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Fox day was not theonly important thing hap-pening last Friday. Relay forLife was also held later thatevening. Relay for Life is anevent that tries to raisemoney for cancer research.Their pertinent slogan states,“There is no finish line…until we find a cure!”

Although most Rollinsstudents were treated to aday filled with sun, sand,and a day at the beach, therelay was still set for theevening. The problem withthe relay was that it is hardto motivate kids to go backto a charity event from a funfilled day at the beach.Nonetheless, most of theRollins students who haddedicated themselves to thiscause were in attendanceand walking around thetrack for a very worthwhilecause.

The event mixed bothbusiness and pleasure seeingas there was a talent show

and a pie eating contest,which were there to contrastthe seriousness normallyassociated with the event.Relay for Life was not onlyattended by Rollins stu-dents, but also by manyschools, organizations, andbusinesses from the sur-rounding Winter Park area.

Luminaries surroundedthe track and were spon-sored for loved ones whowere either fighting againstcancer or had tragically losttheir battles. There were alsoluminaries spread through-out the bleachers to spell theword “hope.” Hope is vitalfor fighting these battles.Hope is the reason that allthese people gather togetherfrom this community toshow their support in find-ing a cure for this illness.

The event raisedapproximately $150,000 forthe American CancerSociety. There were alsodonations of 12 inches ofhair for wigs for the suffer-ing associated with ofchemotherapy. The eventwas an overall successdespite the fact that somestudents from Rollins optedto party rather than supportthis worthwhile cause.

The Rollins studentbody arose extra early lastFriday as the fox was placedin front of the flagpole inorder to signify the annualFox Day festivities.President Rita Bornstein wassitting in her office earlierthan the typical school dayso kids could go and pick upa cup of orange juice and aKrispy Kreme donut. Eachstudent was entitled to aspecial certificate that out-lined their Fox Day andspecified that they got theday off of class.

Consequently, thebeach was full of Rollins stu-dents, definitely having a

great time. T-shirts were onsale at the beach, which werecustomized for Rollins andwere very fitting with thebest Rollins party of the year.Students were running allaround the beach and hav-

The event Rollins hasbeen waiting for all semesterfinally went down lastThursday. Not Fox day; LipSync. This year Josh McCoy,the president of SAFAC,organized Lip Sync, thusleaving SGA president,Jourdan Haynes as the mas-ter of ceremonies.

First off was Tau KappaEpsilon who started theshow with comic renditionsof various songs. Next wasAlpha Omicron Pi, one ofthe first sororities to use the“Chicago” theme for thenight. They performed thesong “All that Jazz” whichseemed to be the popularsong that evening. The songwas also later performed bythe event winners, Kappa

Delta. Next to perform was

Chi Psi who used the movie“Zoolander” as the guide fortheir hilarious antics. Theseantics included throwingwater around the stage asthey danced, which was aparticularly funny, yet con-troversial activity. The showhad to be briefly put on holdas Chi Psi tried to dry thewater off of the stage. Theclean up took too long so theevent organizers decided toturn the stage around tofacilitate the next acts.

The next act was KappaDelta, who performed amedley of three songs fromthe movie “Chicago.” Thedancing and choreograph-ing were preformed magnif-icently. After Kappa Deltaleft the stage, next up wasAlpha Tau Omega. A lot oftheir performance took apage out of the “Grease”book. ATΩ was just as com-ical as the act by XY but was

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Take a break fromstudying and go toFantasia Mini Golf, afun and inexpensiveform of entertain-ment.

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Jennifer Beames, ‘03,won the individualtitle as she led thewomen’s golf team tothe SSC title earlierthis week.

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on the inside

One writer details hisencounters at thePavilion, a homelessshelter on TerryStreet. He relatesstories of some of thepeople who live there.

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By this time in thesemester studentsare tired of eatingfood from Beans andDomino’s. So whereelse would they liketo use their R-cards?

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photo / MATT MOOREALL THAT JAZZ: The Sisters of KD pose after receiving thewinning check for their rendition of the “Chicago” soundtrack.

Out Foxed

photo / MATT MOOREFOX POSSE: Derek McIver,’06, Tommy Carbin, ‘03, Alex Schutz, ‘06, Rob Tate, ‘06, andParker Gregory, ‘06, pose with the statue of the fox after being awoken on Fox Day morning.

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In Sync

Relay For Life

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Rollins studentswalked laps toraise money forthe AmericanCancer Society.

by Matt Moorehead photographer

The sisters ofKappa Delta winthe fourth annualLip Sync Contest.

by Matt Moorehead photographer

Much to the sur-prise of the RollinsCommunity, FoxDay occuredFriday, April 11.

by Matt Moorehead photographer

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ing a great time! They werethrowing footballs back andforth and hurling Frisbees asif they were in the middle ofMill’s lawn. People spent themajority of their time swim-ming in the water and layingout catching some rays.

Cocoa Beach was theprimary location for all ofthe students’ partying onFox Day. The studentsstreamed back in slowly sothat they could enjoy the freeBBQ and the Frisbee plateson which it was served.

The Fox Day traditionstarted back in 1956 whenpresident Hugh McKeanplaced the famous statue ofthe fox in the middle of thehorseshoe. This signified thecanceling of classes for theday in order to help the foxmourn the loss of his part-ner, the cat. The cat and thefox were statues for the Catsociety and the Fox society.The Cat society was madeup of women who wereelected by the male studentbody and the Fox societywas made up of men electedby the female student body.These were exclusive soci-eties whose members werethe only ones privilegedenough to touch the statues.They were kidnapped multi-ple times for jokes, most ofwhich ended harmlessly.However, the cat lost her lifetragically when someonesmashed her beyond repair.This left the fox very lonely,so President McKean createda day in which the fox wasjoined by the student bodywho had the day off andwho participated in a varietyof activities including squaredancing and a treasure hunt.

Fox Day was discontin-ued in 1958 when McKean

felt the tradition was nolonger necessary.Nevertheless, the studentscontinued the tradition ontheir own until PresidentCritchfield came into powerand took it away due to thechaos of the sixties.Thaddeus Seymour broughtFox Day back when he camein 1979 and until this day thetradition continues. In yearspast, the fox has been decap-itated due to a supposedly

harmless prank but has sincebeen repaired so that itretains its original luster.

President Bornstein sur-prised everyone by having iton a Friday this year addingto both the delight and frus-tration of the students. Whoknows what day it will fallon next year? Bets anyone?

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“It is very important todonate (blood) in Floridaparticular because we are theprimaryly exporter of bloodto the military, which isessential in our time of war,”states Ian Thomas, one of themain organizers for theblood drive that took placeat Rollins College on April 9- 10. Rollins students helpedfill this need with their dona-

tions during the third drivefor the Central Florida BloodBank last week.

Some students wereregular blood donors. “Idonate blood every timethey come,” explained BradCone. He went on to saythat he thought the event“seemed to be well organ-ized.”

Dough Goldbarthserved as coordinator for theevent, which was sponsoredby X-club with aid fromSGA. The Central FloridaBlood Bank supplied thebuses where the donationswhere collected, and theywere parked across fromMill’s Lawn on the two daysof the blood drive. The Blood

Bank provided the donatorswith T-shirts that read “JustGive It.” Cookies, and Spritewere provided while donat-ing. The organization alsooffered those who donatedblood tickets for admissionfor four to a professionalbaseball game featuring theOrlando Rays versus theChattanooga Lookouts onMay 31.

