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Ask The Fox THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA WWW .THESANDSPUR.ORG OCTOBER 15, 2004 Announcing The Sandspur’s first social and relationship advice column where the fox will answer all of your ques- tions and concerns. FOUNDED IN 1894 The upcoming election involves more than just selecting a president. Read about the other important issues on the ballot. Marian Cacciatore offers insight on the age old debate between choosing an occupation for love or for money. Holt Career Coach page 6 page 8 page 5 While most of the Rollins community was either get- ting ready for their Wednesday night party ses- sions or working diligently on finishing that last little bit of homework or studying to partake in the night’s debauchery, it was ironically the majority of the Rollins Greek community that was attending an inspirational alcohol speaker. World-renowned moti- vational speaker, Ed Gerety, visited Rollins College last Wednesday evening, October 6, for an hour and a half cram session of stories, sayings, and magic. The evening’s event was coordi- nated by the sisters of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi as a part of a nation-wide initiative on alcohol aware- ness, and Gerety spoke to a crowd at the Bush Auditorium comprised mostly of sorority and frater- nity members who support- ed the cause. Gerety, a free- lance orator on the ideals of leadership and self-esteem, prides himself on be dedicat- ed to learning and teaching and speaks by the motto, “Real Issues. Real Results. Lasting Impact.” His presentation was full of spark and pizzazz as he frequently told elaborate sto- ries complete with character voices and actions and invit- ed, and perhaps at times demanded, audience partici- pation. Gerety appealed to emotions and had the crowd laughing out loud, crying quietly, and openly express- ing feelings towards their loved ones. It was a night of sweet tales and cautioned tragedy, and all who attend- ed felt just a little bit better and a little bit changed after leaving that night (regard- less of whether the Wednesday night partying carried on or not). For more information on Ed Gerety or his speeches go to geretypresentations.com. Alcohol Awareness Renowned motivational speaker, Ed Gerety, vists Rollins campus. by Katie Pederson asst. sports editor NCSSLEADERSHIP.COM SOBER MOTIVATIONS: Ed Gerety speaks to Rollins stu- dents about alcohol abuse. In a report released last week, U.S. inspector Charles A. Duelfer of the Iraq Survey Committee announced that Iraq had destroyed its weapons stockpiles in the early 90s after the Gulf War. Additionally, Iraq’s ability to restart its nuclear weapon program had significantly weakened in the decade after the war. The report is significant because it maintains Saddam Hussein’s prewar claims that the country did not possess any weapons of mass destruction. It is also sparking increased criticism internationally and from many Democrats and anti- war advocates that the Bush administration went to war based on false evidence and for the wrong reasons. The report also conclud- ed that Saddam Hussein maintained ambiguity over whether or not Iraq pos- sessed weapons, mainly as a deterrent to Iran. According to the report, he told his clos- est aides, “The better part of war is deceiving.” One of his advisors stated that he “wanted to avoid appearing weak and did not reveal he was deceiving the world about the presence of W.M.D.” The findings report that Saddam Hussein’s decision to destroy Iraq’s weapons was in an effort to end United Nations sanctions imposed on the country. Once sanctions were removed, he might have intended to restart the pro- Charles A. Duelfer published his Weapons of Mass Descruction report last week. by Erika Batey asst. news editor On Friday, October 7, President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry came head to head for round two of three scheduled debates. The town-hall style debate was moderated by Charles Gibson and consist- ed of pre-selected questions from the audience who had declared themselves unde- cided voters. The nominees were not informed of the questions prior to the debate. This duel was held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Audience questions raised key issues on Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, importa- tion of prescription drugs, the budget deficit, jobs, Patriot Act, and more. The candidates, predictably, raised questions about each other. Here’s where each candidate stood on those issues. On WMDs in Iraq, Mr. Bush said “Saddam Hussein was a threat because he could have given weapons of mass destruction to terrorist enemies. Sanctions were not working.” Senator Kerry dis- agreed: “The goal of the sanctions was not to remove Saddam Hussein, it was to remove the weapons of mass destruction. And…. They worked. If we’d used smart diplomacy, we could have saved $200 billion and an invasion of Iraq. And right now, Osama Bin Laden might be in jail or dead.” The President accused Kerry of changing his mind on Iraq; ”You know, for a while [John Kerry] was a strong supporter of getting Winner Takes All In Debate, But Who Won? The gloves come off in the second debate - both pundits claim victory. by Shaun Cricks staff reporter WMD Report CONTINUED ON P AGE 2 photo / RORBERT MAYER/KRT CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush shake hands before a rather heated town hall debate. CONTINUED ON P AGE 2
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Ask The Fox

THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDA

WWW.THESANDSPUR.ORGOCTOBER 15, 2004

Announcing The Sandspur’sfirst social and relationship

advice column where the foxwill answer all of your ques-

tions and concerns.

FOUNDED IN 1894

The upcoming electioninvolves more than just

selecting a president. Readabout the other important

issues on the ballot.

Marian Cacciatore offersinsight on the age old

debate between choosingan occupation for love or

for money.

Holt Career Coach

page 6 page 8page 5

While most of the Rollinscommunity was either get-ting ready for theirWednesday night party ses-sions or working diligentlyon finishing that last little bitof homework or studying topartake in the night’sdebauchery, it was ironicallythe majority of the RollinsGreek community that wasattending an inspirationalalcohol speaker.

World-renowned moti-vational speaker, Ed Gerety,visited Rollins College lastWednesday evening,October 6, for an hour and ahalf cram session of stories,sayings, and magic. The

evening’s event was coordi-nated by the sisters of thesorority Alpha Omicron Pias a part of a nation-wideinitiative on alcohol aware-ness, and Gerety spoke to acrowd at the BushAuditorium comprisedmostly of sorority and frater-nity members who support-ed the cause. Gerety, a free-lance orator on the ideals ofleadership and self-esteem,prides himself on be dedicat-ed to learning and teachingand speaks by the motto,“Real Issues. Real Results.Lasting Impact.”

His presentation was fullof spark and pizzazz as hefrequently told elaborate sto-ries complete with charactervoices and actions and invit-ed, and perhaps at timesdemanded, audience partici-pation. Gerety appealed toemotions and had the crowdlaughing out loud, cryingquietly, and openly express-ing feelings towards their

loved ones. It was a night ofsweet tales and cautionedtragedy, and all who attend-ed felt just a little bit betterand a little bit changed afterleaving that night (regard-less of whether theWednesday night partyingcarried on or not).

For more information onEd Gerety or his speeches goto geretypresentations.com.

Alcohol AwarenessRenowned

motivationalspeaker, EdGerety, vistsRollins campus.by Katie Pederson

asst. sports editor

NCSSLEADERSHIP.COMSOBER MOTIVATIONS: EdGerety speaks to Rollins stu-dents about alcohol abuse.

In a report released lastweek, U.S. inspector CharlesA. Duelfer of the Iraq SurveyCommittee announced thatIraq had destroyed itsweapons stockpiles in theearly 90s after the Gulf War.Additionally, Iraq’s ability torestart its nuclear weaponprogram had significantlyweakened in the decadeafter the war.

The report is significantbecause it maintainsSaddam Hussein’s prewarclaims that the country didnot possess any weapons ofmass destruction. It is alsosparking increased criticisminternationally and from

many Democrats and anti-war advocates that the Bushadministration went to warbased on false evidence andfor the wrong reasons.

The report also conclud-ed that Saddam Husseinmaintained ambiguity overwhether or not Iraq pos-sessed weapons, mainly as adeterrent to Iran. Accordingto the report, he told his clos-est aides, “The better part ofwar is deceiving.” One ofhis advisors stated that he“wanted to avoid appearingweak and did not reveal hewas deceiving the worldabout the presence ofW.M.D.”

The findings report thatSaddam Hussein’s decisionto destroy Iraq’s weaponswas in an effort to endUnited Nations sanctionsimposed on the country.Once sanctions wereremoved, he might haveintended to restart the pro-

Charles A.Duelfer publishedhis Weapons ofMass Descructionreport last week. by Erika Batey

asst. news editor

On Friday, October 7,President George W. Bushand Senator John Kerrycame head to head for roundtwo of three scheduleddebates. The town-hall styledebate was moderated byCharles Gibson and consist-ed of pre-selected questionsfrom the audience who haddeclared themselves unde-cided voters. The nomineeswere not informed of thequestions prior to thedebate. This duel was held atWashington University in St.Louis, MO.

Audience questionsraised key issues onW e a p o n s o f M a s s

Destruction in Iraq, importa-tion of prescription drugs,the budget deficit, jobs,

Patriot Act, and more. Thecandidates, predictably,raised questions about each

other. Here’s where eachcandidate stood on thoseissues.

On WMDs in Iraq, Mr.Bush said “Saddam Husseinwas a threat because hecould have given weapons ofmass destruction to terroristenemies. Sanctions were notworking.” Senator Kerry dis-agreed: “The goal of thesanctions was not to removeSaddam Hussein, it was toremove the weapons of massdestruction. And…. Theyworked. If we’d used smartdiplomacy, we could havesaved $200 billion and aninvasion of Iraq. And rightnow, Osama Bin Ladenmight be in jail or dead.”

The President accusedKerry of changing his mindon Iraq; ”You know, for awhile [John Kerry] was astrong supporter of getting

Winner Takes All In Debate, But Who Won?The gloves

come off in thesecond debate -both pundits claimvictory.by Shaun Cricks

staff reporter

W M D R e p o r t

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photo / RORBERT MAYER/KRTCALM BEFORE THE STORM: Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush shakehands before a rather heated town hall debate.

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rid of Saddam Hussein.He…changed positions.”Kerry insisted, “The presi-dent didn’t find weapons ofmass destruction in Iraq, sohe’s really turned his cam-paign into a weapon of massdeception... I’ve neverchanged my mindabout Iraq.”

When ques-t ioned about cheap-er prescription drugsfrom Canada,President Bush said,“Just want to makesure they’re safe… itmight be from a thirdworld.” SenatorKerry’s retort was,”We’re not talkingabout third-worlddrugs. We’re talkingabout drugs maderight here in theUnited States ofAmerica. The presi-dent sides with thepower companies, theoil companies, thedrug companies.”

Kerry was toughon the deficit, declaring,“He’s added more debt tothe debt of the United Statesin four years than all the wayfrom George Washington toRonald Reagan put togeth-er.” Bush answered strongly,“ We have a deficit because

this country went into arecession... Secondly, we’reat war... I’m concerned aboutthe deficit.”

“We found out todaythat over the past 13 months,we’ve added 1.9 million newjobs in the last 13 months,”said Bush. Kerry claimed,“He lost 1.6 million.”

The Candidates differedslightly on the Patriot Act;Bush fully endorsement itsrenewal and Act 2; Kerryconcurred- with a caveat. “Awhole bunch of folks inAmerica are concernedabout the way the Patriot Act

has been applied... People’srights have been abused.”

Each nominee attemptedto define his opponent withname-calling and attacks onhis record. “He’s got arecord,” said President Bush.”He voted 98 times to raisetaxes... They don’t name himthe most liberal in the

United States Senatebecause he hasn’tshown up to manymeetings. Theynamed him because ofhis votes.” Kerryr e p l i e d“’Compassionate con-servative,’ what doesthat mean? Cutting500,000 kids fromafter-school programs,cutting 365,000 kidsfrom health care, run-ning up the biggestdeficits in Americanhistory?”

Analysts dis-agreed on who wonthe debate as much asthe candidates did onthe issues. ChrisWallace, Fox Newscorrespondent, said,

“George Bush came to play.He held John Kerry even atthe very least.” Paul Begala,former adviser to PresidentClinton, said on CNN, “Thepress will say it’s a draw, butI think Kerry [was betterthan] Bush - or rather Bushmade a few errors. Twowords for President Bush:anger management.” Otherexpert critiques offer equallyc o n t r a s t i n g r e s u l t s .Ultimately, the decision ofwho won this debate, andthe others, will be made atthe polls on November 2.

The Debates Continue

grams. The report states thathe maintained the “intellec-tual capital” to do so, yet“the regime had no formalwritten strategy or plan forthe revival of W.M.D. aftersanctions.”

In addition to endingIraq’s nuclear program,Saddam Hussein alsodestroyed chemical stock-piles in 1991. The activitiesat a storage depot that ColinPowell mentioned at the UNSecurity Council were notrelated to chemical weapons.The last banned biologicalweapons plant wasdestroyed in 1996. WhileIraq did have plans to buildballistic missiles, none hadbeen produced.Additionally, the countrypossessed no Scud missilesat the time of the war in2003.

However, the report’sdetailed investigation of theUnited Nations’ oil-for-foodprogram reveals further evi-dence, including corruptionand profiteering betweenboth Iraq and foreign com-panies. The program wascreated in 1996 in an effort tobring food and medicine toIraqi citizens suffering fromthe effects of war and UNimposed sanctions. It gavethe country permission tosell oil and use the proceedsit received to buy necessaryforeign goods.

Yet the report releasedlast week cites evidence thatSaddam Hussein amassedaround $11 billion in rev-

enue in the past decade fromdeals with foreign govern-ments and corporations. Itstates that he made dealswith countries includingFrance and Russia by direct-ing oil vouchers to them,allowing them to buy oilfrom Iraq and then resell it ata profit. The report revealsthat in Russia, “oil vouchergifts were directed across thepolitical spectrum targetingthe new oligarch class,Russian political parties andofficials.”

In France, Iraq actedsimilarly by targeting gov-ernment officials. The reportstates that Charles Pasqua, aformer French interior min-ister, received vouchers foralmost 11 million barrels ofoil. The report accusesdozens of other companiesand people. After the reportwas released lastWednesday, neither theFrench nor the Russianembassies could be reachedfor comment.

Both Democrats andRepublicans are using thereport to support theirviews. While Republicansare emphasizing the interestSaddam Hussein still had tomaintain a nuclear, chemi-cal, and biological weaponsprogram and the potentialhe would have had if UnitedNations sanctions had beenlifted, Democrats are sayingit is the final evidence thatthe administration’s attackon Iraq was unjustified andbased on false evidence.

Duelfer ReleasesFinal Report onIraq’s Weapons

Program

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photo / CNN.COMDUELFER’S REPORT: Charles Duelfer, of the Iraq SurveyCommittee, released a report last week announcing that Iraqhad destrpyed its weapons back in the early 90s.

photo / CNN.COMPRESIDENTIAL SHOWDOWN: The secondpresidential debate is just as heated as thefirst.

