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Jacksonville State University JSU Digital Commons Chanticleer Historical Newspapers 1985-05-09 Chanticleer | Vol 32, Issue 30 Jacksonville State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty Recommended Citation Jacksonville State University, "Chanticleer | Vol 32, Issue 30" (1985). Chanticleer. 886. https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty/886 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Historical Newspapers at JSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chanticleer by an authorized administrator of JSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Welcome, SCOAG delegates Entertainment 1 Features 1 Sports Summer abounds with New Movies Peterson leaves continental Golf team may make it three I flair -in her wake I See page 5 See page 8 See page 11 TH4E CHANTICLEER Jacksonville State University Jacksor~vrlle.Alabama May 9, 1985 SCOAG set to meet May 10 H[lgh school students &om across the state will gather at Jacksonville State University this weekend to hear politicians and journalists discuss thew worlang relationships in the fast moving world of government affairs. JSU's annual Student Conference on American Government (SCOAG) WIU convene Friday evening, May 10, with an opening banquet featuring U. S. Senators Howell Heflin of Alabama and Joseph Biden of Wilmington, Delaware. The student delegates will again convene on Saturday morning to par- ticipate m seminars led by Rep. Glen Browder of Jacksonville, Chis Waddle, managing editor of The Anniston Star, and Ed Ewing, a Mon- tgomery public relations and advertising consultant. Sen. Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978 and 1984. He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the ranking mnority member of the Skbcommittee on European Affairs, chairman of the senate Democratic Task Force on Crime, and a member of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. I Women top the Class of '85 I Heflin is Alabama's senior representative in the U. S. Senate. During his Jacksonville State University President Theron Kerry Kelley of Oxford, second from right, graduated tenure as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1971-77, Heflin Montgomery and commencement speaker Dayle Powell with a 2.98 grade point average. Ms. Pope received a almost single-handedlyworked a revised judicial article through the state of The Carter Center at Emory University, far left, Bachelor of Science in Education with majors in math legislature and secured its approval. His model judicial system represents congratulate JSU's top two graduating seniors shortly and English. Ms. Kelley received a Bachelor of Science the single greatest success in the e£forts to revise Alabama's 1901 Con- before spring graduation. Pamela Pope of Steele, second in computer science. stitution. a acrfect 3.0 made mint average and Rep. Browder is cwrently saving in the Alabama House of Represen- tatives and is a professor of political science at JSU. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee, Local Government Committee, and is the vice Powell -issues challenge to grads chairman of the Governor's Education Reform Commission. There are no great answers, only underwriting insurance, that she While in law school, Mrs. Powell Dr. Browder was the primary sponsor of legislation enacted for great questions, according to Dayle was being paid less than her male met former President Jimmy Carter education reform, victim's rights, and law enforcement. He is president of Powell, Jacksonville State coworkers for doing the same work. when, as a member of Cumberland Data Associates, Inc., a private consultant agency, and has served as University commencement speaker. She went through "trials and Law School's Law Day committee, consultant to many candidates for elective office. Mrs. Powell, a 1971 graduate of tribulations" for seven months after she invited him to speak on campus. JSU and associate director of The she filed a complaint against the Carter was impressed by Mrs. Waddle became managing editor of The Andston Star in July, 1982. He Carter Center, told the 441 company with the Equal Em- Powell's ability and she was later has served as guest speaker on Alabama Public 'l*V and as seminar leader graduating seniors that "what is ployment Opportunity Commission. asked to join the Carter Center, a m programs sponsored through the Southern Newspaper Publishers finally dawning on me as 1 age is Her complaint was finally settled in public policy center affiliated with Association and the American Press Institute. that the really smart people are the her favor in court. The Carter Library. Waddle was one of nine American newsmen chosen by the International ones who know the great questions. "There was a happy ending to the Mrs. Powell described for the Press Institute for a September, 1984 journalistic exchange with Japan. story. The reason I told it to you is graduates some of the activities of "I can tell you candidly that, after because the net result was a check the $25 million Carter Center which Ewing is owner of Tel-Ed Communications of Montgomery, a public 14 years from graduating from JSU, bang made payable to a Jackson- serves as a forum for public policy. relations and advertising firm. He served as director of the Alabama I don't know the great truth, and I ville State graduate for quite a lot of She said the Center is currently Bureau of Publicity and Information under Gov. George Wallace in the think thkre is not one great truth; money, and that check paid the involved in such issues as health early 1960's. Through the years he has held positions such as press more and more I learn that there are tuition for my first year in law policy, arms control, and the en- secretary to Gov. George Wallace and Gov. Lurleen Wallace. He was the great questions rather than great school. In a way, the insurance wonment. national coordinator for the Wallace for President Campaign. answers." companjr had actually done me a "We just finished a tweyear study Ewing has produced television shows and assisted with fund raising Mrs. Powell said she graduated favor; they had forced me to save of health policy that we call Closing activities through television and direct mail. He founded Tel-Ed Com- from JSU thinking her degree would money I otherwise would not have the Gap. That policy addresses the munications in 1979 and has managed the campaigns of Congressman be an instant ticket to success. In- had to pay for my education," she leading causes of mortality and Ronnie Flippo and Gov. CUE Finch of Mississippi and others. stead, she found in her first job, sad. (See POWELL, Page 2) 2 Tamday, May 9,1985, THE CHANTICLEER Browder wins again By VICKY WALLACE Dr. Mark Fagan, chairperson of because he displayed that he is an There seems to be no end to Dr. the Oosa Valley Unit, said that Dr. outstandmg legislator by his work Glen Browder's winning streak for and accomplishments. These ac- the year 1985. Dr. Browder, a complishments include : working member of the political science with the Boy Scouts, Cerebral Palsy department, won the Coosa Valley Center, servmg as vice-charperson Unit of the Alabama National ot the Educatlon Reform Com- Association of Social Worker's mssion, bemg a member of the award for Legislator of the Year House Ways and Means Comrmttee, back in March. By winning the local and sponsormg such bus as the award, Dr. Browder was Educatlon Reform Act of 1984, automatically eligible for the state Career Ladder Bill, and co- award. In the April 24 edition of the sponsoring the Missmg and Abused Jacksonville News, it was reported Children bill, "He has responded to that he had won the state award of our request for help m supporting Legislatar of the Year from the social Issues, and we felt his work to Alabama Chapter of the NASW and unprove educahon m the state and Victims Advocate of the Ye= Award to asslst vicums of crune and abuse (1985) from the Victim's Rights warranted us m givmg hun this award," Dr. Fagan said. Conference held in Montgomery. Browder Powell (Continued From Page 1) morbidity in this country. "Because it has such a deadly start to snoke. I'd like to issue a "Tobacco is responsible for the impact on our country, tobacco is challenge to those of you who are deaths of 350,000 Americans every priority number one at The Carter going to work in the classroom: Year. If that doesn't really hit home, Center in public policy. I've sm stress the importance of healthy let me put it in terms we can relate from the statistical information that attitudes toward life and the im- a number of you graduates are portance of not smoking." education majors and I presume She said the Center is a bipartisan from that that your future work lies continuation of President Carter's I, m the classroom. Tobacco has such a Camp David philosophy. She said it "We have just finished a three- is not a monument to Carter, but a deadly impact on our country year study at the cost of $1 million unique facility that has already brought together for di&sions the . (it1 is priority number about the effect Of health education representatives of several foreim on the habits of children. 'mat study, countries including the soviet union. one at the Carter Center in which wiis Performed by doctors at Divers graduate I the Centers for the Disease Control, Several Jacksonville State University students recently completed a If ms. Powell shared with the public policy." found that we teach health care in au&ence the fact that she grew up scuba diving certification program taught by John Valdes, Sr.