A total of 70 pints,referred to as “units,” werecollected over the course ofthe two day period—a pintper person. The low num-bers are not due to lack ofeffort by Rollins students.Last semester 132 studentsattempted to donate, with 85people successfully donating

blood, and earlier thissemester 60 people volun-teered, but only 48 were ableto donate. 94 volunteersattempted to donate duringthis most recent blood drive,but restrictions kept somewould-be donors from giv-ing blood.

According to Thomas,restrictions include: havinggiven blood within eightweeks, having had a tattooor piercing done in the pastsix months, having traveledto certain countries, orweighing under 110 pounds.

Sign-ups for thisblood drive were not manda-tory but it aided in lettingThomas evenly spread outthe donors, preventing long

lines and waiting times. Atable was set up in theCornell Campus Center,available from 11:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. a week before thedrive for those wanting tosign up.

Thomas states thatdonations are importantyear-round but especiallynow, “The blood is oftentested and shipped off to themilitary within two or threedays. Hospitals use theblood during surgeries andin the emergency room.” Asto his personal reasons fordonating blood, Thomassays, “I wanted to help outour troops.”

Baring Arms for the CountryRollins students

contribute 70 pintsof blood to CentralFlorida BloodBank.by Natalie Millan

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The artists of RollinsCollege are being recognizedfor their achievements overthe past year. The annual lit-erary magazine Brushing hasjust been published, andthose being featured gath-ered on Tuesday April 15with the staff of Brushing, aswell as family, friends, andfaculty to celebrate theirachievements.

As always, Brushing fea-tured poems, artwork, andfictional stories written bystudents and faculty overthe past year.

“It is great to showcasethe talented writers andartists,” says Brushing facul-ty advisor, ProfessorMichael Kula. The membersof Brushing also includeEditor Myriah A. Hampton,Editorial Assistant BillHarle, Fiction Editor DarlynFinch, Poetry Editor MeekaAhuvia, Assistant PoetryEditor and Web Page EditorBarry Hall, Art Editor BriggsJones, Assistant Art EditorAllison Hertz, and Staff,Dientje Francis and JamieMorris.

The Brushing readingtook place at the CornellFine Arts Museum. ChrisJoslyn, Caity Brown Geist,and Brahm Fay recited

poems, and Kevin Miller,Fiona Lapham, KatherineVaccaro, and Eliza Osbornread stories.

Awards were given outto three students who creat-ed outstanding pieces of art,poetry, and fiction. AnneElsea was awarded the BestArt Award for her painting,which appeared on the coverof the magazine. ChrisJoslyn won the Best PoetryAward for his poem, Botanyin Action, and Eliza Osbornreceived the Best FictionAward for her story, WhenNikki Went Away.

Kula is very excitedabout the publishing ofBrushing. He feels that “thereare talented artists in thecommunity that people needto hear about.”

“It is also great for peo-ple who are interested tobecome more experienced inpublishing,” he says.

The pride and excite-ment of the attendants of theBrushing reading prove howmuch work has gone into themagazine. “It is incrediblydiverse,” says Kula. “It willinspire students to write andproduce art for themselves.”

Kula is very pleasedwith the way that Brushinghas turned out. “It is great towork with committed,focused students, and togive them guidance,” hesays. Everyone is encour-aged to pick up a copy ofBrushing as soon as possible.

LiteraryReading

Writers, artists,and photogra-phers gather toshare their work.

by Eliza Osbornfeatures editor

photo / MATT MOOREROLLINS ICON: Students await their little friend all year longand have adopted him as a symbolic mascot.

It is just past 7 p.m.and I am standing amid a seaof people in front of thePavilion on Terry St. ThePavilion is a homeless shel-ter that opened its gates twoyears ago.

“It ain’t a bad place,”says Bobby. “You can get ahot meal and a place to sleepand it sure beats sleeping onthe streets.” Bobby is ahomeless man in his late 30s.“I’ve been in and out of thisplace. I had gotten out ofhere, but I got into sometrouble and spent some timein jail and lost my apart-ment. So, I’m back here ‘till Ican get on my feet again.”

The line for foodmoves slowly. The man inline behind me taps myshoulder. He wants to knowif I can see the end of theline. I tell him I cannot. He isan older man, no less than55. His beard is gray, long,and unkempt. His hairhangs in a thick, long manearound his face. He says hisname is PJ, and I ask himwhere he is from.

“Well…,” he sayswith a long pause, “I origi-nally came from Ohio,Cincinnati, but that was along time ago. Mostly I’mfrom New York. I lived onthe streets there for oh, about10 years. I came here lastyear hoping to find somework and get out of thecold.”

Finally, Bobby and Ireached the front of the line.We were both handed aStyrofoam tray consisting ofsome piece of unidentifiablemeat, a medley of frozenvegetables, a slice of bread,and the choice of either milkor water.

"The food ain'talways that great," Bobbysaid. "This is actually a pret-ty decent day. Sometimes thefood is too cold, or just toonasty to eat."

After eating, we areushered into a small area,just inside the fence of thePavilion, known as the yard.I look out through the chain-link fence and realize thatthere are still a good 30 peo-ple waiting for food.

“We’ll turn away agood 15 people tonight,”said one volunteer who washanding out food. “Sadly weturn away that many peopleevery night. We do what we

can with what we have, butit just isn’t enough.”

I leave Bobby andmake my way back out ofthe gates of the Pavilion ontoTerry St. To my right I cansee the giant neon lights ofthe TD Waterhouse Center.

“Kind of ironic isn’tit?” PJ had walked upbehind me when I wasn’tlooking. “In there they payboys more money in a yearthan a man could need in anentire lifetime. Meanwhile,we’re right up the streetscrounging for a buck so thatwe can have a hot meal and aplace to sleep.”

“Yeah, it’s total bull-shit,” says a younger man,named Willie. “People arealways so ready to tell youhow they wish they couldhelp, but they’re just gettingby themselves. But that’s justbullshit, cause someone ispaying Shaq like 10 milliondollars to play basketball.Hell, I’d be happy if someonecould just give me 20 bucksto eat this week.”

Willie is 25 years old.He played basketball inChicago, in high school, butwas never offered any col-lege scholarships.

“I wanted to go tocollege and try to walk ontoa team, but my gradesweren’t all that good andyou know, I got into drugs.Just messing around at first,but well, now I’m here,broke.”

Willie insists that Italk to the woman in it. “D”,as she preferred to be calledand her two brothers hadcome south from Clevelandhoping to find work andwarmth.

“Places like thissuck,” she said. “They dis-criminate. Women aren’teven allowed in the yard.The other day my brothershad to go somewhere in thecar, so I was left withoutshelter and they wouldn’teven let me in the yard to getout of the rain. And I’m onmedication and have to takemy pills with water and theynever let me in to get water. Ihave to send one of mybrothers in there to getwater. Hell, one time theywouldn’t even give mybrother water, because theysaid he wasn’t supposed tobe taking the water out of thegate, so I had to give him mypills to show the peopleinside.”

