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The Samford Crimson
78th YEAR, 16th ISSUE
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1994
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY, BIRMINGHAM, AL
Attorney general, GM vice president to speak on same day
Reno coming as
Neal Hutchens
Editor
U.S. Attorney General Janet
Reno is scheduled to speak in the
Wright Center Concert Hall this
Friday at 3 p.m.
The Cordell Hull Speakers Fo¬
rum for Cumberland School of Law
is sponsoring her visit and convo¬
cation credit will be given.
“The law school, through the
speakers forum, invited the attor¬
ney general to speak at either the
opening of the law school library or
at one of the graduation ceremonies.
She wasn’t able to make either one
so we left out a standing invite,” law
student Anthony Perrone, publicity
chair for the speakers forum, said.
When Reno announced a visit to
Alabama, he said Cumberland was
able to get her to come. Perrone said
the speakers forum is inviting Gov.
Jim Folsom and other state and lo¬
cal leaders to attend Reno's address.
He said a question-and-answer
part of law school speakers series
Janet Reno
session is anticipated for the event
and one topic many people in the
legal community are currently in¬
terested in is the “three strikes and
you’re out” provision like Texas
has.
The provision mandates a life¬
time sentence for anyone coqvicted
of three felonies. President Bill
Clinton supports similar legislation
in his national crime bill, which has
already passed the Senate.
“But the concern is ,what is a
felony,” Perrone said. He gave as an
example a case before the Supreme
Court A man convicted of stealing
$20 worth of merchandise, passing
a bad check and committing fraud
by failing to fix an air conditioning
unit after accepting payment was
sentenced to a life sentence under
such a provision, he said.
Perrone said he felt events like
the attorney general’s speech are
important in getting Cumberland
better recognition.
Besides Samford, the attorney
general is scheduled to speak in
Huntsville and has another Bir¬
mingham engagement The theme
for her visit to Alabama is juvenile
crime, Perrone said. Reno was ap¬
pointed attorney general after
serving as state attorney for Dade
County, Fla.
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Roberts first African-American to
From Press Release
Roy Roberts, General Mo¬
tors’ vice president and general
manager of GMC Truck Divi¬
sion, vail speak at 10 a.m. this
Friday in Reid Chapel as part cf
the Samford Speaker’s Series.
Roberts will speak on "An
Employable Future: Being Pre¬
pared for Tomorrow’s Competi¬
tive Environment”
Roberts began working for
GM in 1977 and rose to a vice
presidential position in 1987, and
then left to work for Navistar
International Corporation as vice
president of truck operations.
In 1990 he returned to GM as
manufacturing manager for the
Cadillac Motor Car Division.
In 1992 Roberts was ap¬
pointed to his current position.
making him the first African-
American to head a “Big Three”
auto division.
Student with cerebral
palsy motivates others
By Milam Saxon civic clubs and Boys State from
Associate News Editor Florence to Foley.
- The main message Usher said he
Clint Usher, a senior pre-admin- hopes his audiences will come away
istration major who has cerebral with is that “No obstacle, no matter
palsy, will speak at 10 am. on Mon- how great, is of the magnitude that
day in the Wright Center. Usher you can’t get over iL” r
As long as I get the invitation, I will be there in
a heartbeat.
Clint Usher
Senior
said it’s going to be a “positive
thought, you-can-do-it sort of
speech" and that “information and
entertainment” will be in store.
This is Usher’s fourth year to be
on the speaking circuit since he was
invited to participate as a freshman
by Educational Resources, Incorpo¬
rated in Montgomery, which pro¬
duces education programs for high
schools.
His “audition” was successful,
he said, even though “I had never
done a speech before.” He had to
speak before 100 people, but “ironi¬
cally, we got a standing ovation.”
Since then Usher has spoken to
high school and college students,
Though Usher said he hopes to
attend law school next year at the
University of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa, he plans to keep speak¬
ing.
“As long as I get the invitation,
I will be there in a heartbeat,” he
said. Even though he sometimes
gets nervous, it helps him to know
that “we’re trying to make a differ¬
ence.”
Faculty who know Usher, such
as Minister to the University Paul
Basden, describe him as “deter¬
mined, patient, optimistic and hope¬
ful” He said he has learned from
Pleas# sea Motivation, page 2
We Won!
Alpha Delta Pi members
hold up Sweepstakes trophy
won in Step Sing '94. See
pages 4 and 5 for special
Step Sing section.
Performance gives musicians chance to showcase talent
Rebecca Day
STAFF REPORTER
Students from the School of Music will be
featured as soloists with a chamber orchestra
in the annual Concerto/Aria presentation in
Reid Chapel cm March 7, said Dr. Timothy
Banks, associate professor of music.
Participation in Concerto/Aria is deter¬
mined through a two-step competition opened
to all music students, both instrumental and
vocal performers. Banks said.
Students first compete against others in
their same performing area, and finalists are
selectedby faculty members within the school
of music.
These finalists then audition for profes¬
sional musicians from outside the Samford
community, and six are chosen to be featured
as soloists with an orchestra composed of
area professionals, faculty and students.
“We feel some of our best performers
ought to be featured in a showcase of their
solo talent,” said Banks, also citing Concerto/
Aria as ‘Valuable experience” for the partici¬
pants.
PImm in Aria,
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