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At 6:12 a.m. the phonerang. On the other end ofthe reciever an excited stu-dent yelled, “It’s Fox Day!”

A complete surprise for asleeping campus, Fox Daywas announced early Tues-day morning, April 11, whilethe majority of Rollins wasexpecting Fox day to besome time next week.

President Duncan want-ed to make Fox Day a com-plete surprise to studentsand that is what he got.

Down the halls, studentsran, yelling, “Fox Day.” Stu-dents could be heard downinThe celebration began be-fore the sun even rose formany. Others tired to rollover and get a few extrahours of sleep, but sleepingwas practically impossibleconsidering the excitmentgoing through campus.

From the beach to Dis-ney World, Rollins studentsall over campus got readyearly and began their stress-

free, class-free day. The 2nd Annual Fox Day

Buses arrived at 10 o’clock in

the morning to take studentsto Cocoa Beach, where theyenjoyed a day in the sunwith fellow Rollins students.

Junior Karina McCabesaid, “This was my firstmorning in three-years oncampus finding out it wasFox Day, and I was soshocked at how excited andawake everyone was at6a.m.! I completely wasn'texpecting there to be somany people runningaround campus and scream-ing. I couldn't believe I wasawake at that time! I would-n't even be up that early if Ihad class! Iended up havinga really great day at thebeach with my friendsthough.”

Junior John Ferreiracommented, “It is amazinghow Fox Day brings thecampus together and howfriendly people were.”

Junior Josh Benesh, whoalso celebrated Fox Day in

Cocoa Beach, felt that, “FoxDay was great. I am amazedat the power of Fox Day totriumph over apathy.”

For those students whodid not feel like spending theday at the beach, they couldhop onto a bus and go toUniversal Studios or DisneyWorld.

Junior Rochelle Siegeland Sophomore Nicole Fluetspent the day in DisneyWorld, park hopping fromEPCOT to the Magic King-dom. Rochelle say of theday:

“It was amazing! I loveFox Day. Even thought theparks were kind of busy,and we only got to go on oneride, Nicole and I still had agreat time. The weather wasalso perfect, I do not think itcould have been a better day,a nice breeze and sunshine.”

The day concluded witha BBQ on Mills Lawn. Stu-dents could enjoy all thefood they could eat alongwith the company of fellowstudents and staff.

More people attendedthe BBQ than actually wereexpected, a total of 1,300people showed up. It ap-pears that Fox Day was anoverall success.

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Index

Part Time Work? Rollins Students?Debunking the delusions of grandeur that sur-

round the Rollins name by uncovering theworking lives of Arts and Sciences Students.

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Weighing In On HumanityThis week’s Opinions section tackles the weight-

iest topic yet, humanity. Join us as we examinethe in’s and out’s of the human condition.

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Rollins Golfers On the Fareway to SuccessRead all about the recent golfing glories for

both the men’s and women’s teams as they tri-umph in the SSC and beyond.

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ENJOYING A DAY OFF: Students and faculty joined together to enjoy free food, community,and fun with the Fox.

DANI PICARD / The Sandspur

PICTURES WITH THE FOX: Senior Jessica Ray takes sometime to pose with the Fox to celebrate the annual day.


THE COOKOUT: Rollins students and faculty gathered togeth-er for good food at the BBQ on Mills Lawn.

Fox Day 2006 Unites CampusRochelle Siegel

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The Rollins Music De-partment is buzzing with ac-tivity during the month ofApril. The past week aloneoffered eight concerts span-ning a wide variety of per-formances, and the depart-ment shows no signs ofslowing down.

On Tuesday, April 4, sev-eral different vocal ensem-bles from the departmentcollaborated to form a show-case of choral repertoire. Theconcert began with theRollins Chamber Singersunder the direction of Dr.John Sinclair. This groupsings music from the Renais-sance and Baroque eras. Atthis particular performance,they sang four selections,featuring the music of earlyAmerican composer William

Billings and early Englishcomposers John Dowlandand Henry Purcell.

The concert continuedwith the Rollins Women'sEnsemble, conducted byChristina Carter. The group,made up of nine femalesingers, performed fivesongs ranging from the workof Renaissance composer Or-lando di Lasso to musicaltheater composer JeanneTesori. Before each song, oneof the women from thegroup read a brief paragraphabout the song and the com-poser. Two of the songs weretrios, including BrianHomes' "Pie Jesu" (per-formed by Danielle de Almi-nana, Theresa Payne, andAlyssa Rabun) and JeanneTesori's "The Girl in 14G"(performed by Jessica Dillon,Liane LaMacchia, and JenaWhitaker).

Next on the stage wasRollins Singers, conductedand accompanied by GloriaWills. This group sings jazzand pop music in an intricateeight or more part harmony.Their songs included a med-ley of "I'd Like to Teach theWorld to Sing" and the Car-penters hit "Sing a Song," inaddition to performances of"You'll Never Walk Alone"and Cy Coleman's "Rhythmof Life," with student PatGallo playing upright bass.

The concert concludedwith the Rollins ConcertChoir, which is also conduct-ed by Dr. Sinclair. The groupof about 60 students, most ofwhich are vocal majors, per-formed six songs, both sa-cred and secular in text andranging a time span of 250years. These included worksby Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, Moses Hogan, and

Jane Marshall, among oth-ers.

The concert of vocal en-sembles was not the onlyconcert in the past week,however. It was also a bigweek for the brass groups atRollins. On Wednesday,April 5, the Rollins Brass En-semble and Trumpet Ensem-ble performed, and on Fri-day, April 7, the RollinsHorn Ensemble took thestage.

Ensembles were not theonly focuses either. Therewere four senior recitals inthe past week, includingHolly Focht (piano), AshleyBazemore (mezzo-soprano),Patricia Ayala (mezzo-sopra-no), and Scott Prusinowski(baritone). Also, on Thurs-day, the music departmentsponsored its weekly (andsometimes semi-weekly)Music at Midday, featuring a

variety of student perform-ances.

There are still plenty ofconcerts left in the semester,however. These includeeverything from the studentcomposition concert onApril 16 at 7:30 p.m. inTiedtke Concert Hall, to vis-iting jazz legend ChickCorea on April 23 at 7:30 inthe Tiedtke Concert Hall.There are also still numerousmore student recitals andone more large Bach FestivalSociety event, which will in-clude the music of GeorgeGershwin, Duke Ellington,and Scott Joplin performedby the Bach Festival Choirand Orchestra. For thoselooking for music here onthe Rollins campus, oppor-tunities abound. For moreinformation, pick up abrochure in Keene Hall orlook online.

On Tuesday April 4 theCornell Fine Arts Museumhosted Carrie Rebora Bar-ratt's presentation "GilbertStuart At Home and Abroad,"a presentation sponsored bythe

Cornell Fine Arts Muse-um and the Thomas P. John-son Distinguished VisitingScholar Program.

Dr. Barratt is the Curatorof American Paintings andSculpture and Manager ofthe Henry R. Luce Center forthe Study of American Art atthe Metropolitan Museum ofArt.

She is a celebrated experton eighteenth and nineteenthcentury portraiture and wasco-curator of the recentGilbert Stuart exhibition atthe Metropolitan Museum ofArt and co-author of its ac-companying catalogue.

Dr. Barratt's visit focusedaround the life and work ofGilbert Stuart, America's pre-eminent portraitist.

Her presentation coin-cides with the recent acquisi-tion of Stuart's "Sir RobertBurton Coynynham" by theCornell, the institution's firstwork by Stuart.

The lecture featured anoverview of Stuart's work,casting him in a much moreinternational light than theimage his American rootsand place in the history ofAmerican art have tradition-ally placed him.

Stuart traveled and paint-ed extensively in Englandand Ireland, focusing on pe-ripheral members of the aris-tocracy and the artistic com-munity itself as a source forsitters.

It was this time and placethat yielded the Cornell'swork, depicting Sir RobertBurton Coynynham, a mem-

ber of the Irish landed aris-tocracy and figure withinIrish national politics.

While abroad, Stuart be-friended and worked withthe leading portraitists of hisgeneration. Dr. Barratt ad-vanced that this periodserved as the catalyst for Stu-art's transition as an artist.

In his travels, Stuart pro-gressed from the provincialstyle of his early Americanworks to a much more re-fined execution.

It was this dramatic shiftin execution that yielded Dr.Barratt's conclusion that Stu-art can best be classified as anEnglish portraitist depictingAmerican sitters.

Stuart's quest for famebrought him back home tothe United States in order topaint the portraits for whichhe is best known, those of thefounding fathers of the Unit-ed States.

It was the idea of paint-

ing George Washington, thethen world famous first pres-ident of a new nation, thatserved as the catalyst for Stu-art's return.

Stuart went on to paintapproximately 100 images ofthe president, the most fa-mous of which appears as anetching on the one-dollar bill.

Dr. Barratt supplementedher lecture with slides depict-ing Stuart's work and theMetropolitan Museum's in-stallation of his work in theGilbert Stuart exhibition.

By arranging these worksin a chronological progres-sion Dr. Barratt demonstrat-ed Stuart's shift in style andits concurrence with Stuart'stravels.

The Metropolitan Muse-um's exhibition also broughttogether several executions ofthe same painting in additionto the original portrait paint-ed from a sitting. Theseworks, called copies, were

often commissioned by thesitter themselves, by organi-zations, or by other individu-als. They are original paint-ings based off the primaryportrait and demonstrate theartistic progression and re-finement that took place witheach subsequent execution.

What emerged from Dr.Barratt's lecture was Stuart'sincredible impact on theAmerican art scene. By focus-ing on the Cornell’s Stuart thesignificance of the work with-in Stuart’s career as well as itsimportance to the collectiondemonstrate the truly specialnature of the acquisiton.

Through the circum-stances of his life, his travels,and his motivations towardfame Stuart afforded himselfthe ability to progress as apreeminent portraitist in theEnglish style who historywill forever associate withAmerican arts and the youngnation.

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Italy:The election betweenItalian Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi and RomanoProdi came out too close tocall a winner.

Italy: Authorities are gettingmore and more power toelectronically eavesdropthrough wire-tapping. Thenumber of authorized wire-taps has tripled since 2001.

Malaysia: A Malaysian mannearly fainted when he re-cieved a phone bill for $218trillion and was ordered topay up within 10 days or hewould face prosecution.

Japan: Aging Japanese sitbehind their desks and tack-le simple arithmetic andother quizzes as part of a“brain training” program.

India: Almost all 210,000employees of the State Bankof India went on an indefi-nite strike demaning higherpensions. Millions of peoplewere left without access totheir cash.

Kenya: A military plane cra-hed, killing the Cabinet min-ister, six other politiciansand at least sever other peo-ple.

Michigan: A lawsuit isbeing filed over the death ofa woman whose six-year-oldson called 911 to report hismother had collapsed, but-the 911 operator scolded theboy for playing with thephone.

Minnesota:A lawsuit hasbeen filed against CollegeBoard because of the 4,411students who got incorrectlylow scores.

New Jersey: Four teenagerswho plotted to kill 25 fellowstudents during their lunch-period were charged underthe terrorism law, createdafter September 11th.

Florida: During an Ever-glades restoration project,the South Florida WaterManagement District un-earthed massive bones thatexperts believe belonged toan ancient giant sloth.

Florida: Rollins College gotan early morning wake upcall from President LewisDuncan confirming it wasFox Day.

Kentucky: A student waskicked out of a universitybecause he was gay.

Tennessee: A former ele-mentary school teacher whospent six months in jail forhaving sex with a 13-year-old student was arrestedagain, this time for violatingprobation by communicat-ing with the victim on My-space.com.

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FOX DAY FEVER SWEEPS CAMPUS

COURTESY OF ASHLEY COLEMAN

AT THE BEACH: Students took Fox Day buses from campusto have fun.

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

HAVING FUN: Sophomore Nicole Fluet and Junior RochelleSiegel spent their Fox Day at Disney World.

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

AROUND THE WORLD: Sophomore Nicole Fluet and JuniorRochelle Siegel try on hats in EPCOT.

“Fox Day was great!I wish it was every

day! We should rein-state Cat Day in the

Fall!”

Rochelle SiegelJunior

“It’s amazing howFox Day can bring

the campus togetherand how friendly

people are.”

John FerreiraJunior


EATING GOOD FOOD: Families joined the Rollins campus forthe Fox Day celebration.

“Fox Day was great!I’m amazed at the

power of Fox Day totriumph over

apathy.”

Joshua BeneshJunior


MAKING NEW FRIENDS: Freshman Juan Bernal enjoys thepicnic BBQ on Mills Lawn.

