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Stetson
INSIDE
• Letters reflect
I the controversy
[surrounding
J homosexuality, STHS
and the chalk art
Page 3
• Plan t©
increase student fee
passes scrutiny ©f
SGA, now faces
faculty senate
Page 4
• Featured
English professor
teaches new class on
play and screen
writing
Pages
• The baseball
teams loses two in a
row this past
weekend while the
softball teams taps
two TAAC conference
players
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By Becky Bridges . _.,«.«., ...
By Becky Bridges
Assistant-Editor-in-chief
Ron Piccolo, Head Resident of
Emily Hall, was relieved of his
duties last week, according to Dr.
Dale Tampke, Director of Residen-
nature ofthe violation in policy
other ResidentialLifestaff member
confronted him in the policy-breaking situation and documented the
incident. A few days later the decision was made to relieve Piccolo of
his Head Resident duties.
Tampke said that for every
Residential Life staff member there
credibility ofthe student staff member," said Tampke.
There have been a number of
changes in the Head Resident staff
this academic year. Don Matthews
was fired last semester for breaches
in the Code of Conduct as well.
Head Residents and their staffs
have already been selected for the
1993-1994 year.
Tampke said that all you can
do with any staff is to determine
Bill to protect
homosexual
rights passed
By Brian McAfee
[andj every case is reviewed on its ? Wlth any staff is t0 determine
ownmerits. [I am} not willing as an whatyowexPectationsofthemare,
employer to give automatic re- conummicate those expectations
spouses [toincidentsinvolvingvio- """"fcfewwsty, and hope that they
lation ofthe Code]." Tampke said Wlllunderstend and live up to those
thatflexibilityisanimportantthing ex^ectations-
to keep in mind as an employer In As far as ^ fate of Em% Hall
this case Tampke said that, "termi- f°r the reiHainder ofthe year, Amy
nation needed to happen "' Radford, the Assistant Director of
proceeding ^r™"T"""' When asked if there are differ- ResidentiaI Life in charge ofthe
ta££l£^Jx°^ ^cot^quencesforbreakingltf- westarea«" take over the admin-
Judkfl Offf h StetS°n'S ^n^^Tampkesaidthat-The lstotlved«tiesofHead Resident of
Judicial Officer, according to code is the code. BreakingSi^ Ef? «*■ ^dford will still re-
The incident wh»,h i „ breakiRgP<>«cy." Whether or not a ," hf Chaudoin Hal1 apart-
Piccotote^n!? o i6d t0 staff member adheres or chooses ment rather thaa mo™ ***> the
StS^TwST- «te.adtaBIO,bBQ*5S EmilyHallHeadResidenfs Apart-
wcuea mst weekend. An- duct, "strikes to th* i~o- „* ,u- mei«-
Tampke saidthatielievingPfc-
colo of his duties as a Residential
Life staff member was an action he
took as Piccolo's employer, not as a
disciplinary measure. Likeany other
Stetson student who is found to be
breaking policy, Piccolo wjli have
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-Students Transcending
Homophobia won their first legislative victory when a bill to
proclaim equal opportunity for
homosexuals was passed by the
Student Govefnment Association Monday;"March 29.
The bill proposed by Senator Karen Lazar sought to reword the student handbook and
asexual harassment brochure to
assure Stetson homosexuals of
equal opportunity and protection from liarassment
flie bill was passed 19-13,
two abstaining, without discussion or committee review as is
the custom. It will be'reviewed
by administrators and committees before action is taken by the
university.
Lazar, a member of
StudentsTranscending
Homophobiaproposedinherbill
that the words "sexual orientation or affectional preference"
be addedtothesentence "Stetson
University.. .does not discriminate on the basis of race, age.
color, sex, or national origin" on
page two of the student handbook.
Lazar's bill also sought to
include "homophobic remarks
about a person's sexual orientation orperceived sexual orientation" to the definition of sexual
harassment in a university-published brochure.
34 of the 52 senators were
present at the meeting that ran
from 7:39 to 8:55 pm Dean of
Students Transcending Houumhnbia mernhM*. v^,. <tr « . (photo by Sean Richter)"
.pinion with chalk M^^S^St^lV^ "* *"* **** eXpress **
that STH is not just a groUp for hH«l ™££5r/ "T *° ^^ $mmtS asttf sho-
«d engage acceptance, ihe gr»p m7lL Xlk I?Z 7*117*' ^^ '* to fight h°«»opM,ia STH.
the opinions sections students present armZZet I ™m4 mmerom Abates on campuiri^
—~«^^ for anrf agai"«t homosexuality based on the Bibl7 ^ *~ ULL-page 4
present along with members of
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