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Students living in Samford University’s newest freshman residence halls have faced weeks of elevator outages this semester, raising concerns about accessibility and the challenges students with mobility limitations face navigating campus. The Gaston and Mann building has three elevators in total, with two of them being behind ID card scanners, making them on
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On Nov. 3, Alabamians will cast their vote and draw a tension-fueled midterm election season to a close. During midterms, 1/3 of the U.S. Senate and the entirety of the House of Representatives are up for election or re-election. In Alabama, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state are also up for election […] The post Why the m
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Samford University and the Student Government Association (SGA) have launched a new Traditions Council, bringing students from across campus together to protect the university’s longstanding traditions and help build new ones. The council held its first meeting Wednesday, Oct. 14, where members began discussing its vision and what the group could look like m
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Some places on Samford’s campus draw students every day, while others are less frequented despite what they have to offer. One of these places is the Samford Art Gallery, located in Swearingen Hall. “The Gallery operates within the Department of Art and Design,” Gallery Director Lauren Evans said. “It serves not only art students, […] The post Discovering Sa
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When the Director of Samford’s Commercial Music Program Dr. Steven Potaczek set out to address the problem of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creative arts, he didn’t intend to write a book about it. The seeds of what would become Potaczek’s book, “Fear Not, Creative: How to Futureproof Your Artistic Career in the Age […] The post “Fear Not, Creative”: S
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At the corner of 3rd Avenue and 19th Street in historic downtown Bessemer, a neon sign crowns Alabama’s oldest continuously operating restaurant, illuminating the sidewalk below. Its red, shining letters read “The Bright Star Restaurant.” Behind The Bright’s Star’s shaded windows, Elvis croons, “Are you lonesome tonight?” and the warm glow of golden chandeli
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College Football Playoff Committee recently announced that expanding to a 24-team playoff is all but inevitable. As is typical of any college football announcement since the turn of the decade, fans had a field day on X, Instagram and TikTok expressing their thoughts on the decision. While I believe this expansion would be bad for […] The post Opinion: What
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Samford women’s soccer has had a successful run throughout the SoCon season so far, and for goalkeeper Peyton Hull, every save represents more than just simply keeping the ball away from the net. It represents the years of hard work, an unexpected journey to Division I soccer and a love for the game that started […] The post Peyton Hull’s journey to become S
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As the Samford baseball team continues to push through the fall season, the Bulldogs are taking advantage of challenging competition, developing new talent and building team chemistry in preparation for the spring. With fall matchups against Ole Miss and Troy already behind them and LSU coming up, the Bulldogs are using these opportunities to evaluate […] Th
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