Today, Friday, April 5, Stetson’s duPont-Ball Library will celebrate 125 years as a federal depository library. Everyone is invited to join in the festivities from 3-5 p.m.

The School of Music has many exceptional programs scheduled throughout the month of April. This upcoming week alone features a concert tonight, Friday evening, April 5, highlighting the works of Stetson’s student composers, and Stetson will host Saturday’s Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion on April 6, followed up with a percussion ensembles concert next Saturday, April 13. The University Symphony Orchestra will perform next Friday evening, April 12. And, this Sunday, April 7, Piano Professor and Steinway Artist Michael Rickman will perform in a celebratory concert commemorating his 30^th anniversary at Stetson. Check out Stetson’s full cultural calendar for this semester here.

Sunday evening, April 7, everyone is invited to Movie Night at the Ballpark. Come join in the outdoors fun and bring a chair or blanket to claim your spot in the outfield at Melching Field at Conrad Park to watch the award-winning film, “Angels in the Outfield.” The event is free and open to the public; donations will be accepted and will go toward Stetson’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s (SAAC) Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.

Speaking of films scheduled next week, “The Music Never Stopped” about the health/memory benefits of music therapy. Psychology professor Camille King and students, Susan Moore and Molly Moses, will answer questions about how the human brain responds to music therapy.

Students are reminded to register on Monday and Tuesday, April 8 and 9, for summer session and the fall semester.

Religious freedom is the topic of the Shurden Lectures, scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9-10. Brent Walker, special guest speaker, will speak on “First Principles: God-given, but government protected” on Tuesday. Wednesday’s lectures include “First Freedoms: Accommodate religion, but don’t advance it” at 3 p.m., and  ”Religion and Politics: How did we do in 2012?” at 5 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to attend free of charge.

Transaction Day, Thursday, April 11, is a day of engaged dialogue between students, faculty, staff, and community members on gender, gender roles and a full range of gender identity issues.

Taco Bar is open to students on Thursday, April 11 at 11 p.m. in the Commons. Support Zeta Tau Alpha’s Philanthropy Breast Cancer Education and Awareness. Catered by Moe’s.

Don’t forget to nominate your favorite professor for Stetson’s McEniry Teaching Award by going to the online nomination form. The deadline has been extended to April 11. This award will be presented at Commencement.

On Saturday, April 13, Stetson will welcome approximately 1,200 special guests, including 385 potential Hatters and their families to Hatter Saturday.

Earth Day at Stetson will be celebrated Saturday, April 20. Everyone is invited to the “Keeping it Green” Earth-friendly activities and environmental education for all ages planned for the day.

Be sure to check out all Stetson University events on the online calendar on Stetson Today. Keep up with all Hatter Athletic schedules at GOHATTERS.COM.

In their research, Wilson and Burke compared the contracts of 65 Intercollegiate NCAA Division I men’s basketball head coach salaries from 2009-10 school year with the contracts of the 68 coaches from the 2011-12 school year. The results reveal extreme inflation in incentives for head coaches of competing NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams, specifically for non-automatic qualifying (non-AQ) teams – teams that come from conferences whose football teams do not automatically qualify for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). In their research they found that among coaches at the non-AQ conference schools, the average total pay in 2009-10 was $357,440; in 2011-12, it was $513,872, a significant increase of almost 44 percent.

The incentivization for athletic and academic team performance is often the reason for these huge increases. For example, if a team’s GPA goes up then the coach’s financial reward is higher. Using Rick Pitino, head coach at the University of Louisville, as an example, if his team has an average GPA of 2.5, he receives  a $50,000 bonus; 2.75, $75,000; 3.0 $100,000. In addition to GPA, coaches’ contracts also can include incentives for academic progress rate and graduation rate.

The research also reveals an increased gap between automatic qualifying (AQ) schools (teams that come from conferences whose football teams automatically qualify for the BCS)  and non-AQ schools in the potential compensation for both athletic and academic incentives. AQ schools increased their potential pay for athletic incentives  by 70 percent between 2009 and 2012, but dropped in average academic incentives  by 45 percent during the same time period. However, the non-AQ schools potential pay for athletic achievements increased 118 percent between 2009 and 2012, while the potential pay for academic achievements increased by nearly 1,000 percent.

