On the evening of Thurs-day January 26, the JewishStudies Program and thenewly established RollinsChina Center cosponsored alecture on Jewish life inChina by Dr. Xu Xin. Dr. Xu

Xin is a professor in the de-partments of Religious Stud-ies and Philosophy at NanjinUniversity, the Director ofthe Center for Jewish Studiesat Nanjin, President of theChina Judaic Studies Associ-ation, Editor-in-Chief of anda major contributor to theChinese edition of the Ency-clopedia Judaica, and hasbeen teaching at Nanjinsince graduating from therein 1977.

Xu has written severalbooks and many articles con-cerning Judaism in generaland in China. Among his listof books published are, Leg-ends of the Chinese Jews of

Kaifeng, Anti-Semitism:How and Why, A History ofWestern Culture, and TheJews of Kaifeng China: His-tory, Culture and Religion.

During her introductionof Dr. Xu, Dr. Yudit Green-berg, Professor of Philoso-phy and Religion and Direc-tor of the Jewish Studies Pro-gram at Rollins, provided indetail Xu's life story. Dr.Greenberg said, "Realizingthat Judaism is one of thesources of Western Civiliza-tion, Xu Xin resolved toteach about Judaism inChina." Because of Xu’s in-terest in learning and edu-

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Feminism Tolls On With bell hooksThe prospective of the Black womanbrought to life by author bell hooks.

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Presidential Power PainsThe Opinions section focuses on theexpansion of Presidential power andall its impacts, good and bad.

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Journey JournalsLife and Times chron-icles the travels ofRollins students in study abroad programs.

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Crossing Culture: Jewish Life in China

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It is the first week ofschool and it is the first dayof class. As students sitdown and listen to the pro-fessor speak about the class,most students make their de-cisions on whether or notthey are willing to stick withit or drop-out.

No, it is not that studentsare lazy and unwilling tostick with the tough courses,but when most studentshave three other classes theyhave to go to, it is hard to becompletely loaded up withstressful courses. Sometimesthe best thing to do is dropout of the course and put itoff until a later semester.

It is during drop/addweek that most studentsdrop one course and add an-other course. Sometimes stu-dents are scared off by theprofessors or they wereplaced in the wrong course.The student could have evenchanged their interests andhave decided to take anothertype of course.

Another reason why stu-dents drop out of courses isbecause they were put intothe wrong course or had tochoose from a limitedamount of courses, all ofwhich they may not have

been interested in. There isno guarantee that a studentwill get the course they hadsigned up for, which is whyso many students get stuckin classes they do not reallywant.

Although most drop andadds occur during drop/addweek, some students still de-cide to drop out of theircourses in the middle of thesemester. Once they have re-ceived some of the assign-ments from the course theysee that it is too much to han-

dle and drop out. The college workload is

sometimes unbearable,which is something thatevery college student needsto know. Giving up on acourse because it is too muchwork is something studentsshould try to avoid, by find-ing ways of rearranging yourschedule outside of classesin order to make more timefor school work.

Stress plays a role inwhy many students end updropping out of their college

courses. The way a personhandles stress determineswhether they are able tostick with a course or feelcompelled to drop-out.

As a college student youmay face many changes andchallenges that can be verystressful. You may experi-ence problems with yourroommates, pursue a de-manding class load, and facecompetition from fellowclassmates, all of whichcause stress.

Decision making is

something else that cancause stress to a student.Whether you are choosingyour classes or your career,your available options maybe confusing. Every decisionyou make will have certainconsequences. Rememberthat even though the deci-sions you make will be up toyou, the results are not al-ways easily controlled. Butwhatever you decide makesure you think your decisionthrough. Carefully considerthe options and the conse-quences before you moveforward, and your new inde-pendence should becomemore manageable.

If a student decides tochange their career goalssometimes they realize theyare stuck in the classes theydo not need. Many first yearstudent are not exactly surewhich career path to follow.On their way to discoveringwhat they really want to do,they have to take classes inorder to find out what theyare interested in.

It is those courses, then,that are required for themajor that seem to have thelowest drop-out rate, andelective courses that includea stressful workload seem tohave the highest drop-outrate.

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JESSICA COMBS / The SandspurORGANIZING IS KEY: Students on the Rollins campus spend hours organizing, studying, andworking toward getting the best grade possible in their courses.

BRETT HEINEY / The SandspurJEWISH WORDS SPOKEN BY XU XIN: Dr. Xu Xin educatesRollins about Judaism in China.

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-cating about all aspects ofJudaism, Dr. Greenberg alsosaid during her introduction,"Dr. Xu Xin is the best am-bassador that China canhave for Israel and for Jew-ish Studies."

Xu explained that it ispossible that Judaismreached China by 70 AD, atime disputed by variousscholarly opinions. Xu didsay however, "Jewish life in

China [has been around]much believe[d] or thought."He went on to talk about thefamed Silk Road trade routethat connected China to theMiddle East, and proposesthat since Arab merchantstraveled to China that it islikely that Jewish merchantsmade the trip as well. Theorigins of Chinese Judaismare disputed because thelack of supporting evidenceuntil the Song Dynastywhich according to Xu exist-

ed, "Roughly speaking from[the] seventh century to [the]tenth century."

One fact that Xu notedwith great interest was amajor difference in how Chi-nese Jews practiced their re-ligion. When it was discov-ered that there were Jews inChina, he explained, reportssaid that these Jews did notcelebrate Hanukah. Xu said,"The reasonable explanationseems to be that those Jewsleft their country before [the]uprising of [the] Maccabees,because relatively speakingHanukah was a new holidayin [the] Jewish calendar sothey did not know that."

A new wave of Jewishimmigrants to China beganduring and after the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Xuexplained, when Jews in theRussian military decided tostay in a land that was moretolerant to them than theirRussian motherland.

He went on to mentionother twentieth centuryevents that precipitated Eu-ropean Jews to move to

China including Lenin's rev-olution in Russia, and thosefleeing Nazi Germany dur-ing World War II. Xu waspointed out that China hashistorically been more toler-ant of different religions likeJudaism since there is noother historically dominantreligion that espoused dis-criminatory practices like theanti-semitism often associat-ed with Western Civiliza-tion.

The consensus among

audience members whowere asked about the lectureafter it ended was that Xuwas interesting and informa-tive since most knew littleabout Judaism in China.When reached for commentafter the end of the lecture,Dr. Greenberg said, “I invit-ed him [Xu Xin] to speak atRollins not only because ofhis scholarship on the Chi-nese Jews but also because Iwas inspired by his lifestory."

Today we face a mostterrible force of destruction,one that challenges our veryway of life. But how manyof us actually understandthe feverish drive of theseterrorists. Too many followin the wake of our greatPresident's policies; policiesthat only consider the fastestresponse utilizing the bruteforce of American might.How much do you knowabout the peaceful traditionsof Islamic lifestyle? What arethe differing factors betweenthe two divisions of Islamknown as the Sunni and

Shi'a? Would you be sur-prised to know that Islamicand Christian doctrine hintat similar notes in moralityand conflict prevention?

Joining us from George-town University, John L. Es-posito can offer the answersto these questions and pro-vide an interesting perspec-tive on topics ranging fromthe Islamic-Christian rela-tionship to the rapidly evolv-ing situation within Iranianborders. He lectures widelyin the US and in the Worldand is considered as one ofthe World's preeminent au-thorities on Islam.

In addition to his post asProfessor of Religion and In-

ternational Affairs and of Is-lamic Studies, he is also theFounding Director of theCenter for Muslim-ChristianUnderstanding: History andInternational Affairs in theWalsh School of Foreign Ser-vice. Also as a consultant tothe Department of State aswell as corporations, univer-sities, and the media world-wide, Esposito specializes inIslam, political Islam, andthe impact of Islamic move-ments from North Africa toSoutheast Asia. He hasserved as President of theMiddle East Studies Associ-ation of North America andthe American Council for theStudy of Islamic Societies

and is Vice Chair of the Cen-ter for the Study of Islamand Democracy.

He has released over 25books dealing with suchcontroversial topics as: Un-holy War: Terror in theName of Islam, The IslamicThreat: Myth or Reality?, Po-litical Islam: Revolution,Radicalism or Reform?,Women in Muslim FamilyLaw, The Iranian Revolution:Its Global Impact, Islam inAsia: Religion, Politics, andSociety. Esposiito's booksand articles are so popular,they have been translatedinto Arabic, Persian, Urdu,bahasa Indonesia, Turkish,Japanese, Chinese and Euro-

pean languages.Esposito has been inter-

viewed or quoted in TheWall Street Journal, The NewYork Times, The WashingtonPost, CNN, ABC Nightline,CBS, NBC, and the BBC andin newspapers, magazines,and the media in Europe,Asia, and the Middle East. Anative of Brooklyn, N.Y., hecurrently resides in Wash-ington, D.C. with his wife,Dr. Jeanette P. Esposito.

Esposito comes toRollins on February 8th. Histalk will begin at 7pm in theBush Auditorium. The nightshould prove both intriguingand highly educational forall those attending.

Ireland: Northern Ireland’sparamilitary may stop shortof firmly pinning responsi-bility for ongoing criminali-ty on the IRA leadership. Adocument could concludethat the IRA has ceased itsarmed campaign.

Palestine: The internationalcommunity is willing to pro-vide aid to Palestinians if thenew Hamas-led governmentcommits to non-violence.

Iraq: In new footage airedon an Arabic-language newsnetwork, an American jour-nalist kidnapped in Iraqurged Americans to pleadfor the release of femaleIraqi prisoners in order tosecure her release. Jill Car-roll, the kidnapped journal-ist, appeared distraught.

Mexico: A Mexican citizenwas arrested on drugcharges in the investigationinto the longest cross-bordertunnel ever found along theU.S.-Mexico border. The2,400-foot-long tunnel runsfrom a warehouse near theairport in Tijuana to a ware-house in San Diego.

London: A British soliderwas killed by an explosionin southern Iraq, becomingthe 100th British servicemember to die in the cam-paign since 2003.

Jacksonville, FL: Radiationdetected after industrial ac-cident prompts evacuations.Fire-resue personnel andmedical personnel gearedup for mass casualities.

Washington, D.C: The fiercebattle over the future direc-tion of the high court hasnow ended. The senatevoted 58-42 to confirm Alitoas the replacement for retir-ing Justice Sandra Day O’-Connor.

Goleta, California: A femaleex-postal worker opened fireat a mail processing plant,killing six people and criti-cally wounding another be-fore commiting suicide.

Washington, D.C.: PresidentBush defends his programof surveillance stating that itwas designed to protect civilliberities.

Columbia, SC: Federal reg-ulators determined that apet food company improp-erly tested or failed to testcorn shipments for a deadlyfungus that has been blamedfor deaths and illness indozens of dogs. It appears asthough Diamond Pet Foodsallowed tainted corn into itsGaston plant.

Washington, D.C.: Primarycare - the basic medical carethat people get when theyvisit doctors for routinephysicals and minor prob-lems - could fall apart in theUnited States without im-mediate reforms.COURTESY OF CNN.COM

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Islamic Speaker Comes to Rollins

Learning About Judaism in ChinaCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

BRETT HEINEY / The SandspurSPEAKING OUT: Dr. Xu Xin speaks to the Rollins Campuspassionately.

BRETT HEINEY / The SandspurEducating the World: Dr. Xu Xin interested both students andprofessors at Rollins who knew nothing of Jewish life in China.

by Chris Winsorthe sandspur

Rollins is not exactly fa-mous for its 'Walk of Fame',but the horseshoe shapedwalkway surrounded bystones labeled with celebritynames is an interesting fea-ture of our campus. It isuniquely ours, and eventhough most of the names onthe stones never came any-where near Rollins, it is stillinteresting.

The other day, a real lifeWinter Park celebrity visitedour campus and took a walkof fame of sorts.

Zora Neale Hurston wasan extremely influentialwriter from the time of thegreat depression, until herdeath in 1960. And, guesswhat. She actually had oneof her plays "From Sun toSun" performed here in 1933.Hurston was raised in near-by Eatonville, and for thelast 17 years the town hasheld an annual ZORA festi-v a l .E a t o n v i l l ewas the firstincorporat-ed all-blacktown in theU n i t e dStates.

T h i syear, for thefirst time,Rollins wasincluded inthe Zora fes-tival, andparticipantsw a l k e daround cam-pus. Theyvisited the archives, whereall records of Hurston's timeon campus are kept. One ofthe archive specialists said,"We receive more e-mail in-quiries related to Zora NealeHurston than anything else."

That's pretty impressive.So, what did Zora Neal

Hurston do? She wrotebooks, poems, plays, andwas basically an ambassadorfor African American Cul-ture during the Harlem Re-naissance. Her first book waspublished in 1934 and shecontinued to write prolifical-ly until her death in 1960.

She was a proponent ofutopian theory, an idea thatstated that African Ameri-cans could gain sovereigntyfrom White Americans. Shedidn't write about racism,but about African Americans

in their own right. This viewwas derived from her back-ground in Eatonville.

Her greatest success was“Their Eyes Watching God,”published in 1937. “DustTracks on a Road,” her auto-biography also fared well,but her last novel “Seraph onthe Sewanne” was a failure,and she died in poverty and

obscurity. Rol l ins

is honoredto be con-nected withnames likeHurston's .Our archivehas recordsfrom manyother fig-ures, sucha sN a p o l e o nand WaltW h i t m a n .So, if youwant to ex-plore the

fame that Rollins is connect-ed with, head down to thearchives department, anddig up some facts. For moreinformation, Hurston’sbooks can be found in the li-brary and the bookstore!

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Relay at Rollins

Can you imagine run-ning around a track for 24hours? No, probably not.But, would you do it to savesomeone's life, show sup-port for a loved one, or pro-vide solidarity for millionsof people suffering fromcancer? Maybe.

Fifteen years ago a doc-tor from Tacoma, Washing-ton decided he wanted to dosomething to benefit cancerpatients by increasing fund-ing. What he came up withwas the "City of DestinyClassic 24-Hour RunAgainst Cancer." What doesthat mean? Well, the doctor,Gordy Klatt, a Tacoma col-orectal surgeon decided hewould run around a trackfor 24 hours. And that'swhat he did. With over 300friends, patients and familymembers watching, Dr.Klatt ran around the BakerStadium Track at the Uni-versity of Puget Sound for awhole day. He coveredmore than 83 miles (that'salmost three marathons!).How did he earn money?Well, people paid up to 25dollars to run along side thededicated doctor. Through-out the day he earned amassive $27,000. In 1986, 19teams joined Klatt in his at-tempt to raise money forcancer research. Since then,Relay for Life has evolvedinto a modern phenomena.These days thousands ofteams, across America, takepart by walking or runningaround local tracks or stadi-ums. Winter Park has heldits own Relay For Life eventfor the last six years. Of

those six years, a Rollinsstudent has been chairmanof the Winter Park commu-nity effort for four years.Quite an accomplishment.

In order to take part inRelay For Life, teams of 10-15 people are asked to raise$100 worth of donations be-fore the event. Some Rollinsteams go the extra mile (nopun intended) and raiseover $1000.

Last year Winter Parkteams raised over $95,000with Rollins students andfaculty chipping in over$15,000. Organizationsranging from SAAC to X-Club took part, and 16 stu-dent or faculty teams wereinvolved.

This year, the eventtakes place on March 25 and26 and covers 18 hours,from 2pm until 8am. Amember from each teammust be walking at alltimes. This year Rollins istrying to get 25 teams outon the track, and marchingfor a good cause. So, get ateam together, raise $100 ormore, and get on your walk-ing shoes.

COURTESY OF THE ROLLINS PR DEPARTMENTHonoring Hurston: Hurston will not only be remembered forher novels, but also at Rollins.

Zora: Behind the Books

COURTESY OF THE ROLLINS PR DEPARTMENTCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Rollins students met in theCornell Campus Center to discuss Relay for Life.

