The Sandspur Volume 123 Issue 19

Issue 19, Volume 123 Thursday, March 23, 2017

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Established in 1894 with the following editorial:

Thursday, September 11, 2017 2014 Thursday, March 23,

X-Club advisor speaks out about suspension

X-Club’s faculty advisor defends the fraternity in the wake of the suspension and emphasizes the brothers’ lack of wrongdoing.

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Dr. Claire Strom

X-Club Advisor

It is well known by now to the Rollins community that, on February 21, all six Rollins fraternities were suspended in response to six separate reports that had been submitted to the Dean of Students on February 20.

The traditional method of dealing with such reports would have been through individual hearings resulting in sanctions specifically designed for each violation.

However, through a desire to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our students, the Dean determined a holistic strategy and has been engaging all the fraternities in a process of self-examination, education, and growth.

As the long-time faculty advisor of X-Club, I want to applaud the Dean’s choices and actions. The downside, as I see it, comes not from what she and her team are doing, but from the specific actions of some of the fraternities. Several of the violations involved dangerous and violent behavior. Students and property were injured, and the stories reached many news media. Unfortunately, this behavior colored perceptions of the other fraternities. What, I was asked, did X-Club do to merit suspension? The brothers faced similar questions from the alumni, their friends, and their parents.

Therefore, I want to make it quite clear, that after further investigation, the Dean of Students concluded that the X-Club fraternity did nothing wrong. A pho-

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ing. Her subsequent research showed that the image was of a longstanding X-Club tradition that students could What...did chose, voluntarily, to particX-Club do to ipate in. The brothers were completely cleared of all merit suscharges. pension? The Nonetheless, X-Club itself to the highest brothers faced holds standards and agreed to consimilar ques- tinue with the process as set in place by the IFC and the tions from Dean. They will be particialumni, their pating in all the educational events scheduled for the frafriends, and ternities this semester, and, suggested some of their parents. indeed, the events themselves.

I became the advisor for cial media that the Dean was X-Club in 2013 because the concerned represented haz- brothers exemplified every-

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thing I value in a small liberal arts school. They have a great sense of community, a strong academic record, and a well-developed moral compass. The brothers study hard, always putting academics first. They also play, learning to achieve a work-life balance. However, they have not, in the last four years, done anything that has caused danger to person or property.

This piece was written in response to The Sandspur’s coverage of the fraternity suspension, featured in Issue 17. The publication always welcomes the voice of the community. To read previous coverage, visit the thesandspur.org

The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of The Sandspur, its staff, or Rollins College.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Sexism on International Women’s Day

The Rollins College Instagram celebrated International Women’s Day with a picture of the women’s golf coach making sandwiches.

Kalli Joslin

Section Editor, Web Editor

What do golf, feminism, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have in common?

On March 8, 2017, better known as International Women’s Day, the official Rollins College Instagram (@rollinscollege) posted a picture of Head Women’s Golf Coach Julie Garner.

The picture, which you will no longer find if you go onto Instagram looking for it, featured her at a checkered picnic table, making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the girls on her team.

If you have had even a cursory interaction with feminism in the past five years, perhaps you find this as troubling as I did when I saw it at 3:22 p.m. that day. Women have had to deal with years of being told to “get back to the kitchen” as a response to entering the workforce and demanding equal pay for equal work. The men who shout this command—sometimes defending it as a joke—seem to come from a time where women were expected to be the homemaker to a man’s breadwinner, only leave the house to grocery shop and pick up the kids from school, and prepare a hot dinner every night that is magically ready as soon as her husband arrives home from work.

Obviously, we do not live in those times anymore, and socalled “traditional family values” comprised a set of shortlived cultural ideals which few women in the 1950s were able to live up to—ultimately a reason many young wives of the era turned to drinking and prescription drug abuse. So why, in the 21st century, are these “jokes” seemingly more prevalent than ever? Why is any demand for equal pay and fair hiring practices met with a dismissive, derogatory, “go make me a sandwich” remark from an ignorant or uncaring man?

