the Samford Crimson
83rd year, 19th issue to inform the mind, to voice the unheard April 28, 1999
Briefs
World
Milosevic
leans toward
peacekeeping
Yugoslavian President
Slobodan Milosevic might have
taken the first step to peace when
he agreed to accept international
peacekeepers in the ethnic
Albanian province of Kosovo.
The announcement came from
Russian officals after an eight-
hour meeting with Milosevic in
Belgrade.
Though the plan falls short of
NATO's terms to end the war.
President Clinton called the move
“some step forward” if refugees
are safely returned.
Nation
High school
tragedy shakes
the nation
All eyes were turned to
Littleton, Colo., last week as two
high students at Columbine High
School killed 12 students and a
teacher before killing themselves.
Over 30 bombs, a semi-auto¬
matic weapon and other firearms
were used in the attack.
The suspects had planned to
kill 500 people at the students and
demolish the school. After that,
they wanted to hijack a plane and
crash it into New York City.
Over 70,000 people attended a
memoral service for the 13 vic¬
tims of the massacre on Sunday.
State
Woman found
dead on 1-65
Police are investigating the
details of the death of an Ensley
woman. Brenda Manson was
found in her car Saturday after¬
noon by her daughter on Interstate
65, near the Green Springs
Avenue exit.
Coroners interviewed family
members and possible witnesses
on Sunday, but they did not
release any information about the
case.
The woman was found in the
car, possibly shot and beaten with
the tire iron that was lying on her
body. Her car also had a flat tire.
Compiled by Carla Lahey,
news editor.
Students 'clean up' B'ham
by Dana Fountain
News Editor
The Values Violation Council
is now taking applications for next
year’s council positions.
The applications can be picked
up in the SGA office and are due
by Friday, April 30.
The council is composed of a
chief justice from the senior class,
one person representing each
class, three faculty members and
one faculty chair.
The chief justice for next year
is upcoming senior Nate Hicks,
who is a management major.
Applications are being taken
for three upcoming sophomores
and one upcoming senior for next
year's council.
In explaining the value of the
council, sophomore member John
Bowman said, “It gives students
the opportunity to evaluate their
peers.
“It puts a face on the adminis¬
tration because students know
they are going to get a fair hear¬
ing.”
The council oversees values
violation appeals and serves as a
traffic court when needed.
Participants feel that this has
been a very valuable experience.
Scott Stake, senior psychology
major and this year’s chief justice
said, “I have considered it a privi¬
lege to be able to serve Samford as
chief justice.
“Throughout the year, I have
tried to uphold the laws that
Samford has established to protect
the rights of its students and
employees. However, rules are not
always fair, and it is at these times
that the student judiciary council
comes into play." ■
Applications accepted for
Values Violation Council
Good clean fun...
Sharon Justin, Holly Hughes and Amy Shannon brave poison ivy and mosquitoes to clean trash
cluttering the Vulcan trail for Birmingham Clean Up. Over 400 students showed up for the
annual tidying of the Magic City.
by Courtney
Douglas
Staff Writer
It is not every
Saturday that
Samford students
wake up early to
shovel, paint, wash
and sweep.
However, many
of Samford’s students
did just that this past
Saturday.
Over 400 Samford
students descended
upon Birmingham’s
shelters, nature trails
and food banks on
April 24 to clean up
and improve condi¬
tions.
Some had never
volunteered before,
but many make vol¬
unteering a regular
part of their life.
Joy Trammel, a
sophomore language
arts major, volunteers
regularly at the Old
Firehouse Shelter.
She, along with
several other stu¬
dents, chose this shel¬
ter for their
Birmingham Clean-up site.
Trammel said, “We, as stu¬
dents, have a unique combination
of free time and independence that
makes it easy for us to help out
our community in some way.”
Nathan Lott, a senior journal¬
ism and mass communications
major, also volunteered at the Old
Firehouse Shelter.
He said, “Volunteering here
gives me the satisfaction of leav¬
ing Samford’s domain for a jaunt
into the real world.”
Dr. Timothy Banks, the
Director of Choral Studies at
Samford, cleaned up the Vulcan
Trail in Southside.
Banks, who has never partici¬
pated in Birmingham Clean-up
before, went with his daughter
who is a student at Homewood
High School.
Banks said, "My daughter has
to do volunteer work for a club at
her school, so I came to spend
time with her. It’s great because
we get to be together and at the
same time help out the communi¬
ty”
Michael Treadwell, a sopho¬
more Spanish major, and Louis
Martin, a senior biology major,
also helped clean the Vulcan Trail.
Treadwell said, “It's a great
opportunity to help and serve oth¬
ers in a Christ-like manner.”
Martin concurred, saying, “God
has blessed me so much and it's
wonderful that I can help serve
others.”
The faculty and students at the
Vulcan Trail worked hand-in-hand
with members of the community.
They cleaned tires, mattresses,
shingles, and even a toilet off the
trail, all while avoiding the poison,
ivy which grew everywhere.
Courtney Oldfield, a sopho¬
more of undeclared major, helped
out at Magic City Harvest, a local
food bank.
Oldfield, a member of the
Birmingham Clean-up committee,
said, “This has been awesome
because I don’t really do that
much at Samford and this has
been a great way to get involved.”
Ashley Allen, a sophomore ele¬
mentary education major, said,
“It’s just been fun to get a bunch
of friends together to do commu¬
nity service.”
The volunteers at Magic City
Harvest washed the delivery vans
of the food bank and swept and
mopped the inside of the ware¬
house.
Sara Roseman, the contact per¬
son for the Vulcan Trail clean-up,
said she planned the community’s
cleaning day to coincide with
Samford’s Birmingham Clean-up.
She said, “I have worked with
Samford students for the last ten
years and they have always been
so helpful.
“I can’t wait to work with them
again next year.” ■
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