The Sandspur Volume 123 Issue 21

Issue 21, Volume 123 Thursday, April 6, 2017

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Page Page #2 •• SECTION OPINION

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Thursday, September 2014 Thursday, April11, 6, 2017

Students send letter of concern after college responds to fake news In light of recent events, students expressed concerns in how the college was represented to the public.

We emailed this letter on March 30, 2017, to President Cornwell who forwarded it to several administrators. We have had follow-up meetings with several people on campus. We have reprinted the letter below to inform the campus community on the steps the students are taking.

To President Cornwell and whom it may concern: We planned Thursday’s Tars Talk event out of our feelings of confusion and disappointment in the college’s response to the ‘fake news’ situation regarding a student and his Muslim professor. Since few facts of what actually happened between the student and professor are known, we focused our conversation on the spread of fake news, the college’s response, and the activity on social media. We felt that it would be appropriate to hold a discussion for students and faculty members regarding the issue, because we saw our own concerns and fears reflected in many members of the student body—this was highlighted by the almost 120 people that attended Thursday’s discussion.

Two of the biggest issues that kept being re-emphasized were transparency and communication. Many students felt confused and scared that the administration did not promptly respond publicly to the incident.

Many students seem to feel that your email to the campus community was insufficient. Though we understand that the email was intentionally vague due to legal reasons, its timing and content seemed to only increase negative student feelings because of its ambiguous nature. In the future, if similar issues arise, we believe that it might be better to

issue a more direct statement to students with whatever information can be provided. Something like this could note the legal/privacy issues, the media situation, and include a reassurance to students that there is no continuing concern of harm for the campus community.

A campus tour guide noted that she was unsure what to say to parents and prospective students when they ask about issues like this. Tour guides need to receive better instruction on how to handle these questions while displaying faith in our institution. Again, minimum communication on the issue of fake news would have assuaged many people’s fears. By providing a breakdown of the existing hierarchal nature of information dissemination, more transparent communication between the administrators and students might help students be more enthusiastic ambassadors of Rollins to prospective students.

The sentiment that we have heard echoed many times over the past week is that many current students are appalled that other students, community members, and alumni immediately took the Central Florida Post article at face value. Considering the college’s mission and its emphasis on global citizenship, this quick acceptance was understandably distressing to many of the community. This was made worse by the fact that many students—of the left and right—were belligerent when others did not understand their ideas on social media. Our event was mostly civil, and we suspect that this is due to the lack of students who spoke up in support of the student who was suspended; our event most likely attracted a mostly liberal and sympathetic audience. Though we are grateful we were able to give these

people an avenue to express their ideas, further outreach should be considered for students who are probably feeling ostracized by the liberal nature of much of our campus.

Understandably, one student brought up a concern about the motivations of the Tars Talk.

We decided to hold the event because of a fake news incident involving Muslim students, but there have been other bias incidents throughout the year, including the recent defacement of a poster for a Muslim event and KKK being written on a wall across the street from campus. These events deserve just as much attention as this recent issue, which was thrust into prominence by the fake news cycle. We would ask that instead of just reporting these events to the campus because of legal requirements, the administration should follow up and make sure that those who might be emotionally impacted by the events receive concern and care. A Muslim student reported that she felt support after the poster incident, but the same was not said for the recent KKK incident or the incident that our event was focused on. Making sure that students of diverse backgrounds feel accepted and safe on this campus should always be a priority.

There is obviously no room on a college campus for hate speech and discrimination, but there is room for education. Considering the proposed waiver of one of the neighborhood classes with the potential new ‘exploring’ system and the elimination of one requirement in the transition from the old general education system to the new neighborhoods system, we think that it might be ideal to add an additional class requirement to students’ required curriculum at Rollins. This idea was brought

up during the Tars Talk and during our planning discussions.

It seems inexcusable that some Rollins students and alumni, with their supposed education as global citizens, cannot tell the difference between fake news and real news. In addition, many members of the Rollins community find it impossible to have civil and respectful in-person conversations—instead hiding behind their social media accounts. A new class could combine the public speaking courses that are required at many other learning institutions with topics such as ethics, critical thinking, and education on different religions and tolerance.