Portraying Julie Garner as a sandwich-making housewife on International Women’s Day, of all days, is especially unacceptable. The woman who, by that same Instagram post’s caption, has “Six Division II Championships, four national coach of the year awards, [and a] legacy that spans three decades” deserves to be portrayed actually playing her sport, or holding her numerous awards and accolades in the same way that any man would be depicted for the same accomplishments. Diminishing her incredible achievements through a picture that can at best be described as “cute” is an insult not only to her work ethic, but to women across the world who have fought against stereotypes

and discrimination since the first International Women’s Day in 1911.

I considered, at 3:22 p.m. that day, letting this post slide.

And on any other day, I probably would have. But on a day meant to celebrate women’s accomplishments in spite of traditionally patriarchal society, this was a particularly disturbing and egregious blemish on the face of the liberal arts institution that I am typically proud to call my home.

I typed an abbreviated comment expressing the sentiments I have listed above, and honestly thought that would be the end of it. But when I checked Instagram again at 5:37 p.m. the same day, the original post was deleted and a new picture of Julie Garner coaching her team with a club in her hand (instead of a club sandwich) was racking up likes.

While I would have preferred some recognition from the college of their error, instead of simply deleting it and pretending it never happened, I am proud of Rollins’ Office of Marketing and Communications for accepting criticism and implementing more empowering and women-friendly changes in such a quick time frame. Hopefully, this is a sign of better things to come.

Photo courtesy of Rollins College Instagram

Touring Rollins as a Junior Sianna Boschetti

Writer

Now that spring break is over, more charismatic students can be found leading around packs of prospective freshmen, showing them all the wonderful things Rollins offers. I remember being in awe during my tour; everything the guide told me felt special and sacred, like she was telling me and only me all the secrets she had learned during her time at Rollins. My nephew is now one of those prospective students, so I recently joined him for his tour, eager to see him interact with our campus and maybe even fall in love with it like I did. As an enrolled student

who has already experienced the #RollinsLife, however, I can now see the limited view into student life freshmen get on our tour.

The stop in the Campus Center was my favorite part of the tour. Rollins does have great food in comparison to other campuses, which the guide stressed, but she didn’t mention how those vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options become very limited some days. The time of day also dictates what students can eat on campus; Dave’s Boathouse is advertised as the “latenight” option, but that depends on how one defines “late-night.”

When the Marketplace closes at 7:30, it’s easy for the unhealthy pub-style food to become a di-

etary staple, not just a supplement to the diet encouraged by the upstairs menu.

Aside from skimming over the dining options, my tour only highlighted the center of campus.

We stayed within in the well-lit and welcoming areas, not taking students near the places by the west end of campus that get dark and creepy at night, or the infamous McKean Hall, where they could easily end up living their first year.

Instead, my tour hit several major locations on campus as we looped through Ward Hall, up into the Campus Center, and in front of the Annie Russell Theater before stopping in Bush Science Center on our way back

to the admissions building. This path showcases several of the important locations, but not all of campus looks as picture-perfect as what the tour would lead one to believe.

To my amusement, the tour guide also touched on the issue of the lawns. She mentioned how seriously Rollins takes its grasses, even going into specifics as to how the grass on the Cahall-Sandspur Field helps athletes’ joints. What she did not mention, however, was that the replacement of the lawns results in the frequent early-morning construction about which students often joke. To keep up the Rollins aesthetic, Mill’s Lawn is also regularly replaced, but luck-

The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of The Sandspur, its staff, or Rollins College.

ily for students, that construction is saved for certain times of the semester or during the summer.

Our beautiful campus looks as great in-person as it does on our website, and it doesn’t take much for tour guides to talk up our excellent academics, professors, and everything else. I understand only showing certain aspects of campus life to prospective students; it makes sense to put our best foot forward, but after seeing the reality of student life, the way tours advertise campus is a little misleading. The half-truths and omissions, though hilarious to a current student, could feel like more than just white lies to someone looking for their home for the next four years.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014 Thursday, March 23, 2017

After 358 days of waiting, Fox Day fever symptoms resurface March and April mark the beginning of Fox Day season, with students gearing up to enjoy the many on-campus events held on Fox Day. Ellie Rushing Staff Writer Fox Day. Freshmen wonder about it and seniors long for it.

It is the day of all days here at Rollins College, and nothing can quite compare to the friendships celebrated and happiness exuberated throughout those 24 hours.

