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Wednesday April 19,2006 was a perfect day forRollins to hold a great event.There was great weather, alot of people, free O-BoysBBQ food and iced tea andthe introduction of Rollins'new mascot, Tommy the Tar.With free O-Boys and any-one invited to attend, theStudent Athlete AdvisoryCommittee (SAAC) spon-sored Student Athlete Day.The event experienced a

great turnout, as many peo-ple from all parts of the col-lege attended. Ashley Huns-berger, from the women'ssoccer team had the honorsof hosting the event.

While most of the hour-long get-together consistedof faculty, staff, students andstudent-athletes makingsure they got their share ofthe free O-Boys chicken andiced-tea, there was also atime to recognize the athleticteams and their accomplish-ments this year.

Among the notable ac-complishments were theMen's basketball team, whofinished 25-7, and advancingto the second round of theSouth Region Tournament.The Tars also had athleteIsaac Codrey(who was in at-tendance) win a spot on theSunshine State Conference

first team. The women's bas-ketball team finished with aperfect regular season andfinished the season 28-2, and

they advanced to the firstround of the South Region.Coach Glenn Wilkes wasnamed the WBCA Division

II coach of the Year. Thewomen's volleyball team ad-vanced to their first regional

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NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2CRUMMER NEWS . . . . .5HOLT NEWS . . . . . . . . . .6LIFE & TIMES . . . . . . . . . .8ENTERTAINMENT . . . .12OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . .15SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Index

Semester in ReviewRelive the memorable moments of the Spring2006 semester with a photo montage of our his-toric moments this year.

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What’s a Senior to do?Our reporter examines various different

exciting things for those who are enjoying theirlast days at Rollins College to do.

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Rollins Hockey TeamDespite hardships and student apathy the

Rollins Ice Hockey team continues to play morefor love than the laurels of victory

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APRIL 28, 2006

Instead of sitting in theirrooms with a good book inhand or finishing up all ofthose last minute papers,Rollins English majors en-joyed an outdoor picnic withfriends and professors onSunday, April 23rd. The pic-nic, near the Orlando Hallvolleyball court, included alot of food, casual conversa-tion and fun for everyone.

A nice day outdoors iswhat everyone needs fromtime to time, especially nowthat finals are coming upand students will be stuckindoors studying.

Each member of the Eng-lish faculty contributed theirown foods to kick-off the cel-ebration. As more and moreprofessors arrived, theamount of food set out onthe tables built. Two long ta-bles were filled with alltypes of food, including friedchicken, biscuits, bakedbeans, coleslaw, pasta salad,cookies, brownies, and ofcourse cake.

Of course a get togetherof English majors would nothave been complete without

celebrating the 442nd birth-day of William Shakespeare.Likewise, it would not havebeen complete withoutsinging "Happy Birthday."Professor Alan Nordstromstood at the head of the tableleading everyone in the songand even shared one of hisown poems.

After the song it wastime for cake. Once the cakewas cut, everyone received aspecial gift from the Englishdepartment. Each personwho attended the picnic re-ceived a special Englishmajor T-shirt, which madestudents very proud. Profes-sor Nordstrom modeled his

shirt during the picnic.Students sat around and

compared next year's sched-ules. Students also had theopportunity to discuss thissemester's class with profes-sors or speak with professorsabout what to expect in up-coming courses.

Few students and pro-

fessors then took part in avolleyball game. Based onthe way the game went, Eng-lish majors probably shouldstick to writing papers in-stead of competing againsttheir professors at any sort ofathletic activity. Yes, the pro-fessors dominated.

Professor Steven Wexlergave a few pointers to thosestudents who participated inthe game, but even his ad-vice did not seem to help theRollins English majors. Pro-fessor Wexler's young chil-dren even had better aimthan.

Students finally got afighting chance once Profes-sor James Rovira joined theirteam. His height helpedgreatly and students finallygot the ball over the net.

The volleyball gameended once Professor PaulReich hit the volleyball intoone of Rollins many tall oaktrees and it did not comeback down. Everyonelooked up in awe as the vol-leyball became wedged be-tween the tree branches.

As the picnic came to aclose few students took someof the left food with them

English Majors Enjoy Some Fun in the Sun

ROCHELLE SIEGEL / The Sandspur

FRIENDS WITH COMMON INTERESTS: English Majors from all over campus came togetherrecently to play volleyball and other activities.

Rochelle Siegelthe sandspur

Rollins Celebrates Student Athlete DayJuan Bernalthe sandspur

RYAN WALLS / The Sandspur

ON THE LAWN: Student athletes joined together recently to eat food, make friends, and take abreak from their busy end of the year schedules.

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and took off. The picnic wasa good way for students andfaculty to get together out-side of the classroom.

Recently, the English de-partment has revampedtheir major and minor. Themajor now gives studentsthe opportunity to followmore than one track withinthe major. Students can ei-ther take classes that focuson creative writing or litera-ture.

The new major has beencreated in attempt to pro-vide more individual choic-es to each student. The newcurriculum will allow stu-dents to take six electivesthat meet their individual in-terests. The classes that areno longer being offered cannow be replaced with class-es that focus on the samegenres.

Those students whohave already started the oldmajor but are now con-cerned that they cannot fin-ish the major because manyof the courses are no longerbeing offered need to re-member that for English ma-

jors, anything can be workedout. The best person to talkto is an advisor.

The English departmenthas high hopes for their newmajor. By giving studentsthe opportunity to follow

their own unique tracks willmake for a more interestingmajor in which students cantake classes that interestthem and no longer have tosit through classes that donot interest students.

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Egypt: Ten people were ar-rested Tuesday after threebombs ripped apart a Sinaibeach resort at the height ofEgypt's tourist season. Thebombs killed 24 people andinjured more than 80, manyof them tourists.

Germany: A 53-year-oldGerman woman was finedby the police after beingcaughtdriving her deadmother across country tosave on mortuary trans-portation costs.

Russia: A satellite waslaunched for Isreal that willbe used to spy on Iran’s nu-clear program.

Mexico: Five Mexican chil-dren were killed when alarge metal cross they werepraying at was struck bylightning causing severeburns all over their bodies.

England: Prince Harry, anarmy officer and third inline to the throne, may beshielded from the frontline ifhis unit is sent to war.

Maryland: A 12-year-oldboy was arrested for thedeaths of his mother andyounger brother, who werefound beaten and stabbed todeath in the family's apart-ment.

New York: The developerof the site of the formerWorld Trade Center hasagreed to let the governmentoversee the construction ofthe 1,776-foot FreedomTower and a second sky-scraper.

Washington: The Bush ad-ministration plans on con-ducting background checkson an estimated 400,000 portworkers to ensure they donot pose a terrorism threat.

Pennsylvania: A six-year-old girl died after runningback into a burning house tofind her mother.

Washington: President Bushhas ordered a temporarysuspension of environmen-tal rules for gasoline, inorder to possibly lowerprices at the pump. This willallow refiners more flexibili-ty in providing oil, sincethey will not have to use cer-tain additives such asethanol to clean the air.

Kansas: Five teenage boyswere charged after threaten-ing to carry out a shootingspree at their school, on theanniversary of theColumbine incident.

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athlete daytournament since 1995, andonly did it for the secondtime in school history. Thewomen's golf team won theSSC conference golf tourna-ment for the fourth straightseason, and looks for itsfourth straight national title.Aside from the festivities,there were also prizes thatincluded free tickets to Uni-versal Studios, gift certifi-cates to Park Avenue, a jew-elry set, a free month's work-out with a personal trainerand various sets of sandals.

After the teams were rec-ognized and the abundanceof free O-Boys food was ex-hausted, there was a hugeinflatable obstacle course

that some students and stu-dent-athletes participated in.Eric Boucher, a sophomorefrom Boston, Massachusetts,dominated the event by de-feating anyone who chal-lenged him. "I had fun beat-ing everyone," said Boucher.Overall, Student Athlete Daywas a fun-filled event. "Ithink Student Athlete Daywas great for the school. TheO-Boys food was great. Ithink it was a great eventthat united the campus. Iwas surprised at the numberof people that showed up.Tommy the Tar looked greatalso. It was a cool event,"said Jono Majhanovich, ajunior Arts and Sciences stu-dent from Wyoming.


EATING TOGETHER: Student Athlete Day provided athleteswith good food and fun.

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english major fair


LET’S EAT: Two tables full of food awaited any English majorwho attended the picnic, thanks to the English professors.


TIME TO SOCIALIZE: Students and professors gather outside of Orlando Hall for a picnic con-taining a variety of different foods.

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The Semester

In

Pictures

Spring 2006

COURTESY OF ROLLINS PR DEPARTMENT

FEBRUARY: Dean Casey Elected Provost.KARINA MCCABE / The Sandspur

MARCH: Rollins students participate in hurricane relief.

MORGAN CULVER / The Sandspur

MARCH: Dennis Haskins (Mr. Belding!) comes to campus. COURTESY OF LARA BUESO

APRIL: Cat McConnell and Lara Bueso win SGA elections.

DANI PICARD / The Sandspur / Illustration

APRIL: Blizzard hits Central Florida while classes remain. BRANDY VANDERWERKEN / The Sandspur

APRIL: Fox Day lands on April 11 this year!

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Walking around campusthis week and last, youmight have noticed the signshanging around informingyou of interesting Earthfacts, such as that a singlegrocery store uses 65,500,000bags every year.

Put on by Eco-Rollinsand the Department of Envi-ronmental Studies, EarthDay 2006 took place lastThursday, from 12-2.

For those of you whosomehow missed MotherEarth's celebration, youmissed out on a dunk tank,booths that held informationfor those looking to becomemore environmentallyfriendly, tie-dye, pins andfree bags that spell out yourcommitment to recycling oncampus.

