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The Rollins Women'sbasketball team achievedone of the biggest and mostdifficult feats in sports thisseason: an undefeated regu-lar season. The Tars accom-plished that mark with ahome victory over arch-rival

Florida Southern and a roadvictory over Florida South-ern.

On Wednesday, the Tarshosted their final regularseason home game againstarch-rival Florida Southern.Before the game, the Tarshonored the three seniorswho contributed four yearsof hard work and dedicationto the Rollins basketball pro-gram. Sally Johnston, RandiWeiss and the most recentmember of the 1000 pointclub, Joslyn Giles were hon-ored. The Lady Mocs cameinto the game 8-17 and 4-11in conference play. The Tarsgot off to a great start, taking

an 8-0 lead. The Tars stingydefense didn't allow theMocs a basket until 13:05 leftin the half. The Tars main-tained their dominancethroughout the first part ofthe first half. With the Tarsup 15-6, the Mocs went on a12-3 run to tie the score at 18with 6:20 left. The teamswould trade baskets for therest of the first half. A threepointer by Joslyn Giles and afree throw by Jen Musgrovewere the difference and theTars took a 32-28 lead intothe locker room.

In the second half, theTars and Mocs continued totrade baskets for the first five

minutes. With 15:02 left andthe Tars up 3, free throws byRachel Workman sparked an11-0 Tars run and they led48-34. The Tars aggressiveman to man defense forced

the Mocs into bad shots andat one point, the Mocs wentnine minutes without scor-ing a single point. The Mocsshot 5-32 in the second half,

Roger Casey, Dean of theArts and Sciences Faculty,was nominated and con-firmed as Provost of RollinsCollege in an all-college fac-ulty meeting on Tuesday af-ternoon. The confirmationcomes on the heels of signif-icant procedural conflict be-tween the faculty and Presi-dent Lewis Duncan over is-sues of faculty involvementin the selection and nomina-tion process.

Casey was confirmed bysecret ballot by a margin of110 “Yes” votes to 15 “No”votes, a decision announcedat the close of the all-facultymeeting held in Bush Audi-torium.

The atmosphere of themeeting demonstrated amore unified campus thanhad been experienced in re-cent days.

Tuesday’s meeting wasmarked with positive wordsin support of the nominationof Dean Casey, citing the de-gree to which the Rollinscampus has become “ener-gized” during his tenure asDean of the Faculty.

The events of the recentpast still emerged as beingon the minds of faculty

members. On the subject ofthe foregoing of a nationalsearch President Duncanwas asked, “Do you feel thisis the best candidate in thecountry?” His reply: “Yes Ido,” demonstrated thestrong degree of confidencePresident Duncan has inCasey, standing fast by hisbelief that a “disingenuousnational search” was unnec-essary when the best candi-date exists within the Rollinscommunity.

President Duncan’s rolein the conflict was directlyaddressed by him in themeeting today. He touchedon the “considerable discus-sion and confusion” that hadresulted from the entire pre-nomination process. He thenadded that he, “apologizedfor my role leading to theshortcomings” when evalu-ating the process.

The conflict began with aletter drafted by PresidentDuncan that announced hisintention to nominate DeanCasey to the provost posi-tion. Immediately the facul-ty voiced there concernabout the departure fromtradition and undemocraticnature of President Duncan’sstatement regarding the in-tent to nominate DeanCasey. These views were ex-

pressed at a February 17meeting of Arts and Sciencesfaculty to discuss the short-comings of the process.

In an open letter to thefaculty sent February 23President Duncan acknowl-edged the faculty’s concern

with the process and apolo-gized for the “unintentionalexclusion” of the facultyfrom the decision-makingprocess. An Arts and Sci-ences Faculty meeting heldon February 23 acted as anofficial representative forum

in which the concerns of thegroup of faculty present atthe February 17 meetingcould be made known to theArts and Sciences faculty atlarge. At this meeting, Dr.Tom Lairson submitted a re-

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Campus Movie Fest A Box Office HitArts and Entertainment takes a look at the glitz,

glamour, and glitter of Campus Movie Fest’spremiere night

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Lessons With LewTap the intellectual resources of Rollins Presi-dent Lewis Duncan as The Sandspur discusses

with him the potentials of immortality.page 12

President Duncan’s Letter to the FacultyRead President Duncan’s open letter to mem-

bers of the faculty regarding the provost nomi-nation fallout and controversy.

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Casey Confirmed

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COURTESY OF RC SIDSHOOTING HOOPS: The Rollins Women’s Basketball Teamcompletes an undefeated season!

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Iraq: After 11 days the for-mer Iraqi leader SaddamHussein has ended hishunger strike due to healthproblems.

Iraq: Outside of a Sunnimosque in Baghdad twobombs exploded, killingfour people and woundingat least 18 others.

Iraq: Iraqi officials believekidnapped American jour-nalist Jill Carroll is alive andit is possible they knowwhere she may be.

Iraq: Soccer balls, broom-sticks and parts of a brokenfan were used to dig a tun-nel through which 23 fugi-tives escaped from prison,amongst these 23 were someal Qaeda members.

England: British DefenseSecretary John Reid haswarned that climate changein the future could be amajor source of global con-flict with battling to gaincontrol over water supplies.

Sweden: The bird flu viruswas found in two of threedozen duck in Sweden. Offi-cials say it is the same virusthat hit Africa, China andRussia.

Florida: Two Brownie girlsset up a cookie vendingbooth outside Publix when aman grabbed their moneybox and escaped in a wait-ing car. A total of $352 ofcookie money was stolen.

Kentucky: When a planewas running out of fuel thepilot used a stretch of high-way as a runway. A witnessdescribed it as “a beautifullanding.”

Alaska: The number of Bel-uga whales near Anchorageis dwindling. In the 1970sthere were nearly 1,300whales and now there are anestimated 278.

Louisiana: After HurricaneKatrina smashed thousandsof homes and killed morethan 1,300 people, MardiGras was still successful al-though the crowds weresmaller.

Washington: President Bushsays that he remains sup-portive of the United ArabEmirates-based company’stakeover of some U.S. portoperations. A new, more in-tensive investigation of thedeal’s potential securityrisks has yet to begin.

Washington: The SupremeCourt ruled against abortionclinics. The argument endedwith an 8-0 vote.

Pennsylvania: At SaltsburgJunior-Senior High School tapolicy was enacted banningcell phones on campus dur-ing school hours.

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vised resolution following thereading of President Duncan'sletter which applauded theletter but conveyed twopoints, that "effective consul-tation is not ad hoc, narrowlyconstrued or after the fact"and that "we [the faculty] ex-pect to play a direct role in de-liberations and decisions con-cerning the dean of faculty po-sition and in other college-wide deliberations and deci-sions." It became clear that theopinion of a significant por-tion of the faculty was similarto the views expressed by Dr.Don Davison, highlightingthe President's lack of under-standing of participation andconsultation and expressingthe necessity to make a state-ment to President Duncan re-garding this issue. The resolu-tion passed by voice vote.Throughout the process bothsides have been quick to sepa-rate the disagreement be-tween President Duncan andthe faculty as one not directlyregarding the nomination ofDean Casey. Instead, it was anindictment of the nature of theprocess, the disenfranchise-ment of faculty and lack oftransparency. The process hasyielded a spirit of reform andreconciliation. Reconciliationwas expressed Tuesday at theclose of the faculty meetingwhen thunderous applauseand congratulatory offeringswere showered on DeanCasey following his approvalas provost. Reform existsthroughout the statementsmade and resolutions passedat the Arts and Sciences Facul-ty meeting which necessitateda greater inclusion in theprocess and a return to demo-cratic traditions in major col-lege decisions and in the cre-ation of the President's Advi-sory Council to ensure thatsuch disenfranchisement doesnot occur in the future.

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Winter with the Writers Closes

This year's Winter Withthe Writers was concludedby the best-selling authorDorothy Allison. The BushAuditorium was filled withan interested audience wholistened carefully to what theauthor read and had to sayabout her work.

Allison was born inGreenville, SC to a 15-year-old unmarried mother whohad dropped out of the sev-enth grade to begin work asa waitress. She was raised byher mother's family, whowere extremely poor. Start-ing from the age of five, herstepfather began to abuseher. This included beatingand raping her until she was11 years old.

Although Allison’s life asa young girl was far fromeasy, she has grown to be-come both a strong andcharming woman ultimately.And it took both her strengthand charm to be able to findher way out of the world ofdarkness in which she wasborn into in order to startover and become successful.

Allison joined a feministcollective when manywomen's movements sur-faced in the early 1970s."Feminism saved my life. Itwas a substitute religion thatmade sense." She finally feltlike she belonged some-where. She did not try to seeher family until 1981, whenshe chose to return to whereshe was born. She now be-lieves that her first book ofpoetry, “The Women WhoHate Me,” "would not havehappened if I hadn't startedtalking to my mother andmy sisters again."

During the evening ses-sion she read from her novel"Two or Three Things IKnow for Sure," which was a

memoir that she wrote as atribute to the women shewas raised by and grew uparound. The memoir con-tains mostly women like hermother, who were born intopoor circumstances, marriedfoolishly and worked hardand then used storytelling to"make up their lives every-day."

Allison remembers "hid-ing out under the porch" sothat she could hear the sto-ries her grandmother andaunt would tell. "I was raisedin a culture that encouragedlying and I have talent for it,"she stated. As she spoke withConnie May Fowler, she toldabout the relationship manywriters have with the truth."Novels tell a larger truth;they create a reality thattranscends experience."

Her memoir was writtenout of her sense of shameand guilt she still carriestoday from her childhood. It

was not until she began toresearch for her memoir thatshe discovered many of thestories she had heard hermother, aunt or grandmoth-er tell were actually exagger-ated stories or complete liesaltogether.

Her semi-autobiographi-cal novel, "Bastard Out ofCarolina," portrays a dirt-poor Southern childhood ina family which is known forits violent, hard-drinkingmen and trouble-pronewomen. This novel seems tobe based off her childhoodand growing up in SouthCarolina.

In 1992 her novel "Bas-tard Out of Carolina" be-came a finalist for the Na-tional Book Award. Also in1992, "Bastard" was pub-lished in a “New YorkTimes” book review inwhich George Garrett de-scribed the novel "as close toflawless as any reader could

ask for and simply stun-ning," and he went on topraise Allison's "perfect earfor speech and its naturalrhythms."

When Fowler askedwhat she considered the bestthing about writing, shereplied that the feeling when"language and character andglory come together." Shefeels that "it's like levitatingand it makes it worth the 30drafts it takes to get there."Of course the 30 drafts, shefeels, is the worst part.

All of her hard work haspaid off and she has reacheda point of success in her life.She is a national bestsellerand her novel "Cavedweller"has been named a nationalbestseller and a New YorkTimes Notable Book of theYear. Even from rough be-ginnings, people can trulyturn things around andmake things turn out for thebest.

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COURTESY OF THE ROLLINS PR DEPARTMENTENDING ON A GOOD NOTE: Dorothy Allison and Connie May Fowler embrace each other atthe end of this years’ Winter with the Writers sequence in which Allison spoke.

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On Friday, February 24at 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday,February 25, at 3:00 p.m., theBach Festival Choir and Or-chestra, under the directionof Dr. John Sinclair, per-formed an all Mozart concertin the Knowles MemorialChapel.

The program began withMozart's Exultate, jubilate inF for Soprano and Orchestra,K. 165, featuring sopranoAndrea Matthews. The or-chestra continued with Ada-gio in E for Violin and Or-chestra, K. 251, with JoniRoos on violin, and Concer-to in A for Clarinet and Or-chestra, K. 622, with LynnMusco on clarinet. The firsthalf of the concert concludedwith the Sinfonia Concer-tante in Eb for Violin, Viola,and Orchestra, K. 364, withRouta Kroumovitch on vio-lin and Alvaro Gomez onviola.

After an intermission,the 181-voice choir joinedthe orchestra to singMozart's Requiem in Dminor. The solo quartet inthe work featured sopranoAndrea Matthews, altoKirstin Chavez, tenor RobertBreault, and baritone PhilipCutlip. The funeral mass,which Mozart did not com-plete before he died, was fin-ished by three of his friends

and students, according toMozart's sketches for thework at the urging of hiswife, Constanze. Each of theperformances was precededby a lecture by Ann Dubsky.

At 10:00 a.m. on Satur-day, February 25, CharlesRosen, the well-known mu-sicologist and pianist, gave alecture in the Tiedtke Con-cert Hall. At 8:00 that night,Rosen returned to theTiedtke Concert Hall to givea private piano recital to aby-invitation-only audience.He played selections fromBach and Liszt, but, to fitwith the theme of the week-end, most of the pieces thathe played were by Mozart.

On Sunday, February 26,at the regular service in theKnowles Memorial Chapel,the Rollins College ConcertChoir and Chamber Orches-tra performed a set entitled"Mozart, a minor: Music ofthe Adolescent Mozart." Theplay on words does not indi-cate the key of the selections,but indicates Mozart's agewhen he wrote the pieces,performed as all of themwere written before heturned 13. Dr. Sinclair alsoconducted this group, alongwith student conductorsKaren Lecky, Ashley Baze-more, and Stephanie Mixner.

