The Sandspur Vol 110 Issue 4

For as long as most Tarscan remember, Fridays havemarked the end of a gruelingweek of dealing with classassignments, an archaicparking situation, and thosemasochistic ticket writersover at Campus Safety. Forcollege students everywhere,Fridays have meant thebeginning of a long, relaxing

weekend. But as a recentarticle in the Wall StreetJournal points out, “There’ssomething new on theschedule for America’s col-lege students this year: afive-day workweek.” The article entitled

“Giving Fridays SomeClass,” appeared in theAugust 29 issue andrevealed a recent trendamong U.S. Colleges andUniversities—adding moreclasses to their Friday sched-ules. As I’m sure most ofyou have already figured out(surprise-surprise) RollinsCollege was cited as one of at

least six schools this year toadopt this new approach. According to the article,

an unnamed Rollins CollegeDean stated that they“moved key freshman cours-es to Fridays”. According tothis Dean, the change is“designed to stem the massexodus on Friday after-noons…students should beexperiencing college fivedays a week.” But beforeyou freshmen start huntingdown this semi-anonymousindividual for the purposesof tarring and feathering, becomforted by the fact that it

As an extension of thecurriculum in many RollinsConference Courses (RCC’s),Paul Rogat Loeb visitedRollins on September 11-12to lecture on civic engage-ment. Loeb came to Rollinsas a Thomas P. Johnson visit-ing scholar. He has spentover thirty years researchingcitizen responsibility andgathering stories of socialempowerment and commit-ment. He has spoken at over300 colleges and universitiesacross the country as well asseveral national conferences.Loeb’s activities began

on Friday evening with aHonors/Nexus dinner.Afterward, everyoneregrouped in the BushAuditorium along withother interested studentsand members of the Rollinscommunity for the lecture.Loeb spoke on the topicscovered in his book, Soul of a

Citizen, which many RCCclasses were required toread.Loeb focused on the

process of ordinary peoplebecoming involved in theircommunities and making adifference through theircauses. He cited many sto-ries from his book along theway, such as Rosa Parks’famous stand for the CivilRights movement.Since Loeb was speaking

on September 11, he spentsome time discussing theattacks of 2001 and the gen-erosity and openness of theAmerican people thatensued. The lecture thentook something of a tangentwhen Loeb criticized U.S.action in the Middle East,stating that the attacks couldhave been avoided had theAmerican government han-dled the situation better.Loeb continued on this

topic by criticizing PresidentBush’s response to terrorism,stating that the attack“should have been hum-bling, but it wasn’t.” He alsocriticized the Bush adminis-tration’s claim of interna-tional support for the war in

In what was organizedas a remembrance for thevictims of the September 11,2001 attacks, both RollinsCollege and the City ofOrlando honored the fallenheroes of that ill-fated daywith a commemoration cere-mony last Thursday morn-ing. The Rollins community

came together upon thesteps of the KnowlesMemorial Chapel, to joinChapel Dean Pat Powers fora moment of silence. Powersshared prayers with thecrowd and stated, “I will putthese roses on the altar in theChapel to let God know thatwe remember those lost livesas beautiful and precious.” Patriotic citizens, solemn

first responders, and thefamilies of 9/11 victims col-lected upon the glisteningshores of the Lake Eola Park

Amphitheatre for “OrlandoRemembers,” an event host-ed by the City of Orlando,Orange CountyGovernment, and theDowntown DevelopmentBoard. Orlando Mayor Buddy

Dyer and Orange CountyChairman Richard Crottyshared remarks with theflag-waving crowd present.Meanwhile, the OrlandoPhilharmonic Orchestra and

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Loeb SpeaksAuthor Paul

Loeb visits Rollinsto encourage civicand politicalinvolvement.

ClassworkRollins adds

more classes tostudents’ Fridayschedules.

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LOEB LECTURES: Author Paul Loeb gives a guest lecture toRollins students.

by Brian Hernandezasst. news editor

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The District of Columbiasuffered no fatalities, butMayor Williams declared astate of emergency. Fewerpeople lost power, with onlyaround 130,000 left in thedark. Two people died inMaryland and many suf-fered losses around theChesapeake Bay area. Thesame occurred in Delaware

where the Governordeclared a state of emer-gency. New Jersey also found

itself in a state of emergencywith 160,000 people withoutpower and one fatality. Inaddition, a fallen tree pre-vented fire engines fromentering and exiting to assistwith the emergenciesaround the area.

Pennsylvania GovernorEd Rendell declared a stateof emergency as well and thestate suffered one death anda power outage that affected1.2 million customers. ThePhiladelphia Airport can-celled about 20 percent of itsflights. West Virginia officials

stated that there were about25,000 individuals without

power. The major crisisaffecting the area was flood-ing from the many riversand lakes. One RhodeIsland man was killed whenhe was swept into the ocean.As is obvious by her

path of destruction, Isabelhad far-reaching effects.This particular hurricane hitan area that is unaccustomedto having a hurricane sea-

son, and it crippled the areain many ways. In some ofthese states the metro sys-tem closed, and in all areasthere were statewide schoolclosings. Overall, althoughFlorida escaped Isabel’swrath, the northern states,unfortunately unpreparedfor the event, suffered herfull fury.

