Stetson Reporter

Rage^'8'9 yX^xM f'v $'"; :!X£^XXp;$ jWrpnd, V^; ■jPag^S;^?,, ^ vh .'r^.^,h-/r.f V • Sororities- , welcome their new pledges in their-own ways '' "'.,:. '.■ Page 12 , ■ " • / • Jarrod ! * White's -Top Ten college picks.. ,; Page.lS-1 /./' Working with legislation only way to get results By Derek Ashworth Campus Life Editor This is the third and final installment on our series on education. Commissioner of Education. Betty Castor, is expected to recommend that the State Tuition Voucher be increased next year. 1993-94. to $ 1200 from the current $978. However, thcincreasc will depend on ihe support of Governor Chilcsand the state legislature this spring. In a telephone interview last week with T.K. Wetherall. President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, he encouraged students to contact local representatives running for rc-dcclion or candidates seeking political office for the first time., to inform them of concerns about the monies allocated in the budget for state programs benefits students attending private universities like Stet son. "Now is the time for students and parents to be involved and get a commitment from legislators that they will do what they can to protect state funding." Wetherall was referring to state funding for programs such as the State Tuition Voucher, State Student Assistance Grant, and Florida Undergraduate Scholars Fund, all of which suffered from budget cuts this year. The / /\1 *~\ /X\ 1—-—4/ K EDUCATION: ^-J AN EXPENSIVE INVESTMENT cuts in state programs the changes in federal programs contributed lo the delay of financial award notification 10 Stetson students from the Office of Financial Planning this fall. The office also underwent staff changes during iJhe summer with the addition of new members of the staff including graduate students to help speed the processing of student loans. See Finance-page 5 Whose car is that parked in the fire lane? Could it be... a trustee? Carter remembered for vision of future and human rights By David Alvin Staff Writer This is the first in a series of articles about Jimmy Carter. We will he running a series of articles about Carter until his visit on Oct. 26, andwill then have complete coverage of his visit. As president, James Earl (Jimmy Carter). Jr. came with and left behind an idealist's vision of a better tomorrow for all our people. Elected to office with a broad popular appeal in 1976, Carter attempted—and i n several areas succeeded— inlbrmulatingand promoting domestic policy initiatives that preserved human dignity as well as fostered mutual trust and respect among individuals and nations. The Camp David Accords leading to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty (the first peace declared between Israel and an Arab state), the Panama Canal Treat)- and the improvement of diplomatic relations wilh the People's Republic of China were among the Carter administration's foreign policy masterstrokes. National policy flourished as well, with the creation of the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and the introduction of major environmental protection legislation such as the Alaska Lands Act. Civil rights and human rights also played a large role during Carter's term in office: the support of British policy to end civil war in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the appointment of minorities and women to the federal judician were testimony to the political clout ofthe administration here and abroad. Although Ronald Regan won the 1980 Presidential election by a landslide and served for eight years. Jimmy Carter is still perhaps the most well-known and well-regarded former president of the Un itcd States for his four vca rs of service. TheCarter administration's changes in domestic and foreign policv continue to affect the world todav Jazz tip te tie JaclssitilSe FestlvaS The Stetson Union Board Travel Committee is sponsoring a trip to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival on October 10. 1992. This year's Jazz Festival will feature artists such as Hiroshima, Bcla Fleck and She Fleckstones. and Grover Washington. Jr. to name a few. "fhe Jazz Festival is free and SUB is providing the transpor lation. Space is limited, so actj now! For more information or| ij ssgmng up and departure times.) contact SUB at 822-7225 or slop b> thcSUBofTiccinthcCarltonUiiioiJI Building, rn.i !()().