Stetson Reporter

The Stetson ER <BMBHMIIIIUUIH> limmiiMinin ■■■■■■■nip ■"■-«■■■—■■ ■-■■"■■r*w^B Volume 90 Number 19 Stetson University DeLand, Flo. March 3, 1978 Assembly Reprimands Bauseh, Certifies Election By Frank X. McAloon A dispute over Student Assembly representative Russell Bausch's use of Assembly stationery as a campaign flier has resulted in a sharp rebuke and an attempted disqualification of Bausch's election. The Assembly, however, was unable to apply an Election's Code violation to Bausch's actions. "What it amounted to was an interpretation of Section 9, Letter G of the elections code," said Assembly president Deb Farmer. Bauseh and his student representative Greg Humphries based their defense on an interpretation of the code. The specific section states, "Every printed letter, flier, poster, etc., shall bear the name of the person who authorizes its circulation and whose name appears on it, of other than the candidate.,.." Bauseh successfully contended that his name and signature was present on the flier and that this fulfilled the codes requirements. Many representatives on the Assembly responded with moral outrage to the use of Assembly stationery by a candidate to another office. Most of the questions that were directed to Bauseh at the Assembly meeting concerned the ethics in volved. "The point is, Russ never once said he was wrong," stated Smith Hall representative Dean Beathea, one of the more outspoken students at the meeting. "He only said that if he'd known what was going to happen, he wouldn't have done it." After the failure of the disqualification resolution, the Assembly passed a very critical and condemning resolution citing the actions of Bauseh as unbecoming of an Assembly member and as such, held in great disregard. "I'm somewhat distressed over Russ' being oblivious to the fact that he did something wrong," said Smith Hall representative John Draper, reflecting an opinion held by many Assembly members. "There should be some restraint in the use of the Assembly letterhead," he said. Bauseh considered the resulution condemning his actions was not just. "I think that considering the ex- cont'd, p. 4 Election Results In Winners, Losers, And Questions By Frank X. McAloon In last Tuesdays election, there were winners, losers and questions. The Emily Hall representative was simply decided by a majority leaving Barbara Calcavecchia the winner. The four positions on the Student Union Board were another matter. Because of an alleged elections code violation, the results of the race were not released until Thursday of last week. The results were as follows: Debbie Myers, 180 votes; Ellen Wilcox, 154 votes; Mike Davis, 148 votes; Russ Bauseh, 142 votes. Those not finishing in the top four were Rick Eggers with 119 votes and Loretta LoPiccolo with 93 votes. 7th Model Senate Underway In The News**, 1 H Mercer Downs Stetson....p. 11 x % Freshman's Homers Lead Hats....p. 12 8 The seventh annual Stetson Model U.S. Senate opened last night with the keynote address from Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) in Elizabeth Hall. The address by Inouye followed a day of registration, orientation, party caucuses and committee hearings by the student "senators." The Model Senate is a political science workshop in which students assume the roles of real U.S. senators and participate in sessions in the same manner as the real U.S. Seante. It was instituted by Stetson in 1971, and annually attracts students from colleges throughout the southeast. Over fifty students from approximately a dozen colleges and universities participated in last year's Model Senate. Inouye, who lias served as a Senator from Hawaii since 1962, currently serves as secretary to the Democratic Caucus, which places him third in Senate Democratic leadership. He has recently gained prominence for his participation on the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. Two other senators and a congressman will also speak during the weekend of activities during the Model Senate. Sen. James A. McCiure (R-Idaho) will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall. McCiure is the junior senator from Idaho and a member of the Republican Polic Committee. Congressman Bill Chappell, a regular participant in the Stetson Model Senate, will speak at the luncheon Saturday afternoon. Chappell, a democrat, has represented Florida's fourth congressional district since 1969. Prior to that, he served in the Florida House of Representatives for eleven years, and was elected speaker of that body. Senator Richard B. Stone (D-Fia.) will speak Saturday- evening at the dinner banquet in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building. The junior senator from Florida, Stone was elected in 1974 and currently serves on the Senate's Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Veteran's Affairs. Stone was also featured in the 1976 Model Senate. As in previous years, Dr. Floyd C. Riddick will assist in procedures for this year's Model Senate. Dr. Riddick is the retired Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, and the foremost expert on Senate procedures. Dr. Riddick has authored four books and numerous articles on the Congress and Congressional procedures. Dr. Riddick will speak at the. awards luncheon Sunday noon, the culmination of the four-day workshop. , , t ,Rejh K?n.ny, a Political Science, and pre-law major, is Rep Bill Chappell, speaking at last year's Model Senate currently serving as chairman of the Model Senate. Last . year, Kenny served as Senator Inouye in the Model Senate. Other chairmen of the Model Senate include: Barry Bland, a Political Science major, serving as Senate Manual Chairman; Pam Poole, also a Political Science major, serving as Chairman of Committees and Witnesses; Libby Stan, majoring in Political Science, serving as chairman of Senate Publications; Greg Brooks, also a Political Science major, serving as chairman of Accommodations and Transportation; Kim Swoyer, another Poiicital Science major, is serving as chairman of Legislation; and Jack Scalera, a Political Science major serving as chairman of Lobbyists'for the Stetson Model U.S. Senate..