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Doug Little Speaks OutRob Hoffman sits down withthe director of first year pro-grams for a candid talk.

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Sellout ArtistsBrett Heiney explains whytoday’s “counterculture”artists are nothing but hyp-ocrites.

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Jarhead ReviewMax Remer reviews the warmovie that is causing a buzzaround the country

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Crew Season EndsKelly McNoldy explores theend of the crew season, andrecaps the action from thedocks.

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On Thursday, November10, Mills lawn was set up fora spectacular volleyballevent, where groups from allover campus, and even a fewfrom local schools, showedup to duke it out on thecourts. The tournament wassponsored by Five Stones; agroup on campus whichhelps alleviates poverty andcreates a sustainable econo-my in the Dominican Repub-lic, specifically in the area ofCruz Verde. Tessie Swope,president and founder ofFive Stones, created FiveStones when she was 17, fol-lowing an encounter with achild in the village she wasstaying at where he showedher the five stones he hadwith the intention of build-ing his mother a house. Sincethen, the project has raisedover $55,000 through eventssuch as the volleyball tour-nament to build vocationalcenters, a house and build ascholarship program in CruzVerde.

The volleyball gamebegan with important speak-ers, such as the mayor ofWinter Park, who pro-claimed November 10th,2005, the official Winter ParkFive Stones Project Day, andawarded Tessie with a cer-tificate. Following the mayorwas the esteemed Jose RafaelPerez Modesto, the Sub Sec-retary of State from the Do-minican Republic, whospoke of how importantprojects such as Five Stonesare in creating a better worldfor everyone. Throughoutthe tournament, 34 teamscompeted to be the winners,while on-lookers enjoyedhotdogs, chicken patties andthe like, grilled up by someFive Stones volunteers.

The event had a greatturnout, as members of theGreek system, the teachingstaff, administration and stu-dents all battled to be named

number one in the tourna-ment, and to be awardedwith medals to say congrat-ulations. Even PresidentDuncan threw on his bestvolleyball playing clothesand came out to supportFive Stones. There were alsoa few teams from both UCFand Valencia, to the surpriseof the Five Stones volun-teers, who had not publi-cized the event to the greaterWinter Park community. Asthe reigning TKE championsduked it out against theteams, raffle tickets for somegreat donated prizes weresold and donations weremade, all while music drift-

ed in the background. Despite the darkness

that descended half waythrough the tournament, itraged on until TKE had won,beating the other 33 teamswhich had come out to showsupport their support for theFive Stones Project. Thenight ended with some awe-some pizza and then theCaribbean party, where theraffle prizes were an-nounced while peoplechowed on chocolate cakeand Venezuelan food. Prizesincluded 4-12 oz steaks de-livered to your door, dinnerfor 2 at Planet Hollywood, agift certificate to Mellow

Mushroom, and other dona-tions from the Winter ParkCommunity. All donationsthat were received duringthe tournament will go to-wards this year's trip to theDominican, when the Voca-tional center will be finishedto the Cruz Verde communi-ty. The tournament ended ona happy note, as Five Stonesraces to meet it's goal of$18,000 by the end of No-vember, which is well on itsto being reached as the PaulNewman Foundation hadmade a generous donationearlier in the week, whichwill go towards poverty alle-viation in Cruz Verde.

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Building a Better Life for Youth,Five Stones At a Time

In BriefRollins Celebrates AmericaRecycles DayThe Recycling Program, co-sponsored by Eco-Rollins,sponsored an event Tuesdayafternoon where they gaveaway free bottles of waterwith recycling information,held raffles for prizes, andencouraged students to signa petition for more recycledtrash containers on campus.

Rollins Gears Up to HostLiterary Arts FestivalFor the 66th year, Rollinswill present its visiting au-thors series. Winter With theWriters, A Festival of the Lit-erary Arts will be held everyThursday during the monthof February 2006 with mas-ter classes at 4 p.m. andreadings, on-stage inter-views and signings at 8 p.m.

“Step It Up” For a Good CauseOn Sunday, November 13 at7 p.m., students from RollinsCollege and UCF were ac-companied by several com-munity organizations topresent a team exhibitionstep show. Money and dona-tions raised at the event willbenefit the Winter Park TeenLeadership Council.

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KELSEY FIELD / The SandspurA GOOD CAUSE REWARDED: Theresa Swopes is commended for her work with the FiveStones Project (top) Students play volleyball and enjoy the night for a good cause (bottom).

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Mills Lawnhosts charitabletournament forimprovished Dominician kids.

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Last week, Rollins Col-lege was honored with thepresence of an extremelyimportant governmentrepresentative from theDominican Republic,Senor Jose Rafael ModestoPerez.

Sponsored by the An-thropology Department,Senor Modesto came onbehalf of the Five StonesProject, and on Thursday,November 10, he spoke tostudents about the rela-tions between the Domini-can and United States, em-phasizing on the CentralAmerican Free TradeAgreement, otherwiseknown as CAFTA.

Translated by Rollinsown Pedro Pequeno, theSub Secretary of State de-scribed recent economicactivity in the DominicanRepublic, which is grow-ing at a steady rate follow-ing a slump in 2000.

Although CAFTA forthe Dominican is not in ef-fect as of yet, SenorModesto explained why

the trade agreement is sovital for the continualgrowth of the DominicanRepublic.

The Dominican Repub-lic has a crucial geograph-ic location for trade, as it isin a time zone convenientfor both Europe and theUnited States. Althoughthe Dominican is a smallnation, it is the 5th tradingpartner for the UnitedStates, and free trade be-tween the two nationswould allow for greatereconomic options for both.

As the Dominicaneconomy continues itsstrong growth trend, (in2002 the Dominican saw agrowth of 3.9 percent,which is five times greaterthan the average rate ofgrowth for Latin America)trade relations betweenthe US and Dominican willbecome stronger.

As there are over 1 mil-lion Dominicans living inthe United States, SenorModesto dictated the im-portance of Dominicantrade reaching those peo-ple, and capitalizing onnostalgic productions forthat specific population ofpeople, which undoubted-ly would spread to othergroups of people oncethey discovered how greatDominican products, such

as the sweets and beer,are.

According to theCAFTA-DR website, a freetrade agreement with theDominican would not sim-ply benefit the Dominicanand the United States, butalso the other countries al-ready involved in CAFTA,which includes Costa Rica,El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras and Nicaragua.

Even Haiti, which hasnot yet been entered intothe CAFTA agreement,would benefit as they are amajor trade partner withthe Dominican Republic.

The agreement wouldprovide opportunities forUS manufacturers andworkers, as 80% of US ex-ports would become dutyfree in the involved coun-tries, and the other tariffswould be phased out overa ten year period.

Other aspects to thetrade agreement includetraining on the USA Bio-Terrorism Law, seminarson technical barriers totrade and workshops onproduct rules of origin.

The Dominican Repub-lic government has highhopes that the UnitedStates will be a steppingstone to greater trade ca-pacity, and hope to openup markets in Europe and

Asia as well. Senor Modesto was op-

timistic about the greatthings that would come tothe Dominican Republicwith the CAFTA-Domini-can Republic agreement,especially an alleviation ofpoverty in the DominicanRepublic.

Although the econom-ic growth has resulted in aGDP per capita of $2200annually, up from $2900 a

few years ago, there is stillrampant poverty that crip-ples potential. Many agreethat the Dominican en-trance to CAFTA wouldpromote Dominican jobswho might otherwise im-migrate illegally to theUnited States, would bol-ster political stability inthe Dominican Republicand help create securitybetween the North andSouth hemisphere.

THE SANDSPUR2 NOVEMBER 18, 2005NEWSSeñor Perez Modesto Speaks on theCentral American Free Trade Agreement

Governmentrepresentativefrom the Domini-can Republic, dis-cusses CAFTA.by Kelsey Field

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THE IMPORTANCE OF CAFTA: Senor Modesto speaks to theRollins community on behalf of the Five Stones Project.

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On November 8, Aus-tralian police arrested seven-teen people, including a rad-ical Muslim cleric, oncharges of planning a terror-ist attack and committing to"violent jihad in Australia"after raids in which one manwas shot.

The police were onwatch at possible targetssuch as the Sydney OperaHouse, the harbour bridge,oil refineries and the stockexchange. The arrestedgroup did not have a specif-ic target in mind but theywere trying to buy chemicalssimilar to those used in theLondon bombings in July.

At the time of the arrests,police seized chemicals,firearms, computers, back-packs and travel documents.Bomb-making instructionvideos were found in Arabic.The videos were titled"Sheikh Osama's TrainingCourse" and "Are You Readyto Die?"

Documents stated thatsix of the men had gone on"hunting and campingtrips," which police de-scribed as jihad trainingcamps in the Australian out-back in early 2005.

In the documents Ben-brika, a jihad terrorist, said,"If we want to die for jihad,we have to have a maximumdamage. Maximum dam-age. Damage their build-ings, everything. Damagetheir lives." Four Australianare awaiting trial in Sydneyand Melbourne on terrorismcharges, linked to support-ing and training withbanned groups such as alQaeda.

Australia, who is an allyto the US with troops in Iraqand Afghanistan, has neversuffered a major attack on itshome soil. The county hasbeen on a medium securityalert since shortly after theSeptember 11 attacks on theUnited States.

The Australia SecurityIntelligence Organization(ASIO), said that this hasbeen the first time that Aus-

tralia has had home-grownextremists, some of whomtrained overseas.

The Melbourne courtwas told that the men hadengaged in military-liketraining in rural Australiaand that one man had ex-pressed a desire to become a"martyr" in Australia. Pros-ecutor Richard Maidmenttold the court that the menwere committed to the "vio-lent jihad in Australia" andone had talked about becom-ing a suicide bomber. "Therehave been discussions aboutbomb making," he told thecourt.

The court was also toldthat the men had stolen carsto raise funds to buyfirearms and chemicals. TheSydney group had tried tobuy chemicals used in theLondon transport bombingsand the Melbourne grouphad ordered chemical han-dling equipment.

Prime Minister JohnHoward has stated that Aus-tralia received intelligenceabout a "terrorist threat" andrevised anti-terror lawsmaking it easier for police toarrest suspects. Police didfeel that the revision of lawshelped in the counter-terror-ism operation.

Australia is still pushingahead with tough new anti-terrorism laws. Those not infavor of the new anti-terror-ism laws believe that the po-lice were able to disrupt aplot for a "catastrophic" at-tack. Those in favor of thenew anti-terrorism laws be-lieve that the police broke upa plot for a "catastrophic" at-tack, which proves the coun-try's laws adequate.

Australia's Prime Minis-ters fight to strengthen theanti-terrorism laws seems tomirror those of Prime Minis-ter Tony Blair. The anti-ter-rorism laws in London allowpolice to detain suspects forseven days without chargeand they can use trackingdevices on suspects to keeptrack of their location.

Several new telephonethreats have occurred in thewake of the recent terror at-tacks. Some trains and buseshad to be stopped once thethreats were called in. Rightnow Australia is being over-cautious because they arenot sure what a hoax is andwhat is real.

Police Arrest17 in AustralianTerror Plot

17 People ar-rested on chargesof planning a ter-rorist attack inAustralia.by Rochelle Siegel

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After almost three weeksof rioting in Paris suburbsand other cities throughoutFrance, the country is strug-gling to restore civil orderand deal with greater long-term issues that lie at theheart of the unrest.

The riots that have sweptthe country into alarm beganon October 27 in the north-eastern Parisian suburbClichy-sous-Bois, when twoFrench youths, one of Arabdescent and the other ofAfrican descent, were elec-trocuted in an electricitysubstation while runningand hiding from the police.Their death sparked off riots,arson attacks, and car burn-ings in cities and suburbsthroughout the country,mostly in low-income hous-ing projects with first andsecond-generation immi-grant populations.

As violence increasedthroughout the week, thegovernment declared a stateof emergency, allowing au-thorities to impose addition-al security measures, includ-ing curfews. Last week,Lyon, France's third largestcity, imposed a weekend cur-few that barred youthsunder 18 from being outsidewithout adult supervisionfrom 10 p.m. until 6 a.m.Other smaller towns andsuburbs imposed similar

measures.Although the riots have

mostly been confined to thesuburbs, police remainedvigilant in Paris after inter-cepting plans for rioting inthe center of the city. Certainpublic gatherings were alsoprohibited.

The unrest has forcedFrance to confront its long-term problem of integratingminorities and the anger thathas been increasingly grow-ing among its large Africanand Arab communities. Theproblems lie primarily inFrance's colonial history thatlasted halfway into the 20thcentury. Residents of formerFrench colonies and territo-ries, such as Algeria, wereconsidered born French andgiven French citizenship.Many of these new citizensmoved to France during andfollowing the colonial peri-od. Integrating these newcitizens into France's tradi-tional society and culturehas been a difficult process,and the government hasoften been criticized for itsfailure to achieve this. As aresult, millions of French cit-izens, both immigrants andtheir children, have felt re-jected by traditional Frenchsociety.

French governmentleaders have admitted fail-ings, but insist that they areworking to bring equality toall citizens. PresidentJacques Chirac spoke at theÉlysée Palace on Thursdaythat the government "hasn'tbeen fast enough" in ad-dressing the problems of dis-crimination, but that, "nomatter what our origins, weare all children of the Repub-

lic."Yazid Sabeg, a French

citizen who was born in Al-geria when it was French ter-ritory, moved to France as ababy and later earned aPh.D. at the Sorbonne inParis. He says that, "Francealways talks about avoidingghettoization, but it has al-ready happened." Many firstand second generation im-migrants have been separat-ed in the housing projects, intheir schools and in theirheads, he added. "Francedoesn't know how to man-age diversity," he said. "Itdoesn't want to accept theconsequences of a multieth-nic society."

Economic issues havealso played an increasinglyimportant role in the pastdecade. Although France'snational unemployment rateis about 10 percent, in areashit by rioting the level is ashigh as 40 percent. An offi-cial French study has alsofound that youths withArab-sounding names havetheir job applications reject-ed up to five times as oftenas those with traditionalFrench names.

Many are beginning tofear that this legacy of dis-crimination could providethe right conditions for thesecond-generation youthwho feel neither French norNorth African to seek anidentity in anti-Western, po-litical Islam.

So far, over 2,500 peoplehave been detained since thestart of the unrest. In addi-tion, nearly 460 minors havegone before juvenile courts,according to the Justice Min-istry.

France Struggles toRestore Civil Order asRiots Continue

The Frenchgovernment dealswith its coloniallegacy as riotscontinue.by Erika Batey

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ARGENTEUIL, FRANCE: Vehicles are torched in a parking lot west of Paris, as mass disordersweeps the country.

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This year's annual GreekWeek celebration ran fromMonday, November 7 to Fri-day, November 11. As al-ways, this year's Greek Weekwas packed full of fun eventsaimed at encouraging in-volvement in the Greek sys-tem. This long standing tra-dition provides sororitiesand fraternities on campus achance to compete in a vari-ety of games and conteststhat increase morale for theupcoming rush events. Ad-ditionally, Greek Week pro-vides non-Greeks and poten-tial new members an oppor-tunity to see what Greek lifeis all about.

