Stetson Commons 1992-3-2

Winter 1992 Volume III No.2 A Brazilian rain forest greeted alumni at Homecoming '92, thanJcs to the creativity of Boca ^yRaton junior English major Jennifer Qewartowski (left) and freshman education major Jane ^Fleming, Plantation. Jane, who is active in many community service projects at Stetson and helped organize the Into the Streets community service program, was profiled by Seventeen magazine in February as a "volunteer of the year." Stetson students make some GOOD news Two programs heavily dependent on student involvement, Poetry at an Uncouth Hour and the Quiet Library Society, are bringing national media attention to Stetson. Articles and photos about Poetry, a weekly sharing session for poetry writers and poetry lovers, appeared recently in The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle also carried a story about the Quiet Library Society, whose members agree the libraty should be a place to study, and work to make it so. Was their idea Weekly 10 p.m. poetry readings are the brainchild of senior Peter Carver, a theater major from Mauldin.S.C, andeditot of the university's literary magazine. Magazine assistant editor Denise Feikema, a senior English major from Bradenton, helps organize the readings. English Professor Terri Witek, the group's faculty sponsor and an established poet in her own right, says, "It may mean that writing is getting more important to students everywhere. Certainly it's alive and well at Stetson." The atmosphere is casual: just people with candles, sitting on cushions or blankets on the grass in the university's Forest of Arden, once the site of outdoot Shakespearean dtamas. "Our goal is to develop a new genetation of writers," said Carver, "I knew we had a lot of writers here at Stetson, and I thought it would be nice if they could get together and share their work with the community." Features mime Sophomore David Alvin, an education major from Georgetown, Fla., is the spatk behind Quiet Library. A talented mime, he paints his face white; dons white gloves, a gteen hat and the society's green T-shirt; and strolls around the library silently recruiting members. He signed up 70 people in just three evenings last semester. Faced with a chronically noisy libraty used as much fot socializing as fot studying, Libraty Director Sims Kline sees the society, a tongue-in-cheek organization with no officers, dues, meetings ot bylaws, as a graceful way to involve students in solving the problem. Jimmy Carter To visit Stetson Former President Jimmy Carter will give the second annual Stewart Lecture fot the Institute for Christian Ethics at Stetson Oct. 26 in Edmunds Centet. "President Cartet personifies the values of Stetson University," President Lee said. "We ate deeply honored that he has accepted out invitation and we ate proud to share him with out community." A student forum probably will precede the evening lecture. Carter, rated by many observers as America's most influential former president, is best known fot his intetnational peacemaking efforts through The Catter Center at Emory University in Atlanta, and for his association with Habitat for Humanity. As president, he championed human fights thtoughout the wotld. His best known intetnational accomplishments ate the Camp David Accords, and the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel. Tututvas/irst The Stewatt Lecture Series was inaugurated last Febtuary by Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop of Capetown, South Africa. The Institute, now in its thitd yeat, has two major objectives: Through campus programs, to involve the university community in a dialogue with leading thinkers in various areas of ethical concern; and to encoutage students to become involved in community service. As part of the latter objective, Stetson students are active in a campus chapter of Habitat, wotk with Volusia County Public Schools as Youth Motivators, and have put Stetson in the forefront of the recycling effort in Flotida, as well as participating in various community setvice projects. Watch Commons fot infotmation about the schedule and ticket distribution. Tickets will be handled similar to those for the Tutu lecture. For your calendar Spting '92 Semester Spring Break Reunion Weekend Final Exams Commencement Concert Spring Commencement Summer '92 Session Summer Commencement Fall '92 Semester Parents Weekend '92 Thanksgiving Holiday Fall Commencement Feb.3-May 14 Mar. 16-22 Apr. 24-26 May 9-14 May 16 May 17 June 9-July 30 Aug. 1 Sept. 2-Dec. 11 Oct. 23-25 Nov. 26-7 Dec. 13