The Stetson Reporter

The S te tsontlRepor ter H:[orida}sO[destColRaicLte^\fezOsvave.r JL Florida's Oldest Collegiate yfezvspaper Extended Forecast Expect highs in the upper 80s and lows In the low 70s throughout the week. t,.„j„„ /sWednesdays-< Thursday ■&r. <>"< ' IIJIIIIj|IJ,lllll/IIIIIIIUI l^lllllll mill II III11J Jl 11)^1 1 ,s I H I I ^ n I , ^ J l ^ ;i i. ,n jm ii ^imjimihhi^iiunihi^ y ^ ^ ^ n iii^nri ilintfVflh1inilifrillA^l»»^iiiir^llli<iilrtp»Mlnii^iifilifi<wt.itiw*HiiirtiiriritfiimiiiMirii iirf ftmifr i This Week... Annual Raft Race Annual Raft Race to take place on the St. John's River herein DeLand. Organizational Fair Students take the opportunity to ' explore extracurricular activities. Page 3a. Student killed in eras GetthePointe Columnist Jeff Pointe advises politicians to tell the truth. Page 4a. ist Jeff Pointe Soccer preview! Men's soccer stwves to exceed expectations" for the 1996 season. Page 6a. The New Dog on Campus The lowdown on student Matt Hackert and his faithful f -*. Restaurant Review Top's China at the College Plaza receives rave reviews. Page 2b. Karen Kelly (1976-1996) New debit card system enacted by Angela Hamel the stetson reporter Stetson student Karen Denise Kelly died on Aug. 24 from injuries sustained when she lost control of her vehicle on Nine Mile Point Road in Pierson. Kelly, 19, studied psychology at Stetson and worked in the Financial Planning office for two years. A1994 graduate of Taylor High School, Kelly was editor-in-chief of the school's yearbook. She also participated in the National Honor Society and Beta Club in addition to playing volleyball and basketball for Taylor. Kelly was a model for Gayfer's Department Store, and competed in Volusia County's Junior Miss competition. This summer Kelly worked for the Domestic Abuse Council, Inc. She was interested in becoming a counselor for children of domestic abusers. Kelly's car, a 1987 Pontiac, was traveling east on Nine Mile Point Road, a dirt road, at an estimated speed of 65-70 miles per hour when her car began to spin and its front right corner struck a tree, according to the Horida Highway Patrol's accident report. The medical examiner found no traces of alcohol or drugs in Kelly's system. According to Kelly's parents, trees were being cut nearby on the road, and the large trucks used for the work had caused ruts and bumps to form in the road. They added that the road had not been grated for almost three months. The road was paved the day after Kelly's Funeral. Ruthanne Nalenzy, who worked with Kelly in Financial Planning, said, "She [Karen] was just really sweet." Kelly attended First Baptist Church in Pierson. Memorial Donations for Karen Denise Kelly The Office of Student Financial Planning along with support from- Student Accounts and guidance from Faye Hanks in Development, is spearheading a fund to dedicate a tree on campus in memory of Karen. If an individual or group is interested in donating money, please make checks out to Stetson University. Put in the memo "Karen Kelly Memorial". Send all checks to Faye Hanks in Development at Box 8286. Organizational Fair - . by Layne-Stringerand David Gould the stetson reporter The Food Services Department is in the process of converting old meal cards to new cards which will serve as both a meal card and a debit card, according to Director Paul Marcaurelle. The debit/meal card system has been in existence at some of the larger state universities for a few years. Freshmen have already been issued the new cards, while returning students are scheduled to be issued the cards within the next month, Marcaurelle said. Upperclassmen who do not wish to wait to use the new debit feature can obtain a temporary card at the debit card machine in the lobby of the CUB. The machine^ also called the "tower," is located next to the ATM machine in the CUB, and is primarily intended for students with the new debif/meal cards to add value to their cards. For example, if a student would like to utilize the debit feature of the card to purchase drinks-from on-campus" Coke machines, they can go to the tower, insert a twenty dollar bill, and have a twenty dollar credit added to the card. The new cards have two black strips on the back. Meal plan information is recorded on the wide black strip. When the cards are used in the Hat Rack and the Commons, the computerized meal card system "reads" the information from the wide strip. A narrow black strip on the cards records debit account information. When the cards are put into the tower or a Coke machine, the machine receives the information and subtracts the appropriate amount from the debit account. Right now only Coke machines around campus are connected with the system, but there are plans to eventually include snack machines, laundry facilities, photocopy machines, library checkout, and even entrances to photo by Jamie Disinger dorms in the debit card system. The New