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Stetson understands diversity (sort of)
By Derek Ashworth
Campus Life Editor
Stetson celebrated "Cultural Diversity" last week with a
number of events that included a
Quest Series program which asked
a probing and yet sensitive question: "Does Stetson Understand
Diversity?"
The Wednesday night discussion was led by Steve Coleman,
Admissions Counselor and Coordinator of Minority Affairs.
Those who attended included members of the Residential
Life staff. Fraternity and Sorority
Counselors, members of the African American Student Association
and Multicultural Student Associa
tion, as well as other leaders of
various campus organizations and
students from the Stetson community.
Coleman began the discussion with an explanation of
Stetson's emphasis on appreciation of diversity and
multiculturalism on campus.
He described that emphasis as being a necessary response to
the racial discomfort, resentment,
and tensions felt by minority students as late as 1987.
He explained,
"Multiculturalism is an appreciation of diversity, while diversity
refers to a recognition of differences," adding, "That fear often
prevents this appreciation and rec-
ognitionbecause of a lack of knowledge."
The discussion then
turned to an open format as
students were asked to share their
opinions and feelings in response
to his question: "Where does
multiculturalism on the campus
community stand now?''
One student commented,
"Yes, Stetson has diversity but it
does not think on a multicultural
level."
Another student suggested that the Residential Life
Department has a special
responsibility, "to make students
feel at home."
See Diversity-page 4
State financial aid decreasing slowly, steadily
By Derek Ashworth
Campus Life Editor
While federal aid for college students has grown scarce,
Florida college students face a compounded situation as state-aid programs such as the State Tuition
Voucher, Florida Student Assistance Grant, and Florida Undergraduate Scholars Fund have been
reduced and face an uncertain future.
Stetson students returned
to school this fall to find the tuition
voucher, a state aid program available to all Florida students attending private in-state universities,
reduced to $924 for the academic
year '92-'93, down from $990 last
year and $1200 two years ago.
As Jack Agett, Stetson's
Financial Planning Director, explained, "It is conceivable that the
voucher could be reduced again-
possibly before the end of the year
due to a state budget shortfall."
The Florida Student Assistance Grant, also available to
students attending a private university and meeting financial aid re-
EDUCATION:
AN EXPENSIVE INVESTMENT
quirements also declined from last
year's $1300 to $978 for '92-'93.
The Undergraduate Scholars' Fund
was also reduced $225 for this year.
Agett acknowledged a
growing feeling among some state
legislator? that state programs benefiting students attending private
schools should be eliminated in
order to support Florida's public
university system.
He attributed this feeling
to the falsely held belief that needy-
students do not attend private universities when in fact Stetson has
awarded $15 million in financial
packages to its students this year
alone.
Agett also suggested that
the state may need to seriously assess its tax structure in order to
meet the education costs of the future.
A tax base which depends
on population growth rather than
economic growth has been costly
for both public and private college
See Finance-page 5
Dr. Lee holds a
"town meeting1
for stintents to
air concerns
By Donald Hitchcock
Staff Writer
Curious students were
given the chance to inquire and
probe President H, Douglas Lee
and Vice-President of Student Life
Jim Beasley at the "Town Meeting" held last Tuesday evening.
About 20 students and
administrators attended the forum
brought about by the Student Association.
Poor attendance was attributed to the tormenting storm
right before starting time.
President Lee's goal for
the meeting was to tell students
about the mechanisms used to voice
student opinion and concerns to
the Administration and Trustees.
Stating the Student Association as the most accessible
and influential manner of input
that the students have, he urged
the student body to actively participate and voice concerns of their
institution.
The students' goal for the
meeting was to askabout Stetson' s
future plans (i.e The Year 2000
Plan) and to seek solutions to some
of their problems on campus such
as lack of facility for community
service groups, concern about public safety, change in residence halls.
and lack of parking.
Gayle Littleton and Ron
Piccolo, President and Vice-President of the Student Association,
hope to have further town meetings in thefuture toaddress volatile
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