The Sandspur

Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: News

Media Credit: Nicole Fluet

This year's major/minor fair was a huge success. Rollins students were immersed in a plethora of options for majors and minors one can pursue. Enthused professors dressed up in bizarre ways to show their support for majors in their department. Classics Studies Professor Rubarth wore a traditional toga, which is actually a 30-foot woolen linen wrapped around the body. Greeks would wear these draped over their left arm, symbolic of holding a shield. They would also wear them in the senate to minimize the possibility of fistfights.

Many freshman RCC students were required to attend the event. In order to enforce this rule, Explorations director Doug Little took attendance with a state-of-the-art portable R-Card Reader. The last time this amazing device was used was for the Ice Cream Social last Friday. Hopefully this will be implemented more often in the future.

Said one Rollins freshman, Katherine, "it was very informative." Oftentimes the information students crave about different majors is not conveyed, and they don't have enough available information to make the best decision.

Another Rollins student, Alex said, "It changed my life. The major minor fair was a light at the end of the tunnel for choosing my major." As it is for many. Students came into the major minor fair, scared, unsure of what they would want to do with their life. By this afternoon, students were enlightened and assured of their life's purpose.

Deciding a major is a large part of the college experience. As a matter of fact, undergraduates change their major in the US an average of four times. This is representative of the changes one goes through in college. A very popular thing for students to do is to register as Undeclared, allowing you to explore many different options for majors before making a decision. Fox aired a show several years ago, 'Undeclared', about life in a typical American university. Unfortunately, the series was cancelled after one season.

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