On Sunday afternoon at3:00 p.m., the Bach FestivalChoir and Orchestra re-turned to the KnowlesMemorial Chapel to perform

an all Bach concert, featuringthe Magnificat and the sec-ond Brandenburg Concerto.The performance was pre-ceded by a lecture by Dr. Ed-mund LeRoy.

The Bach Festival doesnot stop there, however. OnFriday, March 3, the BachFestival Choir and Orchestrawill be joined by the Ameri-can Horn Quartet to performMozart's Mass in C Major("Coronation") and Schu-mann's Konzertstuck in FMajor, Op. 86 in the KnowlesMemorial Chapel, precededby a lecture by Kerry Turnerof the American Horn Quar-tet.

At 3:00 p.m. on Saturday,March 4, the America HornQuartet will perform in theTiedke Concert Hall. At 8:00p.m. that night, worldrenowned pianist AndreWatts will give a recital inthe Tiedtke Concert Hall.The following day at 3:00p.m., Watts will performwith the Bach Festival Or-chestra in Beethoven's PianoConcerto No. 5 in E Major,Op. 73 ("Emperor") as part ofan all Beethoven program inthe Knowles MemorialChapel. This performancewill be preceded by a lectureby Dr. Gloria Cook.

For more information onthis year's 71st annual BachFestival, feel free to visittheir website at www.bach-festivalflorida.org.

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The Book of Liz

"The Book of Liz," writ-ten by Amy and DavidSedaris, was performed atthe Fred Stone Theatre fromFebruary 24 to February 27.

It chronicles a brief peri-od of Sister Elizabeth Don-derstock's life as she tries tofind her role in the Amish-esque community of Clus-terhaven. She does this byleaving Clusterhaven, whichis famous for its Cheeseballs,a recipe developed by Don-derstock, played by seniorSarah Bittner, and headinginto the "real-world."

"The story is about howthe secret to her [Donder-stock] Cheeseballs is hersweat, but she has to leaveClusterhaven where shelives in order to find hermeaning in life," said Bittner.

Despite the success ofthe Cheeseballs, Donder-stock is not appreciated, asseen when Reverend Toll-house, played by Alex Rad-man, brushes her off whenBrother Nathaniel Brightbee,played by Greg Elsner,comes to Clusterhaven insearch of a new home.

This causes Donderstockto run away and to en-counter a Ukranian womandressed as a peanut (Vanes-sa Verdecia), her slob of ahusband (Elsner) and hisbrother (Radman), a restau-rant that only employs re-covering alcoholics, a closeencounter with leeches, allwhile sister Constance But-terworth sounded like awhiney, bored housewifewho was unable to shut up(Alexis Kaminoff).

The Book of Liz was setin only four different places,but each scene was short,and there were probablyenough breaks in betweeneach scene to change the setto equal half the show. How-ever, it did not come easy, al-though the audience musthave liked the many oppor-tunities to take a bathroombreak.

Another obstacle that di-rector John Ryan had to face

was having just six actorsand fifteen roles to fill. MayaGeri had a total of five differ-ent roles, each separate andcompletely different fromthe others.

“[The biggest challengewas] the practical issue of sixactors playing a wholeworld of characters," saidRyan. "Also, everythingfrom the characterizations ofthe very different types ofpeople to basically gettingthem changed and gettingthe right costumes, to chang-ing the sets, the sound andall of that was very difficult."

Filling the fifteen differ-ent roles with six actors wasnot the only problem thatRyan faced. "I also designedthe set and the sound," saidRyan. When asked why hedid so much, Ryan replied,"It was a mixture of carryingout my own vision very di-rectly and also a lack of man-power. Really it was just alittle bit of both."

Ryan not only aimed tobring out his own vision, butthat of the authors'. "I reallyjust wanted to bring to lifethe world that the authorscreate so well, which is justbasically a slightly tweaked,over the top version of ourown reality," said Ryan. "Inshort, everything is height-ened and is a little bit off."

This is not the first timeRyan has done somethingwith the Second Stage at theFred Stone. Planning onbeing an actor when he gotto college, Ryan soon discov-ered that he enjoyed the be-hind-the-scenes part of the-ater too. "I came to collegewanting to act," said Ryan,"but along the way I had afew opportunities in otherareas, from directing to de-signing, and I actually start-ed to enjoy the other side ofthe stage a little more, sonow it's something I reallywant to pursue."

As for his future plans,Ryan wants to get his mas-ters in either directing orplaywriting (this time lastyear his play "New Rochelle"was being performed at FredStone).

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MORGEN CULVER / The SandspurSETTING THE STAGE: The Book of Liz premiered recently atthe Fred Stone Theater at Rollins.

The Rollins MBA Entre-preneurship Center is host-ing the New Venture PlanCompetition. This is a com-petition designed for mem-bers of the Rollins communi-ty that have a creative ideafor a new product or busi-ness and gives those peoplethe chance to bring in intothe commercial arena.

The teams that partici-pate in the competition areto formulate a creative ideafor a business or productthat could feasibly gain suc-cess in the market place. TheEntrepreneurship Centerstrongly advises that theteams make sure they ex-

press their ideas clearly be-cause the presentation is justas important as the productor business idea itself.

Teams may consist of asmany as five members whomust be Rollins College stu-dents, alumni, faculty orstaff. The business plansmust be the original ideas ofthe teams presenting them.Each team should have aleader that holds a manage-ment position in the venturethat they are proposing.

Prizes will be given forfirst, second and thirdplaces, though the exactamounts of those prizes havenot yet been determined.The teams may also receivesupport for the start of theirbusinesses in the form of

services. The judging panel will

be made up of Crummer andRollins faculty, in addition toentrepreneurs from the com-munity. The panel will judgebased on a set of criteria setup by the Rollins MBA En-trepreneurship Center. Thiscriteria includes: the clarityof the proposition, the cre-ativity of the subject, thethoroughness of expressingall details relating to the suc-cess of the venture, the or-ganization and persuasive-ness of the presentation, thefeasibility of the financialstatements for the ventureand the expression of themarket opportunity and de-mand in the market place.

Several deadlines have

been set up for the projectover the next few months.On March 7, the teams mustsubmit their written busi-ness plans by 5:00 p.m. Theteams submit their planselectronically atwww.rollins.edu/entrepre-neurship. The judges will se-lect semi-finalists from thisinitial group and notify themno later than March 8 at 5:00p.m.

The semi-final roundwill take place on March 10from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.At this point, the teams thathave been chosen as semi-fi-nalists will present theirideas in the form of a 15minute presentation to thejudges in the Sun Trust Au-ditorium. The teams are per-

mitted to use Power Pointand the judges will ask up tofive minutes of questions toeach team. Four teams willmove on to the final round,and the judges will an-nounce those teams at theend of the semi-final round.

The final round will takeplace on March 17 from 1:00to 5:00 p.m. in the Sun TrustAuditorium. This time,teams will make 20 minutepresentations and be askedup to 10 minutes of ques-tions. A reception will followwhere the winning teamswill be announced.

For additional questionson the New Venture pro-gram, you can visithttp://www.rollins.edu/en-trepreneurship/rules.shtml.

Gary Baseman was bornto draw. He sat down in achair in Darden Lounge andopened a notebook andbegan to sketch as he spoketo Rollins College students."I always knew I wanted todraw because I was miser-able doing anything else butmy artwork." He has a cre-ative mind and uses it to cre-ate "strong images or evensometimes disturbing im-ages," as he would describethem. His passion for draw-ing began when he was "a lit-tle tiny boy." Also Basemanknew by the age of 9-years-old he wanted to go to a realcollege, like UCLA, instead

of attending an art school. "You can do anything

you want," he said, whetheryou are drawing, illustrat-ing, creating an animated se-ries, a clothing line, or vinyltoys. "You have to work tosee what you really love todo and then you have to de-cide what really works foryou." His belief is thatschool is the place wherestudents sit in classrooms inorder to learn how to be dis-ciplined by their professors,but it is in the real world thatthey truly learn what theylove to do and what theyhate to do. "It is when youare out of school that youwill finally decide what youwant to do."

He grew up on the ideal

of having to be really goodand responsible. And afterfollowing his ideals he wasable to achieve his dreams,although everything did notcome easy. The first personhe showed his portfolio todid not give him a job or buyhis artwork, in fact there wasa lot of rejection on his wayto success. "Rejection is partof the process and it is im-portant that you develop athick skin."

Having success on “TheNew York Times” cover wasexciting for him. It was thenthat he was finally able tomeet certain artists he ad-mired which made him feelgreat. But then there wasEdward Soreill, an artist hegreatly admired, who said "Idon't get it," when Basemanshowed him his art. "Thatmade me feel like crap, I wasso depressed. I would neverput down an aspiring artist.I will tell them at least onething I like about their artand then give them construc-tive criticism."

If he were to give up thefirst time someone put downor rejected his work hewould not be where he istoday, with three EmmyAwards on his mantelpiece,a critically acclaimed ani-mated series, and named oneof Entertainment WeeklyMagazine's 100 Most Cre-ative People in Entertain-ment.

When commenting onhow he felt about winninghis Emmy he humorouslyresponded by saying that,"The night you win yourEmmy you can go anywhere.All of my writers and pro-ducers got Emmys so we had15 Emmys at one table.

Imagine all the gold andglitz at one table. Everyonewas probably looking over atour table wondering who the"nobodies" were but it was agreat night. After that nightyou can't take your Emmyout with you, not unless youare taking it to the Emmy fix-it place."

After finding out he wasnamed one of EntertainmentWeekly Magazine's 100 MostCreative People in Entertain-ment he was invited to "a re-ally cool party." The partywas one of the most excitingthings for him he recalled."It was also good presswhich helps you achieveyour goals and dreams."

Achieving your life'sgoals and dreams is one of

the greatest accomplish-ments a person can do intheir life. He sat in the chairholding one of his vinyl toyshe had created and seemedso happy with where he wasin his life. In fact his littlevinyl toys are growing togreat popularity and grow-ing as an art form.

He commented, "I don'tteach because I would ratherbe the fun uncle who comesin and inspires rather thanlectures." He was happy togive advice to students andwas easy to talk to because ofhis down to Earth, friendlyand funny attitude. Heended his talk with the en-couraging statement, "I liketo live well and I like todraw."

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DANI PICARD / The SandspurHANDHELD ART: Baseman holds out some of his art to theRollins crowd.

DANI PICARD / The SandspurSHARING STORIES: Gary Baseman comes to Rollins andshares his artwork and much more.

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Erica Tibbettsthe sandspur

Rollins MBA Center Seeks New Ventures

The Art of Gary Baseman at Rollins

The New Venture Plan(NVP) flyer has circulatedthe campus but little infor-mation has been given on thedetails. So, thanks to manyindividuals at Rollins CEO,the Center for Entrepreneur-ship you don't have to won-der what it is about any-more.

First, let's get into theslogan. Rollins CEO and theCenter for Entrepreneurshipselected the slogan "StartsomeTHINK" for the secondannual Rollins New VenturePlan Competition from a va-riety of submitted themes.Those flying balloons on theflyer symbolize success sto-ries of people who madetheir own way. Essentially, itis all about starting yourown business, and CEO'smembers encourage you tostart thinking about it. If youhave an idea, then all youneed to do is to put some ef-fort in forming your idea. It'snot very difficult as seenfrom outside, and often onceyou start to prepare for it,everything flows naturally. Itis your idea and your busi-ness plan in the end. CEOand the competition are justcatalysts in the way to start-

ing your own business. Youjust need to start thinkingabout your future and whatyou want to do. If you wantto be a balloonist and flythrough the sky, then that'sperfect, and CEO wants tosee you at "Start some-THINK!"

To start at someTHINK,though, there are a fewthings to keep in mind. Mostimportantly, the "Start some-THINK" business plan com-petition welcomes all Rollinsstudents, alumni, facultyand staff. In order to com-pete, you need to apply viathe web athttp://rollins.edu/entrepre-neurship and give your con-tact information. As soon asyour contact information isreceived, you will be askedto prepare a business plan-which has a set format andrequires a decent amount oftime for preparation. Never-theless, if you have an ideabut you are not sure abouthow to prepare your plan,CEO and the Center bothprovide useful tools to makeit easier for you. Important-ly, participants can apply ei-ther alone or as a team.

After an initial screeningprocess, promising businessplan applicants will be askedto present their plan to a

judges committee consistingof professors and outstand-ing entrepreneurs. The maincriteria for judging will in-clude creativity and pre-paredness of the competitorsin every aspect. Usually,while preparing your ownbusiness plan, you will no-tice these criteria appearingnaturally. In the NVP Com-petition, there will probablybe fourteen submissionsgoing to the semifinals, atwhich point four will moveon to the finals with an op-tion to get coaching and getthe advices of experts. Thiscoaching is a wonderful op-portunity to refine yourbusiness plan before the realworld refines it.

