The Stetson Reporter

fat uitx workshop scheduled for next week see p.4 for information. Check out ihe P-Cup Standings on pS We know who's in first though, Volume 101 Number 4 etstm mpotttt "Florida's Oldest Cottegiate S'ewspttfter"- Stetson Universiiy Bel twtt Floriim November 18, 1988 Forum On Task Force Held By Jf'aSEffl ROACH Rnsj-rtr-r Editor .; arns standi ntf imom only m .>:oifx Hall Anclitonism as rioth "ax-cks and Non Creeks alike .H.rhered together ai the Stu- -ax ait fraraiiaheldt-aylheStntlenl 'JlV Ta>k Faroe can Thursday .Vx\. 10 Tata was. a a liana e ftar she iinxk-iirs lo vUce Iheir apirarataara-- eona-fr.ainq £reek ■ itiVk j-s.Kkrti Ilie, and residential tie ji Stetson, The tna;orlty of :ne a at1* It tie however, centered .round the Kstae a:l the Greek ■avj.-.-aia*-; tnv.-aitemeni at SMsan. Dr. Clyde Fant, the Chair of the Task* Force, opened up the forum by stating the Task Fcarce*s resttonsibllHies. lie then prt-seeeajed to mtroduce the Task Force members and had the leader of each subeommit - tee give a short word about the progress of that particular conuntUee. As the Boor wasopened %%p for o^testions and enmments, the students did not hesitate. Four to five hands were raised, at all times. For tnany students this was the first realteaUon that stiidentand greek life was being seniUntised at all. As Dave Whidden, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, stated. "There is a witch hunt on," "Whidden then stood up and addressed the f;*r- utrtwith six '"accusations*' of the Greek system and •pre-posnK' which had been suggested by att anonymn-ats person. ft was the "proposals * which se*-med to raise ihe ire of the students. These proposals included that each fr,st*-rtiiiy and srimrtty ago*** ta: Stetson Aids OXFA -%-- .iL\-SKPrrl ROAt'H te|ar.rta-.J Editor Sludp-ats,. suft and Jacu*tv oi Steivr. Uoiverstiv made a direct cnuruniunetil to help the «vnr lei's bnnery Nov. 15 by parti ■ .--.--.-.tt-ra;; ar. i campus' wide fast. •XKFAM to-it'rira's tilth annual •-a-et |V5r » Wnrld Harnearf l"'a- .a-a^l w.ts nrgan&ed by .-«t*.f sa--r,v Rdlaiia-xis Life Council a"8xlc; *!m dirr, i,en of the Rev. '--b.t ',?!.- ks dim-itir of the raa'x-;-, \^.ihaa!ist t atopic c I :iis; ry *a t Wes ley 1 lot -jse, "Sty k-rat oraja-itrkers, ia«r the last vtrluderf Terrrasa canicU. Art Taj.«=tM. Taarn Snyder. Anna -v-j:x-1h-.-". ;ja.r Hniwn and Robet "-"rata Ihe OXFAM F«u»l sponsored l-> rhe «>jrtnrd fr«tntnlttee for Kurtim- Relief, has been an Inside; Opinions p.3 Ncm s p.4 Spurts p.9 annua, event at Stetsart since ]97C>. Volunteers in dortniio ries and campus organisations registered students for parfiei- pattoo. Stetson's food service depart ■ inenl eoopemted with the* fast through a meal rebate program. Students awith meal ticket plans had their ticket number removed from die computer the day raf the fast ITie vafrteriawill rebate to OXFAM the raw (bod ' nst for each parttri|>a»i. Those *ito were nut ain the meal pim participated by fasting and deviating the ukswv they would have spent in (bod*. TSie totals lor fasi were. 56ft students participated, and $1.46? was raised. The fast began ai 6:'30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 and ended at 6*30 p.m. with a soup kitchen 'Break Fast*'inert! in the Garden Ra-sorn of the Carlton Union BniMing. Homemade bread and vegetable soup. symbolic of Feeding ihe hungry, was served. OXFAM ts an international, non-profit dewlopmenl a|lenry based in Boston. Mass. It funds and sends* eJtperieneed atjrtcul- Uiral assistance to seif-help pr?atti2aticans in Asia*. Africa. Latin -Atna--rlca and the Caribbean "t)XFAM res-.iaands, ajaiickiv ta the uf-ed* <>f ptaatHa- Jbr tiniine .