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REPORTER Stetson University's Student Voice | blog.stetson.edu/reporter I DeLand, FL | Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Stetson Hall's days are numbered NEWS I PAGE 3 Someone's playing with a ukulele ENTERTAINMENT I H Stetson's storied football past This week we've decided that drunk sex flops PHOTO COURTESY OF NATHAN WOLEK t I ft I |. Ti WAmM Benefit concert planned for Hatter Alum After 26 chemotherapy treatments and nine doses of radiation in the last two years, a Stetson alumnus is preparing for a stem cell transplant and needs our community's support, his father said. Jhaysonn Pathak, a 2007 graduate, has Primary Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma and was denied insurance coverage for his costly, painful medical procedures. Soon after his diagnosis, Jhaysonn and both his parents lost their jobs. According to a website updating the community on Pathak' s condition, "the 25-year-old has undergone a variety of intense, yet unsuccessful, chemotherapy treatments all leading to the eventual bone marrow stem cell transplant (BMT). The cells that could save Pathak' s life will be provided by his older brother, Matthew, whose cells are identical to his own, except for the cancer." "We're doing the best we can to stay on our knees and make sure the Lord knows how important this boy is," Jhaysonn's father, Ron Pathak, said. A benefit concert will take place this Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lee Chapel as an opportunity for the Stetson community to raise money to support the Pathak family, a universitym press release said. Throughout the last month, professors Stephen Robinson and Nathan Wolek have helped organize the benefit concert at Stetson. "It's something we need to do... They have no insurance, there' s a great need there... I look at all of my students that come through this program as part of my extended family. He needs help, and this is what I can do to help," said Robinson, who taught Pathak guitar during his four years at Stetson. The First Presbyterian Church choir will perform at the concert, as Pathak used to sing and play guitar with that group. Robinson, Wolek, and Stetson senior jason Ryan will also perform. A couple of Jhaysonn's digital arts pieces will be played as well, Robinson said. The Pathak family has learned often other patients in situations similar to Jahy- sonn's, where Medicaid denied coverage due to preexisting conditions. Jhaysonn has remained connected to these individuals despite his own struggles—his father describes it as a sign of his son's character, and his ability to bring out the best in people. "When he wakes up, Jhaysonn's hardly able to walk to get to the bathroom and he gets up and the first thing BY MEGHAN MOIST out of his mouth is 'how are the other ten patients,'" Pathak said. The suggested donation for attending the concert is $10. To make a monetary donation outside of the event, mail to: Jhaysonn' s Cure Donation Fund P.O. Box 350405 Jacksonville, Fla. 32235 Or visit: www.jhaysonnscure.com. Additional reporting by Jennifer Seater-Wright HI look at all my students that come through this program as part of my extended family. He needs help, and this is what I can do to help." Dr. Stephen Robinson Stetson's finance team places 1st in the state; moves to nationals Stetson University's finance team won first place in a state finance competition and will advance to the national competition in April, a university press release states. The competition, or Chartered Financial Analyst Institute's Global Investment Research Challenge, was held in nearby Winter Park, Fla. and hosted such schools as the University of Florida, Florida State, University of North Florida, Florida Atlantic University, and Embry-Riddle. The students, Rebecca Simmons, Danny Trejo, Juncheng Lu, Gregory Bockhold, and Filip Vurdelja, are a Stetson finance majors and are members of the Roland George Investments Program in Stetson's School of Business Administration. The group put together an impressive, BY JENNIFER SEATER-WRIGHT well-researched presentation that the judges agreed was the best in the competition. One Roland George Professor who accompanied the team, Dr. K.C. Ma, commented on the praise the judges had for the team and their flawless presentation. "So far it's been really great," Simmons said. "Dr. Ma has supported us and pushed us and taught us different ways to find information. We've learned a ton. We've spent hundreds of hours on the paper and the presentations', and it's all paid off!" The national competition will take place in Omaha, Neb. next month. Stetson's team will compete with top teams from all over North and South America in hopes to advance to a global competition against students from all over the world. Stetson student threatens history professor's life in series of emails On Friday, a Stetson student was arrested for sending threatening emails to a professor on campus, a police report shows. Sarah Foss, a freshman, was taken into custody by law enforcement at the Public Safety building on February 25 after she'd sent as many as seven emails to Dr. David McCarthy, a visiting professor in the history department, the report said. According to the police report, the first email, which was sent at 6:29 p.m., says that, "she sent balloons." Foss periodically sent more threatening emails as the evening went on. The subsequent emails contained more aggressive messages, like, "You can go die" and "If you upset me, I will physically hurt you. I know I'm capable." When notified, police attempted to locate the student, but could not. Later, Public Safety told police that they had made contact with Foss, after which police arrived and arrested her. The police report states that the coun seling staff at Stetson was aware of these issues, but neglected to tell Public Safety. Cindi Brownfield, Director of News and Media Relations, disputes this claim. "The counseling staff didn't get involved until the nighttime. Once Stetson became aware of the situation, everything happened very quick," said Brownfield. Brownfield explained that Stetson cannot comment on the student's situation because of student privacy laws, but wanted to clarify how the information came to BY PAUL RADENHAUSEN Public Safety's notice. "Dr. McCarthy started getting the emails...and got worried. He called public safety and asked what he should do. Public Safety advised him to call the police." see PMOFI %'.()«, page 8 I