of it was not to take out positive one, as I drove over the pus. than just the streets, they are wid good but once the crosswalk was the bottom of everyone's cars, crosswalk today there were no Students have ranted and ening the side walks all through installed it was clear that it did despite some common theories sounds of my car bottoming out, raved to each other and left nasty out campus and even making bet not work well with the grade about the crosswalk. I think that the issue has been re messages and emails with cam- ter parking options on campus. of the road. Their was a drop of As students began to move solved! The Bachelor Comes Back to Rollins
dog. He found out that shampoos meet with Lorenzo. He met with Avery Klurfield marketed for pets were really the the president of ABC. Lorenzo found himself doing well in these the sandspur same as human shampoos. Dogs do not have porous skin, they do interviews; after all he is charis We all watch TV, and most of not sweat. Their skin does not re- matic, handsome and humorous. us watch reality TV. Do you ever lubricate itself, so the shampoos He asked the president of ABC wonder if reality TV is scripted, used removed important lipids why he should do it. Lorenzo or if it accurately portrays peo from their skin therefore making was offered the opportunity of a ple's lives? it dry. Lorenzo used his ties in lifetime. A trip to Italy where he When Rollins College Alum the cosmetic industry to produce would be the only man dating Prince Lorenzo Borghese agreed a line of pet products. He said twenty five beautiful women. Af to be on ABC hit reality series "Whenever there is a problem, I ter speaking to family and friends "The Bachelor," he wondered see an opportunity." Lorenzo agreed to do the show. whether or not he would be accu Despite his successful career, Lorenzo was then flown to rately portrayed on the show. Lorenzo found himself lost and Italy. The first night was an ex Borghese graduated in 1995 looking for love. He was lonely tremely hectic and long experi and was an English major. He after several failed relationships. ence. It was a fourteen hour party then went on to Fordham Uni He received a phone call from a with twenty seven girls and no versity in New York City, where friend living in California, asking music. It was very difficult and he received his MBA. While in about "The Bachelor." Lorenzo's at the end of the night he had college Lorenzo was given a dog friend submitted an application to eliminate fifteen girls .who he by one of his girlfriends. The dog for him. The company Encindica- barely knew. From there Lorenzo was a black lab, and as she aged tion, that owned the rights to the said the show got more and more COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE Lorenzo noticed that she devel show, conducted a phone inter fun as he got to know the girls. He PRAISE WORTHY: Lorenzo Borghese recieves an award from the oped a dry skin problem. After re view and proceeded to fly Loren said that the show had to be dra city of Winter Park. searching her condition Lorenzo zo to Los Angeles to conduct fur matic because we are attracted to viewers to watch. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 discovered that the problem was ther interviews. people's sorrow. If the girls didn't Following the show Lorenzo due to shampoos he used on the ABC also called and asked to cry it wouldn't be any fun for the felt he got slammed by the press.
NEWS 2 HOLT NEWS 5 ENTERTAINMENT 6 LIFE & TIMES 10 OPINIONS 13 SPORTS 15 THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 5,2007 NEWS VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 WORLD Italian Prince Beginning with Banks NEWS % Angeles to New York for her CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 career in Public Relations. Al Articles appeared on the no though Lorenzo is currently toriously gossipy Page 6 of the single, he and Sadie do keep in COURTESY OF CNN New York Post. Lorenzo was touch and plan to see each other able to remain calm through ev once she moves. erything, saying, "I just look at Lorenzo left the audience on SOMALIA: Somalia's interim myself as a regular guy who at January 23rd with a wise state government has begun impos tended an amazing college." ment, "Live life to the fullest ing martial law in areas under Lorenzo also said that he and do not let others get you doesn't regret anything about its control, the prime minister down." January 23rd was of doing the show. Lorenzo is no ficially proclaimed "Lorenzo said, as rising violence threat longer seeing Jen, who received Borghese Day," by the mayor of ens its tenuous grip on power. the last rose. Winter Park. Sadie is moving from Los COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE ENGLAND: British police have "Above all else I want read arrested nine people who they Rochelle Siegel ers to see," Banks said. He ex say were planning an "Iraq- the sandspur plained how readers hear and see style" abduction inside Britain. the words that are written on the This season's first Winter with page. "As a writer you want to in the Writer guest was Russell GERMANY: Arrest warrants duce auditory and visionary hal Banks, have been issued for 13 suspect lucinations." Fictional travel is "What happens when you the most important part of read ed CIA agents in connection start to read? You are taken into with the alleged kidnapping of ing to Banks. "It's out of body a fictional world," said Russell travel, not drugs." a German citizen of Lebanese Banks as he sat down on the stage descent in Afghanistan. Students had the opportuni among Connie May Fowler's ty to ask Banks questions in the Winter with the Writer's Interns. minutes remaining. Banks gave CUBA: Cuban television broad Banks began the Winter with in-depth answers regarding him cast scenes of what it said was the Writer season and received a self as a writer and witnessing ailing leader Fidel Castro meet warm welcome from Rollins Stu his novel becoming a movie. ing with Venezuelan President dents. "We invent ourselves through Hugo Chavez. Banks introduced himself to telling of stories." It is storytell the students as a teacher not a ing that is characteristically hu SRI LANKA: Suspected Tamil visitor and encouraged students man and has been used for many Tiger rebels bombed a police to make comments on anything thousands of years as a form of bus in east Sri Lanka killing 11 he had to say. The interactive entertainment. It is through sto people. session, led by Banks, was a way ries that we, humans, learn to be to enhance the writing of Rollins ourselves. IRAQ: Iraq's prime minister said writers. It is also through writing that he's sure Iran is behind some at The advice Banks gave was we learn about the world around tacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and helpful for anyone interested in us as Banks explained. In many writing. "The job as a writer is to he won't allow his country to be of his novel he had to do exten teach a reader how to read your a battleground for the two na sive research because he chose story." It is important to trust tions. to write on topics he was not fa the reader and know the reader. miliar with. "I advise writers to Banks explained how sometimes write about what they don't know it is better to leave out parts of a because then they lean. Why story, the parts that the reader bother writing about something NATIONAL will skip over. "Watch how you you know? You write to learn." read. When you read a part •In order to make readers see quickly, or skim it, it doesn't need something it is important that the NEWS £f to be in the story." author sees it first. COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS
MASSACHUSETTS: Electronic light boards featuring an adult- cartoon character triggered Men's Formal Rush is a Success bomb scares around Boston, lively atmosphere. plethora of Hooters wings with their bids, or better known as "bid spurring authorities to close Dylan White Following Alpha Tau Omega, Hooters girls to accompany the night." During the day on Friday, two bridges and a stretch of the the sandspur we visited the brothers of Tau wings. The wings were excel potential new members called the Charles River before determin For the men's fraternities here Kappa Epsilon. Here, they served lent. Greek Life office to see if they re ing the devices were harmless. at Rollins College, rush makes wings of various spiciness. The Following Monday night, ceived a bid or not. Out of the 83 the first full week back from Win brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon the potential new members men that attended Monday night, made a very good impression on CALIFORNIA: The Coast ter Break a hectic one. Monday were allowed to visit any frater 66 were given a bid on Friday the potential new members by Guard searched the waters off through Thursday, from at least nity they wished to on Tuesday. Those who received bids start dressing up "business-casual." Northern California on Wednes 6-9pm, the fraternity men of Rol On Wednesday, the fraternities ed to crowd Dave's Down Under After Tau Kappa Epsilon, we gave invitations to those who day for an award-winning com lins College were hard at work around 5:30, nervously awaiting crossed Mills Lawn to visit X- they wanted to come back. On puter scientist missing since a setting up events, serving food to to see if they got into the frater weekend sailing trip to scatter potential new members, and get nity of their choice. By 6:00, they ting to know potential new mem had received their bids and cho his mother's ashes at sea. bers. It is to be noted that only sen their fraternity. men with a 2.3 GPA and above Alpha Tau Omega remained FLORIDA: A college student are allowed to participate in "for consistent with last year and led who told police she had been mal rush." the pack with 22 new members. raped was jailed for two days Monday night, 83 potential Chi Psi followed Alpha Tau after officers found an old War new members visited all five fra Omega with 13 new members, rant accusing her of failing to ternities. This was an improve down 3 from last year. pay restitution for a 2003 theft ment from last year, where Only 78 Phi Delta Theta doubled their arrest. potential new members showed numbers from last year and took up on the first night. As a Rho 12 potential new members. NEW YORK: Fearing that Chi who accompanied a group of X-Club improved their bid young models strutting down these potential new members to night numbers from last year by the runways in New York City every fraternity, I was thoroughly 2, taking 9 new members. are too skinny, a state lawmaker impressed. Tau Kappa Epsilon, coming proposes that weight standards My group started at Phi Delta off of a successful Fall Semes be established for the fashion Theta, where there was a genu ter Open Rush, only took 3 new and entertainment industries. ine pig roast accompanied by members. There is no doubt that potatoes and beverages. Without COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE they will improve on this number a doubt, this meal was the most TEXAS: A teenager read love through Spring Open Rush. talked about out of any on Mon These new member counts poems in a downtown Houston Club. The potential new mem day. Thursday, invitations were given were not set in stone. Open rush courtroom as he testified about bers were able to enjoy a relaxed Next, we went to Alpha Tau out again and the potential new for all fraternities begins Febru the sexual relationship that he atmosphere with chips and vari Omega where there were snow members were taken off campus ary 5th and does not require a 2.3 ous dip, most notably the guaca- had with a teacher. cones (essentially flavored ice) to a pre-approved location. mole. GPA, although many fraternities and chips. The snowboard and Friday is the day that counts who are "national fraternities Finally, we visited Chi Psi in ski videos playing on a projector the most. Friday is the day that have standards similar to a 2.3. in the chapter room made for a Hooker Hall. There, they had a potential new members received VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 NEWS
Rollins Students Stand Up For What They Believe
