Volume 6, Issue 9

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Vol. 6, Issue 9 March 6, 2015

Eckerd, Bon Appétit expand dining options

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Educate yourself on sex slave trafficking— page 6.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Museum of Fine Arts celebrates their 50 year anniversary — page 11.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY photo courtesy of Michael Aquaro A biscuit Dub box caters to the general public in Seattle.

By Bryan Arnott News Editor Eckerd’s dining environment is being revamped with the expected addition of two new food trucks, formally known as Dub boxes, set to roll onto campus in the near future.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Dub boxes should arrive on campus the second week of April, according to Regional Manager for Bon Appétit Michael Aquaro. One of the Dub boxes will serve as a regular food truck featuring a rolling menu. When holidays like

Cinco de Mayo call for specialized food menus, like burritos or tacos, these Dub boxes will be able to change their menu around to cater to it. The other Dub box is slated to be a picnic box. It will be open for breakfast and lunch, specializing in a menu of biscuits, sandwiches and

other finger foods. These mobile food trucks will be able to travel all around campus without the use of fuel. They are light-weight enough that a golf cart is able to drag them around and place them where they would like it to go.

See Food Trucks, page 3

Winter Term, Spring Break conduct explained

By Chelsea Duca News Editor

Spring Break is approaching and many Eckerd students are preparing for service-learning trips. Eckerd offers many opportunities for students to study abroad, and for those who are able to take advantage of these opportunities, it is important to make the most of them. In order to participate in a spring break trip, students complete a formal application with short essay questions, then the selected student leaders and the faculty leaders for each trip go over the applications and make the final decisions. Americorps Service-Learning Intern Chris Higgins said that if you are not accepted to your first choice trip, your application is then considered by the trip leaders of your second and third choices. Winter Term applications are handled in a similar fashion, though Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students James Annarelli said that the selection process for Winter Term is more formal. According to Director of International Education Diane FerPlease INDEX: Recycle

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ris, when students apply to study abroad, they must sign a certification of conduct that allows the Dean’s office to release certain conduct information. Annarelli said that this information is released directly to the Office of International Education. The Office of International Education and Ferris report directly to Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Suzan Harrison. But because issues that might arise abroad are inherently tied to student life issues, Annarelli often works closely with Ferris on Winter Term trips. Since faculty leaders choose the students for their trips, Ferris feels that the conduct report is important for them to see during the application process. That way, if they have any concerns they can speak with the student or check their file. Certain transgressions can prevent a student from being accepted to a trip, but a clean record does not always ensure that a student’s conduct will be exemplary while abroad, and if a behavioral issue occurs on a trip, a student may be sent home.

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Depending on the situation, leaving the trip might only be the first level of discipline. “If an individual is sent home for disciplinary reasons, in some cases the forfeiture of the trip is, in itself, the penalty,” Annarelli said. “If the behavior is egregious and serious, then it would be followed by a separate community standards process. But we would try not to duplicate penalties in fairness to the student.” Because they will not have the benefit of convening a committee, students must sign a statement of responsibility, in which they waive their right to appeal and acknowledge that any decisions and penalties regarding their behavior are entirely within the prerogative of the faculty leader. Ferris believes that alcohol is the number one risk for Eckerd students abroad, and she thinks that they need to be more aware of the cultures surrounding them. “I think our students have an incredible amount of independence and freedom on this campus,” Ferris said. “And I think sometimes they lose sight of the fact that really, this is a little bubble, and when

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you get out there you cannot necessarily behave in the same ways.” Not all students who are sent home are penalized, though. “Students could return home for any number of reasons,” Annarelli said. “I don’t want anyone to assume that everyone who was sent home early was being punished.” Students may also come home due to illness. In order to better keep students safe, anyone studying abroad is required to fill out a self-disclosing medical form covering contact information, general health and wellbeing and specific medical history or conditions. “This is so important. This could be life and death if students don’t disclose,” Ferris said. “This is probably one of the most important pieces of paperwork anyone could sign.” According to Ferris, Eckerd also protects students who are studying abroad as part of any of the college’s programs under an insurance policy through Educational & Institutional Insurance Administrators, Inc. (EIIA), at no extra cost to the students.

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Learn about the fair labor efforts of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — page 9. SPORTS

See how the women’s basketball team did on Senior Night — page 16.

See Study Abroad, page 4

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The Current is a free, biweekly student newspaper produced at Eckerd College. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers.


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