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STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 113, No 19, February 26, 2007" (2007). The Rollins Sandspur. 1830. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1830 The andspuROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDr A | ARTS & ^NTKkl'AlNMiaNT OPINIONS SPORTS CELEBRITY GOSSIP RELATIONSHIP ADVICE PING PONG WITH PREZ From Britney Spears's new hair do to crosswords, Check out the opinion's section for a weekly Duncan demolishes competition at ping pong the Entertainment section has it all. column on relationship advice. tournament. PAGES 6-9 PAGE 13 PAGE 16 THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 www.thesandspur.org February 26, 2007 Hdlrweed Glitz and Glam Hits Renins

campus to showcase all of the fabu­ lous work done by the students. Last Ariel Krieger year at the event they had people the sandspur dressed up in evening gowns, red car­ pet, and photographs. It tries to stir up Rollins campus is buzzing with excitement by simulating the academy budding producers, directors, actors, awards. and screen writers. Campus Movie The greatest films are posted on Fest is coming to town! www.campusmoviefest.com. Some of For most students this is a dream the prizes are great, definitely worth come true, the largest student movie your shot at making a film 5 minutes festival ijj the country started in the or less. Within the school you have the year 2000 and is now widely spread chance to win i-pods, prize kits from across the country. the sponsors TBS and TCM, and once you go regional you can win DVD What it is: This endeavor is where players and computers! The top na­ people choose teams to sign up to tional team wins $10,000. make a film in its entirety. Every stu­ dent has a chance to express their emo­ Benefits of the Campus Movie Fest tions and creativity through film. It is are that it gives the students a chance a week long competition in which all to be independent thinkers, learn in­ the movies are entered and winners credible skills in organization, and can get HUGE rewards and prizes. perhaps showcase some of their in­ credible talent. Rollins College recent­ Campus Movie Fest offers all ly adopted the mission statement to the members who sign up apple lap­ build responsible leaders who engage tops, camcorders, and even training in "global citizenship." Campus Movie workshops held on February 23. The Fest believes that this is a wonderful incredible thing is it is all entirely opportunity for students to achieve FREE! These movies range in genre this and build a greater sense of com­ from documentaries on philanthropic munity in the campus. People come to­ events, to comedies, to intense dramas gether to show respect for the films the with love, drugs, and money. students work so hard to complete! Everyone get ready... because the Rollins College, prepare yourself competition and search for the great­ for an experience of a lifetime, the est films starts February 20th! From movies premiere on March 1st and that day each crew gets their equip­ this is an event you will definitely not ment and begins their action. The want to miss. Not only are the movies filming ends and pieces are submitted fun, but following the show there will on February 26th. be a spectacular display of fireworks This campus wide adventure gets right over our very beautiful Lake Vir­ people to use their competitive and ginia. Have I convinced you yet? creative sides. There is a showing on

I Heard Britney Shaved Her Head and that Rumors was Fantastic larious consequences that follow. ing weekend. members in a play that also has an ever clouding stage picture. Directed by Dr. Joseph Nassif, Michael Dalto, 21, is a busy fifteen students in its running Dr. Nassif speaks about Neil Seth Stutman Rumors was without a doubt, a Religious Studies major who dou­ crew. One opportunity and diffi­ Simon's comedy highly. "The the sandspur well executed comedic work. bles as my roommate and also culty in directing and acting can man is phenomenal with his gift plays the role of Lenny Ganz. A be the large, ensemble cast found of comedy." Nassif understands It's no lie. Neil Simon's Ru­ There is a journalistic ethic that inclines me against inking a member of Rollins Improv Play­ in a script like Simon's Rumors. the playwright. "Each line is mors took the Annie Russell The­ review of Rumors -1 am a Rollins ers and a veteran of comedy, Mi­ During the 'Talkback' session orchestrated, timed and choreo­ ater by storm last week, spread­ student and a theater participant. chael embraces the field of farce. shortly after the curtain fell, Dr. graphed." In directing his pu­ ing rumors all throughout the In addition, my being personal "It's hard to rehearse comedy to Nassif remarked about how "the pils, he utilizes his tools while show, prompting the audience to friends with the majority of the an empty house, and it's good to cast of this show is very well ac­ guiding actor's attempts at both contemplate the authenticity of cast takes away from the total see that the show was met with complished" and and how they laughs and dramatic moment. the verbal bashings and gossip mystique of the theatrical expe­ a receptive audience." With ten responded well to the nature of "Many students want to punch that small communities foster all rience - if only for an instance. Rollins productions under his a very methodical comedy. How­ the funny parts." H^ nods know­ too well. In the play, a socialite's However, my insight allows me belt, Dalto highly regards Ru­ ever, in terms of directional ease, ingly. "You can't. You have to be been shot in the ear at a 10th an­ access to the process of theater, its mors. "You can never be too over the large scenes were the most patient." niversary dinner and the couples creation and development from the top in a farce." difficult to direct because every that come to party are forced to auditions to its reviewable open­ Michael is one of ten cast added individual contributed to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 deal with the problem and the hi­

ENTERTAINMENT 6 NEWS 2 HOLT NEWS 5 LIFE & TIMES 10 OPINIONS 13 SPORTS 15 THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 26, 2007 NEWS VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

WORLD Neil Simon's Rumors Debut in Annie Russell

NEWS al atmosphere." Our liberal arts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 experience allows for anyone to This.. .well.. .direction is what audition for a show and get their Nassif and other directors are big break on the stage. COURTESY OF CNN lauded or discredited for depend­ Sophomore Joseph Bromfield, ing on the success on a show. 20, has graced both Rollins stages ENGLAND: British Prime While every director operates often. However, Rumors was his Minister Tony Blair announced differently, they must forge a mu­ first attempt at a real farce. "It was hard not to laugh at yourself." He plans for the imminent with­ tually educational relationship with the actor in order to achieve continues. "There is a delight in drawal of around 1,600 of his both the potential of the actor and being funny without trying to be country's troops from Iraq. the desires of an intelligent direc­ funny." Joseph's character Ken tor. Luckily, auditions for equally Gorman, loses his hearing with IRAN: The Iranian president intelligent actors were not sparse comical consequences and is a scoffed at a U.N. Security Coun­ in participants. constant source of laughs. His cil demand that the Islamic re­ Sixty-four students auditioned improvisation experience lent it­ public halt its uranium-enrich­ for the roles of ten characters. The self well to the molding style of TONY FIRRIOLO/The Sandspur ment program. theater has further reaching ten­ the director. TELLING OF OUR TIME: The production of Rumors tells a lot tacles than many would imagine. "We never know how much about our generation. GUINEA: Union leaders in John Milford, 19, was tabbed credit to give to the director" tion. This ensemble cast, director V According to audience coor­ Guinea entered a second day as Officer Welch in his collegiate states Dr. Nassif. In viewing a and crew worked in unison to­ dinator, Scottie Campbell, ticket of negotiations aimed at end­ theatrical debut. "I did a little polished product, it is a mystery wards a production that is hilari­ sales are up twenty percent this ing a crippling general strike, theater in high school but the to the audience who guides char­ ous and is telling of our time and year so get out early because the but they rejected the idea of a program was pretty bad." Com­ acter choices, lighting and sound generation. best seats are near the front. See trial period for a prime minister paratively, Rollins has a leg up, decisions, costuming and make­ Get your modern chuckles some free theater before gradua­ whose nomination they oppose. producing consistently stimulat­ up looks, in addition to the multi­ in now, because next up on the tion, before you have to break the ing shows. "It's a great experience tude of other responsibilities that Annie Russell Theater is Henry bank to get a balcony seat. are required to raise a produc- COLOMBIA: Two clowns were working in an almost profession­ shot and killed by an unidenti­ fied gunman during their per­ formance at a traveling circus in Get Talked at, then 'Talkback' the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday. sif, a former professor at Rollins at the Annie: Rollins to New York city, take in Seth Stutman College. He directed Neil Simon's This summer, Rollins is send­ three Broadway shows and attend Rumors, the same play that shares ing twelve students to Quadren- the 61st annual Tony awards. Well MADAGASCAR: Madagascar the sandspur the theater and whose review is tinal in Prague where they will done to the people at the Rollins needs more than $242 million to If you attend a theatrical per­ found on this same newspaper perform, design and create. All travel agency. recover from cyclone damage so formance at the Annie Russell page. While the play was fan­ drawn from an impressive inter­ Dr. Joseph Nassif spoke vol­ far this season, Foreign Minister Theater for the first Sunday mati­ tastic, the after party in the front national applicant pool, the stu­ umes about the process and care Gen. Marcel Ranjeva said. nee showing, you are also grant­ rows was, as always, just as in­ dents will be spending more than with which a calculated comedy ed the privilege of attending the teresting. Much like our Winter a week working and soaking up like Rumors had to be directed. 'Talkback' session that takes place with the Writers program does the culture of Europe Some of his comments can be moments after the curtain closes. for aspiring and interested writ­ While a guest set designer found on the other article con­ Usually hosted by Thomas Ou- ers, the Talkback gives us insight was commissioned to design the cerning the actual show, which lette, chair of the Theater depart­ onto the profession of directing set, the theater's staff and stu­ runs until February 24th. Prom­ ment, the session is your 'Inside and allows for the answers to any dents physically built the set and ise yourself that you will go to at NATIONAL the Actors Studio' for the current theatrical question for the cast, or designed both the lights and cos­ least one play before you gradu­ director at the theater and is com­ crew. tumes while also filling the many ate - culture yourselves a little NEWS » plimented by casts who try their The following are a just a few crew positions. before you have to impress at best to remove the make-up and points to ponder when reading Had you received a program dinner parties. Better yet, see the costumes as quickly as possible. this on your desk, on the way to from any of the shows this year, show on the same afternoon at This month, the special guest class, or in the restroom that I you would have seen the oppor­ the Talkback. You might just get took from the ten minute session tunity to go on an adventure with a few questions answered. FLORIDA: Anna Nicole Smith's happened to be Dr. Joseph Nas­ mother said that she's afraid for the safety of her 5-month-old granddaughter, Dannielynn, while.the baby is in the care Rollins Just Got a Little Greener of Howard K. Stern, her late lar project website (www.rollins. daughter's lawyer and compan­ Shannon Post edu/osil/solar) will inform the ion. the sandspur community the power generated daily from the current panels, OREGON: The three hikers A large group of Rollins stu­ and will have updates about up­ rescued after a long fall and an dents, faculty, and staff showed coming solar projects as well. icy night on Mount Hood said the planet some love this past Although the panels took Wednesday their survival tech­ Valentine's Day with the com­ only a few days to install, the so­ niques included exercising, tak­ pletion of the College's first al­ lar project has a long history at ing care of each other, and pep ternative energy initiative - the Rollins. Dr. Joe Siry, professor talks. solar panel project. From Febru­ of Environmental Studies who ary 12th to the 14th volunteers worked closely with Eco-Rollins partnered with Eco-Rollins and CALIFORNIA: Surveillance on the project, recalls: "Several Facilities Management to install years ago students, now gradu­ video captured three thieves a 1.6 kilowatt demonstration sys­ ated, began to ask me about so­ slipping onto E.J. dejong's dairy tem, composed of eight General lar, and how they might go about farm under the cover of night, Electric solar panels, on the roof moving the College in the direc­ making their way past the cows of the Bush building. These pan­ tion of solar energy." These stu­ in his milking parlor. els will diminish Rollins' eco­ dents brought the issue of global SARA SHAW/The Sandspur logical footprint and reduce the warming to then-President Rita ENERGY TIME: Rollins is becoming an alternative energy-pow­ MINNESOTA: Just a month af­ college's electric bill, especially Bornstein, who signed the Tal- ered community. ter his 16-story fall and merciful as electricity costs continue to loires Declaration and commit­ mitment to the environment. als. Laurie Stephey, treasurer of landing onto a hotel overhang, increase in the future. ted the College, along with Tufts Both President Duncan and Vice Eco-Rollins, said "[the project] and world-wide universities, to Joshua Hanson is off crutch­ While the panels provide President Herbst have been in­ really has shown me what a dif­ the fight against global warm­ es from a broken leg, mostly only a small amount of electricity strumental in the completion of ference even a few people can ing. This Declaration recognizes healed from his other injuries (enough to power one Bush class­ the solar project and moving the make." Eco-Rollins hopes that the important educational and and thankful he has no memory room), they are just the first step College forward in its environ­ the success of this project will research role of colleges and uni­ of the plunge. in a move toward sustainability. mental stewardship. help pave the way for more envi­ versities in curbing environmen­ Those involved with the project While the support of the Pres­ ronmentally friendly initiatives tal degradation and developing FLORIDA: A missing Orlando have taken an additional step ident's ofjice was essential in this on campus. They have signed alternative, sustainable energy girl has been found safe. The 11- to monitor sunlight throughout project, the vital role of students, up for the "Campus Climate sources. year-old disappeared from the the year with the goal of further faculty, and staff in making this Challenge" (climatechallenge. decreasing the College's reliance When President Duncan ar­ area near trie Fashion Square dream a reality should not be org), which means Eco-Rollins on coal, oil, and natural gas for rived on campus in 2004 he was mall.. overlooked. The seemingly ide­ is committed to win 100% clean power. Facilities Management presented with a large poster alistic hopes of moving Rollins energy policies on campus. So be noted, if all goes well with this board displaying the Talloires in the direction of sustainabil­ on the watch for more environ­ project, there are more flat roofs Declaration signed by hundreds ity have been realized because mental initiatives to make Rol­ on campus that can accommo­ of students, faculty, and staff of the hard work and dedica­ lins green. date solar panels. The future so­ asking him to honor their com- tion of a number of individu­ VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 NEWS

Students Gather Outside the Campus Center to be Serenaded

roommate, I know the entire sto­ John Watson ry from the start. First, Aldo and the sandspur our other roommate, Brian Groth, were interested in starting a face- book group about Aldo. Because At approximately 11:00pm on it seems when you go around the night of February 19th, 2007 campus, there is a lot of people Aldo Ahlers was singing to a who know Aldo Ahlers. So Brian group of his friends outside the created a facebook group called Cornell Campus Center. It was a 'Where Aldo Be?' It also said if magical appearance that few of two hundred or more people us will not forget. Outside were join the group then Aldo will go approximately thirty Rollins stu­ out in the middle of campus and dents singing along while others serenade to whoever shows up. were helping take pictures or aid Slowly and surely, the facebook in the music set-up. group was successful! As of now, The question is how did this the group has two-hundred and all get started? Seeing I am Aldo's four members. As promised,

JOHN WATSON/The Sandspur SWEET SERENADE: Students from the facebook group "Where Aldo Be" showed up in front of the campus center to hear Aldo serenade them.