bers (sometimes in uniform), as military personnel who rallied the war in Iraq. Lt. Watada's step accused of being anti-American, Kimberly Hartman well as veterans of this and other the demonstrators. Their organi mother thanked participants for stood by the American people in the sandspur wars and members of military zation provides active-duty ser- standing beside her step-son in their opposition to the Iraq War. Following the rally, demon On Saturday, January 27, strators marched on the capitol, masses of anti-war protesters shutting down much of the city. flocked to Washington, D.C. to Rollins student Julian Wolf son, voice their opposition to the war 2008, attended the demonstration in Iraq. on Saturday. He described the ex United for Peace and Justice, perience, saying, "I finally felt like the organization sponsoring the a part of the majority, instead of event, estimates that as many like an isolated liberal." He add as half a million demonstrators ed, "The atmosphere was one of were in attendance. Some ana community and mutual respect, lysts believe that this massive which I found very empowering turnout was brought on, in part, and inspiring." by President Bush's insistence on Several smaller demonstra escalating the conflict in spite of tions were held around the coun widespread opposition among try in solidarity with the event the public and within Congress. in D.C. on Saturday. One such In light of last year's election demonstration, organized by results, one major theme of Sat UCF's Campus Peace Action and urday's demonstration was the co-sponsored by local chapters of demand that Congress respond groups like Students for a Demo to what event organizers view cratic Society and Code PINK, as a mandate from the American .took place in Winter Park. Activ people to end the war immedi ists marched and rallied along 17- ately. This theme carried over 92 near Winter Park Village. to another. event on Monday, in Organizers counted around which anti-war activists met di 80 attendees, including seven stu rectly with members of Congress dents from Rollins College. Wylly in order to make their demands Marshall, 2007, said of the dem face-to-face. onstration, "It was really good to Last weekend's "March on see so many students present. It Washington" was preceded by made me.feel more positive about a two-hour rally (broadcast live KIMBERLY HARTMAN/The Sandspur my generation, because I don't on CSPAN). The rally featured TAKE A STAND: Seniors Kimberly Hartman and Karina McCabe along with other Rollins students usually see much social activism a number of speakers, including demonstrate against the war on a local street. going on." celebrity actors Sean Penn, Tim Whether or not those in Robbins, and Jane Fonda. Susan families. Groups such as Iraq Vet vice members with the means to the battle to end the war. Washington will respond to the Sarandon also spoke, criticizing erans Against the War, Military appeal directly to Congress for Another speaker, Andrew demands voiced last weekend the Bush administration for in Families Speak Out, and Veter withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Murray of the Stop the War Co remains to be seen, but activists adequate support of returning ans for Peace were represented at Bob Watada, father of Lt. Eh- alition (England), called for the are hopeful that their democratic troops. Saturday's events. ren Watada, also spoke, describ impeachment of the president display will not be ignored. Notably, among demonstra Jonathon Hutto and David ing the plight of his son, who and the defeat of imperialism. tion participants and speakers Rodgers, co-founders of Appeal- faces imprisonment for refusing He maintained that the British were active-duty service mem forRedress.org, were among the to serve and voicing opposition to anti-war movement, though often Global Awareness at Rollins Search for New Dean
Jimeng also works here at the portunities to go into business in accepting application for the po China Center teaching Mandarin, China, or to join American com Jamie Snead sition of Dean of Student Affairs. a language spoken by over a bil panies that have joint ventures in Justin Braun "The preferred candidate will the sandspur lion people. Experts predict that China." the sandspur possess an advanced degree. Mandarin will be one of three The Chinese business com Candidates must possess signifi The China Center at Rollins universal languages in 20 years. munity views outsiders learning cant and progressively responsi College contributes to increased The other two are English and their language as a sign of re ble student affairs administrative global awareness and cultural Spanish. spect. and leadership experience..." sensitivity. The center offers Each year dozens of Rollins Respect may play an impor The Dean of Student Affairs classes in speaking Mandarin, students and faculty visit China tant factor in the growing busi provides vision, leadership, and Chinese history, literature, film as the Center's popularity contin ness relations between the United supervision to the academic com studies, and business. ues to grow. Cutting-edge tech States and China. The two coun munity. China has the fastest grow nology is also helping to build tries have not always agreed on He, or She, will be responsible ing economy in the world and is bridges between the two nations. important political and social is for the staffing, planning, leader poised to become one of the most According to College Director sues. ship, and program coordination powerful countries in the inter Lewis Duncan, "A classroom in These issues have affected for all programs,included in the national business scene. Shanghai and a classroom here the way both cultures think Division of Student Affairs. In 2006, China's GDP rose at Rollins can be linked together about each other. Recently, a Such programs include Stu 10.7%, their biggest increase in in a way that the faculty member Starbucks coffee shop at the For dent Involvement and Lead over a decade. America's higher that is teaching our China history bidden Palace drew controversy ership, Multicultural Affairs, education institutions consider class may be a Chinese professor when a popular television anchor Residential Life, Career Services, this an important trend. With the in Shanghai, teaching in real time blogged about it. DANIKA TANZINI/The Sandspur Health Services, Counseling and DEAN REPLACEMENT: Students addition of the China Center, Rol a class here at Rollins." Rui Chenggang called the Psychological Services, Greek lins joined over 600 U.S. Universi were able to attend a public speech to Enthusiasm is growing, but Starbucks "a symbol of low-end establish the best Dean of Student Affairs Affairs, Community Standards ties and Colleges to offer courses learning Mandarin is not easy. U.S. food culture." As a result, and Responsibility, just to name in Mandarin. The Chinese pinyin alphabet has Starbucks may soon lose their In spring 2006, both the posi a few. Rollins students and scholars over 3,000 characters. Mandarin is lease. tions of Dean and Assistant Dean The Dean will establish pro around the world are taking no a tonal language, which also adds Whatever culture clashes may of Student Affairs became vacant. tocols and systems to respond to tice. difficulty for beginners. With the develop, the Chinese govern A committee comprised of stu crises, effectively manage student Programs like this are impor wrong inflection, simple words ment is supporting the increase dents, faculty, and administrators personnel actions, form partner tant to the Untied States because can take on new, but not always of Mandarin classes around the was formed and began a national ships and collaborative relation they allow better communication desirable meanings. For example, world. Beijing's "Confucius Insti campaign in search of a perma ships with Academic Affairs. in many business arenas. Students a word pronounced Maa-maa can tute" teaches Chinese culture and nent replacement. Ultimately, the new dean will en involved in these programs will mean either "horse" or "mom" de Mandarin in 23 countries. Ads seeking a qualified candi hance student learning and pro find themselves well positioned pending on the tone. Currently there are more date were placed in major publi mote global citizenship. in the new global marketplace. There are also many different than 30 American educational cations around the country. In an While these candidates do not Professor Teng Jimeng from dialects present in Mandarin. Still institutes operating in China. Al attempt to fill the position quickly view each other as rivals or oppo Beijing's Foreign Studies Univer many consider it worth the effort. though their curriculums vary, last year, the committee selected nents, the election will come to a sity, notes, "China and the United As Chinese Center student Jeff Jo they are all working in an effort Donna Lee as the Interim Dean. close on when the Rollins College States are going to be .. .the most seph points out, "A lot of people to help increase understanding The ad stated that Rollins Col community will choose one of the important players in the interna are beginning to take Mandarin and business relations between lege, a "comprehensive liberal following candidates as their new tional arena." so that they can have better op the two countries. arts college in Winter Park," was Dean of Student affairs. :THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 16
EDITOR: TANISHA MATHIS Holt News [email protected] the Love or Money AREER OACH Tanisha Mathis have her post graduate plans ce I am doing." the sandspur mented but she is pretty sure it It is not hard to find people Marian Cacciatore will be more about passion than on a college campus who have money. "I was an environmental been moved by passion and ser Money concerns wash over engineering major at UCF in my vice but it is not so easy to find PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE every student at some point. senior year when I transferred to someone who will admit they are Question: ahead of time by scheduling When you are asked, "What's Rollins. I interviewed with a lo driven by the earning potential of an appointment with Career your major?" the second question cal engineering consulting firm a particular career field. I am a Hamilton Holt Se Services for a mock interview. will surely be, "What do you want For Logan Kayne, a nior and will be graduating in Through practice, you will de to do with that?" Unless double major in Interna May. What kind of Career Ser velop the confidence necessary you have charted out your tional Affairs and Com vices are available to me? to effectively communicate your professional life like 1980s puter Science, money knowledge, skills and abilities to sitcom character Alex P. was a major factor in his Answer: a potential employer. Keaton, chances are you major and future career are just proud you decid plans. "The Internation I'd like to encourage all Rol Register on Rollins Col ed on a major. Now, you al Affairs major started lins students to take advantage lege Monster Trak - Once your are being asked to give a as a study of interest," of Career Services throughout resume is ready, .you will want mini dissertation on the says the junior. "I added their Rollins experience and not to register and post your resume benefits of your choice? the Computer Science wait for their Senior year to be with the Rollins College Career That hardly seems fair. [degree] for the money gin the process. However, since Services Monster Trak.. By reg For some people, aspect." Kayne hopes you are a senior, I can appreciate istering on this site, you will get money is not everything. to find a position in the your sense of urgency and will advance notice of job postings For others, money is the computer field with an provide an overview of five of and companies scheduling "On only thing. Students international company. the most important services for campus" interviews. Since this give numerous reasons There is love and graduating Seniors. site is password protected, you for their decision to enter there is the love of will need to contact Career Ser into a certain professional money but some people Creating a job search strat vices before accessing these ser field but the bottom line hope to find a way to is generally based off two egy - Many times, "soon to be" vices. conflate the two ends of grads are unsure of how to begin choices: making money or the spectrum. "Money the job search. This initial step Attend the College Career making a difference. That is part of my future allows us to set the course and Expo - The Career Expo will be is pretty much it. Every goals," states senior An be clear on the destination. A held: Friday, March 30, 2007, thing else, all those other toniya Georgieva, "but job search strategy answers the 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Al reasons, fall under the passion comes first." COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS "who, what, how and where" of fond Sports Center. At the Expo, umbrella of profit or pas The Economics major the search. you will find a Sports Center sion. hopes to work with im filled with various organizations It seems while in col migrants who migrate Resume and Cover Let offering full-time positions, in lege, the majority of people want to the United States. Money did downtown for a job after gradu ter - The key to a successful ternships and summer employ to make a difference in the world, not play a role when she selected, ation, and when the interviewer job search begins with a solid ment. While the Expo has some not rule it. After graduation, Psy her major however, it was the cat told me what the job entailed, that resume and cover letter. These thing for all Rollins students, as chology major Lori Roth plans to alyst