University of Central Florida STARS The Rollins Sandspur Newspapers and Weeklies of Central Florida 12-4-2006 Sandspur, Vol 113, No 14, December 04, 2006 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 14, December 04, 2006" (2006). The Rollins Sandspur. 1825. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1825 Sandspur ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 1 OPINIONS SPORTS Holiday Shopping! Language Barriers A Brief Look Check our holiday shopping tips and CDs to put on your Look into ways to interpr Men's basketball is on a four game winning steak! For list inside the center spread! with friends and superiors more Mghlights, turn to the back cover! PAGES 8-9 PAGE 13 PAGE 16 THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 ISSUE 14 www.thesandspur.org December 4, 2006 T A m IttWlHTTOI Illlll iilllillllllllllMllll llll-^^^^*8^"^ is the Seascn to be Rochelle Sieae >m Roll thai the t of the Osborne Spectacle year this event is set up ii olot of MGM Studios using i A grand musical performance with a celebrity narrator will EPCOT's Candlelight Processional and the story of his -; SNOW WHITE FLORIDA >sphere reaching record low tempera es and the temperature was even lov ugh to keep the flakes from meltin< the sky. The temperatures droppec '. the low 40's. Wind chills in some of northern Florida dropped inh I'S and temperatures in the k'"^ eached a high old enough to k ie snow f ig, but it is still rare to even hcr at all in Central Florid a. Citrus in the area is unlikely to armed by the cold weather since I •mperatures did not stay below Ire ig lor any significant amount oi' lim The weather system did no > make some surfers happy in Mia •each, however, some wave-riders t< dvantage of the high-than-non long the southernmost tip of Mia leach according to USA today. OPINIONS 13 SPORTS 15 NEWS 2 HOLT NEWS 5 ENTERTAINMENT 6 LIFE & TIMES 10 VOL. 113 ISSUE 14 THE SANDSPUR -DEC 4, 2006 NEWS WORLD Winter Park Boat and Light Parade NEWS O their full potential, the boat own­ shores of each lake to see the ration and the furtherance of rep­ Andres Lester-Coll er begins to parade their lighted impressive imagination and cre­ resentational art. the sandspur and decorated boats along the ativity of their fellow neighbors. All local registered boat own­ les displaying different holiday As well attending this with their ers from the community of Win­ ter Park City are invited to par­ On December 9th 2006, the themes. Each boat owner thrives boats are Local sponsors such COURTESY OF CNN ticipate this annual event. Those third annual Winter Park boat to impress the local celebrity as Southeast Correct Craft, Fan­ judges praying to be awarded dif­ nie Hilliman and associates and who are not registered simply ENGLAND: Authorities ground­ parade and festival of lights will take place. With Also on this date ferent prizes for the best and most Dynetech. In past years more the have register by filling out an ed three British Airways jetliners creative boats. 60 boats, including those of six application and paying a regis­ in London and Moscow and drew dinky dock and the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden For the best two years the corporate sponsored boats, have tration fee of $50. These applica­ up plans to contact thousands will be open for full public view­ Winter Park boat parade and participated in this event. tions are available by contacting of airplane passengers as they ing. festival of lights celebration has Those who attend these events Carrie Nepple at 407-644-2425 or broadened their investigation into acted as the time of year for the proceeds will go to the benefits of via email at [email protected]. the radiation poisoning death of a Starting at sun sat Winter whole community to get together. the Albin Polasek Museum and Deadlines for these registration former Russian spy. Parks Lakes will be illuminated filled with illuminated boats. As stated by the press release "for Sculpture Gardens. This muse­ to participate in the community the past two years it has become um is designed to encourage the wide event are due Wednesday, LATVIA: NATO leaders meeting Sailing across the Ocecol and Vir­ ginia lakes, area boat owners will a fun community wide water legacy of internationally known November 29,2006. in the Latvian capital Riga have parade". During this time areas sculptor, Albin Polasek. The mu­ agreed to ease some restrictions began to light and decorate their boats. Once fully decorated to of families gathers and line the seum promotes the study, admi­ governing rules of engagement in