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http ://rtx--• SPORTS: Baseball wins Saturday's double-header page ssue 18 volume 1 1C _!__! *____SsHr!i^' OPINIONS*: Room selection policy needs admendment page-.* Campus Life Ca m pa ign i ng p res denies Catters as organization %*vJr OITODTDO By Julie Farricker ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR By Doreen Overstreet NEWS WRITER Due to policy violations in harboring animals on campus, the Campus Life Committee denied the Stetson Catters as an official organization. The 12-member faculty and student committee cited the Vice President of Administration's disapproval because of the problems arising with animals on campus. A formal policy is currently being developed in response to the Catter's request. The committee unanimously opposed the group's proposition for the third time to trap, neuter, and release stray, cats on campus so they will not continue to breed. The Catters also intended to find suitable, homes for the animals. Five local veterinarians have offered their services to the group. Under local law, when a cat is caught, it must be held for three days. After the reproductive altering surgery, it should be held for a maximum of 10 days for recovery. The group proposed that they would temporarily house the cats in a shed behind the Cross Cultural Center on campus. Nancy Leonard, director of international education and sponsor -of the club, stated, "I believe there is a misunderstanding that we plan to harbor cats in buildings." The committee also opposed the proposition because they thought it would promote unequipped students to handle wild cats. "Although it is a noble and humanitarian cause, they should leave it up to Animal Control," said Carl Harris, Senior Pet Control Technician at the university. In response to the committee's decision, the club decided to collect "signatures of support," and looked into other available options. "We felt Stetson was not the right facility to provide a care program for the animals." said dean of students, Michelle Espinosa. Espinosa also said that the committee "didn't want to create an environment where the pet policy might be violated in the Residence Halls," Other concerns the* committee had were liability issues associated with, possible scratching, biting, and diseases. Leonard said that "the Catters will sign a liability waiver and will be discouraged from bringing the animals into the buildings for any reason, and they will also discourage students from doing so." "There is a misunderstanding on campus in which people think we just want to play with cats. We are developing a positive way to get them off campus. It's a better alternative than students feeling they should keep the cats in the dorm, believing they are saving them," said Lyndsey Gill, first- . year psychology major. • To be recognized among the 95 other campus organizations, a group must have a written constitution, officers, and a-handful of participants. The benefits in being recognized as a student organization entail eligibility for see CATTERS, page 2a -Reporter Contact Us 421 N. Woodland Blvd. #8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 386.822.7224 FAX 386.822.7233 reporter© sfetsoa.edu reporter_ne ws@ stetson.edu opinions®-stetson.edu life© sietson.edu, etcetera© stetson.edu sportsftstetson.edu online!?'**- stetson.edu jdvenne •.tet.nnedu A change from recent wars,,the SGA elections to be held next Wednesday, April 3, will have four sets of candidates. All candidates must have served at least-two semesters in SGA. This is the second year that the elections have run under that structure. Below are summaries of candidate biographies that were published by the SGA Electorate Committee. The committee consists of Amy Charpentier, Ahmad Yakzan, Collier Black, and Darald Stubbs. Candidate for president, Jonathan Martin, has served on SAFAC, and he believes that this experience has provided him more familiarity as, to how the various organizations operate on campus as well as provide a voice to ir the administration, Martin proposes a forum for the leadership of each organization to communicate with each other at the beginning of each semester to' discuss the upcoming semester's budget. Martin also urges that the administration and students need to work more closely together since students need to be taken into consideration whenever changes are made, no matter how insignificant. His running mate for vice president, James Chambers, believes that SGA, by its name, impli.es that students have Chambers also acknowledges that a student's negative attitude toward SGA stems from a lack of knowledge concerning how it works or concerning the different bills presented before the senate. Chambers wants communication to be improved both internally and externally, along with creating an environment that is highly efficient while keeping students consistently informed. Candidate for president, Chris Smith, sets his first goal with an in- see ELECTION, page 2a ACTION; University students act as both the principle and extras in the lesbian bar scene at Halftimes. photo by amy rigdon By Amy Rigdon ' NEWS EDITOR On Feb. 22, a Japanese film crew used Halftimes in