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If you have further questions, please call (904)373-6907. College lepubiicons fo be on 1490 AM The President of the College Republicans, Jeff Tanner, will be interviewed live on ihe Al Everson News talk show on 1490 AM at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28. The one hour program will include discussion of current events. :almmi of Events Tuesday, Sept.26 BSU Lunch, Allen Hall Noon College Republicans (Elizabeth 322) 6:00 p.m. Intervarsity meets (Night Lites) 6:30 p.m. Faculty Recital (Elizabeth Hall Aud.) 7:30 p.m.' Thursday, Sept. 28 Flame Outreach Meeting (Night Lites) 6:00 p.m.' BSU Vespers (Allen HaU) 6:30 p.m.' Friday, Sept. 29 Art Lecture (rm. 5L, duPont-Ball Lib.) 1:30 p.m. Ceramic Wkshp (Sampson Hall) 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 Men's Soccer vs. UNC Asheville Women's Volleyball vs FA Sunday, Oct 1. Wesley House Celebrates Life CCM Mass (Night Lites) Tuesday, Oct. 3 Reporter issued Music Recital (Elizabeth Hall Aud.) 4:00 p.m 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m 8:45 p.m 7:30 p.m. If you or your organization has information for this column, send it to the Reporter at Campus Box 8409, attention News Department The deadline for submissions is the Thursday before the release is to appear. SAFAC postpones allocation of funds Tara Mitchell The Stetson Reporter Due to a lack of funding requests, last week's Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC) meeting was postponed. Very few organizations submitted SAFAC applications requesting funds, said SGA Vice President Lindsey Brown. SGA President Rachel Ward pointed out that of the 90 organizations notified of the meeting, only 12 applications for funding were received. The meeting, originally scheduled for Sept. 19, was set two weeks earlier than last year. The earlier date contributed to the lack of response because some groups were just beginning to get organized, said Ward. "The organizations were not prepared," explained Ward. She noted that advisors and organization members asked for extensions. The next SAFAC meeting was slated for the first week of October, although no exact date has been set. SAFAC allocates the $85 student life fee paid by undergraduate students every year. The proposed program(s) for groups requesting funding must benefit the entire student body in order to receive SAFAC funding. © Jit9JiJllC?Jy a By Andrew Dehnart The Stetson Reporter I hirty years later, one of Walt Disney's dreams is about to be realized on 4,900 acres near Kissimmee. The opening of Celebration next Fall will mark the partial completion of one of Disney's dreams. Celebration is an innovative, integrated community that combines the best in community living, education, health care, technology, and architecture. Celebration will reflect Disney's original ideas for EPCOT, a theme park at Walt Disney World. Those are best expressed in the acronym itself: it was to be an Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. For various reasons, Disney Imagineers crafted EPCOT into a permanent world's fair, showcasing the cultures of other nations as well as technological innovations. Celebration will be that community of tomorrow. Stetson University is involved with the educational aspects of the community: the Celebration Teaching Academy, with programs operated by Stetson, will open in October 1997. This involvement in Celebration "has the potential to take Stetson from a regional to a national university," said Dr. Larry S. Rosen, Stetson professor and director of the Academy. The Celebration Teaching Academy Education for Celebration children will be state-of-the art and research oriented. Through a unique public and private partnership, three entities have joined to create education at Celebration. The Osceola County School District, Stetson, and The Celebration Company have developed a school that will initially serve 1,100 Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade students. The Celebration Teaching Academy will "provide opportunities for educators to learn, observe, and apply some of the best practices in education today." In addition to using the Celebration School for internships, under- Julie Siefkas The Stetson Reporter. An alcohol education coordinator, Alison Kinney, has been added to the student life staff to provide educational training to student organizations under the guidelines of Stetson's new alcohol policy. Kinney graduated from Louisiana State University with a master's degree in counselor education and will serve as the educational component of the policy by developing programs to inform students of the effects of using alcohol. The university's alcohol policy states that 80 percent of members of an organization wishing to have alcoholic beverages present at any function must attend educational workshops, the first of which was held Sept. 24. These mandatory hour and a half long informational sessions will inform students of the policy itself and familiarize individuals with the risks involved in drinking. In addition to attending general information workshops, the organizations are obligated to have members trained as alcohol