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'Sam' event draws notice of campus
Amanda Altschuler & Caitlin Varley
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: Front Page
"I feel that faith is an individual thing, but the fact that he's using his Jewish background as a catalyst to convert people is unfortunate," Jacob said.
Jacob also said that the advertising used in The Miami Student was misleading, saying that it is against university policy to not include an organization name when advertising.
"It's almost like they were tricking people," Jacob said. "If you're going to do something like this, be proud of it."
Angie Chan, co-president of Interfaith Circle, said that CCC used its presence on campus to advertise well and that the event was ultimately beneficial.
"It's beneficial for me to come here as a student who's curious about learning about different faiths," Chan said.
Cook and Jimmy Schoenfold, a 2007 Miami graduate working full time for CCC headed up the campaign, and said that a similar campaign had been done on campus around 10 years ago.
"It was right when the Matrix came out so instead of Sam, the focus of the campaign was on a person codenamed Neo, after the movie character, who was revealed at the end of the campaign," Schoenfold said.
Cook also added that the 'I Am Sam' campaign was modeled off of a similar event at the University of California-Berkeley.
Sam shared his story at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 17 in the Shriver Multipurpose Room. The event was attended by CCC members and several others who wanted to hear what Sam had to say.
Junior Joey Hudson said that he has known Sam for a while.
"I was very impressed with him getting up there and being honest," Hudson said. "It took so much courage to tell us what he believes. Even if you don't agree it would be hard."
Jacob also said that the advertising used in The Miami Student was misleading, saying that it is against university policy to not include an organization name when advertising.
"It's almost like they were tricking people," Jacob said. "If you're going to do something like this, be proud of it."
Angie Chan, co-president of Interfaith Circle, said that CCC used its presence on campus to advertise well and that the event was ultimately beneficial.
"It's beneficial for me to come here as a student who's curious about learning about different faiths," Chan said.
Cook and Jimmy Schoenfold, a 2007 Miami graduate working full time for CCC headed up the campaign, and said that a similar campaign had been done on campus around 10 years ago.
"It was right when the Matrix came out so instead of Sam, the focus of the campaign was on a person codenamed Neo, after the movie character, who was revealed at the end of the campaign," Schoenfold said.
Cook also added that the 'I Am Sam' campaign was modeled off of a similar event at the University of California-Berkeley.
Sam shared his story at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 17 in the Shriver Multipurpose Room. The event was attended by CCC members and several others who wanted to hear what Sam had to say.
Junior Joey Hudson said that he has known Sam for a while.
"I was very impressed with him getting up there and being honest," Hudson said. "It took so much courage to tell us what he believes. Even if you don't agree it would be hard."
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Carl
posted 4/20/08 @ 8:01 PM EST
I am an alumni who casually keeps up with events through the e-mail edition of The Miami Student. As such I have no knowledge of the "Sam" campaign or the actual program that took place. (Continued…)
Whitney
posted 4/21/08 @ 5:02 AM EST
Truth is completely subjective.
Objectivity is entirely fabricated by people with authority in a particular region. Like white Christian men in the United States. (Continued…)
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Larry
posted 4/21/08 @ 12:20 PM EST
Do I agree with Sam? Yes. Sam Harris.
Ayanna
posted 9/25/08 @ 11:26 PM EST
There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational over to the unknowable, and I don't care how diligently scholars of every religion will try to sit you down with their stacks of books and prove to you through scripture that their faith is indeed rational. (Continued…)
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