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S„X_£-T-„S„Q_N U tM I V eIr s t t y http://rsporter.stetson.edu SPORTS: Hatters defeat the Knights 77-68 page 5b //Sv f C- ^ x^ v WHAT'S inside News ia Community Service 3 a Opinions 4a Life ib Television. 3B Classifieds 7 a Sports 513 Etcetera 8a issue 14 volume 113 Grant aids in learning for new teachers By Elizabeth Thompson •news writer -Education majors from the uni- rversity and Bethune-Cookman College are being provided with ;a way to bridge the technological divide from the ground up through the national "Preparing :Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology" initiative otherwise known as PT3. ;' The project is funded by the U.S. ■: Department of Education as part of 'Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to ; Use Technology Initiative. :- The initiative, which began in 1999, : was developed under the Clinton admin- r istration in order to help prepare teach- : ers to use new technology in the class- i room. i; Between now and the year 2010 I some two million new teachers are ex- »;pected to enter the education system. IThe initiative is funded by a federal ; matching funds grant. * The university is part of a consortium that received one of only 110 PT3 ^grants awarded nationwide in 2000. I Only three grants were awarded in Florida. The consortium includes Bethune- Cookman College, Volusia County Schools, the Florida Independent College Fund and Time Warner Communications. The consortium received the grant, worth $967,263.00, in June of 2000 in order to implement PT3's initiatives. • The university and partners have named their program T3: "Teachers, Training and Technology." This is the largest federal grant the university has ever received. The grant will be administered over three years. The university is the fiscal agent responsible for administering funds. Dr. Patty LeBlaric, head of the Department of Education, is the PT3 consortium's project director. One of the program's main goals is to ensure that teachers and students will be able to meet new national technology standards. The PT3 program is designed so that technological training and support are provided to every member of the education team administrators, university faculty, prospective teachers and pre-service as well as experienced teachers. The goal is for graduates in the education department to be able to use technology as part of their current education and future curriculums. Activities already outlined within the PT3 program include faculty training and mentoring, curricular revision, see PT3, page 2a ._■ M| £? MwHf_WH FlQridai;i^(^ OPINIONS: Quarters desperately needed in laundry rooms page 4a Jl." The PT3 fgrant will help _ prepare teachers and prospective teachers to effectively infuse technology into the classroom." .Reporter Contact Us 421 N. Woodland Blvd. #8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 904.822.7224 FAX 904.822.7233 reporter® stetson.edu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] sports® stetson.edu [email protected] [email protected] Cancelled classes delay minors a semester By Lindsay Addison ASST. COPY EDITOR Two English classes, journalism (EH 312) and creative nonfiction (EH 311), were, canceled last week. Students enrolled in the classes received a letter in their mailboxes last Tuesday notifying them of the change. Both classes were scheduled to be taught_by Dr. Michael Raymond. ■~ According to "the Chair of the English Department, Dr. John Pearson, Raymond is on an unexpected leave of absence this semester. No other professors could be found in time to teach the classes. EH 312, which has been offered every spring, is a requirement for the journalism minor, but the cancellation of the class this semester will not greatly affect students in the minor, according to Pearson. The class list was reviewed" by Pearson and Raymond to ensure that no graduating seniors —. would be unable to fulfil the minor's requirements. Had there been any, the "The department has made a concerted effort iiicic uccu any, me . 1 t students could have to help students find other taken the journalism class as an independent study course. Students did, however, have to re- ' arrange their schedules. "The department has made a concerted effort to help students find other classes, at least in our department," said Pearson. The letter also assured students that every effort would be made to provide seats in other classes. First-year student Erin Chapman, a journalism minor, had to retool her schedule after she _ „__— received the letter. "It's not annoying, but a nuisance because I had to reschedule my classes," she said. "I wish they would have told me at registration so I could have done it then. I found out on the day of the class." Both the English Department, which .offers the course, and the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, which offers the minor, are dedi- classes, at least in our department." cated to keeping the course. "It's an English course, but it's vital to the journalism minor," said Chair of the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts Dr. Michael McFarland. Pearson hopes to be able to offer EH 312 next fall. ^'Either Raymond-will teach the classes next year or we'll find some way to have them taught. My hope is that [Raymond] will teach in the fall," said Pearson. Creative nonfiction, which -fulfills an English major requirement, is