Aldo went out to the Campus have a good time and listen to to hear Aldo sing again, join up. Center where he sang to a group what Aldo does best—singing. It will take a lot more effort this of lovely ladies and swept them Aldo is also a member of the choir time to get the message out. But off their feet and fell in love with during the Catholic Mass here at as for now, Aldo will only come his voice. I even recall two girls Rollins. He is singing every mass back if more members join. throwing peculiar objects at him on Sunday nights where he puts For making this serenading a while singing. Also of note, there his talent in action. He enjoys success, Aldo would like to thank were guy friends able «to be seen singing and will continue there Brian Groth for creating the group too. But it was a major hit and until another important obliga­ and advertising the event. Also in success for Aldo and the facebook tion comes up or until graduation. thanking is Ryan Johns for lend­ group. But all in all, he enjoyed serenad­ ing his guitar amp for Aldo to use Originally the plan was for ing to the campus and hopes to in singing. Next were the picture him to sing on Mills Lawn but do it again sometime. Brian men­ takers Juan Rodriguez and J.D. seeing there were other activities tioned that if the facebook group Casto. Lastly, he would like to going on and a strong wind chill, reaches five-hundred members, thank all .the people who were JOHN WATSON/The Sandspur the Campus Center was the new he will come out to the Campus able to make it out that night to WHERE'S ALDO: Aldo Ahlers singing outside of the campus cen­ place. Even the Campus Security Center and sing again. So for ev­ here him sing. It truly would not ter to about thirty Rollins students. guys were enjoying the show. The ery Rollins student who has not have been a success if they did goal of it was just for everyone to yet joined the group and wants not show up. Rollins Bids Adieu to the 67th Season of Winter With the Writers

ter four years. ing and interview with featured lier was a sense had by all good by Connie May Fowler. It was a The evening appropriately be­ author Esmeralda Santiago. San­ writers, was evident in her own perfect ending to a night in which Julia Shaw gan with a tribute to Dr. Fowler. tiago, famous for her memoirs reading. the audience was treated to an in­ the sandspur Twila Papay, English department and children's books, was born in Following the reading, the side look at the earliest memories chair, spoke not only of the great­ San Juan, Puerto Rico, coming to evening was capped off by an of Esmeralda Santiago, an inno­ ness of Fowler's commitment to America at thirteen not knowing interview with Santiago given vative folklorist in every sense. literature and to the festival over a word of English. With incred­ the past four years, but also of ible determination, she taught Fowler's character. herself the language and ended "Connie May, after all, illus­ up at Harvard University, where trates the curiosity and courage she graduated magne cum laude of a girl called Bird. Like Murmur in 1976. She went on to become Lee, she carries an incredible love a celebrated novelist, essayist, for this earth and its manifold memoirist, as well as an actress beings. And in the spirit of Mat- appearing in such films as Up the tie Blue, she is a blend of tenacity, Down Staircase. She continues to practicality and astounding ten­ blur the lines between Puerto Ri- derness," said Papay. can and American culture in her Provost and Vice President for work. Academic Affairs, Roger Casey, Though Santiago is most well followed up by noting Fowler's known for her memoirs such as impressive accomplishments dur­ When I was Puerto Rican and Al­ COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE ing her term as director, which in­ most a Woman, she read a chap­ BYE BYE: Connie May Fowler cluded coverage of the festival by ter from her latest work of fiction. Set in 1842 Puerto Rico, Santiago says goodbye to Rollins after Orange TV and the start of a stu­ dent internship program with the talked about the difficulty of four years with the college writers. He concluded by reading writing this piece of fiction, be­ There were two good-byes this one of the many students' accla­ cause it was all about "creating past Thursday night at Tiedtke mations: "thank you, thank you, a world" and she "never knew Hall. Esmeralda Santiago's read­ thank you, thank you, Connie it was in [her]." The chapter, en­ ing not only marked the final May Fowler." This was followed titled L'Esporado had the flow­ Winter With the Writers of the by a standing ovation from the ing, vivid characterizations that COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE season, but also the final one in audience. Santiago is famous for. Her keen ADIOS TO WRITERS: Esmeralda Santiago was the final guest of the term of director Connie May After a tearful beginning, sense of observation, which she the 67th Winter with the Writers. Fowler, who is stepping down af­ the night continued with a read­ stressed at a workshop given ear­ :THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

EDITOR: TANISHA MATHIS olt NewcS [email protected] Social Groups Level Playing the AREER Field For Black Middle Class OACH is one of the active young profes­ or a Girl Friend or go to Chum or Babita Persaud sionals in the chapter, heading the Boule events. You have to be col­ Marian Cacciatore met campus projects committee. "I got involved lege-educated, civic-minded, and because of the service projects and invited, to join many of these Tive decades ago, "whites- my mom," said the younger But­ groups. FIVE COMMON INTERVIEW FAUX PAS only" signs in businesses across ler, director of marketing for JCB You must first be nominated, segregated Orlando sent a clear Construction. "She's left a great and then members must vote you This week, because I did initiative and interest. This be­ message to young Ron Rogers legacy." in. To stay in, you have to pay not get any questions from stu­ havior did not instill confidence and his friends: They had to learn In 1952, when The Links dues, which can be hundreds of dents for this Sandspur column, that the candidate would be able their place. started, the black community was dollars annually, as well as com­ I asked several Human Resource to take initiative if he/she was ac­ But Rogers' mother was de­ small but resilient, historians say. mit to community service. professionals to share with me tually hired. termined to teach him differently. Orange County had 22,731 black "We need women with con­ the five most common "interview She joined a new group of black residents, almost 20 percent of the nections," explains Mary Jo faux pas" made by recent college 3. Talking too soon about mon­ mothers who didn't want their total population, according to the Hoard, Links Orlando president grads. ey families to be left out of the op­ census. and clinical social worker for Lu­ Although each HR profes­ A consistent warning from portunities other children had in The Holden Heights neigh­ theran Counseling Services. sional shared unique stories, I all of the HR reps dealt with sal­ Orlando. borhood near downtown Orlando The groups also revel in cer­ have highlighted below the 5 ary negotiations. The candidate "They took us to plays and housed many of the area's promi­ emony and tradition. most consistent themes that were should not be the one to bring up cultural events," said Ron Rog­ nent black citizens, including Wil­ The Boules have a secret discussed. salary and benefits. Another issue ers. "They told us not to let those liam Monroe Wells, a doctor and handshake and password. "That's that fell under this category was signs impede our success in life." so you know a fellow Boule Are you are currently in the unrealistic salary expectations Rogers, now 55, is a. when you meet him," said job search? Watch out for: and an unwillingness to take into community leader Bob Billingslea, president consideration the entire benefit and an area direc­ of the Central Florida chap­ 1. Poor first impression package. tor for the national ter. He is a Walt Disney Co. Under this category we dis­ design firm Wil­ corporate director of urban cussed inappropriate interview 4. Talking badly about past em­ liams-Russell and affairs. dress, being late for the interview ployers Johnson, based in Some outsiders ques­ and a poor handshake coupled When a candidate talked Atlanta. tion the exclusivity of the with a lack of energy and enthu­ poorly about a former employer, Celebrating its groups. siasm. warning bells rang for each of the 50th anniversary in Among whites, the recruiters. Instead of focusing on Central Florida this groups are viewed as "the The HR pros recommended the negative attitributes of a for­ year, Jack and Jill is royalty of black America," that a candidate investigate the mer employer, keep the focus on one of the region's said Vibert Wnite, Univer­ corporate culture/dress code be­ your knowledge and skills. The oldest civic and so­ sity of Central Florida pub­ fore deciding how to dress for phrase "less is more" definitely cial organizations, lic-history professor. Among the interview. When in doubt applies when talking about the formed by blacks in bla<3ks who aren't members, it is important to err on the side "awful" employers in your past. the emerging civil- they are viewed as elitists of "caution" and all agreed that rights era. and "more aligned to white they preferred that a candidate be 5. Unrealistic expectations When Jack and organizations," White said. "overdressed" rather than "un­ When interviewing recent depressed" for a job interview. Jill started, blacks Courtesy of MCT Campus "There are some Afri­ college graduates, each recruiter were still shut out THE BLACK MIDDLE-CLASS: Black parents established can-Americans who perceive shared several stories about re­ of restaurants, pro­ social clubs during segregation in order to give their children these groups as representing While it is understandable cent college graduates who had fessional organiza­ expereinces they would have otherwise been denied. a type of black aristocracy," that most candidates are nervous unrealistic role and/or salary tions and the coun­ said Lawrence Otis Graham, before an interview, a friendly expectations. Come to the inter­ try clubs that were entrepreneur who once hosted who authored the 1999 book "Our smile and eye. contact increases view with an open mind and use popping up in Orlando. The orga­ Thurgood Marshall and Jackie Kind of People: Inside America's your chance for "success" in the the interview process to gather nization, for children 2 to 19 and Robinson at his home. Black Upper Class." "first impressions category". information on the internal career their mothers, met in living rooms It was in Wells' home that the "Our world is an upper-class If you lack confidence with paths. because blacks weren't allowed in 10 charter members of The Links one," Graham said in an e-mail, your handshake, practice a firm Ask questions to determine many public establishments. met. "but it is a black upper-class world, handshake with a few trusted how the organization develops They were the sons, daugh­ Similarly, Orlando's Jack and and our greater goal is in trying to friends or family members. Seek and retains new talent. A can­ ters and wives of ministers, doc­ Jill chapter was started in 1956. elevate and mentor blacks who honest feedback and keep prac­ didate's ability to appear flexible tors and business owners who Adrienne Harrison, a school­ didn't have our advantages." ticing until your comfort level in­ and a willingness to ask questions made up Orlando's black profes­ teacher, had attended a conven­ Sigma Pi Phi had no choice creases. will allow him/her to gain the sional class at the time. tion for the black sorority Delta but to gather behind closed doors, information necessary to make a Today, with Orlando a desti­ Sigma Theta and came back eager said Russell Minton, whose grand­ 2. Lack of knowledge about the well informed decision once an nation city for black profession­ to get women together. father founded the professional company or the position offer is extended. als, groups such as Jack and Jill, "Jack and Jill became part of fraternal order in 1904. Meetings Each recruiter had at least Sigma Pi Phi (also known as the us," said historian Adelle Wilson of educated black men would one humorous story about a can­ Do you have a question re­ Boule), Chums, Girl Friends and Baker. raise the suspicion of whites, said didate who was unprepared for garding your job search? Email The Links, described as the black "We could not go through Minton, a surgeon who lives near the interview. In each situation, Marian at mcacciatore@rollins. version of the Junior League, are the front door of restaurants," Melbourne. it became obvious that the candi­ edu. Hamilton Holt students are seeing their memberships mirror said Baker, a retired school librar­ Leaders of the black network­ date had not even taken the time also encouraged to take advantage the growth. ian and mother of six children. ing groups separate themselves to review the company website. of Career Services by contacting Some have spun off more "We couldn't go to the movies, from the "whites-only" clubs that Each HR professional felt Marian via phone 407.646.2232 or chapters, bringing their networks the public library. Our first teen barred them during segregation. that this demonstrated a lack of the email address listed above. to other parts of Central Florida. conference was held in houses, Those clubs were about power, Links, for example, now has two because there was not a hotel that they say. Theirs are about empow­ chapters in the area: Orlando and would accept us for who we were, erment. Altamonte Springs; Atlanta, by no matter how much money we Valada Flewellyn, Orlando Celebrating History comparison, has five. had." poet and co-author of Jack and Jill Each February, as the nation Geraldine F. Thompson , a of America, Incorporated: Into the Katherine Dunham was borri celebrates Black History Month, Link, Girl Friend and Jack and Jill New Millennium, explains: "This in Joliet, Illinois in 1909. She wa: local groups hold events to com­ mom moved to Orlando in the was the way blacks could mobilize one of the first African-American; memorate the past and raise mon­ early 1970s. Her husband, Emer­ their resources to propel a people to attend the University of Chi ey for community projects. son R. Thompson Jr., now an ap­ and a race." cago. She earned her bachelor The U.S. Census Bureau says pellate-court judge, was one of In March at the Ritz-Carlton masters and doctoral degrees in more than 20 percent of the black four black attorneys in Orlando. Orlando at the Grande Lakes Re­ anthropology. population in Greater Orlando During the years when the sort, Jack and Jill Orlando will cel­ In 1993, at the age of 82, she hold management or professional circle was still small in Orlando, ebrate a half-century of successes went on a 47-day hunger strike titles. the groups provided support. with a homecoming for one of its in order to bring attention tc "As we integrate more into "You could always call on some­ former members. U.S.-Haiti relations. She earned society, the groups keep us togeth­ one," said Thompson, director of The guest speaker: Da­ numerous awards to include the er and bring us back to our core," the Wells' Built Museum of Afri­ vid Brewer, a Jack and Jill kid who Presidential Medal of Arts, the said Butler, retired co-founder of can-American History and Cul­ graduated from Orlando's Jones Kennedy Center Honors and the JCB Construction in Orlando. ture in Parramore. High School. He is head of the Courtesy of MCT Campus NAACP Lifetime Achievement Her daughter, Michele Butler, Not just anyone can be a Link Los Angeles school district. 1909-2006 Award. THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 26, 2007 HOLT NEWS VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 What Makes Vets Experience Rough Holt Great? Transition to College Life