In local Orlando news,the Orlando Utilities Com-mission's garage was demol-ished last Saturday at 7am,attracted camera crews fromaround the nation as well aslocal tourists who came fromas far as Geneva and Apopkato watch the spectacle. Al-though not as famous as the1991 demolition of City Hall,where Mel Gibson andDanny Glover were on siteas part of a scene in LethalWeapon 3, the blast stillmade national headlines.The explosion, which lastedonly about one minute,

brought in more than 100spectators who lined up onthe south bank of LakeLucerne to enjoy the bogblast. The building, whichcost $200,000 to demolish,was destroyed at exactly 7:11am, a number that was cho-sen by the contractor TedChapmen, who considersthe numbers lucky, accord-ing to the Orlando Sentinel.The four story garage col-lapsed quickly with the 580sticks of dynamite spreadthroughout the building.Upon demolition, four mil-lion pounds of rubble wereleft over. The parking lot,which has been a part ofdowntown Orlando for 35

years, was destroyed inorder for the $120 millionrenovation of I-4 and theEast West Expressway. Therenovation, which is expect-ed to take three years inorder to complete, is de-signed to reduce blockagealong the two main high-ways in downtown Orlando.

In Winter Park, city offi-cials are beginning to tacklethe problem of side walkseating down the mainstreet, which has latelybegun to encroach as far asthe curb. The tables, whichare part of the al fresco din-ing that is so characteristic ofWinter Park, are preventingwheelchairs and pedestriansfrom walking down thestreet. If the ordinance pass-es for Winter Park, therestaurants would have tomaintain a path at the mini-mum of five feet wide be-tween the tables, in order tocreate a passenger lane.Other parts of the bill in-clude mandates stating thatonly two seat tables beplaced parallel next to thecurb, in order prevent dinersfrom shoving their chairs di-rectly into the paths of thepedestrians. If the ordinancepasses, those who refuse tofollow the ordinance have

up to three chances a year,with the consequence beinga loss of their permit to oper-ate their restaurants.

In other Winter Parknews, Central Park will beenjoying its 100 year an-niversary, with festivitiesplanned for the entire monthof April. The six acre parkwas donated in 1906 byCharles Hosmer Morse, withthe stipulation that it mustremain a public park. Activi-ties so far have included aCentral Park Family Picnic,which took place on Sunday,April 2, and Popcorn Flicks

in the Park, which wasThursday, April 13. On April22, Winter Park residents canenjoy up to three trees in agiveaway, in promotion ofthe Keep Winter Park Beau-tiful foundation. They willalso be having classes teach-ing the community how tocare for their new trees andother tree related classes.The final event will be theOrlando PhilharmonicSpring Concert, "Sea to Shin-ing Sea", on April 30th at 7pm in the park.

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DEMOLITION: The parking garage in Downtown Orlando isbeing demolished to make room for I-4.

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THE DAMAGE: The parking garage is being removed to con-tinue expansion of I-4.

As many of us move to-ward graduation, there is thetendency to think we aredone with Rollins and donewith Crummer. We came,we saw, we conquered, andnow we are going into orback into the "real world"and attempting the samefeat.

The relationship withour alma mater does nothave to end now, however,because there are many ben-eficial opportunities to pur-sue after graduating fromCrummer that allow you tokeep in touch and reap morebenefits into the future.

One of these is free class-es. You know you didn't getenough the first timearound, so come back againand again. You can do it for-ever and you can do it forfree. What more could youask for?

The second is throughthe Crummer’s wonderfulAlumni and DevelopmentDepartment. Everyone inthere can tell you moreabout it, but after you are out

there conquering, don't for-get about all the people youworked long and hard within the Crummer basement.Hang out with them, net-work with them, see whatthey have been up to, andconnect with soon-to-be-Crummer-grads at events allthroughout the year.

Additionally, volunteeryour time by giving speech-es and being a mentor. Then,when you make it big, takeadvantage of one of the de-partment’s many ways togive back to the school thathelped you on your way sothat someone else can behelped on his or her way.

Another way you cankeep in touch and maintainthat link is by being a class

ambassador. These peoplevolunteer to be the link thatholds classes together andhelps keep everyone con-nected to the Crummerschool. They do this by at-tending events, encouragingalums to keep up-to-date in-formation on file at theschool, and by orchestratingvarious activities designedto reinforce the bonds builtduring the program.

Finally, keep in touchwith the Center for Entrepre-neurship, the Center forLeadership Development,and the Philanthropy andNonprofit Leadership Cen-ter. They host events youcan attend and are alwaystrying to maintain contactwith graduates.

This year, finals weekcould not have gone by morequickly, despite startingslow on Monday. Many ex-citing events occurredthroughout the week, in-cluding two PMBA-spon-sored end-of-the-year par-ties.

The parties, at nearbyUrban Flats, started at 9:00P.M. on both Wednesdayand Thursday night andcame complete with freefood and drink. Many stu-

dents in both the Profession-al and Early Advantage pro-grams showed up and had agreat time.

The Center for Leader-ship Development alsohelped make an otherwisestressful week go by a littleeasier. Throughout the week,it provided students with avariety of food and drink, in-cluding coffee from Panera,peanut butter and jelly forsandwiches, milk, Nutellahazelnut spread, and a vari-ety of cookies.

The highlight of theweek, however, may have

been the festivities on Tues-day that came with theproclamation of Fox Day forthe Arts and Sciences stu-dents.

Although Crummerdoes not (yet) participate inthe main benefit of FoxDay—all events and classescanceled—it (along with theHolt school) is invited eachyear to the campus wide bar-beque on Mills Lawn thatstarts at 5:00 P.M.

Several Crummer stu-dents showed up to minglewith colleagues, undergrad-uates, faculty members, and

staff. Of course, they alsocame to enjoy a free meal ofhamburgers, hot dogs, mac-aroni and cheese, and themany other items on thesmorgasbord.

Considering all of theother benefits of Fox Day, forsome, the main attractionwas finally getting a look atthe elusive Fox. Peoplewould stop by to see the stat-ue sitting by the flagpole,and some students even tookpictures beside it.

The school-wide eventwrapped up around 7:30P.M. and a couple Crummer

students were among thelast to leave.

Overall, the Fox Day bar-beque was a huge success,and though the cloudsthreatened rain for most ofthe afternoon, they never letgo of a drop that might ruinthe festivities. There wasplenty of food, plenty todrink, and even some icecream to take on the road.For those of you who missedthe event, there's alwaysnext year…unless, of course,you are graduating.

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EDITOR: MELINDA GREEN [email protected]

Finals Week Filled With Fun Events

All AboutGraduation

Upcoming Events4-27Business EDGE OnlineChatFind out more about theBusiness EDGE SummerBusiness Skills program inan online chat with the ad-missions committee. Noonto 2:00 PM.

4-302nd Annual Crummer GolfTournamentCome to the Red Tail GolfClub in Heathrow CountryEstates for a 4-personscramble. There is $1,000 inprizes and gifts and a regis-tration fee of $75. Sign upby April 14, by calling 407-646-2537.

5-11E x e c u t i v e - i n - A c t i o nSpeaker SeriesThe Center for Entrepre-neurship invites you to par-ticipate in the Executive-In-Action Speaker Series spon-sored by Broad Street Part-ners, LLC. 5:15 PM to 7:00PM in the SunTrust Audito-rium.

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Most of you undoubted-ly have graduating downpat by now, having attendedat least a high school and un-dergraduate commencementceremony. A little refreshercourse can't hurt, however,and for those of us whosecommencement history isnot as rich, the following in-formation may just be a life-saver.

First, make sure youshow up on time. Thatmeans you need to pick upyour cap and gown at thebookstore before 8:45 A.M.Saturday, April 29, and meetin the Bush Science CenterAuditorium at 8:45 A.M.where you will robe andwait for a class picture to betaken. Considering we areall done with classes nowand have loads of free time(probably not), a good ideamight be to stop in at thebookstore ahead of time andavoid the Saturday morningrush.

Second, make sure yourguests show up on time.That means they need to ar-

rive at the Warden Arena atthe Harold & Ted AlfondSports Complex between9:00 and 10:00 A.M. No tick-ets are needed, and there areno pre-assigned seats, so letthem know the early birdgets the worm, which in thiscase might be the best viewsand picture taking positions.The arena is small, however,so no matter when theyshow up, they will still get anice spot!

By 10:00 A.M. the com-mencement ceremonyshould be underway in theWarden Arena. All studentswill receive their diplomasand have a professional pic-ture taken, then everyone inattendance may proceed tothe reception in the McKeanGymnasium at 11:00 A.M.

Third, celebrate! That'sit. You're done. Finished.Nothing else to do ever.Well, maybe not that lastpart, but you are officiallygraduated and are nowarmed with your own MBA.Enjoy the day, because it'sprobably the last one youwill see like it until you startattending other people's cer-emonies.


Students Can MaintainContact After Leaving


As a security officerworking for Valencia Com-munity College in Orlando,Florida, one of my duties isto check the building in myassigned zone for securityhazards.

This requirement allowsme to walk buildings’ hall-ways at will with one goal inmind, finding something outof ordinary to fix or report ifit’s required the attention ofan expert.

But this past weekendwas exceptional in what Idiscovered at work. There isone building that I love to in-spect many times during myshift for the lovely framed-photographs and art worksdecorating its walls butnever paid any attention tothe writing under theseworks.

And this past Saturday,one of them that reads “Keysto Success” caught my eyes.

When I went to the next one,I saw “Goals,” the next, “Vi-sion,” then “Change,” and fi-nally “Persistence.” I readthem all and decided toshare them with the world.

I am going to develop afew of them in this articleand the rest in the next weekissue.

I want to start with thedefinition allocated to“Goals” in that photograph.It goes: “Goals—Destiny isnot a matter of Chance[;] it’sa matter of Choice.”

Now, how many of youout there agree with a defini-tion of goals that telling uswhat destiny is and what itis not.

Based on my own skepti-cism, I think it does not mat-ter at all if you and I agree ordisagree with the definition;what matters is that it makesus think of our goals for thefuture and perhaps reexam-ine them.

Although this definitionof “goals” might hit the rightnote for many of you, for me

it is not totally the case. I dobelieve that destiny is a com-bination of both chance andchoice. However, in my esti-mate the percentage ofchoice over chance is aboutninety to ten.

Why? It is understand-able that not everyone al-ways have the right tochoose their own destiny inlife. Hence, I am one of thosepeople.

I choose myself as an ex-ample because I considermyself to be a bit lucky tomake it to the United Statesalive. Thus, that was my 10percent chance, but as soonas I got here a couple yearsago with little knowledge ofEnglish I took my destiny inhands by choosing educa-tion over everything else.And today, I am closer toreaching my goals.

Whatever the case mightbe for you, with or withoutany chance or luck along theway, choose your goals wise-ly. Make sure you map outyour goals from short term

to long term. This leads me to the

“Keys to Success.” Based onthat photograph on the wall,“Keys to Success” are the fol-lowing:

—Expect more than oth-ers think is possible;

—Dream more than oth-ers think is practical;

—Risk more than othersthink is safe.

One could argue that itwould take more than that tobe successful in life, but iftaking time to analyze theabove definition, one couldrealize that all the most im-portant things are covered inthese three lines.

I am sure I could say Iam heading toward successbecause:

one, I expect more fromme than others think is pos-sible of me. For example,when I decided four yearsago to start college, myfriends voiced concerns overmy decision to go to collegewith only two years of Voca-tional English, but I defied

their skepticism. Two, I dream more than

others think is practical. Inthis case, if I were to tellthese friends that my goal isto go to law school, I wouldhave been laughed at andperhaps characterized asdelusional. Once again I defythe odds.

Three, I risk more thanothers think is safe. Yes, Iwas and still am willing torisk it all for my education.Sometimes, some of myfriends ask me, are yougoing to spend all your lifein school? My answer tothem is always: as long asmy brain does not fail me Iwill do it to reach my goals.

Hopefully, no matterhow you feel about the defi-nition of “Goals and Keys tosuccess” given by theseanonymous thinkers, youmay agree with me that theirthoughts thus far are used asa stimulator in helping us re-examine our goals in life andfollow these three advises onhow to reach these goals.

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EDITOR: JEAN BERNARD [email protected]

Holt Graduating Senior!It’s Graduation Time.

Your Caps & Gowns are ready topick up at the bookstore.

Congratulations on such a greataccomplishment!

The entire Hamilton Holt communityis proud of you!

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Goals, Keys to Success, How Would YouDefine Them? Follow Three Easy Steps

Dear Marian,I keep hearing that it is

a “good” job market. As agraduating Senior, whatcan I expect from the cur-rent job market? Anony-mous ’06

Dear Anonymous’06 In general, the job mar-

ket for the college Class of2006 looks good.

