The Stetson Reporter

The 93rd Year, No. 1 rr around dfe '/2 fPV.s/t>y Cheese The Wesley House will celebrate the opening of the school year with its annual Bread and Cheese Fest, at the Wesley House, 520 North Woodland Boulevard, across from Hulley Tower, this Sunday, Sept. 7, at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Come over and enjoy the cheese, bread and fruit buffet, and the fellowship. SUB frige pickup Anyone who reserved a refrigerator during registration can pick one up today between 2 and 4 p.m. at the basement of Sage Hall, south side of the building. Today is the last day to pick them up. Class adds There's not much time to make up your mind. The last day to add a class for credit will be next Friday, Sept. 12. The last day to drop a class without penalty will be Oct.3. Fraternity rush signups will be next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in front of the commons during all meals. Red ford, Fonda Redford and Fonda-what a duo! They'll be teaming up tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. in The Electric Horseman. See it at the Stetson Room. Orientation party What better way to end orientation than by throwing a party? The Orientation Committee will be doing just that tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Pirates Cove in Daytona. On the Inside Editorials P.2 SUB P.4 Movin in P.8 Nexus P.12 Sports P.14 Bulletin Board P.16 'Florida's Oldest Collegiate Newspaper Stetson University DeLand, Florida Friday, September 5, 1980 for Wednesday's convocation. Duncan looks with optimism toward 80s By RIK SCARCE Editor in Chief Expressing hope that the coming decade will see an end to the underlying bitterness which has been growing in some sectors of the Stetson community, President Pope A. Duncan opened the 98th academic year of the university Wednesday morning. Sunny skies and a light breeze greeted those in attendence as Duncan spoke optimistically at a time in the university's history when students are forced to pay increasingly higher bills for their education and many faculty members are disgruntled about low wages and increased demands by the university upon their time. Duncan looked to the day when all in the university community would trust one another, "be conscious of the needs and feelings of each other; and we shall treat each other with mutual respect." He said such' Continued on page 4 Unexpected returnees force overflow By RIK SCARCE Editor in Chief As a result of an unusually large number of returning students coming back to university housing, approximately 66 female students will be housed in the University Inn (UI) some for the entire school year, and a $100,000 renovation program for the old Honors House has begun, according to Dean of Student Affairs E. Garth Jenkins. President's Welcome Dear Students: Let me welcome each of you whether you are returning to the campus or whether you are a new student. It is always exciting and satisfying to those of us who stay here when you are gone to see the campus again full of students. I congratulate those of you who are beginning your collegiate career upon your decision to pursue a baccalaureate degree. We believe, too, that you have here a wonderful group of people — fellow students, faculty, and staff. You will also find yourself challenged Jenkins said actual numbers of students attending Stetson this year will be less than in 1979-80. Before registration approximately 12 fewer freshmen and 45 fewer transfer students were expected to attend the university. "The situation has come about through a combination of decisions made by admissions, housing and President Duncan," Jenkins said. "In part we allowed return ing students to sign up for housing and we know as well that we need more space for new students." Asked why precautions were not taken this year to assure adequate dorm space for new students after last year's hints, which included the necessity for triple occupancy, rooms in formerly double rooms in some women's dorms, Jenkins Continued on page 3 The old Honors House, soon to fie w est u Diversity Hail. Academic computer on line and stimulated by the academic program. I encourage you to determine from the very beginning to do your best. The reward which then will come in terms of growth, maturity, and self- satisfaction will be enormous. Sincerely yours, Pope A. Duncan President. Faculty members in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences ft-(MCS), while excited about the arrival of a new $150,000 academic computer, are reluctant to praise the untried machine. Department Chairman Gene Medlin said delays in getting facilities prepared for the Data General Eclipse C-350, apparently caused by a backlog of work which required maintenance personnel from the university to service dorms and other academic buildings before getting to the computer area, will affect student access to the computer. "For all intents and purposes," Medlin said, "it may not be available for students in courses requiring computer work until after the Winter Term because the directories may not be set up and the software, including programs, may not have arrived." The computer was delivered in mid-August, though facilities were not complete at the time. Only within the last two weeks has it been "up" for testing and the installment of terminals and other features. Dr. Cloyd Ezefttl, MCS faculty member, said, "If it's not up and usable the first day of classes, it will be within the first week. The installment is done and the computer is up. It's a matter now of getting the peripherals up." Noting the main memory can handle over a million bytes with a 50 megabyte mass storage, Ezell said, "So far we're optimistic. We think it will serve the university well. It's got a lot of main memory which means we will get a fast turnaround time. The hardware is very good." Turnaround time, the time it takes the computer to respond to a command, is an important feature of the computer, Ezell said. With large numbers of students Continued on page 4