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Vol. 76 No. 10
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October 30, 2009
Avoid Sticky Situations on Halloween
By Coryn Doncaster Reporter
Public Health Class Drafts Potential Plan for Smoke-Free Campus By Charlie Hambos Editor-in-Chief
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death; nearly 5 million deaths result per year from the use of tobacco. These facts and many others have
prompted Dr. Rebecca Olsen’s Health Promotion class (HSC 445) to take a look at the possibility of The University of Tampa becoming a smoke-free campus. “It’s right in line with what public health people do,” Olsen, assistant professor of exercise science and sport studies said.
See “Smoke-free” [4]
Halloween celebrates fear and urges you to go wild. The University of Tampa wants you to know that you can celebrate the dark side of the holiday without fretting over your safety as long as you take some precautionary steps. In the recent past, it’s been a hectic time of year for campus officials. They want to make sure students stay safe, but still have fun. “Halloween has become a different type of holiday in the past five to ten years,” said Gina Firth, associate dean of students. “It used to be kid focused, but the alcohol corporations got a hold of it and Scott Silvestro/The Minaret turned it into an adult drinking fest.” Because of the nity and sorority community,” said Jaclyn Carden, Greek Life Coordinator. “I am See “Halloween” [3] looking forward to working with students and staff on the task forces to move forward and create positive change.” One year, three years, and five years plans were instituted to facilitate this change. Large-scale issues such as alcohol regulation, scholarship incentives for outBy Sarah Gottlieb standing academic performance, improved News Editor faculty/student relations and recruitment A University restructuring are addressed in the new plan, of Tampa freshman as well as many others. is being held on Education is also a major goal of the $3,500 bond as of new program. early Wednesday “This will mean making the rest of the fraternity and sorority community aware of m o r n i n g a f t e r the changes, educating other stakeholders— being picked up including faculty, staff, alumni advisors and by Tampa Police headquarters—on the changes, and holding for multiple drug themselves and their peers accountable,” charges, including Campanella manufacture and said Carden. possession. Nicholas Campanella, believed to be a resident of McKay Hall, was arrested at leather seats, restaurants and full-service UT Tuesday night and charged with one bars. Heth currently resides in Moscow felony count of manufacture of cannabis, where he is also the managing partner of two misdemeanor counts of possession the Patton Media Group, which produces of cannabis less than 20 grams and one Russian-language films. Redstone is also misdemeanor count of possession of drug the current co-chair and co-president of the paraphernalia. Florida law defines “manufacture” as popular website MovieTickets.com. Together, the two will lead this enlight- the production, preparation, propagation, ening and motivating event, mediated by compounding, cultivating, growing, John Wilson, FOX 13 news co-anchor and conversion or processing of a controlled Emmy Award recipient for “My View,” his substance. According to a fall 2009 roster, weekly commentary. Campanella is a member of the Tampa See “Speaker” [12] Spartans Lacrosse Club.
Greek Life To Improve After Strategic Planning
By Jeffrey Palmer Reporter
Last week’s strategic planning weekend was deemed a huge success for all Greek Life organizations at The University of Tampa. Participants affirmed traditional core values like academic excellence, inclusion, integrity, leadership, lifelong friendship and social responsibility, formulating new plans to better demonstrate these virtues in the immediate and prolonged future. “Seeing fraternity and sorority members, all from different groups, working together to provide feedback on the strategic plan was one of the most exciting experiences I've had at UT,” said Kim Northrup, assistant director of OSLE. “There was a real sense of energy, collaboration, and hope for the future.” The collective vision of campus fraternities and sororities is to earn the trust and
respect of their academic peers by personally defining the aforementioned values. They strive to excel in all fields, academic and social, thereby enhancing the values of the entire UT community through example. The mission of strategic planning weekend is to supply members of Greek Life with further instruction and guidance on how to fulfill these goals. UT Greek organizations recognize the value of opportunities for improvement. Participating members divided themselves into individual task forces, which looked at the issues from different angles. Greek Life seeks holistic improvement through the areas of academics, accountability, involvement, member education and alumni and advisor relations. To each of these five components was assigned unique short and long term goals against which to measure progress. “It is an exciting time in the frater-
Freshman Arrested on Manufacture and Other Drug Charges
UT Alumnus and Global Media Giants to Speak By Sophie Erber Staff Writer
The University of Tampa alumnus Paul Heth returns to speak at UT as the chairman and CEO of Soquel Ventures and the general director of Rising Star Media. Heth’s partner, Shari Redstone will also be speaking at the event. Redstone is the vice chair of the board of directors of Viacom and CBS Corp and president of the movie theater chain National Amusements Inc. Their presentation, “Media in the New Global Marketplace”, begins on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Reeve’s Theatre.
Heth, a history major in his days at UT, has been working actively in the motion picture and media industry for the past 15 years in both Russia and the United States. Since Heth developed the first three modern Russian cinemas in 1993 as the chairman and president of Golden Ring Entertainment Inc., he has been recognized internationally for fortifying Russian cinema, which has become one of the strongest movie industries in the world. Heth worked together with Redstone to co-found CineBridge Ventures to develop state-of-the-art multiplexes complete with
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Diplomats Induct 20 [2] Sociology Club Plans Protest [2]
Tegan and Sara Rise Again [9] Gym: Not Just for Work-Outs [16] Wild Things Receives ‘A’ [13]
Elevator Personalities [17]
France to USA [19]
Captain Kay [20]
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