being offered this summer in England by Dr. Lori Snook. Raymond was also scheduled to teach a section of EH 131, but another professor was found. Lindsay Addison is the assistant copy editor. THURMAN series ©€lCl®iS ered By Katarzyna Walosik news writer Rev. Marvin Chandler blended words with songs to present "The Deep River and the Mountaintop" for the . Dr. Howard Thurman lecture last Thursday. The lecture was unique, for it included not only a song by Chandler, but also music by a chorus and Dr. George West, head of the jazz program in the School of Music. Chandler used his theme, "the deep river and the mountaintop," as a metaphor for Dr. Howard Thurman and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The river has "power and the ability to permeate," while the mountain has "permanence and perseverance." Using these descriptions of strength, he emphasized the men's similarities and differences. Chandler emphasized that Thurman had a "theocentric focus," while King chose a "Christian-centric focus." Chandler said, "[Thurman believed] love was a part of creation, a part of the way things were, built in and structured." According to Chandler, "Howard Thurman sought to reach into your soul with a truth" that would change man. In contrast, Chandler said, "Martin Luther thought love had to bear the cross. Martin Luther saw evil as invasion into nature and creation." Chandler expanded beyond religious topics as he pointed out that both men placed an important value on dreams. They "shattered our view of self-hatred," Chandler said. He also stressed that both men knew the importance of having strong families, and it should be the goal of each individual to "recover a sense of identity of family" and to "recover for our young people a sense of place." .. . Chandler included several musical segments in his presentation. Chandler played both keyboard and piano accompanied by Dr. West on the bass. Chandler also selected random volunteers from the audience to play a set of notes on the piano that he later integrated into another song. Chorus members sang to help illustrate his characterization of Thurman. Chandler's conclusion challenged each audience member to promote human rights and "the removal of poverty" to find a "moral force" within themselves, and finally to "push towards self-realization." Chandler is a musician and pastor emeritus of San Francisco's Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. Katarzyna Walosik is a sophomore biochemistry major. SING: (TOP) Pastor and musician Marvin Chandler gives his lecture to the audience gathered in the Elizabeth Hall Chapel. (RIGHT) Members of the School of Music sing the musical selections that Chandler used to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Howard Thurman. photos by beth dehnart Anthropology minor to be introduced By Teresa Schwarz NEWS EDITOR The sociology department has announced the creation of a new minor for people interested in the ancient world. Students interested in anthropology will be able to declare a minor in that area through the sociology department in the fall of 2001. Those who are curious can start taking related classes this spring. Those classes will count towards the minor in the fall. Spearheading the minor are Dr. Finnegan Alford-Cooper, Dr. Charles Vedder and Dr. Kimberly Flint- ■ Hamilton. Alford-Cooper has his B.A. and . Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh, and he teaches anthropology, sociology and gerontology. He has been teaching anthropology and sociology courses for the last 20 years and he has taught gerontology courses for the last ten years. Vedder, who has his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, has had extensive training in the field of anthropology and has done work in historic?il archeology. Flint-Hamilton is a classicist and has done archeological work in Greece. Her most recent work was done there last summer with one of the university students, Susan Dale, a sociology major who received a SURE grant to accom pany Flint-Hamilton on field research. "So we three are the anthropology contacts because we three have the anthropological training necessary to teach the minor," Alford-Cooper said. "For my own part, I have been teaching the anthropology courses for a couple of decades, so there was not really a lot of 'new preparation' to do, other than choosing textbooks and films appropriate to the new courses," said. Alford-Cooper about his work for the launching of the new minor. Alford-Cooper will be teaching the anthropological theory course, "which is not particularly hands-on, but it will teach students what the major theoretical perspectives are and how to use them." He will also teach comparative cultures, in which "students have oppor tunities to do some fieldwork using anthropological methods as part of their class requirements." Other classes that will be taught by Alford-Cooper include anthropology of aging and medical anthropology. According to Alford-Cooper, the department does not have the faculty to staff an anthropology major at this time. The department would need to hire a physical anthropologist and a linguist to fill out the faculty. Latin and Greek courses, which are anthropology electives, do not count for the foreign language requirement. Anthropology classes that are being offered are AY 201, LN 196 and AY 302C. Teresa Schwarz has minors in religion and journalism. http://rep6rter.sfetecm.edu-^