[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 32 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO STETSON MODEL SENATE

 Mr. CLELAND. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate and 
commend the Stetson Model Senate program and the nearly one hundred 
college students who participated in this year's three-day session. 
Students from Stetson University, Goucher College, University of 
Central Florida, Clemson University, Lake Sumter Community College, 
Jacksonville University, The Citadel, and Longwood College conducted 
committee meetings, party caucuses, and sessions of the full Senate, 
portraying Senators of the 105th Congress.
  This year's program marked my second year attending and speaking at 
the Model Senate's annual dinner. I was very impressed both with the 
level of student awareness of public affairs, and with the number of 
students and schools which participate every year.
  I congratulate Stetson University, my alma mater, for encouraging 
these college students to learn more about this nation's political 
processes and history.
  Mr. President, I would like to especially honor and commend Dr. T. 
Wayne Bailey, professor of Political Science at Stetson University and 
organizer of the proceedings, and Kevin Kayes, Senate Parliamentarian, 
who guided the students during the sessions of the mock Senate. I truly 
enjoyed meeting these young men and women participating in the 1998 
Stetson Model Senate and ask my colleagues to join me in saluting and 
congratulating these college students and the organizers of this 
inspirational program.

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