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For residents of the Sut-ton Apartments, the ordi-nary Florida afternoon ofOctober 18 took a leap to-ward extraordinary. Resi-dents report that in the earlyafternoon Winter Park PoliceDepartment, Orange CountySheriffs’ Department, Bu-reau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms, and Explosives,and FBI officials descendedupon the Sutton complex inan investigation resultingfrom the lead provided bybomb sensing K9 units. Thelead had established, ac-cording to Sgt. Pam Marcumof the Winter Park Police De-partment, a trail leadingfrom the scene of a pipe

bomb explosion to thedoorsteps of several Suttonresidents.

The investigation was aresult of October 17 incident,when a pipe bomb explodedoutside the Walgreens DrugStore located on the cornerof Aloma and Lakemont.According to officials andstore employees, the blastoccurred at approximately 5a.m. and resulted in no in-juries or deaths though min-imal damage was sustainedby the storefront.

According to Sutton res-ident Meredith McSorley, atapproximately 1:45 p.m. agathering requested permis-sion to enter and search herapartment. The group con-sisted of two uniformed

WPPD officers, a K9 unit,plainclothes officers identi-fying themselves as FBI andATF agents, members ofCampus Security, and Resi-dential Life Director KenPosner and Assistant Direc-tor Katie Berzowski. Thesearch, as explained to Mc-Sorley by an agent, was forbomb materials and basedon a trace scent picked up byan ATF K9 unit that led fromthe scene of Walgreens pipebomb explosion directly toseveral apartments withinSutton Place.

McSorley explained fur-ther that, upon the conclu-sion of the search, she andher roommates that werepresent at the time of thesearch were questioned by

several members of thegroup not only in regards totheir potential connectionwith the incident but alsoconcerning the names andbackgrounds of recent visi-tors to their residence.

Derek McIver, a fellowSutton resident, was subject-ed to a similar method ofsearch, receiving a phonecall from a federal agent in-forming him of the necessityto return to his residence inorder for the search to takeplace. McIver continued bysaying that he arrived backat his apartment and foundit already occupied by mem-bers of the group of law en-forcement agents and hisroommate. He reportedbeing told by an agent be-

fore the search, “the dogsled straight to your apart-ment.”

The search and its tacticsleft Sutton residents in anstate of shock, unable tofully comprehend what ex-actly was taking place. Theinvestigation continuedwith many more residents,not connected with theapartments to which thescent was traced, beingasked about suspicious ac-tivity that would elude tobomb assembly taking placewithin the building. ChelseaCooke, one of McSorley’sroommates, relayed in dis-belief, “I can barely makechicken soup, much less abomb.”

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Read about the Enviromentalgroup’s trip to Satellite Beach andtheir efforts to tidy up the beach.

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PIPE BOMB DETONATES OUTSIDE WALGREENSA pipe bomb exploded outside of the Walgreens at the cor-ner of Aloma Ave. and Lakemont Dr. Monday morning atapproximately 5 a.m. No one was injured in the blast, butsome minor damage occured near the building’s entrance.

POLICE FIND LINK TO SUTTONA police K-9 unit traced the source of

the bomb to Sutton Place SouthApartments on Tuesday, promptingagents from the Federal Bureau of

Investigation and the Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to

conduct a thorough search ofcommon areas and residents’ rooms.

Police dogs link Sutton Place South Apartments, one of Rollins’ residentialfacilities, to a pipe bombing crime at an area Walgreens drugstore.

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When reached for com-ment, Ken Miller, Director ofCampus Security, corroborat-ed the student accounts of theinvestigation, saying that threerooms were searched in thepresence and with the consentof their residents. The search,according to Miller, was the re-sult of a lead based on credible

evidence that constructed alink between Sutton Place andthe Walgreens pipe bombing.Miller stated that the investi-gation consisted of a joint ef-fort between federal and localofficers, adding that CampusSecurity and Rollins at largewere cooperating in every waypossible with law enforce-ment. When asked about the

investigative methods beingused, Miller advanced that he"asked to limit the scope of theinvestigation" and that "no in-vestigation or questioningwithout probable cause"should take place, putting toan end the door-to-door tacticsthat were being used earlier inthe afternoon. He ended withthe assurance that "no threat to

the Rollins community" existsin regards to the situation cur-rently under investigation.

When reached for com-ment, WPPD Sgt. Pam Mar-cum confirmed that the inves-tigation was a joint venture be-tween both local and federalauthorities, including the ATFand FBI. Marcum added thatthe investigation worked offthe evidence supplied by ATFbloodhounds who traced ascent from the crime scene toSutton. Her response, whenquestioned about the search ofresidences, was that she wasnot told or aware of anysearches taking place withinSutton, only the questioning ofresidents. She ended the inter-view saying, at the time ofpress, that there were "noleads from the track today,"and the search continues forthe culprit, described as beinga white male, thin build, 5'10"to 6'0" in height. Any informa-tion pertaining to the incidentshould be directed to theanonymous tip-line at 1-800-423-TIPS.

When contacted, the Of-fice of Residential Life de-clined direct comment on theinvestigation. Assistant Direc-tor Katie Berzowski clarifiedfor The Sandspur that WPPDcontacted Campus Security,which in turn relayed the mes-sage of their presence on cam-pus to the Office of ResidentialLife. She continued, sayingthat Residential Life was "justnotified that they (WPPD)were on campus and she wasnot aware of any other agen-

cies involved in the investiga-tion." When questioned abouther direct role in the investiga-tion she advanced, "I had norole in the investigation."

When approached withBerzowski's claims, severalSutton students voiced dis-agreement with her statement.Of them, McSorley stated,"Katie Berzowski was there,she stood right behind theagents, her and Ken (Posner),she even stepped in and dis-cussed the investigation par-ticulars with them (law en-forcement)."

President Duncan, whenreached for comment lateTuesday admitted that heknew little about the eventsthat had transpired and direct-ed The Sandspur to Vice Presi-dent George Herbst for com-ment. When asked to respondto claims of the misleading na-ture of a Residential Life staffmember's statements, he ad-vanced that he finds such oc-currences "disappointing,"adding, "I would expect us tobe open on these things, up tothe degree of protecting indi-vidual privacy."

Vice President Herbst, towhom Campus Security di-rectly reports, was contactedlate Tuesday for comment byThe Sandspur. He respondedto questions regarding thescope and scale of the investi-gation with, "You know asmuch as I know, I just knowthey were on campus."

Max Remer and John Ferreiracontributed to this report.

THE SANDSPUR2 OCTOBER 21, 2005NEWS

On Oct.13, New YorkCity's mayor MichaelBloomberg made a national-ly televised announcementthat security would be in-creased following a crediblethreat that the subway sys-tem would be the next ter-rorist targeted attack.

The threat explicitly stat-ed that a baby stroller withexplosives would be themost likely method of bomb-ing, in addition to other sub-way bombing methods.United States intelligence of-ficials said that U.S. forces

uncovered a plan that in-cluded 19 suicide bomberscarrying briefcases andstrollers to bomb the subwaysystem when they raided anAl-Qaida base near the southof Baghdad.

In response to the threat,security immediately mobi-lized and began a searchthrough commuters'strollers, bags, brief casesand luggage. The oddity ofthe threat was the level de-tail, which the "intelligencecommunity concluded to beof doubtful credibility."

Although New York offi-cials knew about the threaton Oct. 10, they waited to di-vulge information until Oct.13, following the arrests oftwo or three Al-Qaida oper-atives who were taken cap-tive in Iraq.

However, the news of aterrorist threat did not

damper the typical hum ofthe city. Echoing the generalsentiment of New Yorkers,Paul Radtke, of Hoboken,N.J., stated "unless it's some-thing dramatic that's hap-pening, I've got to go towork." Despite the threat,New York remains on codeorange, the high alert that ithas stayed at since the Sep-tember 11th attacks, andthere are no plans of raisingthat level.

Although the threat wasdetermined false, MayorBloomberg ordered a nearshut down of the subwaysystem that hosts 4.5 millionriders daily. The mayor hasalso since been pressed todefend his decision to gopublic about the terroristthreats, stating that "it is es-sential that authorities err onthe side of caution whenprotecting the city of eight

million people." Because of the London

bombings that occurred lastJuly, local officials have beenmore inclined in New Yorkto take threats such as thesemore seriously. However, inwake of the threat, the localofficials have had to contin-ually justify their actionswhen questioned by federalofficials, especially those inthe Department of Home-land Security, whose eye-brows rose at the city's reac-tion to the plot.

Local officials claimedthat their action was reason-able, as the threat had war-ranted a sweeping of theIraqi men thought to be in-volved. If nothing else, thereaction to the threat showsthe cooperation occurringbetween local officials andintelligence officials in Iraq,"meeting the sometimes con-

flicting demands of gather-ing good intelligence, pre-venting harm and informingand reassuring the public."

As the weekend passed bypeacefully, officials pulledback security within the sub-way system. The threat isbeing considered as U.S. offi-cials try to sort out the plotfrom the three Iraqi men incustody and the Iraqi tipster.

The three alleged menwho were to be taking partin the attack did not ownfake passports; they werewithout travel documents ora viable route from Iraq toNew York City. Although thethreat proved to be unfound-ed, many officials commend-ed the reaction byBloomberg and his staff, anddeclared that similar actionwould be taken to futurecredible threats in order toensure the safety of the city.

Bloomberg Announces Security To BeIncreased On New York Subway System

After threats ofpossible terror-ism, subway secu-rity is to be in-creased.by Kelsey Field

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Search of Sutton Place ApartmentsCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

NEWSOCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 3

As temperatures drop to37 degrees and the snow be-gins to fall in Pakistan, thenumbers of the dead fromthe 7.6 earthquake that thun-dered through the SouthAsia last week are skyrocket-ing.

The latest figure on thedead according to the NewYork Times is 38,000 with62,000 injured and over 2.5million left homeless, a num-ber that will soon soar as theremote villages have yet tobe searched.

A major roadblock to thesearch and rescue process isthat there is simply no whereto put the masses of peoplestreaming into Muzaf-farabad in Kashmir. Theseinjured have been arrivingby helicopters, private cars,taxis and on relatives backsto get to the medical center,where the French non-governmental aid groupservice D'Aide Medicale Ur-gente has a staff of only 47,in addition to the local hos-pital which has six beds.

As a result of the earth-

quake, 26 hospitals havebeen destroyed or are simplytoo dangerous to open backup in the city in addition tothe over 600 health clinicsthroughout the country.Those who made it to themedical center lie in lines bythe stairs with numbers ontheir heads which indicatethe gravity of their case; IIIsignifies they need a helicop-ter out and a II or a I meansthey can wait up to 24 hoursin the open area.

The high influx of in-jured people worries aidworkers, who fear that thesenumbers can only reflect theamount of people who "re-main out in the inaccessibleareas without medical help."On Oct. 15 and 16, morningrescue missions in the re-mote villages were delayedbecause of the heavy cloudsand rains which seem to bean epidemic occurrence withboth the South Asia earth-quake and the Guatemalahurricane.

The Pakistanis govern-ment estimates the cost ofthe quake reaching $5 bil-lion, in a country where theGDP is only 343.7 billion.The United States has beenquoted saying that "recoverycould take up to ten years."

Pakistan is a country thatis noted by the CIA WorldFact book for "frequentearthquakes, and a major en-

vironmental issue of waterpollution from raw sewage,and limited access to naturalfresh water resources."

As days pass by, drink-able water will become amajor problem and will con-tribute to the spread of dis-ease. In addition to deathscaused by the earthquake,the numbers will rise as ef-fects of the weather and dis-ease arise from ruinedsewage systems and drink-ing water sources when amajority of the populationdoes not have access toportable water.

But the effects of weath-

er are what most is concern-ing at the moment, as rainand thunderstorms are beingcalled for the next week. Inresponse, Pakistan has putout an urgent call for tents,as the survivors in Kashmirspent their seventh nightoutside.

Despite the tragedy,bloodshed is continuing tooccur in Kashmir by insur-gency groups. Thursday theIndian police confirmed thata suicide bomber, the first fe-male used by an insurgencygroup for suicidal bombings,had been killed as she at-tempted to attack an army

convoy. The bomb strappedto her body exploded beforeshe had been able to reachthe vehicle that was travel-ing from Srinagar to Jammu,which is the state's wintercapital.

Jaish-e-Muhammad, oneof the main militant groupsfighting against the IndianArmy, claimed responsibili-ty. Within the last week therehave been 16 suspected mili-tants killed this week, sim-ply adding to the death anddestruction that the earth-quake brought to the deci-mated nation.

Death Toll Rises After Devastating EarthquakeThe death toll

in Pakistan risesas search and res-cue efforts areunderway .by Kelsey Field

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A series of blackoutsstretching from the valleythrough downtown south toSan Pedro, as well as parts ofthe city's west side affectedabout fifty percent of the De-partment of Water andPower's 1.4 million cus-tomers; including the down-town government buildings,Chinatown and nearbyareas. Backup power wasable to keep key parts of CityHall and police headquartersrunning. This has been thethird significant electricalfailure in the city since mid-September.

Outages trapped peoplein elevators and causedmany traffic problems at in-tersection where stoplightswere not working. Los An-geles police were on full tac-

tical alert, with officers beingordered to work beyondtheir shifts. Officers wereneeded to assist in trafficcontrol.

Los Angeles Internation-al Airport reported someflickering of lights but no in-terruptions in flight sched-ules. An airport in the SanFernando Valley lost electric-ity but was able to continueflights by using backuppower.

Both terrorism andhuman error have beenruled out as causes of thepower outages. Some be-lieve that a power line wasmistakenly cut and thatcaused other lines in the areato go out because they couldnot handle the additionalload. "Outages just happenperiodically," said CarolTucker, a Department ofWater and Power spokes-woman.

The system is designedto shut down when it re-ceives too much power. Re-ceiving stations take high-voltage power from generat-ing stations and convert it to

lower voltage. By thisprocess power can be usedthroughout the city. Threepower outages in downtownLos Angeles in thirty dayshave many concerned aboutthe reliability of the Depart-ment of Water and Power,the nation's largest publicutility.

According to Jack Kyser,an economist, the first out-age that occurred onSeptember 12 led to an esti-mated 23 million dollar lossin economic output, whichincludes wages paid to idleworkers. The cost of dam-aged equipment has reach$660,000.

About 150 public schoolslost power for a time periodof a few seconds to nearly 45minutes. The power outagesappeared to have caused lit-tle disruption to the schoolday. Many hospitals acrossthe Los Angeles area report-ed power outages, but theyall said that their emergencygenerators immediatelykicked in. Patient care wasnot disrupted. There was noimpact on surgeries either.

Valley Presbyterian Hospitalreported a code yellow, as itwould during an earthquakeor plane crash, and set up acommand center.

Luckily many disasterpreparedness drills are donethroughout the year, sothings seems to run smooth-ly. There seemed to be verylittle panic among people,just a lot of frustration aboutthe delays around the city.Some people were worriedabout how they were goingto get home. Many workershuddles around an emer-gency radio to find out thatthe blackout was not just iso-lated to their building. Somepeople chose to leave workearly, walking down a seven-story walk down the stairs,while others watched fromcity streets above.

It may seem as thoughheavy power usage can con-tribute to blackout, but theweather in Los Angeles as oflate as been mild, with thehigh temperature in the mid-1970's. A Wells Fargo em-ployee, Sean Maddox, said"The office blackened, but

the worst thing was it got hotreal quick in here."

There are many impor-tant things to remember todo during a blackout. Thefirst is to drive carefully.Traffic signals may be out soconsider each intersection tobe a four-way stop, anddrive defensively, Pedestri-ans should also be extraalert, and since normal traf-fic patterns are disrupted.

