The Stetson Reporter

VERSITY UJ < fi, life | Last Thursday night the Edmunds Center rocked with three bands. CSA sponsored the event and presented the student body with Von Ra, Virgos Merlot, and My Friend ~ Steve as the headliner band. Every student was given one free ticket for admission. A review of the concert and interviews with the bands. [ cover, section B ] wed 14 a'pr-99 issue23 volume 111 -by kaitlin bellerose | Promising to institute some real changes like 24/7 visitation '.'in Stetson Hall, sophomores Sal Mancini and David Gobeo defeated Celeste Sakowicz and Stephanie Bauer in a SGA presidential election marked by a lack of student interest. With a total of 283 ballots cast out of a student population of approximately 2000 people, the student body showed that it did not support dynamic leaders who pledged to increase the efficiency of SGA meetings. Mancini, with 163 total votes, defeated Sakowicz by only 45 votes. .'■•'' • The platforms of Mancini and Sakowicz were very similar. Both promised to decrease the percent amount of the annual tuition increase and to expand the Domino's experiment to include more area restaurants that will ac cept student's points. Both candidates wanted to expand the effectiveness of SGA within the confines of the Board of Trustees. Both sides had a good showing at the presidential debates. As a result, voters said OT they found it very difficult to choose. z "Both sides had good platforms, q Both seem to want to help the school. It m H U UJ _i UJ was a hard choice. Either way it will be better because both candidates are qualified," stated sophomore Pete Ulanowicz. The few who did vote expressed strong opinions of the candidates for which they voted. Reasons for voting for < a candidate ranged from friendship to Ma- O chiavellian ends. - . . w. Some students voted for something they saw in the characters* of the candidates that led the ticket. "In order for the SGA to be successful, to accomplish something we need a power-hungry megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur as President: That's why I voted for Sal," said sophomore Matt Cazessus^ Jim Budke, a management major, offered his views on Sakowicz and Bauer. "I know the candidates that I voted for and know that they're committed. I like the Food Service platform," said Budke. Skepticism enveloped the election. Stephanie Adduci epitomized student weariness with SGA ineffectiveness. "They should do what they say they're going to do," Adduci explained. Current SGA President Roman Rodriguez added a bit of optimism to the elections. "They both have lots of potential and ambitious platforms. I wish them the best. I hope they'll be able to achieve what they proposed," Rodriguez said. The Presidential Inauguration for Mancini and Gobeo will be held on April 22 during the Campus Life Awards Banquet. Kaitlin Bellerose is the assistant News editor of The Reporter. Both candidates promised to decrease the percent amount of the annual tuition increase and to expand the Domino's experiment to include more area restaurants that will accept student's points. Joda^ IN THE REPORTER 00 CO NEWS: The Consensual Relations Task Force has completed a draft of their proposed policy. Story and full text of the policy, page 3a OPINIONS: A student speaks out about Kosovo, page sa LIFE: A review of an interesting, and unique Web sites, page ib SPORTS: At the close of the intramural season, a retrospective. PAGE 4B VIRGOS MUSIC; Members of the DeLand and Stetson community were taken aback by the look of Virgos Merlot when all were spotlighted on stage displaying their trandemark white eyes, photo by julie GOWAN BY JULIE GOWAN | High School group- ies5 Stetson students, and avid alternative band fans took the floor of the Edmunds Center Thursday night for the concert CSA presented. Headlining the concert was My Friend Steve, accompanied by Virgos Merlot and Von Ra. Preceding the concert were rumors of the concert counting as cultural credit and suggestions to the public to bring their own alcohol from SHE 100.3 FM. "We just didn't choose these bands by picking them out of a hat," said Maggie Elkin, a member of CSA. "The entire body of CSA did a lot of research and went to many concerts in order to select groups that we thought the student body would enjoy." Members of CSA attended various conferences and viewed differing bands that were touring the college circuit and discussed the possibilities of them playing at Stets'on. In addition to searching at conferences, CSA also went through the surveys that were received earlier on in the year where students could suggested what types of bands they would like to play at Stetson. RELATED STORIES A review of the concert and interviews with the bands. [ Life, pages 1 and 2b ] "We took the surveys very seriously I called many agents and presented them with the opportunity and gave them a bid price," said Elkin. However, ""a good portion didn't want to play a small college, or an auditorium. Dave Matthew's Band wanted us to build a theatre, the Barenaked Ladies agent practically laughed on the phone when! mentioned the student population.. The board [CSA] is dedicated to bringing quality acts, not necessary well-known acts," said Elkin. In addition to promoting the concert around campus through