Her brother, who didnot want to give his name,then adds, “It ain’t an easylife. People look at placeslike this and think they’re somessed up, because peoplecan get a place to sleep and

some food for a buck andthat makes us less inclined toget work. Well, let me tellyou, if I could get steadywork and a place of my ownI would, but life is fuckedup. I wasn’t always living ina car. I used to have a houseand another car. But I gotlaid off a few months agoand haven’t had steady worksince. Hell none of us have.None of us chose to behomeless; it just happened.”

It is 8 p.m. now andthe gates to the Pavilion areclosing, so I run to get backin. I am given a foam matthat smelled of collectedbody odors, and directed toa line of men. We were ush-ered into a large open, ware-house style room. There wasa grid of yellow squaresacross the floor.

“Those lines are tokeep from fighting,” Bobbytells me. “One man to asquare, that’s the rule. And ifthey catch you getting insomeone else’s space you’reout of here, without arefund.”

I put my thin foammat on the floor next toBobby and try to sleep. Theroom is hot. There is no airconditioning to counter thebuild-up of body heat, just aseries of ceiling fans thatonly served to push the hotair around the room.

“Can’t sleep?” Anelderly man beside me asks awhile later. “You must benew to this. Don’t worryyou’ll get used to it. You getused to a lot of things. Hellthis mat is luxury for me. Iused to sleep under the over-pass just a few blocks fromhere. Of course you can’t dothat anymore cause the copscome around and run youoff. So you sleep for awhileone place and then the copsrun you off, so you find anew place and sleep thereuntil they move you again.It’s like they don’t get thatyou got no place to sleep, sothey’re just gonna keep mov-ing you around.”

Morning comesearly. Bobby and I head outof the gates of the Pavilion.

“The trick,” he says,“is to leave early. You see,while all those guys arebathing and getting cleanedup like they got some placeto go we can get in line forsome breakfast. Course ifthis was a week day wewould head of to the laborforce office and try to get awork ticket.”

A work ticket is anorder for a job. Variousemployers will issuerequests to the work forceoffice for workers and theoffice then fills those tickets

on a first come first servebasis.

“It is usually con-struction work for men.”Bobby says. “If you’re luckyyou’ll get something out atDisney or Universal, but thepay isn’t bad and if you dogood work you could get arepeat ticket.” Arepeat ticket is when anemployer is impressed by anindividual’s work andrequests that the individualbe sent out to work thereagain. Breakfast isslimy. I offer my portion toBobby and he eagerly thanksme, “I owe you.”

It is now approach-ing seven and my time onthe streets is nearly up. I askBobby for some partingthoughts before I leave him.

“Well,” he says,“places like the Pavilion theyreally try to help. With thecops cracking down on peo-ple sleeping outside it’s niceto have some place to go.They try to help and I seen itwork. I seen brothers get upout of there and make some-thing of themselves. That’swhat I’m trying to do. Butsome people just give up andI don’t know what to do forthem. No one can help them.But a lot of us can be helpedand want help. What we’redoing out here ain’t reallyliving, it’s just trying to keepfrom dying.”

The Coalition for theHomeless runs The Pavilionas well as several other facil-ities and programs inOrlando. The mission of thecoalition is “ to address theneeds of the homeless in thecommunity,“ says NathaliaBauer, CommunicationsSpecialist for the coalition.“Our day to day goal,” sheadds, “is returning homelessindividuals to self sufficien-cy, through training andeducation.”

I leave Bobby sittingon the curb outside andhead back towards Terry St.As I pass the Pavilion Inotice that several men arealready sitting along thecurb waiting for the nextmeal and to secure a place tosleep.

“I got no place else tobe,” one of the men explains.“I might as well sit here andmake sure I get me a place tosleep tonight.”

I wave to D as I passher car; she waves back andsmiles.

“Remember,” shecalls out, “This life is like adisease. No one sets out forit, it just happens and it canhappen to the best of us. Putthat in your story.”

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A Day at the PavilionA walk in the

shoes ofAmerica’s home-less people.

by Robert Walkerstaff reporter

The needs of filmloving Rollins students arebeing met. William Fentonhas recently initiated theFilm AppreciationOrganization, creating avenue where students canmeet and discuss diversetypes of films.

Fenton began theclub in January, after havingbeen long bothered by thefact that no such club hadbeen founded at Rollins.

“If we’re alreadywatching films,” saysFenton, “there should be aclub focused on cinema…this club is a response to stu-dents’ needs.”

Fenton, also thefounder of the MacintoshUsers Club, chose to waituntil January to found theFilm AppreciationOrganization because, frompast experiences, he knewthe importance of hiring a

good executive board. Hiscurrent executive board con-sists of Vice President BenMayer, Secretary AnthonyEvans, and Treasurer SarahWeishampel.

“This executiveboard is so wonderful andpassionate,” says Fenton.“They are really into whatthe club is about.”

Fenton is also veryhappy with the club’s advi-sor, Dr. Scott Rubarth. “Hehas been wonderfully sup-portive of what we aredoing,” says Fenton.

Although the clubhas only met seven times,Fenton is impressed with theresponse that they have had.“We have a core group ofabout eight to twelve peoplewho come to every meet-ing,” he says. “There are alsonew people every time wemeet - the word is reallyspreading.”

The club, whichmeets every other Fridaynight at 7 p.m., begins eachmeeting by viewing a filmchosen by a member of theclub. After viewing themovie, the group holds adiscussion, sharing opinionsand observations of the filmthat they have just watched.

Fenton believes that

the discussions are impor-tant because they help peo-ple “find something toappreciate in each film.”

At the end of eachmeeting, the attendees areeach given a sheet of paperupon which they writedown the name of a film thatthey would like to view at ameeting, and the next film tobe viewed is drawn random-ly.

Fenton, an Englishmajor, has always been inter-ested in film. “I believe thatfilm is a great way of tellingstories,” he says.

In the next semester,Fenton sees big things forthe Film AppreciationOrganization. “I see a lot ofco-sponsorship next semes-ter,” he says. The club hasalready worked with theWomen Studies Program intheir showing of “TheSecretary.”

Fenton believes thatthe Film AppreciationOrganization will continueto gain support. “Everybodywatches movies,” he says.“There are lots of differentspecialized clubs at Rollins,but film has not been cov-ered, and that is one of themost powerful medians thatthere is.”

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Film Lovers:Finally An Outlet

The FilmAppreciationorganizationallows students toshare opinionsabout films.by Eliza Osborn

features editor

SGASGA CCORNERORNERThe SGA is pleased to Announce:

The 2003-2004 SGAExecutive Commitee Members

Chief of Staff Elizabeth Silverio

Comptroller Eliot Goldner

Public Relations Sharon AinsleySelena Moshell

Student Services Erin Shirley

Cultual Action Committee ChairCeleste Simmons

College Governance Lindsey Sterling

SAFAC Council of LeadersPierce Neinkin

Director of Collegiate RelationsJeffrey DeMott

Community Service ChairDan Ehreiser

With a fond farewellto the graduating seniors,the new and rising talent ofThe Sandspur staff get readyto undertake some exciting,creative, and journalisticresponsibilities as they pre-pare to make the 2003-2004year the best yet for our cam-pus newspaper. The finalselections for The Sandspur’snew editorial board havebeen made, and the studentbody should expect goodthings to come.

