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University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 10-10-2008 Sandspur, Vol 115, No 07, October 10, 2008 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 115, No 07, October 10, 2008" (2008). The Rollins Sandspur. 1868. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1868 The Oldest College Newspaper in Florida Est. 1894 anaSpur WINTES A RN PARK D S , PUFL R^ Interested in some Are you juicing? as in Juicy Campus Is living at extra cash? Take pages 6-7 Rollins going pictures and write Latest- The Facts to kill you? By; J The Sandspur stories for Find out on Spill the Juice Here... page 4. Hey, hey we're the mon certain muscles of the vocal cavity which allow for multiphonic singing. In layman's terms, they are able to turn their bodies into amplifiers so they can sing three notes at a time to create one complete chord. Their singing is usually accompanied by traditional instruments FLORIDA such as dmmS/ cynfcafc, ALEXIS trumpets, and ten-foot- COURTESY OF IAVA.ORG JOBERNAUER long horns, and the performers the sandspur usually don elaborate costumes and masks. •Monks are coming to It takes over 24 hours of Winter Park. No, not the cast of traveling to get from Tibet to Veterans recount heroism Tony Salhoub's Golden Globe Orlando, so why would these AMANDA DRUM that was hidden in sand. "They Uzbekistan and aided in the winning show on USA or the monks fly halfway around the the sandspur know what we're going to do, building of a new base there. limprovisational jazz musician world just to perform for the and we know what they were He advised, "In the military, Ihelonious. Rollins is bringing residents in Winter Park, Florida? going to do," he said before he they tell you not to volunteer eal monks straight out of Tibet's Organizers state that the tour "A man who is good enough shared the tale. "When you get for anything, because you Drepung Loseling Monastery. has three basic purposes: to to shed the blood for the country put in crazy situations, you do never know what you're getting Drepung Loseling is one of ^make a contribution to world is good enough to be given a stupid things." into." Rafiq spent forty days the most famous monasteries in peace and healing, to generate square deal afterwards." Genevieve Chase was born at that base and worked with the world and was established a greater awareness of the Theodore Roosevelt hit the in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and intelligence afterward. "Shots inl416. The Monks who are endangered Tibetan civilization, nail on the head in light of the frequently referred to herself were going off every night. And coming to Winter Park will cand to gain support for the presenters that shared their war as an "army brat" because she our job was to feed info to the be performing "Sacred Music Tibetan refugee community in stories during the Iraqi Soldiers travelled across the globe as guys actually on the ground Sacred Dance for World India. The Central Asian region presentation,, on Tuesday, a child with her father who to help them out." He is now Healing" at the Tiedtke Concert has been highlighted in the October 7. served in the military. She said studying to be a professional Hall in early November as a part news recently as the center of The three veterans who that she never had a true home war counselor and is already of the international Mystical much conflict and controversy spoke at the presentation each town. By the age of 25^ she was doing counseling work for the jArts of Tibet Tour. because of China's illegitimate took turns recounting small making six figures and living Veterans Affairs. You may ask, "Why would governance of the 5.4 million experiences—just around ten in a 5-bedroom home. "Then I After each veteran spoke, | be interested in seeing a ethnic Tibetans who reside minutes long- before moving woke up one day and realized students were allowed - or collection of old men in odd there. In Tibet, monks have led on to a question and answer I wasn't getting anything out of according to Patrick, "obligated" robes chanting foreign words peaceful protests only to be session. In each story, the [life]." She sold her home, quit - to ask questions. One student I can not understand?" These subjected to violent beatings veterans shared a bit about their her job, and enlisted in the army. asked, "How did-[the speakers] renowned multiphonic singers by the suppressing Chinese own lives, why they enlisted in She went through two and a personally and politically feel have hot only performed in front militiamen. the army, and what they gained half cycles of basic training and about deployment?" of sold out crowds at Carnegie There are two huge from the opportunity. language training in Ft. Drum Genevieve pointed out, jHall, the Smithsonian Institute, opportunities to learn more Patrick Campbell is a medic before being transferred to Iraq. "I think we need to be there. jand the Lincoln Center, but they about the remarkably diverse of the US Army and a part of She touched on women in Historically, we helped them pve also rocked out with Paul culture of these mysterious the Washington DC National the military, and said "I know kick the Russians out, but we left jpimon, folk singer Edie Brickell, people. The. first is an extended Guard. He was in New York by far I'rn not the first... [But] I them with nothing." Rafiq also ^Natalie Merchant, singer/ performance on Friday, City the day of the September 11 think some of our generation is said, "We get to see the positive jsongwriter Patti Smith, the November 7th at 8 p.m. Tickets attacks, and he volunteered to the first to really talk about it." things we do over there." •f eastie Boys, and the Grateful will cost between $30 and $40, pull people out of the wreckage She also divulged, "You can't let Another student asked; pead's Mickey Hart, to name a depending on seat location. The of. ground zero despite his the guys see you cry, you can't "Did [the speakers] feel at any few. Two of their CD recordings second opportunity is an hour- limited training. However, he let the guys see you down." point the recruiting process gave have landed in the top ten of long, informal performance was denied because he was Rafiq had an experience that [them] a sense of disillusion?" New Age Charts. Richard Gere geared toward families and neither a soldier nor a medic. might sound familiar to many Patrick joked, "My recruiter is co-producing this tour and children. This interactive It was that moment that drove of Rollins' own: as a sophomore was mistaken. The Navy...kept even His Holiness the Dalai gathering will be held Saturday him to sign up for the army in college, he became ORGation trying to tell me to lose more th Mma endorses the monks, so morning, November 8 at because he promised himself and "signed all the dotted lines." weight." On a more serious f ou know they are going to be 11 a.m. Tickets to the Saturday that he "wouldn't be put into He figured, "it's peacetime!" note, Genevieve said, "We have good. show are $15 for adults and $10 that scenario again." With his Rafiq chose to join in 1999, a saying where I work. We Convinced yet? It is for children under 18. The Bach medic work/ he treated eighteen giving him little time out of don't lie, but the truth is always understandable if you are still Festival Society of Winter Park people, lost four, and saved four basic training before 9/11. When changing. Which is true." wondering what to expect is responsible for hosting the fives. he found out tnat his first station How should students get ^hen you see the show You program. When he told the audience assignment was the Salt Lake involved in the war effort? should expect mindboggling about some of his own City Olympics three years later, Patrick says to "go to IAVA.org multiphonic singing, and lots Mystical Arts of Tibet experiences, he elaborated on he recalled thinking, "I don't and sign up." Genevieve added, )f Jt- Tibetan culture is the only Friday, Nov 7, 2008 at 8 pm, a funny incident involving want to go to the Olympics, I "And become aware, too...Don't pne on earth that practices the Tiedtke Concert Hall "taking a leak" on an IED want to go to war!" tell me what I can't do, tell me control and manipulation of www.bachfestivalflorida.org. (Improvised Explosive Device) He was next sent to what Lean do," October 10, 2008 The Rollins College Sandspur [email protected] NEWS FATEMA KERMALLI Fair Trade : the sandspur On Monday, October 6th, Rollins' newly created group, the Society for friend or foe a Just Peace in Palestine (SJP), hosted their first ever event in the Faculty Club. ALEXIS OBERNAUER Students attending the event were able the sandspur to enjoy some snacks while watching i fifiic if THf MOTIVATiOl On the outmost level of analysis, there fhe independent film "Paradise Now," seems to be little wrong with the concept of Fair which highlights the occurrence of Trade.