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WHAT'S upside News 2a Opinions 4A Life ib Classifieds 7 a Sports 5B Etcetera 8a issue 8 volume 115 DINING SERVICES (> e LIFE: Greenfeather raises funds for a week page lb Political college parties debate foreign policy By Jamie Kinsley GUEST WRITER 1 OPINIONS: Professors discuss sexual violence oa campuses page 4a On Oct. 29, the Young, Democrats and College Republicans held a debate on foreign policy and the upcoming governor election for the state of Florida. "It was a great debate," said junior Tyrone Deer, a international business, major. "Both sides had very good points to make and I feel I am leaving with a clear view of what is involved in the issues they debated." The College Republican table, consisting of Patrick Lee Smith (president), Karl Canty (vice president), and Jen Tyre, debated against the Young Demo- prats Paige Berges, Sean Declet, and Dan Puchalla (vice president). : Maya Yankelevich, who moderated' the debate, gave a nod to the College Republicans to start the election half of the debate. They dove into their explanation of Jeb Bush's "proven leadership," stressed by Smith who lead the debate. The College Republicans emphasized Florida's education system, economic system, and economy under the current governor, Jeb Bush. Florida was said by the College Republicans as being the leading state in new jobs under Bush. "Florida may be leading in new jobs, but the new jobs provided are low paying," said the Young Democrats table, when their turn came. The young Democrats, who were lead by Sean Declet, cited Bill McBride as the man who would help Florida education by reducing class sizes, doing, away with the -FC'AT~as-a'-test-4o-grad€— schools !by, and by holding schools accountable. The College Republicans' answer to this was, "How does McBride expect to pay for this?" The College Republicans answered their own question by saying that McBride would have to raise taxes to accomplish what he promises. The College Republicans referred to McBride's plan as "the magical plan." The Young Democrats said that McBride had no plan to take money away from social services but only to raise the tax on cigarettes to fifty cents a pack. The College Republicans called Bush the "shining light in a shining city on a hill that exemplifies everything Floridians believe in." They closed with comments about how Jeb Bush watches out for Floridians and helps Florida grow as a state. "When you think Jeb Bush, think proven leadership," the College Republicans said. The Young Democrats closed with an emphasis on the need for a "change in leadership." The questions raised by the small , audience after listening to the debate were what is the source of money McBride needs to carry out his plans and where were the candidate's positions on Florida's growth. The Young Democrats answered the first question with Bill McBride's confidence in his running mate, State Senator Tom Rossin, to develop an ac- see DEBATE, page 2a New director changes Commons By Dan Puchalla MANAGING EDITOR The Commons has un dergone noticeable changes in the past two weeks. The impetus for these changes was the termination of the employment of Dining Services Director Paul Macaurelle at the end of October. The details of that termination—and whether Macaurelle resigned or was fired—are not available. Sodexho, the company that manages the university's food ser-. vices and employs the dining services director, does not release information on employees that are no longer with the company, said Rodney Cruise, the interim director of Dining Services. "I have not been permanently assigned to Stetson," said Cruise. "We are in a search process and hope to have it completed in the very near future. I will continue to be involved with the campus to facilitate some of the changes we have initiated arid will continue to be a resource for...[the] new director." Among the most visible changes implemented by Cruise has been the rearrangement of the - • „'.._'...,,'.. *€e*»H»&ns~k4$ehen*~"«~ area. The cereal has been moved to the counter next to the milk refrigerator, and fresh fruit has.been put in its place, along with baked goods. "We have purchased pieces of equipment that will enable us to improve our speed of service and flexibility in the Commons," said Cruise. "The cost * ~*"*"~"~ of the minor improvements has yet to be determined as we are awaiting some estimates." These improvements have been implemented with the support of ' Sodexho corporate. Executive Chef Bryan Cucchinni, district culinary specialist wr ' . ■ » ■ * Mi. ^* •frw ■** ',l.i r If'JLaBu %«? »HT * I* - a .j■ •'a.-, -.j -_ • ,-eiSaMPm it i-.**-i.'*"»jt:.'T'*' CHOICE: The Commons provides new choices of fruit and packaged baked goods in its new display, photo by dan puchalla for Sodexho, will be brought on site to instruct the kitchen staff on how to properly use the new equipment. The Student Government Association has also been supportive in this transition, said Cruise. "We have discussed the changes with the Food Services Advisory Committee Chairperson [Hugo Martin], who has reported the information to SGA and I have also discussed the changes with SGA in an informal presentation. - In addition to the -,,.,.,- .., ,.