The Sandspur Issue 18 Vol 121

Volume 121 Issue 18 Thursday, March 12, 2015

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Maiduguri, Nigeria The Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State following an attack by female suicide bombers in the town of Maiduguri. In a video reportedly released by their leader Abubakar Shekau, the group promised loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of IS. The self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world has received similar messages of allegiance from jihadist groups in the Middle East and northern Africa. The message came after a group of females—believed to be acting on behalf of the group— set off bombs at the marketplace and at a bus station, killing 58 and wounding nearly 150.

Moscow, Russia Two men have been charged with the death of Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

The two, Zaur Dadayev and Anzor Gubashev, are Chechen by origin and are accused of planning and carrying out the execution of the former deputy prime minister and veteran liberal politician. Three other men were taken into custody in connection to the crime. A sixth man, before taking his own life, attempted to kill the arresting officers who came for him by detonating grenades in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Family members of those

lost on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered at a mall in Kuala Lumpur to mark one year since the plane vanished mysteriously mid-flight. Coinciding with the remembrance was the release of a report by the team of investigators, coming from 19 countries, assigned to the case. The nearly 600 page report, while not saying anything major that was not already known, let it be known that the battery that powered the flight data-recorder had expired in December 2012— more than a year before the plane went—down and that no records existed to suggest it had been replaced.

Washington, D.C. Israeli Prime Minister Ben-

jamin Netanyahu addressed the American congress on March 3 to discuss the possible nuclear arms deal to be made between the United States and Iran. Speaker of the House John Boehner drew heavy criticism after inviting the Prime Minister to speak without informing the President. Netanyahu spoke of the dangers of the United States making a deal with Iran, saying the proposal was not firm enough, the new Iranian government could not be trusted, and that an Iran armed with nuclear weapons would mean the end for Israel. President Obama retorted, saying that the Prime Minister “offered no viable alternatives” to the current negotiations.

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Rollins graduate leaves musical mark on community Yaniv Cohen ’13 and has been making his mark in the music world since graduation; he founded the Florida Metropolitan Orchestra and opened his own violin shop.

Sarah Bryant

Writer

It is a bright Sunday in Leesburg on February 15. At half-past 2 p.m., excited members of the Hawthorne at Leesburg Retirement Community begin to flock into Dan Gorden Hall for a special debut concert.

18 musicians dressed in black tie take the stage, one of which is the founder of the orchestra. Yaniv Cohen’s slim build walks across the stage with the calm collectiveness of a professional. He takes his seat and runs a hand through his brown curls.

Moments later, the conductor takes the stage and the applause is silenced by the sound of the first down stroke as each instrument begins to sing.

In 2013 Cohen graduated from Rollins College with two degrees: Music—focusing on viola performance—and English Literature. Now, less than two years later, he is founder of the Florida Metropolitan Orchestra, an orchestra he put together while organizing and opening his own violin shop in Melbourne.

“Truth be told, I always wanted to do chamber music. I wanted to be in a string quartet,” said Cohen, “but I didn’t have the opportunity to really focus on that because the players were never available or weren’t up to the caliber that I would expect.

This orchestra is the avenue by

which I begin to realize this amHis violin shop began four bition.” years ago under the guiding eye But Cohen’s accomplish- of master luthier Saul Cornell ments did not happen overnight. in the interest of finding anothMusic aside, Cohen’s love for lit- er vocation that could move erature helped hone his business forward with his performing. sense.

Cohen attend“I really ed the Violin enjoyed writing Craftsmanship But to stay active Institute in New about economic socialization Hampshire and in the music and feminism, worked for Atbusiness, it all but particularly lantic Strings in focused on the to his comes down to addition written materitraining with als of different Cornell. who you know arts organiza“There are and how you tions,” said Cosome instruhen. “I decided present yourself. ments I’ve put to study the 40 hours of larhetoric of the bor into, and a different orchestras’ promotion- couple that just needed a sound al materials, how they asked for adjustment and a fresh set of money, and how they approach strings,” said Cohen. the audience.”

