intercom VOL. VI, NO. 15 JANUARY 21, 1977

Burroughs, Crews to _Speak Political S~ience Head Appointed Dr. Jamil Elias Jreisat, a Jordanian-born, natu­ At Fla. Writers Conference ralized American citizen, has been appointed chair­ Offbeat writer William Burroughs will be a fea­ person of the USF political science department. tured speaker at the fifth annual Florida Suncoast Dr. Jreisat had been .acting chairperson since Writers Conference Jan. 28 and 29 at the USF St. last September when Dr. Lewis Bowman resigned the Petersburg campus. post at the end of his three-year term. Harry Crews , feature writer for Playboy and Currently the president-elect of the Suncoast Esquire and a productive novelist, also will be a Chapter of the Society for Public Administration, Dr. headlined speaker. Jreisat said he would like to "increase the depart­ Sponsored by the USF department of English, the ment's visibility and interaction with the community conference will offer 24 how-to-write workshops by and our outside peers" while he is chairperson. authors and editors who specialize in articles, Dr. Jreisat earned his B.S. from American Univer­ detective novels, science fiction, historical, sity in Washington D. C. in 1962, and his master's and juveni le, mystery and many other types of writing. Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from the Two special panels, presided over by editors University of Pittsburg. He has lectured at the Uni­ and other experts, have been scheduled--"The Writers' versity of Pittsburg and taught at both the National Market--What the Editors Want" on Jan. 28 at 3:30 College and the Ministry of Finance and Customs in p.m. and "Getting Published--How to Give Them What Arrman, Jordan. They Want," Jan. 29 at 3:15 p.m. An international traveler, Dr. Jreisat spent six Director of the conference will ·be USF Prof. Ed weeks in Egypt last summer gathering research under a Hirshberg and associate director will be Majorie Fulbright-Hays program. He has conducted problem Schuck, president of Valkyrie Press of St. Petersburg. studies for several local city governments, and con­ The conference wi 11 begin 1·1ith a general meeting tributed articles and monographs to a number of pro­ at 9 a.m. Jan. 28, breaking up into workshops at fessional publications. 9:30 a.m. Burroughs will speak at 1 p.m. on Jan. 28, read­ ing excerpts from his books and talking about his experiences as an author and as an addict for 15 years. Best known for his graphic book about his drug experiences, , he is the author of Rumpelstiltskin Presented many other books, including . Nova -- . - -- Express, The Wild Boys, and Exterminator! By Vagabound Marionettes_ Crews will speak on Jan. 29 at 1:45 p.m. on how The Grimm Brothers' classic, "Rumpe,-stiltski.n," to be a feature writer and a novelist. In addition will be presented by the nationally- known Vagabond to writing regularly for Playboy and Esquire, he Marionettes on Jan . 22 in LET 103 at 10 and 11:30 teaches creative writing at the University of Florida. a.m. The production--which features su~h special (Cont. o~ Page 8) effects as a black light forest scene, and straw that really turns into gold--is co-sponsored by the Gifted Children Program, the Florida Center for the Arts and the theatre department. It is 1 imited to New President Nominations USF students, faculty, staff and any children they bring to the performances. General admission is $1; USF Committee Accepting student and children's admission is 50¢. Tickets will be sold at the door only, in advance of perfor­ Th~ USF Presidential Selection Advisory Commit­ mance. tee rem1nds all members of the University Community The Vagabond Marionettes--which have secured a that they may make nominations of persons to be the well-deserved reputation as perhaps the best-known president of USF. Nominations should be received in and loved Southern-based children 's theatre group-­ time for the committee to notify the nominees and ha s appeared annually on the USF campus since 1974. for the nominees to submit their credentials prior This year's performances will coincide with the to Feb. 28. weekend meeting of the Sun coast Puppetry Guild . . The committee will ~elect, from annng those nom1nated, the four to s1x most qualified candi dates whose names _ w~ll be su?m~tted to the Board of Regents. The comm1ttee ant1c1pates completing this pro­ ~es~ by the begi~ning of June and the Regents have 1~d1cat ed they w1sh to make the appointment in ample t 1me for the 1977-78 academic year. Smith Schedules Faculty Meeting Further information is available from Dr. Helen Popovich, committee vice chairperson, LET 141 ext. President Reece Smith has call ed a gen~ral 2421. ' faculty meeting for Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. in the TAT.