CorrectionLast week’s Entertainment section included an arti-cle entitled “A New Look at ‘The Odd Couple’” thatincorrectly credited photos to staff photographerAdam Burton. The photos were taken by RyanWright and provided by the Rollins TheatreDepartment. We apologize for the inaccuracy.

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On October 5, VicePresident Dick Cheney andSenator John Edwards facedoff at Case Western ReserveUniversity in their first vice-presidential debate. At least43.6 million people watchedthe televised debate, anaudience nearly as large asfor the first presidentialdebate in 2000, held betweenGeorge W. Bush and AlGore. The two candidates,Cheney, 63, and Edwards,51, sat at a semi-circulartable on stage at the univer-sity, with Gwen Ifill fromPBS moderating the debate.

The debate began andcontinued for a long portionwith questions concerningthe war on Iraq. Ifill’s firstquestion addressed bothPaul Bremer’s speech statingthere were never enoughtroops on the ground andthe controversy surroundingthe actuality of a linkbetween al Qaeda andSaddam Hussein. Cheneyasserted, “What we did inIraq was exactly the rightthing to do. If I had it to rec-ommend all over again, Iwould recommend exactlythe same course of action.”Edwards attacked the accu-racy of the information beingfed the American peopleconcerning the success of thewar. “Mr. Vice President,you are still not beingstraight with the Americanpeople…. We lost moretroops in September then welost in August; lost more inAugust than we lost in July;lost more in July than we lost

in June.” The debate raged with

Cheney countering that nowpower is being turned overto the Iraqis and fewertroops are necessary, whileEdwards insisted that notonly were the American peo-ple being lied to on the war’ssuccess, they were addition-ally told a link existedbetween the 9/11 attacks andSadam Hussein when, infact, there was none.

Edwards continued onattack mode and stated theBush administration hadOsama bin Laden corneredin the mountains ofAfghanistan early on, but“made a decision to divertattention from that andinstead began to plan for theinvasion of Iraq.” Cheneyargued, “The senator has gothis facts wrong. We’ve neverlet up on Osama bin Ladenfrom Day One. We’veactively and aggressivelypursued him.”

Cheney brought up anissue Republicans have con-tinually centered on—Senator John Kerry’s shiftingpositions on the conflict. Headditionally attackedEdward’s record, calling him“Senator Gone” and stating,

“Frankly, senator, you have arecord that’s not very distin-guished.” He claimed tohave never met the Senatoruntil that night, a statementfound to be false later in thenight when Edwards’ wifereminded Cheney that infact they had met three timespreviously.

Edwards fired back byusing Cheney’s involvementin Halliburton as ammo,charging that Cheneypushed to lift U.S. sanctionsagainst Iran and did busi-ness with countries hisadministration proclaimedto be “sworn enemies of theUnited States.” In addition,he claimed that Halliburton,like Enron and Ken Lay, paidmillions of dollars in finesfor providing false informa-tion. Cheney called thecharges an attempt to“throw up a smoke screen”and defended that there was“no substance to thecharges.”

Aside from the reoccur-ring discussion of Iraq, thecandidates were questionedon the issue of joblessnessand gay marriage. Cheneybegin the discussion on job-lessness in America byfocusing on a need for morejobs and improvements ineducation, citing the NoChild Left Behind Act as afirst piece of legislation bythe Bush administrationdealing with this.

Edwards assailed thecurrent administration’sdealings with poverty,“During the time the vicepresident and the presidenthave been in office, 4 millionmore Americans have falleninto poverty.” Cheney coun-tered that Edwards wasusing out of date data, andthat since 2003, “we’veadded 1.7 million jobs.” YetEdwards stuck to his argu-

ment and retorted that “mil-lions have fallen into pover-ty. Family incomes aredown, while the cost ofeverything is going up.” Hefollowed with the bold state-ment, “Mr. Vice President, Idon’t think the country cantake four more years of thiskind of experience.”

As the topic shifted togay marriage, the candidatesshifted less into attack modeand actually paid one anoth-er compliments. Cheney,whose daughter Mary is alesbian, showed support forgay relationships, statingthat “people ought to be freeto choose any arrangementthey want.” Yet PresidentBush supports the passage ofa constitutional marriagewhich would ban gay mar-riage. To this, Cheney said,“He sets policy for thisadministration and I supporthim.”

Edwards took a similarstance on the issue, showingsupport for gay relationshipsbut that he, and Kerry,believes marriage is betweena man and a woman. OfCheney’s family situation,Edwards stated, “I think thevice president and his wifelove their daughter…And

you can’t have anything butrespect for the fact thatthey’re willing to talk aboutthe fact that they have a gaydaughter.” Cheney, in hisfollow up, simply thankedEdwards for the kind words.

Another matter ofimport stemmed fromKerry’s argument during thefirst of the presidentialdebate, for increased globalparticipation in the War onIraq and the use of a “globaltest” to determine whichactions should be taken.Edwards stated, “What weknow is that the presidentand the vice president havenot done the work to build acoalition that we need.” Hesupported Kerry’s stance onthe need to internationalizeefforts in Iraq, to whichCheney retorted, “You talkabout internationalizing theeffort. They don’t have aplan. Basically, it’s an echo.”

The debate continued,and the 30-second formatbroke down when Cheneyaccused Edwards ofdemeaning the sacrifices ofthe Iraqi people. “For you todemean their sacrifice isbeyond the pale,” Cheneysaid. “Oh, I’m not,”Edwards began beforeCheney cut him off and thetwo fought to get in wordsbefore the moderator movedthe debate along.

October 5 marked thefirst and only of the vicepresidential debates for thiselection, and from the con-troversy and discussion itsparked this debate will cer-tainly play a critical role inthe outcome of thisNovember’s presidentialelection. The race betweenKerry and Bush is undoubt-edly a close one, and nowthe American people haveheard both the presidentialcandidates and their run-ning mates face off.Edwards and Cheney bothshowed themselves to becapable speakers and toughopponents during this heat-ed debate.

The Vice Presidents Get A TurnSenator John

Edwards and VicePresident DickCheney took thestage at CaseWestern to debatemajor politicalissues concerningvoters.by Brittany Lee

news editor

photo / CNN.COMCHENEY VS. EDWARDS: The vice presidential debate drewmuch media attention and over 43.6 million watched.

photo / CNN.COMTHE DEBATE HEATS UP: Both Edwards and Cheney stayedon the defensive throughout the debate.

photo / CNN.COMTHEIR FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE: Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwardsfaced off at Case Western Reserve University with Gwen Ifill from PBS moderating the debate.

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With all the debatingand media coverage sur-rounding the United StatesPresidential race, manyAmericans may have forgot-ten that Afghanistan held itsfirst democratic presidentialelections last Saturday,October 9. Holding electionswas a key moment in thecountry because it marked astep in the United States’campaign to bring democra-cy to both Afghanistan andthe region.

There were eighteen can-didates, including the inter-im President Harmid Karzai,considered to be the frontrunner, and former interiorminister Yunus Qanooni,who is also receiving popu-lar support in the country.Massooda Jalal was also inthe race, the only female can-didate. In order to win, thecandidate must receive fiftypercent of the total vote, plusone.

Both Karzai andQanooni are advocating sim-ilar political plans forAfghanistan. They both sup-port a moderate form ofIslam, democracy, and posi-tive international relationswith other countries. Theyalso strongly supportrebuilding the country, andpromise security and stabili-ty.

However, despite thesuccess the country and theUnited States have achievedin setting up democraticelections, violence and con-fusion have been threateningto disrupt the process.Hours after the first voteswere cast, the candidateslaid down charges of voterfraud. Voting at certainpolling stations was haltedafter officials learned thatink used to mark voters’ fin-gers could be washed off,resulting in some people vot-ing several times.

New ink was supplied,but some of the candidatesare demanding another elec-tion and even saying thatSaturday’s election shouldnot be counted. The UnitedNations is currently holdingtalks with the candidates inan effort to save the elec-tions.

Also, a few days beforethe election, PresidentKarzai’s vice-presidentialrunning mate survived abomb attack. A bomb wasdetonated next to his convoy,injuring seven people andkilling one person.

In recent weeks, formerTaliban members also threat-ened to disrupt voting, stat-ing that they planned toattack polling stations andthat voters should boycottelections if they did not want

to be responsible for anattack.

Talks are still underwayto determine the outcome ofSaturday’s election andwhether there is a possibilityof the elections being re-held. Ahmed ShahAhmadzai, one of the presi-dential candidates,announced, “This is com-pletely, completely pre-arranged fraud,” in regard toSaturday’s voting. However,Karzai called the elections

“free and fair”, and said,“Who is more important,these 15 candidates, or themillions of people whoturned out today to vote?”

More than ten millionAfghans registered to vote.Depending on whether offi-cials agree to count the votesor re-hold elections, the out-come is not expected to beannounced for another oneto two weeks.

Afghanistan’s Presidential ElectionsAfghanistan

holds its first dem-ocratic presiden-tial elections lastSaturday.by Erika Batey

asst. news editor

photo / DAVID P. GILKEY/KRTBALLOT BOXES: Workers at the United Nations Election Counting Center pass along ballotboxes the day after the first democratic presidential election in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Maybe we should callhim the “HurricanePresident.” Since takingoffice on August 1, 2004,Rollins President Lewis M.Duncan has had to deal withmore than just academic andadminis t ra t ive i s sues .Mother Nature heaped hershare of headaches on himwith Hurricanes Charley,

Frances and Jeanne, whichthankfully inflicted mini-mum damage on the college.Want to ask him about it orany other topic? Rollins’“Meet the President” onWednesday, October 20, inthe Bush Auditorium is yourchance. The event is sched-uled from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

As Rollins Students, it isimportant for all of us to getinvolved, and this is a per-fect opportunity to learn

about our president and ourschool.

Dr. Duncan says he wasdrawn to Rollins because ofour commitment to excel-lence, innovation, and com-munity. He believes in thevalue of a liberal arts educa-tion and that Rollins has animportant role to play on thenational stage in raising theissue of how to make liberaleducation relevant for the21st century. “The world hasnever faced greater need forquality liberal education fora rising generation of citizenleaders,” he said. “RollinsCollege is exceptionally wellpositioned to answer thiscall, and I look forward tosharing in leadership serviceas Rollins’ president.”

He received his bache-lor’s degree in physics andmathematics and his mas-ter’s and doctorate in spacephysics from Rice Universityin Houston. He ledDartmouth’s Thayer Schoolof Engineering for the pastsix years with great success.

Since the national searchfor the college’s 14th presi-dent commenced in October2003, more than 200 applica-tions were received. Dr.Duncan succeeded Dr. RitaBornstein, who served from1990 to 2004, the first womanto hold the president’s office.

When asked about hisimmediate plans for Rollins,Dr. Duncan answered, “Myplan is to listen. I’ll listenand ask questions… andactually those are two verydifferent things.” Let’s takehim up on it October 20!

Q. I heard you speak in arecent class and you talkedabout the challenge of“identifying your calling.” Ihave been thinking about theclass discussion and won-dered if you could elaborateon this topic of “calling ver-sus job.” Katie ‘06

A. Katie, have you everknown anyone who wasmiserable in their job but feltpowerless or unable to makea change? They may be rea-sonably effective in theiremployment role, but at theend of the day they willleave work unfulfilled anddisengaged. Often financialpressures and familyresponsibilities create situa-tions where change seemsimpossible. Many times, itis not a “bad job” and theindividual will report thatthe other people in thedepartment seem reasonablyfulfilled. However, for thisperson, there is no connec-tion between their employ-ment and a deeper sense ofmeaning and fulfillment.

As I work with adultsfacing career transitions, onetheme remains constant: wewant to make a meaningfulconnection between ourwork and our personal inter-ests, strengths and passions.Through the years of work-ing with students, I havebegun to gather qualitativestories that highlight this“internal struggle” thatmany of our students face.Currently, I am workingwith Dr. Sue Easton on thedevelopment of a survey,which will allow me to gath-er quantitative data as well.I mention this only to high-light my own personal inter-

est and passion in assistingstudents to identify theircalling and to create strate-gies to achieve their goals.

Author Michael Novack,in the book Insights onLeadership, highlighted fourcharacteristics of a “calling.”These four points will pro-vide a starting point for ourdiscussion.

My calling is unique tome. I have special and uniquegifts and talents that are minealone to use.

A calling requires cer-tain preconditions. A “truecalling” requires that I have thetalent, love and commitmentnecessary to make this a reality.Each of these elements areequally important. For exam-ple, I may have the talent andlove for a particular area, but ifI do not have the commitmentto “do what it takes” it may notbe a true calling.

A true calling yieldsenjoyment and renewedenergy for me. When I aminvolved in these activities, Ilose track of time and easilybecome immersed in the work.

Many individuals haveto travel down variouspaths before identifyingtheir “calling.” Often a per-son will experience false startsand stops in the pursuit of a“calling.” This journey willrequire significant stamina andcommitment. This elementshould be of particular comfortto adult students who are oftenfrustrated by a lack of personaldirection or clarity.

I see the discussion andreflection of a “calling” ascritical for adult students.Many Hamilton Holt stu-dents initially make the deci-sion to return to school inorder to transition to a moremeaningful career path.While the pursuit of a degree

is an important and oftencritical step in making thetransition a reality, a greatdeal more work is requiredto integrate a personal voca-tion or calling into anemployment role.

In Whistle While YouWork, authors RichardLieder and David Shapiroeffectively weave the practi-cal topic of a calling within awork situation. “While acalling runs through ourwhole lives, we are notcalled once for life.Responding to our call issomething we do every day.Calling breaks down intodaily choices. In respond-ing, we ask ourselves againand again,” How can I con-sistently give my giftsaway.”

Katie, I hope I am notleaving you with more ques-tions than you started with.What feelings has this discus-sion stirred up within you?Have you been able to identifyelements of “your calling”? Ifnot, are you willing to do so?Are you seeking a more effectivebalance between your “calling”and your work life?

In the next issue, we willdiscuss ways to uncoveryour “calling” and will alsodiscuss some strategies onincorporating your “calling”within your current employ-ment role. Watch for this col-umn in the next Sandspurissue.

However, in the mean-time, if you would like tobegin some individual workon this issue, feel free toschedule an appointment.

Do you have a questionfor Marian? Email her [email protected]. Sheguarantees that all questionswill be responded to indi-vidually or in this column.

OCTOBER 15, 2004 THE SANDSPUR 5HOLT NEWS

by Marian Cacciatorecolumnist

C a r e e r C o a c h Meet & Greet

by Russ Staceycontributing writer

I have to say, I love being astudent in the Hamilton Holtprogram. For me the greatestthing about Holt is that the stu-dents join on this common pathof education from all walks ofmy life. From people my age tothose starting families, or emptynesting and sharing pictures ofgrandchildren, the commonthread that weaves us togetheras Holt students are our differ-ences.