for her return to school. "Sta was it. I knew, then, engineering two tools "open the door" for a graduating Senior, you defi work for The Leukemia and Lym tistics show people with a degree was not where I was supposed to the interview. My focus in work nitely want to be there! phoma Society or as a counselor are paid much more than people be. I left UCF and I never looked ing with students goes beyond in an oncologist's office. "This is back. So obviously, it's not about without one." simply listing dates, responsi If you are a Hamilton Holt my way of making a difference in the money for me." Regardless of the motiva bilities and duties. When we are student who is ready to sched people's lives," says Roth, whose The Environmental Studies tion for a particular career choice done working together on your ule an appointment with Ca father has non Hodgkin's Lym major has not looked back be whether its passion, profit or a resume, you'll be ready to ar reer Services email Marian at phoma, "This is all about helping cause she is having so much fun combination of both there is no ticulate your accomplishments [email protected] or call families have an easier time deal in the present. "Actually, I don't such thing as perfect. But if you and results. the Hamilton Holt Office at ing with a cancer diagnosis than know how this degree is going to can have a career that allows you 407.646.2232. my family did." allow me to obtain a career that is to live a lifestyle you are comfort Interview Preparation Senior and Hamilton Holt financially appealing the way en able with then that is about as per - Are you ready for those tough Student Government Association gineering degrees do. I honestly fect as one can get. interview questions? Prepare president Kaye Haynes does net don't think it will, but I love what THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 5, 2007 HOLT NEWS VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 Psychology Club Make-Over Democrats and Interest Rates Lori Roth and universities, and is a mem contributing writer ber of the Association of College Tanisha Mathis group represents leading lenders. cost of college beyond that." Said Honor Societies (ACHS) and an the sandspur Another promise regarding Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair affiliate of the American Psycho higher education the Democrats man of the Education and Labor At the end of fall semester, logical Association (APA) and the touted during the 2006 congres Committee. the Psychology Clubs for the American Psychological Society On January 18 the Democrats sional campaigns was an increase Republicans screamed foul, School of Arts and Sciences and (APS). checked another item off their in the maximum Pell grant award arguing the Democrats' legisla the Hamilton Holt School merged Eligibility for undergradu "things to do" fist as they voted, from $4,050 to $5,100. Pell grants tion was basically politics in an and are now administered by the ates include a major in Psychol overwhelmingly, to cut the inter go only to the neediest students attempt to make good on a cam officers of the Psychology honor ogy and Organizational Behavior, est on college needs-based loans and do not have to be paid back. paign promise instead of finding society, Psi Chi. This merger will completion of three semesters of in half. Over a five year period, ways to increase federal col bridge the gap between the A&S college courses, completion of the interest rate will be cut lege grants to help the poor and Holt students and gener nine semester hours of psycholo from 6.8 percent to 3.4 per meet rising college tuition. ate more enthusiasm at Psychol cent with a cost of $6 billion gy courses, rank in the top 35% of Democrats answered ogy events. All events offered are to taxpayers. their class and have a minimum the criticism twelve days lat open to any psychology major or The bill looks to reduce of 3.0 in psychology courses and er when the Democrat House minor student - or indeed, anyone that demand on taxpayers . cumulative GPA. and Senate passed legisla in the Rollins community who is in several ways. It proposes Students will be notified in tion increasing the Pell grant interested in psychology - and to reduce the government's February if they have met these from $4,050 to $4,310. This there is no need for membership guaranteed return to stu requirements and are eligible for is the first increase in four in a club. dent loan lenders, cut back induction in April. years. on the amount the govern The officers of Psi Chi for Psi Chi is also responsible for Senator Edward Kenne ment pays for defaulted Spring 2007 - Fall 2008 are: Lori ordering graduation regalia for dy, (D-MA) chairman of the loans and require banks to Roth, President, Hamilton Holt graduating seniors who are mem Senate education committee, pay more in fees. Lending Junior; Summer Deal, Vice-Presi bers of Psi Chi. An email will be called the increase "an im institutions opposed the bill dent, Hamilton Holt Junior; Molly sent out in March letting those se portant down payment by along with the Bush admin Losey, Secretary, Master student; niors know it is time to place their Democrats on our commit istration. Natasha Ramnauth, Treasurer, order. ment to help families with Master student; Megan Hession, For more information visit Democrats have ac high college costs." knowledged that more will A&S Junior and Steven St. John, the Psi Chi Web site at http:// Republicans, on a need to be done in order to Ph.D., Faculty Advisor. www.rollins.edu/holt/students/ whole, agree with the Pell aid not only students who Psi Chi is the National Honor clubs_societi.es/psichi.shtml grant increase which was take out loans, but low-in Society in Psychology, founded A brief summary of some of approved days before the come students who are wor in 1929 for the purpose of pro the events that will be offered is President released his 2008 ried about the exorbitant moting excellence in scholarship listed below. Snacks will be pro budget where more than and advancing the science of psy price of college tuition. vided for all TGIF dates and will COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS likely he was prepared to chology. Membership is open to be very informal. We are also "Many young people ask for an increase in the find themselves where I graduate and undergraduate men interested in hearing any sug grant in order to give more was when I was at age 18, and women who are making the gestions that students may have On the House floor Rep. aid to students. wondering what they will do study of psychology one of their for events they would like to see Howard McKeon (R-CA) noted Annually, over 5.3 million with their lives," said Rep. Linda major interests and who meet the offered. Everyone is welcome to the legislation does not help as students with family incomes Sanchez, D-California, who is still qualifications. Psi Chi functions contact any officer at any time many students as possible and ex under $40,000 received the grant. paying off her student loans. "To as a federation of chapters located with your ideas. panding Pell grants should be the Though the increasing college those students, especially those at more than 1,000 senior colleges goal. "Its not a student aid bill." costs as diminished how much whose parents didn't go to col says the former chairman of the the grant aid students in paying lege/the prospect of student loan Education and Labor Committee . for their education. The increased debt is frightening." "It doesn't expand student access budget bill would increase federal PSI - CHI CALENDER "A strategy of raiding a finan and it doesn't enhance affordabil- grant money by $615.4 million to cial aid program to fund modest ityni a college education." $13.6 billion for this year. proposals is inadequate to the "We hope to be able to en UPCOMING EVENTS challenge," said Kevin Bruns, ex large the tax deductions for par ecutive director of the America's ents paying for tuition and the Student Loan Providers. His February 16 TGIF - Psychology Lounge - 2 p.m. Meet the Psi Chi officers
February - TBA Dr. Shafe - Positive Psychology
March 2 TGIF - Psychology Lounge - 2 p.m. Brain Week discussion
March 5-9 Brain Week which will include: Psychology Cinema
Brain Thought of the Day
Brain Puzzle of the Day with prizes
March 16 TGIF - Psychology Lounge - 2 p.m. What happens after graduation? to Bany Umwrnrnf Ihmwm O. Andmm School of Law 7 H March 23 Graduate School Info Session - Noon Dr. Richard
March 28 Graduate School Info Session - TBA Dr. Richard
March 30 TGIF - Psychology Lounge - 2 p.m. Are you ready for graduation?
April Events Psi Chi Induction Student Research Poster Session Welcome New Psi Chi members social :w&® Hi&j THE SANDSPUR : VOL. 113 ISSUE 16
ArU&Entertoinmen W EDITOR: JESSICA ESTES [email protected] Killer Album! The Killers Impress Again with Second Release Nikki Fiedler more recent album is an unsubtle same urgency and fervor of the last album is still present in this the sandspur dedication to Mr. Ail-American Bruce Springsteen. Just from the album as it was in the previous. From donning eyeliner to black and white vintage-inspired "Sam's Town" may be a trib sporting scruffy rocker beards, the cover of trailer pageant hopefuls, ute to the American "good old band members of "The Killers" we get a glance of the all-Ameri days, the honest man" that Flow take their sophomore album from can feel they are aspiring to. ers drops in "Read My Mind," but punk pop to grunge rock, and at The resonance of the new al the music and assemblages are tempt to be taken more seriously. bum is still influenced by the mu original to the bands' sound. The "Sam's Town" is the follow-up re sical sounds of the first CD - lead band's style adapts to differing lease to the widely embraced 2004 singer Brandon Flowers mechani subject matter, fluidly enough. "Uncle Johnny" has an 80s rip album "Hot Fuss." The previous cally electric vocals, clanging chord beating through the song eclectic compilation mixed infec background guitars, drums, band as Flowers sings "My uncle John tious beats with the European instruments - but adds a rougher ny did cocaine/He's convinced style new wave and always held feeling, a more unplugged vibe himself right in his brain/That it the promise of a hint of random fe this time around. The lead singer's helps to take away the pain." The ver, unexpected turns and inven voice registers roughly in some of vocal inflections in this song are tive dance moments where you the album's choice of key ranges artistic and emphasize the topic fully expected David Bowie to be for songs like the "For Reasons of stereotypical American rock jamming out in the background Unknown" and "Bling." Inter vals of harmonization produce a and roll, booze, drugs and party video in a tutu of some sort (e.g: life. The lyrics are languid with a the "Mr. Brightside" video). The metallic and hollow introduction in the beginning of the songs. The drowsy, drunken slur that pound the classic escape from reality as "I wanna go out tonight/Come a little closer to the city lights/Levi- tation aint your only friend." "Where the White Boys Dance" was originally only re leased in the UK and abroad al bum releases, but was later added . as a bonus track to the US version. This irresistibly melancholy track has an eclectic mixture of Cold- play-esque guitar rifts and stun ning drumming. Although other critics like the Rolling Stone panned the al bum, its overall uniqueness and effortless likeability is contagious. Its inspirations may have drawn upon an old and possibly over done legend - that of Springsteen - but with a quality unique only to the band. Despite these concerns you can't shake the infectious "When You Were Young" title re lease, and "Bones" contends as a Photo Courtesy of Island Records Photos Courtesy of Island Records The Shins, Wincing the Night Away1 Michael Metivier The year is as young as it's gonna are the buzzards he's referring ing no self-pity, even on lines like drink in hand and a penchant for met campus get, people, and already we have to? Beats me, but when he snarls "And still to come / The worst self-examination: "One hand on a contender. "Off with their heads," I'm already, part and you know it / There is a this wily comet / Take a drink just James Mercer's wrestles The band deliberately took weaving the basket for the guillo numbness / In your heart and it's to give me some weight / Some with insomnia have been widely its time with the recording pro tine. growing." It's the listener's job to uber-man I'd make / I'm barely a publicized ever since his band, cess, again taking a different tack "Wincing" also represents ponder the implications. vapor." It's another nighttime ode, The Shins, grew popular enough than the hit-and-run sessions for Mercer's attempts to stray beyond The first single, "Phantom cross-pollinating their own "New that people became interested in "Chutes," and the results are ac the three-chord monte he'd damn Limb," is a narrative of two lesbi Slang" with