Past Earth Days on cam-pus have included the sign-ing on the Talliores Declara-tion, donations for local en-vironmentally-friendly or-ganizations, local bands,presentations by localgroups such as the WekiwaSprings State Park, and theAudobon Birds of Prey Cen-ter, according to the RollinsRecycling website.

Earth day begin in 1970,when organizations aroundthe world celebrated theplanet with their own localactivities. This was in re-sponse to the meltdown offuel rods in the SavannahRiver nuclear plant nearAiken, South Carolina.

Proposed by SenatorGaylord Nelson of Wiscon-sin, the plan was to "Shakeup the political establish-ment and force this issueonto the national agenda." Itwas a plan of action thatworked.

The first Earth Day onApril 22nd 20 million Amer-icans protested the continualdegradation of the environ-ment, demanding a changeto the way the Earth wastaken care of. Colleges acrossthe nation organized ralliesand protests against the "oilspills, polluting factories andpower plants, raw sewage,toxic dumps, pesticides,freeways, the loss of wilder-ness and the extinction ofwildlife," as stated in the his-tory of Earth Day bywww.earthday.net.

Despite the amazing suc-cess of Earth Days in theUnited States, it wasn't untilthe 1990's that they began tobe celebrated on a global

scale. Organized by Dennis

Hayes, who was the nationalorganizer for the 1970 EarthDay, 200 million people in141 countries all came to-gether on April 22nd, 1990 topledge their commitment toprotecting the environment.This Earth Day resulted in ahuge boost to recyclingaround the world, and al-lowed for the 1992 UnitedNations Earth Summit in Riode Janeiro.

This year these samegroups have pledged their

commitment to launch athree year campaign thatwill focus on solutions onhow to tackle the problemsof climate changes, accord-ing to the earth day website.

Other activities through-out Winter Park to celebrateEarth Day included a treegive away on Saturday, pre-sented by the Winter ParkForestry Division, wheretrees where handed out tolocal Winter Park residences,as well as classes in garden-ing and proper tree-plant-ing.

But maybe you missedout on Earth Day 2006, andyou still want to help out theenvironment and do yourpart. Check out the EarthDay website to start plan-ning your own Earth Day,check out environmentallyfriendly products or donateto a good cause.

Even though the schoolyear is coming to a close, youcan always sign up for theEco-Rollins next year andhelp out with Earth Day2007 and other projects tohelp the globe.

Earth Day Comes to Rollins CampusKelsey Fieldthe sandspur


EARTH DAY: Students gathered together to celebrate Earth Day 2006 through different boothsaimed at teaching students about environmental issues and raising awareness.

This past Wednesday,April 19, at 6:00 P.M. theCenter for Leadership Devel-opment (CLD) held a dinnerceremony for leadership stu-dents at the Citrus Club inthe top of the BB&T buildingin Downtown Orlando.

Among the at-tendees were Lead-ership Certificaterecipients, Distin-guished Leader ofMerit (DLM) final-ists, the DLM win-ner, and a numberof faculty, staff, ad-ministrators, andleaders from thecommunity.

The event start-ed off with somemingling amongthose at the event,then everyone wastreated to a deli-cious three-coursemeal completewith coffee and cake. Afterthe guests finished eating,CLD Director Dr. Susan Bach

recognized the leaders in theroom, from both Crummerand the community, and of-fered her highest commen-dations of these attendees aswell as the leadership stu-dents.

Those students receivingthe Leadership Certificates,which consisted of both firstand second year EAMBAs,

stood to be recognized fortheir accomplishments andreceived a beautiful framed

award.Immediately following

this presentation, leadershipstudents who went aboveand beyond the require-ments for the LeadershipCertificate were recognizedas DLM finalists, had theirpictures taken with DeanCraig McAllaster, and re-ceived a beautiful award for

their accomplish-ments.

Finally, GregTurkanik wasrecognized ashaving complet-ed and surpassedthe requirementsfor the Distin-guished Leaderof Merit and be-came the second-ever recipient ofthis prestigiousaward.

Over the pasttwo years, Greghas attendednearly everyevent ever held

at Crummer, co-founded theCrummer Consulting Club,and has excelled academical-

ly. Up next: his own busi-ness. Congratulations, Greg,on a job very well done!

The leadership banquetwas a very enjoyable eventand concluded with a little

more mingling and picturetaking. At the end, all guestswalked away feeling proudof their accomplishmentsand of the accomplishmentsof all others present.

For the graduates ofEAMBA IX, it's been nearlytwo years since we came tothat first day of orientation.Between that day and tomor-row, our graduation, we'vemet countless new people,made friends from aroundthe world, had a great time,and even learned a fewthings from all the classeswe've taken.

As we go forward intothe next stage of our lives,whether that is more school,a job search, or our first "ca-reer" job, I'm sure we'll alllook back to our time atCrummer with fondness andmaybe an occasional desireto return to these days.

For instance, who couldforget Dr. Certo's Organiza-tional Behavior class thatfirst semester, having toshow up at 8:30 in the morn-ing and pray you didn't getcalled on for an answer to

the first case you didn't get achance to read.

If you did get caught,you faced the dilemma oftrying to fluff your waythrough it or admitting youdidn't read. I can safely saymost of us opted for the for-mer. In our defense, that oneparticular instance was theonly day we didn't read, andwe just had the horrible luckof being called upon. Well,maybe.

There were also Dr. Ren-der's online mid-terms andfinals. If you understood theclass and did a good job onall the homework assign-ments, chances are youmessed up the tests. If youwere like me, you hardly un-derstood a thing in thehomework, but somehowmanaged to ace the tests. Gofigure. Either way, who did-n't love the class for its reallife examples and interestingguest speakers?

My ultimate favorite,however, had to be Dr. Veit'sclass. I don't know if I

passed the final, and I knowmy final grade wasn't so hot,but I didn't want to miss theclass just because I'd be miss-ing out on such a fun time.The witty comments andseemingly accidental humorwas priceless, and I almosttook another finance classjust for more. Almost.

Then there was GRASP,the pinnacle experience of atleast the first year, andmaybe of both. For manypeople, it was their first timebeing out of the country,while others were returningto well-traveled areas ofCentral Europe via Slovakiaand Hungary.

Whether an excited new-bie or a seasoned veteran,however, nearly everyonehad a wonderful time meet-ing new people from differ-ent cultures, experiencingthe day and night life incountries with rich historiesand hopeful futures, andbonding with peers in newand different ways thanwe'd done until then.

There was also the food,which, depending on yourperspective, was a great newexperience or a reminder ofwhy Burger King and Mc-Donald's are big in the U.S.and overseas. Personally, Idon't see how you can beat adelicious chicken sandwichlunch out of a literal hole-in-the-wall in Slovakia forabout $1.75, but that's justme.

The second year, every-one branched out a little.Some of us took classes withthe PMBAs, some of usnever saw certain classmatesuntil the banquet, and someof us found jobs to furtheraggravate our hectic sched-ules.

This disjointed nature ofthe second year made it a lit-tle harder to stay together asa class or group, but a littleeasier to hang out with dif-ferent people, give others asecond chance, and ultimate-ly discover with whom wemight be most compatible asfriends.

Perhaps a third yearwould have really providedthe time to fine tune these,but I'm willing to forego thatand be happy with whereI've gotten in two! As far as Ican tell, most of you agreeand are ready to "get outthere in the real world" with-out schoolwork to do at thesame time.

As we all go our separateways, hopefully we will notforget the good times andgood people in the past twoyears, and hopefully we'llfind some way to keep intouch with one another andwill our new alma mater.

To all faculty, staff, andadministrators, thanks foreverything. You've been asbig a part of our success aswe've been.

To all graduates, I'd liketo offer the best of luck inyour future, and best wishesfor all your aspirations com-ing true. And in case I don'tcatch you tomorrow at theceremony, Congratulations!You've earned it.

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EDITOR: MELINDA GREEN [email protected]

A Look Back on the Past Two Years:Congratulations on Getting Through!

Melinda Greenthe sandspur

Greg Turkanik Receives DistinguishedLeader of Merit at CLD Banquet

Melinda Greenthe sandspur

MELINDA GREEN / the sandspur

WORTH ALL THE HARD WORK: Greg Turkanik re-ceives the Distinguished Leader of Merit Award at theLeadership banquet

As I promised, this weekI am going to briefly discussthe last three topics intro-duced in the last week articleGoals, Keys to Success, HowWould You Define Them? Fol-low Three Easy Steps.

These three topics are vi-sion, change, and persistence.Let’s look at each definitionseparately.

Firstly, “vision is not see-ing things as they are, but asthey will be.” In my opin-ions, no one should be sur-prised by this definition. It isa very basic one.

But because we oftenforget the basics, this re-minder is as important as afirst learn definition.

Do you have a vision? Ifyou do, what is it? If youdon’t, why not? It is very im-portant that you have a vi-sion.

Someone without a vi-sion is comparable to aschizophrenic person; theylive on a day-to-day basis.

They wander around, goplaces without a reason.They don’t think about whattomorrow may bring.

Your vision may soundabsurd to people even to yousometime but don’t give up.You have nothing to loosebut all to win.

You never know; yourvision could change theworld for the better. Think ofthe effect of the White Broth-ers’ vision on the worldtoday!

I believe that anyonewithout a vision is someonewith no future.

With this ever-changingworld, everyone should ex-pect something in the future,and this expectation willhelp them adapting to thisconstant change in life.

With that I move to thenext topic: “change—onething that remains constantis change.” If you take thisdefinition literally, youwould reject it right off thebat.

But do yourself a favorby looking deeper into the

meaning of this definition.Take your mind as an exam-ple.

How many times youhave an idea in mind for aminute and change it thenext? There are too many ex-amples to support this state-ment about change.