We would like to thank everyone who helped us pull the event together so quickly. Campus Safety and the CICI staff were both wonderful, as were many other staff members and administrators. Also, we would like thank you for coming to our event and for your willingness to listen to our concerns. We are glad that we are able to help lead and participate in this conversation and that the administrators and faculty have been so supportive.

Our plan was to discuss the issues that this swirl of fake news brought to the surface and to give campus members an opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns, and we feel like we did that effectively. We truly hope that today’s discussion can mark the beginning of a better relationship between faculty members, administrators, and students as we all work together to make Rollins the community that we want it to be.

Sincerely, Micah Bradley, Kamil Fadel, Sinead McDonald, SJ Renfroe, Sam Sadeh, and other concerned students

Corrections from Volume 123, Issue 20: The article under the headline “Alumni shares experiences of life in a cult” was incorrect. The article under that headline was actually written by Sianna Boschetti and was meant to be online content for The Slandspur, our annual April Fool’s edition. The content of that satire piece, which was erroneously printed under the above headline, should not be taken seriously. We apologize for the mistake and any inconvenience it may have caused. Read the correct article and others at 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, April 6, 2017

Philosophy professor shares interests, passions Professor Erik Kenyon of the Philosophy Department shares insight into his passions connected with the initation of the Child’s Development Center on campus. His commentary allows students to look deeper into his teaching style, current academic pursuits, and upcoming publications.

Deigo Medrano

Writer

“It was a big and sort of weird time for Christianity. They had culture, and they had the classics; they just weren’t really sure…where to go from there.

Augustine comes along trying to explain this whole Trinity business in a similar manner to Plato, and says ‘well, if God exists in three states, maybe my mind and soul exists in three states as well, and maybe this is the same way it is for God, but maybe not.’ Sort of funny that the Church made him an authority later on.”

Every student who has taken a class with Dr. Erik Kenyon of Rollins’ Philosophy Department will recognize the casual, concise, and humorous tone with which he answers my question of what St. Augustine’s main ideas and thoughts were. Dr. Kenyon tends to introduce topics, deliberately or otherwise, by highlighting the slight silliness or pure absurdity involved before delving into deeper reflection. I remember his initial overview of Plato’s Apology from the ICE class “Socrates and the Art of Living”: “The dialogue is basically Socrates’ prosecutors accusing him of corrupting the youth because ‘being obnoxious’ isn’t a legal offense, and Socrates giving a snarky response as his defense.”

Dr. Kenyon received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Vermont in Philosophy, Greek and Music in 2002, his M.A. from the same university two years later in Greek and Latin, and his PhD from Cornell in 2012, specializing in ancient dialogue and Augustine. His published works include Augustine and the Dialogue, “Early Medieval Ethics” in the Cambridge Companion to Medieval Ethics, and “Augustine and the Liberal Arts” in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education.

Currently, he is co-authoring with Diane Terorde-Doyle “The Three R’s of Thinking: Nurturing Discussion in Preschools.”

The methods detailed in this article have been refined through

lesson-planning and testing with the kids at Rollins’ own Child Development Center, led by Dr. Kenyon and the CDC’s Director, developmental psychologist and professor Dr. Sharon Carnahan. I have had the strange and stressful pleasure of leading these lessons for the kids, along with nine other undergraduate students.

“4 year-olds are just amazing,” Erik says to me. “They deal with a crazy amount of challenges on a daily basis: getting along with other people while lacking many social skills, interacting with a world they largely don’t understand, lacking words to express themselves…this kind of stress would break most adults.”

It isn’t very difficult to then see why he chose to pioneer Philosophy 4 Kids. He continues: P4K is a fusion of two skill sets: interacting with children and framing philosophical discussions. Doing philosophy with people like this is, in one sense, challenging, since it requires us adults to boil down philosophical methods and ideas to their absolutely most central forms. At the same time, it’s easy, since if we do our job right, the kiddos totally take to it. You can see it in how they come to think. On the playground, they are saying things like “you need to use more self-control” and getting into discussion over who owns the ocean.

With the help of Doyle, the CDC’s teachers, and Dr. Carnahan, all of whom ground it in contemporary cognitive science, Erik’s current project involves co-authoring a book-length Pre-K Ethics Curriculum.