Afghanistan, but only in emer­ gency situations. FIJI: Fiji's military stood poised to take over parts of the capital in defiance of the government The Fitzgerald Symposium and possible foreign intervention, hours after an Australian army helicopter crashed nearby amid acted the part of Zelda Fitzgerald fears of an imminent coup. and Roger Casey, who portrayed the famed F. Scott Fitzgerald. IRAQ: Fierce fighting Wednes­ Geovanna Torres The performance was based on day between coalition forces and the sandspur excerpts taken from the book insurgents shut down the city of entitled, "Dear Scott, Dearest Baquba, which has been roiled The F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott by violence in recent days, killing Zelda Fitzgerald symposium was and Zelda Fitzgerald." The dra­ scores of militants and civilians. a three day event that ran from November 15 to November 17. matic readings revealed private thoughts and conversations of EGYPT: Al Qaeda in Iraq on de­ This event was open to the pub­ lic with a goal to inform students two individuals who lived, loved, nounced Pope Benedict XVI's and supported each other while visit to Turkey, calling it part of and visitors alike to enter the private lives of two intelligent, they struggled to fight their inter­ a "crusader campaign" against nal demons. The literary works Islam. The Vatican said the com­ prolific and talented individuals whose success credited an epoch were edited by Jackson R. Bryer ments showed the need to fight and Cathy W Barks, arranged by "violence in the name of God." that holds their name, the Fitzger­ ald era. Lorrie Kyle, and directed by Jen­ nifer Jones Cavenaugh. The first day of the sympo­ sium, November 15, was brief The readings commenced with the majority of the informa­ as F. Scott Fitzgerald's character NATIONAL tion were presented on Novem­ tells the tale of falling in love ber 16 and 17. Keene Hall hosted with Zelda in June 1918, while on events throughout these two days military training in Montgomery, NEWS * including overviews, keynote Alabama. Fitzgerald first had speakers, discussions and dra­ to prove himself to Zelda before matic presentations about Zelda's the relationship could blossom. CALIFORNIA: Hundreds of artistic work, paintings, dance, Shortly after writing his first nov­ white wooden crosses planted and celebrity. The symposium el, "This Side of Paradise" in 1919, on a quiet suburban Mllside have ended with closing remarks and he gained fame and the couple prompted a debate over whether a Great Gatsby themed gala held marries in 1920. For a few years, they honor or exploit the memory at the Albin Polasek Museum and the couple remained close and of troops killed in Iraq. Sculpture Gardens. had a daughter, Scottie. The fam­ On the chilly evening of ily of three traveled the world, NEW YORK: A former fugitive Thursday, November 16, the dra­ commuting between America whose dramatic capture ended matic readings of "Devotedly, and Europe. By the end of the de­ the largest manhunt in New York With Dearest Love;" were per­ cade, Scott struggled to produce a state history pleaded guilty to formed by Robyn Allers, who follow-up success to his literary shooting three state troopers, one masterpiece, "The of whom died. Great Gatsby." By the 1930's the MISSOURI: A fire that killed 10 Fitzgerald's mir­ people at a group home for 'he el­ rored the times derly and mentally ill could have in America as been caused by faulty electrical the struggles of wiring, authorities said. the Great Depres­ sion burdened OREGON: An Oregon lawyer the country. The wrongly arrested and accused of couple continu­ involvement in the 2004 Madrid ally struggled to COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS train bombings has settled a law­ maintain a stable suit against the U.S. government sense of marriage for $2 million. while spending da remained institutionalized in Fitzgerald. time apart. While North Carolina and died a tragic The director's hope for the MISSOURI: A fire at a fraternity Fitzgerald travels death at the age of 48. dramatic reading was for the house near the Umversity of Mis- around the coun­ Zelda and Fitzgerald wrote audience to fall in love with the souri-St. Louis campus killed a try writing novels letters to each other during times Fitzgerald's; the goal was certainly student, less than two weeks after and battling alco­ spent apart, revealing feelings of accomplished. The performance a fatal blaze at the home of a Ne­ holism, Zelda is in vulnerability, loneliness and de­ was astonishing, the heartfelt sin­ braska fraternity.