DeLand as a location to shoot a lesbian bar scene for a piece of their show. The show, which is called "Astonishing! News," is ajred on a Japanese television.station Nippon. The show draws its material from crime exposes, all of which are true stories, and reenaets them. "'Astonishing! News* is like Unsolved Mysteries—it reenaets news stories—and Nippon Television is the Japanese NBC," said Ken McCoy, associate professor and chair of the department of communication studies and theater arts. Nippon Television uses a company based out of New York to set up a location and acquire actors, so a Japanese film crew can come over to the states to create and film the show. Paul Dimartino, the segment producer for "Astonishing! News," works entirely with Japanese productions through the New York company. "I am hired to produce the whole thing—make sure all goes well and everything is happening on schedule," said Dimartino. Since two of the four stories beine shot happened in Florida, the produce- decided to look into using Florida, specifically Volusia county, as a filming location for all the segments. "Central Florida, including th-. DeLand area, is used a lot for locations: more than occasionally, but nor frequently enough to make it famou- as movie locations go. Whenever I finu out about a local film or TV production, it usually turns out well for on; students," said McCoy. Initially, Sanford and Deltona were the primary locations the compan_. looked into using until Sharon Hill, wK> facilitates film crews in finding areas :r. Volusia county to use, mentioned DeLand. And the producers and film crew ultimately decided they liked it. "The show's New York producer contacted me and asked if any students would be available for the pro duction," said McCoy, "When I get these kinds of calls, they usually request people with training and.acting ability. This was especially true for the Japanese production because they sln<« lots of close ups, even on extras, which is not always the case—and the script was in Japanese, so the actors had to Tely heaviK on their improvisationai PhilU It didn't matte: what anyone ■said. realK. a- long as the feeling na* there -all voices were dubbed into Japanese in post-production." "'We used a bunch of kid^ from Stetson University for both principle roles and extra roles. Ken. in charge of the theater department, was kind enough to spread the word, and he actually ended up being m the film too," said Dimartino. Hill said that some of the stones that were being filmed were about a carjacking, a bank robbery that ended in a sandwich shop, and the case of Aileen Wuornos, who was a serial killer, hitchhiking prostitute along Florida-highways in VoIunu and other counties, and who axo picked up women at local lesbian bars. . "We have been filming all around town. We were at a residence in Lake Helen, an insurance company and doughnut shop in downtown DeLand, and for a fee, which thev are going to donate to a charity v e were allowed to film in the Del and Police Station," said Dimartino. ' Tht police have been really nice t>". u-_ and helped us out tremendously Vv'e did a little photo-op over there, f really like DeLand; I haven't walked through the campus but did drive through it." see FILM, page ,i«. LIGHTS' Z'.t~x-f* con-.<6«t5 Halftimes into a movie set. PHOTO PV ;Mi S'^r*.' JDx. wULJIJb JrAI\l^*CKJ^lv ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR On Thursday, Feb. 28, a memorial service was held in Elizabeth Hall Chapel for Christopher 'Harding Donalt); The 21-year old senior died of a fatal seizure on Thus- day Feb, 21, in an off-campus apartment. Donalty was a general business gregati major, member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, ebrate and a member of the university's baseball team when he was a freshman. Donalty came to Florida from Utica, NY and was born on Oct. 27, 1980. Friends, family, the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, faculty, staff, and university students attended the service. Dr. Boyd Jones, university organist, opened the service with a prelude and was fol on life to not mourn deatn, but cel- The university's gospel choir also sang and Darald S ubbs, director of Student 1 '<e, led a prayer. Sigma Phi Epsilon Chert Yonfa, a 1999 gradu- *x, gave the eulogy in <*-"ich he told the congrega- x*r how much he treasured f "o-ialty's love and friend- After a reading by Ja- jjr. Alosky, a senior Sigma lowed by university chaplain, Dr. Laura Phi Epsilon. various brothers led the re- Waltei- Ba-kett. who >-rad *-'-. * ".. - "» * •' ' ""- ,..;-.> and sharing memories ot how much Donalty meant, not only to his fraternity, but also to everyone else. At times, they were humorous, much like his personality, but some of the stories brought tears to many eyes. Donalty was described as having a "strong, yet playful, personality" by his brothers, - Following the reflections, a ritual was performed by his brothers in his memory. The service ended with another prayer from Dr. Walters Baskett and a postlude from Dr, Jones. Julie Farricker can be contacted l if it' ri r, l? Wi fw'H cdli http://reporter.stetson.edu - talk/applaud/criticize/react/ref KffPRIt {imsSpt^i'tifim^^L'Z^i. ■p«e'Ct*1^'0jl