Stetson Reporter

Seminole Counselor Whilden Visits Stetson Stephen Whilden will be on campus ail day today {-peaking to students. Whilden has been a foreign service officer with tie Ileprtmect of State since IM and is eouneil to tlie Seiaaaoie Tribe of Florida, Be has also teen involved In stedytiig aad diseasing Indian affairs in Florida, which wil be the topic of his disensmons. While serving in the Deparaneni of State, Whidett lias been involved ia a number of asaipments, iRCiu-ing two tours in Vietnam, first in. ecenomie development, then as special political re-porter He has also taught at tbe Foreign Service Institute aad served as a public affairs oBieer, In addition io these, Widen has served as attorney adviser eovering management, security aad cffliaaiar affairs .... jaays-yy^ .... Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. in ad* Bitnistertai its hj&tioiB with relari«i to Department ei* Defense proparaa totaling oyer H bitten per annum in expenditures. He also prfarmed systems analyses of budget proposals and special economic and legislative studies. For tha past four years, WWlden has been eon- eentraiing nn servini as Lepl Adviser to the Department of State, specialimuig ta Administratiive Law and tansSiag a variety of legal prsbleam iactuding laboaMtuuaganeot, relations, tinmigrati*jn and natiiraHaafion. and Freedom of Monnation and Privacy Art litigation. His many interesting adivitiea taclude a year spent at , JBaimiCiiim^ Harvard trad* Unian Program la the early iswnths of 1813, Whldeo was *»i te Vietnam to observe and report ea poatceasHbre pettEkal and Ktiltary devdapm«t*^tlti8**e^ after ft* Paris Airwraent Whildeo pirepred am ar«ly« of the atMttm accaiattiy p**tlbig eveata «tfcft Mowed. Rt tba helped organise and staff tt* new MS. Consulate Gantrftl, WMIMan'a many poratte fcrm been in the Baraaa of Intelligence and Reaeaith, the Writing and Research staff eF tht White House, the GBice <rf Legal at aim the B«*»u atlas* Asian and! Pacific Affate, the Beard ef Ettniitaera for the Foreign Service. Operations Center, Eseeative Secretariat of the Department ef State, and the Foreign Sendee rnaUtt**e. fhe Stetson DFPADT1?D Vol. 91 Number 12 Stetson University Deland , Fforido Friday, January 12, 1979 Science And Technology Expert To Visit Stetson Simon Bonrgiii. an official in the US. Department of State, will speak at Stetson University during the »«e^ ef -tan. 14. according to Rodney Ellis, director of the Student Cnion. tiourpo's appearance mil be prt of the Woodrow W-sbmn Visiting Fellows program, which brings to college campuses successful men and women from varum professions During a week of classes, lectiorea aad in- fomial diseiissisMis, Visiting Fallows share with students their ideas and eKperienres in their professions. Before joining the State Department Bern-grin served as Deputy Dirertor of Public Affairs with the Nuclear Game loom To Open Next Week Sietson's new recreational laeiity will open Wednesday, January IT, announced Rodney Ellis, ■'-ireeior of Student ^t-isvitien The official :".h'*siin-esi:iir,s> ceremony, nrrsWed wrr b> President ".wTM-ar. and fiean Jenkins, SS.-S.1 ts.- held in sionjimetion stith iheri a.m. Happj Hour. 1 vated over the oookatare ni tbe okl bowling allet steetion of die Carlton Union fcnMimg, the facility will feaVare electronic games, isieshail. air hockey, eohi- operated pool tables, ping pong tobies. pinball machines, and a lounge area, Cerrewtly, no operating times for the game room have been set Ran by the Student Cnion Board, the tentative schedule is fan- dereii by financial problems. While Elba wnuld prefer to open the facility at neon, he ii iswing two wwk-sstudy students 4m to tacit of adequate funds in the SUB budget. The tWSXQ cost of the game room was allocated o> the trustee budget rorri- nntteoand financed from the maintenance reserve fund of ihe Carlton Union Building Fifteen (hflusaiid dollars was allcted for building modifieationa and fsMft was set aside ior furniture and fixtures. Future Union Board game room plans call for a content te name the new facility and a billiards exhibition. Ellis hopes the pme rrsom will provide an evening , break from studying for students He slated, "It is an extremely nice facility that students can be proud of and enjoy* immensely '" Ellis believes the new recreational facility is a good investment and -'desires it be treated with a ataat deal ef rwnect" Regulatory Comniission. He was also Science Pefacv Adviser Te the United States Wormation Agency for it years. From 1t# te 19S0, Boergia worked in different capacities for various news ageacies. He was chief nf Xewsweek's Lea Angeles bureau for four years, aad was foreign cflrrespondeat fsr thne and Ufe fer ten years. He reported for both SBC and CBS, aad was chief information consultant to Radio Free Europe in Munich for five years. His work has taken him throughout the Southeastern United States and to Central aad Eastern Europe, Currently, Beitrgln is Senior Adviser in tbe Office of the Toerdinatof for the United Nations Coniarence on Science and Teehaologj*. The eortferenee, scheduled fer iWt. will seek te advance growth in developing eoantries through the transfer of technology. Roarfin has given campus-wide addresses en "The Energy Crisis-Real Or (Contrived", and **The Russian Dissidents, Hiiman Eights, aad Foreip Policy.'* Beargin is expected to speak on the Mowing subjects; "Futamiogy-Bow Effective A Tool?; **Technology's Hidden Tkne-Boinhs": Telling America's Stary Abroad- The USf A Fxperienee"; "'Science Fiction-Is it Science, Literature or Fad°"i '"Science and tbe White House" Tor*porate Bribery* Ovcrseas~-Sheatd It Re Halted?*' •The Automobile and the City*'; -'The Seventh Continent An Experience in Antarctica** isode presentation! "Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Proliferation-The Issues" * Arc the Media Too Powerful*"* "Where is American Architecture tlomg?" i slide presentations; -'Experiencing the Eireironmental Revolution Globally-A Peraonal Tale." Simon Bovrgin See smmum on page IJ Stetson's Crime Down From Last Year The mid-year review of crime on Stetson's campus has been compiled and released by Director of Security and Traffic, Ernest Scetf. -While loss of property by criminal activity is a very real problem of the Stetson Community, reported (rime is down this year by about "Mi percent a* periods in \m and 1977,*' reported Scott. Scott points oat two factors that mast be kept in mmd when reviewing the following analysis. First, only 7fl percent r«f crimes on campus are reported 4 generally tbe greater-cost crimesi. And second, tbe Security Uffice clearance pretimately 33 percent, well above the national average ef IMS percent, Scott credits several factors aiding the high clearance rate of reports Most important has been that of the alertness af off- duty Security personnel. Explains Scott, -They have beat esteemeiy lisAy in the right tames to clear reprted crimes and crimes in progress," Be cited this alertnesa as being direetly reapnsibie for several th- warted bike theft and break- in attempts, and for the opportunity to aid Deland Police to apprehend a lut- and-run vehicle and a stolen car