I had to know what philosophy is to Erik; when I asked, he replied: Bertrand Russell once said, “Science is what you know, and Philosophy is what you don’t know.” I like the idea of Philosophy as a disciplined way of thinking about stuff that matters that we don’t have a clear handle on yet. . . People today, maybe not scientists but people who put faith in science, tend not to appreciate how messy, complicated and ambiguous the world

actually is... The same kind of thing draws me to ancient ethics, which is all about how to live well. Everyone you’ll ever meet has a life, will want to live well and --if pressed the right way- will have a hard time saying exactly what that “living well” means. If you can get them to take the bait, boom: you’re doing philosophy.

Rollins has made an impact on Erik—so much so that he describes his first experience teaching here as a life-defining moment, albeit a bizarre one.

Currently the Director of Student and Faculty Engagement in the Rollins Holt Program, and teaching a 300-level ICE class next semester, it’s safe to say that Dr. Erik Kenyon isn’t leaving us just yet.

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College media flooded with polarized commentary in wake of student suspension In an effort to protect privacy, Rollins fell victim to fake news sources and received backlash from the community. However, Rollins’ lack of official commentary on the subject makes it difficult for students, faculty, and alumni to formulate their own opinions on the issue.

Jojo Peloquin Writer These past couple of weeks have been very telling about the Rollins College community. At the beginning of last week, one of Rollins’ students accused the school of suspending him for challenging a Muslim professor with his Christian beliefs. He took this story to one of Central Florida’s least-known, rightwing blogs—the Central Florida Post—where Jacob Engels covered the story.

This student claimed that he challenged his professor’s tolerance of a fellow student’s radical Islamic hate speech, which allegedly persecuted homosexuals. From there, it was said that this professor reported the student for being disruptive and sending threatening e-mails after receiving a failing grade on an essay.

Part of his suspension stated that the student must refrain from going to class and communicating with or coming close to the professor. Yet, soon after, the student was accused of showing up to the class after being suspended; he claimed that he was having dinner at the time of the class.

This student’s claim of being unjustly suspended by the school for a difference of opinion is not only unfounded, conflicted by the student’s own behavior; it also completely contradicts Rollins College’s mission statement.

Consequently, the majority of

campus has been wary and quick to question the validity of the blog post in question.

Central Florida Post seemed like a questionable media source to many, but Engels included a copy of the student’s suspension notice, along with a picture of the student at dinner at the time he was accused of being in the classroom after his suspension, so it seemed as if there was some truth behind the post. According to rumors, some students believed that the professor was just inexperienced and unsure of how to handle disruptive students, while others sympathized with the professor and made it clear that the student’s disruptive, passive threats were handled properly.

Some believed that because the letter of his suspension said “summarily suspended,” it meant that Rollins was following protocol of protecting its students and faculty; Rollins requires documented evidence before summarily suspending anyone.

But, one of the major flaws of the article and evidence is Jacob Engels, the founder of the site. When the article circulated Monday morning, I decided to read the ‘About’ section of Central Florida Post with one of my classmates; we read that the site was a conservative news source informing readers about controversial topics and protecting Christian values against Islamic ideals. The obvious bias of the source is a bit concerning, but it does not ruin the credibility of

the evidence presented; there are plenty of news sources, like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Fox News, that are biased.

What is more questionable is Jacob Engels’ action of immediately removing the ‘About’ section and replacing it with, “The Central Florida Post is dedicated to providing bold, engaging, and provocative content to readers across Central Florida, the state of Florida, and the United States. We publish the stories that mainstream media sources are too afraid to tackle.” When I e-mailed the site asking for a statement about the sudden change in mission, I never received a response.

Another major factor that made students unsure of the article was the fact that Rollins College had not issued a statement about the incident. Their lack of vocalisation made Rollins appear guilty; however—and this must be noted—the school’s absence of commentary was due to legal obligation. Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Rollins is legally obligated to protect the privacy of its students; the best statement they were able to offer was a lengthy but vague reminder of the college’s purpose.

President Cornwell made an immediate reminder to the college of its mission to promoting diversity and inclusion of all peoples. The e-mail and statement was sent out on the morning of Tuesday, March 28. One specific quote illustrating Roll-

the accusations against the college, the group prepared for the worst; however, they were extremely pleased with incredibly respectful dialogue. The community discussion allowed students to express their concerns on how to handle “alternative facts,” respectfully debate hate speech, make talks more attractive for staunch liberal and conservative supporters, and whether or not we have lost unity of the country and community.

