The Stetson Reporter

issue 13 volume 114 LIFE: DeLeon Springs relives the Civil War page ib OPINIONS: Predictions made for the new year page 4a FCA bankrupts, Basketball program allegedly violates NCAA regulations loses use of sound system By Jorge Mondaca SPORTS EDITOR By Doreen Overstreet NEWS WRITER As of Monday, Nov. 26, the Council for Student Activities (CSA) was unable to provide sound system equipment to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) weekly meeting because of FCA's lack of funding. FCA is currently $180 in debt to CSA due to spending over their allotted amount of SAFAC (Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee) funding. FCA officer Katie Harrigan, who handles the fmancfcs of the organization, said that FCA is "in the process of, applying for emergency SAFAC funding" as well as reviewing budget options to pay for the sound equipment. "We are also looking into using T- shirt money sales to help pay CSA," said Harrigan. One of the reasons why FCA has budget difficulties is that the organization does not have "official" members who contribute annual dues. SAFAC allotted $225 to FCA in .-order to provide sound equipment every week. The organization uses the sound, equipment for student bands or musicians, like Andrew Ehrenzeller, to play, as well as for speakers, such as baseball player Orel Hershiser. Harrigan said that FCA asked for about $400 from SAFAC, but was only awarded $225. President of FCA Mark Thompson said "[I] was told that the money allotted to us would cover us for the se- mcstcr" " ■ .' CSA charges $10 forsefup, $10" for take down and $10 per hour in usage. Since FCA uses the sound equipment every week, they were charged $30 every Monday night, which worked out to be a 50 percent discount rate, according to Holli Berry, Assistant Director of Student Life. 1 CSA was unaware of exactly how much money FCA had in its SAFAC funding. "FCA signed a formal contract agreement at the beginning of the se- ynester agreeing to these terms," said Kicole Roenick, a board member of CSA. In the past, CSA has not charged for the use of its equipment. "This year we started to charge because there had been problems with equipment being tampered with," said Roenick. '* CSA has bought some new sound equipment in order to replace some of the sound equipment that had become old and damaged. Many organizations -use CSA's sound equipment besides FCA, such as sororities and fraternities, Residential Life and other various student organizations. Roenick said that CSA regrets that they cannot make exceptions for FCA on see FCA, page 2 a The university athletic department has one more thing in common with its counterparts at the three largest schools in the state: University of Florida, Florida State University, and University of Miami. They will have to go up to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Infractions Committee for the first time in the university's history as a Division I on W ^Reporter C ORRE CTIONS 1. "Students debate education and crime" NEWS, Issue 12. In the article, we spelled Karl Canty's name as Carl Canty. Contact Us 421 N. Woodland Blvd. #8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 386.822.7224 FAX 386.822.7233 reporter^ stetson.edu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Feb. 8. Much like its equivalents at UF, FSU, and Miami had to do in the 1990s, the university will have to answer questions into an alleged 15 violations that, have been broken by the men's basketball squad. , This hearing will conclude an 18- month process in which an internal investigation was conducted. This investigation found violations that occurred in . the basketball program during the tenure of Coach Murray Arnold, who resigned in December 2000. President Doug Lee said that the university first learned that the basketball program had "possible infringements" of NCAA regulations in May 2000. The discovery followed an exit interview with former player Kelly Hite, conducted by athletic director Jeffrey Altier. . "Whenever, allegations are made, we investigate all of those accusations. The depth ofthe investigation would be based on the person's, who made the allegations, credibility," said Altier. "We do this because of our-strong commitment to compliance to NCAA rules. Over the course of any year, we will have about 8-12 violations, and we will investigate them all." In June 2000, the school was contacted by Trans American Athletic Conference officials (now renamed Atlantic Sun) as to possible violations with the athletes participating in the Early Start Program. In August 2000, the NCAA contacted university officials to inform see INFRACTIONS, page 2a Student cars exceed parking space By Wesley Sun EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Finding a decent parking space at the university has always been a challenge, but several recent factors have made the search even more difficult. According to Jim Lockwood, director ofPublic Safety, the population on campus has spiked by six percent, although last year it was expected to be much; lower. As such, the university's parking problems have increased significantly. Last year, the current'parking system was established, allowing only students with the proper parking decals to park in certain locations and indicated by color. The significant increase of students on campus brought with it an influx of cars without any additional parking. Also, „ Lockwood attributes some of this ' problem to the construction on the Lynn Business Center, which