Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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K , t Y- ,Ma ff ..1f ?' ,,.,C Iii. .,! pi-t op debaters, Keith Herron and Guy Boozer placed ninth at the 1986 National Debate Tournament held at Dartmouth College. Got What It Takes he debate program had an outstanding year under the leadership of director of forensics, Skip Coulter and first-year coach. Erik Walker. Debaters Keith Herron and Guy Boozer finished with a ninth place ranking in the 19?-to National Debate Tournament held at Dartmouth College. The program as a whole traveled to tournaments at Vanderbilt, Emory, Mercer. West Georgia, Auburn, Texas AHM, Baylor. and other schools, with teams also com- peting ,it the l'nix'ersity of Southern California, Walqc lforest. North Western Ilniversity, and Vnixersitx of l'tah. Continuing to carry a good icputatioii. the debaters plat ed in top rankings in iiniiif. ol the tournaments they attended. 'l lic tlclw.irci's. when not traveling or spending in iii, lioms in the librarx. also put much time :lilo pit.-5-.iriiilg lor the llisliop fiulltl Debate in November and February. These tournaments for college and high school students, respectively, were named in honor of law school professor, Brad Bishop, who at one time the was highly successful director of the debate program. The regional college tournament enjoyed its biggest and best year yet, while the large high school tournament continued to attract top notch students from across the south to our campus. The program also ran an extensive high school debate workshop during the summer and a one-day workshop in the fall. University debat- ers and coaches worked with high school stu- dents and coaches statewide throughout the year, instructing them in debating theory and methodology. - Todd Carliife

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The Word Will pread amford's new edition this year was the renovated journalismfMass Communi- cations department headed by Dr. Cle- mensen. 10 years ago, the journalism depart- ment was closed down, and while several of the courses were still offered, no major was avail- able. The new department was added, however, and though it was small it was full of energy to grow on. The word for the future ofjMC defi- nitely became expansion , There were ap- proximately 65 majors taught in the depart- ment, but within the next two years, Dr. Clemmensen planned to expand facilities and offer around 100 majors. The concentrations will eventually include advertising, public rela- tions, broadcasting and jouranlism. A vital part of the journalismfMass Com- municatons department had to be the addition of new faculty members with three new profes- sors added to the department. Clarke Stall- worth was a part-time professor and also served The Birminigham Newr as associate news edi- tor. Primarily, he taught writing courses using knowledge he gained in his 30 years of exper- ience. Dr. Charles Russell came with 30 years of experience behind him also. He taught at Cor- nell University, University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina, instructing Mass Communications courses. Dr. jon Clemensen, head of the department, had been involved in the newspaper business and journalism educa- tion for over 10 years. l-le taught the advertising and editing classes as well as serving as advisor for the Crimron and the Entre Nome. The journalismfMass Communications de- partment offered students the chance to gain hands-on experience by working on the Crim- son and Entre Now staffs or braodcasting over the airways of our own radio station, WVSU. Dr. Clemmensen said that the community also appreciated Samford students and offered them internships even when they did not have much experience. I-le commented that Sam- ford students seem to be a cut above other students. People are more willing to take a chance on them. ' t Y 3 ll: fl Dr.j0n Clemmerlserl. Head of the new journalism Dept. is the only full-time instructor. Dr. Russell and Mr. Stallworth are the other new professors who U reach part-time. L . 'f'---M, - I ' , l 1 . i F U t A , 4. j UQ. 'tx 1' f ' 'rw ---- pgs- H 7 it ' a j , . fill -vis' ,f 0 41h',,,m.Q ' .I s.,,f ' D l K Ns., x

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