USPS / KRT CampusTHE FACE OF ZORA: The USPS featured Zora Neale Hurtson on a 37 cent stamp in 2003 tohonor her writing and the impression she has made on readers.

CHARLES TRAINOR JR. / KRT CampusPICTURE PERFECT: Lake Bell, pictured here, appears in many ofHurston’s works of writing.

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Although we don't havetoo much diversity, Rollinsreally is a cultural mecca. Wehave student organizationsthat cater to many differentethnicities and cultural per-spectives, from Caribbean,to Asian, to African Ameri-can. And we love to have au-thors, speakers and anyoneelse with a unique point ofview, story, or skill come andtalk to us.

Next week, on February6th, another one of these vis-iting scholars will be comingto Rollins. Bell Hooks (well,her name is actually bellhooks, all lowercase), awriter who teaches Englishat Berea College in Ken-tucky, is giving a readingfrom her book "TeachingCommunity: A Pedagogy ofHope". Last week, howeverthe Rollins Book Club gath-ered to discuss the book andthe problems and issues itraises.

Bell Hooks was bornGloria Watkins, in Hop-kinsville, Kentucky, in 1952.She received her B.A. fromStanford in 1973 and her Ph.D. from the University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz, in1983. Throughout her careershe has been best known as afeminist who critiques theexisting white dominatedfeminist movement, and the

"white supremacist capitalistpatriarchy". hooks believesthat many social issues, orproblems, are linked, andthat they must be attacked asa whole. She addresses thisissue in many of her books.

Last week, the discus-sion of Hook's book centeredon diversity, and whetherRollins' students are beingthoroughly prepared for thediverse world they will enterupon graduation.

Although the book clubisn't large, a number of fac-ulty and administrationwere present, and they dis-cussed the current lack of di-versity in the current Rollinscurriculum. Most classes areclassics, aimed at the whitemajority and not meant tofacilitate any change inthought processes or atti-tudes towards diversity.

The book club membersdebated the idea of having a

mandatory diversity course;some way of enabling stu-dents to think about and dis-cuss the issues of race, gen-der, socio-economic statusand general variety of per-sonalities and opinions theywill face in the world aftercollege. Hooks' book centerson the problem of "teachingcommunity," by allowingmodern people to come to-gether and treat each otheras equals in academic set-tings, and in all aspects oflife.

Bell Hooks will be visit-ing Rollins College on Feb-ruary 6th, to give a readingand answer questions abouther book. All members of theRollins community will beinvited. So, get a hold of oneof the free copies of TeachingCommunity: A Pedagogy ofHope" and bring a little extraenlightenment to the Rollinscommunity.

Hooks Teaches Community

DONNA DIETRICH / KRT CampusA CLOSER LOOK: Bell Hooks comes to Rollins, educatingthe community on her values and beliefs.

The City of Winter Parkhas been awarded the 2005Florida City Spirit Award.The Florida League ofCities began the FloridaCities of ExcellenceAwards program in 2004,and the Spirit Award is oneof 10 awards presented todifferent Florida cities inthis program. The programwas held on November 18,2005, and it covered all ofthe awards given throughthe program for the year2005.

The Florida City SpiritAward is given to the citythat, over the past year, hascreated a specific citywideneed that addresses andneed of the local communi-ty. Winter Park receivedthe award because of its af-fordable housing projecteffort. These affordableresidences include Rail-road Avenue Residencesand the Swoope AvenueWater Treatment Facilityproject.

The program is de-signed to focus public at-tention on all good thingsthat the cities do to im-prove the quality of life inFlorida. It also honors out-standing city leaders andcities for their excellent, in-novative, and highlypraised programs thatoccur throughout theircities.

The City of Winter Parkcontributed more than halfof the $2 million that ittook to complete the proj-ect. Other donors includedthe Orange County Hous-ing Finance Authority,Florida Community Part-ners, Florida CommunityCapital Corporation, andthe Orange County Hous-ing and Community Devel-opment Department.

The Railroad AvenueResidences is managed bythe Winter Park HousingAuthority and the OrlandoNeighborhood Improve-ment Corporation devel-oped the project.

The Florida City SpiritAward is not the firstaward that the City of Win-ter Park has received forthe Railroad Avenue Resi-dences/Swoope WaterTreatment Plant project.The city has received sev-

eral others, including theNational League of CitiesCrown Community Awardand the Florida Chapter ofthe American Planning As-sociation Award of Merit.

The Florida City SpiritAward is given to the citythat has implemented aspecific, single, citywideeffort successfully address-ing a local need.

"Winter Park is hon-ored to receive thisstatewide recognition forour commitment to afford-able housing," said Ken-neth "Kip" Marchman,Mayor of Winter Park. "Notonly was the city able to re-place a 50-year-old dilapi-dated water plant, we werealso able to provide 30 newFlorida Vernacular-style,mixed-income apartmentsthat opened to residents inFebruary 2004. This projectis an excellent example ofwhat can be accomplishedwhen the communityworks together-a true win-win situation for every-one."

Orlando NeighborhoodImprovement Corporationserved as developer for theproject and Railroad Av-enue Residences is current-ly managed by the WinterPark Housing Authority.

The Florida Cities ofExcellence Awards Pro-gram was created in orderto bring public attention tothe good things that citiesdo in an effort to enhancethe quality of life in theirlocal communities and, ul-timately, in the state ofFlorida. Over the past yearthe city of Winter Park didall they could to improvethe city in order to create abetter environment for itspeople.

It is also designed torecognize the cities andtheir leaders for their "ex-cellent, innovative, andhighly praised programs."Winter Park's affordablehousing initiative is onesuch example that theFlorida League of Citiesseeks to represent the stateof Florida in this awardsprogram.

The Florida City SpiritAward is the third largestaccolade the city has re-ceived for the Railroad Av-enue Residences/SwoopeWater Treatment Plantproject. This award addedto the National League ofCities Crown CommunityAward received in Decem-ber 2004 and Florida Chap-ter of the American Plan-ning Association Award ofMerit in September 2005.

Winter Park SpiritWinter Park has

been recognizedand awarded theFlorida SpiritAward.

by Erica Tibbettsthe sandspur

by Jami Furothe sandspur

As a Crummer student,have you ever wonderedhow to change somethingabout the school or secureresources for a new activityor club? As an A&S or Holtstudent, have you ever won-dered what goes on at Crum-mer or who puts on events?

Look no further than the

MBA Association. I inter-viewed both class presidentsand found out all you couldever want to know about theMBAA.

First, the official line:"The MBA Association is therepresentative student asso-ciation of the full-time MBAprograms. Officers are elect-ed by their peers and serveone-year terms in which theyplan social and community

events. Theyare also re-sponsible forcommunicat-ing studentconcerns toadministra-tion, faculty,and staff."

For socialevents, first-year presi-dent KyleBaker toldme theM B A A"throws apretty goodh o l i d a yparty." Lucki-ly, the 1st An-nual Crum-mer HolidayParty is justone of theM B A A ' sevents. JeffDemott, thesecond-yearp r e s i d e n t ,m e n t i o n e dthat it at-tempts tooffer at leastone socialand one com-munity serv-ice eventevery month.For instance,last semesterit initiated

the 1st Annual Fall Kick-Off,sponsored golf lessons atTuskawilla Country Club,and participated in the pre-Thanksgiving Feast, whichKyle said offered "good foodcombined with a free historylesson."

Jeff, a Rollins alum, ishelping integrate Crummerinto into the Rollins commu-nity. He spearheaded its in-volvement in typically A&Sevents such as Holiday Fun-Fest, which Crummer partic-ipated in for the first time in2004, and Halloween Howl,which came on board lastfall.

The fun keeps comingthis spring with a Valentine'sDay Social, more golf lessonsand a golf tournament, Habi-tat for Humanity and Relayfor Life involvement, and itsAnnual End-of-Year Ban-quet, which as Jeff said "isgoing to be awesome!"

After hearing about theMBAA’s exciting activities,many of you first year EAs(and hopefully you 3/2s)may be wondering how toget involved. Formally, offi-cers are chosen in the falland spring of your first year,but everyone can get in-volved by attending events.As Kyle says, these events"are times to enjoy eachother's company and con-tribute to the community."

More interesting are thepersonal stories of how thetwo presidents got involved.For Jeff, it began when heran for president in 2004 andlost. Instead of moping, hebecame involved in MBAAevents, and organized newopportunities for the group.

All his hard work paidoff for the Rollins communi-ty and last spring, it paid offfor Jeff when his classmates

elected him their new presi-dent. So far, Jeff has loved"every moment of being thestudents' representative andpart of such a wonderfulteam that is the voice of full-time students to Crummer,Rollins, and the community."

Kyle's involvementsprung from encouragementby classmates and Crummerstaff members. Since takingoffice, a main project hasbeen theCrummer B'sWax, anewsletter bythe MBAA.He also is en-c o u r a g i n gthe MBAA tofoster "com-municat ionwithin thep r o g r a m ,and not justwith the ad-ministration.There aremany timesthat otherstudent or-ganizationshave conflictsthat could beresolved be-fore theyoccur, withbetter collab-oration."

Pe r h a p sthis stemsfrom his be-lief that thebest way toget thingsdone atCrummer isto collaboratewith othergroups, andeven otherMBA pro-grams. It isnot just the

MBAA or the EA programthat Crummer serves, butthe Professional, Executive,and Saturday MBA pro-grams and other Crummerorganizations like the Con-sulting Club and CEO aswell. The more people whowant something and thecloser they work together toget it, the more likely it is tohappen.

Let me welcome you toa brand spankin' new sectionof the Sandspur.

With Arts & Sciences andHolt already represented inour fine newspaper, it wastime to get the last branch ofRollins onboard. Therefore,starting today and hopefullycontinuing indefinitely, youshould get a weekly fix of allthings Crummer.

In the Crummer Newssection, you can expect to

find upcoming events calen-dars, spotlights on students,faculty/staff, and organiza-tions, event recaps, helpfulbusiness hints and other ar-ticles attempting to informyou and ignite your interestin Crummer.

If you don't go to Crum-mer, you may be askingyourself, "What is she talk-ing about?" Crummer is thegraduate business schoolhere at Rollins, and the en-tirety of our classes takeplace in that small lookingbuilding situated right be-

tween Bush and Cornell So-cial Sciences.

I would say stop insometime, but I'm not surewhen the next catered eventis, so you might just walkinto an empty building. Justkidding! No matter whenyou come, there should beplenty of hard working stu-dents, faculty, and staff, andI'm sure more than a few ofthem would be happy towelcome you.

At Crummer, we havenearly 150 full-time studentsworking toward their MBA

and many more part-timestudents in our Professional,Executive, and SaturdayMBA programs. We alsohave several student organi-zations including the onehighlighted below, the MBAAssociation.

All-in-all, Crummer hasa lot to offer and hopefullythrough initiatives like thisnew page in the Sandspurand the activities of our or-ganizations, we can becomemore fully integrated intothe Rollins community.

As you read our news

section each week, I hopethat, regardless of yourschool or particular pro-gram, you will learn moreabout Crummer and its hap-penings.

If you like what you seeor have something youwould like to see, feel free todrop us a line. Also, if youare interested in writing arti-cles for the Crummer sec-tion, send me an e-mail andyou'll be ready to go beforeyou can say "Thanks." Enjoythe first ever Crummer pageand enjoy your weekend!

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EDITOR: MELINDA GREENCRUMMER@THESANDSPUR.ORG

Crummer Gets Space in the Sandspur

MBA Association is Major Resource

by Melinda Greenthe sandspur

1. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING INTHE MBAA? Being approached with questions by class-mates.2. WHAT HAS BEEN MOST SIGNIFICANT ABOUTYOUR EXPERIENCE?It’s the first time I’ve been in a "committee"setting with peers who take what they aredoing seriously (and still want to have fun). 3. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSECONSIDERING CRUMMER AND THE MBAA?For Crummer, be prepared to crunch num-bers. For MBAA, the people who careenough to run tend to be the right choicesfor officers. If you feel like stepping to theplate, you are almost sure to be a hit.4. IF YOU COULD ONLY SAY ONE THING ABOUTCRUMMER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?It has fantastically experienced facultymembers with a sincere desire to providestudents with a real-world perspective.

KYLE BAKERFirst Year President of the MBAA

1. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING INTHE MBAA? Everything. The MBAA is great!2. WHAT HAS BEEN MOST SIGNIFICANT ABOUTYOUR EXPERIENCE?This team is the best I've ever worked with.Every meeting, event, and task is complet-ed to the best ability of each officer.3. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSECONSIDERING CRUMMER AND THE MBAA?Become involved to make the most of yourtime here. The Centers [Philanthropy,Leadership, Entrepreneurship], events, andstudent organizations make Crummer anactive part of one's life where a wonderfuleducation is gained, friendships formed,and leadership produced.4. IF YOU COULD ONLY SAY ONE THING ABOUTCRUMMER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?A posse ad esse.From possibility to actuality.

JEFF DEMOTTSecond Year President of the MBAA

by Melinda Greenthe sandspur

What’s it take? It’s$64,000 question that oftenseems to be an easy one, buttoo often is wrongly an-swered.

Many people answer thequestion by saying, “Oh, it iseasy! All you have to do issubmit a complete applica-tion to the Hamilton Holt Ad-missions Office with the re-quired documents, includingthe SAT, and that’s it.”

Wrong! This is what youneed to get in but not what ittakes to be a successfulHamilton Holt student. Yes, itis somewhat easy to get in be-cause the admissions processis not as competitive as it isfor other programs at the col-lege, but don’t let yourself befooled by it because thatdoesn’t take away anythingfrom the credibility and rigorof the program.

The real difference is theprocess, not the content. Infact, the expectation placedon Hamilton Holt students isgreater than anyone’s imagi-nation. It is like recruiting twogroups of people for a job.

The first group is beingrecruited based on the recom-mendation of an independentfirm which has an unsubstan-tiated way of predicting one’ssuccessful performance onthe job.

The second group’s re-cruitment process is morenontraditional, that is, notbased on any wishful promis-es, but on the actual or realperformance on the job.

That is an analogy of theHamilton Holt admissionsprocess in comparison to itscounterpart, the Arts and Sci-ences program. As a programtargeting nontraditional stu-dents, it is focusing more onthe performance of a student

while in the program thantrying to predict any student’sperformance.

However, as soon as onegets in the program, the heatis on. The student is automat-ically placed on a probation-ary status, meaning that he orshe must prove to be up to thechallenge.

The whole idea behindthis process is that the Rollinscommunity does not want tolet standardized tests stopdedicated and well qualifiedindividuals from accomplish-ing their dreams. T h ecatch is, after getting in towhat seams to be a free ridefor many critics of the admis-sions process, a student, whohas been out of school formany years, has the obliga-tion to prove to the Holt ad-ministration that he or shecan succeed the high de-mands of college. If one can-not reach and maintain thesatisfactory performancelevel of the program, he orshe will be dismissed.

Now, could you tell mehow hard it is for you to per-form under this kind of pres-sure? Not too easy, consider-ing the fact that often some ofus may not even rememberwhat the interior of a class-room looks like.

In addition, your dutiesas the head of your familyand an employee may be un-cooperative and sometimescruel to you. This is whatgives us the true answer tothe question asked. It takesguts.

You must have guts to notonly decide to take the pun-ishment of being a studentagain, but also to be a success-ful one. How can you makethe President’s or Dean’s Listdespite all the responsibilitiesthat you must answer for out-side your school life? It takesguts.

You must, and if I may re-peat, you must be proud ofyourself. Being a single par-ent, as many of you are, mustbe hard enough. But you stillgive your education your bestshot. This is something worthcelebrating.

Don’t you ever feel ahappy feeling every time afriend, a co-worker or yourboss asks you what is thisbook you are reading? Thento hear the response “Oh, thatis great, you go to school,”after you say that it is a re-quired reading for your class.