tance is upfront. Spouses and chil­ he thinks they are doing a poor Megan Twohey dren of veterans also are eligible job. met campus for the benefit if the veteran died And don't get him started on or became disabled in the line of students who protest the war or Jake Warner lashes out when duty. military recruiting on campus. his classmates at the University of Nearly 3,000 veterans and "I was full of pride coming Wisconsin-Madison protest the dependents cashed in on the Wis­ back from war, thinking I really war. consin G.I. Bill last fall. The num­ did the right thing," Warner, 24, Katie Nelson, a junior at UW- ber of participants is expected to said. "These guys have no idea Milwaukee, gets confused by her continue to" rise. what they're talking about. They'd financial aid. "The state G.I. bill has obvi­ hand me anti-war literature, and Four years after enrolling ously perked an interest in go­ I'd say xGo to hell.'" at UW-Oshkosh, Todd Johnston ing back to school," said Karen Tony Jawson, a 24-year-old still feels lonely; he misses having Malone, a military education ben­ Army veteran in his freshman friends by his side 24 hours a day. efits §pecialist at UWM, where the year at UWM, said his memory A slew of government ben­ number of students with veterans has slipped since he served in efits, including a new Wisconsin benefits has almost doubled in the Ir£.q, the result, he suspects, of his Genevieve Valdez-Palomo G.I. Bill, is propelling record num­ past year, from 228 to 450. "We're blowing up ammunition. He can bers of veterans into Wisconsin's getting even more of a push now study for hours, and when he sits colleges and universities. that it's going to 100 percent." down to take a test, forget every­ Thousands of men and wom­ Veterans at UWM have thing that he reviewed. en, many back from tours in Iraq formed a support group called "I have to write everything and Afghanistan, are seizing the Welcome Home, which has drawn down in order to remember," he chance for a free, or nearly free, more than 100 participants. Veter­ said. "And then hope I remember education. ans at UW-Oshkosh are contem­ where I put it." w But even with the financial plating a similar organization. Jawson also struggled to sort assistance, the transition to col­ Many miss the tight-knit through the variety of benefits for B< lege can be difficult, as veterans community of a military unit, said veterans. None of the officials he such as Warner, talked to could answer Nelson and John­ all of his questions. The ston can attest. paperwork was difficult "It's a lot," to decipher. said David Pelis, Katie Nelson, a a counselor at the UWM junior, experi­ Zablocki Veterans enced similar difficul­ Affairs Medical ties. Center in Mil­ "I didn't know waukee who has what benefits I was en­ worked with vet­ titled to," said Nelson, erans at area col­ 22, an Army Reserves leges. "On top of veteran. "It took a lot of their class sched­ questions. No one is sit­ ules, they're deal­ ting you down to do the ing with readjust­ paperwork." ment issues that Nelson was attend­ the average 21- ing UW-Parkside when year-old student she was called up to go lif doesn't have." to Iraq in 2003. Transfer­ College has Courtesy MCT Campus C ring to UWM upon her never been more DIFFERENT.WORLD: Junior Katie Nelson, 22, (left) and freshman return was not difficult; affordable for vet­ Tony Jawson, 24, take a break from classes at the University of Wis­ th consin-Milwaukee's Student Union. Both served in Iraq. it was early in her nurs­ erans in Wiscon­ bt ing studies. sin. "If I was interrupted A There are longstanding ben­ Johnston, an Air Force veteran now," she said, "it would be really efits, including the Montgomery who served in Turkey and Saudi hard to get back to school." P< G.I. Bill, the Wisconsin National Arabia. Pelis, of the Veterans Medi­ Guard Tuition Grant and the Wis­ "At school you don't get cal Center, works with veteran consin Veterans Education Reim­ the same feeling you have when students who face the possibility bursement Grant. you're stuck with the same people of a second tour of duty who have More assistance arrived in for three or four months at a time, "depression and anxiety through 2005 when the state Legislature every day, all day," he said. the roof." passed the Wisconsin G.I. Bill. It Other aspects of campus can Other veterans, however, are has covered half the cost of tuition take adjusting. eager to return to service. for veterans in the state's public - Warner, a UW-Madison ju­ "Every time I see a movie GET INVOLVED IN THE colleges and universities. This nior, gets frustrated by what he about the military, I want to go year, it will expand to cover 100 sees as laziness in some of his back," Warner said. "I miss that HAMILTON HOLT percent of tuition. classmates and professors. A for­ focus of my life." The new benefit is significant mer Marine Corps squad leader because students don't have to. who served in Iraq and Afghani­ COMMUNITY wait to be reimbursed; the assis­ stan, he snaps at professors when

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ArU&'EntertQinfflen *^/ EDITOR: JESSICA ESTES [email protected] Britney's Hair Cut May Slash Reputation

reer, Spears has endorsed prod­ ucts from Pepsi to face cream. JO PIAZZA In 2001, Pepsi paid Spears MCT Campus their largest ever endorsement fees _ tens of millions of dollars Friday was the most expen­ _ to be the face of their brand. sive day of Britney Spears' life. Her own perfumes have been top In the work of an evening, the sellers since 2004. That's helped young woman who was once her amass a net worth Forbes es­ the world's biggest pop star may timates to be at $100 million. have sabotaged her image, her But getting another high-pro­ income and her personal life in a file endorsement now seems un­ breakdown that could cost her a likely. "I would expect her to take fortune. a hit short-term, because you're "Without question, parents going to get a lot of knee-jerk are going to have a hard time al­ reactions out there," says brand­ lowing their kids to buy anything ing expert Rob Frankel. "I-would associated with Britney," says not be surprised to see corporate Doug Akin, a partner with Mr. sponsorships drop away." Youth, a marketing agency that Still, some argue that today, works with lifestyle brands try­ there is very little a celebrity can ing to capture the teen market. do to permanently damage their "I think the concern here is brand. In the wake of Anna Ni­ the excessiveness and I think it cole Smith's tragic story of ex­ is certainly dicey for a major cor­ cess, the American public may be poration to associate with some­ unfazed. one when they aiie at a stage like "People are putting the piec­ this," Akin said- „. es together and saying it's not This weekend's shearing also "brand Britney, the mess,' but "the tips the scales in favor of ex-hus­ person's a mess,'" says branding band Kevin Federline. The pair's MCT CAMPUS expert Jonah Disend. "Hopefully, messy separation continues this The Before and After of Britney Spears. she'll get help." month, Federline reportedly turned down a divorce settlement custody of their two baby boys. right place," said prominent di­ of this one,, and it's going to cost offer of $25 million to relinquish "What this means to Kevin is vorce attorney Sue Moss. "She is a lot more than a tattoo." rights to spousal support and a bunch more zeroes and in the going to have to buy her way out Over the course of her ca­ Reviews of Recent and Upcoming DVD Releases

