The Stetson Reporter

Vol. 83 Friday, March 5, 1971 No. 20 Tuition Goes Up For 1971 Annual tuition for Stetson students will be increased $150.00 effective with the faU semester, it was announced by Dr. John E. Johns, president of the university following action by the Board of Trustees. ''This action by the trustees was taken reluctantly, but realistically, when considering the recommendations of the trustee budget committee "Dr. Johns said in making the announcement. . . . "Financial Aid assistance should lessen the impact of the increase on the individual student," Dr. Johns added. Inflation Cited The increased tuition was made necessary due to the effects of general inflation, major mandatory cost increases in employment taxes, and in insurance rates, and the unemployment compensation program recently made a requirement for university employees, it was explained by Dr. Johns. Tuition beginning September, 1971 wiU be $1,750 per year. "It is also the hope that modest increases can be made in salary for members of the faculty and staff," the president added. Tuition increases during the past five years at Stetson have totaled $675.00 or 31.8 per cent. This tigure includes the increase scheduled for the faU of 1971. Cost of Uving index as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics project a total increase for the period ending May, 1972 of 41.3 Open Door Rule Called Snow Job By BRIAN BAYLY The Stetson Reporter asked certain students their opinions of the recent controversy over dorm visitation. Students commented to two different sets of questions. To sum up briefly the events of the last two weeks, it was called to Dean Borders attention that the open door policy was being violated. The New Men's dorm, in a meeting with Dean Borders, stated unequivically and overwhelmingly that they could not abide by the present visitation system. They voted on this issue toiowing that they could not keep parietals if they rejected the open door policy. Two other dorms, Smith and Carson, likewise voted the open door policy down, while Gordis voted to retain it. President Johns, in reaction to these events, rejected the proposed extension of dorm visitation hours (2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m..and 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Monday thru Thursday). Recently the Student Affairs Committee voted to return parietals to the three dorms and hoped that "each individual will assume a personal reponsibility for conforming to the Universities position. Violations — will be handled by the established judiciary channels of the University." The sampled students were" asked first to comment on the open door policy and the rejection of the extension. Other students were asked to give their opinion on the Student Affairs statement. Some of the comments were as follows: Don Wilson-"Regretfully, in light of all that is involved, it was the best decision that he (President Johns) could make — it was the only practical decision the administration could make." Dan Feather-"president John's decision is based purely on pragmatics. I don't understand it but I can't sympathize with it. He is failing to take into account the potential student reaction. As far as the open door goes, 1 don't think that anybody can expect the students to be satisfied when the administration retracts something that was already given to the students. The basic principle of the open door is a definite breach of privacy and a lack of confidence in the student, which probably represents the greatest shortcoming of the relationship between the students and the administration," "Please send me one application to Florida State." "The decision of visitation should be left up to the students." "It's just a cover up. The open door issue was planned to cancel the extension." And on the Student Affairs' decision: "It's generally what we had before but with a different label. It's the biggest snow job that anyone ever pulled." "They were aware that it was not enforced in the beginning. It will not be different: It's good they got visitation back. The administration was forced to take a stand." "If the University and the trustees were really 'confident in the students' capacity for sound moral judgement,' "they would not have an open door policy in the first place." per cent. Similar Announcement The Stetson announcement follows a similar announcement by Rubin Askew, governor of Florida, calling for an annual increase of $100.00 in tuition for state support universities. A survey of colleges and universities located " in the southeastern United States and of comparable size and scope with Stetson revealed only one such school projecting a tuition in- <:•M•:•M•:•M•:•K•M^^r•^5^^»H<«<•^^M•K•^»^>K!:«!K««w I crease as smaU or smaller than Stetson. The balance planned increases higher. This data was revealed to the Trustees of the DeLand university during the course of the discussions. Asked to comment on the increase, Graves Edmondson, business manager of Stetson, stated that the Trustees were forced into the increase due to more realistic budgeting of gift income for operations. "The (ContinuedOn Page.) SWK'M«-M4:::::*:!MS*W5555:5:!:K_:4K* is I .5 . ft. •_• V I I I Stover Play R eh earsed .§ Si S I 1 Stover Theatre is preparing its next production, "The Taming of the Shrew." Chuck Nelson and Lourlene Snedeker are shown rehearsing for the Shakespearean farce which will be presented March 17-20. The" play revolves around the wooing, marriage, and subsequent taming of ::««5««rK-:'M««*K*5!:««<*_:«*K**K-v Katharine, the shrewish daughter of a Paduan merchant. The disguises, intrigues, and slapstick comedy add excitement and fun to the play. There are two full casts working on the production. Mrs. Marjorie Gilbert, the % the casts on alternate evenings during the run of the g show. g' This double casting aUows $ more students in the show and §; more variety in the per- $ formances. •:•: While the casts are :•: rehearsing j the technical i£ (ContinuedOn Page.) * jft ?4%<M<c<j^^fi::¥S!a%i!aK_%sij!^: Stetson Finds Mercury Contents The results of the investigation concerning the mercury and lead contents in the organisms of the Halifax and North Indian Rivers have been released. The investigation was done as a Winter Term project by four Stetson students. Two chemistry majors, Al Kruger and Denise Dees, and two biology majors, Bill Johnson and Marsha Fields. analyzed fish Uvers and the soft- bodied parts of oysters, shrimp, and clams for evidence of mercury and lead. The students worked in cooperation with the Southeastern Volusia County Salt wa te r Fishermen's Association which suppUed the organisms for examination. It was found that eight of the thirty liver samples contained mercury levels above the established maximum of 0.5 parts per million set by the - Federal Food and Drug Administration. It was stressed in the students' report that the livers were analyzed, not the. muscle tissue which one consumes. None of the muscle tissues analyzed wer6 above the FDA guideline. Since no maximum has been set by the FDA concerning lead concentrations in foodstuffs, the students are uncertain whether the highest concentrations (8-12 parts per miUioni of lead constitute is a health hazard; It was discovered that organisms from the areas of the North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach and three (Continued On Page 2)