Most students just come forclass and with their schedules,who can blame them? However,I feel the more unified we are asa student body, the more fulfill-ing our academic our experiencecan be. It is my belief that infeeling connected to something

greater than just your self, youbetter your experience as a stu-dent; it affords the chance toengage in intellectual discoursewith those whom you know, trustand feel connected to I am sureyou are saying to yourself, “gee,Mary-Allen is right. I wouldlove to be more involved...but Ijust do not know how.” Well myfellow evening study friends, Iam here with a solution to thisquandary. The opportunity ishere for our students to be anactive participant in the Holtschool. Your friends in SGA areworking hard to create a yearthat is full of networking oppor-tunities. Our goal is to be yourvoice while building stronger tieswithin the Holt school and the

Rollins College community. Wehave developed a calendar tokeep you busy and in the socialloop by sponsoring many eventsthroughout the year to bring thestudent body together.

I bet you saw us a couple ofweeks back between Bush andCornell passing out bookmarks,candy and highlighters. I speakon behalf of everyone involved atSGA; it was a pleasure to meetso many fellow students!Remember, you can alwayscheck our website at,www.rollins.edu/holt/hhsga forSGA happenings.

Mary-Allen Singer

Holt Student Insights &Reflections

HHSGA set tohost meet andgreet opportunitywith PresidentLewis M. Duncan.

photo / ROBERT WALKER

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If you have watched anyamount of television lately,you have been inundatedwith ads that plead, “Vote noon 3!” or “Vote yes on 4!” butif you’re like most people,you probably have no ideawhat those numbers mean.

The Florida legislativesystem has an intentionalloophole in it that allows “cit-izen initiative amendments”to the state Constitution.According to the FloridaChamber of Commerce, only16 states have such a process;Florida adopted it in 1968.

If a group cannot get leg-islation pushed through thestate Congress for whateverreason, it can start a petitionto have its law bypassCongress and be placeddirectly in the Constitution. Ifit gets 488,722 signatures andmeets legal wording require-ments, it is placed on theGeneral Election ballot.

The noble idea behindthis process is that if citizensreally want a certain piece oflegislation passed but cannotget it done because of lobbiesor other political forces influ-encing their congressmen,they can bypass the politics

and pass it themselves.Lately, however, there

has been growing concernthat special interest groupsare abusing this system,using paid signature gather-ers and deceptive advertisingto circumvent the normalcostly and slow process ofgetting a bill passed.

Voters may obliviouslyvote for something thatsounds good on paper with-out realizing that it will costthe state billions of dollarsthat it does not have. But theConstitution is the supremelaw of the land, and the stateis obligated to make any sac-

rifices necessary to uphold it.Regardless of how you

feel about citizens havingdirect access to the stateConstitution, the best thingyou can do is try to under-stand the issues behind eachproposed amendment, evalu-ate what the benefits andconsequences will be if it ispassed, and make aninformed decision onwhether you agree with it.

Whatever you do, watchout for special interest ads,whether they be in print oron television. Biased adsrarely present an accuratedescription of what an

amendment will do.Unfortunately, the 75-wordsummary printed on the bal-lot is often less than helpful.

Below you can find com-mon-language summaries ofeach amendment along withthe rationales behind sup-porting and opposing it.

Blind voting is an insultto the democratic process—whether you like the idea ofinitiative amendments or not,if you plan to vote on them, itis your responsibility to makean informed choice, no mat-ter what that choice may be.

Sharpen those pencils—you have lots of bubbling to do.

What’s All This Other Stuff On My Ballot?by Mark Bartschi

managing editor

Amendment 1Parental Notification of a Minor’s Termination of Pregnancy

WHAT DOES IT DO?If passed, this amendment would require abortion clinics to notify parents of girls under the ageof 18 before performing an abortion procedure. Legislation can be passed to allow exceptions,for instance, where rape or incest is involved.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Proponents believe that parents have a right to know if their daughter is about to undergo elec-tive surgery, and it is critical that parents be involved in such an important decision. Evidencefrom other states shows that legislation like this reduces abortion rates.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?Opponents believe that such legislation is a breach of every citizen’s fundamental right to priva-cy. They also caution that the notification process could delay medical care and increase risks tothe pregnant woman.

Sponsor: Florida Legislature • Proponent: Florida Right to Life Committee • Opponents: Planned Parenthood, ACLU

Amendment 2Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Initiative

WHAT DOES IT DO?If passed, this amendment would require Constitutional amendments like these to be submittedby February 1 and the Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion by April 1 of the election year.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Voters will have more time to research and debate proposed amendments before voting.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?It will be more difficult and confusing for future amendments to make it onto the ballot.

Sponsor : F lo r ida Leg is la tu re • Proponent : Vote Smar t F lo r i da • Opponent : Hands O f f F lo r i da

Amendment 3The Medical Liability Claimant’s Compensation Amendment

WHAT DOES IT DO?If someone sues for medical liability, the person suing would be entitled to at least 70% of thefirst quarter million in damages and 90% of any amount exceeding that. The rest can be takenby the claimant’s attorney. Currently, there is no cap on the percentage an attorney can charge.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?This caps attorney’s fees, ensuring patients receive a fair share of their compensation.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?If attorneys cannot take a larger portion of patients’ awards, they will find the cases to be unprof-itable and not take them, resulting in malpractice cases that are never filed. Without threat ofbeing sued, doctors will be less concerned about injuring or killing patients.

Sponsor: Citizens for a Fair Share, Inc. • Proponent: Florida Medical Assn. • Opponent: Florida Trial Lawyers

Amendment 4Miami Area Voters Can Approve Slot Machines In Parimutuel Facilities

WHAT DOES IT DO?By itself, nothing. It authorizes voters in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to decide if slotmachines should be placed in horse/dog racing and jai-alai venues. If they decide to place them,taxes collected must go to state eductaion. Currently, this decision rests with the state.WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Local residents should make this decision for themselves. If they decide in favor of placing themachines, jobs will be created, and state education funding will be enhanced.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?The cost of controlling crime related to the new machines would outweigh the revenue given toeducation. It would also tarnish Florida’s family-friendly environment.

Sponsor: Floridians for a Level Playing Field • Proponent: Parimutel Operations • Opponent: No Casinos, Inc.

HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THE STATE MAKE?Locally, tax revenues would increase from $5 million to $8 million annually. Statewide, tax rev-enues would be augmented by $200 million to $500 million annually.

Amendment 5Florida Minimum Wage Amendment

WHAT DOES IT DO?If passed, this amendment would raise the state minimum wage from $5.15/hr. to $6.15/hr andrequire that it continue to increase annually based on inflation. It also provides protection fromemployers who fail to adhere to the new legislation.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?A full time employee making minimum wage currently makes only $10,712 per year. 300,000people would benefit from this raise, and an additional 550,000 will benefit from “ripple effects.”

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?Employers will have to spend more money on low-end jobs, which will force them to lay off tensof thousands of workers. Companies may also cut health care coverage and retirement benefits.

Sponsor: Floridians for All PAC • Proponents: ACORN, MoveOn.org • Opponent: Coalition to Save Florida Jobs

Amendment 6Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment

WHAT DOES IT DO?If passed, the High Speed Rail Amendment passed by voters in 2000 will be repealed. The pre-vious amendment requires the state to fund construction of an intrastate bullet train.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Florida cannot afford the billiions of dollars this project would cost. The money could be betterspent on highway construction to ease congestion, health care, or education.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?A bullet train is necessary to ease traffic caused by population growth. Repealing this amend-ment would take away an environmentally safe form of mass transit.

Sponsor: Derail the Bullet Train • Proponent: Florida Chamber of Commerce • Opponent: Florida Transportation Assn.

HOW MUCH MONEY WILL THE STATE MAKE?Repealing this amendment will save approximately $20 billion to $25 billion over the next 30 years.

Amendment 7Patients’ Right to Know about Adverse Medical Incidents

WHAT DOES IT DO?Allows patients to anonymously review the malpractice record of healthcare providers.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Patients have a right to know whether their doctor has a history of malpractice incidents.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?Physicians will not be able to conduct peer reviews, which reduce error and improve quality.

Sponsor: Floridians for Patient Protection • Proponent: Acad. of FL Trial Lawyers • Opponent: FL Medical Assn.

Amendment 8Public Protection from Repeated Medical Malpractice

WHAT DOES IT DO?This amendment would prohibit medical doctors convicted of three or more incidents of malprac-tice from practicing medicine in Florida.WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR IT?Almost 195,000 Americans are killed every year as a result of malpractice. This amendmentwould protect patients from doctors who repeatedly make mistakes.

WHY SHOULD I VOTE AGAINST IT?Doctors practicing in high-risk fields will leave Florida, and new doctors will be discouraged frompracticing in Florida. This would limit access to quality healthcare.

Sponsor: Floridians for Patient Protection • Proponent: Acad. of FL Trial Lawyers • Opponent: FL Medical Assn.

A B O U T T H I S S E C T I O NThis section was written and edited by Mark Bartschi using information foundat www.votesmartflorida.org. Please direct questions, comments, and sugges-tions regarding the Decision 2004 section to [email protected]

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Blog. The noun sweep-ing the country. (Actuallyit’s now a verb, too: You’reblogging while writing and a

blogger if you write a blog.)But what exactly is a blog?According toblogphiles.com, a blog is ajournal available on the webwhere the writer makeschronological entries.

Perhaps you’ve heard ofthe site LiveJournal.com.Anyone around the worldcan create a username, pro-file, and online journal orblog. You can add yourfriends to your list so they

can view your updates orchoose to leave your pageopen to anyone inCyberland. One does notneed to be too computer lit-erate in order to bare his orher soul to the world.

Does the idea of postingyour thoughts and actionson the web sound kind ofweird, dorky, or pathetic?Not so much. LiveJournalalone has 4.8 million usersthat post 200 blogs perminute. Google “blog” and58 million websites appearfor you to choose from.Besides LiveJournal,Blogger.com andBlogPhiles.com are two pop-ular free host sites.

This year where every-thing is political, even presi-dential candidates have got-ten on the blog bandwagon.GeorgeWBush.com hosts thePresident’s official campaigntrail blog. Not to be exclud-ed, Kerry and Edwardsshare their stories atblog.johnkerry.com.

Mystery has been bog-ging down bloggers as onewriter has taken the pop cul-ture world by storm. Knownonly as Rance, one bloggerhas been posting insiderinformation and gossipabout the entertainmentworld and celebrities.Rance, who bills himself as

an A-list actor, has a cult fol-lowing. Witty and some-times bizarre commentshave been attributed fromeveryone from Jim Carrey toBen Affleck to GeorgeClooney. There has beenmuch speculation as toRance’s true identity: afamous actor, director, orperhaps a publicist? Orcould it be a hoax?Regardless, if you’re everbored try reading Rance’sblog athttp://captainhoof.tripod.com/blog. It can get addictive;consider yourself warned.

Even the bloggers aretalking about their blogginghabits. Virgin bloggersbeware. On his blog, AndersJacobsen notes the pitfalls offirst-time bloggers: “Heyguess what—bloggers arecool!” He compares first-time posters with peoplewho call from the car whencar phones first came out:“Hey, guess where I am? I’min the car!”

Millions blog, and youcan too. In the age of tech-nology where teachers emailyou homework and gradesare posted online, whoneeds a diary with a lockand key? A username andpassword for your blog is sonow.

Student affairs profes-sionals frequently measurethe beginning of an academ-ic year in terms of thesmoothness of opening, sig-nificant student crises, majorjudicial infractions, and thenumber of calls from parentsof new students. Perhaps bythese standards, the begin-ning of the 2004-2005 aca-demic year for RollinsCollege was not unlike otheryears except for the impactthat two hurricanes causedon the psyches of student,faculty and staff. Make thatthree hurricanes, no makethat four, five?!

It seems like this yearhas started four or five times,or has never really started.There is a collective searchfor normalcy and pre-dictability. With the "end" ofhurricane season still sixweeks away, no matter how

hard we try to make it goaway, it will not leave us.Nightly newscasts line uphurricanes in the Atlanticlike I-4 at rush hour. Thenames begin to strike fear inus. It was Charley, Frances,and Ivan and now its Jeanne,Karl, and Lisa.

What are the effects ofthese storms and the focuson hurricanes? We think it issignificant, playing it outand continuing to evolve.What are some of theobserved behaviors we thinkare linked to this condition-acondition not unlike post-traumatic stress syndrome.

First of all, there is anuneasy restlessness. Forinstance, there were twofights this past weekend-andas one staff member com-mented, "Our students justdo not fight." Staff who con-front students are beingrudely and angrily talkedback to. With multiple starts,campus evacuations andweekend incidents,Residential Life staff has notexperienced “down time."RCC peer mentors, arguablythe best group of peer men-tors in years, are havingproblems completing theiradministrative work. Onestaff member reported they

were in shell shock, andanother called it a "ruinedsemester." There are anunusual number of "bizarre"medical cases. Even motivat-ed and committed studentsare not showing up.Programs that historicallyattracted 40 students arenow lucky to get five.

There is a lot of energy,but the energy is caused byuncertainty, not by positive,dynamic programming.Students are all "hyped-up,"fed by a "contagion of hyste-ria" and fixation on 24-hourweather reports. In most nat-ural disasters, the eventcomes, quickly departs andthen we clean up the mess.The severe weather eventsand the uncertainty sur-rounding storm paths justkeep on coming!

What is going on? Goodquestions and many theoriesabound. So in the interest ofdebate, here is my theory:All students, but especiallynew students, actively seekthe norm. This is an under-standable and well-researched aspect of humandevelopment, especially inthis age population.Students, in a desire to beliked and successful, quicklyscan the environment and

seek out the "norm." For bet-ter or worse, that's usuallyeasily identified and emulat-ed. But now, that norm ischaos and uncertainty.

Even the student body isbifurcated along another setof dividing lines: thosedirectly impacted (living offcampus or with family andfriends who sustained dam-age) and those for whom thestorm was a welcomeddiversion and chance forsocializing. The haves andhave-nots are being definedin new ways.

Then there is the studentaffairs staff. Loyal and dedi-cated to students' well being,they have tirelessly servedthrough thick and thin.Many of these staff are expe-rienced and dedicated tohelping students identify theappropriate norms and min-imizing the impact of eventsthat are out of the predictive,normative mode. In a way,our staff works hard at creat-ing a learning environmentthat is challenging and sup-portive. What do we dowhen the new norm ischaos?