Cohen’s day job supports Cohen made sure he was his orchestra. Cohen wakes up at performing as much as possi- 6:45 a.m. every morning, downs ble outside of college to gain a cup of coffee and a banana, and experience. Even after gradua- teaches general music, strings, tion, Cohen continues to play at and choir at the Palm Bay Acadeweddings and other events, but my in Melbourne until 3 p.m. to stay active in the music busi“I’m what you call a freeness, it all comes down to who lance violist,” said Cohen. “We you know and how you present [the musicians in Florida] always yourself. joke around that we’re part of “Most people see a 24-year- the I-95 symphony because we’re old, let alone one with just a constantly driving all over Floribachelor’s degree, and they da from one gig to the next, and think ‘what is this kid doing?’” it’s really the same large group of said Cohen. “The way in which people doing the playing.”

I’ve coped with that is to be ulEven with his day job and tra-professional. Everything I do a busy violin shop, the budget has to be that much better.” for the Florida Metropolitan Or-

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Sarah Bryant chestra’s debut concert remained modest. Because of this, the program was limited to a string orchestra for this concert. He asked Dr. Laszlo Marosi to be the conductor for this event. Cohen hopes to keep the Florida Metropolitan Orchestra running, especially during the summer when a lot of musicians need more work.

However, he has to be careful when plowing full steam ahead with his new orchestra.

“We already have so many different orchestras in Florida,” said Cohen. “The question is how to navigate the politics of those orchestras, because I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. So I again looked at all their materials, looked at their audiences, and said ‘I need to find a niche.’”

He found one in the inner communities of retirement homes and churches.

“In working exclusively with retirement communities and churches, we are avoiding taking donors from any other es-

tablished groups,” he said. “We are also providing a service for people who would otherwise not have access to these kinds of performances.”

There are two opera singers on the program: mezzo-soprano Jenna Doulong and baritone D’Vonte Chapman. Doulong graduated from Rollins in 2013 and Chapman is currently a senior.

“This is a very professional experience in comparison to just performing at school,” said Doulong. “The energy I got from the audience was different, and yet very positive. What made it magical was that an entire room of strangers was captivated by the orchestra and I.” But where does Cohen go from here?

“I don’t think I was ever meant to be just a performer,” said Cohen. “I need to create, to build, and I hope that the existing arts organizations realize I can do that for them too.

Kenyon poses potent question Micah Bradley

Staff Writer

Dr. Erik Kenyon teaches his students to ask questions. “We have this kind of test-taking culture, and we train people to answer questions,” he said. “But we don’t train them to ask them.

And we sort of train them not to ask them.”

“What is a good life?” is the main inquiry that drives most of his classes, including his new neighborhood class.

Kenyon often meets with students in his office, which holds around nine people. Attached to

Rex Beach, his office has enough space for a round table, a couch, and several chairs. His bookshelves contain everything from Plato to Diary of a Wimpy Kid to Marvel comic books to Frog and Toad. Star Wars and Dr. Who posters dot the walls. Kenyon’s office is designed as a place for students to ask questions.

“What are we doing? What are the liberal arts? What are the ‘gen-eds’? That’s kind of cross-pollinated with my own research. I think for all of us, we need to think beyond what we are doing here,” he said.

Kenyon is a visiting assis-

tant professor in Classical Studies and Philosophy at Rollins College. He is a familiar face on campus, often seen working out at the gym or hanging out in the library. He conducts research on higher education and on what it really means. Kenyon’s dissertation focuses on the philosophy of St. Augustine, who effectively founded the liberal arts. He is in the process of publishing his work with Cambridge.

After much discussion and planning, Kenyon wanted to find a community engagement opportunity for his new neighborhood class.

“It could have been a train wreck if my students didn’t want to dive into it, but they have,” said Kenyon.

Dr. Kenyon’s neighborhood class, Socrates and the Art of Living, is in the Innovate, Create, Elevate neighborhood and fulfills the Humanities credit. The community engagement component of the class lets students partner with local Fern Creek Elementary School to teach philosophy to gifted fourth and fifth graders.

“Who knew that children would be not only willing to learn about philosophy, but also tackle huge questions on their

own?” asked Alon Hersch ‘18, a student in Kenyon’s class. “I would have never taken up philosophy in any way if not for the neighborhood system, and I’m glad I did.”