The statistics demonstrate the extreme differences between what the AQ schools and the non-AQ schools pay for both academic and athletic achievements. Wilson and Burke state in their journal article that the success of non-AQ teams could “explain the increase in amount of athletic and academic incentive clauses being placed in non-AQ conference schools’ coaching contracts. To retain top coaching talent, non-AQ conference schools might become more ‘creative’ in contract structure, thereby adding more athletic and academic team performance incentives to coaches’ contracts as a way to increase overall compensation. Furthermore, non-AQ conference athletic directors may be increasing the amount of academic incentives in these coaches’ contracts as a means of continuing to emphasize the term ‘student-athlete.’”

“The business of college athletics has grown exponentially in the last 20-30 years,” said Wilson. “Athletics directors are now CEOs of multi-million dollar programs. Coaches are getting paid three to four times as much as university presidents. More and more schools are entering the ‘arms race’ – increasing coaches’ salaries, building new athletic facilities, keeping up with the Joneses in order to attract the top recruits.

“We are simply reporting what’s being done. We are identifying this trend,” said Wilson. “Do I see this stopping? No, because we have some realignment with conference affiliation all being driven by TV money. It would appear college athletics, from a marketing and advertising standpoint, can bring large visibility to universities that maybe other areas cannot. Colleges are using athletics to market their universities. Athletic success can bring huge increases in unique visitors to a school’s website, huge increases in college merchandise sales and thousands of people to a university’s campus.”

Citing a dearth of empirical research in this area, Wilson said that there is room for additional research and expansion to other sports such as football or women’s basketball.

Some information for this research was obtained from USA Today, which has published a second article on this topic citing the research. Neither Stetson University nor Queens University of Charlotte provided information on coaches’ salaries for the research. Click to read the the research article in the journal.

The Class of 2013 formed their class year in this photo taken at Orientation Day four years ago.

Happy Spring! The beginning of April at Stetson University traditionally means the time when Stetson students, especially seniors, are working hard to complete final projects as deadlines approach. The 2013 Showcase of research and creative arts, scheduled this year for April 16, will feature the greatest number of projects since the program debuted in 1999. To enable students to attend, classes will be cancelled that day, and everyone is encouraged to attend.

Hatter baseball and other sports are in full swing. All home games are included in the calendar below. Be sure to check out all Hatter sports at GOHATTERS.COM. For more of what’s happening in Hatter Country this week, check out the calendar below:

Music Concerts:

• University Chamber Orchestra – Tuesday, April 2, 7 p.m., Anthony Hose, conductor, Lifepoint Community Church, DeLand
• Music by Student Composers- 7:30 p.m., Lee Chapel

Friday, March 29

• GOOD FRIDAY – University Holiday
• Softball vs. Northern Kentucky- 1 p.m., Patricia Wilson Field
• Baseball vs. Kennesaw State- 6:30 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park

Saturday, March 30

• Habitat for Humanity Build- 8 a.m., Meet on CUB Steps
• Women’s Tennis vs. USC Upstate- 10 a.m., Mandy Stoll Tennis Center
• Softball vs. Northern Kentucky- Noon, Patricia Wilson Field
• Baseball vs. Kennesaw State- 1 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Men’s Tennis vs. USC Upstate- 2 p.m., Mandy Stoll Tennis Center

Sunday, March 31

• Easter Sunday Chapel Service, 5:30 p.m., Lee Chapel
• Francophone Movie Night – The Silences of the Palace-6 p.m., Sampson 129

Monday, April 1

• Cardio Yoga- 12:15 p.m., Hollis Center Dance Studio
• PRIDE Week: Juicy Justine- 8 p.m., Stetson Room

