The Reporter

Wednesday, March 25, 1998 FOsxUiVi > If only Jesus Christ could be marketed. Column^ 6a Volume 110, Issue 22 n N \ *Wl.S \i$A i r (904) 822-7224 • FAX: (904) 822-7233 News: [email protected] Life: [email protected] Forum: [email protected] Sports: [email protected] Ads: [email protected] General: [email protected] http://the-reporter.home.ml.org Nominations being accepted for June Brooks Memorial award. Life, page 1b Stetson University, DeLand, Florida By ANDY DEHNART and JEFF HAMRICK The Reporter Five vehicles were burglarized early Sunday morning, officials from the Department of Public Safety said last Monday. Stolen from the student's vehicles—which were parked at residential hall parking lots—were radios, CDs and cell phones. All the vehicles had one or more windows smashed. Public Safety officials estimate that the break-ins occurred between 1 and 6 a.m. Sunday morning. DeLand Police Department officers responded to each scene, fingerprinting each vehicle. Two ofthe cars were parked in the Carson/Hollis parking lot, and the other three were parked at Stetson Hall. Chief of Public Safety Frank Mussoline said that the break-ins were of the "smash and grab" type, and were "crimes of opportunity." Thieves, he said, "target vehicles during the daytime and hit them at night." "It's the same group and they know when and what the opportune times are," he said. "When you compare our statistics to any other school, we are very safe," Mussoline said. "Our first concern is your safety. Safety comes before property." Mussoline said that "we do have people walking through our campus" on a regular basis. Mussoline suspects that the crimes have been committed by a group of 15-20 year olds who regularly pass through the campus and are able to monitor the whereabouts of individuals and students at the university. Those committing the crimes are not "professional" thieves. This year alone, 35-40 people have been issued trespassing notices this year alone. If they return, they will be arrested, Mussoline said. The community needs to take "a proactive stance," said Mussoline. "Students need to be aware of their surroundings. Public safety officers often find valuables left exposed on car seats," Mussoline said. "If you don't have a trunk, take them [the valuables] up to your room." He said there is "no way we can prevent break-ins from occurring on campus." "We could not cover every parking lot on campus even if I had fifty additional men," said Mussoline. "I cannot tell you that it will not happen. That would be Nirvana and I cannot lie to you or myself," he said. Nevertheless, Mussoline said that he "want[ed] to assure the student population and parents that we will place more emphasis on parking lot patrols." Mussoline called on students to assist public safety by watching for suspicious situations. "We know that some of you guys are up at 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. in the morning. Why not take a look out of your window and see what's going on? We will respond to any call identifying a suspicious situation—even the ones that seem frivolous," said Mussoline. Two officers were on duty, but one—Michael Tuma— was tied up on another call. Mussoline said that a new officer was just hired to work the midnight shift. Officers have been working extra shifts to compensate for the lack of a full staff. Mussoline said that he understands students' "frustration but this is reality. We are not immune, but we are trying to keep these incidents to a bare minimum." MOVIE > Part of Adam Sandler's latest flick was shot on campus last week. Central Florida is.. On screen, South. Central Louisiana State -University will look remarkably like Stetson. Our campus, with a little work, became the site of the fictional college in the movie The Waterboy/ By ANDY DEHNART Editor-in-Chief The Wedding Singer and Happy Gilmore himself was on campus last Friday during production of a $23 million movie. The Waterboy, starring former SNL member Adam Sandler, has been filming in the Central Florida area for over a month. Written by Sandler, it chronicles the rise of a waterboy to star football player at a fictional college, which Stetson represented. Parts of the campus were transformed to represent fictional South Central Louisiana State University. Among temporary changes made to the landscape were vines covering the university's main gate, and an aged plaque that covered the Stetson seal and announced SCLSU's entrance. Stetson received $2000 a day during actual filming, and $1000 for each day of pre and post production work. The scene shot on the steps of the CUB garnered the most attention. A ACTION: Crew members of The Waterboy'shoot a scene at the CUB circle last Thursday. The film, starring and written by Adam Sandler, features scenes at Stetson Photo by Paul Davis crowd of students gathered to watch Sandler in the scene, which was shortened due to rain. The company successfully shot scenes inside Cummings Gym, and shots at Holler Fountain, including one from a third-floor window of Elizabeth Hall. Brian Miller, executive director of marketing and communications, coordinated the negotiations required to bring the production to campus. He said that Wdterboy's location manager John Garrett "was in search of a Florida campus with architecture and landscaping that could reasonably double as a bayou country college setting," and Stetson fit that image perfectly. A number of factors are considered when officials decide whether or not to permit filming on campus. Included are "what opportunities for students to learn about the film industry and to interact with professional filmmakers can be offered, and what academic and other activities are already scheduled on campus that might be disrupted by filming," Miller said. Ira Shuman, who produced The Wedding Singer, Bulletproof, and Airheads in addition to Waterboy, "spoke on the business of filmmaking before an American film studies class that everyone was invited to attend," he said. Other factors considered when deciding to allow production on campus are "the script