Some of the most excit-ing parts, however, are theprizes. The top three win-ners will be awarded moneyprizes, but there is anotheraspect of our rewardingmechanism. Business planapplicants present theirideas in front of an intellec-tual audience, including in-vestors; even if your plandoes not land in the topthree, investors may still beinterested in funding theplan. Entrepreneurs alwayslook for opportunities tocatch investor interests for fi-nancing their plans, and the

NVP Competition is provid-ing all of the Rollins commu-nity with this wonderful op-portunity.

Finally, remember any-one can have a great ideaand anyone can win, so ifany member of the Rollinscommunity has had an en-trepreneurial feeling evokedright now, then let Rollins

CEO and the Center for En-trepreneurship help you de-velop it to your own success.As an added bonus, NVPCompetition Chair ArasAlkis is personally offeringhelp to the first fourteen ap-plicants and also will givefurther information viaemail at [email protected].

"The world is a book andthose who do not travel readonly a page." St. Augustineprobably wasn't referring tothose Crummer courses withan international travel com-ponent when he utteredthose words in ca. 400, butwe can't be certain.

What we do know is thatevery year, about 200 RollinsMBA students take his ad-vice and do more than justread another page - theyspend a week in such placesas Brazil, China, Croatia, theCzech Republic, Germany,Hungary, Ireland, Italy,Japan, Mexico, NewZealand, Singapore, Slova-kia, South Korea, Spain, andthe United Kingdom.

"Crummer has earned awell-deserved reputation forproviding students withknowledge and skills thatcan be readily applied to thereal world," said Dr. Jim

Johnson, Associate Professorof International Business atCrummer and Director ofGlobal Consulting Projects."Our travel courses take stu-dents out of the classroomand put them in a situationwhere they can learnthrough experience. MarkTwain said, 'Travel is fatal toprejudice, bigotry, and nar-row-mindedness.' WhenCrummer students work ona project overseas alongsidestudents from China orCroatia, or meet senior exec-utives of companies in Koreaor Hungary, they learn in-valuable lessons about thelocal business environment,the culture, and the people -lessons that broaden themind and simply cannot belearned in a classroom."

There are three courseswith an international travelcomponent. INT604, theGlobal Consulting Project, isgenerally a team of six MBAstudents tasked by a compa-ny to research a particularissue in a particular country.The company often subsi-

dizes some of the travel-re-lated costs.

INT605, the Global Re-search and Study Project(GRASP), is a requiredcourse for full- time(EAMBA) and executive(EMBA) students, but is alsoavailable to part-time(PMBA) and Saturday(SMBA) students. TheGRASP is focused on thecountry, rather than a partic-ular project, product or com-pany. This year the EAM-BAs will be traveling toSeoul, South Korea, theEMBAs will be traveling toHong Kong, and theSMBA/PMBAs will be trav-eling to Prague in the CzechRepublic.

INT606, Doing Businessin Emerging Markets, ismore of a traditional MBAcourse, but with the valueadd of the international trav-el component. This spring,22 students - half EAMBA,half PMBA - will be travelingto Singapore and Malaysia.The fall 2006 course will like-ly go to Buenos Aires, Ar-

gentina and Santiago, Chile.The spring 2007 course willgo to Shanghai, China.

"In The World is Flat,Thomas Friedman wrotethat the fierce competition toget one of few coveted posi-tions at the Microsoft Re-search Center in Beijing ledto the saying: 'Remember, inChina, when you are one in amillion, there are 1,300 otherpeople just like you,'" saidDr. Ilan Alon, the PettersChair of International Busi-ness and the Executive Di-rector of Rollins-China Cen-ter. "The international expe-rience that Crummer offersis another way for our grad-uates to differentiate them-selves in the marketplace."

China, in particular, hasgenerated a lot of interest."With over 1.3 billion peopleand a growing economy,China is becoming a star at-traction for foreign direct in-vestment and all sorts of in-ternational business activi-ty," adds Professor Alon."Rollins College is well posi-tioned to take advantage of

opportunities in China, andCrummer students have al-ready engaged in multipleglobal consulting projectsthere, including developinga benchmarking study for amarketing consulting firm, adevelopment plan for theShanghai Garment IndustryAssociation, and most re-cently for Petters GroupWorldwide in the creation ofa multinational corporateuniversity."

Jurassic Park and RisingSun author Michael Crichtonsaid, "Stripped of your ordi-nary surroundings, yourfriends, your daily routines,your refrigerator full of food,your closet full of clothes -with all this taken away, youare forced into direct experi-ence. Such direct experienceinevitably makes you awareof who it is that is having theexperience. That's not al-ways comfortable, but it isalways invigorating."

And it is always educa-tional.

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EDITOR: JEAN BERNARD [email protected]

Freshman Mareike Hoff-schmidt is one of the manyinternational students whobring the global experienceto the Hamilton Holt School.

The German native’sfirst stop in the UnitedStates was a vacation in SanFrancisco, California. After-wards, she planned to con-tinue her studies in Londonor Berlin but those planschanged when Hoffschmidtfound love.

She met her fiancé Marcat Berkeley and made a lifealtering decision. She took achance, something she hasdone all her life, and movedto Orlando with Marc sevenmonths ago. She used theword luck when explainingher admission to Rollins butluck has nothing to do withher attendance.

Following a lot of con-templation about her inter-ests, she chose to major inInternational Affairs be-cause, although she feelsconfident in her knowledgeof European history, she isnot as well-informed ofAmerican history.

She said after studyingEconomics in Germany she“wanted to study anythingbut Economics.”

Hoffschmidt refuses toname a favorite class insteadviewing each class positive-ly. It has been a challenge,however, as she continues tomaster the English lan-guage.She enjoys the different peo-ple and cultures that are rep-resented in the Holt School.

Hoffschmidt feels moti-vated that students attend-ing Holt know what theywant and are dedicated tothe education they are pay-ing for. Her advice to stu-dents is to not “waste time

learning the tricks of thetrade.”

Instead, Hoffschmidtfeels they should, “learn thetrade.” She is fully focusedon her undergraduate stud-ies and hasn’t contemplatedgraduate school at this time.Like most freshmen, whenasked about her postgradu-ate plans she simply replied,“That’s too far away.”

It may seem she’s uncer-tain about her future but sheis a focused and independ-ent person with a strongsense of self. She credits her

parents who in-stilled in her allthe importantthings requiredto be the personshe strives to bein life. When sheleft her parents’home at the ageof fifteen they“stood behindme” she reflect-ed.

It was herparents whotaught her “howto live a life thatis based not onwhat you are,but who youare.” That phi-losophy goeswith her current

ambiguity abouther career goals.

For Hoffschmidt, educa-tion is more about the jour-ney and the knowledge sheobtains than the means to asix-figure salary. She hasbeen working since she wasthirteen and earning herown money since the mo-ment she ventured out seek-ing independence as ateenager.

She has held many titleson her resume that includewaitress, event manager,model and promoter. For atime, she even owned a

small business. After gradu-ation she does want onething to carry on from herlife in Germany as a jack ofall trades. “I want to havefun while I am working andI want to be connected withpeople.”

Having fun is the mostimportant thing, she feels,and it is possible to have funno mater what profession anindividual chooses.

Regardless of the in-come, what matters is notliving a life where there isconstant frustration. A pre-vious employer told hersomething she remembers tothis day. No matter what,“keep on smiling.”

Hoffschimdt can befound weekday morningssmiling as a receptionist inthe Thomas P. Johnson Stu-dent Resource Center.

When she isn’t maintain-ing schedules she enjoys amultitude of things suchmusic, traveling, art andsometimes, “doing nothingand hanging out.”

She enjoys Quentin Tar-intino films and can befound working out regular-ly in the Alfond gym. Mak-ing more time to see herfriends this summer is a pri-ority when she returns toGermany.

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First Year Holt Student DefinesWhat Is Important In Life AndShows Her Love For Learning

TANISHA MATHIS / The Sandspur

Event:Withdrawal Deadlines

Date:Fri., March 24, 2006

Location:Hamilton Holt School Office

Information:Last day to drop courses with-out academic penalty. Must besubmitted in writing

Contact:Office of Student Services

Event: Peacer Corps Information Ses-sion and Video PresentationDate: Thurs., March 23, 2006,5:30p.m.Location: Bib Lab, Olin Library

Information: Learn about opportunities inthe Peace Corps

Contact: Office of Career Services

Event: National Security Agency Infor-mation SessionDate: Thurs., March 23, 2006, 4p.m.

Location: Bib Lab, Olin Library

Information: Learn about career opportuni-ties in the NSA


Event: Rollins College Career Expo2006 Prep WorkshopDate: Fri., March 24, 2006, 11a.m. to2p.m.Location: McKean Gymnasium, Alfond SportsCenterInformation: Career Fair


Hamilton Holt Calendar

The Hamilton HoltSchool has a diverse studentbody full of creative andwonderful minds; however,two students have main-tained a monopoly on thevoice of over 1,200 studentsso far this semester.

Of course, it isn’t bychoice; it is a necessity.Every week the Holt Newssection of The Sandspur at-tempts to publish informa-tion useful to the studentbody not only as Holt andRollins College students butas members of the Americanhigher education communi-ty.

Throughout the year,Holt News searches for writ-ers to contribute their talentsto the section. It is not a re-stricted club but it is a proudone and one that’s easy tojoin. It doesn’t require amajor in English or Commu-nications. It doesn’t requirea minor in writing or careeraspirations in journalism.

The privilege of writingfor Holt News is open to allHolt students, faculty andstaff. It is a wonderful op-portunity that is not takenadvantage of due to variousmisconceptions:

I barely have time to doassignments let alone some-thing extra.

The regular section re-porters write one to two arti-cles a week. Again, that iscurrently due to necessityand not necessarily desired.However, there is no setnumber of articles that re-porters are required to write.From one article a week toone article a month thechoice is yours to make.

Holt News would neverexpect writing for the news-paper to take away from

your goals and responsibili-ties as a student. We onlyhope taking part in theRollins community enhancesyour collegiate experience.

I don’t want to writeabout parking issues.

Articles are not assigned;the topics are solely up to thediscretion of the individualwriter. Additionally, HoltNews has always welcomedstudents to share their expe-riences as contributing writ-ers.

Previous contributingwriters have shared experi-ences of their internationaltravel to comparing and con-trasting the education sys-tem of the United States tothat of their native country.

If you aren’t sure youwant to become a staffwriter, the section always en-courages members of theHolt family to discuss volun-teer projects, their concernsor even inspirational storiesthat encourage fellow stu-dents as a special to the sec-tion.

I don’t want to write formy professor; why would Iwant to write for everyoneto read and critique?

There are many fears inlife that causes the heart toskip a beat; spiders, heightsand flying being a few. Forstudents, nothing strikesdread like the thought ofwriting a term paper. Fear,more than likely, is the num-ber one deterrent for mostpeople.

There are benefits to con-quering your fear and writ-ing for the student newspa-per. Rollins College is a lib-eral arts institution that isdedicated to the writing dis-cipline. As a student, youare not going to get out ofwriting so you might as wellembrace it.

Like most things, writ-ing falls under the ‘practicemakes perfect’ mantra. Ob-viously, there is no suchthing as perfection, but themore you write, the morecomfortable you becomethus improving your writingskills.

In addition to the abovebenefits one gets in writingfor the paper, an extracurric-ular activity or two neverhurts the transcript. Even ifyou feel graduate school isnot in your future the bestway to go about your under-graduate studies is to workas if you are headed to grad-uate school.

So if you change yourmind, by hard work andpreparation, you will havethe option available to you.Effective communication is akey to the world that awaitsa college graduate. Quitepossibly, having a writtenbody of work to show a po-tential employer could helpyour chances in landing ajob.

All articles are availableonline and one click on yourname makes all your articlesavailable for reading. As ifeverything that has beensaid wasn’t enough, staffwriters are paid for theirdedication and efforts.

There are surely moretopics, ideas and issues thatconcern Holt students thanwhat are thought of by twoindividuals who share thesame major and same postundergraduate plans.

The diversity of the HoltNews staff should equal themixture of the student or-ganization it serves. If youare interested in obtainingmore information, contactthe Holt News staff [email protected].

Holt Students, AddYour Voice And InputTo The Holt Section

Dear Marian:In the last column, you

recommended that stu-dents attend the CareerExpo on March 24. I haveattended a number of ca-reer fairs before and nevergot much response. Why doyou think this will be anydifferent? Graduating Se-nior ‘06

Dear Graduating Senior,You can increase your

chance of success with thisCAREER EXPO by makingsure that you do a few spe-cific steps before, duringand after the Career Expo.To provide you with addi-tional feedback, I inter-viewed several local re-cruiters for helpful hints.

BEFORE The ExpoRESEARCH – The re-

cruiters mentioned thatquestions like, “ So, whatdoes your company do?’ is areal turn off. Nothing ismore impressive thanknowing that a candidatehas taken the time to con-duct research on their com-pany. Since the participat-ing companies are listed onthe Career Services Website,you can take time now to beprepared.