the pledge. This is followed by word lineup. As documentaries of another (Patrick Swayze), and doms in Iraq decided those same BILLY O'KEEFE a moment of peril _ a disappear­ go, is as versatile as the word that her boring pastor husband (Row­ freedoms suddenly didn't apply MCT Campus ing volunteer, a woman sawed in inspired it. It's an exploration, a an Atkinson) is too obsessed with in America. This being the 21st half _ known as the turn. Assum­ condemnation, a celebration and delivering an interesting sermon century and all, cameras captured The ads would have you be­ ing the trick is done right, the a dissertation. Comedians (Jane- to notice. Meanwhile, son Petey the entire process _ including the lieve "Babel" is a two-hour Brad turn then gives way to the pres­ ane Garofalo, to name one), poli­ (Toby Parkes) is a punching bag, original utterance that started it Pitt vehicle that showcases him tige, which saves the trick from ticians (Alan Keyes), porn stars teenage daughter Holly (Tamsin all _ and "Shut Up & Sing" takes at the top of his acting pme. peril and leaves 'em ooohing and (Ron Jeremy), writers (Hunter S. Egerton) a pincushion. What bet­ us along for the fascinating ride But while the second part of that ahhhing. We appear well into Thompson), singers (Pat Boone), ter time than now for a kindly as the Chicks plan their next tour, pitch can certainly be argued, Pitt the turn as "The Prestige" opens directors (Kevin Smith), journal­ old housekeeper named Grace their next album and their next is merely one leg of a 142-minute with one magician (Hugh Jack- ists (Sam Donaldson), rappers (Maggie Smith) to appear at their move. Certain audiences might monster that uses a single, terri­ man as Robert Angier) drown­ (Ice-T), a flustered Miss Manners door? "Keeping Mum" operates construe parts of "Sing" as pro­ ble mistake to set in motion four ing in a locked aquarium while and more offer their thoughts, very much in the "Mary Poppins" paganda, particularly when the connected but mostly self-con­ his rival (Christian Bale as Alfred and cartoonist Bill Plympton vein: family in disarray, enter film delves into home movies tained stories from vastly differ­ Borden) watches him die. But lends his talents. Thus, features housekeeper, housekeeper tries territory. But just as Metallica's ent corners of the world. "Babel" if you pay respect to the film's something for everyone -unless, to save family from itself. The "Some Kind of Monster" gave is a (mostly) non-politicized ex­ opening sentence, you already of course, you can't tolerate the difference? Mary Poppins never us the bad with the good, so too ploration of misunderstandings know better. "The Prestige" goes word, which is uttered more than spent four decades in an asylum does "Sing," which inadvertently and other inevitable products of backward, forward and occa­ 800 times during this film's 90- after killing her husband and his paints Maines as a self-centered cultural and lingual barriers. It's sionally in circles while deliver­ minute life. mistress. Grace did. And you can performer who is unaware of also a work of extraordinary film­ ing one extremely engrossing Extras: counter subtitle track, only imagine how liberating that how many livelihoods are affect­ making, giving incredible life to deconstruction of a professional filmmaker commentary, bonus/ is for "Mum," a very dark come­ ed by the prideful decisions she rivalry that's fraught with grave, its characters and storylines and extended interviews (including dy that somehow also has a heart sometimes makes. No Extras. having a great knack for cutting deeply personal side effects and behind-the-scenes interviews), _ as well as an ending that's ri­ obsessive self-destruction. It's "The Journalist and the Ji- away just when you least want deleted footage. diculously illogical but wickedly also gifted with a prestige of its hadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl" it to, only to do the same thing Another good release with sublime. (NR, 2006, HBO) to the scenes that follow when it own _ a fantastically rewarding a title we can't print: "Penn & Extras: Director commen­ Prior to the Iraq war, the cuts back. Pitt and Cate Blanch- reveal that almost certainly will Teller: The Complete Fourth tary, deleted scenes/alternate fatal kidnapping of Wall Street ett do a fine job, but so do Gael leave you ooohing, ahhhing, and Season" (NR, 2006, Showtime): opening (with commentary), out- Journal reporter Daniel Pearl Garcia Bernal, Adriana Barraza, reaching for the rewind button. The world's greatest magicians- takes, bloopers, extended scene, and the video and photos that Mustapha Rachidi, Boubker Ait Michael Caine, Scarlett Johans­ turned-investigative journalists behind-the-scenes feature. shortly preceded his 2002 mur­ El Caid, Said Tarchini and espe­ son and Rebecca Hall also star. cut through the and unveil the "Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & der _ provided some of the most cially Rinko Kikuchi. If you don't Extras: Director interview, myths, lies and doublespeak Sing" (NR, 2006, Weinstein Co.) enduring images of the post- know any of those names going five behind-the-scenes features, behind such subjects as the Boy Anyone with an ear to the 9/11 war on terror. But the story in, you likely will heading out. In art gallery. Scouts, manners, the death pen­ ground knows what happened a multitude of languages (includ­ behind the story isn't quite as You know what those as­ alty argument, the Ground Zero to the Dixie Chicks after singer ing sign language) with English prevalent, nor is the story behind terisks in the title stand for. You rebuilding "effort" and more. 10 Natalie Maines announced to a Pearl's captor, whom you might subtitles where necessary. No know what that word means _ in episodes, plus a photo gallery extras. London audience that she was be surprised to learn was from every context. But even though and filmography. ashamed President Bush came Great Britain, studied economics "The Prestige" (PG-13, 2006, you know what it really means "Keeping Mum" (R, 2005, from her home state. CDs were and once upon a time was alleg­ Touchstone) and have probably said it at some ThinkFilm) burned, boycotts unleashed, edly courted by the British intel­ A good magic trick comes in point today, we can't print it, be­ These are hard times for the death threats issued, and the ligence agency MI-6. three parts. First, there's a dec­ cause it's a bad word _ the argu­ Goodfellows. Gloria (Kristin Scott same folks who so ardently sup­ laration of integrity known as able cleanup hitter in the curse Thomas) has strayed into the arms ported the pursuit of certain free­ VOL. 113 ISSUE 17 ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT FEB. 12, 2007 -THE SANDSPUR Settling the Scorsese Some of his slights have been Q/~\TY^ ^ /-* £ t-M ^ i ^^^^M ^^^^IJIJIJHHis betteH r than "Bull." It's merely a or "Taxi Driver" (remember pretty heinous. For the record, Bill Gibron matter of artistic degrees. Simi­ _ Oscar didn't start to take Scorsese has been nominated six met campus larly, it's a shame that the over­ notice until a decade after times for Best Director, all for blown reach of Costner's pro-PC All right, all right...it is the these definitive efforts). films made after 1980, none for Western "Dances" became the. worst crime in all of cinema. When you consider that anything prior to "Raging Bull." cause celeb of its otherwise me­ two of his recent nods have Worse than Alfred Hitchcock He also has two screenplay nods diocre movie season (let's face it _ been for less than success­ never handling directorial Oscar as well. Of the movies he's been "Ghost," "Awakenings" and "The ful works _ no one would gold. More appalling than Stanley recognized for, two are hailed Godfather Part HI" were Best Pic­ compare "Gangs of New Kubrick's 1 for 13 Academy bat­ as modern masterworks _ 1980's ture candidates that year as well). York" or "The Aviator" to ting average (he received one for "Bull" and 1990s "Goodfellas." In both cases, Scorsese made his finest _ the indignity Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus "2001's" special effects???). Over How ironic is it then that both the better film, the more, timeless becomes even richer. the course of his highly praised efforts lost to first time directors entertainment, the surest cinemat­ One of America's pre­ 1995 - "Casino" (Not Nomi­ career, Martin "Scorsese, a true (Robert Redford for "Ordinary ic statement. But because of Hol­ miere talents has had to endure nated) American auteur, has never won People" and Kevin Costner for lywood happenstance, the power the nagging question of whether 2005 - "No Direction Home: the big prize. Granted, he's still "Dances with Wolves," respective­ of the publicity machine, or the he will ever be the beneficiary of Bob Dylan" (Out of Oscar Consid­ considered a filmmaking genius. ly) both of who were superstar ac­ overall jealousy of an industry Academy recognition. Once you eration) But for many, that's not good tors first, distinguished filmmak­ less enamored of his efforts than see the list of movies that haven't All together, the man has enough. Instead of letting him ers a far distant second (quick, the critical community, Scorsese made the cut, along with the few made 21 major first run features. rest on his considerable laurels, name another noteworthy film remains the Academy outsider, that did, you realize how rhetori­ Of that number, 16 (give or take fans and faux well-wishers want either has made since). looking in. His latest nomination cal said query really is. Scorsese's two or three) are considered by him to walk down that red carpet One of the strongest argu­ for the brilliant crime thriller "The body of work is just phenomenal. most film fans to be good or great. and pick up the industry's biggest ments defenders make about Departed" promises to finally end His lack of AMPAS recognition is That's quite a high percentage. reward. It won't affect his status as Scorsese's snubs is that, in a sys­ his losing streak. But the fact re­ just ridiculous. Proof of point _ It's truly sad then that Oscar has a legitimate legend (just ask Jean tem that quickly rushes to cel­ mains that, in an amazingly cre­ the motion pictures listed below: failed to recognize his brilliance Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, or any ebrate the flavor of the moment, ative career, it comes as far too 1974 - "Alice Doesn't Live urtil now. But here's guessing other renowned director who had the Academy often fails to look little, way too late. Here Anymore" (Not Nominated) ttuY. is one filmmaker who would to wait around for "honorary" rec­ at the bigger motion picture pic­ Indeed, there are at least five 1983 - "King of Comedy" take his track record over a little ognition). But for many, it would ture. And Marty is that man out other films that Scorsese should (Not Nominated) gold statue any day. His lack of be vindication after decades of be­ of time. have been acknowledged for, ef­ 1988 - "The Last Temptation recognition from the Academy ing purposefully passed over. . No one would argue that forts that usually don't get men- of Christ" (Nominated, Lost to is dreadful. His work behind the "People" (which is still amazing) tioned along with "Mean Streets" Barry Levinson for "Rainman") camera remains definitive. Crossword fiTTi Iflfflt' ACROSS 1 2 3 6 9 10 11 12 13 By: Ariel Krieger 1 Centers of : 5 7 8 activity 14 5 Wager 15 16 "I Will Always Love You, sung by Whitney Houston is offer 8 Legal 17 seen as a classic love song for Valentines Day. According to the 18 19 word on the street maybe it should not be about romantic love 14 Border on 20 I 21 22 15 "Norma _" i 1 at all... should it be changed to "That's What Friends are For by 16 Narcotic 23 25 26' Elton John?" 17 Tender 24 27 128 29 Lets do a poll and find out! 18 Period 19 Bequeathed 30 31 32 33 34 •35 20 Balcony railing Most people on Valentine's Day feel that they are the only 22 Swings of the 36 38 39 one single or not on a romantic 'get -away.' Little do they know bat 37 that around Rollins College campus, they might just be wrong! 23 Breadbasket 40 • 142 After conducting a survey of 50 students around campus, I 24 Sentence 41 learned the truth of Valentines Day. analysis 43 144 45 46 27 Alms 47 •48 49 50 51 52 53 The question asked was: 29 Enemy 30 Fabric fold "What did you do on Valentine's Day?" 34 Opposite of 54 o 55 Here is a list of the responses: WSW 56 57 158 59 35 V 36 Baseball scores 60 62 • Xrr people said that they went to "Dinner with Friends." 37 Frolic Dinner with Friends: where did they go? 39 Quilters' 63 r64 65 * Chipotle gatherings * Panara 40 Winds up © 2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 1 1 2/27/07 * Rollins College Cafeteria All rights reserved. 41 Individual * 310 Park Ave 42 Edge along furtively 43 Freudian topic 6 Singer Kitt Solutions 7 Darjeeling, e.g. JL 3 people said they went out to "Party with Friends. 44 Endure longer s 3 3 a 3 3 s a 3 1 i 0 than 8 Ebb tide i 1 1 a H 3 0 N V H 47 Carriage return maximum 3 9 a 3 1 N 3 3 AA 49 Gushed forth 9 Beekeeper's N a V M N 0 s 3 •O people said they did "Homework." 1 11 V IAI suddenly in a jet milieu 3 3 a O N 0 H s 54 Barley sprouts 10 Shrivels a 3 i a n d s 13 N 1 1 AA 3 N 55 Banquet VIP 11 Altered i s V 1 1 n O O 9 3 person had "class." fraudulently 56 Hot dog a i 3 N 0 a N 3 12 Shoshone 3 1 s| s 58 Male offspring S 3 3 a a 3 d V 0 s N n a 59 Tip off 13 Guided A 1 =i 3 N 3 |l V 3 1 d • / peoplpeople just "hung out and watched TV." 60 Closet item 21 Agreement 3 0 61 Work unit 22 Backbone 3 0 d • A 1 1 a V H 62 Prepare for 25 Innovative 9 N 1 s a V d H 0 V IAJ 0 1 s publication 26 Gaggle S 1 V M s 1 3 d V a V a •y people went on "dates with significant others." members i 63 Aquatic a 3 1 1 i M v a 3 3 a 0 s Dates: Where did they go? 28 Beat back *Luma mammals 3 1 V 1 d O 3 V a 1 n a V 64 Golfer's gadget 30 Clean with a bill * Ruth's Chris Steak House i n d M V 1 1 3 a s a n H 65 Sandra and 31 Thrust 1 1 * Lemoncello Ruby 32 Natural ability * Houstons 33 Silly person 44 Even more 51 Exchange 35 J. Edgar DOWN unctuous 52 Uncanny So as you can see... 1 Hinged Hoover's org. 45 On land 53 Small 37 Returns blow for fasteners 46 Freeloader depressions Only 9 out of 50 or 18% went out on romantic dates blow 56 Which person? 2 Sub 48 Jessica or Hope While nearly 60% either went out with friends to dinner oi 3 Pack animal 38 Feeds the kitty 57 Have a meal 42 Knock 50 Propelled a to party with friends 4 Fulton's power shell 58 Tennis unit 5 Rifle part senseless Could this be the holiday of friendship!? STHE SANDSPUR -FEB. 26, 2007

New Spy Movie The Breach Will Keep You in Suspense!

Jessica Benson to be an agent. He is brought onto the sandspur the case to buddy up with Agent Hanssen before Hanssen destroys The title "Breach" comes O'Neill's family and country. At from a clip of a Feb. 19, 2001, first O'Neill is just told to keep news conference statement by an eye on Hanssen because the John Ashcroft that opens the film. Bureau thinks that he is a sexual In describing the arrest the day predator. Little does O'Neill know before of veteran FBI agent Rob­ that this devote Catholic with ert Hanssen for spying, the then strong morals is actually commit­ Justin Braun attorney general says "a very seri­ ting one of the biggest crimes in the sandspur ous breach in the security of the the United States history. United States." As the movie un­ Although a little predictable, In the heart of Orlando, nestled on the far side of the tracks on Church Street, lies folds this turns out to be a bit of the writing is creative and keeps Absinthe Bistro and Bar, recognizable only by the red neon sign on the patio's over an understatement. you on your edge. At times a little hang. It is 11:30, and the muffled thump of the bass pours from the open side door. O Although real life espionage unrealistic, for the most part the may not be as glamorous as many storyline sticks to the facts of the the patio, posh patrons smoke clove cigarettes in the brisk night air. It is Wednesda of the Hollywood films portray situation. The movies success is in night, Acid Jazz night. it, Breach has strong characters large part due to actors; all three of During normal dining hours, Absinthe Bistro and Bar is an upscale restauran and solid writing that make it a the lead actors deliver straightfor­ serving an extensive French cuisine. The menu includes entrees like Chicken Coq au bone chilling portrayal of the es­ ward but excellent performances. pionage that goes on within our Coopers character dominates the Vin and Duck Cassoulet with Navy Beans, as well as a long list of gourmet cheese country. This political drama stars film; with his frightening presence ready to order. Dinner hours are from 5-10 on Monday through Thursday and to 11 o Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, and he terrifies everyone he comes Friday and Saturday. A late night menu is also available. Chris Cooper. Breach portrays into contact with. He brings a bru­ In case you were wondering, Absinthe's bar does indeed serve absinthe, and the two weeks leading up to the tal reality to his character making arrest of FBI mole Agent Robert yes, absinthe is banned in the United States. However, the bar stocks a version of the| even the audience fear him. The Hanssen; this is the last chapter of one liners and jokes about current original absinthe recipe. On the bar and bistro's website, the bar state's that its absinth Hanssen's long history of espio­ US politics add a comical edge to is "still the same aromatic, 110 proof, dazzling emerald green liquor made from a cc nage. He has been spying for the the movie. The story is based on bination of exotic botanicals. The only difference is they replaced Wormwood, the Soviet Union and Russia for over actual events, which adds a level tanical that caused the hallucinations and the US ban, with a less bitter cousin cal twenty years trading the secrets of of fright and makes you think the US government for cash and twice about our own government Southern-Worm wood, also known as "Petite Absinthe," which allows us to serve it inj diamonds. and FBI agents. the United States." Contrary to popular belief, the serving of absinthe is not the bar's Phillippe plays Eric O'Neill, a only attraction. new member of the FBI who longs What draws the crowd is the music. On Wednesday nights, Absinthe presents live acid jazz. From 9:30 to 1:30, one can come see local performers Bobby Kobele! (Junkie Rush and Rollins College professor), Rion Smith and Matt Lapham (Florgan ism and Shak Nasti) tear it up in the Green Fairy lounge (an extension of the bar) for no| cover. In other words, this mind numbing jazz is absolutely free. Insane. On Monday nights, Stand Up Comedy followed by The Absinthe Minded Im prov Comedy Troupe starts at 9:00pm. O-Rock 105.9's Carter hosts the "Cellar Room| Social" in Orlando's only underground wine cellar from 8pm to 11pm on Thursdays Friday's are home to Final Table Tour Texas Hold'em Tournaments. Absinthe Bistro and Bar is located inside the Bumby Arcade at Church Street Station. Look for the Green Fairy toward the back on the left hand side of the lobb behind The Cafe. For more information please go to www.absinthebistro.com.

