The Stetson Reporter

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' :• ?;.," The result -has :■ been. that the tmajQrity;:.-.of theo.people; in. ;this- 1 agrarian society, live without ;ade- --quale farmland iff:gnMing;pover- ;»ty- the average, .salary is 'the :e-. , quivaleht of $4 per day- -which' ??gipbal. ramileatibtts.?. -;;,-?.;'.": .??in:?the;aim.;of |jfoteeting:;the; environment ; without: ;dis{ruptiiig.: the.: livelihood' of the ?Gtiatemalan ;;■ .farmer,:a;few:Stetsoa students and': faculty ;have;.becoifte:'iaVolved in.: programs to alleviate a precarious:: ;Situation.:v?.-:-;;:?; -: The: first ?.:Mklfiigs .-of ■ Stetson involvement ;ih??G«atemalan?? environmental projects began ? in 198S?^Mn;;;Glift?;Phiii|», -then-:*, .■senior' ;?at ?Stetsohj?-?met father': ?;An:dres..:':Giron .at., a talk. Giroa ..gave in;DeLand. -"■':.-.; Giron, a Jesuit;pBest:;and?land? : refprhier,;TOsbiiyingfariniand;{orM disenfranchised . campesinos to ' tend. . :....? Inspired, by :his{ work,/Philips: traveled to' GMternala? to visit? : Giton's farms. He has been involved; in pro jects; there ever since,; :-y:. .^.|hiiips';;ftesf?;:ma|or: wprk{ in:: Guatemala? was? completely inde- ? pendehief .artlliat^ti;«ith: Stetson.-/ X^we^X :'f./X--XX-X:: XX-"- { Aiietwnting.a:.prpppsal{to the;. "Ihter-nationalCSertter for Develop-. ■merit Policy ^Washington, RC.,' ,Philips:-:was:. ■ granted: :?$40,0OO; to?? plant leueaena, trees .-in ? the; ■ sou---- thern coastal''regions?:of?Guate- 'mala..- •■■■■' :Burmg:thep;ro}ect?::1.2 milripn? . '-teuxaejtian trees;: .were;?;:plahtea. {on ■ . the farmland purchased by Gjron.; :?:The;teiieaena tree is "said to ,: be -esperaaily; ^tabfeSbx: reforest^. ;. tioh;.i!i:Giiaterflaia,i::beCause.itt will: not interfere with, the lifeline;1 of ;;the people.. - ■,.'-';;\Vliat.^it::'does ?-is .grow?:fast ? ;without :destro^g?;native crops.;. : <It. actually?plps;.?sonie: .crops,. ,-■' such as. corn,, which -it cross-fertil izes. . ;? The leucaens;is? also suitable for use? as firewood. ' ; Because, of ;the: great?need of wood .:for;;:;heatihg?;and cooking,. subsisteii^jgathe'ring is. theprin- cip#?source of deforestation. ?; ? PSantin;g..?leucaeha■■ slows;this : . process . because.; of its ■ rapid ; '■ :'growth:, rate; -y- ... ■';'.-; . At. present, people living in Guatemalan villages spehda .great ■ dealof?tirne:;g-atherfng;wood.from . an:, ever ?;their?.treeil :?:?..Leui hawestedj;0Jft .B;left;ovet;;ah| latingthe ' Byrepopu; With ...trees, circle: around lands..?? can actually be; enough that wood. '" be sold, stimu- economy. ting the.hillsides?-' Miips is ■? putting a siiiall hoid'oii;: titie;glob.at. warming'? attributedftip^rt to defefestatidh;;': '.. But; Mdfe?hoticeabrv, he;'is helping to'prevent the erosion of:;: ;hillsides-?:some;st> steep; that .fir-; ? mers must:tend them.-while; daife-,? gling on;ropes-from-uphilt which : are the. pniy ?farrriiands; available :■? to most-Guateihalafls. ■ ■■ In; -the ; tinie::: slnee-« his. first: project, Philipshasbroadened the ; scope :of his;wQrk,;t6;iriclude'plan-. ting;, oh-hthe? siopeS^?surrouriding; :audad?<ksaieinM;?? ?-' ; Philips' {latest; :endeavor? was ? partly;, .initiated; .:?tq ?j become less:? dependent in?fetfi|r- Giron, and. party 'tq;;es«2ape; ;tri4Yulnferafeility:- ■of th6;:#mpie^ouattpMe^ere;: -he ;has::&e)i.i subject?:to. police? ; harassment.: A major; deyelopment in his work has been the; incorporation of the Stetson-based Alliance: for- ;:-;'-;GoiitHiue#?Pag& "{By Earert ■Beckett .:< Staff reporter y 'W 1*. ,;* -:'-*■ ; ?ri X- til: ?-,,- "Whatis this:efas?s.'goingito do ;for? me?v: and "When ..am-?I? going; to use thiis?," are xpestiohs;asked: by :many. eoilegfe students.,:??:? ■,; ,The: yonieri. and:?gender::stiidies class -has an answer :that^?will .satis-* fy bothjuestiohs..,;r,?