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for College Parents ofAmerica, is pushing for anincrease of the maximum to$30,000. “Federal studentsloans are a great invest-ment,” says Boyle. Boyle voiced worries

during a September 18 pressconference, saying that iffinancial aid did not catch upwith tuition costs studentswould be more likely toengage in risky behaviors,including paying for collegeexpenses with a credit card,taking on several jobs, ortaking out a private or alter-native student loan. The five point proposal

designed by The Coalition toincrease access to highereducation includes increas-ing Stafford loan limits, pro-

viding origination fee relief,providing more flexiblerepayment options, main-taining a viable loan consoli-dation program, and extend-ing loan forgiveness to thoseworking in certain highlyneeded occupations, such asteachers. If the proposal were to

pass, freshmen would quali-fy for $4,000 and sopho-mores would be able to bor-row $6,000. After two years,students would be allocatedflexible borrowing accountswith a maximum of $20,000.To curb worries of givingstudents access to too muchmoney, the maximum loaneach year would be $10,000,and the student could notborrow more than $30,000over the course of theirundergraduate studies.

Another measure pro-posed by The Coalition todeal with concerns regard-ing the proposal includeallowing colleges that wantto keep the current loan lim-its in place to do so, with theoption of setting lower limitsfor groups that are at higherrisk for dropping out, suchas first year students. Ultimately, the group

that would benefit the mostfrom the increased loan lim-its would be the studentswho don’t qualify for BrightFutures Aid or many otherscholarships, but have thedrive and desire to get a col-lege education. “(The increased loan

program) would definitelymake a difference in whethera student goes to school ornot. (A student) would at

least be able to go to publicschool and be assured thatthe costs would be covered,”states Jacobs.The negative risk of

higher loan debts, Jacobsstates, is outweighed by thepositive opportunity for stu-dents to complete their edu-cation. After all, “studentswill borrow anyway, justunder less controlled cir-cumstances”.The main issue at hand

here is the value of educa-tion, and as Sarah Jackson,the board chair of theStudent Association of theUniversity of Missouri, saidin the recent press confer-ence with The Coalition,“Affordability should not bethe determining factor (inobtaining a college educa-tion).” The Coalition for

Better Student Loans andtheir supporters stronglyagree. Student loans have

become the single mostimportant source of self-helpnationwide, with federalloans offering students thebest opportunity to invest intheir futures without worry-ing about credit checks orskyrocketing interest rates. If Congress approves the

loan improvement program,a lot of students will findthemselves with increasedoptions in starting or contin-uing with their higher edu-cation. As with everythingthat deals with money, how-ever, the loans must be usedwith wisdom and modera-tion by the students.

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the Edgewater High SchoolChoir performed a series of“patriotic and reflectivemusical selections” to cele-brate American freedom andhonor the lives of thoseloved and lost.

Following the remarks,the Fire, Police and MilitaryHonor Guards performed apresentation of colors.

A moving rendition of thePledge of Allegiance led byAmerican Red Cross 9/11volunteers initiated the cere-mony amidst the out-stretched wings of “Trouble”the stoic Bald Eagle.

As the Honor Guardslowly retired the colors toan area behind the crowd,the orchestra, conducted byAndrew Lane, brought on asea of emotions with a res-onating performance ofSamuel Barber’s “Adagio forStrings,” a piece madefamous by the Oliver Stonemovie “Platoon”.

At approximately 8:46

AM a bell chimed, signalingthe moment two years agoon that fateful day when thefirst airliner struck theWorld Trade Center.

A moment of silence wasobserved to remember themany thousands who werelost, and the resoundingquiet exuding from the smallpopulation of Americans incontemplation muted eventhe roar of the urban sprawlthat surrounded theamphitheatre.

Dyer opened by statingthat “Every city, every state,every community, every citi-zen, pauses to pay tribute tothose brave Americans, civil-ians and first responders,who lost their lives onSeptember 11, 2001.”

He went on to describehow America benefited fromthe actions of those who dis-played such unimaginablecourage and patriotism thatharrowing morning.

Joining both the Mayorand the Chairman on stage,honored guest speaker

Harriet Elam-Thomas, for-mer U.S. Ambassador toSenegal (1999-2002), deliv-ered a proclamation onbehalf of President GeorgeW. Bush, identifyingSeptember 11 of each year as“Patriot’s Day.”

Subsequently, Dyer andCrotty narrated JamesBeckel’s poignant speech“Liberty for All,” whichincludes portions of theDeclaration ofIndependence and thewords of Thomas Paine,George Washington,Abraham Lincoln and JohnF. Kennedy.

While “OrlandoRemembers” provided anopportunity for local resi-dents to come together as acommunity and pay theirrespects to those who losttheir lives on 9/11, thequandary of a day of reflec-tion is that sometimesremembering is just toopainful—even for patriots.

The students in Dr.Schmalstig’s RollinsConference Course (RCC)class and the elementaryeducation majors in Dr.Gregory’s Biology forTeachers have teamed up toprovide elementary schoolstudents with a taste of sci-ence.

Ferncreek Elementary isa school with a lot of heart.Many of the students arefrom disadvantaged fami-lies. Over the past few yearsvarious Rollins Collegeclasses, organizations, andindividual students havespent time working andmentoring these students.

Last year students fromtwo of Dr. Gregory’s coursesworked with the AfterSchool Program staff atFerncreek to provide theseyoungsters with an opportu-nity to learn about how sci-ence affects their daily lives

and have fun at the sametime. Not only was it aresounding success, but alsoproved to be an invaluablelesson for Dr. Gregory’s stu-dents training to become sci-entists or elementary schoolteachers.