Tuesday, April 2

• Gentle Yoga- 5 p.m., Nite Lights – Above the bookstore
• GPS: Guide for Proactive Success- 5:15 p.m., Sage 257
• Habitat for Humanity Meeting- 6:15 p.m., Hollis Center Classroom
• Catholic Campus Ministry Meeting- 8 p.m., 103 Allen Hall
• PRIDE Week: Juicy Justine- 8 p.m., Stetson Room

Wednesday, April 3

• #Politics: The Social Media Revolution in Putin’s Russia, 4 p.m., Rinker Aud., LBC
• Sand Volleyball vs. North Florida- 2 p.m., Sand Volleyball Courts
• APVMA – Representative from Ross University- 6:15 p.m., Sage 221
• Gays in the Military: Why the All-Volunteer Force- 7 p.m., Library 25L
• Stetson Speakers Bureau Meeting- 7 p.m., LBC 220
• Cheerleading Clinic- 7:45 p.m., Hollis Gym / Rinker Fieldhouse
• PRIDE Week: Prayers for Bobby- 8 p.m., Cross Cultural Center

Thursday, April 4

• DUI Promise-  4 p.m., Rinker Auditorium
• Screening of – Brother-  6 p.m., Russian Studies Center
• Trilogue of the Abrahamic Faith- 6:30 p.m., Allen Hall
• Tournees French Film Festival- 8 p.m., Rinker Environmental Learning Center
• Poetry at an Uncouth Hour- 9 p.m., Nite Lights
• PRIDE Week: Rocky Horror Picture Show- 11 p.m., Lee Chapel

Friday, April 5

• duPont-Ball Library Federal Depository 125th Anniversary -3 PM, Library (Main Floor)
• PRIDE Week: Gay Prom- 8 p.m., Allen Hall

Ongoing exhibits:

• Digital Arts Senior Exhibition continues through April 5, Hand Art Center
• Oscar Bluemner’s Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow – Hand Art Center. Runs through April 29.

by Shelby Scraper and the Stetson Today Team

Katie DiGirolamo (above) and Jordan Dierickx won twice on Friday. Courtesy: Linwood Ferguson

Stetson sand volleyball juniors Katie DiGirolamo (Brandenton, Fla.) and Jordann Dierickx (Jacksonville, Fla.) have been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Pair of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday.

DiGirolamo and Dierickx went a perfect 4-0 on the week and also helped lead Stetson to a 4-0 mark as the Hatters registered the first two regular season conference wins in A-Sun sand volleyball history.

Those historic wins came at Florida Gulf Coast on Friday as DiGirolamo and Dierickx defeated FGCU’s no. 3 pair of Olivia Mesner and Linds Childs 2-0, 2-1, battling through a hard-fought third set in the second match to win 17-15.  They also swept Florida Atlantic’s no. 3 pair 2-0, 2-0 at home on Tuesday, rallying from 11-3 and 19-16 deficits to win 21-19 in the first game.  They went on to win the next three games 21-14, 21-9, 22-20.

After starting the year at the no. 5 spot, DiGirolamo and Dierickx have moved up to the no. 3 position, and they have won five straight matches overall.  They own a 9-2 record on the season.

It is Stetson’s second A-Sun Pair of the Week selection this season.

The Hatters (7-4, 2-0 A-Sun) will travel to the JU Easter Sand Tournament this Friday and Saturday to face Jacksonville twice, and the College of Charleston and Florida State once.

The Women’s Basketball team soaks up the energy, enthusiasm and well-wishes at Stetson’s send-off party Thursday before leaving for Columbus, Ohio.

Week Ahead in Hatter Country, March 22 – 29

WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN – Stetson Campus Life and Athletics will host a Watch Party in the Hat Rack at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, to watch the Hatter Women’s Basketball team take on UCLA in the NCAA Championship game. Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there!