Billy Joel's "She's Al his sleep habits. But it's not hard cordingly more layered, texturally near perfected, and the labyrin an teenagers, told from one girl's ways a Woman." The Shins will to imagine why the fellow has a complex, with more risks taken, thine melodies of "Australia" reap point of view, desperate to get out likely never, mercifully, reach the hard time sleeping. The few times such as the vaguely hip-hop fla the rewards. Still familiar and of a stifling and stagnant town that impossible commercial heights of I've involuntarily remained awake vored "Sea Legs," which my girl addictive, the song nevertheless will never approve of, let alone "We Didn't Start the Fire" or "The through the night have all been friend teasingly calls the band's turns the tried and true formula understand, them: "This town River of Dreams," but it's just as soundtracked by Mercer's songs, "311 song" (she doesn't mean it, I on its ear, coming off slightly like seems hardly worth our time." well. Will the larger world ever be especially "Caring Is Creepy," and swear). a New Wave dance anthem. The opening lyrics vividly and ready for truly honest, often brac super especially "Turn a Square." The increased variety in the The alternate version of al humorously portray the town's ing, downbeat undercurrents in I can't even imagine possessing band's sound on "Wincing" also bum track "Spilt Needles" (avail favored daughters, "Frozen into its upbeat pop confections? And a brain that creates such catchy means that certain sounds don't able as a b-side to the "Phantom coats / White girls of the north then how would anyone ever melodies. I'd be a chronic insom seem to stick at first, sticking out Limb" single) also betrays a deep / ... They are the fabled lambs / sleep again? niac too. like sore thumbs or even middle fascination with '80s pop, though A Sunday ham." The runner-up title to the fingers. But the amount of hooks the "Wincing" version mutes the Later, the girls are Shins' highly anticipated third demands enough listens to ensure production quirks and slows the inexorably drawn album, eventually called "Winc that what might not instantly sat tempo considerably. "Girl Sailor" to classic American ing the Night Away," was "Sleep isfy eventually makes sense. features whoa-oh-ohs more in rebellion: rock and ing Lessons," now the name of its "Sleeping Lessons" is a rev keeping with synth-pop than roll, booze, all that opening track. So appropriately, elation, opening with a solid min prior touchstones the Beach Boys good stuff. Mercer the album has a dusky, noctur ute of just pearly keyboard tones and Buddy Holly _ all the result sings with empathy nal feel that contrasts with its and heavily processed Mercer vo of greater attention paid to atmo for the girls' plight, predecessor's blazing brightness. cals. Other elements quickly fold sphere and mood. misfits out of step Even the punchiest tracks are themselves in, however, leading "Wincing the Night Away" with mainstream cast in navy blues and ink blacks. to an exhilarating, thunderous is dripping with emotion, easily culture but unde As such, it's ever-so-slightly less climax to kick off the album. It's the most affecting Shins record terred from find immediately pleasing as 2003's also fabulously pissy. "You're not start-to-finish. Which is not to say ing their own way "Chutes Too Narrow" and the de obliged to swallow anything you affected. The pickle-jar tight craft around or over it. but "Oh, Inverted World." But the despise," Mercer darkly,,and me- of the album leaves little room for On the forlorn growth in Mercer's song writing, lodically intones, "See those un- over- or false-emoting. Mercer closer "A Comet and the band's precision and ver repenting buzzards want your still lays out the words and melo Appears," Mercer's satility, are also readily apparent. life / And they got no right." Who dies with crisp directness contain the one with a Photos Courtesy of Sun Pop Records VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT FEB. 5,2007 -THE SANDSPUR!
Kevin Federline Tries a Spot of Self-Parody BizF^ct
at him to tend the fries. David Hinckley ing gig, married Spears, released "Once they explained the a CD, hosted a TV show. met campus direction they wanted to go, it He's focusing on movies now, Health food seemed pretty cool," Federline Kevin Federline admits he he says, and a clothing line that's says. "The rap- part was pretty due out "sooner rather than later" was "a little unsure at first" about easy, and the other part took a doing a high-profile commercial in Europe. A new CD is probably little longer. I.hadn't done that in "a year, 18 months" away. that "pokes fun at myself." a while." He lays all this out while After all, few people any The ad has drawn protests where have had more fun poked dressed in a conservative suit for demeaning fast-food workers, with a muted striped tie. The ear at them than Federline. which it really doesn't. But the rings remain, and two large rings While his marriage to Brit publicity clearly does not upset on his right hand, but all in all, it's ney Spears will end soon, he's re Steven Schreibman, vice president more Kevin Federline, less K-Fed. tained custody of at least one ele of marketing and brand manage "This was a big win for Kev ment from that union: his image ment at Nationwide. in," says Schreibman. "It shows he as a spoiled and frivolous celebri "Attention paid before' the has a sense of humor by bringing ty whose fame and fortune aren't airing is one measure of its value," everyone in on the joke." justified by actual achievement. says Schreibman. For the $2.6 mil He doesn't agree with this, lion Nationwide and other but he knows about it. Yeah, sure, sponsors pay for their 30 he says, it's frustrating. But he seconds, "We want it to be also thinks he can beat it. as visible as possible." "It's like this thing stamped It's the same reason he on my forehead," he says, with a recruited Federline in the figurative shrug. "And as long as first place. it took to get there, it'll take that "We had great success long, or longer, to get it off. last year with Fabio pok "But it can be done. Eventual ing fun at himself," says ly you can get to the point where Schreibman. "But noth people judge you on your work." ing was working for us * He isn't discussing his private this year until just before life in public these days, he says, Thanksgiving it hit me: but he does declare that "2007 is Kevin Federline. a new beginning for me," and one "His story was already starting point is a 30-second Na so public, and it fit right tionwide Insurance ad that debuts into our theme of 'Life during the Super Bowl. comes at you fast.'" It starts with a montage of K- Federline notes that he Fed videos and cuts to Federline did work on the fast-food working in a fast-food restaurant. level before he quit and He's only dreaming of stardom, it went to Hollywood "with turns out, while his manager yells nothing." 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The Book Corner "When 1 look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If 1 were a young person today trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading,just as I did when I was young." ~ Maya Angelou ~
HARDCOVER NONF1CTION 1. THE AUDACITY OF 1IOPE, b\ Barack Obama 2. TI IE INNOCENT MAN. by John Grisham 3. BORN ON A BLUE DAY, by Daniel Tammel 4. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 5. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, by Nora Ephrc
HARDCOVER ADVICE 1. I 111: BES'I LIFE DIET by Bob Greene 2. YOU: ON A DIET, by Michael F. Roizen. 3. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne 4. THE PROPER CARE. AND FEEDM MARRIAGE, by Laura C. Schlessinger 5. YOUNGER YOU, b\ Eric R. Braver:
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Guns, Germs, and Steel -A Compelling Argument for Geographical Determinism TomLairson The focus of Guns, Germs, and Steel; The Eurasian land mass provided an effective setting for deVeloping, contributing writer which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, is applying and diffusing knowledge about how to gain greater productiv on understanding the very different tra ity from plants and animals. jectories of change and development in various parts of the world over For Diamond, the natural environment shapes choices in a pro the past 13,000 years. Pretty ambitious, I think. More specifically, Dia found sense, such that little room is given for innovations based on local mond wants to understand why certain societies were the ones that de cultures. Humans only developed the wheel where oxen or horses were veloped high incomes and advanced technologies and were the places available to pull the cart. Seen another way, he argues that developmen that were able to dominate other parts of the world for much of this time tal trajectories in societies are especially subject to initial conditions. period. Why do some places in the world have literate societies with Thus, once started on a particular path social systems generate reinforc metal tools, while others have non-literate farming societies, and even ing processes that continue on and even strengthen this path. Diamond others remain as hunter-gatherers with stone tools? Put another way, he presents many interesting examples of these autocatalytic processes and wants to answer the question posed to him by Yali, from New Guinea, other forms of positive feedback. Yet this leaves little room for contin who asked: "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo gency or for social and economic developments that shift away from and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of this path. our own?" It is a question about inequality: "Why weren't native Amer Diamond's analysis is best for understanding human developments icans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who dominated, when agriculture is the main source of economic surplus and the capac subjugated, or exterminated Europeans and Asians?" ity for population intermingling at a distance is low. He is less effective Diamond does not approach the answer to these questions from the in helping us understand modern developments. The first wave of glo trendy perspectives common to much of social science today. He does balization after 1400 changes human social systems so that knowledge not, for example, see the world in moral categories as a basis for expla and technology are transported in all geographic directions and sub nation. He does not see explanations in terms of speech as the driving stantial global trade generates new forms of surplus. In this setting, we force in societies nor does he see power as an evil force resulting from begin to get substantial differentiation of human societies based on the evil people and systems. Rather, Diamond wants to focus on a compara ability to absorb and apply knowledge rapidly to the technology of war tive study of the ecologies and natural environments of different parts of and commerce. China and Western Europe diverge because Chinese the world as the source of these differences. He is, put simply, interested culture and society are poorly equipped to build on and enhance a sub in seeing the powerful role of geography and the natural environment stantial technological advantage over the West. There, competitive na in creating the processes that separated human populations into rich tion states developed new political and economic institutions that led to and poor. rapid knowledge diffusion and application. The two ends of the Euro- Much of this is the result of how and in what ways different parts Asian land mass then develop in quite different ways for more than 500 of the world were suitable for the domestication of plants and animals. years. Diamond makes an effort to account for these differences, but Those that were gave their residents huge advantages in diet and pro reducing the 500 year developmental differences between Europe and tein consumption, in economic surpluses, in complex forms of political China to differences in geography seems inadequate. (409-417) and social organization, in the development of sophisticated technolo Despite this problem, Diamond has a very interesting approach gies, and in development of immunity to diseases. Further, the location and a wealth of stories to illustrate his ideas. This encounter between on the planet affects how such innovations as plant domestication and an evolutionary biologist and economic history is intriguing and often agricultural innovations were diffused to others. Those living in a geo compelling. graphical terrain where such agricultural ideas could spread from east to west - largely in Asia and Europe - were privileged. Those who lived Author Jared Diamond will address Rollins College faculty, in places where ideas about agriculture could move along a north-south students and staff on February 8, at 12:30 p.m. in Knowles axis, such as America and Africa, found such innovations of little value. Memorial Chapel. Don't miss it!
