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The Rollins Sandspur. 170. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/170 WatThe Oldes t College Newspapeatttepur r per in Florida • Founded 1894 ^V October 5, 2001 Rollins College ® Winter Park, Florida Vol. 108, No. 5 Tolerance at Rollins, Part Kyle Stedman the Victims of This National found itself bouncing against the try, according to the Orlando held in reaction to September ijhe Sandspur Tragedy. We Must Stand ceiling these past few weeks, trying Sentinel. 11th need only to contact him, phe Cultural Action Committee United... Not Tear Ourselves to find placement, calm, and escape Erin Salem (2003), whose and planning would begin. [raised a banner outside of the Apart: One Nation in Love and from the ever-present threat of whole family is from Lebanon, As a reaction to the moldy, [Mills Memorial Building with Acceptance." falling away from the dignified said she had only experienced smoking hate being passed 'Our Hearts Go Out to The Rollins community has goals written on the CAC banner good things on campus. "I don't around campus in some circles, and into quiet acceptances of imagine people at Rollins would groups of students and faculty are pre-formed hate. treat me poorly... It makes me making conscientious efforts to Horror stories are silently nervous to think that people reverse the flow. flowing through the ears of would lump groups of people The Saturday after the attacks, students in salty, unbroken together just because they look a fliers were posted in Ward Hall waves. The driver of a passing certain way." encouraging students to visit the car on campus yelled, "Fuck you, Steve Neilson, Dean of Student Power House Cafe, which is Osama!" to a non-Muslim stu­ Affairs, said that no specific, owned by Middle Easterners, and dent. She later said, "It doesn't on-campus instance of hate had support their business. Molly even matter that I'm not Muslim been reported to him. "I give our Tanzer (2004) organized another - it matters that it happened." The students, faculty, and staff a lot of group of students who visited the story of a red truck pulling a trail­ credit," he said. "We have a pret­ Power House that Saturday. "As er with an Arabic-looking ty compassionate and under­ the owners of the Power House dummy hanging in a noose has standing student body." didn't fly planes into the World been reported in various forms. Neilson said that many of Trade Center, I don't think they Two Rollins students claimed college's top officials were should suffer for the actions of that they no longer wish to be discussing different ways to others. So I decided to buy a pita identified with their middle-east­ continue the dialogue begun in the sandwich," she said. Proceeds from t-shirts sold in the Corneli Campus Center last week ern heritage. last few weeks. "As an institute Dr. Barbara Carson, professor •will benefit families of firefighters and police officers killed in the Nadia Ahmad, a University of of higher education, we should be of English, sent an email to the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. California at Berkeley graduate having conversations about the entire faculty addressing "the |Photo by Heather Gennaccaro, The Sandspur. and Orlando-born citizen, was ramifications of these events." impotence we're all feeling in the told in a Winter Park convenience He said that any student wishing store to go back to her own coun­ to see a specific type of program - continued on page 2 Spotlight on Sea Turtles: The Daytona Problem closely resemble jellyfish, a ^Angela Pacchainelli-Boshart Is there anything we can do to the beach, build shades around favorite food of sea turtles, il/je Sandspur help? We need to continue to the light so the beach is not control other lights that are in our directly illuminated. Hatchlings and may cause illness or In the past few years, the issue of power to control. We must be will be disoriented by bright possible death to the sea turtle sea turtle protection seems to aware of ways accessible to us to lights. that eats them. have been given more attention help. We may not be able to solve 4. If you see someone harassing a 6. Stay clear of marked sea turtle than usual. There are laws that sea turtle or poaching a nest, nests on the beach. by predators, exhaustion, drying state: "No person may take, harass, call the local police or the DISTURBING A SEA harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, in the morning sun, or strikes by Florida Marine patrol. TURTLE NEST IS A automobiles on nearby parking kill, trap, capture or attempt to 5. Do not dispose of plastic bags VIOLATION OF STATE engage in any such conduct to lots and roads. People have in ocean. Plastic bags very AND FEDERAL LAWS. marine turtles, turtle nests, and/or become better informed of these turtle eggs." It seems like we problems in recent years. Companies and organizations, have made progress, paying close the Daytona problem, but it is such as Florida Power and Light attention to regulating and/or possible to keep from adding to and Florida Fish and Wildlife preventing lights on beachfront the problem. These six ways Conservation Commission, have properties so that they don't shine provided by the Sea Turtle done much to educate. Into the beach. Conservation Program inform us of From the Wire 2 That is why it is such a shame • The problem has been that the how the concerned and interested to hear of the dilemma at hand on hatchlings' important journey to citizen can help the cause: Etc. 3 Women Daytona's beaches. It appears as • the sea is disrupted because, as 1. As much as possible, refrain & Work page 4 if the "glow" from Daytona's they emerge from their nests at from walking on the beach at • Features 4 m urban areas is creating a larger Get in ght, they are strongly attracted night during summer months problem than anything, such as to light sources along the beach. (April-August). No matter Health & Fitness 5 Shape page 5 the previous lamps and porch • As a result, hatchlings move how quiet, humans will often lights along the beach. It is toward streetlights, porch lights unknowingly frighten nesting Opinion! ^ 6 klc 9/11: The noticeable now because the other • page 6 or interior lighting visible sea turtles back into the sea. Aftermath lights are being controlled, which through windows and away from 2. Never keep sea turtles in Entertainment 9 &cl O Bio- just illustrates how far we have • P*e relative sanctuary of the aquariums. They may survive, come. However, now the issue terrorism page 7 ocean. Sea turtles' instincts are to but without proper permits, Sports 11 that presents itself is how it is • head for the natural glow on the this is a violation of the law. Zoolander page 10 possible to manage the lights of ocean's horizon. Hatchlings so 3. Keep bright lights from shin­ Calendar 12 Daytona's 64,000 residents and • roisled fail to find their way to ing onto the beach. If you have thousands of mghttime businesses. sea, having succumbed to attacks security or safety lights near Friday, October 5, 2001 2 • ®j)e i&mtepur The United States must take Infinite Justice, "We will direct war, battling the eneniy to-the Scholarship more proactive steps to prevent Bush Rallies, every resource at our command - death. They have no problem terrorism. We should have an Funds for every means of diplomacy, every with suicide missions and are Country Braces offensive mentality. We need to tool of intelligence, every instru­ willing to risk everything for the Terrorist Attack address problems before they The Post (Ohio U.) ment of law enforcement, every cause. turn into disasters. No, we (U-WIRE) Athens, OH - Less financial influence, and every The question remains: Is the Victims should not respond to every than a year ago, Americans were necessary weapon of war - to dis­ United States ready to risk every­ By Nathaniel Hoopes demand radical groups make on divided on whom they were sup­ ruption and to the defeat of the thing for its cause? It seems to be The Daily Princetonian posed to look to as their presi­ us, but we do need to take into global terror network." a waste of precious life to go into (Princeton U.) dent. consideration what we might be But what does this mean? Afghanistan, guns blazing, not (U-WIRE) Princeton, N.J. - I Now, nine months and one doing that makes them so angry n Though Bush's words have knowing exactly where or at the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist national tragedy later, an over­ and full of hate. rallied a nation to prepare for whom we are shooting. And in attacks, thousands of citizens whelming number of people have Bush has promised much in what could be an endless war, return, we stand to receive the have donated their time, their no doubt in their minds that the way of retaliation, but the that same nation might not be same from the other side, who assistance and pints of blood to President Bush is handling him­ United States and the world ready to bear the sacrifices of our already has proved it has no show their support for then- self well in the wake of the Sept.