Here’s a list of other things going on this week ahead at Stetson:

Friday, March 22

• Mid-Term Withdrawal Date and Last Day to Drop Course
• The Emotional Brain: Remembering with Feeling-12 p.m., Library 25L
• Daytona Beach Cleanup-2 p.m., Meet at Sage Hall parking lot
• Greek Week: Freedom BBQ-5 p.m.
• Stetson Alumni Night with the Miami Heat-6:30 p.m., American Airlines Arena, Miami (www.stetson.edu/alumni/rsvp), or call the Office of Alumni Engagement at 800.688.HATS)
• Baseball vs. Mercer-6:30 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Carnival 2013-8 p.m., Rinker Fieldhouse

Saturday, March 23

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  Get ready to throw some paint at the annual Paint Party, Saturday night on Cummings Lawn.

  Habitat for Humanity Build-8 a.m., Meet on CUB Steps

• Softball vs. Mercer (DH)-1 p.m., Patricia Wilson Field
• Baseball vs. Mercer-2 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Movie Night – “The Intouchables”-5 p.m., duPont Ball Library
• Paint Party Presented by: Hatter Productions-8 p.m., Cummings Gym Lawn

Sunday, March 24

• Baseball vs. Mercer-1 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Softball vs. Mercer-1 p.m., Patricia Wilson Field
• Brass Ensemble-3 p.m., Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall
• Chapel Service-5:30 p.m., Lee Chapel
• Francophone Movie Night – Heading South-6 p.m., Sampson 129

Monday, March 25

• Cardio Yoga-12:15 p.m., Hollis Center Dance Studio
• Opening Reception – Senior Digital Arts Exhibition-6 p.m., Hand Art Center. Digital Arts Exhibit runs through April 5

• U.S.-Mexican Relations: Facts and Challenges - public talk by H.E. Alberto Fierro Garza, Consul of Mexico in Orlando, 5:45 p.m., Stetson Room, CUB, sponsored by WORLD: International Learning and Sigma Iota Rho – part of Stetson International Week

Remember, watch the Hatter News Flash video each week!

Tuesday, March 26

• Sand Volleyball vs. Florida Atlantic-10 a.m., Sand Volleyball Courts
• Heart Walk Informational Meeting-2 p.m., CUB 255
• Gentle Yoga-5 p.m., Nite Lights
• GPS: Guide for Proactive Success-5:15 p.m., Sage 257 “What your Facebook status says about you”
• Habitat for Humanity Meeting-6:15 p.m., Hollis Center Classroom
• Baseball vs. Florida A&M-6:30 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Movie Night – For Colored Girls-7 p.m., Allen Hall
• Guitar Ensembles-7:30 p.m., Lee Chapel
• Tournees French Film Festival – Le Gamin Au Velo- 7:30 p.m., Nite Lights
• Catholic Campus Ministry Meeting- 8 p.m., Allen Hall 103

Wednesday, March 27

• Students Advocating Sustainability at Stetson- 5:30 p.m., Coffee Shop
• Women in the Workplace: Glass Ceiling Effect & It- 6 p.m., Stetson Room
• $tart $mart Workshop- 6 p.m., Sage 257 Sponsored by Stetson’s NOW Organization and Office of Career Development and Academic Advising
• Stetson Speakers Bureau Meeting- 7 p.m., LBC 220
• Cheerleading Clinic- 7:45 p.m., Hollis Gym

Thursday, March 28

• Men’s Tennis vs. East Tennessee State- Noon, Mandy Stoll Tennis Center
• Women’s Tennis vs. East Tennessee State- 4 p.m., Mandy Stoll Tennis Center
• Marine Geography Movie Night: Stolen Seas- 6 p.m., Sage 257
• Baseball vs. Kennesaw State- 6:30 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park
• Music Festival- 7:30 p.m., Rinker Field
• Poetry at an Uncouth Hour- 9 p.m., Nite Lights

Friday, March 29

• GOOD FRIDAY – No Classes; University Holiday
• Softball vs. Northern Kentucky- 1 p.m., Patricia Wilson Field
• Baseball vs. Kennesaw State- 6:30 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park

by Shelby Scraper

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  WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!   Photo by Lauren Robbins

Sophomore shortstop Demi Meza (Oxnard, Calif.) tied a Stetson school-record by hitting three home runs Wednesday afternoon, but the Hatters fell 6-4 to visiting Marshall in a non-conference contest at Patricia Wilson Field. Photo by David S. Williams

Sophomore shortstop Demi Meza (Oxnard, Calif.) tied a Stetson school-record by hitting three home runs Wednesday afternoon, but the Hatters fell 6-4 to visiting Marshall in a non-conference contest at Patricia Wilson Field.

