The Sandspur Vol 112 Issue 12

Founder’s DayRollins celebrated the day ofits founding with a concert.

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Suggestions for BushTom Trascente offers his in-sights on how to renew theWar on Terror.

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Juggling Love and CollegeStudents often have troublebalancing relationships andacademics, read tips on howto walk the fine line betweenlove and books.

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NBA PicksJuan Bernal offers picks andpreviews the newborn NBAseason.

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On November 2, a groupof Rollins students held on aprotest on Mills Lawnagainst continuing militarydeaths in Iraq and called forthe withdrawal of Americantroops from the Middle East-ern nation. The group placedtwo thousand crosses on thecentral lawn of the campusto symbolize the deaths ofUnited States soldiers, at thetime of press the number ofdeaths had risen to twothousand fifty seven.

The crosses were joinedby massive signs whichread, "Support our Troops"and "Bring Them HomeNow," and by smaller signsthat enumerated statisticsabout the state of America'stroops in Iraq.

"This demonstration wassignificant because it wasone of many studentprotests on the anniversaryof Bush's reelection. , and be-cause it encouraged contro-versial political dialogue,which I feel is too oftenavoided at Rollins," said

Chelsea Williams,co-coordinator ofthe event.

The quiet andpowerful imageryof the crosses andsigns was replacedby a candlelightvigil at sunset onMills Lawn. Stu-dents, facultymembers, and citi-zens of WinterPark gathered atthe flagpole andspoke about theirviews on the warand what thegroup felt neededto be done. Thegroup felt that inorder to bringabout a peacefulconclusion to thewar, Americantroops should bewithdrawn imme-diately.

The organ-izers of the eventsaid they werehappy at the atten-dance and called itan , "Importantfirst step for build-ing a communityof like-mindedpeople so that wecan organize moreeffectively in thefuture."

THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN FLORIDAWWW.THESANDSPUR.ORGNOVEMBER 11, 2005 FOUNDED IN 1894

Anti-War Students RememberDead and Call for Withdrawl

In BriefNew Award from PRThe Office of Public Rela-tions anounced an award toencourage faculty to sharestories of that might be newsworthy. The "Nose forNews" award is designed forthose who share story ideasthat result in positive newscoverage for the College.The Office of Public Rela-tions is rewarding honoreeswith a certificate, a box oftissues and a $5 Panera gift-card.

STDs ReportGonorrhea has fallen to thelowest level on record in theUnited States, while therates of other sexually trans-mitted diseases: syphilis andchlamydia are on the rise,federal health officials saidTuesday.

Grokster Changes WaysGrokster, the file-sharing sitemade famous by its nastythree-year legal battle withthe recording industry, onMonday shut down andagreed to pay $50 million inpenalties. The company hasalso said that it will enter thelegal sharing of music busi-ness.

In This Issue

DANI PICARD/ The SandspurPAYING YOUR RESPECTS: Two thousand crosses, meant to symbolizethe American troops that have died in Iraq blanket Mills Lawn in protest.

by John Ferreirathe sandspur

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Peacefulprotest includescrosses for deadand candelightvigil.

The All New Evaluation Sensation

The Rollins administra-tion has announced anotherexciting change they believewill better the academic en-vironment at Rollins. Theadministration recentlyrolled out all new class eval-uations in a new online for-mat. Not only has the venuefor evaluations changed butso too has the format itself,adding scaled responses tothe narrative responses ofold.

The new system allows

students to participate inclass and faculty evaluationsfrom the comfort of theirhome. Students will be ableto go online and completethe form at their conveniencebetween the hours of 8 a.m.and 10 p.m. Some facultymembers will continue todistribute the in-class evalu-ation this year during thetransition to online evalua-tions but the majority willtake advantage of the onlineevaluation system.

In the new system, thefaculty will be able to knowwho has and hasn't com-pleted the evaluation. Whilethis may raise some concernsof anonymity, AssistantDean Hoyt Edge assures thestudent body that "Of course,

the responses will be anony-mous, even more so sincewhat the students write willnot be in handwriting, whichthe students feared wouldgive them away." By goingto the electronic format, theadministration believes, thestudent body should feelmore able to express opinionand evaluate the coursewithout fear of reprisal.

The new system incorpo-rates 22 scaled questions inaddition to the more tradi-tional narrative responses.They allow students to re-spond to specific questionswith a rating from “poor” to“excellent.”These normal-ized responses will allowstudents to address aspectsof the course ranging from

evaluating the professor, tothe course itself to studentinvolvement in the course.

Dr. Edge extolled thevirtues of the scaled and nar-rative evaluation, saying, “Itwill allow the student to bemuch more specific aboutthe responses, helping boththe faculty member and thestudent.”

With the online evalua-tion, the administrationhopes to increase studentconvenience and allow stu-dents to invest as much timeas desired on the evaluationwhile extending the degreeof anonymity of responses.This new policy precipitatesthe emergence of more com-plete and thus more usefulcourse evaluations.

System shiftsonline and seeschanges to formand format.by Joshua Benesh

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THE SANDSPUR2 NOVEMBER 11, 2005NEWS

PARIS-As French PrimeMinister Dominique deVillepin declared that cur-fews would be imposed toquell civil unrest, the escalat-ing violence that has nowengulfed more than 300French cities and townsclaimed its first fatality Mon-day.

A 61-year-old man whowas beaten by rioters lastweek succumbed to his in-juries. Jean-Jacques LeChenadec, from the Parisiansuburb of Stains, was at-tacked outside the housingproject where he lived. Hefell into a coma and diedMonday in a hospital.

Speaking on French tele-vision, Villepin said local of-ficials "will be able to put inplace a curfew under the au-thority of the interior minis-ter if they think it will beuseful to permit a return tocalm and ensure the protec-tion of residents."

He also said that 1,500police reservists would becalled up to bolster the 8,000officers who already havebeen deployed to troublespots.

He rejected growingcalls to use French troops."We are not at that point," hesaid.

Local authorities in atleast three outlying districtsof Paris have indicated theywill be ordering curfewswithin the next few days.

The rioting was trig-gered by an Oct. 27 incident

in which two teenagers ofAfrican descent were elec-trocuted when they tried tohide from police in a powersubstation in the Paris sub-urb of Clichy-sous-Bois.

This touched of angryprotests from the young menwho live in the squalid hous-ing projects that ring thecapital and most otherFrench cities. The nightly vi-olence spreading acrossFrance has become emblem-atic of the anger and alien-ation of the country's immi-grant communities of blackAfricans and Arabs fromNorth Africa who complainthat they are trapped in acycle of unemployment,poverty and discrimination.

With the police frustrat-ed by their inability to breakthe cycle of violence, andwith the increasingly well-organized rioters embold-ened by their success, offi-cials say they are gratefulthat the death toll has notbeen higher.

Beleaguered police aretrying to adapt to the hit-and-run tactics of the rioters,but as the violence quicklyspreads, the police havebeen stretched thin, "work-ing 10 to 14 hours a dayunder extreme tension," ac-cording to Frederic Lagache,head of France's largest po-lice union.

Two officers who suf-fered gunshot wounds Sun-day in what police describedas an ambush in the Parissuburb of Grigny remainedhospitalized. "We hope thatwith all these calls for calmfrom the political leaders,the youngsters will stop,"said Lagache. "We hope thatsoon they will be as tired aswe are."

But the violence contin-

ued unabated for a 12thstraight night on Monday.

In the southern city ofToulouse, rioters stopped abus and ordered the driverto get out, then set the vehi-cle on fire, the AssociatedPress reported. No passen-gers were inside.

When riot police arrivedon the scene, about 50youths hurled firebombsand other objects at them.Police responded with tear gas.

Sunday night saw theworst of the rioting thus far.More than 1,400 cars weretorched and 395 people werearrested, according to police.

Interior Minister NicolasSarkozy, who has been criti-cized for referring to the riot-ers as "scum," describedSunday's violence as "multi-ple, organized acts of ag-gression that had nothingspontaneous about them."

Since the rioting began,about 4,700 cars have beenburned and 1,200 suspectshave been arrested, accord-ing to National Police ChiefMichel Gaudin.

The French government,facing the most serious chal-lenge to its authority sincethe 1968 student revolts, hasbeen sharply criticized forfailing to bring the violenceto a halt or to address the un-derlying social causes. Farright leader Jean-Marie LePen, a notorious xenophobewho frequently targetsFrance's large Muslim mi-nority, warned that the situ-ation was drifting toward"what could be the start of acivil war."

Few would accept that,but leaders of France's 5 mil-lion Muslims have beeneager to show their supportfor the government's effortsto restore order.

Rioting and Civil UnrestEngulf French Cities

Riots continueand violence esca-lates throughoutFrench cities andtowns.by Tom Hundley

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TROUBLE IN PARIS: Riots in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers. Police clashed with angryyouths following the death by electrocution, on Oct. 27, of two boys trying to escape from police.

In a speech viewed as anattack on Venezuelan Presi-dent Hugo Chavez, Presi-dent Bush on Sunday hailedthe growth of democracy inLatin America and de-nounced those in the regionwho rule by fear, divisive-ness and blame.

Speaking at a hotel herein the Brazilian capital, Bushoutlined two competing vi-sions for Latin America: onethat continues its shift frommilitary dictatorships tofreely elected governmentsand the other that follows di-visive leaders who do littleto improve their countries.

"One offers a vision ofhope. It is founded on repre-sentative government, inte-gration into the world com-munity and a faith in thetransformative power offreedom in individual lives,"Bush told an audience ofuniversity students, the localdiplomatic corps and busi-ness leaders. "The other vi-sion seeks to roll back thedemocratic progress of thepast two decades by playingto fear, pitting neighboragainst neighbor and blam-ing others for their own fail-ures to provide for their peo-ple."

Administration officialsdeclined to say if Bush wasspecifically talking aboutChavez, whose anti-Ameri-canism and staunch opposi-tion to a U.S.-led free tradezone for the region has alien-ated the White House.

A close ally of CubanPresident Fidel Castro,Chavez has accused theBush administration of at-tempting to overthrow hisgovernment in 2002 andpreparing to launch an inva-sion against his country. Hehas dubbed Bush, "Mr. Dan-ger."

Chavez led vocal opposi-tion to the proposed FreeTrade Area of the Americasduring the Summit of theAmericas in Argentina,which ended Saturday withBush leaving before the two-day meeting ended. Leadersfrom 34 member nationsfailed to agree on whether to

continue the talks about es-tablishing a trade zone thatstretches from Canada toChile.

Chavez called the tradezone idea dead before tens ofthousands of protesters at ananti-free trade/anti-Bushrally in an outdoor soccerstadium in the Argentine re-sort town of Mar del Plata,where the summit was held.

Bush's speech was partof a daylong charm offensiveon his first trip to Brazil, anemerging economic power.

In his speech, at meet-ings with youth and busi-ness leaders and at a barbe-cue at Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva'sretreat located near a nation-al park about 11 miles fromthe capital, Bush effusivelypraised his host and stressedthe democratic ties that bindthe United States and theworld's fifth most populousnation.

"I want to send a veryclear signal to the people ofBrazil that the relationshipbetween America and Brazilis an important relationship,that is a friend ... ," Bush saidduring a meeting withBrazilian business leaders."It's in our interest that ourneighborhood be a prosper-ous neighborhood. It's in ourinterest that we work withthe largest country in theneighborhood."

The meeting of the twopresidents represented agathering of weakened lead-ers, Silva crippled by an in-fluence-peddling and vote-buying scandal that has ledto resignations of membersof his government and polit-ical party, and Bush hobbledby sagging popularity athome and abroad and an on-going criminal investigationinto who on his staff leakedthe identity of an undercov-er CIA agent.

President Bush’sViews on LatinAmerican Politics

Bush gives aspeech concerningdemoncracy inLatin America tomixed reviews.by William Douglas

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President Bush and BrazilianPresident Luiz Lula da Silva

NEWSNOVEMBER 11, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 3

On Sunday, Nov. 6,Rollins College celebrated itsFounder's Day at the Con-gregational Church thatfounded the school. Theservice was a celebration ofthe 120th anniversary of theday that Rollins was found-ed in 1885.

Dr. Patrick Powers, Deanof the Knowles MemorialChapel, joined Reverends

Bryan Fulwider and KarenDuncan of the Congrega-tional Church to presideover the service. Dr. JohnSinclair conducted theRollins College ConcertChoir, joined by some of themembers of the church'schoir, to provide the music.

The service began withprelude music performed bythe Rollins String Ensembleunder the baton of Joni Roos,who also teaches violin atRollins. The service includeda speech by Dr. Lewis Dun-can. In his speech, the presi-dent spoke about the historyof Rollins.

He then spoke about hispush for internationalizationat Rollins as a part of theQuality Enhancement Pro-

gram as a way of introduc-ing this year's Elizabeth Rob-bins Hooker Scholarship.This is a scholarship that isawarded every year onFounder's Day to a studentthat embodies ElizabethRobbins Hooker's traits ofscholasticism and service.

This year's recipient,Yvette Kojic, is currentlystudying abroad in London,which is why Dr. Duncanprefaced the introduction ofthe award with informationabout internationalization.In Kojic's absence, her friendand roommate, MonicaPasquini, read a statementthat Kojic prepared ahead oftime and sent to be read atthe event.

This is the second year

in a row that Yvette Kojic haswon the Elizabeth RobbinsHooker Scholarship, and thescholarship is sponsored bythe Congregational Church.Dean Powers gave the ser-mon, which was entitled"The Call, the Land, and thePromise."

Dean Powers, like Dr.Duncan, spoke about the his-tory of Rollins, but he fo-cused specifically on thesteps that Reverend EdwardHooker took in actuallyfounding Rollins.

He described the eventby speaking about the "call"to found an institute of high-er education, the "land" thatit required to do so, and the"promise" to build such aninstitution, hence the title of

the sermon. The Rollins College Con-

cert Choir performed five sa-cred selections, in additionto the hymns sung by the en-tire congregation. These in-cluded a Navajo prayer set tomusic and a rendition of the150th psalm in Latin, com-posed by Brazilian composerErnesto Aguiar.

The choir containedabout 60 Rollins students,and they were joined byabout 20 members of thechoir from the Congrega-tional church, who joinedthe group on two selections.Founder's Day takes placeevery year, always at theCongregational Church onthe first Sunday of Novem-ber.

Founder's Day Concert and ServiceCelebrates Rollins College’s 120th Birthday

A service at theCongregationalChurch celebratesRollins’ 120thbirthday.by Jami Furo

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LONDON-It's enough todrive a person to drink.

Prime Minister TonyBlair's government is plan-ning to enact a law thismonth removing limits onoperating hours for the na-tion's 60,000 pubs, a measuredenounced by critics as a li-cense to swill.

The prospect of longerdrinking hours has pro-voked upheaval acrossBritain as police and neigh-borhood groups battleagainst the nation's powerfulalcohol-service industry toscotch the measure.

The government arguesthat Britain's current law,which requires pubs to stopserving drinks at 11 p.m.,promotes binge drinking be-cause pubgoers typicallyrace the clock to down anextra pint or two before lastcall. The law took effect dur-ing World War I when thedrinking appetites of factoryworkers were deemed harm-ful to the war effort.