The week began with theBanner Contest. This eventwas held in Dave's DownUnder starting at 8 p.m. Stu-dents crowded into Dave'swell before the event beganto receive free t-shirts andsupport the cheering fratand sorority members. Forthis contest, paired fraterni-ties and sororities combinedtheir artistic talents to createflashy, vibrant banners. Allof the groups created color-ful masterpieces, but thejudges declared Tau KappaEpsilon and Chi Omega theultimate winners. This wasthe second year in a row forChi O to be the banner con-test winners.

For the second night ofGreek Week, fraternities andsororities were again paired

to compete this time at triv-ia. The grueling trivia con-test began at 8 p.m. in Dave'sDown Under. For this event,each of the fraternity andsorority pairs selected onemale and one female to com-pete. The contest was essen-tially Jeopardy, but Rollinsstyle, with questions testingthe participants' knowledgeof the Greek system andeach Greek house on cam-pus. Questions ranged fromcomical movie quote materi-al to more challenging onesconcerning the number ofGreeks at Rollins. The audi-ence cheered as the teamspuzzled over the hourmarathon of questions, andultimately it was Phi DeltaTheta and Kappa Delta whotook the trivia prize.

The week continuedwith the Greek Games. Onthe soccer field Wednesdayat 6:30 p.m., the Greeks gath-ered to compete in a varietyof contests that tested physi-cal endurance and wits. Thegames consisted of a varietyof obstacle courses andraces. The teams were loud-ly cheered on by onlookersas they completed the ardu-ous events. Tau Kappa Ep-silon and Kappa Delta tookthe prize for this difficultday of competition.

On Thursday, GrandPoker Night was held in theCornell Campus Center.Registration for the tourna-ment took place from 7:30 to8:15 p.m. and the 10 dollardonation was requested. Allproceeds from the charitypoker tournament went toSt. Jude's Children's Hospi-tal. This event tested thecunning and game playingability of each competing

member. Phi Delta Thetafraternity were the winnersof the night, and the charityreceived a large donationthanks to all who participat-ed in the event.

On the final day ofGreek Week, the fraternityand sororities were pairedonce again to compete in thehighly anticipated BoatRace. The race began on thelake, behind the CornellCampus Center near thegazebo. For this event,teams are required to buildtheir own boats and racethem around the lake. Theunique event draws manycurious onlookers, and its al-ways exciting to see whatcreative floating master-pieces are constructed. Theproud winners of this eventwere Tau Kappa Epsilon andKappa Kappa Gamma.

At the completion of theboat race, at approximately 6p.m., food was served and aband provided entertain-ment for the distributing ofthe Greek Awards. As Greekmembers gathered after anintense but undoubtedly funweek of competition, it wasannounced that the overallwinners for the week werePhi Delta Theta and KappaDelta. The week was excit-ing, fun, and successful ingetting the entire studentbody psyched for the up-coming rush. Each fraternalorganization put in a lot ofeffort and energy to theweek's competitions, andwere well rewarded for theircontributions. Congratula-tions to all the Greek Weekwinners and thank you to allwho came out to supportRollin's Greek life organiza-tions.

Rollins Celebrates ItsAnnual Greek Week

A variety ofgames and con-tests celebrateGreek life atRollins .by Brittany Lee

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LET THE RACES BEGIN!: The boat race, which took place on the last day of Greek Week, wasan intense competition testing the contestant’s creativity and boat making skills.

The U.S . Jus t i ce De-par tment has threat -ened to f i l e a lawsui tnext week aga ins tSouthern I l l ino is Uni -vers i ty unless the co l -lege opens up threepaid fe l lowship pro-grams once reservedexc lus ive ly for minor i -ty and female students.

The governmentsays i t wil l f i le the law-suit because the fel low-ships d iscr iminateaga ins t “whi tes , non-preferred minor i t iesand males ,” accordingto a let ter dated Nov. 4 .Federal off icials say thegraduate s tudent pro-grams, which inc ludemonetary st ipends, vio-la te T i t le VI I o f theCivi l R ights Act , whichbars employment d is -crimination.

In i t s reply, the uni -vers i ty has asked formore t ime to “cons iderappropr ia te modi f i ca -t ions” and to providethe Jus t i ce Depar tmentwith informat ion aboutthe programs, a spokes-woman for Carbondale-based SIU said.

“We have no reasonto be l ieve that theseprograms are d iscr imi -natory,” sa id S IUspokeswoman SueDavis . “They have suc-cess fu l ly expanded thedepth and breadth o fd ivers i ty in many pro-fess ions and many dis -c ip l ines for peopleserv ing I l l ino is c i t i -zens.”

The threatened law-sui t comes more thantwo years af ter the U.S .Supreme Court sa iduniversit ies can consid-er race in co l lege ad-miss ions dec is ions butonly among other fac -tors and that each ap-pl i cant must be eva lu-ated individually.

I f the governmentdoes f i l e su i t , i t wouldbe the f i r s t to l ega l lycha l lenge race -spec i f i coutreach programs a tco l leges and univers i -t i es , sa id She ldonSte inbach , genera l

counse l for the Amer i -can Counci l on Educa-t ion , a Washington ,D.C. -based organiza-t ion represent ing 1 ,800co l lege and univers i tyadministrators.

Though the SupremeCourt dec i s ion waswidely regarded as awin for univers i t i esthat wanted to keep a f -f i rmat ive ac t ion pol i -cies , s ince then, schoolsthroughout the countryhave opened up minor -i ty scholarsh ips , f e l -lowships , academicsupport programs andsummer enr ichmentc lasses to s tudents o fany race.

Col lege o f f i c ia l s ,fear ing lawsui ts , havegenera l ly in terpre tedthe cour t ru l ing tomean that they can nolonger of fer race-exclu-sive programs designedspec i f i ca l ly to he lp mi -nor i ty s tudents , S te in-bach said.

A NorthwesternUniversity summer pro-gram, for example , wasopened to a l l s tudentslas t summer. At theUniversi ty of I l l inois atUrbana-Champaign , aprogram for minor i tyengineer ing s tudentsthat provided in tern-ships , scholarships andtutor ing was renamedand broadened to in -clude non-minority stu-dents.

Universit ies , howev-er, have been re luc tantto change fe l lowshipsand other programst ied to f inanc ia l a idthat could make a d i f -ference in where a s tu-dent chooses to attend.

“Are there schoolsout there who are s t i l lre ta in ing race -spec i f i cscholarsh ips? Thereprobably are . But themains t ream of schoolshave amended the i rprograms to make themrace-neutra l ,” S te in-bach said.

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Southern IllinoisUniversity SuedOver ReverseDiscrimination

Although my ancestorshad to fight the French inorder for me to be a free mantoday, and though the Frenchdeprived my little island ofmost of its nature resources, ifthat wasn’t bad enough theymade it paid a heavy indem-nity for the recognition of itswell-fought and deserved in-dependence, I never had andwill never have any hatredagainst the French.For one, itwas the act of those who areno longer alive today, not thenew generation, and it wasthe way that all countries withadvanced civilization and cul-ture preyed on the less fortu-nate as it was the case in Haitiand the African continent. Inaddition, I understand thathatred is not beneficial to oursociety. Hatred and racism areproducts of ignorance.

With my French back-ground, I feel ashamed that Idid not know of all the humil-

iation, hatred, discrimination,and racism that some theFrench population and itsgovernment have been direct-ed to immigrants of Africandescent in France.

I must confess that Ilearned about this overtracism in France this pastweek while reading We Won’tBudge: An African Exile in theWorld, a book written by theMalian native and NYU pro-fessor, Manthia Diawara. Co-incidently, the youth riots ex-ploded on the streets of Parisat the same time.

My dear friend and class-mate, Monica Sawdaye,bought me the book the weekbefore in her attempt to rebootmy confident after a poorLSAT performance.

On the first blank page ofthe book, she wrote, “October25, 2005, Jean Bernard, [w]henyou are gone from this life,you can give up on yourdreams. Peace & safe journey.Monica Sawdaye.” Betweenthe wrap and the string thatconcealed the book was awhite piece of paper with thefollowing words, “L’avocat dumonde,” French for the worldlawyer.

Really, the book accom-plished its intended objective,boosting my spirit, but one

thing that Monica did notknow is that the book wasgoing to prepare me for whatwas going to happen on thestreets of France. I knew thatracism was everywhere, but Idid not know that it was thatblatant and frequent inFrance, the country that oncestands for, as Diawara says,“human rights and commonhumanity of all people.”

When I started to gothrough some of the treat-ments that African immi-grants are receiving fromFrench Police, I hark back tothe old saying that Frenchpeople do not mean whatthey say nor say what theymean. I asked myself, howcome the country that estab-lished the principles of uni-versal human rights, abol-ished slavery, and whereAfrican Americans used to goto escape racism, is so incon-siderate to its principles.

The French have been liv-ing in a state of denial, andwhat makes it worst is that theFrench intellects are the majorinstigator of this state of de-nial. They believe that there isno racism in France. It is sadthat it had to take the lives oftwo immigrant youths anddestruction of such scale forthe French government to

wake up and clean up itsmess. I tried to put myself inthe shoes of these black kidswhose being harassed in aregular basis by the Frenchpolice, but I cannot imaginetheir ordeal.

While reading the book, Itried to think of my cousins,nieces, and nephews whowere born here; if they were tostop by the police; identifiedthemselves as American, butthe police took their docu-ments, threw them on theground, and called themnames. Then I remember thatI could file a complaintagainst the officer or perhapsthe station for discrimination,but in France it is a whole dif-ferent ball game. French lawdoes not provide for a mul-tiracial society, thus there is nogroups like NAACP to fightfor the rights of disenfran-chise African and Muslim mi-norities in France.

Finally I see why theworld is so suspicious of theFrench. It is true that onenever knows where theFrench stand. They tell theworld that they reject racismby creating La Société des Amisdes Noirs while they segregateAfrican and Muslim immi-grants and treat them as sec-ond class citizen.

It dawned on me in classa couple of weeks ago whenone my colleagues andfriends pronounced theword ideology: "Id-e-ology."It caught my attention be-cause it sounded an awfullot like the word "idiot." It isan acceptable pronunciationof the word, I am not beingpicky or facetious to my col-league it just caught my at-tention. Ideologues becomeblind to other side of an ar-gument, which handicapsthem considerably. They be-come idiots when they areunwilling to see the truth asit unfolding before their owneyes, by still defending acause that is obviously bank-

rupt. That is what is occurring

today within the Republicanparty. This administration isno longer a conservative one,and its cohorts are defendingideals which make it soundlike an activist liberal one.The War in Iraq is an enter-prise that is ideologicallyfounded on what consists ofa fundamental misunder-standing of what conser-vatism is. Nation-building isnot a conservative venture.Remaking the Middle East inour own image is not a con-servative undertaking. As-suming that our liberal dem-ocratic values can be easilytransplanted by a violent so-cial upheaval under the coer-cive power of the state, is nota conservative pursuit.

The moment of realiza-tion came to me when I hada long and loud article whena very Republican memberof the Rollins College Re-publicans. He related to methat America's belligerent in-

volvement in the worldtoday is necessary because oftwo reasons. Firstly, Americaneeds to "raise the level" ofthird world nations withhigher education and health-care. Secondly, Americaneeds to combat the rootcauses of terrorism, poverty,which is causing a "classstruggle" around the globe.

This proud Republican isobviously using liberal lan-guage to justify our bizarreforeign policy, which shovesdemocracy down the throatsof the Middle East. His firstargument smacks of racialand cultural insensitivityand assumes an Americansuperiority which is not afundamentally conservativenotion. Conservatives limitsthe power of the state be-cause it recognizes thatvirtue and knowledge arelimited things in our world.It seems nonsensical to be-lieve in limiting our govern-ment's power domesticallywhile giving it a blank check

to do what it wills aroundthe globe. Conservatives donot believe that a class strug-gle is going on, that insen-sate idea is left to Marxistsand their apologists in theDemocratic Party.

What was particularlyinsightful about my discus-sion with this Republicanwas that at the end of it all Iwas called a "liberal whackjob who could not be rea-soned with," even though Iwas arguing a conservativeposition. It shows how farthe Republican party hasfallen from its principals.The party now acts like anentrenched majority that isseeking to maintain power,even at the expense of ourprinciples. Neocons, whowork under liberal cognitiveideals, have seduced theparty with ideas that are notconservative. Which makesthem ideologues and notprincipled defenders of anideal, which makes them id-iots.

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Republican Ideologues Strayingfrom Their Conservative Ideology

Republicansdefend liberalprinciples and become counter-productive idiots.by John Ferreira

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Non-acceptanceand racismdominate Frenchsociety instead ofmulticulturaltolerance.by Jean Bernard Chery

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French Africans Tired of Police

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Down with the estab-lishment! The nefarious“They” are ruining Ameri-can society! Many, especial-ly artists, within our greatyet flawed society espousethese and other similarideas. Why do artists feel soantiestablishment concern-ing the United States? Someobserve valid social ills andas for the others, I doubt Iwill ever understand them.Often times I am so infuriat-ed by the socially harmfulcomplaints that I have toleave my TV, radio, maga-zine, or newspaper.

For instance, we have socalled Punk bands gettingwealthy off their musicwhile they sing about howour capitalist system and itsproponents are ruining ourfine culture. I concede thatour capitalist system has aproblem with socioeconom-ic equality, but hypocritescannot make it better. These“Punk” bands are exploitingour capitalist system gainingpersonal wealth while theytell our nation it is wrong forexploiting our free marketworsening our socioeconom-ic inequity. If they want totell us that we are wrong forbeing money grubbing capi-talist pig-dogs then theyshould not be attaining thatultimate tax bracket of multimillionaire.

Some I know argue thatthe money they make is sim-ply a byproduct of beingpart of a label and puttingout music. After all, “Punk”bands do not tell people to

buy their music and they donot tell their labels to ask formoney from the band’s fans.If I have to explain the ab-solute ridiculous nature ofthat argument then this arti-cle is not for you. All bandsknow that when you sign toa label then you are going tomake money; when you putout music that you knowwinds up in stores that youare going to make money. Toachieve a wide fan base thenit helps to sign to a largerecord label, but it is also aninherent part of those largerecord labels that they caremore about the money theyare making then the messageof their acts.

If a “Punk” band wantedto remain credible to its anti-establishment message thenit should remain with an un-derground label that sup-plies its music to those whotruly live the message. To re-main credible these bandsshould only make enoughmoney to keep making theirmusic and maybe enoughfor subsistence. If they need-ed to, they could have a dayjob to pay the bills.

Not to focus solely on“Punk” bands, anothergroup that gets to me arethose so-called activist thes-pians who believe they aredoing America a good bymaking all their public state-ments political in nature.When an actor or actress isreceiving an award for oneof their great roles, theyshould thank all the littlepeople, their family, andeven their God. What theyshould not do is molest anddegrade the honor conferredto them by the award byturning their acceptancespeech into a politicalspeech. The issue is context.They are at the awards cere-mony as an actor or actress;the ceremony is only about

all that acting and makingmovies and/or TV shows en-tails. The ceremonies are notpolitical events, and theseactor activists need to learnwhen it is appropriate tospeak out about their politi-cal views.