Faculty and staff are alsodealing with the realities ofCharley and Frances. Theirhomes, family homes,

friends' homes, and propertyhave been damaged. Their"normalcy" has been disrupt-ed by waiting for insuranceadjusters, cutting downtrees, and helping childrenadjust to sudden changes intheir routines.

So what to do? First ofall, it is important to talkwith each other about ourexperiences. Second, wemust transform this energycreated by uncertainty intopositive energy. The morewe focus on the great thingsthat are happening the bet-ter. These great things aredriven from the ordered,intentional programmingand planning that we havedone. All is not lost-it's justbeen badly shaken!

The challenge before usall is to rebuild this "normal"world-not just for students,but also for each other andourselves. I don't think wecan simple wish this. Itneeds to be thoughtfullyplanned out how we do this.And then, with firm resolveand the dedication that is ahallmark of Rollins facultyand staff, reclaim this nor-malcy from the ethos ofchaos to the ethos of achieve-ment and success.

Are the tiradeof hurricanes thecause of studentunrest and disor-der this fallsemester?by Steve Neilson

dean of student affairs

A N e w N o r m a l c y F o r R o l l i n s

Do You Share Your Innermost Thoughts With Strangers?by Mo Coffey

asst. features editor

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Dear Fox,There’s a girl in one of

my classes who I think isreally hot, but I never talk toher. I want to find ways tostart conversation but can’tthink of any good excuse togo over and talk to her inclass or after class, and Inever seem to see her aroundcampus. How can I find away to get her talking to me?

-Shy at School

Dear Shy,You seem to not be so out-

going (or this girl might intim-idate you). This should besomewhat painless for you: trysitting next to the girl in class.If that’s not possible, get toclass a few minutes early andsee if you can strike up a reallycasual conversation—it’ll prob-ably be easiest if you talk aboutsomething related to the class atfirst: “Did you understand thehomework?” or “I can’t believethe professor is giving us thattest next class.” Anything toget her talking to you. Somemight suggest the How toLose a Guy in 10 Daysapproach of mixing up note-books or leaving somethingbehind with your name in it,but I think the best (and easiest)is to start talking with herabout the class…perhaps evenoffer to work together on thenext paper or study for the nexttest. It’s non-threatening andcasualness builds comfort. Onthe way out of class make apoint to say you’ll see her nextclass, and again, build uptowards seeing her purposelyoutside of class. If she feelscomfortable commiseratingabout homework, etc. with you,then you can later movetowards casually asking aboutweekend plans. Don’t forget toget her laughing: jokes, wittycomments, and even bad pickuplines are a great way to make agirl see that you’re fun to bearound. Go get her!

Dear Fox,My so-called best friend

slept with the guy I like.How do I react withoutseeming unrational?

-Betrayed by a BestFriend

Dear Betrayed,Every girl will have this

happen at least once to her.And I tend to think of situa-tions like this in three steps: 1)Get sad, 2) Get mad, 3) Geteven. Sounds harsh and a littleimmature, but you can’t letyour so-called best friend com-pletely destroy your relation-

ship and not feel guilty. I seeyou’re already at step two butI’d like to ask you to possiblyreflect for a few moments beforeyou act irrationally. I assumethat since you all are bestfriends, she knew you liked theguy. It’s unwritten girls codethat you can’t hookup with thegirl that your friend likes—andthis girl is your best friend???I don’t care if there was alcoholor anything elseinvolved…there’s no excuse.Your friend was heartless andselfish and selfishness is theleast attractive quality in afriend. She broke your bond oftrust. If you are a more forgiv-ing person than me, and you’rewilling to rebuild the relation-ship with her, make sure sheknows it’s going to take a lot ofgroveling, apologizing, trustbuilding, and time—and makesure she knows how much shehurt you. And if you do decidenot to stay best friends (eitherby cutting her out of your lifeentirely or just being morecasual friends), don’t feel anyguilt: she hurt you. Eitherway, think for a little and thentake action; don’t let the angerbuild up inside until you areready to explode.

Dear Fox,I just got to Rollins and I

have a boyfriend back homebut I’m not sure I want tokeep a long distance rela-tionship with him. Instead,should I find someone here?

-Long-distance Love

Dear Long-distance,I’ve had the same problem.

I can share from personal expe-rience: the fact that you havedoubts about your relationshiptell me that you have to resolveyour problem with one of twoways, this current state of limboisn’t working for you. First,talk to your boyfriend aboutyour doubts—either he’ll feelthe same way and want a breakor he’s more committed to therelationship than you. Both areproblematic and will cause youto split sooner or later. Talk tohim. Nothing will resolve itselfhere; the situation will onlyweigh you down. Also, is thereanyone here you already have

your eye on? Don’t miss anyopportunities here because youare unsure of the relationshipwith your boyfriend. Talk andfigure it out—NOW!

Dear Fox, What signs does a girl

give to let you know shewants either a serious rela-tionship or just friends withbenefits?

-Mixed Signals

Dear Mixed,If you’re confused about

this girl, then you’ve probablycome to a point in your rela-tionship with her where thereare benefits but no emotionalattachments. Do you wantsomething more serious withher? Guys get a bad rap forbeing players but some (perhapsyou) actually aren’t scared of alittle commitment…and that’sa good thing. What makes youthink she’s not at the same placeas you? Two signs that shemight just want to be friendswith benefits: If she’s onlyinterested in hooking up anddoesn’t include you in otherparts of her life OR If she wasreally into you at the beginningand now is kind of standoffwhen you want to make plansthat don’t include hooking up.If you are getting signals fromher that she is only interested incasual hookups then maybe youshould just ask her: if she’s notin it for a relationship then shewon’t be offended you asked andif she is looking for somethingseriously (like I think you are)then you’ll both be on the samepage.

Dear Fox,I really like this guy, and

I want to be with him. Still, Idon’t know if I am ready tohave sleep with him. Itwould be my first time, and Iam afraid of what that mightmean. I think I love him, andI know he feels the sameway, but I don’t want to behaving sex just for the sakeof sport or having somethingto do. Also I am afraid ofwhat he will think of meafterward. How will itchange our relationship? Isit normal to be so indecisive?

-Anxious About MyFirst Time

Dear Anxious,Breathe a sigh of relief—

you are not alone in your inde-cision. It’s a good sign that youhaven’t done anything yet—Ithink it means you’re not ready.There’s no rush. Have you dis-cussed sex with your

boyfriend? Don’t wait until aninopportune moment—asuncomfortable as it might be tobring up now, waiting couldlead you to a rash decision. Youneed to be secure enough inyourself and your decisionswithout worrying about howyour guy will react. You’ll haveto live with your decisions longafter he’s gone. I don’t knowhow your guy will react, but Ican promise you this: sexchanges all relationships. Makesure you understand how youfeel about having sex, and alsohow your partner feels. Youshouldn’t have many hesita-tions if the time (and guy) isright.

Dear Fox,Is it okay for a girl to ask

a guy out?-Waiting to Make the

First Move

Dear Waiting,YES! Regardless of what

you may see in chick flicks, girlscan totally ask guys out. A guyI just asked said that if a girlasked him out he wouldn’t beturned off at all: it means she’sshowing initiative. He also saidto remember that guys can beintimidated too. The worstthing that can happen if you ask

him out is him sayingno…which might upset you butwon’t cause him to laugh at youor embarrass you. (I’m told it’spretty much the same as whengirls reject guys.) The bestthing is that he’ll say yes or atleast be willing to get to knowyou better and he’ll knowyou’re interested. If no one iswilling to make the first move,nothing will ever happen. Gofor it! (And I want a datereport if and when he says yes!)

CommunicationC o m m u n i c a t i o n

seems to be key this week.AIM, MSN, text messagesand post-its are great, buttry having a one-on-oneconvo with whomeveryou’re having problems.You don’t have to get allblue in the face talkingabout your feelings, butdon’t just sit in your roomand bitch. Also, don’t beafraid to go after what youwant—your life doesn’thave to be as dramatic asThe O.C. (althoughLaguna Beach kind ofmakes me wonder). Takeaction this week and whoknows what tomorrowwill bring. Keep cool,kids.

Do you have a question for The Fox? [email protected] (and don’t worry,

your identity will be kept anonymous).

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A s k T h e F o x

photo illustration/ MARK BARTSCHI

The Sandspur introduces its first weekly advice column aimed at answering your social and relationship questions and concerns.

photo / MYJANEE.COM

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When one first meetsConnie May Fowler, shecomes across as most peopleusually do when you meetthem for the first time. She iswarm, accommodating, andpersonable. Yet it is whenyou get a chance to reallytalk with her the true personcomes out. Her exuberancefor life, her love of writing,and her passion towardbuilding strong relation-ships with her students andthose close to her comesacross in every facet of heraccomplishments.

Professor Fowler, theIrving Bachelor Chair ofCreative Writing, is current-ly in her second year ofteaching at Rollins. Sheserves as a Professor of cre-ative writing,as well as theDirector forWinter with theWriters. Winterwith the Writersis one of theoldest runningliterary seriesin the state ofFlorida, hav-ing been show-cased forapproximatelysixty fiveyears. The fes-tival bringsfour acclaimed writers toRollins every week duringthe month of February. Set toattend on February third isBarbara Robinette Moss, amemoirist. On Februarytenth Denise Duhamel, apoet, will arrive. We willhear from Edward P. Jones, anovelist and short storywriter, on February seven-teenth, and on Februarytwenty-fourth, MichaelOndaatje, a poet, novelist,and memoirist will be visit-ing. The writers hold masterclasses during the evening,in which students are fortu-nate enough to have theirwork put up for review. Atnight, the visiting authorholds a reading in BushAuditorium.

Excitingly, both of theseevents will be locally tele-vised this upcoming year.These events are not onlyfree and open to the public,but also a remarkable way tohave an intimate encounterwith such a commendedwriter. Directing this pro-gram for the second year,

Fowler’s goal is, “…to try tobring to the Rollins commu-nity some of the most impor-tant and dynamic voices incontemporary literature.”Her intent is to see morecampus-wide involvement,as well as departmental sup-port and encouragement.

Also for the second year

in a row, Fowler will beholding English 467A--Advanced Creative WritingWorkshop and Internship.This class, worth four credithours, is an internshipcourse in which the fifteenchosen students will virtual-ly become a part of everyaspect of putting Winter withthe Writers together.Throughout the semesterthey assist in set design andplanning all social eventssurrounding Winter with theWriters. The class is also aworkshop course for the stu-dents, in which they will getthe opportunity for theirshort stories to be work-shopped by their peers, aswell as the visiting authorsduring the master classes.Responsibilities of the internalso include assisting inmarketing and PR strategies,writing publicity materials,and serving as the visitingwriters’ personal assistants.The interns are the mostvital part of making sureevery facet of productionruns smoothly.

For all students interest-ed in applying for thiscourse, please submit a briefcover letter stating why youwant to be an intern, onepoem, one page of creativenon-fiction, and one page offiction. These should beturned in to ProfessorConnie May Fowler by

October 25 at5 p.m. Herbox is locat-ed outsideher door inroom 206 ofthe MillsB u i l d i n g .A p p r o v e dstudents willb eannounced5pm onOctober 29.

C o n n i eMay Fowleris a well-

acclaimed author, havingpublished four novels, amemoir, a screenplay, andarticles in the New YorkTimes. In addition to this,Professor Fowler haspresently completed her lat-est novel, The Problem WithMurmur Lee, due out January11, 2005. She was mostrecently published last weekin the Sunday edition of theNew York Times. Here shegave insight into whatFloridians have been dealingwith this hurricane season,and reflected on the changesit has presented in oureveryday lives. I encourageall of you to take a chance tomeet Professor Fowler if youhave not yet done so. Signup for one of her classes nextspring, apply for the Winterwith the Writers internship,show your support inattending one of the read-ings, or pick up one of heramazing books. We are solucky to have such a won-derful woman, teacher, andfriend here at Rollins with usevery day.

OCTOBER 15, 2004

R-Fridays are coming!This Friday will be the first ever“R-Friday”. Show your schoolspirit by wearing your Rollinsgear. Be on the look out forSGA in front of the campuscenter during common hour

distributing Rollins goodies andbuilding school spirit. Go Tars!

Senate UpdateThe SGA Senate has begun-their year with two successful-

meetings. They haveaddressed important organiza-

tional issues and passedHalloween Howl legislation.

Don’t forget Senate meetingsare open to the student bodyevery Wednesday at 6pm in

the Galloway Room.

A Date with DuncanDo you have concerns or

questions about the future ofRollins? Come and meet

Rollins’ 15th President LewisDuncan on Wednesday

October 20, or WednesdayOctober 27 during lunch in thecampus center. The Presidentis here for the students so take

advantage of this amazingopportunity!

S G AS G AWW E E K LE E K L YY

S G A CongratulatesThis week Student

Government congratulates theRollins College Theatre

Department for their outstand-ing productions of Oscar and

Felix and The Early Girl. Way to go!

Connie May FowlerLearn more

about a professorat Rollins who isalso a well-renowned author. by Heather Williams

copy editor

photo / ROLLINS PRFACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Winter with the Writers Director,Connie May Fowler, brings talent and experience to Rollins.

photo / ROLLINS.EDU

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When craving a little piece of Italy, somegreasy handmade Italian pizza, or just a breakaway from the campus chaos, Giovanni’s offers arelaxed dimmed getaway for a romantic couple,or even a whole crowd. Famous for their pizza, Ican personally attest to its delicious ratings. Theywere large slices, served hot. Stay away if you arecarb conscious, because this place is Dr. Atkins’nightmare. But hey, you could always put somemeat on the pizza.

The pizza dough is preparedfresh daily, and the pizzas run inthe average price range. A medi-um pizza comes with six largeslices for approximately $12. Youcan also order a large, or if braveenough, a Sicilian deep dish forabout $16. Giovanni’s is notori-ous for making their own sauce

and dough from scratch! Walking in to the restau-rant, patrons are free to watch the cooks pat, roll,prepare and “put in the oven, for you and me”through glass coverings. Remember all ordersinclude two rows of garlic bread, a staple in theItalian diet. These are not just your normal garlicrolls. Served in a basket, there are about eight ver-tical pieces baked fresh and warm.

If you are not a pizza lover, do not fret. Thereare several other options such as mozzarellasticks, tomato bruschetta, salads, homemadesoups, calzones (even vegetarian ones), pasta,chicken, veal, eggplant, seafood, steak and more.Giovanni’s also prides themselves upon their ownselection menu with original dishes. A couple ofthe waiters suggested the Tortellini Giovanni andthe Chicken Parmesian.

