University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 3-5-2004 Sandspur, Vol 110, No 18, March 05, 2004 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 18, March 05, 2004" (2004). The Rollins Sandspur. 224. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/224 ROLLINS COLLEGEanbspu • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA r W$tTH E OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA iGE NEWSPAPFP TN FrnumA ^^W MARCH 5, 2004 FOUNDED IN 1894 WWW. I HLSANDSW R.ORi Passion Of Christ Students Kicked Out Oscar Time The controversial film about Rollins students attempting to attend the The seventy-sixth annual the last twelve hours of faculty meeting with candidate for presi­ academy awards were held Christ's life recently opened. dent, Lewis Duncan recieved the boot. recently in Los Angeles. Is it worth seeing? Check out Was this a violation of school policy? Read Read all about who won one reporter's take. one writer's take on what happened. and who lost. >• page 8 page 10 page 7 Jkwmmmmmmmmmm No More Is He Going To Be Number Fourteen? • Dr. Duncan may seemed to be the question on most peoples' lips as they Stern be the next presi­ attended the various meet-n- dent of Rollins. He greets throughout the day. I Clear Channel visited the campus Dean Duncan answered that kicks famous Pragmatic Liberal Education Tuesday. was the key. "These are shock-jock by Issac Stolzenbach fighting words for some, but Howard Stern off staff reporter the future lies in the applica­ tion of a liberal arts educa­ their airwaves. Doctor Lewis M. tion to real-world affairs," by Erika Batey Duncan, Dean of the Thayer Dean Duncan stated during asst. news editor School of Engineering at the campus meeting. "The The broadcast decency Dartmouth College, visited purpose of a liberal arts edu­ debate has moved from tele­ Rollins College this week in cation is to ask the big ques­ an effort to assess the possi­ vision to radio. tions." Dean Duncan also • photo / ISSAC STOLZENBACH Controversial radio show bilities of becoming the added that he makes his stu­ MEETING THE NEW BOSS?: From right: English professors host, Howard Stern, was school's president. dents ask the big questions Alan Nordstrom and Leslie Laws and Dr. Lewis Duncan. suspended from the air last Dr. Duncan received his in the first-year class he do if and when he hit cam­ in the expansion of present week by Clear Channel bachelors and masters teaches (The Impact of pus as the new president, resources, intense scholar­ Communications, after degrees in physics - and Technology on Humanity), Dean Duncan replied, "I will ship between faculty and being accused by the compa­ mathematics; his doctorate and plans to bring a "Great listen, listen, and listen. I students, and moving ny of vulgar, insulting, and degrees in space physics Issues" program to the col­ want to find the life of the Rollins College onto the offensive remarks. The deci­ from Rice University in lege. This program would campus, the heart of Rollins national scene. sion was made following an Houston, Texas-so he is, lit­ bring the greatest issues of culture before making any Dean Duncan has a wide on-air interview with Paris erally, a rocket scientist. This our times to the table, and changes." Student questions open-door policy, and Hilton's ex-boyfriend, in raised an obvious question, debate until a greater truth is focused on his vision of the believes that most problems which Stern allegedly took how would a rocket scien­ found. future of Rollins College in can be solved in an informal- things too far. The interview tist/dean of engineering run When asked what the the dean's eyes. Dean forum atmosphere. He included sexual references a liberal arts college? This first three things he would Duncan envisions our future CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 and a racial slur made by a caller. This decision affects sta­ Midterms Cause Sleep Deprivation tions owned by Clear schedule, with exercise, Channel in Orlando, as well • Having trouble healthy food, and all that as in San Diego, Pittsburgh, fitting sleep into other stuff our parents told Rochester, Louisville, and Ft. us before we left home), Lauderdale. your midterm which is even more than Many people are argu­ schedule? Well, likely during this extreme ing that the decision is an you aren't alone. pressure week, when stu­ infringement on the right to dents leave Rollins to drive free speech. Despite this, by Karina McCabe home on Friday they will features editor Clear Channel president have "equal or worse hand- Midterm week is possi­ eye coordination while driv­ bly the second