„, visible changes, —-"-^v ;'"'■—■ ■ —-=-~i-—tfrey~w-©r-e--"~also' "We are -in a search pro- pleased that we j L «. i_ • added an hour to cess and hope to have it the dinner meal completed in the very near period on Satur- r . day," Cruise said. future. I will continue to be involved with the campus to facilitate some of the changes we have initiated and will continue to be a resource for... [the] new director." At the beginning of this semester, the Commons operated for dinner from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Those hours have now been extended to 7 p.m. "We are working on an overall campus plan for hours of operation," said Cruise. This plan will also include operating hours of the Hat Rack, which has also undergone changes .since the arrival of Rodney Cruise. "We are currently experimenting with new menu items a the Hat Rack: a half-pound burger, a grilled chicken EAT: Certain items are still available such as sandwiches, photo by dan puchalla Caesar salad, and a chicken Caesar wrap," said Cruise. "They have all been well received." ' f The transition in Dining Services management has not been entirely smooth. There was a difficulty this year in arranging for students to use points to donate to the OXFAM Hunger Banquet. The Chaplain's Office annually organizes this event to raise money for OXFAM, which works to feed the world's hungry. Unable to give points, students were instead asked to donate meals from their plans during OXFAM week. "We believe we solved the dilemma with OXFAM this year," said Cruise. "We were concerned that students wouldn't be able to use points to purchase tickets for our Celebrity Auction next week," said Catholic Campus Ministry President Gina Jones. "We've been told that the problem seems to have been resolved, though, and we are now allowed to accept points for this event." The meal plan options themselves will not be altered for next semester. "We are looking at them carefully and will have focus groups to discuss future additional options," said Cruise. Dan Puchalla can be contacted at [email protected]. FMAN lights up the QUAD with performances By Jen Wilson LIFE EDITOR ^Reporter Contact Us 421 N. Woodland Blvd. # 8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 386.822.7224 FAX 386.822.7233 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Digital arts students, their friends, and curious people congregated around Holler Fountain near the kiosk Monday, Nov. 4, night to watch a collection of works by artistic students. The event, called FMAN, included video, audio, and performance art. There was a huge screen set up, which most presentations were shown, on, along with a speaker system, several computers, and a DVD player. The show started shortly after 9 p.m. with Jack Fields presenting "The Great Potato Titan Performance," a rather large contraption he built himself, complete with light-up parts. After that, Erick McCulley's "Sniper" digital video was shown on screen. Some of the performances that followed made use of a programming language called MAX to manipulate sounds and video. Several students used sound schemes they created with MAX to accompany a movie scene of their choice. Students chose movies such as "The Time Machine" and "Gone in 60 Seconds." Julius Santiago and Jake Krajewski presented a piece called "Julius Rocks My Junk Animation" that involved a cute, little, earless, flamehead, red guy who gets picked on. "The art being presented here is groundbreaking," said Ben Hustis, a sophomore digital arts major. "This is stuff that's never been done before." Hustis presented a MAX performance.piece called "Prayer for the City" accompanied by a scene from an animated film. "FMAN was amazing. I really enjoyed Julius Santiago's [presentation] and Chris Stiles beatbox performance," said Deanna Abdin, a business major, who is currently taking a digital arts class. FMAN started a few years ago and was originally ran by faculty and students. FMAN got its name because it was held every month on the "first Monday at Nitelights." It gradually faded out. Last year, students took over FMAN. This was the last FMAN of the semester, so they decided to turn it into a bigger presentation on the quad instead of the usual low-key meeting in Nite Lights." "I liked the atmosphere better outside," said Abdin. "People would pass by and stop to watch, so everyone had a chance to experience FMAN, not just the [digital arts] students." Anyone can submit projects to be showcased at FMAN. Abdin, who did not submit anything to FMAN this past show but plans to in the future, said, "I'm too nervous to submit my work. I'm not ready to have people critique my skills or my creativ- ity." . Jen Wilson can be contacted at jrwilson@stetsoh. edu. SCREEN CAPTURE COURTESY OF JULIUS SANTIAGO http://reporter.stetson.edu - talk/applaud/criticize/react/teflect in our uncenspred discussion area [click Shout]