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...vitality of the brew is evident from the first track, When Jesus Left Birmingham, a tent-raising sermon about human nature that sounds unlike anything Mellencamp has done before. His voice grainy and low over a smacking drumbeat and soulful female backup vocals, Mellencamp conjures a godforsaken land of dashed aspirations and sordid pleasures, where "all the people went completely nuts./ They all busted out on a wild night/ Riding high on a golden calf." The song also echoes the national disenchantment with politicians and the economy. "To hell with all the politicians and the lies," Mellencamp sings. "Recovery, recovery...
...sign that he wasn't Ivy League material (or at least that there were other students more suited for admission than he was), Stonecypher blamed a flaw in admissions policies. After all, how could these schools reject Mark Stonecypher, salutatorian of his class at John Carroll High School in Birmingham, Alabama...
Mark Stonecypher is a white male and was salutatorian of John Carroll High School in Birmingham, Ala. His classmate Eugenia Kay Harris is a Black female and was valedictorian...
Harris requested her application along with an extension after the admissions deadline, according to Birmingham Harvard Club President Dr. J. Barry Vaughn...
Harris requested her application along with an extension after the admissions deadline, according to Birmingham Harvard Club President Dr. J. Barry Vaughn...