ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Little Italy Close to Home
OPINIONS Preventing School Shootings
SPORTS Soccer Continues to Score
Check out Winter Park’s new Italian restaurant, Popolos from the viewpoint of a Rollins student. PAGES 8
Read student opinions on school shootings and the ways to solve the problem. PAGE 13
Rollins Men’s Soccer wins on their senior night. Read more about the game! PAGE 15
THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROLLINS COLLEGE SINCE 1894 www.thesandspur.org
VOL. 113 ISSUE 09
October 23, 2006
Joshua Benesh the sandspur Noted photographer Jerry Uelsmann visited Rollins and delivered a spirited lecture to a packed Bush Auditorium on the evening of October 12. His visit coincides with the Cornell Museum’s exhibition of his work titled “Jerry Uelsmann Mindscapes: Earth and Sky.” Uelsmann has been a long favorite American artist in the photography medium, held in institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Chicago Art Institute. His work, almost exclusively photographic montages evokes an almost mythical or surreal quality, combining images in entirely new contexts. Born in Detroit, Mr. Uelsmann knew of his keen interest in photography from an early age, later studying photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Indiana University. He began teaching at the University of Florida shortly af-
ter graduate school, remaining a member of its faculty throughout his career. The evening lecture was made possible by both the Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar and the work of the Cornell Museum. The presentation began with the premiere of Daniel Reeves film exploring the work and artist theory of Mr. Uelsmann titled “Outside In.” Reeves was on hand for the exhibition of the film which juxtaposes Uelsmann’s photographic work with biographical elements and interview segments. Following the film, Uelsmann took center stage to an eager audience of admirers. He discussed his intentions as an artist, focusing on the motivations that inspired his work as a body and as individual images. He spoke of his appeal to the modernist aesthetic, specifically discussing the power of the “non-rational aspect of dreams.” He went on to define humans as “mythic and symbolic creatures,” oĞen capable of realizing the most fantastic images and subsequent meanings.
COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS MASTERPIECE: The various works of art of Jerry Uelsmann.
Curing Destructive Behavior Around Campus Megan Borkes the sandspur Around campus, everyone must notice those “wannabes.” Admittedly, yes, many of them are fellow Freshpeople, but there are still some upperclassmen who are still deeply rooted into the trap of wanting to be cool and accepted by their peers. With this in mind, some say that it’s harmless. It is perfectly normal to want to be accepted and popular with the crowd one is surrounded by. Normal? Perhaps. Harmless? Not as much as one may think. The on-campus community “Out-Reach” hosted a presentation on October 12th about this very subject. Most of the people who attended were Psychology majors who needed some extra credit points, but there was definitely some eye-opening that
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went on, regardless. The subject of this presentation (headed up by Ms. Sareet Taylor) was to illuminate for at least a fraction of the students on campus how perception influences behavior, and ultimately how false perception is the cause of most negative behavior on campus. To start out, Taylor asked a question of her audience: What are some of the biggest negative behaviors that go on around campus? The responses mostly stayed in the general area of binge drinking, getting “smashed” at parties, and some drug use. With a knowing grin, Taylor explained that there is a difference between what students actually do, and what most students believe that other students do. This sparked an activity called the “Snowball Survey.” Everyone was asked to take out a piece of paper, and once
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everyone was ready, there was a short series of questions that everyone was instructed to answer honestly about. The subject of these questions ranged from “How many drinks do you normally have when you go out?” to “How many sexual partners have you had in the last year?” These questions were mirrored by “pereception” questions, like “How many drinks do you think the average Rollins student has when they go out?” After everyone had had a good awkward laugh or two and scribbled down their answers on their papers, Taylor told everyone to ball up the papers and throw them around the auditorium (hence, “snowball,” since balled up pieces of paper loosely resemble snowballs). Once everyone had picked up
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ASHLIEGH BAUMAN/The Sandspur SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Students sit in Beans and socialize during lunch, a normal activity that takes place on campus.
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OPINIONS
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