“Employers are opti-mistic about their hiringplans, and they report thatthey’re seeing more compe-tition for the best new grad-uates,” says Andrea Koncz,employment informationmanager for the NationalAssociation of Colleges andEmployers, which tracks jobmarket trends for newgrads.

In spite of these positivewords, however, I want tocaution graduating seniorsfrom sitting back and wait-ing for a job.

The job market still re-quires a great deal of effortand hard work.

One of the biggest mis-takes that I see Holt stu-dents make is an “over re-liance” of internet searches.

Since three out of fourjobs are filled through net-working, it is critical that in-dividuals in a job searchmake sure their time is allo-cated appropriately.

Here are three actionsyou can take to increaseyour chances of getting a joboffer: Use the resources availableto you through the Hamil-ton Holt office of CareerServices.

Start your job searchhere. You will find a varietyof career and job-search re-lated resources already col-lected for you, and you willhave access to ongoingguidance.

Among the servicesyour career center providesare: assistance with resumesand cover letters, mock in-terviewing and job searchstrategies.

Did you know that youare able to register forRollins College MonsterTrak?

By registering, you willautomatically receive notice

of companies seekingRollins alumni for theiropenings. Research employers andtheir opportunities:

This may be the singlebiggest secret to job-searchsuccess!

Research can give you adirection for your jobsearch; it will provide youwith solid information youcan use in crafting your re-sume and interviewing; itdemonstrates to employersthat you are interested intheir opportunities and or-ganizations; and it will helpyou figure out which organ-izations will be the bestmatch for you.

Surprisingly, many jobseekers skimp on researchor skip this important stepcompletely.

Employers say they cantell when a student hasn’tbothered to investigate theirorganizations.

Given the many re-sources available to today’sjob seeker—including cor-porate web sites—employ-ers think there is no excusefor failing to conduct re-search. Network—You will gain anedge by building a networkthat can help you learnabout organizations andtheir opportunities.

Your network contactsmay help you get your re-sume into the right hands oryour foot in the door.

In fact, many employersreward their current em-ployees for referring candi-dates.

And, your network issomething that can help youthroughout your career.

Need to schedule an ap-pointment? Simply call theHamilton Holt office at407.646.2232 or email Mari-an Cacciatore at407.646.2232.

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

HOLT NEWS 7

WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF

GETTING A JOB AFTER GRADUA-TION? GOOD OR BAD?

APRIL 14, 2006· THE SANDSPURVOL. 112 ISSUE 25

Let’s make it clear rightup front that the likelihoodof having a Holt representa-tion at the school newspa-per next year is not clear.

Although the currentassistant editor, TanishaMathis, will try her best tokeep it going after my de-parture at the end of this se-mester, I am afraid she willbe the only one committedto the task. If it is so,she will be forced todrop it all together.

Based on my ownexperience at thenewspaper as sectioneditor I know that it isnot the work of oneperson alone. Let’s putthings in perspective.Since the beginning ofthe semester, the sec-tion occupies twopages. It is not an easyjob when consideringthe lack of participationfrom the student body.

The section is not mysection; it is the Holt com-munity’s; I happen to run it.It is, in other words, thevoice of the Hamilton Holtcommunity.

Although on a typicalTuesday night at The Sand-spur workroom I leave noearlier than 11 p.m., I amforever grateful to the fewstudents, staff and facultymembers who sometimessend me articles for publi-cation.

One may not know howmuch of a relief it is for mewhen you save me a fewhours by sending me an ar-ticle.

I love working for TheSandspur in general and theHamilton Holt communityin particular.

In addition to gettingthe experience of workingin a newspaper staff, I getpaid and earn extra curricu-lar activity credits.

As far as I know, TheSandspur is the only stu-dent newspaper in CentralFlorida that pays its staff.There is no better job thangetting paid to learn.

I heard many excusesfor not getting involved inextracurricular activities,

but no one knows wherelife will take them in the fu-ture. Maybe the experienceone acquires at a schoolnewspaper as a student willopen the door of the NewYork Times or the Washing-ton Post years from now ifthey decide or force toabandon their projected ca-reer path.

I do understand thatwe, students, are here forour academic pursuits but Ican assure you that getting

involved can help you excelacademically in a greaterscale.

Everyone could sparean hour or less a week towrite about something ofinterest to the Holt commu-nity, and on top of gettingthe privilege of writing fora greater audience, whichwill greatly improve yourwriting, you will also getpaid.

How long will it take towrite a 500-word article? Assomeone with English asthird language and who hasbeen exposed to it for justeight years, I can tell youthat it does not take long.

Without downplayingall the tasks that a Holt stu-dent has to perform duringany given semester, I wantto give you a glimpse of myschedule this semester. I amtaking 16-credit hours,working an average of 32hours a week at my regularjob, attending most ofHHSGA and CSA eventsand meeting (executive andgeneral) but still find timeto write for the newspaperand serve as editor for theHolt section.

For instance on Tues-days, I wake up at 5 a.m. toget to work, get off work at2 p.m., manage to be at The

Sandspur workroomaround 4:30 p.m. to start thesection layout, leave theworkroom at 6:30 p.m. to goto my 6:45 class, then goback to the workroom afterclass to finish layout.

Not so fast! If someonewho had promised me anarticle fails to turn it in, Iwill have to write some-thing on the spot so I canget the section ready to goto press by early morning.

This does not happenevery week, but I re-member it occurredonce this semesterwhere I ended upleaving the workroomaround 3 a.m.

I must tell you thatI do not regret a singleminute of my experi-ence at the newspaper.For those of you whoare thinking of gradu-ate school this is anopportunity for you toadd something of

great value to your curricu-lar activity list.

Without getting intogreat detail, I must tell youthat it helps. It could be thedifference between gettingadmitted to your favoriteschool or program andbeing rejected. In my case, itworks in my favor.

Therefore, I want to en-courage every one of you toget involved in the newspa-per; you can be just a re-porter, writing an article atwill and get paid for it, aphotographer, or be part ofthe editorial board whereyou get paid twice: astipend for being on theboard and for your articles.

You don’t have to be anEnglish major to join; youwill get all the help andsupport you may need tomake your experience anenjoyable one at The Sand-spur.

If there is any one whois interested in joining thestaff, especially, as assistanteditor for the HamiltonHolt section, please feel freeto contact me at [email protected].

I will love to pass ontoyou what I have learned atthe newspaper.

What Is the Future ofthe Holt News Sectionat the Sandspur?

Jean Bernard Cherythe sandspur

If Hamilton Holt students continue to stand on thesideline, there may not be a Holt news section nextyear.

Are you a Holt Student interested in joining The Sandspur?

Available positions include: - Staff reporter- Photographer

-Assistant editor for the HamiltonHolt section

Please feel free to [email protected].

Rollins College has anoverwhelming amount ofhistorical and traditionallegacies not known by themajority of the student bodyand faculty and staff. Ourpast is composed of tradi-tions, influential people, andhistorical events that shapetoday's Rollins, so uniqueand special than any otherprivate institution of higherlearning. The following aresome of the top ten mostinteresting facts aboutRollins history and its past.

10. Hamilton Johnsonwas the first man to graduatefrom Rollins College in 1893.This is eight years afterRollins received its first char-ter in 1885.

9. In the 1940's, first yearstudents were invited to be a

part of the freshman class"Sneak" Day. Rollins wouldprovide transportation andfood for these guests as theyspent all day socializing andhaving fun. At this time,every time Rollins had asocial event off campus, theywould stay at a beach houseowned by the school in NewSmyrna Beach called thePelican.

8. In 1974, Rollins stu-dents tried for a GuinnessBook of World Records bylaunching a water balloon162 feet long. That same yearLyman Hall had a major fire.7.Until the 1960's, freshmannew on campus duringfreshman orientation were

known as Rats. During thewhole orientation, thesefreshmen had to wear "RatBeanies" as a symbol of theirmeekness.

6. In 1963, Rollins CrewTeam coached by ProfessorU.T. Bradley, achievedadvancement to the semi-finals in England's presti-gious Henley Royal Regatta.

5. There have been fourpresidents to visit RollinsCollege: Cleveland,Coolidge, Franklin D.Roosevelt, and Truman. Outof these four, Roosevelt andTruman actually spoke onCampus.

4. Rollins Varsity Teamsbefore 1917 were called theBlue and Gold. But soonafter 1917, the name changedto the Tars, a small navaltraining vessel stationed inLake Virginia during WorldWar 1. Our mascot in the1950's was not the Fox oftoday but a miniatureMexican Burro called the"Tar Baby", a gift fromPresident McKean. Thisburro was part of all week-end and weekday socialevents. One event in particu-lar that everyone wouldparty look forward to onMills Lawn was called the"Fiesta".

3. At one point at RollinsCollege, there were two stat-ues, one of a Cat and one of aFox. Both statues came toRollins after Dr. Holt asked aman by the name of MurraySams to donate the statues toRollins after passing hishouse near New Smyrna.The statues were later to beinaugurated in the Pseudo-Honorary Society of the Catand Fox. The Cat represent-ed the Cat Tribe, symbolic ofits Patron Saint Felixe, andthe Fox represented TheFoxes, symbolic of theirPatron Saint Reynard. Dr.Holt 70 years ago did notknow the effects that the Foxstatue has over everyone oncampus. Thank you Dr. Holtfor this gift.

2. Rollins is the oldestrecognized college in thestate of Florida. First chartedas an institution of higherlearning on April 28, 1885.

1.There are two deadbodies ashes buried on cam-pus, Rex Beach and his wife,Creta Beach. They are bothburied in a tomb near theEnvironmental Studies.Unfortunately, Rex Beachdeath on December 7, 1949was a result of a suicide.

Life&Times8


EDITOR: KARINA MC [email protected]

More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Rollins

PHOTOGRAPHER NAME / Source

THE PELICAN HOUSE: Rollins College used to host a skip day for freshmen at this housein New Smyrna Beach. It seems to make up for having to wear the rat beanies...

COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE ARCHIVES

ROLLINS AT THE REGATTA: The Rollins crew team were so successful they were able totravel to England to compete in a regatta.


ROLLINS RATS: Freshmen students had to wear an “R” beanie during a specific week ofthe year to designate themselves as “rats.” Thankfully, this practice ended in the 1960s.


THE TAR BABY: Somehow,being called a “fox” is betterthan the former alternative...

Ten interest-ing, but littleknown factsabout Rollins.

Harry Reyesthe sandspur

LIFE&TIMES 9APRIL 14, 2006· THE SANDSPURVOL. 112 ISSUE 25

"People are poor only be-cause they are lazy," onesophomore expressed, wish-ing to identify herself only asa conservative student con-cerned with the level of pro-ductivity at Rollins College.The girl, a former prepschool student whose fathernow pays for her pricey artsand sciences program tuitionat the college, reports thatstudents who do not havethe same resources availableto them as she does are "ob-viously people who havemade bad decisions."

This individualistic levelof poverty is untypical ofstudents at a liberal arts in-stitution, according to Jessi-ca Estes, 20, who explains,"Poverty is a structural prob-lem, not individualistic. Theprofessors here make surewe are aware of how pover-ty comes as a result of publicpolicies, and not simply be-

cause someone is a slacker."According to education

researcher, Tracey King,poor students are not slack-ers. In fact, "74 percent offull-time college studentshave jobs," and at least halfof these are working becausethey would otherwise be un-able to afford to attend col-lege. The question is, how

does this impact studentslives?

"I work between 30-35hours a week as a butcher atPublix and it's a jugglingact," Paul Leonard, 20, asophomore at University ofFlorida revealed. "I don'thave the luxury of not work-ing. I work because I haveto."

Like Mr. Leonard, Ms.

King explains, "Most stu-dents work while enrolled incollege, and nearly half of allfull-time working studentswork 25 hours or more perweek." Unfortunately, "whilemany students are workingat levels that are likely tonegatively impact their aca-demic achievement and thequality of their education,they often cannot afford tocut back on their workhours."

Jennifer Browning, As-sistant Director at the Officeof Career Services in RollinsCollege, does not necessari-ly agree with Ms. King thatworking is such a negativeexperience. While "there arecertain events you can't

make it to because you haveto go to work," she concedes,"I think that there are defi-nitely many more pros interms of getting real-worldexperience while still inschool. It helps students fig-ure out what they like todo…so, it's real beneficial interms of helping them estab-lish goals."

Indeed, many studentsdo take advantage of this op-portunity to gain "real-worldexperience," as a recent poll

of Rollins College student'sshows that a full 35 percentof students work at off-cam-pus jobs.

