the Samford Crimson
82nd year, 11th issue to inform the mind, to voice the unheard _ November
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News —
briefs
World
Iraq threatens again
Iraq holds fast in its refusal
to allow U.S. weapons inspec¬
tors inside the country.
Despite negotiations with
U.N. officials, Iraq, who claims
that the United States started
the crisis by planting spies in
U.N. arms monitoring teams,
is still threatening to shoot
down American U-2 spy
planes flying over the country.
However, on Monday, there
were no incidents.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan is still hoping that the
conflict can be peacefully
resolved.
Nation
British au pair
walks
A Massachusetts judge
reversed the second-degree
murder conviction of British
au pair Louise Woodward.
Changing the jury’s verdict
to involuntary manslaughter,
Judge Hiller Zobel freed
Woodward from her sentence
of life in prison with parole
only after 15 years.
The judge claimed to be
“guided by conscience” in his
decision to alter the verdict.
Woodward was found
guilty Oct. 30 of the second-
degree murder of eight-month-
old Matthew Eappen.
Prosecutors will appeal the
judge’s reversal. Woodward
will stay in Massachusetts
until the appeal process is
complete.
prepared by Jennifer Sharpion
Source : www.yahoo.com
Convo
Thurs., Nov. 13
Janet Cone
Head coach of Bulldog
Women’s Basketball Program
Tues., Nov. 18
Leslie Parvin
Senior music education major
from Tirenton, Tenn.
On The
Tuition help
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Tragic death of a
coach pg_ 0
Freshman wins Miss Samford
There she is! Miss Samford 1997 Christine Chilton
crowns her successor freshman Haley Spates.
by Scarlet Little
Staff Editor
Freshman vocal performance
major Haley Spates was
crowned Miss Samford Friday
night in front of a crowd of over
900 people in the Wright
Center.
“I’m very excited. I’m
happy to represent such a won¬
derful college,” Spates said.
Spates, a native of
Harpersville, won the title by
singing Sandi Patti’s version of
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
A record number of 13
women participated in this
year’s pageant.
First runner-up was senior
vocal performance major
Lesley Vinzant. Sophomore
vocal perfomance major
Jennifer Smith won second run¬
ner-up. Third runner-up was
•junior music education major
Shanna Steel. Sophomore jour¬
nalism major Abbey Anderson
won fourth runner-up.
As of press time, no officials
were able to confirm the win¬
ners of the individual competi¬
tions for swimsuit and talent
which were not announced at
the pageant
Steel was voted Miss
Congeniality by the other
pageant participants.
Along with the title, Spates
won the rhinestone crown, gift
certificates to various stores and
a scholarship.
The amount of the scholar¬
ship will be determined when all
of the ticket sales are counted. •
Spates will spend most of her
reign as Miss Samford promot¬
ing her platform of patriotism.
She will travel to elementary
schools and teach students the
dangers of being apathetic
toward their country.
Spates will represent
Samford in the Miss Alabama
pageant to be held in the Wright
Center in June.
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by Kathy Kitchens and
Sarah Miller
News Editors
Talk of Boris Yeltsin, the House of
Commons, Huntingdon and the changing glob¬
al economy ftlled the Wright Center when the
former British Prime Minister John Major
came to Samford last week.
Major, the second Prime Minister to visit
Samford in the past five years, emphasized the
changing global economy and the relations
between the United States and the United
Kingdom in his speech "Into the Next
Millennium: The Global Economy in the 21st
Century.”
Focusing especially on the tight relations
between the U.S. and U.K., Major said he
learned from his father that if the. United States
and United Kingdom are at one, all is well. If
they aren’t at one, they had better get at one,
and do it speedily.
“The big issues that shake and rattle the
world bind the United Stales and United
Kingdom together,” Major said.
Some British people feel they must choose
between their relations with Europe and their
relations with America. However, Major said
he didn’t feel the need for such a choice since
the countries share deep roots.
“The relationship between the United States
and the United Kingdom is a relationship of
the heart, backed by trade and a relationship of
the head, based on trade."
Major also stressed that British relations
between Europe and America are different in
nature. While the British-American associa¬
tions are based on trade, Britain’s relations
with Europe have greater affect on domestic
government and economic policies.
In 'his speech, he mentioned two projects
Europe is working on that will have a signifi¬
cant impact on the global economy of the
future.
The first project is the unification and
enlargement of Europe, which will add 25
countries previously under Communist domi-
though this would be
wise for security pur¬
poses, Major said the
unification also has its
drawbacks.
“Subsidies that
used to go to poorer
nations like Ireland
and Greece would now
be sent the new, even
poorer European coun¬
tries, like Hungary, for
example,” Major said.
Having an even
greater impact in the
United States is
Europe’s move
towards a single cur¬
rency, the euro. By
January 1999, Europe
is seeking to abolish
present currencies
such as the franc and
the pound sterling.
Although Major thinks
the project will go
ahead as scheduled, he
doesn’t believe Britain
will join until condi¬
tions of the currency British Prime Minister John Major visits with students
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With one European
currency, there will be
a central bank throughout Europe, and the yen,
dollar and euro will become the three most
influential currencies in the world market.
However, Major fears that this monetary unifi¬
cation will have harmful consequences for the
European community.
However, he feels “politicians have sunk so
much into this, many will feel like they have to
go through with it just to save face,” he said.
Financially weaker countries taking on the
new currency also concern Major as he speci¬
fied several countries and their diverse reasons
Germany down by wrapping her in a single
currency," Major said. “Italy wants to relieve
their debt, and Spain and Portugal want to
build themselves up as potential industrial
nations."
Major said the monetary unification is
believed by many Europeans to improve the
quality and nature of life.
During the question-answer session, Major
said one of the biggest problems facing
Generation X in the future will be managing
prosperity. He said life doesn’t revolve around
material well-being, and Generation X will
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