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Volume 76 Number 21
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
Wednesday, March 25, 1992
Tuition set to increase $262 next year
From Staff Reports
Samford University tuition
will Increase $262 per se¬
mester for full-time under¬
graduate students next year,
university officials said last
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Tuition for the 1992-93
academic year will be $3,532
per semester, and the total
cost for tuition, room and
hoard will be $5,260 per se¬
mester.
The current charge of
$3,270 per j. anes*.er Is 30
percent below this year’s na¬
tional average of $4,695 for
private four-year schools,
according to the College En¬
trance Examination Board’s
annual survey of colleges.
“Samford continues to be
viewed as an educational
bargain because of its com¬
bination of strong liberal arts
and professional programs
and a tuition rate that Is-
significantly lower than
comparable private universi¬
ties," said Dean of Admissions
Don Belcher.
Money magazine listed
Samford 40th In the nation
among all private and public
Institutions In its 1992 “Best
College Buys" guide.
"One of Samford’s goals Is
to remain within the price
range of all qualified students,
and we anticipate that next
year’s figures will reflect the
same kind of affordability for
Samford," Belcher said.
Samford enrolled a record
4,248 students this year.
The tuition Increase will
help fund new and expanded
teaching positions, some sal¬
ary increases for personnel
and increased health insur¬
ance and Social Security ex¬
penses, officials said.
Even with the Increase, tu¬
ition continues to pay for only
two of every three dollars of
educational expenses,
Belcher said. The difference
Is provided by gifts to the
university, support by the
Alabama Baptist State Con-
See 'Tuition” on page 3.
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Ken Daniel (left) is the new director of food services. He is shown talking with junior Rachelle
Gable in the cafeteria.
'Peeping Tom' nabbed
near ZTA house; suspect
arrested by local police
Campus can't ignore gay
issues, talk show guests say
By Scott Jackson
News Editor
WVSU FM 91.1 broadcast a clear message
Thursday night : the Samford community can’t
afford to ignore the thorny Issue of homo¬
sexuality.
The seventh episode of “91 Night Talk," a
weekly campus call-in show, featured four
homosexuals from the Birmingham area who
defended their sexual preference. On the
other side of the debate were a man who was
formerly gay and Brandon Fredenberg, a
Beeson Divinity student.
The show's producers stressed they were
not endorsing homosexuality but were sim¬
ply trying to foster intelligent dialogue on the
subject. Whether or not gay and lesbian
student groups should receive official recog¬
nition has been a hot topic at the University
of Alabama and Auburn University In recent
months.
“I know for a fact there are gays at Samford,"
said "Heather," a lesbian and former presi¬
dent of the UAB Gay and Lesbian Student
Union. She later said she had talked with 20
to 30 gay and lesbian Samford students who
were afraid to openly admit their homo¬
sexuality. Five (St six had Joined the UAB
^Altirough “Homosexuality on College Cam¬
puses” was the titlg-of the radio show, most
of the three-hour debate centered on how
Christians should handle the issue. Guests
on both sides of the dialogue cited scripture
verses to support their views.
One guest, who said he had been gay for 20
years but is now in a heterosexual marriage,
urged Christians to confront fhe Issue hon¬
estly and treat homosexuals with compas¬
sion.
“It’s scary when we bury our heads in the
sand over the subject and leave something
unsightly sticking out," said "Wayne." who
now works with an evangelical group that
counsels homosexuals.
A few students, however, cringed at the
Idea of Inviting homosexuals to express their
views on the university-owned radio station.
Samford should not use tuition money to
promote “the public acceptance of homo¬
sexuality." said senior Mike Meincke, a
communication and psychology major. “It’s
freedom of speech at our expense."
“I thought we were letting a Troian horse on
campus, said Meincke, who didn’t listen to
the program. Samford. he said, should leave
the Issue alone and not stir up homosexuals
here.
Meincke said he had complained about the
Sat Talk Show” on page 3.
By Amy Walker
Editor
A “peeping Tom” was ap¬
prehended on campus by
Samford security officers
March 17 and promptly ar¬
rested by Homewood police,
said Safety and Security Di¬
rector Jimmie Bivins.
The suspect was arrested
by Homewood authoritier on
charges of criminal surveil¬
lance after an on-foot chase
by two Samford security of¬
ficers, according to
Homewood Police Depart¬
ment records.
The suspect is not con¬
nected with Samford Univer¬
sity.
Homewood Municipal
Court revealed the man’s
name to the Crimson but re¬
fused to provide his address
or arrest report. It Is against
Crimson policy to print the
name of any arrested person
without additional identifying
information.
The man is scheduled to
appear in Municipal Court
today.
Biology professor David
Johnson said- he was In his
apartment In faculty housing
when he heard a car pull Into
the apartment parking lot.
Thinking it was his daughter
coming home, he looked
outside and saw a young
white man jump out of the
car and run tc the Zeta Tau
Alpha house.
“I watched him crouch
do’./n next to a window. 1
thought maybe he was trying
to talk to a girlfriend, but it
looked really strange," John¬
son said. “I decided to call
security.”
The suspect was looking In
the window of the room of
sophomores Ashley
\Vestbrook and Mary Ann
Taylor. Taylor said the blinds
See "Arrest" on
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3.
Mum's the word on
former British PM's visit
By Amy Walker
Editor
An April 7 visit by former
British Prime Minister Mar¬
garet Thatcher is tightly un¬
der wraps. ,•
Dan Stone, assistant to
President Thomas E. Corts,
said the school Is under
contract not to disclose any
details about the event until
24 hours prior to Thatcher’s
arrival.
Stone said the school made
an agreement with the
speaker’s bureau sponsor-*
lng Thatcher’s engagement,
but he refused to name the
bureau.
i Provost William Hull con-
firmed Thatcher’s visit to the
Birmingham News, but his
office declined further com¬
ment to the Crimson.
Thatcher will be honored
at a dinner at The Club.
Harry B. Brock, Jr. , former
chairman of Central
Bancshares of the South,
will host a reception for
Thatcher at Samford.
Known as the "Iron Lady."
Thatcher
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11 years as
Great Britain's t>rlme min¬
ister befbre.resigning Nov.
22. 1990. She was suc¬
ceeded by John Major.
Thatcher earned her
nickname from the Soviets
during the 1970s when she
was an opposition leader of
the Conservative Party and
an opponent of communist
regimes.
Thatcher
lartty in the United
during her tenure and was a
close ally of former Presi¬
dent Ronald Reagan.
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