Of this, 75 percent re-port that their parents payalmost all of their bills.While the figure for stu-dents with jobs is signifi-cantly lower than at other in-stitutions, Rollins is notori-ous for drawing in more af-fluent students and so it cor-relates well with Ms. King'sresearch showing how stu-dents from higher-incomefamilies tend to work less.

Many, such as KimberlyHartman, 21, believe thatthis places working studentsat a disadvantage to theirmore finally privilegedpeers. "I admire studentswho can balance both workand school. But I think thathaving to work puts them ata disadvantage as comparedto students who don't haveto work and have more timeto dedicate toward theirstudies."

"I did not work in col-lege," says Charles Gafford,23, a former student at TexasChristian University who isnow an Air Force Officercurrently serving in Qatar.

"I wouldn't have beenable to do all the thing I'dwanted to do if I had towork, such as ROTC and thehonorary society. I wouldn'thave been able to handle allof my on-campus activitiesand take a full course loadwhich I needed to keep myscholarship."

This difficult predica-ment faces a great number ofstudents where they need towork to remain in college,but they also need to main-tain high grades in order tokeep scholarships. On theone hand, it is a challenge tofind a balance betweenwork, classes, academics anda social life; on the otherhand, if one can achieve thetime management skills re-quired to make the necessaryinvestment in both a collegedegree as well as in real-world experience, the practi-cal skill earned is priceless.

Imagine a scene 30 yearsfrom now when the nextgeneration of Americans isplanning to marry and raisefamilies. Quickly, though,the scene cuts to a more fore-boding image of officeswhere couples nervouslyawait DNA test results be-cause, in their reality, their"father" could have pro-duced 1,000s of children. Ifthe test proves the couple tobe half-siblings, they willhave to try again to find an-other partner-a seeminglyimpossible task in a city rid-dled with children bornfrom anonymous spermdonors.

This does not have to bethe outcome of today's fertil-ity situation. Yet, manywomen today face an equal-ly daunting task: the realitythat Mr. Right may not nec-essarily appear before theirbiological clocks stop tick-ing. Nevertheless, with anincreasing presence in edu-cational institutions and theworkforce, these women areequipped with the personaland financial independence

to care for a child on theirown. This explains why somany are now opting to ful-fill their maternal inclina-tions through in-vitro fertil-ization at sperm banks.

While sperm banks havebeen a viable option for quitea while, they have recentlyaltered their course ofanonymity to a point wherewomen can now enter a fam-ily planning clinic and selecta donor from a series of pho-tographs and biographies.Furthermore, if the donorhas given prior approval,many women can also selectan option to have the donorplay a father-figure role inher child's life.

"If I were a woman, Iwouldn't want it," HoytEdge, Associate Dean of Fac-ulty at Rollins College said,wrinkling his forehead indisdain. "I don't know that Iwould take a chance with adonor who wants to play arole…I mean, what kind offather is this? How much in-tervention would he have?"Indeed, Mr. Edge strikes thecord of dilemma in this pro-posal: what is a father?

With more children borninto non-conventional rela-

tionships, in this case, a bio-logical mother with a sperm-donor father figure, the stan-dard definitions of parentalroles are no longer valid. "Afather is someone who takescare of you… a father is notsomeone to have a 50-per-cent relationship with achild," Sergio Abril, '09, ex-plains, of the currently ac-cepted definition. This, basi-cally, breaks down into a re-lationship in which the pa-ternal figure, who shares hischild's genetic code, cares forboth the financial and psy-chological welfare of his off-spring. Increasingly, though,it is more acceptable for anon-biological paternal fig-ure to assume the financialand psychological role of afather.

So, why is it necessary tohave a man who shares achild's genetic code assumethis role of a "father?" "Thiswhole idea of a male identi-fying with sperm is interest-ing,"

Mr. Edge points out, "butthe idea of a child runningaround with my geneticcode that I don't know aboutis troubling." This may ex-plain why many men who

choose to become spermdonors are also opting to bea part of the child's life with-out having a physical rela-tionship with the mother.

Many women also findthis relationship disconcert-ing. One student, Erin Hig-gins, '07, thinks that this"kind of defeats the pur-pose…why would the moth-er even go to a sperm bank ifshe saw herself having a re-lationship with a guy?"

The only reason ElaineWalsh, 23, would turn to asperm bank is "if I was witha guy that wasn't able to pro-duce, then I would do it."

Agreeing with Ms.Walsh, Elizabeth Van Ars-dale, '09, highlights the argu-ment for the modern, inde-pendent woman who cannotfind an ideal relationship. "Ifit's a single woman who justwants to make sure she haschildren, I understand com-pletely…" Both Ms. Walshand Ms. Van Arsdale ruleout the possibility of everhaving a relationship withthe donor though.

Why do so many opposethis option? "Kids can getscrewed up this way," Mr.Edge explains, "Who is thisguy you pick out just from apicture? He could be mar-ried." So, while the childmay be able to prevent theoriginal frightening proposi-tion of a city filled with in-breeds, there may be further

risks associated with thisnew concept of "father."

For one, how can a sim-ple approval from a donor

mean that he may now be re-sponsible for a child if thewoman also consents? "Itwould be weird to meet thisguy she's [the mother] neverknown who would be in-volved in her child's life,"Ms.Van Arsdale suggests ofthis possible risk in this newfamily structure.

Nevertheless, womenare continuing to adopt thisnew model for their families.Is this the beginning of a so-cial revolution? On the otherhand, will we perhaps all re-vert to the arranged mar-riage system of our ancestorsin order to find a viable rela-tionship in which to procurechildren? Only time will tell.

The New Motherhood

Karina Mc Cabethe sandspur

Defining "father" in a society where an increasing number

of women rely on artificial insemination from sperm donors.

RYAN WALLS / The Sandspur

WILLIAMS & SONOMA: Moreresponsibilities than homework.

“I don’t knowthat I would takea chance with a

donor who wantsto play a role...Imean, what kindof father is this?How much inter-vention would he

have?”- DR. HOYT EDGEASSOC. DEAN OF

FACULTY

Unraveling the Myth of the Trust Fund Baby SchoolHow does an

off-campus jobaffect a studentacademically?

Karina Mc Cabethe sandspur

RYAN WALLS / Source

BARNIES: Rollins student hardat work off-campus.

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10 &Life TTHE SANDSPUR· APRIL 14, 2006

Have you ever seen avending machine that pre-dominantly features socks inthe middle rows? At thismagical sock vending venue,you can also turn in yourshoes so that you can borrowsnazzier ones that aresprayed with a complimen-tary disinfectant before youuse them. As wild as thisshoe fixated dreamlandmight seem, this place existsless than a five minute drivefrom campus.

There is a new trend offcampus that allures moreand more students by theweek: Aloma Bowl. ThisMonday-night hangout isthe ideal reprieve from ahectic start to this day of theweek, and many show up for

entertainment and company.Sophomore Peter Whiteoften joins the crew forbowling: “it’s a great way tohang out with your friendsand is a welcome distractionfrom the stresses of collegebe they academic, physical,or what not.” White is oftenjoined by some of his frater-nity brothers and other peo-ple interested in a night freefrom homework, dorms andcampus security.

Brad Tehaan, ’08, startedhis collegiate bowling careerat X-Club’s annual charityevent, “Bowling StrikesAgainst Cancer,” a fewweeks back. Usually un-moved by the activities of-fered on or off campus,Tehaan was excited to bowlfor a cause while represent-ing an organization.

Tehaan found the activi-ty itself to be a delightfulbreak from the day to daylife at Rollins and predicts areturn trip to the alleys. “I'dabsolutely go again, if for noother reason than to bowl abetter game.” Despite his

score of 43, Tehaan vows thatthere is no place to go butup.

Aloma Bowl itself maynot be as glamorous as thewell manicured bushes out-side of Beans and the foodnot quite as good but it hasits own appeal. In additionto over thirty lanes of pol-ished wood, there are manymore attractions at the alley.For one, four pool tables facea big screen television tunedinto ESPN. Also, arcadeswith somewhat outdatedgames and others that re-ward the participants withtickets for trinkets and what-ever small candy lies behindthe shoe counter are alsoavailable at the other side ofthe building.

The cafeteria on thewhole lacks a diverse menu.You will not find all of yourfood groups here, nor a bal-anced meal but the pizza isquite delicious. A bar full ofregulars also wets the ap-petite of thirsty bowlers hop-ing to accentuate their game.

For readers looking for

an exciting date or venue fora social gathering, the at-mosphere at Aloma Bowllends itself to a laid back,off-the-beaten path setting.Why go out for a “roman-tic” dinner when you cansave both a few dollars andvital minutes of awkwardsilence and chewing withyour mouth open? Whatelse can be a better icebreaker than flexing yourbowling muscles or cuterthan your blatant lack of ex-pertise?

Monday night bowlingat Aloma Bowl is a growingtrend that only takes a littlepit of planning and yetyields a great deal of fun.You do not even have to jointhe Monday night group totake part in the action; in-stead, pick a night for yourgroup. Do not allow your-self to sit around night afternight with “nothing” to do.Take a look in the yellowpages or roll on over toAloma Bowl for a greatnight away from Mills Lawnand the Grille.

Student Athlete Day:April 19, Mills LawnEarth Day, April 22

ENTERTAINMENT“Lend Me A Tenor,” April

21-29, Annie Russell

“Egg Fest,” April 15, 2-4p.m., Mary Jean Plaza

“Lip Sync” on tape, April17, 7-10p.m.,

Dave’s Down Under

STUDENT GROUPACTIVITIES

BRUSHING: “Literary andArt Journal Reading,”

April 20, 7-9 p.m., Galloway Room

BSU: “Lost Boy No More:Abraham Nhial,” April 14,

5:30-9p.m., Bush Auditiorium

CAC: Banquet, April 20ECOLOGY CLUB: “Earth

Day Celebration,” April 20,11-2 p.m., CCC

FIVE STONES: DanceCompetition, April 16, 5-6p.m., ASC Warden Gym

OCSA: “Scrapbook Night,”April 17, 3:30-8 p..m.,

OCSA LoungeRC SWING DANCE: Meet-ing, April 19, 7-8p.m., ASC

Dance StudioRHA: “Battle of the Halls,”

April 20, 5-8 p.m.,Mills Lawn

SGA: Inauguration Recep-tion, April 18, 5pm, Cornell

Museum PatioX-CLUB: “Blood Drive,”April 14-17, in front of

Mills Lawn

WINTER PARK “The Message: MuhammedAli,” April 19, 6-9p.m., SunTrust Auditiorium, spon-

sored by RC AnthropologyDept. and Center For Peace,RC Music Dept., “TenebraeService,” Knowles Chapel,

April 14, noon-2p.m.RC Music Dept., Student

Composition Concert, April16, 7:30-9:30p.m., Tiedke

Concert Hall.Bach FestivalSociety

Choral MasterPiece Series:April 29, 8p.m., April 30,3p.m., Knowles Chapel

Morse Museum: April 17-19, Free Admission for

Easter WeekendRun For The Trees, 5K:

April 29, 7:30 a.m.,Showalter Field, proceeds

to WP Tree Fund!www.trackshack.com

For those of you wander-ing around Park Ave thispast weekend, you may havenoticed that there was quitea disturbance going on, withthe main street being closeddown and all. But besidesseveral detours, the realstory is Winter Park justhosted its fifth annual Din-ner on the Ave on Saturdaynight.

This social event fea-tured rows of round tableslined up down the road, andpeople milling about in allsorts of clothing, from for-mal wear to their best set ofluau coconut bras. The eventsponsor, the City of WinterPark government, sold out oftheir 115 tables in less thantwo months, demonstratingthe popularity of the socialevent.

The tables, costing 80dollars for eight people, aredecorated in hopes of win-ning a prize in one of thefour categories: most patriot-ic, most elegant, most color-ful and most original.

To win, contestants mustdress accordingly to their ta-bles, which explains why ifyou happened to be strollingthe Ave or enjoying dinner at310, you may have noticed alarge amount of peopledecked out in their formalfinest or more creative cos-tumes.

Last year's Dinner on theAvenue brought out 800spectators to come see thefestivities, and this years

numbersare evenhigher.

E a c htable wasdecorat-ed exten-s i v e l y ,f r o mfountainsto stat-ues, wed-ding-liketarps androse bou-

quets, all in hopes of win-ning one of four gift baskets.The tables also include food,although spectators were notallowed to enjoy the Cheese-cake Factory and other suchdelicacies that were broughtto show off. The event ismeant purely for social en-joyment for the members ofthe Winter Park community.

