The Stetson Reporter

Florida's Oldest CoUtgiatt 9{ewspttp& Extended! Forecast Expecihighsin JcsSS8^ iheupperSOs *<> ^;\v^V; and lows in - >t^" s;&sfe i the low 70s 7 ^' throughout iheweek. Tuesdoy Wednesday Thursday Source: W*a*h«rCbanne! September 10, 1996 Stetson University * DeLand, Florida ■.Volum^liflSuffi^^S This Week..* Hurricane threat Hurricane Fran runs from Daytona t Beach. Page 2a. -*»-«■»-" Hot Rack Manager — •'££*«£> Robert /£$®jsJ|lffllktl Rinaldo reveals a new quality \ f M"W in Hat Rack meat Page 3a. Crime Cover-up? Does Public Safety carry its own top- secret X- Files? Fage4o. UK MMWJM pwi—a*" loifflUuasf SaM»9 among t niversities by Davina Yetter the stetson reporter Stetson University ranked fourth among the South's regional universities in US. News & World Report's 1997 "America's Best Colleges" listings, released on newsstands yesterday. Stetson ranked third in its category in 1996, second in 1995. Rankings are determined through an "academic reputation" survey of 2,730 college presidents, deans and admissions directors combined with educational'data provided by individual colleges. Data included student selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, retention rate, alumni giving and "value added," which US. Neii>s<des.cribes as the educational value a school adds between freshman orientation and graduation. Vice President for Campus Life Jim Beasley noted that while , Stetson ranks high in academic, reputation, student retention and in faculty resources, which includes student-teacher ratio and faculty salaries and qualification, the university is unlikely to ever score well in the area of student selectivity. Stetson received a ranking of 26 among other southern schools for selectivity, defined by the percentage of students accepted to the university out of the number of students who applied. Stetson accepted around 86 percent of the applicants whG applied for admission for fall 1996. Colleges that turn away large numbers of applicants are the winners in the selectivity category, Beasley said. "We target students who have the potential to succeed at Stetson—students with the necessary educational background and academic skills. We prefer not to have to reject applicants because they aren't a match for Stetson." Despite the fact that Stetson accepts a high percentage of students, Public Relations Director Jackie Kersh maintained that the quality of the freshman class has not suffered. President Doug Lee said he was "glad to be included" in the survey because of the widespread exposure for the university. •*«*W\s\\\^\ <M4f,4>w\w>'W, -Jv \ wW.-. Soccer preview! Women's soccer starts anew season in '96. Page 6a. Textbook Shopping Smart shopping can save money on textbooks, experts say. Page lb. Brady Bunch Returns Movie review of the new A Very Brady Sequel. Page 2b. Fall Fraternity Forum photo by Jenifer Grillo The annual Fraternity Forunt was held on Wednesday, September 4 and Thursday September 5 on the Hat Rack patio. ■ . . , , Itetsbn contributes to- >isney9 § ■Celebration BY CLAYTON MCMAHON • THE STETSON REPORTER The Celebration Company, a subsidiary to The Walt Disney Company, along with the School District of Osceola County and Stetson University have teamed up to develop a new K-12 school to cater to residents of the new Celebration community. Celebration, a town being developed on property adjacent to Walt Disney World in Orlando, is expected to house 20,000 residents in addition to commercial, retail, health and recreational facilities for use by residents. According to a Celebration press release, the Celebration School was planned by top educators from around the country,' and it will feature a clever approach to learning. Students will be taught in groups coriaining students of many different ages, and the classroom environment will running after a brief breakdown by Davina Yetter the stetson reporter "Tophat," Stetson's World Wide Web, remote access and mail server, was down for most of last week due to technical problems. The UNIX server started to experience problems in the system area of the hard drive on Aug. 28, according to Information Services Specialist Lee Walker. When thunderstorms caused a power outage at Flagler Hall two days later, Tophat never restarted. The Center for Information Technology ordered a new hard drive, but was sent the wrong type. The server was eventually fixed and operational last Thursday afternoon. Tophat serves as Stetson's link to the Internet and supports the University home page on the Web. Most faculty, staff and student e- mail accounts operate through the server, which also allows for modem access to the University network. an convicted of college slayings seeks overturn of death sentence COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE Attorneys for death-row inmate Danny Rolling, who confessed to the murders of five Florida college students in 1994, have asked the Florida Supreme Court to throw out his death