Source: The Current Online
Kristin M. Smith, sophomore, biology, goes by the name Kris, and spends most of her time in the depths of the Mercantile Library. In her freshman year she lived in the Oak Hall dormitory on South Campus.
She is also a self-professed pagan.
Technically, Smith calls herself a "Heathen" or "Asatru." This means she is a pagan, but heathen is the type of paganism she follows. It is like someone who is a Christian but also a Baptist.
Smith is just as devoted to her religion as any Baptist Christian would be; she even signs her e-mails "If Frith," loosely translated as meaning "peace." More accurately, "if Frith" is achieved, peace will follow, according to heathen belief.
Since last spring, Smith has worked assiduously to begin a new student organization on campus that she believes is both important and long overdue.
The PSA is Smith's brainchild, and the group convenes for its first meeting in the SGA Chamber Nov. 7 at 1 p.m.
"I feel like Pagans [on campus] need to know each other," Smith said, "but the main reason I am starting the [PSA] is to promote religion, diversity, and tolerance."