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THE CATALYST A Student Publication of New College
the naked truth Volume IV, Issue 23 March 14, 1995
STUDENT DIVISION REPS- DOING THE JOB? by Nick Napolitano
An article was run last week detailing the Humanities
Division 's decision to turn professor Robert Knox's American and British literature faculty line into a French Language and
Literature line. This raises the dirt!ctly-related issue of why
student opinion was not sought.
When posed this question, Humanities Representative Patrick Denny answered ''I'm not a lit major precisely, so it
didn't immediately ring any warning alarms. If it had been a
music class I certainly would have jumped on the case."
David White, the second Humanities rep, can attest to Denny's passion for the music department. "In the Humanities
meetings he speaks and he says, 'What do you think the students
will say when they announce that Steve Miles is gonna be on leave? How is this going to affect the music department?'"
Do division representatives tend to support their own
interests and not those of the students they are representing?
First year student Matt Grieco seems to think so. "I get the
sense that the current division reps act as their own eyes and
LET THERE BE LIGHTS by Kate Fink
New lights for the pool are on their way. According to
Fitness Center Director Judy Roningen, thirteen new lights
should arrive this week and will be installed shortly thereafter,
"provided additional problems do not come up."
Roningen said the Fitness Center has compared prices,
and has decided to order light bulbs through the state, at the rate
of $7 per bulb. Each light bulb requires a gasket set, which must
be ordered through a private company, at the rate of $16 per set.
There will be additional charges for installation .
The cost of these repairs will be covered in the Fitness
Center's budget. "We're hoping that our only problems are light
bulbs and gaskets, nothing more," Roningen said. If there are
additional problems, the Fitness Center may not have enough
money to cover the total cost.
The pool is currently only open from dawn until dusk
because of a state law prohibiting it to be open at night without
sufficient lighting. Only three of the pool's sixteen lights are
now operational.
ears rather than ours." Another student adds "Being a lit major,
of course I respond negatively to anyone that's supposed to represent me and doesn't seem to be doing that." Humanities
Chair Malena Carrasco observes that, "If they haven't brought
information to student meetings, then it's not clear if it's student
opinion or a student's opinion," they are putting forth.
Natural Sciences rep Jen Milroy said that she is, "no
l0nger a Nat Sci [Natural Sciences] student. I've been meaning
to tell [NCSA President Sujean Chon] to appoint someone else."
Milroy now majors in the Social Sciences.
Another problem among student reps is spotty atten
dance to division meetings. When asked why he had only
attended one division meeting (of three), David White complained that notices for meetings were not put in his, "box until
the day of or the day before the meeting."
But according to Carrasco, "There's no mystery about
when our general meetings are." They traditionally take place on
the first Wednesday of every month. White said he missed this
month's meeting because he "hadn't had the chance to get used
to that."
Of Social Sciences reps Jennifer Carnahan and Benjamin Wolkov, division chair Tony Andrews said "We've had four
meetings and they've attended two of them." Natural Sciences
Chair Leo Demski could not even name his two reps or how
many meetings they had or had not attended, but in their defense
said "one of the problems we have is that we're constrained to
"REPRESENTATIVES" CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Inside this Issue: Editorial ..... . . . ... . .. . . . . . . ............ . ... .. . .. . . 2
Letters to the Editor .. .. . ... .. . .. .. . .. ...... . .. .. .. 3, 4
SAC Minutes . . . . .. ... . .. . ... . . . ........ .. . ...... . .. 4
YeeHaw Junction . . ... . ... ...... . .. .. .... . ... . . ... .. . 5
Internet Bill . . . . . ... ... .... . ................. .. ... . . 5 Feature: St. Patrick's Day . .. . ...... .... ... . . .. . . .. .. ... 6
Police Log .. .. . ...... ... . .............. .. ... ... ..... 6
Restaurant Review ... ..... . . .. . .. ... . . . . . . .. ....... ... 7
S!!xual Harassment Policy Committee .... . ....... . . . . .. .. . 8 Graham's Asylum ... . .. ........ .. . . ...... ... ... . . . ... . 9
Food Service Updates . . ...... . . . ......... ... . . . .. . . .. ll
Announcements ... ... . .... ..... .. . .... . ... . .. .. . . ... 12
2 The Catalyst March 14, 1995
Editorial
As the discussion over the future of the Student Affairs
Coordinator continues, one thing remains clear: we need a New
College alum
First off, New College is a small liberal arts college
with the massive bureaucracy of Florida's largest university
overseeing it. This results in a myriad of administrative compli
cations anytime anybody tries to do anything. An alum would be
used to this, would know what channels are beneficial to work
through, and which are not.
Second, not to be egotistical, but New College students
are like no others. That's why they are at New College. The
Coordinator must be familiar with the idiosyncrasies of New
College students: the particular stresses of classes and relation
ships, the individuality, the puns, et al. The Coordinator needs
to be aware of what students like to do and not do.
The Coordinator must know about New College events.
S/he must know about the lack of things to do on campus and
off, and slhe must know about what is available. S/he needs to
know what areas of student life are deficient and need improv-
Corrections
In last week's editorial, student Tammy Maloney was
incorrectly identified as Mahoney.
ing. S/he needs to know what to leave alone. Someone who has
been part of New College life would know these things.
Finally, an alum can combine the experience of a New
College student with the outside world and provide that perfect
gap between the Ivory Tower and Skid Row (or whatever it is
that comes after this place). An alum would know what is
possible, what is not possible, and what should be made pos
sible.
In short, the task of the Student Affairs Coordinator can
hardly go to anyone else but an alum. Hire one person, or hire
two people and get one of them from outside the college to add
diversity, whatever. Just get an alum in the post, either part-time
or full-time. The job is really not possible otherwise.
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The Catalyst
General Editor: Ken Burruss Managing Editor: Ilen Zazueta-Audirac
Staff Writers: Graham Strouse, Rocky Swift, Jake Reimer, Byron Hartsfield, Kate Fink, Meg Hayes, and Nick Napolitano.
