The Stetson Reporter

US AT Test has been changed. Seepage 3 far mare info. Meet some "Hatter Stars" an pmg€ 5. BOSS •Tlaae*A-**4f ai*hst Coilegutte Newspaper1 8KB Arnaril 1A -dftattA April 7. !9i» Opinions Kep&rter 3 Stetson Starts Employee Assistance Program By .^llowira-fif the lead of private rjodus.trty. "Stetson t'uiver- -51 ty hope*) lo ative about $*32.t>t>0 per year In f*o*ts t-elaled to enipivi*.*-* ahseBtee- ism and In** prodiietli.lty. Tlie university has begun an Employee A-ffihrtance "Ptfogram lEAffl as part of Its employee -benefttA pttdtajge, accoratng tt* Sieve Barley, tlireetor of personnel Stetssors is the first uMwraity in Central Florida and the second ta the state to oiler an EAP to its employees. A rrtaUveiy new kind of empkiyee benefit, EAI* wece tirts": ussed hy private todystry to cuurb subside* abuse but they now cover a wttrtety of *rx*raiMi^ and fat-nary pKsbtern», Lest* Uuan 10 pert-ens of ihe tatatkarfa universities have EAPs, Buries ssad, "SliiUsttcas ahow that for asaeh ■dollar ihat an ompJoyer pays in EAP ihev recle-wi* a $4 return in ineie-fSftri-sti empltwee pKidnttM-. ty and t^iit^ah^nteelstB- As on lu-d-jc-viiiot-aftl intstltiilton <ee reati-y aie breaking: groiiirsd to Florida by oiferuig this berneflt.** Burley staid Othtu Central Florida employer** currently offering "r"Af,*j brKJude C-enei*al Electric in Dnvia-qta Beach. Martin Mar- letta and AT&T in Orlando and Vrtuskt County PuWtc Schools, ,<aelist*an\-llle tijrUv-mcitv is the oniy cither Mgher aKiucaltOini-il institution in Florida offering tin EAP to ita employees. SteUaon will benefit gre-Mly from the E-AP because tin rmpltiyee.g sense of well being directly affects job perfor- -aaoee. job •Mtisfuciten and prisduetMty. Burley explained. Sometimes probferma of a personal nature can interfere with ihe job -and it is to Stetson's bes t irtterst to have a tr-onfldentlad sratem to help its emplo>"«»8 inaunialn the highest producUv- ity pwissible. he said. " Stetson's EAP addresses such areas as marital and timi - ly proQietas, sulw^nt-e abuse. perso-nal finance pr**ieins and emotional stress. "In a world filled with demands, stress, pressures, decisions and choices it eotnes aa no surprise that depression, anxiety, and a lot of plain old. frustrations take their toll t-eaong enirplow» at every level in an j^rfantialtoii,** he said..» The EAP te available for all periiaaftent ful arid pet urcte esripkiyees and their fiaalllesa, ai no additional coat Ac*r»rdtng1oBiu*ley, employers realtoecT long ago that an employee's physttml health carried over to job perfortsiaBce, hence, the offer ol health insurance as an employee benefit. The EAP is based on the same concept ""Without proper attention,** Burley said, *wme personal problems usually beotune worse and the con-sequences are often unpleasant and tsxpensive. in <*ssence, ilie pfograta wtif raake it easier for enspittyees to be weUiiesa oriented to all seg- n-ents of their lives,** Parttelpatlon to EAP ts -a-aahm- tiwy and strictly coofeienual. said Or. John Allen, ps-esldeatof The Allen Grotip, the firrti which will adnnoteter Stetson's EAP. "It Is a human trait to have prchteas and run aground. Stetson te addressing the com- mm pttscesses of Me by offering this prograrn to its ern^oyeea.'* Dr. Allen Said, The Alten Group uses airily catsuniiiielors who aire iteased hy the State of Florttita. "Use sessions are private and confidential in anyone of seven offices ta CeMirai Borlda snd the Ta- pit Bay area. Jowaisas Wins Inside: Editorials p,2 News p.3 Sports p.5 Grasks pj 8Y JrOSEPH ROACH Reporter Eaitor Steiaon students took to the polls Witidneaaiiiiiay as general d-ecttons wetre hasw for positions for the upcoming 198S-90 school yeaar, TTWss ytsar saw a slight dec wase in the a-Jttnber of stutrfe-nts running lor elected pflsdHDis a» weB as ihe t»erall voting percentiage of students. to the race for Student Gw- enruJiei-it President, Erta Jo**ai- sas def*iimt«d her challenger Jeff t^ove. JotafiJisas. a enrrent senator and current ehtalirpej-ison af Inteniidaflaits committee said, This Is great Tm ready lo go r*|-1't now." She wlli be repiarthg "Catherine EfeiiJiorii, the outgo"- trtg presitlmjit. In atsoiher eontenated race, Sharcsn Jones wtll b«e the new Stetson Union Board Vice- President as she -jefeaied IMvtd Martin far the position. TWarc Haiifitnaii win he the new Judiciary Council President- Brian fey and Cyndl ¥ayo r<*n unctjotested and -aikioa their "obs. as Student Gaw-arnnient Vice-President and Stetson Union Board President •r*especUwly. dim Daughton and Sue Youngkin will be the Senior speakers. The new Juaiteiary Council Ifept-e-^ntottwis mM br. fi*om theiSenlor Cbtss - Ba^feTcJtod- dilian and Peggy Threlhel, Juntor CSasss fey HtoUey and Tort StM-oore. .and Sopho-rMssw Ctass - Oavt* Smith -mod KatjmajQr Wharton. The new SC-K Senators will be: Eiie ALand, l¥^na Brao- -nowski, Richard Canlley, Canulle Cttung. Jean Eat-awez. te%* Parfaw, Shanna Fisher, Dan Cilbncle, Make Haber. don Hansen. Revln Seith, T..1. Mclkinald- PJ, Metwtra. Htib IVltxire, Ma-dt Kachert. "David Maker. M.irta Seales, Cvirolyu Sniith, Matthew Stpear. Sftark Spear. Nana Steigner. Grr-g Stewart. Alex ViUares, Paige Wagner, and to^el Ysagofln'e. The new SUB Represirnta ■ tlvea will be; Rt^na Bwo-kowss.- ks, CanUUe Chunj*. Johaa Dtye, Nada Cautrgis, Amv Jensen, Misty Mead, Shelly Mtooitl, Cuy Seinian, Hasaiiier O'hanian, and T&Sjgy ThreHtel. The nev* 'Touchstone Editor •will be Kris Kfebik. The ne** ronchattme Bu&l- ness Mjna-ser will be Mike Aurnfsci-c The Reporter Editor will be Rebecca Pal-raw. The Reporter Business Man - ager will be Jay Edwards. The ye4a*rt*t,aoist -Editor will be Susan Bowman, The Y-earba^k Business Ma:: afer wiU be Jim G-oodfrieod. This -n.ti.v- 4 fsmiimr sighs an Wednesday.