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
