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The StetsonilReporter Florida's Oddest CoUeaiate ftfewsvcmer JL. Florida's Oldest Colfcfiiate Newspaper i-.wK^S6«\5^Slfe5fejS* '4fv-s/-'s'S»y 'ki\ \ '■ ^M!ESSSftEI!Ei*fflg?E. For Your Information Benefit encore performance "Tops from Flops," featuring Riselle Bain, Marilyn Jones and Roosevelt Escalante in a revue of hit Broadway tunes from failed shows, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. Cost: $10 to benefit Stetson's Friends of Art, and includes reception afterward in Sampson Hall, with the opportunity to view Duncan Gallery art exhibits. Call (904) 822-7100 for more information. Study abroad program to be discussed Adrienne Lee of Nottingham-Trent University will be discussing the study abroad program in Nottingham. v The program will be held at 2:30 on Feb. 27, in Room 206 in Elizabeth Hall. Call Ext. 8165 for more information. ReporterXo be distributed later The Stetson Reporter may appear on the stands later in the day on Tuesdays from now on. Look for the Reporter in the early afternoon. Calendar of Events Tuesday, Feb. 13 BSU Lunch (Allen Hall) " " Noon Intervarsity meets (Night Lites) 6:30 p.m. Faculty Rec. (Elizabeth Hall Audit.) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14 Valentine's Day Counseling Center lunch (PDR) Noon Thursday, Feb. 15 TFlaTne: O-ataeach Meeting (Night lAta})6-.0Q p.m. BSU Vespers (Allen HaU) 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Elizabeth Hall Auditorium) Saturday, Feb. 17 CLAST (LBC) AASA: Black Opera (location TBA) Sunday, Feb. 18 Daytona 500 Wesley House Celebrates Life CCM Mass (Nite Lights) 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:45 p.m. If you or your organization has information for this column, send it to the Reporter at Campus Box 8409, attention News Department. Or contact the Reporter via e-mail. On the VAX, our address is REPORTER. Via the Internet: [email protected] The deadline for submissions is the Thursday before the release is to appear. Stetson fat spotlight on the issues The tax dollar in '96 Estimates for where the federal tax dollar will go in fiscal year 1996, by function: Welfare Social Security National defense mmom g 0* 21.40 1 15.60 I " 1 § H IIP Health, medical Interest on debt Other Former student sues Stetson Stacy Gum Ihe Stetson Reporter- Former Stetson student and cross country runner Sheryl Ann Villeneuve is suing the university for over $15,000 due to a fall on the fire escape of Chaudoin Hall in September 1992. "In response to a fire alarm which had been intermittently sounding since her stay in the dormitory began, and while making her way down an exterior metal fire escape, [she] was caused to slip and fall by the existence of moisture on the steps and the lack of slip-resistant material attached thereto, causing her injury," says the lawsuit filed with the DeLand Court House on Jan. 11. Kim Michael Cullen, Villeneuve's attorney in Winter Park said, "We want to make sure her medical expenses are taken care of and if she has any problems in the future, they're taken care of. That's all we're trying to do." Cullen said that now they are waiting for Stetson to answer the law suit. Stetson's attorney, Mack Cleveland, said although he will not be handling the case, "It's early in the game [for a comment] because Stetson just got served the other day." Cleveland said that the University would not have anything to say about the case at this time. Cullen said due to the fall, Villeneuve has been diagnosed with compartment syndrome, considered a permanent condition. "She's been running cross country since high school. Now she has a lot of diffi- Photo by Elisa Zepeda Kerry Blackshear hits a jumper after blowing past two Campbell defenders Thursday in Edmunds Center. See story on page 8. Commons hours remain unchanged David Young fhe Stetson Reporter. "Really, it doesn't matter what the issue is. It's really who you talk to that makes a difference." This statement by SGA President Rachel Ward perhaps best sums up why an SGA bill calling for a change in the opening and closing times of the Commons has faced several obstacles to becoming a reality. ■ The bill, passed by SGA at an Oct. 24,1995 senate meeting, would change the opening time of the Commons from 7 to 7:30 a.m., and the closing time from 6:30 to 7 p.m. The bill was initially proposed because there are many activities, such as athletics, that "keep the Stetson student from coming into the Commons" by the 6:30 closing time, according to Ward. SGA Food Services Committee Chairman Jeff Pointe said that before the bill's passage members of the Food Services Committee, which was given the task of researching the bill, discussed the issue with Food Services officials. . Pointe noted that the committee conducted "word of mouth" surveys of students in the Commons, which revealed that many students, particularly student-athletes, were in favor of the change. Pointe said that uncertainty about the effects of the change in hours, and miscommunication between officials in Food Services and the Business and Finance department, have led the two departments to postpone making the contract changes needed for the time shift to take effect. " Vice President for Business and Finance Ann Graham, who has the final say in the decision to change the hours in the Commons, said she was unaware of the SGA bill to change the hours in the Commons until reading about it in the Reporter last December. "Up until now, there hasn't been a vehicle to convey [SGA views] to me," said Graham, noting that there is now more direct