Skeptics of the proposedlaw are everywhere. Eventhe chairman of J.D. Wether-spoon, a large pub chain,said the measure was ill-con-

ceived."The morons in the

Home Office thought itwould be sexy to go for 24-hour licensing. It was neveran idea which emerged frompubs," Tim Martin, chairmanof the 600-pub chain, toldBritain's Press Associationnews agency in January. "Tome, this all seems like last-minute chaos."

Neighborhood groupsacross the United Kingdomare joining police associa-tions in condemning theplan. Those who live nearpubs say they already musttolerate late-night drunkenmayhem and spend week-end mornings tiptoeing oversidewalks littered with bro-ken bottles and vomit.

"I don't think it's going towork. I think they're makinga big mistake," said Lais To-lessi, manager of The Tabardpub in west London.

"It's just going to makethe situation worse andworse," Tolessi said. "Be-cause people drink, they getinto all sorts of trouble. Theyfight, they get loud, they gohome shouting and singingin the streets," she said."They're having a good timewhen other people are tryingto sleep."

The Association of ChiefPolice Officers said that thelaw would counteract policeefforts to curb a "binge-drinking culture" in Britain."The result will be morecrime and disorder" and a

significant increase in policeworkloads.

Two alcohol-addictionspecialists at the Universityof West England, Dr. MartinPlant and his daughter,Emma J. Plant, published astudy last month warningthat Britain could be headingtoward disaster.

"The U.K. has a serious`alcohol problem.' This real-ly requires a far more coher-ent and consistent responsedesigned to alleviate the as-sociated health and socialproblems," the report said.They cited research from Eu-rope, Iceland, Australia andNorth America linking liber-alized bar-operating hours to"rises in alcohol consump-tion, violent crime, traffic ac-cidents, illicit drug use aswell as extra public healthand tourism costs."

But the condemnation isnot unanimous.

Bill Joyce, owner of TheShanakee pub in the westLondon district of Ealing,said most critics of the newlaw "know nothing of whatthey're talking about."

"People still only have acertain amount of money tospend," he said, scoffing atassertions that the lawwould lead people to drink24 hours a day.

Under current law, theyare pressured to spend anddrink quickly, but with thenew law, "they'll have moretime to spend it."

Pub hours are not theproblem, he contended.

"There should be nohappy hours and no dis-counted drinks, becauseyou're only encouragingpeople toward binge drink-ing," he said.

Dr. Martin Plant saidthere is a deeper problemthat won't be solved by elim-inating happy hours or

changing pub-operatingtimes.

"Part of it is social atti-tudes and cultural expecta-tions," which have givenBritons a reputation acrossEurope for obnoxious, out-of-control drunkenness.

He said British history isrife with examples, as farback as the Battle of Hastingsin 1066, of wartime defeatsbeing blamed on alcohol.

In 1915, the soon-to-beprime minister, David LloydGeorge, listed Britain's threemain foes in World War I as"Germans, Austrians andDrink." The British states-man added, "As far as I cansee, the greatest of these foesis Drink."

Britain Enacts a Law RemovingLimits on Operating Hours for Pubs

Britain’s gov-ernment plans toenact a law thismonth lengthen-ing pub hours.by Todd Robberson

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“The morons in theHome Office thoughtit would be sexy to

go for 24-hour licens-ing.”

Tim MartinChairman of Pub Chain

NEWSTHE SANDSPUR4 NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Following the retractionof Supreme Court nomineeHarriet Miers, PresidentBush announced a new can-didate for the spot ofSupreme Court judge,Samuel Alito. Alito is a 55year old judge who current-ly serves on the Third USCircuit Court of Appeals,and has since received widesupport from conservativeRepublicans.

In contrast to Republicansupport, the Democratic rep-resentatives on the SenateJudiciary Committee werequick to express frustrationwith the nominee, with Sen.Pat Leahy stating that thisnomination, "instead of unit-ing the country through hischoice, the president haschosen to reward one frac-tion of his party at the risk ofdividing the country." Manycomplain that with this nom-ination, if elected, wouldleave Justice Ruth BaderGinsburg as the sole femalerepresentative, ruining the

diversity and differing per-spectives of the SupremeCourt.

In the case of abortion,Alito has a differing trackrecord which makes it diffi-cult to pin his exact positionon the hot political topic. In1991, he was the only dis-senting vote in a ruling thatstruck down a Pennsylvanialaw that required wives tonotify husbands if theyplanned to get an abortion.However, in contrast, in 2000Alito agreed with a courtruling that the New Jerseylaw that banned late-termabortions as unconstitution-al.

Despite his conservativenature, the Democratic Partyhave openly stated that heshould get an up or downvote, as opposed to a fili-buster they had previouslythreatened the Senate with,although contending that thedecision on whether to pre-vent final action or notwould not come until afterthey had reviewed Alito'sopinions.

The hearings for Alitoare set for Jan. 9, and untilthen the Democratic Partyhas pledged to fully researchAlito, who would be replac-ing the swing vote of SandraDay O'Connor.

In order for a confirma-

tion, a simply majority in theSenate is needed. However,Republicans hold only 55 ofthe 60 spots needed to end apossible filibuster thatwould block the nomination,and as the Democratic Partyhas not yet determinedwhether they will blockAlito, the threat to his nomi-nation still remains. In an at-tempt to oversee the fili-buster process and deter-mine if the situation trulydeserves a filibuster, there isa "Gang of 14," a group ofseven Republicans and

seven Democrats. According to Senator

John McCain (R-AZ), mostmembers were "favorablydisposed" towards theSupreme Court nominee.However, the Democraticopposition stands strong,and many claim they simplydo not know enough of thenominee to make an educat-ed decision about him. Sen.Edward Kennedy (D-MA),was quoted saying that "thepeople were so enthusiasticabout knocking down Miersare so enthusiastic about this

nominee. We have to findout why they are so enthusi-astic this time and what dothey know that we don'tknow."

Past rulings made byAlito raise issues among theDemocrats, including abor-tion rights, privacy, policepowers and rights of the dis-abled. Prior to the hearings,there are 300 opinions ofAlito that Democrats and Re-publicans alike must sortthrough in order to gain aclear comprehension ofwhere exactly Alito stands.

Judge Samuel Alito Announced as NewCandidate for the Supreme Court

President Bushannounces SamuelAlito as candidatefor the SupremeCourt.by Kelsey Field

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CHUCK KENNEDY / KRT Campus

JUDGE ALITO: President Bush introduces Judge Samuel Alito, of the U.S. Court of Appeals inPhiladelphia, as Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States.

A U.S.-led effort to re-solve a split among rebels inSudan's devastated Darfurregion got off to a bad startTuesday when the duelingfactions walked out of thenegotiating room.

Negotiators coaxed bothsides back to the table after ahalf-hour, but there was littleother progress at a meetingthat U.S. and internationalenvoys hoped would kick-start foundering efforts toend a conflict that's claimedat least 180,000 lives.

A widening split in theSudan Liberation Move-ment, Darfur's leading rebelgroup, is undercutting peacenegotiations with Sudan'sgovernment, while violenceescalates in the western part

of the country. Hundredsmore people were killed lastmonth, including twoAfrican Union peacekeepers,and attacks on aid workershave increased.

The Bush administra-tion, under pressure fromlawmakers of both parties tofind a solution, this weekdispatched the No. 2 StateDepartment official, RobertB. Zoellick, to Sudan for thefourth time since April.

On Tuesday, Zoellickmet with the rebel factions ata luxury hotel in Nairobi,Kenya, to urge them toadopt a unified negotiatingposition before peace talkswith the government resumeNov. 21.

Once hailed for rising upagainst a repressive Su-danese regime, the rebels arenow battling each other inarmed skirmishes in Darfuras their leaders jockey forposition in the peaceprocess.

The conflict in Darfurbegan in February 2003,when rebels began an upris-

ing against an Arab-domi-nated government it felt wasmarginalizing them. Thegovernment enlisted horse-backed militiamen-known asjanjaweed-to put down theuprising. The janjaweedlaunched attacks on villagesand slaughtered vast num-bers of civilians in a cam-paign the United States haslabeled genocide.

The African Union-spon-sored peace talks havestalled, and experts say theSudanese government willexploit the rebels' rift at thenegotiating table.

"The rebels are increas-ingly problematic and in-creasingly an obstacle to anegotiated solution," saidDave Mozersky of the Inter-national Crisis Group thinktank.

Two men claim leader-ship of the group. MinniArcua Minnawi was electedpresident by SLM memberslast week, but the incumbentpresident, Abdol Wahid Mo-hamed al-Nur, says the elec-tion was invalid because he

didn't participate.Complicating matters,

Minnawi didn't attend Tues-day's meeting, sending adeputy instead.

The day began withMinnawi's people walkingout of the plush conferenceroom where talks were beingheld, followed immediatelyby al-Nur and his team.

Zoellick persuaded bothsides to return after 30 min-utes.

"My concluding pointwith the SLM was that wewant to help them, but tohelp them they need to helpus be able to deal with a uni-fied movement," Zoellicksaid afterward.

Other participants hadharsher words for the rebels,saying they couldn't counton international support ifthey continued to hold uppeace negotiations.

"We cannot tell themwho their leaders and repre-sentatives should be," saidBaba Gana Kingibe, theAfrican Union's special rep-resentative to Sudan. "But

we can tell them they betterget their act together."

Zoellick was expected totravel to the Sudanese capi-tal, Khartoum, on Wednes-day to discuss implementa-tion of a peace agreementthat ended a separate con-flict between the northerngovernment and southernrebels in January.

U.S. and internationalofficials hope that agree-ment, which provides for aunified government andpower sharing among vari-ous factions, will pave theway for a similar agreementfor Darfur.

Some 7,000 AfricanUnion troops are now moni-toring an April 2004 cease-fire agreement that has beenviolated countless times. Inrecent months, aid workershave reported that the Su-danese government is con-tinuing to arm militias inDarfur and has restricted ac-cess for African Union per-sonnel.

Efforts to Resolve a Rebel Split in Darfur FailDueling Su-

danese rebel fac-tions walked awayfrom negotiationefforts.by Shashank Bengali

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The past week leading upto Veteran’s Day, I’ve remi-nisced about my time U.S.Army, stationed at ColemanBarracks in Mannheim, Ger-many. I simply cannot imag-ine my life today if we hadn’tenlisted when recruiters camesearching for new troops.Whether military recruitersshould have access to highschool students’ records andprey on their limited financesfor college and naiveté elicits alengthy debate. This countryhardly reacted with the imple-mentation of the Patriot Act,which allows the governmentto invade our privacy in orderto protect our country, but ifprivacy is invaded in order tostrengthen the very militarywe depend on to protect us byentering high schools acrossAmerica that causes a stir.

I admit if it weren’t for arecruiter calling me and visit-ing my high school campus, Iwouldn’t have joined theArmy. I didn’t join becausemy recruiter lied and pres-sured me. I joined because Iwas presented with a choice I

had never considered before.Why put off until tomorrowwhat you can do today?Thank God I did. If I hadn’tjoined the Army directly outof high school I would havegone to college and ended upwith an unfulfilling degreeand an unrewarding career.The career aspirations I havetoday never entered my mindten years ago when I graduat-ed from high school.

I don’t regret, for one mo-ment, my decision to servethis country in whatever ca-pacity I could. In fact, its notjust Uncle Sam propaganda, itis a privilege to serve. I didn’tspend the first couple of yearsoutside my parents’ home get-ting drunk at parties andlearning how to triple kissthanks to MTV spring break.My time was spent tossing livegrenades, maneuvering obsta-cle courses with my squadmembers and gasping forfresh air after standing in a gaschamber. In other words, theywere spent developingstrength, learning the mean-ing of camaraderie and over-coming adversity. I rememberwaking at 4:30 a.m. to performphysical fitness, rucksack

marches with heavy equip-ment, and lying on my backdoing flutter kicks assnowflakes fell on my face. Iremember Thanksgiving 1997in Kaposujlak, Hungary sup-porting Operation JointGuard. I begged my com-mand to allow me to deploy toan area where people spoke oflandmines, walking in thesnow from the tent I slept in totake a cold shower with nowater pressure in a trailer andsequestered to a living spacewith hundreds that took fourminutes to walk. After allthose “harsh” experiencesthere hasn’t been a flip of thecalendar since 1999 where Ihaven’t contemplated, evenbriefly, returning to the Armybecause I recall the good heav-ily outweighed the negative. Iremember spending two con-secutive Memorial Days inParis, traveling Europe andproudly ordering McDonald’sin German. I smile fondly atmy favorite times in the Army,weapons training, expertly if Imay boast, firing the M16A2rifle, the SAW 249 and the M60machine gun. I have forgedfriendships that will last a life-time. My life had been filled

with people from all over theworld; small towns in the Car-olinas, army brats from thePhilippines and Marylandwho followed in their fathers’footsteps and city dwellersfrom New York City.

I have repeatedly heardthe military isn’t for everyone,I’ve even said it myself in thepast but I disagree. Integrity,hard work, pride and disci-pline should be for everyone.If they aren’t, I guess thatmakes the sacrifices of those inuniform even more special.And those sacrifices aren’t justduring war, they are during“peace” time when sent onsix-month rotations to Kuwait,24-hour holiday duty spentaway from families and fieldexercises that prevent beingpresent for the birth of chil-dren. Veteran’s Day is aboutmore than a three-day week-end. Whether they foughtvaliantly in a firefight or tookcare of the family membersleft behind by deployed serv-ice members, all veterans haveplayed roles in the success ofour armed forces throughoutthe years and should be re-membered for their honorableservice.

There has been much de-bate recently over the place ofIntelligent Design in schoolcurricula and whether this in-dicates that the United Statesis hostile towards science.Many argue that I.D. (Intelli-gent Design) should be taughtalongside evolution in scienceclasses to give various theoriesof how humans became whatwe are. Some argue that Cre-ationism should also be in-cluded. And still others wantonly evolution.

I am a firm believer in thescientific method and that sci-ence and religion are not mu-tually exclusive but are twosides of the same coin. Sciencetells you HOW somethinghappens, and religion tells youWHY. Evolution attempts toexplain how life changes anddifferentiates. I.D. uses evi-dence from evolution to ex-plain why and we evolved,but emphasizing the guidanceof a “designer.” It seems to methat it is simply evolution thatemphasizes the “designer” toin large part make up for holes

still present in the current evo-lutionary theory. Creationismprovides a how and why, butthe answer to both is becauseGod willed it. It is not scientif-ic in the least and one cannotthrough empirical evidence orexperimentation provide sup-porting evidence of it.

I am not against teachingboth Creationism and I.D. asphilosophical theories that actas counterpoints to evolution.However, evolution should re-main in the science classes andI.D. and Creationism shouldremain in philosophy and/orreligion classes. Students of allreligious backgrounds de-serve to hear differing opin-ions, but the non-scientific the-ories should stay out of sci-ence classes, except for maybea mention in a science classthat there are other competingtheories to evolution.

