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wed t.o feb-04 s I D http ://rsporfi35'.stetson. edu ^m^^^^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^^M il i WHAT'S msmB News 2a Opinions 4a Life ib Classifieds 2a Sports 58 Etcetera 6a |J|jprKJais:jiirj5^^ OPINIONS; Black History Month causes division page 4b 9 LIFE; Illumiriati opens at Stover Theatre Feb. 19th page'lb College of Law 'appoints new vice president By Liz Erlenbach NEWS EDITOR The College of Law's search for a new dean came to an end on Fri., Feb. 13 with the announcement of the selection of Darby Dickerson as Vice President and Dean of the Stetson University College of Law. Said university president Dr. Doug Lee, "Darby will be a very good person to work with. She has very strong working relationships with people on the DeLand campus, and we look forward to working with her." Dickerson has served as interim vice president and dean of the College of Law since the passing of former Dean Gary Vause in May 2003. A 12-member search committee was formed in July 2003, made up of representatives from faculty, alumni, staff, the Law Board of Overseers and the Student Bar Association, and on Jan. 3 finalists were selected. The finalists were Dickerson; John T. Berry, the executive director of the State Bar of Michigan; and Leroy Pernell, Dean of Northern Illinois University College of Law. The finalists were then brought to the DeLand campus for interviews, and in early February, the search committee made its recommendation to Lee for Dickerson to be selected as dean. According to Lee, Dickerson "received growing support throughout the search process, and I recommended that she be appointed full-time vice- president to the board of trustees, and we've now gotten a majority vote of approval on that." "I was pretty excited [to find out], I've been serving as interim dean since last May and I've been having a wonderful experience, and I just thought it was great because now we can begin planning long-term," said Dickerson. According to Dickerson, the position of interim dean "involved everything the dean would normally do... The limitation was that it was very difficult to do any planning for the future, because I didn't know if I would be sitting in the chair or if someone else would be sitting in the chair." Dickerson has served as the director of legal research and writing at the College of Law since spring 1996, after joining the College of Law faculty in August 1995. She became associate dean in January 2000. Her goals for her time as dean are many and varied. "One of the top priorities is to raise additional scholarship money for students. We have a relatively small endowment, and many of-the students who would like to come here can't because.we can't offer them enough scholarships," Dickenson said. In addition, she hopes to continue to support the trial advocacy curriculum, for which the College of Law is nationally known. Contact Liz Erlenbach at eerlenba@stetson. edu iReporter Contact Us 421 N. Woodland Blvd. #8409 DeLand, FL 32720-3751 386.822.7224 FAX 386.822.7233 reporter® s tetson.edu [email protected] [email protected] lifers tetson.edu etcetera(rt:s tetson.edu sports<£s tetson.edu online(*s tetson.edu advertisers tetson.edu BAND CCKCSRT symphonic •.i *- ■-»-. MUSIC: The university's symphonic band performs in its first concert of the semester at the Elizabeth Hall chapel on Friday, February 15. photo by liz chaille By Liz Chaille ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR he University Sym phonic Band, con ducted by Dr. Bobby Adams, played their first concert of this semester on Fri., Feb. 13, to a full house in the chapel of Elizabeth Hall. The band opened the program with "Army of the Nile," a march composed by Kenneth J. Alford. According to the program notes, Alford wrote this piece as a dedication to a time in history when British soldiers were gathered in Africa in the area near the Nile River. The next piece, a chorale prelude transcription by Alfred Reed of J.S. Bach's "Komm, siisser Tod" was conducted by the assistant director, David Schmidt. "Komm, siisser Tod," which translates to "Come, Sweet Dream," is one of a group of 69 "Sacred Songs and Aires" attributed to J.S. Bach. Eric Ewazen's "Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Orchestra" was the third piece. For this piece, most of the band left .the stage, leaving only., a small group of players, who accompanied the soloist. The solo bassoon part was played by the School of Music's own applied bassoon instructor, Ashley Heintzen. With four movements, this brightly played, tolerable, and melodic 20th century piece was one of the longest on the program. Following the bassoon solo, the full band returned to the stage' to perform Joseph Kreines' transcription of a movement from Cesar Franck's "Psyche." The movement Krienes transcribed was "Psyche et Eros." According to the program notes, this piece-was originally a symphony for orchestra with chorus and is based on a classical myth. The sixth piece was probably the longest on the program due to its six movements. Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Lincolnshire Posy" was the highlight of the evening for some concertgoers. Jamie Cartright, senior music major (with outside emphasis in music education), commented after the concert, "I really enjoyed 'Lincolnshire Posy.' I thought the first movement was gorgeous." In the program notes it was mentioned that Grainger himself wrote that "Lincolnshire Posy" is a "bunch of ..musical wjldflowers" that are based, on folksongs collected in Lincolnshire, England in 1905-1907. The composer dedicated the score of these songs to he folksingers "who sang so sweetly to [him]," The band closed the concert with "Country Band March," a short piece by Charles Ives, transcribed by James B. Sinclair. This piece displayed one of Ives' most well known characteristics, using quotations of tunes and melo- —~ dies from other pieces. From the program notes, concertgoers learned that the pieces Ives quoted from to write "Country . Band March," were songs —-.a..