Stetson Reporter

,ss»«wiw«iaa«**a*wi iWm&^^^^mm^^^^^^*M3ms^:V^Xsm'-%:^*£ve*m'> iii-il=iHilliSihUiiiMMa==M=H=Hl=«liMgii=ll=;lliMiiii=Iii3M=i=M!i=i=i==!i=5iMM=si==sMM-:s===-=-i-==----- Tiie Stetson Volume 90 Number 3 Stetson University DeLand Fla. September 23, 1977 Compromise In The Works For Hat Rack Dispute by Kathleen Malloy The Commons Committee held a very important meeting Monday morning with the main intent to discuss "Hat Rack" hours. Kurt Panoses, Chairman, and Pete Brockway, Student Union Board President, opened the meeting, immediately turning it over to Mr. Boone, ■ HATRACK: New Hours? Director of Stetson's Food Services. An excess of thirty concerned students attended the meeting. Originally, the Hat Rack was held open until 2:00 a.m, Thus, allowing an on-eampus place for late night studiers to go. Recently there has been a decision to close the Hat Rack at 11:00 p.m. because financially it is not feasible to keep it open during those three hours. The amount of business is such a small amount that the hours do not cover costs. Various suggestions were submitted at this time to help remedy the problem. As alrrmst everyone knows, the library closes at 11:00 p.m. on weeknights, a suggestion of possibily keeping the grill open until 11:00 p.m. and selling pre-packaged foods until. 12:00 was made. This would alleviate the problem of students being forced to leave campus after the library closes for a snack. Another suggestion concerning opening the Hat Rack an hour later in the morning was made. This was immediately squashed as it would create unhappiness in Ifs Friday! in The Newses9 Son of Solomon...p. 3 Visiting Wilson Fellow...p. 4 ROTC Expedition...p. ]Q Wildcat Rush...p. 11 Volileybaii Schedule...p. 14 various townspeople and professors who frequent the Hat Rack during the breakfast hours. Concerning the weekend, a suggestion was made of cutting Friday and Saturday night hours and then extending Sunday night's hours. The reason for this is that most students either leave campus for the weekend, returning late Sunday night, or go out to various eating places around town on the weekends. These two nights are a costly expenditure for the Hat Rack that could be lessened by.shortening its weekend hours. Sunday nights are a totally different story. Upwards of four-hundred people have eaten in the Hat Rack after 9:00 p.m. on various Sunday nights. A complaint was made about the constant problem of a "No" list (foods that have run out), when one does enter the Hat Rack during its functional hours. This was quickly explained by Mr. Boone, the reason being difficulties with a new staff and various mechanical problems that have already been ironed-out. All of these suggestions are being considered and the future looks bright for later hours of the Hat Rack. The topic was then changed from the Hat Rack to the Commons itself. Various students have found it difficult to understand one aspect of the Vali-Dine system. The only way in which to program the computers for allowing two meals in the Hat Rack, is to divide thirteen meals in the Commons and two in the Hat Rack for a fifteen meal plan and nineteen meals in the Commons and two in the Hat Rack far a twenty-one meal plan. This does not however, mean that a student has to eat the meals allotted for him in the Hat Rack. All twenty-one or fifteen may be eaten in the Commons. Around thirty-three people were accidentialiy issued incorrect tickets on the registration line. A majority of these people have been reached and have been issued new temporary cards. Mr. Boone is also going to research into the possibility of having orange juice as a regular beverage for orange juice lovers. Sign-ups End, Election Campaigns Begin The election for all of the posts in the Student Assembly, a freshman representative on the Publications Board and a junior male and a female senior on the Judiciary Board is scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday, September 27 with run-offs set for Thursday, September 29. When the "Official Ballot" is approved by the Student Assembly, i.e., President Ion Sancho and Vice-President Deb Farmer, it will be posted on the Student Assembly Board outside of the commons today. A listing of the candidates for the various positions can be found in this issue of the REPORTER. For those students who will be unable to vote on either Tuesday or Thursday, it will be possible f o them to vote via absentee ballots. According to the ''Student Election Code" (Section 8, part G), "Absentee Ballots are permissible when a student requests a ballot from the Director (of the election) due to absence on election day." According to stiuplated rules, the director of elections checks the student's name off the master roster. These ballots may be requested up to the day before the election (Monday the 26) and must be returned by the day of election. For those students who are in the infirmary due to illness the director of elections is responsible for delivering ballots to them. On Tuesday the polls will open at 10:00 and close at 6:00. The main poll will be located in the front of the Carlton Union Building. None of the candidates for office will be allowed to "work at the polls on election day or venture within a 50-foot radius except to cast his vote," states the guidelines. The rules continue, "Upon compeltion of voting the number of students voting shall be determined from the master roster. Then the roster and ballots shall be secured and sealed by the Director. No ballots may be destroyed until seven days following the election unless an appeal is pending." Every candidate for office may designate, one person (other than himself) to be present at the counting of ballots. In the determination of winners, all persons must win by a majority of students voting. According to section 12 of the election code, "To determine the candidates to run in a cont'd, p. 7 Presidential Action Restructures SAG By Frank X.McAloon The Student Affairs Committee (S.A.C.) of Stetson University met in open session for the first time this school year on September 13, Tuesday, at 3:30. The most striking difference in the SAC this year is the institution of the reconstruction of its members. The chairman of S.A.C. this year is Dr. George Borders, Vice-President in charge of student affairs. Dr. Borders announced at the Sept. 13 meeting that President Duncan had approved the S.A.C. reconstruction which was passed by the 1976-77 S.A.C. on. March 22, 1977. The presidential approval was dated July 27, 1977. The renovation was a hotly contested issue at the time of the vote due to the fact that the membership of the S.A.C. was to be drastically cut. Those members removed by the reconstruction were as follows: the Reporter editor; the representative from the Publications Board;, the representative of the Stetson Afro-American Society; the Vice-Presidents of both the Stetson Union Board and Judiciary Council; and one of the two Liberal Arts School representatives. The present S.A.C. membership is as follows: Dr. Borders; Dean of Students, Barbara Nordman; Director of Student Activities, Perry White; Dr. Paul Steeves, representative from the Faculty Senate and one faculty cont'd, p. 6