The SamfordCrimson
Volume 66, Number 5
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
'Air Supply': suffocation
of the SAC card?
ThreeTiome missionary couples listen as Dr. William Tanner, executive secretary of the
Home Mission Board, delivers the “charge” at their commissioning service last
Thursday. The service was the finale of Home Mission Experience Week. (See story,
page 12.)
Resultsof student poll
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By MARK KAHLER
Crimson News Editor
A random sample of Samford students
revealed that about 62 percent favored
Governor Ronald Reagan for president
and that mor.e than 80 percent of Sam-
ford's students planned to vote.
The poll, conducted in cooperation with
the Student Government Association, in¬
cluded both men and women. Participants
were chosen at random.
Support for Reagan was stronger among
females,on campus-about 68 percent said
they would vote for the former California
governor. Almost 30 percent of the women
favored President Jimmy Carter s re-
election.
Meanwhile.* the men polled favored
Reagan 55 percent to 45 percent over
Carter. Two percent of those polled were
tor John Anderson or were undecided.
Ninety-four percent were certain or fair¬
ly certain of their choice. The poll was con¬
ducted just four days before the election
The sexes also differed sharply on choice
surveyed called themselves Democrats,
while 45 percent of the men surveyed were
Democrats One-third of the men were
Republicans, while 42 percent of those
polled considered themselves independent
of either party
Almost 50 percent of the respondents had
already voted by absentee ballot Another.
32 percent planned to yole on election day.
Most of those surveyed thought Reagan
would win the election, regardless of their
preference About 68 percent said Reagan
would be elected, while 32 percent
disagreed.
Forty one percent felt that economic,
policy was the key issue in the election;
sixteen percent said that the question of
leadership was foremost. Another sixteen
percent called foreign policy most critical,
while 15 percent thought military
preparedness was the key issue.
Nuclear arms limitation was rribst im¬
portant to eight percent of those polled,
while four percent of the participants con¬
sidered women's rights or some other
of party Eighteen percent of the women issue to be paramount
Reagan wins by landslide
By MARK KAHLER
President Jimmy Carter suffered the
worst defeat any incumbent chief ex¬
ecutive has laced in American history
Tuesday Alabama was one of the first
states to indicate Carter's downfall.
At 6:18 P M. CST, NBC News projected
Reagan as the winner In Alabama. Key
precincts were used to make the projec¬
tion Within 80 minutes, both wire services
and the other major networks had done the
same. With 98 percent of the votes counted.
Reagan held a 50-49 percent edge.
Reagan's edge nationally was more
susbtantial He polled over 52 percent,
compared to Carter’s 42 percent. In all.
Reagan claimed 462 electoral votes -
Carter received 45 electoral votes.
Carter's defeat was sizable enough to
place him among the all-time presidential
losers' Barry Goldwater earned only 52
electoral votes in 1964 as a challenger. In¬
cumbent president Herbert Hoover
received 59 electoral votes in 1932. which
had been the lowest total for an incumbent
President until Tuesday. George
McGovern’s loss in 1972 still stands as the]
greatest he received only 17 electoral'
votes
Independent candidate John Anderson
did not receive any electoral votes, but
was able to capture about six percent of
the popular vote. This is significant in that
a candidate must receive at least five per
cent of the vote to qualify for federal fun¬
ding. In Alabama. Anderson managed only
two percent of the vote.
Random samplings taken as voters left
the polls on election day revealed that
about 40 percent felt the economy was the
key issue 'in the election Reagan did welf
in states such as Michigan and Ohio, where
unemployment is running high. Only six
percent fell that Arab foreign relations
had an important bearing on the vote. Opi¬
nion polls also showed that about one
quarter of the electorate made up its mind
in the final five days of the election.
By EMILY KELLEY
Crimson Assistant Business Manager
“In my opinion, we shouldn't have an
ACT Card after this semester." said a
distraught George Blanks. “If we do, we'll
study carefully the proposed groups and
the potential for student interest and atten¬
dance.”
The Air Supply concert, held on Satur¬
day, October 25 in the Leslie S. Wright
Fine Arts Center, was less than successful.
The main reason for this was low atten¬
dance.
Not only was the SAC committee disap¬
pointed, but similar attitude was reflected
by the band when “they would not do an
encore because of the lack of response,”
said Blanks.
The lack of participation at the concert
stemmed from such conflicting excuses as
the Kansas concert in Huntsville, local
high school football games recheduled, the
Alabama game and homecoming, students
refusing to support the concert, and 198
tickets given to Oz records that did not get
sold.
"1 was walking behind a girl a few days
before the concert and couldn't help but
overhear that she wasn't going to see Air
Supply and she wouldn't give her ticket
away because she didn’t want to promote
Baptist state
convention at
Samford
By EDIE SMITH and MARIA WRIGHT
Crimson staff writers
The Alabama Baptist State Convention
will hold its annual convention at Samtord
on November 17 19
Almost 3000 delegates from all over
Alabama will attend the convention The
visitors will stay off campus, but parking
space and dining facilities on campus will
be used
This will be possible because classes will
not be m session during the convention
University officials predict that most
students will go home. For those who can¬
not. dorms will be open although there will
be limited food services available.
Library hours will also be reduced
Saturday, November 15, it will be open
from 10 2 and Monday through
Wednesday, hours will be 8-6 dally.
The convention Is organized by a pro¬
gram committee. Dr. Drew Gunnells is in
charge of activities during the convention,
which includes the Alabama Baptist
Pastor's Conference, as well as seminary
and alumni reunions.
Most activities will be held in LSW and
the Beeson Student Center Faculty and
students will usher during these events.
such 'evil' activities," said Blanks.
It disturb me that the students ask for
this" stuff. They want concerts. 4and then
they don’t support them. It’s like they’re
actually saying they don’t really want
these activities," Blanks said.
"I'm not stupid, I know we're never go¬
ing to have a total Samford audience.
There's a growing rift that wants Christian
music and others, that want Samford to be
like other universities. ' We can't please
them all at the same lime,"^aid Blanks,
The ticket sales on campus were below
average. Only 1,000 tickets were "given
away” to ACT card holders.
Why weren'toff campus sales betler? Oz
records in Eastwood Mall and Loehnqan's
Village were each given 100 tickets to sell
$7.25 each. Oz would keep 254 from each
ticket sold. Saturday, October 25, David
George\vent to Oz to check on the sales
and found that only two tickets were sold
at Loehman's Village.
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Oz was given the tickets two weeks
before the concert but did not sell them
because of an agreement they have with
Rufffno/Vaughn Productions to only sell
tickets for concerts sponsored by Ruf-
fino/Vaughn. The SAC committee was not
informed about the agreement.
The Air Supply concert was sponsored
by Rick Calhoun and Associates “because
they to put on a better show than Ruffino-
Vaughn,” said Blanks. The two tickets sold
at Loehman's Village were sold bctore Oz
got the word not to sell them."
S.A.C. also lost money from the concert
because Of Uie students who solHiheir ACT
card tickets in front of the L.S.W. center
before the concert Saturday night.
E.
Briefs
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Parents' day
Saturday is the First Annual
Parents Day at Samford. The day
will begin with a reception for
parents in the main lounge of the
Beeson Center at 2:30 p.m.
A talent Showcase will be held In
the cafeteria at 3:30 p.m. This will
be followed at 4 : 30 by open house in
the dormitories, sorority rooms and
fraternity houses.
Thanks to SA
The Crimson wishes to thank those
members of the Student Govern¬
ment Association who helptxi con¬
duct the Presidential preference
poll.
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