The world and its inhab-itants change constantly.Some of these changes areman made changes whilesome are natural changes.No matter what you do, it issubject to change, voluntari-ly or involuntarily. No onecould escape the constant ef-fect of change.

As far as vision andchange are concerned youmust have a vision and beprepared to adapt to the con-stant change of the everydaylife.

Therefore to keep your-self on track you must be re-lentless. This is why persist-ence is so important. Sowhat is it? An anonymousthinker defines it as follows:

“Nothing in the worldcan take the place of persist-ence.

Talent will not; nothingis more common than un-successful men with talent.

Genius will not; unre-warded genius is almost aproverb.

Education will not; theworld is full of educatedderelicts.

Persistence and determi-nation alone are omnipo-tent.”

There is no need to try toexplain this definition; it isself explanatory. One thing Imust say; the White Brothersfailed many times beforethey could successfully ac-complish a few seconds-flight that completelychanged the way human be-ings used to see the world.

Besides having a vision,adapting to constant change,and being persistent, youmust know that “Success is ajourney, not a destination.”

Therefore on your jour-ney make sure you makegreat use of the above topics.Good luck on your journey;you’ll make it.

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EDITOR: JEAN BERNARD [email protected]

On February 7, 2005,Communiqué hosted itssecond Annual Network-ing Roundtable event inthe Galloway Room oncampus at Rollins Col-lege.

Several representa-tives from organizationswithin the communitywere present, includingWalt Disney World, Dard-en Restaurants, DailyBuzz, Orlando Sentinel,Salvation Army and more.

The student turnoutfor the event was evenhigher than the previousRoundtable event in 2005.

It is important to note

that the NetworkingRoundtable offers allRollins students the op-portunity to meet and askquestions from profes-sionals within the Floridacommunity.

Furthermore, a ThankYou is in order for all theorganizations who tookthe time to inform Rollinsstudents on their experi-ences and knowledge intheir fields

On March 2, 2005,Communiqué in conjunc-tion with “Quotes” fromUCF, participated in theFPRA’s annual “Roast andToast” fundraising eventat the Church Street Ball-room in downtown Orlan-do.

Communiqué PresidentLauren Kleinschmit, VicePresident MeredithSpindler, and future offi-

cers Lindsy Hays, Caro-line Green, and Christo-pher McClure represent-

ed Rollins College at theFPRA’s annual event.

A silent auction washeld in addition to thecomical roasting of Orlan-do attorney Fred Leon-hardt with GrayRobinsonAttorney at law. The scholarship fundrais-er was an incredible suc-cess, with Dean SharonCarrier receiving a check

of more than $39,000 forcommunication scholar-ships for UCF and Rollinsstudents.

Communiqué and itsmembers are actively par-ticipating in the RollinsCommunity. On April 27,2006, the FPRA ImageAwards will be held at theOrange County RegionalHistory Center in Down-town Orlando.

This event would be agreat opportunity to beseen and network withmany different PR profes-sionals.

In addition, the thirdannual NetworkingRoundtable is alreadyunder planning, and it istentatively being sched-uled for early November2006.

All students are en-couraged to attend andparticipate with the orga-nization’s professionals inattendance. For moreinformation regardingCommuniqué and ourevents, please check outour website,www.rollins.edu/commu-nique and become a partof our team.

Chris McClureCommuniqué coordinator

Communiqué Makes AName For Itself

Be Visionary,Adapt ToChanges, BePersistence!

Jean Bernard Cherythe sandspur

COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE/PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Meredith Spindler, Chris McClure,Caroline Greene, and Lauren Kleinschmit.


FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Dean Sharon Carrier receiving ascholarship check for the Hamilton Holt School.


NETWORKING: The opportunity for networking was tremen-dous.

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Although I am fullyaware that every beginninghas an end, I still cannot cometo term with the end of mytime at Rollins.

After I completed my AAdegree at Valencia Communi-ty College in fall 2003, I hadthe option of attending theUniversity of Central Floridaor Rollins College; I choseRollins.

Honestly I can’t remem-ber the true logic behind mydecision except I did not wantto be in a classroom with 500students. God! I made theright decision.

At the Hamilton HoltSchool, I found a web of greatpeople, students, faculty andstaff alike.

I was a little worriedabout attending a predomi-nantly white institution butalso thought I could do mybest to fit in.

It turns out I did not needto do much in order to gainacceptance. Everyone mademe feel welcome at all time.Well…most of the time.

All my professors showcomplete interest in my suc-cess. Without naming any-one, I must acknowledgethree professors’ actions tosupport my statement.

One day, I went to a slat-ed meeting with a professorregarding my research paper,and he asked me; what isyour plan after graduation?

Law school; I answered. Hesaid, great! The legal profes-sion needs great people likeyou. I was thrilled to hearthat.

Then he said, if you everneed letter of recommenda-tion, let me know. He didkeep his promise, althoughhe was no longer teachinghere by the time I needed theletter. I cannot forget this.

Then after a low perform-ance on the LSAT, I e-maileda professor, who always ad-vises me on law school issues,to tell him that I will notapply to law schools this year.He told me to evaluate myweakness and work on it andstrongly recommended that Itake a prep class before retak-ing the test.

Besides all, he said, makesure you apply to some thirdand fourth tier schools; yourscore isn’t that bad someonetaking it for the first time andwith no preparation.

He also reminded me thatthe LSAT score is one of manyfactors considers in the ad-mission process. He wasright; thank to is advice I amnot going to wait a year aftermy BA to start law school.You will always be in myheart.

In addition to my followclassmates who were alwayssupportive of me in bad andgood times, I will be foreverin debt to members ofHHSGA, CSA and The Sand-spur.

At the Sandspur, I discov-

ered that Arts & Sciences stu-dents are not disconnectedrich kids who do not careabout others.

They are great, caring, in-telligent, dedicated and re-sponsible students.

I heard many bad storiesabout them from people out-side of the Rollins communi-ty; I am not saying these sto-ries are completely untrue,but most of the Sandspurstaff, who I worked with foran entire year, does not fit inthese stories.

I worried about notknowing what to do as a sec-tion editor after Brian gradu-ated last semester, but theA&S staff was always readyto help me.

I am glad I decided to jointhe newspaper; I must en-courage every student, A&S,Holt and Crummer to jointhis great family. Yes theSandspur is a family.

I am happy to start lawschool next fall but sad that Ihave to leave the Rollins com-munity. I enjoyed every singlemoment of my educationhere.

I believe that every stu-dent could make their educa-tion at Rollins more enjoyablein taking advantage of all re-sources available to them.

I am proud of my associ-ation to this great institution.If I would have to do it again,I would close my eyes and doit all over. Who knows,maybe I’ll come back for anMBA after my JD.

Jean Bernard Cherythe sandspur

Two Years of Memories

It is the end of the se-mester and graduation isupon us. The happy gradu-ates have ordered their capsand gowns and are eagerlyawaiting commencement.

They have paid theirdues (and tuition), they havewritten their term papersand suffered through morefinals than any of us.

I must say, while I amhappy for the graduates I ammore than a bit envious.Anyone who knows me andhas asked me when I gradu-ate has heard my favoriteand typical response: aglumly stated never.

It does seem like an eter-nity before I will walk acrossa stage to receive a diplomabut it is not that daunting. Itseems just weeks ago I wassitting in a classroom for thefirst time in eight years de-termined to do my best.

However, my return toacademia wasn't weeks ago;this semester is the end ofmy second year at Rollins.My pending graduation yearis 2008.

Yes, it is April 2006 andthat may seem far away butthe truth is, in terms of grad-uating, its right around thecorner. In school time, thatis only four more semesters.

Remember two weeksinto the Spring 2006 semes-ter when you were com-plaining to any classmateyou could find that you wereready for the semester to beover?

Now, you are stressingover finals and possiblyeven wishing the semesterwas a tad bit longer so youcould have the opportunity

to boost your final grade. If you think about it, re-

move yourself from yourangst-ridden college exis-tence, you'll see the time didpass quickly.

There is now one less se-mester between you andyour goal of a degree.

The key to maintainingnot only your grades butyour sanity is to prepare forthe future while concentrat-ing on the present.

What's the rush? Thelong hours, overtime andridiculous office rules aren'tgoing anywhere. And to myknowledge, if you were bornafter 1960, the retirement ageis still 67.

While the majority ofHamilton Holt studentshave already felt the realitiesof post-graduate life remem-ber that college is not some-thing to rush through; it isan experience. Your timewill come.

You may not be graduat-ing at the end of this semes-ter but you deserve ac-knowledgment and congrat-ulations as well.

It takes a certain personto excel in the world of high-er education and it takeseven more fortitude and de-sire when jobs, mortgagesand children demand just asmuch time as research pa-pers and projects.

You have accomplishedsomething over the past fourmonths that should bringyou pride. Whether it isyour first semester, yourfourth or fifth - you made itto see the end of the semes-ter.

Be honest, it wasn't asbad as you made it seem.Hey, only 115 days until thenext full semester; see you inthe fall.

Tanisha Mathisthe sandspur

Another GreatYear For Holt

Semester’s End SocialFor Holt Students @

Fiddler’s

Thursday May 47 p.m.

Food & Free T-shirt

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EDITOR: KARINA MC [email protected]

In recent weeks, I havehad quite an adventure!

I have gone to the main-land and eaten fried noodlesfor breakfast.

I have been stuck in theMiddle-of-Nowhere, China,where two out of three busesI have set foot in have bro-ken down, and so I barelymade the cut at the border atmidnight.

I have been invited to anauthentic tea ceremony bymy roommate’s father andlearned more about this cul-tural aspect than I couldhave ever imagined.

I have volunteered at thelocal YMCA without beingable to speak the language,and yet I still had a blast.

I have done my studieswhile sitting in an historicwalled park left over fromthe time of the initial Britishinvasion. Here, I shared myspace with old men whotake their birds (and cages!)for a walk and a little bit ofsocializing.