Meza hit solo home runs in the third, fourth, and seventh innings to join Melissa Wiggins as the only Hatters to hit three round-trippers in a single game.

“It feels awesome to finally make solid contact,” Meza said. “Everything I’ve been working on with the coaches is paying off, and it feels great to make everyone proud.”

“I think she was seeing the ball very well tonight,” head coach Frank Griffin said. “She hit the ball to all areas of the field. I think one was in right-center, one was in dead center, and one was in left.”

The Hatters fell behind early as the Thundering Herd (15-12) scored four times in the top of the first inning.

“I think that first inning was the game-changer,” Griffin said. “I think we gave up some unnecessary runs and we were playing catch-up the rest of the way.”

Stetson (17-10) loaded the bases in each of the first two innings but did not manage to score until Meza’s first home run leading off the third. Brittany Hawn scored the Hatters’ second run of the day on a wild pitch in the fourth inning, prior to Meza’s second home run.

Courtney Brandt worked the first four innings in the circle, allowing five earned runs while striking out four. Taylor Cochran pitched three scoreless innings of relief, striking out five.

The Hatters will return to conference play with a three-game series this weekend vs. Mercer. The teams will play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday and a single-game at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Notes: Meza’s three home runs came against three different pitchers … Melissa Wiggins accomplished her three-home run feat on May 6, 2005 in a 6-5 home win over UCF … Meza’s 12 total bases also tied Wiggins’ single-game school record … Meza has hit five home runs in her last five games … The Hatters have hit 28 home runs this season, equaling last year’s total in just 27 games … Stetson is 15-2 in its last 17 home games, with both losses coming to C-USA opponents (UCF, Marshall).

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Everyone’s invited to the send-off party for the Hatter Women’s Basketball team, 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 21, in front of the CUB.

The Stetson University campus and DeLand community are invited to attend Thursday’s send-off party for the Stetson women’s basketball team as it departs for Columbus, Ohio and the 2013 NCAA Championship.

The celebration will take place in the heart of campus, outside of the Carlton Union Building at 11:30 am TODAY.  The Hatters will then board their charter bus and follow a police escort to the Daytona International Airport where they will depart for Columbus.

The Atlantic Sun Conference Champion Hatters (24-8) will face third-seeded UCLA (25-7) at 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the St. John Arena. The game will be televised by ESPN2 and broadcast locally on the radio by WSBB.

GO HATTERS!

When the Stetson women’s basketball team watched the NCAA selection show two years ago, the Hatters were part of the first game unveiled by ESPN.

This time, however, the players and over 100 fans in attendance at Bill and Frank’s Brickhouse Grill waited through 16 teams, then 32, and then 48 without ever seeing “Stetson” appear.

The anxiety soon turned to jubilation as the Hatters (24-8) learned Monday that it will be a #14 seed and will face #3 seed UCLA (25-7) on Saturday in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Championship at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in a nationally televised game on ESPN2.

“I am really, really happy,” Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. “I am a bit surprised just because I had my mind made up that we were going to be a 15 seed. I did think our body of work was good enough to be a 14 seed, but I didn’t know if (the committee) would give it to us. It just shows respect for our program and how far we have come.”

The Hatters knew they would appear somewhere in the bracket, but when other teams were sent to Baton Rouge, La. and Durham, N.C., most of the preliminary predictions had flown out the window.

“It was a little nerve-racking,” Bria said. “You really just wonder where you are going to go, you just don’t ever really know. It was kind of fun to watch and be engaged the whole time. Once you get announced you don’t watch as much.”

Coach Bria also said although they enjoyed the Knoxville Regional two years ago, it will be nice to go somewhere different.

