Spring 1991
Volume II No. 3
Residential Life
Changes planned
To improve the quality of campus life,
Stetson is planning a series of changes in
residence hall programs.
This fall, Nemec and Stetson halls will be
modified to accommodate both men and
women, as were Carson/Hollis and Emily
halls in previous years. Gender integrating a
residence hall aids social interaction,
improves security, and increases maturity,
said Kemper Smith, associate dean of campus
life.
In Nemec, students sharing interests or
special needs can live in groups. Faculty
members will help plan programming for
these groups: personal wellness, international
culture/languages, environmental concerns.
One section will be for graduate students and
those who need year-round housing. These
are experimental programs; other special
interest areas, such as honors, may be
considered later, said Campus Life Dean
James Beasley.
Since the residence halls are currently underused, the new policies also include some
economic incentives for on-campus
housing."We want students on campus, and
we'll do what we can financially to help them
stay on campus," said Beasley.
Juniors and seniors who remain in university housing will receive a discount ($75 if
they've been on campus for two years and
$100 for three years). Rent for freshmen,
sophomores, and transfer students next year
will increase only 3.9 percent, Smith said.
To encourage a wide variety of students to
remain in the campus mix, students receiving
Stetson grants and scholarships of more than
$1,000 will forfeit a portion of their aid if
they move off-campus. Their aid will never
drop below $1,000, and they will never lose
more than $2,000.
For your calendar
Spring 1991 Commencement
CLAST Test
Summer 1991 Session
Summer Commencement
Convocation
Fall 1991 Semester
CLAST Test
Parents Weekend
Thanksgiving
Fall Commencement
May 19
June 1
June 11-Aug. 1
Aug. 3
Sept. 3
Sept. 4-Dec. 13
Oct. 5
Oct. 26-27
Nov. 28-29
Dec. 15
A BIQ moment in the life of Stetson junior Samuel Shingles of Jacksonville,left: A conversation
with Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu (center). The South Africanarchbishop metwith
students and addressedSte tson's Institute for Christian Eth ics in February. The big smile on the
face of President Doug Lee speaks for itself.
Students lead university into recycling
Students who began recycling aluminum cans
a year ago are leading an all-out recycling
effort at Stetson University.
Stetson recycles computer paper, aluminum, plastic bottles, and cardboard. Soon
foam cups will be added, putting the university ahead of most recyclers. Eventually, glass
and office paper also will be recycled.
Environmental Services Manager Tom
Burke said students began it all.
"It was the university's environmental
youth group, known as YAPI — Youth Advocating Planetary Improvements, who made
things happen," said Burke.
Stetson's most innovative recycling
project involves foam cups. Unlike waxed
paper products, foam cups ate recyclable.
Stetson is using only foam cups and has
leased a foam densifier, one of only two in
Florida, to compress them into cylinders.
Students began collecting aluminum cans
from residence halls last spring. One organizer, sophomore Tammy Seale of Flagler
Beach, Fla., said YAPI "thought it was time
the university had (a recycling program)."
Junior Courmey Brown of Naples, Fla.,
said she hasn't met anyone yet who doesn't
want to recycle. "The students are excited."
She said YAPI takes seriously a Margaret
Mead quote: "Whoever thought that a dedicated individual couldn't change the world?
Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
The students got the university's attention. In September, Physical Plant Director
Dudley Howe asked Burke to begin a pilot
recycling program with existing resources.
Burke said he is grateful those resources
included the students.
YAPI , now about 50 strong, collect
aluminum and plastic bottles regularly from
the residence halls. Seale and Brown are
working for Burke 15 hours a week through
work-study, putting out containers, collecting
recyclables, and maintaining records so
Stetson will know what is accomplished.
A cardboard baler is an important part of
the recycling program, crushing cardboard
from the cafeteria into bales for sale to manufacturers.
Students also are attacking the other side
of recycling — buyer education. YAPI is
encouraging Stetson departments to specify
"recycled" on orders. Book Store Manager
Maureen Jones stocks recycled paper
products, such as legal pads and file folders,
and makes sure bags are biodegradable.