So, it is essentially afancy community picnicwhere instead of the egg tossor water balloon fight, onelooks forward to comparingDillard dresses to the promreunion table to the left ofthe wedding themed table.Other tables included "Tourof Winter Park", where dif-

ferent tablesr e p r e s e n t e dd i f f e r e n ts t r e e t st h r o u g h o u tWinter Parkand what waslocated on thestreet, multipleH a w a i i a nthemed tablesand a few guysdressed inwigs wander-ing about.

Those whodid not havethe chance tosign up to participate, con-sidering how quickly the ta-bles sold out, instead wan-dered around enjoyingglasses of wine while check-ing out what the Dinner onthe Avenue had to offer.Then when guests sat downto feast on their meals, on-lookers enjoyed their ownmeal at the local restaurantsoffering even more varyingcuisine down Park Avenue.

The successful gala alsocomprised of various Win-ter Park businesses, many ofwhich had closed down forthe celebration.

Park Avenue Plays Dress Up FoWinter Park

just hosted a suc-cessful fifth annual Dinner onthe Avenue

Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur

BLACKown uni

TABLETOP BROWSIed to many fine displa

More To Do Than Late Night Smoothies At The Grille

Many studentsnow find them-selves at AlomaBowl on Mondaynights.

Seth Stutmanthe sandspur

KARINA MC CABE / The Sandspur

SOCIALIZING TIME: Contestants were just as seri-ous about having fun as they were about their entry.

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Winter Park?

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TimesVOL. 112 ISSUE 25

On an unusually frigidnight in Central Florida,when participants in the an-nual Winter Park Relay forLife were struggling just tostay warm, the temperaturewas simply an after thoughtduring the ten-minute lumi-naria (candle lighting) cere-mony that touched thehearts of all who were in-volved.

"It was a special reflec-tion," remarked 20-year-oldRollins sophomore NickSlattery of Wilbraham,Massachusetts regarding theluminaria lighting. "It's sadto think of all the people thatwe've lost."

Relay for Life is a team-organized fundraiser forcancer research sponsoredby the American Cancer So-ciety. Since its 1986 inaugu-ration in Tacoma, Washing-ton, the event has rapidlyspread throughout the coun-try. During the relay, teamsconsisting of ten to fifteenmembers must have at leastone person walking on theouter track for each of theeighteen hours. Meanwhile,other team members canparticipate in fun-filled ac-tivities such as relay idol onthe field inside the track, orsleep inside their campsitetent during downtime.While much of the night isaction packed, somber andheart-touching momentssuch as the survivor lap andluminaria lighting certainlyput the true meaning of theevent into perspective.

Beginning at 2 p.m. onSaturday, March 25, and con-cluding at 8 a.m. on Sunday,March 26, the Winter ParkRelay for Life at Winter ParkHigh School's ShowalterField raised nearly $48,000as a result of participantfundraising. Of the over sev-enty designated campsites,nearly 20 were occupied byRollins captained teams. "Itwas great to see a bunch ofmy other friends from

Rollins there," said freshmanBryan Seaman of Orlando.

With approximately onethousand people in atten-dance over the course of thenight, there was never a dullmoment. From watching In-dian dancers to socializingwith family and friends, at-tendees were alwaysamused. "The entertainmentwas great, said 18-year-oldfreshman Elyse Moore ofCanada. "It was actually funto be there in the cold withall of my friends." In fact,many people were having somuch fun that they bravedthe weather and stayed theentire night.

For Bryan Seaman, sink-ing a friend in the dunk tankwas his highlight of theevening. "Knocking Deuce inthe dunk tank was great," hejoked. "Having fun for agood cause really made mynight." While this was Sea-man's first Relay for Life, hewas honored to raise moneyfor cancer research, citing hisgrandfather's death as inspi-ration to find a cure for can-cer.

Nick Slattery also lost aclose friend to cancer. Be-cause his girlfriend's motherpassed away from the dis-ease just one year ago, fight-ing cancer is a cause close tohis heart. "She was veryadamant about finding acure, so I want to carry onthat attitude," he said. "I'mhappy that so many peoplecame out for a great cause."

Not only did so manypeople come out for a greatcause, but they united toraise money for a diseasethat has caused devastation,yet inspiration in their lives.But, even with today's in-

credible technology and me-dicinal advances, there isstill not a cure for cancer.While several treatments areavailable and often effectiveif the cancer is caught earlyenough, the disease is stillkilling thousands of peopleevery year.

As a result, people likethose in attendance at theWinter Park Relay for Lifecontinue to pursue their goalof ridding cancer by keepingin mind the friends or familythey lost. And even on thecoldest of nights, their innerpassion to beat the diseasekeeps them warm.

r A Night!

KELSEY FIELD / The Sandspur

K AND WHITE: Each table picked theirque theme.

KELSEY FIELD / The Sandspur

ING: Winter Park residents were treat-ays.

Winter Park’s Relay for Life:A Great Time For A Great Cause

As always,Relay for Life hada great turnoutfrom Rollins or-ganization.

Brian LeMaythe sandspur

RTESY OF HARRY REYES

OURTESY OF JASON LUP

LARA BUESO / The Sandspur

WALKING FOR CHARITY: Francesca Thomas, ‘07, LaraBueso, ‘07, and Susan Frantz, ‘07, all went to Relay this year.

“I enjoy goingto the movies, orgoing out to eat atCheesecake Facto-ry, Johnny Rocketsand Crispers. Ialso enjoy going toFiddlers, O-Boys,Luma, and UrbanFlats with myfriends becausethey’re so close tocampus.”

~ Harry Reyes,Class of ‘06

“I likegoing to differ-ent restau-rants, drinkingat Fiddlers,and going forwalks with mygirlfriend.

~ Jason LupClass of ‘07

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Don’t get me wrong,technology has made ourlives easier in a sense and Imyself am guilty of takingadvantage of certain webperks. What can match thejoy that is felt while re-searching term papers frombed in your Sponge BobSquare Pants pj’s or savingmoney on those long dis-tance phone calls by optingto send a speedy email to afriend instead. But seriously,the growing popularity ofFacebook, MySpace, andeven eHarmony has got measking: Are we all a bunch ofvoyeuristic freaks? Is the in-ternet just another outlet forself expression and healthyinteraction or a breedingground for people to stretchthe truth about their trueselves?

The indie film “HardCandy” which played re-cently at our very own Flori-da Film Festival, exploredthis controversial topic. Withits psychologically disturb-ing dialogue and imagery,this flick had the audiencechoking on their Skittleswhile simultaneouslysquirming in their seats. Thefilm opens with what seemslike an innocent session ofinstant messaging betweenlensman319 and thongggr-rrrl14. Leaving their aliasscreen names at home thetwo decide to move awayfrom the mouse pad andkeyboard and meet in per-son at a local coffee shop.The first time we see HayleyStark, played by Ellen Page,she appears naive, innocent-ly taking great pleasure in atasty piece of confectionarygoodness. Her body andface, although cute, have asense of pre-pubescent an-

drogyny that is hard to ig-nore. Beneath her honeybrown pixie-cut and brighteyes lies a mystery. Filmviewers begin to wonder,does she possess a certainsensuality? Is she just a trou-bled teen looking for love, ora raging psycho? After all,she playfully informs 32-year-old photog Jeff Kohlver,played by Patrick Wilson,that she is certifiable nuts,“four out of five doctorsagree”.

Against his better judg-ment, Jeff takes a chance andthe two venture back to hisplace in his metallic-coloredmini cooper, but not beforeunusual, intellectual, flirta-tious banter is exchangedand Jeff literally kisses Hay-ley’s feet.

Tension builds in the carride and when the cyberbuddies reach Jeff’s pad thetwo indulge in some screw-drivers made by underageHayley. Intrigued by theartsy model shots strewnalong the halls of Jeff’shome, Hayley inquires aboutthe breathtaking females ineach picture. Just when wethink the alcohol may havesent her inhibitions out thewindow, Jeff begins to look alittle queasy and collapseswhile taking photos of Hay-ley in her sports bra jumpingand dancing on his couch.

The loud bass bangingmusic comes to a grindinghalt and we see an image ofJeff looking dazed. His torsoand hands are bound withrope to a rolling chair. Thishorrifying image promptsviewers’ ears to ring with thefamiliar sound of Hayley’svoice reminding Jeff that heshould never drink anythinghe doesn’t mix himself.

Director David Sladeand writer Brian Nelsonbring this idea of becoming aprisoner in your own hometo a new level. Hayley, themanipulative honor studentreally messes with Jeff’smanhood in a scene that hadmany male audience mem-bers cupping their ownmembers.

“Hard Candy” is thekind of film you have to de-vote full attention to. Even ifyour bladder is about tobreak you will feel the over-whelming desire to wait itout, rather than face the fearof missing an importantpiece of this complex puzzle.

The fact that “HardCandy” holds one’s interestfor 103 minutes is amazingconsidering that for the mostpart it is shot in one locationand a substantial amount ofdialogue is only spoken be-tween two characters. Thetrue to life conversations,unique cinematography,brilliant performances byWilson and Page, along withthe nonstop suspense makethis movie so muchmore than your aver-age cat and mousethriller.

The mystifying na-ture of Hayley addsgreatly to this roller-coaster ride of a plot.We don’t really knowwho she is, all thethings she expressedinterest in via the inter-net turn out to be liesused simple to lure Jeffin. However, we don’treally know who initi-ated the relationshipover the internet either.

In the beginning ofthe film I sympathizedwith Jeff. His kind eyes

and a glimpse into a trau-matic childhood experiencehe had involving a stoveburner made him appearlike a vulnerable victim.Near the end of the film myfeelings for him made a com-plete “360” for reasons thatare just too good to disclose.

“Hard Candy” has al-ready won the honored titlesof Best Motion Picture, BestScreen Play, and AudienceAward at the Sitges Interna-tional Film Festival. It alsowas an Official Selection atSundance. So, is this contro-versial Lions Gate film awarning about the dangersof hooking up online or aglimpse into what can hap-pen to those males who dabin the waters of pedophilia?Some viewers expressed thefeeling that the storyline andthe clever character of Hay-ley were too far fetched. OnApril 14 this creation opensin cities throughout the U.S.,you decide if “Hard Candy”is satisfying, hard to swal-low, or leaves you cravingmore!

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As we move further intothe 21st century it’s easy tosee that communicating viathe internet has become thepreferred method of chat formany. When people ask foryour MySpace and you in-form them you don’t havean account, watch for thatlook: an intense blend ofconfusion and sympathyrush over their cyber-lovingfaces.

Hard Candy Doesn't Sugarcoat ItsSerious Subject Matter

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WEDNESDAY, April 19Aries Today is a 5. For thecoming four weeks, focusyour attention on makingmoney. Everyone won't un-derstand, but that's OK. Ex-plain it to them later.Taurus Today is an 8. TheSun's coming into your sign,which is excellent for you.This year it's easier toachieve success and prosper-ity.Gemini Today is a 6. In thecoming four weeks, set pri-orities and be practical.Scratch things off your listthat have lost all reason forbeing done. Then, do theothers.Cancer Today is a 7. Just intime, your friends come toyour rescue. Take advantageof this situation, and movequickly. Your lucky breakwon't last forever.Leo Today is a 7. New op-portunities are popping up,as important people take aninterest. They're willing togive you more work, andthat could lead to a lot moremoney. It doesn't initially,but it could.Virgo Today is a 7. The nextfour weeks are, generally,good vacation weather. Allyou have to do is work morefree time into your schedule.Libra Today is a 5. Themajor theme for the nextfour weeks is money thatyou share with other people.Yes, that does mean all yourcredit cards.Scorpio Today is an 8. TheSun's going into Taurus. Foryou, this means partner-ships, relationships andopen enemies dominate thenext four weeks. This oughtto be interesting.Sagittarius Today is a 6. Forthe next four weeks, your jobwill take top priority. Noneed to resist, you'll findmany good uses for the extramoney.Capricorn Today is an 8. Ro-mance, children and gamesof all kinds are favored now.Travel's not especially good,though. You'll have a bettertime at home.Aquarius Today is a 7. Afteryou finish an overdue chore,you'll have more time tospend at home. Fix up yourplace for the next fourweeks. You'll be in the mood.Pisces Today is a 7. Anolder, wiser friend is worthmore than her weight ingold. Don't be shy about ask-ing questions. This is youreducation.

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Donald Fagen, the co-leader of the Grammy-Award winning band SteelyDan, has just released a newsolo album with RepriseRecords. While some thingschange, some things foreverstay the same.

Fagen, in his album enti-tled Morph the Cat, elabo-rates on the disco-inspiredsoft rock sound of his groupSteely Dan, in addition toholding on to their affinityfor the unconventional, theincomparable, and even, attimes, the absurd.