It becomes a lot betterwhen the next question re-quires you to say that you goto Rollins College, one of thebest in higher education inthe nation. I know the feelingbecause what would follow isalways, “Oh, you go toRollins, a great school. Con-gratulations!” Yes, that mustmake you feel good; it cer-tainly makes me feel greatevery time I hear it.

However, you mightcome across a few peoplewho may try to downplay theHolt program to a lesser pro-gram than the Arts and Sci-ences program.

Keep your head highwhile explaining them thatthe differences between thetwo programs are not in theircontent but in other unrelatedaspects such as; tuition, meet-ing time, and the formation ofstudent body.

You must remind thesefew skeptics that the Presi-dent of Rollins College wouldbe outraged if our professors,who are in many cases, A&Sprofessors as well, wouldtreat us or expect anythingless from us than what theywould expect from A&S stu-dents.

When all the problems inthe world come crashing onyou and leave you with noother thoughts but quitting,you must remember that youdon’t have space in yourmind for any unwanted andmalicious thought and re-mind yourself of the follow-ings:

I have the courage tocome challenge myself will-ingly and have the guts to beas successful and competentas any other Rollins Collegestudent. This is so far thebeauty and reward of yoursacrifices. So, be proud ofyour accomplishment here.

When I think ofHamilton Holt and hislegacy as the eighth pres-ident of the College, I ammost impressed with hisinnovative departurefrom the educationalpractices of his day.

Hamilton Holt be-lieved that educationwas far more than thecompilation and memo-rization of facts. He stat-ed that educators shouldput “less emphasis uponinformation for its ownsake, and more uponlinking the subject stud-ied with the life of the in-dividual studying it.”Holt’s ideas and his invi-tation of John Dewey tocampus in 1931 not onlyled to curricular reformat Rollins, but alsohelped to shape nationaldialogue about themeaning of education.

During his presiden-cy from 1925 to 1949,Holt also inspired physi-cal changes to the cam-pus, such as the College’sSpanish Mediterraneanarchitecture and the an-cestral Walk of Fame.

These tangible contribu-tions provide much ofthe beauty and historyfor which Rollins isknown. It is the less tan-gible contribution, how-ever, of President Holt’scommitment to creatingan environment wherestudents and faculty con-nect in the learning expe-rience that may be hisgreatest legacy. Linkingeducation with the livesof individuals is an idealthat continues to inspireus as members of theRollins community.

At the Hamilton HoltSchool, named byRollins’ 12th presidentThaddeus Seymour, weembody President Holt’sspirit of innovation andengagement. Unlikeother liberal arts collegesthat focus exclusively onstudents who enter atage 18 and graduate atage 22, Rollins College,through the HamiltonHolt School, provides ahigh-quality liberal artsdegree program to localresidents of all ages.This innovative depar-

ture fromt r a d i t i o nthat bringstogether di-verse per-spectives ina dynamiclearning en-vironmentrepresentsthe lastinglegacy ofH a m i l t o nHolt. We, atthe Hamil-ton HoltSchool, areproud tocarry onthat legacy.

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EDITOR: JEAN BERNARD CHERYHOLTNEWS@THESANDSPUR.ORG

HamiltonHolt’s Legacy

COURTESY OF SHARON M. CARRIER

Being A SuccessfulHamilton Holt Student

What does ittake to be a suc-cessful HamiltonHolt Student?Guts, Sacrifices!

by Jean Bernard Cherythe sandspur

by Sharon M. CarrierDean Of Hamilton Holt School

According to a studypublished in the Journal ofHealth and Social Behaviorin December, parents aremore likely to be depressedthan adults who do not havechildren.

The study, which sur-veyed 13,000 adults, discov-ered that parents, from thosewith young children toempty nesters, are not ashappy as non-parents. Re-searchers Robin Simon ofFlorida State University andRanae Evenson of VanderbiltUniversity using data col-lected from the NationalSurvey of Families andHouseholds found being aparent does not bring thesame emotional benefits thatother adult roles, like mar-riage and fulfilling careersbring.

During the last week ofthe experiment, researchersasked how many times par-ents felt blue, fearful, lonelyor distracted, and unlikeprevious studies, this onefound fathers and mothersequally unhappy. How canit be? Parents are supposedto find no greater happinessthan their children.

Politics, culture and his-tory have told us that havingchildren is the greatest gift inthe world. Turn on the tele-vision and if those Gerberand Welch’s grape juice ad-vertisements don’t get you,surely the little precociouschild who manages to makeflooding the house lookadorable will.

It could be the stress ofliving up to the Cleavers andthe Huxtables, televisionparents who were the epito-me of perfect parenthood,able to solve a problem inthirty minutes dishing outmajor life lessons that werepretty enough to wrap witha bow and still having timeto laugh.

The idea that parent-hood is a pure joy has “al-ways a bit of a wonderfulmyth.” says Michael Lewis,professor of pediatrics andpsychiatry and director ofthe Institute for the Study ofChild Development at theRobert Wood Johnson Med-ical School in NewBrunswick, N.J., who is sur-prised the findings were notmore negative. Over the last150 years, he said, childrenhave altered from economicadvantages to economic bur-

dens int h eUnitedStates .W eused tobe ableto sendc h i l -dren towork int h ef i e l d s ;o l d e rk i d stendedto thebabies.

D r .Spock,the par-e n t i n gi n d u s -t r y ,obligatory music and soccerlessons, PTA meetings, thepressure of your child be-coming the next Einstein anda consumer climate that en-courages kids to desire andparents to feel guilty havecombined to make childrenthe center of the household.“Don’t think you’re crazy,”says Lewis, “lots of peopleare feeling the same way.”

Meredith Small, a Cor-nell University anthropolo-gist and author of “Kids:How Biology and CultureShape the Way We Raise OurChildren,” sees the problemas a cultural condition thatcreates a dismal atmospherefor parents. “Western cul-ture is the worst place to beif you want to be a parent,”she says. “If you look at anyother culture, people wouldthink that this is nutty.”

She cites the isolationismof parents once they becomemarried and have their ownfamily as opposed to placeslike India where there aremany people in a householdand worldwide 90% of child-care is performed by otherchildren.

Even in many Europeannations, she states, the at-mosphere is much betterthan in the United States forparents. Working mothers— and sometimes fathers —are paid a portion of theirsalaries to stay home duringthe first year or more withtheir young children. Par-ents receive six weeks of va-cation and, in many cases,extra time off to take care ofsick kids.

Good child care is subsi-dized by the governmentwhile college and graduateschools are paid for by thegovernment. In the UnitedStates, Small says, “Parentsare tired, they are over-worked, they are extended,they are irritated and they’vegot nobody to help them.”

Is it the situation? Is the

key to happy mental healthsending kid back to work inthe fields, have more kids,move in the in-laws or sim-ply not have bundles of joy?Not in the opinion of familytherapist Neil Bernstein.

His advice? “Get a life.”Being a good parent doesnot mean being totally ab-sorbed in your children.Bernstein doesn’t particular-ly agree with the study’sfindings but does suggestparents should know, “it’simportant to look after yourown mental health, not tolive vicariously throughyour child,” he said.

Bernstein has been treat-ing Washington, D.C. areachildren and families for 25years and has grown chil-dren of his own. “Not onlydid parenting not make medepressed, but it was with-out question the happiestyears of my life,” he says. “Iwouldn’t trade them for any-thing, and I couldn’t imaginebeing anywhere near ascomfortable or happy withmyself had I not been a par-ent.”

The results of this studywon’t likely make parentsfeel any better about theirlives; some might say thestudy itself is depressing.Like any study, the outcomegreatly depends on the typeof questions asked.

The study may be nomore than a self fulfillingprophecy. It shouldn’t be ashock that parents, as agroup, tend to be morestressed, emotional and dis-tracted than those who donot have the responsibility ofmolding young and impres-sionable human beings. “Atleast if you’re going to do it,”Simon says to those contem-plating parenthood, “knowwhat you’re getting into.”

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Dear Marian:I am preparing for a job

interview and need to knowhow to respond when theinterviewer asks, “Whatquestions do you have?”Many times, I am not surewhat they want to hear. HoltStudent ‘07

Dear Holt Student,Your question is a good

one. First, I want to encour-age you to look at the inter-view itself as a “two-sided”process! You are evaluatingthe company and the job asmuch as the company isevaluating you. By shiftingyour perspective, I hope youwill feel comfortableenough to ask appropriatequestions throughout theinterview.

I have a personal experi-ence that supports this ad-vice. Many years ago, as arecent college graduate, Iwas being flown to Atlantafor a day of intensive job in-terviews and testing. Onthe flight, I sat next to abusiness man who politelyasked about my destination.During the hour flight, wediscussed the interviewprocess and strategies.Upon arriving in Atlanta, hegave me his business cardwith the following advicewritten on the back: “When? Where? Who?What? How? Why? As long as you are askingthe questions you are incharge. Good luck!”

I credit his advice forgiving me the confidence Ineeded to be successful andenjoy the exhausting day-long process. Years later, Istill carry that business cardwith me to remind me of afew important lessons: • Listen! Be open to theadvice that you get from un-expected places! • Treat the interviewprocess as a “two waystreet”. You are evaluatingthe employer as much asthey are evaluating you! • Asking questions andlistening carefully to the an-swers will give you knowl-edge. Knowledge is power!

I have included somesample questions below tohelp get your “creativejuices flowing”: • What are some of the

short term and long-termobjectives for this role?What are the most pressingissues? • What are some of mostdifficult issues facing thisdepartment? • How would you de-scribe your managementstyle?• What are some of themost critical factors neededfor success in this business? • Describe what excep-tional performance in thisrole looks like.• How will I be evaluatedin this role? • What is the companystrategy for the next fiveyears? What role does thisdepartment play in thestrategy? • Describe the organiza-tional structure of the com-pany. • Can you describe anideal employee?• What are the company’sstrengths and weaknessescompared to its competi-tion?

Are there questions toavoid? Yes! As an applicant,I would not ask about salaryor benefits. Let the companyrepresentative bring upthese topics. It is to yourbenefit to wait for these dis-cussions until you havebeen identified as the topcandidate!

Interested in participat-ing in a mock interview? Iam available to work withHamilton Holt students inall aspects on interviewpreparation and job searchstrategies. Give me a call!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Rollins College Career ExpoFriday, March 24, 2006

11a.m. - 2p.m.

McKean Gymnasium, Al-fond Sports Center

For more information checko u thttp://www.rollins.edu/ca-reerservices/expo/index.html

Do you have a questionfor Marian? E-mail her atmcacciatore@rollins.edu. Sheguarantees that all questionswill be responded to individ-ually or in this column.

WHAT QUESTION AN INTERVIEWEESHOULD ASK AN INTERVIEWER?

Feeling Depressed? YouMust Be A Parent!

KIRK LITTLE/ KRTCampus

by Tanisha Mathisthe sandspur

Study finds par-ents not happywith lot in life.

Everyone wishes theyhad more time, whether it isbecause deadlines are loom-ing, tests are approaching, orpeople simply want to getthe most out of life. Everyoneseems to be in a never endingrace against the clock.

College students are noexception. Some students,though, are a little busierthan others.

At schools like Universi-ty of Florida, Stanford, Duke,and the University of NorthCarolina athletics is almostas important as a student'sacademic life. Whether theyplay football, soccer, volley-ball, or lacrosse, athletes atthese schools get respectfrom professors, administra-tors, and most importantly,other students.

Here at Rollins the atti-tude towards athletes is notquite the same. Sure, we arenot a Division I school that

can give full scholarships toalmost everyone, and wemay not have a footballteam, but athletes work justas hard here as they do any-where.

Sarah Dunlap, '07, aswimmer who is taking 27credit hours, involved in asorority, and working a parttime job shares how tough itcan be as a student-athlete.

And you thought youwere busy...

Sarah is both an environ-mental studies major andpart of the honors program,she is also the Pan-Hellenicrepresentative for KappaDelta, and she recently got ajob at the YMCA, as a life-guard.

Dunlap, however, doesnot seem to think it is a bigdeal at all. "Oh, I multi-task,"she says, "I stay up to date on"The Best Week Ever" whilereading up on Peru."

How does she findenough hours in the day todo everything? She brokedown all her time commit-ments for me: swimming 6a.m. until 7 a.m. (twice aweek) and 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.(everyday), 15 hours actual-ly in class every week, threeto five hours of sorority

meetings, and 5 a.m. - 9 a.m.at the YMCA three days aweek.

Oh, and then there ishomework. Like most ath-letes, though, Dunlap doesnot complain. She says sheknows her limits, and if shehas to stay up all nightstudying, then she will. Nobig deal. Somehow, there isnever any conflict betweenathletics and academics, be-cause she knows her school-work comes first, but makesit fit in with her swimmingschedule.

Although her social lifehas suffered a little becauseshe has to obey the "48 hourrule," which doesn’t allow astudent to drink 48 hours be-fore a game, and often doesnot have time to go out asmuch, Sarah loves to com-

pete for Rollins. So, what is her secret?

Well, Sarah admitted shedoes not need much sleep,maybe four to six hours anight. And she says sheknows the benefits of snack-ing, "You see the girl in theclass with the snack. Sheknows what she is doing"

Dunlap is one of thebusiest people I know, yetshe does not complain anddoes not seem to think shedeserves any credit for whatshe does.

Perhaps the next timeyou see an athlete trudge into class spare a thought forthose early morning prac-tices, sore muscles, andamazing time managementskills. And, maybe one dayyou could actually go to aswim meet.

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EDITOR: KARINA MCCABEFEATURES@THESANDSPUR.ORG

Rollins can add a newperson to their list of distin-guished directors now thatEric Zivot, the assistant pro-fessor for ‘Acting’ and ‘Voiceand Speech,’ is directing theupcoming play at the AnnieRussell Theatre, "All MySons."

Straight from Los Ange-les, this is Zivot's first play atRollins but it is definitely nothis first career play. “One ofmy bigger projects was forNoHo called 'Shakesperi-ence,' it was a substitute forShakespeare's greatest hits,”said Zivot. “The show re-mounted three times, whowould ever think that Shake-speare's work would be pop-ular in L.A? The show soldout three years in a row.”

Although Zivot brings a

lot of experience for the stu-dents he teaches in his ‘Act-ing’ and ‘Voice and Speech’classes from L.A., he bringsin a new technique. "Duringour rehearsals," said Zivot,"we're incorporating an act-ing methodology that I de-veloped in L.A. called theTriune Brain Method.”

“The Triune BrainMethod is based off of theideology that human behav-ior is driven from three dif-ferent developmental stagesof the brain,” said Zivot.“We're not always called onto play someone who's iden-tical to our own habitual be-havior. The Triune BrainMethod teaches people howto systematically adjust tothe appropriate characteriza-tion.”

Two of the actors wereaway auditioning forU/RTA, the University/Resi-

dent Theatre Associationduring rehearsals last weekso Zivot had the remainingseven actors work on theirphysical characterizationbased off of the four ele-ments, earth, fire, water, andair. “Different characters inthe play will be exhibitingone of these four move-ments,” said Zivot.

Throughout the rehears-al Zivot had all of the actorsdo certain poses, each per-taining to his/her elementbased off of the workTadashi Susuki had done inhis acting company in Togo,Japan.

“Not everyone on Earthmoves the way you do,” saidjunior Eli Green, one of theactors in the play. “Whenyou act you can change yourbehavior and what you say,why not change the way youmove?”

The Triune BrainMethod takes about threeyears to fully teach and Zivothas been using it for sixyears and finds it very bene-ficial to not only the actors

but to the audience as well.“Who is Ann Deever? Howis she different from SueBayliss?” said Zivot. “Bothof these 20 year-old actorshave the same kind of physi-cal habits and therefore therewill be no difference be-tween them. But if eachcharacter has a certain phys-ical characterization, thenthe audience will be able totell the difference betweenthe two.”

