The Stetson Reporter

Volume 100 Number 4 'Florida's Oldest Coilegifate Newspaper' Stetson University Deiand, Florida JO/16/87 Task force to develop Stetson AIDS policy By MARY HASTINGS Associate Editor Stetson's Dean of Student Affairs announced this week that an informal AIDS task force has begun work on developing a written policy on and educating the Stetson community about the disease. , Dean Garth' Jenkins said the / task force is beginning to formulate an AIDS policy by investigating Florida laws about the Another bike recovered from local pawn shop By MARY HASTINGS Associate Editor DeLand police reported that another bike stolen from Stetson's campus was recovered from a pawn shop outside of DeLand last week. Police said the bike was discovered through a computer printout to which the serial numbers the victim and the pawn shop reported matched. investigator Brian Hildreth of' the DeLand Police Department said that the case was under, open investigation. "We do have a suspect and we are waiting for a fingerprint match from another agency for I.D., at which time we anticipate snaking an araest." Hildreth reported that the bike wm stolen from Stetson junior Karen Kuirad last month and was recovered from Pup's Pawn and Tool Store Friday, GsK 10. ' Xurad said her bike, a $350 Trek 300 10-speed, was chained to a bike rack outside Sm% Hall when it was stolen. She reported the theft to Security Sept. 27, She said she was surprised when contacted by Security and HMdretfa last week. "I thought I'd never see it again," said Kuiad Hildreth also reported that he has "not been able to get hold of the suspect" who sold a bicycle to another DeLand pawn shop last month. The bike, a red Sehwinn 10-speed, was recovered from See Wjke p.4'' disease and by talking to representatives of other schools about their policies. "It goes without saying that we're concerned," said Jenkins. He said that the development of an AIDS policy is "something that we need to do. So far there have teen no reported cases among the students, feculty, or staff but it's probably just a matter of time." He said he anticipated the policy to be formu- . lated by the end of this semester. Jenkins said the education of Stetson's students, faculty, and staff is the primasy goal of the task forefe. "We are going to embark on a comprehensive educational program on campus," the dean said. He said that the educational program will include programs among the college's residence .halls, faculty and staff, and fraternities and sororities. "We plan later In the semester a campus-wide seminar like the rap® seminar we just had to educate about AIDS," Jenkins said. Ttbf dean said that few of the other colleges contacted about AIDS policies have formulated them yet. He said that the task force has contacted "good, small. Southern private schools" like Vanderbiit, PSr- and Loyola. "Most <«K8t have a written policy. They said, "When you get one, please share it with us.'" Perkins said. Dean Perkins said the policies the task force did encounter emphasized education about the dtaeas® and called for as indMdtial review of each ease. He said he didn't know yet what Stetson's policy would be, but thought it would be modeled after these policies, "Protoabty each individual case wtl! be evaluated and decision® wffl be as to the facto of each 1 he said. He added that lawyers will l3€ jbwoSved"* ta tne forrautetfoa of Stetson's AIDS policy, and that eventually the Student Government Association and the Faculty Senate will also ham a part. Dean Perkins emphasised that in the development of the school's policy, "the protection of students, faculty, and staff!® paramount, but we will also have to protect individual rights."' Perktos raid the difficult part to formulating an AIDS policy would be to drawing the line between the rights of the community and of the Individual. "When do you accomodate, when do you ask people to leave?" the dean asked. The informal task force is composed of Perkins, Associate Dean of Student Affairs and See AIDS pS Thirty-two honored at Business Awards Banquet Thirty-two Stetson students were recognized for their. academic aceivements and reeieved scholarship awards last week at the annual School of Business Administration Awards Banquet. Business School dean Wil-~ Ham W. Wright presided wet the awards banquet, delivering the greeting, intoduction and acknowledgements and presenting awards. The invocation, benediction and adjournment was delivered by Richard W. Pearce, and comments were provided by Business School Foundation president David A. Monk. Stetson University president H. Douglas Lee delivered thewelcome to the banquet, sjind IMichadr.'Bltter* provided < alumni response. School of Business Foundation Awards were first given. The Eugene M. Lynn Merit and Leadership Aware! for Finance was given to David E. Gant The E.C. Furlong Merit and Leadership Award for Management went to Cynthia Perrick, and the David M. Bights Merit Award for Accounting went to Joseph Williams. Foundation Merit and Leadership Awards went to Sharon Seymour for General Business, Lisa Sprtggs for Accounting, and Lisa Rotnay for Marketing. Graduute Asslstantshlp Awards went to John Batfoie for MBA-Ftaanee/QM, Hanqr Held for M.Acc. and Theresa If. >P©.-hlf»&n» •• - -f ©>r* - * > M9A- Manageinent/Marketlng. The George Putnam Award for Accounting was given to Shannon Goff. J.P. Aapley Awards for Scholarship and Character were given to Charles Bauder, Merrie Beth Doty. Sharon Chin, and irtaa Luktto. BSg E, Empire of America Awards for Scholarship and Character were given to Kim Contreras for Finance and John Nixdorf for Accounting. Suzanne Forbes reclevect the Sun Bank of Volusia County Scholarship and Character Award for Accounting. The Price Waterhouse Scholarship and Character Awards . fa; ■Aseo«nttag wait to Susan ■Ho9fc*-*afl''Stt**i Roland George Investment Program Merit Awards were gjven to James Howard, Dtaa Kushmer, Michael McMatt, and Jill Eileen Ztrfel-Mttcheil. Andrea Soud reeieved the George E. Shierilng Scholarship Award for Accounting, and David Wimberly reeieved the Accountancy Club Merit and Leadership Award. Accounting. Department Merit and Leadership Awards were $ven to Linda Watson and Robert Sands, and Brace Snyder reeieved the Chris Davtes Scholarship Award for Small Business. F1CPA Education Foundation Awards for Accounting were given to Joseph Williams ''Se& siwiras TpA •,, • - ■>.<■: >, y * -.^.v *