No matter what type of class he is teaching, Kenyon wants to teach his students how to ask questions about their lives and education.

Kenyon answered one of his own questions, regarding the liberal arts: “The point of education is to live well.” But, in true philosopher fashion, he quickly followed it up with another question.

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FCC’s new ruling keeps internet inclusive The FCC recently voted to uphold net nuetrality, keeping the internet free and open for everyone. Dr. Brian Klocke gives his insight on the issue.

Ariana Simpson

Writer

On February 26 the Federal Communications Commission upheld net neutrality.

Dr. Brian Klocke, fluent in the issue and in social justice aspects surrounding net neutrality, defines it as “the principle that the internet should be free and open to all people as in its most basic form.” The reason why net neutrality was in danger stemmed from the possibility that large companies—such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable—could legally regulate the internet into fast and slow lanes.

This control by large companies could have negatively affected domain access since some sites could have become obsolete. It could have also degraded the quality of the internet by affecting speed, quality, and even pixilation. One of the larger issues, however, was the possibility of limiting free speech.

Whether through mobile devices or laptops, the ability to create these slow and fast lanes “regulates the speed of the access and even the content of the access that people have, [while being able] to charge different rates,” says Klocke.

This would entail “one internet or option for large corporations

that can pay more for it and World Wide Web. Net neutrality falls under another—perhaps slower— internet, with fewer options Title II. Klocke says that Title II is “under a for the rest much stronof us: small ger regulatobusinesses, Net neutrality: or individual ry authority that the FCC citizens,” says the principle has and in Klocke. that the internet part why the The issue FCC was set of net neutralshould be free ity affects evup.” The largand open to all er companies erybody. Net net neutrality is people in its most opposing so important neutrality were fighting that for the basic form. last 10 years against this trend.

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himself is now in support of net neutrality.

Net neutrality was once a call to action, demanding that people call and influence legislators, advocating the importance of the issue. While pressure concerning this issue has been building up during the last few months, on February 26 it was announced that the FCC approved net neutrality rules.

For now, the FCC approved the policy by a 3-2 vote.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler voted in favor of net neutrality.

The policy passed for mobile devices as well. Eventually, another bill could be introduced to challenge net neutrality.

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Recycled bottles take journey The journey that the average water bottle takes after being disposed is contrary to what the average student imagines.

Josie Santi

Writer

Laura Alvarado ’18 finishes the last drop of her SmartWater and gets up to throw it into the big recycling bin that sits next to the food waste in the cafeteria.

She tries to recycle as much as possible because she knows it is good for the future of the Earth.

But even those who care enough to make the extra effort are uninformed.

“I actually have no idea what happens after the recycling gets taken out of the trash bags,” she said, tossing her water bottle into the recycling bin. “I hope it actually gets recycled.”

From the bin in the cafeteria, Alvarado’s water bottle will get recycled, if it follows the right criteria. Fortunately, Rollins uses a single stream process, which means that the materials do not need to be separated by cardboard, glass, or plastic.

The blue bins around cam-

pus get transported to three main locations: one located near the bookstore, one behind the dining area, and one near Sutton.

Even on a small campus, we recycle enough to make a dramatic difference.

“Our diversion rate is around 30% for single-stream recycling efforts,” said Luis Villafuerte, the assistant director of Housekeeping and Transport.

“So my best estimate would be around 1500 lbs of recycling per week.”

From the main locations, Waste Management picks up the recycling and transports it to the Single Stream Facilities a few miles away. “It’s quite large,” said Ann Francis, the program coordinator for Sustainability Program. “Take a couple of the dorm buildings and put them together. It’s just a big shell of a building open on one side, and inside of that all the recycling gets dumped. Then smaller vehicles pick up parts of it and just

put it down in one area.”

From there, the recycling is sucked onto huge conveyer belts and is mechanically separated out. Paper will glide on top of the rollers while Laura’s plastic water bottle—and other materials like glass or cardboard—will drop through. A huge magnet attracts tin cans from above the conveyer belt, making them cling to the magnetic surface while the other material gets sorted below.