It is a good idea to keep aflashlight in your car or nearyour home's front door, incase the power is off in yourneighborhood in theevening. If you use candlesduring a blackout be ex-tremely careful, to avoidstarting a fire. It is also im-portant to turn off or discon-nect any appliances or elec-tronic devices you wereusing when the power wentout, because of risk of fire.Limit fires to the fireplace.

Avoid opening your re-frigerator and freezer asmuch as possible. Food in-side should stay cold forhours if the door is leftclosed.

Series of Blackouts in CaliforniaCalifornia ex-

periences a seriesof power outagesfrom the valley toSan Pedro .by Rochelle Siegel

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Timothy Smith / KRT CAMPUSAFTERMATH: Pakistanis watch from atop a pile of rubble, as supplies are unloaded from aU.S. Navy helicopter in a remote village of Northern Pakistan.

NEWSTHE SANDSPUR4 OCTOBER 21, 2005

Last Saturday, 30 indi-viduals from the environ-mental friendly club, Eco-Rollins, headed over to Satel-lite Beach to recover over adozen bags of trash and re-cyclables in order to makethe world a cleaner and saferplace for man and animalsalike.

The team arrived at thebeach around 12:30 p.m. andthe last people did not leaveuntil after 6 p.m. "We en-joyed the sun, surf and aBBQ all afternoon while sav-ing countless birds, sea tur-tles and marine mammals,"said Eco-Rollins presidentTyler Kartzinel, class of 2007.

During the clean-up,many members learnedwhat trash could do to thesebeach and water-fairing ani-mals. "We picked up strawsand learned about how peli-cans think they are fish andchoke, how sea turtles thinkplastic bags are jellyfish andsuffocate and how dolphinsstarve when they get stuck in

six-pack rings," saidKartzinel.

During the clean-up,several people stopped byand asked what the groupwas and what they weredoing and why. "The pointof the clean-up was to be re-sponsible and caring mem-bers of the community, butmoreover to learn just whatbecomes of our trash whenwe aren't thinking," saidKartzinel. "With a little bit ofleg work we helped somepeople who would not oth-erwise have been so con-cerned about the environ-ment develop a vested inter-est in litter control."

The cleaning took lessthan an hour and many peo-ple claimed to have a bettertime at this beach clean-upthen just going to the beach."This weekend we showedthat we can have a bettertime at the beach as a groupthan most other people haveon the weekend," saidKartzinel, "we can find waysto make helping the environ-ment a great time."

Trash in the oceans andon the beaches is a major en-vironmental issue that hasnot been looked over with asmuch vigor as other issues.For ages now, humans havebeen using the ocean as adumping ground and the

marine animals are the onesfeeling the effects of it. Fish,whales, and dolphins suffo-cate on dumped fishing netsand eat the garbage in theocean thinking that it is food.Plastic bags, for example,have been known to blockmany important systems inanimals when swallowed. Inone instance, a sperm whalewas found to have a plasticbag blocking its digestivesystem causing it to die be-cause of starvation.

Other instances of theamount of trash in the oceanare startling. An island 300miles from the nearest in-habited island and over 3000miles from the nearest conti-nent was found to have over950 pieces of garbage on itsshoreline. Over 145,600pounds of trash and 5,400pounds of recyclables wereretrieved during CaliforniaCoastal Clean-Up Day justthis past September. Keep-ing all of this garbage out ofour beaches and waters is aseasy as taking that coupleextra of steps to the trashcan.

Eco-Rollins is planningfuture events like this. If youare interested, you can go tothe weekly meetings at 12:30p.m., Tuesdays, in the Envi-ronmental Studies buildingright next to the bookstore.

Eco-Rollins Satellite BeachClean-up Successful

Members fromEco-Rollins partic-ipate in a beachclean-up at Satel-lite Beach.by Kelly McNoldy

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On Oct. 12, Rollins Col-lege welcomed Louis J.Pearlman to its campus. Hewas invited by ProfessorMarc Sardy to speak to hisGlobal Entertainment Busi-ness class about his experi-ences in the tumultuous in-dustry that encompasses,but is by no means limited toMusic, Film, Televsions &Sports entertainment.

Perhaps Mr. Pearlman'slargest claim to fame is thathe is credited with bringingback the boyband phenome-non in the late 90's. Hebrought the Backstreet Boysand N'Sync into fruitionwith a lot of his own invest-ment after being repeatedlytold it was a no-win idea.

Hailing from Flushing inQueens, NY, Lou always hadmusic around him. Hiscousin is Art Garfunkel, whoinspired him to take up gui-tar lessons and attempt to gointo the music industry fromthe artist's side.

After not finding thesuccess he desired, Lou de-cided to pursue another ofhis passions: aviation. Evenat a young age, Lou noticedthe need for a short passageinto the city. After strugglingto find investors, Pearlmanfound a source and was ableto start Trans ContinentalAirlines. He charteredflights for many importantpeople into New York Cityincluding then successful,New Kids on the Block.

Lou was curious as tohow these young boys wereearning in excess of $100million through records,touring & merchandise.From this "discovery" he at-tempted once again to makeit in the music industry ex-cept from a business point ofview this time.

He moved down to Or-lando in 1991 and beganworking on his new projectwith financial help from hisalready successfulaviation/blimp companies.Lou invested about $1.5 mil-lion into the creation of theBackstreet Boys before see-ing any return. He faced a lot

of criticism and speculationin the Unitet States that thisidea would flop so he tookthe boys over to Germany,where they became a hitreaching #5 on the chartsand earning their first goldrecord.

Following their successin Europe, the BackstreetBoys returned to the UnitedStates and began the resur-gence of the boyband popu-larity that took the musicworld by storm. Mr. Pearl-man also was assembling thegroup N'Sync around thistime who also went on toachieve huge success andearnings despite the beliefthat the boyband craze wasonly going to be a short-lived phase.

The important aspectthat Pearlman was able toapply was that the demo-graphic of young girls fromaround the ages of twelveand eighteen has a strongconnection to the musiciansthat they like as well as alarge disposable incomeavailable so they are willingand fully capable of spend-ing on merchandise andrecords of these boybands.The desire is always there,Lou was just smart enoughto see ahead of the curve.

We now have seen thatboybands have about a 5year cycle in which they arepopular. Lou was also key increating the hit show "Mak-ing the Band" whichspawned the group O-Townand is still airing on MTV.

Lou also added LFO,Aaron Carter, JordanKnight, Natural and C Noteto the Trans ContinentalRecords roster. Trans Conti-nental Studios has harboredsuch artists as BritneySpears, Creed, Eminem,Matchbox 20, Alicia Keys,Mandy Moore and others.

Lou Pearlman is truly ajack of all trades according tohis resume of achievements.He has found success in avi-ation, movies, music, restau-rants and television and con-tinues to pursue new ideasin order to stay competitivein the ever-changing worldof the entertainment indus-try. To those looking to findsuccess in any industry,Pearlman offers this bit ofadvice: "An entrepreneur issomeone who dreams it,then does it."

Music MogulLou PearlmanSpeaks at Rollins

Lou Pearlman,credited for theboyband craze inthe late 90s, visitscampus.by Angela Gonzalez

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THE SANDSPUR 5OCTOBER 21, 2005 Opinions

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Neo-Conservatives and theHijacking of US Conservatism

Irving Kristol, consid-ered by many as the godfa-ther of neo-conservatism,coined the phrase “neo-consare liberals who have beenmugged by reality.” Turnsout he was right in moreways than one, in fact todayit is the neo-cons that arebeing mugged by reality andafter the apparent successesof President Bush’s first termthe neo-con White House isfloundering. They are floun-dering in part because thereis a fissure in the Republicanparty between neo-cons andtraditional conservatives.

Conservatives, in thewords of George F. Will, un-derstand the scarcity ofeverything: money, virtue,wisdom, and competence.That is why conservativesbelieve in limited govern-ment and champion individ-ual agency. Neo-conserva-tives on the other hand donot, they proceed as if Amer-ica’s strength is endless andthe coercive power of the

state can be used for any-thing they see fit.

Conservatives have rea-sons to be angry with thisadministration; the HarrietMiers was just the drop thatcaused the flood. It began inDecember of 2001 with theNo Child Left Behind Act,which was a deep intrusionby the federal government instate’s education rights.Then in December of 2003the President and the Repub-lican leadership pushed for-ward the Medicare prescrip-tion-drug bill which was thelargest expansion of welfarebenefits since the time ofLyndon Johnson, hardly aconservative. Agriculturesubsidies have grown, thehighway bill was jammedwith pork, and the govern-ment over stepped itsboundaries in the Terri Schi-avo case.

Most “un-conservative”of the current Republicanleadership is their constantsupport of nation building.In the 2000 election then can-didate George W. Bush vehe-mently said that he would

not use the American mili-tary as a worldwide policeforce and that he would notpractice nation-building.The Iraq War is at heart a lib-eral war. It is an attempt torebuild the Middle East inour own image. They hopeto change the character ofthe Iraqi building, construct-ing a political culture out ofthe ashes of Saddam’s rule.This is very different fromthe slow and organic changethat is furthered by conser-vatives at home, which iswhy it is hypocritical. Neo-conservatives, who are thedominant force in Americanpolitics today, say incoher-ently that while the govern-ment isn’t competent to runAmtrak it is competentenough to run the MiddleEast.

In the aftermath of Hur-ricane Katrina neo-con na-tion building has come ontothe shores of America. In an-other un-conservative move,the President basically an-nounced nation building inNew Orleans. The govern-ment would spearhead a

movement to rebuild the cityfrom Washington, instead ofgiving the power to locals. Itis reminiscent of the ParisPeace Conference in 1919 inwhich the victors of the FirstWorld War sat on giant mapsand penciled in new bound-aries with no considerationas to how the locals want tolive their lives. No good cancome of this, because gov-ernment created communi-ties do not work becausehuman nature is infinitelymore complex than pin-heads in Washington realize.

On of my colleagueshere at The Sandspur pointedout to me that neo-cons (andRepublicans) do not believein limited government, theybelieve in limited govern-ment for Democrats whileunlimited power for them-selves.

Conservatives need towake up and retake theirparty before the blunders ofthe neo-conservative move-ment lead us to a Hillarypresidency and a House leadby Nancy Pelosi as Speaker.

by John Ferreirathe sandspur

Tell Nuclear Power to SpiltFor those of you who

haven’t heard, Progress En-ergy, in an effort to keep upwith the expected demandfor power in the CentralFlorida region, is in theprocess of obtaining ap-proval to build a nuclearpower plant somewhere inCentral Florida. The pro-posed counties include Polk,Seminole, Highlands, andyes, even Osceola. I ap-plaud Progress Energy forrecognizing the future needfor power in the CentralFlorida region and for pro-posing to build a powerplant in the area that wouldproduce many constructionand plant operation jobs.However, I am appalled atthe fact that Progress Energyis even considering to builda nuclear power plant inCentral Florida. Proponentsof nuclear power seem tofocus on one key issue; thatnuclear power produces noemissions. This is true in asense. Nuclear power gen-erates electricity by sur-rounding radioactive rods ofuranium pellets in contained

pools of water. This waterturns into steam which turnsturbines to produce electrici-ty. The excess steam is theonly immediate byproductwhich is then released intothe atmosphere. Soundsgreat right? Wrong. Whatmany proponents of nuclearpower fail to mention is theobvious dangers that nuclearpower poses to both humansand the environment. Fewcan forget the tragedy ofChernobyl in which overfifty civilians died, and wecannot forget the neartragedy of the partial meltdown of Three-Mile Island.A nuclear core melt downcould easily make all of cen-tral Florida uninhabitablefor several thousand years,not to mention burn a hole tothe core of the earth. Ofcourse, proponents of nu-clear power claim that cur-rent safety measures make aThree-Mile Island incident(caused by a faulty pressurevalve) or the Chernobyl inci-dent (caused by humanerror) impossible to re-occur.Boy, I wish these proponentscould enlighten the world asto how we can prevent all

forms of human and me-chanical error. But let usgive these proponents thebenefit of the doubt andagree that mechanical failureand human error can some-how be completely weededout. 9/11 reminded us all ofthe unexpected threat of ter-rorism within our boarders.Thankfully, no attack hasever been attempted againsta nuclear power plant in U.S.borders. However, I won-der how attractive attackinga nuclear power plant locat-ed a stone’s throw awayfrom the nation’s largesttourist destination might be?But let’s again give propo-nents the benefit of thedoubt that no terrorist willever attempt to attack a nu-clear power plant in CentralFlorida. We must not forgetthe largest threat of nuclearcontamination, which isfrom transporting new andspent nuclear fuel from theplants reactors. Rememberthose nuclear rods of urani-um pellets that power thenuclear reactor? Well, theyneed to be shipped into andout of the state though eitherrail, boat, or truck.

Though heavily guarded, Istill don’t like the idea ofdriving down 1-4 next to anarmored truck loaded withnuclear fuel. Even if theproponents of nuclear powercan weed out human andmechanical error from theirdrivers and trucks, I doubtthey are able to preventhuman error from the count-less aggressive drivers orlost tourists that patrol ourroads.

Progress Energy needsto stop trying to solve our re-gions energy needs by build-ing reactors of death.Progress Energy needs totake a step back and look atthe bigger picture. Heck,with a name like ProgressEnergy, you would thinkthey would look into build-ing some sort of new andprogressive wind or solarpower plant that would notonly provide jobs to boostour local economy, providefor our regions growing en-ergy demands, and be a pos-itive symbol to the rest of thenation that we in CentralFlorida are able to provideboth clean and safe energyfor our future generations.

by Scott Bianconicontributing writer

OpinionsTHE SANDSPUR6 OCTOBER 21, 2005

Every week, it seems thatI’m being forced to be awareof something else. Here atRollins, we have a “fill in theblank” awareness week. Weare aware of cultures, reli-gions, politics, movements,and everything in between.Don’t get me wrong. Weshould be aware of all of thesethings. We should be knowl-edgeable about the worldaround us. We should beknowledgeable about othercultures and religions in thisglobal society. We should beaware of politics and move-ments so we can decide howwe feel about them and howwe should act or not act onthem. But we are going aboutit the wrong way.

Awareness weeks here atRollins, in the present form,are booths, posters, e-mails,and the like. They are fliersthat give a summary of whatthe issue is about in its mostbasic sense. They are snippetsof cultures and aspects of reli-gions and one side of politics.They are a watered down ver-sion of important messages.They are cheapened editionsof something important.Awareness weeks give part ofan explanation, and becausethere is a new one every week(sometimes more than one atonce) it is easy for those piecesof information to get lost. It iseasy to become jaded to themessages that are trying to beexpressed. After a while, it allsounds the same. It is a whirl-wind of countries and beliefsystems and policies andprotests that all become onejumble. It makes you want todart past any table that is setup in front of the campus cen-ter so you won’t be attackedby someone trying to makeyou aware of something else.

Awareness weeks domore than just weaken other-wise strong concerns, howev-er. They call attention to differ-ences. They take all of the dif-ferences between human be-ings and they put them onposters and signs all overcampus. They make youaware of how different we allare rather than trying to ac-complish the objective thatMartin Luther King, Jr., and somany others have tried to ac-

complish: bringing us togeth-er.