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The Catalyst reserves the right to edit submissions for reasons of space or clarity.
The Catalyst March 14, 1995 3
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks from the General
General Heiser wished the following to be printed
regarding the Jazz Concert of 314195. - ed.
My wife and I arrived early, and we were impressed
with the way the "PepsiCo Fine Arts Arcade and Forum" had
been set up. The setting was superb! The nicely lighted stage,
the tables with cloths and candles, the refreshments, the effective
lighting of the Arcade, and a particularly pleasant night were
impressive. The student tum out added a favorable dimension to
the evening. The quality of the entertainment was outstanding.
The program was excellent!
When the student representatives approached me in
advance to inform that the event was to thank the Foundation, I
was touched. The fact that the thought emanated from the
students added a very special flavor to the evening. Overall, I
was pleased with the evening and want to thank all concerned
for their efforts.
Among the Trustees present were Dallas Dort, Rhoda
Pritzker, and Richard Hodes. Dallas was a founder of New
College and was the chairman of the Board ofTrustees in 1974
when the merger document with the State University System
· was signed. He also gave the lead gift for the new Residence
Hall. Rhoda has been a Trustee since 1975 and is a stalwart on
the Student Affairs Committee. Her interest in the students is
paramount. Dick Hodes was the Majority Leader of the State
House of Representatives in 1979 and played a major role in
establishing our endowment. All of these Trustees enjoyed the
evening very much and were appreciative of the students who
wanted to thank the Foundation.
Please convey our appreciation to all concerned for a
job exceptionally well done.
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With appreciation,
Rolland V. Heiser
President, New College
Foundation
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A Regretful Error
I am writing this letter in response to the article, which
appeared in the last issue of the Catalyst, by Kate Fink about the
body image fishbowl that took place about two weeks ago.
While the fishbowl was happening I realized that someone from
the Catalyst was sitting in and taking quotes. As someone who
helped organize the event, I became concerned that people
participating in the fishbowl might be discussing things that they
did not necessarily want printed, reproduced, and distributed
throughout our community. After the Fishbowl I spoke with
Kate about my concern. Though, as Kate rightfully pointed out,
the event was a public one and open to anyone (including,
therefore, the "press"), I feel (as I expressed to Kate) that there is
a great difference between a conversation and a newspaper
interview, and that people had agreed to participate in the former
and- though not provided with an opportunity to give their
consent - were in fact participating in the latter. I suggested that
Kate speak with people she intended to quote in ~er article, but
she apparently decided this was not necessary.
I apologize greatly to anyone who was surprised and
displeased to find themselves quoted in the article. The honesty,
sincerity and trust of the people in the fishbowl was greatly
appreciated - it allowed for what was, overall, an important and
powerful conversation. I have spoken with Kenny Burruss and
he has assured me that Catalyst reporters will make themselves
known as such at future events. I hope that this situation does
not discourage anyone from coming to events like this fishbowl
from now on. Again, I would like to thank everyone who came
and talked so openly, and apologize to all who feel their trust has
been violated.
- Craig Willse -
Box 253
[The Catalyst would also like to sincerely apologize to any
student who felt their trust violated. It is not our intention to act
as walking microphones. As Craig wrote, all reporters in future
will make themselves known. -ed.]
4 The Catalyst March 14, 1995
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3) I have three categories of comments/complaints about
the March 7th Catalyst. (I'm afraid all of these comments are
for Graham, unless he wants to implicate a copy editor.) They
are as follows:
1) Patronizing advice to women; 2) Graham's physique; 3)
Possessive's.
Complaint #I) You sez, "If you're a student and you're
female and you need to get down to Viking or Caples, get a ride
from the police or a friend, or at least find a large, burly friend
to accompany you. A certain mop-headed columnist for this
paper can often be located for such purposes." I sez, I've lived
off-campus for three years and biked at all hours of day and
night and /liked it. I've been masturbated at, hooted, hollered,
and leered at, and had a perfectly good apple thrown at me from
a car window and dashed to applesauce on the spokes of my
front tire. I've been chased by drooling dogs on a dark road by
the railroad tracks on new moon nights. (None of that is what I
liked).
What I like about biking, especially at night, especially
alone, is the scent of jasmine and saltwater on the breeze, the
way the streetlights on Bayshore put me in a race with my own
shadow, Spanish moss in moonlight, empty streets, whippoor
wills, the righteousness of non-fossil-fuel-powered transporta
tion, and my own autonomy. And oh yeah I even like the little
sulfur smell when people's lawn sprinklers come on before
sunrise.
I will say that worse things have happened to me on
foot than on bike, and that I would bike but probably not walk
north of campus on U.S. 41 at night. If you want advice about
going to Viking at night, I would say take the pedestrian over
pass; it keeps you off 41. I will also admit that I sometimes
drive instead of biking at night now since I live farther away
from campus this year and have a truck.
I'm not making universal moral claims. I just want to
suggest that "if you're a student and you're female" and you
want to get anywhere, anytime, consider the possibilities,
acknowledge your fear if you have fear, assess your degree of
sobriety, and then make your own decision. Don't be intimi
dated by anyone else's "advice." If you choose to bike rather
than calling a friend or a cop, you don't have to be afraid, just be
aware. Know your options and escape routes. Sometimes when
I'm biking alone at night I tell myself "I am biking alone at
nigh4 now." That simple awareness works better for me than
worrying. So, Graham: Thanks, but no thanks.
Comment #2) Come on, Graham, we all know what
you look like! Besides the mention of a "large, burly friend" in
the Editorial, I also find the following reference amidst musings
about Greg Lougainis and AIDS: "Lougainis is built a lot like
me; thick chested, ripped up." Perhaps you should have worked
these comments instead into the story entitled "Body Image
Discussed." If you don't stop writing in the Catalyst about your
body, I will start writing about mine.
Comment/Complaint #3) Possessive's: "Passerby's try
tu pick them up 'nearly every time' they cross 41." What is
"Passerby's," a new nightclub? Maybe it was supposed to be
"passersby."
