The Stetson Reporter

Th tetsoh Florida's Oldest Coikgiate 9{ezvspaper eporter ?Extended Forecast i:HigHsiri|| 80s^ lows! in the mid mcmmim »*?',"-,.; Wednesday \ Thursday Source: W.oth.rChonn.1 October 1, 1996 Stetson University * DeLand, Florida Volume 109, Number 6 This Week... /' Job Search Pre-law students say a good job is hard to find. Seepage 2a. New radio station There may soon be a new radio station run by Stetson students. Seepage 13a. Feminist response WGS Director and others respond to last week's controversial letter. See page 5a. New way to have fun The new way to have fun in DeLand— contra dancing. See page 2b. Video picks A list of the latest releases of videos to watch when you want stay home.' See page' 2b. le latest releases ui vatch. when ^^^. .. ,^4s , sv Crosscountry Cross country team aims to make new records Seepage 6b. •%. Greenfeather campaign makes changes to reach $15,000 goal by Layne Stringer and Davtna Yetter the stetson reporter The annual Greenfeather week will begin officially this year the week of Oct 21,1996. Stetson is celebrating 42 years of fund-raising for community service agencies in Volusia County. According to Darald Stubbs, acting director of student life, Greenfeather 1996 has been scheduled a week later, because of conflict with fall rush. An increase in student participation is expected, as this will give everyone a chance to recover from rush week. The week kicks off with a banner contest, followed by events including a softball tournament, Rock-a-thon, bowling, Nights Out, yard sale, bingo, Airwaves lip-sync contest, and Olympics. The week will be concluded with the presentation of awards and trophies to organizations who contribute the most in all events, and donations will be made to local charities. The carnival that visited Stetson for Greenfeather weekend in years past will not be held this year because of the scheduling change, said Stubbs, who added that the carnival is expected to return next year. Organizations that will receive the money raised during Greenfeather include the West Volusia Humane Society, the Duvall Home, First United Methodist Children's Home, Neighborhood Center, Chisholm Center, Hospice, Parent Craft, Rape Crisis, Domestic Abuse, Sugar-n-Spice Daycare, Habitat for Humanity, and the House Next Door. Two new events being held this year, bingo and the yard sale, are aimed at getting the DeLand community more involved in Greenfeather, said Coordinator Sabrina Holliday. Bingo will be held on Friday, Oct. 2 from 6-8 p.m. in the Stetson Room. The cost to play a full bingo card will be $10, and the cash jackpot could be as much as $250, depending on the number of people who participate. Other prizes to be distributed during the event include gift certificates for Upper Deck, Yesterdays, Gators, and other local restaurants, according to Mari Millard, who, along with Juju Kongwaree, is organizing bingo and the yard sale. The yard sale will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Rinker Field. Different organizations may donate used items for the yard sale. Donations for the sale should be brought to Room 212 of the CUB, in a box or bag labeled with the name of the organization to be credited; large items should be brought on the day of. the sale, according to Millard! Any other questions concerning items to be donated should be directed to Millard or Kongwaree. Last year Greenfeather raised over $10,000, and this year's Greenfeather Committee hopes to see the 42nd fund-raiser bring in $15,000. ROTC Students Rappel / 7 #' -- ■>"''■ 7 71 House approves plan to encourage crime reporting 't % / photo courtesy of Army ROTC Stetson University Army ROTC students rappelled off of a 30-foot tall tower at Tiger Bay, a fire/rescue training area in Daytona this weekend. Six cadets took training courses in knot-tying and Swiss seat-tying to prepare for the exercise. By Charles Dervarics College Press Service WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously called on the Department of Education Sept. 11 to step up enforcement of federal regulations that encourage accurate, open reporting of crime on college campuses...; ., . ; The resolution, which was approved 413-0, calls on the Department of Education to make monitoring and compliance with the law a "priority" for colleges and universities. The resolution followed a June congressional hearing at which safety advocates and lawmakers criticized the department for lax enforcement of the 1990 Campus Security Act. "If campus crime is not a priority, it will be soon," said Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education and Training and a sponsor of the resolution, H.R. 470. The resolution is not binding, but McKeon and other lawmakers said they will consider more far- reaching requirements if the Department of Education does not respond to the House request. The six-year-old Campus Security Act requires colleges to collect annual information on murder, forcible and