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fwed -feb-04 i N S I D E http: //reporter, stetson. ed u S T,„E„ T,.g*„ P...M U, W X V. FJojiaa.;s,;;Fjr$tj^ ^sSSiB!S!SSiWS"S WHAT'S " ZA-m News 2& Opinions 4a Life ib Classifieds 2a Sports 5 s Etcetera 6a issue '54 volume US DIVERSITY msstinc SPORTSs Men's and women's tennis preview page 5b IT safeguards campus from E-mail virus OPINIONS: Anarchy fits Republican idealism page Bi By Liz Erlenbach NEWS EDITOR ; The MyDoom worm virus began attacking computers worldwide on Monday, Jan. 26. " According to the Information Technology department (IT), the university was prepared and its effects on campus computers has been minimal. ; "For the most part, it really hasn't 'affected us. We've had a couple of faculty and staff machines that happened to get it, just because they missed the virus update for whatever reason," said Patrick Aland, network administrator for IT. *. He said that the virus protection programs currently in place succeeded in preventing the vast majority of infections. "We have one on e-mail, which does the best it can to stop them from getting to you. It doesn't stop the message, but it tries to delete the attachment if it can. Faculty and staff computers, when they're rolled out from IT, have McAfee Anti-Virus installed, and it's set to update every day," he said. Additionally, student infections have also been minimal, to the best of IT's knowledge. "We know of one, maybe two infections," said Aland. Student infections are more common than faculty and staff infections because IT cannot mandate virus protection programs on student computers, as it can for faculty and s.taff. However, IT makes McAfee virus- protection software available to students for free on the ResNet webpage. "The virus software is out there .available to students, so if they're using what we've made available on the ResNet page, then they would be protected as well," said Bill Penney, director of technology services for IT. • The university purchased the software for students over winter break, and it has been available online since students returned for the spring semester. Approximately 100 students have downloaded the software since it be- see VIRUS, page 2a ^Reporter Co RRECTIONS '1. "Lady Hatters come back from brink of defeat with an 18- point win over the Mercer Bears," SPORTS, Issue 13. The photo of Linda Palonen was miscredited. The photo was taken by Rodger Gilmore. 2. "Hatters declare open season on Bears with win," SPORTS, Issue 13. The photo of E.J. Gordon was miscredited. The photo was taken by Rodger Gilmore. 3. "Errors in the Reporter require apology," OPINIONS, Issue 13. Margaret Grebin's name was misspelled. Contact U s TEE ■^SSaAaW 421 N. Woodland Blvd. #8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 386.822.7224 FAX 386.822.7233 [email protected] reporter_news(ajs tetson.edu opinions («ls tetson.edu [email protected] etcetera(5,stetson.edu sports.rSstetson.edu online(Sstetson.edu advertisers tetson.edu Poor advertising leads to no-shows at Diversity Council discussion sessions By Liz Erlenbach NEWS EDITOR he diversity meetings scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30, proved to be a failure when no students attended any of the meetings scheduled. These meetings were intended to be a follow-up discussion to last fall's town meeting on diversity. They are the first in a series of four and asked the university community, "Does race matter?" However, the university community did not respond to this question on Friday, due to a general lack of knowledge about the meetings. The first meeting on Friday was scheduled for noon in Chaudoin Hall, sponsored by Residential Life. According to Michelle Espinosa, Dean of Students, who arrived at the meeting to conduct the discussion, "This is the first one they've done, and they wanted to see if sponsoring different ones at different locations and different times would allow students to come." Additionally, she said, "They wanted us to schedule one in the residence halls, to try to make it available to students in the middle of the day." Pizza and refreshments were served 'at this lunch-time meeting. However, not even the lure of free food brought students to the meeting because the vast majority of students seemed not to know about it. "I'm sure a lot more people would have v-; \jv 4*-><**■ *s& ■■ A*.J>. * NF* '"■ *■ \*. MEETING: The Faculty Lounge was empty of students and faculty alike at 3:00 on Friday, the scheduled time for the Faculty Senate-sponsored diversity discussion. The meeting was canceled by the Diversity Council, photo art by liz erlenbach shown up if they had known about the diversity meetings, and especially about the free pizza," said Brittany Barker, first-year education major. The meetings —-;..-"-".- were scheduled at the end of last semester by the Diversity Council in order to keep diversity issues at the front of the minds of the university community. According to Dr. Leonard Nance, head of the Diversity Council, the Faculty Senate was notified of the meetings at that time, but the council decided to refrain from announcing them to the general community due to timing issues. "We decided to wait until things got underway for the beginning of "I feel like they should have had more advertisement of the cultural diver sity meetings... I didn't know anything about it." this semester so we could make sure that people were back on campus and able to become more aware "of the schedule. So we decided not to advertise it in terms of the general community toward the end of last semester simply because students, for example, have their attention more on finishing up final exams, et cetera," said Nance. The winter break itself caused problems with advertising the meetings as well, according to Nance. "I think that we ran into the problem that one typically has at the ending and beginning of the semester. We basi- —.■__.