University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 1-12-1994 Sandspur, Vol 100 No 12, January 12, 1994 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 100 No 12, January 12, 1994" (1994). The Rollins Sandspur. 9. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/9 A number of changes have been made to News the Academic Calendar for 1994-95. Forum Margey Plane, a Rollins junior studying Included, among other important dates, abroad in Austria, offers a long-distance is the return of Fall Break. Letter to the Editors explaining her thoughts on sabbaticals. —page 4 —page 12 -,-.••••• THE SANDSPUR 1894 • CENTENNIAL VOLUME 1994 100 Issue #12 Itolume Rollins College - Winter Park, Florida January 12, 1994 ORNELLS DONATE $3 MILLION BY SHELLIE OLSZEWSKI component of the campus Sandspur community," said President Rita Bornstein. "The Cornells are A Delray Beach couple who have making a major investment in the generously supported Rollins quality of student life at Rollins by College in the past have donated $3 providing the major portion of million to the school toward funds necessary toward construction of a new campus construction of this facility." center. Bornstein said construction of George D. and Harriet W. Cornell the new campus center will begin w**W- were recently honored at a gala once the remaining funds celebrating the 15th anniversary of necessary for its completion are Rollins' art museum that bears their secured. The center, overlooking name. Their many gifts to the Lake Virginia, will include dining institution also include a social facilities, conference rooms, science center completed in 1988 student meeting space, and and an endowed faculty chair. The recreational space. Cornells hold the distinction of Mr. Cornell, a trustee of the being the largest contributors of college, is a 1935 graduate of any alumni in the history of the Rollins. Mrs. Cornell is an college. honorary alumna of the college. illustration courtesy of the Office of Public Relations "A campus center to serve as the Both hold honorary degrees from b campus center, overlooking Lake Virginia, will include dining facilities, conference social hub of the college is a vital the school. poms, student meeting space, and recreational space. The Student Voice and Fox Day in January? ... the Curriculum our college curriculum. This could can truly reflect the needs of Rollins |BYM 5SA FRANKLIN College." ND CHRIS SMITH be the only large scale input that students have in this issue that they Tenatively scheduled from 9 a.m. care so deeply about. to 3 p.m., the forum will give "Itjust doesn't feel like we have "No issue effects the student students, faculty, staff, and Jwchofa voice, even in things that body as decisively as changes in administrators the opportunity to a us as directly as our classes," the curriculum. After a semester talk together and discuss the current |aied freshmen Bcthanic Shirk, of discussion in the faculty and curriculum and education here at miniarizing much of the administration about the new Rollins. It will focus on what can by students across curriculum, the time has finally be done now to improve the arrived for the students to put forth quality of the education here at On January 25th, the time for their ideas and concerns," says Rollins. The hope is that the views SGA Vice President Mike Porco. expressed here by the Rollins A regional magazine, Florida Leader, publishes an annual be a campus-wide forum to "It is important for students to please see CURRICULUM, page 4"Bes t Of" issue including their favorite picks from colleges I<MS the upcoming changes in particicipate, so that this forum and universities around the state. This year, Rollins will receive "Best Tradition" for our annual Fox Day. The magazine requested a photo of the Fox with students frolicking in the background for the upcoming edition. There was only one INTER TERM WITH THE problem: it was only December and the Fox wouldn't be expected for another four months. Public Relations couldn't wait until April to roll around, so Physical Plant wheeled the RITERS RETURNS Fox out for an early public appearance. program "All Things Considered." '•-AURA KOO are free and open to the public. THE SANDSPUR West, a widely published poet In the tradition of Garrison Keillor 1000 Holt Avenue- 2742 Non Profit Organization and writer of children's literature, and Fannie Flagg, White writes Winter Park, FL 32789 - 4499 U.S. POSTAGE *'° best-selling authors and a spoke Thursday, January 6. She about her tiny home town in - PAID - temporary poet will headline holds the Irving Bacheller Chair of Georgia, which is full of fascinating ROLLINS