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Has Something for Cornell Fine Arts Museum Everyone! Opens New Exhibits this Semester Angela Gonzalez As the semester is gradu Shaun Cricks leading contemporary African rently on exhibit. the sandspur ally getting into full gear and the the sandspur American artists Fred Wilson, CFAM also presents Diverse homework begins to pile up, our Venice Biennale, Kehinde Wiley, Africa: The Ambassador and Mrs. There may never be a better Lyle Ashton Harris, and more. Ulric Haynes, Jr. Collection. Mr. hopes turn to that blessed thing time to visit the Cornell Fine Arts Over fifty photographs, paintings, Haynes amassed this collection called the weekend for a time to let loose and get your party on. Museum. This spring, CFAM un and mixed media works are cur during his travels of more than So as not for any non-Orlando natives to waste anytime finding veils five original thirty years, partly your nightly perch, here's a compiled list of some of Orlando's exhibits including while serving as hottest night spots as well as some cool joints to park if you're Henri Matisse's Ambassador under just down for some relaxation when the week ends or heck, Jazz—a folio of President Carter. whenever you can break away from your books. twenty lively ex The collection high pressions of Mod lights tribal jewelry ernism. "It is not as well as art from enough to place several tribes and colors, however regions. Art from beautiful, one the Senufo people Party like Paris Hilton at her very own nightclub! beside the other; of the Ivory Coast, Also has a great VIP section for private parties and lot of dance colors must also the Bedouin tribes react on one an of Tunisia, the Benin music from some of the hottest DJs around. other. Otherwise Kingdom of Nige you have cacoph ria, and the Ashanti Located on Church Street next to Chillers. This is a ony," said Matisse of Ghana form an popular, upscale location for Rollins students. of his collection. impressive display Completed while of African Art. Get your emo on Thursday nights with your favorite in his seventies, CFAM dedi indie jams. these pieces have cates six galleries little to do with to educating and Jazz Music, Ma enriching the visual Why not celebrate a bit of local culture and tisse injected them arts. groove on Latino style. But make sure you're dedicated to it as with its spirit and Acting Direc it's about a 30-minute drive down to Universal Studios. laced them with tor and Curator of memories and Exhibitions, Luanne Another popular spot for Rollins kids. But don't skimp icons of his youth. McKinnon, has as on your attire, as you won't get in with flip-flops & tattered The museum sembled moving jeans. is also showing collections for our Crossing the Line: students, faculty, African American staff and communi They have a lot of good college nights and Artists in the Jac ty. Exhibits change events and you'll most likely run into a few Rollins kids who queline Bradley each semester, so work there as well. and Clarence Otis, head down to the Jr. Collection. Cornell Fine Arts Bring on the Music Bradley is a mem Museum before you ber of the Rollins miss this experi The Social- A personal favorite for catching a lot of up and Board of Trustees. ence. ELIZABETH ROGERS/The Sandspur coming bands. Has a great indie vibe to it and a really intimate This impressive stage setting so you can get right up to the bands. collection features ROLLINS.;> WINTER PARK... PARK AVENUE... Backbooth- Another great music venue located downtown. It's also hosted a few of our own Rollins students shows so be sure Where else would you want to live? and support your fellow alumni if they're playing. Ideal rental and great investment!
Underground Bluz (UCF)- They've got a bunch of foreign and domestic beers and put on some great acoustic acts. Definitely worth the trek down University.
Holly and Dolly's- Straight up Semoran, here's a relatively newer venue that shows many local artists.
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Just a hop, skip and a jump away from campus. They have an old school photo booth and some great coffee and sandwiches as well as a small stage for music.
It's kind of an older crowd hence why it's a bit more laid back. But they have a full menu, TVs for watching sports and some good-looking staff. Gay Friendly
Southern Nights- Hidden off of E. Colonial right before you hit 1137 Pennsylvania Avenue Winter Park, Fl. 1-4, Southern is a fun little hide away that has a college night 1137 Pennsylvania is 2/2, 1250 sq.ft. AH new carpet, wood floors, appliances, and weekly drag shows, oh fun! paint, landscape, irrigation, light fixtures. Laundry room with washer and dryer, new a/c unit and new vanities. This darling home has a detached enclosed Parliament House- Oh the P-house.. .If you're brave enough to garage, a screened porch and a large outside patio. Again, we have partially go, it's a big messy, hotel/nightclub that has a reputation for its furnished this home for you! Great school district. "balcony bingo". Both coffer ges, /of 65x142, zoned R -3 $699,000.00 /sale HUE- also known as Homosexual Urban Experience, HUE is or actually a restaurant in Thorton Park but it's a popular, posh $2,200/ month rental each
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EDITOR: KARINA Mc CABE imes [email protected] The Senior Daniel Konopacki, is a Web De Whatever they are doing, they are John Watson signer for Disney. working hard and facing all the the sandspur 2001 Graduate, Julia Bogu- difficult challenges that lay ahead slawski, decided to work for her of them. Column As a Liberal Arts College, MBA in which she graduated in Let us just hope that Rollins Rollins is dedicated to preparing 2003. She is currently working for has prepared them for whatever students for the future. It is one of a hotel organization called CNL they pursue. Stephanie Hanisak the duties Rollins is obligated to in the hospitality service. Our president, professors, the sandspur do in order to promote its view as David Bagby, '06, is now at and staff have done all that they one of the prestigious colleges in tending graduate school at the could to prepare us for what lies Throughout the semester the South. prestigious Oxford University in ahead of us. numerous companies will be Laura J. Cole, a 2004 under Cambridge, England. David, Who It is the difficult and grueling visiting the Rollins campus in graduate from Rollins, is now the was a member of the crew team part of our lives that are ahead of search of possible applicants. Communications Coordinator and a straight-A student, gradu us and we must apply our knowl Many of these visiting compa for the Alumni Relations. She is ated with honors and is pursuing edge we learned from college nies conduct interviews with .working on her master's degree his graduate degree in philoso and our teachers to help us get students during their visits. in liberal studies here at Rollins, phy. Drew Brodnax, also a 2006 through those rough times. Some companies begin review and she graduates this May. As an graduate recently got " accepted President Duncan, President ing student's resumes before undergrad, she majored in Eng into Crummer graduate school of of Rollins, shows that Rollins, is a even stepping foot on the Rol lish and was involved in sevearl business and moved into a condo great opportunity to know what lins campus. Students can up activites. She has been working with Julie Holmes in Altamonte the real world is like and helps load their resume and/or cover for Rollins Alumni since August Springs, FL. Julie was also a 2006 us out the best he can to express letter on MonsterTRAK account 2005. graduate and a member of Kappa that. He mentions in the Alumni and then submit the appropri Jane Deon, also a 2004 under Delta sorority. She will be gradu Record that " I am not looking for ate items via the "jobs for tars" graduate, is working hard too. She ating from Crummer in 2007. a broken college to fix. I want to link. is a teacher and is currently teach It seems like a lot of our lead an institution that is already Along with the college ing a course entitled " Speak Your alumni are off exploring the "real at the top, one that will chal visits, the Office of Career Ser Mind " in Italy as well as a course world." Most of them have at lenge me to take it to even greater vices is still conducting their in English literacy as well. tended graduate school and oth heights." weekly senior success meetings GRAPHIC COURTESY OF MCTCAMPUS.COM Yet another graduate of 2004, ers are finding jobs elsewhere. along with their resume writ ing workshops. Both of these events are extremely helpful to students.