Is our country as a wholehostile towards science? Arewe become dogmatic oppo-nents to the scientific method,relying on our faith alone toserve our needs? Arecent CBSpoll’s results are interesting:51% of Americans polled be-lieve that God created humans

in our present form, 30% be-lieve God guided evolution,and 15% believe humansevolved from lesser life formswithout any guidance fromGod. This does not appear tobe such a good thing for sci-ence in this country.

There is a strong funda-mentalist Christian presencein this nation that could dam-age US science. These andother Christians are literalists,believing that everything inthe Bible happened just as it iswritten. God created theworld in seven days; the plan-et is only six thousand or soyears old, and so on. Catholicson the other hand are contex-tualists. We believe that themessages in the Bible are themost important, that the Bibledoes not necessarily have to bea literal account of what actu-ally happened. I personallydo not care whether we did ordid not evolve; I still believethat God created us whetherthrough evolution or the Gen-esis story.

I believe that the trend ofstrong belief in Creationismwill weaken and that peoplewill start to realize the impor-

tance of science in our world.To borrow a saying from theBorg, “Resistance is futile.”Science is coming whether welike it or not and I believe peo-ple will see that. People willbegin to see the interdepend-ence of science and religionand value their respectiveroles in telling us how andwhy.

Is the US hostile towardsscience? No, we are simplypopulated by a faithful groupof Christians whose beliefs areand will continue to be impor-tant to them. We have a sepa-ration of Church and state thatwill keep the governmentfrom limiting science becauseof these religious beliefs. Ourgovernment has an obligationto keep religious or pseudo re-ligious beliefs from guidingour nation’s policies. Noteveryone will like the direc-tion of science, but that’s usu-ally the way of it. And insteadof being opposed to science, Ichallenge Americans to findthe value in both religion andscience so that our future willbe characterized by the coop-eration between science andreligion.

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A Veteran’s Day Reminiscence...by Tanisha Mathis

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I guess being a senatorcan become boring. You haveto take actions to combat thatboredom and bring attentionto yourself in the process justto keep your sanity.

On November 1, a groupof Democrats in the Senatecalled for a closed session todiscuss a supposed lack of in-formation before entering thewar in Iraq.

This little known and lit-tle used political device (ithas only been used five timessince 1929) resulted in a meet-ing behind closed doorswhere none of the items thatthey discuss are disclosedoutside of their meetingroom.

My reaction to this:what?

These senators enter aclosed session to discusssomething that has alreadyhappened in a setting whereonly those who agree witheach other are included inorder to establish somethingthat will not change anythinganyway.

That sounds productive.This is not about whether ornot we should have enteredthe war in Iraq. In this case,that is completely irrelevant.The issue is about the session.The issue is a question ofwhy.

The intention of this ses-sion is to review evidence forentering Iraq. If they decidethat the United States shouldnot have entered the war,what will that accomplish?What will we do about it?

Whether or not we estab-lish that the United Stateshas, in fact, made a mistakeby invading Iraq does notchange the fact that we arethere.

We have found their dic-tator, who is now being triedfor all of the atrocities that hehas committed, and we areaiding the nation in settingup a new, democratic govern-ment. We have soldiers in themidst of combat against in-surgents. If we pulled outnow, it would be a disaster. Ifwe were to pull out ourtroops now, there would be aloss of life far greater thanwhat we have experienced.

It may not be American

soldiers that die. Instead, itwill be Iraqi civilians who areleft with the mess that ourtroops left behind. Who arewe to decide that Americansoldiers’ lives are more im-portant than those of Iraqicivilians? Who are we to saythat they are worth more thanthe lives of women, children,and elderly people left in theshambles of Baghdad to fendfor themselves?

At this point, you arelikely yelling at your newspa-per, saying, “But that wouldhave never happened if wedid not invade Iraq in the firstplace!” You are completelyentitled to your decision.

But again, the issue is notabout whether or not theUnited States should be inIraq. The issue is about theclosed session. The issue is aquestion of why.

Besides the senators’ mo-tives for meeting, it seems alittle suspicious that theywant to meet behind closeddoors. Call me Fox Mulder,but that seems a little conspir-atorial.

They are all senators that,presumably, agree that thewar in Iraq should not havetaken place. And they are notallowing senators or otherfigures that disagree withthem into the session to givetheir opinions or even to hearwhat they have to say.

It is not even clearwhether or not they will re-lease the records of what theydiscussed in these sessionsafter they are complete. If thisis true, that what will theyhave accomplished?

Nothing. They will havespent time getting paid withour tax dollars to sit in a quietroom and complain, eventhough there is nothing logi-cal that they can do after theycome to their decision.

If the Senate cannot findanything more productive todo with their time, they cango do my Christmas shop-ping or take my exams forme. Or how about combatingissues of improving educa-tion, creating jobs, feedingthe hungry, helping thehomeless, or providing betterhealth care. Just a concept.

Americans evidentlyview 9/11 as a HallmarkChannel movie; a warm andfuzzy tragedy to be eulo-gized with somber conversa-tions, bumper stickers, pa-thetic television documen-taries, and even worse, sappymemorials with macabrepieces of the World TradeCenter, oral listings of thedead, and empty vows to“never forget.”

A more appropriate reac-tion would be as Nathan Bed-ford Forrest said, “Warmeans fighting and fightingmeans killing.” Anytimethere is a murder or a rape orsome other unspeakable act,sadness and shock are quick-ly—and correctly— replacedwith rage and a desire for jus-tice. As for 9/11 it seems to bethe reverse, we have gonefrom “Dead or alive,” to ‘boohoo for us.’

Instead of fawning overthe numbers of feminine yel-low magnets to show we“support the troops,” weshould be dancing on thepiles of enemy dead a la 1918and 1945. Instead of waitingthree weeks to attackAfghanistan after 9/11 weshould have sealed the bor-ders with millions of land-mines on 9/12 and razed theentire country. Instead of re-lying on bribes to capture ourfoes, and foreign mercenariesto do our dirty work, weshould have relied on ourown abilities and troops to

kill large numbers of Islamicfighters.

In our fifth year after9/11; I wonder, why isn’t binLaden dead? Where are themass graves for Al Qaedafighters that we had forJapanese soldiers on Pacificislands? Why did our gov-ernment—which continuesto this day—make a halfhearted and ill planned lungeagainst Al Qaeda? Why isour government more con-cerned with foreign opinionrather than protecting Amer-icans? Why are our generalsmore adept at reading pro-curement contracts thankilling?

Since our enemies wearno uniforms, and are scat-tered amongst the civilianpopulations, we should notshy from killing the innocent.Ever since 1918 wars havekilled more civilians thancombatants. The world outthere is a zero-sum gamewith our choice being deadforeigners, or dead Ameri-cans. Sadly, this is our situa-tion as it is, not as we wouldlike it. By avoiding the kindof action that we need inorder to annihilate our foe,we merely postpone the daywhen it will have to come,and ensures that even greaterexertion will be required. In-deed, Machiavelli warned,“There is no avoiding war; itcan only be postponed to theadvantage of others.”

Our war against terrorshould include this blood-thirstiness, but complement-ed with a change in foreignpolicy. Michael Scheuer, for-mer head of the CIA’s binLaden unit, and author of Im-perial Hubris, lays out six rea-sons for the growth of binLadenism in the Islamicworld; (1) US support for Is-

rael, (2) US troops based inArabia, (3) US occupation ofIraq and Afghanistan, (4) USsupport for Russia, India,and China suppressing Mus-lims, (5) US pressure to keepoil prices low, and (6) US sup-port for Muslim dictatorshipsoppressing their people.

These people are nevergoing to stop. As such,Scheuer has warned us that“America has a choice be-tween war and endless war.”There are some who merelyadvocate a change of policy,but they ignore the realitythat a great deal of killing re-mains to be done in order toseparate America from theMiddle East. And there areothers who state that theyhate us because we are freeand do not shy from war. Butby believing as such, theydrive America straight intoan endless war.

To sum up, as RobertYoung Pelton writes in TheWorld’s Most DangerousPlaces, “Yes, you’re a nice per-son, but your government isnot.” Put simply, they hateus for what our governmentdoes, not our way of life. Aswe continue to bump against“the Islamists who threatenus,” we should recall thatAmerican god amongst mor-tals—George Washington—who wisely told his country-men in 1796, “Why forego theadvantages of so peculiar asituation? Why quit our ownto stand upon foreignground? Why, by interweav-ing our destiny with that ofany part of Europe, entangleour peace and prosperity inthe toils of European ambi-tion, rivalship, interest,humor, or caprice?” Replace“Europe” with “the world”and Washington would haveit exactly right.

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by Jami Furopolitical columnist

C L O S E D M I N D S I N AC L O S E D R O O M

Right AnswerWar Means Fighting andFighting Means Killing

Thoughts andsuggestions forBush on how torenew the U.S.War on Terror.by Tom Trasente

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Last week was a difficultone around the world. InFrance riots that began be-cause of the deaths of twoNorth African teenagerserupted into nationwidechaos. As President Bushtoured Latin America, vio-lent protests erupted in Mardel Plata, the pristine At-lantic resort. It should notbe a surprise or shock toanyone that these violentoutbursts have taken place,it is their belated naturewhich is truly astounding.

It is stupefying to seehow little the world knowsabout the rest of the world,and by that apparently par-adoxical sentence I meanthat most of the world does

not take enough time totruly understand what isgoing on in other parts ofthe world. While in Mar delPlata President Bush waspeppered with questionsnot about the Free TradeAgreement of the Americas,but about Lewis Libby andKarl Rove. Hugo Chavezand Maradona had plannedto incite the people into vio-lence long before Air ForceOne touched down at theMar del Plata airport. Butthen again what should oneexpect when even the “holi-er than thou,” to borrow aprofessor’s phrase, NewYork Times the newspaper ofthe American intelligentsiais not aware that the Presi-dent of Brazil does not actu-ally own the Granja doTorto, it is owned by thegovernment, a BrazilianCamp David of sorts.

Similar to Latin Ameri-ca, tensions in France havebeen growing in recentyears with the enormousamounts of immigrants

from North Africa that havearrived at the land of deGaulle. Unemployment inthe immigrant heavy sub-urbs of Paris hovers aroundforty percent. The death ofthe teenagers was only thespark that lit what is becom-ing, the new “powder kegof Europe,” a France thatchooses to keep its immi-grants at arms length andhas not awoken to the reali-ty that it is a changed coun-try.

Many have chosen toframe both of these riots inthe paradigm of a “civiliza-tional” struggle; to do this isa blatant oversimplificationof those who pay too muchattention to pundits on tele-vision, who are themselvesmisinformed. It is not all ofLatin America that is risingto oppose the FTAA, as it isnot all of North African orMuslim immigrants that arerioting in France. Muslimorganizations in Francehave issued a fatwa sayingthat it was wrong for Mus-lims to partake in the riot.

In both of these casesthe riots were caused withdisenchanted sections of so-ciety who feel disconnectedwith their governments.Both of these groups,though different in almosteverything, share the yearn-ing for economic opportuni-ty and social mobility not asocial revolution or ethnicviolence. In Latin Americathe populace feels excludedfrom the discussion table,they oppose free trade be-cause they believe that itwill breed further inequali-ty in one of the most un-equal of all regions. InFrance immigrants feel leftout of French society, theywant to join the politicalprocess, they want to beheard. They are not con-cerned with toppling Chiracor destroying French cul-ture, they want their shareof the democratic dream.

These groups representsectors of society that feeldisfranchised, and violenceis the only empoweringmedium available to havetheir voice heard. They areonly a section of societythough, and it would be er-roneous to claim that theyare demonstrative of a larg-er systemic problem of cul-tural warfare. They demon-strate a systemic politicalproblem of empowermentand taking part in the con-tract of democratic free mar-ket society.

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Go check the Rapture Index. . . man, we are in some deepSchnitzel now!

How is our current realitycomparable to a pork steak? Be-cause our perceptions have beenbeaten, battered, and fried. Ourgovernment, the infamous“they” that control discourse,has mobilized our forces to fightMuslim religious fundamental-ists around the globe in an effortto deflect attention from our ownwackos. Rather than engage indouble-spoonerisms like BuckFush he’s Nuckin’ Futs, I’ll try topan-back and give you the bigpicture here.

Instead of living in quiet fearthat the end of the world in com-ing, evangelical Christians—who interpret the Bible in a liter-al sense—think Armageddon issomething to be accelerated andembraced. Who cares about theenvironment when “. . . after thelast tree is felled, Christ willcome back,” as stated beforeCongress by former Secretary ofthe Interior, James Watt.

Our government is workingto bring about Armageddon. It’strue! Why do you think we aredrilling for oil in endangeredAlaskan tundra, causing an en-ergy crisis by cutting taxes onoversized SUV’s, lowering emis-sion standards to cause vehiclesto consume more fuel, wagingwar in the Middle East, andchopping down forests in Ore-gon? The nuts in Washingtonwant the end to come. Nevermind all that psychology babbleabout self-fulfilling prophecy,they’re convinced the end is nearand there’s nothing we can doabout it but try and bring it onfaster.

Look, I’m tired of dredgingthrough life day after day too,but why try and bring it all to anend for everyone else? If you’reseriously bored with living, visityou local therapist and confessyour obsession with goats,

and/or repeatedly tazor yourselfin the groin to spice things up.But don’t destroy our environ-ment in hopes that it will bringabout the second coming ofChrist.

The Rapture Index, a meas-ure of prophetic activities across45 different areas, is maintainedand viewed very seriously byRaptureReady.com. Go google itif you think I’m joking. It getsworse; at the writing of this arti-cle we are currently a full thir-teen-rapture-points above thethreshold of “heavy propheticactivity” thrusting headfirst intothe “fasten your seatbelts”group at 158 points. There is nohigher category, so go repentnow! The end is near! UtterMaDnEsS~

Rapture Ready contendsthat their index is the measuringdevice alerting the “true believ-ers” how close they are to theApocalypse, as stated on theirwebsite, “You could say the Rap-ture Index is a Dow Jones Indus-trial average of end time activity,but I think it would be better ifyou viewed it as propheticspeedometer.” These people arefanatical, they are for real, andworst yet . . . they are runningour government.

If you are lucky enough togo to the “right” church and be-lieve in the “right” god, thensoon enough you’ll leave yourclothes behind as you float up toheaven! Humbug! The rapture isa story—a steaming lump ofmythical poo native to the Unit-ed States—which is not even inthe Bible; created by a circle ofevangelicals who ate the wrongmushrooms.

Thus, while our presidentpreaches about the war on terrorand how dangerous religiousfundamentalism is he fails tolook at his own. I guess in thiscountry the only time religion isdangerous is when it is someoneelse’s. ~Bah

by Issac Stolzenbachpolitical columnist

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BRACE YOURSELVES , THE RAPTURE ISNEAR

While Paris Burns, LatinAmerica Smolders On...

Can this “clashof civilizations”be explained bysimple matters ofenfranchisement?by John Ferreira

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I was born and raised inDayton, Ohio, which is his-torically a service industrytown to the Wright PattersonAir Force Base. The schoolsare in place to get studentsready for jobs with the po-tential for middle manage-ment.

