THE REPORTER
Seeking The Truth At Stetsok University-
Volume CXIX Issue 14
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By MELISSA PANCOAST •
Friday's tornados hit Stetson harder than most students realize. Six miles
outside of town, on the other side of Lake Beresford is a piece of land that
Stetson's crew calls home. Our home is now barely recognizable. The structure that housed more than half a million dollars worth in boats (and many
more memories} crumbled like match sticks and the boats themselves, constructed to be light and swift, lie in pieces beneath it. ^
There are decks strewn about, reminders of the spirit of Stetson crew. A bow
emblazoned with the name of one of our two founders' "in memory of Katherine
Bryan" protrudes at an awkward angel from the pile of rubble while the bow of the
**y first boat to finish in the top 5 at the Dad Vail Regatta, "Never Half Fast" rests 50
^/k yards away from the rest of its hull.
Since 1988 a small but dedicated group of athletes have assembled at this lake to
train. The crew has persisted tenaciously over the last 19 years, at many points
j^.. owing success only to its athletes' enthusiasm and the generosity of others.";
^^\&" ~~ For the most part, these young men and women walked on to the team;
■■^^^^%/'"~" - choosing during their collegiate years to take on the world's most
^" 1Vl\ » , .physiologically demanding sport." They have built"a program against
odds, hurricanes, burglaries, and injuries; challenging these obstacles
-, with discipline, endurance, sacrifice, lots of work, .love, passion, *
and joy.
Our site is a 100% loss. The home we have built with our
effort and dedication lays wasted along with the 2000 other
** homes claimed by Friday's storm. Though it hurts to see
the destruction, and worse to wait for insurance adjusters to validate claims, we are going to do just exactly
what the rest of those left homeless in Volusia,
Lake, Sumter and Seminole counties are doing; ^
we're going to pick up the mess and move for-^'*
ward.
Many friends have been concerned
Jxabout what this will mean for the rest of
;y our season. It's too early to know
, f" what equipment will be. restored this
«***-' year. Thanks to the tight knit «ij,w£jj
2007 Homecoming
Anticipates New
Traditions
By CAITLIN HUGHES
The Alumni Association and
the Student Alumni Association
have decided to invite specified
groups to the 2007 Homecoming
in addition to the standard highlighted classes. The specified
groups, namely Honors Program
Scholars, Football team members,
and Residential Life, were decided upon due to anniversaries
and exciting developments in their
related fields, such as the construction of Residence Hall A
and Maxcy Hall.
In addition to the anniversaries
of the Honors Program and Football
(fifty years in existence and fifty
years since, existence, respectively) is
the half century anniversary of the
university's Alpha Chi Omega chapter.
Events for Honors and Football will
consist of an honorary ceremony and
a flag and relaxed rules football challenge. The music school and community also have a few noteworthy items
on this year's agenda.
At the request of Dean
Woodward, Harold Milne "Prof
Giffin, longtime Chorus Director and
professor of Music, will be honored
for what would have been his 100th
birthday. The honoring of Prof Griffin
will be coupled with the honoring of
Dean Woodward who recently announced his retirement. Other music
related events, such as Stetson Idol 3
and the Griffin competition, will also
take place during Homecoming weekend to further publicize the music
community.
Another highlighted group is
the Roland George Investment Program. The celebration of the 26th anniversary of the financial investment
group will consist of a reunion dinner
and a four hour tutorial on managing
a personal portfolio led by Roland
George professors and students.
Along with extending the Homecoming focus to specified groups, numerous other changes are occurring,
such as events beginning on Thursday
rather than Friday. There are even
changes in this year's Homecoming
website, with message board options
please see HOMECOMING C2
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MAGGIE ABRAHAM
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»LIFE
Emily Sawyer gives the scoop
on Little Miss Sunshine.
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OPINIONS
Pat and Pat debate Hillary
Clinton in Talking Heads.
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»SPDRTS
Michael Hodges defends
conger cuddling.
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