Discrimination againstdifferent races, religions, andother groups are certainly stilla concern. However, the rea-son that the situation is somuch improved from whereit was in the past is that peopleworked to stop seeing the dif-ferences between differentkinds of people. They realizedthat Caucasians and African-Americans are not so differentafter all. They just have differ-ent colors of skin. They real-ized that Christians, Jews, andMuslims all worship the sameGod, and even if they did not,they are all still the same peo-ple. They worship differently,but as people, they are thesame. Democrats, Republi-cans, and members of otherpolitical parties are all thesame. They just support dif-ferent things. People are notthat different from one anoth-er. There are many differencesin the way we look, think,worship, talk, and conductour lives. But when it comesdown to it, we are all people.That is how we should vieweach other: as people. Asequals. Awareness weeksbring attention to the differ-ences—not the similarities.They separate us.

It is our differences thatmake our society so beautifulbecause it is so diverse. But byplastering those differencesacross the walls of the cafete-ria or the post office, it is a con-stant reminder that we are acompartmentalized society. Ittells us that we are not mem-bers of a global society. It tellsus that we are members of ourown societies. I don’t thinkthat’s true. At least, I don’tthink it should be. I wish I didnot feel this way. It feelswrong, and I apologize tothose who have worked sohard to put these differentawareness weeks together.You have done nothingwrong. You thought you weredoing the right thing, andyour motives are wonderful. Isalute you for your concernfor these important issues. Ijust think we need to reevalu-ate our methods. We are citi-zens of the world. We need toact like it.

by Jami Furopolitical columnist

AWARE OFHOW THINGS REALLY ARE

“Right” Answer

Dear College Humor Girl:

What were you thinking?Now that you are "published" are you

going to put that on your resume? Youmight as well.

The way our school's reputation hasbeen trashed in recent years in Playboy(#3 Party School), Abercrombie & Fitch (#1Slacker School) and now College Humor,a T-shirt from Spring Break in Cancun will have more value than a Rollins diploma.

One of these days you are eventually going to have to apply for a job. Instead of a partyschool, wouldn't you rather have a prospective employer think of Rollins as the #1 school inthe South?

I'm not saying you shouldn't have fun while you're at school. Go ahead and take top-less pictures of yourself (and feel free to email them to me). Drink yourself into a coma everyweekend. Go ahead and experiment with mind expanding, um, books.

It just pisses me off that you're harming the reputation of my Alma Mater, which in turnhas a direct effect on my earning potential.

Angelo VillagomezClass of ‘04

The First Amendmenthas been getting a workoutin recent weeks on two col-lege campuses – the Univer-sity of Florida and the Uni-versity of North Carolina atChapel Hill – where studentsare learning that free speechis a messy business.

The two cases, one in-volving a columnist at UNCand the other a political car-toonist at UF, have inflamedminority groups – Muslimsand blacks, respectively –provoking protests and de-bate. That's the good news;protest and debate are thecurrency of free speech.

What's not such goodnews is that the UNC colum-nist was fired, and the Flori-da cartoonist has been con-demned and threatened.Both students have been vir-tually abandoned by univer-sity officials, some of whomapparently are more con-cerned about burnishingtheir multiculti self-imagesthan in supporting an in-creasingly embattled found-ing principle.

Jillian Brandes, a formercolumnist for UNC's DailyTar Heel, wrote a columnmaking a case for racial pro-filing in the wake of the 9/11terrorist attacks that beganhyperbolically: "I want allArabs to be stripped nakedand cavity-searched if theyget within 100 yards of anairport."

Then she proceeded toquote several Arab studentsand a professor who saidthey wouldn't mind beingsearched. Some subsequent-ly claimed their remarks hadbeen taken out of context, anunprecedented development

in journalism. Brandes wasfired.

One could make a strongargument that Brandes' col-umn was silly, amateurish,lacking in taste, strident andineffective. But people havea clear and protected right tobe both silly and amateurish.

Brandes' editor claimedthat he fired her for "journal-istic malpractice," for takingquotes out of context, not inresponse to pressure. I canonly say that in 25 years withnewspapers, I've neverknown anyone to be firedwhen a story's subjects did-n't like the way quotes wereused.

In Gainesville, Fla., car-toonist Andy Marlette drewan image that has angeredsome black groups. Marletteis the nephew of PulitzerPrize-winning cartoonistand author Doug Marlette,whose talent as an equal-op-portunity offender apparent-ly seeped into the familygene pool.

Marlette the Younger'scartoon in the IndependentFlorida Alligator was a com-mentary on rapper KanyeWest's remarks followingHurricane Katrina that"George Bush doesn't careabout black people." Mar-lette drew a cartoon of Westholding an oversized play-ing card labeled "The RaceCard," with Secretary ofState Condoleezza Rice say-ing, "Nigga Please!"

The N-word makes mecringe... especially everytime I hear Kanye West sayit. His songs, including hiscurrent hit, "Gold Digger,"are liberally seasoned withthe word, often couched inviolence and obscenity. Butwhen I imagine the immacu-

late and proper Condi Ricesaying it, especially to a"brotha" who has made a for-tune playing the bad boy, itmakes me laugh.

Which is to say Mar-lette's cartoon hit the mark. Itwas sophisticated, irreverentand funny. His use of West'sown language to parody therapper's political statementwas, in fact, the art of the car-toon.

Yet certain campusgroups and administratorswere outraged. This, eventhough the same studentgovernment that pulled adsfrom the Alligator is payingWest to drop the N-bomb inconcert at the university in afew days.

It's hardly surprisingthat students don't under-stand that the First Amend-ment, which protects Mar-lette's and Brandes' right tovoice unpopular opinions,also protects West's "music,"as well as their own right toprotest.

It's disturbing, however,when faculty and adminis-trators' understanding is lit-tle better.

The painful irony is thatminorities are historicallythe first to suffer when freespeech goes. Not so longago, blacks were lynched inthis country for trying tovoice their opinions at thepolls. Which is why AfricanAmericans _ and now ArabAmericans troubled by thespecter of discrimination _should be the loudest voicessupporting the freedomsthat permit even speech theyfind offensive.

It's a messy job, buteverybody's got to do it.

Letter to the EditorWhat were you thinking?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Villagomez is referring to animage posted on CollegeHumor.com depicting aRollins College student in a seductive nude posewith the message, “Rollins College LovesCH.com,” written in body paint across her chest.While we have determined that it would be inap-propriate to reprint that image here, if you wish toview the photo, please access the online versionof this article at www.thesandspur.org, where youwill find a link.

by Kathleen Parkerthe orlando sentinel

Those Who Censor CollegeJournalists Should Beware

OpinionsOCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 7

Last week I posted achallenge to the artisticcommunity to create apoem like Allen Ginsberg’s“Howl,” which inevitablychanged the face of our na-tion. This is heady chal-lenge, but worry not aboutthe impact of your work—that remains the domain ofthe public to decide.

Please don’t be intimi-dated or discouraged fromthe weight of writing apoem that could “changethe face of a nation” be-cause you never know howyour words will impactothers. “Divinity rests inthe muse; wisdom in theinterpreter,” as the oldGreek adage goes, sodon’t worry . . . justwrite. (Believe me Iknow: Easier said thandone.)

The awards for thewinner are as follows: A$50 gift certificate toenjoy at Austin Coffeeand Film; bask in thespotlight at an event inyour honor whereyou’ll read your award-winning poem (or havesomeone else read it tothe crowd for you);your poem will be pub-lished in The Sandspur.

In addition to all theswag you will receive forwriting about your percep-tions of the social climatein this country, we are or-ganizing a team to film thereadings of the top-threeentries at Austin Coffeeand Film to submit to Cur-rent TV for the whole na-tion to feel your vibes.

Current TV is the firsttruly democratic, inde-pendently owned/operat-ed cable and satellite tele-vision network in thecountry, currently avail-able to over 20 millionhomes throughout theUnited States. People fromall over the world submittheir five-to-fifteen minutevideo “pods” for review on

the Current TV website,www.current.tv. Peopleview the videos, and onceone’s work receivesenough “Green Light”votes, the submission isaired. If you would like tosee this station in action,tune into channel 156 onBright House Networks; ifyou don’t have BrightHouse, check the CurrentTV website for local list-ings.

Current TV is alsoteamed up with Google.Every half-hour they givebrief statistics of what theworld is searching for onthe Internet (top news sto-ries, etc.). This is an in-

sightful and spin-freemedium where you canplace your thumb on thepulse of what Americansand the world (at leastthose within reach of theGoogle search-engine) iscurious about and search-ing for on the Internet.

Current posits theviewer is also the produc-er, encouraged viewers toprovide Current withinput of all mediums: onexisting projects under re-view, on the world as theindividual sees it, on theirblogs, etc.. They have apowerful mission state-ment, which embodies apossible remedy to one ofour major problems in

American society, the tele-vision:

Right now, at this mo-ment in history, TV is themost powerful medium in theworld. Its reach and influ-ence are unparalleled. Itmakes or breaks products andpoliticians alike, paints ourpicture of the world, andglues our culture together.And yet, who controls it?Now, you do.

On a side note: Withthe independent movietheater, Enzian, planningto open a three-screen the-ater in the revamped Win-ter Park, perhaps it wouldbehoove of Rollins to in-vest in some video equip-

ment and see whatkind of mark we canleave through “themost powerful medi-um in the world.”

In regards to film-ing the reading, wecannot guaranteewhat we film will beaired, but we aregoing to give it ourbest shot. If youwould like to see anexample of a Beat-style poem that wasrecently submittedand aired on Current,check out www.the-battleforamerica.com,

it has a link to a filmed-poem that is as touching asit is powerful. For thosethat are planning to submita piece to this contest, Iwould recommend check-ing that poem out to get afeeling of what we’re look-ing for.

Don’t forget to get yoursubmissions into [email protected] byOctober 31! Thank you toall who have submittedthus far, we will keep youposted as events unfold.

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by Issac Stolzenbachpolitical columnist

HOWL AGAIN POETRY CONTESTFOLLOW-UP

Finally, the legacy ofCharles Taylor, a mannever to be forgotten, mayfinally begin to be ren-dered simply a memory inthe free democratic elec-tions held in Liberia thispast week. Life in Liberiatoday, as it has been sincethe war lord Taylor tookover in 1990, is wretched.With little infrastructure,no electricity, no water, nogovernmental structure,and little education, thepeople of Liberia eke out alife inferior to that of sub-sistence. With the light ofdemocracy shiningthrough their hope for abrighter future is begin-ning to turn into a reality.

Charles Taylor de-stroyed Liberia over four-teen years of tyrannicalrule. He cared nothing forthe people of his country;he only cared for powerand wealth. The slogansfor his “reelections” read“He killed our ma’s! Hekilled our pa’s! And I willvote for him anyway!” Heled his people through fearand heavy handed retribu-tion. Taylor left little forthe people of Liberia to in-herit when he was oustedin 2003.

After fighting a civilwar for years, the tiredpeople of Liberia welcomepeaceful change. They area nation of tired people,tired of fighting, tired ofdying. Democracy hasreared its head in Liberiaand the Liberians are grab-bing the bull by the hornsand riding it to a futurehardly imaginable underTaylor.

Even former PresidentJimmy Carter acted as anelection official, monitor-ing an election center. Heclaimed that the electionswere free and fair, and thata huge turn out of voterswill ensure something pos-itive. If Jimmy Carter says

the elections are good thenwho can argue…but I di-gress.

Liberia is headed in theright direction, even if oneof the two front runners inthe presidential election,George Weah, is a formersoccer star and not well ed-ucated. In such a poor na-tion with little education,any education is betterthan none. The other front-runner, Ellen Johnson-Sir-leaf who is in her mid six-ties, is a former WorldBank official with a Har-vard Graduate degree andyears of public experience.She definitely has the tech-nical know how to lead thefledgling democracy. Ei-ther of these two wouldwork for a better Liberia,one with jobs, food, elec-tricity, running water, aneducation system, and afunctioning government.

One would be hardpressed to find anyoneother than maybe CharlesTaylor who would opposedemocracy in a regionwrought by war and strifefor so long. The surround-ing countries are glad forthis peaceful transitionsince long has the fightingwithin Liberia spread to itsthree surrounding nations,Sierra Leone, CoteD’Ivoire, and Guinea. Thisregion has much to lookforward to with the adventof Liberian democracy.

Liberians are tired offighting; even those bornand raised in the rebelliousmilitias want peace them-selves. Every Liberianwants to end the death anddestruction and promotethe greater collective goodof the nation and its citi-zens. Liberia is a testamentto the power of democracy.They have tasted represen-tation in government andwant more. For all thosewho question the universalquest for democracy andits contagious nature,watch and learn fromLiberia. Their democracymay have a rocky start, butthen again so did ours.Hopefully they will be abeacon in Africa to helppromote democratizationin that continent.

Free electionsin Liberia point toa positive andbright future freefrom tyranny.by Brett Heiney

the sandspur

The Future ofLiberianDemocracy

THE SANDSPUR8 OCTOBER 21, 2005

This column is a contin-uation of last week's ques-tion regarding graduateschool.Dear Marian:

I am going to graduate inMay and am thinking aboutgoing to graduate school. Doyou have any advice for me? Answer:

Once you have made thedecision that you are “gradu-ate school bound” it’s time tobegin the application process.For many undergraduate stu-dents, this process can seem abit daunting. Here are a fewrecommended actions step tobreakdown and simplify theprocess:

Research graduate pro-grams:

A prospective student canevaluate a program based onthe location, school reputa-tion, size, faculty, tuition, andavailability of assistantships,fellowships and area of spe-cialization. There are a num-ber of publications that at-tempt to rank schools. Youmay want to consider check-ing out US News and WorldReport along with a few oth-ers to obtain a broad perspec-tive.

Become familiar withand calendar the applicationPROCESS:

Because deadlines varyfrom program to program it isimportant to calendar the ap-plication dates for the pro-grams that interest you. Whattype of information will beneeded for each applicationprocess? For many programs,an applicant will need threeletters of recommendation, anautobiographical statement ofinterest and goals, the resultsof a graduate admissions testand official undergraduatetranscripts.

Who should you ask towrite a letter of recommenda-tion for you? Letters of rec-ommendation written by fac-ulty who are familiar withyour undergraduate work canbe helpful. Also, considerasking a program alumnus ora professional in the field tocompose a letter of referenceas well.

Study and practice forthe Graduate AdmissionsTest:

The majority of programsuse GRE (Graduate RecordExamination) in the applica-tion process. This test is com-posed of standardized; multi-ple-choice questions that pro-

vide graduate schools with astandard measure to compareapplicants. Other tests in-clude: LSAT (law school ad-mission) and MCAT (medicalschool admission test) Startearly by purchasing one of thestudy books with accompany-ing practice CD. Studying thebook and taking the practicetests will help you determinewhether other tutoring andprep classes will be needed.

Fellowships and Assist-antships:

Many times the applica-tion deadlines for the academ-ic program is different fromthe application deadline forassist ships and fellowships.A general rule for these posi-tions is to APPLY EARLY! Ifyou apply early you’ll usuallyhave a better chance for finan-cial assistance and career re-lated opportunities.

The waiting game: Make sure that you pho-

tocopy all of your applicationmaterials before you send it incase something gets lost ormisplaced along the way. It’s agood idea to verify that yourapplication meets all require-ments well before the applica-tion deadline.

Your application willeventually end up in thehands of departmental admis-sions committee. The depart-mental admissions committeeis the place where the admis-sions decisions are made. Get-ting your application in earlyis important. Eventually, thedepartment will send out of-fers of admission, notices ofrejection, and, in some cases, afew notice that applicantshave been wait-listed. Do notbe discouraged if you receivea wait list notice. Typically, anadmissions committee willextend offers to a few moreapplicants than a program ac-tually has room for sincesome students who’ve beenaccepted will enroll else-where. If a large number ofaccepted students chooseother schools, offers will beextended to wait-listed appli-cants.

