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Professor Altman to perform with Spring Quartet
Joseph Lowery says
dreams are the key
By KAREN JACOBS
, Joseph Lower) urged students to
“hold on to dreams" as he spoke
in Willct Science Center
Wednesday.
Lowery, president of the
Southern 'Christian Leadership
Conference, said that the Martin
Luther King Jr. national holiday
honors the struggle of blacks and
affirms the American commitment
in the fight for racial equality. He
characterized true patriotism as be
ing that which "challenges the
country at the point of its weakness
to become strong."
In a short personal interview.
Lowery reflected on his perception
of Dr. King: “Martin was a
genrous man who loved people.
He truly believed in the triumph of
justice."
Lowery pointed out that the
black race has learned how to turn
adversity into opportunity in the
midst of humiliating circumstances,
and asserted that the fight against
racism is rooted in the American
dream.
His appearance was sponsored
by the Student Union Activities
Board Insight Lecture Scries.
When the American String
Quartet performs in the Mercer
University Artist Series on Thurs
day, F«b. 4, at 8 p.m. in Newton
Hall. Ian Altman of the music
faculty, will serve as pianist.
Tickets, at $13 and $10. are
available through the music depart
ment. telephone 744-2748.
Since the celebrated quartet's
debut 12 years ago in Alice Tully
Hall, the American String Quartet
has performed extensively on both
sides of the Atlantic. In its Thurs
day performance the quartet's
featured work will be Robert
Schumann's Quintet in E-Flat Ma
jor for strings and piano. Op. 44.
Works by Beethoven will also be
included.
Violinist Mitchell Stern made his
debut with the Cleveland Orchestra
at the age of 15. Bom in Cleveland,
he has studied with Margaret Ran
dall. Arnold Steinhardt at the Cur
tis Institut^ind Doroth) DcLay at
the Juilliard School of Music. He
plays the Guadagnini violin,
formerly owned by the legendary
Efrem Zimbalist.
Laurie Carney, violinist, was the
youngest student ever admitted to
the Juilliard School where she
received the B.M. and M.M.
degrees as a scholarship student of
Dorothy DeLay. She began her
violin studies at the age of eight
with her father. A frequent
recitalist on the East Coast, she is
solo violinist with New York Ci
ty's Holy Trinity Bach Choir.
Daniel Avshalomov. viola, son
of composer Jacob Avshalomov,
grew up in Portland. Oregon. He
holds the B.S. and M.M. degrees
from Juilliard and was for five
years principal violist with the
Juilliard Orchestra. He has served
as principal violist for the or
chestras at Tanglcwood and
Spolcto Festivals, and performed as
soloist for the Bolshoi Ballet dur
ing its U.S. tour.
Cellist David Gebcr. from Lavs
Angeles, is one of a family of pro
fessional cellists. He was a scholar
ship student at the Eastman School
of Music and at Juilliard. from
which he received the B.M. and
M.M. degrees. He received the
Felix Salmond and Werter cello
awards and held a teaching
fellowship in chamber music.
Altman, on the College of
Liberal Arts music faculty since
1974. has played many recitals
throughout the United States. A
native of Thomasvillc. he earned
the B.M. and M.M. degrees from
the Eastman School of Music
where his principal teachers were
Eugene List and Marie Louisa
Faini. He has studied with Jcan-
neanc Dowis at the Aspen Music
Festival and in New York City. He
received the Doctor of Musical
Arts degree from College-
Conservatory of Music in Cincin
nati where his principal teachers
were David Bar-Ilian and Frank
Weinstock.
Altman began his musical train
ing in his hometown of
Thomasvillc when he was eight
years old. and he gave his first
public recital when he was 12. At
the age of 14 he was accepted as
a special student of Frytcis/ck
Zachara at Florida Stale Universi
ty. and he entered the Eastman
School in Rochester. N.Y. at the
age of 17.
Blackmon is intern at University Relations
IFC elects new officers
Scott Anglin was elected presi- The new vice-president is John
dent of the Intcrfratcmity Council Henley, treasurer is Shawn Lanier,
at its meeting on Monday. and James Judyris secretary.
Secular colleges selling condoms at rapid pace
Pamela Blackmon, a senior com
munication major, has an intern
ship for the winter quarter in the
University Relations Office whose
responsibilities include coor
dinating the University's relations
with the newsfnedia.
Blackmon, an Atlanta native who
transferred to Mercer after the clos
ing of Tift College in Forsyth, has
already completed an internship at
a daily newspaper in Greensboro.
N.C. and has served as assistant
editor on the Tift College
newspaper. After graduating in
June. Blackmon plans to be a
newspaper reporter. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Betty c Jones of
Atlanta.
At Mercer. Blackmon is a
member of Blue Key Fraternity and
was recently one of 46 students to
be named to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges. Professionally, she
is a member of the Society of Pro
fessional Journalists and the Na
tional Association of Black
Journalists.
In addition to coordinating rela
tions with the news media, the
University Relations Office also
prepares and disseminates news
releases for the general university,
the College of Liberal Arts, the
Walter F. George School of Law.
the School of Medicine, the School
of Engineering, the Stetson Schtxtl
of Business, and the College of
Continuing Education. News con
ferences for President R. Kirby
Godscy arc arranged through this
office.
While Catholic colleges across
the country opened the new term
with the theological problems of
even talking about condbtns^jbc
nation's secular campuses kept
signing up to sell prophy lactics at
a rapid pace.
Students returning to Plattsburgh
State College in New York, for ex
ample. found condom vending
machines installed for the first time
in dorm bathrooms while. 2.000
miles away, the University of Col
orado was.choosing I of 5 com
panies to distribute condoms to its
dorms.
Now that schools themselves are
in the condom business, however,
student-run condom delivery ser
vices — Harvard and Texas-Austin
had them for a time during the
1986-87 school year — seem to
have grown scarcer.
Nevertheless. University of
Pennsylvania sophomore Gil
Hastings did operate a delivery ser
vice called “Rubber Express" dur
ing the fall term, offering a SI .99
Special: Two rubbers and two
cigarettes.”
Sometimes, too. college of
ficialdom is less than amused by
students' involvement in the issue.
And not all secular college of
ficials arc comfortable with the
trend for other reasons. Michigan
State health service Director Den
nis Jurczak said in November it
was the students' — not the univer
sity's — responsibility to secure
condoms.
Georgia Tech and University of
Georgia administrators refused to
place condom vending machines in
dorms, though both schools offer
them in their health clinics.
Georgia State University's health
clinic does not offer condoms at all.
“The average age of students at
Georgia Suite is 27 years old.” Stu
dent Services official William
Patrick told The Signal, the cam
pus paper. "They have access to
condoms all over the place."
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
grad students Kevin Aylesworth
and Dave Billesbach. (hough, are
using condoms in a different way:
in their phy sics research into light
scattering cells.
University Worship Service
Each Thursday (of the school year)
10:20 A.M., Newton Sanctuary
Dr. C. Welton-Gaddw Senior Minister
Spring Quarter
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