Giovanni’s eliminates the need to argue aboutwhere to go to dinner. Located only a couple milesoff the campus next to the Outback and across thestreet from Walgreens, Giovanni’s is the answer toanyone’s hunger pains. They offer a friendly envi-ronment and always encourage Rollins studentsto visit.

They are open Monday through Thursdayfrom 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 10p.m.

This family owned bistro has been sitting rightnear Rollins for six years. Where have we been?Get out there, past the Park Avenue haven and tryall the novelties the Winter Park area has to offer.

BY LARA BUESO

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It’s a whale, oh excuseme “shark,” of a tale in oneof this year’s best animatedf i l m s , D r e a m W o r k s ’response to Disney’s FindingNemo, the blockbuster hitShark Tale. Making close to$50 million in its first week-end out, heads and tails areturning to the theaters tocatch this hilarious animatedflick.

Shark Tale tells the storyof the comic Oscar (voice ofWill Smith), a little fish in abig, big ocean whose dreamsof fame and fortune get hisfast talking gills in deeptrouble. Everything turnsaround for the down and outOscar when he meets thegreat white shark, Lenny(voice of Jack Black), a slight-ly touched, vegetariansweetheart whose demeanormakes him more of a greatwhite wimp. The two strikeup a deal to make life betterfor the both of them lettingOscar morph into therevered “shark slayer” andLenny disappear foreverfrom a disapproving family.

Everything seems to begoing fine as Lenny goesincognito and Oscar makeshis way to the penthouse

suite until plans are inter-rupted by Oscar’s gal pal,Angie (voice of RenneeZellweger), who harbors asecret crush for Oscar, findsthem both out. Before theyknow it, both Oscar andLenny will have to face real-ity and deal with love, loyal-ty, and some fast talkingsharks to get out alive.

Shark Tale is an amazing-ly well animated moviewhose graphics rival the bestthat Disney has to offer. Thisfilm’s all-star voice lineupalso includes such notablesas Robert DeNiro as the god-father of all sharks, DonLino; Angelina Jolie as thefemme fatale, Lola; MartinScorsese as the double-cross-ing boss, Sykes; and KatieCouric as the reefs topanchorfish, Katie Current.The film also carries with itan amazing soundtrack withsongs from Grammy win-

ning artists ChristinaAguilera, Missy Elliott, MaryJ. Blige, Sean Paul, JustinTimberlake, and much,much more.

Shark Tale comes com-plete with its heavy productplacement, as everything inthe reef takes a spin on con-ventional companies, suchas adds for the GUP (TheGAP). Though rather enter-taining throughout, SharkTale proved a bit of a fishydisappointment in plot lineas the end seemed more amush of love, “forget-it,”throw a star in the mix blah,blah, blah then an actualending. If DreamWorks waslooking to rival Nemo, itmay have succeeded in boxoffice numbers, but noamount of quick Will Smithone liners will ever add up tothe Disney’s original underthe sea attempt at charm.

Travel the seawith Oscar andLenny in SharkTale, DreamWorks’new undersea tale.by Katie Pederson

asst. sports editor

Shark Tale: NemoMeets the Streets

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photo / THEMOVIEBOX.NETWHALE OF A TALE: Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black,and Renee Zellweger splash the screen with this years’ hit.

The Explosion Bust

There are some bandsaround that make you wantto grab a drink and thefriend next to you, and shoutevery word. The Explosionis one of those bands.

The Explosion is notnew to the music world, butnew to the mainstreamworld. Previously on indielabel Jade Tree records, theband has toured with thelikes of AFI, Rockets Fromthe Crypt, and Sick of It All.Currently on tour with punk

rock legends SocialDistortion, things have got-ten a lot better for the band,including a new deal withVirgin Records.

Take some of the rem-nants of the punk rock days,stir them in with harmoniesand catchiness, and you’vegot The Explosion—fiveguys out of Boston withnothing to do but playm u s i c .Their new album, entitledBlack Tape, was released justthis past month. It is an emo-tional, melody-laced, punkrock infected album thatsmashes lyrics into thebrains of unsuspecting lis-teners.

Opening with the feed-back of the short-lived song,“Deliver Us,” this song setsthe pace for the album. Thealbum also incorporates fast

Care to shoutout loud and jam?Get the newlyreleased punkrock album by TheExplosion. by Adam Burton

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ts With Black Tapedrums, power chords, andsing along shout outs. Thealbum eventually then leadsinto the radio single, “Here Iam.”

Melodic catchy guitarwork, combined with aneven catchier chorus, make iteasy to see why this is thefirst single off the album.The song also earned a spoton the soundtrack for therecently releasedvideogame, Tony Hawk’sUnderground 2.

Another potential hitwith simple yet drivinglyrics is “We All Fall Down.”It would not be surprising ifthis song showed up on theradio as well.”Don’t Walk Away” and“Filthy Insane” are verydriving and straightforward,making sure no one forgetsthis band has its roots in

genuine punk.A personal favorite was

“Go Blank,” a song that doesnot waver from the bands’established sound, and alsoprovides a nice rock ‘n’ rollguitar solo.

This band’s sound isvery simple and does notchange much throughoutthe album. The fact of thematter, though, is they do itwell. It reminisces of the olddays, especially with songslike “No Revolution,” but isstrong enough to survivetoday’s music world.

The Explosion’s latesteffort, Black Tape, is a nicebreak from the currentmusic world. It is a reminderthat good music can be sim-ple and catchy. This is andalbum best shared withfriends. So go learn thewords and sing-a-long.

Amongst surreal colorand sensual music, a presen-tation of French fashiondrew “oohs” and “ahs” fromthe eager crowd at the hipnew store, Tres Francais.Situated on New EnglandAvenue, the store celebratedit’s opening last Wednesday,October 6, with a fashionshow, complete with lightrefreshments.

Tres Francais featuresclothes by French designersand carries bright, colorfullines of clothes by the namesof Azuleros, Garella,

Chacok, and Martine Dayan.However, the store also car-ries all the essential acces-sories, such as shoes, purses,and even pillows. The store

itself is beautifully decoratedwith all kinds of statues,mannequins, and displayitems.

The theme for theseclothes is color. Everything isbright, bold, and quite mod-ern-looking. Much of thewardrobe can be worn inlayers and can also be mixedand matched.

Martine Boreal, theowner of Tres Francais, isvery proud to be able toshare these gorgeous fash-ions with the people ofWinter Park. During thecoming years, her store issure to become a hit witheveryone from teens toadults. More informationcan be found on the store’swebsite at www.tresfran-cais.com.

Check out thenew Park Ave.novelty store, TresFrancais, fortrendy attire.by Caroline Ogle

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Social misfits almostalways make for good sto-ries, and in turn, make forgood movie scripts. BillyMadison, Tommy Boy, andDawn Wiener were greatsubjects, to name a few.Unfortunately, “NapoleonDynamite” falls slightlyshort of these comedic mas-terpieces.

Napoleon is an outcastwho favors doodling uni-corns, acing tetherball byhimself, and dragging He-Man behind his school busto more social endeavors.Depressive, awkward, andinept, he is uncomfortable towatch and elicits cringesmore than laughs from theaudience.

His family is a portrait ofsuburban misfits. When hisRTV-riding grandmotherinjures herself on an extremedate, Napoleon and Kip, his

32-year-old brother whochats it up with his girlfriendon the Internet for hours at atime, find themselves underthe care of their rug-wear-ing, door-to-door salesmanof an uncle, Rico.

Changes are afoot atschool for him as well whenthe new and only Hispanicstudent in the school, Pablo,befriends the friendlessNapoleon. Although Pablo isdry and poker-facedthroughout the movie, heaspires to greatness. Heachieves it in mediocre wayswhen he is rejected resound-ingly by the school’s popularprincess and then challengesher in the presidential race.

Associating with Pablochanges Napoleon in subtleways, such as gathering thecourage to ask a girl to thedance, but his growth in themovie is minimal. In fact,Napoleon’s growth is not thehighlight of the movie.Rather, Kip and Rico’s forayinto door-to-door salesman-ship is the high point.

Kip, the movie’s mostcomical character, portraysNapoleon’s sexuallyrepressed brother with aspeech impediment who still

lives at home. Seemingly job-less when the movie begins,he is quickly sucked intoUncle Rico’s door-to-doorTupperware scheme, whichseems to go very well,despite Kip’s comical, ineptselling techniques. Kipseems to show more growthin the movie than Napoleondoes, especially when hisInternet girlfriend,LaFawnduh, finally comes tovisit, which elicits drasticchanges Kip.

The movie aims to reachthe same heights as the bril-liant cult classic “Welcome tothe Dollhouse,” whichchronicled the life of anothersocial outcast, Dawn Weiner.The difference is that Dawnnot only showed growththrough the movie, but shefought back against heraggressors. Napoleon, on theother hand, seems to wel-come mockery, much to thediscomfort of the audience.

“Napoleon Dynamite”makes a vain attempt atrecapturing the spirit of“Dollhouse” but doesn’tquite make it there. Theyounger audiences whoflocked to the “Napoleon”due to savvy MTV market-

ing would not remember“Welcome to the Dollhouse,”and might be too young tounderstand Dawn’s angstand the ironic message of themovie. Therefore“Napoleon” caters to thismodern audience well.

On its own merit; there

are moments of comedy inthis movie. To fully appreci-ate them, though, one mustfirst appreciate the movie’ssubtle nature of going afterthe awkward and unfunnyso vigorously it ends upbeing funny anyway.

B u r s t i n g W i t h L a u g h t e rNapolean

Dynamite a victimof copycat syn-drome? Rate ityourself. by Selena Moshell

staff reporter

Solution to lastweek’s puzzle:

photo / EINSIDERS.COMDYNO-MITE: When laughing at Geeks is actually okay,Napolean gives audiences plenty of chances to do so.

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Letter to the Editor: McGovern Did Not Stain Rollins’ IntegrityStudent comments on challenges put forth in editorials regarding Raymond McGovern Presentation from Oct. 1 Issue

A college or universitycampus should be, in myunderstanding, a placewhere people can expressfreely their ideas and opin-ions, but Mr. John Ferreira,Sandspur Sports Editor,wants to change this princi-ple. As he implicitlyexpressed it in his October 1,article. It seems true thatconservatives care onlyabout their own ideas. I wantto respond to this article asan independent because I amnot an American citizen.However, I want to discussthis issue because decisionsof the President of theUnited States affect every-one, citizens and non-citi-zens alike, and even thoseliving outside the country.

At Mr. McGovern’s pres-entation, I was a bit disap-pointed as well because heimplicitly got too much intopartisan politics. On the con-trary, he was very fair inblaming both Republicans’and Democrats’ leaders forusing our intelligence find-ings for political gain fordecades. Every participantcould see his frustration andrelate to it if he is not livingin a fantasy world. Weshould relate his frustrationto his disappointment withhow the executive branchredefines the mission of theCentral Intelligence Agency.He feels that the scripturepassage carved into the mar-ble at the entrance to CIAHeadquarters—“You willknow the truth, and thetruth will set you free”—isbeing stripped of its valuesfor political reasons. Anyopen-minded person couldunderstand the reasonbehind Mr. McGovern’s criti-cism of the current adminis-tration. Let me remindeveryone that the CIA mis-sion is to be the “eyes andears of the nation and attimes its hidden hand.” Itwas created on a basis of anon-partisan institution withno agenda and no policyinterest other than to helpprotect the country.

As Mr. IssacStolzenbach, Sandspur’sOpinions Editor, stated inhis October 1, column, “Stepout of yourself and take alook at what impact ourcountry is having on the restof the world.” We are collegestudents; we should set ourstandards to be leaders, notblind followers; open-mind-ed, not close-minded; edu-cated, not ignorant parti-sans. Everyone should knowthat Mr. McGovern did notinvent the possible terroristthreat theory that could

postpone our electoralprocess for the first time inhistory. I heard this theoryfrom our Secretary General,John Ashcroft, and it was onnational television. Mr.McGovern just expresses hisconcern about the motivebehind the government deci-sion to prepare the Americanpeople for a possible push-back of the election whileeven the civil war did notpostpone this fundamentaldemocratic process.

Now let bring somelights on what Mr.McGovern said and did notsay. As Mr. Stolzenbach callon everyone who believes in“integrity” to “gather up”“and ask [the] hard ques-tions,” Mr. McGovern standsup and questions the uncon-trollable and sometime“unjustifiable” gush ofarrests and detentions ofArab-Americans precedingSeptember 11, 2001. He seessome trend of similarity towhat the Germans did to theJews in the years leading tothe Holocaust, but he did notcompare this current situa-tion here to the Holocaust.He stresses that if theGerman population hadquestioned the early hatredpractices of the governmentagainst the Jews, maybethere would not be aHolocaust. Mr. McGoverndid not compare PresidentGeorge W. Bush to AdolfHitler, but he stated thatHitler made Germansbelieve that he was doing theright thing in persecutingthe Jews. Thus, it is ourresponsibility to question thePresident decision to detainArab-Americans withoutbeing charged, even thoughhe certainly believes he isdoing the right thing. It isgood to be certain, but cer-tainty does not mean“right.” Mr. McGovern didnot say that the President isconspiring to kill Americanin an orchestrated terroristattack in order to win thenext election.

Mr. McGovern did notsuggest that President Bushshould be arrested and triedas a war criminal. Instead, heelaborated on what Mr.Bush’s own lawyers andthose of the StateDepartment are doing rightnow to defend Mr. Bush inthis case, if need be. “If Iwere Mr. Bush,” says Mr.McGovern, “I would be wor-ried of not being reelected,considering of potential warcrime charges pending overmy head.” He thinks, thatmight be a reason for theadministration to put forth

the terrorist threat theory forthe election just in case thePresident is not doing well inthe poll in the few weeksleading to November 2; thus,creates a state of fear in orderto postpone the election.

I do not think he is beingunreasonable consideringthe graphic and eloquentpresentation SecretaryPowell, in behalf of theadministration, put beforeworld leaders at the UnitedNations to justify the inva-sion of Iraq. How can oneflatly reject Mr. McGovernconcern about potential elec-tion pushback, consideringthe 9/11 and the CIA FinalReports prove that the cur-rent administration falsifiedthe intelligence communityfindings to attack Iraq. If wehave the gut to impeach ourlast President for immoralbehavior such as cheating,why can’t we even questionthe current President actionthat was based on fallaciousintelligence? I feel that I amsurrounded with “idiots”whenever I hear my collegecolleagues call those opposeto this war unpatriotic. I wasvery upset when one of myprofessors who did not agreewith Mr. McGovern presen-tation rudely worked out ofthe auditorium and calledMcGovern a “nut case” in anemail, but I did not hate myprofessor for that. Instead, Iwent to him and expressedmy discontent for his behav-ior. Then, he agreed with methat worked out of the roomin protest, perhaps, was nota mature decision. I love himfor that; he did not feelinsulted because I ques-tioned his behavior. No oneis perfect, and he knowsthat.