T h ealbum isset up asa kind ofs t o r y ,p r a c t i c -ing then e a r l ye x t i n c tm e t h o dof creat-ing acompletea l b u m ,r a t h e rthan acollectionof sepa-rate songs.The album begins with thetitle track, "Morph the Cat,"which tells the story of theunusual hero of the samename who protects NewYork City. The rest of thealbum is about people andgroups of people in NewYork that, the artist suggests,Morph the Cat helps.

These songs talk aboutcharacters named Denise,Mary, Ray, Joan, Mona, andothers, and their unusual sit-uations or character traits.Each song has a subtitlealong with the lyrics, whichset the stage for each charac-ter's (or song's) dilemma.Each song makes clear refer-ences to New York City;Fagen will not let the listenerforget it as a major part ofthe subject of the album.

The music has a light,fun sound, and the lyrics, onthe surface, sound flippant.However,they lie amongstthe poetic expressions ofrandom collections of theevents of daily life. Whenexploring the texts moredeeply, it is apparent thatFagen is trying to convey thefrustrations, tragedies, andconflicts within the things

that normal people do everyday. It is from these day today conflicts that Morph theCat saves the day.

While the lyrics of thesongs on this album displayFagen's genius, the musicitself leaves something to bedesired. While the lyricssound creative and poetic, itclearly sounds like Fagenwrote the lyrics separatelyfrom the music, because thetwo do not fit well together.The accents are on strangesyllables, and the musicaland textual phrases do notcoincide. The result is anamateurish sound.

Each of the songs is per-formed by a relatively large

instrumental force for a pop-ular song, including guitars,bass drums, a whole array ofsaxophones, trumpet, andtrombone. It resembles ajazz band more than any-thing else, and the sound issomewhat jazz-like.However, it is mixed moreclearly with the unusualcombination of disco andsoft rock. Also, for such alarge instrumental group,the texture is quite thin.

The album begins pleas-antly. There is nothing"wow" about it, but it soundsalright. It is fun, and it iseasy-going, until the realiza-tion comes that every songsounds almost exactly alike.The songs are almost indis-tinguishable from oneanother; the only main dif-ference being the lyrics, andeven those begin to soundalike after a while.

Donald Fagen's Morphthe Cat is creative, but other-wise unappealing. It is goodfodder for those who ana-lyze poetry, but musically, itis boring, unprofessional,and, in general, nothing spe-cial.

Jami Furothe sandspur

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Announced last weekwas Wrigley's ChewingGums intent to launch aninvestigation into whetherchewing gum can help toloose weight and to reducestress. According to ChicagoBusiness, the company willbe launching a multimilliondollar, multi-year search intofinding evidence that gum infact helps those looking toshed a few pounds fromtheir waists. The Wrigley'sSocial Science Institute willbe the leading the way in theresearch, which is comprisedof an "international panel ofscientists and researchexperts."

Wrigley's claims that thereason behind the compa-ny's decision to research intothe benefits of chewing gumhas arisen from the decadesof their consumers writing inand raving about the greataffects that chewing gumhas had for them. The 115year old company is nowresponding to the advice oftheir customers by investingmassive amounts of moneyinto the research. The com-pany is hoping that theresults of the study, whichwill be released in about ayear, will hold big benefitsfor the company, whichalready is the number onegum seller in the world, andholds 63% of the UnitedStates market.

In fact, Wrigley's is soconfident that their researchwill prove to be

true;they havealready gonepublic with theirresearch expeditionand have begun compilingtheir preliminary booklettitled "The Benefits ofChewing". However, criticshave been quick to warnagainst Wrigley's commit-ment to proving that chew-ing gum has benefits besidesthe typical fresh breath.Food analyst Bob Goldincautions that as theAmerican consumers arebombarded from all sides inthe fight for the best weightloss product, many arebeginning to view effortssuch as Wrigley's as self-serving. Goldin also advisesthe public to not believeeverything they read aboutthe research because it issponsored by Wrigley's andtherefore is not as objectiveas it could be.

However, Wrigley'sdenies any biases, claimingthat because the scientistsare performing research inlabs outside of the newresearch center and alsobecause the research will bepublished in "peer reviewjournals." The scientists willbe looking into three areas of

c h e w -ing gum, which

are stress management,weight management andcognition and focus. Thestress management willfocus on answering ques-tions such as does gumrelieve tension, and doeschewing gum stimulate cer-tain areas of the brain. Thescientists will also be consid-ering whether gum, as areplacement for a high calo-rie snack, work also as anappetite suppressant, andwhether the action of chew-ing helps with focus, concen-tration and alertness.

This movement towardsweight loss is another part ofthe new leader's, fourth gen-eration Bill Wrigley Jr.,emphasis on marketinginnovation and new prod-ucts. The teeth whiteningand sugarless gums havebecome top sellers sincetheir introduction into theUS market in 1999 and 2001.However, other productshave not been so successful,including Surpass, anantacid which was removedfrom the market in 2003 aftertwo years of low sales.

Wrigley’s andWeight Loss?

Kelsey Fieldsthe sandspur

LARA BUESO / thesandspur

SKINNY IS STILL IN: Although they control a large majority of the market share, wrigley’s gumis ecouraging women to dropthe cigarettes and take up gum chewing as a weight loss alterna-tive.

Tues April 1111Music at Midday

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Wed April 1919RHA Battle of the Halls

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Movie: “Life of Muhammad” SunTrust Auditorium - 6 PM

Easter Sunrise Service - Chapel - 7 AM

Blood Drive - Mills Lawn - 11 AM

Five Stones Dance CompetitionASC Warden Gym - 5 PM

Student Composition Concert Tiedtke - 7:30 PM

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Look out all you Rollinsfashionistas, there's a newboutique in town meant tokeep you looking like thecelebrities. Stalhi enjoyed itsgrand opening last Saturdayin Waterford Lakes next toRoss, hosting clothing linesfrom Gwen Stefani, NickyHilton and more. The aim ofthe boutique is to assist theircustomers in finding themost up to date celebrityfashion and become "famousfor their style and to treateveryone like a celebrity".They will even help youtrack down that fabulouspurse or accessory you sawon the Hollywood's hottestor in your latest issue of Cos-mopolitan. All you have todo is send them an email andtheir stylists will do theirbest hunting down thoseearrings or that skirt youcan't live without.

Although Waterford is abit of a drive, checking outthis boutique is worth the

gas money if you love fash-ion. The small boutique isstaffed by friendly employ-ees with smiling faces, whointroduce themselves andexplain their purpose to cus-tomers who walk in throughthe door. The stylists arethere to assist you find theright fitting jeans and tops,and make sure that youdon't spend your money onclothes that don't flatter yourbody type. Their honesty ishard pressed to find intoday's commission drivenworld, and is honestly abreath of fresh air for theshopper.

But maybe you need theperfect outfit for next week'sparty and you just don'thave time to make it outthere. Check out their web-site, www.famousstyle.com.The orders placed on line areshipped out from the bou-tique in Waterford Lakes,and the web site offers moreclothes than the boutique.What's more, like celebritieswho don't like to wait fortheir clothes, neither should

you. The boutique boasts oftheir expedited shipping,which will get the clothesshipped out within twentyfour hours of your purchase,and to your house in two tothree days. You get free ship-ping if you spend over $100,free gift wrapping and awe-some customer serviceshould you change yourmind. You can shop accord-ing to celebrities, based onwhat they are wearing rightnow, such as Angelina Jolieor Nicole Richie, or you canshop based on what youneed, whether it is that des-perately needed shirt orsummer dress.

Above the clothing rackswithin Stalhi are pictures ofcelebrities wearing that styleto help you organize yourlook. Or try something eclec-tic, mixing together fashionsfrom all walks of Holly-wood. However, the bestpart of the store is that it hassomething to offer for every-one, no matter the budget.You can find twenty dollarshirts or you can buy one

hundred dollar shirts, it alldepends on you and whatyou are looking for. It's alsonot just clothes that they sellin the boutique. They alsohost an array of purses, hats,belts and shoes, also allmade based on what is hotright now.

So take a drive down toWaterford and check out theboutiques. Say hi to storeGregg and Stephanie, whohave collaborated togetherto created the boutique, andenjoy the life of a celebrityevery time you walk into thestore.

New Boutique Featuring CelebrityStyles Opens in Orlando

Do You Know?-Rollins used to have an unde-feated football team. It evenbeat University of Miami!-Of Rollins 1,700+ students,45% are from Florida.-The Library has over 300,000books.- 37% of the campus is involvedin Greek life.

Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur

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FAMOUS FASHIONS: Stalhi includes styles by celebrity de-signers like Gwen Steffani and Nicky Hilton.

In the past, I have al-ways thought T.I was onestep away from being men-tioned among elite rappers.His previous albums; I'mSerious, Trap Muzik andUrban Legend displayedhis amazing lyrical skills.The problem was that thetracks lacked consistentlygood beats. However, withthe release of his newalbum, KING, the rapperknown as T.I.P and head ofthe P. $.C (Pimp SquadClick) is on top of his game

on all aspects.T.I's first single that ap-

peared on all radio stationswas the joint "What YouKnow." While "What youknow" might be the stapleof this album, the best jointon this album is "Ride WitMe." While you may haveseen various other rappersmake top notch hits off thesame title of this track, T.Imight have made the bestsong of his career off thistrack. "Ride wit me brotha,let me show you where wekick it at, where them suck-ers get it at and T.I.P bechillin at" is an excerpt of

the lyrical prowess andsweet beat that this trackconsists of. The leader ofthe P. $.C also provides acouple of mellow joints in"Livin in the Sky" where hecommemorates many of hisfriends and people that heknew that died on hisclimb to fame. He also ac-knowledges that when hedies he wants to go to heav-en by saying "When I die,tell God I wanna live in thesky." However, the bestmellow song on this albumis "Why you wanna" whichis one of the best overallsongs on the album and

provides a great beat to amellow vibe.

On KING, T.I providesa new twist in which hedidn't seem to incorporatein his other albums. Heseems to make more songsthat appeal to the ladies."Why you wanna" is thebest of those songs. "Standup guy" is another song."My sexy ladies throw yourhands up high, if youwanna come and kick itwith a stand up guy," is an-other one of the songs inwhich the beat is addici-tive. If there is somethingto criticize about this

album, it is the songs to-ward the end of the album,"Good Life," "Hello," and"Told you so," are only av-erage. However, the lastsong on the album,Bankhead, has to rank upthere with one of the bestsongs T.I has ever made.Overall, this album ranksas the best one that T.I hasmade. “That album is bet-ter than all of his other al-bums combined. T.I is thebest rapper out right now,”says Deon Troupe. It hasthe lyrics, the swagger andthe beats that he has lackedin the past to make this

T.I's New Album is KINGJuan Bernalthe sandspur

It is a common beliefthat people; men, women,and all of humanity are bad.I assert, which I hope toprove though anecdotal sto-ries and substantive analy-sis, that this theory is incor-rect and that humanity isfilled with goodness.

There are a whole rangeof issues which I will showto prove the goodness,open-mindedness, intelli-gence, capabilities, andquality of humanity.

According to a 2005study by the Department ofLabor, more than 65 millionAmericans volunteered atleast once during that year.Married people, those withchildren under 18, and em-ployed people all had high-er rates of volunteering thansingles, those of childrennot of that age, and the un-employed. In other words,those with greater demandsand responsibilities hadhigher, not lower philan-thropic activity than theircounterparts with less de-mands upon their time.

What about money;would not most peoplemake Gordon Gekkoproud? According to theWall Street Journal, the Cen-ter for Philanthropy at Indi-ana University calculatedthat Americans gave $3.12billion in a mere 3 and a halfmonths in response to hurri-canes Rita and Katrina. Yet,this "aid is only a little morethan 1/100th of what Ameri-cans donate to charities andchurches every year." Butare these donations selfishlydriven to earn tax deduc-

tions? Not a chance. "In the1980s, as tax-rate reductionsreduced the value of thecharitable tax deduction byabout half, the level of char-itable giving nearly dou-bled." A co-worker of mineand his wife donate 15% oftheir income, $10,000, be-cause the money is nottheirs, "it is the Lord'smoney."

Generosity is not anAmerican monopoly. A di-rector of an Indonesian aidgroup wrote, "I believe thatpeople in New Orleans -victims of Katrina - musthave ... supported victims ofTsunami in Aceh - throughmany kinds of supports." Inresponse to this letter, anAmerican aid group offeredfunding to bring this direc-tor's Indonesian aid groupto the Gulf Coast. "It makesme really happy to helppeople who suffered theway I did," says one of theIndonesians.

The goodness of hu-manity is also found in mar-riage and love. According tolivescience.com, "Altruismmay breed better mar-riages," or, it could be "thatgood marriages make peo-ple more altruistic." Ofthose identified as more al-truistic, "67 percent ratedtheir own marriage as 'veryhappy.'"