I have also watchedcountless films at the HongKong International Film Fes-tival.

Basically, I have justdone so many things I neverhave before, and had asplendid time at it! The se-mester is coming to an endnow, though, and I am goingto miss the adventures of thecity, and the adventure eachclass presented. These in-cluded everything frompassing around Tibetan

swords and dusters made ofYak hair in my Chinese Poli-tics and Government ofChina to going on trips toone of the world’s most effi-cient business libraries over-looking the stunning HongKong harbour. My classes allhad highlights that I willnever forget, even includinga New Year's flower marketto evaluate business ap-proaches! The entire semes-ter has just been one grandunbelievable experience.

I remember my firstweeks here. Everythingseemed strange, but I lovedit. It is interesting to see howquickly one adjusts and

takes differences for grant-ed. For example, when I firstgot to Hong Kong, I was los-ing weight without trying.The pounds were flying off.I have now figured out thereason for this. It was not allthe walking I was doing orthe healthy food choices ofAsians at large. No. It wasthe mere fact that I was inca-pable of handling chopsticksproperly, so I was shovingthem into a bowl with highhopes that maybe somethingwould stick (about one grainof rice always did). The topicof Chinese food would re-quire a whole story for itself,

though, even apart from myabove mentioned inability tobring it to my mouth at first.

I must admit that I havenot jumped over my disgustand gotten myself to gnawon chicken feet yet, and withtime running out thechances are looking prettyslim.

My adventures lay morein the realm of deserts. Any-one for lotus-paste filledbuns or red bean, well,everything? Or how aboutplum jelly-filled marshmal-lows and chocolate thattastes curiously like soap?

Mostly, though, my tastepalate has just, on an every-

day basis,been re-vised be-c a u s ethings Iw o u l dnever darethrow intoone pothave actu-ally endedup tastingt r e m e n -dous. An-other thing

so curiousat first wasthe abun-

dance of machines that talkto you. Be it vending ma-chines, photo machines, ele-vators, trains, etcetera.Everything is talking to you,and in three languages, atthe minimum. If Iam particularlylucky, only in Chi-nese.

There is literal-ly not one second ofsilence in my daily15 story ride to myroom, because bythe time it has beenannounced that‘Doors are closing.Going up. 2nd

floor. Doorsare opening”in Cantoneseand English,we have alreadyreached the secondfloor and, you guessedit, the “Doors are clos-ing.”

Also, takingeverything literally isalso a typical HongKong characteristic. Ifyou take the "Subway"and expect to findtransportation, thinkagain. You would find

a way underneath the roadto walk through to the otherside. You know, a substituteway!

Another example islemon tea, which is present-ed as whatever tea was avail-able, and a ton of lemonslices thrown inside for goodmeasure.

Also, be aware of order-ing anything as a take-away,because the odds are youwill get your drink orderbeing poured straight from anormal glass into a plasticbag. I mean, what do youwant? You can take it away,they got that one right.

Furthermore, the con-stant popping up of umbrel-las left and right, and in my

eye is something I havenever witnessed to such anextreme. I am so used toblack or at least very darkumbrellas blending intocold, grey winters, ratherthan pastel-colored, UV-re-flective umbrellas being car-ried around all day by face-mask clad people in the blis-tering heat, reflecting theneon-lights that hang above.

Unfortunately, right now

I am tied up in my roomwith brilliant little 10,000word essays and exams thatcount for the majority of mygrade, so I cannot walkaround Hong Kong revelingat all these factors. But theentire trip was more thanworth it.

In fact, this is the first se-mester ever that I am not ex-cited about it coming to anend. I have a list with abouta billion places that I wantedto see, and have not yet got-ten around to.

However, I am decided-ly looking forward to itemsthat are made for Westernersagain. Little details like beds,clothes, and so on. At onetime during the semester,

the amazingshoes luredme in, causingme to buy apair thatclearly wasmade for peo-ple half mysize, squash-ing my feetinto them anddeciding towalk aroundsight-seeingin them all

day. Can wesay self-in-duced foot

binding? Not a good idea,take it from me if you comehere.

On that note, you reallyshould. If you have a semes-ter that you can spare inyour 4 college years, give it ashot and study in HongKong. Pop by the Interna-tional Office and pick up anapplication… I have honest-ly never had such a fulfillingsemester.

CORA HARDIN / The Sandspur

HELPING OUT: Cora Hardin spent part of her time in HongKong volunteering with children.

A summary ofone student’s adventures duringa semester inHong Kong.

Cora Hardinthe sandspur


TELL ME!: Everything in Hong Kong, includingthis fortune telling machines talks to people!


TEA TIME: Cora Hardin was fortunate enough to experi-ence a formal Chinese tea ceremony.

An End To The Adventure

LIFE&TIMES 9APRIL 28, 2006· THE SANDSPURVOL. 112 ISSUE 27

Miracle Cold Cure Takes Over Campus!

Airborne, a health for-mula tablet that has revolu-tionized how college stu-dents fight off germs andbacteria that make us sick.

The average college stu-dent has to be able go toclass on time, be a dormchef, be a cleaning lady, andother time consuming tasks,and the last thing this multi-tasker needs is to be sick.

For many at Rollins Col-lege, swears airborne workson them. This miracle tabletcontains herbal extracts, an-tioxidants, electrolytes,amino acids, andvitamins.For all those thatdo not know what most ofthese are, it is simply meansit fights off the common coldbefore it starts.

The way it works isevery three hours at the firstsign of a cold a tabletdropped in the choice of liq-uid, like water or juice, to bedissolved. It seems simplyenough, but when some-thing is too good to be true,it probably is.

So further research ofthis tablet explains possibleproblems or side effects onecould occur. This tablet hasnot undergone any testing

by the US Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)which makes many con-sumers worry of this drug.

Some feel that this curefor the common cold is aplacebo pill filled with apunch of vitamin C that con-vinces takers to believe thatit is working, and continueto purchase the tablets.

Others feel that whocares if it is a placebo, aslong as it makes me feel thatit is fighting of germs andbacteria, than so be it. Thisrepeated buying and indi-vidual word of mouth hasmade $17 million dollars insales last year.

There no sure way that ahigh doses of Vitamin C or Acan prevent the commoncold or block potential coldsymptoms. Also, the use ofChinese vitex, used in the

tablet, has been linked to in-crease blood pressure. Tomake the problem evenworse, Vitamin C in highdoses increases oxalate andurate excretion that maycause future kidney stones,according to ABC News.

Also, Answers.com hascome out stating that “withherbs and dietary supple-ments in general, we onlyhave the manufacturers’word on the label for what’sin them.”

The company can easilybe hiding its true ingredi-ents, and labeling false ones.

The only way to solvethis mystery is to be a guineapig, and see if it works.

Just keep in mind the po-tential effects of this coldsupplement.

Harry ReyesContributing Writer

Not quite amiracle, but Air-borne works pret-ty well for multi-tasking students.

KARINA MC CABE / The Sandspur

OVERWORKED: An overworked student obviously in direneed of the new miracle drug, Airborne.

Dear Fox,

Recently I havestarted dating thisgreat guy. He is thebest guy I haveever met and Ithink I am in love.He treats me sowell, always takesme out, never for-gets to call, and all myfriends think he is per-fect for me. So fareverything in the rela-tionship is going great,except for the fact thatlately each time I havehung out with him wehave also spent timewith his friends. Andthe more time I spendwith his friends I haverealized I have begunto develop a crush onhis best friend. Thelast thing I want to dois hurt my boyfriendbut I like them bothand I don't know whatto do. Should I stophanging out with himuntil the feelings pass?I don't want to messup this relationshipbecause I think thereare some good thingsthat could come of it.

Sincerely,Double Trouble

Dear Double Trouble,

It seems to methat you are in love,but your conflictingfeelings are getting inthe way.

If you feel that itis love then youshould pursue it. Tryspending some alone

time with yourboyfriend. The leastamount of time youspend around yourboyfriend’s friends themore time you will getto know yourboyfriend better and itwill also allow time forthe confusing feelingsto pass.

Relat ionshipsare work, rememberthat. Sometimes thingshappen that you haveto work through, sokeep at it. All relation-ships hit bunps in theroad. Keep at it espe-cially if you thinksomething good willcome of the relation-ship. You seem to havedeep feelings for yourboyfriend and think itis something meant tobe.

Ask yourselfwhat if really impor-tant in life. If the feel-ings do not passmaybe it would be agood idea to take ashort break in order tofigure things out.

It is important tolive your life in theway that makes youhappy.

Lovingly Yours,

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AskThe Fox!

10 &Life TTHE SANDSPUR· APRIL 28, 2006

For all you seniors, theride has finally come to anend. Your four years (or fivedepending on your motiva-tion level) are culminatinginto a graduation ceremonywhere your hard work andalmost $160,000 have paid

off. So now that it is all saidand done what should youdo with your precious littletime that you have left as asenior and before the corpo-rate world, internships, and

graduate school eat youalive? Here are a few ideas...

Spend quality time withthe friends who quickly be-came your family. Go out todinner, take some pictures,and go to the beach. Whatev-er it is that you love to do, doit with them, because younever know when you willsee them again and tele-phone conversations justaren't the same. Plan a party,throw some burgers onto thegrill and get all those peopleover for one last fiesta.

If you are leaving Flori-da, make sure you see all thesights because you maynever come back. Accordingto the Visitflorida.com web-site, there are 1100 miles ofbeaches in this state, so takeadvantage. Go beyond Cocoand check out somethingnew. The Keyes are famedfor their beaches, but thereare plenty of other options tocheck out. The Best Beach forFeet is the beaches of SouthWalton, because the sand isalmost pure quartz washeddown from the AppalachianMountains over years oftime. Or get your friends to-gether and go treasure hunt-ing in Vero Beach, where aSpanish shipping fleet

cracked open on the reefleaving all sorts of hiddentreasure waiting to be un-covered. There's also anarray of zoos and aquariumsthroughout Florida, from theFlamingo Gardens in FortLauderdale to the GreenMeadows Petting Farm inKissimmee. There is also thefair going on in Orlando,which is a fun place to go onrides, eating junk food andplay games without the costsof Disneyworld.