My parentsDoug and Joycewere always verysupportive of mygoals and aspira-tions in life whichmainly containedowning my ownbusiness and gettingout of Dayton. Wetraveled a lot while Iwas growing up todrag or road races orseeing family wholived in other states.

My parents werenot well off to saythe least, and manytimes we had toscrape togetherevery penny to makeends meet and eventhat didn’t alwayswork out. Althoughmy parents’ relationship andfinances were not always sta-ble, I was lucky to alwayshave their guidance and sup-port throughout my schooldays.

Upon finishing highschool in 1996, I began mycollege career at SinclairCommunity College in Day-ton, Ohio. This was the onestep that kept many studentsfrom the area, myself includ-ed, from slipping throughthe proverbial cracks inorder to obtain a degree.

During my first semesterat Sinclair I was selected togo to Florida and attend theWalt Disney World CollegeProgram.

From January to May of1997, I worked in Quick Ser-vice Food and Beverage.During this stay in Florida, Iwas able to see what it wouldbe like to live outside of Ohioand also met my future hus-band William.

After completing my col-lege program at Disney, I re-turned home with an ambi-tion to finish my degree asquickly as possible and moveback to Florida. I earned my

AA in Business Administra-tion in June 2000 and movedto Florida the next day.

My goal from the begin-ning was to get my BA inFlorida. I took time off fromJune 2000 to fall 2002, work-ing at Disney again, this timeas an Advanced Intern inRevenue and Currency Con-trol and getting married.

In the fall of 2002, Ibegan my search for a col-lege to get my Bachelors. Ichecked out many colleges inthe area and none seemed afit. I was used to small class-es and an open forum for

discussion where professorsare eager to help their stu-dents succeed. I was about togive up looking when afriend attending the Crum-mer Business School sug-gested Rollins College.

From the start all of thefaculty and staff were veryhelpful. The gentleman Icontacted first at the dayschool listened to my plightand told me that with mybackground and goals that Isounded suited for theHamilton Holt School. Thiscontact led me to a peer advi-sor at the Holt school whohelped me get my paper-work in order. Before I knewit I was attending my firstclass at Rollins College,working on attaining mygoal of a BA in InternationalAffairs.

With my courses atRollins I have been able tofind all the valuable assets Iwas looking for in a college.The small class size left thecourses open to more discus-sion; the diverse nature ofthe student body gives a fla-vor to the work like no otherI have seen.

During my attendance atRollins I have had the honorof serving as a peer advisorin the Hamilton Holt office,giving back to the school justas the peer advisor did forme when I first began. I wasable to see how the HamiltonHolt School works as well asaid future students who arelooking into Rollins as theypursue their degree.

My husband, William,began this past spring on hispath to a BA in ComputerScience at Hamilton Holt. Hehas said that he chose to at-tend after seeing the wealth

of knowledge I wasreceiving and the at-tention he saw stu-dents receiving fromprofessors and facul-ty.

In January Ibegan my own com-puter consultingcompany, utilizingthe knowledge I ac-quired from my AAand that of my hus-band. With both of usattending school fulltime and Williamworking full time, ithas become a jug-gling act of grandproportion. Howev-er, we have seen howRollins has helped toraise the bar in ourlives and continue totake on the challenge.

While attending Hamil-ton Holt, I have had many in-triguing courses, such as,Japanese, Terrorism in the21st Century, and Youth Cul-tures, and met many diversepeople who have welcomedme and my opinions. Everystudent and professor I havemet at Rollins has given me afountain of knowledge that Iwill carry with me through-out my adventures.

After graduation in De-cember, I will be pursuingopportunities to expand mybusiness. I hope to merge myInternational Affairs degreewith my computer businessby doing networking for in-ternational companies orpossibly use my ever grow-ing knowledge of terrorismto help stop the escalatingthreat of computer terrorism.

To new and returningstudents I would say con-gratulations on making itthis far in your journey. Con-tinue to take risks, rememberthat every semester has anend no matter how far itseems away, and always taketime to enjoy the ride.

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Dear Marian:I am looking for a new

job and want some ideas onhow I can follow-up when Ido not hear back from theemployer within a reason-able time frame. Can youhelp?

~Melissa ‘05

Dear Melissa,I will answer this ques-

tion from two possible situ-ations:

Situation #1

You send in your re-sume via the online appli-cation and never hear any-thing back from the em-ployer.

Although technology isa wonderful tool; it is easyfor a job seeker to becomelost in an abyss of unan-swered applications. Youcan increase your chances ofgetting noticed if you suc-ceed in one of these activi-ties:

1—Many organizationshave an active employee re-ferral program. Do youknow anyone within the or-ganization who can referyou? Often these referralswill attract a little more ini-tial attention. If you knowa current employee, try andobtain the name and title ofthe hiring manager so thatyou can send a copy of yourresume and cover letter tothe person directly.

In your letter make sureto explain that you have ap-plied online but wanted tocontact them to express yourinterest in the position.This will demonstrate yourrespect for the HR policieswhile also showing initia-tive and commitment.

2—If you do not knowanyone inside of the organi-zation consider doing someinvestigation to find out thename of the hiring manager.Your research can include

exploring the website orcalling headquarters. Onceyou obtained the name ofthe hiring manager, youwould send a letter similarto the example above.

Be careful not to becomea pest to either the hiringmanger or the HR depart-ment. Remember, the abilityto build effective rapportwith others is critical!

Situation #2

You were granted an in-terview and then do nothear back.

My first question for thisscenario is: Did you remem-ber to send in a thank youletter after the interview?A follow-up letter after aninterview allows you tohighlight some of your keyskills and experiences. It canserve as an effective re-minder for theinterviewer/hiring managerof your skills and experi-ence. The interview follow-up letter is more than a niceway of saying, “Thank youfor the interview.” It is achance to win someone over.It is one more opportunity toshow what you can do for acompany.

Assuming that you didsend the follow-up letterright after the interview, Iwould probably recommendthat you follow-up with aphone call to the hiring man-ager within a reasonabletime frame. However, it iscritical that you utilize sensi-tivity and respect since it canbe easy to appear desperate.

I would be happy to dis-cuss the issues that you havefaced in more detail if youwould like to give me a call!

Do you have a questionfor Marian? E-mail her [email protected] guarantees that allquestions will be respondedto individually or in thiscolumn.

JOB APPLICATION FOLLOW-UP

by Brandy McCabe-Brashercontributing writer

Continue To Take Risks,While Enjoying The Ride

Insights and re-flections on a suc-cessful journeythrough the Hamil-ton Holt School.

COURTESY OF BRANDY MCCABE-BRASHER

HAMILTON HOLT DUO: William Brasher andBrandy McCabe-Brasher enjoy a moment awayfrom the rigors of Holt academia.

If you have contemplat-ed a degree in Anthropologybut was dissuaded by nothaving a succinct reply tothe question, “What are yougoing to do when you grad-uate?” there are numerousreasons why you shouldonce again consider the fieldof anthropology. Not onlyare the materials intellectual-ly stimulating and valuablebut anthropology providescritical skills in many indus-tries to include business, ad-vocacy and research.

Anthropology is thestudy of human behavior. Itexplores a range of factors inhuman society such as cul-ture, human biology andlanguage. Anthropology in-cludes four broad fields—cultural anthropology, lin-guistics, physical anthropol-ogy and archaeology.

Anthropologists canstudy the marriage rituals ofindigenous people of smallnon-industrial lands or theeconomic system of power-ful Western nations. Theycan narrow their field ofstudy and concentrate onethnicity, health, gender, bi-ology or poverty. They areobservers who learn morethan they may ever be ableto teach.

Anthropological coursesare credited with teachingcritical thinking, strong oraland written expressions, re-search and attention to de-tail. Therefore, they pro-vide a strong foundation forsubsequent graduate leveleducation and training inareas such as law, publichealth and the social sci-ences.

According to the Ameri-can Anthropological Associ-ation (AAA), “Anthropologyis the only contemporarydiscipline that approaches

human questions from his-torical, biological, linguistic,and cultural perspectives.”Undergraduate anthropolo-gy students learn how tostudy people and communi-ties while the master’s de-gree students learn how tocombine their data and skillsto solve problems.

Family, friends and evenclassmates may not see theneed for anthropology inmodern society, adopting themyth that it is solely aboutdigging up prehistoric arti-facts and detailing the livesof ancient societies, but thosewho make hiring decisionsare seeing the edge an an-thropology background pro-vides.

Their holistic view of theworld makes anthropolo-gists an asset for any em-ployer while giving them ac-cess to the fields of NewGuinea to the board room ofa Fortune 500 company andeverywhere in between. Inthe past, most anthropolo-gists have worked in highereducation institutions or ex-otic locales, but today moreare finding themselves in amyriad of occupational set-tings.

Whether in the public orprivate sector, anthropolo-gists help design and imple-ment programs and strate-gies to improve corpora-tions, non-profit organiza-tions and all levels of gov-

ernment. FBI, CIA, Depart-ment of Housing and UrbanDevelopment and TheWorld Health Organiza-tion have all employedanthropologists. Not tomention corporationssuch as Kodak, Hall-mark, IBM and Microsofthave all sought out theservices of anthropolo-gists.

Anthropology pro-vides training that is par-ticularly beneficial to thetwenty-first century.With the economy be-coming more globalized,the workforce becomesmore diverse. Conse-quently, the need for com-munication and cultural sen-sitivity become more impor-tant. Phil Gardner, directorof the Collegiate Employ-ment Research and Instituteat Michigan State Universitysays, “Most business stu-dents have never taken a cul-tural course.” He adds that“Some of the stupid mis-takes corporations havemade cross-culturally haveraised an interest in peoplewho understand those dif-ferences.”

Most people want a ca-reer that is not only practicalbut also exciting, a careerwhere they don’t wake upand dread the idea of goingto work. Anthropologymay be the perfect seguefrom students to happy pro-fessionals. The disciplineoffers flexibility and diversi-

ty that produce a thrillingand long-lasting profession.It provides fulfilling careers

for those yearning for the no-madic life of field studieswhile living in the rainforests of Central Africa andit also affords equal satisfac-tion for those wanting morestable lives wearing suitsand ties. “Ideally, I want tofind a niche that will enableme to study the role of foodin culture and communicate

my findings.” Says Anthro-pology major Doreen Barber,“My plan is to travel around

the world, eat a lot, andget paid.”

Professor ConnieBrown tells why shefound anthropology anirresistible career choice.“I love Anthropology be-cause it gives us the toolsto strip away political,emotional and superficialexcuses and replace themwith insight and under-standing for the diverseways that humans makesense of their world.”

If you never grew outof asking a lot of ques-

tions and have an unquench-able desire to learn, this maybe the career path for you.Take an anthropology class,it may not be the major youdecide to pursue but youwill become a better all-around student and you willdiscover a department full ofprofessors who are passion-ate about their field.

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Anthropology Majors In Great Demand by Tanisha Mathis

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS

With film remakes ram-pant in Hollywood thesedays, especially in the caseof horror films, it is impos-sible to find a quality, origi-nal horror film capable ofhorrifying and repulsing itsaudience sufficiently. “SawII” can without a doubtqualify as a high qualityhorror genre screenplay,leaving even the skepticalterribly unsettled upon exit-ing the theater. Although it

stays very true to its origi-nal, the sequel is more re-vealing. While “Saw” was ablood-fest, “Saw II” is ablood-fest with a storyline;the explanation to all thatwas left unsaid in the firstfilm.

Starring actors, DonnieWahlberg (“The SixthSense,” “Dreamcatcher”),Shawnee Smith (“Saw”),Tobin Bell (“Overnight De-livery”), Franky G (“TheItalian Job”), Glenn Plum-mer (“The Day After To-morrow,” “PoolhallJunkies”), Dina Meyer(“Saw”), Beverly Motchell(“7th Heaven”), and Timo-thy Bird (“Cinderella Man,”“Resident Evil”), “Saw II”begins a new tale of sense-less torture and massacre

for a “sensible” reason. Akiller who doesn’t murder;the ultimate paradox, thecatch to his crimes is that hemakes them kill themselves.“Saw II” reveals the not-so-shocking return of Jigsaw(Bell), and with a purpose;to teach those that don’t ap-preciate life to learn to or todie. True to its predecessorand its previews, “therewill be blood.” For thoseequally repulsed by torture,this is a film where many ahead turn will be necessary.But even in utter disgustone cannot deny the bril-liance in the premise, eventhe second time around.

This time the experi-mentation is on a largerscale with seven victimswaking up in a placethey’ve never seen before, abooby trapped shelterwhere no one will findthem. The game is simple; adeadly nerve gas capable ofcausing its victims to bleedto death through every pos-sible avenue of doing so, isreleased through the ventsin the shelter. The time ittakes for the poison to entertheir systems completelyand kill them is two hours.The doors to the shelter aretimed to open in three. Thevictims must use the subtleclues to find the anecdoteshidden throughout themany rooms. But there is a

catch you might say to theobtaining of any anecdotesand horribly cruel sacrificesmust be made, so the direc-tions must be taken careful-ly into account. However,the anecdotes have to befound or all of them willdie. Meanwhile, a formerlyhardcore cop, EricMatthews (“Wahlburg”)and his team finally catchJigsaw. Unfortunately, oneof the victims is theMatthew’s son and every-one has to play by Jigsaw’srules or there will be nohope for anyone in that

house. The connections seem

simple at first, even ridicu-lously obvious, but in theend they come together inequal incredible detail, evenmore so than in the firstfilm as the purpose and fullhistory are revealed. AsHannibal Lector before him,you can hate Jigsaw for hisindescribably sick andtwisted experimentationbut you can’t help but be inawe of his brilliance. Everydetail is covered to the verylast seemingly insignificantone.

THE SANDSPUR10 NOVEMBER 11, 2005&Arts Entertainment“Saw II” Terrifies Audiences All Over Again

by Sophia Koshmerthe sandspur

This thrillingsequel is just asfrightening as thefirst and twice ascreative.

Saw II / Copyright Lion’s Gate Film

SAW RETURNS TO TERRIFY: If you thought the first moviewas frightening you’ll find the sequel is brilliant.

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The Trojan Women is a play following the ill-treat-ment of female characters after the end of the TrojanWar. The women are waiting to be handed over to theirnew Greek masters. Misfortune is to take place for thewomen under terrible circumstance including murderand sacrifice. The director of the Rollin’s showing of theTrojan Women, Celia Merendi, a senior theatre major,will make her directorial debut at the Fred Stone with amodern adaptation of this dramatic play by Charles L.Mee.

Celia has performed in many Rollin’s production in-cluding William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as Violaand most recently in Starting Here, Starting Now, a mu-sical production that debuted at the Annie Russell earlythis fall.

Though this is a modern adaptation of an age oldplay, it is not set in any particular era, Celia explains thatthe reason for this is that the play is timeless and itsthemes are universal. The program begins with a Pro-logue that is based off of Euripedes’ Trojan Womenwhich chronicles the war area of the play and followswith the second act which brings us into the modern dayadaptation following the aftermath of the war.