Next Step? Does this process sound

easier than you initiallythought? Still wonderingwhere you should start?Email me [email protected] andI will be glad to email youback a Grad School Applica-tion checklist to keep every-thing recorded and on track.

Grad School Bound?One of the things that

makes Rollins so great of aninstitution is the diversity ofnot only its student body butalso its faculty. Mr. Thomp-son is a business professor inthe evening program atRollins College.

He has been teachinghere since 1998, and amongthe courses he taught are:Management and Leader-ship, International Business,and Marketing. BesidesRollins, he has been teachingOnline and On-ground atUniversity of Phoenix.

He taught Business Re-search Methods and Busi-ness Development at NovaSoutheastern University andFlorida Atlantic University.He had taught at KellerGraduate School of Businessand DeVry University.

Professor Thompsongrew up in Milan, a verysmall agricultural town inTennessee. He earned abachelor degree in science, abachelor degree in arts, anda master degree in scienceengineering at the Universi-ty of Tennessee. He is cur-rently working on his doc-torate at Nova SoutheasternUniversity. He specializes inIndustrial Engineering andMarketing.

Mr. Thompson enjoysteaching for the most partbecause of interaction withstudents. In fact, when askedabout what he likes the mostabout teaching, his answerwas very short and simple,“The Students.” He advisesRollins students who aregoing to graduate school to“Be prepared, follow up andstudy.” As friendly as Pro-fessor Thompson is it is vir-tually not a surprise that oneof the reasons he chooses toteach here at the HamiltonHolt School is “Students andthe Friendly Atmosphere.”

As Professor Thompsonloves his students, they dolove him likewise. What theylove the most about Profes-sor Thompson is his teach-ing style. In one of the manyinformal conversations I hadwith fellows students aboutProfessor Thompson, onecomrade that I cannot recallthe name at this momenttold me, “on top of his beau-tiful accent, I love the way heteaches.

He understands that weare adults with lots of re-sponsibilities. He places allhis PowerPoint presenta-tions on blackboard in ad-vance. They are very de-

tailed and easy to compre-hend.” He went on to say, “Ifwe are not 100 percent readybefore each class session, it isnot Professor Thompson’sfault. He provides us witheverything necessary tocome to class prepared tolearn.”

Mr. Thompson’s ideal lo-cation for a vacation isAfrica. He enjoys readingand listening to jazz. His fa-vorite Book is Winning byJack Welch and his favoritePlay is Les Miserable. Profes-sor Thompson’s preferreddish is seafood. As forleisure, he enjoys “NaturePhotography,” Fishing, play-ing golf, watching Tennesseefootball and Orlando Magicbasketball.

Professor Thompson iscurrently serving as the Se-nior Vice President of Busi-ness Development at the Na-tional Preaching Academy, anon-profit organizationwhich is striving to improvethe effective communicationfor Preachers.

In 1996, ProfessorThompson created a man-agement consulting compa-ny which provides profes-sional services to individu-

als, small and medium sizecompanies in the areas ofstrategic planning, mergerand acquisitions, process im-provement and training.

Prior to being a consult-ant, he spent 25 years work-ing for major corporations invarious positions in Manage-ment. He began his career asan Industrial/Manufacturingengineer and proceededthrough the ranks to becomeCorporate Vice President ofEngineering and BusinessDevelopment.

He has worked for vari-ous foreign own companiesand has extensive experiencein international business. Forinstance, Professor Thomp-son worked on a joint ven-ture in China and held man-agement positions over engi-neering in Japan, Brazil,Mexico, Spain, Canada andthe United States.

Professor Thompsonwas president of Jaycees andNEMA—National ElectricalManufacturing Association(Connector Section). He is amember of Society of Manu-facturing Engineers, APICS,Junior Achievement Advi-sor, Chamber of Commerce,Florida Citrus Sports, andLaity Council of AsburyMethodist Church. He is orwas on the Board of Direc-tors of Central Florida SnowSkiers and Institute of Indus-trial Engineers.

With his extensive expe-rience in the business worldand his love and under-standing of non-traditionalstudents, Professor Thomp-son contributes greatly to thegreatness of the Rollins com-munity in general and theHolt School in particular.

Professor of Business,Ronald Thompson

by Jean Bernad Cherythe sandspur

COURTESY OF RONALD THOMPSON

Quoting famous figuressuch as Supreme Court JudgeSandra Day-O’Connor andMahatma Ghandi, SharonCarrier, Ph.D. introducedherself on the evening of Oct.12, to an audience of studentsand faculty as the latest Deanof the Hamilton Holt School.

Carrier first began herteaching career at Rollins in1983 as an adjunct professor.She earned her B.A. in studioart and her M.A. in humani-ties from Florida State Uni-versity, and a Ph.D. in highereducation administrationfrom the University of Flori-da.

Immediately studentswere treated to possibly thequickest and easiest quizduring their time on campusadministered by the dean onthe history of the HamiltonHolt School.

Anyone who may havefelt overwhelmed at thehalfway point of the semester

was encouraged by theinspirational stories oftwo fellow Holt stu-dents, Leifke Cox andMark Zauss, who over-came numerous obsta-cles to continue theireducation.

Dean Carrier con-siders the Rollins com-munity the supportingcharacters in a student’slife story eager to “pro-vide the best educationpossible.”

In addition to themany opportunitiescurrently available toHolt students, DeanCarrier revealed sever-al ideas to better servethe student body.

She desires to creategrants that will provide up tohalf the amount of the inter-national study experienceand, over the next threeyears, increase the financialsupport to students by dou-bling the amount of scholar-ship funding.

This year will bringabout the design of a leader-ship course where studentswill take the leadership theo-ries learned in the classroominto the local community.

Dean Carrier will also ex-plore the possibility of partic-

ipation in honor societies andmore student recognitionprograms. Like those whohave held the position beforeher, the new dean seeks tofind ways to increase Hamil-ton Holt’s sense of belongingto the Rollins communitythrough both educationaland extracurricular activities.

So far it has been adaunting task but it seemspossible if Carrier’s tenure asDean is as lifting as her per-formance in the Bush Audito-rium.

During the question andanswer session with the

Dean a wide range oftopics were discussed toinclude her favorite car-toon character. Amongthe issues the dean nowhas on her desk to re-search is a tuition dis-count for alumni whowant to continue theirpostgraduate studies atRollins.

Currently the 20percent tuition discountis only available toRollins graduates whowould like to earn a sec-ond Bachelor degree.The ideas of splittingthe OrganizationalCommunications disci-pline into more focusedpaths such as Public Re-

lations and Marketing, thelack of mathematics coursesoffered and the right mix ofsummer courses all broughtabout the acknowledgementthat during this year and nextyear a serious curriculum re-view will take place.

On a nonacademic note,the nutritional selection atthe Cornell Café was dis-cussed. It appears not every-one wants to eat Chick-Fil-Aevery night for dinner afterrushing from work in justenough time to make it toclass.

There are plans to seehow the Cornell CampusCenter can be more accom-modating to Holt students bysending out a survey in thenear future. Students are en-couraged to take a few mo-ments to fill out the surveyand, if possible, mentionways the Cornell Café canbetter serve their needs.

Incidentally, those fa-vorite cartoon charactershappen to be Courage theCowardly Dog and Sponge-bob Squarepants.

Dean Carrier hopesHamilton Holt will serve as a“model to other liberal artscolleges to reach out to a di-verse and local populationwith a high quality liberalarts education.”

She continues the tradi-tion of highly accessible lead-ers at Rollins and encouragesthe student body to stay incontact through e-mail, theStudent Government Associ-ation (HHSGA) or throughthe monthly courtyard con-versations she hopes to start.

If you never have thepleasure of speaking withDean Carrier, take her adviceregarding the paths you trav-el in life, “Do those thingsthat make you happy andsuccess will come.”

OCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 9

Holt Students, Faculty Turn Out To ‘Meet The Dean’

by Tanisha Mathisthe sandspur

Dean SharonCarrier shares vi-sion and answersstudent questionsat Holt SGA event.

HOLT SGA EVENT STAFF: (From Left) Brian Hernandez, Jennifer Walchok, DeanSharon Carrier, Sue Easton, Ph.D., and Richard Mino. Not Pictured: Mary-AllenSinger, Holt SGA President.

BRETT HEINEY / The Sandspur

INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS: Dean Carrier spent time after the event speak-ing to students face to face about their concerns, recommendations and career am-bitions.

COURTESY OF SHARON CARRIER, Ph.D.

In Tony Scott’s highly an-ticipated action flick, “Domi-no,” with its violent natureand cold-hearted heroinewith a soft-spot for gold fish,what could possibly gowrong? The answer is every-thing.

To begin with, the film’stagline is indication enoughof what to expect from thefinished product, “I am abounty hunter...” in the fa-

miliar thick British accent ofthe delicate Keira Knightley,an unexpected candidate forsuch a hardcore title charac-ter. Despite this fact, shedoes do an impressive job ofholding her own throughoutthe movie in attitude andphysicality.

This is delightful forwomen, showing that sizedoesn’t matter, women canbe just as tough as any man,even Mickey Rourke. Plus,no girl can resist watching afellow feline kick ass asmuch as the next guy.

Starring Keira Knightley(“Pirates of the Caribbean”,“Love Actually”) as DominoHarvey, the fabulous MickeyRourke (“Sin City”, “OnceUpon a Time in Mexico”) asleader of the “Bounty

Squad,” Ed Moseby, andsuch random appearances asBrian Austin Green and IanZiering (both of “BeverlyHills 90210” fame) as them-selves, as well as comedianMo’Nique, singer MacyGray and Shondrella Avery(Lafawnduh of “NapoleanDynamite”).

What the film turned outto be, contrary to its veryconvincing previews, was atypical cheesy action flickthat upon leaving the theaterraises the question, “Wasthat supposed to be a come-dy?” Quickly answered witha sincere “I hope so.” How-ever, if this film were tochange genres it would notdo much to improve the ter-ribly written screenplay, ifyou can call that writing.Quite frankly it might havedone better as a poorly writ-ten science fiction love storythat involved shotguns andmodels.

“Domino” followsspoiled, pampered daughterof actor Laurence Harvey,obviously of the same name,as she goes from Ford modelto bounty hunter in a jobgone horribly wrong.

The movie is filled withone-liners that are as cheesyas its tag line. ChristopherWalken shows up as a tele-vision show producer want-ing to sign the squad on for

a WB reality television show,cleverly titled, “The BountySquad.”

When their boss tries tocommit car insurance fraudto steal the money to save hissick grandchild, his wife(Mo’Nique) gets caught bythe FBI making counterfeitlicenses at the DMV whereshe works and they strike adeal with her that will keepher out of prison.

Trying to shift all theblame, even for the insur-ance fraud on her last cus-tomer, she turns them intothe FBI with her husband’splan pinned on them.

These last customers,however, end up being mobchildren who are kidnapedand killed for the stolenmoney. The delivery was

made by the “BountySquad” who were obliviousto the teenagers identities.

The squad soon findsthemselves running out oftime as they seek out thestolen money in order tosave their own lives. Obvi-ously while all of these terri-bly exciting events are occur-ring, the WB is gettingfootage of it all. It seemshighly unlikely professionalkillers would stoop so low.

In an era where the filmindustry has lost its inspira-tion through the multitudeof appalling remakes thathave been released as of late,“Domino” isn’t going to bethe original film that pullsthem out of it. It is assumedthat this film was created asa big joke...and a bad one at

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WW E E K LE E K L YY HHAries (March

21-April 19): Besure to keep upwith all yourschoolwork this

week. If you’ve been havingtrouble getting motivated thentry rewarding yourself eachtime you successfully make itthrough a project. If you canjust keep up with it all you’llbe pleasantly surprised at theend of the week when youhave plenty of time to relax.

Taurus (April20-May 20): Thisis a week for giv-ing of yourself toothers. Someone

in your life is going to be inmajor need of emotional re-construction and you’re justthe friend to do it. They’llrepay you in kind by remind-ing you just how importantyou are to them in the near fu-ture.

Gemini (May21-June 21): You’llbe tempted to betruly awful to oth-ers this week.

Don’t give in. Even thoughsome of the people who areclosest to you are not being en-tirely rational this week youshould cut them some slack.Next time you’re being irra-tional you can remind howgood you were for them.

Cancer (June22-July 22): This isa good week forfiguring yourselfout. If you’ve been

having some difficulty fittingin then don’t worry about it.Sometimes we are meant tostand out in life. Instead ofworrying about how to getalong better with others youshould worry about trying tomake yourself happy above allelse.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Youwere so good toothers last weekthat you deserve

to spoil yourself all this week.If you’re single then go out andfind someone to celebrate goodtimes with. If you’ve got asweetie then you should take

them out to celebrate your joywith you.

Virgo (Aug.23-Sept. 22): Ex-pect to be pleas-antly surprised atthe end of the

week. You’re going to need anice, long break after all thework you’ve got in the mean-time. Your normal school weekis going to be long and ardu-ous before you make it throughto the weekend. It will all beworth making it through yourwork, though. Be on the look-out for a new love interest inthe meantime.

Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 22): Yourfuture is full ofpossibilities thisweek. Don’t just

jump into opportunitieswithout checking with yourclosest friends first, though.Your friends know you al-most as well as you knowyourself and are a majorsource of information andstability no matter what situ-ations you find yourself in.

Hollywood Bounty: Domino Harvey

by Sophia Koshmerthe sandspur

Domino / Copyright New Line CinemaDOMINO HARVEY STRUTS HER STUFF: Keira Knightleyand Mickey Rourke stroll to the latest job.

Domino’s keytagline “I am abounty hunter...”belies its poorlywritten script andjokes.

Picture for a momentthat tiny little pocket on agirl’s jeans. How manytimes have you wonderedwhat exactly such an in-significant looking pocketcould possibly hold?

Feeling a societal obliga-tion to the mystery, Applehas recently released thenext generation iPod. Evensmaller than the Mini, nowcomes the Nano, and it real-ly does fit in that ridiculouslittle pocket on girls’ jeans.

Now smaller than mostcell phones, the latest iPodcomes in a 2 and 4 gigabytesize with the choice of ablack or white cover. Retail-ing for $199 and $249 respec-tively, the Nano not only of-fers unlimited transporta-tion potential, but a series ofnew gadgets and featuresthat put competing mp3players to shame.

After the initial shockover its minute stature sub-sides, the more critical of uswill begin right away bycomplaining that it will beeasily lost or broken. Forthose forgetful listeners outthere it is true, the size of theNano will not help your af-fliction.

However, the Nano is sounobtrusive on one’s personthat it can easily become an

item that never leaves one’spocket. Apple has designedthe Nano to fit into that tinypocket and any other pocketfor a reason: the Nano andfuture iPod generations aregoing to become as essentialto your daily activities as cellphones, car keys, and wal-lets. Every morning beforeclass when you check yourthings before leaving, youriPod will be on that list ofthings that you are alwayscarrying around.

Now on the subject ofthose hooligans that bringtheir Nanos on high speedadventures through campus,Apple has utilized a FlashMemory system as opposedto a spinning Hard Drivedisk to keep the music play-ing skip free.

One other observationabout high intensity situa-tions shows that should theNano attempt a mid-air es-cape from its bonds, it willnot go any further than thelength of your earphonecable. The tiny iPod weighsso little that it is easily sus-pended by the headphonejack connection.Though some may questionthe size limits on new Nano,a thousand songs (4GB) ismore than enough listeningfor a week’s time. Applehas also retained the user-friendly iTunes program to

change and upload your on-the-go song collection, sochanging playlists frequent-ly is just as simple as before.Thanks to the enhanced res-olution and colored screen,the Nano also has the capac-ity to store and display aphoto collection.

