The Stetson Reporter

95th Year, No. 5 'Florida's Old0-:Qoliegtitte Newspaper^ Stetson Univ^mm ^mmSeLami Florida Friday, October 8,1982 Coker seeks to install value; ByJOSEBBMiXiRWi Reporter Idttor Stetson fWerrsity Provost Denton K. f toker. who became the university's chief aeademiv erttrer a week ago today, said o ao ,t;tet-eiew Tuesday that one of his main concent rs tc- create an edaeattonal ett-mioatetn on earaptu-. where students -taa * detelep a system af values an whan ta make tht-tr ta,sjor life's dt-cisi.io-*. " sXfer, a former college pros: dent who fiiled (he vacarcy caused hy the re.*aenattoa ef Thomas A- Tamer last summer, did his doctoral thesis in the fte.d of character eaucation. tXikot oolhned three methods ihat caa he used to establish a framework of values ui the "whole course of the student* s esperienee here at Sietson." Art-ordmg tn Coker. one of the ways is to "bring the best petiple here you ran to teaca, people wha have a system of values of their own. ° * The th question is what cnleria yon use to pt riant kind of person, I'm not sure jiit hot you can make this Judgement." Coker said. '-We're talking about a phdosoph}* of life, not what religion he belongs to, whether ar not he's divorced, what coantry he's from ar what color his skat is. These are superficial measures of character. -You tell me you're a member of the Baptist church and that doesn't tell me much.*' Coker said. Coker taught Ms first coliep class in ISP. *'The more 1 study, trie more I .cam. 1 probably knew more about absolute values hi IM than J do in IfiliX Colter said. *'If t knew all tlie absolutes, all 1 would have to do is training and not educatisaCi-*" PtowMt Denton E, Coker foker said that he believes the "Christum tradition is not the closing of the mind but the opening of the mind to mere truth." Rogers: JC not utilized By CEORGEaHWAfKfltJ Associate idllor Frajtt Rogers, president of the Judl- tiarj, Council, explained in an mterview Taesday that the reason the Judiciary Conned has been Inactive this year and ia past years is beeaase the Residential life Office has became "the intermediary- between ns and residential variations," The Judiciary Conned, a groap of li elected students who make ap the legal ami of the tativersity commanwealth, rewrote the Rodent Code of Conduct last usa., ih t,ssf a-iia nia-iT st-^-sstfi-siri^i** Kntv oases Jenkins If stsm-etlung happens,'* Rogers said, *tr noes first to the Head Resident then trie Area Coordtoaii-ir, then to Tina itahestf; Assistatsi Director of Rest- s.eutiai life.-, then to Kemper Smith * Oi rector *al Residential i,ife>,andfintthv ta Is. frarth Jenkins 'Dean te Student. --Jf-atts * Even if a case does end up with Jenkins, residents have the choice of having an administrative hearing or a heamg before the Judiciary* Couaeil. John Ariaie. a member of the Jafi-ciary Cuunctf for the last two years, said studeats may prefer an admimatrattoe hearing because its "quicker and less paMie," ftogers suggested the inactivity' of tbe Judiciary Council may be attributed to the eviri-ttttoa of the treatment of disciplinary issues on earrtipas, "One reason." Rogers said, -'mught lie that the school is becoming mare leawot. ¥ou don't hear mach about a woman going in front of the Judiary Conned beca use she broke visitation rules. *' Jenkins still snpprts the idea of a student Judiciary Council,**An ail-student jadiciary is the right way of handling discipline, even though other schools use a mixed form with students and faculty quite well,** Jenkins said, '*Wc have mature stiidento on the Jndieiarv Conned," Rogers said the ,tudieiarj Council is not 'uhiised" enough. The ,tudte,iarv Couneil, which is also the final appeals beard far traffic -adulations, was not called an to hear a traffic case last year. Ropers said she "would talk with the SGA to see if we can get involved and get ftun-tstajido," (Todd ilichardsaii, president af the Student Government Association, said the SGA -would would have to do hirifaer research on lh,-n.** Coker said the "enterprise ia a Christian university like this is where the teacher and student become ineolved ui a learning process, each sharing with each ether ir. a quest for truth, "I thutk ui a Chrfstiaa university we (the faculty and adaaaistraliuiis ought not to be afraid to share eur thinking with the full uaderstandinp tliat you're (the studeatsi doing the search...we must protect ynnr freedoni to choose," Coker said. The second endeavor, aecoretag to Cukcr, is to create a favorable environment for this, search for values to fake place. "We don't apologias* for having rha- pei." Coker said. "I see a lot of people on campus netting together lo share their thoughts with their peers. This is a caring and sharing environment. *'i would assume, as in other campuses, that there is need for some hnprovement nt this area- But f think we do have an atmosphere here .where you can express yourself-.and stick your neck out,"' Coker said, Coker said students and faculty alike needed to discover and then learn to verbally express their system of values, "Cltristiajiity doesn't exist without expression. ¥ou don't have any system of valaes unless ynu can express if." Coker said. ContinuBd on P. 6 Greenfeather kicks off next week By LOW la. BASTINGS Staff Writer The Twenty-seventh Annual Greenfeather Week wdl kick off Saturday. October IS, with a Fund Run scheduled to begin at i;9J a.m, in front of the Edmunds Center. The roc-k group Straagei-, brought to campus hy the Stetson I Won Boartt will also help begat the week uf fuctlmising activities hy performing that night at It p,m Greenfeather hopes to raise $i%Wi thui faU tu nenefit the United Way. Med Cross, tlie American Cancer Society, Muscular Dystrophy, Florida Methodist ChUdrec's Borne. Daeal Home, the r*iei|hl«irlKiod Center and the Stetson Emergency Fund, The Greenfoatier rommitiaes hegaa planning early this year aad hate already spoken ndll the Faculty* Steertag Committee which helps prostate prtieipafioa among the faculty. The Fund Run will begin at the Edmunds Center and follow a designated race route from there. Early registoation for the Fund Run is tt, but entrants may register the day of the race from ?i» a,m, until« a.m. for Si. Everyone who registers wit receive a free Greenfeather T-shirt. « .. , .. ^ M0' '■' ■ ' ■ ' '' "'■•'' '■ ■"■ " ''iillSP*'.;; ■--iMi wss-air-63 *Uirs\ S.-fSli^V- sniaiv^iia?^at Camp ■•"** s*: ** "* ^ -