PERFECT YOUR RÉSUMÉ –The recruiters all had storiesof candidates who distrib-uted resumes with typos orerrors. Take time now to cre-ate an effective resume.Based on your research, youmay even want to createslightly different versionsfor different organizations.Make copies and be ready topass them out!

DURINGDRESS THE PART – The re-

cruiters all stressed how im-portant professional dresswas for a Career Fair. Re-member you only get oneshot at a first impression.One recruiter mentionedhow important it was toleave the gum and heavycologne at home!

DO NOT FORGET TOSMILE AND HAVE EYE CONTACT– The recruiters were unani-mous here and strongly rec-ommended practicing anappropriate handshake anda brief, effective introduc-tion prior to the Career Fair.

The key words here are briefand effective! Be ready toclearly articulate the waysthat your education andwork experience can addvalue to their organization.

WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?Do not be afraid to ask therecruiter this question.Then, ask for their name ora business card. This wayyou will be ready for “theday after.”

JOT IT DOWN – Aftertalking with a recruiter, takethe time to jot down notes,the topics discussed and anyfollow-up ideas. Get thecorrect spelling of theirname if they do not give youa business card.

AFTER THE EXPO

WRITE– Take the time tosend a letter to each re-cruiter that you talked with.Refer to your notes and per-sonalize the letter in a waythat will help them recallyour conversation. Severalof the recruiters commentedthat follow up letters areone way that candidates re-ally stand out.

USE THE NETWORK IF OF-FERED– If the recruiter pro-vided you with other inter-nal names to contact, sendthat person an introductoryletter and send a copy of itto the recruiter as well. Forexample, a letter like thismight begin something like:“Yesterday, at the RollinsCollege Career Fair, I hadthe chance to meet JamieSmith. During our conversa-tion, she gave me your nameand suggested that I sendyou a resume for your re-view.”

STAY IN TOUCH–If you donot hear anything at first,take the time to follow-upwith a letter or phone call.However, be sensitive.There is a fine line betweenshowing interest and be-coming a stalker or a pest.Be careful not to cross it.

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

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Rollins, Do We Know?

Nancy Aguirrethe sandspur

THE SANDSPUR· MAR. 3, 2006 VOL. 112 ISSUE 20

Take two identical rockvoices, punk style, pop song-writing, and 15 years of per-forming experience, andwhat you get is the Veroni-cas.

Jess and Lisa Origliasso,20-year-old identical twinsfrom Brisbane Australia, re-leased their debut album,The Secret Life of the Veron-

icas, and it aims to please. Infact, it may aim to please toomany people at once.

The Veronicas combineelements of all major genresof popular music. Themelodies and lyrics are sim-ple, even clichéd, creating asound reminiscent of basic,bubblegum pop. The girls'voices, which are both high-ly pleasant and the slightestbit edgy, contain overtonesof soft rock. Their style con-sists of a hodgepodge of

thrift store clothes and cos-tume jewelry that makesthem look like the posterchildren for the punk move-ment. The result is a weak-ened form of all of these gen-res mixed together to createsomething that is not spec-tacularly anything.

Nevertheless, the Veron-icas deliver a satisfyingsound that is enjoyable to lis-ten to. It is not profound,and it is not brilliant. What itis, is great for rolling downthe windows in your car andpumping up The Secret Lifeof the Veronicas really loud,as the wind blows throughyour hair, and you bop alongwith your car full of friends.It is fun, and it is pleasant. Itis just not ingenious or sen-sational.

The new single from thegirls' album, "4ever," is thefirst song on the album, andit does well to set the tone. Itis a classically Veronicasamalgamation of musicalgenres that is both soft andedgy, pop and rock, that ispleasing to the ear, while notdoing all that well to impressthe listener.

Many of the rest of thesongs on the album resemblethis first track, including"Everything I'm Not," "Whenit All Falls Apart," and"Mouth Shut." The lyrics ofmost of these tracks are theanger and longing associat-ed with the breakup of ashallow teen relationship,

and the sound is nothing ex-ceptional.

One exception, however,is the song "Speechless."While many of the rest of thetracks possess similar tem-pos, sounds, instrumenta-tion, harmonies, lyrics, andtone, "Speechless" goes tothe next level. The tempo isslower, the mood moretense. There are unexpectedshifts in mood and volume.There is an undercurrent ofan emotion that is difficult tolabel or quantify. It is a com-plex emotion, or rahter set ofemotions, that goes beyondthe feelings in a high schoolromance. It is anger, sorrow,confusion and the girls' voic-es, which are the only sensa-tional aspect of the album asa whole, conveying a feelingthat can only be expressedthrough music. "Speechless"

absolutely stands out as thebest, most original track onthe album.

If you are looking for thenext big thing in popularmusic, the chances are thatthe Veronicas are not it. Ifyou are looking for some-thing new and innovative,the Veronicas are absolutelynot it. However, if you arelooking for a fun, pleasantalbum that will not makeyou think too hard and willget you swaying to themusic, this one will morethan satisfy you. Not allmusic has to be the most bril-liant thing ever. Sometimes,a mediocre band that makesus happy to listen to them isall we want.

The Veronicas album isnow available in stores.Their website iswww.theveronicas.com.

The Veronicas: Pleasant but UnoriginalJami Furo

the sandspur

COURTESY OF THE VERONICAS

Answer: a lack of food will kill in two weeks, whilelack of sleep will kill you in five to six days.

COURTESY OF THE VERONICAS

10 THE SANDSPUR· MAR. 3, 2006 &EnterArts

If only a Sandspur arti-cle could carry a tune, thena simple “duh duh, duhduh” would catch your at-tention and immediatelypoint to this week’s moviereview culprit. But sadly Ihaven’t met a hummingnewspaper yet, so we’lljust have to settle for thename Inspector JacquesClouseau striking fear orperpetual comicalness intoyour old movie-deprivedhearts. Yes, ladies and gen-tlemen, no need to worry,The Pink Panther is back tosave the day!

Meet Inspector JacquesClouseau (Steve Martin,“Father of the Bride,”“Cheaper by the Dozen”) asuper sleuth whose physicalcoordination is so terrible,his deductive skills so atro-cious, and his command oflanguage so rotten that hiswidely known as theworld’s most comically re-markable detective for hisremarkable, yet often un-orthodox ways of solving

even the hardest crimes.When the famous Frenchsoccer coach Yves Gluant ispoisoned following his mas-sive victory over the Chi-

nese, and his priceless dia-mond ring, The Pink Pan-ther, mysteriously stolen,the case falls into the handsof Chief Inspector Dreyfus(Kevin Kline, “In & Out,”“Wild Wild West”), who isalready all too busy vyingfor the coveted Medal ofHonor. Knowing full wellthat his shaky career cannotwithstand even the slightestmistake, Dreyfus hiresClouseau to take the case

(and perhaps the fault).Closeau and his new assis-tant, the committed and per-sistent Gendarme GilbertPonton (Jean Reno, “Roller-

b a l l , ”“ H o t e lRwanda”),follow atrail ofgangstersand thugs,mysteriousd i a m o n dc u t t e r s ,d o u b l e

a g e n t sa n dc r o o k e dc a s i n oo w n e r s .Though afar reach-ing andu n d e n i -ably trou-bled case,“Ze Inspyectour” neverloses his focus and with thehelp of Ponton and his ded-

icated secretary Nicole(Emily Mortimer, “MatchPoint,” “Dear Frankie”) con-tinues one step closer tosolving the case of the cen-tury.

The Pink Panther isloosely based on the 1964Peter Sellers original film ofthe same name which fol-lows a similar plot of find-ing the murdered Gluant’scoveted Pink Panther dia-mond ring. This new adap-tation by director ShawnLevy (“Cheaper by the

Dozen,” “Big Fat Liar”)brings the old classic back tolife for a new generation.

Martin, who co-wrote thefilm, partners with Levy inthis, his third film, keepingmuch of his usually slap-stick, over-the-top humorthroughout. Though funnyat times, the film lacks anyreal depth or ingenuity andfalls drastically short of thetimeless comedy of the orig-inal Pink Panther flicks.Martin and Kline keep thepunch-lines coming, thoughsome obvious mis-castingoccurred adding the won-derfully serious award-win-ning actor Reno into this pe-culiar fray and bringing thesinger-songstress BeyonceKnowles back to the silverscreen as Gluant’s pop-idolgirlfriend. And though thetune may get stuck in yourhead for days upon days,this go at “The Pink Pan-ther” is better left for abored mid-summer rentalthen an all out night at themovies. Instead get yourown theme music working,slink around “knees up”around the house and havesome fun, but please don’twaste your hard earnedmoney or time.

The Panther is Humming aDifferent Tune

Katie Pedersonthe sandspur

COURTESY OF SONY PRODUCTIONS

COURTESY OF SONY PRODUCTIONS

In a heartbeat, the cafete-ria we know so well as Beanswas transformed into a blacktie, red carpet event includ-ing celebrity look-a-likes, pa-parazzi and over500 students fill-

ing both the up-stairs and down-stairs of the cam-pus center.

Students gath-ered in a theatre-like setting towatch the top 16films compete forBest Comedy,

Best HistoricalD o c u m e n t a r y,Best Drama andBest Picture. Throughout theevent students were gra-ciously entered into a raffle,giving away round tripplane tickets, iPod shuffles,movie posters, DVDs andmore.

Several organizationsand classes created films in-

cluding the German Club,The Surf Club, Phi DeltaTheta and others. The audi-ence laughed when fellowclassmates documented the

meticulous creation of asandwich and the mockingof The Fabulous Life ofRollins, learned about Mealson Wheels in the Orlandoarea as well as some contro-versial independent films.

As the audience nerv-ously awaited the results,

hosts Thomas Mullett andYvette Kojic emulated theOscar's, "And the envelopeplease..."

“We had a fantasticRollins CollegeC a m p u sMovieFest Pre-miere night lastWednesday andwe would like tothank all theteams who par-ticipated, everyone who helpedout with theevent, andeveryone who cameout to see the fabu-lous movies. If you

didn't get a chance to make itout to the Premiere, fret not,every movie made by Rollinsteams will be viewable onthe CMF website by the endof this week. If you were notable to participate this year,you are in luck. The LEADteam along with the wonder-

ful folks at the Office of Stu-dent Involvement and Lead-ership are already planningfor next year’s Rollins Cam-pus MovieFest. So teams youall have one year to plan out

your next big budget epicmotion picture and be look-ing forward to your chanceto be on the big screen!”

Congratulations to thewinners for Best Comedy:“Amor Paterno” by TentacleStudios including AndrewSmalls and Garrian Spivey,Best Documentary: Aging inAmerica by Social Gerontol-ogy Documentary Group in-

cluding Jesenia Brown andKimberly James-Kelly , BestDrama: "The Pentagon" byStrong Haul for the LongHaul including Matt Hirsch-biel and Jay McDermott; and

Best Picture: "AmigosEn America" by Triple JProductions includingJulianne Austin, JonBirdsong, Lara Bueso,Justin Cox and Jono Ma-honovich.

Organized by theLEAD team, membersare already planning thedetails for next year's

event, hoping to make it an-nual and encouraging aneven greater amount of stu-dents to sign up to partici-pate. Also supported byACE, they can be creditedfor the intense transforma-tion of Beans and some ofthe giveaways.

Movies can both beviewed and purchased atCampusmoviefest.com.

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rtainment

“Whoever thoughta movie about asandwich wouldbe so funny?”

-Jessica Combs

“Incredibly con-troversial and dar-ing, this film reallycaught my atten-tion.”

-Jess Estes

“CMF was a bond-ing experienceand we’re gladTriple J Produc-tions will go downin history as thefirst winners.” -Jon Birdsong

“It really makesyou think howsmall the world isand how spiritual-ly connected weall are.”-Kim Hartman

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROLLINS OSIL

Lara Buesothe sandspur

COURTESY OF ROLLINS OSILOSCAR WORTHY: Thomas Mullett and YvetteKojic hosted of Rollins’ First Campus Movie Fest.

DANI PICARD / The Sandspur

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EDITOR: KARINA MC [email protected]

Lessons With LewSpring BreakSobriety?

In this issue of The Sand-spur we debut our newest se-ries of articles, “Lessons WithLew.” These articles delve in-side the mind of one of our col-lege’s greatest resources, ourpresident, Dr. Lewis Duncan.The Sandspur has endeavoredto interview President Duncanand share with the Rollinscommunity his innovativeviews on a variety of topics.

In our inagurual“Lessons With Lew” thetopic is an ideal that hasconfounded mankind for allof time, the achievement ofimmortality. President Dun-can outlines his views onimmortality as not only pro-viding insight into the fu-ture of technology but alsobeing able to foster an exer-cise in critical thinkingabout the implications thatcome with such a revolu-tionary realization.

President Duncan estab-lishes the framework forthe necessity of science andtechnology education asdriving students in a liberaleducation to be “not justspectators but participants:”In this approach the tradi-tional “Chinese menu ap-proach,” as President Dun-can defines it, of taking a va-riety of introductary classesthat fail to integrate teach-ing technology as a compo-nent.