There is no questionabout Zivot's credibilityamongst the actors and whathe can bring to themselvespersonally and to Rollins.“His method doesn't justapply to acting but to you indaily life,” said Green. "Hemakes sense of the way yourespond emotionally to anygiven situation. He's done alot of work in film and the-ater in L.A. and New Yorkand so he brings a lot of ex-perience to the students.”

“He demands the best,”said Green, “but not the bestas he sees it but the best thatyou can give him.”

Feb: Black History MonthFeb. 5-11: Asian AwarenessWeek

Black Student Union

Feb. 5-6: "Soul Food Sun-day" at Sutton Lounge at 4p.m.Feb. 7, 4, 21, 28: Black FilmFestival at Dave's Downun-der at 7 p.m.

February 7: V-Day Show Woman-themed show in co-ordination with the Rollinsproduction of The VaginaMonologues.

Vagina MonologuesReturn of successful showto the Bush Auditorium.Friday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Sunday Feb. 12 at noon

WINTER PARK COMMUNITY

Every Sat. from 7 a.m. - 1p.m.: Farmer's Market at thecorner of Lyman and NewYork Avenues. Every Thursday (6 - 9 p.m.):"Thursday's on Park Ave."Thursday, Feb. 2, 15: "Pop-corn Flicks in the Park" at 7p.m. in Central Park.

You ThoughtYou Were Busy?

Eric Zivot: SoonTo Shine At Annie

JESSICA COMBS / The SandspurGOT GAME?: Student-athletes show their “game” extends totime-management skills too.

Junior, SarahDunlap, sharesher busy scheduleas a swimmer andstudent.

...fit into the student's idealschedule or have longerclass times seem to havehigh drop-out rates.

It is important to realizethat life as a college studentcan be hard at first, but itwill get easier; don't give up.Try new things and do notdrop out of a course becauseyou think you cannot handleit. Recognize situations thatmay cause stress and learn todevelop effective ways tomanage stress.

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Staying the Course...

BETO ALVAREZ / KRT Campus

by Erica Tibbettsthe sandspur

by Kelly McNoldythe sandspur

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How many college stu-dents have seen the movies"Animal House" and "OldSchool"? Everyone laughswhen they watch Bluto (JohnBelushi) do crazy things, seehow the Deltas get rid ofDean Wormer (John Ver-non), and no one can forgetthe toga party.

In the movie "OldSchool," Mitch Martin (LukeWilson), Frank Ricard (WillFerrell), and Bernard Camp-bell (Vince Vaughn) start afraternity at a local collegeand crazy things occur.

Who can forget the linesfrom Will Ferrell, "We'regoing streaking!" or "Honey,do you think KFC is stillopen?"

After seeing such moviesglamorize Greek life, curios-ity led me to Alexandra Rob-bins' book, "Pledged," where

she details the other side ofGreek life. I started readingthe book before school be-cause I was considering join-ing a sorority. However,some of the stories in thebook frightened me, specifi-cally those regarding bulim-ia, rape, and hazing issues.

After reading part of thisbook, I was hesitant in join-ing a sorority. This explainswhy this highly controver-sial book is banned amongmany of my friend's sorori-ties.

Now, that Rollins isstarting Rush on Sunday,Jan. 28, though, I am both in-terested and nervous tobegin the process, and I havedecided to consciously elim-inate all my biases and go inwith an open mind.

Even though Greek lifehas its faults, it also hasmany benefits. Specifically,since Rollins does not holdRush until second semester,students are already accli-mated to the Rollins life.

Participating in Rush is agood way to meet new peo-ple, and become close with agroup of girls. Sororities andfraternities also go out intotheir community and try toimprove it.

Many men and womenhave been successful afterjoining sororities and frater-nities because of theirunique structure.

According to the Inter-fraternity Council, "eighty-five percent of the Fortune500 executives [belonged] toa fraternity" and "forty of

forty-seven U.S. SupremeCourt Justices since 1910were fraternity men."

On Dec. 5, 1776, the PhiBeta Kappa Society was thefirst college fraternity estab-lished at the College ofWilliam and Mary. AlphaDelta Pi was the first Greekwomen's organization to bestarted.

Since then, Greek life hasimproved and developedwith many sororities andfraternities nationwide.

With this helpful and in-spiring information in mind,I am ready to start my expe-rience in Greek life.

As I register for the Sun-day meeting at Bush Audito-rium, I wonder what thenext few weeks will hold forme. I am nervous that agroup will not accept meand that I will not be goodenough for anyone.

What do I wear? Do Iwear a dress? Or is that try-ing to hard? Do I wear jeans?Is that too sloppy? Do I try tobe the girl I think they wantme to be or should I be my-self?

Rollins recommendsbeing yourself during thewhole rush process because"you want to attract thegroup that likes you for whoyou are not who you are pre-tending to be."

They also advise to relax,enjoy the experience, beopen-minded and be open tonew opportunities. You onlygo to college once, remem-ber?

Dear Fox,My roommate met her

boyfriend over the internetabout six months ago. He re-cently came down to visither for the second time. He'sreally nice and treats herwell, but they've only meteach other twice. They're al-ready talking about gettingmarried and acting as ifthey're really serious. I don'tunderstand how someonecan be that serious with aperson they've only mettwice. I've never been 100%okay with the whole inter-net dating scene, but I wantto support her and under-stand how she feels. Is thisweird for her to feel thisway? Should I warn heragainst getting too serious?I want to be a good friendand roommate but I don'twant to offend her. Help!~ Lost in Online Love

Dear Lost,Internet relationships

are very different from rela-tionships in real life. Thefirst thing you have to un-derstand is that internet re-lationships require 100%communication and 100%trust, something that oftentakes time to develop in areal life relationship. Sinceyour roommate barely eversees her boyfriend (onlytwice in six months is notvery often at all), she has tobase her feelings off of hispersonality, the way he com-municates with her, and thetrust she has built uparound him. So, regardlessof how many times she hasmet him in person, she feelsas if she knows him insideand out because of all thetalking they are forced intodoing. Real life based rela-

tionships will take longer todevelop a strong foundationbecause of the shyness andnervousness of the begin-ning of a relationship -never wanting to say thewrong thing, wanting theother person to like you. Inan online relationship, thereal personality often shinesthrough right away and therelationship will skip overthat nervousness phase andmove right into getting toknow each other and the se-riousness that comes alongwith that.

If you want to be a goodfriend to your roommate,just listen. Listen to her talkabout her boyfriend. Sup-port her when he has toleave and when she's sadbecause she can't be withhim. Let her lean on you be-cause internet relationships(along with long distance re-lationships) are very diffi-cult and it's always wonder-ful to have a friend to turnto in real life for a hug or asmile.

I don't believe warningher is necessary. Chancesare, she won't listen becauseshe's in love and whensomeone is in love, theyonly want to see the won-derful things about their re-lationships, including theseriousness. She has to fig-ure out for herself what istoo fast and how to handleherself. She may get hurt inthe future but it's a lessonshe needs to learn for her-self. Every relationship,whether internet or real life,is a gamble. Sometimes youjust have to close your eyesand take the plunge. Thank-fully your roommate has afriend like you waiting tosupport her no matter whathappens.

The FFox rreturns tto aanswer tthisweeks ssocial aand rrelationship qques-tions ffrom RRollins sstudents. IIf yyouhave aany qquestions tthat yyou wwouldlike TThe FFox, tto aanswer, tthen ssendan eemail tto ffox@thesandspur.org

AskThe Fox!

One studentshares her deci-sion process onwhether to join in“rush week.”

by Kelly Castinothe sandspur

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Kung Hei Fat Choi!Happy Year of the Dog toyou from the other end ofthe world! I'm still in HongKong, and I still love it!

After about two weeksof classes, I am already en-joying a weeklong break.Mind you, I do not get anytime off for spring break, butthere is no way spring breakcould ever beat what I get tosee here.

I've been soaking in allthe festivities around me likeit's a life elixir: started off bymaking my way to the LunarNew Year Market, which isset up in Hong Kong foronly a few days, to completean assignment for my SmallBusiness Management class.

I must say that I am de-lighted by how hands-on theclass is; constantly referenc-ing to local news, bringing insuccessful entrepreneurswho've succeeded in the eco-nomic rollercoaster that thisplace represents, and assign-ments that send you rightinto the streets for live caseanalysis.

Another great aspect ofthe assignment was that Igot to know some of thelocal girls better, who in turn

introduced me to a vari-ety of culinary adven-tures---white puddingof something with redbeans on a stick, any-one? Mashed-up straw-berries in a sauce ofwhite balls, which, I can

only hope, were not quite asexotic as bird's saliva orfrog's ovaries or whateverelse they tried to explain aswe went through the menu.

Sometimes I think it isbetter for my conscience thatI cannot read Chinese char-acters. You win some, youlose some, you know?

The market we were atwas by far, though, the mostcrowded place I have been inmy life, so there was little

time to contemplate whatwas going on inside of mystomach.

That is until I venturedto the New Years Parade thenext evening, during which Iresorted to an hour of full-bellied laughter, possibly asa defense mechanism, as Igot pushed through andstuck amidst a roaringcrowd screaming Cantonesewords in all directions,climbing on the fences andin general acting like total

maniacs in order to catch aglimpse of the cheerleadersand drum players and whatnot.

Around the time I hadlost all hope of survival, thepolice had the brilliant ideaof moving the barriers out afew meters, so that the des-perate mass cooled off. Andto think it only took them anhour to think of this!

It was gorgeous, though,either way, and a fun experi-ence, which was followed bya walk around Hong KongIsland to view the spectacu-lar nightly lightshow andmarvel at the prized archi-tecture.

Today was spent explor-ing the city via its multitudeof public transportation,and, as sadas thatsounds, itwas a blast.R a n g i n gfrom theferry cross-ing the beau-tiful harbor,to taking oneof the lastd o u b l e -decker tramsin the world,and laugh-ing aboutthe fact thatit was atleast asshaky as the

ferry, the self-made city tourcost less than onedollar U.S., andended up leadingus to a truly tra-ditional part ofHong Kong,which is possiblythe most stunning

place I have seen so far. This evening there will

be New Years Fireworks,which we will see from thetop of the Peak, overlookingall of Hong Kong.

Then I will have twodays or so to read and studyfor my classes, which will befollowed by a four day out-ing to Hainan, the southern-most point of China, alsoknown as the ChineseHawaii. It is one of the mostpopular tourist spots for theChinese, which should givethe whole thing a new twist.

Classes start up again onFeb. 6, and given the entice-ment I have had with the lec-tures so far.

I cannot wait to begin!

Happy Year of The Dog!

TTrraavveell JJoouurrnnaall:: RRoolllliinnss AArroouunndd TThhee WW

JEALOUS YET?: A collage of enviable‘07, and Yvette Kojic, ‘07, fall semester

Rollins junior,Cora Hardin, con-tinues to shareher experience inHong Kong.

CORA HARDIN / The SandspurCHOPSTICK FEAST: Cora Hardin dines on Yum Cha, a typical Chinese meal.

CORA HARDIN / The Sandspur

CORA HARDIN / The Sandspur

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JESSICA COMBS / The Sandspure pictures from Lara Bueso, ‘07, Jessica Combs, ‘08, Jessica Estes,r on the London Internship program.

I have just returned frommy fall semester with the“Rollins in Sydney” Pro-gram where I knew therewould be differences in cul-ture, language, and lifestyleI would have to adjust to, (inaddition to the giant-sizecampus of Sydney Universi-ty!). However, I was some-what prepared because afew students who went toAustralia the year before meclued me into where thegood clubs and bars are (theimportant things, of course!).

Additionally, I hadthumbed through city guide-books and maps, trying tofamiliarize with the majorstreets and orientation of thecity. As it turns out, though,most of my preconceived no-tions about Australia werewrong.

On my way from the air-port to my host-mother’shouse, I gazed out of thewindow, not really focusingon anything. I had beenchoking back tears since theL.A. airport, and the fact thatI was halfway around theworld was setting in. Mymind drifted to what myfriends were doing, wheremy kitty was, and howgreat it would be to justcrawl into my own bed.I was making patheticlittle sniffles and tryingto cover my face so thatFay, my host-momcould not see my eyes.I dried my eyes as weneared the house, andout of the corner of myeye I saw a sign for aplace called “The Differ-ent Drummer.” “That lookslike a cool place,” I thoughtto myself. I made a mentalnote to check it out.

Over the four months Iwas in Sydney, I checked outa fairly decent number ofpubs in the city, which Ifound to be the place to meetpeople in the city. The easi-est way to check out a ridicu-lous number of venues in areally short amount of timeis to go on a pub-crawl. Donot feel compelled to planthis in advance, though. Or-ganized events usually costmoney, and they make theparticipants wear brightlycolored matching shirts.Take the initiative and come

up with your own route(walking!) and be sure to goto bars that are new, or thatyou would not normally goto.

If that sounds like toomuch work, loiter around anarea with many venues with-in walking distance of eachother and play the waitinggame. When you hear aloud mob of people scream-ing, “We come from the landdown under!” that is yourcue to jump on. Just be sureto hang out in the back atfirst and make sure thegroup is worth crawlingwith.

On one such nightfriends and I joined a pub-crawl. We headed over to"The Different Drummer,"but it was too early (it at-tracts the night-owl crowd)so we turned out attention to"Ancient Briton." It had asports-bar atmosphere, andthere was one bloke who hadalready had far too much todrink by the time we had ourfirst drinks at the bar.

A few minutes later, weheard a whistle blow, andmore than half of the barcleared out in a matter ofseconds. The mob headedout the door and up thestreet. Using our amazing

powers of deduction, we re-alized the group was indeeda Pub Crawl. We headed outthe door and up the streetuntil we spotted a friendlylooking group of guys. Thetold us they were on number9 or so of 16 pubs on the list.We found out later that thegroup was the EngineeringClub from the University ofSydney when they tried toimpress us with tales fromthe wind tunnel. Neverthe-less, we had a great time andwent to some great pubs,which just goes to show youthat you can’t take things atface value.

Using this grain of wis-dom to illustrate my point,and also because I like to

draw parallels in my writ-ing, we decided to give the"Different Drummer" anoth-er go. After Architecture inHelsinki show, we were feel-ing a bit parched, andthought the "DifferentDrummer" might cure whatailed us. We walked up tothe bar and ordered the mostelaborate cocktails anyonecould have dreamed of. Wemade small talk with a fewpeople who were part of alarger “birthday party.”Ladies that we are, we intro-duced ourselves to the otherpeople in the group andwhen they decided to moveon to the next pub on the list,we were invited along. Littledid we know that the peoplewe met that night wouldhave such an influence onthe rest of our time in Aus-tralia.

I am not used to meetingpeople in bars. I am only 19,so I cannot legally go outdrinking in a bar here. Aus-tralia’s drinking age is 18, sofor the first time, I could ac-tually go out rather thanbeing the D.D. This was anentirely new social conceptfor me, but is a really basicpart of the Sydneysider cul-ture. I have always had thebelief that if I do not know

how to do something, thebest way for me to learn isto fake it for a while untilI “get it.” I knew that theway to meet people andmake good connections inSydney was to talk to peo-ple at night in clubs andpubs, similar to how mostRollins students meet peo-ple through classes or liv-

ing in the same dorm.I like to draw parallels,

and the story of the DifferentDrummer really closelyshows a unique view of mytime in Australia. The firsttime I saw the DifferentDrummer, as with Sydney, Iwas shaking with a mixtureof fear and anticipation. Itried it out once, and eventhough I wasn’t crazy aboutit, I gave it another try.When I went back with re-newed expectations, I wasrewarded for my persist-ence. I met wonderful peo-ple that night that I still talkto today. Not only did I havea great time that night, but asa direct result, an even morestellar time throughout therest of my semester in Syd-ney.

