Sandspur, Vol 101 No 10, November 3, 1994

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 11-3-1994 Sandspur, Vol 101 No 10, November 3, 1994 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 101 No 10, November 3, 1994" (1994). The Rollins Sandspur. 31. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/31 Interview with the President: The Statue Controversy and its implications for Rollins Chris Smith : What is the his was deciding on a place to put statue at their latest meeting? our Council General's office in tory of the Okinawan statue at the statue, he and the donor Mrs. P.B.: In their September meet Okinawa that there was no real :a Rollins? Warren had the idea to create a ing, when the matter was dis interest in the Okinawans for President Bornstein: In 1947, \ niche here at the front of the cussed, acting on information this cultural artifact, and the let a graduate of the college named building to house the statue. He from our State Department and ters from President Holt to Mr. AH The Sam Clinton Nicols presented the said in a letter to Mr. Nicols that letters that we found from Mr. Nicols indicated that the statue statue to President Hamilton it would be on view to the stu Nicols to President Holt, the would at the college remain in Holt and his alma mater, and dents forever. And there it has board decided that, for the perpetuity. If the board had felt that was the year that the admin stayed for 47 years. present, the college should keep that the Okinawan people val istration building was being CS.: And what was the Board the statue. The State Depart ued the statue and wanted it completed. As Hamilton Holt of Trustees thoughts on the ment had advised us through back, it would have voted dif ferently.. But at that time, we were aware ofthe mixed cultural history it had. It was apparently a represen tation of Japanese values placed as the statue was in various locations through out Okinawa, when the Japa nese invaded the country. It was seen as a form of Japa nese imperialism, and the Okinawans have seemed to reclaim their own unique language, culture, and tra dition and are rejection the culture that was imposed upon them. CS. : Does the Board of Trustees decisfon make the college unable to return the statue? P.B.: No, we can certainly give it back and we are ex ploring the situation through the ongoing conversation that we' ve had with the State Department and through our other contacts in Okinawa. So we're very much open on the issue. I already am photdlZaiba Malik convinced that there is in terest in the statue despite This year's'diversity week, which by all accounts was a great success, it's attachment to Japanese included the uniting of students together for a multi-cultural lunch on Mills lawn. imperialism, so we are con- Many types of ethnic food was served, and world music provided entertainment Diversity week was sponsored by the Cultural Action Committee. See "Statue" - Page 2 Service For Students The JB cans Poll By Melissa Person Sandspur resentative will soon be place tivities that already exist at A STUDENT POLLING The Student Services Com on an advisory committee for Rollins." mittee of SGA met this week to Mariott. The commitee has many other address student concerns at When asked about the main projects in the works that ad Are you In favor of limited casino Rollins. This month the Com concerns of the committee for dress the concerns that students gambling in Florida? mittee will be sponsoring a the year, Committee Chair have voiced. All students are invited to share their ideas with Thanksgiving shuttle to the Or: Brandy Randel stated, " The lando airport. Students will goal of our committte is to be the Committee. Interested stu dents can contact Brandy Randel NO recieve flyers regarding this ser come a unified voice for stu at x 1912. The Student Services vice in their boxes next week. dents on the Rollins campus. meetings are held weekly in the Concern was express about the We hope to foster better com SGA office at 7:00 on Tuesday quality of food at Beans and munication campus wide that nights. other Marriott restaurants on will allow students to take ad campus. A Student Services rep vantage of the services and ac The Sandspur Volume 101 lsS:, page 2 FREE AIRPORT RIDE Spotlight on How are you getting home for Thanksgiving break? If you answered flying, then perhaps the Student Services Committee can halp you by offer Bob Driscoll ing a FREE ride to the airport. The airport shuttle will leave Rollins for Orlando International airport As a kid growing up in nearby Sanford, able at Rollins last spring, he leaped at the Bob Driscoll didn't know exactly what he chance to return to his alma mater. at various times on Wednesday, November 23. If wanted to be when he grew up. However, he "After 20 years as a police officer and an \;AH ofo int^r^ctAH r*1p53«p wfltrh for a sian-nn rare] did know that whateverdirection his life took, active member of this community, coming to he wanted to heip people. Rollins seemed like a natural progression," he in your mailbox next week! If you have any extra As a former officer with the Winter Park said. "Because of my background, I've been able to blend in quickly and offer an immedi Police Department, program manager of a IALNII Al lk?V II l«rS Iwl VH VF3 • I • k^?l*l 11*1 V1WJ I l«7W>' fA%mr* nit drug treatment program for adolescents, and ate closeness with the police department." Rollins' newest director of campus safety, An example of that closeness, Driscoll said, leave a message. Have a nice flight! Driscoll can look back with pride and realize is that when the Winter Park department con that he has gone a long way toward fulfilling verts to an upgraded communications system his boyhood wish. soon, campus safety will be part of that net "I was never really your 'gung-ho' type of work. "We'll be able to access all the way up police officer," he said. "I really got the most to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. We satisfaction when I was helping others. I will be able to talk directly to helicopters, the guess you could say I was a counselor first fire department and various law enforcement and a policeman second. But I discovered that agencies throughout Central Florida. We will law enforcement was a way to help people, be one ofthe few private colleges in Florida to and I enjoyed that." have that kind of on-line accessibility." Driscoll discovered law enforcement while When asked what he intends to do to solve a student at the University of Central Florida. Rollins'parking problem, Driscoll smiled with He participated in a cadet program that al the wisdom of an understanding and patient lowed him to parent. "The work part- primary park By Julia Jerome time for the ing issue we Winter Park have on cam I know what you're thinking, "The what?". The marmot. You know, ofthe pus is conve Police De genus group Marmotini shared with the ground squirrel and prairie dog! The partment. Af nience. Ev marmot has a plump, sturdy body which isn't that similar to the body of a squirrel. ter graduating eryone needs from UCF to understand The head is broad and round with big ears. The tail is short, with bushy hairs, and with a that there are the legs are also short. The tip of the thumb has a small nail, while the other fingers bachelor's de just not and toes have strong, digging claws (the third finger is the longest). The overall gree in crimi enough hair is long and thick. The cheek pouches are underdeveloped, and the upper nal justice in spaces to go molars have a somewhat more triangular circumference. 1972, he went around. Not Their range includes the entire northern hemisphere, across the Arctic Circle everybody to work for the through the tropics to the southern ranges of the temperate zones. People living in force full can have a the Alps of West Germany are completely convinced of the healing powers of time. space right "I fell in outside their marmot fat! They use it, especially as a remedy for chest and lung diseases, some love with the front door. believed that it must be good for rheumatism because the marmot, in its damp hole, town and the What I would is not affected by arthritis, even during winter. Such reasoning led to the killing people," he hope is that if of over 16,000 marmots in 1944, and many rheumatism sufferers squandered large said with a people cannot amounts of money for a bogus cure. find a parking smile. "With If you would like to be instrumental in the selection ofthe next R.O.C. animal the exception space, they ofthe month, come on down to the next R.O.C.

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