Sandspur, Vol 111, No 04, September 24, 2004

              Rollins College ■Winter Park, Florida
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September 24, 2004
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Study Abroad!
With an ever increasing system of global interconnections, studying abroad has
become even more important for students.
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Decision 2004
Not sure who to vote for in November?
Not even sure which party to register as?
This week's special section has all the
information you need to get set to vote.
A registration card is included.
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Football Picks
The Sandspur lost our resident fortune teller, but
The Docs are in to diagnose this year's strong and
weak teams.
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C-SPAN   Bus   Rolls   On   Through
■ The C-Span
school bus made
its way to Rollins
educating many in
its wake.
by Mo Coffey __
staff reporter
On September 15 and 16,
the Bright yellow C-SPAN
bus added some color to the
Mills landscape. The mobile
learning unit provided students with interactive information regarding American
politics.
Facts about the most
pressing candidate issues
regarding November's presidential elections were on
hand as the C-SPAN staff
tried to broaden students'
perspectives on issues.
The traveling C-SPAN
first hit the road in 1993 to
demonstrate cable's commit
ment to education. The bus
staff hopes to educate the
youth and young adults of
America by providing unbiased resources as a platform
for further discussion.
C-SPAN's big yellow bus
proved to be popular: another bus was added in 1996. In
2002, they logged over
30,000 miles. The buses have
visited all nine presidential
libraries, the fifty states, and
over 2,000 communities.
Rollins was included on a
long tour list including colleges from around the country and both political conventions.
The high-tech coaches
are half working production
studio and half mobile classroom. Several Rollins classes visited the bus, including
Professor Balak's Ethics of
Globalization class. First-
year student Andrew Press
enjoyed     the     trip     and
photo / CLAY CORBIN
CLIMB ABOARD FOR INFO: Legendary cable television broadcaster, C-SPAN, brought its big
yellow school bus to the Rollins Campus as part of a nationwide campaign tour.
applauded C-SPAN for its
efforts, noting his generation
"is going to be the one to
make a difference in a few
years, and the C-SPAN bus
makes politics more accessi
ble to students/'   .
With election's just a few
months away, the C-SPAN
bus hopes to educate present
registered voters and future
shape the way our country is
governed. The C-SPAN bus
crew hopes Rollins students
took something positive
from their short visit on the
voters on issues that will    big yellow bus.
An  Artful  Dialogue
■ Director of UF's
Harn Museum visits Rollins kicking
off first of six
focused lectures.
by Natalie Wyatt
staff reporter
Last Sunday the Rollins
College campus welcomed
Rebecca Martin Nagy, Ph.D.
to speak about the Harn
Museum of Art. Nagy's seminar was one in a series of
six, focusing on art museum
direction and administration
that will come to our campus
over the next few months.
With the new construction of
our very own Cornell Fine
Arts Museum, these speakers hope to put in a word to
give direction to Rollins' collection and subsequent programs.
Dr. Nagy is the director
of the Harn Museum of Art
in     Gainesville,     Florida,
photo / NATALIE WYATT
INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE: Dr. Rebecca Martin Nagy shared
her insights about the challenges of museum administration,
which    is    part    of    the    UNC, Dr. Nagy is well pub-
University      of      Florida,    lished and well known for
Having   been   a   Fulbright    her direction nationally.
Fellowship Scholar, under- The Harn has expanded
graduate        at        Georgia    over the last few years and
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Misleading Memos
■ Bush allegations overshadowed by questionable documents.
by Brittany Lee	
news editor
For the past week, controversy has surrounded the
memos CBS recently
revealed on 60 Minutes concerning President Bush's
military service. The memos
asserted that President Bush
lost his status as a pilot
because he not only failed to
meet military performance
standards, but also refused
to undergo a required physical exam in 1972.
Bush joined the Texas
National Guard back in 1968
and served on active duty
for over a year while being
trained to fly F-102A jets.
He was honorably discharged in 1973 and left the
Air Force Reserves by the
following year. It was in the
first few months of 1972 that
controversy arose, as Bush
went for six months without
reporting for any training
drills. In September of that
same year, Bush requested
and received permission to
transfer to an Alabama
Guard Unit so he could
focus on a political campaign in the area. In May,
Bush skipped a required
medical exam and was
grounded by his commanders.
The alleged issuing officer of these memos is Lt. Col.
Jerry Killian. Killian was
one of Bush's commanding
officers in 1972 and 1973.
Unfortunately, Killian died
in 1984 so the memos are
subject to questioning.
In these letters Lt. Col.
Killian complains he was
pressured to "sugarcoat"
Bush's performance evaluations and the fact that he
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