The Stetson Reporter

The tetson rter fbrida'sOikstCo^iate^ez^spaper Extended Forecast Highs in the upper 80s, lows in the high 6Q's Wednesday1 Thursday Spare* Vfoqtfier Chonnal October 29, 1996 Stetson University • DeLand, Florida Volume 109, Number 9 This Week... Clinton in Volusia Presidential candidates campaign in Florida. Page 2a. Greenfeather Students unite to raise money for charity. Page 3b. inions Dole tax cut Pointe discusses Bob Dole's 15% tax cut. Page 4b. Soccer preview! Women's soccer team wins over UCF— making this year a record- setting season. Page 6b. Ghost stories Spooky tales from Stetson and beyond. Page lb. x Applebee's Restaurant critic Adrierme Harvey talks about Applebee's Restaurant in Orange City. Page3b. . Faculty i Senate - leadership ". changes by Davina Yetter the stetson reporter Dr. Susan Wilson, associate professor of communication stud- _x ies, was elected to chair the Faculty Senate for me remainder of the academic year at its Oct. 21 meet- x ing. Wilson will replace marketing , professor Dr. Randall Hansen, who resigned in early October. Hansen resigned Oct. 2, not- , ■• ing in his resignation letter that "if I have made mistakes during my time as chair of the Senate, they have been mistakes of inexperience, not of malice or disregard." Hansen delivered a controversial report regarding low faculty morale to the Board of Trustees at their Sept. 20 meeting. Based on results from a recent Faculty Senate Agenda Questionnaire, the former chair cited lack of raises and recognition, unclear tenure guidelines and decisions and service overload as reasons for low morale. Provost Eugene Lubot said that he had "mixed feelings" about the report, but declined any further comment. Local law enforcement officers crack down on underage drinking by Stacy Gum s the stetson reporter A bar in downtown DeLand was recently caught serving underage drinkers, according to the DeLand Police Department. On Oct. 24, the owners of Halftime Sports Bar dosed the bar after agents arrested eight people on charges ranging from underage drinking to open container violations, a DeLand police spokesperson said. The arrests were made by Sgt. Steve Dovi of the DeLand Police Department, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The underage drinkers were served notices to appear, which means they were not taken to jail, but were immediately released on their own recognizance. Open container violators were found drinking outside of the bar, which is a violation of city ordinance. "A couple times a month [DeLand police] go around and buy.alcohol from the local bars," Corporal Anthony Schroeter of the DeLand P.D. said. "It takes a substantial amount of alcohoL violations before the ATF gets involved." Schroeter said many minors are served because the bartenders are busy, adding that when Stetson students come in there can be a long line of them. Schroeter, a Stetson alumnus, feels Stetson's alcohol policy encourages many students to go off campus to drink. "When I went to pnoto By uovid CjoulcJ Kellie Cashion and Melissa Engle defend Stetson's turf at last week's soccer game. See story 6a. Dole, Clinton face off on dfl ^tfe ttifl^saat J^Tfc Ah m ^_L Eg __B ucation, affirmative action By Colleen DeBaise College Press Service SAN DIEGO—President Clinton and Bob Dole attacked each other's record on education spending and set out opposing views of affirmative action as they went head-to-head Oct. 16 in the last debate of the 1996 presidential election. During the 90-minute "town hall-style" exchange at the University of San Diego's Shiley Theater, the candidates fielded questions from an audience of undecided voters pre-screened by the Gallup Organization. A third-year student at the University of California-San Diego asked Dole how he could relate to young people in America considering'his age. The 73-year-old Republican nominee called his age an advan-** tage, responding that 'wisdom ' comes from age, experience and intelligence" and that he was surrounded by young people who work on his campaign. "This year the Republican Congress, as far as student loans, went from $24 billion to $36 billion over the next six years—a 50 percent increase," he said. "And we also raised the amount of each Pell grant." President Clinton countered that Congress voted for the increases only after Dole left the Senate. Clinton also said that the Republican Congress' fiscal 1996 budget called for deep cuts in education spending, which contributed to a budget stalemate and a government shutdown. "I don't think Senator Dole is too old to be president," he said. "If s the age of his ideas that I question." . ■ , Clinton reiterated the education proposals that have become focal points in his re-election campaign: a $10,000 tax deduction for the cost of college tuition, and a $1,500 tax credit to help families defray the cost of a typical community college. In response, Dole detailed how his proposed 15 percent tax cut would create job and educational opportunities. He pushed his economic package while slipping in attacks on Clinton's character. Many Americans had lost faith in government because "they see ethical scandals in the White House today," Dole said, referring specifically to. a collection of FBI files held by Clinton staffers and presidential pardons reportedly under consideration for Clinton's Whitewater business associates. Clinton calmly parried Dole's barbed remarks, saying, "No attack ever created a job or educated a child or helped a