“We have a lot of players who are from up there,” Bria said about the Ohio area. “I am also from up there. I know we will have a lot of friends, family and fans come out and watch us. It worked out perfectly.”

One of the Hatters who will have a large contingent in attendance is senior Ashley Dennis who hails from Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.

“My emotions went all over the place,” Dennis said. “I think I saw the seed first and I thought, ‘Wow, we got a 14 seed. That’s awesome, that’s shows a lot of respect for our program and I really appreciate that. And then I saw we were playing in Columbus which just sent me over the edge. That’s my hometown, I am going to get to see my family, I’m going to get to go home, and especially since it’s my senior year and play in front of my family, it means so, so much to me.”

HOW STETSON GOT HERE

Stetson has won a school-record 24 games overall and went 14-4 in Atlantic Sun Conference play, good for a second-place finish. In the A-Sun tournament, Stetson defeated no. 7 ETSU 66-55 in the quarterfinals, knocked off no. 3 and tournament host Mercer 67-52 in the semifinals, then rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to shock top-seeded FGCU 70-64 and capture the A-Sun crown.

Victoria McGowan, Shanasa Sanders, and Sasha Sims combined for 142 points in the three games, and McGowan and Sims were named to A-Sun all-tournament team.

STETSON NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

The Hatters will be making their third NCAA tournament appearance and looking for their first-ever NCAA postseason victory. In both of Stetson’s previous appearances, the Hatters traveled to Knoxville, Tenn. as a no. 16 seed. On March 20, 2005, the Hatters fell 70-36 to no. 1 seed LSU. Senior center Kristy Brown had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Stetson while junior guard Nefertiti Walker added 13 points. On March 19, 2011, Stetson dropped a 99-34 decision to no. 1 seed Tennessee. McGowan, Tierra Brown, and Natasha Graboski each scored seven points.

STETSON vs. UCLA

Saturday’s match-up will mark the first-ever meeting between Stetson and UCLA.  The Bruins earned an at-large berth out of the Pac-12 Conference.

“They will be very well coached,” Bria said about UCLA. “I have a lot of respect for Cori (Close). They will be a very good team, and when you are one of 64, everyone is good. We will have our work cut out for us.”

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Spring 2013 has sprung! Photo by Lauren Robbins

Post Newtown Public Forum: This is a reminder that Stetson University will host the second of two community forums on Wednesday, March 20, 6-8:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room. At the forums panelists will discuss issues that have arisen in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Topics including mental health services, safe schools and communities, and violence in public places will be discussed. Cultural credit will be given to Stetson students. Please watch Stetson Today for more information on this free, public community forum.

Senator Bob Graham’s public address on civic engagement, Friday, March 15 7 p.m., in the Stetson Room. All faculty, students, staff and the public are invited. Graham is the keynote speaker at Stetson’s 42^nd U.S. Model Senate, Friday and Saturday, March 15-16.

TEDxStetsonU- Friday, March 15, 2:30-7:30 p.m., Allen Hall Auditorium. The theme is Significance in Action: Inspired Learning. The selected presenters include: Stetson professors Andy Dehnart and Mario Rodriguez; students Luke Ford and Kai Eckenrode; and community members Ben Collins and Steven Carillo.

Annual Career Expo - Wednesday, March 20, 1 p.m., Rinker Field House

Music concerts this week:

• Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. Concert to honor memory of former Music Dean Paul Langston
• Sunday, March 17, 3 p.m. Early Music Faculty Recital featuring Ann Adams, baroque oboe; Boyd Jones, harpsichord; Christine Kyprianides, viola da gamba; Tammara Phillips, baroque flute; Lee Goodhew Romm, baroque bassoon; and Pro Deo et Veritate, Stetson’s Early Music Singers.

Stetson students bring you up to date on events in each week’s Hatter News Flash. This week’s episode includes an interview with blogger Philip Yang, whose Stetson life for the fresh(set) man blog on Tumblr offers a first-year student’s perspective on campus life.