Another question that Ihave when thinking aboutthese politically outspokenactors is; what qualificationsdo they have to be politicalcommentators. Sure peopleare entitled to their opinionsand have the constitutional-ly protected freedom ofspeech, but the reason politi-cal commentators arearound and paid for theirthoughts is because of thevery fact that they are quali-fied. So many actors are sofar removed from reality liv-ing in their dream world thatI would not even want theiradvice about what colorsocks to wear. They exploittheir fame to become the ul-timate champions of a betterAmerican society, when theirchildren grow up not know-ing what a department storeor cubic zirconium is.

I suppose what I’m try-ing to say, is that I do notwant my political criticismscoming from hypocrites andpeople who know not whatthey say. Bands and actorscould be qualified to makepolitical statements andhave the right to believewhat they wish, but I do notwant to be forced to listen toit when I want to see musicor awards shows. I believethat these people should de-vote actual time to the politi-cal, social, and economicproblems of which theyspeak if they want to be con-sidered credible activists.They should not make off-hand comments at inappro-priate times when they arenot even qualified to com-ment on such subjects.

OpinionsTHE SANDSPUR6 NOVEMBER 18, 2005

France is burning, andJacques Chirac is pulling upa camping chair to roastmarshmallows in the fire.

This is one of those situ-ations where I have to blameeveryone. Both parties in-volved are faulty in this one.

Cities around the coun-try (Paris most prominentlyand most severely) havebeen ablaze for the pastthree weeks. Young immi-grants and young poor andunemployed individualshave become fed up with theconditions of racism andpoverty in their country.

So what do they do?They burn it to the ground.That will fix it.

I know that when theydescribe the perpetrators,they call them the French"youth," but I know those re-ports are not talking aboutfive- and six-year-olds be-cause they would not be ca-pable of torching hundredsof cars per night. And yetthis mentality is pure juve-nile.

"Mommy, I want a newtoy!"

"Johnny, you can't haveone."

Tantrum ensues. This kind of widespread

violence is unproductive,and no reasonable personwould take part in it. Thesepeople are desperate andhungry-I know that. But Icannot empathize withstreet rioting. I cannot sym-pathize with acts where in-nocent people are gettinghurt because of sociopoliti-cal turmoil.

But the French govern-ment is far from beingblameless. They declared astate of emergency that theyhave now extended to threemonths. Nothing says "Ican't control my tiny littlecountry" like a three-monthstate of emergency for civilunrest.

And as Chirac and hisgovernment buddies sit highand mighty in their fortress,national police spokesmanPatrick Hamon has declared,"The lull is confirmed."

"Lull"? He says this be-cause the number of cars

torched per night hasdropped to around 200, asopposed to the 1,400 thatwere set on fire in a singlenight last week.

That is one way to meas-ure success, but here is an-other: no cars being burned.No arson. No mass riots.

I feel that the Frenchgovernment is too easilypleased with their progressin this case. And whyshouldn't they be? They arenot living in the poor dis-tricts where this civil unrestis taking place. They do notneed to look out their doorand see it night after night. Ifit comes on the television,they can turn it off or changethe channel. They do notneed to watch their nationsuffer if they do not want to.

And what about the big-ger problem? Sure these riot-ers are going about this issuecompletely the wrong way,and Chirac and the rest ofthe Cabinet should absolute-ly not negotiate with thiskind of violence.

However, has this notcaused the government tothink that maybe there is aserious problem with racismand unemployment inFrance? Maybe while theyare declaring states of emer-gency and extending themfor three months as their na-tion burns and their peoplefight amongst themselves,maybe they should be evalu-ating these issues. Maybe asthey sit quietly in theirwealthy homes, they shouldstart formulating new planswhere they can alleviateracism and unemployment.

There is no easy solutionwhen both parties are atfault. France, which hasbeen a strong civilization fora fairly long period of timehas now resorted to a bar-baric sort of chaos. The peo-ple are violent, and theirleader is complacent.

As France smolders on,the whole world watchesand shakes their heads.

by Jami Furopolitical columnist

F R E N C H F R I E S

“Right” AnswerArtists Ruining USAHypocritical

artists complainabout the ills ofcapitalism butdon’t using it. by Brett Heiney

staff reporter

Be Sure to Check Out our Web-site for our Letter to the Editorsand more on this week’s stories:

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What is Islam? Whoare the Muslims? What isgoing on in the worldtoday? Why is there con-stant conflict in the Mid-dle East? There are somany questions and con-cerns that people havetoday. To many peopleIslam seems to be some-thing foreign. But Islamshould not be somethingdark and obscure; it issomething beautiful,clear and simple.

Like Christianity andJudaism, it is a monothe-istic religion that saysBelieve in one God andholds many similarities.It is an extension of Ju-daism and Christianity,and Muslims, Christians,and Jews are all consid-ered spiritual sons anddaughters of ProphetAbraham.

So why do some peo-ple associate Islam withterrorism, when in Ara-bic the word Islam itselfsimply means submis-sion, obedience, surren-der, purity, and peace?And why do some peoplethink that this is a reli-gion of hate, when thebasis of Islam is love;Love Allah (the oneGod), and love theprophet Muhammad(Pbuh)?

In addition, one ofthe most important as-pects of Islam is for aMuslim to love his/herneighbor as oneself. Inour religion we shouldnot go to bed at nightwith a full stomach, if weknow that our neighboris going to bed with hisan empty.

There is no doubtabout it that Islam is allabout peace. In Islamkilling one innocent soulis like destroying hu-manity, and saving onesoul is like saving all ofhumanity. Muslims con-sider Jews and Christiansas the people of the book,that is, Muslims believeJews and Christians werealso given the word ofGod in their holy books.

Looking into history,we will see that for many

centuries Christians andJews lived peacefullyunder the Muslims’ rulewith their full rights re-spected and well treated.There are many similari-ties within the three reli-gions that many peopledo no know about. Forexample, many Chris-tians don’t know thatMuslims believe in themiracle birth of Jesus aswell, and recognize thathe is the messiah, andalso believe that he isgoing to come back.

These facts are allmentioned in the holyKoran. But Muslims donot believe that Jesus isGod nor Son of God, butbelieve that he is aprophet, and that theone, unique God has nopartners, and no sons.

The Koran says thatthe differences betweenpeople should be a rea-son for them to seek toknow one another better,but not to kill each other.It is a shame that todayIslam is seen as a religionof hate, and violence,and that it was spread bythe sword. Prejudicesand misunderstandingsabout Muslims and Islamare persistent problems.

We cannot hold awhole religion responsi-ble for the actions of afew. Islam is the secondlargest religion in theWorld after Christianity.More than seven millionMuslims live in the Unit-ed States. So, we cannotsay that all Muslims areterrorists, just like wecannot say that all priestsare child molester. Weshould stop makingthose generalizations.

Muslims all over theworld condemn the actsof those few radicals thatkill innocent people. Thisis not what the great reli-gion of Islam teaches. Afew radicals hijacked themicrophone of the media,and told the rest of theworld to go away, where-as the rest of the Muslimswant to take the micro-phone back, and tell peo-ple about the peacefulnature of their religion,and open their doors tothe world. So, it is every-one’s duty to listen tothose millions of peace-ful Muslims and to un-derstand the nature ofIslam.

OpinionsNOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 7

In celebration of thisyear’s Veteran’s Day, a day tothank those who served theircountry, our “Support OurTroops” government axed a55-year tradition and re-fused to allow veteran affairsorganizations to testifyabout veteran needs before ajoint committee of the Houseand Senate.

The handpicked replace-ment by recently indictedRep. Tom DeLay (R-TX),House Veterans’ AffairsCommittee Chairman SteveBuyer (R-IN) is a flaccid re-placement for Rep. ChrisSmith (R-NJ). Rep. Smith re-lentlessly fought for veteranbenefits regardless of hisparty’s stance.

Buyer, a Republican whohas made it a mission to cutveteran healthcare benefits,made the following motionjust days before Veteran’sDay, “veterans service or-ganizations will no longerhave the opportunity topresent testimony before ajoint hearing of the Houseand Senate Veterans’ AffairsCommittees.”

Essentially removedfrom the democratic process,the National Commanderfor Disabled American Vet-erans, Paul W. Jackson, re-leased the following state-ment:

“The right to fully partic-ipate in the democraticprocess is a cornerstone ofour nation. Eliminatingthese joint hearings is an in-sult to the men and womenwho have fought, sacrificedand died to protect our Con-stitutional rights, includingthe right to petition the gov-ernment.”

Why would Buyers andthe Republican Party dosuch a thing? Because theydidn’t want the Americanpeople to hear about howVeterans Affairs was budget-ed to care for 24,000 troopsthis year—a far cry from the100,000+ who requested as-sistance—and how disabledvets have to wait months toget in for routine medicalcare.

Ahh . . . the Land of theFree, and Home of the De-

praved . . . .Buyer announced he

would now hold hearings onthe VA budget in Februaryinstead of March. The hear-ings would be before theHouse Committee on Veter-ans’ Affairs (HCVA) only,not the traditional Houseand Senate joint committee.Buyer, in typical Republicanform of spraying cologne ona turd, said this was to “en-sure that veterans havegreater input in the [VA’sbudget] process.”

For over five decades,various American Veterans’group had a joint session be-tween HCVA and the SenateCommittee on Veterans Af-fairs (SCVA). With SCVAeliminated from the process,the Vet reps have no accessto the people who actuallygrant the funds, and nochance of closing the gap onthe widening healthcaredeficit in the Department ofVeteran’s Affairs.

Moving the meetingdate up prevents VA officialsfrom comparing budgetnumbers released by theWhite House (how muchmoney they’re going to getfrom the government for vet-erans) to how much the offi-cials plan to spread fundsaround the departments thatneed it most. Moving thedate up prevents Vets frommaking informed decisionsand prevents them frombartering to fund muchneeded programs; theywould have to developbudget priorities right whenthe numbers are released

from the White House.Then our nefarious gov-

ernment, to get this littleblurb about fisting our veter-ans out of the headlines, Sen-ator Richard Burr (R-NC) in-troduced this “great” newbill allocating $25 million tohelp with our country’shomeless veterans situation.Wow, $25 million, whoopie.That means a whole dollar foreach and every veteran cur-rently under care; Big Oilgets more from our govern-ment in subsidies.

All this makes me sick tomy stomach—seeing ourveterans come home afterfighting our politicians’war—to cold shoulders andturned backs. Someoneneeds to take these peoplefor a vacation in a dark alley-way, shove bits of glassunder their fingernails,allow some purple-hat wear-ing beefcake infected withsyphilis, herpes, HIV, andgonorrhea to have his waywith the offender’s familywhile he’s duct-taped to abed of nails, and then . . . .

Ho, Ho! I don’t want tocarry that train of thought allthe way through. I thinkperhaps it would be better todo something legal like sendthe representatives’ sons anddaughters over there to thedesert, so they can give firsthand accounts to their mom-mies and daddies of GulfWar Syndrome (which veter-ans are returning with thisaliment first discovered afterthe first Gulf War) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD).

The Officious Ombudsman

by Issac Stolzenbachpolitical columnist

HAPPY VETERANS DAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT

Islam: PeacefulReligion

Islam is not adark and violentfaith but one oflight and peace.by Mehdi Taifi

contributing writer

For many students col-lege comes with a hefty pricetag. As grants have declinedand the cost of college hassteadily increased, gradu-ates are left with a degreein one hand and manyloans in the other.

In the 2002-’03 schoolyear, loans made up 80 per-cent of financial aid pack-ages and 20 percent weregrants a big difference fromthe 20-percent loans to 80-percent grants ratio seen in1975-’76, according to theUnited States Student As-sociation Foundation.

The Center for Eco-nomic and Policy Researchsays the major cause of in-creasing student debt andthat shift from grants to loansis the rising cost of college.

“I have been awardingstudents grants for 30 years,”said Steven E. Brooks, execu-tive director of the North Car-olina State Education Assis-tance Authority. “I would liketo see more Pell Grantsawarded, but the funding hasnot kept up with the increas-ing cost of college and num-ber of students applying.”

As student debt has con-tinued to grow, the USSA pi-oneered the campaign “Stopthe Raid on Student Aid.”The 59-year-old organizationis trying to make studentsaware of proposed legislationthat could increase the inter-est rate cap by more than 25percent and includes cuts thatcould trim $9 billion fromstudent aid.

“Currently we are experi-encing a worst-case scenariofor students,” said JasmineHarris, USSA legislative di-rector. “First, you have an in-creasingly small portion ofthe cost of college being cov-

ered by grants, and second,students are forced to take(out) increasing amounts ofloans. Their disproportion-ately high debt upon gradua-tion prohibits them from par-ticipating in the economy and

all it has to offer. It’s a lose-lose situation.”

The average senior grad-uated with $17,600 in debt in2004, according to CEPR.

Though cost and loansare rising as grants remainstagnant, the College Boardfound that tuition increases atpublic universities were notas large as they had been inthe last two years.

“The good news is thattuition price increases havecontinued to moderate overthe past year,” said DavidWard, president of the Amer-ican Council on Education ina press release. “But I remaingreatly concerned about thelong-term outlook for collegeaccess in this country and itspotential impact on our abili-ty to compete in the globaleconomy.”

The USSA seeks to notonly block legislation andcuts that would adversely af-fect financial aid, but alsocampaign for all monies cutfrom higher education to bemarked for students. Othersagree that the government

should be held accountable tostudents.

“The federal and stategovernments must increasetheir investment in higher ed-ucation. If we fail to takethese steps, our nation’s fu-

ture economic standingcould be at risk,” Wardsaid.

CEPR’s September re-port used this example toput college cost in perspec-tive: In 1981, a studentcould work full-time, min-imum wage all summerand earn two-thirds of ayear of college. But in 2005,a student would have towork full-time, minimumwage year-round to afforda year of college.

“Students are practi-cally being punished for

not being able to afford col-lege when they are born orwhen they graduate fromhigh school,” Harris said.“That’s why we must demon-strate the power in studentstaking a stance.”

The College Board foundthat over the last decade, Par-ent Loans for UndergraduateStudents (PLUS) has becomethe fastest growing studentaid program, and higher-in-come students are currentlybenefiting from financial aidmore than their lower-incomecounterparts.

Though aid distributionmay not be just and costs con-tinue to rise and outpacegrants, college is still viewedas worth the sacrifice. “Re-gardless if you have to gopart-time, work more thanyou like or bypass your topchoice for a more affordableeducation, it’s still much bet-ter for students to go (to col-lege) than not,” North Caroli-na’s Brooks said. “Loans maynot be such a bad thing be-cause they are a great invest-ment in yourself.”

THE SANDSPUR8 NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Dear Marian:

I need to know about the Internship deadlines for theSpring Semester. I heard from a classmate that the datesare pretty rigid. What happens if I am not able to find aninternship in time?