This year the programhas expanded! Dr.Schmalstig’s RCC 100 courseis all about feeding theworld in the twenty-firstcentury. And how appro-priate to start in your ownbackyard! The two classeshave teamed together to pro-vide the children with anopportunity to “dig in thedirt”. Along with plants,hand picked and transport-ed by Rollins Greenhousemanager, Alan Chryst, thefirst introduction to success-fully planting vegetable andbutterfly gardens went with-out a hitch. Next week willbe even more exciting whenthe students release lady-bugs into their gardenswhile wearing their hand-made “Ladybug T-shirts.”

Anyone who wishes tobe a part of this fun, educa-tional and exciting programshould contact either Dr.Schmalstig (x2340) or Dr.Gregory (x2430).

NEWS

Fifty-five trainees tookflight last weekend as theOffice of StudentInvolvement andLeadership, along withIMPACT presented “FlightSchool: Reloaded” for theemerging leaders of theRollins community.

Flight crews convened atDave’s Downunder Fridaynight, September 12, fortraining exercises. The exer-cises included games of“Have you ever…” and theinfamous toilet paper game(the more sheets you take,the more you have to tellabout yourself). Crews gotto know each other and leftthe next morning for theirovernight retreat.

The off-campus portionof the retreat took place atthe Future Farmers ofAmerica LeadershipTraining Center in HainesCity. “Wing Commanders”used the E6 leadershipframework: Envision, Enlist,Embody, Empower,Evaluate, and Encourage.

Each pair of wing com-manders led an activity thatprovided a hands-ondemonstration of the “E” athand. After the events,trainees came together andapplied the lessons to every-day leadership opportuni-ties.

Activities includedbuilding an ideal communi-ty, creating a human mon-ster, performing skits, andan exciting game of “funkykickball”. Trainees learnedto communicate across cul-tural and social differences,work towards commongoals, and put ideas intopractice.

The program was entire-ly student-run, enlisting theplanning and facilitatingskills of established leadersin IMPACT and variousother campus involvementprograms.

The program allowedboth new and returningleaders to get acquaintedand learn to work together.According to freshman sena-tor Carson Fuller, “Welearned so much about our-selves and each other. It wasan incredible time to learnabout group leadership.”

The retreat proved to bea positive developmentexperience for those risingleaders who will take Rollinsinto the future.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 THE SANDSPUR 3

Learning to FlyOSIA and

IMPACT cometogether to facili-tate leadershipdevelopmentby Mark Bartschi

webmaster

Disaster At Disney

When a guest atDisneyland takes a thrill-filled ride on Disney’s BigThunder Mountain, the safe-ty of the ride is supposed tobe a given. For years the ridehas been operating at threedifferent parks without inci-dent. On Friday, September5, 2003, however, this wasnot the case at Disney’sAnaheim, CA location.

In a tragic fluke, theride’s locomotive separatedfrom the train inside a tun-nel and was derailed.Officials have not deter-mined whether the derailing

was the cause of the accidentor happened as a result.

The accident killedone man and injured 10 oth-ers. The man killed, identi-fied as Marcelo Torres, wasin the first car behind thelocomotive and died insideof the ride, where heremained during the investi-gation. Afterwards para-medics removed him fromthe ride.

Disneyland resort inCalifornia is trying to gatherthe facts and determinewhat caused this horrificaccident so that the problemcan be corrected and thecoaster can be functioningagain as soon as possible. Itis difficult to determine thedetails of the fatal ridebecause some passengerswere able to release them-selves from the ride and leftof their own accord, andwere therefore not available

for questioning. The only caroff of the track was the loco-motive; the other carsremained in their normaloperating positions. The rideis inspected every morningso the accident is a completeand utter surprise to theDisney technical staff.

Both TokyoDisneyland and DisneyWorld have shut down theirThunder Mountain ridesuntil the cause of the acci-dent is determined. Therehave been no other accidentsreported on this particularride at any of the otherparks. The death atDisneyland was the tenthsince it opened in 1955, butnot all of the deaths havebeen ride related. The ride isdesigned to look like an oldWestern runaway train, canhold as many as 32 people,and runs at a maximumspeed of 28mph.

Accident atDisney’s BigThunder Mountainin California killsone, injures 10.by Matt Moore

production manager

Cultivating Their GardenRollins students

team withFerncreekElementary forplanting, learning.

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9/11 Remembrance

by Gail Jonescontributing writer

Rollins College SenatorsWard – Derek McIver,Victoria Palace, Elizabeth – Mary KateDonovan, CaitlinMcConnell, McKean/Gale –Mark Bartschi, CarsonFuller, Holt – George Sciarrino, Male Greek – Nick Pleat,Evan Garvey, Female Greek – MaryMeyers, Becky Beran,Chrissy Cardinell, Off-Campus – Curtis Lane,Laura Cole, Jay Baird, BrieShields, Lindsey Dhans,

Pinehurst – Sean Graham,ROC – Paul Borges, ACE – Sarah Mallat, CAC – Pamela Cruz

It’s COMING!!!!!!The Fern Creek ElementarySchool Supply Driveis COMING to YOUR room!All next week, the SchoolSupply Drive is coming toYOUR door to collect schoolsupplies for FerncreekElementary,so….. Be PREPARED!What do YOU want in thenew Rollins President?

Come to the Student Forum:Presidential SearchMonday, September 22nd –6:00 pmTuesday, September 23rd –12:30 pmat Dave’s DownUnderWhat does Campus SafetyDO?!?!?!Come to the first

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Since September 11,you can say that we have allbeen a little bit more precau-tious, more suspicious, andmore protective. We wouldall like to feel safer in ourhomes, at our places of busi-ness, or just traveling to see aloved one.