Try to stay up late andsleep in all afternoon, be-cause pretty soon only theweekends will hold that lux-ury for you. Go swimming inthe lake, even if there mightbe alligators, streaking in thequad (or Mills Lawn) be-cause before you know it

you will be looking at nicelittle Saturdays with yoursignificant other and youmight just not have time. Go

to the bars and the clubs andthe coffee shops that youhave always wanted to checkout but you got into yourniche here in Orlando andyou have not changed yourroutine in years.

But most importantly,make sure you fit in time todo your homework, finishup those papers and studyhard for your finals. It wouldbe heinous to be all pumpedup for your graduation onlyto find out that you blew it in

these last few weeks. So al-though it is important toplay hard, make sure youhave time to work hard aswell, because you still havethat one week of freedomafter finals but before grad-

uation where you still aretechnically in college. Sorelax, take a deep breatheand say hello to your futureas you say good bye to thepast.

Finally, A Four Year (Okay, Maybe FAdvice To The Class of 2006As a senior,

how are you goingto spend your remaining time atRollins.

Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur

PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSICA ESTES

CHOCOLATE PARTY: Jessica Estes, ‘07, and friends suggestother activities for seniors such as chocolate making parties.

“Try to stay uplate and sleep in allafternoon, becausepretty soon only theweekends will holdthat luxury for you.”

Kelsey FieldClass of 2007

“Go swimming inthe lake, even if theremight be alligators...”

Kelsey FieldClass of 2007

The Sandspur would like to thankcontributing articles this semesterby Jason Costa, Holt Undergradu-

ate, Brian LeMay, '09, Karina Mc Cabe, '07, and Seth Stutman,'08. These were generated in a

Rollins College journalistic writingcourse (Eng 273) withMr. Philip Singerman.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROLLINS COLLEGE ARCHIVES

BOAT PARTY: Seniors should take advice from this group in1889, and party on the lake before graduating!

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Five...) Experience Comes To An End“If I could do it over...”

If I could to do it all over again, I would.I enjoyed my two years of study atRollins College. Despite all the sleeplessnights,I had fun learning for the firsttime.

Jean Bernard Chery, '06

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLYSAWILLIAMSON AND RON GARRESTON

"If I could do it over again, I definitely would have taken more ad-vantage of everything Rollins has to offer. Academically, I wouldhave designed my own major and tried to take classes I was moreinterested in, not so much ones that I was required totake. Socially, I would have worried less about whateveryone else was doing and focused more on havingfun and my own personal happiness. I also would havegotten more involved in things on campus sooner, ratherthan later. But nonetheless, it's been an amazing fouryears that I'm sad to see go."

Heather Williams, '06

"If I could do it all overagain, I'd actually do mywork on time and not pro-crastinate! No really."

LynetteBlanche, ‘06

If I could do it over... I would enjoyevery second, even the secondswasted sitting in class, writing pa-pers, and studying for exams be-cause there's a sister trying to stayawake with you in class, a friend sit-

ting across the library mak-ing faces while you cram,and always good use forthat information youlearned... even if it's just forFiddler's Trivia.

Meghan Wood, ‘06

I wish I would of studied abroad, andvisited places outside the US like Europe and Australia.

Alyssa Williamson, ‘06

I would of liked to participate in clubsand organizations like SGA.

Ron Garretson, ‘06

Would of planned ahead of mymajor better as well as not pro-crastinated so much.

Gordon Kirsch, ‘06

PHOTO COURTESY OFHEATHER WILLIAMS

PHOTO COURTESY OFMEGHAN WOOD

PHOTO COURTESY OFJEAN BERNARD CHERY

PHOTO COURTESY OFLYNETTE BLANCHE

PHOTO COURTESY OFGORDON KIRSCH

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EDITOR: LARA BUESO [email protected]

The first time Ludacrisreleased a Disturbing thePeace album, he was freshoff his Word of Mouf albumwhich was a smash hit, andthat is the album thatshowed how good of a rap-per was.

This time Ludacris, whois fresh off an acting appear-ance in “Crash,” which re-cently won Best Picture atthe Oscars, and his fourthalbum, the “Red Light Dis-trict,” does an amazing job inproducing “Disturbing thePeace's” sophomore album.

DTP's new album is pret-ty much Ludacris and abunch of other low-key rap-pers. The album opens upwith the song "Georgia"which is one of the bettersongs that features FieldMob, and Jamie Foxx, whojust released his album "Un-predictable." It provides amellow flow, and it does agood job of representing theGeorgia. "We on the grind inGeorgia, all the time in, itain't nothing on my mind in

Georgia," is the chorus thatgoes well with the beat.

The best song in thealbum is the smash hit "Get-tin' some" which featuresShawnna. Shawnna, who isfrom Chicago, is one of Lu-dacris' most successful pro-tégés. She released a rela-tively successful solo album,Worth Tha Weight in 2004.

The song combines anaddictive beat, although thelyrics are just average. An-other group that may makeit big is Playaz Circle, cour-tesy of the remix to the song"2 miles an hour." It providesa slow beat, and it demon-strates Ludacris' lyrical flow.Playaz Circle helps providenice lyrics and a great flowto this track.

"Break a n**** off" whichfeatures Lil' Fate, Rich Boyand Gangsta Boo is some-what repetitive, but the beatand the flow is original."Sweet Revenge" is Ludacrisdetailing his womanizing ex-peditions.

"DTP for Life" which fea-tures I-20 and Lil Fate alsoprovides a solid beat, and isa good southern track.

The compilation is notall good as some of the songsthat are on there make thealbum only above averageinstead of great. Thosesongs include "Come seeme" which is Stat Quo, whois one of the rap industry'stop underground rappers."I'll be around," which fea-tures Shareefa, is anotherweak album. She is not real-ly a rapper, more of like anAlicia Keys, whose stylewould not fit on this album.Norflck's track called "Put yahands up" provides a nicebeat, however the lyrics arebelow average.

Overall, Ludacris does amuch better job than he didon DTP's first album, GoldenGrain. However, the albumcan still improve. “LudacrisPresents: Disturbing thePeace” is only average andLudacris needs to groom acouple of protégés for the fu-ture of DTP. With the excep-tion of Ludacris and Shawn-na; Playaz Circle is the onlyduo off of this album thatmay make it mainstreamsomeday.

Ludacris and His Homeboys Make aDecent Compilation

Juan Bernalthe sandspur

COURTESY OF LUDACRIS PRESENTS DISTURBING THA PEACE

Sudoku By Michael Mepham Level: Tough

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold

borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to

solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

© 2006 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

Solution to this puzzle:

Artist: LudacrisAlbum: Ludacris Presents: Disturbing Tha Peace

Ludacris Presents: Disturbing the Peace is only averageand Ludacris needs to groom a couple of protégés for thefuture of DTP.

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT 13APRIL 28, 2006· THE SANDSPURVOL. 112 ISSUE 27

As the end of the semes-ter approaches, visions ofsummer begin to surface.Time at the beach, time withfamily, time with friends,and, of course, time at themovie theater to see thenewest and greatest block-busters.

The summer has prom-ised its usual bulk of hitmovies, and you may need aguide to keep them allstraight. In chronologicalorder of release, here it is:

On May 5, Tom Cruisereturns to the big screen yetagain for Mission: ImpossibleIII. Regardless of whether ornot you think that this seriesshould have ended with thefirst, Paramount Pictureshas, in fact, released thethird of its kind. It promisesplenty of action for the guysand plenty of Tom Cruise forthe girls. Enough said.

May 12 will see therelease of the remake of ThePoseidon Adventure, simplytitled Poseidon. Kurt Russell,Richard Dreyfuss, andEmmy Rossum star in thisaction-packed, ship-sinkingfilm.

Over the Hedge is thenewest animated feature

from Dreamworks, starringsuch voice talents as SteveCarell, Bruce Willis, GaryShandling, and others. It is astory of furry woodlandcreatures venturing into thesuburbs and the adventure(and comedy) that they find.It will be released on May 19.

Over the Hedge may haveproblems on opening night,however, seeing that it iscompeting with the muchanticipated Da Vinci Code.The film, based on the enor-mously popular novel byDan Brown with TomHanks, Audrey Tautou, andPaul Bettany starring, is bothpuzzle and conspiracy,action and intellect. The mil-lions who read the book nowawait the film, which willopen on May 19.

It is a big summer forthree-quels, and The X-Menare jumping right on board.X-Men: The Last Stand willopen on May 26 , and willdisplay all of your favoritemutant superheroes and vil-lains.

Walt Disney Pictureswill release its newest ani-mated feature on June 2 withCars. This film about talkingcars will include the voicetalents of Bonnie Hunt, PaulNewman, Owen Wilson andothers.

For still one more trilogyevent, The Fast and theFurious 3: Tokyo Drift willappear in theaters on June16. It has been years since therelease of the last one, andyears before that since therelease of the first. Even ifyou have stopped caring,however, it will hit the the-aters in June.

Possibly one of thebiggest releases of the sum-mer will be SupermanReturns. The last moviesabout America's favoritesuperhero featuredChristopher Reeves in the1980's. The film, starringBrandon Routh, asSuperman will be releasedon June 30.

On July 7, everyone'sfavorite looters return for thesequel to Pirates of theCaribbean, subtitled DeadMen's Chest. Johnny Depp,Orlando Bloom, and KeiraKnightley return for anotherround of looting, battle, andthe crazy antics of the con-stantly and amusinglydrunk Jack Sparrow.