COLLEGE annual Winter Term With the Creative Writing at Rollins. Her neighbors. ginning January 6. work has appeared in a variety of O'Brien won the National Book dists Bailey White and Tim literary and poetry journals. Award for Going After Cacciato ^ and Rollins faculty White, author of the best seller and numerous awards for The and poet Jean West will Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Things They Carried. He will speak Thursday, January 20. His work Jccessive Thursday Other Dangers of Southern Living, ls appears in some editions of at 8 p.m. on campus in will speak Thursday, January 13. Prize Stories: TheO. Henry Awards '°way Room of the Mills White is a popular commentator and in national magazines. al Center. The programs on the National Public Radio The Sandspur Volume 100 | page 2 SSu Around the H R s E s H o E Knowles Memorial Chapel "A Golden Age" Chapel Services for Winter Term Sunday — 5:00 p.m. Opens at Cornell A major exhibition of etchings, development of printmaking from U$o engravings, and woodcuts by such masters 1815 in Italy, Germany, France, n as Durer and Rembrandt, begins at the Netherlands, England, and Spain. Some Cornell Fine Arts Museum on Friday, the world's greatest artists worked January 14, at 5:30 p.m., with a reception printmakers during this period, n January 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. open without charge to Cornell members, exhibition includes prints executed b their guests, and the entire community. Albrecht Purer (7 prints), Lucas Cranac Commemorative Service, Entitled A Golden Age: Old Master Prints Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Jacques from the Norton Gallery of Art, the show Rembrandt van Rijn (7 prints), Adrianv continues through February 27. Ostade, Stefano della Bella, January 23: Magdalene- a play in two acts by A Golden Age consists of 56 works drawn Hogarth, Francisco Gova (of 1799), Michael Johnson with international award entirely from West Palm Beach's Norton others. Gallery of Art, which has one of the best In addition, about 20 prints in the collect! winning actress Thelma Ann Jones. collections of old master prints in Florida. of the Cornell Museum, done by some The collection has been developed largely these same artists, will be on vie within the last forty years through gift and concurrently in the Museum's galleries. January 30: Grand Inquisitor Scene from purchase. The Norton's recent acquisition Related events for A Golden Age inHi of an important Giovanni Battista Piranesi a gallery talk on "Old Master Prints"o Dostoevski, Rollins Theatre Department. (1720-1778) from the 1749 Prisons series is Sunday, January 16, at 3 p.m., by the included in the show. curator of the Norton, David F. SetfonUi A Golden Age gives an overview of the organized the exhibition. SPRING WELCOME TO THE WRITING CENTER and the ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER WINTER TERM 1994 CREDIT The Writing Center and the Academic Resource Center will be open limited hours Monday through Thursday during Winter Term. Peer Writing Consultants will be available from 4-10p to help you with fulfilling the CLASSES assignment, invention, ideas, organization and support. Peer Language Consultants will be available from 6-8p to help you with grammar, mechanics and polishing. Listed below are the consultants, their majors and minors, BEGIN and the hours they will be working. Please come up and visit us! Dr. Twila Yates Papay Beth Rapp Young Director of Writing Programs Assistant to the Director FEBRUARY of Writing Programs The WRITING CONSULTANTS for Winter 1994: Todd Bellochio, Economics Jen Harris, Politics/Comm./English Scott Carlton, Physics Mark Huaman, MAT, English* 1ST Marc Consalo, Psychology Tom Joyner, Writing/English* Pam Cutrone, Sociology* Julie-Ann Neubaum, AS: Art/Org.Comm./Eng Carlos Dayao, Envir.St./Bio Mims Rouse, Biology The Rollins College Hamilton Holt School Heather Garrett, French/Teh. Cert.* (evening studies) is now accepting Dan Garrison, Business Adm.* Heather Smiley, English/Org.Comm. applications for the Spring Term which Max Wheeler, English/Classics* begins February l. Monday New students can register for classes from Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 19 at 4 - 5p Pam C* Julie-Ann Julie-Ann Mims an informal Open House at the Holt School Max* office, 203 E. Lyman Ave., downtown Max* 5 - 6p Pam C* Winter Park. Advisers, financial aid Tom* Tom* Mims counselors, staff, and faculty will be available 6 - 7p Mark H* to help students select classes. Individuals Todd Jen H Carlos may file an application and register at this Dan* time through an on-line computer system.