"It's the personal experience of a lot of Harvard students, just coming here and facing a lot of pressures that they didn't have at home," Edwards said.

He said it was encouraging to see Ayeni be able to tell her personal story to strangers.

Last year, M. Kyle Sims '02 became famous on campus when posters mysteriously appeared asking, "Do you agree with Kyle?"

Sims' speech drew 200 observers and the organizers decided to make a personal testament to Jesus by a student an annual event.

Jennifer L. Whiteside '01, an organizer of the Veritas Forum, said she got the idea for the "I agree with Kyle" slogan from a similar event at Penn State last year.

This year, the organizers tabled outside of the Science Center throughout the morning, playing Christian rock music and giving away 750 of the blue "Tina" t-shirts in an effort to generate spirit for Ayeni's speech.

Whiteside said she hoped Ayeni's speech would increase awareness on campus about the Bible.

"The idea of having a student stand up every year and identify themselves with their faith is a really unifying thing," Whiteside said. "The reason it can be done every year with a different person is we can all identify with a common faith."