The four executivepositions filled are: Editor-in-Chief: Brad Aboff, ‘05,Managing Editor: KimHenry, ‘06, ProductionManager: Matt Moore, ‘06,and Advertising/BusinessManager: Milissa Misiewicz,‘04.

It was not easy forthe new editorial board toget to where they are today.All of the applicants for theexecutive board positionswere dedicated members ofThe Sandspur staff duringthis past year—a year filledwith determined attempts torevive the fading publica-tion. The passionate effortsof this year’s staff memberswere needed to bring thepaper back from the brink ofextinction, and it has beensteadily improving ever

since. Such improvementsinclude the launching of thenewspaper’s website,www.sandspur.org.

Now, with their posi-tions secured and the futurelooking bright, the staffmembers give their thoughtson hopes for the paper andaffirm their unflaggingresolve to make The Sandspura success.

“Our goals for thenext few years includeimprovements on the qualityand substance of our writ-ing, enlarging our readerbase, and making our storiesmore appealing to all of ourreaders,” says Aboff.

As the Editor-in-Chief of The Sandspur, Aboffstates that he hopes to bring“leadership, effective com-munication skills, and a

strong sense of communityto our student run paper.”The new leaders’ goal for TheSandspur is noble, “Ourgroup’s vision for the futureis to continue to improve ourgrowing paper and becomeone of the top collegiatenewspapers in the nation.”

Aboff would like toincrease the number ofSandspur staff members, stat-ing, “The writers and pho-tographers of our newspaperare the heart and soul of ourorganization, and withoutthem we are nothing.”

He also plans onmaking several changes,including doing away withthe “Letter from the Editor”tradition and replacing itwith an editorial section thatwill serve as a discussionforum on a range of topics.

Moore hopes tobring his technical experi-ence to his role as produc-tion manager, whichincludes working with thecameras as well as the com-puter editing programs.Moore says that he feels hispast experiences are key tosucceeding in his position,but adds that he still hassome learning to do for thepage layouts.

He voices histhoughts on areas ofimprovement for TheSandspur, “I would like tosee circulation and quality ofthe paper both improve overthe course of the next year. Iwould like to change the aes-thetic appearance of thepaper so that it is more effec-tive for not only the articles,but also pictures and ads.”

Henry also had somegoals for the paper that shewould like to help accom-plish in her role as managingeditor, “I would like to see alot more diversity in the arti-cles, geared more towardsstudents’ interests.”

She is also very pos-itive about the upcoming

year. “We all want the news-paper to be successful andwith our motivation, everyaspect of the paper willimprove.”

Henry knows whather personal contribution tothis success will be, “I’mhoping to bring a lot of ener-gy and enthusiasm to thenewspaper.”

Misiewicz, in chargeof advertising for the paper,says, “I would like to bringmore involvement in thecommunity by promotingmore local advertisements inand around the WinterPark/Orlando area.”

She would also liketo see the depth and qualityof the writers increase, andmore stories with a focus onthe lives of the student body.

Misiewicz, who willbe entering her second yearin her position, says sheenjoys the role because, “Iget to work with numerouscompanies in the communityand all over the nation.”

Sandspur AdvisorDean Hybl says, “I am verypleased with the leadershipgroup for The Sandspur forthe next year. They have allbeen part of the re-birth ofthe paper this year andbelieve in the importance ofthe student voice.”

The Sandspur, brim-ming with ideas and goals, isnow looking for interested,dedicated, and diverse indi-viduals to join their ranks.Says Aboff: “Join TheSandspur staff and help usmake the paper exactly whatthe students want.”

To any students will-ing to answer this need, stopby our office on the thirdfloor of the Mills Building orsend us an email: [email protected].

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Sandspur Looks to the Future

The Sandspuranticipates newbeginnings as the‘03/’04 EditorialBoard is selected.by Natalie Millan

photographer

photo / DARREN KETTLESNEW LEADERS: Brad Aboff, Milissa Misiewicz, Kim Henry, and Matt Moore are the newEditorial Board for the Sandspur.

* Intense character actor JohnMalkovich has been experi-menting with fashion designby working with Mrs.Mudd, a New York baseddesign and research label.The 49 year-old actor hasrecently become the label’schief executive and creativedirector. Mrs. Mudd’s newsummer line will be avail-able in New York andLondon. Malkovichdescribes the line as “a crossbetween a Swiss businessman, who’s been fired and alate ‘50’s Beach Boy.”

*Last Friday night rapperSnoop Dogg’s entouragecame under attack while car-avanning down the LosAngeles freeway in a five-carmotorcade. An unidentifiedgunman drove up on amotorcycle, beside SnoopDogg’s car and fired several

gun shots into the cars.Although no one was seri-ously injured, two of the rap-per’s bodyguards were shot,but wounds were not lifethreaten-ing.

*Apparently after her breakfrom husband Tom Cruise,Nicole Kidman has also beendistancing herself from theirshared religion, Scientology,and mutual friends. JohnTravolta and his wife KellyPreston have said that afterKidman and Cruise’s split,Kidman is no longer activein the Scientology Churchnor in contact with herScientology friends, includ-ing Travolta and Preston.

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photo / MATT MOORETEE TIME: Aspiring golfers can play the links at localFantasia miniature golf courses.

Last Sunday, The Masters finished with CanadianMike Weir taking the coveted green jacket. If anyone waswatching the sudden-death playoff, they would havethought that it was not the most spectacular ending. Theeventual winner won with a three putt and a bogey, whichis almost absurd to think of. Most of the home viewingaudience was shocked and appalled that the man takinghome the green jacket bogeyed the final playoff hole to winthis illustrious tournament. I know I picked up my putterand practiced in my hallway knowing that I would havebirdied that hole, that is if I was a golfer the caliber of Weir.

Now all those Sunday afternoon golf fans appalledby the ending to The Masters probably sobbed and whinedat the local pub until they were blue in face. What theyshould have done was take the putting into their ownhands and drive out to Disney and check out FantasiaGardens Mini-Golf. This is a typical miniature golf coursecomplete with a “Fantasia” theme. The course has 18 funand interestingly designed holes that all require a bit of luckfor each shot to fall into the selected hole. The décor is com-plete with waterfalls and even dancing broomsticks, whichall obviously keep in theme with the classic movie aroundwhich this course is based.

Now for all those who are too grown up for a goodold-fashioned mini golf course, there is Fantasia Fairways.The layout of these holes are a bit more challenging forthose golfers who want all the fun of The Masters at a frac-tion of the price. The courses range from about 45-75 feetlong and are much more challenging than FantasiaGardens. The holes are par three and par four which obvi-ously show that they are much more difficult than simplyputting around nutty obstacles. This challenging course ismore of a shrunken down golf course complete with roughbreaks on the green, ridiculous sand traps, and eventougher water hazards. This course is definitely not for thefaint of heart mini golfer.

The courses are a bit of a drive from Rollins. It is justoff of I-4, and off of the Disney World exit. These coursesare located across the way from Disney-MGM Studios andare within walking distances from the Epcot resorts.Greens fees for these courses are $9.25 and the miniaturegolf that results from it is definitely worthwhile. There areso many miniature golf locations in the vicinity of thiscourse, but for the shock value and the pure fun -FantasiaGardens and Fantasia Fairways are your best bets!