M. Night Shyamalan'snewest film, Lady in theWater, will premiere on July21. The trailers for the filmhave done little to expressthe story of the film, but withM. Night Shyamalan at the

helm, it is sure to be a suc-cess.

The general consensusseems to be that it is time tomake a movie aboutSeptember 11, and the WorldTrade Center is doing justthat. Starring Nicholas Cageand directed by OliverStone, this film will be

released in the aftermath ofUnited 93, the movie in the-aters now about ToddBeamer's heroic display onflight 93 on that horrific day.This film will be released onAugust 11.

And there you have it.Enjoy your summer, and wewill see you at the movies.

Hitting the Big Screen this SummerJami Furo

the sandspur

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III: Tom Cruise and Kerry Russel starin the third film of the action packed series.

In a country that wageswar for all the wrong rea-sons, led by an inept presi-dent who is far behind oncurrent events and wheremore people watch and votefor the next pop idol thenthey do for the president,anything is fair game. Or atleast that's what the SimonCowell meats George Bushsatire on American culture,American Dreamz, wouldlead you to believe.

From writer and directorPaul Weitz of the AmericanPie trilogy, AmericanDreamz is an unabashedslam at the American way oflife, George Bush, the cur-rent government, and theAmerican Idol televisioncraze. The film begins asPresident Staton (DennisQuaid, In Good Company,The Rookie) has just been re-elected after a difficult cam-paign that has succeeded incontinuing to hide his ratheruneducated and inept ten-dencies at office. Completelycontrolling his every move,Chief of Staff (Willem Dafoe,Spider-Man, The BoondockSaints) suggests that Statonbrushes up on some currentevents by reading the news-paper. Upon reading an arti-cle on the hit television seriesAmerican Dreamz, the nor-mally depressed Staton be-comes intrigued and tries towork out a way to appear onthe final episode of the show.

Then there is MartinTweed (Hugh Grant, BrigetJones' Diary, Love Actually),the charismatic, manipula-tive and shallow SimonCowell clone who produces,hosts, and judges the show.Tweed is becoming increas-ingly agitated with the showand having to find the right"faces" for his contestants inorder to drive ratings. Enterthis season's hopeful, theOhio karaoke princess SallyKendoo (Mandy Moore,Saved!, A Walk to Remem-ber) who will stop at nothingto be a Dreamz winner,spurred on by her fanaticalmother Martha (JenniferCoolidge, Legally Blonde,Best in Show). Sally dumpsher small town boyfriendand heads to Hollywood towin fame only to find an ex-tremely calculated (yet hor-ribly untalented) opponentin Omer Obeidi (Sam

Golzari, Closer, The InvisibleMan) a show tune fanaticwho is forced on the showby his terrorist extremistfamily with the intent ofmaking it to the finals andsmuggling a bomb on stagewith the Omer to blow upthe President. Omer doesn'tso much like the suicidebomber part, but sings anddances his way to the finalsto compete against Sally irre-gardless.

Overall, this movie is awonderfully hilarious mockof American culture. Thecast is jam packed with tal-ent, even including cameosfrom such Hollywood nota-bles as Chris Klein (Ameri-can Pie, Election) and MarciaGay Harden (Meet Joe Black,Welcome to Mooseport).Grant plays an amazing self-centered ego maniac inTweed and showcases thesame biting wit that Cowelllashes at his contestantswith. Moore mirrors thissame passionless and con-niving character in Sally,playing the bad girl up to anextreme while Golzari stealsthe show with his animatedand hilarious portrayal ofthe forced-into-terrorismOmer.

Be warned, this film isonly a satire, but it gives abiting criticism of Americanlife. Perhaps at times Weitztells it truer then we'd like tohear, but regardless you'll bethoroughly entertained aslong as you can stop andlaugh not only at the staunchsimilarities between Ameri-can Dreamz and real life, buttake a step back and laugh atyourself in the process aswell.

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT14 THE SANDSPUR· APRIL 28, 2006 VOL. 112 ISSUE 27

Friday April 2828bell hooks Book Discussion

Bookstore - 3 PM

Psychology Poster SessionJohnson Center - 3:30 PM

2006 Senior Art Show CFAM - 6 PM

Lend Me a Tenor Annie Russelll - 8 PM

Mon May 0101Karen Armstrong Lecture

Knowles Chapel8 PM

Fri May 0505All Campus RefreshmentsDarden Lounge - 7:30 AM

Tues May 0202A&S Classes End

ResLife Housing SelectionGalloway - 5 PM

Sat April 2929Lend Me a Tenor - Annie Russell

2 PM & 8 PM

Fri May 1212A&S Commencement Rehearsal - Chapel - 3 PM

Sun May 1414A&S CommencementSports Center - 10 AM

Mon May 1515STUDENTS MUST LEAVE

RESIDENCE HALLS BY NOON

WWW.THESANDSPUR.ORG

Sat May 1313Holt CommencementSports Center - 10 AM

A&S Baccalaureate Service Knowles Chapel - 6 PM

C A M P U S E V E N T S

Thurs May 0404Al’s Pancake Flip

DownUnder 9 PM

American Dreamz:That's DreamzWith a "Z"

Katie Pedersonthe sandspur

Overall Rating:For a entertainingsatire of real lifebacked by a stel-lar, star-studdedcast

B+

American Dreamz

COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

The issue of immigra-tion pervades newspa-pers, television, andradio. The governmenthas realized that thiscountry has a problemwith illegal immigration,but they are not quitesure what to do about it.

Obviously, there is noeasy solution. It will takea complex and wellthought out system, and itwill take fortitude to im-plement it. The questionis which system should beused.

There are two mainideas on the table. Thefirst suggests that all ille-gal immigrants should betaken back to the coun-tries from which theycame. It suggests thatthey should be exported-and yes, I mean, exportedlike objects rather thandeported like people-backto their nations.

There are several fun-damental flaws with thisproblem. One is that it'scruel. Many of these peo-ple have lived in thiscountry illegally for solong that they have raisedfamilies here, and it is notthe fault of the childrenborn in this country thattheir parents are crimi-nals. While criminals arenot guaranteed the manyof the rights of law-abid-ing citizens, their childrenbroke no laws and shouldnot have to suffer thatfate.

Also, it is completelyimpractical. They willhide even more than theydo now to avoid being

caught, so the search willbe extremely difficult.Also, once they are found,they must be taken backto their home countries. Ifthis applied to a mereseveral dozen or evenseveral hundred people,this process would bepossible, thought still dif-ficult. However, with thethousands upon thou-sands of illegal immi-grants in this country, itwould be an impossibleprocess to find all of themand take them back totheir places of origin.

The other concept thatis being passed aroundmore closely resembles agood idea. This is a sys-tem in which the govern-ment offers amnesty tothose illegal immigrantswho turn themselves in,offering them limitedrights until they havegained their status as alegal citizen. Thisamnesty draws illegal im-migrants out of hidingand gives them an incen-tive to turn themselves in.Furthermore, it createscitizens out of criminals.

However, the plancannot stop there. If itstops there, it simplyshows that we are con-doning criminal activity.Several more steps mustbe taken before that planwould be a success.

First of all, those whodo not turn themselves inmust be found, and it isthose individuals thatshould be sent back totheir countries of origin.If they tear up their getout of jail free card de-spite the fact that theylanded on the "go to jail"space, they must be treat-

ed as criminals.For those who do ac-

cept the amnesty, theyshould be required tolearn English within acertain time frame. De-spite the fact that this na-tion has never specificallydefined an official lan-guage, that is simply aformality. English in thelanguage that we speakhere. Therefore, it is ab-surd that some peoplelive in this nation for 30years or more withoutever learning English.Granted, the governmentshould make this processmuch easier. They shouldoffer free classes at con-venient times and loca-tions. However, it shouldbe a requirement to learnthe language of this na-tion. Immigrants shouldabsolutely be free tomaintain their cultures,

religions, and customs,and they should of coursebe willing to maintaintheir languages, as well.But they should be re-quired to at least speak afunctional amount of Eng-lish as their second lan-guage.

It should also be a pri-ority, which I know in theproposed plan it will be,to increase the border pa-trol to prevent this prob-lem from happeningagain.

If we do not takemeasures to prevent massnumbers of illegal immi-grants from living in ourcountry in the future, wewill need to continuouslyaddress this problemevery few decades. Notonly is this inefficient, butit shows the message tothe rest of the world thatthe United States is weak

and soft on illegal immi-gration.

Immigration is an im-portant aspect of Ameri-can culture. Other thanthose who are purely Na-tive American, which arefew, all things considered,we as Americans are allthe descendants of immi-grants-some legal, somenot. It is our diversity ofculture that defines theUnited States. However,while the United Statesshould welcome people ofother countries, it is im-portant to stress that thatimmigrants must enterthis nation through legalchannels in order to findthe freedom that theyseek.

Jami Furo is a Junior Musicmajor in the School of Artsand Sciences

With an immigration deal in the future, policy makers are missing the true meaning of this issue.

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To Whom It May Concern:In the interest of public

knowledge and the continua-tion of transparency and legiti-macy throughout Rollins gov-erning bodies and organiza-tions, the Executive Board of"The Sandspur" feels compelleddiscuss the Academic HonorCouncil and utilize "TheSandspur" as a public forum toinform our readers and theRollins community.

It has come to our attentionthat the Academic HonorCouncil, the organizationcharged with the implementa-tion and execution of the RollinsHonor Code, has recently elect-ed its officers.

Elements of the councilhave selected Brooke Roberts asthe Chairman of the council, aposition that represents incredi-ble power and has the potentialto impact the student body inbroad and significant ways.