communication between her and student government than there was before the Commons bill.' Pointe said the issue would be discussed further by the SGA Senate and that student government is forming a petition of students supporting the change. Food Services Director Elliot Palmer said the delay stemmed from a need for the bill to be further discussed by SGA and campus officials. Graham said that alternative ideas being discussed by the included closing the Hat Rack during see FOOD, page 2 culty running," said Cullen, "She can't do it the way she used to, not as far and not as regularly." According to Dr. James D; Godwin of the Volusia Medical Center, in patients with the condition "increased pressure in an anatomically defined space in the extremities and the compromise brought on by the defined space cuts off nerve function and blood and may kill the muscles." Godwin said the problem can be caused by a fall. Villeneuve's allegations against Stetson are for "Negligently failing to maintain the premises of Chaudoin Hall in a reasonably safe condition; or Negligently failing to maintain the fire alarm system of Chaudoin Hall in such a manner that it was caused to sound in the absence of fires, causing students to evacuate the building on each of these occasions; or Negligently failing to correct a dangerous condition found at Chaudoin Hall which the Defendant either knew or should have known by the use of reasonable care; or Negligently failing to warn the Plaintiff of a dangerous condition which the Defendant had, or should have had, knowledge, greater than that of the Plaintiff." The suit says, Villeneuve "was caused to suffer bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, and medical and nursing care and treatment. These losses are either permanent or continuing in nature, and Sheryl Ann Villeneuve will suffer these losses in the future." Fire burns door in Nemec Andrew D. Dehnart The Stetson Reporter_ Suspected arson disrupted the sleep of residents in the Delta pod of Nemec Hall early last Friday morning. The glass on the door was broken late Monday night, and replaced with plywood by Facilities Management that evening. Apparently, someone held a flame to the plywood, which started the fire. The door only needed to be repaired, not replaced, as the fire was contained to the plywood and the upper portion of the door. Around 1 a.m., a resident assistant "observed that the east door on upper Delta was smoldering," said Michelle Espinosa, acting director of residential life. She said that the R.A. called Public Safety, who used Delta's fire extinguisher1 to put the fire out. Jim Myers, chief of public safety, said the DeLand Police Department will help in the investigation. Myers said they are unsure if the arsonist was a Stetson student. Espinosa expressed concern that frequent fire alarms cause residents to be indifferent when they hear an alarm. "We run a risky situation when students become dulled to alarms," Espinosa said. "We want [students] to understand that you must evacuate the building. False alarms are dangerous problems," said Myers. "This is not acceptable. ... it puts a lot of people at great risk. This is a message to those who are pulling the prank alarms." R.A.S are trained in fire safety and know how to use fire extinguishers, according to Espinosa, who said they "use their judgement in those situations." Myers said the R.A. "saw more of a smoldering, and didn't see it as a situation to" use the fire extinguisher. Espinosa said Residential Life, in conjunction with the Fire Marshal, was planning an in-service program to train RA's in fire safety. <"<• Republican TEVE FORBE - PROFILE - Name:Steve Forbes . Age: 49 Current Occupation: CEO/President of Forbes, Inc.; Ed-in-Ghief of Forbes. Political Experience: none Education: B.A. History, Princeton Married to:Sabina Children: five daughters On Government and Taxes: "...across the board tax cuts that are deep and wide and permanent, that reach down to all Americans and get the suffocating weight ofthe IRS off their backs. Start by scrapping the tax code.... Replace it with a pro-growth, pro-family tax cut that lowers tax rates to 17 percent across the board and expands exemptions for individuals and children so that a family of four would pay no taxes on the first $36,000 of income." On Experience: "I decided to run because this country needs a total outsider in the White House, someone who can break the old patterns, unlock the stranglehold the political class has on American life.... We need leadership from outside the Beltway, a certified non-member ofthe political class, to steer us back to the basic values of freedom and economic growth that made this country great." On Values: "The family is the irreducible foundation of any civil, just and humane society and cannot be replaced. And the liberal, ideological attempts to do so have disastrously ripped our social fabric. ... Values mean respecting parents enough to return control of the schools to them. That means giving parents the means to educate their children in the school of their choice.... Values mean welfare programs that help people rather than destroy them. Values mean real prison sentences for violent crimes." On Am erica: "America is at a fork in the road: we can give in to those demands, let ourselves be run — and run into the ground — by the political class, just as other nations have: done before us. Or, as Americans have always done, we can choose a future in which government is smaller and America is bigger — with more freedom, growth, opportunity, and hope for everyone." sasss