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"I was using my iPod and iPhone around some poor people today, when I was suddenly stricken with iGuiit." VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 *0tfrU*tmeMt uffett Continues to Thrill Audiences!

sica Benson fett feel was still there. With beach Jimmy and the Coral Reefers Forty." sandspur balls flying over head Jimmy B.uf- were accompanied by a few Whether you are a big fan of fett appears on stage in his usual guests. Guitarist Sonny Landreth Buffett or not you cannot possibly ^s I pulled into the Amway relaxed beach style: barefeet, yel­ and Little Feat keyboardist Bill go to one of his concerts and not Arena parking lot at 5pm on Feb­ low shorts, and a bright t-shirt. Payne were on stage with to add be in a great mood afterwards. He ruary 8th blaring "It's 5 o'clock Like usual this sold out con­ a little spice to the usual routine. has the power to put all of people Somewhere" it was obvious that cert was filled with everyone from They mixed up the regular song in the audience in an island state I wala little late to the tailgat- 80 year old grandma's to 6 year old list with a new version of "Dixie of mind which is sure to last for ing party. Parrotheads from all little girls on their dads shoulders, Chicken" and did some other less days after the concert. Going to a over Florida and all over the East all singing in unison to the usuals known favorites such as "Grape­ Buffett concert is a lot'like going coast were decked out in their like "Come Monday," "Changes in fruit-Juicy Fruit" and "Despera­ to an amazing beach party that grass skirts and coconut bras Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes," tion Samba." Another nice twist you don't want to end until the singing "Wasting Away Again in and "Cheeseburger in Paradise." was Buffett and Mac McAnally's sun comes up. Margarittaville." The party starts Buffett and his 13-member Coral duet version of "A Pirate Looks at early with this group and contin­ Reefer ues long after the concert is over. Band cer­ Orlando has always been a favor­ tainly did ite stop for Buffett and with this not disap­ crowd it is obvious why. During point the the concert Buffett says "I always audience liked coming here, I know what on this I'm gonna get." Thursday night. With Buffett's 60th birthday Buffett past parrotheads know that his remains concert days are numbered and one of that you better get to every concert the most possible, I know this is my train of reliable thought as I am constantly check­ singers in ing www.margarittaville.com to the busi­ get the latest concert schedule. ness and This stop in Orlando was a total although surprise; he did a spur of the ma- his songs ment mini tour of Florida. remain AAfte r a couple hours party- the same, ith other parrotheads in the for the Ifepical themed parking lot it was most me to head into the Amway Are­ part, that na. Although a totally different is fine by feel than seeing him perform at his fans. JESSICA BENSON/ The Sandspur an outside amphitheateampnitneater thtne ButBuf- Beats ana Geeks: White rappers merge the worlds of hip-hop

and computernerdcors e i_n som ea calnl it "geekstaundergroun" d scene called 'nerdcore' farr~< y TDarlinV li g 1—'_- --11 •• » 1 . ll t. o "TransformersIIT- r "tt robot-heri . i o Opy~. - met campus _ where math majors, computer- timus Prime), are more geared to code cowboys and other young pop-culture geek smarts. "Hacking on computers disas­ scientific Americans celebrate At first a minor curios­ sembling stuff their love of algorithms and ity spread by word-of-mouth and Paid off in the end, now who got hip-hop rhythms. Among those MySpace pages, nerdcore is start­ it rough whose burgeoning underground ing to attract broader attention. The beauty of the baud and the success is exacting sweet revenge While major labels have yet to take world of the switch on those who excluded them from the plunge, two documentaries, Make a new generation of us high school's cool-kid cliques: "Nerdcore for Life" and "Nerd­ geekstas" MC Plus+, a Ph.D. candi­ core Rising," are in the works. - -ytcracker; date at Purdue University, took And nerdcore performances were "Meganerd Baby" his name from a programming featured during last month's CES WACO, Texas _ A cramped language and named one of his (Consumer Electronics Show) SHARON STEINMAN/ MCT Campus upstairs bedroom in an apartment albums "Computer Science for in Las Vegas, where all the tech "Look, I ain't being competitive with more tra­ complex with all the whimsical Life." gurus gather to sample the latest Thomas Dolby" ditional rap music. I've been im­ charm of a Soviet prison block Computer programmer gadgetry. "Science doesn't blind me" pressed by this small community doesn't seem like the kind of place Monzy has a master's degree from For MC Router and T-Byte, "Think you're smart?" that has been able to maintain it­ where a new branch of hip-hop MIT and is a Ph.D. candidate at 19, both former Arlington Heights "Form a line behind me" self over the years." would take root. But here, within Stanford. His debut disc: "Drama High School students who are -MC Hawking, "What We British-based writer Robert hollering distance of Baylor Uni­ in the PhD." representing "the nerdy South," ed More of Is Science" Andrews says, "I certainly didn't versity, are Fort Worth's Kristin Boston's MC Frontalot, whom it's less about the degrees they course, in a world that has get a sense that anyone thought Ritchie and Tannar Brown _ aka some consider to be the nerdcore hold_she briefly joined the Army d the crass opportunism it racist or mocking. Hip-hop is a MC Router and producer T-Byte George Washington because he after high school and now works a Ice, the cheesy tabloid huge force in the world of music, _ staying inside on a sun-washed whipped \mk the geek anthem at a Fort Worth Starbucks, while of Kevin Federline, and it has grown from its origins Saturday afternoon to lay down "Nerdcore^%-Hop" back in 2000, he's studying audio technology e reality-show hysterics of with two turntables and a micro­ a rap that combines their love of is a Web designer who only re­ at Waco's McLennan Community "The White Rapper Show," phone to so many subgenres." e easy to conclude that high-tech and hard beats. cently cut back on his client list to College _ than just talking about Andrews, who has written And while this particular concentrate? on Ms music career. stuff they like: computers, video dominated by white about nerdcore for wirednews, song, booming with an old-school, New Yorkl MC Chris is games and hip-hop. at best, a "Weird Al" in com, points out that desktop retro-electro Kraftwerk/Afrika known for his high-pitched raps "It wasn't until I started get­ hip-hop parody or, at technology has made putting to­ Bambaataa-style groove, has a and Cartlpn Netv^rk connection ting into it and taking it more seri­ suit tcfa form that was gether a hip-hop song feasible. title that includes a rhymes-with- (he's the voice of h|p Pee Pants in ously, and coming out with actual urban black street cul- "That nerdcore could have used m i lack professor rich word that's no stranger to the "Aqt Hungft Force") but good songs, like "Bill Gates any genre but used hip-hop came c science and multime- hip-hop lexicon, others in trie MC his 'imd incljjd.es stops at lution" and "Emulation Station," about because rap is a vocal me­ w t Virginia's George Router catalog are more Silicon the titute of lljhicago and that I started meeting and hearing \ lia stud dium so computer students could rsity and the editor Valley than South Bronx. NY i School offthe Arts. about other nerdcore artists," says lason U speak their feelings easily, and of Hip-Hop, was "One of my very first raps 3te another nerdcore MC Router, who used to be morj )f The Jo you can assemble a hip-hop track en he first heard was a Halo' rap," says Router, MC Hawk|ng, who of a Blink-182 fan before discove| concerned easily." 20, referencing the popular video lectronically distorted ing hip-hop. about it. "I was worried before I start­ the Bronx and game. "And then 'Bill Gates' was nakes him sound like Nowy|he has V'geek life" tc "Being ed gigging regularly that I would ental attachment the first professional one." hysicist Stephen Hawk- tooed on her knuckles, is Text having a se run into people who think I'm watch something She's talking about "Bill Gates "voung, gifted and best-known nerdcore geek, to hip-hop, making fun of hip-hop, and no •n," a track on her com- is one of the relatively few fei come up and e the term Tiip- one has had that response," says i that's an anti-Microsoft performers in the genre. "I hop' without into ITS roots MC Frontalot, whose real name e "the operating system 'OK, I'm a nerdcore artist,'; put me on the f ," he says. "But is Damian Hess. "I don't find hip- is a horror story my says. "And this is what I do."! as the subgenre veloped, I saw hop absurd in any way." grandmother told." Rhyme (whose nam lute HIP-HOP MOCKERS that they were rt trying to cross Welcome to the world of over, not claimiri to be hard, or :THE SANDSPUR VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

EDITOR: KARINA Mc CABE Life&Times [email protected]

and school classes. Megan Hession Furthermore, NCM joined - the sandspur JUMP in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk, As the dawn of a new semes­ and we were able to contribute a ter begins, it is important to take total of $1000 towards the event. the time to reflex on the accom­ While raising money is a great plishments of the past. Last se­ way to help out the community, mester, NCM (Non Compis Men­ NCM Sorority did not forget that tis Sorority) left a huge mark in donating time and effort are also the community of philanthropy imperative as well. in Orlando. NCM Sorority had represen­ NCM is the sorority that tatives at the Ripple Effect every brought you Pet Day, a day in Saturday morning to help feed which Judy from Pet Rescue by the homeless in downtown Or­ Judy (nonprofit, no-kill animal lando. shelter) brought out a dogs and Finally, at the end of the se­ puppies onto the Mary Jean Plaza mester, NCM teamed up with yard to be adopted. She is in need Rex Beach to participate in Op­ of donations in order to open her eration Christmas Child. This own shelter because she runs her project helps to create gifts for operation out of her house. She children all over also makes use of foster homes, the but would like to keep MEGAN HESSION / The Sandspur all the dogs propriate gifts, and wrapped successful recruitment and cats the presents. In total for the fall which just ended in together 2006 semester at Rollins Col­ February this spring se­ under lege, Non Compis Mentis So­ mester of 2007. NCM is one roof. rority clocked in well over 200 welcoming sixteen new W e hours of community service, ladies to their sorority. raised as well as $2000 in monetary All of these ladies pos­ about $100 donations. sess great promise to dollars for During the 2007 spring excel not only in NCM, her and got semester here at Rollins, be but concerning campus two dogs sure to look out for more life as well. Each one adopted in philanthropy events orga­ of our new sisters en­ a matter of nized and sponsored by compasses the essence a few hours. NCM Sorority. Some of of Non Compis Mentis- President Dun­ the organizations NCM strong, independent can even came is planning on helping young women with out to the event out include: Don't Skirt a thirst for life and to to lend his sup­ the Issue (a campaign succeed personally, ac­ port. to help raise awareness ademically, and within NCM Soror­ the Orlando commu­ Sarvds^tand moneY in the %ht ity also raised to stop violence against nity. The sisters of Non and donated $200 women and their children), The Compis Mentis are ex­ worth of baby sup­ globe Ripple Effect, Relay for Life, and cited about the future plies for the BETA that would not get Pet Rescue by Judy, just to name and promise that these Center, an organization Christmas presents otherwise. a few. ladies bring to the so­ that helps out young mothers We collected shoe boxes, filled Non Compis Mentis rority as we welcome concerning baby care, supplies, them with age and gender ap­ Sorority is also celebrating their them with open arms. MEGAN HESSION / The Sandspur

Burke started yelling. Moor­ "It just kind of seemed very Meiling Arounnarath man started yelling back. forced and very contrived. What BizFact mcclatchy newspapers, met "He wanted a show, so I was said was very, very cliche," helped give him a show," she said Mundia said. "There was no It used to be couples broke of the profanity-laced exchange. quivering, no stuttering.... It was up quietly over dinner, over the "I had to stand up for myself." almost like they were reading a Who views YouTube? phone, via e-mail, via text mes­ script." sage. The crowd ate it up. Worldwide share of YouTube visitors, But in the age of cell phone Burke invited people via August 2006: cameras and the video-sharing "It just kind of seemed very Facebook to come watch the site YouTube, a breakup at the forced and very contrived. breakup. In the exchange, he ac­ University of North Carolina- cuses Moorman of cheating on Chapel Hill has played out before What was said was very, him. thousands: 160,000 as of Tuesday very cliche...It was almost He said he got the idea after and counting. like they were reading a watching a couple break up on Professors are talking about campus a few months ago. it in their classes. Students are script." "Everyone kept on walking debating whether it was real or but I just stopped and watched," whether the couple _ Ryan Burke ~Jatnes Mundia, Student he said. "I just thought it was and Mindy Moorman _ were act­ so interesting. And I thought it ing. Television Station would be so interesting for peo­ The couple, both from Char­ Manager, UNC ple to watch that." lotte, N.C, aren't saying. And Moorman? A friend told Moorman to be Of all the comments she's re­ at The Pit, a sunken brick court­ ceived, she said her favorite came yard outside the sfudent center, from her mother. "Did you have on Valentine's Day, she said. lames Mundia, the Student to say the F-word so much?" she She said she knew something Television station manager who asked. was going to happen but not that posted some of the videos on her boyfriend of four months was YouTube, thinks the breakup was about to dump her. fake. VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 LIFE&TIMES FEB. 26, 2007 -THE SANDSPUR