stu^mts an& organization leaders mingle at the Organizational Fair, held last Tuesday cards will also be used to record . , , . ., „. , „ time and attendance at required mSht m the Stets0n Ro0m- campus cultural events. Education Department attempts to tjrack down on campus crime ^ BY CHARLES DEVARICS COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE '« A new complaint procedure allows students to blow the whistle if they believe their college isn't accurately reporting campus crime. * The complaint procedure is part of a larger effort by the U.S. Education Department (ED) to step up oversight of campus crime. '- Under the Student Right-to- Know and Campus Security Act, colleges and universities are required to collect and distribute annual information about specific categories of crime, from burglary to murder. Colleges must publish yearly reports, but ED does not collet! or Kionitor these documents, citinglrmTEed fundsfor oversight. Because of this, many serious campus crimes go unreported by college administrators, say safety advocates. The new complaint pro cedure was created as a way to respond to concerns from students, parents or journalists, say ED administrators. "We are learning how to do a better job of enforcement," said David Longanecker, ED assistant secretary for higher education. He said the procedure would require students to notify one of 10 ED regional offices, which then would begin an investigation. ( The "first official complaint" is by a former student against Moorhead State University in Minnesota, Longanecker said. In the Moorhead case, Margaret Jakobson claims the university's annual reports show various inconsistencies. Moorhead's 1994 report, for example, showed seven aggravated assaults and three drug arrests for 1993, she said. Yet the following year's report showed no crimes in either category for 1993, even though law requires colleges to report incidents for the past three academic years. Moorhead State claims any errors were accidental. The institution "has been, and is, in compliance with the Student Right-to- Know and Campus Security Act," said Steven Butler, vice president for student affairs, in a letter to ED. The department also is pursuing another complaint involving Miami University of Ohio after a journalist told Congress she found huge discrepancies between the required annual report and another university publication. The annual report listed five rapes from 1990 to 1995, while the other publication included 119 rapes in a similar period, said Carolyn Carlson in testimony this summer before the House of Representatives. The university claims the second report includes off-campus incidents not covered by the Campus Security Act as well as calls to local rape crisis centers, where callers may or may not be students. "We welcome [the department] to come out and look at our data," said Richard Little, Miami's assistant vice president for university relations. He said the second report was a public service provided to students" and included information not verified by police. ED said it also is making compliance with the Campus Security Act an issue during its regularly scheduled program reviews at colleges and universities. Most of these reviews focus on administration of financial aid programs, but ED plans to address security issues as well. Through these reviews, ED already has turned up 24 cases see CRIME, page 2a Cultural event attendance required BY DAVTNA YETTER THE STETSON REPORTER Students registered under the new core curriculum for the College of Arts and Sciences will now be required to attend three cultural events on campus, according to Dean of Arts and Sciences Gary Maris. Juniors and seniors who did not switch to the new requirements are not obligated to attend these events, said Maris. Cultural events may include lectures or music recitals. While the School of Music has had a similar requirement for its students for several years, implementing the same requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences is expected to be more difficult due to the larger number of students. Attendance to the events will be recorded using hand-held Stetson ID card readers, once the system is organized. Students will need to check in both before the event begins and when it is over. In order for an event to qualify for the requirement, the department coordinating the event must apply to have it placed on the cultural events calendar. The calendar will be posted in the Elizabeth Hall lobby. The department must also supply work-study students or volunteers to monitor the attendance at the event. Students are expected to attend three events for each semester that they attend Stetson. For example, a freshman who will spend four years at Stetson is expected to attend a total of 24 events, while a junior transfer who will spend two years at Stetson will be expected to attend 12 events to graduate.