has closed a parking lot on campus. "I think more underclassmen are bringing cars," said Melissa Gainey, a senior biology major. "I think a lot of this will be solved when the LBC will be completed and the parking lot there is fixed." Lockwood mentioned that one of the more popular suggestions from students is to limit the number of parking decals distributed to freshman. "There is a need for cars," said first-year student Jamie Ousley. "It is too expensive to fly home, and "besides, people come to me for rides to places. I am very glad that Stetson allows freshmen to have cars. I can go places on the weekend, such as movie theaters—that's big for me." Likewise, Lockwood is hesitant to restrict parking privileges towards first-year students. He also believes that parking for freshman is something few universities allows and is a bonus for incoming students. "Having a car is a definite plus [for first-year students]," said Lockwood. Other concerns include being sensitive to the university's "green space"—paving a new parking lot would mean taking out trees and, lawns on campus. "There weren't, any real obvious , solutions," said Lockwood. "We've \, 1M» VIOLATION: Richard Martell, a Public Safety officer, writes a ticket for a car that is illegally parked, photo art by amy rigdon got to be creative in the ways.,we come up with new parking spaces." Currently, Lockwood is working on a plan to give first-year students perimeter parking. Lockwood said that while most students live on the east side of cam- '-■■ • - - pus in Nemec, Smith and Gordis, there are approximately 250 first-year students dispersed throughout the other halls, most notably in Chaudoin. ~-» Lockwood feels that freeing up these 250 potential spaces would be a big help to the overcrowded parking lots. Lockwood's primary concern with this new idea is safety. While this plan would still allow any first-year students to own and operate a vehicle while attending the university, moving away from the center of the campus is not . quite as secure. "Safety for ---.-;, ; - ?: freshman—that's what we have to address,". said Lockwood. All of these ideas are only in the planning stages ———-—- " right' now,, -but Lockwood hopes to have them implemented as early as next year, in* the 2002 fall semester. For now, Lockwood suggests Calling Public Safety if a parking space cannot be found either in one's desig- "We've got to be creative in the ways we come up with new parking spaces." nated parking lot or at the parking lots located in Rinker Field or the Wilson Athletic Center. He mentioned that a student may leave his or her vehicle at the Public Safety Office overnight and an officer can escort them wherever they need to go. Lockwood also expressed concern regarding the number of break- ins last semester. He suggests simply locking car doors when leaving the vehicle. He mentioned that Public Safety Officers found many cars parked and unlocked in the various parking lots around campus. According to Lockwood, a locked car is a definite deterrence for would-be - criminals. ' Wesley Sun can be contacted at [email protected] Commons uses paper products to save dough By Teresa Schwarz , managing editor , A rumor began as students were leaving for the winter holidays , that the Commons would not be using the china in the future because of the massive amount of dishes that were vanishing from the cafeteria. Students who returned early from break found that the disposable products were still being used, which led many to believe the rumor. The Commons was providing paper cups and plastic ware for every meal rather than the usual china and silverware. PaulMarcaurelle, Director of Din ing Services, refuted the rumor. "[Disposable dishware] was being used when the belt was broken," said Marcaurelle. Marcaurelle said that the dish conveyor belt is now fixed, but the Commons continued to supply plastic and paper products because the. number of students who ate at the cafeteria over break did not justify the use of china, but once the majority of students,return, the china will be supplied. ! The Commons lost many pieces of china last semester, and Marcaurelle has made some changes in hopes of preventing these disappearances. "The item that we lose the most of are the soup bowls and the plastic > tumblers," said Marcaurelle. "Students take the bowls for their cereal, and the tumblers usually disappear during late night." To solve this problem, Marcaurelle has decided to place plastic bowls for cereal use, and continue using the paper cups at late night dinners to save the university money. Dining Services hosted an amnesty day for students last year titled "Am- dish-ty Day," where students were encouraged to return the dishes from the halls! The collection sight was in front of the Carlton Student Union (CUB) with workers who collected the china. The day provided a no questions asked policy, so that students would feel more inclined to return the dishes that had collected in their halls and in dividuals rooms, according to Marcaurelle. At the end of last semester, Commons workers, went through the various halls in hopes of finding the missing dishes. They found very few.. .'■ Some theorize the students throw away the dishes after they have sat in the halls long enough to become, quite disgusting. "During Am-dish-ty Day, we collected about S2000 worth of china," said Marcaurelle. Dining Services is planning another dish collecting day before students leave for spring break. 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