non-forcible sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault burglary and motor vehicle theft and distribute a report to the public. Colleges also are to provide timely warning to students about potential threats on their campuses. Nearly all colleges provide an annual report, but Education officials have never reviewed or compiled the data, citing a lack of funds and staff. The department also is a year late in sending a con- gressionally mandated report on campus crime to Congress. Safety advocates and press organizations also say many institutions regularly underreport crime information. "The Campus Security Act of 1990 is not working," said Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center. Based on his work with student newspaper editors, Goodman said he believes "the majority of schools routinely underreport the number, of serious criminal incidents that occur on campus." Much of the underreporting occurs because crimes reported to deans of students and other administrators are not reported to a college's public-safety office, which See CRIME, page 3a Noyes: Building projects on schedule by DavtnA Yetter the stetson reporter Campus building projects are on schedule and new campus improvements are being planned, Facilities Management Director David Noyes said last week. Among the new projects are the addition of 14 resident parking spaces across from Emily Hall, laying the conduits for the expanded campus computer network, and new streetlights for Woodland Blvd. The most obvious signs of progress can be found at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, where the asphalt for the courts and the concrete for the sidewalks have been poured. Facilities Management has coordinated efforts with the city of DeLand in designing a water retention area for stormwater drainage for the courts and the surrounding neighborhood. As the asphalt sets over the next few months, workers will landscape the area with over 40 donated trees and install bathroom facilities for the Stoll Center in a house adjacent to the courts. The Center should be completed in December if the project continues on schedule. Approximately 75 subcontractors vis ited Stetson in a "pre-bid" conference last Friday to gather information about the Hollis Center, Wilson Athletic Center and Edmunds Center renovation from Noyes, the architect and the general contractor. The subcontractors examined the building plans, observed the sites and asked the project coordinators questions about the projects' costs to help determine the price they will bid on the projects. Construction for the Hollis and Wilson centers is expected to begin in late October or early November, said Noyes, who added that he expects models of the projects to be on display in the Carlton Union Building this week Parking will be extended along the west side of Rinker Field for residents in the next week. Fourteen parking spaces will be added in response to Student Government Association resolutions from last year, said Noyes. Facilities Management is working with the Center for Information Technology to plan the logistics of connecting 43 campus buildings through underground conduits for the HatterNet campus-wide computer network. The network, which will allow for voice, audio and video communication, will cross several streets, re- Student catches theft suspect Signs of change can be seen at the site of the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. quiring some digging and tunneling. Technicians will need to network individual rooms of residence halls, so a team is planning the timing of the project to coincide with breaks in the academic schedule. Noyes is also anticipating the closing of a portion of Woodland Blvd. for two days to install new streetlights between Pennsylvania and Michigan Blvd. The project was originally expected to be completed in late August, but a problem in the light fixtures caused a delay. The problem has been resolved, said Noyes, and Facilities Management plans to give a week's notice before the project starts. by Davtna Yetter the stetson reporter A white male was arrested after he and another white male were observed breaking into vehicles at Fraternity Row last week, according to Stetson Public Safety officials. The suspects were not students. Lambda Chi AlphamemberTy Barnes caught the two men breaking into a Jeep and Toyota behind his fraternity house around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 28. The suspects fled the scene, and one was stopped by students who waited with him until Public Safety and the DeLand Police Depart- mentarrived. The juvenile suspect provided a complete confession to police, who recovered a stereo faceplate, tool pouch and vehicle title/registration stolen from one of the vehicles. "Everything worked out very well," said Public Safety Captain Joe Mercado. "We were fortunate to see the suspect apprehended." One victim is pressing charges against the suspect, according to Mercado.