Stetson Reporter

. ;;;.,.-i:.!~ ligfxrsgs&ur-.'MsJi&.w a;sw;#;^^^^ ilMiiliiy lij5iiliHiM:i=H5HiHiMliilili;iliiin5ii:HiIiiHiiIiIli!IliiiIii;iiH=151M==iliS5illiiil-lHi5iHl=iiii-iil=H5=.s=.==!=-i=.H-i-===::=iS===ii!:5i=-====i-=i=--=-i i=-===-i.=-==: - lie Stetson Volume 90 Number 17 Stetson University DeLand, Fla. .February 17, 1978 UFO Or January Joke ? j POST Columnist To Visit As Wilson Fellow The Winter Term Conceptual Art Class pulled a few pranks last month, like this UFO and creature which landed" on campus. For complete story, see page, 9. By Russell Schropp Stetson University will have an opportunity to host its fourth Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow in two years as Stephen S. Rosenfeld has been scheduled to visit the campus during the week of March 13-17. Rosenfeld is an editorial writer and columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, > writing mainly on questions of foreign policy and foreign affairs. The opportunity to host a fourth Wilson Fellow is somewhat of a rarity, according to Perry White, program co-ordinator for the visits. Generally, schools are limited to visits from only three Fellows. Stetson has previously hosted banker Donald Roberts, environmentalist Theodore SUB, Assembly Elections Next Tuesday By Frank X.MeAIoosi A campus wide election is to be held on Tuesday, February 21, with a run-off,' if necessary, on February 24. The positions up for election are four Representatives at large for the Stetson Union Board (SUB) and one Student Representative form Emily Hall for the Student Assembly. The Assembly vacancy is due to the recent elevation of Debbie Miley from dorm representative to Vice- President of the Assembly. Two of the SUB positions are newly created for the purpose of providing more support. "The more people we have, the better off we'll be," stated Pete Brockway, president of the Stetson Union Board. A third opening was created upon the resignation of Bill Jackson and the final opening was due to a student leaving Stetson. While considering the two new positions, the SUB involved itself in heated debate as to whether restrictions should be imposed. One amendment called for a three person limit on the number of people who could serve as representatives at large from one particular organization. Arguments on the favorable side concerned the importance of maintaining a campus wide representation. Those opposed to the amendment felt that to exclude certain people was to tell some that they could not serve on the board. Said Brockway when explaining both views, "If one wants to give time and effort, he should be allowed to." The amendment limiting the number of participants received majority support but failed to achieve the necessary two thirds vote. This election comes after a period of uncertainty and constitutional reconsiderations. Currently there is a move to institute three set and regular elections through-out the school year. Proposed dates would be the second weeks in September, January, and April. Action on this matter is still pending in the Student Activities Committee. Schad, and the husband-and- wife team of Padraic and Ellen Kennedy. White cited Stetson's attractive location as a major drawing force for Visiting Fellows. White will co-chair the Coordinating Committee for the Rosenfeld visit with Dr. Mike Raymond of the English Department. The Coordinating Committee is composed of faculty and students with special interests in Rosenfeld's fields. Both White and Raymond feel that Rosenfeld has the potential to be one of the*, most significant visitors to Stetson in years, citing his diversity as the key factor. Rosenfeld has been an editorialist at TSie Post since 1988, and has dealt extensively with Vietnam, Russia and the Middle East. Increasingly his interests have focused on how domestic issues shape U.S. foreign policy. Further information on Rosenfeld's life and interests will be released at a later date. Money for the Rosenfeld visit has been appropriated through the Student Assembly and the Student Affairs Committee. Because schools are generally limited to three Wilson visits, the budget for the visits was expended last month during the Kennedy visit. White felt the opportunity to host Rosenfeld was too good to pass up, requesting additional finds from the Assembly and SAC. The Visiting Fellows program attempts to broaden young people's understanding of American society by bringing college students face to face with successful men and women from business, journalism, government, diplomacy, and the professions. During campus visits of a week or longer, Visiting Fellows share with the students and faculty their concerns about such issues as public and priivate morality, the role of the press in public affairs, and the ability of an economic system to deal with society's problems. One hundred and sixteen colleges, predominantly small liberal arts institutions, have so far been included in the Visiting Fellows program. Among the Visiting Fellows are James Risser, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Des Moines Register; J. Robert Schaetzel, former American Ambassador to' the European Economic Community; Theodore Schad, Executive Secretary of the Environmental Studies Board of the National Research Council; Berly Robichaud, Senior cont'd p. 4 Mathematician Ulam To Speak Monday In The News_ State Senator To Speak....p. 4 Sculpture Exhibit Opens Sunday....p. 9 Homecoming News....p. 12 Baseball Squad Opens Season....p. 15 On Monday, February 20, the Mathematics Department will host Professor Stanislaw Ulam of the University of Colorado and the University of .Florida. He will present a non-technical lecture entitled "Adventures of a Mathematician" at 11:00 in room 210E. Stainislaw Ulam is one of the outstanding mathematicians of this century. His early work as a student in pre-war Poland was exclusively in the realm of theoretical mathematics and he was a member of the famous Polish school of mathematics. Shortly after coming to the United States war broke out and he was recruited as.part of the Manhattan Project. working at the Los Alamos laboratory on problems concerned with atomic bomb development. After the war he remained at Los Alamos where working with the physicist Edward Teller, he developed the* theoretical foundation for the hydrogen bomb. He has also made significant contributions to computer research and to methods of nuclear propulsions of space vehicles. Since the war years he has devoted his time to both teaching and pursuing his research into theoretical and applied mathematics. His presence at Stetson is sponsored by the Artists and Lecturers. Committee. :