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The Rollins Sandspur. 1779. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1779 ROLLINS COLLEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA FI-BRI h 2005 FOUNDED IN 1894 WW\V. 1 HFNANnSPl R.OIU, IN BRIEF ?5 Bach Festival Celebrates 70th Anniversary Rollins Takes "Steps The Bach Festival Society is getting ready to launch its 70th Anniversary Festival. The Festival will feature world-class visiting soloists, Towards Wellness exciting guest ensembles • Rollins' Well­ and the Bach Choir and Or­ chestra performing classic ness Fair encour­ pieces from Bach, Beethoven ages its visitors to and Brahms. Members of the stay active and Rollins community receive free admission to the events. healthy. by Sandra Branson Musical Kudos contributing writer Joshua Priest, '06, won the Rollins College kicked Southern Division level of off its annual wellness fair the Percussion Young Artist last Wenesday, which in­ Competition in Louisville, cluded seminars, screenings, Kentucky. Josh previously fitness and health presenta­ won the State Division of the tions, health and wellness Music Teacher's National options, free food, and Association (MTNA) music prizes. The Wellness Fair of­ competition, one of the fered something a little dif­ largest in the country, to ad­ ferent besides the vast range vance to the Southern Divi­ of information, seminars and photo / DANIKA TANZINI sion competition. services; Rollins students, THE MAGIC TOUCH: Stressed students flocked to get a free massage at the Wellness Fair, gu- faculty and employees were ranteed to induce relaxation and mental well-being. invited. Sandy Weinstein, making this year's Wellness and improve their quality of better. Sandy Weinstein, IN THIS ISSUE ARNP, Director of Rollins Fair a success. life. Barbara West of Chan­ Nurse Practitioner with Lakeside Clinic, Dawn Peter­ The Wellness Fair was nel 9 Eyewitness News, and Rollins Lakeside Health son, Director of this year's offered through partner­ Healthy Community Initia­ Clinic said, "We would like Wellness Fair, and Rena ships with Florida on the tive Director Ray Larsen, faculty and employees to Tovar of Rollins College Move, a nationwide move­ along with "Team Rollins," serve as role models for the Faculty Surprise Health Promotions, among ment to get Americans to eat added to the effort to get students. We want people to Jazz musician and Rollins others, all participated in healthy, live more actively, people moving and living CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 faculty member Chuck Ar- chard was invited to per­ form at the Hurston Festival. President's Happy Valentine's Day page 8 State of the Union Safety Walks This week, The Sandspur of­ fers a synopsis and commen­ President Duncan and Vice President tary on the president's tradi­ tional annual address. Herbst invite all to help with safety walks. news coverage, page 3 by DavidIGrasso and the need for more call commentary, page 17 contributing writerphone s for emergency pur­ The alleged rape case poses. Oscar Predictions has brought to light a num­ It was concluded from Our take on who gets ber of safety issues on cam­ the safety walks that an as- the little naked guy pus. Although it is custom- founding twenty-four places trophies this year. ary to have campus security on campus were deemed page 12 walks every year, Dr. Dun- worthy of additional lights, can spearheaded an initia- primarily covered lights and Prometheus Project tive, along with the Vice poll lighting. As it stands Rollins anthropology class President, George Herbst, now, as per the action plan, joins with Valencia Commu- and the head of facilities twelve lights have already nith College to explore a Scott Bitikofer, to invite all been installed. The remain­ project that would help area members of the Rollins com­ der will be installed in the homeless people to become munity participate in this future, as current supplies more self-sufficient. year's walk. have been exhausted and page 15 In an effort to make the what is needed is on back Rollins campus a safer place order from the manufactur­ er. INDEX for everyone, the safety walk highlighted problems that The loggias around cam­ LOVE IS IN THE AIR: Whether you're escorting your signifi­ NEWS 7 2 needed to be tended to im­ pus—for instance, the long cant other out on the town., snuggling together at home, or HOLT NEWS 5 mediately. Most of the con covered walk from the book- still feeling lonely after that restraining order, The Sandspur cerns that emerged out of store to the Fraternity and is helping cupid spread love across campus. LffE&TlMES 6 the walk fall into three gen- Sorority houses-used to gift ideas, page 7 ENTERTAINMENT .11 eral categories: outdoor have large bushes that ob- valentine ads, page 10 OPINIONS 15 lighting, scrubs and green- structed views from outs.de- word search, page 13 all about kisses, page 14 SPORTS .... 18 ery creating lack of visibility, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE SANDSPUR -NEWS FEBRUARY 11,2005 Safety First Healthy Fun at lenge for the school to keep CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 up with ever increasing the Wellness Fair the sidewalks. To produce a standards. In order to expe­ safer environment, these diently keep up with the have since been trimmed standard, the school has CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 day, which equals to 20 and exercise, alternative back. Other areas, such as made the monumental deci­ get off the couch and get minutes of walking, and treatments and therapies, the area around Chase Hall sion of dividing Campus moving." When asked if eating fewer calories daily. and nutritional supple­ and the Annie Russell The­ Safety into two depart­ she has seen an increase in The results of action start ments. The Vendors at the ater have had plants re­ ments: Security and Envi­ obesity or other diseases, you on the way to improv­ Wellness Fair had some­ placed to not obstruct visi­ ronmental Health and Safe­ she stated, "No; our goal is ing your health not only in thing for everyone. The bility. ty. The present head of Se­ just to try to combat obesi­ quality, but quantity. Visi­ booths covered testing Falling into the third curity will be taking over ty by getting people off the tors to the Wellness Fair re­ everything from choles­ category of concern that was Environmental Health and couch and out from in front ceived a pedometer to start terol and diabetes to HIV concluded from the safety Safety. Environmental of the TV." registering their steps to­ and syphilis. There were walk, a need for additional health and safety will deal "Team Rollins", a ward better health and representatives from the emergency call phones was with safety issues, while the group made up of students, wellness. Red Cross offering free dis­ established. An additional security department will faculty, and staff—who The Wellness Fair in­ aster training along with call phone has already been deal with personal and started a campus-wide ini­ cluded over 45 different guides to finding home­ added by the garage by the property security. tiative to promote a healthy vendors from the Rollins owners insurance. Planned cross walk on campus. This Part of keeping Rollins lifestyle—promoted a walk Campus and the local com­ Parenthood had a booth phone also services the path College a safe place for all of around the campus to kick munity and included mini giving out pamphlets on that runs along side of the us involves everyone's ef­ off its "energy balance" ini­ seminars in stress manage­ safe sex, STD's, and birth garage, from the Holt forts: "We want the campus tiative that recommends ment, good nutrition, Do's control. Winter Park Police School offices to the cross­ to be proactive....We all taking just 2,000 steps a and Don'ts of stretching Department participated walk. need to participate in mak­ by checking child car seats, Although it is not wide­ ing this a safe campus. If making sure they were ly known, there are already anyone would just be a little safe. twenty-five emergency call vigilant, they could con­ Tours of the Alfond phones in the garage. Im­ tribute to making this a safe Sports Center afforded vis­ plicit in the action plan is place for all of us," stressed itors a view of the state of that there is a need to draw Vice President George the art exercise complex more attention to these in Herbst. which has started to offer case someone has an emer­ Look for another walk free exercise programs to gency while in the garage. coming up this spring. Any­ all Rollins students, faculty "There is little doubt one who is a part of the and staff. that the safety walk was ex­ Rollins community is wel­ If you would like more haustive. We spent two and comed to participate. The information on Florida on a half hours walking the en­ facilities website also has a the Move, e-mail Florida on tire campus; it was not a form for suggestions to ini­ the Move.org.