Most of us knowKelly Osbourne as thedaughter from MTV’s realitybased show “TheOsbournes.” Her daddy is,of course, rock legend OzzyOsbourne. Her mother hasbeen working as Ozzy’smanager for years and booksthe annual Ozzfest. Now,you might be wonderingwhat does any of this have todo with Kelly Osbourne’sdebut album “Shut Up.”Well, I am trying to come upwith logical excuses for rea-sons how this album gotmade.

Kelly Osbourne doesnot have her dad’s amazingotherworldly voice. Thealbum sounds like a collec-tion of Go- Go’s B sides orsomething. Shut Up is, notsurprisingly, one of thebiggest pieces of corporatefodder I have heard thisyear. Of course, it all gotstarted when KellyOsbourne made a corporate“Avril Lavange”-esque punkcover of the Madonna classic“Papa Don’t Preach”, whichis included on this album asa hidden track and is aboutthe only song on her CDworth listening to.

Every track soundslike something penned by

some overpaid corporatelackey who writes forBritney Spears and such. Ihave to admit after hearing,for the billionth time, theinfectious up beat title track“Shut Up” -I was optimistic.But now, every time I hearthat song, I just wish that shewould take her own advice.

This record seems tobe 10 tracks of filler and twodecent radio-playable songs.So, save yourself a couplebucks and record the goodsongs for free off the radio. Ifthe OJ trial proved that richpeople can get away withmurder then KellyOsbourne’s CD proves thatthe spoiled progeny of therich and famous can makeawful records and sing at

music award shows. Do not waste your

time with this lame, poppunk, MTV friendly letdown. I honestly do notexpect Kelly Osbourne tohave too long of a musiccareer, because if she is will-ing to offer up this as a debutI cannot see her devoting toomuch time to making thequality record that shewould need to avenge thislet down. Now I have amigraine from this CD, so Iam done talking about it. Donot buy it and if you did,send it to Kelly Osbourneand ask for your refund.Papa don’t preach; no,daughter don’t sing!

Ozzy’s Little GirlKelly Osbourne

shouts out on herCD causing thiscritic to wish shewould shut up.by Robert Walker

staff reporter

photo / Official Kelly Osbourne WebsiteKELLY O: She proves that she should listen more careful toher father’s preaching, when it comes to making a hit.

As Rollins studentsprepare to make their sum-mer plans, most students areheading home out of state,but for those whom will bein the Orlando area, DisneyWorld is finalizing a line upof events and concerts.

Starting April 29,Disney will be hosting theFlower Power Concert Seriesat Epcot. The series will runthrough June 1 and featuresome of pop music’s favoriteacts from the 1960’s to 1980’s.Some of the featured actsand dates are as follows.

April 29- May 2: Starship fea-turing Mickey Thomas

May 5-8: Classic Rock All-Stars

May 9-12: Paul Revere & TheRaiders

May 13-15: Gary Lewis &The Playboys

For "Star Wars" fans,Disney-MGM Studios will be

hosting five consecutive"Star Wars" themed week-ends from May 16-18through June 13-15. Theweekends will includeappearances from over 40legendary "Star Wars" char-acters, as well as triviagames, meet-and-greets, and

special Q&A sessions withsome of the movie enterpris-es stars.

For additional infor-mation on upcoming WaltDisney World events, visitwww.waltdisneyworld.com.

Judging from thetrailers to “Identity,” the filmseems that it would be morelike an adaptation to asupernatural Stephen Kingnovel, than a perplexingmind bending thriller.

“Identity” has anotable cast, including JohnCusack, Ray Liotta, JakeBusey and a surprisingcameo from RebeccaDeMornay. The overall plotof the movie revolvesaround several apparentlyrandom strangers that arestranded at a run downmotel during an intensestorm. Although the eventsthat ensue at the motel arescary and mysterious, thepoint of the plot seems toremain a mystery. One byone the guests at the motelare being murdered or dis-appear. As Cusack and

Liotta investigate the occur-rences, another parallel plotis being revealed to the audi-ence; the story of a deathrow convict seeking an exe-cution stay.

Although “Identity”moves along at a decentpace, which keeps the view-er enthralled in the action, italso leaves many unan-swered questions, such as“what is the point?”

The movie’s uniqueopening camera work andediting is reminiscent of pastvintage mystery shows, like

“The Twilight Zone.” Themovie is also entertainingand offers plenty of jump-out-of-your-seat excitement,but the ending is very disap-pointing. The movie doesnot have a solid conclusionand the dangling ending isso confusing that it couldalmost serve as the begin-ning.

“Identity” has a lotof good qualities and goodsolid performances fromCusack and Liotta, but itsidentity needs to bereassessed.

Picture this. One day, you are sitting aroundwith a group of friends. Suddenly, out of nowhere, all ofyou are hungry, yet no one has cash. What are youroptions? Beans or Dominoes, neither of which suit yourfancy. So what other options would you like to have onyour R-card?

“Panera because it is soclose. It would be so con-

venient.”

- Becky Adams, ‘05,Margo deGuehery, ‘05

“Hue.”

- Jeff Friedmann, ‘04

“Broadway.”

- Thayer Sargent, ‘06,Helenita Salom, ‘06

“Brazilian Pavilion.”

- Eron Prosper, ‘03

“Cheesecake Factory.”

- Michelle Darra, ‘05

“P.F. Chang’s.”

- Mary Meyers, ‘05, AshleyEson, ‘05

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a little less detrimental to thestage on which they per-formed.

Next was Non CompisMentis who performed amedley of songs from“Sister Act” while sportingchoir robes to look the part.For their finish, they hoppedout of their choir robes andinto more appropriate danc-ing attire showing off theirletters to the crowd.

When NCM had leftthe stage, the Rollins playerstook their place. Theirdances did not leave a wholelot to the imagination, to putit mildly. They danced verywell, but their dances wereboth revealing and sensual.

To lighten up the air inthe room, Chi Omega wasnext to perform with theirtribute to Tom Cruise. Theyused material from moviessuch as “Top Gun” and“Risky Business” to com-

plete their routine. Nextraining onto the stage werethe Rollins dancers, whoperformed to the song “It’sRaining Men.” Their set,complete with clouds andrain, obviously fit well intotheir theme.

Last onto the stagewas Kappa Kappa Gammawho performed the song“We Didn’t Start the Fire”which was filled with manyperformances of charactersmatching lines in the songs.With all the performancesfinally finished the nightwas just about complete,except the final judgmentswere still left to be rendered.

First honorable men-tions went to ATO, NCMand AOPI. In third placewas KKG who won $250. Insecond place was XW, whowon $500. The grand prizewinner was KD, who won$1,000 for their sorority.

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photo / Official Identity WebsiteID CLUB: John Cusack and Amanda Peet star in a thrillerabout a group of strangers that may not be that different.

Mysterious Identity“Identity” is a

mysterious thrillerwith an all starcast and unsolvedplot.