It is an impressive system, but it is easily broken by a misinformed student. “The worst thing is to have those stupid plastic bags—from Publix or another grocery store—go into the recycling bins because they gum up the system,” said Francis. “The system’s all rollers and belts that separates everything out, so those bags get caught up and they have to stop the process for an hour. It happens all the time.”

Contaminated material can also stop the process. All too of-

ten, students do not realize that if their plastic plate has food residue or if their tin can has some Coca Cola left, those “recyclable” materials get transported directly to the landfill.

If the material is not contaminated, then each bottle, can, and piece of paper gets compressed into a cube after the separation process. From there, those cubes are picked up from other companies that will reuse that material.

Alvarado’s water bottle could be turned into t-shirts, the boardwalk around baseball fields, or even the Eco-Rollins reusable water bottles.

These bottles are means of saving water and waste, beyond just being made from recycled plastic. The first hydration station on campus was installed five years ago. Since then, 30 hydration stations and counting have been installed on campus. In the fall, Eco-Rollins calculated that more than 65,000 plastic water bottles have been saved just from

using the hydration stations instead of buying plastic water bottles. Using a reusable water bottle has that much impact on the environment, but recycling your SmartWater or Dasani bottles correctly leaves a major impact as well.

Recycling takes a matter of seconds for students, and still there are tons of recyclable materials being thrown into the landfill every day. “It’s a slow process trying to change the culture on campus about not being a throwaway society,” said Francis. “There are certain people that just don’t care. The biggest portion of that are the students, because they haven’t learned yet.”

If every person rinsed and recycled their water bottle, then the world would be filled with more t-shirts, boardwalks, and Eco-Rollins water bottles than mountains of garbage in a landfill. All it takes are a few seconds of your time.

New major debuts at academic fair David Matteson

Editor-in-Chief

Today’s major/minor fair will not only spotlight the wide array of programs of study available to Rollins undergraduate students, but will also debut a new program of study for undergraduates enrolled in the college of Arts and Sciences: Public Policy and Political Economy.

“The major in Public Policy and Political Economy examines how politics and economics intersect to produce public policies. The focus is upon solving practical problems such as funding education, reducing poverty, expanding health care, or relieving urban congestion,” said co-director of the program Dr. Donald Davison.

The new interdisciplinary major will also expose students to critical theories within the fields of political science and economics as a means of solving public policy issues.

“Students will be required to evaluate public policy issues within an individual and social values context by considering questions such as what is of value to society and its citizens?

How best can those values be achieved? What trade-offs are required when pursuing these

values?” said Davison. “Students will be able to apply these tools to study public policy problems in the United States and other countries.”

This unique major places Rollins within a select group of schools that offer similar programs—including Williams College, Pomona College, Carleton College, Hamilton College, Stanford University, and Washington University in St. Louis.

The program requires a total of 14 courses: 8 core courses, 5 electives, and a senior capstone.

The capstone course may be a seminar, independent study, or applied internship with a mandatory policy research component.

“The senior experience is designed to both integrate the knowledge gained in previous classes and apply that knowledge to practical problems,” said Davison.

The Public Policy and Political Economy major underwent an extensive review by the Arts and Sciences faculty. The process concluded with the full faculty unanimously endorsing the major last April.

In addition to attracting current students, Davison sees the major appealing to future international students, including

those from Jindal University in India. Jindal currently offers a graduate program in this field.

Further, business and communications students may consider taking the new program on as a second major.

“The quantitative and big data skills taught in this program are highly sought by employers particularly high tech businesses,” said Davison. “Public relations experts often are expected to address the complexity of the types of practical programs we study and solve. The ability to understand and explain these issues is critical for many PR personnel representing governments and industry.”

Davison also feels that graduates from this program are well prepared for careers in law, business, and the financial services industry.

“Private consulting, polling, political candidates, and research think tanks are attracted to students with this training.

Also, nonprofit organizations utilize graduates from the variety of graduate programs that intersect with the issues that affect their operations such as tax policy, and government contracting,” said Davison.