~Tony ‘06

Dear Tony,

The deadline to register for and submit the Credit Ap-proval form for participating in a spring 2006 internship isJanuary 5, 2006. This means that if you want to complete aninternship for elective academic credit you will need to com-plete all of the following steps by that date:

1. Be a junior or senior status with a GPA over 2.5.

2. Obtain an internship site.

Not sure where to begin? You can access the listings onthe Rollins website or I am available to assist students withthe search. In addition to sharing possible internship leads,I can help students sharpen their resume, cover letter andinterviewing skills in preparation for the search.

Participate in the one of the Required Internship Orien-tation meetings. The available sessions are Friday Decem-ber 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m. or Saturday, January 7, 11:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. At this meeting Sharon Lusk, Assistant Dean of theHamilton Holt School will provide an overall orientation.

3. Complete the paperwork and submit it prior to the Jan. 5 deadline. You will also need to register and pay for this class during registration.

What happens if you are not able to meet these dead-lines or if you do not need any elective credit? Holt studentscan also complete an internship for professional develop-ment without academic credit. With this option there areno registration dates or required paperwork between theRollins College and the student.

However, I recommend that you make formal intern-ship commitment to the internship site. Why? For the ex-perience to be used within your future job search, it is im-portant to clarify expectations and responsibilities so the ex-perience will have the accountability and structure that youneed.

Do you have a question for Marian? E-mail her at [email protected]. She guarantees that all questions willbe responded to individually or in this column.

INTERNSHIPS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

by Charreah Jacksonknight ridder/tribune

DON COKER / Krt Campus

The Tide Of StudentDebt Rises Across U.S.

RICHARD HODGES / Krt Campus

Professor Misty Haggard-Belford is an example ofRollins leadership and excel-lence in forming the next gen-eration of intellects uponwhom the future of the worlddepends. Respectively, Hag-gard-Belford earned her A.A.at Seminole Community Col-lege in 1997, her B.A. (SummaCum Laude) in Organization-al Communication, and herM.A. with distinction in Cor-porate Communication andTechnology at Rollins Collegein 2000 and 2002. She special-izes in Gender Communica-tion, Interpersonal Communi-cation, Computer MediatedCommunication, and PublicSpeaking

After her graduation inMay 2002, she decided to stayat Rollins to pass her acquiredknowledge onto the new gen-eration of Rollins students.Subsequently, on spring 2003she started teaching at the col-lege. Since then she has beentaught: Gender Communica-tion, Interpersonal Communi-cation, Computer MediatedCommunication and PublicSpeaking. Also she has beenteaching Fundamentals ofSpeech Communication (Pub-lic Speaking) at Brevard Com-munity College since spring2004.

Each professor interviewsfor this section has a uniquereason for choosing to teach atthe Hamilton Holt School, andHaggard-Belford is no excep-tion.

Something real specialabout her choice is that she’sbeen here for years as a studentand she never gets bored withthe place. Interestingly enoughshe says, “Finding the Holtschool while I was working onmy education was an absoluteblessing for me. I suddenlyknew that I was where I wassupposed to be and I hadamazing support along theway from my professors, advi-sors, and all of the Holt schoolstaff.”

“Teaching at Holt givesme an opportunity to createthat life changing experiencefor my students as well,” shecontinues.

“Additionally,” she asserts,“I enjoy the challenge of theHolt students. They are dedi-cated, intelligent and diversi-fied and that keeps me on mytoes. Every session is a learn-ing opportunity. Some maysay that a professor shouldteach the students instead oflearn from them but I think it isa fortunate professor who can

not only teach but learn fromtheir students as well.”

What Haggard-Belfordenjoys the most about teachingin general and the Holt Schoolin particular is “the freedom ofteaching and the constantlearning opportunities.”“Teaching as an adjunct givesme the freedom to be there formy family, while also main-taining my career. I also enjoythe freedom I am given to de-velop my courses as I see fit.”She is very pleased with hercolleagues who are at all timehappy to provide her withsupport and guidance, “but inthe end,” she says, “It is up tome to create a good course.”She loves the learning oppor-tunities that her colleagueshave been provided her.

“I have had the opportuni-ty to teach new courses on aregular basis keeping me freshand interested but I also lovelearning from my students.”She adds that “The Holt stu-dents are very diverse in theiroutlook and experience, and Iconsider myself fortunate tohave the opportunity to inter-act with them and learn fromthem.”

Because Haggard-Belford

has such a forthright and outgoing personality, she doesn’tbelieve that there is anythingabout her that would be anysurprise to her students. “I ampretty open with my studentsgiven the nature of the coursesI teach. I don’t think there ismuch that would surprisethem,” says Haggard-Belford.

She is interested in booksthat have anything to do withself-development. She is cur-rently working on time man-agement and organization,“but it is slow going” she says.Since she added a baby to herfamily, she is not as passionateas she once was about movies;she cannot recall a favorite oneeither. However, she makes itto plays once in a while.

“I like just about all musicbut tend to relax with JimmyBuffet or Jack Johnson. My fa-vorite foods would be choco-late and Starbucks WhiteChocolate Mochas. AlthoughI am not sure they really quali-fy as food that is what I searchfor when I need comfort.” Sheexplains. Her favorite past-time is spending time with her“family outdoors doing some-thing involving water sports.”“But, by far,” she states, “the

best vacation spot would haveto be Brac Reef Beach Resort inCayman Brac, B.W.I.”

Haggard-Belford couldnot completely wrap herhands around a single wish forthe future, but she thinks that,“If it came down to only one, Iwould have to say to raise ahappy, well-rounded family.”

Professionally, Haggard-Belford is currently focusingon increasing her knowledgeof computer mediated educa-tion as she sees it being a sig-nificant part of future educa-tion, while personally, her hus-band and she recently took ina child that needed a familyand are in the process of certi-fying as a foster home.

During her years in school,she earned a variety of honorsand awards; among them are:Lambda Pi Eta National Com-munication Honor Society;Alpha Sigma Lambda Nation-al Honor Society; Director’sAward for Rollins CollegeMaster’s in Corporate Com-munication and Technology;Outstanding Senior Award forRollins College Hamilton HoltSchool; National Public Speak-ing Competitor for Health Oc-cupations Students of Ameri-

ca; National Competitor inSpeech & Debate for the Na-tional Forensics League.

Her Leadership Roles in-clude: Florida Public RelationsAssociation Member; Presi-dent of Communiqué, theRollins College Student Chap-ter of the Florida Public Rela-tions Association; President ofthe Rollins College HamiltonHolt Student Body, Writer forCommunication Matters, theRollins College Department ofCommunication newsletter;Writer for HHSGA News, theHamilton Holt Student Gov-ernment Association newslet-ter; Contributor to Holt News,the Hamilton Holt Schoolnewsletter.

As a student Haggard-Belford put her marks on somuch within the Rollins com-munity and the local commu-nity, it would take her a whilebefore her many new success-es and accomplishments couldpossibly overshadow her pastaccomplishments. I shouldmention that she is the co-owner of Mobile Marine Ser-vice located in Sanford. Hag-gard-Belford is holding veryhigh the Hamilton Holt tradi-tion of excellence.

NOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 9

by Jean Bernard Cherythe sandspur

Get To Know Misty Haggard-Belford,Holt Professor of Communications

Inspirational, emotionaland entertaining are justthree in a long list of wordsthat can be used to describeJarhead. Jamie Fox, Jake Gyl-lenhall and Peter Sarsgaardstar in this twisted tale ofwhat it really means to be asoldier. The movie’s premiseis rather simple as it detailsthe lives of Marines, specifi-cally snipers, through theirtraining and their involve-ment in the Gulf War. OftenGyllenhall’s character Swoff

and Sarsgaard’s “Troy” findthemselves in compromisingpositions that they are or-dered into. One such scene isthat of the men trying to digout sleeping holes whilebeing rained on by oil. How-ever, despite its notable sim-plicity and quite linear plot,the movie sends deep mes-sages about the armedforces, American politics andthe lackluster lives of themen and women who de-fend our country.

Jarhead’s greatest attrib-ute is how real everythingseems. This is definitely nota “Rambo” movie with oneman gunning down hun-dreds of others, inescapablynever being struck myenemy fire. Jarhead realism ismore along the lines of Sav-ing Private Ryan. Despite this

common lack of realism, Jar-head does not contain thesame mass violence.

Instead what Jarhead con-tains are many crude jokesand scenes which perfectlyfit into the lifestyle that theMarines must live through.These crude comments,many about masturbation,and scenes, such as theChristmas party whereSwoff is wearing only aSanta Clause hat, really addto the overall gritty feel ofthe film.

A second positive aspectof Jarhead was its develop-ment of characters.

Although there weresome Marines that were notwell developed into charac-ters the audience reallycared about, Jamie Fox’scharacter Sykes, Swoff and

Troy all make deep marksinto the minds of thosewatching. The audiencequickly finds themselvestied to these characters, bothsympathizing and empathiz-ing with their situation. Ipersonally enjoyed this char-acter development as mostof today’s movies charactersusually seem flat and unin-teresting.

There needs to be awarning put out on this filmfor possibly misleading au-dience with its trailer. As Istated before, this movielacks the body count andmassive violence of warmovies. Although the audi-ence is exposed to severalcorpses, many charred be-yond recognition, there arevery few action sequences.This, however, is not a flaw

of the film but one of thestrengths of the story. With-out giving away the entirefilm, the lack of violence (fora war movie) really addssomething to the over allmeaning of the film.

This movie serves as agreat source of two hours ofentertainment and a nightfull of discussion. The issuesbrought up are more preva-lent then ever given the cur-rent status of this countryand war we find ourselvesstill in. Jarhead is worth theprice of admission and is amovie I plan to purchase onDVD. I personally recom-mend this film as it starts offwith a bang and ends withenough class and style tokeep the audience talkingwell after the credits roll.

THE SANDSPUR10 NOVEMBER 18, 2005&Arts EntertainmentJarhead Rocks All Audiences: Enlist Now!

by Max Remerthe sandspur

Jarhead prom-ises two hours ofentertainmentworth the price ofa ticket.

Jarhead/Universal Studios

IN THE SUCK: Jamie Fox and Jake Gyllenenhall wade through charred vehicles in Jarhead

THE SANDSPURNOVEMBER 18, 2005 11&Arts Entertainment

Director Martin Campbell does it again with thesecond half to an ongoing saga, The Legend of Zorro.Like many Zorro films before it, the screenplay staystrue to the heart and purpose of Zorro's character.The only question that remains is whether or not theworld needs another Zorro movie.

Starring returning actors, Antonio Banderas (Des-perado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Mask ofZorro) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, The Ter-minal, Ocean’s Twelve), The Legend of Zorro intro-duces such new characters as Joaquin de LaVega,played by the feisty and adorable child actor AdrianAlonso in his first film, and such new villains as Ar-mand, played by Rufus Sewell (Hamlet, A Knight’sTale), and Jacob McGivens played by Nick Chinlund(Tears of the Sun, The Chronicles of Riddick).

This “legend”of Zorro begins with the voting bythe people for California to become a free state of theunion. It is quickly interrupted by the obvious ban-dits trying to keep this from occurring followed byZorro’s (Banderas) miraculous appearance to savethe day. And this is only the beginning... But troublesof state, saving lives and fighting off dangerouscriminals aren’t enough exhaustion in Zorro’s day asher returns home to his beautiful wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) and son, Joaquin (Alonso). Upon finding thateven after California is free, her husband is not plan-ning on retirement as she expected, Elena de LaVega,kicks Zorro or Alejandro de LaVega rather, out of thehouse and soon after, surprisingly, sends him the pa-pers for a divorce. Dejected and depressed, Alejan-dro returns to his old habits from the days beforeZorro, when the bar and a bottle were his onlyfriends. Quick to clean up his act for his son’s well-being he is shocked when he find his wife has founda new suitor only three months after their unexpect-ed divorce. Throughout the timing of these events,the fanatical McGivens is reigning terror upon thecommon people of California, calling it the “Lord’swork.” Soon Zorro begins to suspect that his wife’smysterious new suitor, the rich Armand, is up tosomething and he is determined to find out and towin back the heart of the women who once burnedwithin him as the deepest passion he had everknown.

Though the film truly did stick to the heart ofZorro’s character and history, I feel that the need fora sequel to such a classic as The Mask of Zorro wasnull, making the film quite unnecessary. At times theacting was fairly unconvincing and the action wasway over the top. Although the point of going to amovie is to get caught up, most often in a world vast-ly different from your own, something too unbeliev-able can be quite ridiculous to its viewers. Its easy tofeel that Campbell was attempting to update Zorrowith the times and with a few new, more acrobaticmoves. But all in all, while entertaining, it was noth-ing spectacular or really comparable to its predeces-sor. Why try to make something better out of some-thing already perfect?

This movie is recommended as a rental for a nightin the future when boredom sets in and as usualthere is nothing remotely watch-able on television,because the world truly didn’t need another “legend”of Zorro.

Movie Review:The Legend Of Zorro

BY SOPHIA KOSHMER

WW E E K LE E K L YYHHOROSCOPESOROSCOPES

A r i e s(March 21-April19): This is agood time tostart slacking

off. You’re almost done withthe semester. You can see thelight at the end of the tunnel.Your work is almost done,and your winter break is al-most here. You have comeclose enough, so why notjust quit now? Take the restof the semester to relax. Youhave earned it for all thehard work you have doneuntil this point.

T a u r u s(April 20-May20): You aregoing to findyourself entan-

gled in an obscenely luckyweek this week. Everythingwill go your way. That paperdeadline will be postponed.That special someone you’vehad your eye on might final-ly give you the time of day.Everything will just flat outgo right for you. Don’t devel-op a false sense of security,however. Next week, it’sback to the grind.

G e m i n i(May 21-June21): You aregoing to eat a lotthis week.

Specifically, turkey, potatoes,cranberries, stuffing, andpumpkin pie. Better loosenthose jeans because you arein for a feast. Be careful therest of the weekend, though.Haul out the treadmill andthe pilates videos, and it’slettuce and celery for youfrom now until the Christ-mas cookies start comingout. You’ll want to fit intoyour swingin’ new outfit bythe time all those New Year’sparties come around.

C a n c e r(June 22-July22): You will fallin love thisweek. Maybe

you will meet someonewhile you’re home for theholiday. Either way, you willfind that perfect someoneand fall head absolutelyhead over heels. Don’t falltoo hard, though. If youmove too quickly, you mayget hurt. Just be cautious.

Leo (July23-Aug. 22):You are goingto find yourselfburied under a

proverbial mountain ofnasty, ugly work this week.All of your professors aregoing to assign enormousprojects at the same time,and you are going to be atthe bottom of it. Don’t gettoo frustrated, though. Thatwill only make it worse.Relax and just work hard toget it done. Budget yourtime, and set aside time to doeach task. In the end, youwill get it all done. But it isgoing to be most unpleasantin the meantime.

Virgo (Aug.23-Sept. 22): Itis time for youto part-tay. Goto some great

Thanksgiving parties, andkick back with your friendsand family. Eat, drink, andbe merry, but be ready to re-turn to the real world nextweek. Until then, dance tillyou drop and eat to yourheart’s content. You’ve donewell this semester. It’s timefor some fun.