The play centers on the ill-treatment of women oncethe war has ended. Although the men have fought anddied, the women are left with nothing but the charge ofcleaning up the devastation of the war, both physicaland emotional. The people are left with nothing and thewomen are handed out as concubines to the victorious.

The women are lead by Hecuba, whose daughter,Polyxena has been chosen as a sacrifice for the death ofAchilles. It is this turn in events that causes the formeracceptance with pride of was their initial reactions toend abruptly and the Trojan women are outraged.

The irony in Lee’s version of this play, entitled, TheTrojan Women: A Love Story, is that it is not quite a lovestory at all. However, basically Euripedes’ The TrojanWomen is the first half and the love story is the secondhalf as Celia Merendi describes it. The character arecompletely different than those of the original play with-in this adaptation.

“The women must overcome their inability to dealwith danger on the physical and emotional levels,” de-scribes Merendi. This version centers on the ideas of“letting the heart go, falling in love” and risk. In her di-rector’s notes, Celia explains that “danger becomes a cat-alyst for loss of faith and a sense of utter defeat.” Shegoes on to explain that it chronicles the “inexcusabletreatment of women.”

When asked how she feels about how the produc-tion is coming together she says happily that she is veryecstatic. “It was all in my head and now getting it all tocome together...it’s amazing.” She stresses that she feelsa deep relation to the issues that are revealed in this playand found it very empowering. As a fellow actress, shefound it difficult to direct her peers but easier to under-stand what they are experiencing through the journey ofputting together a stage production.

The tag line for the play is “You might as well live.”and Celia feels that this is the best reason she could givefor seeing the play. “What do you do when hope islost?... You might as well live and do what you must.”

The Trojan Women will debut at the Fred Stone The-atre on Thursday, November 17th at 8:00 pm and willrun through to Friday at this time, until Saturday andSunday when a matinee is performed at 2:00 pm for bothdays and then the show is regularly performed at 8 pmon both nights.

Upcoming Event:The Trojan Women

SOPHIA KOSHMER

WW E E K LE E K L YYHHOROSCOPESOROSCOPES

A r i e s(March 21-April19): It may feellike life hasbeen pushing

you around lately but that’sall about to change. Thisweek is definitely going tohave a positive impact uponyour academic and personallife. Enjoy the time off fromthe drama and reality of life.This is the lull before thestorm. The stars are going tohold challenges for you inthe coming weeks and youshould be prepared to facethem well-rested.

T a u r u s(April 20-May20): Someone isout there miss-ing you right

now if you could just re-member to pick up thephone and call. You shouldespecially cherish thisfriendship and others thisweek to encourage positivekarma in your life. Withluck, this karma will bleedover into your love life. Golooking for love, or cherish-ing love you already have,this week. Spoil someonespecial and they’ll be sure toreturn the favor.

G e m i n i(May 21-June21): You need tokeep your emo-tions in check

this week or you’ll find theywill tear you apart inside. Ifyou have to decide betweentwo courses of action thisweek then be decisive aboutyour path. If you continuallyvacillate on small decisionsin life then you will find thatyou are unable to make theimportant decisions in yourlife with conviction. Onceyou decide on a course of ac-tion, whether it be personalor professional, you need tostand by it. If you will standby your decisions then youwill find that others respectthose decisions even if theydon’t agree with them.

C a n c e r(June 22-July22): Take thisweek to makethe friends

around you remember howspecial your friendship is.Do something nice random-ly or just tell them what youthink about your friendship.Honesty is key to having asuccessful friendship that

can grow and prosper. Leo (July

23-Aug. 22):You’ve certain-ly got the lion’sshare of the

work to do in classes thisweek. If you’re participatingin a group project then starttaking the initiative and be aleader for your peers. Inother areas of your academiclife you should be equallyambitious. Attempt everyproject and all activities withyour full attention and youwill find your productivityearns recognition.

Virgo (Aug.23-Sept. 22):This is yet an-other week forplacing your

academic goals ahead of allother considerations. You’reso close to successful com-pletion of your work thatyou should follow throughand finish with a flourish.Once all your work for theweek is done you can finallyrelax and enjoy that boom-ing personal life you’ve beenenjoying so much.

L i b r a(Sept. 23-Oct.22): People inyour life arelooking to rec-

ognize your potential thisweek in love. Someone outthere is just dying to tellyou how they feel aboutyou but your attitude maynot be encouraging honestfrom others romantically.You should keep an openmind toward any love in-terests in your life just nowrather than pushing themaway.

S c o r p i o(Oct. 23-Nov.21): You mightwant to take upmeditation this

week because it’s going to beanother stressful week. It’snot that you aren’t workinghard enough. Instead, theforces in your life simplyseem to align all at the sametime to bring you unduestress. Focus on gettingthrough the week intact andyou’ll find the that the week-end isn’t so bad.

Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec.21): There is notime like thepresent to ap-

preciate life, friends, and

love. In life this week youshould seek out new oppor-tunities that will enhanceyour daily routine. Trysomething new once in awhile. In regard to friendsyou should plan an outingwhich unites all the best peo-ple in your life for a night offun and frenzy. In love youshould seek to make thatspecial someone appreciateyour presence in their lifeeven more than they alreadydo. Life can be infinitelygood as long as you’re will-ing to make it that way.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.19): Are you stillwaiting to con-fess to that spe-

cial someone how much youcare? You need to gatheryour confidence and letthem know how you feelonce and for all. If you’ve al-ready confessed and rela-tionship bliss hasn’t yet en-sued then perhaps youshould consider re-evaluat-ing your priorities. Some-times a little positive atten-tion to your sweetie is all ittakes to smooth out rocky re-lations.

A q u a r i u s(Jan. 20-Feb.18): This is agood week forquiet reflection

and meaningful assessmentsof your future academic andpersonal plans. Academical-ly you should consider slow-ing down and focusing uponeach project you encounterwith deliberate attention.Don’t just coast throughclasswork in the comingweeks. In your personal lifeyou should consider seekingout individuals who aremore conducive to a healthyand calm lifestyle.

Pisces (Feb.19-March 20):You will findyourself in apensive mood

this week as you consideryour love life. If you’re a sin-gle fish then you should lookinto finding a compatibleand carefree partner whowill not stifle your individu-ality or independence. Ifyou’re attached then makesure you and your love aregetting enough space fromeach other to ensure harmo-ny. Embrace love, but keep itin perspective this week.

Depeche Mode is backwith a new album entitled“Playing the Angel,” featur-ing their new singles “Pre-cious” and “John the Reve-lator.” The band has beenaround for more than twodecades and has released 17albums, but it is impossibleto tell based on this ama-teur-quality album thatsounds straight out of 1981,when the trio’s first albumwas released.

“Playing the Angel”holds all of the originality ofwhite bread, and in the elec-tronica genre, originality isa necessity. It is a genre oftechnological and musicalinnovation, and this albumhas nothing of the sort.

The songs on “Playingthe Angel” all sound mostlyalike, as well. It sounds likea comment that only some-one’s grandmother wouldmake. “All that kid’s musicsounds alike—it sounds likea lawnmower!” In this case,however, it is true. There islittle variation from song tosong, which would be toler-able except that it is notgood enough to hear overand over again. One of theonly songs that stands out

from that mold is “Pre-cious,” the group’s new sin-gle that has been releasedoff of the album. “Precious”is a catchy song with a goodamount of feel and melodythat can classify it as a de-cent song.

The British synth trio isone of the longest lived andmost successful bands intheir genre since they werefounded in 1980. AndyFletcher, Dave Gahan, andMartin Gore make up thegroup, and their talent iswidely known and acceptedin the world of electronicmusic.

However, this albumdoes not coincide with theirprevious accomplishments.

The album begins witha loud distortion sound thatfades into the first song, “APain that I’m Used To.” Theobnoxious sound seems tolast for an eternity, and itgives a terrible first impres-sion of the album. The bandestablishes the repulsive-ness of “Playing the Angel”early on, causing the listen-er to begin their listeningexperience reluctantly wait-ing for the sounds to im-prove. Unfortunately, thedistortion that begins thatalbum is actually a fair re-flection of the quality of thealbum.

Each song has a definitebeginning and end, butwhen a new song begins, itis only a reminder of thesong before. Ends soundlike beginnings, and begin-

nings sound like ends. Notto mention that the albumlacks anything that distin-guishes it as being an albumfrom the year 2005 as op-posed to being an albumfrom 1981. Neither the tech-nological nor the musicalaspects exhibit any great

degree of innovation. It iselectronica, pure and sim-ple. It sounds like plain,stereotypical electronica.You won’t be bopping yourhead, and you won’t betempted to get up anddance. You won’t be pon-dering the music, and you

won’t feel anything as a re-sult of the music. It isjust…electronica.

Maybe die-hard De-peche Mode fans will bepleased with the release of“Playing the Angel.” Theywould likely be the onlyones.

Disney conquered theirtraditional genre, the classicchildren’s tale, and in theirtypical movie prowess, theyshone in Chicken Little.

It is a fun twist on a storythat everyone over the age ofsix weeks has heard. Thetiny chicken telling the townthat the sky is falling andcausing panic for all. In theoriginal story, however,there was nothing aboutaliens invading the earth,causing the sky to “fall.”

The characters are price-less. They each have individ-ual personalities delightfullyportrayed by their celebrityvoice actors. These actors in-

cluded such talent as ZachBraff (Chicken Little him-self), Garry Marshall (BuckCluck), Don Knotts (MayorTurkey Lurkey), and JoanCusack (Abby Mallard),among others. The film alsoincluded cameo voice ap-pearances by Patrick Stew-art, Catherine O’Hara, andAdam West.

Chicken Little is full ofclever little social commen-taries and jokes about the an-imal kingdom. Some of theseone-line quotes even pokeharmless but hilarious fun atDisney itself. The only prob-lem with this aspect of thefilm is that many of the linesmoved by very quickly, andthe majority of the audiencedid not catch them quicklyenough. Children, of course,would not understand theselines at all. They might notunderstand the exaggeratedbureaucracy that surroundsMayor Turkey Lurkey or theclearly overemphasized di-

vision between the “popu-lar” kids and the “unpopu-lar” kids in the school set-tings.

These lines that com-ment on societal quirks arewritten with ingenuity andwit, and they are carried outby the fine actors with beau-tiful timing.

While children may notunderstand some of thehumor in Chicken Little, thereis still plenty in it for them,as well. Many of the protag-onists are children them-selves, and it is literally the“little” guy that comes outon top. The humor is (com-ing from Disney, of course)certainly appropriate foryounger ears, though theymay not always understandit. It is completely safe tobring children or youngerbrothers and sisters. ChickenLittle is enjoyable for thewhole family.

The only part of themovie that could have been a

little different is the ending.The end of the movie is a lit-tle awkward, and it seemsfairly obvious that the cre-ators did not know how tosuccessfully complete thefilm. The did come up withan ending, but it seems a lit-tle like they were fishing fora way to put a cap on theirmasterfully done film. Theycould have done better,

judging by the success of therest of the film, in leaving theaudience with a better end-ing.

In general, however,Chicken Little is a major suc-cess for Disney. Don’t lookfor it to be a life-changing ex-perience. If you are just look-ing for some laughs and agreat time, Chicken Little isthe way to go.

THE SANDSPUR12 NOVEMBER 11, 2005&Arts Entertainment

Chicken Little Conquers The Big ScreenDisney once

again creates abanging good filmfor both childrenand adults.by Jami Furo

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COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURESCHICKEN LITTLE PROVIDES FUN SOCIAL COMMENTARY:Full of clever humor and delightful witticisms.

Depeche Mode Fails To Measure UpAfter 17 albums

Depeche Modelacks the orginali-ty and creativityof past releases.by Jami Furo

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NOVEMBER 11, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 13&TimesLife

According to RaymondRogers, Associate Directorat Career Services, there arethree main benefits of in-ternships. First, it helps tomake important decisions,such as what career fieldyou want to pursue or not.

"[Internships] will giveyou the reality of the careerfield" said Mr. Rogers, andthat is exactly what mostundergraduate college stu-dents need. Many studentssay things like, "I want to bea doctor" because they haveheard about other people'sexperiences as a doctor,watch ER (EmergencyRoom) on television orwant to help people.

The point is that they

have never had their ownexperience as a doctor butonly assume they knowwhat it would be like. Aninternship will give youyour own experiences andput you into a better posi-tion to make a smart deci-sion.

Second, internships arevalued highly by employ-ees: "Internships are themost important things anemployee is going to lookfor… you need relevantwork experience" said Mr.Rogers. So, start research-ing for internships that cor-relate with the job you wantto do after college. Thereare even some big intern-ships that you can do, suchas with MTV, Apple Com-puters or Wall Street in

New York, but you have toapply early.

Third, with an intern-ship come connections,whether they may be refer-ences, or people who can in-troduce you to others whomight be hiring. In fact,many companies use an in-ternship program to recruitfor their job positions.

So, apply now while itis easy. Unlike applying fora job, internships are a lotless competitive. There area lot more internships thanstudent applying. Also,you can get academic creditfor doing some internships,and you can do it almostanywhere you want. Youdon't even have to be atschool. Interships allowstudents to test and apply

their academic knowledgeand concepts into realworld settings.

Internships can onlywork to your benefit be-cause whether you have agreat time and realize whatexactly you want to do orhave a horrible time and re-alize what you definitelydon't want to do, you are re-alizing something very im-portant that can only helpyou in the future.

They help a person earncourse credit as they are ex-ploring potential career andoccupational goals. Inter-ships also have the ability tohelp a person further devel-op their skills and knowl-edge that will help them inthe workforce.

Working with profes-

sionals can help a persongain key information intheir field of interest whichwill help them in the future.

There are about 400Central Florida internshipslisted on Foxlink with allthe details, such as how em-ployers want you to apply.You can also visit the CareerServices and check out their20 or 30 different books de-scribing internships allaround the world or makean appointment to talk tosomeone, like Mr. Rogers.

Visit the Rollins CareerServices website on moreinformation about intern-ships. Their email is [email protected] oryou can call them at (407)646-2195. Good Luck!

The Benefits of Applying for An Internship

According to JenniferBrowning, Assistant Direc-tor at Career Services, a per-sonal statement is an oppor-tunity to show yourself as ahuman being and not as justscores and figures. Havingapplied to college, many ofyou probably know howhard it is to think of a per-sonal experience that willmake you stand out fromthe crowd. Yet, the key is tonot necessarily find the mostoutstanding life experienceor be the ideal applicant, butit is to find the experiencethat best shows your per-sonality and to illustrate it ina fresh, real way.

Remember the peoplereading your personal state-ment are humans too, anddon't want to hear just theplain, dry facts. Add detailsto your story and make theexperience feel real, such as:"From the first night inCosta Rico, I knew I made ahuge mistake. Mosquitoeswere attacking me, I felt likeI was going to have a heatstroke and I couldn't evenpartly understand or speakSpanish…" Details will helpthe reader to connect andget to know you better. But,watch out. You don't wantto get caught in just recount-ing an experience. Makesure there is a point andmore importantly that youevaluate your experience.