Students interested in the new major are invited to speak

with Davison and the program’s other co-director, Dr. Phil Kozel, who will both be on hand at today’s major/minor fair. The fair is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in

the Bieberbach-Reed conference room. For more information on the major, visit, http://www. rollins.edu/public-policy-political-economy/index.html

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Women’s soccer team sees record season Coach Alicia Schuck ’01 and the rest of the team has had a record season. Schuck reflects on her own soccer career, which helped her to be a successful coach. beating them in the Elite 8 round, earning them a trip to Louisville for the Final Four—something that had never been done in Rollins history.

The Tars earned their way to the National Championship game by defeating the Colorado School of Mines in the Final Four by a score of 1-0. The Tars were set to play the defending national champions, Grand Valley State University in the 2014 NCAA DII Women’s Soccer Championship.

Grand Valley State had become an athletics powerhouse, winning 16 NCAA DII National Championships in 7 different sports since 2002. Although Schuck may have been nervous, she was ready for what was ahead and confident in her players.

“She always tells us to put all of our worries on her. If we’re nervous, give it to her because she can handle it. We know she can,” said Fischer when talking about Schuck leading the team into the National Championship game.

The Tars played their hard-

est, but ultimately lost the National Championship game by a score of 0-3. Grand Valley State captured their second Championship in a row.

Regardless of the outcome of the final game, the Rollins College Women’s Soccer team had reached a point of success that they had never reached before, made it farther in the NCAA tournament than ever before, recorded nine shutouts, and set the single season scoring record with 69 goals. They finished the season with a record of 20 wins and 3 losses, a program best.

Although the Tars did not win the NCAA Tournament, Coach Schuck was named the NSCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.

“I’m in shock that it happened. I wish I could give that award to the team. I got the award because they played so well, and they were such good girls and we had no problems.

That award should say ‘National Team of the Year,’ because I can’t do anything without them,” said Shuck.

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For the better part of the women’s soccer team’s history, Alicia Schuck ’01 has been involved as a player, assistant coach, and coach. Schuck has translated her success on the field as a player into success on the sidelines as a coach.

Schuck grew up in rural Pennsylvania. She started playing soccer when she was five years old, learning from her older brother. Schuck played club soccer and was also a dual sport athlete at Rockwood Area High School playing basketball and soccer. At Rockwood High, Schuck scored 173 goals in soccer, placing her 4th on the list of all-time scorers in the state of Pennsylvania.

Her athletic performance on both her high school and club soccer teams resulted in her being noticed around the country.

She was recruited by Rollins College, a Division II school with a brand-new women’s soccer program.

On the Rollins’ team, Schuck was a standout star. Her freshman year—the second year of the program—she led the team in scoring with 12 goals and 5 assists. Although she was doing well on the team, the team was in its infancy and had many growing pains.

“Coming from the background I had to a Division II school, I stood out on the soccer field. I was an attacking style player.”

Schuck never let those growing pains slow her down. As a sophomore, Schuck was named to the All-Sunshine State Conference second team.

As a junior she had a fivegoal performance against Flagler College and set two records: one as most goals scored in a season with 21, and another in most points scored in a season with 48.

She was given All-SSC first team honors.

Her aggressive style of play and technical skills allowed Schuck to become an offensive utility player. She played many different positions and was allowed to move around and make opportunities.

“At one point I was a neutral player, I could go wherever I wanted on the field. I had freedom to attack,” she said.

During her third season, the Tars posted a 16-4 record earning them their 6th straight berth, third under Schuck, to the NCAA tournament. The Tars fielded seven All-SSC players, three of which were named to the First Team All-South-Region.

The Tars came into the 2014 season with a championship attitude, setting their sights again for the NCAA Tournament.

“All spring it was training for the national championship.

And that’s what we always said: we’re training for the first weekend in December,” said Fischer.

The Tars ended the 2014 regular season without losing a game at Rollins, and with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses. The Tars gained their fourth straight berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The Tars went into the NCAA tournament ranked first.

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In 2001 Schuck ended her time as a Rollins Tar with her third All-SSC Honors. She still holds the records of all-time leading scorer with 51 goals and 121 points.

After graduation, Schuck was quickly on her way to the next chapter of soccer career, moving to Seattle to play for the W-League, the highest level of Professional Soccer for Women.