L i b r a(Sept. 23-Oct.22): There isnothing partic-ularly special

in your future for thisweek. No particularly in-triguing love interests. Nohostile fights. No immenseamount of work. No excit-ing amount of fun. Just lifein general. Nothing more,nothing less. Don’t look foranything earth-shatteringbecause it won’t be there.But that’s really not so bad,is it? You could use thetime to relax.

S c o r p i o(Oct. 23-Nov.21): You aregoing to havethe greatest

week ever! Everything willbe wonderful. You will havea fun Thanksgiving, you’llenjoy the rest of your week-end after that, you’ll get allof your work done while stillhaving time to play. All isright with the world for youthis week. Just chill andenjoy your long weekend.Come back well-rested andready to finish the semester.

Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec.21): You willhave a veryp r o d u c t i v e

week. You may have a lotof work now, but just

work hard, and you will getit all done. Prioritize, andyou’ll get it done. Don’tworry because that willmake it worse. It will allwork out, and you will beextremely productive. Then,you will feel a huge sense ofaccomplishment. When youdo, celebrate. You’ve earnedit.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.19): Uh-oh. It’stime to go homefor Thanksgiv-

ing, and you know what thatmeans--time with the family.The whole family. Thewhole, huge, loud, obnox-ious, in your face family.Don’t get too stressed out,though. Value the time thatyou have with them. Spendtime talking to some familymembers you haven’t seen ina while. You may find thatthey are a whole lot coolerthan you ever thought theywere.

A q u a r i u s(Jan. 20-Feb.18): Treat your-self this week.Don’t just buy

things for other people whileyou’re doing your Christmasshopping. Buy a little some-thing for yourself, too. It willdo you good. It’s nice to treatyourself from time to time.Get a pedicure. Buy a cup ofcoffee as you watch theworld go buy. You haveworked hard this semester. Itis time that you take your re-ward.

Pisces (Feb.19-March 20):It’s a good weekto be a Pisces.It’s all about

you this week. Don’t let oth-ers get in your way or try totell you what to do. Makedecisions for yourself. Dowhat you feel is right, andmake sure you feel rightabout it before you do it.Every once in a while, youhave to just look out for you.This is a good week for that.Don’t pay attention to pushypeople who only have theirinterests at heart for you. It isyour life. Act like it.

These horoscopes are for en-tertainment purposes only.Please do not take them as ad-vice for your life seeing as theyare only for your amusement.

The show Pack of Lieswritten by Hugh Whitmore,is a play which capturessuch themes as betrayal,patriotism, treachery andfriendship. It opened at theAnnie Russell theatre hereat Rollin on Friday, Novem-ber 11.

This “cold war spydrama” was set in the livingroom of an “anonymoussuburban English family”the Jacksons as noted in thedirector’s short descriptionin the programs handed outto the audience. It delvesinto the question ofwhether or not one’s devo-tion to their friends or one’sdevotion to their country isof greater importance.

The Jackson family isasked by the British gov-ernment agency, MI5, to aidthem in the imprisonmentof their good friends, theKroger family. The Krogerfamily is Peter Kroger andhis wife Helen Kroger areAmerican communists spy-

ing on England for Russia.The Kroger’s have dis-guised themselves as Cana-dians, after fleeing oncetheir friends back homewere arrested.

A Russian man, GordonLonsdale comes to staywith them periodically andis their connection to theRussian government intheir current placement.When the British govern-ment suspects foul play,they ask the Jackson familyto allow them to set up asurveillance team headedby an MI5 agent, Mr. Stew-art, in their home in orderto spy on the Kroger family.

However, to begin withMr. Stewart is not com-pletely honest with theJackson’s either. He doesnot inform them that theteam has been sent to spyon their friends, theKroger’s. By the time theyfind out, the question isposed as to whether or notallegiance to government orfriendship is most impor-tant. Unfortunately, theJackson’s know that there isno choice, they must coop-erate with the government,even if it means betrayingtheir friends.

Eventually the Kroger’sare arrested, following thevisit of the Jackson daugh-

ter, Julia to the prisonwhere they are being held.It is their that Helen, thewife of the Kroger familyinforms her that she cannever forgive Barbara, themother of the Jackson fami-ly. Barbara, soon has abreakdown at this betrayaland suffers a heart attackbefore her untimely deathat the end of the play.

Continually surprisingand delightful, is the talentthat Rollin’s College pos-sesses, most especially in itstheatre department. Two in-credibly pleasing perform-ance were that of Sarah Bit-tner as Barbara Jackson andPatrick Clark as Stewart.Bittner’s portrayal of thematriarch of the Jacksonfamily was convincing inher understanding of hercharacter. She fully depict-ed the inner chaos and un-rest of Barbara Jackson.

Patrick Clark, who waslast scene in the Rollinsproduction of Sexual Per-versity in Chicago, has cer-tainly impressed his audi-ence with his ability totruly become without adoubt every character hetakes on and his portrayalof Stewart in this produc-tion is no exception. He hasso much comfort on thestage and it is impossible

for one to not get lost ineach character as if theywere truly standing rightbefore them. Every wordand movement was notonly believable but veryreal to its audience.

Ana Eligio and ConradWinslow were also pro-duced quite well-actedroles, with the exceptionthat their characters couldhave been more believableand personal. Overall, theother actors were decent,

especially in making the ac-cents believable. The showdragged a bit and that is theonly complaint but overall,it was a very welldone per-formance.

Which is more unbear-able, betrayal of one’sfriends, or one’s country?This question was certainlyanswered by the dramaticevents that finalize thisplay.

That “new smell” stillpermeated the air in theKeene Music Hall as Rollinsstudents performed in thefirst student compositionconcert of the season. Allfifteen pieces were writtenthis semester and wereplayed in front of an audi-ence for the first time.

Starting the show offwith a bang was DougMoser playing a catchysong that he composed him-self on the marimba.

Five piano acts fol-lowed, some resembling aclassic Vivaldi -like balladwhile others an intenseBeethoven sonata.

The third pianopiece took the audience bysurprise as a tall, slim,blonde and blue-eyed girlwalked onstage in a sleeve-less black dress with highblack heels.

This girl impressed theaudience with each loudand passionate note she

played in her self-composednocturne.

Following the pianoacts was a lyrical piece writ-ten and performed by TheSandspur’s own Jami-LeighFuro. “Mercy” was sungwith Furo as alto and twoother female sopranos inperfect harmony.

Furo was also sched-uled to showcase her talenton the piano as an accompa-nist to Adam Farabee’sCello solo, but that per-formance has been resched-uled to later on this year.

An “Alleluia” was next,followed by the highlight ofthe night, as the most beau-tiful piece titled “August”was performed. Resemblinga song played in a dramaticmovie at its climax, “Au-gust” was composed byTom Ewing, who played theguitar alongside RussellHarrison on violin.

The two instrumentscreated a melodious and re-laxing yet powerful tunethat caused listeners toclose their eyes and savor

the glorious tones. Paintedwith each note was asomber image of red andbrown leaves silently fallingin a forest.

Afterward the moodswitched dramatically to astring quartet, featuringJoni Roos and Russell Har-rison on violin, Dawn Cun-ningham on viola, and AlecTroeger on cello.

A follow-up pieceadded Christen Westoveron concert bass. The songkept the audience memberson the edge of their seats asit abruptly stopped andrestarted several times.

Three borrowed lyricalsongs followed suit, the firstfrom a larger musical workentitled “Apollo 13” (com-posed by Matthew Burke)and the next two from themusical comedy “UlyssesGoes Home” (set by ConradWinslow).

“Marilyn’s Aria” beganwith a verbal and lyrical ex-planation by its composerand pianist and RachelRollins (Burke’s relative)

sang as Marilyn, the astro-naut’s wife.

The first song sung fromUlysses Goes Home was ti-tled “Man with Maturity”whose singer, PatriciaAyala, smiled, danced, andwinked expressively at theaudience.

“You Ought to Know”was the second part, sungby Ashleigh Drake Teicherwho proved to have just asstrong a voice as her fellowperformer.

A three part perform-ance called “Angel’s Re-venge” was next, performedby a flute, bassoon, clarinet,oboe, cello, and piano.

The first two parts werepresented only with theflute, clarinet and oboe,joined by the other instru-ments and a countertenorfor the third and final part.

The countertenor wasGianberto Rodriguez, whoinstilled an “I-mean-busi-ness” aura without havingsaid a word.

The audience was morethan taken aback when he

opened his mouth to emit ahigh-pitched operatic andalmost female voice whichechoed through the halllouder than any instrumentever could. This was theonly piece to receive astanding ovation at its end.

The final two pieceswere electronic ones, onecomposed by Jeffery Gille-spie and the other per-formed by K.C. Kelley.

The first was emittedthrough speakers, createdwith the Korg ESX-1 Sam-pler. Techno-like galacticbeats had the audience tap-ping their toes and bobbingtheir heads. “This remindsme of video game back-ground music,” one audi-ence member said.

The second was per-formed live on the synthe-sizer by its composer.

The audience was com-prised of about fifty people,both Rollins students andadults. A concert of this cal-iber deserved more specta-tors to appreciate it.

THE SANDSPUR12 NOVEMBER 18, 2005&Arts Entertainment

Keene Music Hall Hosts Its First Student Compositionby JJeessssiiccaa SScchhaarrff

the sandspur

Pack of Lies Entangles Audiences WithBetrayal, Patriotism, Treachery and Friendship

by Sophia Koshmerthe sandspur

Theater PerformancesContinue to Delight RollinsAudience

NOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 13&TimesLifeYahoo and TiVo Join Forces

Yahoo, Inc. and TiVo,Inc. are teaming up to blendsome of their services to-gether to give users thechance to experience tech-nology in ways they neverhave been able to before.

In today’s world thereis a very thin line betweenthe office and the livingroom. The merging of thesetwo companies is anotherstep in moving the lines be-tween the offices and livingrooms even closer together.

The partnership willoffer customers Yahoo's In-ternet-based content andservices through TiVo's dig-ital video recording de-vices. Users only need theirTiVo box and a valid Yahooaccount with a Yahoo.comemail address, as well as avalid TiVo account.

Users can click the"Record to my TiVo box"button from any Yahoo TVepisode page and the re-quest is automatically sentto a home the next time aTiVo box connects. TiVo'sservice costs $12.95 permonth, $155.40 for 12months and $299 for a sub-scription that lasts the life-time of the recorder, which

the company estimates isfour years.

In the coming months,Yahoo's traffic and weathercontent page, as well as itsusers' photos will be view-able on televisions viaTiVo's broad-band serviceand easy-to-use screen.

V i c ePresident ofTiVo hopesthat theteaming upwill be thef o u n d a t i o nof a long-term rela-t i o n s h i p .TiVo sub-scribers al-ready havethe ability tor e m o t e l yschedule recordings fromthe TiVo website, but thiswill potentially grab someof Yahoo's large user baseand gain some much-need-ed new customers.

A California-basedcompany has about 3.6 mil-lion subscribers but itgained fewer new cus-tomers in it last secondquarter than it did in theprevious year. TiVo has be-come a household name,

but it is still fighting tomatch the success of itsbrand name with a lastingbusiness model in an in-creasingly competitive dig-ital video recording market.Some analysts question

whether the company cancontinue to grow as satelliteand cable companies devel-op their own Digital-Video-Recording technology thatoffer lower subscriptionfees.

TiVo is now looking foradditional partnerships tomake up for the loss of Di-recTV, which said it hasplans to stop marketingTiVo's product. Yahoo ap-pears to be the leading des-

tination on the Web and isseeing remarkable growthas more and more peopleturn to the Internet for new,entertainment, communica-tion, and other services.Yahoo is still under the con-

stant pressureto stay on top,e s p e c i a l l ysince GoogleInc. and Mi-crosoft Corp.are expandingwhat theyoffer.

The part-nership ofYahoo, Inc.and TiVo, Inc.will benefitboth compa-nies through alarge expan-sion of both.Especially for

TiVo, which will give sub-scribers access to Yahoo'scontent from their televi-sion and open the door todownload straight from theWeb onto the TV. Thismarks a significant devel-opment in the company'syear-old campaign to ex-pand beyond basic digitalvideo recording services tobecoming more of an enter-tainment locale.

Yahoo has signed deals

with CNN and ABC New toexpand the content it offers.Both Google and Yahoohave invested a lot ofmoney to video services.Earlier this year Yahoolaunched a searchablevideo archive for its users.

This is not the first timethough Internet access hasgone to the TV screen.WebTV tried, but failed.According to executives theYahoo-TiVo offering will bedifferent. "It's not abouthaving a Web browser onyour TV and having a key-board on your lap. It'll stillbe focused on the TV expe-rience and navigating withthe remote control," execu-tive say. "It will also not re-quire people to relearn any-thing."

In addition, Yahoo re-portedly will soon intro-duce a cell phone in part-nership with SBC Commu-nications, according to TheWall Street Journal. Thephone will include links tomusic, photos, email, ad-dress books, and prefer-ences on Yahoo user ac-counts.

The merge is just one ofthe things that Yahoo isdoing to move itself up inthe world of technology.

by Rochelle Siegelthe sandspur

Massive Black Hole Found by Scientists

Recently an internation-al astronomical team led bythe Chinese astronomerZhi-Qiang Shen, who isbased in the Shanghai As-tronomical Observatory hasmost likely made an emi-nent discovery. Using manydifferent radio telescopes inthe Unites States, known asthe Very Long Base LineArray, this Chinese scientisthas found compelling evi-dence indicating that thebaffling celestial bodyknown as Sagittarius A is infact a massive black hole.

This body is 26,000 lightyears away at our galacticcenter. It could be the supermassive black hole that sci-entists have for a long timepredicted lies at the centerof the Milky Way and possi-bly all galaxies.

Black holes seem to de-vour everything aroundthem, not even light can es-cape their intense gravita-tional pull. There is notmuch known about blackholes. This possible blackhole is likely to have a di-ameter equal to the radiusof the Earth's orbit with a

mass density of at least onetrillion times that of anyknown celestial entity. Sucha wonder of astronomy islikely to command the at-tention of radio telescopeobservers and astronomersof all levels for a good longwhile.

It is impossible to ob-serve a black hole directlyand so anything suspectedto be a black hole has to beidentified by the effect it hason the matter surroundingit.

One important discov-ery about the possible Sagit-tarius A black hole would beits event horizon. The eventhorizon is the spherical areaat and beyond which thegravitational pull is suchthat nothing can escape it.Evidence supporting suchan event horizon will fur-ther strengthen Shen's studyof our galactic center.

Though an event hori-zon has never been ob-served directly, some be-lieve that if a telescopes res-olution was high enoughthat a dark shadow with aring of bright light could beobserved that would be asclose to ever directly ob-serving one.

This discovery couldchange the way people lookat the galaxy and the uni-verse. The implications offinding supporting evi-dence that black holes are atthe center of ours and allgalaxies will have a pro-found effect on understand-ing the growth, size, rota-tions, and all other aspectsof galaxies. How do thesecentral super massive blackholes affect all these? Whatwill be the ultimate effect ofthese black holes' gravita-tional pull on all of the massof their respective galaxies?Will they eventually suck inall of the galactic mass leav-ing nothing but a blackhole?