itself [and] the economic benefits to the West Volusia community," Miller said. In addition, Waterboy Productions assumed "all costs relating to production activities," according to their contract with Stetson. He said that "negotiations are still under way concerning Stetson University appearing in the credits." Miller is currently developing a film policy that will facilitate future projects. Production of Tom Hanks' From the Earth to the Moon last spring caused problems when SGA senators were reprimanded by production crews for being too loud. Miller said that Waterboy Productions "understood from thebeginning that some of our students had an unpleasant experience with another film company on campus last year. We were assured that such a situation would See SANDLER, page 3a Other movies and shows have been filmed on campus, too. • Ghost Story, released in 1981, included a scene filmed in Elizabeth Hall. • A segment of the TV show Thunder in Paradise ' Footage for a Canadian insurance company's TV commercial featuring the front of Elizabeth Hall • HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon segment, directed by Tom Hanks • The First of May, starring Julie Harris. Source: Cheryl Downs, Public Relations Dodson give third lecture in series By PAUL DAVIS Photo Editor Howard Dodson delivered the third speech in the Howard Thurman Lecture Series last Wednesday. Dodson spoke on the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture and pluralism in texts on American history. Dodson began by explaining Schomberg's motives and how they related to the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. -According to Dodson, one of the arguments used by racists to oppress blacks was claiming that they did not have any history. The theory related by Dodson was that since blacks did not have a history they did not have a culture, and therefore needed to have a culture forced onto them. Schomberg sought to combat this racist theory by establishing that blacks did have a history and a culture of their own. He wished to accomplish this by creating a collection of material on or related to black history and culture. This rationale was the impetus for the Creadon of the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. After discussing Schomberg and the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Dodson went on to address pluralism in historical texts. Dodson seemed to support the general trend toward focusing on everyday life for the average person by explaining that one of the primary reasons that blacks and other minorities are not sufficiendy addressed in historical texts is that historical texts focus primarily on those possessing great wealth or power. In an attempt to illustrate the need for pluralism in historical texts, Dodson highlighted how unusual it is given America's history that we treat all Caucasians as belonging See DODSON, page 3a DODSON: The historian focused on pluralism (the inclusion of multiple historical perspectives) in American history textbooks. By JEFF HAMRICK News Editor An ad hoc committee met last week in Elizabeth Hall to begin discussing the policies and procedures governing the Publications Board. The Publications Board is the body which sets policy for the three student publications: The Reporter, The Hatter (yearbook), and Touchstone (literary journal). The Publications Board also hires and fires the managerial staff—including the editor-in-chief and the business manager—of all three publications. The ad hoc committee, according to Vice President for Campus Life and Enrollment Management Jim Beasley, is charged with the ittee forme task of "reviewing] the policies governing student publications at the university and to recommend appropriate changes, if any." Beasley, who created the temporary committee, also said that it "will clarify the relationship between the university and the student publications program. The committee met for approximately one and a half hours last Wednesday and discussed a wide vari- bers actually attended the first meeting. According to Michael McFarland, chair of the ad hoc committee, the committee met to "talk out some ideas." McFarland said that "there was not even an attempt to make any decisions at this meeting." Shannon MacLaughlan, chair of the Publications Board, called the stated purpose of the committee "vague." "We spent most of this meeting deciding what our purpose was. We were all put into the same room at the reefy of issues. Six designated committee mem- quest of Dr. Beasley, and none of us knew Bea|ley||g;MlcLap||^ inside FORUM: Social security won't be around to help us out, 4a LIFE: Photo feature highlights Greek Week, 3b exactly why. It felt like a scene from The Usual Suspects," said MacLaughlan. MacLaughlan, who is also the business manager of The Reporter, said that she is "the sole representative for all three student publications." MacFarland said that there were "no pressing issues" or "heinous situations" which had prompted the formation ofthe committee. Beasley said that the committee was formed "because periodically one needs to review policies." Beasley later identified the Penrose incident as one of the major cause of the formation of the committee. "Certainly, this came out ofthe letter which I had prepared to send out after the fall." SPORTS: Football team a future 'possibility/ 5b Beasley was referring to a letter implementing initiatives designed to "increase support" for The Reporter after the publication of a letter by Penrose, who espoused racist views. MacLaughlan called the printing of the Penrose letter a decision which "some members of the Stetson community deemed radical and inappropriate." "I think that the administration would like to see some sort of infrastructure which would prevent that sort of thing from ever happening, but that is virtually impossible,' said MacLaughlan. "There is an inherent and universal conflict between the student press and adminis- See COMMITTEE, page 2a % I ,„News, Et Cetera ■ . is-. LS - ZaA i .Fotunv :~;A - 7a ) _8a__Life !-3bJ .Sports'5'.-TJo'^ \L.-u I