^ ■ Women ?ahd: ■ .geBdet 'j, studies:• (WPS; 10(3} is?a?new:^ur^;;p;fferv ingas:well as a;new?miBOr;being; "offered, this.: semester. - ' ' ;?Thecourse,.which:was?voted;& las t; spring, - is :.desigt|e<i. to>-. - allow:. sujjdents ?to :?.exptere:;.: and..;uiider-; stajtid: their Proles in;::;his -;or:: her; gelder.: . :', ;According to Drs. Ann' Morris' arid'Ann JeromeGroe©,.the main erppbsjsis is on ;the{iiidivid«aL. -y ;?:"It ogives?.them ;a:siiarp;:aware-- a ess of their gehde^ J^itjaffeets: their lives,?the way: they -fit into- I : society andthe.oppoitunities they : are? given," ;;sai^ Morris.? ?.:; , ;T3K.CQur»?reYolv^;a ? 'main; : issues: ; ^socialization;:.: of.. ': :gender. ■; :'identity,;? .'sexuality.;-; ;.ahd ;.: sepial: preference,; gejiaer; hierar-: chies,;gemfe-i^at^:Vioieiice! and : ? ■ feiphism :and:-spcial:?|hange, ?;..;.;'. ?":'■■' .^Cfii^^tjriiis! =ii"-p0i»i&"''c^iat?'igi".lfiiQV^-.. ?? ^men ::need :,tp, ?modernize their ?' thmking.;;; .;|;;dpn't. ;iike;.h()w msmy? ; womeh;?:seem..;;t0..tbin|?:tM^:,h^ ,■ to.? be; ari<Jr©|ynous; :rather: ?than , f&ihihe|?-Said? Donna:Bryan.;:.; : :??Whtfe?'!&;? class.lias;;;mainly : feinale? siii^nts^ th%; are hoping : thatpore men.will take the .cfass;; :; ahd rea1izef|%t?it is |or;.aH?:gen-;- ; ders:-;;:a^:;;;^cuses:;on--both -men :f-aM.^o^M::i:ff^yy: ;,xfx: ; :Qhe?tB^fy;on::the:iack.of,male- ; ^pa'r^^pit!io^•iM^thev■word,womell- ■ ^:m:^s&MfeXyy. :.?, :,'Theri;are;.:,only |wo males 'in ; .the .cjassi3sd?|fe: .don't get - enough male .;pafticipation-:.orr mate ,;pers- . ?pectfve,": ■: saM/;Gpurtney I ;;Curtett,: ;who- .is??planning?.. tp;:ffiinor; {in;; ;Wpmen; ahdjgehdef studtes-?alorig? with her: psychology major. ■■■'?■• r:;;-; - ■ ■i.^^'-"I','thiu^;;;if::'th^.;^p^:■:'the■,' :word'women.?aB<i called it gender? .studies, ;:more: men: would take it ;and -not: feel as it.: they?would-be,? {outnumbered,".said Emily{-Wh{it-{? ■■•taker,' :a sociology .major.: ? ;:?:A minor is now being offered : to women, and gender studies. .:: ■;?? It is -designed so thatitcanbe. taken?, with, any. :;majpr,:: and vis interdiseipiinary withother classes. ?such- as: ;psycholpgy,? -spciplpgy^, English-and the .other sociafscien- .ces.{{,/ ; Courses that will fee; offered in the spring thatrfit into the;.rninor ■ include Business &Spciety, Amer- • {■{{■;?:? Gontieu^d:;Page S iv :By,-Bebky Bridges:--yy"y ' {"{- . Ne«« "Editor: ■' - ■ ■ :'.:---.■■ -■;.-■:■-" V '" ---."■--.- .;;-' ;-.- - ■ Ji ■ ■ ■ . : '':.: - -. ' ."" ■:..■.■.."':' ' V ," :' " ' '. ;? Students who;participatein;the? ;; Stetson?: meal; ivplan^vreceritly:' received, a; -ques;tiorinaire;.:.Ph;:;how:; they rate the yniv#si^'s{feod: service; program. '■'■"'";-'-', ,:, As an inceritwe:;?to-.cpmpleie the. simple,; feu^page-wrvey;:;1^^. .ftee ;Hat? rack. £3ptibH--is???b;eing:? pffered tQ^stuieiits:^ho complete{ 'and return, the stHYey. ' *? . Topics?on' which'students?*ere;; . surveyed -include; mehu; :#riety, ■'attitudes ofemplpyeeslcost, atrito-'? sphere Of dining looms, and pther!: {areas: which tare {affected -by;'the' food services; prpgrarn. J ';; ■This;surYeycpild:he seenasra positive:step by the administrators of Waste -. and other? powers that, be: to- a«>' ■{?tuaily listen-to?:"the{concerns{of ' '■; students^ in this? case,; abput food. :; '—Hopefully whatever ihfpimatiim , ?ahd statistics ;thatthe institutional { ;Research{0ffice garners from:lthis: ' 'questionnaire . wilt be - tised to change?;the status; ?6f things in a{ ; way that? the -students Approve .of,?; :;a;hd; also; -to: -;Iet?;the;;; food :se?fvices; { ■:'staff;knpw;:wfiaf■ areas;the ■student? ■ body, feelsvthat ?they are -already;,: doing, right. : Perhaps'suiv^regardihgptheri ;:?areas?of life^{:liere?"at?Stetsph{wiH|;;: ;;:be.fofthcpmMg,{espe^ly.!h light' u of all of the; reeeiifattehtiDh given { ?to;uhhappiness:{ on- the. -part: ;of; ?ffiany students'in regards' to5vari- ?■ ■; ;ous aspects of life at Stetson. :?■;■::-:-;: t i-:?: ? ■' ■; ?;' ;'■-■'■;;;.?'.; !-y-- x.,; -X:;: ?:-r;,:??;-..;-- :?j;;;:?; ?'?; 0;.; ■;. ? ?:?.? ??;.?, xxx ■::;: .<' ■:-;??■ -;?; ?;?;s? ? ;; i ? ?'.?:?:?.; ■;;;, - -.,.-.-. -.-.,., .,, ^■WK»«^#ww^te»Wp»w*«»*w yx<xxmtXXx>XmX^mX