The quest for immortal-ity has emerged as a possi-bility to President Duncan,“because of revolutions inthree bilogical fields.” First,the field of genetics whichhas mapped the humangenome and will eventually,as President Duncan states,“be able to manipulate thegenome” helped by its finitenature.

Second, the revolutionin the field of embryoticstem cells which make it“possible to regrow parts ofthe human body.” This fieldhas already brought to lifemoral debates that Dr. Dun-can views as “ a short termdifficulty that will be cir-cumvented by technology.”

Third, as President Dun-can points out, “evolutionbuilt into us a fuse thatcauses us to die.” He goeson to point out that “todaywe use technology tochange environment tomeet our needs.” In doingso, seeking mastery over theenvironment, it will be-come, “not necessary togrow old and die.”

This fuse, as defined insimple terms by PresidentDuncan, can best be de-scribed as a “chromosomecap.” This cap can be artifi-cially repaired or its deteri-oration stopped in order toextend our lives to near in-definiteness.

This leap toward im-mortality is not far off ac-cording to President Dun-can, with “the next 20, 30, or50 years providing for anend of cellular aging anddeath.” In his work “Des-tiny By Design,” Duncan as-serts that, “It is completelyconceivable that ours isamong the last of genera-tions to ever experience nat-ural biologiacal aging anddeath.”

What this means is thatwithin our lifetime it will bepossible for the realizationof “an average life expectan-cy of 650 years.”

With the emergence ofthis system it will be capa-ble, according to PresidentDuncan, to “persist at anyage you want to dial in as.”

As we endeavor towardthis triumph of scientific in-novation President Duncanargues that biological en-hancements result in the“human and machineboundary disappearing.”He adds, that we are “evolv-ing into robo-sapiens.”

This expansion of thefields of technology and sci-ence yields a necessarystudy of the emerging re-

sponsibilities that comewith a move toward immor-tality and the technologicalimprovment of the humanbeing. It incorporates, forPresident Duncan, every-thing from population con-trol that becomes a neces-sary consideration withachieving immortality, tothe family structure that canor cannot result in an im-mortal world, to the distri-bution of such technology tosociety.

Will a rich immortalclass emerge? Will a parentbe willing to die to allow thebirth of a child? Can the nat-ural tendency toward fami-ly and population creationbe balanced with the pursu-al of immortality? PresidentDuncan inspires thoughtthrough such pressing ques-tions and more.

For President Duncanthe difficult questions thatcome with the rapid ad-vance of technology lie intheir social context. Hestates, “I am much more in-tersted in what’s to be doneabout immortality, the soci-etal pressures and contro-versies that result.”

President Duncan im-pacts the rapid gains oftechnology in “Destiny ByDesign” stating that “Therehas never been greater obli-gation for an understandingof the profound influence ofemerging technologies onthe fate of our human socie-ty.”

He closes his article on anote of provocation and in-spiration, saying, “Ours is aworld in transformation, aworld of changes that - per-haps within the lifetimes ofour children - promise toeclipse all others in the ac-cumulated history of ourcivilization, a world ofhuman futures now becomea destiny of design.”

A look into thepossibilities andprobabilities ofimmortality thatscience yields.

Joshua Beneshthe sandspur


Hallelujah! Spring vaca-tion means a break from thebooks and a chance to hangout with friends for a dose ofadventure. Whether you areheading for the beach or asolid week of home cooking,it is important to keep thepartying on the safe side,even while on vacation.

This means making all ofyour decisions when you aresober. Particularly, those re-garding sex. It may seem likealcohol and drugs make iteasier to deal with socialhang-ups, but they alsomake it easier to engage inrisky behavior that can havelong-term consequences. Soif all you want to bring homefrom spring break is somefun memories (and not a sex-ually transmitted disease ora regret), read on for somegood reasons to stay sober.

It is a fact, plain and sim-ple -- drinking and takingdrugs impairs your judg-ment, and makes you act inways you would not if youwere sober.

That is why it is illegal todrive a car under the influ-ence: When your brain is notalert, you are in no positionto make big decisions. Thesame rule goes for sex.Choices about sex are choic-es you want to make whenyou are at your most alert,not carelessly, when you areunder the influence.

Choosing a birth controlmethod takes advance plan-ning. Talking about whatyou feel comfortable doing -

- and about using protection-- should happen before theheat of the moment.Teenagers who use alcoholand drugs are less likely touse a condom. And even ifyou have birth control onhand, it takes concentrationand focus to make sure youare using it accurately. Bystaying sober, you will stayfully in control of your deci-sions.

As is true with unintend-ed pregnancy, it only takesone unprotected encounterto catch an STD. The bestavailable protection againstSTDs is to use a condom;that means having a condomon hand and being sober

enough to use it correct-ly. If you are alcohol anddrug-free, you will be in abetter position to keep your-self healthy.

Because date rape isoften linked to alcohol anddrugs, here are a few com-mon sense precautions totake. Stay sober on dates. Ifthe person you are out withhas been drinking to excessor using drugs, stick to pub-lic spaces and find your ownway home.

At parties and clubs,never leave your beverageunattended, and never takedrinks (alcoholic or non-al-coholic) from strangers.Since Rohypnol and GHB,two "date rape" drugs, areodorless, and often colorlessand tasteless, they can getslipped into drinks easilyand go unnoticed.

Only accept drinks frombartenders or waiters, andtry to watch them pouring.At parties, pour your own.

Attend parties and clubswith friends, and make sureyou draw up a plan-- in ad-vance -- for keeping an eyeout for each other and goinghome together.

JESSICA COMBS / The SandspurSUN, SEX, AND SWIGGING: Just make your safe decisionsbefore you get distracted!

Some safetytips to maximizeyour spring breakpleasure!

Chris Winsorthe sandspur

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March: Women's HistoryMonth

REACH Safe Spring BreakWeek!

ARTISTIC INTERESTS "Outsider Within: Graffiti

Art," March 16, DardenLounge

"Lip Sync," March 16, 6 p.m.at McKean Gym

"Rollins Dance XX," March17-18, Annie Russell Theatre

STUDENT ORG.ACTIVITIES

COL: March 15, 8 p.m. atGalloway Room

CLUB MEETINGSACE: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.Ballroom Dance Club:

Thursdays, 7-8 p.m., ASCDance Room

Black Student Union: Thurs-days, 7 p.m., Warden Dining

Room.Caribbean Student Associa-tion (CSA): First and thirdWednesday of each month,5:30-6:30 p.m., Warden Din-

ing Room.College Republicans: FirstTuesday of every month, 8p.m., Warden Dining Hall

Eco Rollins: Tuesdays, 12:30p.m., Beal Maltbie

Film Appreciation Organi-zation: generally meets

every other Friday, 7 p.m. Panhellenic: Tuesdays, 12:30

p.m., CSS Room 229. Phi Eta Sigma (PES): first

Tuesday of every month, 7p.m., Bib Lab.

Rollins Outdoors Club(ROC): Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Sandspur: Tuesdays, 6:30p.m. in the Sandspur Office

(floor 3 of Mills) Society of Physics Students

(SPS): every other Thursday,6:15 p.m., Bush 114.

Tomokan Yearbook: everyTuesday, 12:30 p.m.,

Tomokan Yearbook Office(floor 3 of Mills)

WINTER PARKAnnual Bach Festival: Theseventy-first year of the fes-

tival is on various datesfrom March 3-11. The first isMarch 3, 8 p.m. at KnowlesMemorial Chapel. The FredRogers Family Series will beheld at the Tiedke Concert

Hall. Ticket prices vary.www.bachfestivalflorida.org

St. Patrick's Day Parade:The Irish celebration will beheld a week early on Sun-day, March 12, 2 p.m. Theparade will go down Park

Ave. to city hall.

A City Run Amok? Smog, Bird-Flu,and Political Demonstrations...

Think you have had aturbulent week? Catch this:Muslim demonstrationsabout the cartoons, even inHong Kong, leading the U.S.government to advise allAmericans to steer clear ofhalf of the city.

Smog levels reaching ahalf-year high, thus killing amarathon runner, and leav-ing me sick in bed - completewith unknown particlesfloating in my lungs. Con-stant cases of the bird flucalling for increased hygien-ic caution in the dorms, in-cluding a plastic cover overthe elevator buttons which isroutinely cleaned every fourhours. You would figureparanoia was the trend of theweek.

But, alas, lifehere never stops.Quite on the con-trary, while I sit atmy computer typ-ing and looking outof the window, theworld around me isspinning at an in-credible speed: Ican see hoards ofpeople gathered toplay basketball andsoccer. I notice oldladies on the wayto the supermarket.I see ships arrivingat the harbour. And it is 11p.m., I might add! In fact,there has never been a timewhen I was up that the restof the town seemed dead.Catching the train at 5 in the

morning? Have funwrestling for a seat. Leavingfor a night on the town atmidnight? Be prepared toshare your space with the 90-year-old man from nextdoor. I mean, what are thesepeople doing? How comethey are not in bed? Andhow come they are neverthe-

less healthy as a horse? It ab-solutely baffles me.

The only time this cityactually slows down is, iron-ically, between about 9 p.m.and 11 a.m. Try to get anykind of service in this timeframe, and, well, you're liter-ally on your own. You havejust missed all the elderly re-turning from their hour-longdim sun breakfasts aftertheir morning tai chi, as wellas all the commuters rushingto their workaholic jobs, andits not quite time for lunch,so the town is swept clean. Ifyou want some breathingroom, this is when you wantto be out there. Not that youwould really want to breathein too deeply around here...

Interestingly enough,one does not really need toventure out into the 'fresh'air if one does not want to.This city is absolutely notori-ous for having 14-storymegamalls, with icerinksand multi-story cinemas

which provide a great pre-movie workout climb, con-nected directly to the under-ground MTR system. Morethan once, and I will admitthis openly, as you will justhave to see these places tobelieve it (and because it isquite funny) have I gottenlost in an MTR station, oreven more frequently, in amall. It is especially interest-ing when you enter whatyou perceive as a hole in thewall, only to be greeted bythe largest collection ofshops, travel agencies orbanks that you have everseen. The funny thing is thatalthough they are enormous,you will never find themagain, because this road sys-tem is composed of only afew several mile-long mainhighways, surrounded by anunbelievable assortment ofsmall, neon-lit streets thatcreate a contrast as strong asbetween the first and thethird world. Given the truly

admirable signage to theMTR, as well as all touristtraps, I can always estimatemy approximate locationand will make it back to theuniversity without a prob-lem - but the other wayaround it is an absoluteheadache-inducing adven-ture. I have spent up to fourwhole days looking for aspecific American Expressoutlet. Try and beat that.

Whatmakes itall worth-w h i l e ,t h o u g h ,are thes w e e tpeople Im e e t .Sure, Icertainlyget myshare ofp e o p l ewho are

glued tomy heeltrying to

sell me everything I havenever wanted, groups ofpeople shouting into my earsfrom both sides without anyconcept of a fragile eardrum,or toothpaste, for that mat-ter. Or even people whowalk entirely too slowly fora fast-paced city like this, inprinciple always taking upthe entire width of the side-walk, and other daily glitch-es in this perfect little para-dise. Yet, the people whom I

have the priviledge to get toknow better truly turn outthe be some of the most en-ticing, attentive and charm-ing individuals I have evermet.

One of the greatest waysto learn more about the lo-cals is just going out to din-ner with them. Just a fewdays ago, four girls from mybusiness class and I headedout for some Indian food(and given the high numberof immigrants, the qualityand authenticity of the foodis practically unbeatable)which was, as always withanyone from Hong Kong, tobe eaten family style. Justtalking to the girls aboutwhere to travel, and whatthey typically eat, i.e. why inthe world they would lineup for hours to have a littlebit of sushi, what moviesthey watch and so on and soforth, is better and certainlymore up to date than read-ing a bunch of books on theculture of China.

Although they certainlyhelped, both to spike my in-terest and to guarantee a lit-tle more understanding anda little less shock, being herefor a semester is an experi-ence that is absolutely differ-ent. Despite the smog, I stilllove this city. I've just cometo realize I can't open my fif-teenth floor window in themorning and take a deepbreath, that's all.

No. It is justanother regular-day in Hong Kong!

Cora Hardinthe sandspur

CORA HARDIN / The SandspurBUSINESS BUDDIES: Girls from Cora’s college in Hong Kongescaping from the books for a while.

CORA HARDIN / The SandspurCHINESE CHARACTERS: In Pin Ying, the transliteration forChinese characters, Cora’s name is Han Kezhen.

CORA HARDIN / The SandspurSURVEYING THE SMOG: High-density population comes at ahigh cost. Pollution constantly settles over the city.

“One of thegreatest waysto learn more

about the localsis just going to

dinner withthem.”

- CORA HARDINCLASS OF 2007

LIFE&TIMES 14

Dear Fox,The guy I'm current-

ly "seeing" refuses toupgrade our relation-ship status on Facebookeven though we havebeen exclusively datingfor the past twomonths. What does thismean? Do you think itmeans he's hiding mefrom his friends--wenever really hang outtogether in public.