Besides showing off pic-tures of reasonably gooddefinition, the Nano can alsobe used to transfer picturesfrom computer to computerjust as it and previous gener-ations could with music.The “Extras” menu includesa series of both new and oldfeatures that continue to setapart the Nano from itspredecessors.

Included now is a clockthat holds times in all majorcities worldwide, a stop-watch, a contacts list, a cal-endar with changeableevents, a notes section, andfour games: brick, solitaire,parachute and music quiz(and these games definitelyhave the edge on cell phonegames). The Nano alsocomes preloaded with 21 dif-ferent languages and a num-ber of other options to fur-ther customize your iPod ex-perience.

If you’ve been holdingout on buying an iPod for awhile now, this is the time tostrike. Hit the Apple storeASAP.

THE SANDSPUROCTOBER 21, 2005 11&Arts Entertainment

HHOROSCOPESOROSCOPESScorpio (Oct.

23-Nov. 21): My,aren’t we feelingromantic thisweek? Well you

should be. All the stars are in-dicating that this is the luckyweek for you to find new lifeand new love. Don’t waste theopportunity for a new start inyour love life. If you see achance then you should take it.Otherwise, you need to suck itup and go tell them how youfeel. Nothing will ever happenif you aren’t willing to go outand seize love and happinessfor yourself. No one else willdo it for you.

S a g i t t a r i u s(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):While you seemto have your acttogether this

week on the academic front thesame can’t be said for your per-sonal life. Have you been ne-glecting close friends? Haveyou been putting off dealingwith love? If you have thenyou need to get back to caringabout people in your life. It is

important to make sure thatyou take care of number onebut don’t forget that sometimesyou need someone else to takecare of number one too.

C a p r i c o r n(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Everything seemsto be going verywell for you in life

lately. Maybe this means it’stime to try something new inyour academic life. Try takingon some new responsibilitiesthis week and you may findyour newest niche. If othersview you taking initiative thenthere is a good chance some-one will recognize your abili-ties and greatly reward you.Just remember, anything worthdoing is worth doing well.Don’t go in for halfway onprojects this week.

A q u a r i u s(Jan. 20-Feb. 18):It may feel likeyou’ve gotteninto a rut lately

in your life. You can only bedowntrodden if you let your-self. Try looking for a new life

philosophy this week to helpyou get back on track. I’m notsaying to go find a new reli-gion, but try looking for ahealthier, happier way to dealwith situations and people inyour life that are stressful.With a little positive thinkingyou’ll find that things arenever that bad and karma isjust waiting to reward you forgood words and good deeds.So get out there and makekarma want to pay you back infull.

Pisces (Feb.19-March 20): Thisis definitely aweek for new be-ginnings. You’re

getting bogged down by all thedrama in your life lately. First,don’t get involved in dramathat doesn’t involve you. Onceyou’ve stopped trying to fixeveryone else in your life you’llfind that fixing your own life ismuch easier. If you look hardenough you may just findsomeone to help you out withthis new beginning. Happyhunting!

“There is a difference between a failure and a fias-co.”

This line opens “Elizabethtown,” a heart-warmingstory of how a man’s life is changed for the better afterfacing two major tragedies.

Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom, “Lord of the Rings”,“Pirates of the Caribbean”) is having a bad day. In hisown words, he is experiencing the backlash of a “fias-co.” The highly anticipated shoe that he designed forhis sneaker company is a huge flop and his mistakehas cost the company almost a billion dollars.

After losing his well-paying job, he finds out thathis father passed away while visiting relatives in Eliz-abethtown, Ky. His mother (Susan Sarandon) and sis-ter are hysterical with shock and grief, and it is up toDrew to take care of the arrangements. He flies to Eliz-abethtown, consumed with depression and hopeless-ness.

Right when his plane takes everything, everythingstarts to change. He meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst, “Spi-derman”), a stewardess on the flight of which he is theonly passenger. She is friendly and spontaneous andseems to keep appearing throughout his stay in Eliza-bethtown.

“Elizabethtown” is about the surreal found in thereal. It is the extraordinary within the ordinary. It isdeath and life and the way that a father’s death in-spires a sort of rebirth for his son. It is a funny yetpoignant, sad but uplifting film that after it’s over willmake you want to go out of the theater and embracelife. It is full of wise one-liners that force you to thinkabout them and forbid you from forgetting them longafter the last credit has rolled.

Bloom gives his finest performance of his career.He captures the desperation of a man with nothing tolose and he embraces the hope of a man with every-thing to gain. Bloom gives an impressive nature to therole of an ordinary man. He makes the story of aneveryday kind of guy in a nowhere town an epic jour-ney of one man’s quest to discover life in the world hethought he knew.

Dunst also delivers a superb performance. Thetalkative, spontaneous Claire, who suffers in the verydepths of her soul without letting the world know, islike a muse for the troubled Drew. She is an instru-ment for bringing about change in him, and in theprocess, she experiences change in herself, too. Her fa-cial expressions and delivery are perfect and showboth sides of Claire’s character beautifully without re-vealing too much of her innermost thoughts.

“Elizabethtown” is a must see. You will laugh, youwill cry, and you will leave the theater thinking aboutlife in a completely different way.

ELIZABETHTOWNELIZABETHTOWN

MOVIE RREVIEWMOVIE RREVIEW

JAMI FURO

Elizabethtown / Copyright Paramount PicturesKIERSTEN AND ORLANDO MAKE QUITE A PAIR: Thepair’s chemistry throughout the movie is stunning.

Apple Releases iPod Nanoby Chris Winsor

the sandspur

Oct. 13 came and wentwith a fabulous delight dur-ing the evening hours on theRollins College campus.Once again the unbelievablyextraordinary John M.Tiedtke Concert Hall was thevenue for a performance ofclassical music.

Billed as a “FacultyRecital,” Dr. Gloria Cook onpiano and Ms. Joni Roos onviolin, captured the hearts,minds and perhaps a fewother body parts of justabout the entire audience.

They began with aMozart sonata (Sonata for vi-olin and piano in A major, K526). The sonata was one ofMozart’s happier pieces,moving from softly to loud-ly with a variety of different

uplifting passages. Cook,provided fresh, clear end-ings, a remarkable intensityof concentration and amélange of passionate pianoplaying.

Roos wowed the audi-ence with her musical feroci-ty, along with lively, enthusi-astic violin playing. The duomoved on to two entirelydifferent Debussy pieces(“La fille aux cheveux de lin”and “La plus que lent”).

The music was beautiful-ly tender and melodic. Theywere performed softly, deli-cately and with a strongsense of loving kindness.The performance of the firstpiece was so mesmerizingthat when it came to a com-pletion the audience was soenraptured by the music thatalmost no one thought to ap-

plaud. The musicians lookedat each other like "why aren'tthey applauding, we'veclearly finished the pieceand we played beautifully?"

After a few brief mo-ments, the artists made thecorrect decision to proceedto the second Debussy piecerather that wait for any sortof applause or movementfrom practically anyone inthe audience. It was also adelight to see Cook’s highheels digging in firmly to theawesome cherry wood stage.

After a very pleasant fif-teen or twenty minute inter-mission, the musicians re-turned to the stage to a moremodern work, “GracefulGhost“ Rag by William Bol-com. This was apparentlythe piece of the entire pro-gram that the musicians con-

centrated on the most. I don’thave a lot to say about thispiece except to note that bothmusicians looked at eachother at the end of it, smil-ing, as if to say “we reallynailed that one, didn’t we?”

The program ended witha remarkable work, “LaTrilled u diable” (The Devil’sTrill), by Giuseppe Tartini.The work included a unbe-lieveably exquisite cadenzaor sort of a violin solo duringthe work. It was then thatRoos demonstrated veryamply her virtuosity on vio-lin, flowing through ten orfifteen minutes of stunningviolin.

At the conclusion of theconcert, the audience of sev-eral hundred gave the duoan immediate, resoundingstanding ovation that lasted

for many minutes. I thinkthey were saying (the audi-ence, that is) that this wassuch beautiful music, suchuplifting stuff that a pleasanttime would be awaiting allwho attended.

The performances atTiedtke Concert Hall are freeand open to the public. Toget on the mailing list for up-coming performances, callthe college at (407) 646-2000ext. 4 and ask for RollinsMusic Department.

If you’re interested inBach Festival performancesheld exclusively at RollinsCollege, call the same num-ber, and ask for the Bach Fes-tival Office. The Bach Festi-val also sponsors a very, veryfine Visiting Artists’ Serieswhich is incomparable in itsown way.

THE SANDSPUR12 OCTOBER 21, 2005&Arts Entertainment

Chic Classical Performance Mesmerizesby Joseph Rubel

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OCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 13&TimesLifeWhat’s New with the Mouse?

There are a ton of thingsgoing on in Walt DisneyWorld right now. This is ahighlight of just a couplethat you might want to catchthe next time you’re boredand looking for somethinginteresting to do.

Now through Nov. 13Epcot is hosting the annualFood and Wine Festival. Thislively, entertaining partythrough the World Showcasesection of Epcot includes achance to taste authenticfood and rare wine frommany different countries.Special tickets are needed forentrance to events such asthe Party for the Senses,which takes place on Nov. 5and 12 and special dinnerevents in select countries, oc-curring on Nov. 8, 6, and 12.Information can be found atwww.disneyworld.com/foodandwine, and reserva-tions can be made by calling(407) WDW-FEST.

Beginning on Nov. 1, theAnimal Kingdom Lodge isnow hosting a special lunch-eon every Tuesday featuringan animal specialist fromDisney who will share sto-ries for both kids and adultsalike. This authentic experi-ence costs $65 per person.This special dinner can bebooked by calling (407)WDW-DINE.

The National Rubik’sCube Championship isgoing to be hosted at the Dis-ney’s Pop Century Resortfrom Nov. 4-6. This uniqueand challenging champi-onship will include competi-tions including 3x3x3, 4x4x4,and 5x5x5. Anyone interest-ed can go online to www.ru-biks.com for further infor-mation on the tournament.

The 30th Annual Art Fes-tival of the Masters is com-ing to Downtown Disneyfrom Nov. 11-13, from9:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dis-playing works from over 200artists, the show will includephotography, drawings, jew-elry, and much more. Entryis free but if more informa-tion is needed, go online towww.disneyworld.com/artor call (407) 824-4321.

The 10th Annual SuperSoap Weekend in Disney-MGM Studios is scheduledfor Nov. 12-13. Over 30 starsfrom ABC soap operas suchas “All My Children,” “OneLife to Live,” and “GeneralHospital” will join Mickeyand friends in a two dayevent. Special happeningsinclude “Who Wants To Be aMillionaire: Super Soap Edi-tion” and “I Wanna Be aSoap Star: Super Soap Edi-tion.” The price of Super

Soap Weekend is included ina regular theme park admis-sion to Disney-MGM Stu-dios. More information canbe found online, includingthe star line-up, at www.dis-neyworld.com.

Walt Disney World ishosting the Florida CitrusBowl at the Walt DisneyWorld Classic XXVI. Festivi-ties continue from Nov. 17 to19 and include a variety ofactivities. The actual game,between Florida A&M Uni-versity and Bethune-Cook-man College takes place onNov. 19 at 4pm. Ticket pur-chases and information canbe found at www.ticketmas-ter.com.

Starting Nov. 14, theever-popular Osborne Fami-ly Spectacle of Lights returnsto Disney-MGM Studios andlasts through Jan. 8, 2006.This year, there will be morelights and more days to seethem! The Osborne FamilySpectacle of Lights experi-ence, including the special“Hollywood Holly-Day”parade, is included in regu-lar Disney-MGM Studiostheme park admission. Noextra purchase is necessary.

Mickey’s Very MerryChristmas Party beginsNov. 27, and continues for14 nights: Nov. 27 and 29,and Dec. 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13,15, 16, 18, and 20. This expe-rience includes a new, neverbefore seen fireworks per-formance, live music, and

much more.

An inside lookat the upcominghappenings at theWalt Disney WorldResort.by Nicole Fluet

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COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY RESORTWINE TASTING 101: The 10th Annual Food and Wine Festivalis celebrated by wine tasting and lots of food!

COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY RESORTON WITH THE SHOW: Cameron Mathison, star of ABC’s “All MyChildren,” gives performance tips to Minnie and Mickey!

The New Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart, in an attemptto boost a declining growthrate, has chosen to change itsstrategy by focusing on anew type of shopper: theupper class buyer. No longerwill the Wal-Mart stores ap-pear like large warehousesto the consumers, as thecompany transitions andprepares to rival againstbusinesses such as Target, byincorporating the same mar-keting strategies in order toattract higher income shop-pers.

However, some econo-mists warn against thechange. If it proves to be suc-cessful, Wal-Mart will notonly rekindle growth, butalso revolutionize retailingagain. If it fails, Wal-Martwill devastate its competi-tive advantage, which hasfueled a 15 percent a yearearnings growth over thepast decade.

Wal-Mart is running on a50 percent probability thattheir renovation will work.Despite Wal-Mart's highgrowth rate of 11.3 percentin 2004, it has shown a dropfrom the annual salesgrowth of 17.5 percent from1998-2000, 70 percent greaterthan the projected salesjump of 10.3 percent.

As a result of the declin-ing growth rate, investorshave steadily been cuttingthe price-to-earnings ratiothey are willing to pay be-cause they lack the confi-dence that was once held inthe booming business.

The skepticism shownthrough the stock market isalso reflected in the posted17.2 percent loss in 2005. Forthe past five years it resultedin a share return of 0, whichis a shocking turn aroundfrom the 1995-2000 period,where stockholders saw a295 percent return.

Wal-Mart, when makingthe decision to completelyalter its business strategy,had to consider the roots ofwhy the decline in the stockmarket.

For the second quarter,Wal-Mart has reported its

smallest quarterly earningsgain in four years, with theU.S. division missing itssales target for the secondquarter in a row.

However, the roots toWal-Mart's losses run deep-er than stock holder uncer-tainty. Wal-Mart says that"higher oil prices means lessbuying by lower income cus-tomers. Those customers,who have less discretionaryincome to start with, dispro-portionately cut their spend-ing when prices climb at thegas pump." In order to enticea higher income consumer,Wal-Mart has begun an ag-gressive advertising cam-paign that parades their im-proving "fashionability" andhigher end merchandise.

Wal-Mart's Chief Finan-cial Officer, Tom Schoewe,informed investors that itwould now be selling an 8-megapixel Canon digitalcamera for almost $1,000.Additionally, the companynow has a fashion observa-tion post in New York inorder to stay on top of fash-ion trends, which has al-ready resulted in a lawsuitby Anthropologie claimingcopyright infringement. Asan attempt to move intomore high fashion, Wal-Martreportedly has been dis-cussing options with design-er Tommy Hilfiger, and alsohas taken out an 8 pagespread in the Septemberissue of Vogue.

However, the eco-nomic risks are great to thenew plan. In addition toalienating its core section oflower income shoppers,there is also the risk thatWal-Mart will not attract theupper class consumer need-ed to truly push up thegrowth.

Additionally, for acompany that already haslittle investor faith, consider-able amounts of capital willhave to be spent on upgrad-ing stores, advertising, andproduct intelligence and de-sign. In the next year to 18months, Wal-Mart will be inthe most dangerous period,when costs will go up whilethe results of the new strate-gy won't be obvious.

by Kelsey Fieldthe sandspur

CorrectionLast week’s article entitled “ADHD, Disabilities, andHelp” implied the Thomas P. Johnson Student Re-source Center can be used to make up tests, whichis misleading. TJ’s is available only to provide a test-ing environment for students with disabilities, andthis accommodation is only granted by authorizationfrom TJ’s under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR14 OCTOBER 21, 2005

Bird Flu Scare Things To Do in Australia

It is called H5N1 avianinfluenza or bird flu.

