The Stetson Reporter

1 "I-todd&'s Oldest Collegiate Newspaper"- Stetson University DeLand, Honda Volume 104, Issue 14 January 28, 1992 Visitation Policy Forum to be Held On Tuesday, February 4, the Department of Residential Life will sponsor a visitation forum to be held at two separate locations on campus. The first forum will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Nemec Hall lobby for those who live in the East Area. A second forum will follow at 8:00 p.m. in the Chaudoin Hall lobby. Those who live in the fraternity and sorority houses as well as the West Area residence halls are invited and encouraged to attend the 8:00 p.m. forum. These 45 minute forums have two purposes. The first and most important is to provide an opportunity for students to voice their opinions about the current and future visitation policy. The second is to keep students updated and informed about the entire decision-making process for the revised policy. Dean Beasley and Kemper Smith, in addition to the Associate Assistant Director for Operations for Residential Life and two Area Coordinators,will facilitate each of these forums in hopes of hearing comments and suggestions, and answering questions about the possible changes in the visitation policy. Since the beginning of the 1991-92 academic year, the Department of Residential Life has been receiving student feedback concerning the visitation policy. By creating randomly selected focus groups in the fall semester, students began to think of the different ways the visitation policy qouid be modified and the results of those changes as well. The focus groups were followed by the distribution of a questionnaire to all residents of campus. The results of the survey were varied, and will be a topic of discussion at the visitation forums. There are still several more steps in the policy review process beyond the visitation forum. These steps will be explained at the forum and the department hopes to gain a great deal of student involvement and interest in the decision-making process. i 1 Stetson Hall is one of the residence hulk that could be affected by possible changes in the visitation policy. Super Bowl Bashes Unite Campus By Becky Bridges News Editor Roving reporter that I am, I decided to venture out of the newspaper office Sunday night, along with my fellow journalist and boss Rob Bullock, and check out some of Stetson's Super Bowl parties. Our first stop was Stetson Hall, where Stetson and Nemec were holding a joint Super Bowl bash. It was about 7:50 p.m. when we stopped in, and there were only about a dozen people there, and only a few scraps of food remained from the $200 worth of food that the party was advertised to feature. The dozen people that were there seemed to be having a pretty good time, and according to party-goer Sean Sanbom, about 40 or 50 people had crowded into the first floor lobby, when there was more food to be found and when there was still more question as to which team would prove itself victorious. The next stop on our Bowl bash tour was Emily Hall, which was hosting a party for its residents, along with the residents of Gordis Hall. When Rob and 1 got there a little before 8 p.m.s halftime was just beginning. They tried to get the FOX station on the 46" big screen television to catch their much- hyped halftime show, but unfortunately it wouldn't come in on their set, so they switched the channel back to the halftime festivities and commentary. A crowd of about 50 people were there when we stopped by,. and according to Emily Hall Head Resident Paul Murray, there had been about 90 people there earlier in the evening. Emily Hall even had a good amount of decorations in tact, with some streamers, balloons, and a banner making the room a bit more festive, and they had offered football fens there about $200 worth of muncMes. Our next stop was Chaudoin Hall, and when we looked through their front window into the lobby to spy what was going on, we saw only three women watching the game- this was at about 8:15 p.m. We didn't see any remnants of food, and only two Mylar balloons "adorned the room. We peeked into the Hollis lobby of Carson/HolUs Hall at about 830 p.m., and all looked to be pretty calm around there. Conrad Hall was the last Super Bowl party that we looked in on that evening. When we stopped in there we saw about ten people enjoying the Continued on page 3 'The Diviners' Perform in The Pit... Page 3 Evergreen Homecoming Memories ... Page 6 Res. Life Heightens Awareness By R.L. Bridges News Editor High ranking Residential Life staff members experienced a different way of living yesterday. Each Head Resident and West Area Coordinator Celia Klein each went through the day'from 5 sum. yesterday morning until 5 p.m. that afternoon, as if they had some sort of disability. Stetson Hall H.R. Sammy Shingles and Emily Hall H.R. Paul Murray each went through the day without using their arms. Amy Greenman, Nemec H.R., and Anthony Poricelli, Gordis H.R., each had to make it through the day without using their sense of sight. Two Head Residents, Lori Finn of Conrad Hall and Christine Shea of Carson-Hollis Hall, had to go about campus without using their legs. West Area Coordinator Celia Klein, Smith H.R. Ron Piccolo, and Chaudoin H.R. Chris Com insky all had to function without speaking all day. The staff participated in this activity to heighten awareness for what those who have physical disabilities must go through everyday. The people who participated in this event are particularly busy around campus, so the fact that they could be "handicapped" and still live very active lives fflu stated the fact that disabilities don't have to mean the end of anyone's life. The activity also "stretched" the Residential Life staff's abilities, and proved to be an enlightening activity In that respect as well. The event also happened to coincide with the enactment of an act by Congress that will make our society more accessible to disabled citizens.