“I moved to Seattle the day after I graduated. I took a bag and a box and winged it. I didn’t know where I was going to live. I didn’t know anyone on this team I was going to be playing for,” she said Schuck spent three seasons with the Seattle Sounders and in 2005 moved back to Florida to play for the Central Florida Krush and then onto to Indiana to play for FC Indiana.

Schuck’s success did not fade in the W-League—each team she played for made it to the National Championship.

When Shuck moved back to central Florida for the W-League, she also began to volunteer as an Assistant Coach for her alma mater, Rollins College.

In 2011 head coach Tony Amato left Rollins to coach at the University of Arizona; Schuck took over his position. The movement from Assistant Coach to Head Coach was not flawless, but she did not let that slow her down. Schuck was able to adjust to the intricacies of being at the helm of 26 collegiate athletes.

On the field, Schuck describes herself as a no-nonsense coach and expects a lot from her girls. Not without warrant, though—Coach Schuck knows the potential of her players.

“She expects things out of us, that she would have expected from herself.” said center-mid Nicole Fischer ’16.

In her first season as head coach, Schuck coached the Tars to a 14-3-2 record, which earned them a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Tars’ only home loss came from SSC-rivals University of Tampa in the first round of the tournament. Schuck was named the NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year.

In 2012, her second season as head coach, the Tars earned their second berth in the NCAA Tournament under Coach Schuck after posting a 12-5-2 record. The Tars had five All-SSC honors.

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Bustos dedicates career to foreign students Marcela Oliveira

Production Manager

It is lunch time at Rollins College. The cafeteria is crowded and buzzing with the sound of casual chatter. But in an attached conference room, several people are working and discussing the lives of current and future international students.

In this room full of international high school counselors, Ed Bustos, Rollins Director of International Admission, greets the visitors with an excited smile.

Although Bustos could be considered a short man, his presence is captivating. In his dark blue suit, he imbues professionalism.

To commence the meeting, Bustos explains that the guests are not there for a presentation, but for an open conversation.

The counselors discuss Rollins and detail their experiences with exploring its personal class settings. From passionate history lectures to engaging in-class debates, the visitors casually share their first impressions of the institution. The conversation progresses until the topic of international students is addressed.

For these students, how does the acceptance process work? What kind of support does Rollins offer? Bustos and his colleagues Steve Booker and Vanessa Garay answer each question thoroughly.

“We always fight for the internationals,” said Bustos as he

answered one of the scholarship questions.

Sessions like these are one of the many facets of the Director of International Admission’s job.

Bustos’ work, however, goes beyond meeting with high school counselors. During the months of August, September, October, and November, he spends his time traveling the world and recruiting new international students for the Rollins community.

The job seems glamorous to many: “I want his job, I love his job, and I’m trying to get him fired,” said Alex Feliciano ’15, a student from Costa Rica recruited by Bustos. But Bustos guarantees traveling the world is not all fun and games.

“I’m on planes for very long distances sometimes. Hotels, taxis, high schools, and then back on a plane,” said Bustos. “Sometimes I haven’t been able to feel their culture because I don’t have time.”

Nonetheless, the constricted schedule does not affect his love for the job. Bustos, who has held this job since 2009, is the very first to perform this position at Rollins. Before the title of Director of International Admission was created, the international admission process was reviewed along with normal and transfer admissions. Bustos is a Rollins alum and his passion for the institution and for his position has not subsided since 2009.

“It excites me to walk into a high school I’ve never been before because I want to learn about those kids and just to educate them about Rollins,” said Bustos.

Bustos considers himself a global citizen. Born in New York and raised in both Colombia and the U.S., Bustos is passionate about Latin America and the world in general.

His job, however, goes beyond exploring the globe and bringing a diverse population to the campus. The months Bustos is in the country are busy with swarms of international students who yearn for his attention.

Bustos sees his relationship with current students as a crucial part of his role. He takes admissions applications home to work on after hours so that he can give each student the support they need during the day. His office reflects his welcoming personality. Most of the space is occupied by a round table where he meets daily with students.

“My schedule is from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. From 7 to 8:30 a.m. I’m pretty sure the students are not awake,” said Bustos. “I get a lot of work done during that hour and thirty minutes.”

From academic advice to homesickness, the Director of International Admission supports all of the students he brought into the college. The effort is not in vain; the students feel his passion for the job and appreciate

the personal treatment.

