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Wanahasi
project
unites
‘Driven’
contestants
compete
for crown
By MEGAN VOELKEL
For the Crimson
By RANEY BULLOCK
For the Crimson
Community. It’s a word senior
religion major Lindsey Smith
hears all the time.
In her religion classes, Smith
discusses faith in communities. In
her church each Sunday, she is part
of a congregation. On campus, she
lives within an “intentional Christ¬
ian community" known as the
Wanahasi Project.
Smith is one of 12 students par¬
ticipating in Wanahasi 's pilot
group this year. Swahili for “life
together,” Wanahasi provides stu¬
dents with an opportunity to exam¬
ine ways they can live together as
followers of Christ.
“Each person in the project has,
on some level, challenged me to
dig a little deeper in my faith,”
Smith says. “I’m learning that the
community can’t be a utopia, but
my faith has certainly taken a step
forward since I’ve been a part of
this family.”
Spiritual Formation Coordinator
Brian Pitts was inspired to begin
the faith-based community after
speaking at Convocation last fall.
“When I asked students if they
were tired of spiritual masks, there
was a general groan in the audi¬
ence," he said. “I wondered if we
could create a space for students
where they felt they didn’t havq to
wear any masks and conld just be
real with one another.”
Pitts heard about a Christian en¬
vironment created for students at
Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
Mich, called Project Neighbor¬
hood. Calvin’s program allows stu¬
dents to reside in an urban neigh¬
borhood and grow in their faith
through community service.
“It sparked the idea that college
students could live and grow to¬
gether in a faith-based environ¬
ment,
This Friday, 14 ladies will vie
for the title of Miss Samford
University 2005.
The emcees this year are Miss
Alabama Shannon Camper, who
was crowned two weeks ago due
to Deidre Downs winning Miss
America, and junior management
major Jacob Simmons.
The annual pageant, originally
called the "Miss Entre Nous pag¬
eant," has changed over time. In
the 1970’s, instead of voluntarily
signing up for the pageant, differ¬
ent organizations chose girls to
sponsor. The contestants participat¬
ed in one preliminary interview
with the judges after which several
girls were eliminated leaving the
rest to proceed to the actual pro¬
gram. Talent and onstage question
portions were added in the early
1980’s and the swimsuit portion
debuted in the 1990’s.
This year the escorts have a par¬
ticular role in their own production
number which allows them to
“show off their own moves,” said
Holly Morgan, who has choreo¬
graphed all of the production num¬
bers for the show.
Miss Samford 2004 Kristen
Howard will sing the production
numbers, all of which center
around the pageant’s theme “Driv-
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The Miss Samford University
Scholarship Pageant is a local pre¬
liminary to the Miss Alabama pag¬
eant, which is part of the Miss
American program. Miss America
is the world’s largest scholarship
and achievement program for
women. The organization provides
young women with more than
$150 million in educational grants.
Liz Simmons, Miss Samford co¬
director, emphasizes the impor¬
tance of this aspect of the pageant.
“I hope people see that these
girls have a purpose and that they
are passionate about their plat¬
form,” Simmons said. “They are
not only looking to be rewarded,
but they are spokespeople for their
cause. That’s what it’s actually
about.”
The Miss Samford Pageant be¬
gins at 7 pm. in the Wright Center
Auditorium. Tickets can be pur¬
chased in advance at www.sam-
fordtickets.com for $6.50 or $8.50
at the door.
rlbulloc@samford.edu
Pitts said.
While the female students in
Samford's program live in Beeson
Woods and the male students live
in West Campus, the community is
facilitated through meetings,
weekly meals and service projects.
Pitts established three pillars to
guide the program. The pillars -
spiritual disciplines, spiritual
friendship and spiritual service -
were drawn from Acts 4:31-37 and
lead the students’ relationships
with God, themselves and others.
“I think discipline, friendship
and service are important aspects
of any growing Christian’s life,”
junior nutrition major add Wana¬
hasi group member Kortney Par-
man said. “I wouldn't say these
pillars weren’t a part of my life be¬
fore Wanahasi, but now I am ap¬
plying these aspects in a new con¬
text.”
The project identifies spiritual
disciplines as individual practices
such as prayer, fasting, simplicity
and solitude. Spiritual friendship
includes sharing a community with
other believers, and spiritual serv¬
ice involves bong a servant to oth¬
ers through community involve¬
ment.
shrinking map of opportunity. He had to
hold three states won by Democrats in 2000
Contestants
Elizabeth Broome
Erin Brown
Elizabeth Collier
Mattea Crow
Elizabeth Harris
Rachel Holland
Hailey Hutchinson
Jewel Littleton
Tiffany London
Caroline McCreary
Melissa Morgan
Erica Rousseau
Lindsey Samples
Sidney White
Samford Homecoming celebrates alumni
Activities foster nostalgic memories of college years past
to enjoy class reunion cookouts, alumni ban- founder of Lexmark International, Inc.,
quets and, of course, the Homecoming football presented at the alumni Homecoming d
game. Thursday night's Homecoming Barn Friday night, while the Samford man
Red and blue flooded Samford’s
weekend to celebrate the return of i
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been back to. I saw a part of my fai
Howard College family, that I hadn
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