November 24, 2008

A Doubly Victorious Day for a Florida State Scholar and Athlete

By Sara Lipka

College Park, Md.

As the six-passenger Westwind jet began its final descent over Maryland on Saturday night, Myron L. Rolle stretched in his tan leather seat and broke into a smile.

"I'm starting to feel it—I'm not gonna lie," he said. "I'm starting to feel good."

Mr. Rolle, a Florida State University student, had boarded the plane an hour and a half earlier in Birmingham, Ala., where he was named a Rhodes scholar. Immediately after the announcement, he traded a black pinstripe

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