“He comes to almost all of my shows. He has seen me act and that means a lot,” said Feliciano. “The little moments are the ones that count. It really means a lot to me when I look out in the audience and I see him.”

Feliciano vividly remembers when Bustos recruited her. In a presentation about Rollins in Feliciano’s high school in Costa Rica, Bustos pulled her aside and told her she would be a great addition to Rollins. Their interaction did not end with the recruitment. While recruiting in Costa Rica, Bustos joins Feliciano’s family to eat, and vice versa when Feliciano’s family is visiting Rollins.

Because of the nature of his job, Bustos gets attached to the students he recruits. His experience with traveling helps him relate to some of their problems.

“I feel their pain. I think sometimes the individuals on campus don’t realize how far away from home the students really are. But I know how far it is because I have to do it myself,” said Bustos.

This intimate relationship has its price: “Every year it’s tough for me when I see the students graduate,” said Bustos. The class of 2015 will be an especially difficult class for the Director of International Admission. It was the first large international class recruited by Bustos. Since he

started in the position, Bustos has been able to boost the international class from 4% of the college community in 2009 to 10% in 2014.

“This class will hit me a little hard,” he said.

Bustos feels the relationships he builds are deeper than that of staff and students. He feels the Rollins students are part of his family.

“I don’t have kids, but all my internationals are my kids,” said Bustos.

Bustos, who considers himself a family man despite being single, has a tight relationship with his parents and relatives.

He also has a close relationship with one of his former international students.

“The student right there was a foster child. We didn’t go through the whole process, but I pretty much adopted him. He is like my kid,” said Bustos while pointing to a picture of an athletic student on the wall of his office.

Passionate about his job, Bustos would change little about his position. But being away from home is not an easy task for a family-oriented person like him. Thankfully, computers and phones make the distance feel smaller.

Satisfied with his irregular routine, Bustos said, “I wish the world was a little smaller. I miss home, but thank God for technology.”

Basketball star leaves impairment on the bench After finding out she carried the sickle cell trait in 2008, basketball star Tanaya Jones ’17 has worked tirelessly to overcome it.

Sarah Taylor

Writer

The year was 2008. Following a two-day hospital stay, Tanaya ‘Tee’ Jones ‘17 received news that she had sickle cell trait soon after playing in the Lockhart Middle School basketball tournament.

“I couldn’t breathe, I felt nauseated, I kept drifting off, and was in panic,” says Jones.

“My mother rushed me to the hospital where I received a blood transfusion and several tests.”

Upon learning this information at age 12, the first question Jones asked the doctor was whether she could continue to

play basketball. She explained that she was afraid when she was diagnosed.

For those unfamiliar with the sickle cell trait, the sickle cell gene is inherited from a parent.

As humans, we all have hemoglobin. This protein is found in red blood cells, and carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

A person with sickle cell trait has one abnormal, ‘sickled shaped’ hemoglobin, which causes lower oxygen intake for the body.

Fortunately for Jones, her doctor recommended moderate eating, less playing time on the court, and to maintain full com-

munication with coaches and ly stacked against Jones in her trainers. freshman year. It was “very hard to get used to She gradthe system, the uated from Evans High workouts, and I do not let sickle the training,” School in Orlando in 2013 she shared. cell trait control “Luckily, the and is on a what I do in life, I training staff, full athletic scholarship coaches, and put all my teammates with the women’s basketwere fully trust in the Lord aware of my ball team. She and live through condition and had to learn supported me to push herhis word throughout self to limits, while recogthis journey.”

And a nizing when her body needs rest. journey it has been for Jones; she The cards were certain- received ‘freshman of the year’

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honors. In the same year she made it to the All-Newcomers Team for the Sunshine State Conference, and she was one of the leaders in the league fo number of steals.

Jones is both a mentor and a source of encouragement for her little brother and sister. Instead of allowing her condition to control the rest of her life, she embraced its challenges.

“I do not let sickle cell trait control what I do in life, I put all my trust in the Lord and live through his word,” said Jones.

She continues as the Lady Tar’s point guard here at Rollins College, now in her sophomore year.