THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, June 10, 1995 TAG: 9506100267
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
Even the judge couldn't keep from laughing.
For one hour, Regent University President Terry R. Lindvall held the Circuit Court spellbound with irreverent stories and jokes about his time at Regent.
At one point, Lindvall referred to his meeting with 100 angry law students in 1993 as ``the post-riot meeting.'' Judge Edward W. Hanson Jr. smiled and stopped Lindvall in mid-testimony.
``You are not given to understantement, are you?'' the judge asked.
``No,'' said the 46-year-old Lindvall, grinning. ``Hyperbole is my gift.''
At another point, Lindvall began reading aloud from a dry legal deposition in the melodramatic style of a film professor - which, in fact, he is. At yet another point, he compared Regent's old tenure system to a wooden wind-up decoy duck.
Finally, at a pause in the proceedings, Lindvall mugged for the Court TV camera and asked, ``Can I put up a 1-800 number for Regent now? It's a great school.''
The court broke up in laughter.
``I'd try to discipline him,'' the judge said, ``but it wouldn't do any good.''
When Lindvall left the stand and the next witness was called, the judge muttered, ``Tough act to follow.''
- Marc Davis, Staff Writer
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