Because of the suspended student’s claim, Rollins received hate mail from all over the country, and innocent students were attacked on social media by outsiders. The college fell victim to the dangers of following a single news source without verification.

Due to the student’s reinstatement in the school, many have concluded that some of his story may have been credible.

But looking at his reinstatement letter shows that his claim of being suspended for a “difference in opinion” was not entirely accurate. This student was proved to be aggressive and disrespectful in class, and there is a significant difference between challenging an opinion and being aggressive.

Whether or not the Central Florida Post was accurate, slightly accurate, or not accurate at all, it is best to question outlandish claims before sharing them—the disruption to Rollins’ academic environment is proof to the need for critical thinking in an era of fake news.

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ins’ lack of specified commentary on the issue reads: “When there are conflicts—there always have been and always will be— we will not adjudicate them in the court of public opinion, but rather through our clearly defined policies and carefully executed procedures that protect the safety, dignity, and well-being of all members of our campus community.”

According to Doug Clark, Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications, the college is unable to give a statement just to clear its name; in any other situation, private information on a student’s behavior and suspension would not be given to the student body. In this case, the student who made the claim was responsible for leaking the information. It was not until Thursday afternoon that students were able to gather together to identify facts in a Tars Talk with each other and the administration.

Thursday afternoon’s Tars Talk was hosted by students from a Muslim film course offered at Rollins. Kamil Fadel ‘17, SJ Renfroe ‘18, Sam Sadeh ‘18, Micah Bradley ‘17, and Sinead McDonald ‘19 decided to put together the discussion to clear the stigma left by fake news surrounding their college, which they hold such admiration for.

They were inspired by each other’s passion, so at the last minute, they put together the talk, which was open to all students, faculty, and administration.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Greek Week activities resume under theme of FSL unity After some confusion as to whether or not Greek Week would happen at all, the fraternities and sororities at Rollins came together for what became “FSL Unity Week.”

Sianna Boschetti

Writer

The time-honored tradition of Greek Week returned this past week, with all fraternities and sororities involved in what the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has dubbed “FSL Unity Week.” Events included a mixture of Greek Week staples (including dodgeball) and events designed to better align the values of Rollins’ FSL community with those of the college. This year’s events were especially aimed at uniting the FSL community in the wake of the recent fraternity suspension.

India Grant ’19, Vice President of Programs for the Roll-

ins Panhellenic Association and member of Non Compis Mentis, noted the success of Unity Week: “I felt like the events were a good start to bringing our community back together. While not all of them were centered around ‘fun,’ they each had a different way of uniting our organizations,” Grant said. She added, “My favorite event was tug-ofwar because it was extremely high-energy; everyone got really into cheering for their team and their friends’ teams.”

For the first Greek Week event on Monday night, speaker David Stollman visited campus to discuss breaking stereotypes of Greek life and taking pride in being a member of the

Greek community. Greek Week favorites dodgeball and tug-ofwar returned on Tuesday and Wednesday, and festivities ended on Thursday evening with the annual Cook-Off. An ongoing event called the Bill Battle encouraged members to donate to charity by placing single dollar bills in their team’s box–or, alternatively, by placing higher bills in another team’s box to lower their score. All proceeds were donated to charity.

Juan Diego Medrano ’17, Secretary of Lambda Chi Alpha, felt that the theme of unity and the traditional Greek Week structure resulted in an odd combination. “I feel that Greek Week, this year, was deprived of its com-

petitive essence,” Medrano said.

“The events haven’t changed much since last year, but everyone’s energy lacks a certain edge because unity and competition tend not to mix well. That’s why dodgeball holds a special place in my heart; you can’t take the victory lust out of dodgeball.”

Medrano added, “FSL has certainly gone to great lengths to bring us, the Greek community, together, and we can’t ignore the intention there, but I do wonder if this only serves to remind us all of past difficulties during a week where we might want to move on instead.”

Unity Week may be over, but the FSL community is still working towards improvement. “The

speaker we had on Monday, David Stollman, really hit the nail on the head when he identified one of our biggest issues as apathy,” Grant said. “If the general members of our organizations continue to be apathetic towards their own events and towards other organizations’ events, then it will be impossible for us to maintain a strong community.