Ms. Roberts was formerlyemployed as a graphic designerwith "The Sandspur." Duringher probationary period shewas assigned with the task ofcreating several images thatwere to be incorporated intovarious articles in an upcomingedition.

Ms. Roberts submitted sev-eral works that exceeded ourexpectations. She submitted

these works citing herself as thecreator of such works. In doingso, she sought monetary com-pensation from "The Sandspur"for her time and effort. Thispayment was based on the con-ception that Ms. Roberts hadgenerated the images.

Upon closer examination,the quality of the work, in theopinion of our production staffmembers, came under suspectfor several reasons; the mostimportant of which includedthat the art submitted exceededwhat could have been accom-plished in the timeframe andprogramming limitations thatwere provided. It was conclud-ed that a suspicion of plagia-rism was strong enough tonecessitate a conversation withMs. Roberts in regard to thismanner.

From the discussion it waslearned that the images did infact come from a commercialclipart software program andwere submitted under the falsepretense of being of Ms. Robertsown creation. Ms. Roberts wasinformed of "The Sandspur's"perception that this was in factan attempt to defraud theorganization and fundamental-ly violate the rules that defineplagiarism. Following thisoccurrence, Ms. Roberts partedcompany with "The Sandspur."

While this infraction is lim-ited to the sphere of "TheSandspur," it demonstrates amajor infraction of the rules thatgovern both academe and theworld of business. It is the goalof "The Sandspur" to make suchmatters known to the Rollinscommunity in order to ensurethe legitimacy of the AcademicHonor Code. This infraction, asfar as "The Sandspur" is aware,

has not been made public tomembers of the council or theRollins community.

The Executive Board of"The Sandspur" fully supportsthe implementation of theAcademic Honor Code and theactions of the Academic HonorCouncil, if they are carried outin a fully legitimate manner. It isup to the community, as a fullyinformed gathering of individ-

ual minds, to ensure that it bestserves its interests and main-tains the very standards in itsactions and past actions towhich others will be held. Tonot do so would be to deprivethe very voice of representationand delegitimize the code andcouncil that the community hasworked so hard to achieve.

The Executive Board on Academic Honor Council

An analysis of Chinese President Hu’s visit to these United States

Hu’s Visit to the United States

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I would like to offer myassessment of President Hu'svisit to the United States,and more specifically pointout pertinent information bysifting through the diplo-matic code, cultural differ-ences, and preconceptionsthat may not be fully appar-ent. I hope to translate whatHu has said, so that we canunderstand the Chinesepoint of view in their desireto get what they want as wellas understand where theyare coming from.

From Hu's White HouseSpeech:

“In mid 19th century,several dozen thousandChinese workers, workingside-by-side with Americanworkers and braving harshconditions, built the greatrailway linking the East andthe West of the Americancontinent.”

Hu is speaking directlyto Americans here asChinese are not familiar thatthey "built the railroads." Inthis example he is eager topoint out that Chinese and

Americans can work togeth-er and build somethingimpressive.

“In our common strug-gle against fascist aggressionover 60 years ago, severalthousand American soldierslost their lives in battlefieldsin China. Their heroic sacri-fice still remains fresh in theminds of the Chinese peo-ple.”

This is an excellentexample of the Chinesepoint of view; and the gen-uine Chinese desire to befriendly with the UnitedStates. The war against theJapanese is still “fresh in theminds of the Chinese peo-ple,” and they love to pointout how both our countriesfought together against abrutal enemy who launchedsneak attacks against usboth.

“The Americans are opti-mistic, full of enterprisingdrive, down to earth, andinnovative. In just over 200years, they have turned theUnited States into the mostdeveloped country in theworld, and made phenome-nal achievements in econom-ic development and scienceand technology.”

The first sentence sums

up the positive stereotypethat Chinese have ofAmericans. The 200 yearscomment can be interpretedas a slight to Americanssince the Chinese are incred-ibly proud of their “5,000years of history” which youwill hear them repeat adnauseam. They do notintend it to be an insult perse, but it does end up beingthat way. However, Chineseare very impressed withAmerican technical achieve-ments and hope to copy oursuccess.

“They created the splen-did ancient Chinese civiliza-tion.”

As I said already,Chinese are incrediblyproud of their history, civi-lization, and culture.

“And today, they're firm-ly committed to the path ofpeaceful development andare making continuousprogress in the moderniza-tion drive by carrying outthe reform and opening upprogram.”

In other words, ‘Wewant to get rich, very rich.’

“Both China and theUnited States are countriesof significant influence in theworld.”

Chinese love to framethe relationship betweenChina and the United Statesas that between equals. I donot believe they realize howfar development has pro-gressed here and that theywill need several more gen-erations to be able to see asimilar level of develop-ment.

The Falun GongHeckler:

I find it interesting thatthis White House, whichloves to set up “Free SpeechZones,” arrest people whoshow up to protest, and vetaudience members at Bush’sspeeches and public eventsallowed a person who evenremotely could possiblycause a scene as this ladydid. Then it took them threeminutes to drag her away;interesting, very interesting.It also could be that theWhite House is simply stu-pid—nothing new there,really. From Hu's point ofview, he is losing face, and Iconsider this episode to be adisaster.

Why was Hu so stiff?Several Western sources

have stated that PresidentHu was stiff, or expression-less. This may be an indica-

tion of his unhappiness, per-sonality, or displeasure.However, I think it is morelikely a reflection of theChinese belief that a leadershould not show emotionwhen in public in order toshow his personal strengthand power.

The message Hubrought:

1. Our trade is win-win.Let free markets work.

2. We are much moreinterested with our develop-ment than in competing withyou.

3. We are much moreconcerned about internalsocial, environmental, andeconomic problems thanwith world problems.

4. We will not allow youto make Taiwan the fifty-firststate.

What Hu wanted:1. A deal. Any kind of

deal.2. Realization that China

is wracked with massiveinternal issues and shouldnot be pushed hard on mat-ters such as RMB valuation,political reform, and the like.

Tom Trasente lived in Beijing,China for two years as anEnglish teacher.

TomTrasente

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L e t t e r t o t h eE d i t o r

L e t t e r t o t h e E d i t o r

Dear Editor,

Normally I browse the"Ask the Fox!" collumnpurely for kicks, and I un-derstand its not intendedto be the most serious bitof the publication. Butsometimes the RollinsFox's savvy romance tipsleave me feeling seriouslyill. Such was the case withlast weeks 'edition.

Way to promote un-healthy relationships! Soa gender-based communi-cation barrier is in-evitable? What's with theblanket assertion thatgirls who really careabout a guy will not sharetheir real feelings withthem?

Those in committedrelationships will tell youthat some level of emo-tional openness andshared feelings is ab-solutely necessary. Ifyou're unhappy aboutsomething and too scaredof being hurt to tell yoursignificant other, thenyou should seriously con-sider re-evaluating thetrust level of your rela-tionship. And if disclo-sure isn't happening be-

cause of a history of hav-ing those feelings takenadvantage of, please lookinto healthy ways to healthat damage.

If our bushy-tailedlove columnist is only in-terested in spreadingaround the best way to goabout scoring 'hook ups',its little wonder some fe-male readers of The Sand-spur may be suppressingtheir emotions.

But claiming that "ifshe really wanted to bewith you she would beafraid to let you into herworld"? Please! Give me abreak, and acknowledgethat women are perfectlycapable of having spinesand willing to share 'theirworld' with peoplethey're interested in. Andmen, if you're seriouslyinto someone, don't fleefor your fox holes at thefirst sign of their 'emo-tional chaos'.

Reality-CheckZone,

KellyWelch

Dear Editor,Sorry, Kelsey, you

don't wait until the lastthree weeks to prepare foryour finals. Your prepara-tion starts the first week,or, depending upon thesubject, may have started

years before. As one whohas been there, and donethat,you must take a sci-entific approach to theproblem. Figuring thatthe speed of light, com-pressed by a finite goal,will contract into a mere

speck of eternity, youread the book or yournotes (?) three minutesbefore you get to class.

Fiat Lux,Tom

Grubbs '56

Two common reasons wegive for letting our world go tohell are:

(1) that we humans arejust essentially evil, livingunder the sway of the deviland thus are programmed toself-destruct and to take downthe rest of creation with us, asthe Bible prophesies; and

(2) that even if obliterationis not fated metaphysically,we’re just too stupid as aspecies to handle responsiblythe powers that our amazingintellect is birthing in theworld; thus our narrow-mind-ed collective idiocy will pre-vail over the better wisdom ofan ineffectual minority whowill cry in the wilderness tillDoomsday.

Because we allow one orthe other of these traditionalassumptions to possess us, wedo not rouse ourselves fromthe stupor that befuddles us toimagine a plan for our awak-ening. Could we awake towisdom, we would recognizethe folly of our errant courseas the subduers and domina-tors of this tortured planet.

Rightly awakened, wewould recognize our ravenoushabits to be barbaric, maraud-ing, rapacious and ruinous,and we would peer beyondthe beguiling billboards set upby commerce inducing us toconsume and consume untilthe planet itself perishes ofconsumption.

Yet we remain benighted,

like the hidebound villagers inShirley Jackson’s story “TheLottery,” or like the “stone agesavage” neighbor of RobertFrost’s in “Mending Wall”who kept repeating his fa-ther’s ancient pointless saying:“Good fences make goodneighbors.”

Likewise saith we: “Goodbillboards sell more stuff,”and then we chant the venera-ble mantra of General Electric:“Progress Is Our Most Impor-tant Product,” never askingwither we’re progressing orwhat the final cost.

Frightened as we are nowabout what the avian flu willdo to us, we yet ignore the ter-minal threat of our pandemicAffluenza.

B U T II T II S

T R A D I T I O N A LAlan Nordstrom

faculty contributor

At a school wheremany athletes receivesubstantial scholarshipsto play their respectivesports, the Rollins Collegehockey tam is strictly par-ticipant-funded, showcas-ing just how much theplayers love the game.