LINDSAY LANE / The SandspurHAPPY TRAVELER: Lindsay Lane, ‘07,on a night out in sydney with friends.

by Lindsay Lanethe sandspur

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Kung Hei Fat Choi!Happy Year of the Dog toyou from the other end ofthe world! I'm still in HongKong, and I still love it!

After about two weeksof classes, I am already en-joying a weeklong break.Mind you, I do not get anytime off for spring break, butthere is no way spring breakcould ever beat what I get tosee here.

I've been soaking in allthe festivities around me likeit's a life elixir: started off bymaking my way to the LunarNew Year Market, which isset up in Hong Kong foronly a few days, to completean assignment for my SmallBusiness Management class.

I must say that I am de-lighted by how hands-on theclass is; constantly referenc-ing to local news, bringing insuccessful entrepreneurswho've succeeded in the eco-nomic rollercoaster that thisplace represents, and assign-ments that send you rightinto the streets for live caseanalysis.

Another great aspect ofthe assignment was that Igot to know some of thelocal girls better, who in turn

introduced me to a vari-ety of culinary adven-tures---white puddingof something with redbeans on a stick, any-one? Mashed-up straw-berries in a sauce ofwhite balls, which, I can

only hope, were not quite asexotic as bird's saliva orfrog's ovaries or whateverelse they tried to explain aswe went through the menu.

Sometimes I think it isbetter for my conscience thatI cannot read Chinese char-acters. You win some, youlose some, you know?

The market we were atwas by far, though, the mostcrowded place I have been inmy life, so there was little

time to contemplate whatwas going on inside of mystomach.

That is until I venturedto the New Years Parade thenext evening, during which Iresorted to an hour of full-bellied laughter, possibly asa defense mechanism, as Igot pushed through andstuck amidst a roaringcrowd screaming Cantonesewords in all directions,climbing on the fences andin general acting like total

maniacs in order to catch aglimpse of the cheerleadersand drum players and whatnot.

Around the time I hadlost all hope of survival, thepolice had the brilliant ideaof moving the barriers out afew meters, so that the des-perate mass cooled off. Andto think it only took them anhour to think of this!

It was gorgeous, though,either way, and a fun experi-ence, which was followed bya walk around Hong KongIsland to view the spectacu-lar nightly lightshow andmarvel at the prized archi-tecture.

Today was spent explor-ing the city via its multitudeof public transportation,and, as sadas thatsounds, itwas a blast.R a n g i n gfrom theferry cross-ing the beau-tiful harbor,to taking oneof the lastd o u b l e -decker tramsin the world,and laugh-ing aboutthe fact thatit was atleast asshaky as the

ferry, the self-made city tourcost less than onedollar U.S., andended up leadingus to a truly tra-ditional part ofHong Kong,which is possiblythe most stunning

place I have seen so far. This evening there will

be New Years Fireworks,which we will see from thetop of the Peak, overlookingall of Hong Kong.

Then I will have twodays or so to read and studyfor my classes, which will befollowed by a four day out-ing to Hainan, the southern-most point of China, alsoknown as the ChineseHawaii. It is one of the mostpopular tourist spots for theChinese, which should givethe whole thing a new twist.

Classes start up again onFeb. 6, and given the entice-ment I have had with the lec-tures so far.

I cannot wait to begin!

Happy Year of The Dog!

TTrraavveell JJoouurrnnaall:: RRoolllliinnss AArroouunndd TThhee WW

JEALOUS YET?: A collage of enviable‘07, and Yvette Kojic, ‘07, fall semester

Rollins junior,Cora Hardin, con-tinues to shareher experience inHong Kong.

CORA HARDIN / The SandspurCHOPSTICK FEAST: Cora Hardin dines on Yum Cha, a typical Chinese meal.

CORA HARDIN / The Sandspur

CORA HARDIN / The Sandspur

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WWoorrlldd iinn AAssiiaa,, EEuurrooppee,, && AAuussttrraalliiaa

JESSICA COMBS / The Sandspure pictures from Lara Bueso, ‘07, Jessica Combs, ‘08, Jessica Estes,r on the London Internship program.

I have just returned frommy fall semester with the“Rollins in Sydney” Pro-gram where I knew therewould be differences in cul-ture, language, and lifestyleI would have to adjust to, (inaddition to the giant-sizecampus of Sydney Universi-ty!). However, I was some-what prepared because afew students who went toAustralia the year before meclued me into where thegood clubs and bars are (theimportant things, of course!).

Additionally, I hadthumbed through city guide-books and maps, trying tofamiliarize with the majorstreets and orientation of thecity. As it turns out, though,most of my preconceived no-tions about Australia werewrong.

On my way from the air-port to my host-mother’shouse, I gazed out of thewindow, not really focusingon anything. I had beenchoking back tears since theL.A. airport, and the fact thatI was halfway around theworld was setting in. Mymind drifted to what myfriends were doing, wheremy kitty was, and howgreat it would be to justcrawl into my own bed.I was making patheticlittle sniffles and tryingto cover my face so thatFay, my host-momcould not see my eyes.I dried my eyes as weneared the house, andout of the corner of myeye I saw a sign for aplace called “The Differ-ent Drummer.” “That lookslike a cool place,” I thoughtto myself. I made a mentalnote to check it out.

Over the four months Iwas in Sydney, I checked outa fairly decent number ofpubs in the city, which Ifound to be the place to meetpeople in the city. The easi-est way to check out a ridicu-lous number of venues in areally short amount of timeis to go on a pub-crawl. Donot feel compelled to planthis in advance, though. Or-ganized events usually costmoney, and they make theparticipants wear brightlycolored matching shirts.Take the initiative and come

up with your own route(walking!) and be sure to goto bars that are new, or thatyou would not normally goto.

If that sounds like toomuch work, loiter around anarea with many venues with-in walking distance of eachother and play the waitinggame. When you hear aloud mob of people scream-ing, “We come from the landdown under!” that is yourcue to jump on. Just be sureto hang out in the back atfirst and make sure thegroup is worth crawlingwith.

On one such nightfriends and I joined a pub-crawl. We headed over to"The Different Drummer,"but it was too early (it at-tracts the night-owl crowd)so we turned out attention to"Ancient Briton." It had asports-bar atmosphere, andthere was one bloke who hadalready had far too much todrink by the time we had ourfirst drinks at the bar.

A few minutes later, weheard a whistle blow, andmore than half of the barcleared out in a matter ofseconds. The mob headedout the door and up thestreet. Using our amazing

powers of deduction, we re-alized the group was indeeda Pub Crawl. We headed outthe door and up the streetuntil we spotted a friendlylooking group of guys. Thetold us they were on number9 or so of 16 pubs on the list.We found out later that thegroup was the EngineeringClub from the University ofSydney when they tried toimpress us with tales fromthe wind tunnel. Neverthe-less, we had a great time andwent to some great pubs,which just goes to show youthat you can’t take things atface value.

Using this grain of wis-dom to illustrate my point,and also because I like to

draw parallels in my writ-ing, we decided to give the"Different Drummer" anoth-er go. After Architecture inHelsinki show, we were feel-ing a bit parched, andthought the "DifferentDrummer" might cure whatailed us. We walked up tothe bar and ordered the mostelaborate cocktails anyonecould have dreamed of. Wemade small talk with a fewpeople who were part of alarger “birthday party.”Ladies that we are, we intro-duced ourselves to the otherpeople in the group andwhen they decided to moveon to the next pub on the list,we were invited along. Littledid we know that the peoplewe met that night wouldhave such an influence onthe rest of our time in Aus-tralia.

I am not used to meetingpeople in bars. I am only 19,so I cannot legally go outdrinking in a bar here. Aus-tralia’s drinking age is 18, sofor the first time, I could ac-tually go out rather thanbeing the D.D. This was anentirely new social conceptfor me, but is a really basicpart of the Sydneysider cul-ture. I have always had thebelief that if I do not know

how to do something, thebest way for me to learn isto fake it for a while untilI “get it.” I knew that theway to meet people andmake good connections inSydney was to talk to peo-ple at night in clubs andpubs, similar to how mostRollins students meet peo-ple through classes or liv-

ing in the same dorm.I like to draw parallels,

and the story of the DifferentDrummer really closelyshows a unique view of mytime in Australia. The firsttime I saw the DifferentDrummer, as with Sydney, Iwas shaking with a mixtureof fear and anticipation. Itried it out once, and eventhough I wasn’t crazy aboutit, I gave it another try.When I went back with re-newed expectations, I wasrewarded for my persist-ence. I met wonderful peo-ple that night that I still talkto today. Not only did I havea great time that night, but asa direct result, an even morestellar time throughout therest of my semester in Syd-ney.

Socializ ing in sydney

LINDSAY LANE / The SandspurHAPPY TRAVELER: Lindsay Lane, ‘07,on a night out in sydney with friends.

by Lindsay Lanethe sandspur

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EDITOR: LARA BUESO AE@THESANDSPUR.ORG

The exact population ofthe United States is 298, 004,940, approximately threehundred million people inthis country out of theroughly seven billion peoplethat inhabit the earth. TheRollins College populationdidn't do so bad when askedthis question, 28% correctlyguessed 300 million, with39% guessing 700 million.17% guessed 100 million,and 16% went with one bil-lion.

These facts may seemlike random trivia, but pop-ulation growth is an impor-tant concern for many peo-ple, and something weshould all be aware of. TheUnited States has one of thehighest natural growth rates,0.7%, of any industrializedcountry in the world. TheUnited Kingdom's naturalincrease is one quarter therate of the U.S. at 0.2%, andGermany's natural increaseis zero. Over four million ba-bies are born each year in theUnited States- one everyeight seconds.

46% of the population ofthe United States alreadylives in coastal regions

where ecosystems are themost fragile, yet the popula-tion is growing by about 2.5million people each year. Ofthis number, immigrationcontributes to one millionpeople annually.

The outlook for popula-tion growth in this countryshows that there is no sign ofslowing down. It is estimat-ed by the Census Bureau'smedium projections that bythe year 2050, the U.S. popu-lation will have grown to 394million people. California'spopulation will reach 50 mil-lion by 2010, making thepopulation density as highas 1,050 people per squaremile.

To focus on Florida is nomore relieving. From theyear 1940 to the present, thepopulation in the sunshinestate has gone from 1.9 mil-lion to 15 million- that is anover 600% increase in just 50years.

Life as we know it maynot be a feasible option forpeople being born fifty yearsfrom now. The earth, as thepopulation continues to in-crease, will have to undergosome major changes- manyof them not for the better- inorder to accommodate andsustain the population levelsnot only in the United States,

Do You Knowthe Populationof the US?A) 300 millionB) 1 billion

C) 100 millionD) 700 million

When I saw the moviefeatures for this week, I al-most gasped to see thecampy British comedy“Nanny McPhee” showingat the Winter Park Regal. Iwas shocked when not manyothers would even bat an eyebecause I recognized thename, the magically embel-lished blue-starred adver-tisements and the all-starcast as something from mylast semester spent in Lon-don. In all truth, this is be-cause this British-based filmwas pre-released in the UKover three months ago.

Dying for the nostalgia Irushed to the theatres, only

to feel like one of the mostout-of-place movie patronssitting among a theatre ofyoung children and theirparents. I was not left un-comfortable for long. As themovie began, I was trans-ported into another placeand time, left with the heart-warming satisfaction thatthis campy British children’scomedy brings.

From startup directorKirk Jones, made famous byhis 1998 Brit classic “WakingNeed Devine,” “NannyMcPhee” follows in thissame satirical and quintes-sentially cute mantra. It isthe story of the Brown fami-ly, made suddenly and tragi-cally motherless, leaving thewell-meaning yet bumblingfather Cedric Brown, playedby the endearing and charm-ing Colin Firth (“Love Actu-ally,” “Bridget Jones’sDiary”), solely in charge ofhis seven children. In orderto continue working to sup-port his family, Cedric leaves

his children in the care of astring of nannies, all ofwhom are scared, shooed, orcatapulted away by the play-fully scheming and naughtyBrown children. When dis-aster strikes and the courtsthreaten to separate the fam-ily, the children call on themagical and entertainingNanny McPhee to come savethe day.

Nanny McPhee, playedby the irresistible EmmaThompson (“Love Actually,”“Sense and Sensibility”),who also assisted with theadaptation of the screenplayfrom the original book writ-ten by noted British crimewriter Christiannna Brand,is an utterly lovable charac-ter (as the film’s taglinestates “warts and all”). She isMary Poppins with an atti-tude and a knack for reason-ing genuine problems. Thewonderful cast of NannyMcPhee is also sprinkledwith several other delightfulperformances from actorswe’ve seen before. ThomasSangter, who plays the mis-chievous son Simon Brown,made his major motion pic-ture debut as the love-struckSam in Love Actually. “Mur-der She Wrote’s” JessicaFletcher, the legendaryscreen and television matronAngela Landsbury, makes anexquisite cameo as GreatAunt Adelaide.

“Nanny McPhee” is astrange movie for sure, butallowably strange in its ownright, with rhyme and rea-son to its oddness. It is amovie that uses the magic ofthe early Mary Poppins tra-dition to now step outsidethe boundaries of tradition-ally privileged life to exam-ine the realities of parenting,single-family homes, and theinability of one father to fi-nancially and mentallymaintain order in an overex-tended family of seven kids.

“Nanny McPhee” takesme back to the English coun-trysides and back alleywaysof my last semester, and wasa wonderfully nostalgic andheartwarming emotionalcatapult for my hectic workweek. “Nanny McPhee”brings back that age old“spoonful of sugar” with adelightfully new twist, prov-ing that typically “children’smovies” are really no longerjust for children.

Mary Poppins for aNew Generation

JESSICA COMBS / The SandspurDID YOU KNOW?: Only 28% of Rollins’ students knew thecorrect population of the United States.Courtesy of Universal Pictures

NANNY MCPHEE (PG) Overall rating ofB- for great character performances and anemotionally touching and enjoyable time.Starring Emma Thompson, Colin Firth,Angela Lansbury, Kelly MacDonald,Thomas Sangster.

OVERALLRATING

B-

This sentimen-tal family filmwill entertain au-diences of allages.

by Katie Pedersonthe sandspur

by Nancy Aquirethe sandspur

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The 12th Annual ScreenActors Guild Awards wasbroadcast by both TNT andTBS on Sunday, January 29,from Los Angeles.

The SAG Awards, votedon by the actors in the guild,had no main host, no inter-mittent acts, and no awardsfor actual movies or televi-sion shows. The awardswere given to the actors, bythe actors, for the actors.

The show began with theawards for actors in dramaseries, the first of whichbeing the award for best per-formance by a female actorin a drama series. Eva Lan-goria and Sean Hayes pre-sented the award to SandraOh from “Grey's Anatomy,”triumphing over GeenaDavis and Kyra Sedgwick,among others. Felicity Huff-man and Ted Dansen pre-sented the award to the maleactor for the same category,and Keifer Sutherland tookthe award for his perform-ance in the hit show 24.Sutherland beat out AlanAlda (“West Wing”), PatrickDempsey (“Grey's Anato-my”), Hugh Laurie(“House”), and Ian McShane(“Deadwood”). The winnersof the much coveted ensem-ble cast for a drama serieswent to Lost, despite otherenormously popular showsin the category.

The next set of awardswent to actors in comedy se-ries. Felicity Huffman wonfor her role in “DesperateHousewives” for best femaleactor in a comedy series over

Candice Bergen and PatriciaHeaton. Sean Hayes fromWill and Grace counteredHuffman for a win in thebest male actor in a comedyseries category, winning overboth William Shatner andJames Spader from “BostonLegal.” The cast of “Desper-ate Housewives” won forbest ensemble cast in a com-edy series, prevailing overthe casts of “Boston Legal,““Curb Your Enthusiasm,”“My Name is Earl,” “Arrest-ed Development,” and“Everybody Loves Ray-mond.” The entire cast of theshow joined the stage-notjust the ladies-to accept theaward, including the chil-dren from the show.