port for new research _ or at least of supporters, that could propel Kristin Collins help people interested in science them to success. McClatchy Newspapers feel less isolated at cocktail par Blogging, he said, could al ties. low important scientific discov Offline, Bora Zivkovic is an Hunt Willard, director of ery to happen everywhere, rather unemployed biologist struggling Duke University's Institute for than solely in the well-funded with his dissertation in Chapel Genome Sciences and Policy, said labs of the richest countries. Hill. exciting people about science isn't Many in the room did not Online, he is a respected au as farfetched as it sounds. It de need to be convinced of Hog thority on sleep, a published au pends on how the message is pre ging's power. They were bloggers thor and, at least in some circles, sented. Scientists can talk about who write on a vast variety of top an international celebrity. extracting and sequencing part ics: evolutionary theory, wetland Zivkovic is the voice behind of the DNA of a Neanderthal. But plants, space exploration, ivory- A Blog Around the Clock (sci- more people might be interested billed woodpeckers. enceblogs.com/clock), a Web site if they talked about the implica Eva Amsen traveled from about his research on circadian tions: When the entire Neander Ontario to attend the meeting. rhythms, as well as his views on thal genome is mapped, it could She said her blog, eastemblot. politics and religion and other be possible to clone one, Willard net, started as a diversion from random topics, that draws thou said. „ constant lab work, a way to write sands of readers every week. "Can you believe no one's go about how science intersects with On Saturday, Zivkovic tried ing to want to re-create a Neander art and everyday life. "It has noth to wake other scientists to the pos thal?" he told the crowd. "Were ing to do with my work, so that sibilities of Hogging, the short they really idiots, or were they made me scared that it would hand term for weblogging, or like the Geico commercials?" seem silly," Amsen said. pubtishing a personal Web site. Speakers said blogs have the But it has gradually evolved More than 150 scientists, power to publish scientific results into a tool for shaping her future. Resume Submission Deadlines teachers, bloggers and journal that don't make it into the major Now she dreams of being a sci ists came to the campus of the journals but are worthy of better Submit Resume and/or cover letter through ence writer and hopes her blog University of North Carolina at than the scrap bin. Even failed will get her there. Jobs for Tars on Monstertrak Chapel Hill to talk about the tech experiments should be recorded, If nothing else, blogging nology that some think has the some said, so other researchers makes scientists happier, said Teach For America - Corps Member, February potential to reshape the world of don't have to repeat mistakes. Janet Stemwedel, a chemist and science and bring it to the masses. 7, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Zivkovic has made a full- philosophy professor from Cali Zivkovic and Durham blogger time job of posting to his Web site Cambridge Holdings Summer 2007 Internship fornia. Scientists often feel isolat Anton Zuiker (mistersugar.com) several times a day. He publishes ed by the esoteric nature of their Program, February 9, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. organized the N.C. Science Blog- the results of studies, along with work, and the Internet has given Regions Financial Corporation - Management ging Convention. treatises on such subjects as ado them a community _ one that is "People hear the word blog lescent sleep and the biological Associate Program, February 14, 2007 at 5:00 v open to the lowly lab assistant as and they think what I had for clock. In the past month, he put well as the tenured professor. p.m. breakfast' or 'adolescent angst together a book that compiles the Cox Radio, Inc. - The Bone Cowhead Show, Stemwedel writes on her with bad grammar on MySpace,'" best posts from 50 science blogs, blog, Adventures in Ethics and February 21, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Zivkovic told the crowd. Par which he sells through his Web Science (scienceblogs.com/eth- Cox Radio, Inc. - Account Manager, February ticipants spent the rest of the day site. He describes the work as a icsandscience), about subjects 21, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. imagining something very differ personal addiction. as varied as animal testing, pro ent: a virtual world where scien But he also sees larger im tecting intellectual property and Cox Radio, Inc. - Internet Sales Manager, Feb tists collaborate and the public is plications. He envisions a world cooking for her children. She says engaged in the most recent dis ruary 21, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in which the hierarchy of science blogs have brought her a new coveries. Application Deadline for PGA Tour Intern disappears, and researchers are group of friends. The friendships ship Programs for 2007, February 16, 2007 at The movement many imagine recognized for the quality of their may be virtual, she said, but they 5:00 p.m. Submit application online at www. goes far beyond explaining basic work rather than their titles. He feel very real. "These are people concepts of science. They hope to pgatour.com also imagines scientists in Third that you would really spill some create excitement about scientific World countries gaining access blood for if you needed to," Stem discovery that will generate sup to information, and a community wedel said. VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 LlFE&TlMES FEB. 5-2007 -THE SANDSPUR
Celebrating Diffe : Black History Month
problematic. For example, April to myself, "How long until the se This interpretation of American Dr. Julian Chambliss is...Poetry Month...no, wait, it is mester is over?" identity plays well in Peoria, but contributing writer Math Month, no, that is not right, The problem with a special it is not really true. month is that people sleepwalk At the turn of the twentieth Well, it is Black History through it, leaving the meaning century, many Americans were Month again. As usually my im "...thefamous Protestant behind the month....meaningless. convinced what made this country mediate thought is that we got the work ethic, the American Do not get me wrong, the need to great was that the process of creat shortest month. Black people have celebrate the unique culture of the ing the United States incorporat done a lot for this country; you proclivity for voluntary many peoples that make up the ed the best elements of many im could have at least given us Janu association and the United States is noble. Yet, be migrant people and forged them i ary. I did not take up this space to iCT /il)V moralism of American ing forced to do so has been, and into an "American" identity where M complain however; instead I want continues to be, a source of resent deeds and ideas mattered more to consider the importance of a politics are all by-products ment. than class, traditions, and lin MAMTU "black" history month. of this Anglo-Protestant Recently, Francis Fuyukama, eage. Basically, immigration and It is true; the average person heritage." a guest at the upcoming Rollins multiculturalism made American cannot identify famous black in Colloquy, wrote in Prospect Mag unique. There were some conceits GRAPHIC COURTESY OF MCTCAMPUS.COM ventors, politicians, educators, ~ Francis Puyukama, a azine that the American identity in this "melting pot" idea. As a re^ doctors, or artists. On the other speaker in the upcoming is rooted in a White Protestant suit, quintessentially ethnic foods tage Month. Yet, unlike their Ital hand, it is likely that person could Rollins Colloquy on culture. As a result, the things such as pasta were adopted by the ian counterparts, African Ameri not identify any famous white Americans most identify with everyday Americans. In this way, cans still face questions about persons for the same thing. It is American identity themselves, "the famous Prot difference was disconnected from their worth in society. Questions asking a lot of people who cannot estant work ethic, the American individual groups and applied to that stem from continued mar- find Iraq on a globe to remember proclivity for voluntary associa the whole. ginality. Even as studies show a things that happened five, fifty, it is Zoo and Aquarium Month, tion and the moralism of Ameri Reacting to this ideas inform growth in the black middle-class, or even 150 years ago. Yet, the April is all of these things, yet can politics are all by-products of Black History Month, Hispanic the fact remains that race and rac whole idea of a special month is when April rolls around I think this Anglo-Protestant heritage." Flistory Month, and Italian Heri- ism persists. F or African-Ameri cans, the incorporation of their cultural perspective is a bitter pill. On the one hand, Hip Hop music, food, and style are the very definition of "ur ban" culture, while at the same time resentment and resistance prevents African Americans soci Black history intelligence quotient) etal participation. And Trua or false: make no mistake, it is resistance. 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N ptiaa «tg 0r WmL drv, • The Argentine Presidenttal Palac« ~\y — PINK MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE :THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 inioricS EDITOR: SAMANTHA MARSH [email protected] Could Shortcuts Cause the I^ove, Life, l^aughte^ Death of the English Language? and Ues The "Return Rate" Theory Allen Grove we're not going to win any Pu text-speak will never be appro met campus litzers writing either "GMTA" or priate. Formal essays, which pre Or is it the realization of losing "great minds think alike." An ac sumably always require a demon Danielle Christiansen As a new academic semes ronym of a cliche is still a cliche. something that was actually pretty stration of sound language use, the sandspur ter begins, educators around the Rather than view text-speak are not the place for short cuts. darn good? We may never know. country are haunted by New as the Katrina of language, edu Exams represent a different I may not have the best luck But in all respects it seems likely, Zealand's decision to allow text- cators should recognize its ap scenario. Students need to con ever, but I have the worst timing and universal, that people always speak _ those short-cuts and ab pearance as that most valuable of sider the subject matter and exam ever. In fact, my liaison with want what they cannot have. Oh breviations used in text messag pedagogical tools, the "teachable prompt. timing can best be described as why this plague on humanity? ing _ on national exams. moment." Text-speak provides us In a timed Psychology test, ab highly volatile and extremely Subsequently here I am What does the New Zealand with an opportunity to introduce breviations such as "b/c" and "M/F tragic. In short, timing's a b****. in this perpetual cycle of time Qualifications Authority's policy students to some basics of English ratio" should pose no problem. In I have this theory I'm working wasting where all the guys I fall say about the future of our lan composition: tone, audience, style a literature exam with tight time on, well mostly the theory is for are unable to commit to me guage? Are we to condone Suzi and clarity. constraints, a student might be working on me, considering the at the time I am finally ready who cant use apostrophes? and Our mode of writing is always wise, after the first usage, to save numbers accruing in favor of to settle down (I wonder what what about chad, a student i know context specific. A biology lab time by abbreviating "point of this theory are quickly stacking this says about my selection of whos given up on capitals? Worse might be written entirely in the view" and "Fyodor Dostoevsky" up against me. I've deemed it interests). Only is it when I am yet, what do we do about Johnny passive voice, but a passive style with POV and FD. the "Return Rate" theory. Kind finally on the upward mend (u wont blieve this 1) who drops will make that paper on "Great Whatever the exam guide of like a postage stamp: without from heartbreak do the heave- vowels and uses acronyms? Expectations" a dud. lines, students need to show enough postage that sucker is hoers decide to reenter my life, Given the prevalence of such Contractions might be ac clearly their understanding of the gonna get sent right back to you. no permission asked, and cause language abuses, why would ceptable in an editorial, but not subject. The student who writes But, you don't know how long it a complete upheaval. Typical of New Zealand officially allow stu a formal history essay. The first- "drng t g8 dprsn, pvrty wz, tt- might be or at what point of your life, right? I'm beginning to think dents to use abbreviations that person voice works in an opinion bomk, a bg prblm" (during the life that little parcel you've seen life has got a very funny, or sick, most of us would like to see con piece or job letter, but we'd better Great Depression, poverty was, before and finally shipped out to sense of humor, in respect to my fined to the world of IM and text use the third-person when writ to