family make ends meet" Affirmative action, an issue the two candidates had shied away from during their first debate Oct. 6 in Hartford, Conn., surfaced as a point of contention. A woman audience member asked President Clinton if America had grown enough to entirely cut affirmative action programs. ' "I'm against giving anybody any kind of preference for something they're not qualified for," Clinton said. "But because I still believe that there is some discrimination and that not everybody has an opportunity to prove they are qualified, I favor the right kind of affirmative action." He voiced his opposition to Proposition 209, a California ballot measure that would end race and gender preferences in state hiring and university admissions. The measure might wipe out "extra-effort" programs for minorities, Clinton said. Dole, who endorses Proposition 209, said, "It ought to be not based on gender or ethnicity or color or disability." He joked that he should be spotted 10 points in the polls for his World War II injury, then turned serious. "This is America," he said. "No discrimination." Opinion polls taken immediately after the debate suggested that Clinton was the winner. Dole continues to trail the incumbent by several percentage points. An estimated 70 million Americans watched the debate, hosted by the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Exit polls in the 1988 and 1992 elections showed that more Americans based their votes on the debates than any other political event, according to the commission. After the debate, University of San Diego students said they were pleased that the candidates disT cussed the touchy issue of affirmative action. Stetson, we just parried in our fraternity house," Schroeter said. Schroeter said Stetson's alcohol policy results in the police finding Stetson students who have violated alcohol regulations on the roads coming home from the bars. Halftime's co-owner/bartender William Albert Jennings was arrested on Oct. 10 for selling alcohol to minors, according to the DeLand Beacon. ATF agent Betty Adazzio told the Beacon that Half- time's has gained a reputation in DeLand as a place where under age drinking occurs frequently. At the Oct. 10 bust, five Stetson students, Amy Curren, 19, Misty Wilson, 20, Emily Cox, 19, Wendy Smith, 18, and Ryan Cournoyer, 18, were arrested on charges of possession of alcohol by a person under the age of 21. At the time of the first arrest Jennings, 26, was possibly facing "a maximum $1,000 fine and suspension of the license for up to seven days" because he is an alcohol-sale license-holder, according to the Beacon. SGA passes bills, plans for future by Davina Yetter the stetson reporter Student Government Association haii passed several bills in the last few weeks, including legislation to expand the recycling program in residence halls and the creation of an ad hoc committee to study academic advising. : The recycling bill> authored by Susie Brinkmeyer, will require that bins for paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum recycling be available in all residence halls. Currently, there are only bins for paper and aluminum recycling. An Academic Affairs Committee bill passed requiring the creation of a temporary SGA committee to evaluate and make recommendations to the Student Strategic Planning Council. The committee will examine a survey of students conducted by a senior sociology class and solicit input from faculty members about academic advising, according to SGA President Lindsey Brown. A bill to hold a mock presidential debate also passed at the Oct. 22 meeting. The senate elected Queenie, senator Matt Hackerf s seeing eye dog, to be the official SGA mascot at the Oct. 15 meeting. The bill sparked debate among senators before passing, as it was "reported unfavorably" from the Community Relations Committee for being "'inappropriate." One senator defended the motion, say ing Queenie was "compassionate, hard-working, helpful, and embodied the ideals of SGA." Several new issues have been proposed to Student Government and are being evaluated for their feasibility. The Residence Hall Association committee expects to distribute surveys through resident assistants this week to question students about the visitation policy, according to RHA Chair Jeff Pointe. An SGA bill which would allow one residence hall to have a "24-7" visitation policy on a trial basis for one semester, is expected to be brought before the SGA senate for a vote before Thanksgiving. The radio station committee is currently exploring the possibility of using the campus computer network to host a closed-circuit radio and television station. photo by Jennifer Grillo Queenie the seeing eye dog, SGA's new mascot Rush numbers increase despite fewer students The number of new students who have joined fraternities and sororities, have increased this year, despite the fact that there are fewer new students enrolled. "The numbers are surprisingly up, since we're down by 80 students," said Darald Stubbs, acting director of student life. 224 students pledged Greek organizations during this year's fall rush, the highest number in the last five years^ Stubbs said that he is currently reorganizing the "Greek 101" standard programs due to the increased number of pledges. 282 students went through rush, with 117 men and 107 women accepting bids, according to Stubbs. Comparison of pledges and new students 800 600 400 200 \* fr *<*<* VT - New students total - New Greek students 1*<ffP V&ifff*'