—-^. that were popular " during his childhood. The childhood songs he quoted from for this piece were: "Arkansas Traveler," "Battle Cry of Freedom," "British Grenadiers," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "London Bridge," "Marching Through Georgia," "Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground," "My Old Kentucky Home,"."Violets," "Yankee Doodle, May Day Waltz," and "Semper Fidelis." These tunes overlapped each other, "I thought the concert was well programmed because it had works that represented most eras and periods of music." purposefully making the piece sound as if it were being played "wrong." Ives deliberately did this to model the inaccuracies of rhythm and intonation that is normally heard in amateur performances. As well, the composer added in some "ragtime" sounding elements in order tomake the march more lively and spirited. Cartright said, "I thought the concert was well programmed because it had works that represented most eras and periods of music." When asked how they felt the concert went, =.=:^:^_^ quite a few band members thought it could have gone better. However, overall, the listeners were quite satisfied with the performance. According to the university calendar, the next band concert will be during Stetson Weekend. The band will play a showcase concert at lpm on Sat., April 3, in Elizabeth Hall. Contact Liz Chaille at echaille@stetson. edu. bErati©Lni eeiruteir By Liz Erlenbach NEWS EDITOR The university's monthly faculty meeting, held on Fri., Feb. 13 at noon in the Stetson Room, discussed various aspects of the Stetson University Center at Celebration. According to university president Doug Lee, "The faculty had been asking about it," and thus arrangements were made for Ron Clifton, the head of the Celebration Center, to speak at the February meeting. "We wanted to share the magnitude of work being done," said Lee. Lee opened the meeting with announcements about his newborn grandson, as well as the _ ___ selection of the new dean of the College of Law. He then turned the stage over to Clifton, who described the many programs offered at Celebration. "What I want to do is to give you a complete overview of the operations in Celebration," said Clifton. "Most people are very surprised about the variety of activities that we carry "You've got... to recruit the students, because the student revenue base is very important to meeting all of your obligations." there." He first discussed the number of students enrolled at Celebration. "The. number -of students-at Celebration is a complicated number. Unlike the university where you'd have full-time students, undergraduate and graduate, and they're typically students you'd expect to stay four years...many of the students come through on fairly short, intensive programs. These are academic programs that are sometimes more intensive and quicker than on the main campus," Clifton said. According to Clifton, the number of students enrolled at Celebration exceeds the number of students in the School of Music;' more than 1000 students are involved in different programs _,„_____ there. Next, he described the MBA and EMBA graduate programs offered at Celebration. The Executive Master's of Business Administration program was started in September of 2003 with 11 students, and currently has ten students enrolled. Classes meet every other Friday and Saturday for the whole day. According to Clifton, a second cohort is planned to start in April of this year, provided that there is enough in- -terest.- -- He then discussed the counseling program at Celebration. Celebration offers Master's of Science.degrees in marital, couple and family counseling, school counseling, and mental health counseling. "The diversity component of the counseling program on the campus here and on the campus at Celebration is greater than the overall diversity of the university. We say that because they're very proud of the fact that the location in Celebration and the counseling program here is one that reaches out to a very diverse group." He spoke about challenges that the center faces as well, including recruitment of students. "The challenge at Celebration is to get the Stetson name out, to let people know we're there, to make the distinction between ourselves and why somebody might choose to go to UCF or to Rollins or to University of Florida or Miami... You've got, somehow, to recruit the students, because the student revenue base is very important to meeting all of your obligations," he said. Celebration additionally offers masters of education degrees, a program in which 28 students are currently enrolled. Several variants on that program are offered, including a master of educational leadership, a specialist in educational leadership, a specialist in curriculum and instruction, and a non- degree program leading to certification in educational leadership. "The main one is the education leadership, and the most exciting one right now is the possible startup of the education specialist," said Clifton. Clifton also discussed the various partner programs offered at Celebration, including the Center for Fiduciary Studies, the Florida Virtual School, which offers online high school classes accredited by the State of Florida, GeniusDV, which offers Apple-authorized classes in video editing, DVD authoring, and graphics and animation, The Mortgage Academy, the National Educator Program, and the Royal Ballet of Celebration, which in addition to having a professional ballet company, offers dance classes to all ages. In addition, Celebration offers four professional development programs, including A+. Linux, Network Essentials, and MCSE. A grant of approximately three- quarter million dollars from the Ford see MEETING, page 2a S^f&?g&f&&$mt ^m^mmm^^mw'^^: