Sandspur, Vol 113, No 17, February 12, 2007

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 2-12-2007 Sandspur, Vol 113, No 17, February 12, 2007 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 113, No 17, February 12, 2007" (2007). The Rollins Sandspur. 1828. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1828 Th1~1 e42* ^"^Sandspu1 ROLUNS COOJEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDrA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT OPINI SPORTS WASTING AWAY GO SHOP UPERBOWL MADNESS Madrid has something to say about those women Are we good ci can snopr You All you would ever want to know about the who thin thin is in. decide. erbowl. PAGES 8-9 PAGE 1 PAGE 16 THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 ISSUE 17 www.thesandspur.org February-12, 2007 John Watson the sandpsur Last Friday February 2nd, the Sororities of Rollins College came together for Bid Day in the Bush Auditorium. There, all the sorori ties came to see which freshman and new members they wanted to have in their sororities. I have spoken with two dif ferent sororities, Kappa Delta and AOII, to see how their bid day went. The first person I talked to was Alex Winfree of Kappa Delta. She overall thought the process went well and she got some really cool girls. They got 21 new girls and are excited to have them live in the house next year. Salem Willis, the AOII Coordi nator, told me she had a blast. She was in charge of a game called the SAMANTHA MARSH/The Sandst experieni The day after Bid Day, AOII took the new girls to Islands of LARA BUESO/The Sandspu Adventure. They received a to RIGHT: Chi-O's welcome their nev tal of 10 new girls. The total for freshmen. their sorority stayed the same as last year but are excited about the new girls. During the whole process, BELOW: Kappa Delta's show their pride there were approximately 175- 200 girls interested in sororities. However, the number dropped drastically due to certain reasons. A lot of girls did not have the 2.5 minimum- grade point average re quirements. They could have also lost interest during the process or just di ito the sororit' like AOII caught my eye. Alex told me this sorority has a different process then the others. She said, "They are offered invitations instead of bids and they find out who got in the coming show where they perform in front of an audience... usually a step dance. Afterwards, they find out who got in." For every Rollins girl out there who participated in Bid Day and got into sororities, I hope you have a great experience and meet some really cool sisters. It is only through college that you can experience something like this. If you did not get into a sorority or did not get into the one you desired, don't worry, its not over yet. You still have three more years! As for now, the clock is ticking. Get to know your sis- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEWS 2 HOLT NEWS 5 ENTERTAINMENT 6 LIFE & TIMES 10 OPINIONS 13 SPORTS 15 THE SANDSPUR -FEB. 12,2007 NEWS VOL. 113 ISSUE 17 WORLD Devastating Tornados NEWS \9 Bid Day in Style fore. It is the experience of a life The Federal Emergency Man- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 time! For all the Chi Omega's, Phil Long agement Agency said it was pro ters and get to know them well. all the Kappa Kappa Gamma's, MCTCAMPUS cessing the state's application COURTESY OF CNN Because the following years of Alpha Omicron II's, Kappa Del for emergency assistance. The college, you are going to form a ta's, Non Compis Mentos', and At least 19 people died, many Florida National Guard mus IRAQ: Seven people were bond that most of you will not Sigma Gamma Rho's, buckle up others were injured, hundreds tered 8,000 soldiers and awaited killed when a Marine helicopter forget. It is a new experience and have fun because it is soror lost homes and thousands re orders to distribute food, water crashed oufside Baghdad, the that you haven't dealt with be ity time! mained traumatized Friday and first aid. U.S. military said. morning after a vicious swarm The fierce squalls _ including of thunderstorms and predawn two "super cells" that forecasters tornadoes ripped through Cen said generated several tornadoes SAUDI ARABIA: Palestinian tral and Northeast Florida early with winds greater than 100 mph President Mahmoud Abbas and Friday. _ attacked under cover of dark his political rival, exiled Hamas Two of the dead were high ness, enhancing the terror, and leader Khaled Mashaal, will ne school students and one was an the unsettled weather persisted gotiate details on forming a na elementary school child, officials into the afternoon. tional unity Palestinian govern said. More than 1,850 buildings The wind splintered houses ment during meetings in Saudi were destroyed or damaged over and flattened a church built to Arabia's holy city Mecca, Saudi a 40-mile swath of Lake, Sumter withstand 150-mph winds. Fall officials said. and Volusia counties. ing trees crushed cars and trucks. As night fell over the region, Clothing, bedding and other de SPAIN: Hundreds of Asian and authorities accompanied by res bris dangled from branches. African migrants spent their cue dogs still searched for peo Tornadoes or apparent torna sixth day aboard a broken down ple trapped in debris. Shelters does were reported near Frost freighter off Mauritania as Spain opened to serve the newly home proof in Polk County, near Wild- tried to convince West African less. At least 10,000 customers wood in Sumter County, near countries to take them in. still were without power. Weirsdale in Marion County Gov. Charlie Crist declared and in many areas of rural Lake a state of emergency for Volu GUINEA-BISSAU: When the County. sia, Sumter, Lake and Seminole government of one of the world's "It was 15 seconds of "holy counties. He said the state and crap,'" said Keith McDaniel, 35, poorest nations learned that its storm-weary residents would a welder who moved to Lady Whoopi Goldberg had taken a persevere, as they did after the Lake a year ago. "No one ever ex DNA test showing her ancestors barrages of hurricanes in 2004 pected this. I thought hurricanes hail from there, the news neces and 2005. were bad." - sitated a high-level meeting. SAMANTHA MARSH/The Sandspur "This is the Florida way," RIDIN THE WAVE: The girls of AOII spend their Bid Day at Uni Crist said of the rescue and re ITALY: An Italian judge indict versal. covery effort. ed a U.S. soldier on homicide charges for the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent participating in a hostage res cue operation in Iraq nearly two Author Colson Whitehead Amuses Rollins years ago. Whitehead asked for student in volvement. He wanted students Rochelle Siegel to discuss the piece with each NATIONAL the sandspur other. Whitehead opened up by tell As Winter With the Writers ing the students and audience NEWS Hf continued, Rollins welcomed "when I was 19 or 20 my work novelist and comedic individual was so bad I couldn't get into a Colson Whitehead. Whitehead creative writing class." As he began with a Master Class in went through the stories he gave which he gave much insightful a lot of positive feedback. WASHINGTON: A judge de information to up and coming "Details gave you a good sense writers who are interning for clared a mistrial in the court- of what was going on and drew Connie May Fowler. martial of an Army lieutenant in the read," Whitehead said of Unlike Russell Banks who who refused to deploy to Iraq, Alyssa Rabun's piece. Whitehead spent most of the Master Class gave tips on development of the saying the soldier did not ful analyzing the works himself, narrator and how important it ly understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges. CALIFORNIA: A man pos ing as a delivery person forced his way into the home of busi ness titan Ernest Rady, holding Rady's wife and housekeeper hostage while demanding cash, COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE then shocking the billionaire STAY FOCUSED: Colson told students to always stay focused and with a stun gun before fleeing, never give up if they want to become writers. police said Wednesday. is to use the narrator to put the years he became more confident. audience in the situation. "How "You have to sit down for 5 hours does the narrator see things? Get and stay focused." FLORIDA: NASA officials said into the narrator's head." And His turning point in life was Wednesday it will review psy then the way the story is por when he decided he was not go chological screening assess trayed is what helps draw readers ing to be a vet. "I was a writer ments of astronauts after the re in. "Zippy and jazzy pulls you and I had to just dust myself off cent arrest of Lisa Nowak, who in," as Whitehead would say. and start again." Is advice to is charged with attempted first Colson's advice to getting all was to "never give up and if degree murder.

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