Sandspur, Vol 110, No 12, December 05, 2003

University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 12-5-2003 Sandspur, Vol 110, No 12, December 05, 2003 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 110, No 12, December 05, 2003" (2003). The Rollins Sandspur. 218. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/218 ROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA 3H)e g>anb£pur THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA «~y-**fb**^^^ {)K 200? FOUNDED IN 1894 W WW. rHESANDSPUR.ORG The Price Of Beauty Rollins Gone Greek New Holiday Movies How far is too far in the pur It is almost the time of year when eager Billy Bob Thornton's Bad suit of beauty? Some women freshman choose a fraternity or sorority to Santa and Steve Martin's are resorting to removing join. To help you decide which one is Cheaper By The Dozen are their little toe to better fit right for you, each organization has com guarnteed to bring laughs into designer shoes. piled a bio telling what they are all about. this holiday season. page 15 pages 5 & 6 page 10 Avoiding Light Humor, Heavy Criticism The Finals • Edward Albee dropped in on Frenzy Rollins for rendi • TJ's offers tips tions of his plays. for getting through by Robert Walker exams stress free managing editor On Friday, November and easy. 21, Pulitzer Prize winning by Jessica Estes playwright Edward Albee photographer paid a visit to the Rollins campus. Albee's two day It's that time of year that visit included a private inspires fear and dread in luncheon, a master class in even the most seasoned col the Annie Russell Theatre, lege student. Students have and a viewing of the two worked hard all semester, photo / ROLLINS THEATRE DEPARTMENT Albee plays, The Zoo Story A DAY AT THE PARK: Albee discusses playwriting on the set of Zoo Story at the Annie Russell but it all comes down to one and The Sandbox, being per Theatre. thing... .the final exam. formed by Rollins students. reputation as a direct and invigorating portions of celed Albee course a chance Before launching into panic uncompromising provoca Albee's visit came during the to meet with the famous mode, students should con "I was enthralled with teur precedes him, so I was private luncheon and the playwright. Albee was sider some of these helpful Mr. Albee and grateful that not surprised that his visit open master class. The scheduled to teach a month suggestions courtesy of Mae he was able to spend two was at once invigorating, luncheon was held in the long course this semester, Fitchett, Coordinator of days at Rollins," said eye-opening, and challeng Cornell Museum and was but was forced to cancel do Academic Enhancement Thomas Ouellette, Chair of ing." designed to give students to an illness in the family. Services at TJ's resource Rollins' Department of The eye-opening and who had enrolled in a can center. Theatre and Dance. "His CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Talk to your professor. According to Fitchett, "the A New Generation Of Peace Makers most important thing you es to work with high school encounter with a group of can do is communicate with • Local students This past weekend, aged students towards creat gun-toting gang members. your professor." Make sure November 29 to the 30, come together to ing a new generation of He found that these troubled you know the format of the Rollins hosted the interna empowered youth. youth not only knew of exam (essays, multiple promote peace in tional education program The founding of Peace Archbishop Desmond Tutu choice, short answer), where Peace Jam. Peace Jam was their community. Jam has an interesting story; and his efforts towards non the material comes from founded in 1996 as a pro the idea arose from co- violent social change, but (books, class notes, lectures) by Brittany Lee gram to bring Nobel Prize founder Ivan Suvanjieff's supported and admired him. and what it covers. There is copy editor Laureates to college campus From there, the concept of nothing worse than spend having Nobel Prize winners ing valuable study hours address and inspire the memorizing information youth was born. that is not even on the test. The Dalai Lama was Start studying early. approached with the idea, Though cramming may and with his help the pro seem like an easy way to gram grew to consist of 11 cover a lot of information, Nobel Prize Laureates. students who spread out These laureates include the their studying are typically Dalai Lama himself, much more successful. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Instead of caffeine-fueled Rigoberta Menchu Turn, Dr. marathon study sessions, Oscar Arias, Adolfo Perez break your studying into Esquivel, Mairead Corrigan short intervals. Most people Maguire, Betty Williams, recall the information they Jose Ramos-Horta, Bishop begin and end with best, so Carlos Ximenes Belo, Aung taking short frequent breaks San Suu Kyi, and Jody is recommended. Also, Williams. avoid relying on coffee and Since its launch, the pro soda to keep you awake. If gram has had 30,092 partici you feel like you're losing photo / MARK BARTSCHI pants worldwide. High focus, try exercising as a WORKING TOGETHER FOR PEACE: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams poses with a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 local youth peace activism group in the Warden Arena. DECEMBER-5, 2003 THE SANDSPUR -NEWS Inspiring Future Community Leaders CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 diverse backgrounds. school students across the Williams followed the country and the world are meeting with a brief speech provided with a weekend of and an hour of questions inspiration, service, and and answers. community building. For the rest of the day, Peace Jam's goal is "to students chose and imple inspire a new generation of mented a community service peacemakers who will trans project. The project collected form their local communi clothes, food, toiletries, etc., ties, themselves, and the for the homeless by solitic- world," and judging from ing the community for dona the reactions of the partici tions. Afterwards, students pants and the college stu met again with their family dents at Rollins, the program groups. The evening was is a tremendous success. concluded with a presenta Peace Jam brought tion of the documentary film approximately 200 high created by Peace Jam, which school and middle school will air at the Global Peace students to campus last Film Festival to be held in weekend, and about 40 col Orlando. lege-aged mentors volun On the second day, teered as well. This year's Williams again addressed visiting laureate was the crowd, and the group Williams. played a variety of team The day's activities building games. Before photo / MARK BARTSCHI began with a welcoming cer lunch, the students present JAMMING TOGETHER: Peace Jam participants engage in a team building exercise in the emony followed by the first ed their own projects and Warden Arena. of many family group meet service plans for the commu ing ceremony, and each stu leges, in the US. from Peace Jam with a new ings. The family groups nity. Each group created a dent leaving campus with a Odile Perez, '06, was a understanding of their own were smaller groups of stu poster or story-board with plan of action. In six months, mentor for Peace Jam and power to make a difference dents accompanied by men their plan of action to help they will meet again to dis said of the experience, and the experience benefited tors. These groups gave the the community and initiate cuss their progress at the "Peace Jam is the best oppor all involved. youth a chance to interact change. Peace Jam Slam, a one-day tunity to give back to your For more information on with one another and broke Lunch was followed by conference. community because your Peace Jam or to get involved, down the barriers that exist workshops created and led To have Peace Jam come empowering our youth to visit their website at when bringing together a by community members. to Rollins is a great honor, as make a difference." www.peacejam.org. group of students with The day ended with a clos- they have only 15 host col- Students walked away WF I IVF T • INK INK I • MM * » * OriSferS in an uncertain universe, which Is why some people choose to eat dessert first Whatever your personal uncertainty principles might be, you'll still want to try our garden-fresh gourmet salads, hearty for Not-Very-Rieli People. stacked sandwiches, and a dozen tempting soups, chowders, gumbos, and Oriental delights made fresh, every single day. Back in the Old Days, if you wanted a frozen dessert, you sent your While there is no evidence that eating a sweet after a delicious gourmet salad or servant running up to the mountaintop to bring down a few scoops of snow sandwich bestows any physical effect, the If the poor guy managed to make it back with any that didn't melt, you put psychological benefits are undeniable. fruit syrup on \i and had yourself a treat. Of course, you needed to be So whether you eat dessert first or last, some kind of king or czar or poobah, with plenty of speedy servants.

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