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wed 21 mar-oi. i N S I D E http://reporter.stetson.edu WHAT'S ENSXDE News 2A Money 3A Opinions 4A • Life IB Movies 3B Classifieds 2B Sports 5B Etcetera 6a issue .19 volume 113 Florida's Number One Private College Newsbapehfck, SPORTS: Women's crew team wins two races page 5b Room lottery approaching, singles and squatters first By John Mills ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR , The time has once again come to meet one of the most basic of all human needs. According to Abraham MasloVs hierarchy of needs,.shelter is.among the most basic of all needs. Room selection is a time to satisfy that need. The selection begins Mar. 26 when people with a single room squat, and those wishing to have a single room enter a lottery to obtain one. In order to select a room, a $50 dollar deposit must be made at or before the .time of selection. After that, those wishing to remain in the room they are currently in will have the opportunity to squat trie room for next year. The squatting days are Mar. 27 and 28. * After ' "' """' the 27th and 28th, the displaced selection takes place. Displaced students are those who wish to squat, but are not allowed to do so because of special conditions. According to the associate director of residential life, Michaelle Finch, "Upper Smith and lower Smith will be switched next year, so the displaced students in Smith will be able to- choose to squat in Smith, Gordis or Nemec." Other displaced students include first-year students living in lower Carson and Hollis who will be will be able to squat in Smith, Gordis, Nemec or upper Carson/Hollis. After the displaced students choose their rooms, the senior/junior lottery selection is on Apr. 2. Credit hours are used to determine the order of room selection unless the students have tlie same number of credits. In that case, the number the students selected in the lottery decides, the tie. . After participating in the lottery during the day, juniors and seniors will choose their rooms that evening in the Stetson Room. The sophomore lottery will take pWe during the day on Apr. 3, and the sophomore selection will take place that evening in the Stetson Room. April 5 is reserved for open room selection, which is designated for those who missed their selection period. For those who miss open.room se- . lection, appointments can be made-on any Friday until May 4 to select a room. John Mills is a first-year student. 1 OPINIONS: Women selling themselves short page 4a "Upper Smith and lower Smith will be switched next year, so the dis-'. placed students in Smith will be' able to choose to squat in Smith, Gordis or Nemec." SET .Reporter Contact Us te^____,ft^^«i,..-ii,. ■.«*■*■>.> _fr_-ai__a_.aj__.7_ 421 N. Woodland Blvd. # 8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 904.822.7224 FAX 904.822.7233 [email protected] [email protected] - [email protected] . [email protected] [email protected] sports® stetson'edu [email protected] [email protected] MUSICAL STUDENTS Student-run show alot of work Revue showcases studentsf talent with show tunes By Elizabeth Arzillo news writer "Once more from the top!" Those words are very familiar ones to anyone who has ever been a part of a theater project. It's very different, however, to be the one saying those words. Every, year CMENC (Collegiate Music Educators National Conference) puts on a Broadway Revue. This is a student-run production ' from start to finish.- The director of this show is ultimately responsible for every aspect of pulling off the revue. From auditions, to picking the songs, to arranging the music, to picking a conductor, a choreographer and so much more, the director decides it all. One student is calling the shots. Luerne Herrera, a senior French and, political science major,, is-the di- ■ rector of the revue this year. . "It's been a long day," Herrera said right before she asked the ensemble to start from the top. The time was a quarter to eleven. Most students in the show are music majors, which means the day started at around 6:00 a.m. with a cold shower and a stale bagel so they could get an hour of practicing in before their 8:00 a.m. classes. The day. started way before that HAPPINESS: Joshua Allman and Hannah Penttingill perform 'Without You' from 'Rent.' photo by nerissa lovell for Herrera. "I have been arranging music all morning!" Herrera stated as she watched the tired cast perform to the empty chairs at the front of the room. Many of the cast members were only mouthing the words in order to keep their voices from sounding hoarse for the performance, but they practiced just the same. In Elizabeth Hall at the same time was the exhausted orchestra, rehearsing the numbers. All the music that is used for the show is arranged and performed by music students. This year's conductor is junior music education major Shanti Simon. SORROW: Angela Sacco sings 'Sunday Afternoon,' accompanied by the playing of Jon Mclntyre on the guitar, photo by nerissa lovell STUDENT music y This year's peices that were arranged by Music School students. Pieces: Arranged by: "Hello. Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love" Luerne Picart Herrara "A Lot of Livin' to Do" . Heather Boyd "Another Hundred People" • Erin Pinder . "Sunday" Thomas Brewer "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" Matt Poppa "It's hard to Speak My Heart" Stephen LeFever "Stepsisters' Lament" Heather Boyd "Make Our Garden Grow" Bradley Boone "Happiness" Bradley Boone and Thomas Brewer SOURCE: CMENC "It's going'to be good. I was a little nervous, butT think it's going to be really good," Simon said after the rehearsal. With less than three days until opening night, the crew still has a lot to do. There is still many of the (not so) little things such as writing and printing a program, making sure the set is finished, making sure they have spot lights and costumes. When rehearsal was finally over for the cast, the night was still.young for Herrera. After what seemed like a hundred questions from the cast about' the next rehearsal, Herrera and Simon sat down to talk about what still needed to be done. Just one look from Herrera was enough to confirm that, this was going to be for her one more night with no sleep. Elizabeth Arzillo was the director- of the Revue last year. REVUE cast CAST: Joshua Allman, Lindy Eller, Josh Gorton, Michelle Glorsky, Jessie Lane, Stephen LeFever, Doug McGeoch, Mandi Milks-Johnson, Victoria Newton, Kelly Pegram, Hannah Pettingill, Megan Pikarrd, Lauren Rogers,'Angela Sacco, Anita Williams, and Ashley Wolf. Luerne Herrera, Director . Shanti Simon, Conductor Kathryn Vicchuillo, Stage Manager and Choreographer Stephen LeFever, Promotions SOURCE: CMENC Students encounter new religion LOVE: The April .1 poetry reading will be selections from Hafiz, a Sufi mystic. By Elizabeth Thompson news writer It is not often that the opportunity is presented to take part in a hands-on experience of the mystic side of Islam. But this is exactly the opportunity that was presented to five university students the weekend of Mar: 3 at the International Sufi Retreat, "The Awakening of Consciousness," held in Sarasota and organized by the Sufi Order of Sarasota. The option to attend the retreat was presented to Colleen Dumas, Wil Lewis, Ryan Padnuk, Teresa Schwarz, and Elizabeth Thompson, who are all students in'Dr. Phillip Lucas's REL435 class, Spiritualities East and West. In the class, students are asked to explore spiritual practices from all over the world. When asked about her experiences at the retreat, Colleen Dumas, a senior sociology major, said, "It's something that we. aren't exposed to within the walls of a classroom." Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islamic spirituality that dates back to the 8th —. - - - . century B.C.E. and originated in Iraq. Sufism was a reaction against developments in Islam that' had made Islam a ■ dry," legalistic, overly rationalized religion. ■According to Lucas, "Sufism is about getting in touch with a more emotional, spiritual experience'.1 It brings the joy of the heart back into the religion." The guest of honor was Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, head of the International Sufi Order. His father,- H'azrat Inayat "Sufism is about getting in touch with a moire emotional, spiritual experience. It brings the joy..back into the religion." Khan, established the Sufi Order International and brought Sufism to the! west in 1910. Pir Vilayat's son, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, has received his father's mantle and will continue to teach and spread the message his grandfather, and father carefully. -■ - -■-■ - : cultivated during their lifetimes. : Pir Vilayat is responsible for reintroducing Sufism,. and strengthening its presence in the west, beginning in the 1960s. Pir Vilayat is also a world-renowned , statesman and retire United Nations- cently spoke at Peace Summit. , . Shahabuddin Less, head of the Sufi- Order of Sarasota and a senior teacher- see SUFI, page 2a; http://reporter.stetson.edu - talk/applaud/criticize/react/reflect in ouruncensbred disH^