These questions areunanswered, but as as-tronomers continue to studyand observe Sagittarius Aand other black holes ingalaxy centers, hopefullythe answers will not be longin coming. Mankind's fun-damental understanding ofthe formation and life ofgalaxies is being refined andrefocused as new discover-ies such as central blackholes are being made andstudied.

A new threshold of en-

lightenment is likely athand with such a propitiousopportunity to gain vastknowledge about man'svery existence.

Further observationsand examination of findingscould forever alter the un-derstanding of how theMilky Way and all galaxies,stars, planets, solar systems,and life are formed, in directresponse to these massivegalactic centers with theirimmeasurable gravitationalpull.

Soon the inhabitants of

Earth may know this andpossibly how Sagittarius A,if truly this almost mythicalcentral black hole, controlsthe fate of galaxy in whichhumans find themselves.

“Detecting black holesof only a few thousand solarmasses is observationallychallenging, but it is criticalfor establishing how super-massive black holes relate totheir host galaxies, andwhich mechanisms influ-ence the formation and evo-lution of both," said Profes-sor David Merritt.

by Brett Heineythe sandspur

EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / KRT Campus

THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY: Surfing the net is becomingone of the most popular ways to get information.

DEBBI MORELLO / KRT Campus

NEW EVIDENCE OF BLACK HOLES: Andreas Eckart dis-cusses the finding of a possible black hole at the 191st meet-ing of the American Astronomical Society.

&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR14 NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Super Soap ‘05

Super Soap Weekendpresented by Colgate washeld at MGM Studios on theweekend of November 12-13. This is the tenth year ofSuper Soap Weekend. Dueto the tenth anniversarymore stars were at the eventthan ever before.

This even give fans thebest way to get up-close andpersonal with their favoritestars. All around the MGMDisney Theme Park stars ofAll My Childen, One Life toLive, and General Hospitalcould be seen. They werewelcomed by thousands ofexcited fans.

Susan Lucci, Ericka Kanefrom All My Children, head-lined the event. It was a star-studded line-up of 40 ABCdaytime stars.

At 5 o’clock in the morn-ing people were already outof bed and on the road toMGM Studios. Some peoplewere even out of their carsand running to the entrancebefore they reached theparking toll. Of course thepark did not open until 7:15a.m. so everyone stood at theentrance and waited; show-ing off their home-madeshirts and pins or pictures oftheir favorite stars that theywants to have signed.

Once the gates openedSoap Opera fans ran for thelines, not lines for rides, butlines for fast pass tickets.There were no lines for anyof the ride of course. Gener-al Hospital had the longestline, followed by All MyChildren and One Life toLive.

Not even half-waythrough the line GeneralHosptial fans began to be-come very worried as theyheard the announcment thatSteve Burton’s, Jason onGeneral Hospital, fast passtickets had already gone tostand-by which meant it wasnot very likely they wouldbe able to meet him.

Many people figured outthat the best way to get morethan one fast pass was tosend family members toother lines. Once a personwas able to get a fast passthey could finally relax be-cuase they knew they wouldget to meet their favoritestars.

Some people were lucky

and the stars would walkright past them and theywould get some good pic-tures or even an autograph.It was so exciting when theywould walk by and smileand wave right at you.These are people we see onTV everyday so seeing themis thrilling.

Of course all the starswere surrounded by sercuri-ty so when you saw the menin the blue security uniformsyou knew to get your cameraready because someone wascoming. Greg Vaughn,Lucky from General Hosp-tial, tried to fool his fan bywalking by with no security.He thought no one wouldknow who he was with hisbaseball hat on.

Everyone was guar-enteed to see at least some ofthe stars even if they werenot at the autographingbooths.

The park was filled to ca-pacity. You knew that theirwas a star near-by when abig crowd of people allbegan to run in one direc-tion.

There were all kinds ofshows that people could at-tend that were Soap Operarelated. Fans could go to theshow Wide World of Soapsand see and interview withtheir favorite soap stars.The show was hosted by BobGuiney, who was hilariousand did a fabulous job at in-terviewing the stars. Anoth-er show that fans could at-tend was Who Wants to be aMillionaire. It was a specialSuper Soap edition whereany lucky contestant wouldget a chance to share the“hot seat” with two daytimecelebrities.

I was able to attend ashow with Kelly Monacoand Kimberly McCullough,Sam and Robin from Gener-al Hospital, and Jacob Youngand Justin Bruening, J.R. andJamie from All My Children.Contestants played forprizes such as, Super Soapkeychains and tote bags.The show was hosted byWalt Willy, Jack from All MyChildren.

Fans could even go intoa store and look through amany number of props thatwere used on the sets of allthe daytime dramas. Fanscould even buy the weddingdresses of their favoritestars.

It was definetly a funand exciting weekend, evenif no sleeping was involved.The chance to meet and seemy favorite daytime TVstars was something thatwas definetly worth it.

by Rochelle Siegelthe sandspur

SUPER

SOAP

WEEKEND

2005

NICOLE FLUET / The Sandspur

MAKING NEW FRIENDS: Rochelle Siegel happily talks with General Hospital’s Kelly Monaco(“Sam”) as she signs her autograph.

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

GETTING COZY: Kimberly McCullough (Robin), Steve Bur-ton (Jason), and Kelly Monaco (Sam) from GH.

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

SAY CHEESE: After waiting in line for hours, Nicole Fluet meetsGeneral Hospital star Natalia Livingston.

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

ASK AWAY: Fans had the opportunity to ask their favorite General Hospital stars anything theywanted at Disney’s Wide World of Soaps on Saturday, November, 12, 2005.

The weekendthat Super SoapOpera fans areable to meet theirfavorite stars.

&Life TimesNOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 15

Interview with Doug Little

Most members of theRollins community are fa-miliar with Doug Little.From freshmen who methim during the orientationprocess to the peer mentorswho work closely with himas part of the first year expe-rience, many students recog-nize Little when they seehim around campus. How-ever, not as many know therole he has played in the re-vision and reorganization ofthe freshmen experience. Asthe man in charge of theRollins Explorations Pro-gram, Little has overseen theexpansion or alteration ofold approaches and the cre-ation of new ones. In Little'sown words, all of this workhas been "for the benefit ofthe students. We wanted tocreate a more comprehen-sive program that wouldbest serve the freshmenclass."

Little came to Rollinstwo years ago after complet-ing his undergraduate stud-ies at the University of Mis-souri and receiving his grad-uate degree from the MiamiUniversity of Ohio. Then,after the conclusion of a na-tionwide job search, he choseRollins because he says theschool "offered the opportu-nity to build a program thatemphasized a mixture ofleadership and first year ex-periences."

When Little came toRollins, he described thefreshmen experience pro-gram, then called the FirstYear Programs, as limited toan orientation that seemed"designed only to dissemi-nate information." He envi-sioned the opportunity tocreate "an entire freshmenexperience with a muchmore comprehensive orien-

tation that is designed tomake students successful."He also instituted a selectionprocess and mandatorytraining for peer mentors;the peer mentors, in turn,Little lists as essential to theimprovement of the fresh-men experience.

The Rollins College Con-ference courses, or RCCs,that all freshmen are en-rolled in during the fall se-mester have also seenchanges during Little's timein charge of the Rollins Ex-plorations Programs. ThirtyRCC classes are offered eachyear, all with a variety of dif-ferent topics. Little says,"The students now havemuch greater freedom to getinto the chosen RCC thanthey did in the past." Otherchanges to the RCC programinclude a renewed focus onthe values of the college and,at President Lewis Duncan'ssuggestion, an attempt tobuild school spirit. Two ofthe most tangible effects ofthis emphasis on school spir-it are the preponderance ofRollins t-shirts that are visi-ble every Friday and the newRCC cup competition thatspans the length of the se-mester.

Perhaps the greatestchange in the RCC programwas the creation of livinglearning communities, or theLLCs. The LLCs are RCCclasses that also live in thedorms together, allowing forindividuals of an RCC to getto know one another better.To date, half of the RCCclasses have become LLCs aswell, and Little says thatgiven the improvement inthe freshmen retention rate,there are plans in place toeventually make all the RCCclasses into LLCs. Thiswould allow for other com-munities like the newly ren-ovated, all-freshman McK-

ean Hall.However, there is always

room for improvement. Aspart of the accreditationprocess, the school is askedto layout a quality enhance-ment plan, or QEP, that de-tails an area in which theschool plans to initiate majorimprovements before thenext accreditation review.The current QEP involves in-creasing the number and theintegration of the LLCs.Other goals expressed byLittle include extending theRCC program into thespring of students' freshmenyear and "coordinating moreevents that would serve tounite the first year class on awhole. Many of the RCCclasses are tight knit groups,and we would like the entirefirst year class to experiencethat level of camaraderie."

Little also addressed theissue of freshmen orienta-tion and its fate in futureyears. Acknowledging thecomplaints of many stu-dents, he called the orienta-tion process "a double-edgedsword. If students aren'tbusy enough, they becomehomesick. If they're toobusy, they get burnt out."Little felt the orientationprocess succeeded in keep-ing students from leavingcampus, getting into trouble,or feeling overly homesick,but he recognized that it wasa work in progress. "There isa fine balance which we arerefining every year."

This is only Little's thirdyear at Rollins, and yet hehas already introduced somesizeable changes in the firstyear programs. He has ledthe way for a more compre-hensive freshmen experienceand a more cohesive fresh-men class. In the years tocome he will continue towork toward the bettermentof the future freshmen class.

by Robert Hoffmanthe sandspur

Warning:

The once “safe andeasy” birth control patchnow is being warnedagainst because of in-creased risks. For thosewho don’t know, the birthcontrol patch is a small,square patch worn in dis-creet places of the body andchanged once a week. It isthought to be easier to re-member and less of a hasslethan the more common,every day birth control pill.However, it is now thoughtto be more dangerous.

Because the patch is at-tached to a woman’s bodyat all times during theweek, hormones are con-stantly being administeredinto her blood flow. Thepill, however, is taken inand flushed out almost im-mediately, only sendingone “shock” of hormones,rather than a constant flow.

Researchers as msn.comhave found: “The warningfrom Johnson and Johnsonsubsidiary Ortho McNeil,makers of Ortho Evra, sayswomen using the patch willbe exposed to about 60 per-cent more estrogen thanthose using typical birth-control pills because hor-mones from patches getinto the bloodstream andare removed from thebody differently thanthose from pills.”

This warning was sentout after many womensuffered or died fromblood clots due to thebirth control patch. It isfound that three times theamount of women on thepatch experience bloodclots than those on thepill.

Four million women,if not more, have been puton the birth control patchsince 2004, and msn.comhas stated that “Citingfederal death and injuryreports, the AP also foundthat about a dozenwomen, most in their lateteens and early 20s, diedin 2004 from blood clotsbelieved to be related tothe birth-control patch,and dozens more survivedstrokes and other clot-re-lated problems.”

This means a varietyof things for birth controlusers. Either they can con-tinue to use the patch, andnow be aware of the in-creased risk it wascause them, or they can

stopped taking their once aweek patch and begin toadjust to the harder to re-member birth control pill.

Blood clots are thoughtto be part of the body’shealing process, however,can be very dangerous anddeadly if formed in thewrong places. According toPersonalMD online, “Bloodcirculates in large and smallblood vessels, reachingevery corner of the body,bringing life-sustainingnourishment and oxygen toyour body's tissues and or-gans. If blood stops flowingto a sector, that sectordies…when that systemgoes awry, clots may formwhich occlude blood ves-sels and cause illness.”

The signs and symp-toms of blood clots are verytelling and explicit. It issaid that blood clots in theleg are first noticed by apain that starts in the ankleor foot and travels up theleg. The pain is accompa-nied by increased heat andredness in the leg and a“discomfort when the footis pulled upward.” Formore information on signsand symptoms of bloodclots and other related in-juries, visit www.ehealth-md.com.

Aussie Slang WordsBy: Karina McCabe - Australian Times Journalist

Arvo - -afternoonAussie – an Australian

Barbie – BarbequeBilly – pot for boiling water

Biscuit - cookieBloke – manCrook - sick

Dead Horse – ketchupDinki-di – genuine Australian

Dog’s Eye – meat pieElephant’s Trunk – you’re drunk

Fair Dinkum – for realG’Day – hello

Gorilla’s in the mist – you’re pissed (drunk)Jug – Pitcher of beer

Lollies - candyMate – traditionally means a very close friend, but used now for any person

Mozzie – mosquito No worries – everything will be fine (used ALL the time)

Birth Control Patch Usersby Nicole Fluet

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&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR16 NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Dear Fox,My girlfriend and I

have been dating about 8months. This will be ourfirst big holiday together -Thanksgiving - and shewants us to spend it togeth-er. My parents live in NewJersey, and her family livesabout an hour away fromRollins. So, she asked me tospend Thanksgiving breakwith her family, rather thangoing home to see mine. Iwould love to spend thetime with her, I love hervery much, but Thanksgiv-ing is a huge deal to myfamily. My mother has rela-tives fly in from all over thecountry to come to dinner.Since we don’t really cele-brate Christmas, this is ourtime of year to spend to-gether. Plus, since my fami-ly is so far away, I didn’t gohome for fall break andhaven’t seen them since theend of the summer. I feellike if I don’t go home, mymom will be very hurt, andmy family will be very dis-appointed. However, Idon’t want to hurt my girl-friend’s feelings. She’s myfirst serious girlfriend and Iwant to marry her. I don’twant to screw this up. Whatshould I do?

~Rock and a Hard Place

Dear R & HP,

Tough situation. On theone hand, you want tospend time with you girl-friend and make her happy,but on the other, you missyour family and you want

to see them for Thanksgiv-ing. Plus, your mom wouldbe really hurt if you didn’tgo see her (along with therest of your family). In theeyes of both your familyand you girlfriend, it seemslike you are having tochoose who is more impor-tant. However, that is notthe case.

In my personal opinion,whether you chose to takeit or not, I think you shouldgo home. First, your familyis the most important as-pect of you life no matterwhat. Whether you end upmarrying your girlfriend ornot, your family will al-ways be around to supportand love you, just as theyhave been your entire life.Therefore, you have an ob-ligation to put them firstuntil you have a family ofyour own. It comes downto the simple fact that youand you girlfriend are notmarried yet, you’ve onlybeen dating for 8 months,and your family has beenaround forever.

I think you need to sitdown and talk to your girl-friend about this. Explainto her how important theThanksgiving holiday is toyour family and how youfeel you need to be therewith them. Tell her that it’snot that you don’t want tobe with her, it’s just thatyour family is your familyand they have to come first.Plus, if you two do get mar-ried, you’ll have tons ofThanksgivings to spend

together with a familyof your own. Try to haveher put herself in your fam-ily’s shoes. Would her fam-ily be hurt if she went up toNew Jersey instead of com-ing home for Thanksgiv-ing? Probably. And it’scompletely understand-able. Thanksgiving is atime to be joyous for thewonderful things in life -including both family andloved ones such as yourgirlfriend.