The final set of awardswent to the actors in films.Pierce Brosnan presented thebest female actor in a motionpicture award to Reese With-erspoon for her role in Walkthe Line. Witherspoon notonly triumphed over ac-claimed actress CharlizeTheron, but also beat out Fe-licity Huffman for whatwould be her third win ofthe night for her role in TransAmerica. Philip SeymourHoffman won for best maleactor in a motion picture forhis work on Capote, a sur-prise victory over HeathLedger and his role in theimmensely praised “Broke-back Mountain.” MorganFreeman presented the antic-ipated award for best ensem-ble cast in a motion picture.The nominees were present-ed with clips from their filmsintermittently throughoutthe night. Finally, at the endof the show, Freeman an-nounced the winners as the

cast from “Crash.” DonCheadle accepted the award,though the large cast all oc-cupied the stage for thehonor.

In addition to awards,other honors and tributeswere given throughout thenight to various types of ac-tors. William Shatner intro-duced a brief interlude to theawards presentations bypaying tribute to actors incommercials. The tribute in-cluded a short period of clipsof commercials and small in-terviews with the actors inthem.

The President of theScreen Actors Guild, AlanRosenburg, gave a shortspeech, thanking the diverseactors within the guild, thewriters and directors guilds,and the viewers, among oth-ers, for their support.

Samuel L. Jackson intro-duced a tribute to those ac-tors that have passed awayin this past year, including,but not limited to, SandraDee, Bob Denver, Eddie Al-bert, Don Adams, LaneSmith, Shelley Winters,Anne Bancroft, and PatMorita. A short film showedclips of these actors' work, inorder to present to the audi-ence the accomplishments ofthe actors that have been lost

over the past year.The longest of the inter-

ludes was the presentationof the Screen Actors GuildLifetime Achievementaward to Shirley TempleBlack. Dakota Fanning firstcame onto the stage to intro-duce a brief film that told thehistory of Shirley Temple'slife and career from herchildhood films to her more

recent career in politics.Jamie Lee Curtis then pre-sented the award to Temple,who then rose to a standingovation to accept her award.

Morgan Freeman con-cluded the night by quotingthe title of one of the films,whose cast was nominatedfor best ensemble cast in amotion picture: "Good night,and good luck."

The SAG Awards Surprise Viewers

AMANDA PARKS/ KRT CampusAND THE WINNER IS: Witherspoon takes home the awardfor best female actor in a motion picture

MINDY SCHAUER / KRT CampusNOT SO DESPERATE: The housewives were honored once again at the SAG awards.

LIONEL HAHN / KRT Campus

by Jami Furothe sandspur

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Your artwork displayedin one of the top two muse-ums in Florida? It’s entirelypossible thanks to an annualprogram at the Orlando Mu-seum of Art (OMA). Theseventh season of “FirstThursdays,” a series of exhi-bitions showcasing the workof local artists, is continuingthis spring.

The Orlando Museum ofArt has been an active part ofthe Central Florida culturalscene since the early 1920s,when it began as a small, in-formal meeting place forlocal artists. But as the com-munity grew, so did the mu-seum. It now reaches overtwo million Central Floridaresidents.

Currently the museumboasts the rank of one of thetop two museums in Florida.

It also gained accreditationby the American Associationof Museums in 1971 and wasnamed a major cultural insti-tution by the State of Florida.It has been listed in“Newsweek” as one of thebest museums in the Southand its exhibitions have beenfeatured in many renownedpublications including: “TheNew York Times,” “Art inAmerica,” and “SouthernLiving.”

Now Rollins students, aswell as members of the com-munity, have opportunity toparticipate in the exhibitionsat this celebrated museum.Submissions are currentlybeing accepted for the fourremaining events of the sea-son.

Each month has a uniquetheme to which the submis-sions must relate. The nextscheduled exhibition willtake place on March 2 with ashow entitled "Art Tech."The pieces involved must re-flect the influence of today'stechnology on the creation ofart. Only computer generat-ed art will be considered for

this particular exhibition,but if that's not your style,the following shows havevery different themes. Theother titles include: “Graffiti:An Urban Lifestyle,” “Pin-ups: The Women who Keptour Men Fighting,” and“Heavy Metal.”

If selected, your workwill appear in a festive exhi-bition on the first Thursdayof the month for which it ischosen. Live music, food,and drinks will accompanyits display to the community.

For more informationabout the rules of entry, con-tact the Orlando Museum ofArt at1stThursday@omart.org orvisit their website atwww.OMArt.org. All dead-lines are approximately onemonth before the date of theevent, so make sure you planahead. Each month twoartists will be selected fromthe First Thursdays show ascandidates for the “FloridaArtist of the Month” award.So get your best work to-gether and start submitting!

Student Art on Display at the OMASubmit your

artwork for dis-play at the Orlan-do Museum of Art.

GARY MEADER / KRT Campus

After six long years ofanticipation everyone’s fa-vorite sullen introspectivedarling, Fiona Apple, is backin full force with her latest,newly named gold album,“Extraordinary Machine.”When she first burst onto themusic scene in 1996, at thetender age of 18, Apple wonus over with her refreshingvocals and dynamic pianoplaying on “Tidal.” She con-tinues to awe audiences and

critics alike with her honestlyrics and strong melodicvoice that can sometimessooth one off to slumber andsometimes cut like glass.Versatility is certainly not aproblem for 28-year-oldApple, whose latest gift tothe masses “ExtraordinaryMachine” is packed withsongs that will melt yourheart, and contrarily hand itto you on a platter.

Apple’s fast paced pianoplaying is complimentedgreatly by the drumming ofAhmir “?uestlove” Thomp-son on the track “Get Him

Back”. ?uest-love, cofounderof innovativehip-hop groupThe Roots, hasworked withartists such asD ’ A n g e l o ,Erykah Baduand Joan Os-borne. Together?uestlove andApple bring afierce feeling ofraw emotion to“Get Him Back.”Apple singswith vigor,“…But wait till Iget him back, Hewon’t have aback to Scratch.”The listener isthen taken

through a descriptive seriesof Apple’s Ex-loves, endingwith her decision to actuallyreunite with one suchboyfriend whom she was tooquick to judge. Here, Applecreatively switches themeaning of the title “GetHim Back” from plottingsweet revenge to regainingsweet company. Apple confi-dently sings, “So wait till Ibring him back, I’m gonnabring him home and watchhim unpack.”

On “Window” an infec-tious toe-tapping song,Apple in a poetic storytellingmanner walks the listenerthrough a time she had tobreak a window in order to“get a clear view.” Whetherthis incident was literal ormetaphoric, “Window” cer-tainly captures the turmoilone feels when certain situa-tions are foggy, and then thesatisfaction that is felt once abreakthrough is made.

In this, Apple’s thirdalbum she seems to havefound a little more serenityand inner peace then in hertwo previous albums. Butnever does she ever borderon boring or easy listeningelevator music. On the lasttrack of “Extraordinary Ma-chine,” “Waltz (Better thanFine)” Apple is reminiscentof a 1920’s Judy Garland-likelounge singer with a modern

twist. Backed by drums, anorgan, a bass, and an exqui-site orchestra, Apple effort-lessly sings, “If you don’thave a date, celebrate go outand sit on the lawn and donothing cause it’s just whatyou must do and nobodydoes it anymore.” Perhapsthis is an ode to the pleasureone can find while kickingback and simply enjoyingthe moment. Apple contin-ues this sentiment bysinging, “No I don’t believein the wasting of time, but Idon’t believe that I’m wast-ing mine.” Ironically this isthe only song on “Extraordi-nary Machine” that she didnot write the words andmusic for.

Proving that genuineartistic expression still has aplace in popular culture,Apple’s “Extraordinary Ma-chine” has already beennominated for a Grammy inthe category of “Best Pop-Vocal Album.” This industrynod to her talent is a bitter-sweet slap in the face to herlabel Sony/Epic who washesitant in putting “Extraor-dinary Machine” on the mar-ket in 2003, in fear that itwould not sell. WhenApple’s fans heard the disap-pointing news they bannedtogether and formed “FreeFiona.” This organization ofdevoted admirers success-

fully managed to get thecopies of “ExtraordinaryMachine” out of some drea-ry warehouse and onto therecord store shelves, wherethey belonged.

Her intense icy eyes, likeher songs are enticing andcaptivating. AlthoughApple’s good looks give hera great marketability factor,she doesn’t appear to be ex-ploiting them in any way. Atrue artist, she allows herwork to speak for itself,never dressing it up with aridiculous amount of “bling”or dressing it down withskimpy cleavage bearingtops.

This anti-diva is current-ly on tour with Coldplay.The two acts are scheduledto perform March 4 at Orlan-do’s T.D. Waterhouse Centre.Ticket sales for this concertstarted on December 3. Ienvy the good little girls andboys who managed to gettheir lucky hands on a de-cent pair! In the meantime,those of us who just didn’tact fast enough or find our-selves a bit low on cash aftershelling out money forschool books can alwayssplurge and purchase thealbum. “Extraordinary Ma-chine” is compelling, potentand sweet and is guaranteedto add intellectual credibilityto any CD collection.

Apple Plants Seeds of Musical Bliss

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Throughout the morethan two hundred year his-tory of the American presi-dency, the boundaries onpresidential power havenever been clearly drawn.There have been dramaticdifferences and changes inthe way each president ap-proached the privileges andresponsibilities of his posi-tion, depending on not onlythe domestic and interna-tional circumstances of thetimes, but also on his ownambition and abilities.

In current times, thequestion of executive poweris every day more relevant,as the Bush administrationcontinues to push against allof the old boundaries. Withthe White House on one sideclaiming that the presidenthas expanded his powersdue to it being a time of warand with so many otherssaying that the president hasoverstepped his authorityand even possibly have vio-lated the law, it is a tense sit-uation.

Bush's assertions of ex-ecutive power are not neces-sarily new territory.Throughout history, presi-dents who led weak admin-istrations with limitedpower tend to be easily for-gotten, such as Garfield andVan Buren. It is the presi-dents who stretched the al-ready ambiguous bound-aries of executive power,many times during war, thatare remembered the most.

Abraham Lincoln, dur-ing the Civil War, demon-strated the potential forpresidents seizing immensepower during times of na-tional crisis. His prerogativepower, which he derivedfrom Locke, allowed anypresident to act according tohis discretion for the publicgood, without the prescrip-

tion of law and sometimesagainst it.

As Justice Robert Jack-son wrote, "Reliance on ex-ecutive authority holds bothpractical advantages andgrave dangers." I could notagree more, and in currenttimes, it seems that the dan-ger is just beginning. It istrue that Bush is simply join-ing a long list of presidentswho have tested the limits oftheir power during war.After September 11th, he ag-gressively pushed for anagenda of unilateral execu-tive power, authorized byCongress, arguing that thecurrent state of affairs morethan justified his actions.

However, the Bush Ad-ministration has been argu-ing that executive power hasbeen restrained too muchlong before the tragic eventsof Sept. 11. This is an argu-ment that worries manypeople, myself included, asit seems obvious that forquite some time, presiden-tial power has far exceededwhat the Framers had inmind.

Wartime is dangerous,not only for the men andwomen involved in combat,but for all citizens. Givenpast experience, once thestate of war is accepted as areality, the president caneasily make the case that vir-tually anything he sees asnecessary to protect nation-al security can be followedthrough - clearly a danger-ous condition for the nation.

Worse still, the currentstretching of executivepower is significant for fu-ture presidency's, which willmost likely retain the struc-tural authority to act in wayssimilar to, or perhaps worsethan the Bush Administra-tion has acted. At that rate,democracy and politics aswe know them may beshort-lived unless some pos-itive changes are seen quickly.

Stretching the LimitsNancy Aquirre

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Our nation was foundedby people who were tired ofliving under the rule of anunrepresentative govern-ment who did not representAmericans in any real or tan-gible manner. I know I neednot give a history lesson onone subject that has beenbeaten into our heads, but itis important to understandthat the lack of representa-tion and accountability per-ceived by the Americancolonists is a major contem-porary issue.

I do not mean to say thatour government is today un-representative and is notheld accountable, but wemust all be wary of those, es-pecially our chief executive,who attempt to take as muchpower as possible into theirown hands. The Constitu-tion of the United States de-fines the powers of the pres-ident in a somewhat hazymanner causing certain Pres-

idents to glean powers theywish to have from that un-clear writing.

There is much debatetoday over the President'sdomestic wiretapping, espe-cially whether or not he hasviolated laws. Whether hehas broken any laws I cannotsay; that answer I leave tothe proper authorities. Ourconstitution does say, "He[the president] shall takeCare that the Laws be faith-fully executed." MaybeBush thought he was faith-fully executing laws by wire-tapping U.S. citizens, andmaybe he did follow the let-ter of a law that would allowhim to wiretap.

The Bush Administra-tion has not given an accept-able answer that the Ameri-can public is willing to ac-cept concerning this wire-tapping issue. The FourthAmendment of the Constitu-tion states, "The right of thepeople to be secure in theirpersons, houses, papers, andeffects, against unreasonablesearches and seizures, shall

not be violated, and no War-rants shall issue, but uponprobable cause, supportedby Oath or affirmation, andparticularly describing theplace to be searched, and thepersons or things to beseized." This is among ourvery basic rights guaranteedus in the constitution.

Even if Bush followedthe letter of a law that al-lowed for easy warrantswith little evidence of prob-able cause, the spirit of ourvery constitution has beenviolated.

I do not claim to know ifthe President broke the law,but it seems as though he istaking advantage of the Con-stitution raping the dream ofour forefathers for a repre-sentative nation responsibleto and for the safety of its cit-izens.

Brett Heiney is the OpinionsEditor of The Sandspur. He is aPolitical Science Major and anAsian Studies Minor in theCollege of Arts and Sciences.

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The Constitutionality of PowerThe Bush Administration appears to be taking advantage of the

powers given to the President in the Constitution.

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God or Bush, Who Really Controls Hurricanes?Why it is wrong to criticize Bush for hurricanes based on the limits of presidential power.

The question of presi-dential power is an age-oldone. How much powershould one person have?Where is the boundary set?Can the boundary be movedunder extreme circum-stances?

However, there is a dis-tinctly different problemthat exists within the frame-work of the issue of presi-dential power. It is a prob-lem that does not get the at-tention of the American pub-lic, but it is a worthy dilem-ma. It is the problem ofthinking that the Presidentof the United States hasmore power than he actuallydoes.

"It's lonely at the top" is acommon expression, and ifthat is true, then it is com-pletely isolated at the top of

one of the most powerful na-tions on the planet. Candi-dates know that when theyrun for office, they are goingto be blamed for everythingthat goes wrong within theirnation. They expect it, andthey develop strong armorin order to protect them-selves from the sometimesharsh criticism.

However, some of thesecriticisms are over eventsthat the president clearlycannot control. While peopledo have the right to freedomof expression as long as itdoes not harm them or any-one else, some of these ab-surd accusations cross theline.

My favorite of these, anda fair example of my point,was the one that surfacedjust after the three hurri-canes that hit Florida in 2004.When Charley, Frances, andJeanne had finally decided toleave us alone, billboards,

bumper stickers, and variousother forms of media rose intheir place accusing Presi-dent Bush for personallycausing the hurricanes.

I have to be completelyhonest. At first, I thought itwas a joke. However, afterseeing the television ads, Irealized that it was com-pletely serious. The accuserswere saying that PresidentBush, because of his lessthan stellar environmentalpolicy, caused the Earth toheat up so much that itcaused three hurricanes toform and hit Florida.

Now, these have been anactive couple of hurricaneseasons. However, how canfour years of an environmen-tal policy change the Earth'sclimate so much as to makethat kind of an impact? Thatkind of change happensover a period much longerthan four years. And I high-ly doubt that George Bush,

even if he wanted to, has thepower to command God tohurl hurricanes at Florida.