We need to stick together and start caring about ourselves and each other.”

To contribute your voice on FSL matters, consider attending one of the open meetings held by the Rollins Panhellenic Association in Bush 176 every Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Community engagement through Farmworker Awareness Week Dr. Newcomb’s Honors class, Global Cultures, hosted Farmworker Awareness Week on campus from March 27-31.

Rebecca Candage

Copy Editor

Last week, Rollins’ annual Farmworker Awareness Week was hosted by the Honors 202 class “Global Cultures” with help from JUMP. Dr. Rachel Newcomb, Professor of this Honors course, was inspired to take charge of the week through past Immersions to the Hope CommUnity Center and the Farmworker’s Association.

“As one of the directors of the Honors program, I am always looking for ways to infuse community engagement into the Honors curriculum. The Apopka community organizations, Farmworker Association and HOPE Community Center, have been de facto neighborhood partners, and we’ve had several immersion trips in that area where students have learned more about the challenges farmworkers face in their lives.”

She decided her “Global Cultures” class was the perfect

way to promote a dialogue and education about farmworkers this year. “I knew they would do an amazing job publicizing farmworker issues during Farmworker Awareness week.”

In conjunction with universities and organizations throughout the nation, the “Global Cultures” class hosted several events throughout the week to promote farmworkers’ visibility and provide aid to them. A long-sleeve shirt drive was conducted by a group of students; these shirts are important commodities, as they help limit farmworkers’ exposure to the sun and pesticides.

Premiering on Thursday, March 30, Harvest of Shame, illustrated this need in a new light.

“I was a part of the group that organized the documentary showing. I am glad we could offer an inside look, through Harvest of Shame, at the difficult lives of these farmworkers.

Even though it was made years ago, it was like we were seeing footage from today,” said Katie

Pearce, ’19. Farmworkers in the film faced terrible working conditions—went without proper bathrooms, water, and protection from harmful pesticides— and received pay insufficient to purchase basic housing, nutritious food, or proper care for their children.

The farmworkers’ hard work in spite of these conditions was exemplified in a showing of Danny Franco’s photography, which was exhibited on the television screen outside Olin Library and in the Campus Center’s Bieberbach-Reed room.

Morgan Snoap ’20 stated, “…my group organized [the] photography exhibit… Danny’s photographs showed various images from a farmworker’s day in the fields. His images are incredibly beautiful, and… bring further awareness to the farmworkers in America that literally feed the country.”

There were also several tabling events in the Campus Center throughout the week. One

was the “Farmer’s Market,” an ironically-named event explaining the unfairness of farmworkers’ pay. Other events served to educate students or to encourage them to write their senators and signing petitions to improve conditions for farmworkers.

Overall, the tabling proved to be a success. One of the helpers, Shannon Sullivan ’20, reflected, “I think it is really important that Rollins acknowledges the farm working community that has provided us with so much and even works and lives in close proximity to our college…. we had a fair amount of people interested in learning more about farmworkers’ wages, especially within Florida.”

Maliha Qureshi ’20, another student involved in tabling, stated, “We are really grateful we have such a platform, here at Rollins, to be able to spread awareness about the farmworkers who help us get the goods that we use every day. Farmworker Awareness Week is just a

small thing we as a community can be a part of to bring awareness to the injustices that these vital people face so we can live our privileged lives.”

When asked what students can do to help, Dr. Newcomb responded, “Be aware of specific campaigns led by groups like Farmworker Association and the Coalition for Immokalee Workers to make lives better for farmworkers, to receive a decent wage for their work, and limit their exposure to pesticides.”

Why should students and staff care?

“We should care about farmworkers because they plant, grow, and harvest our food for us, and they do the work nobody else wants to do, for prices most people would refuse to be paid,” said Dr. Newcomb. While waiting for another eventful National Farmworker Awareness Week next year, keep your eyes open for ways you can help your local farmworkers year-round.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Satire or just sad?

Trump in popular media One writer examines the negative impact that light-hearted satire of President Trump could have on future generations.

Nicholas D’Alessandro

Writer

Do you remember when our generation was younger and we would peek at the television and see whatever our parents were watching? Many of our childhood years transpired during the Bush era, and so everywhere that we looked, someone would be making jokes about George.

