The Sandspur

Issue date: 10/16/06 Section: Life & Times

Media Credit: Andres Lester-Coll The Paintball Club, featured here, is one of the new clubs of interest at Rollins.

This School year, '06-'07, many new exciting things have come to Rollins College for its students. Some of these new things include many new exciting clubs filling all different curiosities. From arty clubs such as the craft club to sports clubs like the paintball club and interest clubs such as the philosophy/debate club and Amnesty international.

If you are looking for a care-free environment to relax will using your hands then the crafts clubs was created for you. The goal for this clubs, as described by the club head Sharon Riegsecker, '08, "is to create peaceful and relaxing environment through craft". She feels, and most of us can agree that with all the "classes and everything that we go through, most of us feel like we need an outlet" and that is what the craft club is for. The past Thursday the interested members of the club formed to discuss the next craft activity for Friday, October 26, at 12:30 p.m. in Darden. They decided for a meeting of counted cross stitch and if interested ask for prospected members RSVP to participate in the craft.

Gathering together the paintball club had their first meeting last Saturday September 30, 2006. The creator of club, La-Ron Bowden, '07, states "I wanted to start a new and different organization at Rollins that is fully of energy, excitement and an adrenaline rush". The paintball club dose indeed provides all the goals for its thrill seeking members not to mention common interests and time for people to get together and have a good relaxing time. This club goes out to different facilities every third week for a couple of hours of paintball. For those who are looking for adrenaline and are continuing or even those to whom this is completely new feel free to come to the paint ball meeting every other Thursday at 6 p.m.. in the campus center.

Lots of people have a great skill and love for arguing or debating, for these people Dr. Eric Smaw, of the philosophy department, created the philosophy/debate club. As stated by Dr. Smaw the goad of this club "is to provide Rollins with a forum in which students can debate, discuss, question, and consider various perspectives on issues that are of interest to students". Topics of the club range from include the Patriot Act, the honor code, the Iraq war, gay marriage, and the death penalty. This clubs has no roster of certain allowed members it is opened to any new coming debater. As well not like many other clubs, the debate club welcomes any audience of any interested people to come watch the debates. If you are interested come to their meetings that are held on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the Lounge in French House.

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