For topics that requireyou to say why you wouldlike to go to their institution,do some research, showingthem how interested you re-ally are. Mention specificprofessors or instructors,programs, courses or facili-

ties. Researching will alsohelp you to differentiatefrom the majority who willprobably give a general re-sponse, such as "I have beenpassionate about medicinesince I was in high school. Iknow that your school willhelp to nurture my passionand help it grow." Noticethat the person who writes aquote like that did not sayhow the school will help tonurture their passion–asmall but interesting detailthat many people leave out.

Then, of course there aresmall but important thingsyou need to do, such as"FOLLOW DIRECTIONS," amajor point Jennifer made.If the instructions say writea 500 word essay, don't writea 700 word essay or a 200word essay. Also, differentschools have different top-ics, and you will not be ableto use the same statementfor all of them. Therefore, ei-ther write an entirely newpersonal statement or adjustthe original one to make it fitthe topic.

Lastly, have other peo-ple, both people that knowyou and strangers, proof-read your essay. You maynot think this is very impor-tant, but the people in ad-missions would like to seethat you are at least capableof doing high school gram-mar and punctuation. Jen-nifer highly recommendsthat you go to both the Of-fice of Career Services andTJ’s. Both places will helpyou get professional opin-ions on your personal state-ment, and TJ’s can assistwith grammar.

Touch of Personalityby Lindsey Chang

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by Lindsey Chang the sandspur

Office of Career Services at Rollins CollegeDates to Remember

Monday, November 14 @ 1:00 p.m.Resume Writing Workshop

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Thursday, November 17 @ 3:00 p.m.Resume Writing Workshop

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Thursday, November 17 @ 4:00 p.m.Senior Success Orientation

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Saturday, November 19 @ 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Stetson University College of Law - Law School Information Day 2005

Located Stetson Law School, Gulfport, Florida

Tuesday, November 29 @ 12:30 p.m.Resume Writing Workshop

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Wednesday, November 30 @ 3:00 p.m.Internship Information Workshop: Everything You Wanted to Know

About Finding, Applying for and Earning Credit through the Rollins Intern-ship Program

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Wednesday, November 30 @ 4:00 p.m.Resume Writing Workshop

Located in Carnegie Hall, Office of Career Services Classroom

Wednesday, December 7 @ 5:00 p.mResume Submission Deadline: Teach for America Corps Member

Submit Resume through InterviewTRAK

Tuesday, January 24 @ 5:00 p.m.Spring 2006 Academic Internship Registration Deadline

Office of Career Services

For more information email [email protected] or call the office @(407) 646-2195.

&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR14 NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Mae Fitchett: Friend and Counselor to All

If you're looking for aname you'll never want toforget at Rollins College, MaeFitchett is the one.

Her business card callsher 'Coordinator of Academ-ic Enhancement Services' butonce you are in her presence;you realize how little thattitle describes the entirerealm of the person she is tostudents, friends and faculty.

Located in the MillsMemorial Center, at theThomas P. Johnson StudentResource center (TJ's), Maecould be described as the'counselor to all' or the 'keep-er of wisdom and warmth.'

She is immediately wel-coming - specifically warm,and completely free from anyfalsity or social masks.

She presents to you ex-actly who she is - a task fewaccomplish, and cannot befully described in one article- hence visiting is a must,walk-ins are welcome!

"I see myself as a facilita-tor for students, particularlyan advocate for them by un-derstanding the academicpolicies, the options beforethem, and whatever I can doto help them succeed here,"Mae states humbly.

"I try to help them gatheras much information as theycan and then hope that they

will make the best decisions." She definitely gathers all

of the information. Once Maehas touched your life, itwould be hard for you not tomake the best decisions.

One of the most interest-ing aspects of Mae's history ishow she ended up with us atRollins.

Born in a small town nearVirginia Beach, Mae attendedVirginia State University re-ceiving a Bachelor of Arts de-gree in Health Education tobecome a Physical Therapist.

"My freshman year Iwalked in and they said,'Here's your plan. This iswhat you need to graduate.'There were not many choicesat my school as there are at aLiberal Arts school but I hungin there."

After she finished herBA, she worked at the collegein a summer program as astudent counselor.

"When I was a junior, Iwanted to transfer to a med-ical college in Virginia thathad the physical therapy butI was too far gone. So I under-stand when students come inand say 'I've got to do some-thing, I can't afford to trans-fer. I've got to stay here andfinish.'

She ended up directingthe Advising and Orientationprogram helping organizesummer programs for stu-dents, writing a number of

grant proposals, even taughta few personal health coursesalong side the professorswho taught her.

"I believe that's why Ididn't think about transfer-ring until later because I real-ly bonded with my profes-sors and I tell students herethat you've got to make aconnection. Make that a pri-ority during your first year."

One day the dean ofgraduate studies approachedme, "Have you thought aboutgrad school?"

And I said, "I can't affordto. I'm paying back loansright now."

He said, "Well how aboutif we were to offer you a fel-lowship?"

Her natural ability tobond with students, to aid intheir acclimation to collegeand being an informationalforce during her summerwork with student counsel-ing, paved the way for herreal calling.

After receiving her mas-ter's in Guidance and Coun-seling, Mae headed to TexasTech to work in Student Sup-port Services once again, di-recting the Upward BoundProgram and created a men-torship program that enabledstudents to shadow profes-sionals in the community.

In October of 1998 Maecame on board at Rollins Col-lege.

She has created a Proba-tion Program for studentshaving academic difficultiesalong with many forms andcontracts to assist in empow-ering the students to take ini-tiatives for their ownprogress.

This program has had agood retention rate, "I'mproud of that." commentedMae.

"I contend that every stu-dent is at risk when theycome to college in their firstyear.

They may be academical-ly prepared, but in terms ofmaking the transition, andthe adjustments - even thetop honor student is at risk,so we need to have a supportsystem in place."

"That's the beauty of get-ting a Rollins education: wehave so many resources.

The one on one that stu-dents get in terms of an ad-vising capacity is just unbe-lievable. The support servic-es for students are outstand-ing, and certainly match thequality of the education here.

I tell my students 'findsomething that you enjoythat you are inquisitiveabout; do an internship, getinvolved. Your undergradu-ate years are once, take ad-vantage of them."

Mae also teaches a coursecalled Learning StrategiesSeminar, INT 100. During

this course she inspires stu-dents to really explore theiracademic likes and dislikes.

"This is how I help manyof them start thinking aboutplanning and tracking, devel-oping their own plan for aca-demic success.

My goal is to continuebeing an advocate for stu-dents as much as I can. Imeasure my success by eachstudent in terms of what I canhelp them with."

Mae's services are opento all students who seek aca-demic support - well mainlyArts and Sciences, specifical-ly, but she seems welcomingto all!

Some more of what Maedoes on a daily basis includeshelping students with:

Understanding academicrequirements

Identifying academicsupport resources

Planning and time man-agement

Identifying preferredlearning styles

Developing good deci-sion-making skills for aca-demic success

Exploring academicmajor/minor options

Developing a course planto graduate

"My door is always openso when you're ready stopby." said Mae Fitchett.

by Lori Lipkinthe sandspur

Wordplay: the Importance of Language

Human language isunique because it is a sym-bolic communication systemthat is learned instead of bi-ologically inherited. Sym-bols are sounds or thingswhich have meaning givento them by the users. Themeaning is arbitrarily as-signed. For example, theword "book" does not in anyway physically resemble theobject it stands for.

A word is one or moresounds that in combinationhave a specific meaning as-signed by language. Dr.Lynne Nygaard, who visitedRollins on Thursday, No-vember 3rd, from EmoryUniversity, spoke to stu-dents about human speechand communication. Shecompleted her Ph.D. in Cog-nitive Science at Brown Uni-versity in 1991 and joinedthe faculty of Emory Uni-versity in 1995.

She is interested inusing both linguistic andnon-linguistic properties ofthe spoken language to un-

derstand more about humancommunication and how lis-teners interpret a speaker'sintentional meaning,thoughts, and feelings. Lin-guistics is the scientificstudy of human languageand communications. Lin-guistics focuses mainly onhow humans can produceand use language.

An advantage of humanlanguage is that it is alearned symbolic communi-cation system that is infi-nitely flexible. Dr. Nygaardhas found that a person lis-tening to someone elsespeaking must put togetherwhat is being said with howit is being said in order tocompletely understand.

It appears that in orderfor people to completely un-derstand speech they mustprocess the non-linguistic,(properties not relating tolanguage), properties ofspeech. Non-linguisticproperties of speech are pre-served in representativeforms. It also appears thatnon-linguistic and linguisticproperties are processedseparately.

Meanings can bechanged and new symbolscan be created. New wordsare invented daily and themeaning of old ones canchange. When people learnnew words they do not re-member the unique voicequalities when they heardthe new words. This allowspeople to respond linguisti-cally to major environmen-tal, historical, and socialchanges and able to under-stand the world better as theyears go by.

Dr. Nygaard spokeabout how it is especiallyimportant to pay attentionto the way people with ac-cents shape their sounds.According to Dr. Nygaard, atalker's identity is deter-mined by the anatomy oftheir vocal tract, shape oftheir lips, length and shapeof their vocal tract, and theirsize and weight. As listen-ers of speech we all listen fordifferent speaker's vocaltracts.

She gave an example ofhow sometimes pilots haveproblems when they fly toforeign places because the

air-traffic controllers haveaccents that they cannot un-derstand. Not being able tounderstand an accent cancause many problems in thereal world. She stated thatwhen learning a foreign lan-guage it is important tolearn the accent.

Language and speechare not the same thing.Speech refers to patternedverbal behavior and lan-guage is a set of rules forgenerating speech. Speechis a highly complex signal.Speakers convey informa-tion intentionally with thesyllables, words, and sen-tences that they utter.

Communication is farmore than speech. Mostpeople are unaware thatthey are communicating inmany different ways whenthey are not even speaking.Growing up in a societypeople learn how to use ges-tures, glances, slightchanges in tone of voice,and other communicationdevices to alter or empha-size what is said or done.

She did a lab experimentwhere she tested to see if

adults could tune linguisticproperties to an individual'svoice. In phase one of theexperiment, participantslearned talkers' voices, fivemale and five female, andthen associated each voicewith a common name. Inphase two, the participant'stranscribed linguistic con-tent, what was said not howit was said.

Participants wentthrough a total of nine daysof training. The trainingdays were so that partici-pants could familiarizethemselves with the voicesof different speakers. Onthe tenth day of the experi-ment, the testing phasebegan. Over time the partic-ipant's correct answers onidentifying the speaker'svoices rose to 75%. Dr. Ny-gaard has found that it iseasier for people to under-stand people who are famil-iar to them. She also con-cluded that being familiarwith non-linguisticallyproperties of speech helpspeople extract linguisticalcontent that has been storedin their head brain.

by Rochelle Siegelthe sandspur

From Cingular to Nokiato Alltel to Sprint, cell phonecompanies and manufactur-ers are coming up with newways to entice the public intobuying their product. Some-thing new is coming out on adaily basis, it seems.

In response to bans oncell phones in cars in NewYork, in hopes to reduce ac-cidents caused by driverstalking on their cell phonesand not paying attention tothe road in front of them, carand phone companies arenow coming up with tech-nology to make talking onthe phone in the car secondnature.

Ford Motor companyhas just released a new planfor a cell phone docking sys-tem in their cars which al-lows the driver to “pick up”or answer their phonethrough voice activation andnever have to divert atten-tion from the road. There arespeaker and headset attach-ments that the driver willhave to buy separately, alongwith a $50 or $60 charge forthe adapter for the cellphone.

According to Mobile-dia.com, Motorola is releas-ing its new cell phone for theChristmas season: the V360.Better than anything Mo-torola has put out before, theV360 has Bluetooth technol-ogy, bringing the power ofthe Internet into the palm ofyour hand, and allowing forwireless headsets and otherdevices. Aside from Blue-tooth, the V360 also has anMP3 player integrated intothe phone’s technology,along with a camera whichrecords both still and mov-ing pictures.

Also according to Mo-biledia.com, Google offersmap service to cell phones.“Working on Java-enableddevices, Google Local forMobile shows full-colorsatellite imagery from itsGoogle Earth service, allow-ing overhead views withzoom in and out, and dragcapabilities,” says Mobilediareporters. This also includesdirections for both drivingand walking. The only prob-

lems arise in the availabilityof Internet resources on thecell phones using the maptechnology.

Last week, Nextel re-leased the new RIM Black-Berry 7100i. According to re-views at Mobiledia.com, thiscell phone is “ideal for mo-bile professionals who desirean integrated device withemail, a wirelessphone, personalorganizer, Blue-tooth Technology,s p e a k e r p h o n e ,Web browsingand support forthird-party JavaApplications.”

Sprint recent-ly announced theavailability ofNextel Direct Pic-ture Send on theircell phones. Mo-biledia.com ex-plains how thisworks: “The pic-ture simultane-ously appears onboth the user'sand recipient'sphones during thecall - so they canboth view and dis-cuss it withoutchanging betweenvoice and dataservices.” This isideal for many dif-ferent people,both executivesand students. “Di-rect Send Pictureis now availableon the recently an-nounced Motorolai870, and will beincluded on all fu-

ture Nextel phones.”Throughout the next

month or so, more and morenew technology will be in-troduced in the cell phonemarket for the Christmasseason. For more informa-tion on previous and futurecell phone technology, visitMobiledia.com to see re-views and upcoming news.

&Life TimesNOVEMBER 11, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 15

Ivy Meritocracy

Jerome Karabel, authorof "The Chosen" released lastmonth, drives one moreblow to the "meritocracy" ofIvy League universities. Heshows how the current ad-missions process consistingof personal essays, inter-views, résumés and recom-mendation letters was fash-ioned out of 1930's anti-Semitism.

Initially, the Big Threeuniversities (Harvard,Princeton and Yale) saw noproblem in structuring an in-coming class. Applicantstook a test and those whopassed the test were admit-ted with the exception ofathletic recruits and sons ofalumni. But when immigra-tion exploded during theSecond World War, the threemost prestigious universitieson the East Coast saw theirJewish matriculation triple.The presidents of the univer-sities, feeling compelled touphold their brand, sought away to keep their Jewish stu-dent population to a 'man-ageable minimum.' In short,they feared the influx of Jewswould scare away the mem-bers of the WASP establish-ment, that is, the whiteupper class Protestants.Needless to say, the BigThree could not afford to of-fend their very generousWASP alumni.

The new admissionsprocess was a smokescreenof objectivity behind whichthe admissions officers couldhide safely from scrutiny intheir subjective search for"leadership" and "character."The number of Jews admit-ted to Princeton, Yale andHarvard fell tremendously,and though the universitieswere admitting less aptscholars, they were main-taining the status quo andthat was more than enough.But during the Cold War,when intellectual capital wasever so important, the defini-

tion of 'merit' shifted againfrom breeding to brains, andthe admissions officers madethe necessary adjustments.

