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Sparks fly at Philosophy Club's Flint Water Crisis talk
Jason Cruz
StaffWriter
Dr. Joseph Treaster, visiting Stetson
from the University of Miami, held court
mrer & -contentious debate he often exacerbated regarding the underlying causes of
Flint, Michigan's current overwhelming water crisis during the latest Philosophy Club
meeting last Thursday.
The City of Flint made national headlines when news broke that its water supply contained enormous quantities of lead,
a material which acts as a slow-working
poison on humans. Flint's residents (many
in minority groups) were not alerted to the
problem for months after it became evident
to state officials, including the white Republican governor Rick Snyder who made
the decision to change Flint's water supply
from the Detroit ed. The water, flowing into
Flint's homes and being consumed by children, had turned a murky brown and stunk.
President Obama has declared Flint to be
in a state of emergency, pushing federal
funding towards repairing the water lines
and caring for the sick. At the same time,
citizens of Flint and other members of society want to know how such a travesty could
occur and how those involved will be held
responsible.
Such was the stated goal of Treaster's
discussion, labeled "Environmental Racism." Treaster himself, however, quickly
announced his intention to look past any
race factors and began bouncing around the
crowded Rinker Environmental Learning
Center to discover what students thought
played a role.
"I've been getting educated all my
life," Treaster said, and he hoped to encourage the audience members to see every side
to an issue;
Unfortunately, Treaster seemed to
miss out on learning moments throughout
the fiery discussion. While a black female
student stated her belief that racism was
the major factor in the state's allowance of
a population to be poisoned, Treaster interrupted her to state that many poor cities in
America face similar challenges. When a
white male student argued that classist attitudes did more damage than racist ones, the
same black woman pointed out that black
Americans are disproportionately poor. At
this point Treaster mentioned the rural poor
whites of the Appalachian and Midwestern
regions before actually finding the New
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Dining Services shows
support, helps cater event
Kait Forsythe
Style Editor
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Stetson gets more progressive: On Friday, February 19, a group of students hosted a free vegan ™
I lunch for the student body. Vegans, vegetarians, and all interested in a plant-based diet were welcome to attend. The event was originally scheduled to be in the Garden Room next to the Stetson Commons, however,
Stetson Dining Services pulled some strings and secured the President's Dining Room upstairs in the CUB.
The lunch was impressive: It included multiple salads including quinoa salad, steamed vegetables with
tofu, coconut orange tofu stir fry, tomato soup, and vegan pumpkin sponge cakes.
Nearly every student asked about the caterer and were surprised to find out it was the Commons.
This herbivore luncheon was the first effort of an up-and-coming vegan club on campus. The club would
be a low-maintenance, once-a-month opportunity to get together and eat. jdtijE^
The interest in a plant-based diet has gained momentum in the past 5 to 10 years. Organiza- _
tions like the United Nations and the World Health Organization support this lifestyle urgini
people to put down the chicken McNuggets and jelly beans4|as they contain gelatin., or
boiled animal fat) and grab an organic apple or black beanrburger,'!
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