The study's participantswere asked questions tomeasure their intentionsand behaviors, such as, 'I'drather suffer myself than letthe one I love suffer,' and'How often do you giveblood?'

The authors of the studymake several conclusionsbased upon their findings,such as "Financial statusbears little on altruism or

empathy," and "Empathy ishigher among those whosupport increased spendingon social programs."

Economics is a fieldwhere we can see the pro-ductive talents of humanity.The governments whichstand aside and let theirpeople use their own judg-ments and intelligence tobuy and sell as they wishare the most dynamic, pro-ductive, and resilient.Countries crippled with ex-cessive and repressive gov-ernments-be they fascist,communist, monarchist,fundamentalist, or otherscourges of humanity-al-most all are entirely fearful,lethargic, and weak.

A civil society, the areaof a society which a govern-ment does not control,brings a flourishing freemarket not merely of eco-nomics and capitalism, but

also beautiful art, iconoclas-tic ideas and debate, litera-ture, and culture.

Even eBay is a good ex-ample of the goodness ofhumanity. An exchangeplace where two peoplewho have never met, neverwill meet, and rely merelyon descriptions, images,and reputation, participatein a mutually beneficialtransaction-thousands uponthousands of times per day.

But what about war; isthis not a trait of humanity?Not really, as Ronald Reganput it, "People do not makewars; governments do." In-deed, according to CharlesV, who noted for history,"Name me an emperor whowas ever struck by a can-nonball."

Even in my brief andlimited experience and un-derstanding of the world, Ihave meet amazing people

from or in Laos, Romania,Japan, Germany, Russia,Sweden, Vietnam, England,Ireland, Pakistan, China,Saudi Arabia, Cambodia,Turkey, Nigeria, and Aus-tralia.

There can be no otherexplanation or conclusion todraw from these examplesand analysis that humanityis generous and decent.

Much the same as a per-son uses Google to SearchFor That Which They WishTo Find, so too it goes forpeople who ignore thegoodness of humanity.

Tom Trasente is studying forhis Masters of Human Re-source Management in theHamilton Holt School, and en-joys vacationing in the thirdworld

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This Week’s Topic: Humanity

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On The Goodness of HumanityPeople look for what they want to find, and there are plenty of good people in the world.

Tom Trasentethe sandspur

The Benefits of Adversity for the Human Spirit

In life we always facetrials and tribulations; weall face adversity. Pope JohnPaul II viewed adversity asa gift from God, and thus itis something to be cher-ished. We, as humans, tendto only see the negative as-pects of adversity, and notwhat those negative aspectstruly mean.

I believe that we arenever given more than wecan handle, and when ad-versity comes we can over-come it. Adversity is a chal-lenge that we must rise toface and not from which weshould run.

Life does not always goas we would like it, but totruly appreciate our liveswe must learn from thegood times and learn fromthe bad. To paraphrase aline from Anthony Hopkins’character in the movie TheEdge, we are all put to thetest, but it rarely happens atthe time or point in our livesthat we would like.

Humanity is strongerthan many think, and ourgreatest strengths shinewhen we are put to the test.We have survived for twomillion years as a speciesand that might be young inthe grand scheme of things.

However, we have survivedwar, famine, plague, naturaldisasters, holocausts, thedownfall of civilizations,hate, love, envy, and life. Wehave been through an awfullot as a species, as a civiliza-tion, and the trials of ourkind have only made usstronger and more resilient.

I have often been ac-cused of having too good ofan opinion concerning hu-manity and human nature. Isay to those who live theirlives viewing humanity as adisgusting, nasty, brutish,and self-destructive lot,what is the point. The prob-lem humanity faces, one ofour many adversities is thenegative view so many peo-ple harbor about us.

We cannot and must notgo through life with such aself-defeatist attitude thathumanity is doomed to fail-ure and that human diseaseshould be wiped out of exis-tence. How can anyone findany happiness when onehas such a poor view of hu-manity. Changing this viewto one that is hopeful andpositive would cure manyof humanity’s woes simplyby having many more peo-ple appreciating who we areas a people and finding hap-piness in some things.

When we are faced withadversity we all must bearup and face the challengesset before us. We must find

happiness in the knowledgethat we can survive andgrow from “bad” experi-ences, and in doing so real-ize that “bad” experiencesare good in life.

I do not intend for any-one to go out and activelyseek adversity. I only en-courage people to face theadversities that come, andthey do come; rise to thechallenge of life and comeconclude your life with asense of happiness and sat-isfaction. To have theknowledge that one has

lived one’s life facing whatcomes at one and not run-ning from the fight ensuresthat one has lived life to thefullest, not regretting any-thing.

Adversity is not fun toendure, nor should it be, butit is necessary to endure. Itis difficult to see the utilityof adversity when we are in-volved in it, but given timewe often see how positivelysome trial has affected ourlives. We are a flawedgroup, and we all deal withproblems differently, but

our ability to deal with whatis in front of us is a univer-sally human strength. Onlywhen we meet the chal-lenges placed before ushead on can we truly knowour strength, our power.

Brett Heiney is a Political Sci-ence major and an Asian Stud-ies minor in the School of Artsand Sciences

When intelligent and rational individuals are in large groups their basest characteristics take over.

The human race is afunny one. We say thatwe are different thanother animals, though insome ways we are verymuch the same.

It's difficult to tellwhere the line is some-times. In what way are weanimal, and in what wayare we something more?

The answer lies innumbers. People, as indi-viduals, are intelligent,for the most part. Theyhave reasoning capabili-ties. They have morals(though they don't alwaysuse either of these abili-ties.) They have the abili-ty to learn, create, organ-ize, and speak. They havethe ability to create tech-nology, civilizations, gov-ernments, art, music, lit-

erature, drama, mathe-matics, and the multitudeof other intellectual sub-jects that we associatewith humanity. They havesouls, as they are createdin the image of God.

That is us. That is whowe are. We are the chosenspecies with opposablethumbs and high IQ's.

Because of our abili-ties, when you speak to orlearn about individualpeople, you can recognizetheir intelligence. Whenyou speak to your profes-sors or classmates aboutcalculus or Hemingway,the discussion is centeredaround facts, theories,and ideas. It is hopefullythought-provoking, opin-ionated, and, maybe, evenargumentative.

People create beauti-ful works of artistic ex-pression. They createmedicines that save mil-

lions of lives. They makescientific discoveries thatchange life as we know it.That is what people do,and that is who they are.

But it is not alwaysthat way. Just becausepeople are inherently in-telligent does not alwaysmean that they use thatintellect.

When people are ingroups, their intelligencedwindles. The more peo-ple there are, the less in-telligent they seem.

When people are in agroup, individual ideascannot be expressed-onlythe opinion of the group.So the message must besimplified. Also, when ina group, rational thinkingis more and more difficultto articulate because logicmust be expressed oneperson at a time in orderto make sense. However,emotion can be expressed

en masse. Emotion can bein the form of shouting,laughing, crying, burn-ing, throwing, ripping,destroying, exploding,sign-waving, picketing,and other means that pro-vide a simple messagethat is not lost when largegroups are expressing itat the same time.

Individuals make ad-vancements in the field ofquantum physics. Groupsburn down Paris. Individ-uals create technology.Groups destroy citieswith explosives and air-planes. Individuals writebooks, letters, and pro-posals diplomatically ask-ing for change. Groupsriot until the demand forchange is lost in the chaosof violence. Individualsseek resolution. Groupsseek vengeance. Individu-als are doctors, teachers,parents, police officers,

firefighters, and soldiers.Groups are congresses,parliaments, committees,task forces, red tape, bu-reaucracy, meetings, andinefficiencies.

People are interestingcreatures indeed. Some-times they think, but atother times, they swarm.Sometimes they create,but sometimes they de-stroy. Sometimes they be-have as people are intend-ed to behave, but at timesthey behave like animals.

As we lose ourselvesin the mob, we lose ouropinions in more barbaricmeans of emotional ex-pression. As we give in tothe group, it is, in fact,our humanity that is lost.

Jami Furo is a Music Majorin the School of Arts andSciences.

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Jami Furothe sandspur

Horrors of Human Nature Stem from Mass Numbers

Brett Heineythe sandspur

Every individual is spe-cial, that is after all whathow we exist, as distinct en-tities, separate from others.The thinker Hannah Arendtdiscussed in her work thatone of the most difficultthings to deal with in themodern world, and some-thing that she says states andpoliticians take advantageof, is isolation. That is theparadox that the human raceexists in, we are proud of ourindividuality yet at the sametime "we", the collectivehuman kind, struggle withthe loneliness and isolationthat is so prevalent in the

contemporary world.That is often the cause of

friction between our Westernideals, founded upon Judeo-Christian traditions, andEastern ideals that are farmore collective in nature.Many a thinkers, better thanI, have pondered the oddplace that we inhabit in oursociety. Why is that as oursociety gets larger, withmore individuals together,we actually feel like weknow less about people andto a certain extent about our-selves.

In our modern life in thiscountry, there are two verydifferent images of loneli-ness. One image is that of thelonely cowboy, or that of a

sleepy rural town. The pop-ulations are small, everyoneknows each other, and thereare large expansive spaces ofempty plains. The otherimage of loneliness that ex-ists is that of the city. I wasrecently talking to a friend ofmine who goes to school inNew York and she told methat she was surprised athow happy people were thatday. I inquired as to whypeople would be unhappyliving in New York, it is afterall one of the greatest citiesof the world. She respondedthat New York is one ofloneliest cities in the worldbecause no one cares aboutanyone else.

That is after all, the para-

dox we exist in. It seems sovery alien to our human na-ture that the more people arearound us the less we careabout those people. Take thedifferences between largecolleges and small colleges;one of the reasons I came toRollins after all was becauseof the smaller size where Iknew I would be cared for.

That answer I believe isin our state of mind, and inour culture which has some-how corrupted the caringside of our nature. Today toomany people view others asa nothing more than assetsto be used and abused. Ourhumanity, and the individ-ual quality of each personhas been rubbed off so that

we can be entertained. It isamazing to walk by a build-ing and to see all of thegleaming television lightsfrom each window, each per-son watching the same chan-nel, so close to one another,but no realization that theother exists. Too much em-phasis is now placed on theindividual and that whichthe individual accomplishesis measured not by moralfiber but my dollar signs.

This only means that wemust work overtime tobridge the gaps of our cur-rent lifestyle and our culture.

John Ferreira is Managing Edi-tor of The Sandspur. He is a Ju-nior, History and Poli Sci major.

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As a Mental Health Coun-selor in training at the Hamil-ton Holt Graduate program,we are encouraged to ap-proach our clients with anopen mind and without judg-ment. We are encouraged toenter their world in order tounderstand them with depthand empathy. So I was pre-sented with a dilemma duringthe Fall Semester of 2005 whenstudents and a colleagueshared with me a descriptionof graffiti that appeared on thewalls of the McKean Hall dor-mitory. I will not shock youwith the details of the graphiclanguage nor the drawings. Iwill simply summarize it bydescribing it as misogynisticand hurtful towards allwomen. Simply put, it mademy stomach sour.

My initial reaction was, ofcourse, emotional and viscer-al. Initially, I wanted some actof punishment or retributionhanded out to those who per-

petuate a view of women asobjects to be used and discard-ed. Although I still feel ex-tremely angry, my training asa mental health counselorleads me to ask myself ques-tions about the perpetrator(s)motivation and personality.My questions include won-dering what the author(s) ofthis graffiti are trying to tellme, a woman, who studieswithin the Rollins Collegecommunity. What are theytelling me about their views ofwomen and of the environ-ment and culture in whichthey are living? What are theytelling me about themselves?The 'artist(s)' depiction of onewoman showed me that theperpetrator(s) not only have adistorted view of femaleanatomy but also a biased, im-mature and under-educatedview of sexuality and of sexu-al relationships with women.As a counselor, their graffiticommunicates to me a possi-

ble frustrated sexual drive, animmature view of women aswell as possible anger towardswomen. Perhaps they arefrustrated that they don'tknow how to connect appro-priately with women, or per-haps they feel powerless oremasculated and drawingderogatory pictures of womenmakes them feel more power-ful. Or perhaps their artworkis a reflection of the culture inwhich they live; a culture thatnot only allows but also en-courages men to objectifywomen. It may be that theseindividuals are simply recreat-ing what they have witnessedcountless times from movies,advertisements and maga-zines which have a real knackfor 'sexifying' hate and vio-lence towards women

The fact that the 'artist(s)'left no signature tells me thatthey know on some level thatwhat they have done is despi-cable and they are not proudof their 'art' work. Yet forsome reason they felt the needto display their anonymousviews in plain sight of the fe-male residents of McKeanHall. I realize that much ofwhat I have written in this let-ter is conjecture and really the

only ones who can educate usabout their actions are the per-petrators. However, the endresult of these questions leadsme to conclude that what hasbeen clearly communicated isan invitation; an invitation toexplore how Rollins Collegestudents, both male and fe-male, view relationships andsexuality. This incident is pro-viding the Rollins Collegecommunity an opportunity todialogue and ultimately to ed-ucate men and women, stu-dents, faculty and staff on thetopics of our culture's negativeviews of women, of violencetowards women and of howthe culture in which we existinfluences our views of menand women. Whatever nega-tive behaviors and views ourculture permits and encour-ages, we will experience hereon this campus until we as acommunity can address theseissues in a productive andhealthy environment.