I also thought it mightmean he's trying to keep hispossibilities open amongstfriends from high school, es-pecially since he's goinghome for spring break alone.I just want everyone toknow we're in a relation-ship. Am I being paranoid?

~ Single On Facebook

Dear Single,It seems to this Fox that

you are unhappy with yourrelationship, and that theissue at hand is not Face-book, but that you want acommitment that yourboyfriend is not ready togive you. Like the greaturban poet, Chris Rock oncesaid, if you've been datingfor a guy for three monthsand have not met any of hisfriends, you are not his girl-friend. This seems to betrue. Being in a serious rela-tionship involves taking allof the responsibilities of re-lationship, not just some ofthem. Too many people arein relationships that becomepurely physical, and theyneglect the deeper emotion-al attachments that comewith a relationship. Perhapsyou have misconstrued thesignals your boyfriend issending you, this exclusivedating might be nothingmore than a fling for him.

At the same time let'snot overreact. Maybe yourboyfriend has difficultyshowing emotions in public,and it might take some timefor him to be comfortablewith the situation, and in-troducing him to his friends.Also sometimes guys areembarrassed to admit that

they actually like, dare I say,love someone. Today's soci-ety doesn't look too kindlyon men who show emotionsto their girlfriends. Men aresupposed to be tough, andeven though they are sup-pose to have a heart, theyare not suppose to be lovey-dovey.

You must alter yourlocus of control, although itmight be harsh, you mightmake him feel jealous. If heis keeping his options open,you should keep your op-tions open. Give him a tasteof his own medicine, flirtwith guys and go out withyour friends for a girls'night out. That way if he isplaying you, you didn'twaste your time finding an-other suitor. You might havefound a good guy, but theway that he seems to betreating you is scum, andthat is what he might be.

Also you should talk tohim about not hanging outin public. A true relation-ship is not built in seclusionfrom your friends, in factthat is the true test of rela-tionship to function well inregular society, and stillkeep the partners happy. Ifhe really did like you hewould attempt to integrateyou into his circle, so thatyou can become part of hislife. Once again though,guys proceed in relation-ships at various speeds.Some become obsessivewhile others take an extraor-dinary amount of time tak-ing the plunge. If it has beentwo months and he is stillnot giving in, there obvious-ly is some problem withyour relationship.

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AskThe Fox!


In China right now thereare roughly 30,000 cyber po-lice, to catch those whobreak the harsh censorshiplaws, blocking search en-gines such aswww.google.cn and sendingout propaganda through theWorld Wide Web.

This past month Googlehas taken the forefront in thecontroversy, caught up in awhirlwind of controversy asthey have chosen to enterinto the Chinese marketthrough the agreement thattheir search engine wouldblock out information thatthe government considerspolitically sensitive material.

This material includesindependence for Taiwan,the Tiananmen Square mas-sacre of 1989, as well as thegeneral topics of humanrights and democracy inChina.

However, Google is notthe only company to relentto these terms; Yahoo! andMicrosoft also have agreedto the strict Chinese condi-tions. It was Yahoo! that wasaccused last year of supply-ing information to the Chi-nese government which ledto an arrest of a Chinesejournalist, though Yahoo!stated they do not have op-eration control over the equi-table stake.

However, there aremany protestors againstgoogle.cn entering into theChinese market, on the basisthat it is continuing the cycleof the denial of human rightsin China. According toGoogle's public statementjustifying their decision togo into China, they claimthat allowing one-fifth of thepopulation access to infor-mation they otherwisewould not have had is worththe censorship.

Furthermore, China isnot the only country whereGoogle is censored. In factthe governments of the Unit-ed States, France and Ger-many all have a contractwhich forbids specific infor-mation to be found throughthe Google search engine.For example, a video clip ofthe detonation of an impro-vised explosive devise by UStroops in Iraq can be seen all

over the UK, but whensomeone within the US at-tempts to download the clipthey are redirected to a sitethat states "we're sorry, butthe provider of this videohas not authorized Google todisplay this video in your lo-cation," or "This video is notplayable in your country".

One of the mostadamant protestors, Re-porters Without Borders hasentered into the limelight ofGoogle.cn opposition. Manygroups such as ReportersWithout Borders believe thatalthough the search enginesare weak by themselves, ifthey were to form one unit tooppose the Chinese demandfor internet censorship theywould win the fight for free-dom of speech.

While Google has agreedto censor its search engine, ithas also refused to incorpo-rate its email, chat room andblogging services in fear thatthe government will de-mand customers' personalinformation. However, con-demnation of the internetcensorship has not been ex-clusive to human rightsgroups; the executive coun-cils for Google, Microsoft,

Yahoo!, and Cisco Systemswere all brought in to testifybefore the subcommittee onAfrica, global human rightsand international opera-tions.

Concerned for interna-tional censorship throughthe American companies, theGlobal Internet FreedomTask Force was created tohelp discover a foreign poli-cy that tackles the issues be-hind internet censorship. Al-though the companies haveasserted their support be-hind such legislation whichregulates American compa-nies' policies of internet cen-sorship in other countries,major actors such as BillGates stated his concernsthat the legislation could beover-reaching by banning allbusiness in countries that donot adhere to the freedom ofspeech policies of the UnitedStates.

Is Google selling out onhuman rights forprofits in the Chi-nese market?

Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur


PHOTO COURTESY OF EVAN GALLO

I think is a bad ideabecause it infringes onour cultural value re-garding freedom ofspeech, but at the sametime, we have to respectthe laws and wishes offoreign governments, sothat we don't further an-tagonize people aroundthe world and eliminatepotential allies, particu-larly at this time.

~ John Ferreira, ‘07

Students Take On Google

censoring its search engine

to meet the approval of the

Chinese Government.

"I don't think it isthat great of an ideabecause people needto be able to acess in-formation abouttheir own country."

~Evan Gallo, ‘06

Distinguished Faculty Colleagues,

I regret that, dependingupon the timing of this dis-cussion, I may be unavailableto be present at the FacultySenate meeting due to con-currently held committeemeetings of the Board ofTrustees at which I am re-quired to attend. If so, then Iam requesting Senate Presi-dent Tom Cook to please readthe following statement, andthat it be entered in the offi-cial minutes of the meeting.

As previously an-nounced, I have recommend-ed Dean of the Faculty RogerCasey for consideration bythe full faculty of Rollins Col-lege as a candidate for the po-sition of Provost. Apparentlymistakenly, I assumed in re-questing his consideration foracceptance by the full facultyof the College, as to be deter-mined by an all-College facul-ty vote, that this was in itselfa fully inclusive way of seek-ing faculty voice in that deci-sion. While such an approachis entirely consistent with theby-laws of the College as theyaddress the procedure for se-lecting a Provost, the by-lawsremain silent on the processfor reaching such a recom-mendation before submissionfor full faculty consideration.As part of his review, DeanCasey has then been holdingopen forums and meetingwith faculty and staff fromother areas within the Collegeto facilitate their considera-tion of his candidacy.

However, I have heardthe concerns expressed bysome of our respected facultycolleagues over the processthat led us to this point, andspecifically the lack of explicitfaculty input into the designof the process of search andselection. It is certainly rea-sonable to expect significantfaculty participation in select-

ing the College's chief aca-demic officer. In hindsight,then, I agree with many ofthese criticisms. Precedingmy open letter to the full fac-ulty recommending DeanCasey for consideration, I so-licited comment from a num-ber of individual faculty, staffand students, from the Exec-utive Committee of the Facul-ty Senate, from an advisorygroup composed of the Col-lege's endowed chair holders,and from the senior adminis-trative officers of the College.However, these solicitationswere made informally and al-ways within a solely advisorycontext. In retrospect, thisshould have been formalizedwithin a clearly structuredsearch process and with ex-plicit faculty participation indetermining the process.

Specifically, I inappropri-ately assumed the outcome ofwhat should have been amore inclusive search com-mittee review of possible in-ternal candidates, as well asincluding that committee'sparticipation in further de-signing the process by whichthe position presumption, assupported by my informaldiscussions with faculty andothers, that Dean Caseywould emerge as clearly thebest qualified internal candi-date. While I continue to be-lieve that this is the case, thefaculty should have had theopportunity to be more ex-plicitly involved in these ear-lier deliberations. As I havesaid, I believed that bringinginclusive opportunity for fac-ulty to share in this decision.However, I better understandthe subtle difference of hav-ing the all-College facultyfully participate in the mak-ing of a decision, as pre-scribed in our by-laws, andhaving you more fully partic-ipate in the process up to thatdecision point. For this unin-tentional exclusion, I do sin-

cerely apologize. It will nothappen again.

More generally, a trans-parent process under theguidance for a formal searchcommittee also should be-come the administrative prac-tice in deciding if we are tohold a national search to fillpositions of senior leadership.I do have one strongly heldconviction in this regard. Iwill not support a disingenu-ous national search in whichexternal candidates are so-licited to apply and competeagainst a strong internal ap-plicant who with high proba-bility will become the candi-date of first choice. I would behappy to discuss this princi-ple with you at some latertime if needed. It is from thisperspective then that I believesuch searches should mostimmediately give considera-tion to highly qualified inter-nal candidates before pursu-ing external applications.However, at the very least inthe future I will seek a moreexplicit way of involving fac-ulty in developing the processrecommending them for for-mal review and endorsement.

Furthermore, if it is theopinion of the faculty, even asubstantial minority of thefaculty, that the process lead-ing to my recommendation ofDean Casey for your consid-eration as Provost has beenoverly flawed, I will with-draw that recommendationand immediately act to con-vene a search advisory com-mittee composed broadly offaculty, staff, and students toformally consider his andother candidacies for the po-sition, and to recommend aninclusive process for movingforward from where we aretoday. I am therefore request-ing a "sense of the faculty" asto whether or not you wouldlike to proceed with consider-ation of Dean Casey for theposition of Provost at thescheduled all-College facultymeeting next week. Let meplease be clear about what Iam requesting–Dean Casey'scandidacy for the position,but rather a sense of the facul-ty as to whether or not theprocess of reaching such a se-lection vote has been suffi-ciently exclusive and incom-plete that you would prefer to

delay the full faculty consid-eration until a formal searchadvisory group can developand execute a more participa-tory selection process.

And finally, in order toformalize and strengthen thelong-term advisory and opencommunications relationshipbetween faculty, staff and stu-dents and the senior adminis-tration, I will be convening aPresident's Advisory Councilcomposed of representativefrom the all-College faculty,staff and student body. I willbe asking the Executive Com-mittee of the Faculty Senate tonominate several faculty fromArts and Sciences to serve onthis council.

Once again, I deeplyapologize to those facultywho have felt disenfranchisedfrom the process of selectinga new Provost for our Col-lege. I am committed to ad-dressing those concerns in theshort term, and preventingthem from recurring in the fu-ture.

Respectfully yours,Lewis DuncanPresident, Rollins College

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Duncan Defends Decision, Apologizes for ProcessThe following is the President’s letter to the Faculty concerning the provost nomination.

Latin American nationshave made significant polit-ical progress recently, andhave embarked on a processof democratic consolidationthat is astounding. Whencompared to the state ofdemocracy two decades ago,the region is one of the dem-ocratic of the world. OnlyCuba remains as a complete-ly autocratic state. Elections,not coups have become thenorm in the region.

Since the region em-barked on this transition, the"Big Three" of the region(Brazil, Argentina, Mexico)have made significantprogress in the establish-ment solid democratic sys-tems. There have been diffi-culties but the events of thelast twenty years are still in-credible.

Mexico was home to aone-party state that con-trolled power and op-pressed the opposition.

Brazil was home to a lessbrutal dictatorship but anelite that monopolizedpower. Argentina's militaryfought a “dirty war” againstits own people.

As evidence of progressboth Brazil and Argentinahave gone through sever cri-sises. Yet the two major na-tions maintained the rule oflaw, and kept to their demo-cratic norms. There is littleto no threat today in majorLatin American countries ofa military coup, somethingthat is unique in the region’shistory.

The middle powers havehad a slightly more spottyrecord of making a smoothtransition, but for the mostpart one should still be opti-mistic. Chile emerged fromone of the worse dictator-ships to become a soliddemocracy, and now re-ceives Freedom House's topranking, meaning that itsdemocratic norms and prac-tices are on par with that ofthe United States and Eu-

rope. Even Colombia, a na-tion often malinged in theUnited States for its drugtrade is making progress. Itis impressive that Colombiahas not fallen to some auto-cratic ruler or military junta,considering that the nationis in a constant state of war-fare. Venezuela is nothingbut a loud exception.

Developed nations how-ever choose to focus on theloud exception than thequiet norm. If you read orlistened to the Western pressand policy makers. The de-veloped Western world likesto harp on the bad thingsthat are occurring in LatinAmerica, like the rise ofHugo Chavez and populistforces. I do not defendChavez and his dictatorialways, but he is the exceptionnot the norm. There seemsto be an incredible arro-gance with which Euro-peans and Americans dealwith Latin America, andLatin Americans. Perchedhigh upon their high horses

they look south with con-tempt and feel that theirneighbors are degenerate.