Not uncommon amongchickens and other fowl,there are different types thatroutinely infect birds aroundthe world.

This current outbreak(H5N1) is highly contagiousamong birds and rapidlyfatal.

The strain is different inthat it can be transmitted tohumans causing severe ill-ness and death.

It arrived in SoutheastAsian nations in 2003 killingmore than 65 people and thenumbers are going up.

Experts have been push-ing the urgency of this beinga world health threat sinceit’s introduction but effortsin the U.S. to battle the virushave reached a peak only inrecent weeks.

U.S. Health SecretaryMichael Leavitt believes thatcontainment is the best de-fense, “to find it and find itsoon and then work as an in-ternational community tocontain it.”

Leavitt, with top officialsfrom the World Health Or-ganization and several U.S.agencies, will visit Cambo-dia, Laos and Vietnam - thecountry hardest hit with 41deaths.

Turkey and Romania arealso reporting bird flu out-breaks raising fears that thedisease is spreading outsideof Asia. The strain is beingtested to hopefully rule outH5N1.

The present fear is thatH5N1 will mutate into avirus spreading easilyamong humans with thepossibility of a pandemic sit-uation killing millions.

This fear could becomereality if a person infectedwith the human flu viruscatches the bird flu.

The World Health Orga-nization explains that thetwo viruses could recombinewithin the body producing ahybrid that could readily

spread from person to per-son.

According to sourcesfrom WHO and CDC, theCenter For Disease Control,H5N1 is easily spread fromrural farm to farm amongdomestic poultry throughfeces of wild birds.

It can then survive up tofour days at 71 F (22 C) andmore than 30 days at 32 F (0C). If frozen, it can surviveindefinitely.

This outbreak hasspread more rapidly to othercountries unlike previousscares.

The increase of exposureto people in multiple loca-tions also raises the chancethat it will combine with ahuman influenza virus.

“The good news is, wedo have a vaccine,” saidLeavitt on CBS’s “The EarlyShow.”

Scientists say an experi-mental vaccine test pro-duced a strong immune re-sponse and could protectagainst the virus.

Vaccine maker Sanofi-Pasteur begins the first massproduction of this new vac-cine promising to protectagainst the bird flu.

They will produce $100million worth of inocula-tions, which the U.S. govern-ment has ordered 2 milliondoses for a national stockpileand is negotiating with thecompany to order more ac-cording to Dr. AnthonyFauci, director of the Nation-al Institute of Allergy and In-fectious Diseases.

Introducing legislationthat would financially guar-antee a market in return formore vaccine production,Sen. Hillary Rodham Clin-ton replied, “We cannot han-dle the threats we face todaywith a broken flu vaccinesystem.”

Officials are workingwith vaccine makers to tryand find ways to manufac-ture the vaccine more quick-ly.

“It’s good news.” Dr.Fauci said “that we have avaccine.”

by Lori Lipkinthe sandspur

Beaches and Parks:Bondi Beach—world fa-

mous for its surfing duringthe day, and bar scene lateron.

Coogee—while thename is the Aboriginal wordfor “rotting seaweed,” thebeach has recently under-gone a considerable upgradein its scenery and nightlife,and so it is a bit more ap-pealing now than its name-sake is.

Bronte Beach—beautifulbeach halfway along the fa-mous Coogee to Bondi cliffwalk (approximately threemiles), and it has an attrac-tive park where many peo-ple go to barbeque on week-ends.

Hyde Park—located inthe city center, and the site ofmany interesting politicalprotests.

Centennial Park—a tenminute walk from BondiJunction. This park is a goodarea for walking and jog-ging, seeing local rugbygames on weekends, andhaving picnics. Markets:

Bondi Markets—just offBondi Beach.

Paddington Markets—on Oxford Street

The Rocks—down nearCircular Quay where theOpera House is located.

Manly Markets—at

Manly Beach, a forty-fiveminute ferry ride away, butdefinitely worth traveling to.Manly is worth spending atleast the entire day at inorder to visit the town, mar-ket, and the beautiful beach. Shopping:

Westfield Bondi Junc-tion—an enormous, fashion-able, but expensive, mall lo-cated just outside of the citycenter.

Newtown—a Bohemian-chic, predominantly stu-dent-filled area adjacent toSydney Uni where manyunique clothing, book, andmusic stores are found.

The Rocks—an upscalearea of Sydney, housingstores such as Armani, LouisVuitton, and Dolce&Gab-bana.

Queen Victoria Building(QVB)—located in the Cen-tral Business District (CBD),comprising of stores rangingfrom the Body Shop toSwarovski crystals.

Pitt Street—located in amostly pedestrian area, or atleast an area where only themost masochistic of driverswill attempt to venture. Thisarea is a tourists shoppinghaven where goofy koalaand kangaroo souvenirstores abound. Nightlife:

Salsa Clubs (my newhobby!)—Coolabar, which isjust off Pitt Street, and theSpanish Club, which is justoff George Street going to-

wards Darling Harbor. Bothof these clubs offer eveningsalsa classes ranging frombeginner to advanced levels.

Darling Harbor—atourist trap filled with barsand clubs catering to vaca-tioners willing to spend fif-teen dollars on a cocktail.However, the area is ex-tremely pretty, and touristsmust flock there for somegood reason…

The CBD—here, it is pos-sible to find pubs, clubs, andcoffee houses, suiting everyperson, and that are openuntil the early hours of themorning.

Observatory—have youever seen the Southern Crossthrough one of the world’soldest telescopes? Spendingan evening at the observato-ry seemed kind of lame atfirst, but it was actually afantastic evening.

Newtown—a fun placeto shop and eat during theday, but this suburb seems tocome alive at night with ac-tivity.

Kings Cross—notoriousas the gay/ lesbian district,this suburb has some of theloudest clubs and club-goersin the city. Museums:

The Sydney Aquarium—well, it is a type of museum.Anyway, who would want toleave Sydney without visit-ing Nemo?

Museum of Sydney—thesite of the first Government.

by Karina McCabestudy abroad columnist

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&Life TimesOCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 15

When Dieting Can Become Deadly

Around 90% of femalecollege students try to con-trol their weight, and 22%say they diet almost con-stantly. Our society's obses-sion with thinness and diet-ing, puberty, going away tocollege, a traumatic worldevent or a more personalone, like a breakup, could allcause a person to begin ex-treme eating behaviors.

Many times the victimsof this behavior do not evensee that anything is wrong,they don't believe it whenpeople tell them that theyare slowly killing them-selves, all they know it theywant to be "skinny".

Anorexia accounts formore deaths than any othermental illness. Anorexiastarts with body dissatisfac-tion and peo-ple decide "Iwant to go on adiet" or "I want tobecome a vege-tarian." Some-times it is evene n c o u r a g e d -"dieting and ex-ercising are goodfor you; this is beau-tiful," or so we hear every-day. We live in a culturewhere we look at extremelythin models and call thatnormal, and call that attrac-tive. We have become soused to seeing it everyday onT.V. and in magazine that wehave lost our level of suspi-cion for someone who is at alow weight.

By the time the disease isdiscovered, much of thedamage has already beendone. Hair falls out. Skinturns orange, or yellow.Teeth and gums erode. Men-struation stops. Bones be-come weak and brittle. Theheart, kidney, liver, stomachand other organs become se-riously damaged and start toshut down. The brainshrinks. That makes poten-tially deadly eating disorder,like anorexia, a serious issuefor young women-but get-ting them to seek out helpcan be a challenge.

People with anorexia didnot choose to have this ill-ness anymore than a personchooses to have cancer. Dr.Cecily Fitzgerald, an emer-gency physician who treatspatients with eating disor-ders says that, "it's importantto stress that it's not aboutthe food, because parents,spouses, loved ones-they al-ways feel it's just about thefood. It's really not about thefood. A person with anorex-ia can no more eat a sand-

wich than a person can eat ashoe."

Psychological factors oflow self-esteem, feelings ofinadequacy or lack of controlin life, depression, anxiety,anger and loneliness can allcontribute to these illnesses.Cultural pressure that values"thinness" and obtaining the"perfect body" can be a socialforce for some people toenter into this pattern of self-destruction.

Anorexia, as all eatingdisorders, is a complex dis-ease. There's not one single,simple cause, although newresearch has reveals thatanorexia and bulimia may beinherited conditions. Envi-ronmental factors can alsotrigger, and worsen, the dis-ease. Anorexia, bulimia, andbinge eating disorders areillnesses where extremeemotions, attitudes, and be-haviors surround weightand food issues. The peoplewho develop these illnesses

have serious emotional andphysical problems andend up having life-threatening conse-quences.

Anorexia Nervosa isan illness characterized by

self-starvation and excessiveweight loss. A person withanorexia usually refuses tomaintain body weight at orabove a minimally normalweight for height, body type,age, and activity level. Theperson usually has an in-tense fear of gaining weightor being "fat." The personfeels "fat" or overweighteven though they are at orbelow a normal bodyweight. The person usuallyalso has an overwhelmingobsession with body weightand shape.

Bulimia Nervosa is acondition characterized byperiods of marked over-eat-ing followed by purgingthrough vomiting or diar-rhea, all done in secrecy.These people seem to stuffthemselves with largeamount of food-more thanmost people would eat inone meal-within a shortperiod of time, and thenget rid of the food and calo-ries through vomiting, laxa-tive abuse, or over-exercis-ing. People with bulimiaalso have an obsession withbody weight and shape.They tend to try to dietoften, but the feeling ofbeing out of control tends tocause them to eat until theyare beyond the point ofbeing "full."

Compulsive Overeatingis characterized primarily byperiods of uncontrolled, im-pulsive, or continuous eating

beyond the point of being"full". While there is nopurging, there may be spo-radic fasting or repetitive di-eting and often feelings ofshame or self-hatred follow-ing a binge. People whoovereat compulsively usual-ly struggle with anxiety, de-pression and loneliness,which can contribute to theirunhealthy episodes of bingeeating. These people can benormal in their weight,slightly overweight or obese.

Targeted preventionrefers to programs or effortsthat are designed to promotethe early identification of aneating disorder-to recognizeand treat an eating disorderbefore it begins to spiral outof control. The earlier aneating disorder is dis-covered and ad-dressed, the better thechance of recoveryfor that patient. It isimportant to learn how tochannel emotions positivelyinstead of destructively in-ward. Food is our body'sfuel, not a deadly weapon.

There are millions ofwomen and even men in theUnited States who are walk-ing skeletons, dying to bethin. Most anorexics are indenial, they do not believethey are doing anythingwrong.

As they seem to fadeaway on the outside, so dotheir inside organs, includ-ing the heart and the brain.Once their brain starts to de-teriorate they lose cognitiveskills, such as being able toconcentrate, rememberthings, or even learn newthings. Their heart rates candrop so low while they aresleeping that they may notever wake up again.

Most anorexics are verystubborn and some-

what vain and will doanything they can to

get out of eating.When it comes to the

point where they aretold that they have a seri-ous problem they usuallyrespond by saying that

they will be fine thatthey will be able to get

better. The National Associa-

tion of Anorexia and Associ-ated Disorder sat the prob-lem has reached epidemiclevels in America, and af-fects everyone-young andold, rich and poor, womenand men of all races and eth-nicities. Statistics show thatseven million women andone million men are sickwith an eating disorder.More than 85 percent reportthe onset of their illness byage 20.

There are still a lot ofmisunderstandings aboutthe disease, however, evenamong health professionals.Treatment is hard to find-few states have adequateprograms or services to com-bat anorexia nervosa and bu-limia-and it's also very ex-pensive. Treatment shouldbe multi-disciplinary, withtherapy, a nutritionist, and aphysician. Those should bethe minimum requirements.

Recovery cannot happenovernight, it usually takesbetween two and nine years.About one third of anorexicsrecover and another third

may relapse and remainsymptomatic. Thosewho remain sympto-

matic have a shorterlife expectancy orthey will die.

Words cannot ad-equately de-scribe what

the disease does toself-esteem and how

badly it damages relation-ships.

The problem is, thatstarving to death does not fixwhat's wrong on the inside.True happiness and deepcontentment are achievedonly through psychologicalgrowth, personal growthand ultimate realization ofone's worth and place in theworld, not by abusing thebody. It takes wisdom to re-alize and accept this hardtruth, and the young peoplemost vulnerable to eatingdisorders are those whomost lack those characteris-tics.

It is important for all ofus to be accepting of ourown bodies. The whole obe-sity epidemic is very danger-ous; the amount of press thatobesity is getting is leadingto so much press for dietsand it's such a dangerous,dangerous place to go. Peo-ple need to eat what theywant, when they want, andstop when they are satisfied.

It is important to modelbody acceptance. Then peo-ple aren't so susceptible tothe media, and to diets. It'simportant to point out all theways that our culture getswomen to be unhappy withthemselves. Don't say, "Dothese jeans make me lookfat?" or "I can't have dessert;it will go straight to myhips." It's the kind of stuffthat others just can't hear.They need to know that theydon't need thin thighs or aflat stomach to love theirbody. Everyone should beable to stand up, be positive,and say, "We are happy withourselves, our bodies, theway they are."

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Many are familiar withthe new food pyramid thatthe United States Depart-ment of Agriculture recentlycreated. It contains five ver-tical stripes (grains, vegeta-bles, fruits, milk, and meatand beans) with a figure run-ning up stairs on the left-hand side to represent theimportance of physical activ-ity.

However, the Universityof Michigan has created afood pyramid that puts itsemphasis on the healingproperties of food, as well ascaloric and fat contents. Thepyramid, for the most part,is based on the strategies ofeating more plants, lessmeat, more variety, andhealthier fats. It is made upof 12 blocks, as opposed tothe five that are so familiar tomany Americans. The baseof the pyramid is water. This

represents its im-portance ina diet and

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amount that people shouldbe drinking. Next are fivelevels of foods that should beeaten daily. These groups arefruits and vegetables, grains,legumes, seasonings, andhealthy fats. These healthyfats include eggs, dairyproducts, and olive oil. Thenext two tiers are seafoodand lean meat. These foodsare to be eaten weekly.Chocolate, alcohol, and teaform the next group. Theyare known as "accompani-ments" and are to be eaten inmoderation. When they areeaten in that amount, theyhave certain health benefits.The top of the pyramid is anempty triangle. These are forfoods that are indulgencesand to be a treat only occa-sionally.

The new pyramid alsocomes with an emphasis onbuying organic foods when-ever possible. Free-rangemeat is suggested, and foodscontaining nitrites and hor-

mones should be avoid-ed, according to this

system. The Healing

Foods Pyramid, asit has come to be

called, puts anoverall empha-

sis on "mind-ful eating."

The devel-opers say

that re-search

shows the importance of tak-ing the time to enjoy food.When doing so, it maintainsa healthy attitude towardfood. Instead of eating what-ever food is around, when-ever it is around and eatingit while walking, working, ordriving, people should sitdown and enjoy their food.

Not eating in a propermanner can lead to eatingunhealthy fats, not feelingsatisfied, and having a dys-functional attitude towardthe purpose of food.

Eating like this can alsoprevent certain digestiveproblems. Grabbing foodfrom a fast food restaurantand eating it on the go is badon the stomach and cancause many digestive prob-lems.

Katherine Tallmadge, aspokesperson for the Ameri-can Diabetic Association,says, "For people who reallywant to be healthy and taketheir nutrition as far as theycan go, I think it's excellent,based on everything weknow that's good for us." Sheadds, however, that the newpyramid is much more com-plicated than the food pyra-mids that have been pro-posed by the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture.