I believe this environ-ment begins with the adminis-tration. It is the administra-tion that can create and imple-ment a structure that wouldfacilitate a dialogue and dis-cussion educating all mem-bers of the Rollins community

regarding these issues. I be-lieve that to address issues ofsexism on campus, discus-sions should take place on alllevels; students, faculty, staffand administration. By ex-ploring our own ideas andviews regarding the roles ofmen and women in our socie-ty, we can understand how weperpetuate the messages ofour culture as well as identifythe changes that need to occuron this campus. Through thisprocess of dialogue, whetherthey exist in faculty meetings,forums, panels or commis-sions, we, as a Rollins commu-nity, can begin to create an at-mosphere on campus that isnot only respectful of each stu-dent but ultimately and mostimportantly, we can work tocreate a safe environment forall of us on this campus. Thefirst step, however, is a com-mitment from all of us that wewill not tolerate the hatefulgraffiti or the misogynistic at-titude toward women on ourcampus.

Helen Stephenson

C o n t r i b u t i n g V o i c e

The Paradox of the Human CollectiveJohn Ferreirathe sandspur

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TARS SPORTS SCHEDULE

Baseball vs FL Southern (DH) - 1pmW. Tennis vs UCF - 2:30pm

FRI 14Rowing @ SIRA - 8am

Softball vs FL Gulf Coast (DH) - 1pm

SAT 8Softball vs Palm

Beach Atlantic (DH)6pm

MON 17

M & W Tennis @ SSC Champs - 8am

THURS 20

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Baseball vs Webber Int. - 7pm

TUES 18

Rollins golf has beenbringing home accoladesleft and right. Recently,Rollins golfers have beenrecognized for their out-standing achievements on

the course. In the past twoweeks, two of Rollinsgolfers were honored asAthletes of the Week: sen-iors Charlotte Campbelland Dan Walters.

Charlotte was honoredas Athlete of the Week forthe third time this year forher win at the Ryder Flori-da Collegiate Champi-onship. She earned firstplace by one stroke, post-ing a three-round 221 (72-75-74). This feat earned hera position at the top of a 60-player field and distin-guished her as the "Best

C o l l e g i a t eW o m e n ' sGolfer" inFlorida. Shehas collectedten wins in hercareer andholds the teambest stroke av-erage of 74.61.

This weekCharlotte fin-ished the lastSSC tourna-ment in secondonly behindfellow team-mate, MarianaDe Biase.Campbell fin-ished with ascore of 226(75-73-78).

S e -n i o rM a r i -ana DeB i a s ef i n -i s h e dfirst inD a d eC i t yo n es t r o k ea h e a do fCamp-b e l lwith a2 2 5(73-76-7 6 ) .T h eRollinst e a ms c o r ew a s922 atthe end of the competition,a strong 39 strokes aheadof the competition thathelped them claim theirfourth SSC ChampionshipTournament in a row.Other honorable mentionsbelong to Cristina Gugler(235) and Vanessa Vela(239) who both finished inthe top ten at sixth and tiedfor ninth, respectively.

The women will pro-ceed onto compete for theirfourth straight NCAA Divi-

sion II Championshipwhich will take place inPensacola, Florida on May1-2.

The men's team hasbeen keeping up prettyclosely to the women. Thisweek's Athlete of the WeekDan Walters shot an im-pressive 69 in the SSCTournament and went onto post a first-place, finalscore of 218.

As a team, the mencarded a collective score of

907 enough to put them insecond place overall.Adding to Rollins success,junior Darren Lundgrentied for sixth place overallwith a score of 226, juniorJeff Golden finished with230 and senior AndrewPranger capped off thetourney with a 233.

The men are currentlyranked eighth and look tothe South Regional Tourna-ment in Duncan, Oklahomascheduled for May 1-3.

Rollins Golfers Top the Heap and TakeHome the Spoils in SSC Tournaments

Angela Gonzalezthe sandspur

Golf seniorsCampbell, DeBiase and Walterswow the competi-tion in conferencematch-ups.

The men's andwomen's tennis teams havebeen having a remarkablysimilar spring season. Bothhold around .500 for theseason; the women withten wins out of 20 matches,and the men with ninewins out of 19 matches.Both also have tallied fiveshutouts for the season sofar. The women shutoutPalm Beach Atlantic, SaintLeo, Florida Tech, Flagler

and Tampa, while the menshutout Webber Interna-tional, Palm Beach At-lantic, Cal Poly Pomonaand Saint Leo twice. Thewomen's team has a con-ference record of 3-4 and ispositioned in 12 place. Themen's team has a record of3-2 in the conference and iscurrently holding on to 14place.

In recent action, themen's tennis team took outSaint Leo for the secondtime this season. There wasonly one tiebreaker during

the competition as Rollinsdominated the Lions insingles play. In doublescompetition, the Tars tookhome all three matches.Then on Sunday, April 9,the men traveled to Val-dosta, Georgia to take onthe #1 ranked ValdostaState. The Tars suffered inthe singles matches as onlyAdrian Tan was able to de-feat his Valdosta State op-ponent. In doubles, the #20ranked team, Brian Comp-ton and Carlos Custodio,upset the #7 ranked dou-

bles team. David Tafur andJonathan Gomez won theirmatch as well. The Tarslost the third doublesmatch.

The men's team looksforward to a conferencematch versus Eckerd Col-lege next, before the SSCand NCAA Champi-onships.

The women's teammost recently matched upagainst Eckerd at home.The ladies suffered a closeone point loss to the Tri-tons. In singles competi-

tion, #24 Tasi Purcell, #35Marnie Mahler and Anas-tasiya Shevchenko wontheir matches and in dou-bles, Silvia Frandji andAnastasiya Shevchenkowon their heat. But it wasnot enough, as #8 Eckerdtook home the win with afinal score of 5-4.

The women look totake on Florida Southern intheir last conferencematch, as well as the finalmatch of the season beforethe SSC and NCAA Cham-pionships.

Men’s & Women’s Tennis Teams Truckon Through their Trying Seasons

COURTESY OF RC SIDCREAM OF THE CROP: Senior Dan Waltersfinished first in the SSC Championship

COURTESY OF RC SIDLUCKY NUMBER FOUR: The women’s golf team found themselves with their fourth-straight SSC vistory in Dade City, Florida at the Lake Jovita Country Club.


Ever since ShaquilleO'neal left Orlando in 1996,the Magic seem like a fran-chise that cannot do any-thing right. They haven'twon a playoff series sincethen. Almost every draftpick( Dwight Howard andJameer Nelson being the keyexceptions) have never livedup to expectations. FranVazquez walked out onthem over the summer.However, since the OrlandoMagic traded Steve Francisto the New York Knicks forPenny Hardaway andTrevor Ariza, they havelived up to their potentialthat was expected fromthem at the beginning of theseason. The trade seemedlike a joke, acquiringHardaway's $16 millioncontract and an unprovenhigh schooler who hadstruggled to accommodatehimself to the NBA game.However, the Magic havegotten the best of bothworlds. Ariza, who oftenfell out of favor with Knickscoach Larry Brown, hasshowed steady improve-ment since moving down toOrlando. The Magic waivedHardaway, whose contractexpires at the end of the sea-son.

Ever since the trade, theMagic have gone 16-11,including wins over three ofthe league's top five teams,the Dallas Mavericks,Detroit Pistons and theMiami Heat, all of whichcame in a span of nine days.The Magic have gone from ateam that was supposed toplay out the rest of a long 82game season, to a team thathas an outside shot at aplayoff spot. They are cur-rently three games back ofthe eighth spot with oneweek to go in the season,chasing the Philadelphia76ers and Chicago Bulls.Even if they do not get intothe playoffs, the Magicappear to be one of the fran-chises that have a goodfuture. After Grant Hill'scontract comes off the booknext season, the Magic willhave the most cap room outof any team in the NBA. Thesummer of 2007's free agentis strong and includesAntawn Jamison, MikeBibby, Rashard DirkNowitzki, Lebron James andChauncey Billups.Nowitzki, James and Billupsare in the race for the MVP

this season. The Magic know a little

bit of having a great future.In the summer of 2000, theysigned Tracy McGrady andGrant Hill. Hill, who aver-aged 26 points per gamewith the Detroit Pistonsover four seasons was sup-posed to be the leader, andMcGrady was supposed tobe his sidekick. However, itwas all for not as Hill playedonly 43 games in three sea-sons. Meanwhile, McGradyused the next three seasonsas his coming out partyturning himself into one ofthe best players in the NBA.But the frustrations mount-ed for the franchise as theywere ousted in the firstround for three straightyears, and McGrady voicedhis frustrations about beinga "one-man team." In 2003-2004, it all fell apart for theMagic, as they went 21-61,fired their coach, GM andtraded McGrady to theRockets for Steve Francis,Cuttino Mobley and KelvinCato.

The difference this timearound is that the Magic'stwo cornerstones, DwightHoward and Jameer Nelsonare young, healthy and theywant to be here. Howard issecond in the league inrebounding this season, andwill be one of the NBA's bestplayers in the future.Nelson, who was supposedto be too short for the NBA,has been a present surprisefor the Magic averaging 14points and five assists thisseason. Hedo Turkoglu,Tony Battie and DeshawnStevenson are the key role

players that have enjoyedpleasant seasons. CoachBrian Hill, who is in his sec-ond stint with the Magic, isoptimistic for whatever hap-pens, saying that he can'twait to go to training campwith this team next season.If they do not make theplayoffs, the Magic can hopefor a good spot in the lot-tery, where they could drafta prospect that will helpthem defensively and bringmore athleticism. It soundslike a remedy for a franchisethat has struggled to righttheir wrongs lately.

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The Rollins Softballteam has been having a suc-cessful season so far as theyboast a 36-13 record overall.This past weekend theytraveled to Byron, Georgiato compete in the FortValley State SoftballTournament. On Friday, theTars dominated all threegames. They first went upagainst Fort Valley and col-lected 11 hits while onlyallowing the opposition tocollect three. The Tarsoffense was solid as well.Kelly Cruz, Jaime Rauschand Stacy Saunders all man-aged two hits and two runs,while Devon Kontos hit herfirst career homerun. Thefinal score on that game was9-1.

In the second gameagainst Paine College; theTars came up big again end-ing the match in fiveinnings with a score of 18-0.The big hitters in this gamewere Ashley East with threehits and four runs scoredand Kallie Jo Jones whotook two hits and two runsscored and one homerun.On the mound for the Tarswas Ingrid Schumacher,who pitched six strikeoutsand only allowed two hits.

The Tars capped offtheir day in the third andfinal game versus Claflin. Ina closer match-up, the Tars

came close to giving up avictory, allowing them tocollect two runs off of threehits in the first inning andthree more runs off of twohits in the fourth. The Tarsonly held four runs until thelast two at-bats when theyscored a total of seven runsultimately taking the gamewith a score of 11-5.

On Saturday, all gamesin the Tournament wererained out by strong thun-derstorms but play contin-ued on Sunday.

Sunday saw the Tarsshut out Albany State inboth games of a doubleheader. In the first game,freshman pitcher NicoleAnderson tallied ninestrikeouts and only allowedthree runs, as Rollins col-lected 15 runs. The big hit-ters included senior KellyCruz and freshman AshleyEast, who each had threehits with three at-bats.

In the second gameagainst Albany, seniorpitcher Ingrid Schumacherallowed five hits and man-aged eight strikeouts.Schumacher and AmandaDeFilippo each batted 2-3and brought home one runa piece. Defensively, theTars went error free in bothgames and never allowedthe Rams to score a singlerun.

The softball team looksforward to 12 more games,six of them being confer-


Softball strutsthrough season

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It’s Magic: Magic EnjoySuccess Since Trade

Jacob Langston / KRT Campus

AND THE DUNK: The Magic’s Dwight Howard continues tocontribute his leadership and talent to the franchise.

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