Disney’s May DaysDisney pre-

pares to usher inspring with aplethora of familyfriendly events. by Kim Burdges

entertainment editor

by Kim Burdgesentertainment editor

M o h a m m e d“Akmal” Ali sauntered intoT.F. Green Airport located inProvidence, Rhode Islandwith his girlfriend’s petitehand linked with his. Likemost people, the twenty-oneyear old Rollins College sen-ior of Arabic descent foundairport security an inconven-ience, but never a problem inthe wake of the September11th attacks on America.However, this relatively

quiet afternoon was differ-ent. Over the weekendPresident Bush released a listof the most wanted terroristsin the world. The name“Mohammed Ali” was onthat list.

“The woman work-ing the ticket counter atSouthwest Airlines gaspedwhen I showed her my I.D.,”Akmal recalled. “She askedme how I had made it thisfar.” The perplexedAmerican citizen with darkskin, hair, and eyes, strug-gled to understand. BeforeAkmal could respond, tenarmed security guardsclosed in around him like apack of wolves stalking theirprey. “They did not eventake him into a room,”Akmal’s girlfriend, ReneeMello stated. “He was puton display in front of every-

one.” As FBI agents quick-

ly flooded the scene, theybegan to interrogate Akmal.“They asked me what myconnection was to Osamabin Laden,” Akmal said. “Iwas no longer innocent untilproven guilty, but ratherguilty until proven inno-cent.”

As the questioningpersisted, nearly three hourshad passed. Akmal andRenee both missed theirflight to Orlando. After anextensive background checkand vigorous questioning,Akmal and Renee werefreed. “It angered me thateven after I was found to beinnocent, not one personapologized,” Akmal said.“We had to stay the night inRhode Island and they didnot offer to put us up in ahotel or provide us withtransportation. They just letus go as if nothing hap-pened.”

Jordan Barry, a soph-omore at Rollins College anda friend of Akmal and Renee,was at T.F. Green Airportduring the ordeal. Jordan,returning to Orlando subse-quent to her fall break, wasasked a few questions about

Akmal. “By providing theagents with information onAkmal, they bumped me upto first class on my airline,”Jordan stated. “They treatedme like I was a celebrity.”They treated Akmal like amonster.

September 11, 2001proved that one moment hasthe power to generate horrorand bigotry on a nationalscale. Akmal is living proofof how ethical considera-tions have gone astray. “Iam more suspicious ofMuslims,” stated a junior atRollins College. “AnyMuslim who demonstratedawkward behavior, I wouldautomatically assume guilt.”

“I get frightenedlooks from people all thetime,” Akmal says. “The air-port incident was not thefirst incident of racial profil-ing that has happened tome.”

“People can’t helpthat they feel suspicious,”says Zoe Nichols, a senior atRollins. “However, we mustbe careful to not cross theline of acting upon these sus-picions.”

“My father got laidoff one week after the attacksand is still unemployed,”

Akmal recalls. “It just seemscurious that a man with somany credentials now has aproblem finding work.” AsAkmal finishes his senioryear at Rollins College andbegins applying to lawschools around the country,he hopes that law schoolswill not act upon these samesuspicions. “I have to putMohammed Ali on myapplications,” Akmal stated.“I hope this doesn’t affecttheir decision.”

As project “IraqiFreedom” is underway, it isimportant to recognize thatthere are American citizenswho must also be freed.Mohammed “Akmal” Aliencompasses all that isAmerican. He is close togaining his college degree,he plays sports, he has bigdreams for the future, butmost of all, Akmal supportsAmerica.

“I am an Americancitizen and am on America’sside,” Akmal concludes. “Idon’t like war, but I think BinLaden and Saddam are crazyand need to be eliminated.What people don’t under-stand is that I am not againstthem.”

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The long-standing tradi-tion of Fox Day is one thatstudents look forward toevery spring. A day withoutclasses, papers, or tests. Aday to relax and celebrate thebeauty of Florida. Most stu-dents head to the beach forsome time in the sun. But nomatter where they go, stu-dents return in the evening fora BBQ on Mills lawn.

H o w e v e r ,what most peopledo not realize isthat some stu-dents are not asfree to participatein Fox Day activi-ties as others are.Take for instance the sportsteams. They will still havepractice and still play anyscheduled games. In fact, Isaw the women’s tennis teampracticing this Fox Day.

Theatre students will stillhave rehearsal for the playsand any performances will goon as scheduled. The castsof both the main stage andsecond stage productionsrehearsed Friday evening asplanned.

Music students are alsobound to rehearsal and con-cert schedules. There wereat least three senior recitalsthis past weekend. The stu-dents involved in these

recitals rehearsed all after-noon on Fox Day and someperformed that evening.

Although Fox Day ismeant to be a day of fun andrelaxation, for the majority ofstudents who could reallybenefit from such a break, it isbusiness as usual.

Now it may seem unfairto those students that FoxDay is never a true break for

them, but com-ing up with asolution is notan easy task.A day in thecalendar thatwould be freeof any sporting

practices/events, theatrerehearsals/productions, ormusic rehearsals/concertssimply does not exist. Sowhat is to be done?

The only viable solutionseems to be for students inthese programs to pick theirown Fox Day. Pick a day thatyou can afford to miss, skipout on classes, and just go tothe beach. Since you have togo about business as usualon the official Fox Day, I saythat you make your own FoxDay when you can have theentire day off. Sometimes toget the results you want, youhave to take matters into yourown hands.

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The other day, one ofmy professors mentionedhunting and fishing as ritesof passage for men in thesouth, and I thought tomyself, this guy is really outof touch. Maybe this wastrue 30 years ago, but I amfrom the south, and I do notknow hardly any guys whohunt or fish. Nevertheless,his comment got me think-ing: what, if any, are the newrites of passage, the ones thatmy generation experienced?

I flipped through therolodex of my memory backto my younger years to try torecapture moments in whichI was branded by one ofthese such rites. What I cameup with was pretty depress-ing.

When I was 12, mymother let me buy a teenmagazine at the grocerystore—a sure sign of mybudding womanhood. WhenI was 13, I was allowed to goto the mall with friends,

without parental supervi-sion AND I was allowed tospend my hard-earnedallowance on whatever Iwanted, indicating that I wasindeed maturing. When Iwas 16, my parents boughtme a car, which meant that Iwas now an independentyoung woman.

When I graduated highschool, my father bought mea diamond necklace andmatching earrings because Iwas finally responsibleenough to care for suchexpensive items.

They seem like prettynormal events in a girl’s life,don’t they? I’m guessingthey are, and that reallyscares me. Why? Becausenone of these so-called ritesof passage have anything todo with learning, growing,or experiencing life. Evenhunting and fishing revolvearound quality time spentwith friends and/or family.Instead, most of my “rites ofpassage” were marks of mygrowth as a consumer.

When I was about 14,someone told me that themarketing industry wasfocused on catering toteenagers. I imagined count-less men and women stayingup all night trying to figureout how they could make me

happy. I was flattered. I feltimportant.

Now I realize that theywere not trying to make mehappy—they were trying tomake themselves somemoney. To these marketingfolk, teenagers with moneywere like wounded zebras;they just wanted to be thelions in striking distance.Not only that, but what abetter way to create a con-sumerist adult than by start-ing them off early!

A lot of people wouldtell me that our country iswhat it is today because ofour gross consumerism. I donot disagree with those peo-ple. Indeed, America staysthe economic superpowerthat it is in part because weAmericans continue to burnright through those holes inour oversized pockets.

