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Volume 76 Number 20 Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Wednesday, March 18, 1992
Davis second woman SGA president
By James C. Wonsetler
Staff Reporter
SGAPresident-ElectJennlferDavls
last week became the second woman
to be elected to that post In Samford
University history.
Davis, a Junior international rela¬
tions major, defeated junior Ken
Whitehouse in a runoff election
Wednesday. Also, sophomore Brian
“Duckie" West, a speech and com¬
munications major, defeated sopho¬
more Samantha Lysle In the race for
vice president for student activities.
Tm honored to be the second female
president," Davis said. “But I hope
the Issue will be ‘Am I a good presi¬
dent?* Instead of ‘Am I a good female
president?”
ro-
The first woman chosen to lead the stu¬
dent body was Elaine Gill Ladd, who was
elected In 1983.
Davis, who will take office June 1, said
she Is excited about the opportunity to
serve the university next year, but she will
take it “day by day" ana “one step at a
time."
One priority Is revamping election
cedures and other policies In the
constitution, she said. Another goal Is
Improving relations between students and
the administration, perhaps through a
weekly breakfast for student leaders and
administrators.
Here are some other possibilities Davis
said are under consideration for next yean
о
Appointing liasons between SGA
planning committees and coaches from
each sport to avoid scheduling conflicts.
о
Forming a council of student presi¬
dents from different Samford schools.
о
Appointing an SGA publicity spe¬
cialist.
Vice President-elect West said he
would soon be Interviewing all SGA
committee chairs. He said he is “looking
forward to all the 1992 SGA candidates
«onto a committee — getting in-
and getting all the students in¬
volved.”
Current SGA President Scott McBrayer
said, “I think Jennifer’s going to do a
great job." He said he was very excited
for Davis and her past experience as a
committee chairwoman will help her do
a good job.
Scott Jackson contributed to this re¬
port
Davis
National
tourney
invites
debaters
By James C. Wonsetler
Staff Reporter
Photo by lymHaddwi
Fight to the death
Freshman Sham Castle (left) and junior Joe McEachln perform a duel scene In Samford Theater’s production of The Bogus
Bride this past weekend.
Students discuss pros, cons of deferring rush
By Chad Steenerson
Staff Reporter
Should fraternity and so¬
rority rush be postponed un¬
til later In the school year, or
should the system remain as
It is?
That question was the topic
of discussion at a “town
meeting” convocation Friday
in Reid Cl
the Freshman Year
ence Committee.
The committee Is chaired
by Dean of Students Richard
Franklin and Includes sev¬
eral faculty members and ad¬
ministrators. President Tho¬
mas E. Corts appointed the
group to "look at all those
programs, policies [and]
things that have an Impact
on freshmen" and to evaluate
how to Improve the freshman
year asa whole. Franklin said.
Many of the approximately
125 students at the convoca¬
tion said they saw no compel¬
ling reason to defer rush.
The message that comes across is that if
you don’t join the Greek system, you’re
going to be loneiy, you won’t get to know
anybody, you’ll be basically a nobody.'
Mike Roberts
Sophomore
"When a freshman first
comes to school they need to
be able to start to get In¬
volved. and rush is a good
way to get involved and a
good way to meet people,"
Chi Omega sister Robin Brady
said. “If [rush] werentto start
until spring, then there would
be too much pressure to put
Step Stag on top of that."
Zeta Tau Alpha sister
Lenora Peppers said partici¬
pating In rush early in her
freshman year greatly ben¬
efited her.
“My first semester at Sam¬
ford was probably one of the
worst times of my entire life
at Samford," she said. "The
only thing that kept me here,
besides my support from my
family and Goa, was my sup¬
port I got from my sorority."
“I don’t think that I would
still be here if I would not
have had the friends that I
met and [who] supported me
and . . . helped me learn that
there are things academically
that I can do. I don’t think I
would have done that by my¬
self, I really don't I did not
have the security within my¬
self at that point."
Sophomore Mike Roberts,
an independent, said too
much emphasis is placed on
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be attending the National
Debate Tournament (NDT)
for the first time in three
years.
The varsity team of junior
Scott Barber and sophomore
Mike Jordan will be repre¬
senting Samford this year at
the NDT, the most presti¬
gious tournament oftheyear.
The tournament will be held
the first week of April at the
University of Miami, Ohio.
Jordan said he and Barber
See "Debate” on page 2.
Greek life. He said he “un¬
equivocally" supports defer¬
ment of i ush “for at least one
year, for the very principle
that this university should
place academics first."
Dean Franklin said 49
percent of students living on
campus are members of
Greek organizations.
Roberts said, “Deferring
fraternity and sorority rush
will allow freshmen to experi¬
ence the Samford commu¬
nity as a whole before they
Join a hierarchy within the
community."
"Whenyou first come here,
you are lonely because you
don't know anyone. You’re In
a particularly vulnerable
point In your life because
you've just arrived at Sam¬
ford. I believe that the Greek
system takes advantage of
that vulnerability by having
rush start and Greek activi¬
ties start before classes do.
See "Rush" on page ^-3 mfo
Call-in show
to feature
local gays
By Scott Jackson
News Editor
Homosexuality will be the
focus of tomorrow night’s
91 Night Talk” on
Samford’s WVSU-FM 91.1.
Four homosexuals from
the area will be the call-in
show’s featured guests.
"We’ve been frying tocome
up with some Issues that
would be Interesting to
college students,” said sta¬
tion manager Andy Parrish .
"We’re probabaly fooling
ourselves If we think there
are not gay people at Sam¬
ford."
Homosexuality has been
a hot topic on campuses
recently, he said, especially
at Auburn University, where
students are trying to or-
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