The Stetson Reporter

100th Year Number 10 ■■'Florida's Qidgs'g. Colfa$$$i t^wspaper' Stetson Uh^t^^e^fd, Florifa January tq. iq$8 Stetson loses to Duke by three Special to the Reporter- courtesy of the DeLand Sun DAYTONA, BEACH - Ifevto Strickland scored a game-high '22 points, and co-No. 9 Duke withstood a late rally Monday night at the Ocean Center to post an 81-78 victory over never-say-die Stetson. John Smith made a fastbreak layup with 9:11 remaining, capping a 9-0 run that put the Blue Devils ahead 72-60, their biggest lead. Stetson closed to 78-75 with 1:01 left on two foul shots hy Terry Johnson. Three more foul shots by the Blue Devils put- Duke ahead by six before Stetson's Bforn Gehrke hit a thzee- obiter at the buzzer to account for the final margin. The game was played before a record crowd of more than 6,500 fans. The teams exchanged the lead eight times in the first half before Duke took a 45-40 lead at halftime. Stetson held its last'lead at 54-52 with 14:59 remaining on Jimmy Kuhl's layup. Duke tied it on a layup by Phil Henderson and went ahead on a pair of Robert Brickey free throws with 14:26 to go. Brickey added 15 points for the Blue Devils (13-2). Johnson and Kuhl had 16 apiece for Stetson (8-7). Randy Anderson accounted for 13 points and went to the glass for nine rebounds. Duke, averaging 91.6 points per game, didn't shot its usual 50 pereent from the field, but won it at the foul Sine, canning 27 of 34 attempts. Each club hit 26 field jjoals. and the Hats hit 20 of 2o free throws. Duke's only losses have come against highly-ranked Arizona and Maryland. The Blue Devils have recorded victories over the Florida Gators, North Carolina and Wake Forest. Stetson hosts Trans-America Athletic Conference foe Samford on Thursday night in the Edmunds Center, and then the Hats host .conference-leading Arkansas-little Rock on Satur day night. Both games begin a,. 7:35. "Second Lady* to visit Stetson By GLENN KINDRED Reporter Editor Mrs. Barbara Bush will be visiting Stetson University on Wednesday. Mrs. Bush is the wife of George Bush, Vice President and Republican front nan- ner for the presidential nomination. The visit is being sponsored by fee Stetson College Republican organization. President Basyle Tchividjian has been working with other Republican student's to arrange the visit for several weeks. Mrs. Bush is scheduled to arrive in DeLAnd at 11:30 a.m. and wiil be on campus by 12:00 noon. She will be greeted by Mrs. Douglas Lee, Provost Louis Brakeman and Basyle Tchividjian. Dr. Lee will not be able to attend, Mrs. Bush will then go to the Forest of Arden where she will be tlie guest of honor at a picnic. She is expected to leave at 2:30 p.m.. The public is welcomed and Stetson faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend. The College Republicans have not announced details but they speculate that several more guests will be coming to Stetson during the pre-election months. Bike theft suspect arrested By MARY HASTINGS Associate Editor A man was arrested on campus last week after two Carson Ha!i residents spotted him trying to cut bicycle chains. Security reported. Charles E. Williams, 23, was charged with possession of burglary tools, a third degree felony, and loitering and prowling Jan. 17. Assistant Director of Security Mark Cooper responded when Carson resident David S. Rinker entered ihe Security office and told him, "There's someone trying to rip oil bikes in front of Carson." Rinker said fellow Carson resident Thomas Quinn saw Williams allegedly trying to steal bicycles in front of the dormitoiy. "Tom was looking out of the window and saw a black guy trying to cut chains off the bikes," Rinker said.. Rinker, whose Raleigh 10-speed was stolen in September, said that as he and Quinn watched the man allegedly trying to cut the bicycle chain, "someone walked by and he stopped and casually walked away." Rinker said he "didn't want him getting away," so he followed Williams, When the suspect was near Stetson Hall, Rinker said, he reversed direction. "When he walked by me he said, 'How's it going?'" Rinker reported. I thought that was kind of funny," he said. When the suspect was out of sight, Rinker said he ran io the Security office. According to Security Director Tom Ellis, Cooper and Rinker then saw the suspect'on the library access road. After Rinker positively identified him. Cooper contacted the DeLand Police Department. When DPD officers Tom Ellis ■ ■ - " Bikes on-5 " ■. v 4 »" ' . . . 1 t..,-«.-,l ,»■-<■- 1\. I t 1 . ■ .»: ■! .■• * * . . . * ■ \ ■F 1 -■ -:■"• l"."-. r " 1?. 1 « -...* 5.1 \ L ■ .- 1 * 1.* ■-A' V",.' ,.,-v ■ t \f< V ' ', Student'extras'go through steps io film commercial Commercial footage filmed on campus By MARY HASTINGS Associate Editor About 50 Stetson students acted as extras Tuesday when a commercial was filmed on campus. The students were given $25 each for their participation after the filming. Film company and advertising agency representatives publicized the commercial last week, requesting Stetson students to sign up for extra roles. The Stetson footage will be seen In South Carolina as part of a commercial for CNS Bank, said producer Tom Luse of Jay- an Productions. He said the commercial would advertise the bank's automatic teller machines. 'The point of it is, you have better things to do with your lime than to go to the bank," said Luse. Writer Jeff Huggins of Ogilvy Commercial on 5 jreek/Non-Greek foram held By JANICE MALKASIAN Staff Writer The silent struggle between "Greeks" and "Non-Greeks" was the topic which was finally heard this past Wednesday evening at a panel discussion entitled 'To Be Or Not To Be". This hour long debate, mediated by Dr. Peter Heine, touched on viewpoints of both supporters and opponents of the Greek system. There were a total of eight panelists: Dr. Ellen Smith, Dr. Nick Maddox, Dr. Derek Barka- low, and Dr. Jack Booth were the faculty member participants. Debbie Sabol, Pi Beta Phi President: Jim Daughton, Alpha Tau Omega President; Erin Owens, member of the softball team; and Mark Leetzow, captain of the golf team were the student participants. The intended goal of the dis cussion hoped to clear up the different perceptions of the Greek system. The first question directed toward the panelists asked whether or not the Greek system needed to be changed. Erin Owens, the first lo speak, felt that Greeks are too strongly separated causing every campus event to create competition amongst the different fraternities and sororities. Her hope is for a future event which will unite the entire campus as "Hatters" rather than divide as Greeks and Non- Greeks. Dr. Smith equally felt that the Greek system has a "disunifying effect". The Non-Greek student panelists seemed to feel thai participation in the Greek system encompasses a vast majority of Stetson life and it domi- Greck/Non-Greek on 6