Another popular accusa-tion of the president is thathe is personally racist forleaving minorities to die inNew Orleans. It is unfortu-nately true that many ofthose who died in New Or-leans were minorities, and itis unfortunately true that thereason for that is that theywere so poor that they couldnot afford to leave. I can'teven begin to express mysorrow over that injustice.

However, it was not thepresident who left themthere. What was he sup-posed to do? I'm not hearinganything of what he shouldhave done. All I'm hearing isthat it is because of him,rather than extreme floodingand the poverty of New Or-leans, that killed those peo-ple. If anyone is responsible,it is the mayor of New Or-

leans, who is one of the peo-ple who is most vehementlyproclaiming that it is allGeorge Bush's fault.

The issue of presidentialpower is debated upon daily.However, there are ques-tions that we are neglectingto ask. How does it impactour country when we as-sume that president hasmore power than he actuallydoes? What happens as a re-sult of us making so manyopen accusations for thingsthat are not his fault as a re-sult of that assumption?Does it debilitate our coun-try in any way? And is it tak-ing our attentions away frommore important matters athand? Things that the presi-dent does have control over?Things that can be changedwith his support?

Jami Furo is a music major inthe College of Arts and Sciences

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The following editorialappeared in The OrangeCounty Register on Monday,Jan. 30:

Administration spokes-people including Vice Presi-dent Dick Cheney, AttorneyGeneral Alberto Gonzalesand the president himself,have been conducting a full-court offensive to persuadeAmericans that the programof surveillance of Americansby the National SecurityAgency without a warrantfrom the special secret courtcreated by the Foreign Intel-ligence Surveillance Act wasnot only legal but virtuallyobligatory following the ter-rorist attacks of 9-11.

The campaign is nodoubt intended to soften uppublic opinion in advance ofhearings into the matterscheduled for Feb. 6 by theSenate Judiciary Committee.

The trouble is, every ar-gument the administrationmakes rests on shaky legalground.

The Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act was passedin 1978 precisely to controlthe use of surveillance tech-nology by the government inthe wake of abuses docu-mented during Vietnam andWatergate. While the act al-

lows for some emergencyexceptions, it specificallysays, "the procedures in thischapter ... shall be the exclu-sive means by which elec-tronic surveillance may beconducted."

Supreme Court prece-dent says that when Con-gress has legislated in a spe-cific area the president's au-thority to act in a way otherthan specified by law, evenduring wartime which Con-gress was never asked to de-clare is at its weakest. Andthe FISA law says, "A personis guilty of an offense if heintentionally engages inelectronic surveillance ... ex-cept as authorized bystatute."

One can understand thepresident authorizing somesurveillances without war-rant as an emergency situa-tion seemed to warrant it.But this systematic programhas been underway for fouryears. That's plenty of timeto get Congress to adoptnew procedures if they wereneeded. That would havebeen the right way to do it.Indeed, the USA Patriot Actcontained a few minortweaks to the FISA system,so getting Congress to act onnew procedures was hardlyout of the question.

Abraham Lincoln hasbeen criticized, and rightful-ly so, for suspending theright to habeas corpus uni-laterally during the CivilWar. But when it became ap-parent the war was going togo on a while, he went toCongress and got authoriza-tion for what he had done.That's a sound precedent.

It is difficult to avoid theconclusion that the adminis-tration wanted to undertakesurveillance that the FISAcourt _ which has refusedonly a handful of requestsfor warrants to do surveil-lance in the last 20 years _and Congress would nothave authorized if asked todo so openly.

We hope the JudiciaryCommittee explores theseand other questions aggres-sively, without the kind ofgrandstanding we saw dur-ing the Alito hearings, and ina format that allows plentyof time for follow-up ques-tions and perhaps incorpo-rates staff counsel as well assenatorial questions. Theissue of whether the presi-dent deliberately broke thelaw even with pure inten-tions is serious enough towarrant extended explo-ration.

Shaky Case forWarrantless Surveillance

For there to be a politi-cally cogent society, which isstable and prosperous, theremust be, at some point, FI-NALITY OF POWER. Oneinstitution must have a finalsay, or else the politicalprocess would get boggeddown in limitless argumentsand society would have nowhere to turn for authority,thus creating a crisis of legit-imacy and governance.

In a truly liberal democ-racy, that finality is found inthe law. Even though it ispart of the rhetoric ofdemocracy that power isvested with the people, it isonly indirectly so, because itis the rule of law that we aresubject to. The body of lawsthat govern a culture are cre-ated through the collectivewisdom of a society, not nec-essarily political, past andpresent and thus temperedwith experience and prece-dence.

The great idealism of lib-eral democracies is that ittook power away from indi-vidual rulers and placed insomething greater than anyone person, in the abstractand almighty rule of law.The subjects of the rulerwere now protected, by therule of law, from capriciousrulers who would seek tousurp power and hurt the

people. All citizens of a na-tion, including leaders, aresubjects to the rule of law.No on is above the law, sogoes the famous dictum.

In the United States ofAmerica, finality of power isvested in our constitutionand the rule of law which es-tablishes. The document es-tablishes the roles and theboundaries for the institu-tions of our government.The President has a functionalong with the Congress andthe Judiciary.

It is very troubling tofind that President Bushfeels that it falls under hisprerogative to circumscribethe bounds of the rule of lawand take the civil liberties ofhis people for granted. Whatis especially worrisome isthat a system exists for effec-tive counter-terrorism meas-ures to be taken. The admin-istration simply ignored theFISA court, and decided tochange the rules of thegame.

In an attempt to defenditself the administration en-gages in another "ends justi-fy the means" debate. ThePresident must stop actinglike his precedessor andmust stop ignoring the ruleswhen he didn’t like them.All are subject to the rule oflaw, and despite what theymight think, the administra-tion is too.

Respect for theRule of Law

John Ferreirathe sandspur

The legal arguments for electronic surveillance are weak andstrech the realm of reality.

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Bush’s Race To Frame The Domestic Spying Debate

The Bush administrationraced last week to defend itswarrantless domestic spyingprogram, with several aimsin mind, experts say: winover a conflicted public;force Democrats into anarena that plays to GOPstrength; and head off talk ofimpeachment and specialprosecutors.

With polls showing thepublic sharply divided overthe controversial surveil-lance program, the WhiteHouse and its critics Democ-rats, small-government con-servatives and civil libertari-ans are engaged in a high-stakes contest to frame thedebate.

"If it's defined primarilyas `government abuse, thepresident out of control, theWhite House runningroughshod over basic consti-tutional rights,' it would be amajor problem for an ex-tended period of time for thepresident both on CapitolHill but also with the vot-ers," said political analystStuart Rothenberg.

"If the issue is definedmore as `protecting nationalsecurity, keeping peoplesafe, stopping terrorism,'then what the Democrats im-mediately saw might be agood issue for them couldactually be turned aroundfor the president and the Re-

publican Party."Though the court of pub-

lic opinion is key, some sug-gest that the political systemor the courts will be the ulti-mate arbiter of the program'slegality and the far weighti-er question of whether Bushis claiming executive powersoutside the bounds of theConstitution or the law.

"This is the dangerousside of what's going on," saidDavid Keene, chairman ofthe American ConservativeUnion.

He argues that the WhiteHouse has gone too far in itsassertion of presidentialpowers. "It sets the stage fora clash between institutionsof government because whatthe executive claims when itclaims the inherent power todo anything it wants in timesof war, is saying that whatCongress thinks doesn't mat-ter and ultimately what thecourts think doesn't matter."

But Caroline Fredrick-son, head of the AmericanCivil Liberties Union'sWashington office, said shefears that clash won't materi-alize because the GOP-ledCongress has shown littleappetite for oversight of theadministration's anti-terror-ism efforts.

"Where you have biparti-san groups of individualsfrom the broadest spectrumof American political lifesuggesting that the presi-dent's actions are illegal, Ithink this is where Congress

should be undertaking ex-tensive hearings," she said.

Thus far, the Senate Judi-ciary Committee is the onlyone committed to hold hear-ings, with Chairman ArlenSpecter, R-Pa., voicing skep-ticism about the program'slegal justification.

Specter has summonedAttorney General AlbertoGonzales for a Feb. 6 hearingand is under pressure fromDemocrats to invite formerDeputy Attorney GeneralJames Comey and other ad-ministration officials who re-portedly raised concernsabout the legality of the do-mestic surveillance.

Gonzales and other topaides joined the presidentlast week in a public rela-tions blitz to assert that Bushhad full authority to initiatewarrantless surveillance ofAmericans believed to be en-gaged in communicationwith people overseas sus-pected of ties to al-Qaida orits affiliates.

"We must be able toquickly detect when some-one linked to al-Qaida iscommunicating with some-one inside of America," Bushsaid Wednesday during avisit to NSA headquarters inMaryland.

But critics say that can bedone, with court review,under the 1978 Foreign Intel-ligence Surveillance Act.Though administration offi-cials complain that the law istoo cumbersome for "hot

pursuit" surveillance, FISAbackers note that the lawpermits emergency eaves-dropping so long as courtapproval is sought within 72hours.

While the ACLU and theCenter for ConstitutionalRights have sued to chal-lenge the spy program's con-stitutionality, some suggestthat the controversy may notbe settled in the courts.

"It's very unlikely it willever make it to the SupremeCourt or a federal court be-cause it basically is a dis-agreement between the exec-utive branch and the legisla-tive branch over who haspower," said Sen. JohnCornyn, R-Texas. "And thetruth is, both branches havea responsibility and have au-thority."

The groups' lawsuitswere brought on behalf ofAmericans troubled by thethought of domestic spyingwithout court oversight.

But they will likely bedeemed to lack legal stand-ing because the groupsweren't wiretap targets, saidKate Martin, head of theCenter for National SecurityStudies. And while lawyersfor defendants charged interrorism cases have sued tolearn if the warrantless wire-taps were used against theirclients, Martin predicted thatthey are unlikely to piercethe veil of secrecy aroundthe program.

Her solution? Congres-

sional hearings. And if law-makers deem that Bush ex-ceeded his power, Congressshould censure him.

Asked on a recent Sun-day news show what hethought the remedy wouldbe for a president breakingthe law, Specter said: "Im-peachment is the remedy."

He quickly noted that hewas speaking theoretically.And thus far, impeachmentisn't being touted by the po-litical establishment. Nor isthe possibility of a specialprosecutor, though a newUSA Today/CNN/Galluppoll found that 58 percent ofAmericans favor appoint-ment of a special prosecutor.

But Bruce Fein, whoserved in the Nixon JusticeDepartment, noted that ittook many months for im-peachment to gain currencyduring Watergate.

"I think that it would bepremature to write off theimpeachment option," saidFein.

Impeachment is not like-ly to gain political traction,said Larry Sabato, a Univer-sity of Virginia political sci-entist. "Only hard-core De-mocratic partisans want tosee Bush impeached, so itjust turns people off."

Michelle Mittelstadt is a writerwith The Dallas Morning News

Michelle Mittelstadtsyndicated writer

Some Politicians Speaking Openly About Impeachment

The word "impeach-ment" is popping up in-creasingly these days andnot just off the lips of liberalactivists spouting pre-dictable bumper-sticker slo-gans.

After the unfoundedclaims about Iraq's weaponsof mass destruction and re-cent news of domestic spy-ing without warrants, main-stream politicians and ordi-nary voters are talking open-ly about the possibility thatPresident Bush could be im-peached. So is at least onepowerful Republican sena-tor, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the SenateJudiciary Committee.

So far, it's just talk. Andwith Republicans control-ling Congress _ and memo-ries still fresh of the bitterfight and national distrac-tion inflamed by formerPresident Clinton's 1998 im-peachment even the launch-ing of an official inquiry is a

very long shot.But a poll released last

week by Zogby Internation-al showed 52 percent ofAmerican adults thoughtCongress should considerimpeaching Bush if he wire-tapped U.S. citizens withoutcourt approval, including 59percent of independents and23 percent of Republicans.(The survey had a margin oferror of 2.9 percentagepoints.)

With numbers like that,impeachment could becomean issue in this fall's con-gressional elections and dra-matically raise the stakes. IfDemocrats win control ofthe House of Representa-tives, a leading proponent ofstarting an official impeach-ment inquiry, Rep. JohnConyers, D-Mich., wouldbecome chairman of theHouse committee that couldpursue it.

Conyers introduced leg-islation last month to createa special panel to investigatethe Bush administration's al-leged manipulation of pre-Iraq war intelligence and

"make recommendations re-garding grounds for possi-ble impeachment."

He's not the only onedropping the “I” word. Aday later, Sen. BarbaraBoxer, D-Calif., wrote tofour presidential scholarsasking whether domesticspying by the National Secu-rity Agency was an im-peachable offense.

Former Vice PresidentAl Gore said last week thatthe NSA wiretapping couldbe an impeachable offense.He delivered a blisteringspeech accusing Bush of"breaking the law repeated-ly and insistently" and call-ing for a special counsel in-vestigation and for Congressto stand up to the BushWhite House.

Bush contends that heholds authority as com-mander in chief to order theeavesdropping on interna-tional calls of terrorism sus-pects without court ap-proval. He also claims thatCongress' resolution author-izing him to use forceagainst terrorists implicitly

authorized his NSA spying.But a 1978 law requires

court-issued warrants forwiretapping people in theUnited States. And many inCongress, along with thenonpartisan CongressionalResearch Service, said Bushis on shaky legal ground inordering NSA spying with-out warrants as required bythat 1978 Foreign Intelli-gence Surveillance Act(FISA).

Tucker Bounds, a Re-publican National Commit-tee official, said talk of im-peachment is "nonsense."

But asked Jan. 15 whatrecourse there would be ifBush broke or ignored thelaw in authorizing wiretaps,Senate Judiciary Committeechair Specter mentioned im-peachment.

"I'm not suggesting re-motely that there's anybasis, but you're asking, re-ally, theory, what's the rem-edy?" he said on ABC's "ThisWeek." "Impeachment is theremedy."

Stanford University his-torian Jack Rakove, a consti-

tutional expert, said break-ing the law on domestic spy-ing would qualify as an im-peachable offense, but thatCongress should be hesitantto pursue it. The Clinton im-peachment was a major dis-traction for the nation, hesaid. Some have suggested ithurt the U.S. effort againstal-Qaida before the Sept. 11,2001, attacks.

Despite such concerns,some liberal activists say it'stime to impeach Bush. BobFertik, president of Democ-rats.com, has formed Im-peachPAC to fund cam-paigns of congressional can-didates who support im-peachment. It has raisedmore than $52,000 in 10weeks.

"If the truth comes out,"Fertik said, "there will be anopen-and-shut case for ahigh crime of breaking thelaw."

Jim Puzzanghera writes withKnight Ridder Newspapers

Jim Puzzangherasyndicated writer

The Rollins Tars Men'sbasketball team looked tocontinue their impressiverun through the SunshineState Conference as they hadthree games in the span ofsix days.

In the part of the seasonwhere rest is more importantthan preparation, these sixdays would be a huge trial tosee what the team was reallymade of.

The Tars stepped out ofconference on Tuesday, Jan.24 and headed to West PalmBeach for a match-up withthe Palm Beach Atlantic Sail-fish. The Tars came into thegame on a two game win-ning streak with road winsover conference foes Barryand Tampa. The Sailfishcame into the game 4-16, butCoach Tom Klusman calledthis "the game of the year"for the Sailfish.

The Tars came out of thegate a little bit lethargic inthe first half. Putting forththeir best effort the Sailfishwould not allow Rollins toput them away. Isaac Co-drey was the only brightspot for Rollins in the firsthalf as he shot 5-6 from thefield and finished with 12points.

The Tars went into thehalftime up 41-39. But younever would have known itas they were getting out re-bounded 20-11, and allowedthe Sailfish to shoot 50 per-cent from the field.

