Spring Break
Phase one of three new security measures is now in effect: Samford has emergency text messaging. The day after it was activated, a shooter at Northern Illinois University killed a total of five students and injured several more before killing himself.
The Samford Outdoor Summer Adventure (SOSA) program was cancelled on Friday, Feb. 1, due to a lack of funding. The following Monday, the program was revived after students petitioned the administration.
On Friday, Dr. Douglas Clapp, SOSA coordinator and associate professor of Classics, sent an email to the SOSA community announcing the official cancellation of the program. On the following Monday, however, Clapp received word that SOSA will continue.
The Wright Center stage will become fair Verona for Alabama Ballet from Feb. 22 to 24. In the realm of classic story ballets, few tales are well known by the general public. Characters from "Gisele," "Copellia," "Swan Lake" and "La Bayadere" are unfamiliar to most outside the dance world.
Samford announced the start of the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership on Feb. 19 in Brock Forum.
Former President George H.W. Bush has announced his support of potential Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, in the 2008 Presidential elections on Monday.
Fidel Castro resigned Tuesday as president of Cuba and the commander and chief of their army.