"Hockey is infectious-once it gets in your sys-tem you can't get it out,"said Coach David Erd-mann in an e-mail re-sponse. "There's anartistry to skating thatcombines with the physi-cal demands and finesseof the sport."

The Rollins Collegehockey team was foundedin 2004 by alumnus SteveCahill. By gathering 15 in-

dividuals, including twogoalies, with previoushockey backgrounds, the

team began playing in theOrlando men's hockeyleague at the city's RDVSportsplex. Not only didRollins make the playoffsthis year, but they alsogained valuable competi-tion experience. This sea-son, however, the team nolonger played in theleague, electing to com-pete against other col-leges instead. While thisyear's games only includ-ed opponents of FloridaState University, the Flori-da Institute of Technolo-gy, and the University ofCentral Florida, they arehoping to add severalmore schools to theschedule next season.

Similar to any organi-zation starting fromscratch, the hockey teamis facing several obstaclesthat make the program'ssuccess difficult. Theirtop priority is to becomean official member of theAmerican CollegiateHockey Association,which will elevate themto club status and makefuture scheduling much

easier. But as of now,finding opponents to playis very difficult since the

team is anindepend-ent organ-ization. "Ifwe joint h eACHA, itwill be abig boostto our pro-g r a m , "said soph-omore andP r o v i -d e n c e ,Rhode Is-land na-t i v e ,J o n a t h a nMousseau.Team cap-tain, sen-ior EvanGallo ofM a r b l e -h e a d ,Massachu-setts, further indicatedthat while this year was abuilding season, next yearhas great potential shouldthey join the league.

Financial funding isanother challenge for theteam. Since renting ice

time at thelocal rinkcosts $200per hour,each playermust con-tribute $350to cover alle x p e n s e st h r o u g h o u tthe season.F u r t h e r -more, prac-tices areusually after10 p.m. ons c h o o lnights, sooften timesplayers arebusy andcannot at-

tend. As a result, prepar-ing for games is not aneasy task. "The guys get

really excited about thegames, but practices arehard on us," remarkedcoach Erdmann. But thisyear's squad did not letthe lack of practice timeeffect their game play.

"When we had gamesthis year, it was a greatexperience to see us playtogether after only oneyear," explained EvanGallo in an e-mail re-sponse. While the team'srecord was a disappoint-ing 1-4, their highlight ofthe season was an emo-tional and hard-fought 9-0 victory over FIT in frontof nearly 200 supporters."We definitely went outwith a bang," addedGallo. By advertising thegame through a campuswide e-mail, the team sawmore fans than ever. Gallosuggests that in additionto e-mails, a team websitewill also prove beneficialin gaining fan support.And even while it is stilllacking, at least peopleare beginning to recog-

nize that Rollins has ahockey team.

The Rollins hockeyteam has certainly madegreat progress in develop-ing a solid program. Asschools such as UCF andFSU have proven, it isdefinitely possible tohave a successful clubhockey team. While ob-stacles such as financialfunding and fan supportremain concerns, theplayers' love for the gamecannot be denied and isthe driving force behindthe program's future suc-cess.

The hockey team willbe taking to the ice fortheir third season next se-mestr. For more informa-tion on the Rollins Col-lege hockey team and fu-ture game times, you cancontact Coach David Erd-mann by email at [email protected] or cap-tain Jonathan Mousseauby email [email protected].

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TARS SPORTS SCHEDULEBaseball @ Nova Southeastern - 6 PM

Softball @ Lynn - 7 PM

FRI 28

Baseball @ Nova SE (DH) - 1 PM

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Baseball vs. Lynn - 7 PMSoftball @ Tampa - 7 PM

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After complet-ing two seasons,the Rollins hockeyteam looks tobuild recognitionfor the future.

For Love of the Game: Rollins HockeyTeam Takes to the Ice Despite Hardships

COURTESY OF MATTHEW MOORE

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: Rollins goalie, Matthew Moore flawlessly defendedthe home ice in the season finale against the Florida Institute of Technology.

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PASSING THE PUCK: Last year’s captain, Evan Gallo (left) passes on his positionand all of its responsablilties onto next year’s captain, Jonathan Mousseau (right).

Rowing @ SSC Championships - 8 AMSUN 7

M & W Tennis @ NCAA Final 16 - 8 AMW. Golf @ NCAA Tourney - 8 AM

Baseball @ Florida Southern - 7 PM

WED 10

Rollins Golf Receives More Honorsand Looks for More NCAA Victories

The Rollins Collegemen's and women's golfteams ended their seasonswith a bang earning mul-tiple post-season honors.

On the women's side,senior golfer CharlotteCampbell ended anothergreat season by beingnamed the Sunshine StateConference Golfer of theYear making it the secondyear in her career that shehas earned this honor.

This makes her the firsttwo-time recipient of thisaward.

Campbell was firstnamed Golfer of the Yearunanimously during herfreshman year. She alsomade it on the All-Confer-ence team which was thefourth time in her career.Her stroke average of74.71 tops the conference.During her three yearswith the Tars Campbellhas also been named firstteam All-American andnational Player of the

Year three times. Fellow senior golfer

Mariana De Biase wasalso named to the All-Conference team for thefourth time in her career.De Biase won the 2006Sunshine State Confer-ence Tournament andended the season with a75.00 stroke average thatplaced her second best inthe conference.

Women's head coachJulie Garner earned theSunshine State Confer-ence Coach of the Year for

the fourth time in her ten-season career. She hasseen six conference titlesincluding the last threeconsecutive wins. CoachGarner will look to leadRollins to their unprece-dented fourth straightNCAA Division II Nation-al Championship.

On the men's side,senior golfer Dan Walterswas also named to theAll-Sunshine State Con-ference team for the sec-ond year in a row. Hisstroke average was 72.83

for the season. During theseason, Walters won onetournament and finishedrunner-up in three differ-ent tournaments.

Both teams look to de-fend their NCAA DivisionII South Region titles. Themen’s golf team will beplaying on May 1-3 inDuncan, Oklahoma at TheTerritory and the women’sgolf team will be playingPensacola, Florida atStonebrook Golf Club onMay 1-2.

The highly anticipatedNFL Draft takes place thisSaturday, April 29, begin-ning at 12 P.M. The HoustonTexans getting rights to thefirst pick, since they finishedwith an NFL worst 2-14record in 2005.

Reggie Bush has beenthe unofficial #1 pick for thelast three or four months.However, in the last coupleof weeks questions aboutBush's situations have ledthe Texans to field moretrade calls than the New Or-leans Saints, who have the #2 pick, or the Tennessee Ti-tans, who have the #3 pick.It was discovered recentlythat Bush and his family hadaccepted various amounts ofillegal gifts that included the

house that Bush lived duringthe last school year. Thehouse was worth $757,000and it is speculated that theman has ties to the agent thatBush signed with. While it isnot estimated that it willhurt Bush's draft stock, itputs his future with the Tex-ans in doubt. The Texans al-ready have a solid runningback in Domanick Daviswho has rushed for 1,000yards in each of the last twoseasons. While Davis is noBush, the Texans need helpat many other positions andcould use the first pick todraft DE Mario Williamsfrom NC State or OTD'Brickashaw Fergusonfrom Virginia. Each of thoseguys are among the best thathave come by at their posi-tion in years. However, inthe end, Bush is like the Le-

Bron Jamesa football.Never hasfootball seensuch an ex-plosive run-ning backthat createsm a t c h u pproblems forany defense.He has thespeed, themoves. TheT e x a n scould alsoline him upat wide re-ceiver orkick/punt returner.

The New Orleans Saints,who have had a disastrousseason last year, on and offof the football field, hold the# 2 pick. The Saints havevowed to re-build their fran-

chise from scratch andmake themselves a con-tender. During the off-sea-son they have already re-leased QB Aaron Brooksand OT LeCharles Bentleywhich means that they areready to send the franchisein a new direction. TheSaints could go many di-rections with this pick.With the Saints alreadysigning Drew Brees, anoth-er QB is already out of thequestion. The Saints willlikely invest in someonethat could protect Brees,and OT D'Brickashaw Fer-guson is the best player tofill this position.

It seems like the Ten-nessee Titans have partedways with long time QBSteve McNair during theoffseason, effectively end-ing the QB's 10 year tenureas a Titan. The Titans areanother team that coulduse a player at almost anyposition. The obviouschoice would be choosing aplayer that replaces Mc-

Nair, and there are many op-tions at the quarterback posi-tion. Vince Young, who wasMVP of the Rose Bowl is aquick scrambler and has anawkward throwing motion,sort of like Michael Vick.Matt Leinart, a two time na-

tional champion out ofSouthern California is thebest pocket passer and themost ready NFL playeravailable. Jay Cutler, fromVanderbilt is another highlyrated quarterback that theTitans can choose.

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TOP 10 DRAFT PROSPECTS

1. TEXANS: RB REGGIE BUSHSOUTHERN CAL

2. SAINTS: OT D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSONVIRGINIA

3. TITANS: QB MATT LEINARTSOUTHERN CAL

4. JETS: DE MARIO WILLIAMSNC STATE

5. PACKERS: LB A.J HAWKOHIO STATE

6. 49ERS: TE VERNON DAVISMARYLAND

7. RAIDERS: QB VINCE YOUNGTEXAS

8. BILLS: DT HALOTI NGATAOREGON

9. LIONS: QB JAY CUTLERVANDERBILT

10. CARDINALS: DB JIMMY WILLIAMSVIRGINIA TECH

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THE MAGIC’S GONE...FOR THE SUMMER: Assistant Sports Editor “Magic” DonJuan Bernal gives his last words of the semester about the upcoming NFL drafts.

Thank you Juan for being my wingman this semester.

- Angela Gonzalez, Sports Editor

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