It is unfair to assumethat Latin American democ-racies should be on parwiththat of advanced na-tions. Even though we livein a fast paced world,changes in the political cul-ture of a region take time.The progress has been good,not lacking. The Europeanpowers and the UnitedStates had the advantage ofbeing the pioneers ofdemocracy, there was no onecomplaining about the lackof liberties. There was noFreedom House to critiqueyour system of governmentin 1789 when the Americanconstitution was first rati-fied. There was no CNN, orglobal academic journalswhen Napoleon orCromwell took power. Ger-many became the posterchild for how to abuse ofdemocratic due process andinstitutions to make a dicta-torship.

Government is in an im-perfect institution that mustevolve over time to dealwith changing realities. Therelations of power in theUnited States for examplehave changed significantlysince the founding of this re-public. American Presidentshave pushed their powers tonew limits; today our Presi-dent is far more powerfulthan Washington everdreamed of being.

Democratization anddemocratic consolidationare difficult long termprocess, even thoughdemocracies don't go to war,research has shown that na-tions undergoing democrati-zation are to be in conflict.The United States has hadtwo centuries to consolidatetheir democratic norms,Latin America, a little morethan two decades.

Democracy promotion isa good thing, the wisdom ofthis policy should howeverbe tempered by the virtue ofpatience.

Coffee is a major indus-try in South America, alongwith other parts of theworld. Because coffee issuch a major industry andbecause there are very fewother industries in thesecountries, many citizenswork on coffee farms in thethird world nations ofSouth America.

These farmers worklong days in the heat toproduce their product.Such is the life of thefarmer to produce the agri-culture that we enjoy.

Those of us in thiscountry, who will pay sev-eral dollars for a cappucci-no, ask how these countriesand their citizens can be sopoor, when one of theirmajor crops is so expen-sive. How can a ThirdWorld country be a ThirdWorld country when theyhave such a lucrative inus-try at their disposal?

The answer is thatthese farmers are not re-

ceiving just compensationfor their work and theirproduct.

The "fair trade" revolu-tion in the coffee industryhas been picking up speedfor the last few years. In anattempt to rectify the in-equities against coffeefarmers, fair trade agree-ments have been estab-lished.

In order for a coffeecompany to advertise thattheir product is "fair trade,"they have to offer thosecultivating the coffee a fairprice for the commodity.The movement reallybegan to take hold, asmajor coffee companies,like Starbucks, have begunto use fair trade coffee.

With large companiesthat serve millions of cus-tomers per day advertisethat they support fairtrade, it calls attention tothe idea. Even people whodo not pay attention toother socio political move-ments can see Starbuckscoffee labeled as “fairtrade” and ask the personbehind the counter, “Hey,

what does that mean?”Since coffee is one of

the three most tradedproducts in the global mar-ketplace, the effect quicklybecomes magnified. Today,the price of coffee dropsdramatically. The price ofcoffee as paid by the distib-utors to the farmers contin-ues to fall. However, thecost of coffee continues torise as we, the consumers,purchase it from grocerystores and coffee shops.

There is no problemwith coffee houses raisingthe price of coffee. Since itis in high demand, they cancharge whatever people arewilling pay for it.

If enough people stoppurchasing their lattes andmochas because the price istoo high, that is a sign theyneed to lower the price.

However, if people willpay it, let them charge anarm and a leg for it. I knowI value every drop of myfour dollars. That is capi-talism, and I support busi-nesses' rights to chargewhat they want for theirluxury products if people

are paying it. No one isforcing anyone to buy it.

However, in a capitalistsystem, it must go bothways. The coffee distribu-tor should not be able todetermine both the pricesthat they pay to the coffeefarmers, and the prices thatthe consumers pay to them.

The result is an indus-try that is run by a singleentity: the coffee distribu-tors. These coffee distribu-tors become wealthier andwealthier, as their costs de-crease and their income in-creases.

But what happens tothe farmers? They areforced deeper and deeperinto poverty.

As a strong proponentof a capitalist economicsystem, I challenge it is ourduty to pay coffee farmerswhat is just not only as afairness to those farmersand because of a respect forhuman life and dignity, butto aid the economies ofthese third world nationsin South America. Thesenations have a crop that isin demand all over the

world. However, the citizens

of the country do not bene-fit from it. If we, along withother prospering nations,pay the farmers the pricethey deserve, they willhave more money to spendon other products withintheir own nations.

Other business ownerswill prosper and be able toexpand and employ morepeople. With more moneycirculating throughout theeconomies of these SouthAmerican countries, entirenations would be better off.

The next time you buya half-caf, soy, extra hot,extra foamy, light whipmocha, think aboutwhether you are support-ing a family in SouthAmerica or cultivating thepractice of denying themtheir just rewards.

Jami Furo is a Music Majorin the School of Arts and Sci-ences.

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Capitalist Coffee with a ConscienceCoffee distributors need to treat coffee growers fairly to help Latin American economies.

Jami Furothe sandspur

Democracy’s Progress is Nothing to Scoff AtDemocracy in Latin America is alive and well, and while it remains imperfect, it needs time to blossom.

John Ferreirathe sandspur

This Week’s Topic: Latin America

With so many otherthings on the front pages ofnewspapers these days, itis no surprise that some ofthe age-old battles thatpeople have been fightingare slowly being forgotten.

Take the rainforests forexample. A long time ago"Save the Rainforests!"could be seen, heard andread everywhere. Wheredid that go? All that will beleft of the rainforests intime will be a funny-look-ing plastic frog with redeyes over a sign that reads"Rainforest Café."

The rainforests arequickly being destroyed.Only 1.2 billion acres of theAmazon Rainforest re-mains, which is over half ofthe remaining rainforestsin the world. In 1996 theAmazon was shown to re-port a 34 percent increasein deforestation over thelast four years. A reportstates that the Amazon isvanishing at 20,000 squaremiles a year, which is overthree times the rate of whatit was in 1992.

Despite the obvious asto how diverse, colorfuland beautiful the AmazonRainforest is, it is also verycrucial to all human life onearth. The forest accountsfor about ten percent of theworld's terrestrial primaryproductivity (plants).However, the rainforestscannot absorb any of thegreenhouse gasses any-more due to deforestation.In fact, Brazil, which hous-es 60 percent of the Ama-zon Rainforest, is one ofthe top greenhouse gasproducers, due to defor-estation.

The Amazon Rainforestalso affects the climate ofthe entire world. Becauseof its temperature, the rain-forest lowers the tempera-ture of the world by one totwo degrees Celsius. It alsobalances the humidity andrain in several parts of theglobe. However, becausethe Amazon is the biggestland stock of carbon in theworld, when it catches fire,as it often does becauseburning is the preferredmethod of deforestation, itwill release the carbon inthe from of carbon dioxide.

The Amazon Rainforestis also home to thousandsof species who only findshelter in that rainforest, inaddition to the other thou-sands who call it home aswell. If one animal in therainforest were to go ex-tinct due to deforestationor contact with man, theentire fragile ecosystem ofthe rainforest could bethrown off drastically,which could quite possiblyaffect the entire world. Forexample, what if one ani-mal were to go extinct andthen its prey might over-populate. What if that preywas the breeding groundfor some deadly bacteria?

The rainforest is also astorage place for manyundiscovered viruses thatcould be unearthed if manwere to venture there, likeEbola. In addition, it is alsoa container of many curesto viruses and diseases al-ready plaguing the world.Various indigenous tribeshave found cures in the for-est for their own diseases,and their knowledge ispriceless when it comes tothe animals and fauna oftheir home.

If these indigenoustribes were to disappeardue to deforestation, theirculture and knowledgewould go with them, leav-ing us helpless. The genet-ic history of these peopleand the forest itself is alsoa great way to make con-clusions about the past andhow the world, mankindand animals evolved.

There are so manythings about the AmazonRainforest that are goodthat one must wonder whypeople would tear downthe trees and destroy thisbeautiful, fragile ecosystem(and I never even touchedon the Amazon River). De-stroying the rainforest endsup doing more harm thangood, putting animals andman at risk in more waysthan one.

And if you’re still notconvinced, watch "FernGully" and see what therainforest means to faries.

Kelly McNoldy is a first yearArts & Sciences student whowants to be a journalist.

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Rollins' new AcademicHonor Code, effective nextfall term, requires a seismicshift in students' moral con-sciousness if it is to succeed.In terms of the "transforma-tive education" to whichRollins in its mission com-mits itself, the Code, if itworks, will radically trans-form the attitudes and ac-tions of our students in thedirection of assuming re-sponsibility not only fortheir own actions but for thebehavior of their fellow stu-dents. Under the new codethey become their brothers'and their sisters' keepers.Everybody becomes respon-sible for keeping everybodyelse honorable.

It is one thing to commityourself to acting honorablyin academic matters-to for-swear cheating, plagiariz-ing, unauthorized collabo-ration, lying, etc; in otherwords, to follow voluntarilythe long-standing rules ofthe academic game-but it'sanother thing to demandthe same commitment andbehavior of your team-mates, your collegiate col-leagues. Here individualis-tic consciousness conflictswith collegial conscious-

ness, and in American soci-ety, individual conscious-ness commonly prevails.Laissez faire: "Leave mealone. I'll do as I please.Mind your own business" ismore our sentiment than"Behave yourself. Mindyour manners. And no youdon't." Individual con-sciousness and conscien-tiousness tend to trump col-lective consciousness andgroup conscience.

However, the academiccommunity declares itself tomanifest a higher con-sciousness than that of soci-ety at large, just as does achurch community or a pro-fessional community (suchas that of doctors, lawyers,or engineers). We hold our-selves to higher than ordi-nary standards of behaviorand accept the responsibili-ty of policing ourselves tomaintain our principles bykeeping each other's behav-ior up to standard. We as-sume that there's a greatergood than the ungovernedbehavior of individuals andthat we're all responsible forkeeping each other up to themark of living by our com-mon values as expressed inour code of academic honor.

It all comes down to aconflict between individual-ism and communalism, andthe extent to which our nat-ural tendencies to do just aswe please must concede tothose constraints dictatedby the value codes of ourcommunity, a communitywe join voluntarily. Whatdoes Rollins stand for as acommunity - what values,what behaviors, what prin-ciples? And what willRollins not stand for andnot tolerate in those whofreely choose its rules? Askyourself that.

Are you with us? Areyou committed to playingthe game we play here ac-cording to our establishedrules? Are you willing tohold others responsible forplaying fair and willing tocall "Foul!" when you see afoul? Since our sports withtheir rules are a metaphorfor our communal life,should our academic life beany less rigorous about fairplay than our athletic life?It is academic sportsman-ship we are talking abouthere. We are all on the sameteam. And winning fairly isthe point of the game - justas in the Game of Life.

H O N O R I N G TT H E

H O N O R CC O D ETHE FATE OF ROLLINS

Alan Nordstromfaculty contributor

Wrecking theAmazon Rainforest

The ramifications of razing rainforeststhreatens all life on Earth.

Kelly McNoldythe sandspur

The 2006 WinterOlympics in Torino official-ly wrapped up on Sunday,February 26th after 17 longdays of declining interest.This year's event hasscored the lowest ratingssince 1988 with an unim-pressive 8.9% of the U.S.television audience. Even aCSI rerun beat out theOlympics in the ratingsrace. The closing ceremonywas the lowest of the lowas well grabbing only 14million viewers. But per-haps the low ratings canonly be the result of a tu-multuous yet lacklusterchain of events for the U.S.

In figure skating, twoof America's sweetheartsfailed to capture the covet-

ed gold. Earlier in competi-tion, Michelle Kwandropped out of the Gamescompletely after suffering agroin injury putting to resta decade-long quest.

From Kwan's shadowcame other Olympic goldhopeful, Sasha Cohen, giv-ing America hope onceagain after capturing theU.S. championships for thefirst time. Unfortunately,she fell short of the goldafter falling twice on theice and foregoing the topprize to Japan's ShizukaArakawa.

In the realm of U.S.speed skating, the quarrelbetween Chad Hedrick andShani Davis has certainlynot shed a positive light onTeam USA. Davis failed toinform team captain,Hedrick, of his withdrawalfrom the relay event ulti-mately ruining the U.S.'schances for Olympic gold.Shani later went on to wina gold medal for himself inthe 1000 m event portray-

ing thathe wasmore in-t e r e s t e din hispersonalg o a l sthan thatof theU . S .t e a m .H e d r i c ks h o w e dhis truecolors byn o tspeakingo u ta g a i n s tS h a n i ' svictoriesand latero f f e r e dhis con-g r a t u l a -tions toD a v i safter the1500 m

race. N o w

all the “Bode-ists” can goback to their lives withtheir newfound acceptanceof mediocrity. Bode Miller’sfailure to stay focused andwin any medals for the USteam sparked a media fren-zy that quickly sparked upan ad campaign by Nikeearning him big bucks foressentially, doing nothing.