The Healing Foods Pyra-mid, while far more com-plex, does take many aspectsof healthy eating into ac-count that the other pyra-mids do not. To view thepyramid and to learn moreabout it, it is accessible athttp://www.med.umich.edu/umim/clinical/pyramid/.

&Life TimesTHE SANDSPUR16 OCTOBER 21, 2005

Dear Fox,My roommate has been

dating this guy for a longtime. He always walks inand out unannounced, andit hasn’t ever affected meuntil the other night. Mybed was a disaster, filledwith clothes and home-work and crap from myroom, so I decided to take anap in my roommates bed.I knew she wouldn’t care.So, while I was sleeping,her boyfriend walked inand grabbed me from be-hind, kissed me, and toldme he loved me, thinking itwas my roommate. Iflipped out and he wascompletely humiliated.Now things are reallyweird between us. Myroommate knows, andthinks it’s hilarious, butthings are really awkwardwhen he’s over. How do Iget over this?

~Wrong Roommate

Dear Wrong Roommate,Honestly, I think the

best advice I can give toyou in this situation is tolaugh. Find the humor in it.Your roommate thinks it’sfunny, so you should too.The best way to get your-self out of an uncomfort-able position like this is toturn it into a joke. Make itfunny for yourself, and foryour roommates boyfriend,and the air will clear prettyfast.

Since you said yourroommate has been datingthis guy for a long time,and she trusts him enoughto not get mad and jealousover this mistake (which is

a very good sign that she’svery much in love withhim), there’s a good chancehe won’t be going any-where for a long time. So,you need to get past this,and fast. Is he the sarcastictype? Can you joke aroundwith him about it? If youcan, I would crack jokesabout it when he walks intothe room. Put a sign onyour bed saying “Not yourgirlfriend’s bed” or some-thing to that nature. If hehas any sense of humor,he’ll get a kick out of it, andyour roommate probablywill to.

Make the effort to turnthis into a joke. However, ifit doesn’t seem to be work-ing for you, try talking toyour roomie about it. Sheknows her boyfriend betterthan you do, and she’llknow how to clear the airwith him. Tell her youdon’t want things to be un-comfortable anymore, andshe should understand.Maybe she’ll add to the jok-ing and make it even moreamusing for all of you.Eventually, it’ll turn intoone of those memories thatyou tell everyone, and itwon’t be a big deal at all.

“Hey so and so, re-member that time youthought I was your girl-friend?” And everyone willlaugh and carry on withtheir lives.

The important thing toremember is not to stressout about this. It was a mis-take, there was nothing be-hind it, and everyone caneasily get past this. Goodluck and I hope things getbetter for you!

~Daisy Fox

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Prior to traveling to Aus-tralia, I purchased severaltravel guides of the city withevery great intention ofstudying them to make sureI knew exactly what I want-ed out of this study abroadexperience (beyond the actu-al studying part, of course).Nevertheless, my great in-tentions fell quite short of ac-tually opening the guides atall. In fact, glancing at abrochure I picked up in thearrivals lounge while wait-ing in line for customs wasthe first time I glanced at anyguide to Sydney.

Therefore, when myhost-mum asked me whatsights I planned to seearound the city, I just staredblankly. Thankfully, she putthis down to overtiredness,and then suggested I spendmy first afternoon at someplace called Bondi Junction.Alas, this meant I wouldhave to figure out how to getback to middle-of-nowhereKingsford, and so I realizedthat being too lazy to openmy Sydney books was verymuch a failed plan of action.Note to all students: travelguides are most useful whenyou open them before visit-ing your destination.

Of course, travel guidesonly ever give very brief andrather useless descriptions ofplaces to go. More often thannot, these are the sameplaces that every othertourist is reading about intheir travel guides too, andso the place is usuallyclogged entirely with othernon-Australians, enough togive any attraction the effectof a Disney World withoutthe rides. This is possiblynot the Sydney-experi-ence worth seekingafter traveling fromOrlando.

I do not recallany travel guidementioning of New-town, the local hang-out for Sydney Unistudents, “Have youever been to a suburbwhere people dye theirhair to match their outfits?”Not to worry though, thereare alternative means totruly experiencing life likethe locals. Here, in particu-lar, the daily local newspa-pers, particularly the enter-tainment ones handed outby the main bus station eachday, list activities for stu-dents occurring in all of thelocal suburbs. Likewise,

there is a useful on-campusnewsletter, The Bull, focus-ing entirely on club meet-ings, activities, parties, andevents happening on cam-pus that particular week. Inaddition, for those travelingin Europe as well as Sydney,Backpacker companies, forinstance, STA travel, Oz Ex-perience, or even youth hos-tels,

are greatresources of information forlocal activities. Often the lat-ter will even provide a subsi-dized rate for some events ororganize a group of peopleto attend together (not asweird as it sounds—I prom-ise!).

Unfortunately, since

Sydney is such a large,sprawling mass of suburbs,lacking a car can cause con-siderable transportationproblems to these events, asnightly taxi’s home to a sub-urb in the middle ofnowhere can really eat intospring break spendingmoney. So, for those travel-ing to Sydney, I suggest con-tacting the Aussie Homestayprogram and requesting tolive either by a beach or in

the city near the Universi-ty. Both have plenty of

afternoon activities,tons of opportunitiesto meet people, aswell as a decentnightlife scene.

As I mentioned ina previous article,

though, there are al-ways opportunities tojoin groups on campus, as

I did with an eight-weeksalsa course. Surprisingly, Idid not embarrass myself asmuch as expected! In fact,the class of thirty ended upconsisting almost entirely oflocal Australian studentsand, since I joined on myown, I found that it wasmuch easier to talk to thesepeople rather than if I haddragged a friend along in-

stead. So, at one point dur-ing the semester, thisWednesday afternoon classeven became a much-wel-comed refuge from purelyAmerican company. It wasinteresting, then, to hearthese people explain theirdaily lives in Sydney andtheir plans for the futurehere; whereas, my plans fora future in Sydney extendabout as far as the weekend,and have an ending date ofNovember 8.

This provided me with avery different perspective ofactually living in the countryrather than simply spendinga semester studying andtraveling. Residents of Syd-ney, it seems, take their greatweather, beautiful city andbeaches, and heaps of enter-tainment and amenities forgranted. However, just as weare so caught up with workand school that it is incredi-bly difficult to find time tovisit Daytona Beach or Inter-national Drive, so too areSydneysiders failing to takeadvantage of their own city.In fact, I think I have possi-bly visited more attractionsthan most adults who havelived here for their entirelives.

OCTOBER 21, 2005 THE SANDSPUR 17&TL AbroadWeek 8: Keeping Amused in Sydney

Che Guevara: The New Fashion Icon?Walking through popu-

lar London street markets,images of Che float aroundon t-shirts, handbags, sweat-shirts, mugs and eventhongs! Could you evenimagine wearing Che’ssolemn face over your…nev-ermind. Che’s image hasbeen used to sell RageAgainst the Machine music,he’s a New York grungelabel, and even the name of atrendy store.

Che as the new fashionicon is not nearly a new phe-nomenon, nor is it restrictedto Londoners. While walkingthe streets of Greenwich Vil-lage in New York, I found alarge amount of studentssuddenly donning Che attirewhile simultaneously pur-chasing over-priced materi-alistic items from UrbanOutfitters and local bou-tiques. While in AmsterdamI witnessed several potheadscalling for a revolution, andeven in Barcelona I sawthose same blaring eyes star-ing at me wherever I turned.What we have here is com-plete confusion and igno-rance of what Che actuallystood for. I couldn’t help but

wonder how the Argen-tinean Marxist Revolution-ary who supported a nuclearwar with the United States,hoping to begin anew fromashes could be so popular?Then I thought silly me – it isnot uncommon for youngwannabes to idolize a manthey know nothing about.

All we’re saying is, ifyou’re going to rock theshirt, at least know a littlesomething about the revolu-tionary leader who sentthousands of people to theirdeath while working as Cas-tro’s chief commander.

Although the film “Mo-torcycle Diaries” (one I en-joyed very much) glorifiesthe life of Ernesto Guevara(pre-Che), the majority ofteeny boppers have no cluewhat the man stood for, hisideologies, his past, his con-nection with Castro, com-munism and hate. More im-portantly, those who strutthe cities wearing the guer-rilla leader with star beret ontheir shirts were born in acompletely different genera-tion, long after his death. Ido agree that Che’s originalideas of redistribution, fight-ing the imperialistic US andhoping to fairly representthe peasantry class were

noble indeed, but his meth-ods of doing so were not sodignified. And what gets methe most is that 90% of thosewearing his image wouldnever step foot in the middleof a remote South Americanvillage filled with sufferingindigenous peoples who stilllive without electricity, run-ning water, cement homes,schools and paved roads.

Frequently, apoliticalpeople, and university stu-dents in particular, are capti-vated by the romanticizedstory of a young medical stu-dent who grew up in awealthy home and left it allto pursue "justice" for the im-poverished masses. Matur-ing on his journey acrossSouth America, the new Chebegins fighting for justice inCuba, a Caribbean islanddominated by first Spanishcolonial rule and then by theU.S. government. Oftentimes, the same liberal uni-versity students ignore thatChe's form of "justice" in-cluded sending hundreds ofpeople for “crimes” againstthe revolution to the firingsquad, publicized on Cubantelevision. Young Cubanswere indoctrinated withcommunistic precepts andwere forced to repeat every

morning before school, “wepioneers like communism,we want to be like Che,”even if they despised theman.

This pop culture herounsuccessfully tried to fireup Marxist inspired revolu-tions in Africa, South Ameri-ca and a host of other placesuntil he met his gruesomedeath on October 9, 1967 byBolivian soldiers trained,equipped and guided byU.S. Green Beret and CIAoperatives in the Bolivianjungle. "I know you are hereto kill me. Shoot, coward,you are only going to kill aman." Che posed a threat tothe US hegemonic power ex-tending across the RioGrande from Mexico toChile. But his willingness todie for the cause trans-formed him into a martyr.

While noble in his cause,too often students supportpop icons without under-standing the historical factsbehind them. Che’s originalphilosophies of a unitedAmericas, property-rights,and acting on behalf of themasses rather than individ-ual are well-known but hisviolent streaks have some-how been lost in translation."To send men to the firing

squad, judicial proof is un-necessary. These proceduresare an archaic bourgeois de-tail. This is a revolution! Anda revolutionary must be-come a cold killing machinemotivated by pure hate. Wemust create the pedagogy ofThe Wall!"

Many people claim toadore Che for other reasons;mainly because he stood upto the United States and ba-sically shot them the bird(aka middle finger). At atime when the US were sup-porting so-called democra-cies as opposed to dictator-ships despite the immensehuman rights abuses occur-ring, Che was the politicaldefiant who openly criti-cized the imperialistic giant.

Representing intellectu-alism, defiance, commu-nism, and ultimately martyr-dom, students, radicals andeven your white-collar vaca-tioners invest in the Cheshirts because he was cooland liberal. Some even in-vest to carry on his legacy.But let’s think about thislogic for a moment. Whilehis image and legend hasbeen resurrected, those don-ning his war-like face ontheir shirt have buried histrue ideologies.

by Lara Buesostudy abroad columnist

With the NFL season al-ready six weeks through,there have been a number ofpleasant surprises, huge dis-appointments and some bigon and off the field stories.

You had from Februaryto Sept. 11 to get your storystraight on how your favoritefootball team would do thisyear, and now I’ll update youon how you’re doing.

Through six weeks thereis only one undefeated teamin the NFL: the IndianapolisColts. Here’s another sur-prise — they have a defense!

After ranking near thebottom of the NFL in almostevery defensive category lastseason, they have been thetalk of the league this season.Led by Dwight Freeney, theColts rank first in points al-lowed, as well as other majordefensive categories.

However, the Colts high-ly potent offense has beenstruggling a little bit, butPeyton Manning and compa-ny got on the ball with aWeek 6 win over the St. LouisRams, 45-28 on MondayNight.

The Rams were playingtheir first game without headcoach Mike Martz who is infailing health. Joe Vitt, the

long time assistant coach hasassumed the reigns untilMartz returns.

All of the Florida teamshave been surprises. Startingwith the NFC leading TampaBay, who, at 5-1, has im-pressed almost everyone inthe NFL. After postingmediocre records two yearsremoved from winning theSuper Bowl, Coach Jon Gru-den and running back Car-nell “Cadillac” Williamshave made the Bucs into abonafide NFC contender.

The Jacksonville Jaguars,who have played the secondtoughest schedule in theleague thus far, are arguablythe AFC’s most surprisingteam. With a record of 4-2they have pulled out twogut-wrenching overtimewins over the New York Jetsand Sunday’s 23-17 overPittsburgh. They are secondin the AFC South behind theColts.

The Dolphins behindnew coach Nick Saban havesurprised some people, beingable to grind out 2 wins. Butthe Dolphins have been chal-lenged with the league’stoughest schedule. Theyhave also been marred with aquarterback controversy, thesuspension of running backRicky Williams for violatingthe league’s substance abusepolicy and numerous per-sonnel changes. In Williams’return in Week 6 vs. TampaBay, he rushed for 8 yards on5 carries.

Among the disappoint-ments that mark the 2005

NFL Season are the entireNFC North, and thePhiladelphia Eagles. TheNFC North does not have asingle winning team and theBears (yes, the Bears!) arewinning the division.

The Bears have actuallybeen competitive despite los-ing star quarterback RexGrossman for the secondstraight season due to injury.But Kyle Orton has filled inadequately and has led theBears to a respectable 2-3record. The Bears werepicked to be a stomping matfor everyone in the NFCNorth.

The Minnesota Vikingswho were picked to win theNFC North and a dark horseSuper Bowl pick are 1-4.Everything that can gowrong has gone wrong forthe Vikings.

Daunte Culpepper hasthrown an NFL high, 12 in-terceptions, and they are

clearly missing the presenceof departed WR Randy Moss.The Vikings have also beendistracted by an off the fieldincident in which severalplayers were accused of sex-ual misbehavior on a chartercruise.

The Green Bay Packersstarted 0-4, and salvagedtheir only win of the seasonversus the New OrleansSaints. Brett Favre has strug-gled and has lost three gamesby a combined total of sixpoints.

The New England Patri-ots have struggled to a 3-3record and the loss of coordi-nators Romeo Crennel andCharlie Weis are starting toshow.

Corey Dillon and TomBrady have been sidelined byinjuries and Rodney Harri-son and Tedy Bruschi havebeen diagnosed with seasonending injuries. They havealready played one of the

league’s toughest schedules.Four of the six teams thatthey have played were in theplayoffs last year and theyare 2-2 in that stretch.

The most interesting con-troversy of the NFL this sea-son takes place in the city ofBrotherly Love. ThePhiladelphia Eagles weresupposed to run over every-one in the NFC East. But thathasn’t been the case becausethe Redskins, Cowboys andGiants have all started im-pressively.

Meanwhile the Eaglescan’t even solve their ownproblems. Terrell Owensmay lead the league in re-ceiving, but him and Dono-van McNabb can’t resolvetheir off the field issues.Meanwhile a bad chest and asore abdominal muscle havebothered McNabb. The Ea-gles face a tough stretch inwhich they play five teams ina row with winning records.

In football, the most ap-pealing thing to look at is thebone jarring tackles thatplayers make consistently.It’s part of the football grind.Players get tackled, hit, bat-tered, banged, obliterated,pummeled.

However you want toput it, there are no two waysaround the fact that footballis a punishing sport. Thegrind that football takes onyour body is physically,mentally and emotionally —and the results show.