However, civil liber-ties groups are objecting to agovernment plan for a newsystem that would checkbackground informationand assign a threat level toeveryone who buys a ticketfor a commercial flight. Thissystem has the potential tobe an unconstitutional inva-sion of privacy and createdatabase mix-ups that couldlead to innocent peoplebeing branded security risks.

The system willgather much more informa-tion on passengers than in

previous backgroundchecks. Transportation offi-cials say that a contractorwill be chosen to build thenationwide computer sys-tem. It’s purpose will be tocheck such things as creditreports and bank accountactivity and compare pas-senger names with those ongovernment watch lists.CAPPS 2 (ComputerAssisted PassengerPrescreening System) willuse databases that alreadyoperate within privacy lawsand will not profile based onrace, religion or ethnicity.

Airlines alreadyconduct rudimentary checkson passenger information,such as method of payment,address, and the date theticket was reserved.

Unlike the previoussystem, in which data stayedwithin the airline’s reserva-tion system, the new setupwill be managed by TSA(Transportation SecurityAdministration). This newprogram allows only gov-ernment officials with prop-er security clearance theability to access the informa-t i o n .

CAPPS 2 will collectdata and rate each passen-ger’s threat level accordingto a three-color system.When travelers check in,their names will be punchedinto the system and theirboarding passes encryptedwith the appropriate rank-ing color:GREEN: The vast majorityof passengers will be rankedgreen, subject to normalsecurity checks.YELLOW: Passengers thatare ranked yellow will gothrough a more detailedsearch, and still be allowedto fly.RED: Those passengers thatare ranked red will not beable to fly.

The Cornell FineArts Museum is preparing astimulating fall semester forthe Rollins Community.Before closing its doors forrenovation, the Art Museumis striving to continue itslong-standing tradition ofacting as an artistic resourceand outlet for Rollins stu-dents and faculty.

“The Art Museumbelongs to the students,”says the Museum’sExecutive Assistant VickiBrodnax. “It is the same asthe pool, the lake, or thelibrary. It is there forresearch or relaxation.”

Brodnax is very

excited about the season’sfinal exhibition, AssortedFlavors, a display featuringthe work of Florida artist,Gary Bolding, opening onSeptember 19th.

“We selectedBolding to be this season’sFlorida Artist because wewanted to reach out to thestudents,” says Brodnax.“Bolding’s work is fun, gor-geous, satirical, and thoughtprovoking. He portrays oddthings in different settings.”

By featuring FloridaArtists such as GaryBolding, Brodnax believesthat the Museum is provid-ing a great service to theRollins community. “It isimportant to remind the stu-dents and the communitythat local artists have some-thing to offer,” she says.

The Gary Boldingexhibit will be the last atRollins for curator TheoLotz, who is moving on to a

position as director forUCF’s Percent for the ArtsProgram. “We hope thatpeople will come out to seeTheo’s last exhibit,” saysBrodnax. She also encour-ages all students to attendthe museum’s reception forGary Bolding’s exhibit, onFriday, September 19, from 6to 8 p.m.

The Cornell FineArts Museum wants to be asresourceful a venue as it canbe before closing its doors.“The pieces in our perma-nent selection have a widescope,” says Savill. “They gofrom the 1600s to the 20thcentury, and they give stu-dents a great idea of whatour collection is all about.”

It is obviouslyimportant that each studenttake advantage of the cultur-al opportunities that the ArtMuseum is providing eachof us with this fall, while westill have the chance.

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Sunday, September14th marked the beginningof another exciting musicalseason at Rollins. Variousmembers of the Rollins com-munity gathered in KeeneHall to hear the FacultyShowcase, a musical pre-view of what Rollins’ finesthave in store for the 2003-2004 school year.

“The Faculty show-case gives a small preview ofsome solos given this year,”says Dr. Susan Lackman, aprofessor of Theory andComposition in the MusicDepartment. “It also identi-fies opportunities for stu-dents to study music.”

The showcaseopened with a beautiful ren-dition of Let the BrightSeraphim, a piece by G.F.Handel, sung by PamelaCoburn. Coburn was accom-panied by ChristopherDolske on the trumpet, aswell as Alan Morrison on thepiano.

Next came EdmundLeroy, accompanied byMorrison. Leroy sangLiebesbotschaft by FrankSchubert and Widmung byRobert Schumann, both ofwhich were performed inperfect German.

Beth Gottlieb per-formed the haunting pieceOf Thought and Thinking, byAntonio Lymon, on themarimba, and joinedMorrison for Prelude Op. 11,

No. 3, by Clair Omar Musser. Morrison also

accompanied mezzo-sopra-no Laura A. Young in abeautiful rendition ofHerbert Howells’ KingDavid. Pianist PerDanielsson and ElectricBassist Chuck Archard fol-lowed with the very jazzyJitterbug Waltz, written byFats Waller, and were joinedby drummer LarryHenderson in Marvin Gaye’sWhat’s Goin’ On.

The final perform-ance of the evening was themelodic The Night Has aThousand Eyes, written byBernier and Brainin.Archard, Danielsson, andHenderson returned for thispiece, joined by trumpeterChristopher Dolske. It was afitting end to a musicallystimulating evening.

“It is important formembers of the Rollins com-munity, and of all of CentralFlorida to know the treas-ures in our music depart-ment,” says Dr. Lackman. “Itrevives in students their loveof music and encouragesthem to express them-selves.” Lackman can per-sonally attest to this fact.“My daughter came to pre-view,” she says, “and toldme ‘I can take lessons, I for-got!’”