This annual tradition was established by Rollins President Hugh McKean in 1956 on a day decided “too pretty to have class.” The legacy of cancelling class one day in the spring semester for beautiful weather has lived on ever since, and everyone looks forward to it. New students will learn the tradition soon enough as Fox Day is rapidly approaching. Last Year, Fox Day fell on the last week of March, though it has a long history of occurring in April. Most students are expecting the Fox to make its annual debut sometime this April—the sooner, the better.

In a survey sent out to Rollins students, 66% guessed either April 4 or April 5 would be declared Fox Day, April 12 following closely behind. The anticipation is killing some students, especially those who have

already begun placing bets on when it will fall.

“My friends and I all like to play ‘Fox Day Roulette’ where we stay up the night before, or avoid doing homework, in hopes of classes being cancelled the following day,” said Erin Fortney ’18.

Luckily, the internet link to Rollins’ Fox Day Cam makes the roulette a little easier. Students can wake up at the crack of dawn, open their laptops and await the Fox’s arrival. Some students even camp out on Mills Lawn to be in the immediate presence of the beloved stone figure. But do not worry, if you choose to stay in bed, all residential halls will instantly be whirl-winded by cheering students eager to start their day off—you will be sure to wake up.

The day will be filled with free activities, food, and souvenirs. As soon as it is deemed Fox Day, students can receive a free doughnut from the President’s office, followed by free breakfast provided in the campus center.

Campus is always swarmed on this morning by students eager to receive their Fox Day shirt, swim in the lake, and (most of all) take part in a free barbeque

dinner on Mills Lawn to end the day. All Winter Park community members are welcome to celebrate with the Rollins family— Fox Day is everyone’s day.

“I love the relaxed vibes shared by everyone,” said Tess Sailor-Tynes ‘17. “No matter where you go, everyone is happy to be together.”

Some students choose to spend the day off-campus, with a large portion traveling over to the coast for a beautiful beach day, visiting attractions at Disney, or shopping in the Orlando area. No matter where you go, you will find happy faces and great friendships on this day of community among those of us who call Rollins home. Many Rollins alumni remember Fox Day as one of their favorite facets of Rollins because of the wonderful memories associated with it.

“There was nothing as heart-throbbing and engaging as the most beloved, enduring Rollins College tradition of Fox Day,” said Trevor Conley ‘15.

“For weeks in the spring, I was unhinged with the certain coming reality of traveling to Daytona with hundreds of my classmates who all love Tommy the Tar as much as I do. There

sure was nothing like coming back from the NASCAR capital of the world to the savory BBQ on Mills that night. The promise of Fox Day was the only thing keeping my heart beating after spring break,” elaborated Conley, reminiscing on his time at Rollins.

It is obvious how cherished Fox Day is by Rollins students.

When students were asked on a scale of 1 to 10 how much they look forward to Fox Day, over 70% answered a level 10: “I have

been looking forward to Fox Day since last year.”

Hopefully the day will come sooner rather than later, but until then, stay up to date by following Rollins’ Fox Day Cam (coming soon) and participating in the “Find the Fox” scavenger hunts leading up to the big day.

If you’re engaging in Fox Day roulette, may the odds be ever in your favor; until then, happy spring semester!

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of respondents said they had been looking forward to Fox Day since last year

Survey results obtained by Ellie Rushing

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

What makes Pinehurst shine?

Pinehurst, the service organization that lives in its namesake building, offers a welcoming home for its members and residents.

Jojo Peloquin Writer The Pinehurst Organization has long been a mystery on campus, even as a main viewing and talking point for tours. The house is made up of 20 members of the Pinehurst organization.

Like most of the other organizations on campus, there is a president that and an executive board, that all have the ability to live in the house. Pinehurst as an organization believes in embracing individuals for their differences and offering them a safe space to grow into the person they would like to be. Their mission statement is very similar to Rollins’s mission statement; Pinehurst “is dedicated to the fulfillment of encouraging tolerance, respect, and development of the creative individual and of a diversified community.”