Other campus events happening this week: 

Friday, March 15:

• Student Success Sessions – noon, 25L
• Decision-Making and Values – 2:30 p.m., LBC 124                                                           

Saturday, March 16:

• SU Admissions Open House 8:30 a.m., Office of Admission
• Science Saturday at Gillespie Museum – on brain awareness. Part of Brain Discovery Week 

Sunday, March 17:

• Stetson Farmer’s Market-10 a.m., Stetson Green
• Chapel Service-5:30 p.m., Lee Chapel
• Francophone Movie Night – Woubi Cheri-6 p.m., Sampson 129 

Monday, March 18:

• Cardio Yoga-12:15 P.M., Hollis Center Dance Studio
• Student Success Sessions-6 P.M., Library 25L
• NOW’s Women’s Week Movie-6 P.M., Elizabeth 319 

Tuesday, March 19:

• GPS: Guide for Proactive Success-5:15 p.m., Sage 257
• Intersections of the Asian Identity-6 p.m., Stetson Room
• Habitat for Humanity Meeting-6:15 p.m., Hollis Center Classroom
• Erin Brockovich Cultural Credit Movie-7 p.m., Sage 257
• Catholic Campus Ministry Meeting-8 p.m., Allen 103 

Wednesday, March 20:

• Speak Feast: An Ode to Women- 4:30 p.m., CUB – Faculty Lounge
• Burn-Out Series: Pull-Up & Hangs Competition- 6 p.m., Hollis Center Lounge
• Panel Session on Mental Health and Violence in Schools-6 p.m., Stetson Room
• History Department Colloquia- 6 p.m., Elizabeth 315
• Stetson Speakers Bureau Meeting- 7 p.m., LBC 220
• Tournees French Film Festival – The Artist -7:30 p.m., Athens Theatre 

Thursday, March 21:

• On-Campus Interviews-8 a.m., TBD
• Roberson Executive Lecturer, Gary Starkweather-4 p.m., Rinker Auditorium, LBC
• Brown and Brown – Information Session- 5 p.m., TBD
• Prozac Nation Cultural Credit Movie-6 p.m., Sage 257
• Suicide /Self-Harm/Mental Health Awareness Movie - 6 p.m., Sage 257-
• Screening of Start Andrei Rublyov-6 p.m., Russian Studies Center
• “Why Angry Birds Don’t Make for Angry Children: How Psychological Science Got Video Game Effects Wrong” -    7:30 p.m., Stetson Room
• Poetry at an Uncouth Hour-9 p.m., Nite Lights 

Friday, March 22:

• Mid-Term Withdrawal Date and Last Day to Drop Course
• 2013 Greek Summit
• The Emotional Brain: Remembering with Feeling-12 p.m., Library 25L
• Daytona Beach Cleanup-2 p.m., Meet at Sage Hall parking lot
• Greek Week: Freedom BBQ-5 p.m.
• American Composers Recital-7:30 p.m., Lee Chapel
• Carnival 2013-8 p.m., Rinker Fieldhouse 

For the Sports schedule, go to GOHATTERS.COM!

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Junior Chrissy Morello has been named the A-Sun Softball Player of the Week. Courtesy of David S. Williams.

Stetson University junior center fielder Chrissy Morello (Ormond Beach, Fla.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.

It is Stetson’s first conference Player of the Week selection in four years.

Morello batted .583 (8-for-15) last week to help lead the Hatters to a 5-0 record at the Stetson Classic.  She hit safely in all five contests, including three multi-hit games, and stole three bases without being caught.  The elementary education major maintained a .632 on-base percentage and scored six runs en route to all-tournament team honors.

For the season Morello is batting .362 with three doubles, a triple, four RBI and 15 runs scored.  She is also 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts.  Morello has hit safely in nine straight games and has reached base safely in 18 straight games.

Morello becomes the first Hatter to earn Player of the Week honors since Andrea Migliori was picked in March of 2009.

Winners of seven straight and 12 out of 13, Stetson (13-6) will host Colgate in doubleheader Wednesday at 4 p.m.