The Faculty Musicshowcase provided anenjoyable opportunity forthe Rollins’ community tosee all of the talent and pos-sibilities that the musicdepartment has to offer. Italso served as a reminder ofthe eventful musical seasoncoming up.

In a school oftennoted as being “a beautifulplace, with beautiful peo-ple,” there are those few rarestudents who are more thanjust a pretty face. RollinsCollege junior Nari Gill isone such person, who hassince the age of eleven beencompeting in national beau-ty pageants. At the age oftwelve, she won the title ofMiss Pre-Teen Oklahoma,and just last December shewas the fourth runner up inthe Miss Oklahoma pageant,a precursor to the Miss USAcompetition. However,behind her charming smile,Gill remains down to earthand unfazed by the lightsand attention she has cometo know.

Gill was born andraised in Oklahoma. At theyoung age of twelve she lefthome to attend TheAndrews School, an all girlsdance boarding school,located in Ohio. There sheintensely studied ballet andjazz. “It was hard,” Gill saysof her time at Andrews. “Itwas very competitive and alot of the girls had eatingdisorders, but I was toooccupied with dance to behomesick.” Gill’s love fordance soon lead her into hernext adventure: competitivebeauty pageants.

“I always watchedpageants on TV when I wasa little girl,” says Gill. “Thenwhen I was eleven, I was atdance camp and this ladyasked me to do her pageant.I just loved it. I love gettingdressed up and beingonstage, and of course dancewas my talent.”

She says thatalthough beauty pageantsmay not seem to be a largepart of young people’s cul-ture in other states, inOklahoma competitive pag-

eants are very popular.“Pageants are so big inOklahoma,” explains Gill.“Guys do football, and girlsdo cheerleading and pag-eants.”

Although Gill hasalways remained passionateabout her involvement inbeauty pageants, she statesthat her supportive parentsare luckily not overbearing.She laughingly explains thather dad mostly regards pag-eants as sexist and that hermother is more of a tomboyand clueless to the “pageantworld.” However, Gill viewsher parents’ lack of pageantknowledge as a blessing. “Ithink that is part of the rea-son a lot of girls I know hatedoing it,” Gill says, describ-ing the pressures put onsome contestants by parents.“I’ve never gotten burnedout, and there was never anypressure from them- I justlove it.”

However, aroundthe time Gill began highschool at Pomfret, a board-ing school located inConnecticut, she stoppedcompeting. Gill states that itwas just too difficult being inboarding school inConnecticut and commutingto Oklahoma to compete.When she was sixteen, Gillcame out of her short hiatusand competed for the title ofMiss Teen United States; shewas crowned Miss TeenOklahoma in 2000.

Last December, Gilldecided to enter the MissOklahoma pageant. Herpreparation proved to bevery tiring and stressful asshe tried to balance her col-lege career and her sociallife. “I never felt like this inhigh school. I was veryactive and at boardingschool I always saw myfriends,” says Gill. “[But lastyear] I had to cut out mysocial life. I had no time tocook, I couldn’t go out- Ibasically lived off of Subwayand Powerhouse. It wasschool and pageants. I wasconstantly stressed out andnever relaxed.” Even thoughthe anticipation leading upto the pageant took its toll,Gill says that it was all worth

it. “Preparing for a pageantis very stressful, but it helpsme maintain good imageand self esteem,” she says.“Once I was there, I loved itand I didn’t want to wait forthe next year.”

At the age of twenty,Gill was the youngest con-testant competing for thecrown. She says that she waspretty confident that shewould make the top ten, butthat she was also preparingnot to win. After she secureda spot in the top ten, the nexthurdle was being selectedfor the top five. “They calledthe top four and I waspreparing on not burstinginto tears,” says Gill. “Thenthey called Miss Oak City,only there is not an Oak City,then they corrected it – MissElk City [my city.] When youare not expecting it, it is evenbetter.”

After the top fivewere chosen, Gill says thatall of the contestants“nailed” their on stage inter-views. “I never get nervousor nauseous, but I have noidea what I said or how Ianswered,” Gill explains ofher on stage interview.“When they called the topthree I was not surprised,[that I wasn’t included.]” Gillstates that if she had won shewould probably have had totake a semester off fromschool in order to fulfill all ofher commitments. “Whenyou win the pageant, youhave scheduled appearanceseveryday, including publicspeaking and fashionshows,” says Gill. “You haveto take on full time jobresponsibilities.”

Recently Gill judgedher first pageant: the LittleMiss Citrus Pageant. “I likejudging; it was fun,” saysGill. “It was so weird to beon the other perspective.These judges have no ideahow much their decisionsimpact lives.”

Although Gill isbusily preparing for thisNovember’s Miss Oklahomapageant, she is continuing tofocus on her future outsideof beauty pageants. She iscurrently majoring inBiology, with the hopes ofgoing to medical school. Gillplans on entering the field ofmedicine with a focus onpediatrics and the study ofAIDS, a cause very close toher heart. Not only is AIDSher philanthropic platform,but she lost her two pageantcoaches to the disease a fewyears ago. “I don’t want to beone of those ladies doingpageants when I’m fortyyears old,” states Gill. “I justwant to go to Miss USA andthat’s it.”

