The Stetson Reporter

11 .7 TJH .--'..-7 t , y 'S - y. ■** yrlorldai KJldedt x^ollealate Iliewipaper Inside V - Spring Break........... 3 The Classic Returns ..... 4 Reality Bites Reviewed ... 6 Women's B-ball Wins .".. 8 ! March 8, 1994 Stetson University DeLand, Florida Volume 106, Number 20 Resident Advisors selected Diane Heritage The Stetson Reporter ^ After much deliberation and anxiety, the selections for next year's Residential Life student staff have been announced. Twenty-eight returning Resident Advisors and 23 new RAs have been chosen to be responsible for 'the conduct, safety, and fun of Stetson's residence halls pending their acceptance of the positions offered. Renee Parker, next year's Head Resident for Smith Hall, is excited about the possibilities for next year. "It's going to be a great year for Smith Hall," Parker said. I have a majority of returning RAs which will be a positive factor for the hall and for the new RAs." Parker says that the selections process was veiy extensive and arduous. She conducted 43 interviews with prospective RAs, most of whom were extremely qualified. "Narrowing the choice to the limited number of positions I had was a difficult choice," she said. The placement process was trying as well, as the future Head Residents had fo make compromises to get the staff members they wanted. Rich Martins, Assistant Director of Residential Life, is also excited about next year. He thinks that Residential Life will have a very strong staff with a good mix of old and new members. He has a lot of praise for all of the applicants, saying that they had to select several alternates because, "We didn't have as many positions as good candidates." Shane Cadden was chosen to be an RA next year in Stetson Hall. He is looking forward to fulfilling Ms position. He sees it as a character-building experience, giving him an opportunity to learn more about his residents and himself and to grow as a person. Please seeRA, 2 AIDS Memorial Quilt increases awareness at Stetson and in community ■i Karen Beckett - . Special to Tlie Reporter When walking through the narrow pathways surrounding the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, occasional bursts of laugher are heard through the almost eerie silence and quiet tears. The opening ceremonies brought nearly 300 people out to the Edmunds Center Friday night to view the 376 panels displayed. Master of Ceremonies, Dr, H. Douglas Lee, President of Stetson University, began the ceremony with the history of the quilt and urged tlie crowd to "celebrate fhe lives" of the people remembered through it. Following Lee, DeLand Mayor David Rigsby presented Stetson with a proclamation declaring March 4 "Remember the Names Day," and thanked senior Tami Miller for all her hard work bringing the quilt to Stetson and to the DeLand community. As 32 volunteers opened the quilt panels, Rigsby, along with David Hood, Mayor of Ormond Beach; Anthony Yebba, Mayor of Orange City; Michael Bonjiomi, Quilt Display Coordinator; Louise Ray, mother of Ricky Ray, who died of AIDS last year; and other featured speakers read out the names displayed on the panels. Ron Underwood, Larry Dupasquier, John Paul Jackson, David Stephen Hill, Drexel Wassem, Paul, and Frank are only a few of the names displayed on the quilt, but they are important to the people who began the quilt. Since it was begun in 1987 by a group in San Francisco who wanted the public to realize the number of lives taken by AIDS, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown into over 26,000 panels. Both community organizations and groups on Stetson's campus .made quilt pieces and presented them for addition to the quilt in *c; Approximately 1,000 people from the Stetson and DeLand communities viewed the AIDS memorial quilt at the Edmunds Center last weekend. the closing ceremony. St. Peter's Church AIDS Outreach group made a quilt piece for Ricky Ray, whose mother Louise, was here for the presentation. Dr. H. Douglas Lee . . . urged the crowd to n celebrate the lives" of the people remembered.... She said this is fhe second panel she has seen presented for her son, and that she knows of three other panels in the works. The panel, which depicts a large multi-colored leafed tree minus one leaf, celebrates him and also educates viewers about the lack of support for hemophiliac victims of AIDS. . Over 1000 people visited the quilt- during the weekend, many crying over loved ones' panels or just from the sheer emotion brought on by the experience. One way visitors had to express their feelings was the twelve- by-twelve foot Signature Square. TMs canvas piece was a place for signatures, messages, and mementos. By the end of the weekend it was covered with blue, green, red, and brown marker-written notes. This square will remain on the campus to memorialize the quilt's appearance at Stetson. Throughout the