Again, "he was having sex with open sores on his penis
from other STD's." Who is STD? And what unfortunate
initials!
P.S. When we "get unlucky with our dentist" and get
AIDS, does that mean we "got lucky" with our dentist but got
AIDS, or that, unluckily, when the nitrous oxide wore off we
suddenly clamped our teeth down onto the dentist's fingers,
causing him to inadvertently stab us in the cheek with the drill,
and shredding his latex gloves, and causing him to bleed and
shed virus copiously into our open wound ... ?
- Cynthia Harrington -
SAC MINUTES Monday, March 6, 1995
members in attendance:
Sara Kuppin, Amy Laitinen, Tracie Merritt, Rocco Maglio,
Meg Moore, Jake Reimer, Adam Stone (chair), Stephanie
Weiss
the meeting went as follows:
a $700 increase to the Catalyst's allocation was turned down.
MacLab - $6,990 was allocated for the purchase of Tribelink.
Ari Weinstein will be leaving the MacLab Coordinator
position in one week.
Jazz Social- $62.50 was allocated to reimburse James Todd
on the rental of table linens.
Jewish Studies - Kayla Drogosz was allocated $110, $80+tax
to supplement her previous allocation for a speaker's plane
ticket, $20 for refreshments for the Purim celebration/
reception.
Black Orchid Jazz Night- $75 more was allocated for the
band's expenses. $72 Joan stipend was allocated to Brian
Lumpkin.
UP Student Picnic- $300 was allocated.
The Catalyst March 14, 1995 5
YEEHAW JUNCTION SELLS CIDCKEN SODAOH,ANDA TAPE, TOO
by Kate Fink
Yeehaw Junction, the most popular bluegrass band ever
to come out of New College, released their new tape, "Live at
the Fillmore South," last week.
As evidence that the band hasn 't been too overwhelmed
by their success, they offered Novo Collegians an especially
enticing offer: with every $3 purchase ofYeehaw Junction's
specially formulated Chicken Soda, fans received "Live" free .
Bassist Ezra Freeman would not comment on the secret formula
for the soda, except that it was an "ancient family recipe that
involves lots of bouillon."
"Live" is of the quality fans have long come to familiar
ize with the Junction. Side moo is packed with foot-stomping
tunes like "Jesse Jamez," "Foggi Mownton Nervous Break
down," and "That Good 01' Mountain Dew." Also on side moo
is the tear-jerker "Fammly Reunion," a bittersweet performance,
considering the band's breakup. Side oink contains other
favorites like "(When I Grow Up I Wanna Be An) Old Woman"
and "l11e Teddy Bears' Picnic."
Not only do singers Danielle Chynoweth and Katie
McDowell harmonize better than the Mandrell sisters (most
notably on "Mountain Dew" and "Hot Korn, Kold Korn"), but
all members of the band get their turns to pluck, bow, or drum
their way into the spotlight. Especially impressive are solos by
banjoist Matt Amati in "Foggi Mownton," and "John Hardy,"
and fiddle player Jake Reimer in "Hot Korn Kold Korn" and
"The Devil Went Down to Florida."
Other highlights include "Droolin Banjos," a tune
which contains a large sample from the classic "Dueling Banjos"
(court case still pending) with a few adjustments, including a
beginning argument so convincing that loyal fans can't help bm
shift a little in their seats from the tension. "Live" includes
several other instances of classic Yeehaw Junction between-song
banter, creating the effect of the whole band is grooving and
hollering in the same room.
There is yet another bonus to those who had not been
updated on the status of the Family Heirloom Guitar since the
fateful concert, during which guitarist Ben Harth accidentally
stomped on it: "Live"'s recording of the famous Yeehaw Junc
tion original contains a spoken introduction, revealing that the
guitar is again intact, and undoubtedly still creating more
memories towards its legacy.
Members from Yeehaw Junction will continue to sell
Chicken Soda in Hamilton Center this week. Oh, and you might
still be able to get copies of "Live," too.
INTERNET BILL WORRIES FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES
from the Oracle, 3/2195
An antipornography bill aimed at the Internet has many
in the on-line community worried that their free speech rights
will be stepped on.
The bill making its way through the U.S. Senate 's
Commerce Committee seeks to extend federal laws governing
telephone obscenity and harassment to include Internet postings.
The aim is to prevent pedophiles and other harassers
from using the Internet to commit crimes, said Mike Kangior, an
aide to Sen. Jim Exon, D-Neb. , who sponsored the bill.
"This is a bigger problem than people think it is,"
Kangior said Wednesday. "There are a lot of instances that are
not reported. It's already wrong on the telephone; we're just
extending it."
But the bill has raised serious concerns among those
who use the often chaotic Internet and cherish it for the free
doms it offers.
A petition posted on the Internet for one week has
a!ready colJected 56,000 signatures against the bill. The fear is
that the bill could kilJ the Internet's role as a forum for free
speech a~d that commercial on-line services would curtail their
Internet access because they would be liable for obscene
postings they unknowingly carry.
Kangior disputed the charge that on-line companies
could be targeted if the bill passes. "That is part of the misinfor
mation campaign," he said. "This bill goes after the creator of
the message."
A statement issued by the civil liberties group Center
f0r D0mocracy and Technology said that the proposed Commu
nications Decency Act of 1995 "would place substantial criminal
liability on telecommunications service providers (including
telephone networks, commercial on-line services, the Internet,
and independent BBSs) if their network is used in the transmis
sion of any indecent, lewd, threatening or harassing messages."
USF interim graduate school Dean Donna Dickerson, a
First Amendment expert, agreed that the bill could be used
against the on-line services as well as the creators of obscene
postings.
"One of the principles of communications law is that
the publisher is liable in addition to the person who originates
the message," Dickerson said.
This is Ex on's second attempt at such a law. His first
attempt failed last year. In a prepared statement, Exon said that
he wants to "keep the information superhighway from resem
bling a red-light district."