Pinehurst allows members and non-members to join as a community to tackle social barriers through education. Ellie Flaum, a member and resident of Pinehurst, said that her favorite part about Pinehurst is how inclusive it is; “we all support each other’s goals, so it feels like a close family of different people from different areas and backgrounds”. Pinehurst, like Rollins, allows its members to

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become well-rounded, global citizens by finding their own safe space within the organization.

What separates Pinehurst from other organizations are the requirements to be a member, which are 10 hours of community service and throwing a house program. The community service does not have to be through the house; Pinehurst is fairly lenient when it comes to attaining hours-just as long as the members are getting out their and giving back to the community.

John Ricardel expressed that what makes Pinehurst such an incredible organization for him are the house programs put on.

There is no central cause, so everyone is able to contribute to their own cause and share it with the rest of the organization. The programs can be educational or organized community service; it is up to the host.

The house programs support individuality by allowing them to bring in their different passions.

Getting involved is simple.

Showing up to meetings and getting in touch with one of the members are great ways to find out what Pinehurst as an organization has to offer. At any given moment, a member is willing to give a tour of the house if living in the house is an interest. Pinehurst is a lot more than just the oldest house on campus, it is its own community of students.

Pinehurst allows members and nonmembers to join as a community to tackle social barriers through education

Photo courtesy of Scott Cook

Rollins opens new CDC building Rebecca Candage Copy Editor Just over a year after Rollins broke ground on the site, the new Child Development and Research Center (CDC), Hume House, was officially dedicated on March 6. This was a long-awaited day for many of the Psychology Department staff, including Professor Alice Davidson, who has been a part of the department for nine years: “I am so thrilled about the Hume House opening—we’ve worked so hard for this for so many years and in some ways, it’s hard to believe this day is finally here. I feel really proud of the building we helped create and, watching my Developmental Psychology students work on their observations in the new space over these past 2 weeks is exciting.” Davidson elaborated that she had been with this project since its conception, continuing, “I was on the building planning committee that met regularly with the architects to help design a building that would be an optimal teaching, learning and research space for undergraduate students and for preschool children.”

For Dr. Sharon Carnahan, Executive Director of Hume House, the process has been even longer. “When I joined the faculty in 1990, the CDC was a threemorning-per-week program for faculty and staff children, with a part-time teacher who did not have a degree in the field. I cleaned the building myself at first, and my husband painted

and fixed stuff. We dreamed of this larger facility, for the CDC to be seen as a laboratory, and built the program gradually over the years…. My first full proposal for funding was written in 1997!”

Before the new building, space in the CDC was cramped, offering only a few students places to study without interrupting the children. There was, therefore, also a greater need for Psychology majors to conduct field studies in off-campus facilities, such as the Winter Park Day Nursery. The 5,050 square feet Hume House now offers three child classrooms with multiple observation windows, a research room, ample office space, and a classroom just for undergraduates. These changes have been essential to Rollins students’ learning. “[W]e don’t have this sense of ‘get in and collect our data as fast as possible and then get out of there’ because it is so crowded and overwhelming to all,” explained Professor Davidson. The shift in students’ thinking has increased productivity as well, according to Davidson: “In these past two weeks, I’ve observed the students taking their work even more seriously, perhaps, because the building feels like a more ‘serious’ and important space for teaching and learning.”

“At the CDC, about 60% of the children belong to Rollins staff and faculty children, 20% are children of alumni, and 20% are from the Orlando community,” reported Dr. Carnahan.

Professor Davidson’s daughter

is one of the majority; Davidson said she “cannot wait for her [daughter] to be involved in a number of studies at Hume House.” The program is also very inclusive to children with a wide range of disabilities, from sight and hearing impairments to autism. All students are tested around their birthdays to assess their progress. Parents participate in some surveys and studies as well to ensure education is a family-wide experience. With the new Hume House, there is plenty of room for all of these operations, as well as future plans for a new rFLA course and further community outreach and conferences.

Rollins’ own President was just as excited about the dedication of Rollins’ newest building.

“We are pleased that our students and the children and families served by this program have an updated, spacious facility that will benefit the children who attend our center today and our future professionals of tomorrow,” remarked President Cornwell.