FEATURES THE SANDSPUR 5SEPTEMBER 19, 2003

A Beauty Queen in the Making

Junior Nari Gilldiscusses herbeauty pageantexperiences aswell as her plansfor the future.by Kim Burdges

entertainment editor

Music at its FinestThe Faculty

music showcasepreviews an excit-ing musical sea-son.by Eliza Osborn

features editor

photo / NARI GILL

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: Nari Gill (right) poses with MissOklahoma U.S.A 2003, Kasie Head.

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HOT STUFF: Hollywood Tans proves a quick tan withoutspending hours baking in the sun.

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by Heather Gennaccaroword on the street

OPINIONSTHE SANDSPUR8 SEPTEMBER 19, 2003

It’s that time of yearagain, when the weathergets cooler, your agenda fillsup with assignments, andyou’re stressed to the max.Just when you thought yourday was over and you takein a breath of fresh air, andfeel the heat on your skinafter a day in the frigidindoors, you find a littleorange envelope on thewindshield of your car. No,it’s not a love letter; it’s aparking ticket.

If this story seems famil-iar to you, you’re not alone.Around campus, story afterstory circulates about thepervasive phenomenon ofparking tickets and the out-rageous fines that come withthem.

I myself have a story totell about the parking tickets,which was outlined in mypublic denouncement ofcampus safety’s policies lastsemester in The Sandspur. Inot only made a scene at the

little house that housesCampus Safety, but alsolashed out with my pen in adetailed article about howmy parking ticket was com-pletely unfair.

I remain firm on the factthat they way they treatedme and the way things werehandled was completelyinappropriate.

Now that I am not

caught in a war withCampus Safety, I can giveyou an external view of theentire campus-wide debacleinvolving parking.

I recently sat down with

Mr. Julius Jacobs, the manthat you go see when youcontest a parking ticket.Luckily, he did not remem-ber the fury that I unleashedon him last year and we sub-sequently had a very calm,informative session.

Mr. Jacobs is absolutelyright in his point that thesystem “is needed to enforcethe parking.” There is the

simply reality that withoutthe enforcement, it would beutter chaos.

That is all fine anddandy, but my beef with thesystem, which was my

whole point in the last articlethat I wrote, is the astronom-ical prices. The price of aticket can go all the way upto an astounding one hun-dred dollars, which is a bitexcessive for a student.

I know the one hundreddollar parking ticket Ireceived was very detrimen-tal to my pocketbook.

Furthermore, theambiguousrules ofparking (allincluded ina nifty littlep am p h l e tthat your e c e i v ewhen regis-tering) arereally notf u l l ye x p l a i n e dfor a numberof reasons.These ambi-guities, suchas parkingon week-ends orn i g h t s(which isprohibited),

are what get many people introuble.

The people who get tick-ets make their voices heard.“Campus Safety has authori-ty issues- look at the amount

of tickets they give and thereasons behind them; whatthey do is a sick psychologi-cal game”, an aggravatedsophomore explained to mein the Cornell CampusCenter. She declined torelease her name becauseshe is in the process ofappealing a parking ticket.

If you want to preventgetting tangled in this messof parking tickets, you canbe eco-friendly and ride abike, like myself. If you livetoo far to bike or keep yourcar here, I suggest you readyour pamphlet, and don’tbreak the rules, as it can getreally expensive.

If you’re wondering, theproceeds from the parkingticket go to the noble causeof the Rollins College gener-al fund, which recentlyreceived over 160 milliondollars in gifts. The thoughtof the school taking unneces-sary amounts of money fromtheir own students makesmy stomach churn.

If you do run into a park-ing ticket, and need anexcuse, consult CampusSafety’s top ten excuses forgetting out of a parking tick-et. My personal favorite is “Ipay 35,000 dollars to go hereand I should be able to parkwherever I want.”

Don’t Park... Anywhere

by David Grassostaff writer

photo / CARA HARDIN

PARKING PAINS: Campus safety issues yet another parking citation.

The high price ofparking tickets leavestudents wondern-ing: Dude where doI put my car?

Attendance is somethingonly high school studentsneed to fret over. Well, that’swhat I thought. But, accord-ing to the syllabi I’vereceived this year, atten-dance is something Rollins’students need to be gravelyconcerned with.

Now, before I begintelling why I don’t like atten-dance policies, please allowme to point out that I don’tthink disliking the atten-dance policy equates to dis-liking classes. Yes, somecollege students only missclasses because they’ve goneout all night and gottenthemselves completely ine-briated. But, I think it is bothunfair and insulting toassume that all studentsmiss for this reason. Somep r o f e s s o r s ,and I won’tname names,have adopteda policy ofincreasing thepenalty formissing aFriday (I have heard tales ofsome counting one Friday astwo days. Personally, I hopethis isn’t a math professorcause that seems to be send-ing the wrong message oneequals two.) Anyway, thelogic I have heard for this isthat more students ditchFridays to get a head start ontrips to the beach or partying(because college studentsdon’t do anything produc-tive on the weekends. Thatwas supposed to be sarcas-tic, but I’m not entirely sureit isn’t true). So, that bringsus to the idea that professorsassume a student who miss-es a Friday is missing for aless than legitimate reason.So, if you happen to get sickon a Friday, which alreadysucks because it ruins yourweekend, you also get penal-ized not once, but twice forattendance.