Dickerson said that while the intent of the law may be
"INTERNET" CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
6 The Catalyst March 14, 1995
ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND IRISH DANCING by Kate Fink
The wooden tables that barely reach my knee are all I think you're doing the wrong sets of three," she decides.
pushed back, the matching chairs stacked. The blackboard has "Lady Brady!" Jack calls out.
been wiped of kindergarten lessons and replaced with the agenda An unfamiliar man with a dark gray beard peeks his
for tonight: 2 Hands, Fairie Reels, Jigs, 3 Hands. That's so head into the doorway, and waits for conversations and dancing
everyone will know when they have to change shoes, when they to cease, but then decides they probably won't. "Does anyone
have time to grab a drink of water, and when they can go outside have a gold four-door Mercedes?" he asks. The adults look at
to practice. each other in questioning disbelief.
I have spent my Wednesday evenings downtown since "This is the Irish class," Jack answers matter-of-factly,
October, after I answered an ad in the Bradenton Herald: "Irish and everyone roars into laughter.
dancing at St. Martha's Church ... contact Kathleen Brady." I'm waiting while the hard shoes click. The more
Kathleen gave me block-by-block directions from New College, advanced and serious students have those shoes that click on the
but didn't even mention the most difficult part: weaving my way wooden floor. Others, including me, have the soft shoes, which
through the security system, ascending the staircase with signs feel like ballet slippers, but have laces crossing all the way up
that read, "Attention all CCD children: NO RUNNING ON THE and wrapping around the ankle. Gillian, Helen, and Kira, the
STAIRS!" and passing portraits of the Pope. clickers, are stomping impatiently because they just can't follow
Now it's almost St. Patrick's Day. Sheila suggested that the music all the way until the last hop-1-2-3-4 in the step to the those of us from New College do a three-hand reel, a little
something for the special day. Sheila is our teacher. Her hus
band, Jack, doesn't dance but serves the crucial role of sticking
the right tape in the stereo and pressing play, He also collects the
monthly dues, and i get the feeling he doesn't enjoy it all that
much because of those times he has to ask people why they
haven't paid yet. He'd probably much rather sit on one of the
pushed-back tables, joking with Mary.
· We prac~ice for a little while and then sit down for a
break. Meanwhile, the kids are impatient and teasing each other,
then running to the water fountain, then being yelled at by Sheila
because of the new rule she made: children can no longer leave
the room during practice.
"Oh, no! Are you filming this?" Sheila asks in horror as
she turns around to see Mary's sister, who is visiting this week
and holding a video camera. Everyone laughs as Mary's sister
nods and changes her shooting angle. Sheila doesn't want to
look stern; she sometimes just loses her temper with the chil
dren. For these two hours every week, she acts as mother to
eight or nine.
Paul, who is eight years old, slumps into the yellow
couch to my left as the adults tell each other what they'll be
doing for St. Patrick's Day. I can see him pouting out of the
corner of my eye, but he soon brightens up and starts licking a
large scab on his right knee, then looking at me expectantly.
"You know what? People say I'm sick when I do this,"
Paul demonstrates again, "but it tastes good, and it feels good.
But they say I'm sick."
"Kids can be so cruel," I answer. I know he'd love it if I
were disgusted.
Sheila looks concerned while some of the adults
practice a dance for a St. Patrick's Day performance. "Kathleen,
traditional dance called "St. Patrick's Day."
The kids are still running around, but Gillian reins them
in and quiets them down. She's one that the little kids respect
just because she's older. "You know, Sheila, I told my boss three
months ago that I wasn't working on St. Patrick's Day! I've
never even gone to school on St. Patrick's Day," she says
proudly to everyone.
So what of the significan.ce of St. Patrick? He suppos
edly drove snakes out of Ireland. He might have picked up some
stone from a river, and converted heathens to Catholicism.
Maybe I'll wear a green shirt anyway.
Police Log 2/24 A petty bicycle theft was ~ported in the vicinity of third court. An old bike was put in place of the stolen one.
3/1 A student reported being knocked off of her bicycle by a blue pickup truck as she was going from Caples to VJ.king. The truck followed the student for a time before
striking the bike and throwing her off. The student suffered minor injuries. 3/3 Two students were referred to student affairs for petty theft. The students stole a set of retaining barricades. 3 I 4 A nonstudent was arrested for trespassing around the dorm area. 3/5 A traffic citation was given to a nonstudent driver near the recreation courts. Trespass warnings were given to six people at the scene as well. 3/9 Graffiti was reported in the men's restroom of the library.
A bicycle was reported stolen from the area of first court. The bike was valued at around $200 and was not padlocked.
The Catalyst March 14, 1995 7
ROCKY'S ROCKIN' RESTAURANT REVIEW II by Rocky Swift
Well, here is yet another look at some other places
where you can suffer from both malnutrition and indigestion at
insane hours of the night. Keep in mind that all of these places
are pretty much the same, but each has a distinctive atmosphere
that, like some substances found around campus, is fun to
experience but should probably not be made a habit.
Presented for your discretion: The Southern Kettle. The
name alone should be enough to scare off anyone who is not
from Georgia (oops, that's me). This restaurant sits on the
corner of Cortez road and U.S. 41. In an area that is saturated
with decent restaurants such as the Olive Garden, Bennigens,
Steak n' Shake, and Hopps Bar and Grille, it is a wonder how
such an establishment could survive. The saving grace of the
Southern Kettle is summed up in those four beautiful, neon-blue
letters "open 24 hours." It just goes to show that people's
standards in cuisine steadily decline as the wee hours approach.
The Southern Kettle, like the Pitt Grill, welcomes its
patrons with a rather large grabber machine. Scads of lovely
imported prizes await behind the protective plexiglass barrier to
lure truck drivers and their quarters to the machine. If you are
able to resist the tempting siren song of the cute plush toys
behind the glass, the Southern Kettle itself opens before you.
Fake plants are all over the restaurant. I don't know why,
perhaps they were going for the cheap, tacky rain forest look.
The seating arrangement is rather odd. There is a Denny's style
bar near the kitchen, but all the tables are booths with lime green
naugahyde seats. For some reason, the backs of some of these
seats have a mysterious hump on one side but not the other.