Regardless, I have towonder: at what non-mone-tary cost is this occurring?Could it be that because weare such avid buyers that wehave lost the time to careabout much else? Could it bethat these new rites of pas-sage are shaping us into self-absorbed, insecure youngadults with a set of valuesthat includes shopping butnot giving? Spending but notthinking? Doing but not feel-

ing?The funny thing is, I

had no idea at the time thatthese events occurred thatthey might be detrimental tomy character or my ability tocontribute as a citizen of theworld. But now, as I head outof college and into theworld, I feel my ideals beinghampered by my desire forthe comforts and luxuriesthat I have been taught bymy rites of passage are “thegood things in life.”

It pains me that I can besimultaneously outraged atthe disparity of wealth in theworld, knowing that it isbecause we Americans haveso much that others have sofew, while I look longingly atthe furniture in RestorationHardware. I have a feelingthat I will be haunted by myconflicting desires for therest of my life and that I willhave to fight against mydesire to consume in order tobe the kind of person I wishto be. Sadly, I have an evenstronger feeling that most ofmy generation has no ideawhat I am talking about.

I have to laugh, though.For years, we have been ask-ing, where do we fit in on thegenerational map? We arenot Gen X or Gen Y. Now Iknow: we are Gen Buy.

Consumerism As A Rite Of PassageIs modern ado-

lescent growthmarred by thevery moments thatlight its path?by Sally Smith

opinions editor

The Rollins Collegewomen’s tennis team cameout victoriously in theirmatch against North Florida.This adds to their commend-able record of 10 straightwins. Defeating NorthFlorida 6-3, the Tars took twoout of three doubles matchesand four out of six singlesmatches.

The Tars who madeus proud included VanessaCaddick, Carla Prieto, AllieNichols, Frances Giron, andJill Oppenheim. Caddickbrought home two winswith commanding leads of6-1 and 6-0 in #1 singles. Shelater teamed with Preito toclaim victory again with an8-3 win in #1 doubles.

Prieto also carriedherself well in the #2 slot forsingles and claimed threesets as hers. Also flying tovictory was Allie Nichols, inthe #4 spot with a score of 6-2 and 6-3, and Frances Gironwith a 6-2, 6-1 win in #5 sin-gles.

Despite a hard-fought defeat in singlesOppenheim came back toscore an 8-6 win in #3 dou-bles with Nichols.

Along with the winfor the tennis team, Caddickwas recognized by theSunshine State Conferenceas Athlete of the Week onApril 15. She has not onlybeen instrumental in the win

over North Florida, but alsothe recent win over ValdostaState University.

The women’s tennisteam will return to the courtApril 26-28 for the SunshineState ConferenceChampionships at Barry

University in Miami Shores.They will then compete inthe NCAA Regionals May 3-4.

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Dominatingthe Court

Last Friday, the men’stennis team beat ValdostaState six games to three.After one doubles win fromthe Carlos Custodio andMark Thompson combina-tion, there were five singlesmatches won. Custodio won6-0 and 7-5, Thompson won6-1 and 6-4, Matt Umberswon 7-6, 5-7, 6-4, Rip Ricewon 6-3 and 7-6, and DavidTafur won 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Thispushed the Tars to improveto 9 – 7 overall on the season.Junior Andrew Groslimondthought that it, “brought theteam together, playing onFox Day was kinda roughbut I thought it was good forus because it was a turningpoint in the season witheveryone being morefocused, I thought it wasgood.”

The next match the ten-nis team had was this pastTuesday against Saint Leo.They ended up winningwith 9–0 and won three sin-gles matches by scores of 6-0. Custodio did a great jobagain by beating JosePastrello in #1 singles afterlosing 4-6 in the first set butwinning 6–2 right after.Matt Umbers won in #2 sin-gles and AndrewGroslimond won 6- 0, 6-4 at

the #3 spot. David Tafurwon 6–0 and 6–1 at the #4position right before DrewSipka and Miles Moriartyalso won in #5 and #6 sin-gles. Groslimond andUmbers played together fora 9–7 win in doubles rightbefore Custodio and Tafurwon 8–1 at the #2 spot. #3doubles was also a victoryfor Sipka and John Grunowat 8–2.

Groslimond thought, “itwas fine, we were expectedto beat them and we got thejob done.” Sipka also “feltgood considering I just gotout surgery for my appen-dix, it was good for me and Iam very excited for theupcoming Eckerd match.”

The Tars will play amatch today, April 18,against Eckerd. It will behome again and all areencouraged to attend thematch, which will start at 3p.m. Sipka is “doing a lot ofrunning, riding the bike, lift-ing weights trying to stay inshape basically trying to hita lot of balls to get my timingback.” And he thinks thatthe team needs “to tightenup our doubles a little bit.Everybody is doing reallywell in singles but some ofthe doubles teams who havebeen really solid throughoutthe whole season have start-ed to fall through a little bitand we need to tighten up.”Groslimond said, “We’refeeling pretty confident, wejust have to stay focused andwin to go to nationals, so it’sa huge match.”

The men’s ten-nis team contin-ues to play well asthe season drawsto a close.by Marissa Block

staff reporter

A Strong ShowingWomen’s tennis

remains strongagainst NorthFlorida last week-end.by David Grasso

staff reporter

photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVESTAR PLAYER: Vanessa Caddick was named Athlete of theWeek by the Sunshine State Conference on April 15.

In an impressiveweekend of play, the softballteam swept the competitionadding four games to theirwin column.

Entering into theApril 13 doubleheader withEckerd College in St.Petersburg, Florida, the Tarshad beaten the University ofTampa 6-0 and 2-1 the daybefore. Eckerd (3-50, 1-23SSC) managed to stay closein the first game but gametwo saw the Tars explode onthe offensive end.

The first game wasmostly centered on greatpitching as the two teamscombined for only nine hits,four of which belonged toRollins. In the top of thethird inning and the gamescoreless, Rollins pitcherSarah Reeber took mattersinto her own hands. Her sin-gle brought home KendraDewey with what proved tobe the winning run. Reeber,

who was recognized as theSunshine State ConferencePlayer of the Week for herperformance over the entireweekend, made the runstand as she limited theTritons to only five hits andno runs while earning thevictory.

While the openinggame featured great pitch-ing, the second game was anoffensive showcase. The topof the first opened up with a

home run by Lindsey Manz,though Eckerd followed thatwith a run in the secondinning.

The fourth inningproved to be the turningpoint in the contest as theRollins bats hit with preci-sion, scoring seven runs. Bythe inning’s end, the Tars satatop a comfortable 9-2 lead.

Eckerd attempted tostep up their play and man-aged to score four runs in the

bottom of the fourth inning,bringing the score to 9-6. Asthe fifth inning passed quiet-ly, the sixth inning saw theTars rack up two more runsoff a Tiffanie Toner double.

The seventh inningsaw another explosion onthe scoreboard as Rollinsearned six more runs. Manzhit her ninth home run of theseason and her first grandslam. When the Tritonsstepped up to the plate fac-

ing a 17-6 deficit, they wereunable to answer, giving theTars an impressive 11-runvictory.