flyers, posting it on Domino's Pizza boxes, and advertising in The Reporter, CSA promoted the concert through SHE 100.3 FM. "A good portion of the Stetson population listens to SHE, plus Shark has personal ties with Von Ra and My Friend Steve, so it was a good thing that this worked out like that," said Elkin. Each student was guaranteed one free ticket for admission. However a problem with miscommunication occurced during the promotion preceding the concert; some thought they could bring their own alcohol and students believed the concert was going to count as cultural credit. A week before the concert, a person in advertising at SHE 100.3 FM distributed an e.mail to all staff members saying, "alcohol will not be served at the concert." "We believe people read between lines as to thinking people coming to the concert could bring their own alcohol and announced it over the air," said Elkin. "The problem was corrected immediately." "It was a miscommunication problem on our part, and it's not a big deal," said Shark, SHE 100.3's music director and one of the DJs that made the announcement. "It is just difficult to comprehend that students are only allowed to have limited amounts of [alcohol]—just beer — in their dorm rooms and nowhere else on campus. I agree college is place to get an education, but some education is done outside of the classroom, and administration can only control students and a situation for so long, A triple-act concert sparked talk because of mentions on an Orlando radio station to "BYOB" and the possiblity that the concert would count for cultural credit. but who is there to stop someone from drinking a 12-pack of beer on the way to the concert?" University policy states students who are 21 and above can alcohol in their room, limiting it to only a six- pack or 12-pack of beer, and no hard liquor like vodka or rum is permitted. X Before the concert, Elkin said, "We will not be searching bags or anything unless there is a threat or problem. Even though DeLand Police Department and Public Safety will be on duty, they will not be searching student bags." Security bands were issued to students as they walked into the Edmunds Center to keep track of students. If a student's band was removed, the student would be removed from the event. However, walking the through the doors of the Edmunds Center, students found themselves having to open up their book bags for a Public Safety officer to insure nothing of harm or substance were in them. According to one student, who asked to remain anonymous, a friend of hers walked into the Edmunds Center with a six pack of beer, including drinking cups, inside of her purse. "She walked in, got her wrist band, and walked past the officer with no problem." Another misconception brewing about campus was the concert counting as cultural credit for students if they attended. The faculty member sponsoring the event was Dr. Donald Musser of the Religious Studies department and coordinator of the Honors Program, of which Elkin is a member. Elkin was in the process of writing a proposal to the cultural credit committee for the possibility of the concert counting as cultural credit. Grady Ballenger, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the committee, said, "I need to hear a good textual argument of why this concert, out of all the others that take place on campus, would count as [ see CONCERT, page 2a ] SHARKIN PERSON: Shark of SHE 100.3 FM was the Master of Ceremonies for the concert sponsorded by CSA. photo by julie gowan K . 5 ;? D i Parking fees should be included with tuition by troy bossert | As I recently walked out of the Commons, I saw it. It was in its usual spot. The white paper flapping back and forth in the wind, disturbing my beautiful windshield. Laughing and taunting me as if it say, "ha, ha you got another one, what are you going you do about it?" Well you little white parking ticket, I'll tell you what I am going to do about it, I am writing this editorial. Can someone please, pretty please, explain how I am paying $24,000 and not getting parking privileges with that? The school somehow wants to charge an extra $20 for parking. Maybe that would be where the story ends, if it was that simple. [ read this story in Opinions, page 4a ] 1 H Grease' hits Orlando ' X i . ~7~\7 i ■"■- ""■ Sam \ Li '^i, s lepnmanded by Miss Lynch in the Broadway musical 'Grease.' photo courtsey of troika ENTERTAINMENT - . ... . ■ , -c -,i_ i [ read this story in Life, page 3b j \ \ Superstitions abound I ii among athletes, fans M by eric English | Superstition dates almost as far ;? back as language itself. The telling of stories lends }'z::j itself toward superstition. We all know what hap- -., y*. pens when you "Step on a crack" or break a mir- : /"ror- r-~ Just how superstitions originate is almost impossible to trace. In * " "". modern times sports have come to adopt their own set of supersti- •s ~_>- tions which involve the fans as well as the athletes. What is it about sports that so intrigues Americans? We watch . '*„'*... sports, play sports, read sports and talk sports. When "our" team is : ..... doing well we're on top of the world. When they're struggling to f" * ^ make the playoffs some people blame themselves. "" [ read this story in Sports, page 4b ]