Author Archive: Samford Crimson
Dynasty: D-A-P tops IGnite, ZTA for third straight win
Katie Bitz News Reporter The 62nd year of Step Sing culminated Saturday night in the Leslie S. Wright Center with the announcement of the winners of the coveted Sweepstakes title along with several other awards. Dudes-A-Plenty nabbed Sweepstakes for the third year running. Their show, entitled “Rush”, depicted gold miners headed out west [...]
Trustees announce ‘12-‘13 tuition and fees
Logan Heim News Editor Students can expect an increase in tuition for the 2012-2013 school year. On Feb. 15 Samford’s trustee executive committee approved the tuition and fees schedule for the 2012-2013 academic year. As in previous years the tuition increases will affect the majority degree programs as well as room and board and [...]
Switchfoot tickets available Monday
Tori Bragg News Reporter Switchfoot will be coming to campus on Thursday, May 3 for the Spring Fling concert made free for students by the Student Government Association. The concert will be part of the annual Spring Fling event and will take place in the Pete Hanna Center. The Rocket Summer will open and [...]
“The Vow:” Movie Review
Abigail Colella Features Writer Two people enamored with each other, an erased memory, rekindled love…..sounds like a movie up every girl’s aisle. “The Vow,” which opened in theaters on Feb. 10, 2012, is the movie to offer all of those and more. “The Vow” is a heartwarming story about a couple’s unique trial of [...]
Baseball defeats Radford in 2012 opening series
Jordan Cox Sports Writer Southern Conference Player of the Week and Samford first baseman Saxon Butler helped the Bulldogs win two out of three in their season-opening series this weekend against the Radford Highlanders. Butler hit a scorching 8-for-10 this weekend with two home runs, two doubles and four RBI. In Friday night’s opener, [...]
Men’s basketball beats Furman
Allison Hubbard Sports Writer The Samford men’s basketball team earned a big conference win when they defeated the Furman Paladins 55-49 on Senior Night. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 11-16 on the season and 8-8 in the SoCon, while the Paladins fall to 13-14 overall and 7-9 in conference play. The Bulldog [...]
Softball splits with Lipscomb and Butler
Clayton Hurdle Sports Writer The Samford softball team played two fewer games than scheduled as snow cancelled half of last weekend’s Lipscomb tournament, but performed well in games against Lipscomb and Butler on Saturday. Coach Mandy Burford’s Bulldogs rebounded from a 5-2 loss in the first game of the day to defeat Butler, one [...]
Brown: In defense of Dudes
Congratulations to Dudes-A-Plenty on your third Step Sing Sweepstakes victory in a row. This is commendable, and you deserve it. Now, to the people beleaguering you for winning. Most of the complaints issued against you have not been about your dancing, or your singing, or your theme. In fact, people enjoyed all of those, especially [...]
Hampton: Futility of design
Designs are good for physical constructions. However, social constructions are much different. There is no way to design an economy, language or culture. In fact, central designs make things worse. God gave humankind authority over the rest of creation, but we are not given intrinsic authority over each other. Civil government was instituted by God [...]
Your View: Step Sing tickets
Many students like myself were disappointed this year when they could not get a ticket to Step Sing because they sold out too quickly. This year’s tickets sold out in record time, and I held out hope that maybe, like last year, they would sell tickets for the Wednesday night dress rehearsal. Unfortunately, I was [...]
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