scariest term ing than those who have had to finals week in a regular two alcoholic beverages," students vocabulary (words according to the National such as death and disease ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B photo / CAITLIN GEOGHAN Highway Traffic Safety DEAD TIRED: Proving the sleep depriving effects of are not a part of this since we Adrninistration. This admin­ midterms, freshman Jon Birdsong passed out. are young, and thus invinci­ istration also registers that or write papers. Most will ble), since it alludes to an students who read the syl­ sleep-deprived drivers cause recognize this as glazed overwhelming workload labus on an "I think I have 100,000 motor vehicle acci­ crammed into one week. Yet homework due tomorrow eyes, irritability, nausea, dents a year, and 1,550 of again, this is still referring to basis," midterm week also fatigue, one's body scream­ these are fatal. Scary. the majority, as I am sure translates to one very long ing for an excessive amount To put it in more shock­ some students noticed the day. of caffeine, a lack of concen­ ing terms, Rollins is situated tration, and even anxiety words "exam," "hugely As midterm week wraps in the middle of Florida, attacks. time-consuming project," up, the majority of college which means that the college Even more worryingly, if and "the world's longest, students will be experienc­ is near over 40,000 students students have not slept for photo / GOOGLE.COM most useless paper" on the ing what psychologists term at UCF in Orlando, almost the recommended eight SHOCKING: Stern has been syllabus at the beginning of "sleep deprived symptoms" 50,000 students at silenced. the semester. But for those fromstaying up late to study hours a night (on a regular CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE SANDSPUR •NEWS' MARCH 5, 2004 Dean Duncan Visit Stern Silenced CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 humor." so excited. He seems very CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 casters as a result of Janet has a long history of devel­ Though a rocket scien­ committed to the liberal and CEO John Hogan was Jackson's Super bowl expo­ oping a deep relationship tist, his inclinations seem arts," stated English profes­ very firm about the deci­ sure. with the student body. more aligned as a philoso­ sor Barbara Corson. sion. He stated, "Clear Stern has always been Proof of this can be found pher; Dean Duncan's When asked what he Channel drew a line in the known for controversy and at University of Tulsa, thought process is certainly thought about the faculties sand today with regard to builds his show on it. Now, where he served as provost outside the proverbial-box, overall impression of the protecting our listeners his controversy is being and senior vice president; and enjoys stirring up meeting, English professor from indecent content, and called vulgar and indecent. there is now a "service to thoughtful debates and con­ Alan Nordstrom replied, "I Howard Stern's show blew In response, Stern said, students award" in his versations. One such sensed a lot of satisfaction." right through it." "They are afraid of me and namesake that he was the debate he raised for his "I think he has a great However, what crosses what this show represents." first recipient. Make no class was to closely exam­ grasp of the liberal arts," the line between freedom of He said, "Janet Jackson is mistake, this man knows ine what the limit should be stated the English speech and indecency is now forgotten, and I'm on his stuff, but he is more at in personal data encryp­ Department Chair, Jill debatable. It is thought that the front page of every home living like a nightowl, tion-should the individual Jones. Clear Channel's decision newspaper." walking around in blue be able to encrypt their data This presidential candi­ was heavily influenced by Clear Channel stated jeans and tennis shoes. He to the point that no one, date seems the prefect Congress recently cracking that the suspension will last has assured us that, if he including government offi­ choice for a school that has down on broadcast indecen­ until the program conforms becomes president, it will cials, would ever be able to to fill the new gaps technol­ cy. Additionally, there has to acceptable programming not be out of order to see decrypt it and read the indi­ ogy has provided in liberal been heightened public and guidelines. him wondering around vidual's information. He arts education. He has a political pressure on broad­ campus, engaging stu­ has found the void between broad vision of the future dents-chilling in blue jeans.