Saturday Night Live had impressions out the wazoo, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report affirmed their strength with handling both hard-hitting news and humor, and most other shows found ways to really settle into some kind of political satire.

Bush was an easy target and he did lots of stuff to upset people, so he was naturally joked about.

Speaking personally, I started watching The Colbert Report at too young an age, when I had no idea what he was talking about... most of the time.

Although the blue comedy flew over my head, I always understood his jokes about Bush being a silly dumb man.

Those kinds of jokes made e l e ve n - ye a r old me laugh.

Though I had the basest understanding of politics, and though I was utterly lost in these episodes, those quips stung with truth.

Our President was dumb and everyone on television seemed to agree.

We reached our adolescence and eventual maturity under Obama and the tone of pop culture shifted. Obsession and devotion to him took over the television waves and many shows even sought out cameos of the people involved in the Obama administration (I’m looking at you, Parks & Recreation). I think, regardless of childhood political leanings, perhaps we had a more familiar feeling towards these people because the people

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we liked on television liked the people in charge as well. Things were different in the political scope of our childhoods.

Now, things have changed yet again—but I don’t need to tell you that. The people who were our age now when Bush was elected are now in their mid30s, and I suddenly feel a kinship to the many grown-ups I loved to watch obliterate our Commander-in-Chief in my childhood.

These people were creating television and movies and very poor quality YouTube videos to express just how much they disliked their President. When I was kid, I didn’t understand. He was just an odd old man, right?

I’m sure that children today think that Trump is hilarious, from whatever they’re allowed to see on television. He looks pretty funny, whether you like him or not. Plus, he’s abrasive and loud and makes weird voices. Impressions of him are always funny.

Y e t , this is disheartening to me. I realize that if I was my age now when Bush was president, I would not have been a fan. However, when I see him around, I still have the old, “Look, it’s our silly Texas uncle” feeling. I worry for the younger generation having this feeling that Trump is simply a clown, flouncing through pop culture and leaving chaos in his wake. I only hope that, when they are our age, they see him as the dangerous storm that know him to be today—so that, hopefully, we don’t ever elect someone like him again.

I recommend watching The Daily Show whenever you can. Trevor Noah brings a little peace of mind while making you laugh; he is the master of laughing during these truly ridiculous times.

Bush was an easy target and he did lots of stuff to upset people, so he was naturally joked about.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Rollins golf dominates at Barry Women’s Invitational The Rollins women’s golf team came in first place at the Barry Women’s Invitational on March 28 and moved into eighth place nationally, taking on tough opponents from Lynn, Barry, and Florida Southern.

Ellie Rushing

Staff Writer

On Tuesday, March 28, the defending national champions of Rollins’ Women’s Golf team traveled to Miami Lakes, FL to compete in the Barry Women’s Invitational. The Tars passed this grand seasonal test with flying colors, winning the tournament by 10 strokes.

The Tars entered the final round of the tournament ahead of 10th-ranked Lynn by six strokes.

In the end, Rollins left the course with a score of 290, which was the top score of the day. In fact, Rollins’ seven-over 871 (292-289-290) is 29 shots better than their previous 54-hole season best at the Lady Moc Invitational hosted by

Florida Southern.

Although top-ranked Barry University came second in the tournament with a 17-over-par score of 881, the Rollins Women’s team came out on top, proving their easy dominance and eagerness for the postseason.

Seher Atwal ‘20 played an incredible tournament and ended up vaulting Rollins securely into first place. Her final round included just one bogey to supplement four birdies. She ended up tying for fourth overall—shooting a career best of 69 shots—and left with a score one-over at 217.

Paige Lyle ‘17 and Selin Timur ‘20 ended up tying for sixth, both with scores two-over at 218. They continued to match each other throughout the course and had

identical scores.

Rollins’ women golfers continue to progress through their season showing strength in their ability to defend last year’s national championship and return once again. Winning this tournament after coming in 2nd the week before at Augustana Spring Fling in California illustrates their focus and overall potential. The team has two more regular-season matches before beginning postseason play with the SSC Conference. The team travels to Sarasota, FL to participate in the Harvard Invitational on April 1 and 2. Until then, keep up to date with all Rollins sports at www. rollinssports.com.

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