have the enzyme system to break Jessica Benson it down so it cannot get properly the sandspur utilized. High fructose corn syr­ up was never meant to be eaten l_ivi«9 It all starts in the grocery by our bodies." Hea*«*V store; the foods you choose to So if we were never meant stock your pantry, refrigerator, and freezer form the foundation of your diet. However, grocery shopping can be a daunting task, "...Educate as it can be overwhelming trying to choose the healthiest options our taste buds from the hundreds of choices that line every isle. to look for The last time I was in the grocery store I spent half of my natural flavors." time reading the labels and look­ ~ Dr. Shanbhag TO ing for things like low saturated oxidintlatnee P s arte" ,etien s fat, 100 percent whole grains, Winter Park, Dietician organically grown, pesticide * eaBnoB to 8 free, percentage of dietary fiber, etcetera. Yet, food labels are not *alntrsl0P«^ always easy to decipher and we to be eating high fructose corn •might not be looking at that in­ syrup then why does it appear gredient list in as much detail as in virtually all of the food in my need be. pantry and my fridge? The an­ As an overweight society swer to this is that HFCS mixes most Americans are fixated on easily, extends many foods shelf fat and carbohydrates, but nutri­ life, and is as much as 20 percent tionists warn us that the problem cheaper than many other sources Gfrocofe may be a little sweeter - we are of sugar. The inexpensive and nftemnii drowning ourselves in sugar. Not versatile sweetener has crept into •••••• •••:3. many foods where you would Contents of <* « -but it is never expect it. It is in my Eng­ lish muffins and hamburger buns "High fructose to keep them soft and fluffy, and in many frozen foods to prevent SwSoffof corn syrup was freezer burn. never meant High fructose corn syrup consumption is one major culprit m ^OOoriess to be eaten by in our nations obesity crisis. This inexpensive sweetener took over Qfantioxii our bodies." the American food supply in the 1980s and continues to be one ~ Dr. Shanbhag •contributing factor to Americas Winter Park, Dietician growing waste line. Just like the debate on whether the low carb craze is fact or fad, the fructose argument also divides many nu- just any sugar but high fructose tritionalists. -2006 MCT corn syrup (HFCS). But one thing is clear, as obe­ From sports drinks to con- sity began to rise in the 90's and diments many of the things we into today so too did the use of consume on a daily basis are high fructose corn syrup. As kids laced with this byproduct of corn drink less milk and more soda it processing. When you think of is clear that this food change is eart0 sugar you most likely think of a significant factor in the rise in the swmaf fusing *" " sugar cane fields in South Amer­ obesity. Because fructose alone ica, most people do not visualize does not activate the hormones a field of corn in Nebraska. How­ that regulate body weight, con­ ever, th§ majority of Americans suming a diet high in fructose do not know that the larger per­ could lead to consuming more cent of sweeteners used in pro­ calories and eventually putting cessed food comes from corn, not on weight. ,ce cream. »> sugar cane. Decisions we make Un***** ^ or te^** m The process be­ about food and what hind making HFCS J\ we eat are some of was developed in jr the most basic de- c,e ohipB the 1970's and ^000*m®,^ cisions we will !TnW mm over the years make in our its use has lives. However, been steadily with ingredi­ Healthy Living increasing. To­ ents like high l^SesffXfsi day, Americans fructose corn consume more syrup in so Options at the cafe HFCS than sug­ many foods we A comparison of the nutrients in four ar. To make it a are not given the popular coffee bar drinks; figures are little more com- choice of what we for a "tall* 12 oz. (227g) size: prehendible here is put into our bodies. the 411 of HFCS. It is Dr. Shanbhag says Calories Fat Protein produced by processing corn we need to "educate our taste Cappuccino, starch to yield glucose. And then buds to look for natural flavors." whole milk 120 6g 6g the glucose is processed to pro­ This means we will have to train ourselves to ignore that sweet duce a high percentage of fruc­ Cappuccino, tose. After much experimentation tooth and ignore salt cravings. nonfat milk 75 og 7g scientists landed on a formula Some steps you can take to mini­ that was 55 percent fructose and mize your HFCS intake might Cafe latte, 204 45 percent glucose. This was the include making your own salad whole milk 11 g 11 g perfect combination, just sweet dressings and eating as "clean" enough and just cheap enough. as possible. Although it will be i*^>*»fcw««j(»f«?*, a challenge to avoid HFCS at all Cafe latte, A local dietician, Dr. Shanb­ nonfat milk 126 Og 12g hag, puts it in simple terms "high costs it is worth reading your labels more carefully and steer­ fructose corn syrup is a byprod­ Source: of Startucks products, Nutritiondata.com. MCT Photo Service uct of corn processing, basically a ing clear from this cheap filler as Graphic: rns. Angela Smith © 2006 MCT cheap filler, but our body doesn't much as possible. THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 26, 2007 LIFE&TIMES VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

"I think the College Repub­ ment. cans falsely claimed in letters that you cede a lot of control away David Postman lican National Committee is an "We felt their fund-raising checks were only trickling in and to the people you are working and Jim Brunner amazing organization which is practices were deceptive, to say that the group was in a constant with," said Call, 28, a law student Seattle times, mctcampus getting a lot of young people in­ the least," said George Gunning, budget crisis. at the University of Denver. volved in the political process," former treasurer of the College And the elderly continued to Officials of Response Dy­ The College Republican Na­ said Paul Gourley, the group's Republicans. be a major source of donations. namics have publicly described tional Committee has raised near­ treasurer, who signed many of Gunning said he and two There are far more retired their strategy. ly $8 million this year through an the fund-raising letters. other board members fought to people giving to College Repub­ "Direct mail fund raising aggressive and misleading fund- He referred questions to the cut ties with Response Dynam­ licans than to any other IRS-regu- means asking for money and ask­ raising campaign that collected group's communications direc­ ics but were blocked by other lated independent political com­ ing for it often," company Presi­ money from senior citizens who tor, Alison Aikele, who declined leaders led by Scott Stewart, mittee, IRS records indicate. dent Ron Kanfer wrote in a 1991 thought they were giving to the to comment. the chairman of the College Re­ The Times was able to deter­ article on the art of the pitch. election efforts of President Bush An attorney and adviser to publicans from 1999 to 2003. As mine the ages of 49 of the top 50 "You must literally force and other top Republicans. the group defended the fund chairman, Stewart was the paid, individual donors to the College them to send money." full-time manager of the orga­ Many of the top donors were Republicans. The median age of While the vast majority of nization. Gunning said he was in their 80s and 90s. The donors the donors is 85, and 14 of them the money raised goes to pay assured that fund-raising tactics wrote checks _ sometimes hun­ are 90 or older. fund-raising expenses, the Col­ would change. dreds and, in at least two cases, "We have tens of thou­ The College Republicans had lege Republicans have used some totaling more than $100,000 sands of donors, and I The board debated the fund- another warning last September, money to expand operations. raising practices after the family when the Center for Public Integ­ The group says it has tri­ to groups with official sound­ wouldn't extrapolate a ing-names such as "Republican of an elderly Indiana woman with rity, a Washington, D.C-based pled in size in recent years, with Headquarters 2004," "Republican message about an entire Alzheimer's disease demanded watchdog group, issued a report 120,000 members on 1,148 cam­ Elections Committee" and the organization by sampling that her donations be returned. on the explosive fund-raising puses. "National Republican Campaign The woman's family said it had growth by the College Republi­ Rove, Bush's top political Fund." less than a tenth of a per­ sent a registered letter asking that cans. The report noted that sever­ strategist, spoke to College Re­ she be taken off the mailing list, But all of those groups, ac­ cent of the donors." al elderly donors who were con­ publican leaders during the GOP but the solicitations continued. cording to the small print on the tacted did not appear to know to Convention, and said the group's letters, were simply projects of ~ Craig Engle Only after a newspaper re­ whom they had given money. organizing was "absolutely vital ported on the story did the Col­ the College Republicans, who Washington, D.C, Attorney Response Dynamics, its af­ to the election." collected all of the checks. lege Republicans refund $40,0J|j filiates and other companies re­ The group goes door-to-door and Advisor for the College to the family, according to Jackie And little of the money went lated to the fund raising gptmost at college dorms and fraternity Rupublicans Boyle, one of the woman's niec­ to election efforts. of the money raised by the Col­ and sorority houses to register es. Of the money spent by the lege Republicans. voters and recruit volunteers. group this year, nearly 90 per­ "I think this is a nationwide About $9 million of the The College Republicans this cent went to direct-mail vendors scam," Boyle said on hearing of jfollllle Republicans' reported year got $220,000 from another and postage expenses, according raising. recent complaints. "They're cov­ spending this year appeared to GOP group, the Republican State to records filed with the Internal "We have tens of thousands ering the wi|ple country ...they go into fund-raising expenses, Leadership Committee. Revenue Service. of donors, and I wouldn't ex­ need to be investigated." according to a Times analysis of They also received large Some of the elderly donors, trapolate a message about an Stewart. is the director of reports filed with the IRS. donations from two more-tradi­ meanwhile, wound up bouncing entire organization by sampling Bush's Nevada campaign opera­ About $313,000, loughly 3 tional political donors, business­ checks and emptying their bank less than a tenth of a percent of tion, and campaign officials said percent, went for travel, conven­ men John Templeton, who gave accounts. the donors," said Craig Engle, a he would not be available to tion expenses and "hospitality." $400,000, and Carl Lindner, own­ "I don't have any more mon­ Washington, D.C, attorney and comment for this story. About $210,000 went to payroll er of the Cincinnati Reds, who ey," said Cecilia Barbier, a 90- outside adviser to the College The Washington State At­ expenses, helping pay for campus gave $375,000. year-old retired church council Republicans. torney General's Office received organizers who have been drum­ The College Republicans worker in New York City. "I'm "There are tens of thousands at least six complaints about the ming up support for the GOP themselves are rarely mentioned stopping giving to everybody. of very, very satisfied and happy College Republicans fund-rais­ ticket among young people. in the group's fund-raising let­ That was all my savings that they donors that enjoy a relationship ing letters from 2000 to 2002, but The large amount of money ters. There is the occasional letter got." with the College Republicans has no record of any complaints devoted to fund raising, and the on College Republican National since then, The complaints cited Barbier said she "wised up." and their fund-raising process." small amount for political activi­ Committee letterhead that talks "fund raising representations" But not before she made more But since at least 2001, some ties, is unusual among the top about the organizing work on and "senior exploitation." The than 300 donations totaling near­ leaders of College Republicans ranks of the burgeoning field of cellege campuses. Attorney General's Office wrote ly $100,000 this year, the group's have objected to the tone and tar­ so-called 527 independent politi­ The focus is on the presi­ letters to the College Republi­ fund-raising records show. geting of the fund raising done cal groups. dential campaign, congressional cans, but a spokeswoman could Now, she said, "I'm really Of the $20 million the anti- races and the constant threat of not determine the outcome of the scrounging." Bush group MoveOn.org spent, what they portray as likely lib­ complaints yesterday. In Van Buren, Ark., Mon- according to its filings, 93 percent eral victories in November. da Jo Millsap, 68, said she In response to the Indi­ went to media, advertising, mar­ The letters imply close con­ emptied her savings ana family's complaints, keting and polling. nections to Bush, Vice President account by writing College Republicans Of the $13.7 million spent by Dick Cheney, Republican leaders checks to College worked to be able to the anti-John Kerry group Swift and the party organization. The Republicans, then keep more of the Boat Veterans for Truth, 90 per­ pitches sometimes promise that got a bank loan of money raised by cent went to media, advertising special messages will be hand- $5,000 and sent Response Dy­ and media consulting. delivered to Bush or others if they that, too, before namics, got Most of the College Repub­ are sent back with a donation. totaling her do­ more oversight licans' fund-raising appeals come Most donors interviewed nations at more of the content of signed by two young Republi­ said they get up to 50 solicita­ than $73,000. the letters and cans who, in the letters, are billed tions in the mail each day. That had been work­ College Re­ as directors and officers of the pile can include four or more ing to improve publicans serve projects needing money. from the College Republicans. "the message as the party's "National officers for the Col­ Elliot Baines is an 84-year- of our solicita­ outreach orga­ lege Republicans have to wear a old Florida retiree who says he tions and to nization on col­ lot. of hats," said Gourley, one of has a hard time just carrying the change the con­ lege campuses. the signers, who is a junior at the mail he gets each day now. tract further so The group has University of South Dakota. "It's almost too much for me that our letters been a starting He would not answer spe­ to handle," he said. target a wider place for many cific questions about the fund Baines was surprised to hear age spectrum," prominent raising. he had given more than $63,000 according to a conservatives, He said he knows his name and that it had all gone to Col­ summary of a including Bush appears on letters sent from lege Republicans. He said he 2001 College Re­ adviser Karl Rove, Washington, D.C. Asked if he ap­ was swayed to give, sometimes publicans board anti>tax activist Gro- proves each letter, he said, "We against his better instincts, by the retreat. ver Norquist and for­ have certain processes set up." power of the letters. mer Christian Coalition The group con­ Matthew Kennicott, listed in "I thought if I paid them off executive director Ralph sidered ending its affili­ spending reports as the College once it would send them away, Reed. ation with Response Dy­ Republicans' political director, but it just encourages them to Once a part of the Repub­ namics and was preparing a also signs letters. He could not be send more," he said. "It is just a lican National Committee, the financial plan "so that we might reached. rat race in this house to pay off group is now independent. It is terminate the contract in the fu­ Ryan Call, former co-chair­ these people and hope that they set to help get out the vote for by Re- sponse ture," the summary said. man of the College Republicans, quit. Tuesday's election. Dynamics, the Virginia company But the young Republicans said that when he was there, the "But they don't. They keep Officers of the College Re­ that handles the direct-mail cam­ and the veteran fund-raisers group didn't have a lot of in­ sending." publican National Committee paign. stayed together. volvement in crafting messages did not respond to questions Response Dynamics officials This year, as millions of dol­ for fund-raising letters. about their fund raising. could not be reached for com­ lars flowed in, College Republi­ "When you contract stuff out, THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

