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Science and religion unite
under Samford’ s new major
Chelsea Pennington
News Reporter
Throughout history, science
and religion have been viewed as
opponents — a continuous battle
between believing in what can
be seen versus believing in the
intangible and invisible.
This year, Samford University
has joined the battle — but with
a different take on it.
The brand-new science and re¬
ligion major allows students to
enhance their faith while taking
a scientific approach to defend¬
ing their beliefs.
“We noted that many students
struggle with issues at the inter¬
face of science and religion but
don’t know how to go about re¬
solving them or even if they are
resolvable," Steve Donaldson,
Director of the Computer Sci¬
ence program said.
“We wanted to craft a course of
study that made students compe¬
tent thinkers in this area and that
also paved the way for some of
them to eventually become im¬
portant contributors to science
and religion dialogue at a high
level."
Donaldson - along with Tom
Woolley, statistics professor,
George Keller of the Biologi¬
cal and Environmental Sciences
Department and Wilton Bunch,
philosophy professor- came up
with the idea through the Sam-
ford Center for Science and Re-
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Natalie Wilkinson | Photo Editor
Dr. Steve Donaldson helped develop this new major in hopes that students will be
better equipped to make a positive contribution to these fields, as a whole.
ligion, an oftshoor of a faculty
cadre.
One of the goals of the center
was to establish a major, and the
fall 2012 semester is its begin¬
ning to help students pursue the
confronting issues of science and
religion to show students the rel¬
evance of the discussion of both,
“We believed that there were a
significant number of prospec¬
tive students who were interested
in science and religion but had
little if any way to satisfy their
interest either at Samford or any¬
where else in the country," Don¬
aldson said.
This unique opportunity af¬
fected the four students who cur¬
rently compose this major, one
of them being freshman Nathan
Yoguez.
“I came here planning to major
in philosophy," Yoguez said, “but
after researching the science and
religion major 1 switched."
Freshman Taylor Dahlgren is
another science and religion ma¬
jor. Like Yoguez, she had a dif¬
ferent plan when first coming to
Samford.
“1 came as a bio major — I'm
still on the pre-med track — bur I
saw a poster for the program at
my school," Dahlgren said. “I'm
excited to broaden my perspec¬
tive on life and form solid opin¬
ions about what 1 believe.”
For more information about the
science and rdigirion major visit
www.eamford.edu/scienccandrc-
ligion
New pro-life group on campus
Natalie Bennie
News Reporter
Students walking around
campus last week may have
noticed some unexpected
chalk art mixed in with the
usual Freshman SGA cam¬
paign ads. In bold colors
organization,
Students for
Life of Sam¬
ford University
(SFLSU).
Junior Garrett
Vande Kamp
founded SFLSU
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New SGA fund
ing guidelines
Sydney Cromwell
Copy Editor
For clubs and organiza¬
tions on Samford ’s campus,
outside funding is often the
only way to hold events
without making members
foot the bill.
However, according to a
survey taken last year by the
Student Government
Association , club of- -
fleers are unaware
that the Student Sen¬
ate allocates roughly
one-tenth of its an¬
nual budget to fund
certain club expen¬
ditures.
To increase aware¬
ness of this resource, SGA
held informational meetings
Sept. 11 and 13 to explain
funding guidelines and the
request process to the lead¬
ers and representatives of
on-campus organizations.
Last year, the Senate re¬
ceived funding l requests
from approximately 25 orga¬
nizations and granted funds
to 17 of them.
The money was used to
sponsor events, advertise¬
ments, guest speakers, re¬
freshments, club team uni¬
forms and other approved
expenses.
It was noted that club team
costs accounted for roughly
one quarter of the Senate’s
$17,500 allocation fund, so
this year the fund has been
increased to $20,000 in an
attempt to continue provid¬
ing for club teams without
taking away from other or¬
ganizations.
Along with the increase
a
financial support to club
events that are non-exclu-
sive, well-planned and that
will have a positive impact
on Samford ’s campus, as de¬
termined by the Senate’s Fi¬
nance Committee members.
The most important factor
for committee members to
consider is campus impact
because the allocation fund
“We have so much,
we re happy to help.”
comes from the Campus
Life fee that every student
pays, and they want all stu¬
dents to reap the benefits.
Consequently, organiza¬
tions that propose plans with
greater campus involvement
are more likely to receive
funding than those (hat re¬
quest the money to sponsor
member-only functions.
The SGA’s help for cam¬
pus organizations doesn’t
end with providing financial
resources.
The Student Executive
Board also offers help for
officers with club duties,
including making budgets,
planning publicity and pre¬
paring funding proposals.
“We’re pushing organiza¬
tions to realize the Senate
Executive Board is an as¬
set,” SGA president Cam¬
eron Thomas said.
“We’re accessible and we
want them to contact us if
we can help them.”
The Senate’s increased in-
life slogans and rhetoric with the aim “to
proclaimed the presence of save lives threatened by in-
Samford’s newest student duced abortion
Through promoting aware- R*ed Richardson 1 Art Director
ness and actively providing
resources for pregnant worn- - See Group, Page 2
stricter set of funding guide- volvement in all stages of
lines.
These new guidelines limit See Funding, Page 2
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