With the four winsover the weekend, Rollinsimproves to 30-14 on the sea-son and 13-9 in the SSC.They are next in action onTuesday, April 22, when theywill host Nova Southeasternat Cady Way Park.

Barry was left seeingstars this weekend with thesupreme strength of theRollins baseball team. TheRollins team had threegames this weekend againstBarry and for a change; allthree were filed into the wincolumn. The Tars have hadgreat success as a team, butthey have not dominated anentire weekend series reallylike they did against Barry.

The first game saw theTars riding a 7-0 shutoutgoing into the fourth inning,which was easily snappedby a stolen base and an error.The Tars increased their leadimmensely going into thesixth inning with a 13 runadvantage. The Bucs wereonly able to cut the leaddown to 12. That is the waythe game would end, 15-3 infavor of Rollins. GatorBrooks registered the win forthe Tars pitching a great

game.In the second game of

the weekend, Eduardo Chilewas the pitcher who won thegame in exciting fashioneven though the result leftRollins ahead by a cool threeruns. Chile had a shutoutgoing into the sixth inning,which was snapped by onerun scored on two hits. Thelead was cut down to 6-1,but the Tars would add twomore runs by the end of thegame. The final score in thisgame was 8-5. Key hits byLuis Dieguez and Toby Ricehelped the Tars stay in frontof the Bucs throughout theentirety of the game.

Nick Manson was thewinning pitcher in the Tarsthird game of the weekend,which was also a key victorysince they were all confer-ence. The Bucs started thegame out dominating theTars with a score of 5-1,which made the game looklike it was completely inBarry’s hands. The Tars ral-lied to tie the game by thesixth inning and were look-ing to take the momentumback. In the seventh,Dieguez scored the winningrun with a base hit that gaveRollins the 6-5 victory.

Friday and Saturdaythe Tars are in action againstEckerd at home. These areboth conference games andthe Tars look to repeat thesame success that theyachieved this weekendagainst Barry. It marks thefinal home games for theTars this season.

The Tars are 25-17 onthe season including a 7-4conference record. EduardoChile was named Pitcher ofthe Week for his great per-formance against Barry intheir series last weekend.Rollins is third in the SSCbehind Tampa and FloridaSouthern, who are first and

second in the conferencerespectively. The Tars lookto gain a jump in the stand-ings in their series with sixthranked Eckerd this weekend.

Gametime Friday is 7p.m. and the Saturday dou-bleheader will start at 1 p.m.at the Alfond BaseballStadium.

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photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVESWEET STROKE: Jason Cloar makes contact in win over Barry. The senior leads the team inhitting and has the highest career batting average in school history.

photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVEMAKING CONTACT: Kristen Hughes looks to get a hit for the Tars. The team is currently third in the Sunshine StateConference and have a chance to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Starting the Late Season PushBaseball team

sweeps Barry asthey start runtoward possibleRegional bid.by Matt Moore

head photographer

Softball Team Starting to SurgeTiming is right

as the softballteam starts pushtoward their first-ever Regional bid.by Daniel Tozzi

staff writer

The men’s and women’sgolf teams have claimed theSunshine StateChampionships for Golf.This is the first time in schoolhistory that both teams haveclaimed the titles at the sametime. The three round tour-nament was held at the RioPinar Country Club inOrlando.

The Rollins men’s team

defeated Florida Southernby a total of eight strokes byshooting a two under par286 in the final round. TheTars had a three round scoreof 868 strokes as comparedto the Moccasins whom shotan 876 over the three rounds.

The Rollins’ womenshot a final round 307 andpummeled the Lynnwomen’s team by a total of19 strokes. The Tars shot a919 over the three roundswhile the Knights were onlyable to shoot 938. JenniferBeames of Rollins was alsothe individual medalist onthe women’s side by shoot-ing a final round 77 to edgeher own teammate CharlotteCampbell, who shot a 79, by

two strokes. First placeBeames shot a three roundscore of 227, Campbellscored a 229 over the threerounds, Pamela Feggans ofFlorida Southern was thirdwith 233 and Rollins’Marianna DeBiase wasfourth with a 234. The winwas the third in the five-yearhistory of the SSC tourna-ment.

The men’s champi-onship is the second straightfor the Tars and their fifthall-time SSC golf champi-onship. Individually, Rollinsplayers tied for second placeand also captured fifth place.Lee Stroever and BenDaughan tied with a totalround score of 215, while

Alex Smith had a 218 tosecure his fifth place finish.The individual men’s winnerwas Steve Paramore ofFlorida Southern, who shot12 under par for the tourna-ment and finished with athree round score of 204.

The teams will now becompeting in the NCAARegional tournaments. Themen’s tournament will beheld May 4-7 in MusselShoals, Alabama. Thewomen’s tournament willtake place May 6-7 inLakeland, which is withindriving distance of any golffans that want to support theteam to a victory.

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What’s Happening?

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Men’s Tennis, Martin Courts,3 p.m.

Baseball, Alfond Stadium, 7 p.m.

“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”Opens, Annie Russell Theater,

8 p.m.Happy Birthday Bethany Downs

SSaattuurrddaayy 44-1199Baseball, Alfond Stadium,

1 p.m.Rollins Mallet Ensembles,

Rollins Flute Choir & WoodwardQuintet, Keene Hall-Rogers

Room, 7:30 p.m.Happy Birthday Caroline Chope

& Jay Way

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Daumier’s World: Realismto Impressionism, Cornell

Fine Arts Museum

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Women’s trio/Mallet trioWP Rotary, Keene Hall-Rogers Room, 12 p.m.

Happy Birthday JTFinnegan

TTuueessddaayy 44-2222Harold Blanchard Trio, Congo,

Keene Hall-Rogers Room, 12 p.m.

Career Services, Internship Info.Session, Olin Library, 2 p.m.

Softball, Cady Way Park, 6 p.m.

ACE Meeting, Warden Dining, 7 p.m.TPJ Author Robin Lippincott, Bush

Auditorium, 8 p.m.

WWeeddnneessddaayy 44-2233World’s People-Brazil, Keene

Hall-Rogers Room, 6 p.m.Senate Meeting, Galloway Room,

6:30 p.m.Wickit Wednesday, Dave’s Down

Under, 9 p.m.Happy Birthday Matthew

Chatmam & Angela Pacchainelli& Brandon Thompson

TThhuurrssddaayy 44-2244Opera Performance, Keene Hall-

Rogers Room, 12:30 p.m.Sandspur Meeting, Workroom,

5:30 p.m.RHA Meeting, Bieberbach & Reed,

7 p.m.Second Stage, “New Works: A

Brighter Light & CrumblingPedestal,” 8 p.m.

Happy Birthday Sarah Reeder

photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVEWINNING BIG: For the first time in Rollins history, the men’s and women’s golf teams both claimed SSC titles in the same year.

Bettering Par: GolfTeams win SSC Title

photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVEEXTREME CONCENTRATION: Lee Stroever attempts to rollin a long birdie putt.

photo / RC ATHLETIC ARCHIVESWINGING LIKE A PRO: Sabrina Gassner hits her approachat the Sunshine State Conference Tournament.

Hard work anddedication paysoff as both golfteams win SSCtitles.by Matt Moore

head photographer