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Love, Life, L^aughten The War on Body Image

aridities Megan Schutz I'm forced to get dressed up for body image is not easy. And the sandspur my classes or else I get dirty looks the pressures that are put on a for wearing jeans that don't hug woman to look beautiful or sexy Tuesday I found myself my every curve and a sweat shirt. or whatever are heavier than downstairs in Dave's half paying Nobody wants to talk to the girl almost every other pressure I can Never Settle attention to a group meeting, R who doesn't bother getting made think of. Magazines like Cosmo Spaces I think it was. and Glamour rarely But that isn't the point. show a woman who Danielle Christiansen to completely remove them from The people who were might be considered the sandspur you mind. They are embedded. running the meeting were curvy. The recent And why wouldn't you want to talking about feminism news with Tyra .... But wait maybe we remove them completely, you and body image. They Banks being called shouldn't want to. Maybe what might wonder? showed a Dove soap ad fat is completely we've been taught to do is in Let's relate this to a little which showed how the ridiculous. Not only actuality way off base. I will pop culture. In relation to this media and how easy it is is Tyra Bank's height explain. You've seen it all before concept, a movie that comes to to completely change the above average for a - those cheesy chick flicks where my mind immediately is "Eternal way a woman looks. woman, even when the classic girl-next-door that got Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." So I asked myself, she was called fat, recently dumped drowns herself For those of you who haven't seen why does the woman her weight was still in Ben and Jerry's chunky monkey it, the main characters, who have in the ad need to be below average for a death by chocolate overload while recently experienced a bad break­ made beautiful? Isn't woman who is 5'10". watching reruns on the old time up, attempt to clear their minds of she beautiful enough as The media is one of movie channel. Suddenly, one their sticky break-up experiences is? The group talked to the biggest sources day she gets up, actually showers, in order for them to stop the a couple people in the of pressure on a yes washes the utter desperation pain of those post-relationship audience, but due to the girl's body image. from her hair, changes the thoughts. In the end, the "perfect" noise of people eating So maybe that pajamas she's been living in for solution doesn't work out to and talking, I couldn't is why women feel the past two weeks and welcomes be quite so blissful because we hear the responses. But the need to look the world with open arms again. discover through them that a it got me to thinking good. Because of the Is that reality? Did she really simple void-out is not going to though. media and because just wipe her memory clean of that solve well, anything. I look around at the guys around us past loser in a span of a mere few In fact, we need those past Rollins, and I see all these make us seem like days? And what is the standard memories that make us cringe beautiful people, whether monstrous looking mourning period for a break-up and feel on the verge of losing they make themselves creatures when anyway? our lunch in order to learn from look beautiful or they we don't dress up, Illustration Courtesy of MCTCampus I got to thinking the other our mistakes - well, that is, in a just naturally are, I'm we feel the need to day, if you really cared about perfect world we'd learn from not sure. But I wonder how many up for class. make ourselves look pretty. someone so much, is it possible our mistakes. The past shapes of these people feel the need to But why? Just because a girl The R Space meeting leaders to ever fully move on from them? who we are and who we have make themselves look good just doesn't wear her shortest skirt seemed to have the right idea of Is it really possible to completely yet to become. It is because of because who they are with. and lowest cut top to class doesn't getting the audience to realize and totally eradicate their entire these memories that we enter Why do we feel the need mean she's a boring person. It just that there is a problem, but that is existence and memories from in a new relationship wary of to impress those around us by means that she'd rather go to class just the beginning. Over coming your little mind? Do we really the incidences of the previous dressing up for something as comfortable instead of trying to the issue of poor body image is "get over" someone when it's one or avidly avoid certain routine and boring as class? Is it impress others. Sometimes I even a hard one, but it's a fight worth over? Fully and truly? circumstances- altogether. It is really necessary to get all dressed find myself laughing at how my getting into with ourselves After the initial break-up because of these memories that up with a face covered in make roommate feels the need to look because once we have achieved it, depression that ensues in some we know what we now will look up just to go to the library or to a certain way just to go watch it has a tendency to stay with us varying degree, there comes that for and like or what we know get food? Why bother anyway? movies with her boyfriend. even through the hard times. stage of fierce independence and will make us run screaming in As a woman, it is almost like Being happy with one's nonchalance. Could this be a the opposite direction. Without true indication that we are now these memories, as painful as ready to move on, or is it simply they might be at first, we would a defense mechanism to shield be chasing our tails in a perpetual ourselves from the recent and raw same-old, same-old relationship hurt we have just experienced? situation. So no, we probably Write a Letter to the Editor and get published! Criticize, I think the answer is a mixture don't 100% get over someone, Praise, Rant and Raise Your Voice. Get Your Thoughts Out of both. It seems in order to heal but We get to the point where we enough to carry on with the rest can move on and remember. And About Local and National Issues. Comment on Anything of your life, you have to let go of what would the world be like some memories that might be the without a little remembering, our You Read in the Paper. Send to [email protected]. most personable and therefore the own made memories and some most painful. But because that things to ponder on? person has been a part of your life for so long, there is no way

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The National The Last Dance of Chief Illiniwek

Tim Giago America's white society took was hurt and frightened by the phony chief? manding their return thanks to MCT Campus courage and determination, but attacks upon her for standing up Howard Wakeland, president Eileen Janis, the former vice presi­ the constant insults and abuse against the use of Chief Illiniwek of the Honor the Chief Society, dent of the tribe. The news is out that the soon caused Teters to waiver. as her school's mascot. She said said after the decision to remove The University of Illinois University of Illinois will drop Her fear was mostly for that she was going to quit school and Illiniwek as the school's mascot joined other colleges and univer­ its Chief Illiniwek mascot. It just of her children and not herself. go home. I said, "That is your that it was like putting the mascot sities that saw their traditional goes to show that not all "tradi­ But tell me this: Why should any choice Char, but if you quit, they in a museum. mascots as racist and did away tions" are honorable. person fear for their very lives win." "Put him in a cage and walk with them. There are still handful It all began in 1926 when an for protesting the use of Indians Well, she didn't quit but in­ by and say that's our symbol. That Indian tribes that have sold out Illinois student named Lester Leu- as mascots for America's fun and stead continued her protests even seriously kills the heart of the their heritage and allow colleges twiler put on a homemade Indian games? beyond the day she graduated. chief." There will always be those to use their images as mascots. costume and pranced around the After observing a particular Soon hundreds of American Indi­ who just don't get it. And there is still a professional football field at halftime. crude presentation at the halftime ans showed up on Homecoming In the minds of most Ameri­ football team that uses the color It will come to an end on of-si Washington Redskins football Day at the University of Illinois to can Indians it is high time Illini­ of a people's skin for its mascot. Wednesday when the current game in 1982 I wrote a column join Teters in her protest. wek was placed in a museum. I I honor Charlene Teters for mascot, Dan Maloney, will do the questioning the use of human be­ I joined the protest one year hope the traditional Sioux regalia her courage and determination. splits and other non-Indian dance ings as mascots in a fashion that as a newspaper reporter. I walked the university bought from Chief She has fought for arid helped steps for the last time. demeaned them. The incident in­ near the protesters taking pictures Fools Crow under false pretenses bring about many changes at col­ This time-honored tradition volved a group of fans painting a as they marched. I was once again are returned before their mascot leges like Stanford, Marquette, faced its first objection when a pig red, placing a feathered bon­ overwhelmed by the degree of ha­ is put on display. Dartmouth and more that have young lady of Spokane Indian net on its head and then chasing it tred aimed at these protesters. Fools Crow believed the uni­ dropped their Indian mascots and heritage, a graduate student at around the fifty-yard line as half- Profanity such as "F" you versity bought the outfit for his­ declared them as racist. the University of Illinois, named time entertainment. squaws" or "Get the hell out of torical and educational purposes. I will consider America Charlene Teters, stood alone The first thing that struck me here you drunken Indians," rained When I showed him a photo of grown up when it finally deter­ and fearful at a football game in was what if these fans had paint­ down on the protesters on their how the costume was actually mines that to name a professional Champaign holding a small sign ed a pig black and placed an Afro- march to the stadium. My God, used he was furious. Before his football team "Redskins" after the that read, "We are human beings wig on its head and did this stunt what a proud tradition! How death several years ago he asked, color of a people's skin is one of and not mascots." at halftime? can a people exude such hatred "How can I get them back?" The the last bastions of racial preju­ Many of the fans and alum­ I was stunned by the hate for real Indians while honoring a Oglala Sioux Tribe is now de­ dice in this country. ni of the "Fighting Illini" were at mail I received for this column. I first puzzled and then angered at was asked to be on a national ra­ the audacity of this young Indian dio call-in show to talk about the lady. Some spat on her as they use of Indians as mascots. Once walked past and others flipped again, the hate directed at me burning cigarettes at her. spewed from the radio. Mind you, But she tearfully stood her I am an American Indian, Oglala ground because she had grown Lakota, born and raised on an In­ increasingly sick and tired of dian reservation in South Dakota. having her people insulted every IM' Some of the callers suggested Saturday for the sake of a football that, "If I didn't like it, go back game. to wherever in the hell I came To stand alone in the face from." of such fury and anger from a One day I got a call from ffiTm supposed educated segment of Charlene Teters. She told me she Still Dealing ran* MRUS' With That Color SHorammm Thing HNft

Bob Ray Sanders A friend of mine from Dallas MCT Campus called just to check up on me, but the conversation evolved into a Illustration Courtesy of MCTCampus NOTE: This column is for rant about his late grandmother. black people only. According to him this woman, The other kids were always No white people nor those conversation about a black parent I'm not naive. I know this known throughout the commu­ welcome, he said, but he felt he of any other race or ethnic group who never forgave her very light- issue will remain with us. And, nity for her benevolence, lavished was simply tolerated at best. are permitted to read beyond this complexioned son for marrying a yes, I know it is an issue in many praise and presents on most of Then he overheard some of point. dark-skinned woman. cultures, including Asian Indians her other grandchildren, includ­ the adults talking and realized' On this day, during the cel­ That was years ago, so the and Hispanics. ing his two half-brothers, but my that all the privileged grandchil­ ebrated Black History Month, I fact that it's being talked about to­ But I have never understood friend thought he always came up dren were "light-skinned." need to talk to my African-Ameri­ day tells me that it is still an issue, discrimination based on skin col­ a little short when she was hand­ He happened to be the "dark­ can brothers and sisters, and, be­ just as much as it was back in the or, or ethnicity or religion or gen­ ing out love. est" of the bunch, taking more lieve me, this is just between us 1940s and '50s when fraternities der or nationality, for that matter. All during his childhood, he after his mother than his Creole- bloods. and sororities at all-black colleges The fact is, my brothers and knew he was different, he said, looking daddy. Did I just say "bloods"? had their "paper sack" policies for sisters, it's hard to fight those who but he thought it was because he It really hit home, he said, Well, I'm from the old school, admission (you had to be lighter hate us because of our color when was the "illegitimate" one in the when he learned that he was the but I believe you know what I'm than a brown paper bag to get so many black folk hate them­ group. only grandchild not included in talking 'bout. in). selves, and even their kin, because As he got older, he told me, his grandmother's will. He as­ Listen up, my brothers and Coincidentally, one of the art of their color. The hatred of one's other children were born into the sumed that it was because he sisters _ and again, this is just be­ works in the William H. Johnson own race is a pathetic character family out of wedlock, yet they was indeed the "black sheep" _ or tween us. exhibition at the Amon Carter flaw. were favored by this grandma would it be white sheep _ in this Twice this week, I have been Museum speaks to this matter. Frankly, that's the kind of who liked to have her grandchil­ black family. reminded by some "African- Johnson's Three Friends, a seri- racism I really don't know how to dren* around on weekends, and Needless to say, he's still deal­ Americans" that many of us still graph on paper, depicts three fight. especially at Christmas, birthdays ing with that color thang. have a hangup with this color black women, all with different and other special occasions. A day later, I overheard a thing. skin tones. :THE SANDSPUR: VOL. 113 ISSUE 19