If one believes in theFirst Amendment, howcould he expect the school tobring in speakers who only

share his views? I think hemight need a reality checkhimself because he contra-dicts his own beliefs. Dearcolleague, if you are so con-cerned about the kind of per-son Rollins will make youbecause of Mr. McGovernpresentation, I think youmiss the true meaning of aliberal arts education. Ithelps you become an educat-ed person by providing youwith a rich curriculum, butnot make you educated per-son. To become an educatedperson, which I believe youare here for, you must trainyour mind to tolerate andtake others’ ideas in consid-eration, although, you may notagree with them. This is one ofthe many tools to that end.

~Jean CheryMs. Jean Chery,

Thank you for providing uswith a voice of reason, you areindeed correct on manypoints—especially in yourobservation of what it means toget a liberal arts education. Thiscollege has a long history ofeducating their students to beaware of the world aroundthem, training their students toutilize critical thinking skills,and inspiring them to explorevarious sides of any given situ-ation. Our own Hamilton HoltSchool is named after a manthat dedicated his life to endingwar. Dr. Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) served as Rollins Collegepresident for twenty-five years,which flourished both academi-cally and financially under histenure. Before being asked tohead-up Rollins, Dr. Holt was aworld-renowned peace activist,and chaired such internationalactivities as The World PeaceMovement and served as one ofthe minds behind The League ofNations; thus, it is unfortunatethat this school has forgotten itsroots. You are right; we should

be putting ourselves in a posi-tion, both academically andmorally, to be leaders on nation-al and international scenes. Itseems more apt now to say thatstudents here are trainingthemselves to be part of anempire, rather than developingconsciousness of a global com-munity.

Mr. McGovern raisedmany interesting points (that Ihave yet to find a fact-checker toprove him wrong), but like yousaid, Republicans don’t want tohear it. They are set in theirways and reject anything fromthe other side of the spectrum.Student at this school are,arguably, more concerned withmaintaining the status quothan they are concerned withwhat’s going on in the rest ofthe world; thus, it follows thatthe majority of our students arevictims of false consciousness—meaning—they think theirlogic has determined their polit-ical affiliation when it is actual-ly their economic status thathas determined their choice ofparties.

I have to admit that I’dhoped someone out there fromAmerica’s millennial genera-tion would have responded totheir integrity being called intoquestion, but I fear that they areeither too busy to worry abouttrivial matters such as whatbelt will match, or worse yet—they just don’t get it; nonethe-less, thank you for yourresponse and your uniqueinsight; students like you reallymake this job worthwhile.

Anyone out there thatwould like to catch-up on thisdiscussion, please visit our website at www.thesandspur.organd reference issue five.Remember, any questions orcomments are always welcomedat [email protected], butbe careful, you might get pub-lished.

~Issac Stolzenbachopinions editor

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On May 18, 1954, theJackson, Mississippi DailyNews featured an editorialby a self-avowed conserva-tive which read, in part,“White and Negro childrenin the same schools will leadt o m i s c e g e n a t i o n .Miscegenation leads tomixed marriages and mixedmarriages lead to the mon-grelization of the humanrace.”

This columnist was notsome angry crack-pot with atype-writer. He was the stan-dard issue conservative ofthe day. For those thinking,“Now, Robert, you cannothonestly use one person tovalidate the thinking of anentire ideological group,” Ioffer The Southern Manifesto.The manifesto, publishedMarch 12, 1956, was signedby 96 members of congress(19 senators, includingStrom Thurmond, and 77members of the House ofRepresentatives). “We com-mend the motives of thoseStates which have declaredthe intention to resist forcedintegration by any lawfulmeans,” is among the textsmore telling passages. Ofcourse, it is littered withcries against the SupremeCourts’ ruling in Brown v.Board of Education, whichcalled for integration of pub-lic schools. These 96 mem-bers of Congress were out-raged by the ruling.Conservative America wasoutraged by this ruling.They did not want change,as conservatives never do.

The op-ed pages fromthe mid-1950s are burstingwith pieces on the evils andthe dangers posed by inte-grating public schools. Whatis most telling is that theseop-ed pieces are from south-ern newspapers and writtenby white men, most ofwhom where self-avowedconservatives and goodmoral Christians. Theyfeared mixing races. Theyfeared the slippery slope ofcomplete social integrationthis ruling would lead to.The conservative of the daywanted to preserve, indeedconserve, his separate whiteand black social spheres. Hewanted to keep the “WhitesOnly” signs. He wantedlegalized racism— even ifthe entire country was rapid-ly moving in the opposite

direction. Now, some fifty

years later, this mentalityhas not disappeared. Thereare still those who judgepeople based on the color oftheir skin and not the con-tent of their character.However, the majority ofsociety has been able to seethe lies of the 1950’s for whatthey are. We know that inter-racial relationships lead tonothing more than childrenof mixed race, not the “mon-grelization of the humanrace.” That was a lie then,and it is a lie today! The con-servatives were wrong, verywrong.

Now, conservatives are astubborn lot. Even when thescientific community shovedmountains of empirical dataat them, proving the onlydifference between blackfolks and white folks is whatyou see on the outside (weare put together the same onthe inside), they refused togive in. Many of them threwon bed-sheets and duncecaps and went around set-ting crosses on fire. Yes, theKKK considers itself to be a“conservative Christianorganization.” With the KKKproclaiming its conser-vatism, you would think itwould be hard to find some-one proud to be a conserva-tive. Sadly, it is much harderto find someone who isproud to be a feminist.

Well, despite their racisthistory and members likeStrom Thurmond and theKKK, the conservatives arealive and well in modernAmerica. Who, you may ask,are they? Well, they are finepeople like Senator RickSantorium, of Pennsylvania.Senator Santorium, like hishistorical bigot counterparts,has an issue with a certainkind of sex. No, it is notinterracial sex; it is gay sex.The senator equates sexbetween two adult men to“man on child, man on dog”sex. He thinks that if youlegalize gay sex and gaymarriage you will be forcedto legalize bestiality,polygamy, and all othermanner of sexual relations.Indeed, it is this warped con-servative ideology that isbehind the movement to adda gay marriage ban to theConstitution. In accordancewith their stance on racialmatters, the conservativesare once again dead wrong.

Their argument lacks legalmerit and is based complete-ly on personal and religiousbeliefs, much like the racismof the 1950s and ‘60s.

Allow me to digress intothe marriage issue for amoment. One of the key ele-ments of legal marriage isboth parties must agree tothe union—you cannotmarry someone who doesnot want to marry you. Moststates do not have any legis-lation that expressly forbidsmarriage to a dead person.Nevertheless, common sensetells us a dead person cannotagree to be part of a maritalunion. Much like a dead per-son, a dog cannot agree to alegal union, nor can a minor(without parental consent).As for polygamy, what is thebig deal? Seriously folks, iftwo guys and three girlswant to form a union andspend their lives together,more power to them. Now, Ido not condone the nonsenseof forcing 14-year-old girls tobecome some guy’s eigh-teenth wife; that is justwrong. We live in a societythat prides itself on freedom,so if a group of consentingadults want to legally inter-twine their lives, let them. Iwould like to note, as astrong believer in the separa-tion of church and state, I donot believe the governmentshould ever force any reli-gion to recognize any union.

Okay, sorry for thedigression, back to the taskat hand. Not so long ago Iheard conservative talkinghead, Ann Coulter, utter thefollowing phrase, “liberalsare treasonous… they’re outto destroy America.” It’s sovery ironic that someone ofAnn’s ilk would offer suchan insight. The truth of thematter is that it is people likeAnn, conservatives, who areout to destroy America.Conservatives were wrongin 1950s, and they’re stillwrong.

As I showed at the startof this piece, conservativesfought against the changingtide of the civil rights move-ment. They fought againstequality and freedom— twoof the dominating tenants ofAmerican life. Is America,America without freedom orequality? No.

Perhaps the most das-tardly move by present dayconservatives is the UnitedStates Patriot Act. Anyone

who has taken the time toread over this little piece oflegislation knows it is adirect attack upon the civilrights we so value in thiscountry. It is a roll back offreedom. The Bush sloganshould be, “spreading free-dom in the world, whilerolling it back at home.” Iwill not go into great detailabout the Patriot Act, as Ihave done in the past andthe information is availableonline for anyone who wantsto read it. However, I wouldlike to state that winning thewar on terror becomes point-less if we surrender therights that make Americawhat it is, in the process.

In all these cases, theconservatives are workingagainst what are core valuesof American society—free-dom, equality, and individ-ual rights. They, not the lib-erals, are the ones out todestroy America.Thankfully, if history hastaught us anything it is thattheir’s is a losing battle.Conservatives always failbecause progress is as cer-tain as the passage of time.Like tiny grains of sand, theconservatives are powerlessagainst waves of changecrashing upon the shores ofsociety. Fight as they may,change will come. And oncechange has come, history israrely kind to the conserva-tive. We honor progressiveslike Martin Luther King Jr.,Malcolm X, and other greatcivil rights figures. No onewould suggest a day to cele-brate the legacy of the KKK,or Birmingham, Alabamasheriff Bull Connor, notori-ous for his brutal treatmentof Civil Rights Activists. Norhas anyone suggested cele-brating Joseph “look there’sa communist” McCarthy.

For those offended bywhat I have offered here, Ido apologize. My goal isnever to offend, althoughthat does happen; it is toinform. Further, I do notbegrudge conservatives. I dobelieve they are wrong andignorant to the fact thatprogress, social progress, isinevitable. Perhaps the bestthing I could say to a conser-vative reading this is some-thing Bob Dylan once sang,“Your old road is rapidlyagin’. Please get out of thenew one if you can’t lendyour hand for the times theyare a-changin’.”

Their Losing BattleHow The Right Is Always Wrong

by Robert Walkercolumnist

Disclaimer: The views expressed within the Opinions section are entirely the opinions of the individual authors, and do notreflect the views of The Sandspur staff or Rollins College. Please address any comments, opinions, rants, or raves to

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It is getting pretty bad for PresidentBush and Vice President Cheney rightnow. If it is not news out of Iraq, it is anew report coming out saying what wealready know: everything President Bushsaid leading up to the Iraq War hasturned out to be false. One would thinkthat the President and Vice Presidentwould see the debates as an opportunityto level with the American public, to showour country they realize things are notgoing smoothly in Iraq; and maybe, justmaybe, they might even shoulder someresponsibility for the mess they havecaused. Turns out that was just a pipedream.

After the President’s horrible show-ing in the first Presidential debate,Republicans were looking to VicePresident Cheney to curb the momen-tum the Kerry/Edwards ticket had pickedup. Cheney, as he so often has in thepast, stepped up to the plate and took ahuge swing. Turns out what looked likea solid single immediately after thedebate was really a ground ball rightback to the pitcher. In watching thedebate I thought Cheney did all right forhimself. I mean he is still obviously evil,but he was much better at staying onmessage than President “It is hard work”Bush was. Cheney did say he hadnever suggested a connection between9/11 and Iraq which made me laugh a lot,if only to keep from crying. The prob-lem for Cheney was people actuallyfact-check what you say in thesedebates.

Cheney said a number of things thatwere blatant lies in his debate, but per-haps the most odd was his line aboutnever meeting Senator Edwards untilthat very night. This was clearly aplanned line and Cheney sold it veryeffectively, I was even impressed watch-ing. As the saying goes, it was interest-ing if true. Turns out it is not. Cheneyhad met Edwards at least three timespreviously, even sat next to him at aprayer breakfast. Luckily for us, thereare pictures of the two of them. Hearingall this, it was odd Cheney would saysuch a lie, especially one so easilyproven to be false. Then I realized thisfits into Cheney’s whole program; hesays one thing no matter how much evi-dence might contradict him. He saysthings are going well in Iraq, no matterwhat our TVs show us and members ofhis own party say. Cheney is separatedfrom reality and he showed it in his face-off with Senator Edwards.

If the Vice President was supposedto stop the bleeding, the President in hisdebate last Friday was supposed to per-haps get some momentum going on hisside. The bar for the President was setridiculously low after his dismal perform-ance in the first debate. Basically thePresident just had to show he could formtwo sentences in a row without minute-

long pauses in between, and the mediawas going to call him the winner of thedebate. After a lot of prep work thePresident did in fact manage to speakalmost coherently.

The debate was in the town-hall for-mat, where audience members wouldask the questions for the two candidates.I thought President Bush would bethrown off by having to answer questionsnot coming from a handpicked audience.This is, after all, a President who rarely ifever gives press conferences and in thefirst debate was clearly irritated at beingquestioned on his record. But PresidentBush came out fighting, and I almostmean that literally; he seemed veryangry at times. He cut off the modera-tor, Charlie Gibson, and he jumped inwithout being prompted. It is almost asif he does not understand why peoplemight see things differently then he does.

The best moment of the debatehappened at the end, with the last ques-tion for President Bush. A lady in theaudience asked the President if he couldplease name three instances where hehad made a mistake during his adminis-tration. This question echoed a ques-tion asked several months earlier at apress conference, in which the Presidentwas asked to name his biggest mistake.In both cases the President was unableto come up with a single mistake he hadmade. In this debate, the President saidhe had perhaps made a mistake in nom-inating a few people. On the largerissues, he did not specify which ones, hefelt he was entirely correct. He failed tomention not providing enough troops forthe war in Iraq as a mistake. Earlier on inthe debate, he said it was the military’sfault, not his, there were not enoughtroops. He said nothing about the pos-sibility it was a mistake to oppose theestablishment of a Homeland Securitydepartment and the 9/11 commission,though perhaps he thinks because heflip-flopped on those they do not count.The President again failed to hold him-self accountable for anything that hasgone on under his watch.

What the debates have shown, sofar, is how desperate the Bush camp isgetting. As Howard Fineman ofNewsweek said, “what we have herenow is a race between President Bushtrying to tear down John Kerry and thenews from Iraq tearing down PresidentBush.” Bush even unveiled a new tacticin the second debate, dragging out thetried and true “liberal” label. Of courseno one has yet asked the President howyou can criticize someone for being tooinconsistent and consistently liberal atthe same time. Can you really be con-sistent and inconsistent? Maybe in thePresident’s bizarre version of reality youcan.

by Jake Kohlmanpolitical columnist

D I S T O R T I O N V S . R E A L I T YThe one and only vice presidential debate

of 2004 took place on Tuesday, October 5, atCase Western Reserve University in Cleveland,Ohio. The speakers were, of course, DemocratSenator John Edwards and Republican VicePresident Dick Cheney. PBS’s Gwen Ifill moder-ated the event.