Overall, the opening of this new facility will help students pursuing degrees in Psychology progress in the field while simultaneously teaching future parents. “This new child development laboratory supports Rollins’ commitment to children and families, in addition to providing the highest quality of education for our undergraduate students who are the psychologists, teachers, behavior analysts, pediatricians, and parents of tomorrow,” stated Dr. Carnahan.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Tennessee forests home to Rollins students over Spring Break A handful of Rollins students elected to spend their spring breaks giving back to the national community. Cameron Ochse ‘18 chose the Preservation of the Cherokee Nation ASB in Maryville, Tennessee.

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To end the day, the van full of Rollins students drove out to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and hiked a short trail.

Stopping at a viewpoint overlooking the city and mountains, the group watched the sunset.

The immersion ended on the 18th, allowing the group to leave at the much more reasonable time of eight-thirty in the morning. Prior to the trip, a lot of people thought choosing to give up a typical spring break for one filled with driving, cold weather, out houses, and community service was crazy. Yet as the vans drove away from the cabins of Once Upon A Time, each group member had difficulty parting with the wilderness.

The sites and experiences that occurred between this friend group made the immersion that much more memorable.

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On Saturday, March 11 at four o’clock in the morning, a van destined for Maryville, Tennessee took off carrying a group of tired students. At the time, giving up a relaxing spring break in exchange for an alternative break filled with community service in the national forests of Tennessee seemed absurd. Yet by the end of the week, no one in the group was ready to return to Florida and leave the mountains behind.

The immersion group stayed at a facility called Once Upon A Time, which provides accommodations for college students and connects them with local community projects to provide service. The first day of service took place at the Once Upon A Time facilities, consisting of tearing down a tree then chopping it into firewood. This allowed the different schools staying at Once Upon A Time to intermingle; University of Miami, Ohio State, Rutgers, and University of Vermont.

Throughout the week the immersion group participated in other service projects in the Cherokee National Forest, Once Upon A Time Nature Preservation, and the Cherokee Snowbird Community. A lot of time was spent removing invasive plant species from the woods, such as honeysuckle and privet.

In the Cherokee National Forest the students built hiking trails to make the area more accessible for campers.

The work was exhausting, and occasionally involved working in the freezing rain, but the difference and impact made were immediately visible. Massive piles of invasive plants lay in front of the woods, and a new hiking trail traced across the forest. The long-term effects will not be witnessed by the immersion volunteers, but instead by the residents and volunteers to follow.

There was one day off in the middle of the week that the Rollins facilitators filled with incredible activities and experiences.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

New ‘Beauty and the Beast’ exceeds expectations While Walt Disney’s new live-action remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was beautifully crafted, LeFou’s characterization failed to live up to its controversial hype.

Rebecca Candage

Copy Editor

When I walked into the movie theatre on the opening weekend of the newest reimagined Disney fairytale, I was very worried that this live-action Beauty and the Beast would tarnish the original animation’s name. As a long-time Disney fan, I hoped the film would expand a bit on the story without completely rewriting the plot, as did the new Alice in Wonderland movies and other past remakes. I was surprised to find the perfect balance between new and old aspects of the film.

Predictable for a live-action revamp, Beauty and the Beast grounded the old fairytale in reality much more than its predecessor. On top of it featuring less-cartoonish enchanted characters and using Marie Antoinette-esque makeup and hair for the French aristocrats, it expanded on the backstories of Belle, her parents, Gaston, LeFou, the

Beast, and even the Enchantress who casts the spell on the castle.

Unlike in the first movie, Belle is an engineer in her own right, sports pants underneath her dress, and helps take on Gaston at the climax rather than arriving after the action. She also faces and comes to terms with her mother’s death; in the original film, her mother’s identity was a mystery.

I greatly appreciated Belle’s increased agency and independence in this version. Beyond creating a more-intriguing movie, her greater presence introduces audiences to a princess who is not only beautiful and brave in the traditional senses, but able to participate in action as well. This version also showed a kinder side to the Beast through a more detailed backstory—a kind boy with a cruel father—which made his transition from mean to kind that much more impactful. Most importantly, instead of a village of white characters calling Belle odd, the cast in the village and

the Beast’s castle is much more diverse than the original.