This brings me to mynext point, which is thatmany of these classes have atwo and out policy (meaningyou’ve got better odds inbaseball). You miss twoclasses and boom your gradeis dropped. Now, maybe thisis just me (it often is), but Ithink one’s grade in a courseshould be a reflection oftheir academic capacity and

not their ability to put theirbutt in a seat. It’s insulting tome that any portion of mygrade will be either positive-ly or negatively deductedbased on my butt-in-seatabilities. I had a professorgive me a B because I hadmissed one day too many,even though the quality ofmy work had earned me anA. Now, assuming that thegoal of grading is to showthe level of knowledge a stu-dent has gained over asemester, isn’t it some degreeof a lie to say a student hasdone B work when, in fact,they did A work? Of course,if the squabble is between anA or a B it isn’t as dire, butsay it is the differencebetween a D or an F.Suddenly, the situation has

become moreserious. Somemight say thatthe D students h o u l d ’ v eshown up moreoften andearned him or

herself a C, but let’s suspendthat and assume all this per-son is capable of is a D. But,they missed that unfortunatethird day and now that D(that would’ve allowed thisfictitious person to graduate)is an F, so much for gradua-tion (guess they’ll have topay to take the course overagain).

I’m not paying twenty-something grand a year to bebaby-sat. In other words, ifI’m too stupid to realize I’mfailing a class and shouldattend more often then thatis my folly and maybe I don’tbelong in college.

So, if you love yourclasses, that’s great. If youdon’t, you should probablygo anyway, so you can grad-uate (unless you’re on thatseven-year plan). But, youshouldn’t be forced into it. Ican pay for a year’s gymmembership and if I don’t goonce I’m not penalized, I’mjust stupid for wasting mymoney. Notice I didn’t com-pare school to work, like somany do, because you pay togo to school and you getpaid to go to work, which isa big difference. Plus, it justreally sucks having to go toclass with a major hangover.

Before coming to college,a lot of people believed inthe fictional tale that atten-dance doesn’t matter. Youcould go to class wheneveryou wanted, and, as long asyou completed the assign-ments on time, there was nochance for your grade to suf-fer!

I, like many others, fedinto that “truth” and “ranwith it”, not knowing thatattendance plays a majorrole in your college career. Ifstudents have the choicebetween going to class andnot going to class, howmany would actually go toclass? Very few, that’s howmany.

The fact is that the atten-dance policy serves as aguide for us. If we knowthat nota t t e n d i n gclass willmake ourgrade suffer,then we’ll besure to go. Itgives stu-dents a more realistic modelfor the work world they’llface outside the classroom.Your boss isn’t likely to handyou a syllabus on your firstday of work explainingattendance. But, he or she isvery likely to fire you if youdon’t show up.

Rollins College is one ofthe few upper level collegesthat have a strict attendancepolicy. Actually most stateschools or larger private col-leges have no attendancepolicy at all. But, I thinkbecause we are forced to goto class everyday, we soonlose the habit of thinkingnegatively about whateverclass(es) we are attending.After all, you can’t reallyknow if you like a class ornot if you don’t go. Yourleast liked class may turn outto be your favorite class,your least liked professormay turn out to be yourfavorite professor. Or not,but hey at least by showingup you stand a better chanceof passing the class.Whatever the case may be,the attendance policyenhances our chance toexplore the courses we aretaking in greater depth.Because, how can you reallyintellectually grow in a

course if you aren’t there.The intellectual exchangebetween the students in aspecific course are of equalimportance to the academicexperience as the professorstudent relationship.

I think as a result of thestrictly enforced attendancepolicy at this school we learnto become better students.We soon crave for morelearning and we come tograsp the fact that college isnot just about fun andgames, but it is also aboutreceiving a higher educationand doing everything possi-ble to reach your goals.Despite the popular belief,our collegiate years areabout more than drunkenstupors, keg parties, andother debauchery. They’re

about expand-ing our minds,and becomingbetter equippedfor what lieswaiting for usin the adultworld. I like the

strict attendance policybecause it allows you toactually gain knowledgefrom the course without theprofessor worrying aboutwhere so-and-so is and whyso-and-so hasn’t been toclass—with the attendancepolicy “three strikes andyou’re out”! The problem isforever solved and there’s noneed to worry about thatstudent ever again. Because,if you’re a no-show odds areyou’ll be a no-degree, whichprobably won’t make yourparents too happy. Parentsusually don’t like payingthirty-some-odd grand ayear for their kids to fail outof school.

We become better stu-dents with the attendancepolicy that stands at RollinsCollege; let’s keep it thatway!

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Week 2NY Jets at New England-New England came out inweek two and proved theLawyer Milloy hangover hasofficially ended as theystomped the Eagles. I takethe Pats.Kansas City at Houston-Houston has a good second-ary that could give theChiefs some trouble, butlook for them to poundHolmes and open up thepass that way. The Chiefswill roll.Tampa Bay at Atlanta-Atlanta has been tough thelast two weeks and theyblew a big lead against the‘Skins, but I see Tampa giv-

ing Doug Johnson a lot ofproblems. This one dependson the Bucs running gameand I say they pull out with aclose win.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati-Marvin Lewis gets his firstwin this week and CoryDillon will have a big day.Pittsburgh is the much betterteam and I like them, butthey’ve had trouble with therun and the Bengals gottawin sometime.Minnesota at Detroit- Eventhough the Lions stink, younever know what’s gonnahappen with the NFCCentral. I think the Vikingswin in a close shootout.New Orleans at Tennessee-Charlie Garner gave theTitans problems in week oneand so did James in weektwo. Why would they sud-denly be able to stop DeuceMcalister? I take the Saints.Jacksonville atIndianapolis- I promised afriend I wouldn’t take the