the best of my knowledge, a big be done and gone with is coming understanding. messaging? Surely, if we are to be ing a biography of Harriet Tub problem) is being neither clear nor back at full force to shatter your Consequently, why I wonder, lieve the media hype, those New man. insightful, whether in the United collective world. does this keep happening? Am I Zealanders must have kiwi-size Text-speak requires similar States or New Zealand. So here it is, that theory of not relationship material? Do we brains to degrade our language rules. Only a fool would try to Two centuries ago, Jane Aus mine that keeps thumping me all get stuck in a relationship, or in such a deliberate manner. write in full Standard English ten's Henry Tilney mocked fe in the back of the head like an in my case, a non-relationship, rut from time to time? And The hype, however, is not the using a cell-phone key pad. At male letter writers for having "a annoying reminder of my lack how can we break out and find reality. the same time, we should recom general deficiency of subject, a of meaningful relationships: someone who is finally worth our The real threat to the English mend a cranial CAT Scan for the total inattention to stops, and a Girl meets boy. Boy and girl time? The answer seems pretty language comes from bad writing student who writes a term paper very frequent ignorance of gram like each other. Things go well. uncomplicated: Break out of and questionable literacy. Most of using text-speak. The guidelines mar." Then, as now, language was Girl promises herself not to get the rut, try something, or in this us can think of a U.S. president of the New Zealand Qualification in flux. However, if we approach attached. Boy convinces her of example, someone new. However who abuses our language more Authority make such distinctions current changes thoughtfully, as his genuineness. Girl submits uncomplicated this may sound than the average teenage blogger. clear _ students will be penal Austen did, language need not be involuntarily to the growing ized for using abbreviations in an in a state of decline. attachment. Boy decides the solution is not quite so easy Text-speak does, of course, - Nothing in life ever is it seems. have significant limitations. The exam that requires them to dem something is missing. Boy onstrate language use. breaks up with girl before boy is To break this unhealthy cycle, most commonly used acronyms do you need to change your line are just that _ common _ and In many academic contexts, even dating girl. Girl gets over it eventually. Boy decides in X of thinking completely and force number of months he wants girl yourself to adjust the requirements back.. .cycle repeats. And repeats. of your attraction; an entire recall And repeats. of every preconceived notion of From previous experience, your understanding? Perhaps Like What You Read? the Return Rate theory currently not. Perhaps the key is in keeping has a 99% return rate on any an open mind and giving those given potential that you have people you wouldn't typical happened to have been dating lend a second glance to, a full on ififiUlml m>JMtmWintnl<2 and who has consequently and second chance. As easy as it is heartlessly dropped you on your to say, it's not so easy to put into Write a Letter to the Editor and get published! Criticize, Praise, head. On average, within 3 practice. But with a little personal months to as long as a year, return reflection, a little reprioritizing Rant and Raise Your Voice, Get Your Thoughts Out About rate man/woman will suddenly and some good old fashioned Local and National Issues. Comment on Anything You Read be blowing you up left and right friend-type analysis, the solution as if nothing had ever caused may just be closer than you think; in the Paper. Send to [email protected]. this rift of disinterest. Is it your maybe right there next to you; newfound unattainable state maybe you just haven't looked at that is suddenly so attractive? it in right light yet. iiiimiUiiUMiiiiiimimnmiiii' n'Mi'iin mmiimimiiiftiiiimimiiiiiliiiiriiriiiiitiii M imn i r»nn I n i n J f Nt| u, 11!riiiiiiii IIII r*ii iiruti i ttrtirif IIMIJIII J i il IUIIIIIIIM itiiiiiiiJ iii ii*J i«i i « The National Special Focus: Iraq Mr. President, You're Luvya Dubya? Out of Chances John Watson Iraq. He is supposed to leave July the sandspur of this year as a lieutenant in the National Guard. He mentions the Shannon Post Iraq's infrastructure completely mention why Iraq is an unstable In a Liberal Arts College, media is not portraying all the collapsed as a result. breeding ground for terrorists the sandspur Rollins definitely seems to have good things that are happening Now he is ignoring the ad in the first place), they seem to key opinions on the War in Iraq. and focus more on the death toll During his State of the Union vice of the Iraq Study Group, a forget about the real tragedy at Walking around the Olin Library, and Bush's approval rating. address Bush asked Congres number of military experts, and home, like the 45 million Ameri sional leaders and the American I asked twenty random students In Iraq, there are a lot more a countless political figures with cans without health care and the on their views of America in Iraq. people to give his plan for Iraq a military and foreign policy ex grossly underestimated 40 million schools and hospitals being built "chance to work." His plan calls I was completely surprised by the in the country. Those areas are perience (many from within the Americans living in poverty. results I got back. for a 21,500 troop increase in Republican Party) who suggest also getting more respect then An unfathomable amount of A whopping fifteen out of Baghdad - an "augmentation," as a variety of alternatives from a they have since American troops American tax dollars are being twenty students said they do not Bush officials put it. phased redeployment of troops moved in. As these areas start spent to rebuild a country when support America's War in Iraq. Despite two-thirds of Ameri in Iraq to an increase of more than maturing and start to progress, those same funds could be used to This means that approximately. cans voting this past election for one hundred thousand troops in Americans will move out as fast fix our decaying public infrastruc 75% of Rollins students do not a new direction in Iraq and de Baghdad. as possible—just like Bush has ture, from schools to mass trans want this country in Iraq! spite a majority of Congressmen Yet the President - the om portation, from alternative energy promised. Only two out of twenty said and women vocally opposing a niscient "decider" - refuses once to health care, and save millions The majority of the all-vol they support our war while three troop increase, Bush has decided again to heed the advice of others. of lives here at home. unteer military voted for George out of twenty replied confiden not only to "stay the course" but Americans certainly shouldn't ex Bush in the 2004 presidential elec Mr. President, this is no time tial. to intensify the course in Iraq. He pect the Commander in Chief to to give the war in Iraq a new pub tion. As of now, there has been no Many reasons can apply. One failed to realize that giving his let public opinion polls guide for lic relations face. It's time to make news on military troops not want of the reasons could be the harsh plan a "chance to work" is exactly eign policy, but what does it say a plan to withdraw troops and ing to be there. There have been criticism of Bush having no rea what a rubber stamp Congress about our democracy when an make Iraqis take control, it's time no organized military protests in son on going into Iraq. One of the and a public blinded by fear-mon- enormously unpopular war is es for the Congressional Democrats the news portraying the losses of students I interviewed mentioned gering propaganda have been do calated in our name? Whose "de to grow a spine and refuse addi men or questioning the leader Bush "had no agenda" and "was ing for the past three years. mocracy" and whose "freedom" tional funding for this disastrous ship of Bush. not seeing [it] from all angles." Ignoring the advice of of are we supposedly fighting for? war, and it's time for the Ameri I personally have only heard She mentioned that the reason she ficials who actually had military While many of our leaders can people to stand up to their good news from the military and is attending college is to broaden experience, Bush failed to send claim that we must help stabi government and hold it account almost always bad news from the her opinion on political conflicts enough troops to secure Baghdad lize Iraq to prevent the spread of able. media and the people in Amer especially the Iraq War. three and a half years ago, and terrorism (all the while failing to ica. It seems as if the majority of Other opinions around cam American people does not exactly pus include the amount of lives understand what is going on in being lost and the President lying Iraq but have strong opinions Wars are Depleting the Na on his reason for going there. Jess about it otherwise. Drew, a social science major, says If the opinion of the mili the United States "should mind tary is different from the people its own business and not ruin oth then us Americans need to know tional Guard's Equipment er cultures." She says if we stayed exactly what is going on in Iraq. out of the conflict in the first place However, doing this would be a we would not have to deal with units have the equipment they difficult process and would take Drew Brown lost aircraft and parts during the the mess we are in right now. need to deploy, the first time such next four years. a long time till we find out if it MCTCAMPUS These opinions are quite sim a shortfall in equipment readi The Army already has sent was a good or bad idea to go into ilar to the ones around campus ness has occurred in the past 35 more than 11,000 pieces of crucial Iraq. and the United States. As the Iraq The wars in Iraq and Afghani years, Blum said. gear to hurricane-prone states, Until the war is over, the ma War is still going on, Bush's ap stan have left the National Guard Congress set up the Commis Harvey said. jority of us will have to wait and dangerously short of aircraft, proval rating is only 30%. sion on the National Guard and He said the Army had set see if our lives, our time, and our trucks, radios and other gear, I, myself, am affected by the Reserves two years ago to consid aside another $3.9 billion to pur honor was good for the country of conflict for one of the reasons be seriously hampering the ability er changing how the country's re chase new equipment for the Iraq. of citizen soldiers to respond to serve military forces are trained, Army Reserve. ing my older brother going to natural disasters and other emer equipped and deployed. Wednesday's hearing con gencies at home, the Guard's top Blum's testimony underscored cerned a proposal by Sens. Patrick officer warned Wednesday. how badly the wars are grinding Leahy, D-Vt, and Christopher Speak Out! Almost 9 out of every 10 Army down the military's equipment Bond, R-Mo., to elevate the chief National Guard units that aren't stocks and how they could impair of the National Guard Bureau to Two guest speakers came Lately my roommate has serving in Iraq and Afghanistan the National Guard's ability to re four-star rank, give the position to my class on Monday and been so messy. She said at first have less than half the equipment spond to natural disasters or pos a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff as they were trying to lecture it was just because she didn't they need to respond to a domes sible terrorist attacks at home. and provide the National Guard to the class my professor kept have enough time to unpack tic crisis, Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, Guard units have had to leave with a separate equipment bud interrupting and the things my the chief of the National Guard not only their tanks and other get. but now it is realty getting out Bureau, said during testimony to professor was saying didn't of control, I cannot eve combat vehicles behind in Iraq The National Guard now is the Commission on the National even make any sense. I think .fl*. but also the large cargo trucks, funded through the Department the bed!! Guard and Reserves. she just likes to hear her own Humvees, bulldozers, radios and of the Army and the Department voice. -Annoyed "The units that are overseas other gear essential to disaster re of the Air Force. Governors usual are magnificently equipped," sponse. ly control the forces in their states, Not interested in writing a said Blum, whose job is to coor your chance to let us in on it. Did Blum estimated that it would but the federal government can thoughtful response to an issue you wave to a friend and they dinate National Guard activities take about $40 billion for the mobilize them for large domestic from the paper? between the states and the Pen ignored you? Call them out. No Army National Guard alone to crises or overseas duty. This new section is just for tagon. "However, having said names, just the opportunity to make up for its equipment losses. Leahy and Bond say their you. that, 88 percent of the forces that share an intersting experience. Army Secretary Francis J. measure will give the National