THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items
for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Maggie Dobson, Office of the Provost, Box 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week.
OCTOBER 13. 1995
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Friday, October 13
Friday-Saturday, October 13-14
Tuesday, October 17
Friday-Saturday, October 20-22
Monday, October 23
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mid-term Withdrawal date and Last
Day to Drop Course without Academic
Penalty
Don Giovanni: or The Rake Punished
Stover Theatre
The Stetson Steel Drum Band
Elizabeth Hall
FAMILY WEEKEND
University Faculty Meeting
Live in Stover Theatre, October 13 and 14, 7:30 p.m. Stetson University Opera Theatre presents Don Giovanni:
or The Rake Punished, a comic drama in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Based on the legend of Don
Juan, Mozart's musical and theatrical masterpiece details the comic/tragic last days of the legendary lover. Our
production of Don Giovanni is sung IN ENGLISH. It features the Stetson Voice Department and faculty artists Dr.
Lloyd Linney with stage direction by Dr. Craig Maddox. The Stetson University Orchestra is under the baton of
its new director, Maestro Darryl One. Stetson Music School performances are free to Stetson personnel and
dependents.
Live in Elizabeth Hall. October 17, 7:30 p.m. The Stetson Steel Drum Band will make its debut on Tuesday evening
with the Stetson Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Carl Rendek. This new group will perform with Tom
Reynolds who constructed the steel drums for the band. The ensemble will also play ragtime xylophone solos with
marimba accompaniment, marimba solos, and a rhythm quintet dedicated to drummer Gene Krupa.
From: Jan Kindred
THE QUORUM ISSUE. Even though the minutes of the last Faculty Meeting show that the motion to increase
quorum at Faculty Meetings to 40% plus one of all faculty passed, our Parliamentarian has since raised some
concerns about the outcome of that vote concerning discrepancies with the vote and voting procedure. While the
faculty have voiced their opinion, which is duly noted in the minutes of the meeting and by the vote to increase
quorum, the supporters of raising quorum want to make sure there are no questions about the vote or the faculty's
wishes with quorum.
For this reason, the motion to raise quorum at Faculty Meetings will be revisited and voted upon at the next
scheduled Faculty Meeting, Monday, October 23, at 4:00 p.m. in Rinker Auditorium. (Note: This will constitute
official notice that at the October 23, 1995, Faculty Meeting the following motion will be introduced: "A quorum
shall consist of 40% of the full-time faculty plus one." Since this is a change in the by-laws, it will require a
positive vote by two-thirds of those present).
From: Gene Lubot, Provost and Randall Hansen, Chair of Faculty Senate
