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The Samford Crimson
77th YEAR, 21TH ISSUE THURSDAY, APRIL 1 5, 1 993 SAMFORD UNIVERSITY. BIRMINGHAM, AL.
3 Editorials
CLINTONOMICS: 'Investing*1
in pools and golf courses
2 Sports
BASEBALL: Bulldogs have
'frustrating* season
Brewer
SGA candidates
square off Monday
SU Chorale to bring
King David back to life
receives
$30,000
award
By Neal Hutchens
News Editor
A Samford junior has recieved a
$30,000 scholarship for graduate
school.
Mark Brewer, a history and ge¬
ography major, was among some
80 students
nationwide
who were
awarded
Harry S.
Truman
scholarships.
The schol¬
arships are
given by the
Harry S.
Truman
Mark Brewer Foundation in
Washington,
D.C., to stu¬
dents wanting to attend graduate
school in public service. The pro¬
gram is a memorial to the 33rd
president.
More than 500 colleges and uni¬
versities recommend students to
receive the scholarships. Each state
has a Truman Scholar and some at-
large bids are awarded.
“I was just very thankful to God,”
Brewer said. “The people I was up
against were incredible. I know God
had a hand in it.
“I’m also very thankful to the
faculty who helped me in prepar¬
ing,” he said.
Brewer said he filled out an ap¬
plication and wrote essays in apply¬
ing for the scholarship. A policy
paper was also a “key element” in
the application process.
“I wrote about environmental
degradation in the Soviet Union,”
Brewer said. In the paper he pro¬
posed a “Marshall-type plan” for
the region.
Brewer said he found out in Janu¬
ary he was a finalist for the
scholarship and traveled to Nash¬
ville, Tenn., for a panel interview
with a group of “distinguished”
public servants.
“They (the panel) asked about
career plans and a little about my
policy paper,” he said. “But prima¬
rily what they tried to do was make
sure my career plans were well
thought out.”
Brewer said he wants to attend
Colombia University or
Georgetown University and work
toward a master’s degree in interna¬
tional affairs with a speciality in
Western Europe.
He said he will go in June to
Independence, Mo., the birthplace
of Truman, to work on a policy
paper with the other scholarship
winners and attend an awards cer¬
emony.
Samford Information Services
contributed to this report.
By Chrlstl Barnes
Associate Campus Life Editor
Samford University Chorale will
present Arthur Honegger’s King
David at 8:30 pjn. Friday in Reid
Chapel as a part of the 1993 Bir¬
mingham Festival of Arts.
Admission is free.
King David is an oratorio, a sa¬
cred musical composition, based on
a drama by Rene Morax. The com¬
position tells the story of the life of
King David as found in Samuel and
Psalms, music Professor Timothy
Banks said. Banks will be conduct¬
ing the performance.
“ItisaBiblical story which relates
well to the singers as well as the
audience,” he said.
This is the second time King
David will have been performed on
Samford ’s campus. It was first
performed with full orchestration
in the spring of 1976 for the dedica¬
tion of the Wright Center, Banks
said. This time, however, the Cho¬
rale will be performing the original
version of the oratorio, which was
written in 1921, with a smaller or¬
chestra.
Banks also chose this composi¬
tion in order to participate in the
activities of the 1993 Birmingham
Festival of Arts commemorating
“It is a Biblical story
which relates well to the
singers as well as the
audience”
Timothy Banks
Music Professor
Switzerland. “Birmingham has the
oldest festival of arts in the nation,”
he said. Each year the festival fo¬
cuses on a country and promotes the
styles of art from that country.
Honegger, the composer of King
David , was bom in Switzerland. He
was a member of an avant garde
group of composers who were in¬
fluenced by American jazz, Banks
said.
Music Professor William Bugg
will narrate the performance. Solo¬
ists include Becki Barnes, Ken
Barrett, Gloria Frey, Mark Goree,
Alicia Hall, Amanda Knotts, John
Thomas, Renee Wade and guest
soloist Patrick Bush, a member of
the Birmingham Boys’ Choir.