Plain and simple? Cheney destroyedEdwards. Even if I were not a Republican Iwould be able to admit to that. I mean, I canconcede Kerry won the first presidential debate(but that is for another article). So as objective-ly as I can, I say that Dick Cheney won thedebate.

First, let us look at the overall picture.Cheney, while not an entirely exciting individual,remained calm, collected, and confidentthroughout the debate. Edwards, on the otherhand, showed visual signs of frustration andanger throughout. He seemed restless, twistedin his chair, shook his head. While some mayperceive this behavior as passion, I do not seeit as such. I see it as nerves. I see it as a youngsenator that is used to addressing a jury and ajudge about a case he has researched exten-sively, rather than addressing millions ofAmericans with the fate of fellow senator restingin his hands.

The debate started out with foreign policy.It was naturally dominated by the war in Iraq.Dick Cheney was strong on the issue. He sup-ports the president; he supports the war; hesupports the reasons. He understands that Iraqand September 11 are not related and that thewar in Iraq is a part of the War on Terror, not thejust war on bin Laden. He understands that theintelligence that led the president to believe thatthere were WMD’s in Iraq was flawed, and heunderstands that that was not the president’sfault.

John Edwards is a different story. The prob-lem is that I don’t quite understand what thestory is. Edwards says that, “Saddam Husseinwas a threat that needed to be addresseddirectly.” He says that he and John Kerry agreedthat the United States was right to address theproblem. His plan includes vague promises liketraining United States troops, getting morenations involved as allies, and going into Iraqwith “a plan to win the peace.” These are thephrases that I heard thrown around throughmuch of that Tuesday night.

How is it any different than what Bush andCheney have said and done? What on earth isthe difference? Are you saying that the presi-dent sent the troops to Iraq without training? Ithink you would hear a few more complaintsfrom the soldiers if their president sent them tofight in a war without training them first.

Are you saying that the president didn’t tryto get allies? He did try, and he got some. Thereason that we don’t have more is that manynations (France being the most prominentexample) refused. That is not the fault of thepresident. The other nations were not interestedin helping. What are you going to do, kidnapthem and hold them hostage?

Are you saying that the president does notplan to win the war? Are you saying that he wentto war with the intent of losing? I hear this “does-n’t have a plan to win the peace” stuff a lot late-

ly, and the vice presidential hopeful, JohnEdwards, was certainly a contributor. When youthink about that for even five seconds, does thatmake sense? Does he really believe that? Doeshe really think that the president has absolutelyno plan for this war? I mean, really. Even if youdon’t agree with the war, I can respect that. Butto say that the president has no plan—which isnot true and there is no evidence to support thatit would be—that’s just a desperate campaignploy.

The vice president and the senator battledit out over Iraq in this same general manner forabout 45 minutes, and then the discussionswitched to domestic policy.

The first question was about jobs, poverty,and what the candidates will do to fix them.Cheney laid out several ideas that he and thepresident view as crucial in fighting poverty. Hediscussed creating jobs and reducing the “litiga-tions costs that are built into our society.” Peopleneed jobs to combat poverty, and they needmoney in their pockets (not in the pockets ofpoliticians) to stimulate the economy. Cheneyspent most of his two minutes talking about theimportance of education in fighting poverty andunemployment.

Edwards began his rebuttal by asking themoderator to restate her question. When shetold him that it was about jobs and poverty,Edwards replied, “I thought it was about jobsand poverty. I hope we get a chance to talkabout education, but that’s what the vice presi-dent talked about.”

Cheney discussed education in referenceto its importance as a solution to the problemwith poverty and unemployment. The only rea-son that Edwards brought it up is that the previ-ous question, he was accused by the moderatoras not answering the question. He had to turnthe tables to make himself look good. Again, itwas a desperate attempt to save his sinkingship.

The rest of the debate was of course dom-inated by statistics. It was more of Dick Cheneystanding firm, never wavering, and never fear-ing. It was more of John Edwards trying too hardto win but not hard enough to say anything.

I think the outcome of the debate can beseen in a single, subtle instance. The candi-dates discussed marriage for homosexual cou-ples. While both candidates oppose gay mar-riage, Edwards believes that these couplesshould have the same benefits as married cou-ples whereas Cheney does not.

Edwards tried to make Cheney look bad forhis opposition of benefits for these couples bypointing out the fact that he has a lesbiandaughter that he loves very much. It was hisattempt to play the guilt card and the hypocritecard all at once.

What was Cheney’s response? Did he getdefensive? Did he get angry? Did he get per-sonal to retaliate?

No. He simply said, “Well, Gwen, let mesimply thank the senator for the kind words hesaid about my family and our daughter. I appre-ciate that very much.”

That’s it. Smack.

by Jami Furopolitical columnist

G A M E , S E T , M A T C H C H E N E Y

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OCTOBER 15, 2004 THE SANDSPUR 17SPORTSSmaller Schools Find Success in D-1

It is a beautiful fallSaturday morning on a col-lege campus, and only onething is running throughthe hearts and minds ofstudents across the coun-try…college football. Hereat Rollins College, the stu-dent body wakes up, paintsthe school colors blue andgold onto their face andbody, grabs their pomspoms, and goes to a co-edintramural volleyball gamebetween Crummer and P-Hut. Is this what to expectout of a true college experi-ence? Well, at least Rollinshas soccer and basketball,right? Then again, has any-one ever heard of theschools we play against? Itseems to be if anyone askswhy Rollins does not haveDivision I athletics, theimmediate response is thatthe school is too small.Despite popular belief,there are a number of smallschools that have found

success at the Division Ilevel. These smaller schoolsinclude Virginia MilitaryInstitute (one thousandthree hundred students) ,Wofford (one thousand onehundred students),Centenary (nine hundred),Colgate (two thousandseven hundred sixty eight),Davidson (one thousandseven hundred four),Furman (two thousandseven hundred ninetyeight), Holy Cross (twothousand seven hundredforty eight), and Lafayette(two thousand two hun-dred fifty two).Birmingham Southern, asmall private school inAlabama with an enroll-ment of 1,400 students, hasjust made a three-year tran-sition from NAIA (NationalAssociation ofIntercollegiate Athletics) toNCAA Division I athletics.Rollins College has a totalenrollment of approximate-ly 2,562 students.

The athletic depart-ment has a number of rea-sons for staying at theDivision II level, includingRollins’ allegiance to theSunshine State Conference,limited amount of travelfor athletic teams, and thelower cost of operations

compared to the expensesof running a Division I pro-gram. But by staying at theDivision II level, the schoolhas trouble finding decentcompetition in a number ofsports. Division I basket-ball programs refuse toplay division II schools likeRollins because it wouldhinder their RPI Ranking(Ratings Percentage Index).The RPI Ranking decideswhich Division I schoolsmake it to the NCAATournament. The only D-Ischool Rollins plays in bas-ketball is StetsonUniversity, who theyscrimmage every year, andlast year beat by a convinc-ing margin. Stetson, a smallprivate university with astudent enrollment of2,500, plays reputable D-Iprograms such as theUniversity of Florida,Florida State, theUniversity of Miami andUCF. It seems that the truepotential of the RollinsCollege basketball teamwill never be known.

The Rollins basketballseason begins mid-November, so every stu-dent should take theopportunity to check outthis talented group of play-ers who happen to be

ranked #3 in the nation ona number of polls. But until

the basketball seasonbegins…go P-Hut.

You don’t haveto have lots of stu-dents to besucessful in col-lege atheletics.by James Coker

staff reporter

photo / WOFFORD.EDUDAVID DOES WELL AGAINST GOLIATH: Small schools likeWofford College have managed to hold their own against bigschools in many sports, why can’t Rollins?

It’s October and thatmeans playoff baseballtime. And if it’s playoffbaseball time that meansRed Sox Yankees. That’sright, again the Red Soxand the Yankees will face-o f f i n t h e A m e r i c a nL e a g u e C h a m p i o n s h i pSeries to see who wil la d va n c e t o t h e Wo r l dSeries. The two teamsm e t u p i n l a s t y e a r sALCS in an epic duel thatended with on a Game 7home run by Yankee’s thirdbaseman Aaron Boone.

To reach the ALCS theRed Sox had to down theAnaheim Angels, sweepingthe Angels in three gamesin their best of five series.The Red Sox dominated theAngels in the first twogames of the series in theAngel’s home ballpark, win-

ning the first game 9-3and the second 8-3.

The third game, whatwould become the clinch-er, will go down in RedSox playoff lore. The RedSox jumped ahead early,s c o r i n g 5 r u n s o f fA n g e l s s t a r t e r K e l v i mEscobar and taking a 6-1lead into the 7th inning.The Angels clawed back inthe 7th, scoring 5 runs tot i e u p t h e g a m e ,four of which came on agrand slam by MVP can-didate Vlad Guerrero.

Tied at 6 the gamewent into extra innings.Wi t h t w o o u t s i n t h eBoston half of the inningDavid Ortiz, an MVP can-didate in his own right,stepped to the plate with aman on against JarrodWashburn. As he haddone so many times during the regular seasonOrtiz came through in thec l u t c h , b e l t i n g atwo-run home run overthe big Green Monster inleft to win the game andmove the Red Sox on intothe ALCS.

T h e Ya n k e e s h a d aslightly tougher time then

t h e R e d S o x i n t h e i rm a t c h - u p a g a i n s t t h eTwins. The Twins wont h e f i r s t g a m e o f t h eserieswith a score of 2-0carried by a dominatingpitching performance byCy Young favorite, JohanSantana and a home runby Jacque Jones . TheYankees would come backto tie the series in Game 2,winning in the twelfthinning on a sacrifice flyby Hideki Matsui thatscored Derek Jeter. TheYankees would win Game3 as well, setting up a do ordie situation for the Twinsas they faced eliminationin Game 4.

Things looked goodfor the Twins starting offGame 4. They had theirace back on the hill asJohan Santana pitched ons h o r t r e s t a n d t h e yproceeded to jump out toa 5 - 1 l e a d . B u t t h eYankees were not to bestopped. Owners of aMajor League record 61come from behind winsd u r i n g t h e r e g u l a rseason, the Yankees nevergive up and in the 8ththe ir pers is tence came

through for them.Designated Hitter RubenS i e r r a h i t a t h r e e - r u nh o m e r u n o n ahung curve ball that tiedthe game and took all thel i f e o u t o f t h e Tw i n sand their fans. The gamewould move on into extrainnings knotted up at 5until the 11th when AlexRodriguez would score theeventual winning run offa wild pitch, propellingthe Yankees to a face-offagainst their heated rivalsthe Red Sox.

W h i l e m u c h o f t h ebaseball world focused ont h e p o t e n t i a l R e dSox-Yankee match-up theNational League playoffswere going on as well.

The St. Louis Cardinals,owners of the best regularseason record in baseballsquared off against the LosAngeles Dodgers while theAtlanta Braves took on thewild card Houston Astrosin the other series.

T h e C a r d i n a l s a n dtheir star-studded lineuphad no problems with theDodgers pitching staff inthe first two games of thes e r i e s , w i n n i n g

each game by the score of8-3. Cardinals right field-er Larry Walker was thehero of Game 1, beltingtwo home runs. AlbertPujols, Jim Edmonds andMike Matheny also hith o m e r u n s f o r t h eCardinals to help thecause.

During Game 3 theCardinals ran into a brickwall known as Jose Lima,the Dodgers starting pitch-e r. L i m a p i t c h e d t h egame of his life throwinga complete game shutouta g a i n s t t h e p o w e r f u lCardinals lineup. Thatwould be the lone brightspot for the Dodgers asthe Cardinals won Game 4to clinch the series andmove themselves into theNLCS.

Road to the Baseball PlayoffsHere’s a quick

look at how theMLB teams standat the end of theregular season.by Jake Kohlman

copy editor

image / PBS.ORG

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The curse has finallybeen broken!! No, I’m nottalking about the curse ofthe Great Bambino (thegreatest curse of all). I’mtalking about the Astros’postseason curse, whichfinally ended Mondaynight when the Astros wal-loped the Braves to wintheir first postseason seriesand advance to the NLCS.Next up for the Astros—only the best team in base-ball, no sweat. Last year,the League ChampionshipSeries were far more excit-ing than the actual WorldSeries. Remember how theCubs took a three to oneseries lead over the Marlinsonly to have it taken awayfrom them by the Inningfrom Hell? A fan reachedover a snagged the hopesof generations of Cub fans.In the ALCS, we saw one ofthe greatest baseball gamesever played when Bostontook a lead deep into thegame only see the Yankeescome storming back whenmanager Grady Little leftPedro Martinez too long inthe game. Worst of all, ofcourse, was so see a playerwho will never amount toanything in the MajorLeagues dash the hope ofthe New England faithfulby hitting a walk off home-run. Let it be said that thesame man went on to playa terrible World Seriesmaking so many mistakesthat the Reds were wonder-ing why they hadn’t trad-ed him away sooner. Evenmore so who can forget thewhen Don Zimmer jumpedout of the dugout andcharged Pedro Martinezonly to be hurtled to theground. That is an unfor-gettable moment of base-ball history, and I neverthought I would see a sen-ior citizen thrown to theground. Oh, by the way,congratulations to me forpicking all of the DivisionSeries correctly.

THE GREAT REMATCH

Boston Red Sox vs. New YorkYankees(Boston in 6)

This year will finally bethe year that the Red Soxmanage to get by theYankees in the ALCS. Thatdoesn’t mean they’ll win

the World Series, but hey,I’m sure that Boston fanswill enjoy beating NewYork far more than theywould enjoy winning it all.The Red Sox will win thisseries simply because theyhave the better pitchingwith two proven aces whocan shut down the potentYankee offense. If Schillingand Pedro both had badstarts in this series, the RedSox are done for. The RedSox are a more roundedteam, meaning that theyalso have good hitting andsolid defense, the Yankeeshave good hitting andexcellent defense, but thepitching is shaky at best. Imean come on, would youfeel safe if one of yourmajor setup men wascalled “Flash”? I sure ashell wouldn’t. The fact isthat October baseballcomes down to pitchingand defense, and no onewill be able to stop the tan-dem of Schilling andMartinez. For the Yankees,they have to hope that theirpitchers will hold on andkeep the games close to getto Rivera. By the way,Rivera is showing a greatspirit for the game by com-ing back and participatingin this series after two ofhis family members died

this week. Our condolencesto Rivera and his family.Key to the Series: The Red SoxPitchers

The reason why theRed Sox went to greatpains to get Schilling dur-

ing the off season wasbecause they needed aright hand man for Pedro.Schilling has been morethan that and has turnedinto the Red Sox ace. Bothhe and Pedro will need tobe on during this series. Ifthey pitch to their ability,then this series might be aneasy one for the Red Soxwho are sure to get someoffense from their powerhitter offense. Things couldgo sour for Boston if theydon’t win at least onegame at Yankee Stadiumbecause that would meanthey would have to beatKevin Brown in game 3 andhope that Bronson Arroyocan pitch well. I’d rathertrust Schilling andMartinez.