Today, the major contro-versy lies in how the smoke-screen admissions process ofexclusion has flipped intoone of inclusion. With all thetalk of Affirmative Action,the definition of "merit" oncemore underwent a transfor-mation, this time to mean di-versity. While the top univer-sities make a greater effort toadmit students from raciallymore diverse backgrounds,most of those admitted arestill from the upper echelonsof economic privilege. Itmust be unfair that the richare being given the esteemedhigher education necessaryto succeed in today's market-place, in effect reinforcingthe lack of social mobility.But really, how valuable isan Ivy League education?

A National Bureau ofEconomic Research study byeconomist Alan Krueger andStacy Dale a few years backclaims not more than anyother college education.This, of course, is good newsfor Rollins students who feelsecure in attending a rep-utable accredited college.The study shows that thosewho went to Ivy Leagueschools earned the same in-come, down the line, asgraduates from other col-leges who exemplified thequalities that employers arelooking for. "It's not theschool that has the magictouch," Krueger said. "It's thestudents." Once you get pastthe first interview with anemployer and into the work-place, competence mattersmore than credentials.

So while the privilege ofattending an Ivy Leaguemight be decided upon bythe archaic principles of theold boys, and while it mightnot be very "meritocratic"depending on whatevertoday's definition of merit is,it is a privilege that onlytakes one as far as names.

by Kim Lyonthe sandspur

Cellular Technology

HEATHER STONE / KRT CampusTHROUGH THE IRON GATES: Sophomore at Yale, SarahWeiss, is photographed at the entrance to Yale’s Old Campus.

What’s Up to Your Ear?An inside look

at the new andimproved technologies incell phones.by Nicole Fluet

the sandspur

JANET WORNE / KRT CampusGLOBAL COMMUNICATION: Cell phones connect the worldthrough new technology and interest.

&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR16 NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Dear Fox,My boyfriend and I are

going through a roughpatch. We’ve been in a longdistance relationship forover two years now. He juststarted to make a ton ofnew friends at his collegeand he’s spending all histime with them. Instead ofsaving the weekends so wecan see each other, he’sgoing to football games,having fun with hisfriends, and has been toobusy for me. I’m jealous notbecause he’s spending timewith them but just that theyget to spend time with himand I don’t. I miss him somuch in the month wedon’t see each other, sowhen we get the chance tosee each other and hewants to be with them, itreally hurts me. I don’twant to seem selfish but Idon’t know what to do. I’mafraid to talk to him aboutit because I don’t want himto be mad at me.

~Lost and Lonely

Dear Lost and Lonely,This is a tricky situation

and I’m sorry you have togo through it. Long dis-tance relationships are veryhard simply because thetime you get to spend witheach other is almost sacred,and anything that cuts intothat time feels like a prob-lem.

However, with everyrelationship, whether longdistance or not, there needsto complete communica-tion. So, even thoughyou’re afraid to talk to him,you need to. You need totell him, as nicely and

sweetly as possible, that al-though you’re happy he’smaking new friends andhaving a wonderful collegelife, you miss him and feellike he doesn’t want tocome see you. Let himknow that you’re hurtingand you need him rightnow. See how he responds.Chances are, he has gottenwrapped up in making aton of new friends, and justfigured you would under-stand.

You two have done thislong distance thing for awhile now, and this is just abump in the road. Talk tohim, and maybe work out aschedule so that he couldspend a weekend with hisfriends, then a weekendwith you. That way both ofyou are happy. Either thator maybe you could go upthere and hang out withhim and his friends, thatway he can show you offand you can feel like you’repart of his new social life.

I know it’s hard to talkto him because you’reafraid he’s going to be mad,but just let him knowyou’re not trying to attackhim, but rather, you justwant to let him know thatyou’re hurt. Be honest andtell him how you feel. He’llunderstand. All relation-ships go through roughpatches. It’s completelynormal and nothing toworry about. Just remem-ber, when you get throughthis, you’ll be a strongercouple because of it. Goodluck, and be strong, youcan do it!

~Daisy Fox

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AskThe Fox!

Juggling Love and College

With the end of the se-mester approaching tooquickly, it is a wonder howthe many college couples inexistence can keep up. Whatwith finals, major require-ments, Spring Registration,work, homework, projects,deadlines and the list goeson, there is often great diffi-culty as students struggle toget everything done beforethe term is indeed terminat-ed.

Throughout our collegeyears we will struggle withmany of these things andwith finding some kind ofbalance; a college life equi-librium perhaps, that allowsus to find the time to be amillion places at once is theultimate goal. However, theimpraticality of this leads usto question many things, in-cluding; how do you jugglekeeping you love alive withthe responsibilities and de-mands of college life.

Sarah Morris, a junior atRollins says of her relation-ship with Socrates Perez, asophomore here as well, thatone must set aside time foreach other instead of havingquick meeting such as grab-bing lunch. Socrates addedthat due to both of theirbackground, studying is pri-ority for them and they havethings done when they aresupposed to be regardless ofthe time spent together, mostof the time.

But they also add thatthere are times when theyhave not been able to spendenough time together, thatthey will put off a school re-sponsibility to make time fortheir relationship. Whenasked what they would rec-ommend for couples on thisparticular subject they in-cluded also that it helps tohave classes at differenttimes so that when one is inclass, the other is able to doany homework that needs tobe done and vise versa so

that things are done before-hand.

They added that havinga class in common or evenjust working on homeworktogether without being inthe same class helps to get intime for both, especially withhow difficult it can get to pri-oritize at this point in theyear.

Sophomore Sarah Mills,a theatre major here atRollins, said of her relation-ship of four years with AlanHimes, a student at Full Sail,that "you must prioritize anddecide what's more impor-tant at the time, your grades,college activities or your re-lationships and givewhichever that many be themajority of your time whilestill giving each thing effi-cient time."

However, she mentionedthat when this becomesseemingly impossible, youmust undoubtedly compro-mise. "You have to let peopledown sometimes to get donewhat you need to, it is im-portant that the person you

are with is understandingand vise versa. You have tobe understanding of eachother's responsibilities, thatway when you need to getthings done, you are able towithout worrying aboutcausing tension in the rela-tionship."

Proof that such valuestranscend location, GrantJohnson, a UCF Englishmajor said of his six monthrelationship with his girl-friend, Amber Greenlaw,that again one must have anunderstanding partner, andbe willing to make tempo-rary sacrifices (like sleep) inorder to get things done.Procrastination is an obviousdifficulty due to relation-ships but ultimately it isabout getting it done even ifit is last minute. You must beaware of your deadlines, headded, because with workand school, it can be tricky.

However, when askedhow to keep that love alivethrough all of the prioritiz-ing and sacrifices he saysthat planning in advance isvery important, but if theperson you love needs youright away, in emergencies ithelps to speak to professorswho are understanding inorder to get back on trackonce you have taken care ofyour partner.

And so, while it is obvi-ous, the difficulty or jugglinglove and college responsibil-ities and in some cases, workas well, the keys are priori-tizing, sacrifices, under-standing and of course ulti-mately love to get throughthe difficulty of this fouryears of life and beyond.

by Sophia Koshmerthe sandspur

COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY RESORTCROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: It’s happily ever after for thisprince and princess at Disney’s “Cinderellabration”!

COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY RESORTLOVE IS IN THE AIR: Beloved Disney characters are “feelin’the love” in front of Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom.

While the first week ofspring break was incrediblyfun, the second week re-vealed major flaws in theplan of the Urban Backpack-er. Unfortunately, in the ex-citement of planning white-water rafting, quad biking,etc., the rest of my littlegroup's plans of sailingand camping for thefollowing weeksounded complete-ly unappealing,and so I neverbothered tocheck on any ofthe details forthis package.That was a big mis-take!

Somehow, I endedup agreeing to threeovernight greyhoundbusses, including a thirteen-hour trip, a fourteen-hourtrip, and an awe-inspiring,never-to-be-repeated twen-ty-four hour trip. Now, inmy last article, I did mentionhow I was growing accus-tomed to using public trans-portation everyday and, be-sides that it is a more envi-ronmentally consciousmeans of traveling, I find itmore useful for travelingabout the city instead of hav-ing to deal with the hassle oftraffic and parking. Howev-er, traveling the entire lengthof Australia's eastern coastby bus is an entirely differ-ent matter.

I vaguely recall the trav-el agent mentioning some-thing about a coach, andwhether we were sure we re-ally wanted to travel such adistance in that way. Unfor-tunately, I was still gazing atbrochures on the wall andplanning a lifetime of tripsaround the world, and so Ihad tuned her out by thispoint. Australia's only a littleisland, I half-recall thinking,it can't be that bad to traveldown just one coast? When,later that week, the professorin our physical environmentcourse mentioned Australiais actually the size of theUnited States, I failed to con-nect the two. I guess thisserves me right for not both-ering with travel guidesagain!

Nevertheless, eventhough I keep forgetting myown important rule as theUrban Backpacker-actuallyopening and reading mytravel brochures-Arial and Istill managed to find ourway down the coast to thepicturesque resort town ofAirlee Beach. Here, we metup with two other friends,Sara Shaw, '07, and AndreaWilliamson, '07, and set off

sailing in the exquisite Whit-sunday Islands.

At first, this translatedto, "oh no, I have left fun, in-teresting Cairns, and now Iwill be

stuck on alittle boat for three days!"However, when I got on theboat, I realized just whatsailing is: I had to share onetiny cabin of bunks withtwenty people! This justseemed to be getting worse.When did I agree to sailing?Why would anyone everknowingly agree to this? Istarted panicking. I hateboats! It's enough to have toshare a room with one otherperson in college, but nottwenty people in one room.Soon, though, I got used tothe idea once I realized thatjust about everyone else wasthinking something relative-ly along those lines.

I felt even better once thecaptain told us this sailboat,the Condor, was an upgradeof the Hammer, the boat wewere supposed to sail ontoday. So, I reassured myselfthinking it could have beenworse, and then quickly for-got all about the crampedcabin as a I went on deck tomeet even more people! Thisgroup came from Ireland,United Kingdom and theUnited States, so it was notas culturally diverse as someof our other trips, but it wasnice to meet people fromhome for a change.

The next three days seemto blur together in my mem-ory here, because all I can re-call is plenty of sunbathing,swimming and sleeping,with the occasional stop-offat places like WhitehavenBeach, renowned as one ofthe seven most pristinebeaches in the world. So,while I had no idea what Iwas doing initially, I am be-ginning to think the UrbanBackpacker has her ownguardian angel just for thisvacation ensuring that noth-

ing goes wrong. I was wrong. Instead,

this fantastic trip ended witha fourteen-hour bus ride toHervey Bay, another seasideresort town, where westayed overnight (in real

beds for a change!), await-ing to join a tour of

Fraser Island the nextday. Fraser, a popu-

lar filming loca-tion, is theworld's largest

sand island,and was onceoccupied solelyby an Aborigi-

nal tribe whoused the abun-

dant crystal-clearlakes for spiritualpurposes. Today, however, the

Aboriginal presence re-mains exclusively on sign-posts encouraging tourists tobehave in the same manneras the island's original in-habitants and leave the is-land as one finds it. Thiscomes from the strong Abo-riginal belief in the conceptof Intergenerational Equity,where one ought to leave theearth in a comparably goodcondition, and it is now ex-tending into a considerableamount of current Aus-tralian environmental legis-lation, for instance, many ofthe Wilderness Preservationacts. This includes the recentQueensland Wilderness Act,an act providing for the allo-cation of land to be restoredto its pre-European occupa-tion state.

Fraser, on the otherhand, is largely untouchedaside from a few inland re-sorts, but all of the beachesare completely undevel-oped. Again, though, theUrban Backpacker hasfailed. All four of us recallsigning up for a guided tourof it considering that we areall under twenty-one and,therefore, are unable to re-ceive driving insurance;however, on the morning of

departure, we discoveredthat we were being placedinto some kind of Survivor:Fraser Island style, four-wheel, self-drive safari trip.Here, we had to elect a driv-er from one of the nine ineach car and, unfortunately,only two people could drivea manual, but none had anyexperience in driving four-wheel-drive. Additionally,the tour we recalled signingup for had all meals provid-ed, but here we were givenone hour to organize into"teams" and grocery shop forwhat we thought we wouldneed for three days in lessthan half an hour.

Interestingly, our teamcomprised of five Euro-peans, three Americans, andme (a weird combination ofthe two), and I had to playtranslator for the very differ-ent concepts of what camp-ing food entailed. While theAmericans planned sand-wich combinations of peanutbutter, jelly, ham, and ham-burgers, the horrified Euro-peans planned for sausages,cheese, chicken, and plentyof food that was not evenavailable in the country. I, onthe other hand, was begin-ning to think that a three-day juice detoxificationsounded like a far betterplan than having to compro-

mise, but, two loaded shop-ping carts later, somehow wedid.

Driving on Fraser laterthis day was…a unique ex-perience. Again, like sailing,this three-day trip seems toblend together in my memo-ry, but not in the pleasantterms of sunbathing andsleeping; instead, words likedingo and "oops!” and thecar just wouldn't stop!"sounds a little more reminis-cent of this trip. While wehad a fantastic time at thenatural amusement park ofFraser, including the Cham-pagne Pools, the pure drink-ing water of Lake Mc Kenzie,the floating rapids of EliCreek, and sand boardinginto Lake Wabby, I do notthink that any survivor-stylereality television shows arein my near future.

So, when our coach final-ly pulled into Sydney, and Inoticed that the Urban Back-packer actually survived, wenoticed how happy we wereto be "home." Surprisingly,Sydney has become homemuch quicker than transi-tioning from home to Rollinsduring our first year. Unfor-tunately, though, there isonly about a month left inthe semester before we haveto return to readjust to ourown homes and families.

NOVEMBER 11, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 17&TL AbroadWeek 8: Coaching, Sailing and Survivor

KARINA MCCABE / The SandspurWHITEHAVEN BEACH: Tourists and locals spend their timerelaxing and enjoying the beauty of this Australian Beach.

With improvements intechnology and ever ex-panding gadgetry, sportsfans can get a lot more thanjust ring tones, wallpaperand game scores on theircellular telephones thesedays.

The NFL recently signeda reported five-year, $600million partnership withSprint that allows fans ac-cess to NFL Network pro-gramming, fantasy statisticsand quarterly audio gameupdates on their Sprint andNextel phones.

The NBA has formed amarketing partnership withT-Mobile that lets fans votefor All-Stars and MVPs ontheir phones, and get specialprogramming focusing onrookies _ in addition to theleague content already avail-able through most cell carri-ers. And ESPN is launchingits own cellular service so

fans can access ESPN con-tent on the go.

Under the NFL-Sprintpartnership, for $5.99 amonth fans can keep currenton the latest game score oraction, access fantasy statis-tics and alter their teams allon their phones.

"We view this as beingan enhancement for fans,who are out and aboutdoing other things or you'rea displaced fan," said DaveMellin, Sprint public rela-tions manager for sportsmarketing.

Although it's early to tellhow many fans will orderthe service, the NFL expectsit to be popular, particularlygiven the high volume ofvisitors to NFL.com. Ac-cording to the league, arecord 16 million individu-als logged on to the league'sWeb site in September, com-pared with 5.4 million inSeptember 2000.