are back here in the United States Submit a moment from your Harvey told the panel that the Guard more muscle within the are very poorly equipped in the day around campus that was e-mail it to [email protected] Army has set aside $21 billion for Pentagon and will strengthen its Army National Guard." awesome or one that maybe made the National Guard to buy new ability to respond to emergencies you want to punch something. Worse still, less than 45 per vehicles and other ground gear at home and abroad. Someone say something in cent of the Air National Guard's and another $1.9 billion to replace credibly funny in class? Here's :THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 EDITOR: JUSTIN JB BRAUN 6oorts [email protected] Federer Continues His Dynasty Danny Travis in ruins. But this time he did it losing to Federer in a bloodbath. right back by rushing the sandspur even more dazzlingly, as he did Continuing the trend of the net and hitting it not even stop long enough to lose one-sided slaughters in the semi to Gonzalez's weak "Do you come from a land a single set - a feat that hasn't been finals, Fernando Gonzalez and backhand. . down under? accomplished since Bjorn Borg's Tommy Haas faced off in a match In the tiebreaker Where women glow and men 1980 French open victory. Of that can be described as anything of the first set plunder? course no one expected any less but exciting. In the course of the Federer turned on the Can't you hear, can't you hear from Roger, as he has dominated match, Haas only won five games, afterburners and beat the thunder? the ATP for the past three years. but still looked like he was playing Gonzalez 7-2. Hey, even You better run, you better Roger plundered his way alright. He wasn't making many a blind squirrel finds a take cover." through the opening rounds, errors, Gonzalez was just hitting nut or two every once This, as the Men at Work so taking no prisoners. He rolled shots with what looked like to be in a while. Federer eloquently put it in their 1980 through his early round matches impossible angles. brought the thunder smash hit "Down Under", can with ease, destroying everyone: So, it looked like we might and the following two very accurately describe the never breaking a sweat, never have a decent finals match with sets were pretty much events that transpired at this dropping a set. the continued dominance of just a formality, as it year's Australian open. In his semi-final match, Federer versus the speed and looked like it would be The beginning of the new he faced his "rival" (though, is gritty determination of Gonzalez. impossible for Gonzalez Grand Slam year, the Australian someone really your rival when On the front page of his hometown to break him as easily as Open is seen as the dawn of new you've beaten him twelve times in Chile's newspaper, it displayed he did in the first set. beginnings for tennis fans. But not and he's beaten you once?), Andy a giant picture of him and the Federer capped off this year, as a one-man wrecking Roddick, an American. Earlier this quote "I know I can beat him". the win with his routine ball made it known to the world year Andy beat Federer, but it was Oh, do you now? In the first set fall on the ground and that he isn't going anywhere any only in an exhibition and did not of the final, much to the world's give a teary eyed victory time soon. count towards his official record amazement, Gonzalez broke speech about how he COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS Roger Federer roared into the against him. With the hopes of Federer to go up on him. Federer loves the game. Are "land down under" and, in typical American tennis being carried on quickly decided that he was going tears really necessary at THE CHAMP: Roger Federer holds up fashion, left the entire men's draw his back, Andy ultimately failed, to have none of this, so he broke this point? the championship trophy. The Super Bowl: America's CLASSIFIEDS HELP WANTED PART TIME NANNY Most Watched Sporting Event WANTED not missed a beat without injured Justin Dottavio WR Brandon Stokely and the off Winter Park family. About 25 the sandspur season departure of RB Edgerrin hours per week. 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It's while serving in the U.S. and Cedric Benson. Both can the light side versus the dark side. Army Reserve. Get hands-on pound the ball and have speed to The Colts offense is led by Peyton experience and an additional break away. The Bears receiving Manning. Manning is considered paycheck every month. In the corps isn't in the same ballpark the most cerebral player of U.S. Army Reserve, you will with the Colts receiving corps, his time. He throws the ball train near home and serve much like Grossman isn't the QB COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS downfield to two Pro Bowl caliber when needed. Earn up to or leader Manning has proven wide outs in Marvin Harrison and $23,000 for college costs and to be. However Grossman has Reggie Wayne. This offense has shown flashes that he can be a Bowl XXXI open for the Packers. $4,500 in tuition assistance per playmaker. The cliche states that defense year, plus enlistment bonuses The Bears defense is filled wins championships. However, up to $20,000. 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THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 5,2007 SPORTS VOL. 113 ISSUE 16 Men's Basketball Rolls Back to Top 25 Juan Bernal their composure and take a 46- the game and out-rebounded the over Barry on Sunday, the Tars After two stops, Isaac Codrey the sandspur 37 lead into the halftime locker Panthers 30-21. had to turn around and host their would add a lay-up to give the room. Senior Isaac Codrey netter The Tars returned to arch-rival, the Florida Southern Tars a 71-68 lead with 1:13 left. 14 points in the first half and the Alfond Sports Center on Mocs on January 29. The Tars After the Mocs' Rob Eldridge hit The Rollins Men's basketball Johnny Reibel would add six Saturday January 27 to host the defeated the Mocs 70-59 on one of two free throws to cut the team is back into the Top 25 after points and six assists. The Tars Barry Buccaneers. Both teams January. In the early going it was Tars lead to 71-69 with 50 seconds completing the month of January would also shoot 56% in the half came into the game tied for first all Mocs, who raced out to a 10- left, Kevin Hogan would miss with a perfect 9-0 record. Eight of while limiting the Panthers to 42% place with a 6-1 record in the 0 lead in the first four minutes of a three pointer on the Tars' last those nine wins came in Sunshine in their 1-3-1 zone defense. In the Sunshine State Conference. On the game. The Tars would battle possession. With nine seconds State Conference play. The Tars second half, the Panthers would Saturday, there was no question back and go on an 18-7 run to take left, the Mocs' Brandon McDonald sit alone atop the Sunshine State come out with a vengeance in the as to who was the better team. their first lead of the game with took the ball up the court and Conference at 8-1 with second first five minutes behind a 17-8 Rollins would frustrate Barry all 10:47 left. For the rest of the half, missed desperation three at the place Barry at 7-2 and third place run to take a 54-53 lead with 15 afternoon with a variety of zone the Tars' Princeton offense, would buzzer to give the Tars their Lynn at 6-3. The Tars roll into minutes to go in the game. That defenses, which forced Barry to be sporadic as the Mocs' defense 11th consecutive victory. Johnny February ranked second in the lead would be the Panthers' last shoot 29%. Barry kept the game forced the Tars to shoot 40% and Reibel led the Tars with 24 points South Region and has a good of the game as John Thinnes and within 10 points until the last 4:40 commit six turnovers. The Mocs and five assists and John Thinnes chance of bringing the South Isaac Codrey would lead the Tars of the first half in which the Tars were pounding the Tars on the added 20 points. The Tars shot Region Tournament to the Alfond barrage that had five players in used a 9-3 run to take a 36-18 lead glass, out-rebounding them 25- 44% and won the game despite Sports Center, where they are a double figures. The Tars would into the halftime locker room. In 14 in the first half. Despite those being out-rebounded 45-21. perfect 13-0 this season. outscore the Panthers 34-20 for the second half it was. more of the numbers, the Tars would only The Tars quest for their On Wednesday January 24th, the rest of the game en route to an same as Barry had no answer for go into the halftime locker room fourth conference title in five the Tars would begin a stretch 87-74 Victory. John Thinnes lead Rollins' zones. Rollins would lead down three points,- 36-33. In the years continues on Wednesday in which they would play three the Tars with 21 points, who shot by as much as 28 points en route second team, the game was nip February 7th when they try to games in six days. Wednesday's 25 for 30 from the free throw line. to a 63-38 victory. It was Rollins' and tuck the whole way with avenge their only conference loss stop was Melbourne, in where Isaac Codrey totaled 18, Johnny best defensive effort of the season. neither team holding an advantage to the Tampa Spartans at 7:30 in the Tars would visit the Clemente Reibel contributed 17 points and Offensively Rollins shot 45% and of more than four points. With the Alfond Sports Center. On Center to play the Florida Tech eight assists, and Craig Reichel out-rebounded the Bucs 38-25. the game tied at 66 and 3:08 left, Saturday February 10th, they host Panthers. The Panthers came in scored 10 points and grabbed Craig Reichel led the Tars with 19 the Mocs would get their last field the Lynn Fighting Knights at 4 with a record of 5-14 and 1-6 in seven boards. Kevin Hogan points and Kevin added 11. For goal of the game off of a field goal P.M. conference. Early in the game the chipped in 11 points for the Tars the Bucs, they were lead by Phil by Andrei Grant. The Tars would Panthers jumped out to 10-6 lead off the bench. The Panthers were Puccia with 16 points and Ryan respond 10 seconds later when behind their catalyst E.J Murray. lead by E.J Murray who scored Saunders added 12. John Thinnes hit a clutch three However, the Tars would regain 24 points. The Tars shot 58% for After enjoying the victory pointer to put the Tars up 69-68. Florida's College Baseball Preview Justin Dottavio made two errors all season in the Junior Starting the sandspur outfield. The 'Canes also benefit Pitcher Bryan from the return of Starting pitcher Augenstein does Scott Maine, and Utility pitcher return after posting According to Rivals.com, Danny Gil who can start, long a 3.07 ERA and 9- The Sporting News, and Baseball relieve, or close. 6 record on fifteen America, the Miami Hurricanes The Florida State Seminoles starts. Southpaw are the team to beat in the state enter 2007 without the services J.K. La Coste is back of Florida this season. The 'Canes of outfielder Shane Robinson in the rotation after are ranked 4,5, and 2 respectively. who hit .361 with 7 HR's in 2006. registering 2 wins Florida State isn't ranked by IB Dennis Guinn and OF Jack in 7 starts but was Rivals, but begins '07 at 17, and Rye bring their team leading 12 plagued by a lack of 18 in the latter two polls. The homeruns back to Tallahassee, run support. University of Florida Gators, who and catcher Buster Posey is The UCF have won the NCAA Basketball looking to replicate his 200.6 Golden Knights championship and the Football season in which he hit .346 with enter the 2007 championship in the last year, 48 RBI's. season unranked on start 2007 unranked in baseball The Seminole pitching staff the national scene. by all three sources. can no longer count on Tyler They lost staff Ace The Hurricanes lose a pair of Chambliss who finished '06 12-4 Tim Bascom to the great players in Outfielder John with a 2.96 ERA. However, senior San Diego Padres. Jay and Closer Chris Perez. Jay Closer Luke Tucker brings his Bascom's 2.47 ERA hit .361 and Perez had an ERA 1.07 ERA and 9 saves back for his and 90 Ks outshined of 1.79 while recording 12 saves final season at FSU. The 'Noles his 5-6 record last in 2006. But Miami has enough second and third starters season. The Knights talent returning, and signed one Bryan Henry and Mike Hyde also lost Catcher/ of their most heralded freshman are back and combined to go 18-5 IB Ryan Bono to classes since I've been following in 29 starts a year ago. graduation. Bono College Baseball. The Gators have seen more was a staple of the 2006's Hurricanes line-up success in Basketball and Football Knights line-up and had three standout freshman lately than Baseball. Gavin his .320 average and come in right away to perform Dickey was the only Florida 6 HR's will as missed huge. Jemile Weeks hit .352 with 6 starter to bat over .300 in 2006 as his leadership HR's as a freshman at 2B, Yonder and he has since graduated and skills. Alonso added a team leading 10 moved on. The Gators will miss HR's and 69 RBIs at IB, and Blake Dickey's 11 homeruns, because COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS Tekotte added ten steals and only their cupboard looks bare for '07. DOG PILE: The University of Miami baseball team celebrates. 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