In the medals race, theU.S. finished second afterGermany with 25 totalmedals: nine gold, nine sil-ver and seven bronze. Theevents that earned the U.S.the gold were speed-skat-

ing, snowboarding, alpineskiing and short-trackspeed skating.

It was a shame that theclosing ceremony didn'tdraw a bigger crowd. Witha carnival theme deeplyrooted in Italian traditions,the closing ceremony wasnothing less than spectacu-lar. There were clowns andmermaids, a king andqueen all choreographedby world-renowned direc-tor, writer, choreographerand clown himself, DanieleFinzi Pasca. Avril Lavigneand Ricky Martin per-

formed for the occasion aswell.

At the end of the cere-mony, the flag was handedoff by IOC President,Jacques Rogge to the mayorof Vancouver, Canada, SamSullivan in a symbolic ges-ture signifying theOlympics move to thebeautiful Canadian city in2010.

So with the turmoil ofTorino finally over, itseems there's nothing leftto say but "Thank You Tori-no, See You in Vancouver".

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TARS SPORTS SCHEDULE

M & W Basketball SSC Tourney - 11amM. Tennis vs. Northwood - 2:30pm

Baseball vs. Tampa - 7pm

FRI 3

M & W Crew @ Lake Maitland - 7amSoftball @ Eckerd - 8am

M & W Basketball SSC Tourney - 11am

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Sailing @ Eckerd - 8amM & W Basketball SSC Tourney - 11am

W. Tennis @ Presbyterian - 12pmSoftball @ Osceola Complex - 4pm

Baseball vs. Pittsburgh - 7pm

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W. Golf @ Peggy Kirk Bell Inv. - 8am

MON 6

W. Golf @ Peggy Kirk Bell Inv. - 8am

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Swimming @ NCAA - IN - 8amM. Tennis @ Fresno Pacific - 10am

W. Tennis @ Tusculum - 11amSoftball vs. Salem International - 6pm

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and scored only 14 pointsin the entire second half.The Tars did not have agreat shooting night ei-ther, managing only 27%from the field from thegame. Despite that, theygot a 59-42 victory and im-proved their record to 25-0 and 15-0 in the confer-ence. Jen Musgrove had adouble double with 10points and 12 rebounds.Joslyn Giles led the Tars inthe scoring departmentwith 16 points.

On Saturday the Tarstraveled to Nova South-eastern to try to put thecap on a perfect season.Nova tried to play spoileron Senior Night atBroward Community Col-lege's George MayerGym. In the first half, theteams traded baskets forthe first ten minutes asNova held a one point ad-vantage, 13-12. A threepointer by Sally Johnstonsparked the Tars the restof the way, as they wenton a 14-5 run to go intothe halftime locker roomup eight, 26-18. In the sec-ond half, Nova came outon fire, with Nova's KatieCloud going on a person-al 8-0 run to tie the score

at 26. Rollins respondedwith a 7-0 run of their ownto regain a seven point ad-vantage. The Tars wereable to retain that ninepoint advantage until 9:31left, when Nova wouldmake their next run. Ajumper by Nova's MissyGuadagnino capped an11-4 run by Nova, and thattied the score at 44 with3:42 left. The teams tradedbaskets until JenniferMusgrove made a layupwith 32 seconds left, toput the Tars up three.Nova could not capitalizeon their final opportunity,and Jen Musgrove madefree throws to put the

game away. The Tars sur-vived one of their biggesttests of the season beatinga resilient Nova team 52-47, and capping a perfectregular season. JoslynGiles led the Tars with 13points. Jen Musgrove andSally Johnston added 10each.

The next step for theTars is the conferencetournament in Saint Leo,Florida, which they startFriday, March 3 againstthe winner of FloridaSouthern and Eckerd.Semifinals are set for 5and 7:30 on Saturday, andthe final is set for Sundayat 3:30.

Women’s BasketballCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

COURTESY OF RC SID

ON A ROLL: Sophomore Jen Musgrove (11) on a fastbreak in a recent game.

2006 Winter Olympics Come to a Close

Angela Gonzalezthe sandspur

ANDREW P. SCOTT / KRT CampusFINE: Fireworks explode at Olympic Stadium atthe end of the closing ceremonies.

The curtaincloses on anotherround of Olympiccompetition.

Six Rollins players werenamed to the Sunshine StateAll-Conference team, whichwas released on Tuesday.

On the Men's side, juniorforward Isaac Codrey (Win-ter Park, FL) was named tothe first team. Codrey hada career year, averaging 11.8points, 4.1 rebounds, 2 as-sists and shot a conferencehigh 58% from the floor.Sophomore point guardJohnny Reibel (Chicago, IL)was named to the secondteam averaging 11.8 points,5.4 assists and shot 50% fromthe field. Freshman KevinHogan (Pensacola, FL) wasnamed to the All FreshmanTeam after averaging fivepoints a game.

In his 26th year as headcoach at Rollins, Coach TomKlusman has been namedSSC Men's Coach of the Yearfor the fifth time in his ca-reer.

Also taking home All-

Conference awards on theWomen's side, AssistantCoach Glen Wilkes claimedhis ninth SSC Women'sCoach of the Year awardduring his 20-year career atRollins.

On his team, freshmanguard Jennifer Dyer (WakeForest, NC) was named tothe All-Freshman team whilejunior forward Larissa Mc-Donough (Ormond Beach,FL) and senior forwardJoslyn Giles (Winter Haven,FL) were picked to the firstteam All-SSC.

Giles was also the lead-ing scorer on the team with15.3 points per game andalso making her second inthe league. She joined the1000-point club earlier in theseason and currently holds1043 points for the season.For Rollins, Joslyn is now thefirst woman to be awardedSSC Player of the Year since2002.

Also in Women's Basket-ball news, the Rollins teamhas been moved up to eighth

place in the ESPN Division IITop 25 Coaches Poll releasedby USA Today on February

28. The previous week they

were ranked ninth. Theylook to close out the seasonundefeated at Saint Leo

when they face off, along

with the men's team, in theSunshine State ConferenceChampionship.

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The "When is Steve Fran-cis going to get traded?"watch finally ended onWednesday February 22nd,when the Magic unloadedthe disgruntled guard to theNew York Knicks in ex-change for former Magicicon Penny Hardaway andsecond year forward TrevorAriza.

The season and a halfthat Francis spent in Orlan-do was a roller coaster rideto say the least. He led theMagic to a 13-6 start andthere was talk about Francis,Grant Hill and DwightHoward being the "future ofthe Magic", and they were onthe fast track to a playoffspot. Then things quicklybegan to fall apart. TheMagic stumbled to 28-24 asinjuries to Francis, Grant Hilland the rest of the Magicstarted to come around. Asthe Magic won only eightgames after the All Starbreak last season, manystarted to question Franc0is'commitment to the team andwhether he wanted to be in

Orlando or not. Francistrade rumors surfaced allsummer. For Francis thisseason had been the worst ofhis seven in the NBA. Hefailed to make the All Starteam for the first time in fiveseasons and it was just thesecond time in his seven-year career that he hadmissed it. He was also aver-aging career lows in points,steals and assists. The strawthat broke the camels backwas January 11th in Seattlewhen Francis was suspend-ed two games for refusing toenter the game when theMagic were getting blownout. Francis is now theKnicks' problem. Francis isnow part of the "overpaidcollection of underachievers"as Washington Post colum-nist Michael Lee refers tothem as. Francis will joinflashy point guard StephonMarbury and underachiev-ing combo guard JamalCrawford. Both have beenthe focal point of criticism allyear for the Knicks, who arethe highest paid, but worstteam in the league.

As for the Magic, the fu-ture seems bright for thefranchise that can't seem todo anything right. TheMagic acquired TrevorAriza, who is a promisingyoung player that playedjust one year at UCLA. Heaveraged 4.6 points and 3.8

rebounds for the Knicks thisseason in 36 games. TheMagic also received PennyHardaway who was waivedtwo days after the trade.Hardaway's $15.7 millionper year salary comes off thebook after this season thatwill give the Magic moresalary cap space than anyother team after the 2006-2007 season.

In other dead-line deals, theMagic also ac-quired the secondpick of the 2003Draft, Darko Mili-cic in exchangefor Kelvin Cato.Milicic was highlytouted comingout of Europe,prompting thePistons to selecthim ahead of cur-rent NBA super-stars DwyaneWade, CarmeloAnthony, KirkHinrich, JoshHoward andChris Bosh. Mili-cic never got offthe bench withthe Pistons be-cause Detroit wasa playoff con-tender and ex-coach LarryBrown was notvery fond of rook-ies. The Magic

also acquired Puerto Ricanpoint guard Carlos Arroyo inthe Milicic trade. Arroyo'spublic relations effect wasexperience immediately inthe Magic's first home gameagainst the Seattle Superson-ics when they had their thirdsellout of the season. Manyof those fans were from Cen-tral Florida's ever growing

Puerto Rican population.Arroyo had 18 points, fourassists and four reboundswith the Magic while Milicictotaled eight points and fiverebounds in a 102-89 winover the Sonics. MeanwhileFrancis' debut did not go assmoothly as he had 16 pointsand five rebounds in a 94-90loss to the Nets.

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Francis leavesOrlando to joinKnicks, his 3rdteam in sevenseasons.

Six Rollins Players Named All-Conferenceas Women Move Up in D-II Ranking

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Rollins Film FestivalSuntrust Auditorium - 9am to

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Clarissa Explains It AllMarathon - Dave’s - 12pm

Nickelodeon CouchMill’s Lawn - 11am to 3pm

Wed Mar 0808Rollins Swing Dance ClubASC Dance Studio - 7pm

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The Rollins Men's Bas-ketball Team clinched theSunshine State Conferencetitle for the fifth time in theprogram's history, as theytopped archrival FloridaSouthern 76-68 on Wednes-day night. The Tars willlook to continue their suc-cess at St. Leo on March 1-5, as they try to win theirsecond Sunshine State Con-ference tournament crownin school history.

The Tars started slug-gishly on the offensive end,but did a good job of con-taining the Moccasins onthe defensive end. Theteams combined for only 30points in the first ten min-utes of the game, with

Rollins holding a 16-14 ad-vantage. Then the Tarscaught fire, going on a 16-8run over the next four min-utes, including three 3's byJohnny Reibel. Rollinswould extend its lead to 16,before Florida Southernwent on a 7-0 run to trimthe Tar lead to 46-37 at half-time.

In the second half,Florida Southern came outon fire. They hit three con-secutive three's and cut theRollins lead to three, with14:12 to go in the game. Forthe next ten minutes theteams traded baskets, asRollins would not let theirarchrival ruin their chancefor a conference title. Withthe score 68-63, JohnnyReibel, who was celebratinghis 20th birthday, hit the

m o s timpor-tant ofhis sixt h r e ep o i n t -ers andg a v ethe Tarsa ne i g h tp o i n tl e a dw i t h2 : 0 6left. Al i t t l el e s sthan aminutel a t e r ,I s a a cCodreys t o l ethe ball and converted amonstrous two handedflush, to give the Tars a tenpoint lead, which theywould hold on for theirtwentieth victory of the sea-son and their fifth regularseason conference title.

Johnny Reibel celebrat-ed his 20th birthday byturning in a 23-point, five-assist and four-reboundperformance on 8-11 fromthe field and a season best6-8 from the three-pointline. Isaac Codrey added 14points and four assists to goalong with three rebounds.

With a Lynn loss to Eck-erd in overtime on Satur-day afternoon, the Tars so-lidified the conferencechampionship and a #1seed in the conference tour-nament. Later that day, inthe final regular seasongame, the Tars traveled to

Nova Southeastern to try toobtain their 21st victory.Unfortunately, things didnot go as well as they hadbeen going on the road allseason. The Tars jumpedout to a 7-0 lead in the firstfive minutes. After a mediatimeout with 15:12 in thefirst half, it was all Novafrom there. The Sharkswere up six at the half, andtook advantage of an offnight by the Tars. In thesecond half, it was all Nova,as they held the Tars to 32%shooting and out rebound-ing them 39-30. Novaended up handing the Tarstheir first conference roadloss and just their secondroad defeat of the season,defeating the Tars 77-55 onSenior Night. John Thinneswas the only Tar in doublefigures, as he scored 11points. Johnny Reibel,Kevin Hogan and

Chauncey Gibbs addedeight points. Nova solidi-fied the second spot in theconference and the upcom-ing conference tournament.

Despite the setback toNova on Saturday, CoachBrad Ash was optimisticabout what the Tars had ac-complished by winning theconference this season."Winning the conferencetitle outright this year wasone of the best accomplish-ments in Rollins basketballhistory. Being picked sev-enth in the conference andhaving one senior, and per-forming how we did nightin and night out, is a greataccomplishment." The Tarswill play the winner ofFlorida Tech and St. Leo onThursday. If they win, theywill advance to play in Sat-urday's semifinal at 12 or2:30. Sunday's champi-onship is set for 1 pm.

From Pre-Season Doormats toConference Champs: Rollins Men WinSunshine State Conference Title

Juan Bernalthe sandspur

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