1992-09-09, The Samford Crimson

Sports Campus Life 15 Editorials FOOTBALL: Bulldogs face Goliath Tigers on thVplains CONVO: Scanners eliminate hassle to students RESPECT: Don't belittle those with differing views ' l" The Samford Crimson 77th YEAR, 1ST ISSUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1992 SAMFORD UNIVERSITY. BIRMINGHAM. AL. Students to vote on new constitution By Neal Hutchens New» Edtof Samford students soon will have the opportunity to vote on a new SGA constitution. Voting on the proposed consti¬ tution is scheduled for Sept. 16 in conjunction with any necessary runoff elections for freshman class officers and SGA housing senators. A majority of the student body must vote in favor of the new con¬ stitution for it to win passage. A convocation set for Thursday at 10:00 aon. in Reid Chapel will allow people to ask questions and discuss the proposed constitution. Students may obtain a copy of the document from the SGA office in the university center. SGA President Jennifer Davis said the proposed constitution is a broader document than the current constitution. “The old constitution had a lot of specific requirements,” Davis said. “The new constitution establishes all areas of SGA but gives no spe¬ cific requirements.” She said an example is that the current constitution requires the president to have a grade point av¬ erage of 2.5. The proposed consti¬ tution, however, would only man¬ date the existence of the office — giving no specific limitations on who can hold the office. Davis said the new constitution would estab¬ lish a Code of Laws approved by the Senate to provide specific re¬ quirements. Other major changes in the new constitution are an appointed chief justice of the Student Judiciary Council instead of an elected one, a- revamped Senate and the formation of the Organizations’ Roundtable. The Values Council would have the responsibility of selecting the chief justice under the new consti¬ tution. The council is appointed by the SGA president. Please see VOTE, page 3 Business professor receives Buchanan From staff reports f The John H. Buchanan Award for Teaching Excellence )was awarded to associate business pro¬ fessor John W. Cousins during opening convocation on Wednes¬ day. / The recipient of the annual award is chosen by the previous graduat¬ ing class. Students.vote for the indi¬ vidual they feel best represents the qualities a classroom teacher should have. Cousins received a silver tray and $1,000 check in recognition for winning the award. “It means everything to me,” he said. ‘Teaching is what I ve chosen todoinmy life at this time. It means the victims of my teaching are happy with it. “The relationship between the student and teacher is what is most important” Cousins teaches management and ethics courses here and is curricu¬ lum director for Samford’s under¬ graduate business students. He came to Samford in 1990 after working four years with People’s Bank in Connecticut a $6 billion mutual institution. Cousins has also served with Coldwell Banker Real Estate and the Tigon Corporation. He taught at St. Michael’s Semi¬ nary and St John’s University. Cousins is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. He holds a master’s in busi¬ ness administration from Harvar ' Business School and also has de¬ grees in theology and a doctorate degree in ethics. Lynn Hadden/Photo Editor Associate business professor John W. Cousins receives the annual Buchanan Award at the opening convocation. He is shown with his wife, Leigh; son, Matt; and daughter, Hannah. ' ***-- Л 41 «л ЛмА A Mir» M «1 ■ rfOmiananOpw» fCpOrX» Samford University is one of the 100 best college buys in the nation again this year, according to Money maga¬ zine. The university is ranked 47th in the magazine’s an¬ nual Money Guide: Best College Buys, which hit newsstands Monday. Auburn University is 13th on the list ^Wblflee to be noticed when we can,” President Thomas E.Corts said. T think it is a nice recognition of the fac¬ ulty, students and university as a whole." He called Samford “a spe¬ cial kind of institution” and said the ranking reflects well on the university’s quality of students and its tuition costs. Please see BUY, page 5 WVSU strives to get students more involved By Debbie Sheffield _ News Edtof _ One of the goals of Samford’s campus radio station this year is to get students more involved, said Andy Parrish, station manager of WVSU, FM91.1. “We want to do things to make students more interested,” said Parrish, a senior. “For example, we’re going to plan some surprises for talk shows this year and have some really interesting things to talk about” He said the evening talk show, 91 NightTalk, will start in two от three weeks with the first show focusing on the presidential election. The program is one of only two college talk shows in the state and airs Thursday nights from “We are not going to change from jazz because it’s one of our strong points that мне are unique.” Andy Parrish WV$U Station Manager 9 p.m. until midnight Parrish said the Birmingham Bulls hockey team will be sponsoring a morning variety show each weekday from 7 to 9;ajn. The program will include discussion of Sam¬ ford events and phone calls from students, he said. Tickets to Bulls’ games and other prizes also will be given. A sports talk show will air the Friday before the Samford vs. Auburn game and the radio station is giving away two tickets to the game sometime this week, he said. Parrish said the station has no plans to change from a predominantly jazz format “We are not going to change from jazz be¬ cause it’s one of our strong points that we are unique.” WVSU is the only station in Birmingham with Please see WVSU, page 3 Baseball player dies in motorcycle wreck By Lisa Ollphant Associate Sports Editor The Samford baseball team suf¬ fered a tragic loss when junior Tim Kuehneit died this summer in a motorcyle accident in Birmingham . He was 21. On Aug. 4 Kuehnert wrecked his motorcycle on Valley Avenue, sustaining injuries that lead to his death on Aug. 7. Kuehnert was a transfer student from the University of Hawaii and had attended Samford for one year. He was a junior business major from Melno Park, Calif. “He would have been competing for the outfield job this year,” Head Baseball Coach Tommy Walker said. “It’s a thing you dread as a coach. He touched a lot of us the way he should. He was a classy individual.” Most likely, baseball players will wear his initials on their uniforms this year as a remembrance of their former teammate and friend. “He will be missed more as a person than he will as a player,” Walker said. “On Tim’s wall was a poster that said ‘Hit the Ball Loud!’” Coach Walker added, ‘Tim hit the ball loud and touched them all.” This year the team will add “Hit the Ball _ Loud” to their list of goals. . . . ., . .. SanrF Ira University Library Kuehnert would have competed this year for the team's outfield position.