Jags all year and I won’t.Indy wins by a couple tds.St. Louis at Seattle- St. Louisis starting a Cedrick Wilsonfan club this week andthey’re hoping KorenRobinson (who might evenbe dumber) will be their newMVP, but he won’t. This winfor the Seahawks will markthe changing of the guard inthe NFC West.NY Giants at WashingtonRedskins- I haven’t been thisproud of my Redskins sinceGus Frerotte had us headedfor the playoffs. Gus thendecided to bury his head andmy pride into theMeadowlands wall. The‘Skins reverse “Frerotte’sCurse” and remain numberone in the NFC East.Green Bay at Arizona- I tookthe Bengals, so you can’texpect me to take theCardinals in the same week.Green Bay wins.Baltimore at San Diego-Hunter “I think I’m agenius” Thornton told meSan Diego would be goodthis year, so, I picked themlast week. He’s not a geniusand San Diego’s not good,but I think San Diego winsthis one. Cleveland at San Francisco-Cleveland has brown uni-forms. So no matter whatthey do, they lose. SanFrancisco wins.

Buffalo at Miami- This willbe the game of the week andI say Buffalo wins. Bledsoewill reclaim his spot amongthe elite QB’s in the leaguewith his performance thisweek against a good Miamidefense.

Oakland at Denver- Portishas been carrying theBroncos against some inferi-or teams the last two weeks.Jake Plummer’s IQ finallybecomes a factor this weekand the Raiders win withdefense.

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And the Fortune Cookie Says...Week two was

loaded withoffense and oureditor knew it!by Eddie Huang

sports editor

The men’s soccerteam is off to their best startin several years as they entera key home game onSeptember 20th with a 4-0-1overall record. The Tars arecurrently ranked 14th inNCAA Division II and sec-ond in the South Region.

Playing at PalmBeach Atlantic on September11th, the Tars showed theSailfish just what it meant toplay a nationally rankedopponent. Chris Cerroni,Tres Loch, Ryan Dodds, andClayton Chesarek eachdelivered goals to lead theTars offensive in a 4-0 victo-ry. Jeff Petrie, German Vivas,Anthony Santiago, ClaytonChesarek, and DaniellRobertson all added assistsin the win.

Goalkeeper JustinCorrado racked up 5 saves,while allowing only one goalin 90 minutes of action.

The first goal fromRollins came from Cerroni,who sent junior midfielderJeff Petrie a pass into theback of the net just four min-

utes into the match. TheSailfish quickly respondedthree minutes later with agoal from Michael Lemmingto tie the score at one each.

The Tars were notdiscouraged however, andas the first period dwindleddown, Loch, assisted byGerman Vivas, scored in the43rd minute to regain theTar’s lead.

The Blue and Goldput the game away whenDodds snuck a ball past thePalm Beach Atlantic goal-keeper off assists fromAnthony Santiago andChesarek in the 55th minute.Then, in the 73rd minute,Chesarek tacked on one lastgoal off of a header fromDaniell Robertson to put thescore at 4-1 over the Sailfish.

The Tars put theirnational ranking on the linewhen they traveled toJacksonville on September16th to face North Florida.The resulting 1-1 tie endedthe early perfect record forthe Tars, but kept themundefeatedthrough the earlyportion of the young season.

The match’s firstscore came in the 67thminute of the contest whenCole Chancellor of NorthFlorida put back therebound off of a MatsElmstar miss.

The Blue and Goldresponded just two minutes

later when Clayton Chesarekserved up a ball to ChrisCerroni, who then slid it intothe back of the net knottingthe score at one.

UNF totaled 13 shotsin the second half, but sevenspectacular saves by Rollinskeeper Justin Corrado forcedovertime. Rollins racked upfour shots in the second peri-od as both teams registered18 shots in the match.Cerroni led the way for theTars with six shots, two ofwhich rattled the post. JasonFarrell’s five attempts ledNorth Florida.

In the twenty minuteovertime, the Tars firedseven shots, three on goal,while denying the Osprey’s atry at the net.

The Tars will look toreturn to their winning wayswhen they host FlaglerCollege in a non-conferencecontest this Saturday,September 20th. Kickoff isset for 7:00pm. The Rollinswomen’s team plays earlierthat afternoon when theyhost Division I WinthropUniversity at 2:00 pm.

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What’s Happening?ROLLINS CALENDAR

Friday 9-19Physics MeetingBush�Auditorium

6:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Crummer LunchGalloway Room11:30 a.m. - 1:30

Saturday 9-20Women�s Soccer vs.Winthrop, Cahall-

Sandspur Field, 2:00p.m.

Men�s Soccer vs.Flagler, Cahall-Sandspur Field,

Sunday 9-21

Monday 9-22LASA

Hauck 1125:00 - 6:00 p.m.

EMERGEBieberbach and Reed

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday 9-23Volleyball vs. Valdosta

St.Alfond Sports Center

4:30 p.mWomen�s Soccer vs. LynnCahall-Sandspur Field

7:00 p.m.NSCS�InductionsGalloway Room

Wednesday 9-24Student Affairs

Bieberbach and Reed10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

SGA MeetingGalloway Room5:00 - 6:00 p.m.Wickit WednesdayDave�s Downunder

7:00 p.m.

Thursday 9-25BSU

Warden�Dining Room7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

REACHBieberbach and Reed

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.Community Hearing

CouncilOlin 3rd floor 7- 9:00

Kicking The CompetitionThe Rollins

Men’s soccerteam is ranked14th in NCAADivision II.by Olivia Malloy

staff reporter