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MANY HANDS, MANY BRANCHESCommunity comes together to create 'Tree of life' for Memorial Chapel

Union, university negotiations maygo on for months before agreement

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They were seasoned artists

and novices, bringing withthem a variety of faiths andb&fs. They came tog•ther for

of hours of and

aner years, t heir creation Is

complete.

The •Tree Of Life.' a hand-

crafted sculpture featuringneedlepoint foliage, will be

installed in the Memoria) Cha •

Fl's West Chapel starting July

more than members of theunjvrrsity community.

Standing feet and '8feet wide. the tree features a

trunk and branches made ofwood and volunteer •em-broidered tapestriev It's part

of the transformation of the

West Chas*' into the •Garden

which alsoa new altar and piano.

Two years ago, the Rev.

Elizabet h Platl , then a univer-

sity Lutheran chaplain.

working with Stamp StudentGuen-

tier - Stevens to conceptualize

chapel utwc:ñ.•It •s the sort of where

we see students coming.having quiet time," Plati said.

•We wanted to make it wel-

coming for a variety of faithcommunities."

They decided on a treeit Is a symbol

for many faiths.

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idea Of deep roots, the Idea of

the idea of

the idea of the tree as a place of

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Platt envisioned com-munity so she

contacted local artist and

unhrrsity alumnaKapikjan. who specializes

In community •based art. to

design tree. She

the wooden base , and al) the

pieces have been deliveredto the to be installed.

'Her passionwas dancing'

Sophomore, 19,remembered forfriendly attitude

By Darry Q•tenoFor

Tb many. Talaya Jones was

the woman on the catwalk.dancing her heart out and

in front of

But to close to

an her natural dancing ability time. her cousin

ard hzd they gy Stokes said.

talent lay elsewhere. They say m Much 8, 1994,

her real talent was in being a attended theCarm Center

friend. Arts

Jones. 19, drowned July 6 where she was In the dance

while on a family vacation in prime, a that

Virginia Beach, Va. Her tamny

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Miss Marylandschools competition

Alumna, teacher Christina Denny

wins state pageant in stride

One Stop Shop aims to snag

student convenience sales

By Darcy Costello

For DiamondbacE

the designer pwns.

from a family of anti-beauty

cmtest feminists, Coopersmith

wasn •t too thrilled by the news.

But less than a year after

meeting her coworker, Coo •

persmith found herself driving

ny Holly CuotzoFoy The

It's any entrepreneur's

dream for a friendship to

become a business relation •

ship, so opening up a con-

is what drew

nerS to City. SEh in

retail. V*m4'Mng

vices to the owner of the now-

defunct convenience store.

When the university alumna a rented van full of students

yas looking online for schol•

arship opportunities during compete in the Miss Western

her undergraduate years, she Marylandpageant.•Sure. a lot of the pageant

happened to stumble upon

the Miss America Organiza- was cliche and funny,- Coo •

tion. The pageant appealed to persmith said. "But Christina

ihe former gymnast's love of wasn't. honest.

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was she brought

sincere andthe

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venlence store in a college

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