weekend, the names of the people on the quilt were read aloud, as were the new additions to the quilt Although all the panels brought in during the weekend were displayed along the back wall on Sunday night, the people who made them will formally present them and have them added to the quilt During the closing ceremonies, Teresa Smith, a Stetson music major sang "La Mamma Morta" from the opera Andrea Chenier; the piece was composed by Umberto Giordana and was featured in the motion picture Philadelphia. Again Dr..Lee presided over the closing ceremonies and Jack LIbenson of Temple Beth Shalom gave an invocation as the quilt was refolded. Winter Term is dead, but new calendar lives Becky Bridges The Stetson Reporter. Last academic year a major topic of. discussion on the Stetson campus was the issue of whether or not Stetson should retain its current academic calendar, which consists of a month-long Winter Term sandwiched in between the fall and spring semesters. TMs issue came up before the entire faculty to be voted upon, and the majority of the faculty voted to change the academic calendar, the most notable and controversial change being the elimination of Winter Term. The faculty voted to "kill" Winter Term on February 22 of last year with a fairly close vote: 78 In favor of a revised calendar, 63 in favor of keeping the traditional Winter Term. A small, ardent group of student Winter Term supporters, rallied by the Student Government Association's Academic Affairs Committee even held a rally and created chalk-art messages to convey their pro-Winter Term sentiments. But the faculty's decided sentiment was for change, and thus a committee was organized to formulate a new calendar. The .first year in which this revised calendar will take affect Is the 1995-96 academic year, which will be the junior year of current freshmen and the senior year of current sophomores. This new calendar was adopted by the faculty on February 21 of this year, almost a year after the deciding vote. The elimination of the Winter Term creates changes in both of the remaining "wing" semesters. In the fall semester, new student orientation and the beginning of classes are rolled back to begin a week earlier than in the current academic calendar. Perhaps the most notable addition to the fall semester is a Fall Break, which includes the Columbus Day holiday. The fall semester will end at the same time in mid-December. The Christmas break is lengthened and will be a month-long, extending until mid-January. The spring semester will begin in mid-January and will end at the same . Please see CALENDAR, 2 Hatters fall to UCF, men finish their season Lucky number three unable to help Stetson win TAAC title and a bid to the NCAA field of 64 Jeff Wilen The Stetson Reporter- The Stetson men's basketball team had the lucky number three on their side throughout the Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament at the University of Central Florida last week. It wasn't enough, however, to help them to the TAAC title and a bid to the elusive NCAA tournament field of 64 as Stetson lost to UCF in the final. The Hatters began the week by defeating Southeastern Louisiana in the final home game of the season, 74-71, on Monday. The trio of Travis Garrett, Patrick Sams, and Bryant Conner led the way for Stetson, scoring 17,14, and 13 points respectively. That same trio proved to play a big role in the tournament as well. Stetson opened things up in the TAAC Tournament on Thursday with a rematch of sorts against Southeastern Louisiana. The lucky number three arose here with the 17 three-pointers that the Hatters connected on, a tournament record. More importantly, the excellent outside shooting led to a win, a 91-61 shellacking and a second-round game with Samford. . The Hatters opened up Thursday's game with no mercy, going up 11-2 to start off the game and putting up a 13- ' 2 ran late in the first half to take a 35-19 lead. At the intermission. Stetson sported a 44-25 lead with nine three- pointers. Those 27 points on the nine three-pointers outscored Southeastern Louisiana's whole first-half output Stetson didn't give Southeastern Louisiana a chance to catch up in the second half as the Hats went on an early 17-6 run to go up by-as. many as 32 points at 63-31. The remaining 13 minutes proved to be no different "This was one of those games where everything seemed to go right" Stetson coach Dan Hipsher said. "We received nice balanced play from a lot of people. No doubt about it—this was our best performance of the year." Please seeTAAC, 8. Men's Basketball At UCF in Orlando Thursday #1 UCF 90, #8 Mercer 68 #4 Centenary 69, #5 FIU 67 #3 Stetson 91, #6SLU61. #7 Samford 78, #2 Georgia St. 57 Saturday Final #1 UCF 70, #3 Stetson 67 Friday Semifinals #1 UCF 93, #4 Centenary 89 #3 Stetson 54, #7 Samford 42 1994 Tournament Champion NCAA Automatic bid UCF