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Senate votes change for SGA
Lydia Hignite & Jessi Lee
The Samford Crimson
The U'.S. government isn’t the only one
going through big changes this year. Samford’s
Student Government Association passed a bill
Tuesday night to do some renovations within,
and these changes will now be taken before the
student body.
“We’re restructuring SGA as a whole,” sen¬
ior Vice President for the Senate of SGA Jason
Pointer said.
According to both Pointer and senior SGA
President Taylor Clement, this change has been
needed.
“Over the years, SGA has really grown, but
as it’s grown, we haven't been able to keep up
with -some things,” Clement said. “[The new
bill] is consolidating loose ends. More impor¬
tantly, it’s making the structure more balanced
and helping SGA run more effectively."
Pointer said some of the biggest changes will
be position responsibilities, official titles and
existence in general.
“The Treasurer can’t mess with the new Ban¬
ner system, so there’s really no need for a Trea¬
surer anymore1, so we’re cutting out that posi¬
tion and replacing it with a new one,” Pointer
said. “The new position will be a Vice Presi¬
dent of Development who will be in charge of
Freshman Forum and class officers, so those
will no longer be handled by the Chief of
Staff.”
Other positions being cut or modified are
Executive Assistant, Vice President of Activi¬
ties and Student Activities Council Administra¬
tor.
The Vice President of Activities will become
the Vice President of Events, and the SAC
Administrator is being bumped up to Vice Pres¬
ident of Programming. According to senior
Vice President for Activities Blake Eckert,
these two officers will divide activities up
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SigEp
rushes
back in
2007
Jena Hippensteel
The Samford Crimson
The local Sigma Phi Epsilon
alumni board and the national
fraternity office were in shock
when the Samford SigEp chap¬
ter decided to close, according
to director of Greek Life Frank
Parsons.
This was especially surprising
since they were told recruitment
would be raised in the spring.
The SigEps made the decision
to close down earlier this year,
when their fraternity seemed to
be hitting a dead end.
SigEp is one of the nation’s
largest fraternities with 275
chapters and over 250,000
alumni.
The fraternity is aimed
towards developing young men
who are gentlemen, scholars,
athletes and leaders, according
to Parsons.
Junior SigEp member and
accounting major Robbie Matte-
son said .“The thing that sets us
apart is there is no pledgeship.
You sign and get full member¬
ship and privileges.”
Matteson is referring to the
“Balanced Man,” which elimi¬
nates pledgeship but tests
members through a develop¬
ment program during their stay
in college.
Sdll, the SigEps made the
decision to close down earlier
this year, when their fraternity
seemed to be hitting a dead end.
“We haven’t freen expanding
very well within the last few
rushes,” junior SigEp member
and history major Ben Mosteller
said. Membership currently
includes 17 mfcn. In 2005, SigEp
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Kathryn Francisco and John Cooley play lead roles in upcoming Samford production.
‘Noises Off’ creates drama
Katelyn Williams
The Samford Crimson
Thursday night marks the opening night of
Samford Theatre’s new spring production,
“Noises Off.”
The ‘play within a play by Michael Frayn fol¬
lows the missteps of a hapless theatre company
attempting to produce a farce called “Nothing On.”
The work centers on the personal relationships
among the cast that lead to offstage mischief and
onstage pandembnium. The audience sees the
actors from the first ridiculously dreadful
rehearsals, to opening night as seen from back¬
stage, to the mistake-filled final performance.
Sophomore musical theater major Kathryn
Francisco and junior theater major Katie
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(Courtesy photo
Roderick Davie receives the Robert Bishop Faculty Advisor
Award during Convo.
Davis receives
national ODK
recognition
Bennett Sumner
The Samford Crimson
English professor Roderick
Davis began his undergraduate
career at Samford, and Feb. 8 the
university’s honor society, Omi-
cron Delta Kappa, honored him
with the Robert Bishop Faculty
. Advisor Award.
“I was so Surprised that I didn’t
even know what to say,” Davis
said. “It was extremely generous
for them to do this.”
For more than 75 years, the
ODK has recognized college stu¬
dents, faculty, staff, administra¬
tors and alumni for outstanding
achievements in leadership, schol¬
arship and character.
The members of ODK are
selected based on these achieve-
ments and exemplify them
through academic success and
community service projects.
“Membership in ODK is a mark
of the highest distinction and
honor,” ODK President and senior
history major Mary Kathryn
Covert said. “On the university
level, ODK is considered the
national collegiate honor society
exclusively for leadership."
Davis was an undergraduate
student at Samford, he was award¬
ed membership into ODK. He is
now a faculty advisor for the
honor society.
Out of more than 300 chapters
nationwide, Davis was chosen for
his academic honors and leader¬
ship. He earned an undergraduate
degree from Samford in English,
ah MA. degree from Boston
University, an MJDiv. degree from
Yale and a PhD. in English and
American Literature from Colum¬
bia University.
The award was based on the
impact that Davis had on Sam¬
ford’s chapter of ODK as well as
his impact on students.
“Davis is friendly, passionate,
good-humored, challenging and
always encourages students to go
beyond the traditional leadership
model to find their own style of
leadership,” Covert said.
Davis was recognized for his
leadership of ODK and his com¬
mitment to advancing its commu-
. nity. service projects»
“We developed leadership
training sessions for high school
students in Perry County,” Davis
said. “It gets us down to our roots
and out of the Samford bubble."
The award was kept so secret
from Davis that he almost missed
the presentation during the Thurs¬
day convocation, featuring speak¬
er Eric Motley.
“I almost didn’t go," Davis said.
“I had been talking to a student who
had graduated last year and just
decided to go at the last minute.”
Davis arrived in time for the
ceremony, and he said he was sur¬
prised both by the award and some
of the members of the audience.
“1 was shocked, especially
when I realized who had come.
One of my favorite old professors
was there along with my pastor,”
Davis said. “A week earlier, 1 had
called the president [Andrew
Westmoreland] to come and hear
Eric speak. He told me that he had
a prior 'engagement, but when I
looked out from the podium, there
he was in the audience."
While the award was a surprise
to Davis, ODK members never
questioned whether or not he
deserved the honor.
“It didn’t come as a surprise,”
senior biochemistry major David
Bailey said. “He’s been actively
dedicated to ODK for so long and
he’s given students the ability to
take ownership of the program.”
For more information about
ODK; or the Faculty Advisor
Award.go online to wwwxKlk.org.
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