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“Have we sent a message to
our community that we are a
school of only white people?”
— Sara Ellison, senior
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Volume 87, Number 1 1
Additional
parking lot
to be built
By Cindy Turner
Samford students and faculty can expect
a new parking lot to be added to our cam¬
pus in the near future.
The new lot, which will accommodate
approximately 40 vehicles, is slated to un¬
dergo construction within the next few
months. Vice President for Facilities Don
Mott said. However, the total number of
spaces will not be determined until field
surveys and a physical design is complet¬
ed.
“We have engineers working on a de¬
sign for a new parking facility to be locat¬
ed in a wooded area north of the Center for
the Healing Arts,” Mott said. “It is our in¬
tention to maximize the number of new
spaces created within the constraints of
ground space available, topography and fi¬
nancial resources.”
“The costing estimates are yet to be de¬
termined,” Mott said. “Parking designa¬
tions have not been assigned.”
Initially beginning construction depends
on weather conditions, contractor availabil¬
ity and university schedules, Mott said.
"Campus-wide parking concerns and po¬
tential alternatives are being reviewed on a
continual basis,” Mott said.
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Beeson Chapel to be named for
life trustee Andrew Gerow Hodges
By Cindy Turner
Sunday at 3 p.m., the Beeson
Divinity Chapel will be formal¬
ly dedicated and named the An¬
drew Gerow Hodges Chapel.
Hodges, a long-time friend
of benefactors Ralph and
Dwight Beeson, became a
trustee of Samford in 1962 and
continues to serve as a lifetime
trustee.
“I’m very glad," President
Thomas Corts said. “He’s been
a loyal servant to the university
for more than four decades.”
Hodges was responsible for
introducing the Beeson family
to Samford. The Beesons have
provided much capital for the
university, including the money
for the chapel.
Corts said Hodges was “in¬
strumental" in bringing togeth¬
er the Beesons with the last
two Samford presidents, Leslie
Wright and himself.
The Board of Trustees decid¬
ed to name the chapel after
Hodges because of his friend¬
ship with the Beesons, which
brought about much of what
the university now enjoys.
The dedicatory naming will
feature numerous notables in
the Samford community, in¬
cluding Corts and Chairman of
the Board of Trustees Boyd
Christenberry, Dean of Beeson
School of Divinity Timothy
George said.
Divinity School professors
Fisher Humphreys and Frank
Thielman-will speak as-wdl.
Hodges will then speak. Pas¬
tor Gary Fenton of Dawson
Memorial Baptist Church will
preside over the service.
The University Chorale will
sing a new hymn commis¬
sioned for this event.
The words of the new hymn
were written by friend of Sam¬
ford, retired Church of England
bishop and retired hymn writer
Dudley Smith. The music was
written by F. Lee Scott, a local
Birmingham composer.
“Mr. Hodges has been a
steadfast friend to me personal¬
ly and to all our faculty and
students,” George said. “He
was one of the most important
contacts between the university
and Mr. Beeson.”
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Built in 1995, the Beeson Divinity Chapel will soon be renamed
in honor of long-time trustee and Beeson family friend Andrew
Gerow Hodges.
Cooper crowned as
Miss Samford 2003
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Junior journalism major Leslie Cooper earned her first
pageant title Friday as she was crowned Miss Samford.
A Vestavia Hills native, Cooper's platform is Back-
PACK, which promotes children’s issues.
SUT opens its doors to local
schools with C.S. Lewis classic
By Laura Brost
Samford Theatre will open its
doors and the mysterious world of
Narnia to local school children be¬
ginning at 9:30 this morning.
The cast of C.S. Lewis’s classic
tale, “The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe,” will perform entirely to
an audience of children during
three morning performances which
also serve as school field trips.
This marks the _
first children’s play
and a new trend for
Samford Theatre.
“We’re going to
do this every year,”
Don Sandley, chair _
of the theatre depart¬
ment said. “We wanted to create a
series that people could bring their
children and grandchildren to and it
not be a chore.”
Billed as “theater for young peo¬
ple,” Sandley said the series will
attract all ages because being
young is not necessarily deter¬
mined by age.
The catalyst in this new series,
Sandley said, was when professor
Angie Lindbloom joined the de¬
partment and brought her back¬
ground in theater for young people,
often called children’s theater.
“She brought such energy and
creativity that it would be a shame
not to use her skills,” Sandley said.
Lindbloom is at the helm of this
production and said she believes
theater for young people offers
many benefits for patrons.
“It gives them a human connec¬
tion,” Lindbloom said. “One that
you don’t get in movies or TV or
video games. The minute they step
into the theater, children become
part of the performance.
“It’s a communal experience that
‘It’s a communal experience that I
think our world is getting away from. ’
Angie Lindbloom, director
I think our world is getting away
from,” Lindbloom said.
This play is the perfect way to
introduce the Samford and local
community to the essence of chil¬
dren’s theater, Lindbloom said.
Children’s theater is not only
Lindbloom’s expertise, but it's also
her first love.
“I love the fact that kids believe
you,” she said. “When you present
to them a play, they believe it and
fall into that world and don’t have
to be convinced. They'll believe it
because they want to believe it.”
Young audience members will
also believe it because of the
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meticulous set and costumes the
play boasts.
From a forest in Narnia to the
makeup and costumes ranging from
a wolf to a unicorn, the cast and
crew has put in long hours to make
Narnia feel like a real place with
the same magical look and excite¬
ment that author Lewis had in his
book.
Set and costumes are important,
but acting makes the costumes
_ come to life.
The performers in
the play have had to
study their charac¬
ters' animal tenden¬
cies and habits.
Lindbloom said,
“This show is a gift
we are giving our audience — an
honest story. If we don’t do that, I
feel like we are doing a huge dis¬
service to them.”
Samford students need not wor¬
ry, though. They can enter the
world of Narnia as easily as the
children will.
Simply bring $4 to Harrison
Theatre for the Friday or Saturday
7:30 p.m. show or the Sunday
matinee at 2 p.m. or reserve tickets
before the show by visiting the box
office or by calling 2853.
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