Stetson Reporter

:■ ■:: W:- ::■■=: .;:■ ■:.■■:: ■;■:;■=:■.; ij: :===,■:=::.:. Annual "Awareness" Forum Set For Nov. 11-12 "Awareness Through Communication," Stetson University's annual assemblage of students, faculty, and administrators, will take place November 11- 12 at the Lake George Assembly Hall, according to Perry White, chairman of the steering committee for the event. The forum, a yearly event at Stetson for the last three years, is designed to "establish communication lines between students, faculty, and administrators, to allow people to get to know each other in an informal sort of way," according to White. The two-day forum, beginning at noon Friday and ending Saturday at ternoon, features discussion groups on various aspects of Stetson life, and allows students, faculty and administrators the chance to air gripes and ask questions relevant to Stetson. There is "no concrete subject matter that the discussion groups have to discuss," remarked White. Rather, discussion groups are free to select any topic, or topics, it chooses when they meet. "While we have no con crete subject matter going into the forum, past experience has shown us that concrete things have resulted from the discussions," White elaborated. cont'd, p. 4 L The Sttlsn Volume 90 Number 8 Stetson University DeLand, Fla. October 28, 1977 Wilson Fellow Theodore Schad Arrives Nov. 14 Water Expert Schad In The News... Chaudoin-Gordis Feud Calm....p. 6 Halloween Party....p. 7 Artists-Lecturers Present Baritone....p. f I ■Borders Family On Palm Beach Move.-...p. J3 F.I.T. Downs Stetson....p. 14 By Theodore M. Schad, a noted expert in water resources and problems, will arrive on the Stetson campus Monday, November 13, for a week-long visit as part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program. Schad, the executive secretary of the Environmental Studies Board of the National Research Council, will participate in small group discussions, classroom visits and one-on-one encounters with students and faculty through Friday, November 18. A registered professional engineer, Schad is currently working on a feasibility study of a sea-level canal in Panama. He has had over thirty years of experience with federal agencies in water resource fields. A native of Maryland, Schad received his degree in civil engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The first three days of Schad's agenda will be spent mainly with specific classes and small groups. The last two days of the visit "will he kept as open as possible to allow students to talk individually with hfai," according to Perry White, director of student activities and chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the visit. A special attraction of the visit will be a forum conducted Tuesday night, November 14. According to White, the forum will feature discussion between Schad and Fred Rauss, executive director of the St. John's River Water Management District. A third member will be added to the panel at a later date. The discussion will be mediated by Tim Scranton, a senior sociology major. In preparation for the Tuesday discussion, and the Schad visit in general, White will be trying to familiarise the Stetson community as much as possible with the problems of water resources and water management. White indicated that he and several students will held a preliminary meeting with Rauss to determine what he considers to be the critical issues in water resources in Florida and what the purpose is behind the St. Johns River Water Management District. White mentioned that films and preliminary lectures concerning water resource problems may be given in preparation for the visiting Fellow. His visit to Stetson is particularly timely considering the recent problems in Florida regarding the Cross-Florida Barge canal and the increase in sea-water intrusion into our coastal water supplies. White also stressed that alot of what Shad has to offer does not necessarily concern water resources, and cited the Fellow's wide range of personal endeavors: "Mr. Schad is a devoted opera fan, he sails, backpacks, is a mountain climber — he just has a very wide-range of personal experiences." Schad will be the second Wilson Fellow to visit the Stetson campus. Last year, banker Donald Roberts of Citibank in New York stopped at Stetson for a five-day visit. Two other fellows, Padraic and Ellen Kennedy, will visit the Stetson campus in January. Mr. Schad's tentative schedule: November 14 7 a.m. — breakfast with coordinating committee 8 a.m. — aquatic bioloev rlass. 141. Sage Hall cont'd, p. 4 S.A.C Hears Proposal To Extend Visitation In Men's Residence Hails A resolution to adopt the Student Election Code was approved and a motion to extend the visitation hours in the men's dormitories was tabled for further discussion at last Tuesday's meeting of the Student Affairs Committee. The meeting was attended by university president Pope A. Duncan, who had some brief remarks at the end of the meeting. Duncan indicated he will speak at another SAC meeting in the future. The resolution to write the Election Code into the minutes of the meeting was approved unanimously, and was the final step in adopting the Election Code. The Code provides the Student Assembly with the power to run all student elections, except those within the Music School. The second proposal, which would give men living in the residence hails the opportunity to vote to extend their hours of visitation, was proposed by student Bob Housema. The proposal, if approved by SAC, would give male students the opportunity to vote to extend their visitation hours past their current 11:00 curfew on weekdays. The motion was made by Housema primarily to achieve some continuity in the men's visitation hours. An extension of the weekday hours to 1.00 a.m. would provide for the same visitation hours seven days a week. After nearly one-half hour of debate, the motion was tabled. Further discussion, and a vote, will be held next week at the weekly SAC meeting, Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Room 204-205 of the Carlton Union Building.