Unexplained. The clientele is, as one would expect, of the
redneck persuasion. There is a high incidence of John Deer caps
and ten gallon hats adorning the heads of the regular patrons.
Students that look less conservative than I may feel uncomfort
able in such company. You probably don't have anything to
worry about though; they are just as scared of you as you are of
them. The difference is that they have shotguns in the backs of
their trucks.
The menu is surprisingly similar to that of every other
late night restaurant. Other than a few more entree choices
along the lines of pork chops and other fried meat things, there is
little else to set off its country style leaning. Guess what I
ordered. Yes, the ham and cheese omelet. The cost for the
omelet is $5.15, which is lower than Perkins, but there is no
pancake option. The omelet comes with the usual hashbrowns
and your choice of toast or English muffin. I chose the latter.
The menu incorrectly informs the patron that the omelets are
made with real cheese. Imagine my disappointment when this
egg concoction arrived with a tongue of unmelted American
cheese ("American" is code for fatty and bland-probably not an
inaccurate adjective after all) draping over the fluffy yellow side.
Oh well, it still tasted all right. The hashbrowns were mushy but
acceptable. I was able to wring out about two tablespoons of
"butter" from my English muffin, but even it proved edible. A
fellow Kettle companion had the spaghetti and meatballs and
noted that it was good and plentiful, although the accompanying
salad wore the inappropriate dressing. On a previous trip, I ate
the steak and eggs meal that came with hash browns. The taste
of the meal did nothing to satisfy my guilt at having consumed
such a cardiovascular nightmare. I did find the Southern Kettle
to be a decent place to study as it was relatively quiet, and my
coffee was refilled punctually and often. I might advise, though,
that 'The Inferno" is a bad choice for mealtime reading. Dante's
vivid descriptions of the gruesome tortures of Hell are not the
best catalyst to good digestion, even at the Southern Kettle.
This is where an accurate, in-depth review of the
Buttery Cafe is supposed to be, but due to two unsuccessful
attempts to eat there, an inaccurate, rather shallow one will have
to suffice. For one thing, I don't think the Buttery even belongs
in this list; it is not open all night, despite what hours it adver
tises on the menus. I have been there as late as 2:00am but this
week they locked the door and turned off the open sign literally
right in front of me. There's a couple of other Butteries floating
around; I don't know where they are, but the only one that I am
familiar with is the one at St. Armand's Circle. It is a cool place
to go if you are out at the beach late at night and you need
something to eat, but it's probably not a place you want to go on
purpose. The menu is standard fare, but the prices are not. The
Buttery is the most expensive ofthe restaurants reviewed here.
The omelets are still your best food value, and they are generally
pretty good. The steak sandwich is very good, but not worth the
price, which is around six bucks.
The sole original thing on the Buttery menu is the
legendary Rosie's Hashbrowns ($1.75). Yes, Rosie must have
had a stroke of genius that day when she came up with that
amazingly complicated recipe for hashbrowns. I mean, no
ordinary Joe could have had the brainstorm to add onions and a
slice of American cheese to fried potatoes! It is surely a culinary
delight. If there is a Buttery Employees Handbook, I am sure
that commandment number one is, "Be as surly as possible at all
times" because everyone who works there follows that ideal to
the letter. If you get a cup of coffee, expect to get i! cup of
coffee unless you are able to hunt up the server, who is likely to
be hiding in the kitchen, to come out and give you a refill.
My final review is of my personal favorite late night
restaurant, Denny's. There is one Denny's on U.S. 41 south near
"RESTAURANT" CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
8 The Catalyst March 14, 1995
"RESTAURANT" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 the Holiday Inn and there is one to the east on Cortez road.
What sets Denny's apart from the competition is its sandwich
selection. There is a wide selection of sandwiches, and all are
reasonably priced. The French Dip and the Roast Beef are
especially good. Denny's also offers a seasoned fries option
which costs $0.29 more than regular fries, but it is worth it. The
ham and cheese omelets at Denny's are consistently yummy and
cost a mere $5.15, but there are many other types as well.
Unfortunately, there is no Perkins-style pancake option. Denny's
entrees are okay, but you are best sticking to their specialties
which are breakfast and lunch. The appetizers are very good as
well.
If there is anything unpredictable about Denny's, it is
the service. The servers can be great or they can be dreadful.
The best waitpersons seem to be (in descending order) Buddy,
Rita, Margaret, Some Goofy Looking Guy with Glasses,
Deborah, and Becky. Steer towards these folks if at all possible.
One fun game I always like to play in Denny's is
"Count the Cops." The most cops that I have ever counted at
Denny's was eight, but average is about two to four at any given
time. Don't cheat! The Holiday Inn Rent-a-Cops do IlQ! count.
Their duties seem to be restricted to stopping people from
parking right in front of the door. The reason that there are so
many cops at Denny's is that there really is not anywhere else for
them to go on their break late at night. I talked to one who said
that in downtown Sarasota, there are only two late night food
options: Denny's or !HOP. He noted that IHOP is not ideal
option because the police have arrested all of their employees at
one time or another. Cops also get a discount at Denny's
because the management has found that a high number of cops
equals a low number of drunk, rowdy folks.
Well, that is about it for dinner options in the wee
hours. I have yet to go to IHOP myself, but I'm not in any hurry
after listening to that cop. So remember true believers, as long
as Marriot serves Shephard's Pie, make mine Denny's! (Sorry
for the obscure comic book reference. end.)
"INTERNET" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 to stop pornographers from targeting children, the effect could
tread on a new area of free speech.
"This could easily put a chilling effect on free speech,"
she said. Dickerson also said that the bill, if passed, would
probably fail its first legal challenge on constitutional grounds.
"If you want free speech you have to take the risk that
comes with it," she said. "You have to accept the unworthy
speech that comes with the speech that's really worthy."
SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes for 8 March 1995
Present:
Ed Moor~. Student
Aron Edidin, Faculty
Ashley Colvin, Student
Alice Solomon, Student
Craig Willse, Student
Mark Johnson, Administration
Colleen Butler, Student
Kevin Arlyck, Administration
Aimee Placas, Student
Arin Mason, Student
-It was decided that the committee will proceed with working on
the formal policy and procedure and will deal with the informal
afterwards.
- Determination of what exactly a formal complaint should
contain: names of parties, description of harassing behavior,
date(s) and time(s) as accurately as possible, how behavior
described interferes with plaintiff's work/study, what degree of
harassment behavior constitutes (if we decide to use degrees)
- Plaintiff will be required to explicitly state that s/he is formally
charging the defendant with sexual harassment as defined under
the policy - s/he will be provided with a form that includes that
statement at the top if slhe wishes
-Sidebar: if a complaint is withdrawn at any time prior to the
determination of sanctions, all records will be destroyed if law
permits - if not, records will be closed and not allowed as
evidence in future hearings - basic demographic information (i.e.
gender and constituency of parties) will be recorded in either
case
GO l 's responsibilities: receives complaint from plaintiff;
informs defendant by sending a copy of complaint along with
receipt notice, copy and summary of policy and procedure, and
notice that any retribution will be considered as harassment in
and of itself; informs responsible administrator in writing that a
complaint has been filed (no names, but constituencies involved)
- administrator gets copy of all records at end - 002 gets copy
of complaint
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INTERVIEW WITH A NEW COLLEGE STUDENT Graham Strouse
(Note to reader: The following column contains many blatant
generalizations about New College students, residents of
Sarasota, and vampires. If you are a non-stereotypical member
of one of the aforementioned minority groups, please do not be
offended by my blatant marginalization of your very existence.)
I saw Interview with the Vampire for the first time a few
weeks back. I went with my roommate (who supplied the above
quote), and my friends Dan and Jeannette. I found the movie
quite compelling, an excellent translation of a very nifty Anne
Rice book. She wrote the screenplay; kept all the important
parts in and shaved out some sections of the original text that she
could have done without in the first place. Brad Pitt was a
groovy Louis and Tom Cruise, looking pale and bony, proved to
me once and for all that he is just a darn good actor whose
reputation as one of the hardest workers in Hollywood is well
earned. The girl who played Claudia was absolutely darling.
She just makes you want to take her in your arms and squeeze
her tight (provided, of course, that you're wearing full kevlar
and a metal choker).
Now at this point I'll bet you're all thinking this is
going to be some sort of movie review. To those of you who
have done so, I say, "Hah, I tlatulate in your general direction!"
No, this is no movie review. The reason I'm writing this is
because while watching the movie a single notion struck me like
a thunderbolt. To wit, New College students are just like
vampires.
Okay, first the obvious: sleeping habits. New College
students, aside from those freakish Nat Sci types, illustrate a
notorious tendency for sleeping from dawn to dusk. Indeed, in
many ways this campus is a giant coffin. Ever notice that we
rarely leave its confines during the day? My roommate is an
excellent case example of New College Vampirosomnia. Last
semester, he rarely woke before dinner. I kid you not He also
wears nothing but black, has long canines, pale skin and a (heh)
biting wit. Of course, those are just afterthoughts. The sleeping
motto of the average NC student could perhaps be summed up
by inverting that great Dylan Thomas Villanelle:
Go now gentle into that bad light, rise, rise at the
spawning of the night.
That, of course, is an obvious analogy and could be
applied to many college students across the country. But wait,
there's more! New College, like the vampiric community, is a
secretive, isolated community that draws not only fear and
loathing, but fascination from the outside world. For the fear
and loathing part, I refer the reader back to a summer issue of
the Bradenton Herald in which a local resident wrote in wonder
ing what "those little weirdos" (meaning us) were doing in their
(our) dorm rooms, and how her tax dollars were going to support these activities .
Wouldn't she like to know
As for the fascination thing, please note the expressions
on the faces of the many nonstudents who line the walls of Palm
Court Friday and Saturday nights. They always seem a bit
spooked to me; intrigued but frightful; fresh and oddly tasty
looking. Occasionally, their faces are simply screwed into horny grimaces, but that's another story.
One may note yet another parallel between Interview
and NC in our relationship to the Foundation. The New College
Foundation, headed by the good General himself, Roland Heiser,
goes to extraordinary lengths to pump money into its coffers to
maintain our continued existence as an academic institution.
Just as vampires sustain themselves on the living's blood, so we
require the foundation's bread.
Vampires, as any student of the species knows, spend
extended lengths of time brooding over past relationships ,
feeling sorry for themselves, and coming up with witty things to
say to mortals. These reveries (sometimes lasting decades) are
broken by wild passionate interludes comparable in intensity to a
good Halloween PCP. As my aforementioned roommate puts it,
"We have vast amounts of intelligence that is used for no other
purpose than to make us really cool."
Of course, vampires also have superhuman strength,
reflexes, the power of flight, and the abilities to obscure the
thoughts of others and dominate humans by sheer force of will.
Although few New College students are abnormally strong or
have been caught on radar by Sarasota-Bradenton flight control,
it is a well-known fact that anyone who reads enough Foucault
and Derrida can throw mere mortals into a state of utter confu
sion by referencing a single post-modern paradigm. Unfortu
nately, they often confuse themselves simultaneously. Such are
the perils of (un)life.
As for dominating others, let's just say I wouldn't walk
into Joy land trying to mind-control the flannel-and-shotgun
wielding natives. Unlike vampires, we regenerate rather slowly.
Furthermore, dear reader, please note the rather disturb
ing similarity between vampiric and Novo Collegiate interper
sonal relationships. Can you say, "co-dependency" boys and
girls? Much like vampires, we spend a great deal of time getting
psychically intertwined in unhealthy, but strangely indispensable
relationships that help to define our very existence while at the
same time driving us to drink large amounts of noxious sub
stances while listening to Pretty Hate Machine over and over
again. Or is that just me? Whoops ...
Oh yeah, one more thing: We both bite.
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"REPRESENTATIVES" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
having meetings at certain times, and the students have difficulty
getting to them."
Admittedly, much of the meetings are, ''procedural stuff
and personnel matters which are often of little interest to [the reps]," says Andrews. "It's pretty boring for us to begin with."
Ben Wolkov agrees, explaining that, "not a big chunk of the
meetings pertains to things that directly relate to students." But
Carrasco seems to get to the heart of things when she says "a lot
of business is mechanical, but a lot of it isn't ... I would assume
that their job is to sit through the boring stuff and sift through it
to find the important things."
So what has been done? "Yesterday, I found a tobacco
stained slip of paper on a table in Ham Center, and that's the first
thing I've either seen or heard from a division rep of any of the
divisions," grumbled one student. This was a flyer put out by
Denny and White last week, and represents their first contact
with the student body. According to SAC Chair Adam Stone, the SAC was
"approached during fall allocations for money for a Humanities
newsletter, and we asked them to check with the Humanities
Division to see if there was m~ney for that there, and if that
wasn't possible to come back to us." Since Humanities denied
his request, Denny has yet to return to the SAC. That was five
months ago.
Many students are not aware, however, that Social
Sciences rep Jennifer Carnahan has been posting the minutes of every division meeting on a bulletin board in the Ham Center
dining room. In past years, divisional and committee reps would
come together once or twice a month, pool their ideas, and then
get feedback from fellow students. This organization was called
the Academic Affairs Council (AAC), which, according to The
Student Handbook, "is concerned primarily with gathering
information from various committees and developing positions
in the students' interest on academic administrative policies and
acting toward their implementation." It consisted of the divi
sional reps as well as members of the Student Life Committee,
Admissions Advisory, Library Committee, Educational Policy Committee (EPC), the Faculty Appointments and Status Com
mittee (FASC), Student Academic Status Committee (SASC),
and the newly defunct Space Committee. For some reason, there
is currently no AAC. "Ed Moore, who used to be [NCSA] president, talked
about [re]forming the AAC," said Carnahan, "but it never
happened. I'd like to participate in that if it did happen."
Lack of central organization has led student representatives to the question, "What is our job?" Wolkov said, "Maybe I
haven't looked hard enough, but there's no way that this job is
clearly defined for me." David White griped, "I wasn't ap
pointed until November, then said 'you are division rep' and left
it at that. I didn't know anything."
According to Ben Wolkov "The most valuable thing
that [student reps] can do is to measure the feedback when it
comes to candidates." Professor Andrews and Professor Demski
commended their respective student reps in assisting with
ft~.culty searches this year. And Humanities rep Denny asserts
that "Once the [search for the new French professor] is down to
the last three or five applicants, you can bet that everyone is
going to know where the applicants' Vita and resume are going
to be found." David White, however, was not aware he had this
responsibility. "I didn't even know about interviewing profes
sors coming in until you just told me."
Carnahan went to Leo Demski, former Social Sciences rep, for advice. "He said basically that I should just go to
meetings." Chairperson Andrews offered similar advice, adding
that she could eventually participate in the search for the new Political Science professor.
"We're very happy with [our reps]," said Andrews. And
of his reps Demski said, "I've no complaints." From their perspective, the student reps are functioning adequately.
It is good that student reps are so effective when it
comes to polling student interest in search committees, but what
about other issues?
Andrews says that, "In curricular matters, [student reps]
can participate a lot. Normally our student reps find out if there if. student demand for a course being proposed. Sometimes they
bring up some issues of courses we could try and hire people to
teach." Carrasco recalled that, "There have been issues originat
ing through the Student Life Committee." Denny also said that
"They ask us for items to put on the [division meeting] agenda,
so if we wanted to put our own items on the agenda we could."
Natural Sciences rep Jennifer Milroy voiced her
discouragement with student apathy. "I've been asking people
what they think of the Nat Sci Department, and no one seems to care ... students might not think everything's okay, but [they]
won't say what they think is wrong because they think it
wouldn't change anything."
Student apathy during fall elections put two write-in
candidates in office and necessitated appointing two more.
Carnahan and Wolkov were the only petitioned candidates to be
elected to a divisional office. As Denny put it, "If anyone had
even the tiniest iota of ambition toward getting the job, they
would have gotten it. So I said, 'Hell, I'll do it!"'
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FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR REPLACED by Byron Hartsfield
As some of our more observant students may have
noticed, overnight our Food Service Director seems to have lost
a hundred pounds, undergone a sex-change, and gotten a funky
new hairdo. Or else he was very suddenly replaced.
According to Food Service Representative Paul Jaeger,
last month Manny Pasarin accepted a job for a smaller food
service corporation and gave Marriott two weeks' notice. He
was to continue working here until Friday, February 24, but
Monday the twentieth was his last actual day.
Student Affairs Director Mark Johnson confirmed that
Marriott did not meet its profit projections for last semester.
Jaeger gave specific examples of areas in which Pasarin may
have failed to meet Marriott's expectations. Pasarin apparently
did not provide adequate vegetarian and vegan meals every
day. He stocked several items for the C-Store which sold very
poorly. For example, the C-Store has some forty extra bottles
of Hawaiian Julep mix. Jaeger also believes that Pasarin
refused on-campus catering jobs. "Word gets around," he
explained, "and you may not get asked the next time a catering
job comes up." When Morrison's was the New College food
service company, it made most of its profits from catering.
Despite repeated attempts to contact him, Pasarin
himself was unavailable for comment.
The new Food Service Director is Peggy Hendon, who
worked as Marriott manager at USF since 1988. She has held
half a dozen positions at USF, each with more responsibility
than the last; she considers this new position "a major promo
tion ... It's a challenge, and I love it."
Hendon's position here is not necessarily permanent.
She will be our Food Service Director for "a couple of months"
trial period. At the end of that time, she and her superiors will
decide whether or not she should stay. She asked "a lot" of
questions before she accepted the job -"right down to where I
could park." She still lives in Tampa and commutes to work
every day.
Hendon said she was excited about some changes she
wanted to make, but declined to specify what these changes
might be. She plans to "do more for vegetarians," although she
did not share her precise plans. She has other plans too, and
she is serious about enforcing Marriott regulations among her
employees- "just internal things." She has been catering with
a vengeance since she started here, having arranged "several"
jobs within her first week.
Hendon wanted to be sure that students knew that she
was flexible and that she wanted to hear from them. ''I'm here
seven days a week," she said, "and the door is always open."
PROPOSED CHANGES FOR MARRIOTT by Byron Hartsfield
The Food Service Committee met two weeks ago and
discussed proposed changes in New College food service. Ideas
were proposed and discussed by Student Affairs Director Mark
Johnson, President Sujean Chon, NCSA chair Adam Stone, and
food service representatives Paul Jaeger and Jason Hackney.
These included changing the C-Store inventory, buying new
kitchen equipment, and eliminating the hot breakfast line during the week.
According to Johnson, Marriott has been losing money
on New College, or at least failing to make an adequate profit.
He stated, "They weren't meeting their financial projections."
The purpose of the proposed changes was to remedy this situa
tion while causing students as little inconvenience as possible.
As of this writing, the changes had been approved by Johnson
and all the student representatives, but had yet to be formally
presented to Marriott.
Johnson expressed the opinion that the C-Store was not
using its space as efficiently as possible. "Some of that stuff, I
could have told them, wouldn't sell. The Spam, for instance."
He felt that a few changes could help Marriott make a greater
profit by better serving the students. He did not speculate on
what precisely might replace the Spam.
Johnson also thought that he could simultaneously
benefit the students and Marriott by buying new equipment for
the kitchen. "Some of that equipment is twenty years out of date.
The steam cooking system, for instance -nobody does it that
way anymore." Johnson estimated that Marriott pays about
$27,000 a year in utilities. Changing the system (possibly to one
that uses natural gas) would save them a substantial amount.
Where would the money come from? Paul Jaeger
explained that each student is charged an emergency food service
fee of ten dollars a year, so that money will be available "in case
the kitchen blows up or something." He estimated that all of the
proposed changes would use up one third to one half of the fund.
Eliminating the hot breakfast line might seem like a
radical step, but Johnson and Jaeger believe that very few
students actually eat from it. Instead, the C-store would stock
items that students tend to eat for breakfast, such as bagels,
waffles, fruit, etc. The cafeteria section would not open until
lunch. Marriott would save a great deal of money; they would
only have to pay one employee instead of four, and they would
not have to cook hot line food, "Half of which," Johnson esti
mates, "gets thrown out at the end of breakfast anyway." Al
though some students would be inconvenienced, Johnson and
Jaeger think the inconvenience would be minimal, especially
compared to the benefits of enabling Marriott to continue serving
New College. "After all, they are a business," both said, eerily
echoing one another. "And quite honestly," Johnson added, "this
is a tough account."
12 The Catalyst March 14, 1995
A NOU CEME TS
The Action Auction, sponsored by New College Foundation, has tudent job opportunities for the night of Saturday, March 18,
1995, from 5 pm until about 11 pm in Hamilton Center. $5.00 per hour. Cash paid at the end of the night. Sign up in the trailer next
to Robertson Hall. Only 30 openings available; don't delay. You must be able to attend a short pre-auction meeting on March 14 at
4:30pm in the trailer by the admi sions building.
*****
The next Rape Aggression Defense Class is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 18th and 19th, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in
Sudakoff. Class is open to all female ew College student , faculty, and staff at no charge. Class is limited to 10 participants. Call
USFPD at 359-42l0 to ign up.
* * * * *
The USF/New College Library will be having a ew!Used Book Sale Tuesday, March 21, through Thursday, March 23, from 9:00
am to 6:00pm at the Rita Kipp Music Room of College Hall.
* * * * * "Our Families: Outgrown and Ingrown"- A six session group for students to understand more about themselves as a result of the
families they come from, the culture they're steeped in which will include doing a genogram, learning about family development and
intergenerational patterns, family myths and much more. Karen Bailus Saef, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, will facilitate the group.
Starts on March 16,6-7:15 pm in Parkview House. Will also meet March 23,April6, 13, 20, and 27.
* * * * * A search is being conducted for Parkview House's new psychologist. If you have any recommendations, or if you would like to
comment on Rich Welker's performance (he has applied for the position), please put them in Box #414.
* * * * * Connecting Communities: A Sarasota Urban and Regional Issues Symposium, a series of panel discussions on ew College's
community involvement, will take place April 4, 5, and 6 at 7 pm in Sudakoff. Reception with food included.
*****
Student Activities News:
You could win one of three scholarships of up to $350 or one of many other valuable prizes by participating in the Dance Marathon
to benefit AIDS-Manasota. Sign up in Ham Center during all meals.
Amanda is holding two free tickets to the Sarasota Poetry TheatreJSoulspeak performance at Ringling Art School Friday, March
17 at 8:00 pm. First come, first served.
There are still plenty of slots open for the Thesis Colloquia that are going to be held the first six weeks of Mod II. Sign up in the
office.
The Sexual Harassment Policy Committee meets every Wednesday at9:00 am in the Student Activities Office. If you have any
question or input feel free to stop by or talk to any of the committee members. Minutes of the meetings will be po ted regularly . . *. *. Women's Awareness Month Events:
Wednesday, March 15, at 7 pm in the Fi hbowl, Dr. Deborah Plant of the African Studies Department at USFtrampa will be giving a
talk on "African-American Rituals and Pa ages."
Thursday, March 16, at7 pm in Sudakoff Center, Susan Fendrich, rabbinical tudent from the Jcwi h Theological Seminary, will be
giving a talk on feminism and Judaism. Call Kayla, at 355-3502, for more information.
Everyone is heartily invited to the final Women's Awarenes Month event on Saturday, March 18, noon to 5 pm, at the Pep iCo
Arcade and Forum (behind Sainer). Music, dancing, arts, crafts, fun and food!!!