sentence. The attorneys argued Aug. 29 that the jury that recommended the death penalty was influenced by, an atmosphere of fear and grief in the college town of Gainesville, home of the University of Florida. The August 1990 murders sent the north Florida town of .90,000 into a panic, prompting many University of Horida students to withdraw from classes and go home in fear. In February 1994, Rolling pleaded guilty to the "murders, in which he raped three of his victims and mutilated-others in various ways. A month later a Gainesville jury deliberated five hours before unanimously recommending death. , Rolling's attorney David Davis argued the court should grant a new hearing and change the venue to . another district in the state. The court did not state when it would rule on Rolling's motion. U.S. Mews & World Report's"America's Best Colleges"TopTen Region©! Universities in the South!or 1997areasfo!lows: 1. University of Richmond (VA) 2. Rolllins College (FL) 3. James Madison University (VA) 4. Stetson University (FL) 5. Mary Washington College (VA) 6. Centenary College of Louisiana 7. Sanford University (AL) 8. Loyola University New Orleans 9. The Citadel (SC) 10. Converse College (SC) C® ampai Preside visits th Florida area U n<96; t Clinton e Central resemble a neighborhood. A philosophy held by the Celebration School is that all students are gifted; thus, individual lesson plans will be used to instruct the students. Over the past four years, Stetson University has raised slightly over $1.26 million for the project from various sources, including the Florida Department of Education, the BellSouth Foundation, the See CELEBRATION, page 4b BY JTM TINSLEY THE STETSON REPORTER Last Friday, on his second day in Florida, President Bill Clinton continued his re-election campaign by stopping at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando to speak at the 116th meeting of the National Baptist Convention. - Later that day, Clinton made a stop at Valencia Community College in Orlando, where members of Stetson's College Republicans organization campaigned on behalf of Republican candidate Bob Dole. The National Baptist Convention is one of the largest black organizations in the U.S. that supported Clinton in the 1992 election. Clinton apologized for being late for his appearance at the Baptist convention due to receiving an update on Hurricane Fran. "Today I am declaring a major disaster in the state of North Carolina. We're going to do everything we can to help the people of North Carolina and South Carolina in this difficult time," he said. Clinton began his speech by offering thanks to Reverend Jesse Jackson, who had spoken the day before, regarding his Back to School program, which seeks to improve relations between parents, teachers, and children. Focusing.his attention towards "the bridge to the 21st century," Clinton assured Americans that the nation was on the right track to a better future. Clinton noted the results of his term in office in relation to the deficit, which, he stated was down by 60%, and in the private sector, which he said showed an increase in diversity of ownership among minorities and women. The president said that, while in office, his administration created 10.5 million jobs and lowered interest rates. Clinton also discussed welfare reform issues, describing his plan for the private sector, nonprofit organizations, and churches to work together with the states to train and hire those on welfare. If the churches took the leading role, Clinton said, in dustry would follow. The Baptist convention ended ■ with Clinton's announcement of a, joint government venture with IBM in the development of supercomputers, which he said would symbolize rapid growth and change within the next several years.. Clinton concluded, "I don't care what your race is, I don't care what your religion is, I don't care where you started in life. We're going to join arm in arm and go across that bridge together." With eight weeks remaining until the election, Clinton reminded voters that the only poll that counts is the one that takes place on Nov. 5. Then it was off to Valencia's West Campus Physical Education Center to address supporters, faculty, staff, students, and a swarm of media reporters. At the opening of his speech, Clinton joked, "Governor [Lawton] Chiles and I have had a good time in Florida the last two days, although I think we can all certify it's still summertime down here. I was thinking, I don't know photo by Jim Tinsley how we could be so close to heaven and it still be so hot." Once underway, he discussed the increase of corporate involvement in education and cited. Valencia's record in facilitating corporate training partnerships, specifically with Valencia and AT&T/ Lucent Technologies. AT&T/Lucent Technologies is an electronics firm that uses Valencia's campus to train and recruit employees. . Valencia, with the University of Central Fla. and the University See CLINTON, page 2a