NLCS

St. Louis Cardinals vs.Houston Astros(Cardinals in 5)

Who would’ve known,two teams from the NLCentral making it to theNLCS. A division that wasonce known as ComedyCentral has risen to becomethe axis of solid baseball,with three teams thatcould’ve made the play-offs. Anyway, this serieswill most likely be a one-team show. The Cardinalsare the best team in base-ball, even though theirpitching has been spotty attimes. They managed todispatch the Dodgers infour games by thrashingthem in Games one and

two. The Astros simplydon’t have enoughweapons to play theCardinals, who have thebest lineup in the Majors.Houston will need stellarperformances from RogerClemens, Roy Oswalt,Bagwell, Beltran, andBerkman. Hmm, sound likea lot? It is; it is highlyunlikely that all of theseguys will play their bestbaseball on command. TheAstros need to play theirbest to win; the Cardinalsjust need stay solid.Key to the Series: Astro lead-ers

Who will rise upand lead this team to theWorld Series? In the pastBagwell and Biggio havecrumbled in the playoffs,but this year is different.They have finally won aplayoff series, but do theyhave enough to stay hot? Ifthe Astros don’t get clutchperformances from someplayers, this series will be ablowout and possibly asweep, because thisCardinal team is really thatgood. The Astros need topounce on the Cardinal’sshaky pitching staff andpray to the Baseball Godsthat the Big RedbirdMachine has a terribleweek. That is what thisseries boils down to, theCardinals are much betterteam and if they stay con-sistent they will win thisseries. On the flip side theAstros need to be heroic inorder to pull of a colossalupset.

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Boston and New York Meet Again...In the NL, the

once ridiculousCentral divisionemerges as thenew powerhouse.by John Ferreira

sports editor

photo / PAUL BERESWILL/ KRTWHO CAN FORGET THIS?: Last year there were fireworks when the Red Sox and Yankeesplayed, who will win the fight this time?

photo /CHRIS LEE/KRTTHE MAN CAN STILL HIT: Larry Walker had a great NLDShitting two home runs in Game 1, he looks to stay hot.

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Ken Caminiti, the SanJose baseball star who wenton to be named the 1996National League MVPbefore his life becamemired in substance-abuseproblems, died Sunday,just days after he wasreleased from a Houstonjail. He was 41.

Caminiti died of a heartattack in the Bronx, accord-ing to Rick Licht, his agentand lawyer. Licht saidCaminiti was in New YorkCity to help a friend butwould not go into detail.Ellen Borakove, a spokes-woman for the city medicalexaminer's office, said anautopsy will be performedtoday.

Over the years Caminitihad been forthright abouthis battle with addictionsto alcohol and painkillermedications he took fornumerous playing-relatedinjuries. He also admittedin a 2002 interview withSports Illustrated that hetook anabolic steroids dur-ing his major league career.

"This is just a shock tome," said Gene Menges,Caminiti's former coach atSan Jose State. "I'm suresorry to hear this. That'sterrible news."

Los Angeles Dodgersoutfielder Steve Finley,who played eight seasonswith Caminiti, also wasstunned by his formerteammate's death.

"Man, that's just atough one," Finley told theAssociated Press onSunday night. "... He was agreat player, but he gotmixed up in the wrongthings...taking drugs. It's asad reminder of how baddrugs are and what theycan do to your body.

"It's a loss all of us willfeel."

Caminiti's parents nowlive out of state and couldnot be reached for com-ment.

A star at Leigh HighSchool, San Jose CityCollege and San Jose State,Caminiti would become anextremely popular playerwith four major leagueteams, including theHouston Astros and theSan Diego Padres. A large,muscular man with animposing goatee and pierc-ing stare, Caminiti was athree-time All-Star. He wasextremely well-liked byteammates and fans, whosensed the big ballplayeralso had a big heart.

Last week, PadresGeneral Manager KevinTowers told the MercuryNews that Caminiti wasperhaps the most popularplayer in the organization'shistory.

"Everybody loved him,"Towers said.

During his 15-yearcareer, he batted .272 with239 home runs and 983RBIs. His most memorableseason came in 1996, whenhe hit .326 with 40 homersand 130 RBIs and was theunanimous choice as theN.L.'s most valuable play-er. That was also the seasonin which Caminiti, renownfor his toughness, foreverendeared himself with the

San Diego fans.Perhaps his most mem-

orable moment came at agame in the oppressiveheat in Monterrey, Mexico,against the New York Mets.An ill Caminiti unhookedhimself from a bag of intra-venous fluids, wolfeddown a Snickers bar, hittwo home runs in a victory,and then returned to hisclubhouse IV.

"That man would bare-ly be able to walk, but he'dbe out on that field," JeffBagwell, a former Houstonteammate, said last week.

But Caminiti also had along-running battle withsubstance-abuse issues – aproblem he never fullybeat. His troubles firstbecame public when heentered a detox clinic in1993 for alcoholism. Hewould later be admitted toa rehabilitation center, in2002, for his dependencyon vodka and Vicodin.

In November2001,shortly after his playingcareer ended, he wasarrested in a Houston hotelfor cocaine possession. Helater spent 4{ months in aTexas jail facility for violat-ing terms of his probation.

Although he worked atthe Padres' spring trainingthis year as an instructorand seemed to be makingprogress in getting his lifein order, Caminiti was backin the news last monthwhen he was arrestedagain for testing positivefor cocaine – his fourthtime since going on proba-tion.

Last Tuesday he wassentenced in a Houstoncourt to 180 days in jail. Buthe was immediatelyreleased for time served.

Before that court appear-ance, Terry Yates,Caminiti's attorney, saidhis client intended to seekmore treatment.

"He's a nice guy," TerriBurns, his probation offi-cer, said recently. "Butdrugs don't discriminateand he's got a drug prob-lem. Unfortunately they'vegot a hold of him and he'sgot to figure out how to getrid of them."

Bagwell and CraigBiggio, another formerHouston teammate, both ofwhom played a role in anearlier intervention, recent-ly told the Mercury Newsthat they no longer knewwhat they could do fortheir friend. Still, they werehoping for the best.

"You just want to seethis problem go away andhave him get better," Biggio

said before a recent gameagainst the Giants at SBCPark. "It's a lifelong battlefor him. Unfortunately, it'ssomething that he's goingto have to fight every dayof his life."

Now, friends aremourning his loss.

"It's a shame for hisfamily as much as it is forhis friends," former Padresteammate Andy Ashby toldthe Associated Press. "He'sgot three daughters whoare going to miss havingDad around. It's a shame.It's a terrible thing."

Caminiti, who lived inthe Houston area, wasdivorced. In addition to histhree children, he is sur-vived by his former wife,Nancy, his parents, a broth-er and a sister.

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This week I’m doing all thepredicting as my counter-part has decided that base-ball is more important thanfootball (can you imagine?)Or maybe he’s just scaredthat I’m actually much betterat picking winners. There aretwo great games to watchthis week. First in the NFCthe defending NFC champsface the Eagles, who look tobe the strongest team in that

conference this year.Meanwhile the Patriots lookto make it twenty in a row asthey face the potent SeattleSeahawks who lost a heart-breaker to the Rams lastweek.

San Francisco at NY Jets-Jets take this one easy as SanFrancisco has struggled andthe Jets have been on fire

Carolina at Philadelphia -Should be a great game towatch but Philadelphia willwin (they are the best teamin the leauge)

Kansas City at Jacksonville-What happened to KansasCity? Well whatever it was, itwasn’t good. I’ll play it safe

and take Jacksonville

San Diego at Atlanta-I’ll take San Diego, Atlantastill only has one weaponwho has had more intercep-tions than TD’s this year

Miami at Buffalo-Sorry Dolphin fans, butyour team is horrible. I takeBuffalo to crush Miami.

Washington at Chicago-Taking the upset here andsaying Chicago can squeakout Washington if they canstop the running game.

Cincinnati at Cleveland-Who knows, Cleveland isthe most inconsistent teamthere is. I take Cincinnati to

lay the smack down onthem.

Seattle at New England-Two excellent teams, NewEngland is due for a loss andif anyone can do it its Seattle.

Green Bay at Detroit-Green Bay takes it, Farve isold but still great.

Houston at Tennessee-Houston upsets Tennesseewho can’t seem to get goingthis season on any front.

Denver at Oakland-I’ll take Denver, Oaklandneeds to get some playersunder the age of 40.

Pittsburgh at Dallas-Pittsburgh punch holes allover Cleveland last weekand might have found thegel they need to do it again.Pittsburgh wins but it will beclose.

Minnesota at New Orleans-Randy Moss and Minnesotashould tear apart the NewOrleans secondary andhopefully Minnesota’sdefense can hold on for thewin.

Tampa Bay at St. Louis-Tampa Bay has been havingan off year to say the least. Iam still going to take themhowever to upset St. Louis,hopefully.

Doc Remer is in Da HouseOne Doc is off

this week but theother is still hereto help with hispicks.by Max Remer

football export

Former N.L. MVP Caminiti DiesThe 1996 MVP

died of a heartattack at age 41,raising questionsabout steroid use.by Mark Emmons

syndicated writer

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Another week is in thebooks for Sunshine StateConference action and theRollins Tars are stayingstrong. The Mens’ soccerteam is still undefeated andmoving up the standingswith six points. They havetwo games less Barry wholeads with 12 points. Thevolleyball girls meanwhileare fighting hard to stay at.500.

The big story remainsthe Womens’ Soccer teamwhich is at the top of the SSCand undefeated with threegames played. The Tars willbe hard pressed to keep thelead of the Conference withLynn just two points back.

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ACE MeetingBieberbach Reed

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HHSGA Hosts:“Meet The President”

Bush Auditorium6 p.m.

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Career Services Hosts:“Getting into Graduate School”

Olin Bib Lab4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Mixed Results for Volleyball

The Rollins Volleyballteam ended a three gamelosing streak by beatingSaint Leo 3 sets to 2, yet theydropped another conferenceto Eckerd by 3-0. The volley-ball team now has a recordof 9-7 overall and 3-3 in theSunshine State Conference.

Against Saint Leo thegame went back and forth.In the first set Rollins man-aged to jump out to a 16-10lead. The Lions came backand scored six unansweredpoints and the game wastied at 19. The Tars stayedstrong, and Allison Northconnected on a kill to finishthe first set 30-28. The sec-ond set was another story asSaint Leo led for most of it.Rollins then took the lead at10-9 but quickly gave it up.In the third set, North servedthe Tars to a 7-0 lead, but theLions quickly game backand fought back to make thescore 9-2. The Tars thenregained their offensivecomposure having a .162 hit-ting percentage, comparedto Saint Leo’s .026. Rollinswon the set 30-22. Battlingfor their lives, the Lionscame back strong in thefourth set. They went on an

offensive tear having no hit-ting errors, while the Tarsoffense sputtered having 11errors. The Lions won the seteasily. In the fifth and finalset Rollins finally came backand fought hard to win thegame. There were five tiesbefore the eighth point. TheTars then jumped out to a 13-9 lead, and Amy Barlowkilled the ball to get Rollinsto match point. Barlow thenserved an ace to win it all forthe Tars. North and Barlowhad 16 kills each for the Tars,with Barlow adding 22 digs.Lindsey Crosby led the Tarswith 52 assists.

The second game of the

weekend was not so good forthe Tars. Their conferenceopponents of Eckerd Collegeswept them. Rollins came intrying to stay above .500,and thought they could do itfacing Eckerd. Eckerd had aslow start to their seasonwith a 2-4-conference record.Julia Caner was the standoutfor the Tars with 12 kills and13 digs. The Tars could notkeep up with the Tritons inthe first set, a sign to come ofthe entire night. After aneven game lead to a 6-6 tieEckerd pulled ahead andwon the first set by sevenpints. The women came offstrong in the second set,

leaping out of the gates to a7-1 lead. They could not holdit though as the Tritonsstormed back and tied thegame at 8. The Tars then lostthe lead and did not regainit, finding a hard time deal-ing with the powerfulEckerd offense that hit .286.The third set was a blowout,as Eckerd jumped out to anearly six-point lead. The Tarswould not challenge, and theTritons would take the victo-ry by seven points. AmyBarlow led the Rollinsdefense with 13 digs, whileLindsey Crosby added 30assists.

The Ladiesbeat Saint Leo in5 sets but gotripped by Eckerd3 sets to 0. by John Ferreira

sports editor

photo / JOHN FERREIRABUMP, SET, SPIKE: Amy Fox, ‘07, sets up for a Tars spike in their recent game against EckerdCollege.

Sunshine State Conference StandingsRollins Women

stay in the lead forsoccer whileVolleyball fights tomaintain .500. by John Ferreira

sports editor

Mens Soccer

1. Barry (4-0-0)12 points

2. Lynn (3-1-0)9 points

3. Rollins (2-0-0)6 points

4. Eckerd (2-2-0)6 points

5. Tampa (2-2-0)6 points

6. Nova SE (1-1-1)4 points

7. Saint Leo(1-2-1) 4 points

8. Florida Tech(0-3-0) 0 points

9.FloridaSouthern(0-4-0) 0 points

Women Soccer

1. Rollins (3-0-0)9 points

2. Lynn (2-1-1)7 points

3. Barry (2-0-0)6 points

4. Saint Leo(2-2-0) 6 points

5. FloridaSouthern

(1-1-1) 4 points6. Tampa (1-1-0)

3 points7. Nova SE

(1-2-0) 3 points8. Eckerd (1-3-0)

3 points9. Florida Tech

(0-3-0) 0 points

Volleyball

1. Barry (6-0)1.000 PCT

2. Tampa (6-1).857 PCT

3. Saint Leo (4-3).571 PCT

4. Rollins (3-3).500 PCT

5. FloridaSouthern (2-2)

.500 PCT6. Eckerd (2-4)

.333 PCT7. Florida Tech(2-4)

.333 PCT8. Lynn (2-5)

.286 PCT9. Nova SE (0-5)

.000 PCT