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University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 9-2-2005 Sandspur, Vol 112, No 02, September 02, 2005 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Rollins Sandspur by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rollins College, "Sandspur, Vol 112, No 02, September 02, 2005" (2005). The Rollins Sandspur. 1791. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1791 ROOJMS CmjMGB mWmrwm. PARK^ WuomxDA THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA ^ II I FOUNDED IN 1894 IN BRIEF Forbes Ranks Crummer Big Trouble for the Big Easy Number 1 in Florida The M.B.A. program at the 80 percent of New Orleans lies under water in the wake of Hurricane Katrina Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins Col lege was ranked number one overall in Florida by Forbes magazine. Crummer's part- time program was ranked 14th in the nation and its full-time program ranked 47th in the nation for return on investment. The Forbes study will be published in the September 5 issue of the magazine. Stampede Kilts 800 800 Iraqis were killed Wednesday in a stampede SMILEY POOL / KRT Campus IRWIN THOMPSON / KRT Campus when rumors of a suicide by Howard Witt reported killed in the Missis dome reportedly died when rescue grid patterns over the bomber spread panic Chicago Tribune sippi county of Harrison, he f?ied to jump from one city to try to find more. through thousands of Shiite With the death toll home to Biloxi and Gulfport, section to another. The Federal Emergency Muslims crossing a bridge mounting, floodwaters ris and officials there feared the New Orleans Mayor Ray Management Agency was during a religious proces ing, health concerns multi body count would go much Nagin said rescuers were making unprecedented sion, an Iraqi Interior Min plying and looters racing to higher still. bypassing floating bodies to preparations to house at istry official said. The stam grab their fill, New Orleans Louisiana officials re concentrate on saving the least 1 million people in pede and crush of bodies plunged deeper into chaos ported the deaths overnight untold numbers of victims Louisiana, Mississippi and caused the fence along the and despair Tuesday, one of four infirm or elderly pa still clinging to rooftops Alabama whose houses bridge to give way, sending day after Hurricane Katrina tients who were among more than 24 hours after the were damaged or destroyed. hundreds of people into the pummeled three states more than 15,000 refugees killer storm roared through. "That figure could even Tigris River, he said. Others along the Gulf Coast and huddled inside the New Or State and federal rescuers in go up," said William Lokey, were trampled to death on triggered what officials pre leans Superdome, but many boats and helicopters pulled FEMA's coordinating officer the bridge, he said. Some dict will be the costliest nat other deaths across the city more than 1,200 victims to for the disaster. "This whole jumped into the river to es ural disaster in U.S. history. remained to be counted. safety on Tuesday and were CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 cape and drowned or were At least 100 people were One man inside the Super- flying precise search-and- injured as other people fell on them. Rollins Tops IN THIS ISSUE Gaza Withdrawal The Israeli military complete The Charts the historic and painful pull out from the Gaza Strip. Rollins attains top ranking in the South page 2 by U.S. News & World Report by Jessica Scharf anyway." What makes this Fred Stone Preview contributing writer achievement all the more im- Our reporter looks ahead to Wear your parapherna- pressive is that this ranking the exciting season of up- lia proudly, Tars, because puts Rollins on a more glob- corning theater. Rollins is making a splash on al map. "Floridians recog page 10 the charts. On August 19 US nize us as the number one News and World Report re school already," says Presi Freshman Orientation leased its edition of "Ameri dent Duncan. "This is impor A writer evaluates the care ca's Best Colleges 2006" and tant for attracting students ful balance between social our small unpretentious col outside of Florida and hav and scholastic Rollins Explo lege made an appearance ing them and their parents rations events. not once but twice! After 10 be able to say that they are page 16 dormant years in second attending the number one place, the number one uni school in the South." Rollins Soccer Previews versity in the South is none also placed number one in A look at the excitement in other than ours truly, beat the South under the "Great store for both men's and ing out opponent Stetson Schools, Great Prices" cate- women's soccer this season. University by three spots, gory, which determines the page 18 First place used to belong to best monetary value by corn- University of Richmond paring academic quality INDEX which is now ineligible for with its net cost. President NEWS. the "Best Universities- Mas Duncan believes that this is HOLT NEW ter's" category in which we an even greater achievement LIFE & TIMES .. .6 lead the way, but President for Rollins College because it ENTERTAINMENT ... .10 Duncan proudly reassures is a private institution and OPINIONS 15 us that "we were catching up therefore has a relatively SPORTS 18 to University of Richmond CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 THE SANDSPUR -NEWS Gaza Withdrawal Bis Easy Hit Hard CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 we do with them, they are at landed near the Superdome, situation is simply off the risk," said Dr. Jimmy Guidry, Blanco said, floodwaters pre Makes History vented her from getting scale."As many as 2 million the state health officer. This close enough to talk to the • After decades eral withdrawal will act as en people across the South were (evacuation) is stretching all without electricity or fresh of us beyond what we ever trapped victims whose de of conflict, the Is couragement to Islamic ex spair she could see from afar. water thought we could do. And tremists who see violence as a "The first light of day raeli government means to bring about change. Officials said more than we're just getting started." 80 percent of metropolitan With no electricity, clean today revealed what we had has agreed to Many Palestinians see this feared," Blanco said at a New Orleans was under water or fresh food inside movement as just the begin news conference. "The dev withdrawal. water that was 20 feet deep the downtown core, and un ning and cite the rest of the astation is greater than our by Kim Lyons West Bank and East Jerusalem in some places _ a problem known numbers of animal worst fears. It's just totally staff reporter as next on the agenda. that grew even more dire carcasses likely floating in over whelming. "The eco early Tuesday when two the floodwaters, concerns By last Monday the Gaza Mahmoud Abbas, the nomic damage was almost major levees burst, sending were rising about potential Strip, which is home to over Palestinian leader, faces the unimaginable, but with in challenge of dissolving knee-deep floodwaters epidemics of dysentery, one million Palestinians, was sured losses alone expected Hamas, a militant group with coursing throughout down tetanus, cholera and even finally emptied of approxi to top $26 billion, officials its own army of 5,000. A town New Orleans.A local snake bites among those still mately 8,500 Jews. Many of said Hurricane Katrina is Hamas leader commented, TV station later quoted stranded inside, the city, the displaced settlers moved destined to rank as the costli "We're going to continue as Nagin as predicting that the which is normally home to into the West Bank, home to est American natural disas some 240,000 settlers. The re long as the occupation contin floodwaters could rise to 9 480,000 people. ter ever. moval ended 38 years of Is ues," but promises there will feet on St. Charles Avenue, The filthy floodwaters raeli control of the land. be no attack on the Isrealis if the celebrated route that were lapping at the doors of Oil prices spiked Tues While the Palestinians anx they do not initiate. takes New Orleans streetcars the Superdome, which itself day by more than $3, climb iously await further with This movement is a his past historic multi-million- was becoming a growing ing above $70 a barrel, amid drawal from the West Bank, torical moment in the Middle dollar mansions. health hazard for the uncertainty about the extent Israeli Prime Minister Ariel East as Ariel Sharon, who was The Army Corps of Engi- refugees inside because of of the damage to the Gulf re Sharon claims he will responsible for the Israeli oc neers was rushing to figure the lack of air conditioning gion's refineries and drilling strengthen its larger Jewish cupation of those lands, leads out how to plug the levees, or sahitation.Louisiana Gov. platforms. communities. a withdrawal that lays the which normally protect the Kathleen Blanco said author Blanco, describing the The now unoccupied set foundation for the formation below-sea-level city from ities were now making plans devastation in metropolitan tlements of the West Bank and of a Palestinian state.