6DOftcS EDITOR: JUSTIN JB BRAUN [email protected] A Look at the American Leasrue East has question marks. Can Chien- Jays. In fact, of the three starters Ming Wang continue to get away coming after them, only one — Daniel Paulling with giving up so many hits? Can Tomo Ohka — had an ERA below the sandspur Kei Igawa avoid giving up the 5.00 last year, and that came in the walks that his Japanese statistics National League. Injuries have say he does? Can Mike Mussina, sidelined Halladay and Burnett For much of the recent past, Carl Pavano, and Pettitte stay in the past, and if either one goes the American League's Eastern healthy? down for an extended period of division has been home to the Prediction: First place, with time next year, that effectively best offenses and the most 98 wins ends the chances the Blue Jays offensive spending. However, in Boston Red Sox will make the postseason. this millennium, the division has The Reason for Hope: The Prediction: Third place, with produced only one World Series starting rotation runs six deep 90 wins champion; furthermore, in the with Matsuzaka, Curt Schilling, Baltimore Orioles past two years, none of the five Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, The Reason for Hope: teams have escaped the first round Tim Wakefield, and Jon Lester. All Talented, young arms abound of the playoffs. That may change of these pitchers can last deep into for the Baltimore Orioles. Erik in 2007. The New York Yankees games and have been successful Bedard took his first step toward and Boston Red Sox have loaded starters throughout their careers. becoming an ace, while Daniel up on pitching, bringing in Andy The Cause for Concern: Cabrera has the ability to stifle Pettitte and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Manager Terry Francona has a any offense on any night due respectively. Both of these teams lot of arms to go to in his bullpen, to the quality of his stuff. A — as well as the Toronto Blue Jays but when push comes to shove, second year under the tutelage of — have legitimate chances to win just who is going to get the call? wunderkind Leo Mazzone will do 90-plus games next season and It doesn't seem like that question these youngsters a lot of good. play deep into the postseason. has a good answer at the time. The Cause for Concern: The Here's a close look at the beasts in Prediction: Second place, projected lineup for this ballclub the east. with 95 wins doesn't feature one player who New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays exceeded 25 home runs last year. The Reason for Hope: The The Reason for Hope: This Miguel Tejada (24), Melvin Mora 2007 Yankees are going to redefine offense, while it won't compete (21), and Aubrey Huff (21) came the term "Bronx Bombers." The with the other two teams listed close, but the Orioles need a huge COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS projected lineup for next season above, has a chance to be very middle-of-the-order presence to is one of the better left handed enough veterans on their ballclub. features nine players who should productive. Center fielder Vernon make up for the deficiencies at the pitchers in the major leagues, With so many "troublesome" achieve double-digit home run Wells is becoming the best player back of their rotation. while Rocco Baldelli, Carl players ~ like Young and Elijah totals, and many of their hitters no one's heard of, while Alex Rios, Prediction: Fourth place, Crawford, and Delmon Young Dukes, for example — there needs rank among the best in the game Lyle Overbay, and Troy Glaus are with 75 wins form what will be the best outfield to be a few older players on the in getting on base and/or seeing all strong complements. Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2009 and beyond. ballclub to help these youngsters pitches per plate appearance. The Cause for Concern: After The Reason for Hope: The The Cause for Concern: The adjust to life in the major leagues. the powerful duo of Roy Halladay upcoming 2007 season won't be The Cause for Concern: Each Devil Rays, a team obviously in the Prediction: Fifth place, with and AJ Burnett, there isn't much in a good one for Devil Ray fans member of the starting rotation rebuilding phase, just don't have 66 wins the. starting rotation for the Blue everywhere, but Scott Kazmir A Lacrosse Team? FREE FITNESS CLASSES! We will definitely need to work 139, there are many classes which Ashtanga Yoga. This is offered at John Watson on recruitment over the summer. everyone should check out. Many 6:30 on Mondays and Thursdays. the sandspur Other things that still need to be Ariel Krieger people do not feel that they ha>7e All of the high intensity taken into account are funding. the sandspur the motivation to get to the gym classes are great, they have music How much funding will the and work out on their own so to get you pumped, and you Going around campus, there team actually receive? Will it be why not go to free classes where work hard for an hour! If you are is a lot of talk about starting a enough for the sport to carry on Was one of your new year's they help push you to fitness? looking for fun in a physically lacrosse team. It is one of the throughout the first season? As resolutions to GET IN SHAPE!? The classes offered are Yoga, Abs invigorating way, boost your many sports that are popular low-key as the sport is right now, Well, if it was then Rollins offers and Core, Ashtanga Yoga, Cardio, energy, get fit, and get your at high schools we went to and we hope it will have a successful some great opportunities to work kickboxing, hip hop dance, and endorphins then for sure check other colleges. However, we don't season. Every coach and athlete out in fun ways. Every semester also body works. out the cardio, hip hop dance, seem to have one here at Rollins. knows the pain to go through to there are great group fitness After going to the Abs and kick boxing, and Body works. All Nobody sees on the soccer field receive funding for their sport. classes offered. All part of the Core class offered by David I felt of the instructors are great and lacrosse players practicing. Or The more funding a sport has intramural athletics at Rollins that I had abs of steel and the ^ want you to look good! you don't see an 'Athlete of the then the more publicity and College, why not sign up for yoga (offered by both David and A little date tip... BOYS: A Week' fall in the sport of lacrosse. recruitment they will receive. some fun free and intense work Krista) helped me focus and relax lot of the girls go to these classes, In order for me to get more Nevertheless, recruitment is out classes? after a busy day. For those people don't they always tell you, go insight about the topic, I have another key issue. How many Located in the Alfond Sports who are into advanced yoga I where the girls are! spoken with Chi Psi Fraternity players are willing to play on Center in the dance studio room would highly recommend the member Drew Bernstein. He is the lacrosse team? Do they have an advocate for a lacrosse team enough? A men's lacrosse team at Rollins and is willing to play consists of ten players where a when one gets started. He told me women's team consists of twelve. Here is the schedule Jtor your convenience: CLASSIFIEDS Rollins does have a lacrosse team. Right now, I know of three men At the end of last November, they willing to be on the team and no GROUP EXERCISE: FOR RENT officially made it a Rollins sport— women. Rollins will have to do something many people did not better than that if they want to BODY WORKS : KICKBOXING notice. He said the lacrosse team have a successful team next year. entire body workout With Carol As an athlete at Rollins, I will start next fall and will have its With Garry Wed. at 5:30 pm HOMES FOR RENT know how much pain a sport first playing season in the Spring Monday at 5:30 1127 Pennsylvania Ave. (3/2) goes through with funding, of 2008. Saint Leo University ABS & CORE and 1137 Pennsylvania Ave recruitment, and winning in the just got a team for next season ASHTANGA YOGA: With David (2/2) Each are 1250 sqft, totally sport itself. Being a runner on the as well. He also told me it was a With Krista Thursday at 5:15 pm renovated, wood floors, new Cross Country team is not easy big sport in the Northeastern part Monday at 6:30 appliances, washer/dryer. Both and takes a lot of effort. Neither is of the United States where a lot have garage and patio's. Must being a member of any other sport of Rollins students live. Drew is CARDIO ASHTANGA YOGA: see! $2,300 mo. each 407-448- at Rollins. So, if lacrosse wants to from Long Island, NY where he With Chrissy With Krista 1031 Walk to Rollins and Park succeed at Rollins they will go played lacrosse in high school. Tuesdays at 5:15 pm Thursday at 6:30 Ave. Other people I have talked through the same procedures to are also interested. But the every other sport goes through to HIP HOP DANCE YOGA question is now; will we have a have it be a popular and ongoing With Monique With David sport here at Rollins. I wish every Would you like to place an an­ successful lacrosse team? Only Tuesday at 6:30 Friday at 5:15 pm nouncement or classified? time will tell that. In preparation person on the lacrosse team the best of luck in the fall and hope Call (407) 646-2696 or e-mail for the fall, we are still in need of [email protected]. a girls and guys lacrosse coach. you kick some butt next spring! THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 26,2007 SPORTS VOL. 113 ISSUE 19 Champion Duncan Strikes Again! Ping Pong Takes Over Rollins Campus

around above the gym, they had ping-pong the brilliant idea to develop a competitors. Ariel Krieger ping-pong intramural league. They were the sandspur They believed that it would offer waiting to find the Rollins College student body out who they and faculty the opportunity to were to play compete. Working in conjunction He's a fighter, he's a champ, next. It is done with Nathan Arrowsmith, the he's President Duncan. It was on a random director of intramural athletics, a very quiet morning on that ladder system. they were able to get this done. Saturday February 17th as the The winners This is living proof of students world was prepping for Duncan's keep playing the following through with an return to the Rollins College Ping other winners inspiring idea to start something Pong tournament. until the finals on campus. Who doesn't like an round where Set up above the gym are two intense game of ping-pong? Not we are left with ping pong tables where the action only are these events a wonderful the champion! all takes place. While the majority social opportunity, but they of competitors meandered in All of the games are a chance to heighten your slowly, the devoted champion are played till 11 competitive drive and try to win. for two semesters in a row goes and you had to Of course the winners not only to the' gym early. Duncan was win the best out get pride, they also get shirts, and loyal to his competitive self; he of three. Don't ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ARIEL KRIEGER/f/ze sandspur often other fabulous prizes like gift was there long before the deadly worry if you Match Point! Marco Martinez gets served by President Duncan! certificates! It is remarkable how three o'clock hour to warm up his have no clue about ping-pong, the ping-pong league has grown. killer backspin. Was it worth it to there is a huge range of talent Next time you are looking opportunities the intramurals Starting with only six students, go early? I believe so... he is now and experience participating in for a little competition or a way have to offer. now it is swarming with over undefeated for the third time in a the tournament. While some have to engage why not check out the Duncan, 3rd time champ in a thirty! There are opportunities row! played for years with fancy spins ping-pong intramural league. The row, needs a little competition.... for people to practice and hit to and attack shots, others were Anyone up for the challenge!? How did it all begin? greater the demand is, then the prepare for the tournament which there for the fun and stimulating Rollins College, do you dare? Petamber and Bouch have always more opportunities there will be happens once a semester competitive environment. Some had an interest in ping pong. to play! It is also worth checking even go to meet people and make In one of their rituals of hitting At 3 o'clock on Saturday the out all of the other tremendous upstairs gym was full of 32 anxious new friend. Rollins Basketball Crushes Saint Leo But Falls In Heartbreaker to Eckerd added six points and five assists. January 20. The first few minutes the game. During the next three lead the losing effort with 15 The Tars were looking to of the game resembled the minutes the Tritons would use points. John Thinnes added 13 an 8-2 run to cut the Tars lead and Johnny Reibel would add Juan Bernal make a statement coming out of national TV game with the Tars scoring their first 12 points from to two. After a timeout, John 12. Eckerd's Craig Hazel had 11 the sandspur the locker room, and they made that statement with authority. downtown. They shot 61.5% Thinnes would go out and score points and 13 rebounds for the After the Lions' Kyle Rowland from long range in the first half, the Tars' next five points, but the Tritons. and their various zone defenses Tritons would once again use a With the loss to Eckerd, the The Rollins Men's Basketball hit a jumper to open the half to were able to neutralize Eckerd's 7-2 run during a critical juncture Tars are now one game behind Team's quest for their fourth cut the Tars lead to three, the Tars shooters. With the score tied at 26 in the game to tie the score at 56 Barry in the conference standings conference title in five years hit used a 31-9 run during the next 11 with three minutes left in the first with 1:17 remaining. On the Tars' with two games to go. The the road this past week for key minutes to bury the Lions. After half, the Tars used a 9-3 run to go ensuing Tars' possession lohnny conference tournament will be road games against conference the eight minute mark in the half, the Lions never managed to get into halftime up six, 35-29. Reibel was fouled, but only made played from Feb.28-March 3 at foes Saint Leo and Eckerd. one out of the two free throws. Lynn University in Boca Raton, On Valentine's Day, the Tars any closer than 18 points as the After a great-shooting Tars were able to win the game by first half, in which they shot On the next possession, Eckerd's Florida. The conference standings would visit Saint Leo, located just Matt Certatus, who was 1/9 from with two games to go are: outside of Dade City, Florida for the final score of 81-63. Codrey 45% overall, the Tars went led the Tars with 17 points with into the halftime locker room three the entire game hit a huge 1. Barry 12-2 a matchup with the Lions. The three from the right wing to give 2. Rollins 11-3 Tars had never lost to Saint Leo Craig Reichel, lohn Thinnes emphasizing free throw shooting Eckerd a two point lead with 17 3. Eckerd 10-4 and they were hoping to keep it and lohnny Reibel each adding and rebounding. They shot just seconds left. The Tritons would 4. Tampa 7-7 that way. Early in the game, the 14 apiece. Reibel also notched 60% in the line in the first half foul Reibel on a drive to the 5. Nova SE 7-8 Tars' Isaac Codrey was the Tars' a double-double recording ten and were getting out-rebounded basket, but he would miss the one 6. Lynn 6-8 go-to-guy as he lead Rollins with assists. Rollins also managed to 15-12. In the second half, the and one. With the Tars forced to 7. Saint Leo 5-9 15 first half points. However, the out-rebound the Lions 36-34 and Tritons defense disintegrated the foul, Eckerd's Craig Hazel and 8. Florida Tech 4-11 Lions were able to keep up with out-shoot the Lions (52% to 35%). Tars three point magic as they After savoring the Valentine's would hold the Tars to just 20% Marcus Washington would nail 9. Florida Southern 2-12 the Tars as they were able to get three of the four free throws to 18 points off of dunks and layups. Day victory for a couple days, from behind the arc in the second give the Tritons a 62-57 victory. In the latest national poll, Going into the halftime locker the Tars got back to business on half. Despite every variable in the The Tars were out-rebounded 42- Rollins, Barry and Eckerd all room the Tars were up by just Saturday in St. Petersburg for a game seemingly going against 21, including 28-8 in the second received votes. five, 35-30. Aside from Codrey's re-match with Eckerd. The Tars them the Tars somehow held an beat Eckerd in the program's first eight point advantage with eight half and shot 9-15 from the free 15 first half points, Craig Reichel throw line. Isaac Codrey would had eight and lohnny Reibel ever nationally televised game on and a half minutes left to go in

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