■aiixltiir-a'asit-r re I iff.* Hicks-st lid- They pru-i1tiV ncr-c-t-^ar-y frsxl .Tvi rB>c:1Jc,.al «tippLe.«. anti vr-l- i.niwr its ,aid in m-i ta^I tl ae tvlir-t t' ,at la nx-a-aieri * UTt.lx- tn^nv f-timr.«* n-aef .it;f'iicti3s hav4-- Ixa-e-rxi ;x4. rtawci r.i no! f?etime hv»i .«r.d agvic< tltute supplies u« *.i.urvir.c naTSoos. OXFAM Wa-» iriiefl flax-t a-aa- «aw- ond in OtHi tl'atart. he *aoid InSe|iir«nljei. nia*is.ivr tlorads washed nw^y dat- ha-.araes ,--af .Ifi million }a*"ai|aia- aat BaaiaHi.lxlcsh Three-qu-unVrS" aat :he «t>nntry ts-ass under xcatara: hi8ri.;ltx-.-ls r.f Utainixafad'- :»l pea-.ple \c«-re irapj"ed a-.ia i-x*aj;-aps har xa-s.4.-k._a irfln'rxot !:aa--^l 488" ,-ia-.ara ft-;atf'r. Maaie than '.?V:.0Oi' farm ani rnals dr*-ai-n«tl. aaai a-r-tta-e ;.»ctt 33can*s rtrasp., xx-a-av tlt-jjij-sixt-fl anxt water supp^i-s wcrr !cf' cnt«i-» initiated, *ce OXFAM f.S 1 .Accept as a ttnetaber any stndeot of the same gender who may choose to apply, 2. Not to diarge mernhers mere than ten percent above the average tbarged by all Greek ar^aniAi- tlons on campus. -'*> ciet aside artnnally funds from ntember- sttip fees sufficient to give students on llnaneial said raeml ter- ship fee dlseounis equal to ihe percent tinaneial support thai student ret-elves at Stetson, The forum k*»ted two hours arid when eompleiecl sturlents agreed that tt had been a pro- duwtree meeting. At the end, tt was si i jested that the Tasik Force hold another Forum this time with both the fatuity and sttidenis together. Dr. Fant tn closing thanked the sitidenia for their "taluable input* and said that ihe Task Force **as always there for any suggestions' that students and faculp* mid it have &&**** -.-/-.-:i-.-*va"ai ,r/ta"-.xr- .-/.-J Fant Stresses Val ues Ch-cte Fant, Chair. Task Force r*n Student Life reOCEDURES op THE TASK. forct; os sTrnv:>iT liff The Task ?aart-e on Stttdetit life was Jp-paainteai this, fall by dtt" Stf nson Atbnlnistriilion. It ta? t-otnposenl of students arid lja"olty cht.s*iit to ra-present ih*" taatnl Stfriscan x-a.arirratiriiry. Mr, ntewber repn'-^-ni-n any single a txristiitier:a v. «*5i- it vt-as x-hr.4xt'a t. c-a.aiittihiaic t;a ,-i f--itnprx:l^'ti x,j,T' under^inncan; 141 he t arta-cl j".|3t-a-r4X3a-.f"xi jjk-ni life fp-sideia *..il (tic sa-ra-.ti8aa-^ atrl fratcriia lies, and general student aclivt- tieas Each member of the com- trUtlte, faculty ant! students alika.1. is dedicated io the needs of the Uniwrslry as a wh'ale. "lie primary -quesUon. how> ever, does not cooceni Okese vu-dem prugranis in them- v ix«-s but the tok they plav in re«*.ltd ta~. human value*, at Sia-t ssi.u Spenfieally. the Task i «:;*.*- I8" x:hjrceal \V.lh tafeaiJ'v- x.r. .88 ui w-.d-nUHg the ways in v-i.jT the l.'nh*erstt-j Ihrortfii ta^. ^,«tden*f life prntfrains: . Arnx 1 aiatrs its x aitratni: - trteni to CnriaUan values arwt moral responsibility; '}. Builds a sense of com tnnnity, provides opportuntrv for prK'aey and etrpresston of individual interest, and encourage* respect for htraximjc-a.taai human rights, sell respect, aaata, respect for others 3, l*ro%*ides a sicnili*-.i8 , life ail a ad satislyiajj sock student*.. The Task Frmt- seek-- tc. gather daia relevaait to ;!.-1.--- .-|8iestic>ns, in a inano«— .■- sec FANr •- *