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The Rollins Sandspur. 213. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/213 ®iie ROUJNs>antemtS CkMXEGE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA r [HE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA 10, 2003 FOUNDED IN 1894 WWmTHESANDSPUR.ORG —— • ; Play Ball Word on the Street Major Pain Old rivalaries renew as Does choosing a major really determine Having trouble choosing Boston heads into New what you're going to do with the rest of a major? Well, don't feel York to face the Yankees, your life? Sounds like a pretty important bad, after all, it's a lot and the Marlins swim into decision. If you could create your own harder than matching Chicago to face the Cubs. major, what would it be? your socks. page 15 page 9 page 12 Don't Hold Your Breath Great Halls of Fire | Residents of • Fire scare in ing that the alarm was trig­ Strong Hall were gered by the heat system Hauck Hall results turning on. surprised to find a in evacuation and "It wasn't really a fire, it hidden danger visit from fire was just the dust that builds up in the heat strips during inside their walls. department. the time that the air condi­ tioner is on", says Micky by Brad Aboff by David Grasso Maxwell, lead A/C mechanic editor-in-chief staff reporter on campus. At first glance, it might On Thursday, Ocober 2, Due to the warm weath­ appear that Rollins College a brigade of fire trucks was er in Florida, our heaters had fallen victim to the latest stationed in front of Hauck tend to lie dormant for most bio-terrorism attack last Hall. The fire alarm had of the year. During the tran­ week. Walking by Strong photo / BRAD ABOFF been set off, and students sition between fall and win­ Hall, visions of men in space HEAVY BREATHING: Students in the Alpha Tau Omega fra­ attending class at the time, ter, there are days in which it age protective suits remov­ ternity wear masks to protect themselves from asbestos fibers.. scrambled to evacuate. The is cold enough for the heat to ing bags of asbestos might what upset us most: no one dents," said Herbst. "When Winter Park Fire turn on. The system may make even the most cynical communicated with us what we decided to go ahead with Department responded later turn on the air-condi­ person look twice. was going on." the removal project, our promptly. tioning due to the return of "It is pretty scary when Rollins Vice President decision was based on the Although the smell of warm weather. The first day you see guys in asbestos and Treasurer George fact that the health of the smoke filled the building, that was cold enough for the suits wearing gloves and Herbst, agrees with Deliddo. maintenance staff was at Richard Lima, Associate heat to turn on was the day masks walking around your "The removal process is risk, not that of students. The Professor of French, who of the fire scare in Hauck. courtyard/7 said ATO essentially done and has asbestos was found in the was present during the inci­ When the heater turned President Sam Deliddo. gone well. Where the crawl spaces below Strong dent said, "there wasn't that on in Hauck, the dust that "Our fear though, was from process went wrong was in Hall, which is only used by much smoke...you couldn't had built up during the lack of knowledge. That was our communication to stu­ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 see it coming out of the warm months on the heat building." strip caught fire. Since the Rollins College mainte­ smoke detector is right next In Your Dreams...Lie The Answers nance claims the supposed to the heater, the system • Personal fire was not even a fire, say­ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Counseling Center helps students BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID interpret dreams. by Jessica Estes photographer Tuesday night, Pinehurst hosted Dr. Mark Freeman, the director of the Personal Counseling Center at Rollins, to discuss the signif­ icance and meaning behind dreams. Freeman argues that in American society the importance of dreams is underestimated. They are often ignored, forgotten, or dismissed as the irrelevant photo / JESSICA ESTES musings of the unconscious SWEET DREAMS: Yvette Moore, '04, concentrates on mind. In reality, much can thoughts from deep within her subconscious, be gained from the analysis tests, revealing that the par- During the workshop and interpretation of your ticipants actually achieved a students shared bizarre and healthier state of being after troubling dreams ranging dreams. During his month ,URDGES long workshops, Freeman completing the dream inter- from premonitions of death pretation workshop. This to encounters with the Olsen Things get freaky, as Universal Studios unveils its thir­ tested the participants' teenth annual Halloween Horror Nights. symptoms of stress and sueeests that simply twins. While Freeman social tension. He discov­ addressing your dreams can offered insightful interpreta- Read more about Horror Nights on page 8. ered a vast difference in the lead to improvements in tions, he explained. Dreams scores of the pre and post your everyday life. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 OCTOBER 10, 2003 THE SANDSPUR NEWS Asbestos Finding the Deeper Trouble Meaning of Dreams CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 but I don't believe that there CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He suggests keeping a advocates problem solving though dreaming. Also the maintenance staff in is any that students or facul­ are best interpreted by the dream journal to record and look for symbols in your servicing the building. This ty come in contact with," person having the dream." look for patterns in your dreams. Freedman claims is not in an area where stu­ said Herbst. "About 10 years It is best to consider your dreams. Leaving a paper that "most dreams have a dents would be exposed ago we removed a lot of own issues and traumas that and pen right near your bed figurative message" that because they don't have asbestos from the campus. may be demanding your and immediately writing access to it." What we are dealing with attention through dreams. down what you recall is the may not correspond with the According to the now is finding asbestos in For instance, he stated that best way to remember the actual events in the dream. Environmental Protection the hidden spaces through­ "reoccurring nightmares details of your dreams. You Any students interested Agency (EPA), most people out the campus." often refer to unfinished may also want to try coach­ in dream interpretation are exposed to small amounts of Evan Garvey, business in your life." ing yourself to have dreams. encouragecl to contact the asbestos, as all people are in Interfraternity Council's Similarly, people who are Repeating an idea or prob­ counseling center located on their daily lives, do not Executive Senator, is not so dealing with loss and death lem right before sleeping the first floor of McKean develop these health prob­ quick to agree with Herbst. often find the theme resur­ may actually help you arrive Hall. Programs are available lems. However, if disturbed, "Currently IFC is concerned facing in their dreams. at a solution. In fact stu­ to discuss and share dreams asbestos material may of the existence of asbestos Freeman gave several dents at the Stanford or to learn elementary release asbestos . fibers, in fraternal housing," said recommendations for fur­ Graduate School of Business dream interpretation skills. which can be inhaled into Garvey. thering the understanding of are required to read Living For more information, call the lungs. The fibers can Deliddo and his fraterni­ your own personal dreams. Your Dreams, a book that extension 6340. remain there for a long time, ty brothers are ready for this increasing the risk of dis­ to be over and done with. He ease. Asbestos material that remarked, "This has all been Turning Up the Heat would crumble easily if han­ a huge inconvenience. We dled, or that has been sawed, have been unable to use the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 include Rollins Hall, Cross Ramirez, 05', a language scraped, or sanded into a laundry room in our base­ kicked on. Hall, and Elizabeth Hall. major and frequent occupant powder, is more likely to ment for over three weeks." "The fire alarm system Maintenance will be of the Hauck building. create a health hazard. Despite student frustra­ responded," stated the head turning the heating system "It is rumored that main­ But what about other tions, the Rollins administra­ of Maintenance for Rollins on and dealing with the tenance sent memos to the residence halls or class­ tion is quick to point out that College, "and shut every­ issue to prevent another administration for the sys­ rooms? Could asbestos be in they still have the students' thing down, that's why there scare like the one that tem to be cleaned at least the air? Are students and best interests at heart. were all those firefighters" occurred in Hauck.