—.;. ^— cally did not have December as a semester to work with, and the bulk of January also, and that was one thing that unfortunately ended up being an encumbrance. So we weren't able to advertise in the way that we would normally have been able to," he said. An e-mail was sent to the university community on Wed., Jan. 28, announcing the meetings. In addition, several fliers were posted around campus and table tents advertising the meetings were placed on tables in the Commons, but this proved to not be enough to make students aware of the meetings. A meeting was additionally scheduled for 3:00 p.m. in the faculty lounge, sponsored by the Faculty Senate. However, this meeting was canceled on Friday in an announcement posted by Nance on the Intranet site. The announcement read, "Due to concerns raised about faculty not having adequate notification, I have, on behalf of the Diversity Council, determined that the most appropriate action is to cancel Friday's scheduled 3 p.m. Faculty Senate sponsored session, 'Does Race Matter in the Curriculum and the Classroom.'... Please accept my apology for the apparent inconvenience." According to Dr. William Nylen, chairman of the Faculty Senate, the senate was made aware of these meetings at the end of last semester and agreed to participate; however, they were not told of the dates until several days before the meetings. "I was aware at the end of the last semester that the Faculty Senate would be co-sponsoring a dialog on race. Following a telephone discussion between myself and Dr. Nance, the Faculty Senate took a vote to participate in these discussions at its December first meeting," said Nylen. He additionally said, "The specifics of the Does Race Matter? discussion were presented last Tuesday afternoon: short notice but plenty of time to put together a discussion." A third meeting was planned for. 3:00 p.m. at the Cross-Cultural Center. With the exception of those sponsoring the discussion, however, no students showed up again. "It's a Friday, a bad day for meetings, and fliers were only presented 2 days ago," said Tiffany Carlson, a junior marine biology major, who was at the Cross-Cultural Center meeting to assist in the discussion. The general consensus among students was that the meetings were poorly publicized. "I feel like they should have had more advertisement of the cultural diversity meetings. It's always important to have an institution that represents cultural diversity. I didn't know anything about it, and I would really have liked to go to one of those meetings," said Kellie Ricci, junior elementary education major. Ricci additionally said that e- mail announcements, such as the one sent out for the meetings, were not always effective. see DIVERSITY, page 2a By Liz Chaille associate news editor Last Wed., Jan. 28, Stetson's Environmental Responsibility Council (ERC), whose purpose is to bring awareness on environmental issues and to gain responsibility over them, showed the first film in a series of four that concern environmental responsibility. The first film was, "Water's Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida." This film explored the aquifers that are beneath Florida's surface and the water they connect to. The film also briefly dealt with the ways that civilization and dumping waste into the aquifers impact these water reserves. In short, "Water's Journey" let students see the true importance of our fresh water ecosystems. The other films that will be shown in this series are: "The Emerald Forest," "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance," and "Winged Migration." They will be shown on Feb. 18, Mar. 17, and Apr. 12, respectively. According to Dr. Eric Perramond, assistant professor of geography and environmental science, the last film, "Winged Migration," will give students not a bird's eye view of migration, but a view as if they are actually the bird. The ERC is showing this series to highlight certain aspects of the environment. Perramond said, "The ERC chose to show a variety of films and documentaries that would highlight certain aspects of environmental problems, either in new and creative ways or ways that jolt our understanding about how highly 'developed' countries can have completely 'undeveloped' relationships with natural environments. We also thought these films were appropriate because they range from silent, musical/instrumental image documentary ["Koyaanisqatsi..."], to documentary ["Water's Journey"], to feature films ["The Emerald Forest" and "Winged Migration"]." Dr. Perramond hopes that students learn many things since each one has something different to offer. From the first film, he hopes that students were able to gain a greater appreciation for what is underfoot and not seen. "Water's Journey" suggested some ways for people to help preserve water and help the environment. These suggestions included ^==z taking shorter showers and turning the water off when not in use. Other suggestions included watering your lawn at night, so there is less evaporation happening (compared to during the day), along with watering your lawn with reclaimed water. The university is doing several "The ERC chose to show a variety of films and documentaries that would highlight certain aspects of environmental problems." things to try to help with environmental responsibility, such as watering the grass at night, and using reclaimed water to do this, as signs across campus indicate. In addition to this, the university has adopted a policy on campus that they will only plant .-™___™_, native plants. Ac cording to Perramond, Stetson is the first campus nationwide to adopt a policy like this. In addition to all of this, in March, Roots & Shoots will be placing a butterfly garden between Sage Hall and the library as a landscaping project. For students who are interested in learning more about the environment and environmental responsibility, Stetson does offer courses in Environmental Science. Contact Liz Chaille at echaille@stetson. edu.