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Volume 93 I Number 8
Gala honors SU alumni and contributors in Hanna
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Jena Hippensteei?
The Samford Crimson
The 141st annual Alumni Homecoming gala was held in the new Pete
Hanna Center on Saturday night.
More than 500 alumni, donors and friends of the university were seat¬
ed at tables set up on the arena floor as part of the dedication ceremony.
Samford board of trustees chairman, William Stevens, opened the pro¬
gram which encompassed both the annual Homecoming gala and Philan¬
thropy dinner.
The presentation recognized the four Alumni of the Year and also
included special mention of Samford donors.
“Seeing the four Alumni of the Year gave me the opportunity to look
into my future and the future of my friends and fellow students,” Rob
Howell, president of SGA and senior history major, said. “It helped me
recognize the importance of Samford in our lives now rather than 20 or
50 years later.”
The president of the Samford Alumni Association, Mark Davidson,
presented the four Alumni of the Year Awards to Walter G. Barnes,
class of 1956; Sigurd F. Bryan, class of 1946; Carol Guthrie, class of
1993; and George V. Irons, class of 1952.
Barnes served two terms as the president of Samford’s Alumni Asso¬
ciation and is an active member in the Birmingham community.
Bryan was a teacher at Samford and served as chairman of the reli¬
gion and philosophy department. He was awarded the 1968 Buchanan
Award for excellence in classroom teaching.
Guthrie graduated from Samford with a degree in journalism and mass
communication and serves as a news spokesperson for the United States
Senate. As a former writer for the “Samford Crimson,” she continues to
be involved in journalism and politics in Washington D.C.
Irons is a cardiologist who has received national recognition for his
research and work. He was the first Alabamian inducted into the
American College of Cardiology and has received the national Asso¬
ciation of Cardiologists’ Award of Merit for his groundbreaking
research in coronary disease.
Select students also attended the gala, which gave alumni the oppor¬
tunity to meet leaders in student organizations including members of
SGA and Samford Ambassadors.
“I really enjoyed getting to talk to all of the guests there because of
their unique experiences at Samford,” junior elementary education major
and Samford Ambassador Lauren Lunsferd said. “I loved hearing about
their passion for our school.”
The evening also included a dedication ceremony to honor Pete Hanna
and Thomas and Marla Corts.
“Pete Hanna is one of the outstanding, unheralded citizens of this
See GALA .page 2
Walter G. Barnes gives thanks for being awarded as one
of four Samford Alumni of the Year in Pete Hanna Friday night.
The University’s newly elected
Homecoming court was introduced
to Samford this weekend during the
annual bonfire on Friday night.
The introduction was the begin¬
ning of a weekend full of tradi¬
tional festivities revolving around
Saturday’s football game.
Twelve students were elected
by their peers last week to partici¬
pate in the events.
Lee Ross of the Student Govern¬
ment Association has been involved
with this event for some time now
and realizes the significance that
Homecoming has for any university.
“It is a tradition,” Ross said. “I
think nationwide the students on
the Homecoming court are repre¬
sentatives for their class. I feel it
is a great honor to be chosen for
your class to be on the court, and
it is also a really fun tradition,
especially with the anticipation
leading up to the crowning of the
queen and king.”
Nursing major Elle Martin was
selected to represent the sopho¬
more class this year.
“It just reminded me of what a
blessing my college experience
has been getting to know and
invest in so many new people. It
certainly was a privilege and an
experience, and it is one I am so
thankful to have been involved
in,” Martin said.
Many students share Martin’s
sentiments of gratitude.
However, many members of
the Homecoming court were sur¬
prised to hear that they were nom¬
inated and even more surprised at
being elected.
‘To be honest with you, I didn’t
even know that the elections were
Theatre majors sophomore Jeremy Hunt, junior Kelli Winn and freshman Quincy Price will perform as part of the insane asylum
staff in the production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" this weekend in Harrison Theatre.
‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ flies to theatre
Jena Hippensteel
The Samford Crimson
The theatre department’s new
production of the Broadway play
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest” is opening this weekend in
Harrison Theatre.
“It’s about these guys who have
been put in an insane asylum, and
they are allegedly insane,” Brad
Roller, senior theatre major and
director of the play, said.
“These guys (are) in an insane
asylum that (is) under strict control
by Nurse Ratched, and then this
young, brash upstart' Randal
McMurphy comes in and turns the
place upside-down,” Roller said.
One of the main characters in
the play is Randal Patrick McMur¬
phy, who is played by senior the¬
atre major John Cooley.
“He is pretty much a low life.
He doesn’t have a job, spends all
of his time drinking, gambling,
getting into fights and hanging
around with prostitutes. He spends
a lot of time in and out of jail and
work farms,” Cooley said.
“(McMurphy) gets the idea
‘Why work at a farm when I can
act as a nut job and be sent to a
sweet mental hospital?’ So he
does, but once he’s there he real¬
izes they can keep him as long as
they want. When he gets there, he
laughs at the spectacle of every¬
thing, but then he starts to form a
friendship with these guys and
wants to help them out by helping
them overcome the oppression of
big Nurse Ratched,” Cooley said.
There are two other main charac¬
ters. The narrator of ‘Cuckoo’s
Nest,’ Chief Bromden, the son of a
Columbia Indians Chief, and Nurse
Ratched. head of the hospital ward.
Matt Godfrey, senior theatre
major, will play the role of Chief
Bromden.
“His dad was Indian and his
mom was white. He's one of the
only patients in the ward who is
committed,” Godfrey said. “He's
pretended to be deaf and dumb for
12 years. In the actual play, he
starts to speak. He narrates the
show through his monologues to
See CUCKOO, page 2
Model UN recruits new students
Haley Aaron
The Samford Crimson
Discussing international issues,
finding solutions to global prob¬
lems and working to support the
interests of one nation while lob¬
bying for the support of others is
all in a day’s work for Samford
Model United Nations members.
Samford had a Model UN pro¬
gram several years ago, but it was
reestablished last year. This $ the
group’s second year to participate
in the national conference held in
New York.
Approximately 4,000 students
from 24 countries participated in
last year’s National Model UN.
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ed the conference last year,
this year Samford hopes to i
larger delegation.
“It’s a great chance to learn
about how diplomacy and policy¬
making on the international level
work and how the United Nations
is run,” history professor Barry
Robinson said. “Beyond that, it is
a great way to meet other students
from around the world to get a
sense of their perspective.”
During their time at the confer¬
ence, students work with other del¬
egations to draft resolutions,
which are then presented in the
general session of the Model UN
for discussion.
Now, the group is currently
applying to the program and
choosing a country to represent.
Several factors go into choosing
and mass communication major Jason Morales were crowned
Homecoming King and Queen on Saturday afternoon.
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“We’ve got to pick countries
whose delegations are the right size
for the number of students that
we’re taking because we don’t have
a large team,” political science pro¬
fessor Andrew Konitzer said. "You
want a country that you’re interested
in to some degree as well, and that
will be interesting to compete with
and then also something that’s got
enough power, essentially, that you
can do something”
“If you’re a small country
that’s really kind of weak and
doesn’t carry a lot of swing in the
international system, it gets kind
of boring because you just kind
of sit there get kicked around,”
Konitzer said.
“They’re trying to find that
golden mean there between all
these different considerations of
team size or size of the country
relative to the team, interest in the
country and also whether or not
the country has enough sway to
play a meaningful role in the dis-
cussiop,” Konitzer said.
Once a country is assigned, the
delegates’ work is just beginning.
Each delegate is then assigned to a
different committee, which models
a committee in the UN. Each del¬
egate receives a list of three or
four major topics, which will be
covered during the conference.
Before the conference, students
must complete extensive research
to discover their country’s
alliances and stances on the issues
See MODEL UN, page 2
Samford SGA
designates
Homecoming
court 2007
Shannon Dille
The Samford Crimson