I would also suggest analternative. Maybe insteadof going home directly afterfinals week, you couldspend a week with her herebefore going back to NewJersey. It won’t be Thanks-giving, persay, but you canstill meet her family, spendtime with her outside ofschool pressure, and maybego to Disney World or Uni-versal. This way you won’tbe upsetting your family(you’ll get to see them atThanksgiving so a weeklonger away won’t be toobig of a deal, hopefully)and you’ll get to spendpressure-free time withyour girl where you canfocus on doing fun thingsand spending tons of timetogether.

This is a tough decisionto make. But, no matterwhat you decide, your fam-ily loves you and it seemslike your girlfriend does aswell. Love is about under-standing and trust, so whenyou decide, the other willunderstand with time.

~Daisy Fox

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Rejection:Who Hasn’t Felt It?

Name a person that has-n’t been rejected at least oncein his or her life. You can’t.Rejection can come in allforms: a significant other, aboss, sport, club, a college orgroup of people.

Many people have trou-ble dealing with rejectionand cope with it in differentways. Some people like to beleft alone to reflect, whileothers like to talk to theirfriends or family. It doesn’tmatter how a person dealswith rejection as long as heor she doesn’t ignore it.

There are many ways todeal with rejection in healthyways. The person who wasrejected can seek counseling,get help from friends or fam-ily, or join a support group.There are many websites onthe internet devoted to over-coming rejection from firstchoice colleges and fromgirlfriends or boyfriends.

One website I found in-teresting was http://net-burst.net/hot/rejection.htm.It tells interesting facts aboutfamous people being reject-ed. A few interesting factsfrom the website are that,“Walt Disney was fired forlacking ideas” and that Mar-garet Mitchell’s Gone withthe Wind was turned downby publishers thirty-eighttimes.

As we all know, WaltDisney became one of themost successful people inthe entertainment businessas a pioneer and innovator.Walt Disney opened WaltDisneyland in 1955 andstarted the first full lengthanimated musical picture,Snow White and the SevenDwarfs. A story a few of youmight have heard of. A highschool basketball coach oncecut Michael Jordan from histeam. Can you imagine thatcoach’s shock when Jordanbecame one of the best bas-ketball players in the world?Rejection happens to every-one, no matter what status,race, creed, or gender a per-son is.

But no matter how harda person tries or works tosucceed, failure happens toeveryone. If you’re rejectedyou have to handle it in a

mature matter, since we areall almost adults.

Don’t flip out at some-one because you had a badday because they can’t doanything about it. If youmake a rash decision tocurse, cuss out a person, oruse violence in any way youwill regret your actions. Tryto talk to the person in acalm and soothing mannerwhile taking deep breathes.Try to count to ten to relax. Ifthat doesn’t work have agreat big cry. It helps!

JUST REMEMBER TOREMAIN CALM ANDKNOW THAT EVENTHOUGH IT FEELS LIKETHE END OF THE WORLD,IT ISN’T.

A breakup may feel likethe end of the world but bethankful for what you stillhave: food, clothing, friends,and your health. Don’t makea spare of a moment deci-sion. One of my teachers hasa rule that helps preventthose rash actions from oc-curring.

My professor says thatshe will not talk to a studentabout a paper he or she gotback until after twenty-fourhours because the studentmay need (which is likely) acooling down period. I likethat teacher’s idea and it hashelped me when I have beenunhappy with a grade shehas given me. The most im-portant action you take isafter you hear those words,“I’m sorry but…” or “I don’tthink you are cut out forthis.” It is your reaction ofthe rejection that reallyshows what kind of personyou are, not the failure.

Remember that it is notthe end of the world and thatthe rejection can open upmany different opportuni-ties for you. Don’t dwell onit, instead deal with it andmove on.

A person’s reaction tofailure or disappointmenttells the people around themhis or her maturity level andself-control. Next time youget rejected, or fail (whichyou will) remember to staycalm and know that you arenot the only one rejectedeven though it feels like it.

Once again, rememberthat you are not alone andthere are people other therethat care about it and wantto help, even if it feels likethere aren’t. Trust your fami-ly and friends to supportand care for you. They arethere for a reason. Good luckand keep your chin up!

by Kelly Castinothe sandspur

One student’slook at rejectionand how to combat it in ahealthy manner.

As I sit in class the morn-ing after I return from springbreak and turn four sad littlepages of my weekly planner,I notice how the fifth pagehas words to the effect of“pick up work schedule”and “meet with advisor atRollins.” Spring break is def-initely over, and it looks likemy time in Sydney is justabout over too. How de-pressing. After the previousnight’s happiness at return-ing “home” from Queens-land, the reality of returning“home” to the United Statessinks in.

Before my parents andfriends tear me apart for thisthough, it is not that I do notwant to return to Florida tosee them, but more so that Ifeel going home in Novem-ber will be just like leav-ing college for the firsttime. I want to see myfamily, but I havegrown accustomedto a new home,have new friends,and have proba-bly changedsomewhat and itwill be difficult toreadjust to home.

Not everybodyfeels this way however.Most from the Rollinsgroup are beginning tolook forward to going homebecause they feel that theyhave done everything possi-ble in Sydney and, I guess, ina way we have. We havelived here, found our wayaround the city by ourselves,felt like locals when we cangive directions to tourists,gone to school here, takenclasses that made us feel weknow more about Australiathan those who grew uphere, (I’m going to includewriting articles as workinghere…should count forsomething!), experiencedtwo seasons, explored justabout every means of enter-taining ourselves on three-day weekends, and eventaken a vacation away fromthe city for a couple ofweeks! Perhaps, then, Ithought, it is time to leaveand look for a new adven-ture.

Considering how wewere all accustomed to ournew way of living in Sydney,the final few weeks wererather routine. Aside fromreturning from spring breakonly to realize I had 5,000words due in papers the fol-lowing week in addition totwo presentations and fouressay exams the following

week, there were no otherreal shocks.

The first weekend back,the group took a trip tobeautiful Jarvis Bay, an Abo-riginal-owned national park.On the Friday morning, thegroup split into two, wherethe Flora and Fauna classvisited a wildlife preserve,and the rest of us had topack a little van with camp-ing supplies for almost thir-ty people for three days.That was an experience…Iwish I could find the photo-graph of the finished prod-uct!

Finally, after packing,unpacking, and setting upcamp, a groupo f

Aboriginalmusicians came to show ussome traditional dances tothe sounds of the didgeridooand clapping sticks. At first,I was quite wary at the sightof a group of grown men intiny, red-toweled clothing,wondering what was goingon. Within a minute of thefirst song starting, however,everyone was mesmerized.We had never seen or heardsuch a sight before. In fact,we were so amused thatwhen they called for all thegirls in the group to get upand do some dance that ap-peared as if we were feedingchickens from a bowl in ourarms while running aroundin a circle, every single girl inthe group joined in! The menhad to do another dance in-volving flapping their armslike birds and whooping.Unfortunately, I never tookthe Aboriginal Studiescourse over here, so I reallyhave no idea what any ofthis was about, but I wasamused anyway!

The remaining threeweeks were filled with in-tense paper writing, study-ing for exams, and writing

essay exams until I thoughtmy hand was broken--Iwrote eleven three-page es-says in exams in three days!In between, we were grow-ing nostalgic about revisit-ing all of our favorite placesaround the city (four monthsis plenty of time to get nos-talgic!), the occasional cele-bration at incredibly touristyplaces like the Sydney HardRock Café, and then tryingto catch some sleep here andthere.

I never got abseiling,skydiving, to the wine val-ley, any crazy tattoos, orenough t-shirts from pubs. Ithink, instead, the most im-portant souvenirs any of ushave taken from Australia is

a better perspective onthe world. By living

and studying inSydney, we had

the opportu-nity to seehow anotherwestern cul-

ture viewsthe faults inour own,but we also

had enoughtime to recov-er from culture

shock to appreci-ate their under-

standing and per-haps accept some of

theirs regarding preserv-ing the environment or evenour own sanity with their“no worries” approach atlife.

I have enjoyed sharingmy experiences in studyingabroad, and if you have anyquestions about Sydney, oreven if you would just like tobuy my Australian cell-phone off me (I have to makethese articles lucrative some-how), then please feel free tocontact [email protected].

NOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 17&TL AbroadWeek 12: Final Week Aussie Reality Shock!

Used I-Pods?

The average life span ofan IPOD, any style, is about1.5 years, as Apple continuesputting out new and trendi-er MP3 players to an ever de-manding market.

Although many peoplegive their ipod to theirfriends and family, there hasbeen a recent growth in sell-ing your used ipod, or trad-ing it in to get a newer ver-sion. Online websites, suchas eBay and Craigslist, sellhundreds and even thou-sands of used ipods online,offering refurbished ipods ata significantly lower pricethan what is paid for a newipod.

The demand for oldipods is especially great asApple has discontinuedspecifics types, such as themini version. As a result,many people hunt online forversions of the desired miniipod in a specific color, pur-chasing the used ipod sinceApple no longer offers themini through their ownstores.

Many of those sellingtheir used ipod capitalize onthe desire for a “retro-coolthing”, according tocnn.com, and the older ver-sions tend to bring up feel-ings of nostalgia. Apple willoften discontinue the prod-ucts which are selling well tobring in even more profits,as people will purchase theipods because of a nostalgicfeeling they have for thetrendy technology.

In fact, many of the web-sites selling refurbishedipods will discount yourpurchase if you trade in yourold ipod.

This is especially tanta-lizing for much of the usedipod buying market, as 30%of all ipod purchasers al-ready own an ipod, and aresimply adding to their col-lection, such as the ipodshuffle or the special ipods,such as the U2 version.

EBay, Craigslist, SmallDog Electronics andPodswap are all major play-ers in the used ipod phe-nomena, as the 28 millionipods that are sold everyyear have paved a strongmarket for refurbishedipods.

EBay is considered theleader in online sales ofipods, as thousands of ipodsand related products are forsale. EBay is followed insales by Craigslist. SmallDogs Electronics offers athird generation, refurbishedipod for about $210, signifi-cantly less than the original$400 paid for a 30 gb ipod.Podswap in fact will take it astep further by shipping thebuyers ipods loaded withmusic, and offering cash tothe sellers.

Many of these compa-nies offer a $100 discount ifyou sell the ipod and pur-chase a new one, comparedto Apple’s offer of 10% offthe purchase price of yournew mp3 player. Unfortu-nately, this translates into$45 off the ipod video 60 gb,or a mere $10 off of youripod shuffle.

Even Dell offered a $100mail-in rebate for old ipodswhen purchasing a new ipodthrough them. Sites such aseBay will ship the ipod withall the music still on it, andmany include instructionson how to transfer the musicto your computer.

More information onnew and used ipods can befound throughout the inter-net and Apple Inc. web-pages. As with any expen-sive product, research beforebuying is recommended.

by Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur

Could buyingUsed I-Pods be thenew craze of theseason? Let’s havea look.

Last Saturday theRollins College crew teamended their fall season withhigh hopes for spring. De-spite the grueling head-winds and the two mile longrace course out in Mel-bourne, Fla., the FIRA FallClassic was many of thenovice's first race and achance for the varsity to fin-ish off their season with abang against rivals such asFIT, UCF, and UF.

Crew, also known asrowing, is a year-long sport,with seasons both in the falland the spring. The men'svarsity team had alreadybeen to two other races,both up in Tennessee, beforecompeting in Saturday'srace while this was the firstrace of the season or the var-sity women and novice menand women.

"It was great seeing ournovice crews', in their firstrace ever, performance outon the water," said headcoach Shawn Pistor. "It wasalso great to see our varsitymen's four finish off the

year with a victory."The men's varsity four

won their race while themen's varsity eight got sec-ond. The novice switchedoff between getting any-where between second andfourth place, depending onthe race. The women's var-sity four tied for fourth intheir race with the Universi-ty of Miami.

The race itself was gru-eling. "It wasn't a prettyrace," said senior SkylarWilson. "We had a bad set,it was pure pain, but wepulled as hard as we couldand won."

"It was a very emotionalvictory," said sophomoreTex Tavares on their winover FIT in the men's varsi-ty four race. "It was a realslugfest all the way to theend, too. But the crew withthe biggest balls won."

However, crew is justmore than racing. "It's beena great experience and agood opportunity to makefriends and it's a good wayto stay fit," said freshmanShareef Doumet.

"Crew is amazing be-

cause of the teamwork thatgoes into it and Brandon'smom," said Tavares.

Other members agree."Brandon's mom has alwaysbeen there for moral sup-port and a loyal supporterof the Rollins Crew Team,"said Wilson, who has beenrowing for three years.

Colleen Reagan, thecoxswain for the men's var-sity eight, the men's varsityfour, and the women's varsi-ty four believes that afterseeing the performance ofthe team in this race, com-monly known as Head ofthe Drainage Ditch, that thisseason for the team will begreat.

"This spring will be oneof the most successful sea-sons in Rollins history forthe men," said Reagan. "Itwill also be a chance for thewomen to rebuild a strongerteam with a great group ofgirls."

When asked what reallydrove these people to"watch the sun rise and setall on the same day out onthe lake," as Reagan put it,the common consensus was

teamwork. "I love the typeof people that stick with theteam," said Pistor. "I feelthat they are all going to govery far in life, and to I seepeople who wouldn't havethe opportunity to row on avarsity team and at a nation-al level."

"I do what I do becauseof the team atmosphere hereand everyone working to-

gether for a common goal,"said Reagan. "That and I getto yell at the boys."

To sum up the racing ex-perience, eccentric teammember Sean "Wiggles"Weigold said regarding theentire experience Saturday,"It was early, it was painful,it was bar-b-q."

The Philadelphia Eaglesannounced the deactivationof 5-time Pro-Bowl wide re-ceiver Terrell Owens for theremainder of the season. Ican't understand or defendOwens' actions but I refuseto sympathize with the Ea-gles organization.

At the risk of seeminglike a person who takespleasure in the downfalls ofother's, watching the Eaglesin their own dysfunctionalsoap opera brings me joy.Anytime a team self-de-structs due to its own lack ofrestraint I'm all for it.

Terrell Owens has beenaccused of sabotaging aproud organization. Hehasn't done anything; theEagles did this to them-selves. After Owens and theSan Francisco 49ers bitterlydeparted ways the Eaglescourted him willingly andgleefully. They ignored hisuncomfortable sidelineblowup at his offensive co-ordinator. They grosslymisdiagnosed his dislike forhis own quarterback. They

rejoiced when he blocked atrade to Baltimore andopenly voiced his desire topack his bags and move toPhiladelphia. Therefore,they deserve every bit ofdistraction, aggravation andfrustration they incur byhaving him on their team.

What exactly did Owenssay that was so much worsethan anything he said previ-ously? The Eagles would bebetter off with Brett Favre.I'm not a Favre fan and Iagree. I don't think BrettFavre would have choked inthe Super Bowl, figurativelyor literally. Since then, theEagles have had a lot ofproblems off and on thefield and they haven't allcentered around Owens.

