Sandspur, Vol 110, No 03, September 12, 2003

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 9-12-2003 Sandspur, Vol 110, No 03, September 12, 2003 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 110, No 03, September 12, 2003" (2003). The Rollins Sandspur. 209. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/209 ROLLINS COLLEGE "WINTER PARK, FLORIDA vKf)e ^antoetour THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA FOUNDED IN 1894 Still They Rise Word on the Street Rachel Sage LIVE Clayton Chesarek, '03 Rachel Sage makes a trip to and the men's soccer Arnold saves the world from robots and the Rice Family Bookstore team rise to 18th in campaigns to be Governor. This week to promote her new album the nation in Division students ponder which Hollywood Stars and play live before a Two soccer. might feel at home in a political office. Rollins crowd. page 12 page 7 page 6 Gone With The Wind • With hurricane protection of residing stu A League of Her Own dents, staff, and the college season in full property. • First year stu force, Rollins When facing such a situ dent Lara Bueso prepares for the ation, the President of the college will have the was recognized at worst. Emergency Operations the Hispanic by Natalie Millan Director, or Campus Safety news editor Director, schedule a meeting Heritage Awards. Hurricane season started with the EOPT This by Caitlin Geoghan June 1 and doesn't leave us Emergency Management copy editor in the clear until November team will meet and assess Hey Rollins students, 30, meaning that while a the probability of rainfall, "Tenemos una estrella entre great majority of Rollins wind damage, and general nosotros!" In other words, College students call cam danger, and make an "We have a star among us!" pus home, we have to won informed decision. They will Rollins' own Lara Bueso, '07, der, is the college prepared be aided in knowing what to former Miami resident, was in case of a natural disaster? do through communication recently honored at the Campus Safety Director •with Orange County Hispanic Heritage Awards. Brad McKown has an Emergency Services and Bueso traveled to answer that will make your Management, which will Washington, D.C to receive photo / LARA BUESO parents relieved—"We are schedule a conference call her award at the Kennedy SHE'S ALL THAT: Lara Bueso, pictured second from left, always prepared." informing the area colleges Center on Friday Sept. 5. poses with Daisy Fuentes and fellow award recipients. In case of an emergency, and theme parks of the nec The award ceremony will be nized with the Hispanic was a member of the school including a hurricane, essary information to base aired September 13th at 7:00 Heritage Youth Award for newspaper and yearbook. Rollins College will imple their decisions and actions. p.m. on NBC. Journalism. In order to win She served as editor of the ment the Emergency Fortunately, hurricane The Hispanic Heritage this prestigious award, one yearbook for three years and Operations Plan (EOP). The threats are usually noted Awards is a program that must perform a great deal of as copy editor of the news plan designates certain peo several days in advance, honors members of the community service as well paper from her sophomore ple as the Emergency allowing the county and the Hispanic community for as display excellence in year to the close of her high Operations Plan Team team time to make the neces outstanding contributions in his/her respective category. school career. (EOPT), a group of essential sary provisions. literature, sports, lifetime Bueso excelled in both When it comes to serv personnel and staff whose The Bush Science Center achievement, leadership and requirements. ing her community, Bueso is primary responsibility is the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 education. Bueso was recog- In high school, Bueso CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Armageddon: The Sequel taion JtouiNf (own Wm • Scientists pre ed to the Minor Planet event such a large mass Center in Massachusetts (about 2,600 million tons) dict another aster- (which records all new dis were to hit Earth, a rock of iod is heading coveries of asteroids and this size traveling at 75,000 comets), and later advised to mph would have the force of towards earth. the United Kingdom Near 350,000 megatons, eight mil by Brian Hernandez Earth Objects Information lion times more powerful staff reporter Center based in Leicester, than the nuclear bomb that British astronomers England for review. U.S. forces dropped on announced last week that Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons, a Hiroshima, Japan, during they have detected an aster member of the Center's World War II. oid two-thirds of a mile wide team, stresses t£iat while To help clarify the global that could potentially strike there is no cause for public effects an asteroid strike of Earth on March 21,2014. The concern at this point, "there this magnitude could have asteroid, known as 2003 is some uncertainty about on Earth, Dr. Robert Carson of the Rollins College If you have not registered your computer and you QQ47, was first spotted in where it is going. In all prob have a virus, you will be disconnected from the Department of Physics distant space on August 24 ability, within the next network. You will then have to pay a $100 fine. If you by the Lincoln Near Earth month we will know its pointed out that "this type of do not take care of this, Internet traffic will Asteroid Research Program future orbit with an accuracy an impact has long been continue to be slow and it will continue to be (also known as LINEAR), which will mean we will be associated with the atmos impossible to access the internet from the residence based in Socorro, New able to rule out any impact." pheric catastrophe that's balls. Students are encouraged to bring their machines Mexico. Once QQ47's possi According to British believed to have lead to the to the IT Help Desk if they are having any problems. ble course was determined astronomers, the chances of mass extinction of the As of last Friday, approximately 300 a collision are presently 1 in students were unregistered and/or infected. to be in Earth's direction, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 observations were forward 909,000. However, in the SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 THE SANDSPUR NEWS Hurricane Season Asteroid Heading CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 necessities such as flash dents, and they would be will serve as the primary lights, batteries, and radios. relocated to Bush and other Towards Earth shelter for the immediate Facilities Management appropriate facilities, families of the Essential would be responsible for depending on the number of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Personnel, Winter Park securing equipment and students. Students would clusters of rocks left over Emergency Personnel, and buildings, preparing facili also be encouraged to keep dinosaurs 65 million years from the formation of the as a temporary shelter for ties, generators, etc. their radios tuned to a local ago." Carson explained solar system 4.5 billion years residing students. In effect, Public Relations would station or our very own cam that, "if an object of such a ago. Most do not stray from Bush would be the base of be responsible for coordinat pus station, 90.5 WPRK for large size strikes a planet the asteroid belt that exists operations for Campus ing the external and internal updates and general infor with a monumental force of between Mars and Jupiter, Safety and Facilities. The communications for the mation. kinetic energy, the debris of but gravitational behemoths reason for the use of Bush as EOPT, and the Residential In case of relocation to particulates kicked up into such as Jupiter can push a shelter is easy to see. Life Office would coordinate Bush, the essential items that the atmosphere would mask these asteroids outside of According to McKown, "the temporary housing facilities a student should bring to be the sun in an effect called a their orbits and onto trajec building is built like a as well as restock health/first prepared during an emer Nuclear Winter." Taking tories towards Earth and its fortress, with no windows aid kits and monitor the gency include bedding, pil into consideration that neighbors. While the process and thick walls." The rooms whereabouts of residents. lows, one small bag with atmospheric jet streams of tracking near-Earth to be used in case of emer Following the emergency, clothing, any necessary would carry the debris cloud objects can take astronomers gencies have extra phone ResLife would also be in medication/glasses/etc, non- around the planet, all life anywhere from days to lines and fax numbers, charge of cooperating with perishable food items, and Would be affected. months, don't start maxing where all information and the appropriate college units toiletry items. Students may Dr. Paul Chodas, a out your credit cards just messages would be forward to locate people in need of want to have a couple of research scientist at NASA's yet, JPL admits that most ed. The Science Center has medical treatment, assessing things pre-arranged and set Jet Propulsion Laboratory orbits can never accurately already proved its useful damage, overseeing commu aside for faster evacuation.

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