In the second half Rollinscame out with the firepowerthat has allowed them to besuccessful this season, asthey went on a 33-9 run toopen the second half.

With Rollins up 74-48,they played the final eightminutes in cruise control asthey ended up winning 86-70. The win for the Tars wastheir third straight overalland they improved theirrecord to 12-5.

Rollins posted four play-ers in double figures. Co-drey led the Tars with 16points. Kevin Hogan andJon Smith each added 14 andJohn Thinnes added 12.

Johnny Reibel was all overthe stat sheet for the Tars ashe posted eight points,seven assists and four re-bounds.

The Tars returned tothe Alfond Sports Centerafter a two week hiatus, asthey played their most im-portant game of the seasonagainst the Nova South-eastern Sharks. The Sharksand the Tars came in tiedfor second place in the Sun-shine State Conference withidentical records of 5-2.

From the opening tip-off the Sharks came out theaggressor as they wastedno time taking a 15-5 leadin the first six minutes ofthe game. But the Tars did-n't panic and they respond-ed with a 25-8 run to take a30-23 lead with five min-utes left in the half.

For the last five min-utes the teams traded bas-kets. The Sharks caught alucky break at halftimewhen a mental lapse on thedefensive end allowedNova's David Naylor to geta lay-up to cut the Tars leadto 38-35 going into the half-time locker room.

In the second half theSharks once again came outof the locker room as theaggressor as they went on a13-5 run in the first threeminutes of the second halfas they took a 48-43 lead.

The Tars quicklyevened the score with a se-ries of lay-ups by ChaunceyGibbs and Codrey. In thelast 12 minutes of the secondhalf, the game featured eightties and 10 lead changes.

With 1:54 left, a lay-upby Codrey put the Tars up68-65. Nova's Oresti Nitsiosresponded 19 seconds laterwith a three of his own to tiethe game. With 1:12 left, Co-drey came up with a hugelay-up that put the Tars up70-68.

On the ensuing posses-sion Jordan Kolosey came upwith a huge steal. The Tarsmissed a three and Nova gotthe rebound and called atimeout with 22 seconds left.

Then Nitsios missed awide open three from the leftelbow with eight seconds leftand Codrey hit one of twofree throws to put the Tarsup 71-68.

A last second despera-tion shot by Nitsios went inand out, and the Tars had

their fourth straight victory. The Tars were led by Co-

drey, who contributed hisbest all around performanceof the season, with 22 points,five assists and four re-bounds.

Johnny Reibel was theonly other Tar in double fig-ures with 13 points and fiveassists. The Tars shot 51 per-cent from the field and im-proved their record to 13-5and 6-2 in the conference.

The Tars didn't have awhole lot of time to celebratethe victory against theSharks.

Forty-eight hours laterthey would have to go upagainst the Florida Tech Pan-thers. The Panthers came inwith a record of 3-15 andhad not won a game in eighttries in the conference. TheTars recorded an 83-55 victo-ry against the Panthers inMelbourne earlier this year.

The Tars stormed out ofthe gate quickly against a

Panther team that lookedlethargic. They led by asmany as 14 in the first half,and took a 33-21 lead intothe halftime locker room.

In the second half, theTars appeared to have putthe hammer down on thePanthers. They were up 64-44 with 8:01 left in the game.

But the Panthers never wentaway.

Brad Rich, E.J Murrayand Ryan Maultsby turnedin Kobe Bryant like perform-ances over the final 8:01 ofregulation.

With 3.9 seconds left andthe Tars up two the Panthersdrew up a backdoor lay-upfor Maultsby and he convert-ed to tie the game and sendit into overtime.

They hit seven threes inthe last eight minutes andoutscored the Tars 27-7 inthe final eight minutes. ThePanthers were an amazing13-22 from the three pointline in the second half.

The Tars also missedmany key free throws in theovertime session, whichgave the Panthers extendedhope.

In overtime, the Tars ap-peared to finally put thehammer down. They shot 7-8 from the line and held thePanthers to 2-10 from thefield and pulled out an 81-77overtime victory.

John Thinnes posted hisfirst double-double of theseason, posting 22 pointsand 11 boards. Reibel had 13points and eight assists.Deon Troupe and Codreyadded 13 and 12 points re-spectively for the Tars whoshot 46 percent from thefield. The Tars improvedtheir record to 14-5 and 7-2in the conference. They arenow in sole possession ofsecond place in the confer-ence.

Join the Tars Saturday,Feb.4 at Eckerd, who is thirdin the conference. The Tarswill be back at the AlfondSports Center Tuesday Feb. 7at 7:30 with a rematchagainst the Palm Bach At-lantic Sailfish.

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Men’s B-Ball Ranked 2nd in SSCThe Tars fight

the Sharks forsecond place inthe SSC awayfrom and at home.

COURTESY OF RC SIDREADY TO RUMBLE: Senior Nate Rusbosin brings the ball downthe court in a game during the Tangerine Tournament.

by Juan Bernalthe sandspur

For most, this SuperBowl will be anything butextra large.

Two underdogs face offin Super Bowl XL this Sun-day, and the only peoplewho are actually going to bewatching the game will be inPittsburgh and Seattle.

The rest of the nation isgoing to be drinking, watch-ing the super-sized commer-cials, and enjoying the half-time show.

For the first time in quitesometime the Super Bowl isa complete toss up.

I am excited about thefact that there are no super-stars in the Super Bowl thisyear, only hard nosed play-ers who truly care about thegame and care about win-ning because they love thegame and not the multi-mil-lion dollar endorsements.

Jerome Bettis clearlycares about this game, it's inhis hometown, and its prob-ably the last game of his ca-reer.

Ben Roethlisberger caresabout this game because hewants to prove that he'sready to become an elitequarterback, and the samegoes to opposing quarter-back, Matt Hasselback.

The two coaches are fi-nally back to the big game,after a long hiatus. BillCowher hopes to win thistime, and Mike Holmgrenshowed his quality as a headcoach by leading a team tothe Super Bowl that hasnever produced a big timewinner in franchise history.

So there are plenty of in-teresting storylines for thisgame.

As for the game itself, itis really hard to give anyonethe edge in it. The quarter-backs both have something

to prove. Even though I think Big

Ben is better than Hassel-back, both have been solid intheir team's playoff wins, sothat match up is a draw.

The Steelers especiallyhave relied an awful lot onpassing in the playoffs be-cause their running gamehas been basically shutdown.

Bettis and Parker are agood tandem, but the edgein the running game must goto Shaun Alexander and theSeahawks. Whoever man-ages to run the ball the bestwill win this game.

So even though the Sea-hawks have the edge on theoffensive side of the ball, theSteelers have proven timeand time again that their 3-4defense can baffle even thebest of powerhouses.

Let's not forget that thisis the team that managed tohold Peyton Manning andhis almighty Colts and thedefense that so utterly con-fused Jake Plummer that heregressed for 60 minutes andthought he was still an Ari-zona Cardinal (because hecertainly played like one).

Another reason why theSteelers will come out on topin this game is because oftheir heart. Cowher hasmore heart than any othercoach out there, and thisteam is riding an emotionalhigh as the first team to everwin three road playoffgames to get to a SuperBowl.

They are the first sixthseed to make it, and that un-derdog mentality will leadthem to the top.

So Bettis and Cowherwill, after much honored ca-reers, finally reach the pin-nacle of NFL success.

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DAVID GILKEY / KRT CampusLOOKING UP: The Steeler’s coach, Bill Cowher, is finallyready to take a much earned Super Bowl title.

Ron Artest was supposedto help the Indiana Pacerswin a championship this sea-son. He was supposed to bea model citizen. He was sup-posed to play the role of agood cop in the locker room.In his return to the NBA, hehas done none of the afore-mentioned.

The Indiana Pacers final-ly got fed up with Artest's an-tics on December 6 when herequested to be traded. Indi-ana responded by deactivat-ing him with pay for the restof the season.

Finally, on Wednesday,January 25, Artest found anew team. The Pacers tradedthe volatile forward to theSacramento Kings for for-ward Peja Stojakavic.

It was Artest's third teamin his seven NBA seasons.Stojakavic joined his secondteam. The Kings felt like theyhad to pull the trigger on thetrade to resurrect a team thatwas down in the dumps afteran 18-25 mark halfwaythrough the season. They arealso last in the Pacific divi-sion.

The Kings rank twenty-fourth in the NBA in team de-fense, an area in which Artestwill surely help. Stojakavicwill bring his ability to scoreand his excellent three pointshot to the Pacers, who needa huge boost on the offensiveend.

Forward JermaineO'Neal will miss up to eightweeks with a groin tear;O'Neal was the Pacers' lead-ing scorer and rebounder.

Artest describes himselfas "excited" to be a part of anew organization and is ex-cited about the chance for afresh start. Artest made hisdebut on Friday at Boston.He scored 15 points, but shotjust 5-14 from the field andSacramento lost 84-74 to theCeltics.

Before the game, Artesthad to paint his shoes blackbecause he didn't have anyshoes that were black. NBAuniform rules said thateveryone on the team has towear the same color shoes.

Stojakavic makes his Pac-ers debut January 31 inWashington against the Wiz-ards.

The Kings clearly traded

for Artest to try to salvagetheir season. They have anoutside shot at a playoff spot.

Meanwhile the Pacershope to keep their seasonafloat without O'Neal andadding Stojakavic helps. De-spite the addition of Artest, Idon't think that Sacramentoends up making the playoffs.The West is just too strong.

Also, if you are the Kingsyou run the risk of havingArtest blow up like he did inIndiana.

I think Indiana gets thebetter end of the deal becauseStojakavic can shoot and pro-vides someone that Indianacan rely on at the end of thegame. Kind of like anotherIndiana hero, Reggie Miller.

Ron Artest Out For the Count

GARY GREEN / KRT CampusFOUL!: Indiana’s Ron Artest is fouled by Orlando’s Bo Outlaw.

by John Ferreirathe sandspur

by Juan Bernalthe sandspur

The Rollins Men's Bas-ketball team had a successfulholiday trip out to Las Vegasand they took care of busi-ness on their stomping grindwinning the Tangerine Tour-nament for the first time intwo years.

Going into their annualtwo game road trip to LasVegas, the Tars were riding afour game winning streak,winning those games by anaverage of 17 points.

In their first match-upthey would face a talentedCentral Arkansas team thatcame into the game with arecord of 6-1.

Early in the game, theTars came out of the gate alittle bit slow as they strug-gled to hit shots early on.

Then head coach TomKlusman turned to his benchand got a boost from fresh-man Kevin Hogan who hittwo key three pointers.

Freshman Greg Sweeneyand junior Isaac Codreyhelped the Tars close out thehalf on a 14-5 run and take a30-27 lead into the halftimelocker room.

In the second half, bothteams traded baskets for thebeginning of the second half.

With the Bears holding aone point advantage mid-way through the second half,

coach Klusman once againturned to Codrey and Hoganto give the Tars a lift. Thatthey did.

Hogan hit two morethrees, and Codrey scored 11of his 13 points in the secondhalf. John "JT" Thinnessealed the deal by hittingtwo clutch threes to send theBears into extinction.

The Tars pulled off a 62-51 victory and improvedtheir record to 5-2. Rollinsshot 59 percent for the game,including 50 percent fromthe three point range.

They out rebounded theBears 26-25. The Tars wereled by Codrey with 13 pointsand four rebounds.

Hogan added 12 pointsand point guard JohnnyReibel filled up the stat sheetwith nine points, six assistsand five rebounds.

Twenty-four hours afterthey tipped against CentralArkansas, the Tars would beback against the Central Mis-souri State Mules, who wereranked, 14th in the nation.Aside from UCF, it was thetoughest test the Tars wouldhave this season.

The Mules played aphysical, fast paced gamethat would make it seem likeyou were watching a footballgame instead of a basketballgame.

They took it to the Tarsfrom the beginning by build-

ing a 23-11 lead in the first 10minutes of the first half.Things wouldn't get any bet-ter as the Mules would leadby as many as 24.

They took a 48-29 leadinto the halftime lockerroom. The Tars shot a lethar-gic 36 percent in the first halfand were out rebounded 18-10. The physical style of theMules was clearly makingthe Rollins men agitated.

The second half onlymade matters worse. TheTars were able to contain theMules defensively, but offen-sively they could not buy abucket, partly because of theintensity of the Mules.

At 10:25 left in the game,Klusman was clearly an-noyed that the Tars had shotonly 14 free throws to thatpoint.

His arguing was to noavail, and it got him an earlyshower. Assistant coachBrad Ash was also assessed atechnical.

The Mules built a 26point lead and would neverlook back. The only excitingmoment after Klusman'sejection was when Codreywas rewarded the privilegeof joining him after he wasthrown out for arguing withthe officials.

The Tars were dealt theirworst loss of the season 89-55. Thinnes was the only Tarin double figures with 12points and three assists. TheTars struggled to make a bas-ket all game as they shot 34.6percent.

After their most disap-pointing performance of theseason, the Tars were look-ing to bounce back in theTangerine Tournamentwhich was being played inthe confines of the AlfondSports Center.

On Jan. 26, the Tars host-ed the New Jersey Tech

Highlanders. The High-landers started quick as theybuilt a 5-0 lead.

After the opening bas-kets, the Tars stormed backto take an 18-11 lead withnine minutes left in the firsthalf.

The Tars weren't able topull away though, as theHighlanders hung aroundand were only down one athalftime. In the second half,the Tars could still not createany separation as they wereup only one with 13 minutesto go.

Then they finally startedto pull away. After basketsby Sweeney and Codrey, theTars went up by nine.

The Highlanders couldnever cut the lead within six.

Thinnes put the gameaway for good with a clutchthee with one minute left.The Tars went on to win 67-57. Codrey had anotherhuge game off the benchwith 15 points.

Reibel was all over thestat sheet with 14 points, fiverebounds and five assists.The Tars out reboundedNew Jersey Tech 39-23 andthe Tars bench outscoredTech's 30-6.

With that victory, theTars earned a spot in thetournament's championshipgame against Hillsdale(Michigan), which was a 93-72 winner over Mansfield.

In basketball, there is amyth that says that the hometeam is always supposed towin its own tournament.

The Tars tried to makethat myth a reality by gettingthere fifth win in six gamesover the Hillsdale Chargers.

The Chargers came outon fire, by hitting their firstfour threes and taking a 12-2lead in the first two minutes.

During the next fiveminutes the Tars ran the

Princeton offense to perfec-tion and defend the threepoint line to go on a 30-12run in the next 11 minutes.

With seven minutes leftthe Tars were up 32-24.However, the Chargers stuckaround by knocking downsome key shots to cut theTars lead to 45-39 going intothe halftime locker room.

In the second half, theteams traded baskets for thefirst five minutes. Then theChargers were able to go ona run to cut the lead to 50-49with 14 minutes left. That'swhen Klusman made the callto his bench.

Sweeney made a hugethree pointer to spark a Tarrun that put them up 61-51lead with nine minutes left.For the rest of the gameRollins' one-two-two de-fense was able to force theTars into some mental mis-takes, and they were able toturn those turnovers andmissed baskets into easypoints.

Rollins ended up takingthe game and their fourthTangerine Tournament titlein five years with an 81-65victory.

Five Tars were in doublefigures. Deon Troupe led theTars with 14 points. JonSmith, Jordan Kolosey andCodrey each had 11 whileThinnes had 10. Reibel hadnine points and nine assistsand was named MVP of thetournament. Codrey wasalso named to the All Tour-nament team. Rollins out re-bounded Hillsdale 41-34.

The Tars' record current-ly stands at 11-5 with a 5-2mark in the Sunshine StateConference.

Their mark is currentlytied for second in the Sun-shine State Conference withNova Southeastern. Lynnleads the conference.

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COURTESY OF RC SIDHE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!: Sophomore Jonny Reibel goesfor a basket against a player from the West Florida Agronauts.

by Juan Bernalthe sandspur