Almost 186,000 childrenwere taken to hospitals oremergency rooms due tofootball injuries, according

to a recent study by theAmerican Association of Pe-diatrics (AAP).

There are many theoriesand myths behind footballinjuries. Some of them haveto do with the technologicaladvancements that are madein sports.

Others regard that theadvancements that are beingmade in weight training arejust getting out of control.Everyone is bigger, fasterand stronger, and if you aregoing up against that playafter play, that likely increas-es your chance for injury.

The average NFL careerlasts four years. The morethat one plays football, thehigher one’s chances are toexperience some kind ofpain when aging. Many ex-NFL players suffer chronicpain in their knees, anklesand other joints all over thebody.

ESPN the Magazine re-cently featured the story of a

player whom all those in-juries he suffered during hiscareer lead him to sufferfrom depression and bipo-larity.

Many key players onteams have been lost to in-juries, whether it be for theseason or just an indefiniteperiod of time. Atlanta Fal-cons quarterback, MichaelVick, sat out Week 5 versusthe New England Patriotsbecause of an injured knee.

Eagles quarterback,Donovan McNabb, has beenplaying most of the seasonwith a bruised chest and abad abdominal muscle.

McNabb’s colleague Ter-rell Owens played last sea-son’s Super Bowl with a bro-ken leg despite specific de-mands from his doctor thathe not play because if hewere to re-injure it, it couldhave ended his career.

Many NFL teams such asthe defending champion Pa-triots have seen their records

suffer because of injuries. Asof Oct. 15, 186 players havebeen diagnosed on the injuryof report with some kind ofinjury according toNFL.com.

Among the players whohave suffered season endinginjuries is the Packers’ widereceiver Javon Walker (knee)and the Packers are 1-4 with-out him. In Week 6, the NewYork Jets center, KevinMawae, suffered a torn tri-ceps.

The Buccaneers, who are5-1, have just lost quarter-back Brian Griese to a seasonending knee injury. Griesewas not a star player, butwithout him the Bucs couldnot be where they are.

The aforementioned Pa-triots have been decimatedwith injuries. Rodney Harr-sion is out for the seasonwith a torn ACL. Tom Bradyhas been playing injured andthe whole Patriots backfieldhas been injured the whole

season.The NFL is not the only

football league where in-juries take its toll. In collegefootball, the injury toll is justas critical.

A good example is whathappened to Alabama stand-out, Tyrone Prothro, in theCrimson Tide’s Oct. 1 winover Florida. With Alabamaleading 31-3, the game clear-ly in the Crimson Tide’shands, Prothro suffered aseason-ending knee injury.First of all, he shouldn’t havebeen in the game. Secondlywithout him, the Tide strug-gled to a 13-10 win over OleMiss, a team that theyshould have handled easily.

Now you can see howplaying football affects notonly a player’s career andlong term life, but the imme-diate future of their team.No wonder an average NFLcareer lasts only four years.

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NFL teams facechallenges as keyplayers suffer serious injuriesearly on. by Juan Bernal

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only undefeatedteam while otherteams struggle tosucceed. by Juan Bernal

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SAM RICHE/KRT CampusTAKE A FLYING LEAP: Bob Sanders of the undefeated Indianapolis Colts gets airborne as hetries to stop St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson from scoring a touchdown early in the game.

The Southern Calmarching band was thun-dering up the runway, leav-ing Charlie Weis to swig hisbottle of water, reduced towatching that Trojan pa-rade march past him. Herein the concrete gallows ofNotre Dame Stadium, Weishad one final speech tomake Saturday night.

"Yo ... yo ... shut up,"one USC Trojan yelled tohis teammates when theNotre Dame coach camewalking into the visitinglocker room.

"Hey fellas," Weis blurt-ed into celebratory scene,and suddenly the noisestarted to settle down, be-cause no one could believewhat they were seeing here.Yo, yo. Shut up. The NotreDame coach is here.

"That was a (bleeping)hard-fought battle," Weisbarked in a tired, gravelyvoice. "You're a great foot-ball team. I hope you winout."

Weis turned around,walked out the door, onemore coach in America un-able to beat one of thegreatest college footballteams in history, one moregreat football mind on thehard end of USC's historicglory, 34-31.

What Weis and hisNotre Dame Fighting Irishwere leaving now had beenone of the best college foot-ball games in years, a mas-terpiece that wouldn't bedone until USC's MattLeinart had twisted andcontorted his body, untilReggie Bush pushed hisquarterback over the goalline with three seconds left,grabbing that pot of gold atthe end of Notre Dame'srainbow.

It wasn't over until a 6-foot-6, 365-pound Trojantackle, Taitusi Lutui, layingon his back, could see theline judge coming runningtoward him, arms in the air,signaling touchdown andstarted crying his eyes out.

"My God," Lutui saidlater, "I couldn't get up. Icouldn't move. And Icouldn't stop crying. Imean, `What did we just doout there?"" The Trojansmade history. Again. USCwon its 28th consecutive

game, staying on course fora third straight nationaltitle.

Most of all, this core ofTrojan champions, Leinart,Reggie Bush and now NewBrunswick's Dwayne Jarrettare going down as one ofthe great offenses in thehistory of the sport. Thiswasn't one of the Trojans'best games, but it turnedout to be one of its finesthours.

When it was over, theywould rumble up that run-way to the locker room, oneof them screaming into thecement cinderblocks, "Wewill not lose!" They had de-livered a touchdown drivefor the ages, just momentsafter Notre Dame believedit had done it themselves.

Notre Dame quarter-back Brady Quinn leapedinto the end zone with 2:04left, waking up the echoes,shaking down the thunderand sending Joe Montanainto Tim Brown's arms onthe sidelines with a 31-28Irish lead.

All Saturday, this gamehad lived up to the hype,the unprecedented 45,000faithful pep rally, the wholething. Back and forth, USCand Notre Dame tradinghaymakers like the olddays. "A street fight," Weissaid later.

USC was down, damnnear out. They were staringdown fourth-and-9 at the26 yard line on the finaldrive, when Jarrett, thelong, gifted sophomoreraised in the shadow ofRutgers, beat his man on aslant and go, blowing pastIrish corner AmbroseWooden, snatchingLeinart's floater out of thesky and running 61 yardswith 1:23 left. This wouldbe the signature start of thesignature drive in Leinart'sspectacular career.

Soon, USC made itdown to the Irish 2-yardline, and Leinart was run-ning around end, trying toreach corner of the endzone. Notre Dame line-backer, Corey Mays clob-bered Leinart inches beforethe goal line, popping theball out of bounds at the 1-yard line.

"Clock! ... Clock! ...Clock!" Leinart screamedon his back way to center.He was trying to get NotreDame to relax, to believe hewas going to spike the ballwith seven seconds left.There was no chance.

Pete Carroll was yellingto his coordinator, LaneKiffin, in the booth. We're

winning this game now, hetold them. We're going forit. They didn't want thefield goal. They didn't wantovertime. They wanted atouchdown, and they want-ed to get the hell out ofNotre Dame Stadium.

Leinart had a choice:Spike the ball with sevenseconds, or try to take itinto the end zone. Heturned to Bush, "Hey Reg,what should I do?" "Go forit," Bush told him.

Leinart's mind wasmade up before he everturned back to Bush. "If youdon't get in, you're thegoat," Leinart said later, buthe's always the hero for theTrojans. The quarterback'sa champ, one of the bestcollege football's ever seen.The thing was, Leinartcould live with failing. Allthe great ones can. What hecouldn't live with was nottrying to get that ball intothe end zone. He wouldblast into the line, getstopped, bounce to hisright, spin and use a push,illegal, but never called, byBush to thrust him into theend zone as the clock hit0:00, as the winning streakhit 28.

"One of the great finish-es in the history of collegefootball," Leinart said later,leaning against a wall out-side the USC locker room.The kid is a Hollywoodsuccess story, the biggestsports star in Los Angelesthese days, but from the be-ginning, it was NotreDame's coach writing thescript for No. 9 NotreDame's brilliant bid for anupset.

When Weis was a col-lege senior here, hewatched Dan Devine sendthe Fighting Irish out forwarm-ups in the blue tops,just to return to the lockerroom and discover thegreen jerseys waiting forthem in their lockers. Whatthe hell, Weis thought. Hiskids had worked hard.Over the summer, he toldthe equipment manager tohave a set of the uniformsmade up. Maybe Weiswould break them out for abowl game, as a reward.

Well, this felt like abowl game to Weis. "If youcould've seen how fired upwhen they went back in thelocker room and sawthem," Weis said later.

After the game, Carrollsighed about the future ofNotre Dame with Weisthere. "They're going to be areal problem for everyone."

When it was over Satur-

day night, Weis watchedthat USC parade marchpast him and told thechampions the truth. Thishad been a bleeping battle,one more college footballteam on the heartbreakingend of the Trojans' glory.

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Notre Dame’s Heartbreaking Loss

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USC’s victory “ one of thegreatest finishesin the history ofcollege football.”

The men’s soccer teampicked up their eighth victo-ry of the season, fourth in theSSC, at home against the Eck-erd Tritons. The boys had acommanding lead through-out the game, until the latterpart of the second half whenthe Tritons came back andnearly stole the game fromthe Tars.

It was a tight gamethe first quarter, with noscoring until the 31st minutewhen Chris Cerroni was firstto put a goal on the board.Coming into the game, Cer-roni collected a pass fromJuan Kusnir and dribbled

around the Eckerd defend-ers, putting the ball in pastthe Tritons goalkeeper.

The half ended withRollins up 1-0. In the secondhalf, Juan Kusnir posted 2goals for the Tars; the firstcame off an assist from ChrisChafin, and the second wasassisted by Ryan Dodds.

Eric Vergati took theTars’ lead up 4-0 in the 68thminute when he took the ballunassisted from midfieldand shot it in the Tritons’goal. The Tritons finallykicked it into high-gear atthis point, as they shortlyafter scored their first goal ofthe game off a loose ballpicked up by an Eckerd for-ward.

Within the next minute,the same forward sent a sec-ond ball in past Frazer Sid-dall. With 90 seconds re-maining in the game, the Tri-tons posted their 3rd goaland brought the game with-in their reach.

The Rollins defense heldoff Eckerd until the finalbuzzer, and the Tars walkedaway with a 4-3 win. TheRollins men are now 8-4-0 forthe season and #2 in the Sun-shine State Conference witha 4-1-0 record. The men willplay their last home game ofthe season against Tampaand will also be honoringthis year’s seniors.

The women’s team im-proved their season record

versus Eckerd at home. In a similar situation,

Rollins held the lead over theTritons throughout the gamedue to a strong defensivepresence and a relentless ef-fort from the Tars offense.Jeri Ostuw tapped in the firstgoal of the game off assistsfrom Whitney Chamberlinand Laura Guild.

Guild got the secondgoal in only minutes later,putting the game at 2-0 untilthe second half. Early in thesecond half, Allison Traddpassed the ball to WhitneyChamberlin, who shotRollins’ third goal in from thefront of the goal box.

The Rollins defense keptthe Tritons at bay until a

loose ball made its way pastFrancesca Nicoloso in the81st minute.

This was only a shortglimpse of hope for the Tri-tons, because in the 85thminute Laura Guild, after re-ceiving a cross from Jacque-lyn Parsons, scored her sec-ond goal of the night andsealed the game for the Tars.

Rollins dominated inshots with 30 shots made,versus Eckerd’s 5 shotsmade. Their season record isnow 7-7-0 (SSC 2-4-0).

The women also havetheir last home game in theupcoming week versus New-berry and will be honoringthis season’s seniors as well.

Going into this week-end’s South Region Tourna-ment, the Rollins Tars Volley-ball team was out to provethat they belong in nextmonth’s NCAA Regionals.

Rollins came into thetournament with a 17-7record and was ranked 9 thin the South Region. Otherteams that invaded the Al-fond Sports Center for thistwo day event were FrancisMarion (Florence, SouthCarolina), USC-Aiken (SouthCarolina), Carson Newman(Tennessee) and SunshineState Conference rivals, St.Leo and Florida Tech.

On Friday the Tars had a4 P.M date with Francis Mar-ion. The Patriots came inwith a 15-6 record and a #8regional ranking. The Tarswere looking to avenge theirdefeat by the Patriots earlierthis season in the ArmstrongAtlantic tournament in Sa-vannah, Georgia.

Early in the first set theTars would have theirmoney’s worth as Patriotscame out enthusiasticallyand ready for action. AsRollins struggled to get a

rhythm, the Patriots took thefirst set 30-24.

In the second set, it was adifferent story as the Tarsand Patriots traded pointsuntil the Tars’ fortune turnedthe tide. With the score tiedat 24, the Tars grinded out 6straight hard fought pointsand took the set 30-24 to tiethe match at a set apiece.

In the third set, Rollinsused the momentum fromthe second set to their ad-vantage and relatively domi-nated the third set despitenumerous Patriots effort tostart a comeback. In the en-suing fourth set, the Patriots’heart and determinationwould not allow the Tars toclose out the match in 4, andtook the fourth set 30-24.

It led to a winner take-allfifth set. In the fifth set witha lot on the line, it was theTars who were able to showdetermination and wouldnot let all that was at stakeslip away on their stompinggrind by taking the set andmatch, 15-9.

Stephanie Nichols ledthe Tars offensively with 19kills. Allison North added18 kills and Christina Rein-ders chipped in 13. The Tarsoutstanding defense was

lead by Kim Cline with 21digs. Julia Caner and Lind-sey Crosby added 14 and 13respectively. As a team, theTars dug out 83 balls. TheTars improved their 4-1 in 5set matches.

On Saturday the Tarswould once again have adoubleheader. They wouldstart the afternoon againstCarson Newman. This gamewould go a long way in help-ing the Tars chances for aberth in the NCAA Region-als if they could grind out avictory against the Eagles.

At the start of the game,it was a mirror image for theTars in the first set. Theystruggled coming out of thegate, but the Eagles were un-able to take advantage andthe Tars took the first set 30-24.

In the second set, theTars made the Eagles lookuncomfortable and took ad-vantage of numerous Eaglesmistakes and took the sec-ond set 30-21. In the thirdset, the Tars were able toclose out the Eagles rathereasily, 30-23. Amy Barlow,who had 13 kills, led theTars. Defensively the Tarsdefense was once again su-perb. Julia Caner had 12digs. Kim Cline and LaceyMalarky added 10 digs.

Standing in the Tars’way, as they tried to gothrough the tournament un-defeated and prove to theNCAA that they are abonafide team, were the USCAiken Pacers. To say that theTars played well in this gameseems like an anomaly.

But the storyline for thegame resembled more of aMia Hamm Gatorade com-mercial than a tough loss.Anything the Tars did, ortried to do, the Pacers did

better. In the first set thePacers took the Tars out oftheir game early and tookthe first set 30-23.

In the second game, thePacers once again forced theTars into 10 hitting errorsand took the set rather easily30-22. In the third set, theTars had a chance, but thePacer D was just too pesky.They held on to take the setand match 30-27. Lorena Or-landini led the Tars offen-sively with 9 kills. Defen-sively Julia Caner once againled the Tars with 11 digs.Kim Cline and Lindsey Cros-by added 10.

Overall Tars coachSindee Snow was impressedwith the Tars performance.“It was a big weekend, witha huge win over FrancisMarion. The defense wasproductive, and our servingwas very aggressive. Wehad a good team effort vs.Carson Newman and Fran-cis Marion. StephanieNichols and Allison Northwere awesome. Unfortu-nately, Aiken took us out ofour game in that last match.”

Congratulations to Alli-son North for making the AllTournament Team, as she to-taled 32 kills in 3 games.

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