There was some controversy

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Predicatble with a live-action version, the movie groudned the old fairytale in reality much more than its predecessor.”

surrounding this remake. Josh Gad charmingly played LeFou (Gaston’s henchman and admirer), whose backstory was also expanded. When the director, Bill Condon, confirmed that the character was gay and would have

an “exclusively gay moment,” I was all the more excited for the movie’s release. Unfortunately, my and Condon’s definitions of “moment” are a bit different. In the finale, as Belle and her prince twirl around the ballroom, the camera cuts to LeFou dancing with a man (who, during the castle raid, was thrilled to receive and wear a dress from the wardrobe) for 1.5 seconds, about the time it takes to glance over at the popcorn bucket and take another handful. Imagine if Belle and the prince’s “moment” together was so short. The film even gives Lumiere and his love interest Plumette a kiss when they become human, focusing more throughout the film on their stable, straight relationship than LeFou’s complicated feelings.

He goes from “somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston” (said Condon) to getting over the villain’s death, embracing his sexuality, and starting a new relationship with

the nondescript man. Though this “moment” is still a big step in Disney’s long history of audiences only being able to question a character’s queerness, genderor sexuality-wise, it did leave me wanting more. Disney’s staunch refusal to address sexuality and gender outside the norm is especially frustrating following the influential company’s push in recent years towards princesses of every nationality. A fleeting second of arguably stereotypical, halfway representation for the LGBTQ+ community is hardly the best they can do.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie’s deviations from the original plot and script. They all only added to the full story, rather than making it confusing or changing it completely. The new Beauty and the Beast stays true to its predecessor while adding enough surprises to keep veterans of the story interested, but to consider it a part of the LGBTQ+ film canon would be stretching reality.

‘Beauty and The Beast’ photo courtesty of Walt Disney Studios. QR code above links to the movie trailer and website.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Rollins’ very own March Madness: tournament recaps The Rollins’ womens’ basketball team ended their season run with a record of 22-8, after a loss to West Florida in the South Region Championship Game. The Rollins men’s team advanced to the Quarterfinal of the NCAA II Elite Eight.

Micah Bradley

Production Manager

Over spring break, the Rollins Women’s Basketball Team lost to the University of West Florida in the South Region Championship game in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 13, effectively ending their season.

The loss came close after the Tar’s shocking upset of Eckerd (55-43); the Rollins team was five seed, and Eckerd was the top seed.

Though Rollins led early in the game, UWF took a 16-15 lead to end the first quarter. Though the Tars briefly regained the lead, a poor second quarter with only six points scored (their worst of the season) led to UWF’s eight

point lead entering halftime.

The story was much the same after the half: Rollins was losing by 14 points when the third quarter ended. With only five minutes remaining in the game, the Tars managed to close in on UWF, bringing the score to only a five point difference (53-48). Though Rollins’ Marie Gilbert scored two three-point shots, it was not enough to defeat UWF, and the final score was 72-62.

Rollins players Julia Ingler and Gilbert were both given spots on the NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team. The top scorer of the day was Shami Goodman with 20 points for West Florida.

Overall, the Tars trailed UWF in rebounds and assists, but the

team lead in free throw percentages. Rollins’ top scorer of the day was Gilbert with 19 points, and Ingler followed closely with 15 points.

This was the last game for the team’s seniors, Tanaya Jones, Marie Gilbert, and Brittany Betts.

According to Rollins Sports’ website, the ladies will end their season with a record of 22-8.

The Rollins men had a more successful run in the South Region Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama, and they have advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for the second time in school history, the first being in 2004 against Metro State where the Tars fell 54-88.

On March 11, the Rollins men won their game against

Valdosta State to advance in the tournament. The game went into overtime, but the Tars eked out a 89-85 win. The following day, on March 12, they played Delta State in the semifinal and won by 27 points; the final score was 88-61. They played University of Alabama-Huntsville to take home the Region Championship on March 14 and played a close game, ultimately pulling out a victory of 72-68.

The men played again on March 22 against Fairmont State in the Quarterfinal of the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The remaining games in the tournament will either be streaming live or aired on television, check Rollins Sports’ website to see viewing options.

Follow this QR code to Rollins Sport’s website for additional coverage, statistics, and videos of both of the Rollins’ basketball teams.

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