ESPN football analystRon Jaworski actually saidthe Eagles would be betteron the field without Owens.He wasn't the only analystwhose personal opinionsclouded his professionaljudgment and made himselfsound like an idiot.

After their Mondaynight loss to the Redskins,ESPN's Skip Bayless andSean Salisbury said the Ea-gles' offense looked good.Looking good wins beautypageants not footballgames. It is impossible toscore ten points in an NFLgame and still look good.We have to pardon Bayless

who looks like he neverplayed a contact sport in hislife. As far as Salisbury, con-sidering his NFL career heprobably did think the Ea-gles played a great offensivegame.

Throughout this entiremelee, the outrage overOwens' actions and com-ments has been the moststaggering to me. Nothingcommands more indigna-tion in sports than a guywho isn't the supreme teamplayer; it is the ultimate in-fraction.

Sure, there were thecompulsory words of con-demnation but never thismuch anger when BaltimoreRaven Jamal Lewis servedtime for drug trafficking orwhen his teammate RayLewis lied to the police dur-ing a murder investigation.Where was the need to sus-pend and ultimately end aman's season when MichaelPittman was repeatedlybeating his wife? If we musthave idealistic notions insports it should be aboutthose things not someonewho runs off at the mouth.

Leave utopian idealismout of professional sports.Professional sports areabout two things: winningchampionships and makingmoney. That's it, nothingmore. Leave the koom-bayah stuff for kids' Little

League baseball and peeweefootball teams. You want tomake an impact on kids'lives be a teacher or a socialworker.

It isn't a game of life; it'sa game of business. Youdon't have to like your co-workers; you just have toget the job done and TerrellOwens did that without fail.If his teammates were sodistracted by his antics dur-ing the week that theycouldn't perform on Sundayit seem to me they are theproblem.

The key word I've con-tinued to use is "profession-al". In professional athletics

you don't need friends; youneed talented athletes.Friends are good for playingvideo games with on thecouch. You need a play-maker. You need someonewho has the fearlessness togo across the middle, thespeed to go down the fieldand the strength to push offa defensive player at the lineof scrimmage.

The Eagles had that guybut instead choose to lose intranquility rather than winin chaos. They'll have a lotof time to make friendswhen their season endsshort of winning a title.

THE SANDSPUR18 NOVEMBER 18, 2005SPORTS

Terrell Owens Suspended: Who’s to Blame?Did Terrell

Owens sabotagehis team or didthe Eagles bring iton themselves?by Tanisha Mathis

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RON CORTES / KRT CampusWE’VE HAD ENOUGH!: Terrell Owens career has been put onhold because of his suspension from the Philadelphia Eagles

Crew Ends Fall Season with a Bangby Kelly McNoldy

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KELLY MCNOLDY / The SandspurSMILE FOR THE CAMERA: (L-R) Joey Jolly, Louis Cullen,Lisa Knapp, James Bagush, Shareef Doumet won secondplace in Men’s Novice.

The Rollins CollegeWomen’s basketball teamopens the season with highexpectations coming offtheir third straight appear-ance in the NCAA Tourna-ment. The Tars are highlyfavored to make it a fourthstraight appearance ifthings go as well as theydid against Stetson in theirexhibition on Saturdaynight.

In the Tars 20 point vic-tory over Division I foeStetson, the Tars used a mixof youth and experiencethat frustrated the Hattersinto several mistakes. TheTars flawlessly executedtheir offense and theylooked like a Division Ipowerhouse as they domi-nated Stetson 74-54. To ex-perience success the Tarswill employ the motion of-fense and play man de-fense.

The Tars will be lead bysenior forward JoslynGiles. Giles, the reigningMVP of the Sunshine StateConference tournamentand a former Stetson re-cruit, is virtually unstop-pable on the low block andis an excellent rebounder.

Giles is also a shot blockingmachine in the low post asshe has lead the team inblocks the past two years.

She will be joined in thefrontcourt by junior JennCatti, who is a very goodshooter and rebounder.Randi Weiss is a frontcourtplayer that can pose as aninside-outside threat.Larissa McDonough re-turns as the leading scorerand second leading re-bounder. The Tars will relyon McDonough to providethe scoring that she did lastseason.

In the backcourt theTars will be led by sopho-more Jennifer Musgrove.Musgrove is a good pointguard, and possesses a for-midable outside jump shot.Joining Musgrove in thebackcourt is senior SallyJohnston who plays excel-lent defense and leaves itall out on the floor everynight.

The Tars return fromtheir NCAA Tournamentlast season with a signifi-cant number of role play-ers. Sophomore RachelWorkman led the team infield goal percentage andwill be counted on to scorein the low post. Natalie

Wilmers is an excellentthree point shooter, whofinished second on theteam in field goal percent-age last year. MeganSchroeder is also expectedto see some playing time atthe guard position.

The Tars bring in fivefreshmen who are all ex-pected to vie for playingtime and make significantcontributions. Jen Dyer is agreat shooter and is a greatslasher. Wideline Jean is agood rebounder and is verygood in the low post.Rachel Malatesta is anotherthree point marksmen thatis expected to pay divi-dends in the motion of-fense. Tabitha Curry is apoint guard who can runthe offense well and is ex-pected to compete for play-ing time in the backcourtbehind Musgrove and SallyJohnston. Jesse Barkerbrings some athleticisminto the backcourt.

With a mix of youthand experience; power andfinesse, the Tars are fa-vored to bring home anoth-er conference title andhopefully be able to secureanother position in theNCAA Division II Tourna-ment come March.

The Rollins CollegeMen’s Basketball team entersthe 2005-2006 campaign withone of the youngest teams inthe Sunshine State Confer-ence and one of the youngestlongtime coach Tom Klus-man has coached. The Tarshave one senior, six juniors,four sophomores and twofreshmen. The Tars willclearly feel the loss of EricFaber and Placide “P”Muhizi, who graduated inthe spring.

The Tars will be led bylone senior and team captainNate Rusbosin. Rusbosin is a6-3 crafty southpaw fromHamilton, Ohio who hasdrastically improved hisjump shot and defense froma year ago. He also possess-es great court vision. Rus-bosin’s experience and off thecourt leadership will be in-valuable on such a youngteam.

At the guard position,the Tars will be led by 6’1sophomore Johnny Reibel(Chicago, Illinois). Aftermaking the Sunshine StateConference All Freshmanteam, Reibel is set to benefitthe most from the Tars of-fense, as he is the only truepoint guard that the Tarshave on their roster. Reibelalso has significant experi-ence starting 18 games inplace of then-injured andnow graduated Eric Faber.Reibel possess a good threepoint jumper and has greatcourt vision.

Joining Reibel in thebackcourt is leading scorerDeon “Cruiser” Troupe (St.Petersburg, Fl). Cruiser pos-sesses great athleticism andcan score from all over thefloor. The Tars will rely onCruiser to maintain his aver-age scoring average of 13.0points/game and his 42%from behind the arc.

Other guards that are ex-pected to compete for play-ing time and maybe even astarting position are KevinHogan (Sophomore, Pen-sacola, Fl) and John “JT”Thinnes (Junior, Cincinnati,Ohio). Hogan and Thinnesare two of the best pureshooters that the Tars have.When they get their feet set,they are almost automatic.Hogan is tough and is themost physical player the Tarshave. He is also one of theTars’ best defenders. JT is theTars’ best mid range playerand can virtually score fromanywhere on the floor.

Other guards who willcompete for playing time arefreshman Joe Doyle (Saraso-ta, Fl) who is a great athlete,can get to the basket and hasan outstanding competitivedesire. Joseph “JoJo”Kuhlman is an outstandingshooter, a great athlete and isthe hardest working playerson the team.

The forward position isan outstanding asset for theTars as the players who manthat position are very versa-tile. Junior and returningstarter Isaac “Ike” Codrey(Junior, Winter Park) is theTars’ most skilled player atthe position. Codrey pos-sesses a good shot from theoutside, is a great insideslasher and his playmakingcan create shots for himselfas well as other teammates.

Junior Forward JonSmith (Cincinnati) is theother half of the tandem thatwill man the frontcourt forthe Tars. Smith is a great ath-lete who can jump out of thegym. His ability to reboundthe basketball will pay hugedividends if the Tars aregoing to be successful. Hehas improved his three pointjumper from a year ago, andthe Tars hope that he can be-come an inside outsidethreat.

Newcomer and fellowCincinnati native GregSweeney will come off thebench and help the Tars withhis solid outside shot and re-bounding. At the center po-sition, the Tars return JuniorJordan Kolosey (St. Peters-burg) and sophomoreChauncey Gibbs (West PalmBeach).

Kolosey is an outstand-ing rebounder and has spentthe off-season honing hismade range jump shot andfree throw shooting to add tohis outstanding arsenal ofpost moves. Kolosey is alsoan intimidating defensiveprecense and will use his 6’9frame to keep opposing of-fensive players out of thepaint. Gibbs is a 6’7 athletewho has a decent array ofpost moves, and is able tostep outside and shoot thethree.

The Tars go into the 2005-2006 season with relativelylow expectations. They werepicked to finish 7th in theconference out of nine teams.They will clearly look to defythe odds and try to improvelast year’s .500 record. TheTar’s biggest game away atUCF November 18 comesthree days after openingnight.

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An Early Look:Men’s Basketballby Juan Bernal

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On November 7 and 8,Rollins Men’s Golf Team trav-eled to Deland, Florida forthe Stetson Invitational. TheMen’s team has been strug-gling to find a win yet thisseason placing within the topfour every meet this year. De-spite the disappointment ofnot winning the Rollins Invi-tational and repeating lastyears victory, the Men’s teamwas hungry for a victory.

The first day of the Stet-son Invitational was aboutendurance as members ofeach team short 36 consecu-tive holes of gold. Despitethis burden, Rollins was upto the challenge and had anamazing first day of competi-tion. After the first 18 holes ofgolf Rollins found them-selves tied up with Bethune-Cookman atop the leaderboard.

Each team shot an im-pressive combined team totalof 294 strokes. Inspired bythe competition Rollinscharged ahead in the secondround shooting 290 as a teamand taking a commandinglead of 13 strokes over secondplace Bethune-Cookman and17 strokes over Campbell.This impressive secondround showed exactly howwell the Men’s team can playwhen they are on their game.

The second day was justas successful asRollins con-tinued to pour on the pres-sure of their commandinglead throughout the day.Rollins finished the Stetsoninvitational with a jaw-drop-

ping 20 stroke victory overthe rest of the field. This vic-tory marks Rollins’ first andhopefully they can continuethis type of play into nextyear.

On an individual basisRollins was well represented.After the first day of play theteam had four members inthe top 12 of the tournament.After the second day howev-er, it was clear that Rollinshad dominated the field. Se-nior Tim Acquaviva (70-72-75) captured first place over-all in the tournament withsenior Dan Walters (68-77-73)finishing a stroke back in sec-ond place.

Overall, Rollins put threemembers in the top five of thetournament with DarrenLundgren placing fourthover all with 78-70-71 for atotal of 219 for the tourna-ment. Also noteworthy arethe performances of BobbyLeopold, shooting a com-bined 230 and placing in thetop 20 tied at 19th, and JeffGolden who tied for 22ndplace shooting 84-75-72.

Rollins Men’s Golf willresume play next semesterand should be a fun team towatch. Hopefully this victorywill inspire confidence anddrive in the men and nextyear will be even better thenthis one.

If the team keeps up itscurrent level of play, as dis-played by the thrashing ofthe competition at Stetson In-vitational, there is no reasonthe Men’s team can not reachsome great achievementsnext year.

The Rollins CollegeMen’s Basketball teampulled off a monumental ex-hibition victory in Delandon Friday by defeating theStetson Hatters 70-67. TheTars were led by Junior JohnThinnes with 19 points andKevin Hogan was the sec-ond leading scorer with 12points. When the Tars beatStetson two years ago theyadvanced to the Elite 8.

Stetson came into thegame with lofty expecta-tions. The same couldn’t besaid for the Tars, and thatwas just the way Coach TomKlusman liked it. The Tarswere picked to finish 7th inthe Sunshine State Confer-ence, while the Hatters wereexpected to contend for theAtlantic Sun Conferencecrown.

The Edmunds Centerwas filled with approxi-mately 2,000 fans, with someof those being Rollins faith-ful. The game started outslowly with the score tied at5 through the first five min-utes of play.

Then throughout thenext five minutes the Tarsand Hatters literally tradedbaskets until the eightminute mark with the scoretied at 18. That is when Hat-ter standouts Anthony Reg-ister and E.J Gordon startedto emerge. Register hit twoof his five threes before thehalftime buzzer and Gordon

was a force inside and on thefast break as he had 11points at halftime.

Just before the half,Deon Troupe hit two bigthrees and freshmen GregSweeney was effective in re-lief of Jon Smith, who wason the bench with threefouls. The Tars went into thehalftime locker room with afive point advantage, 35-30.

In the second half, Stet-son quickly tied game at 35behind the hot hand of Reg-ister. Register hit a three toopen the half and assistedon an E.J Gordon layup. Forthe next eight minutes, theTars and Hatters continuedto go back and forth. TheTars did an admirable jobexecuting the Princeton of-fense against a bigger, faster,stronger Hatter zone.

Their 2-3 zone also did agood job of neutralizingGordon, who every time hetouched the ball, it seemedlike he traveled. But whatkept Stetson in the gamewas the hot hand of the Se-nior from Atlanta, AnthonyRegister. Register had 24points and it seemed like hehit every big bucket when itcounted the most.

With eight minutes leftand the Hatters up 54-53, itlooked like the game wasgoing to end up being a nail-biter. Eric Diaz hit a three toput the Hatters up 4, and theTars answered with consec-utive John Thinnes jumpers.

With five minutes left inthe game, the Tars suffered a

big blow when starting for-ward Jon Smith fouled out.Smith did an admirable jobof neutralizing Hatter for-ward J.J Hirst who was 0-6with no points and zeropoints. But when Smithwent out is when JordanKolosey started to look likeShaquille O’Neal.

Kolosey had sevenblocks on the night, withmany of those rejectionscoming in the second halfwith the game on the line.In the final minute with thescore tied, Kevin Hoganknocked down a huge 3pointer to put the Tars up by3.

On the ensuing posses-sion the Hatters missed, andwere forced to foul JohnnyReibel with 22.4 seconds left.Rebiel missed the front endof the one and one. On thefinal possession, Will Hollo-man missed with ten sec-onds left. But E.J Gordon re-bounded and KarlHollingsworth buzzer beat-er rimmed in and out andthe Tars were victorious.

The Hatters were led byRegister and E.J Gordonwho had 23 points. Othernotables for the Tars wereJordan Kolosey who had 10points and 7 blocks. JohnnyReibel had 10 points and 7assists despite shooting just3-11. Greg Sweeney, in hisfirst collegiate game was allover the stat sheet with 7points, 4 assists, 5 steals andtwo rebounds.

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Rollins Men’s BasketballShocks Stetson by Juan Bernal

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Golf Recappedby Max Remer

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