The Stetson Reporter

wed sept-oi 1 N s I D E http://reporter.stetson.edu UvJii DCilclLUiij -^i'O.LJLJ.d^X JLv/x- U.JL1l/ JLAJL KJ' IL AaAwv tJLJL JLC^ By' Liesel Winchester . GUEST WRITER The Student Government Association had Its first meeting last week The' meeting included all of the officers and the newly elected senators. All the senators were assigned to a committee that they will serve on for the year. After role call and committee assignments two resolutions and two'bills .were introduced to SGA. There was a resolution to change the format of the resolutions written" by SGA, proposed by Mike Davis and Takeata King Pang. Maurice Buchanan and Takeata King Pang proposed a resolution to extend the Hat Rack's hours to 12:30 a.m. every day. "The library, the gym and the lab are all open until 11:00 p.m., and students have nowhere to go to get food or drinks when they're done working. Also, many students work at the Hollis Center and other places off campus and their is.nothing available for them because of the Hat Rack hours," said Takeata King Pang, a sophomore political'science major. Jonathan Martin proposed two bills: a*bill to have points be considered the same as cash at Domino's and Captain Tony's, to avoid further discrimination against students using points, and a bill that room and board, instead of just room, be provided for RAs. All of the resolutions and bills proposed were referred to committee. One of the biggest concerns among the senators is food service. "I would like to work closely "with 'Food Service Management and be quite forceful about students needs. The. higher-ups need to know what the students want, and I want to' make sure it gets done," said Paul Coffin, chairman of the Food Services Committee and first-year political science major. "I am most concerned with the hours of operation of the Commons and the Hat Rack-and the length of time- people wait when ordering food at The Hat Rack," said Coffin. Other issues discussed at the SGA meeting included SAFAC money, the needs of international students and a number of committees still needing representatives, '. Contact Liesel Winchester at [email protected]. SPORTS: Men's soccer overtakes'Florida Tech page 5b By Amy Rigdon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ' AFAC held its biannual meeting - .on-Sept. 15 and decided to give *25 organizations funding this semester, allocating over $14,0001 Every student enrolled in the university pays a.student activity fee. These fees are pooled and dispersed to various organizations on campus through SAFAC. The Student Government Association and the Campus ^Reporter Retraction 1. "Cross country Jooking better than the past years" SPORTS, Issue 2. Coach John Boyle was quoted in reference- to the question "Which squad would do. better." The quote creates an impression that the women's team would be better if a certain person ran for it. The quote was accurate, but it was reported out of context In the article.' ^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] advertise® stetson.edu Life Administration created the Student Activity Fee Allocation Commit- __i_____^___=__z^_^_; "tee, known as SAFAC. The -SGA president,, vice- president, executive secretary or treasurer, five SGA committee '■—=======r=r======: chairs, four students who represent each class level, the director of Student Life and' the "SAFAC primarily tries to fund non-routine events that are open to the.entire campus." faculty chair of the Campus Life Committee all sit on SAFAC. Its duty is to distribute funds to programs hosted by campus organizations that are deemed worthwhile to the university community. - According to the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee Handbook, all regis- =—. tered campus organizations that are in good standing with the Office of Student Life are eligible for SAFAC funding.. "SAFAC primarily tries' to fund ' non-routine events that are open to the entire campus. We tend to help hew organizations, who have no start-up funds," said Nicole Roenick, president of the. SGA., ■ ;• SAFAC will reject a funding request, if- it believes that the organization's own income can cover the costs or if the event is exclusive to specific students,_ so each organization" must submit an income statement with see SAFAC, page 2a Faculty speaks on nation Professors hold discussion about terrorist, attacks By Maya Yankelevich GUEST WRITER ' As defined by Dr. T, Wayne Bailey terrorism is the destruction of civilian targets and an attack on innocent people without military' objective. In light of the recent terrorist attacks, the History Department organized a forum held last Wednesday in the IMC for students and faculty to be able to discuss their opinion's and ideas on recent events. About 80 students and faculty members attended the forum. Three professors were present to guide the discussion and provide some background information in 10- minute talks: Dr. Eugene Huskey, an expert in Russian and central Asian politics; Dr. T. Wayne Bailey, an expert in U.S. foreign policy; and Dr. Margaret Venzke, an historian and expert on the.Middle East and Turkey. Venzke began by giving a history of the events that lead up to the attacks. One ofthe points Venzke, presented was that Islam has become radicalized since the late 1970s— when.the U.S.S.R. invaded Afghanistan and Egypt signed the Camp* David peace accords with Israel— and that Palestinian freedom fighters are now a strong group. According to -Venzke, many people- in the Middle East have anti- American feelings for several reasons:. the occupation of Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and the fact that U.S. troops are still there, which is seen by some as a desecration of holy ground,- some Muslims' dislike of our way of life, and America's support of' Israel. ' • , Husky provided a picture of what would happen if the United States actually invaded Afghanistan and* what military options' in the area are. Staging points for military action exist in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, but none of these countries have stable, open govern- 1NSTRUCTI0N: Dr. T. Wayne Bailey speaks at a forum on terrorism last Wednesday afternoon, photo by maya yankelevich ments. 'Further, if the United States actually invaded, governments in the area could be destabilized, Huskey said, and their Islamic populations could become radicalized. Huskey said.that another option could be going directly into Afghanistan, but to do so would require the establishment of a new government there, because the Taliban, the current fundamental Islamic government, would not cooperate. Because of the nature of terrorist groups and difficulties in locating targets, attacks could not be conducted from the air, as they were in Desert Storm. Huskey worried the current situation could evolve into another "war on drugs."- - Huskey mentioned other options, such as'locating and freezing bank accounts of terrorist organizations and reforming laws -to make bank accounts less anonymous. The last speaker, Bailey ex-, plained that World Wars I and II, were "totpl wars," Korea was a "limited war"-and-Vietnam was an. "unconventional guerilla war." What the U.S; is now experiencing is totally new and unfamiliar. "[Overall] this will change the see DISCUSSION, page 2a ' Town hall provokes cflis©yssl©ini Im Elizabeth Hall TALK: Farah Rahiem voices her concerns for the nation, photo by rebecca robinson By John Mills _ . NEWS EDITOR Last Tuesday opinions were aired about religion, politics and other issues. A forum for voicing questions, concerns and ideas allowed members from throughout.the DeLand community to share their thoughts regarding the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 with fellow members of the community, with experts in the fields of religion and politics and with students of Middle East- em descent, Dr. Donald Sans of the Counseling Center, associate professor of religion Dr. Phillip Lucas, senior professor of (political science Dr. T. Wayne Bailey, Chaplain Laura Walters Baskett, senior communications major Jaclyn Nesheiwat, Avantika Hari and political science major Ahmad Yakzan were the panelists. x Among the topics discussed at the town hall meeting was the,fear some U.S. citizens have of internationals'. "The irony of it [xenophobia] is that most of us find our heritage within three generations in a foreign nation,*' said Dr. Bailey. ' * Religious extremism was discussed with the panel after Jeff Hamrick, a senior with economics, history, math*- ematics and finance majors, asked Dr. Lucas what the difference between fundamentalist Islam and fundamentalist Christianity is. see FORUM, page 2a SafMfsa^KJM^