monitors and servers. Specialized programs have been coordinated for these positions. If a student violates the alcohol policy, the Judiciary Board decides whether the student will go through a specific workshop designed for people who have broken the policy. Kinney intends to educate students through various avenues of campus life, including residence hall programs and a possible curriculum within the University Experience course, although no definite plans have been confirmed with UE professors. "I want to start meeting with Alison Kinney students, leaders of organizations, counselors of Greek houses, head residents, and RAs to set up programs soon." The alcohol education coordinator does not hold any administrative authority, nor has any voice in judiciary or policy making concerns. "I want to be someone that students can communicate to when they see something on campus because I'm not a counselor or an administrator, so to speak, so if someone had a friend that they were worried about, they could come here." Kinney encourages students to attend the alcohol workshops and to contact her office, located in the Carlton Student Union building, for information concerning any aspect of alcohol education awareness. "I have a special in interest in college students. Traditional college students are going through one of the most important times in their lives and are making huge decisions. I think it's interesting to observe and be a part of." graduate students at Stetson will have the opportunity to directly utilize the Teaching Academy. The Celebration School will operate as a professional development school offering "an extended apprenticeship approach where students work together in cohort groups," Rosen said. Instead of typical teacher education, the professional development school will explore "new ways to train teachers" through the extended apprenticeship approach. Rosen said, "Stetson students, perhaps in conjunction with students from other universities, would be part of a cohort group to pilot a new way to prepare teachers." © Disney In addition, business students could benefit. "The New Enterprise program is taking high school students and going into the community and allowing them to learn by working at jobs and actually running businesses, and Stetson business students could participate in and help facilitate that program," Rosen said. "We'll be bringing the top educators in the world to present their ideas, so the Teaching Academy will be truly a center for education and teacher training," Rosen said. More than 4,500 teachers from around the nation will be served by the Academy. In addition, the Acad- see DISNEY, pag® 2 [evelops proactive plan David Young The Stetson Reporter_ Prevention is the key to controlling campus crime, according Jim Myers, the new head of the Department of Public Safety. "Proactive security," in the form of-crime awareness programs and informational seminars, as well as keeping students informed about campus crime, is a major goal of Public Safety, said Myers who took the position of chief of public safety on Sept.18. Myers, 26, graduated from Stetson in 1991 with a Bachelors degree in business administration. He served in several positions with Public Safety as a student, and held the position of captain upon graduating. "I was a student myself, and so I know I'm a person that can sympathize with the student population," said Myers, who encouraged students to come talk to him about Public Safety issues. Myers, who served as an officer for the DeLand Police Department for 3 1/2 years before returning to Public Safety, noted that he hoped for increased cooperation between the two departments, adding that "it would be a nightmare if the two departments didn't work together." "We have to remember that we are a public safety office...we have certified security personnel, Class D security officers, but we're not sworn law enforcement. We have to understand that crime will occur on campus where police assistance is necessary and police reports must be . filed," Myers said. Myers said he will be conducting an "internal audit" of the Public Safety Department in order to find "things we need to take care of" both within the department and on campus. Keeping the Stetson community informed about campus crime and prevention, through Public Safety bulletins and a weekly section in the Reporter, will continue to be a goal of the department, Myers said. One program idea suggested by Myers was "a brief session on parking and traffic" for incoming students and their parents, adding that "the importance of that is to let them know that we're out here, but we're not seen as an enemy to them." see SAFETY, page 2 Florida Leader features Ward The cover o£ the current issue of Florida Leader magazine features Stetson's SGA President Rachel Ward. In the "On the Cover" section, Florida Leaoferdescribed Ward, 21, as ?n involved student. The senior told the magazine, "I du a lot because I enjoy the activities. I don' I do it for the recognition, but for the way it makes me feel when I help others." Ward, a psychology major, explained to Florida Leader thai "I go after leader- ship positions because there's a need for change."