The singers will be accompanied
by an ensemble under the direction
of music Professor Jon Rem ley.
By Lisa Good
Staff Reporter
Elections for next year’s SGA
officers will take place Monday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the univer¬
sity center.
All students, including graduat¬
ing seniors, are eligible to vote in
the elections for president, first and
second vice presidents and treasurer.
If necessary, a runoff will be held
Wednesday.
All candidates will be special
guests on the talk show Political
Distortion on WVSU, 91.1 FM, to¬
night at 9 pjn. The candidates will
take calls and questions. Listeners
should call 870-2934.
A special convocation is being
held in Reid Chapel for the candi¬
dates to deliver campaign speeches
Friday at 10 am.
Students have been campaign¬
ing for 1993-94 SGA offices since
the return from Spring Break. Run¬
ning for president are Brad Harris,
Samantha Lysle and Bret Opalinski.
Harris, a junior accounting major
who now serves as chief justice,
said, “I want an open forum so that
I could see what they (Samford
students) would like to see done.”
Harris said one of his priorities as
president would be to improve rela¬
tions between students and the ad¬
ministration.
“I want the students to know that
I would be responsive to their needs
and to their problems , and would be
willing to take a stand, popular or
not, for the students,” he said.
Also running for president is
junior journalism major Samantha
Lysle, who currently serves as
second vice-president
“I want to diversify student in¬
volvement in the SGA,” Lysle said.
“I want students to trust me and feel
like they can come to me.
"Be aware of all the candidates
positions, and make an educated
decision,” she said.
CurrentTreasurerBretOpalinski,
a junior public administration ma¬
jor, is also making a bid for the
presidency.
“I’m running for president be¬
cause I have been serving on SEB
(Student Executive Board) this
year,” he said. “It would be a great
opportunity, not only to serve the
students, but to perhaps make a
difference.
“It will take someone to lead the
SGA who has the experience,” he
said.
As for student relations with the
administration, Opalinski said, “We
can’tcower to them, if we disagree.”
Campaigning for first vice-presi¬
dent are David Fleming and Jason
Holleman.
“I would like to preside over an
efficiently run Senate, and create an
atmosphere in the Senate where the
senators will communicate more
actively and effectively with the
students so that they (the senators)
can read their (the students) con¬
cerns,” said Fleming, Beeson
Woods senator and a junior history
major.
“I’d also like to strive toward
getting more active student leader¬
ship involved in the decision mak¬
ing process of the administration,”
he said.
Holleman, who currently serves
as sophomore class senator, said,
“I’d like to have an opportunity to
work with more people at Samford.
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“I have new ideas, but more im¬
portantly I think I am open to other
people’s,” he said.
Brook Dill, a sophomore public
administration major, is running
unopposed for second vice-presi¬
dent.
This past year Dill served as chair
of the Welcome Backand Step Sing
committees. A though Dill is run¬
ning unopposed, she said she wants
to stress how important it is kor
students to vote in this electW.
Junior Geoff Rice, a public ad¬
ministration major, is running un¬
opposed for treasurer. Rice has
served as treasurer for College Re¬
publicans.
Freshman Eric Motley, a pre-law
major who is serving on the elec¬
tions committee, expressed enthu¬
siasm about the upcoming elections.
“We have some very good candi¬
dates, very well qualified candi¬
dates, experienced candidates, and
all have been involved in the SGA
before,” he said.
Library introduces new databases
Students, faculty and staff are satellite libraries to determine if
invited to attend a demonstra- a resource is available,
lion of new databases in Davis More than90,000govemment
Library Monday from 9:30 a.m. documents received since 1976
to 11:30 a.m. were also added to the online
Databases for a drug informa- catalogue,
tkm center, music library, BMC Those interested in research-
nursing library and education ing Baptist-related topics can
curriculum center are now a part turn to the Alabama Baptist Da-
of the online catalog system tabase.
SAM. An index of the Alabama
With the new databases itis no Baptist for 1878 to 1894 and
longer necessary to make trips to 1984 to 1993 is now on line.