"This is not a substitutefor the live game on televi-

sion," said Brian Rolapp,NFL vice president of mediastrategy. "As the device getssmarter and the networksget more efficient, there's alot more we can do withcontent."

Meanwhile, ESPN is es-tablishing its own cellularservice provider, MobileESPN, which will operateover the Sprint Network.Last week, the service wasrolled out in Reno, Nev.;Austin, Texas; San Antonioand Minneapolis, with an-other limited rollout in De-cember. It is expected to beavailable nationally in Feb-ruary.

Black phones with thered ESPN logo will allowfans to customize ESPN con-tent to their favorite teamsand columnists. The top-of-the-line version is expectedto cost $399, with subscrip-tions varying depending onthe content and minutessupply, said Manish Jha,ESPN Mobile senior vice

president and general man-ager.

In addition to its newthree-year $100 millionsponsorship deal with T-Mobile, the NBA is workingon other partnerships forvideo highlights and otherservices for cell phones.

Brenda Spoonemore,NBA senior vice presidentinteractive services, saidfans will be able to set theirphones to alert them of cer-tain action _ when a playeris about to break a record oreach time the Heat is up byfour points in the fourthquarter, for example.

"Mobile devices are es-pecially well-suited to theNBA," Spoonemoore said."We have a lot of games, arelatively long season andour fan base is tech savvy.This is better than on-de-mand content because youdon't have to ask for it, it'sessentially coming to you onyour hip pocket."

SOX STOCK?

The World Series was aratings bust, and it didn'toffer much marketing po-tential.

"It speaks volumesabout this World Series thatits most compelling person-ality isn't a player, it's amanager," Pickett Advertis-ing's Bob Dorfman wrote inhis 2005 World Series SportsMarketers Scouting Report."(White Sox manager Ozzie)Guillen's high energy, irrev-erence, outrageous mouthand `Venezuela!' shout-outshave endeared him to fansand the media, and willmake him the darling of thepost-Series talk show cir-cuit."

Dorfman predicts His-panic marketers will seekout Guillen, and he sug-gests: "His big mouth couldwork stateside selling tooth-paste or mouthwash."

(c) 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Distributed by Knight Rid-der/Tribune Information Ser-vices.

Jason Collier was a“funny dude” according toAtlanta Hawks forward AlHarrington. Collier wasone of those blue-collarguys who worked extreme-ly hard just to be in theNBA. He was also one ofthe locker room clowns andyou couldn’t be able to tellhim apart from any otherNBA journeyman unless heplayed in your city or onyour team. What wasn’t sofunny were the events thattranspired on Saturday Oct.15.

At around 3 A.M onSaturday, Jeff Collier,Jason’s father, says he re-ceived a call from Jason’swife, Katie. Katie said shehad called the Atlanta para-medics and that she wasperforming CPR. In a mat-ter of minutes the para-medics rushed Collier to thehospital, but the preciousminutes Collier had leftwere exhausted.

He died in the ambu-

lance on his way to the hos-pital. Collier was 28. Hewas about to enter his sixthseason in the NBA, thirdwith the Hawks.

As of Saturday, the au-topsy was still incomplete.But Collier’s agent, RichardHowell said that there wasan “abnormality” found in apreliminary medical exam.Howell said that he did nothave any more informationother than that, but said thatwhen it is all said and donethat a serious problem couldhave been found.

Hawks General Manag-er Billy Knight had a differ-ent view. He said that Col-lier passed all of the prelim-inary physicals that theNBA provides before theNBA season. The autopsywas released on Nov. 1 say-ing that Collier had a heartrythym caused by an abnor-mally large heart.

Katie Collier says thatshe or Jason had never beeninformed and that there wasno cause for concern. Doc-tors say that an enlargedheart is very difficult to de-tect and it’s even more diffi-cult considering Collier’s 7foot stature.

In an era where thehealth of a professional ath-lete is watched like a hawk,Collier’s death comes as a

shock. Collier did not doanything in the previous 24hours that warranted such asudden heart attack. Hiswife and him went out toeat on Friday night, andthen he went home andplayed with his daughters.

Collier’s only medicalhistory that the Hawksmight have been concernedabout was that he had kneesurgery in 2000, while withthe Milwaukee Bucks. Col-lier’s death is the thirdheart-related death amongbasketball players in thepast fifteen years.

Loyola Marymount starHank Gathers collapsed inthe middle of an NCAAtournament in 1990. BostonCeltics star Reggie Lewisdied before the 1993 seasonbecause of cardiac arrest.Collier is also the secondplayer who has become avictim of a heart ailment.

Recently acquired NewYork Knicks forward EddyCurry is suspected to have aheart ailment similar to theone that Lewis had back inthe say. Curry was tradedfrom the Chicago Bulls tothe Knicks two weeks agobecause he hadn’t passed aphysical and refused to takea DNA Test. Curry missedthe last 13 games of last sea-son because of that heart ail-

ment. Doctors said that itcould be potentially severeif not treated appropriately.

Collier’s funeral wasWednesday in Atlanta, thetown in which Collier hadcalled home. He played hiscollege ball for GeorgiaTech. In October 17’s pre-

season exhibition againstthe Charlotte Bobcats, theHawks wrote “JC” on theirshoes and left an emptylocker and jersey to dedicateCollier. They will also wearpatches on their jerseysthroughout the season todedicate his legacy.

THE SANDSPUR18 NOVEMBER 11, 2005SPORTSBasketball Community Mourns JasonCollier’s Untimely Heart Related Death

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Hawks playerswill wear patcheson their jersey’sto commemorateCollier’s death.

The 2005-2006 NBA Sea-son kicks off with many keyoff-season moves. Thebiggest move was made bythe defending champion SanAntonio Spurs who acquiredswingman Michael Finleyfrom the Dallas Mavericksand point guard Nick VanExel from the Portland TrailBlazers.

Both of those moves bol-ster the Spurs depth. VanExel and Finley both havesignificant playoff experi-ence with the Dallas Maver-icks, who lost to the Spurs inthe 2003 Western ConferenceFinals.

Another key headline isthe return of the ZenMaster-Phil Jackson to the Los Ange-les Lakers. Since Jackson’sdeparture, many things havechanged for one of the NBA’smost prestigious franchises.The departure of ShaquilleO’Neal to the Miami Heatprompted numerousamounts of vociferous criti-cism.

Jackson authored a bookcalled “The Last Season” inwhich he critiqued Bryant,and called him “an uncoach-able player.” That seemed toaffect Bryant, as he failed tolead the Lakers to a playoffspot for the first time in 11seasons.

Another coach who’s in anew location is Larry Brown.Brown left the Pistons for theNew York Knicks aftercoaching them to consecu-tive Finals’ appearances.Brown, who has neverstayed in one place for morethan six seasons has alwayshad a knack for pursuingnew challenges, has a signif-icant one in rebuilding theKnicks.

Coaching the Pistons isFlip Saunders who was oust-ed as Minnesota’s new coachmidway through last seasonafter the Timberwolves

struggled to open the seasonon a positive note. He alsocombated with players suchas Latrell Sprewell and SamCassell. Sprewell has stillnot been signed, and Cassellhas since been traded to theClippers.

The Miami Heat addedformer Celtics All Star: theever controversial AntoineWalker and the flashy Jason“White Chocolate” Williamsto complement DwyaneWade and Shaquille O’Neal.These moves are very ques-tionable because Walkerdoesn’t take advantage of hisathleticism and shoots waytoo many 3 pointers.Williams has added moresubstance than style to hisgame over the years, but hasnot led his team to a playoffseries victory in his eightseasons in the league.

The Cleveland Cavaliersmade moves that virtuallyassures superstar LebronJames of a playoff spot.They added Larry “Smooth”Hughes, who had a breakoutseason with the WashingtonWizards last season. Theyalso signed veteran DonyellMarshall and re-signed cen-ter Zyndrunas Illgauskas.

My pre-season predic-tions for the following NBASeason are as follows.

The Pacers will clearly bere-energized with the returnof Ron Artest. If Artest addsa little more of an offensivearsenal to his game, he couldemerge as a MVP candidate.I firmly believe that the Pac-ers have enough firepowerand defense to hang with theSan Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs have provedthat they can play with anyteam in the NBA, but Indi-ana can play at any pacewith Jermaine O’Neal,Artest, Stephen Jackson andJamaal Tinsley running theshow. The Pacers strongyoung players make up fortheir lack of depth.

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NBA Season Preview and Predictionsby Juan Bernal

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Eastern ConferenceAtlantic Division

(Conference Rank)1. Nets (3)

2. Sixers (6)

3. Knicks (11)

4. Celtics (12)

5. Raptors (15)

Central Division(Conference Rank)

1. Pacers(1)

2. Pistons(4)

3. Cavaliers (5)

4. Bucks (7)

5. Bulls (9)

Southeast Division(Conference Rank)

1. Heat (2)

2. Magic (8)

3. Wizards (10)

4. Bobcats( 13)

5. Hawks(14)

Western ConferenceSouthwest Division(Conference Rank)

1. Spurs (1)

2. Rockets (4)

3. Mavericks (5)

4. Grizzlies (10)

5. Hornets (15)

Northwest Division(Conference Rank)

1. Nuggets (2)

2. Timberwolves(7)

3. Sonics (9)

4. Jazz (11)

5. Blazers (14)

Pacific Division(Conference Rank)

1. Suns (3)

2. Kings (6)

3. Warriors (8)

4. Lakers (12)

5. Clippers (13)

PlayoffsPacers over MagicHeat over BucksSixers over Nets

Pistons over Cavs

Heat over SixersPacers over Pistons

Pacers over Heat

PlayoffsSpurs over Warriors

Nuggets over TimberwolvesSuns over Kings

Rockets over Mavericks

Spurs over RocketsNuggets over Suns

Spurs over Nuggets

FinalsPacers over Spurs

Awards

MVP: Lebron James- Cavaliers

Scoring champion: Gilbert Arenas- Washington

Most Improved: Dwight Howard- Magic

Rookie: Chris Paul- Hornets

6th Man: Earl Boykins- Denver

Coach: Mike Montgomery-Warriors

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The Rollins Tars volley-ball team looked to take an-other step towards theNCAA Division II Regionalsas they hosted conferencerival Eckerd last Friday nightat the Alfond Sports Center.

Before the match, seniorsAllison North, WhitneyJones, Lindsey Crosby andgraduating junior JuliaCaner were honored for allof their hard work and dedi-cation to the Rollins volley-ball program throughout theyears. They were all tryingto go out in style and the Tri-tons stood in their way.

The Tars were looking toavenge an anguishing losssuffered in September atEckerd. In their first confer-ence game, the Tritons tookthe Tars out of their gameearly and the Tars sufferedtheir first conference loss.This time the stakes werehigher and the outcomeended up being completely

different. In the first game the Tars

got out to a quick start, lead-ing 11-3. The Tritons neverthreatened their lead, andthe Tars easily took the firstset 30-16. In the second set,the Tars continued to makethe Tritons look like a mid-dle school team by openingthe set 21-13. Eckerd neverseriously threatened and theTars made relatively easywork out of a lethargic anddismal Tritons squad. Theytook the set 30-22.

The third set was the sto-rybook ending to seniornight at Rollins College. TheTars took an 18-7 lead andEckerd once again failed tomake any sort of legitimatecomeback as the Tars cruisedto a 3 set victory by closingout the set 30-18. Offensive-ly the Tars were led by JuliaCaner and Lorena Orlandiniwho each had 12 kills.

Defensively the Tarswere led by Kim Cline whohad 16 digs. As a team the

Tars had .295 hit-ting percentage.The Tars improvedtheir record to 22-9and for the firsttime this seasonhave a winningrecord in confer-ence, with a markof 6-5.

The Tars’stretch run to Re-gionals continuesthis week as theyhost St. Leo onNov. 8 and Tampathe followingnight. They closeout the seasonwith a road tripdown to Florida’ssouth coast.

On the Nov. 11they play at NovaSoutheastern andclose out the regular seasonon Nov. 13 in Boca Raton asthey face the Lynn FightingKnights.

As the Tars are ever soclose to qualifying for Re-

gionals for the first time inschool history, coach SindeeSnow has these words: “ Ithink our team played thebest. This was my biggestgame in my five years here atRollins, and I think our girls

played the best that theycould out there.”

If they keep playing likethey played Eckerd, the Tarswill be ever so closer to theNCAA Regionals in less thantwo weeks.

On Oct. 31 RollinsMen’s Golf team played theirthird tournament this seasonin Ocoee, FL. This tourna-ment, the Rollins College In-vitational, was Rollins’ onlyhome tournament this se-mester. Last year Rollinswon their home tournamentand are looking for a repeatas champions this year.

The boys in blue andgold matched up against 11other teams including: LynnUniversity, Columbus State,Florida Southern College,University of Tampa, Bre-vard CC, Florida Institute ofTechnology, Eckerd College,Florida Golf Coast Universi-ty and UCF.

Rollins field two squadsfor their home tournamentplacing fourth and eleventhrespectfully. Lynn Universi-ty ran away with the tourna-

ment winning by 12 strokesover second place ColumbusState.

Rollins was lead by sen-ior Dan Walters who postedtwo very impressive 71’s thefirst day and also con-tributed a 73 on the final day.These scores put Walters in athree-way tie at (-1) for sec-ond place overall at the tour-nament.

Junior Jeff Golden alsoscored well with a threeround total of 219 placinghim in a tie for 11th at (+3)for the entire tournament.Rollins’ Tim Acquaviva fin-ished in a four-way tie for13th place shooting +4 overthe two days and threerounds of competition.

Darren Lundgren fin-ished the tournament (+13)in a four-way tie for 37thplace. Despite the com-mendable efforts by allRollins golfers, Lynn Univer-

sitie’s Hoyt McGarity ranaway with the tournament.McGarity shot an impressivefive under on the first roundof competition. He finishedoff the tournament at sixunder (210) leading Lynn toa dominating victory.

When asked how he feltthe team did, Golden said, “Ifeel as if the team has notreached its full potential. Butwe are looking forward tothe tournament at Stetson.”

Rollins was a singlestroke off placing third in thetournament and is stillsearching for their first win.Rollins’ next tournamentwas played on Nov. 7 and 8and was the Stetson Invita-tional in Deland, FL. This isRollins’ last tournament tobe played this year andhopefully the boys come outstrong.

So far this year Rollinshas struggled to find the win

they have beenlooking for. OnSept. 26 and 27,Rollins tied forthird at theCoker Invita-tional. More re-cently Rollinsplaced tied forthird again inthe Spartan Invi-tational inTampa, Florida.

The high-light of this tour-nament was JeffGolden leadingthe Rollins in hisfirst colleget o u r n a m e n t .Hopefully themen’s golf teamcan muster awin during theirnext invitationaland go into theNew Year on ahigh note.

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COURTESY OF RCSIDWHAT A SWING: Rollins tees off in hopesof getting a win.

Volleyball Dominates in Conference Winby Juan Bernal

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COURTESY OF RCSIDOVER THE NET: Lorena Orlandini, Lacey Malarky, and Allison North takepart in a big play.