SouthernAccent The student voice since 1926 Collegedale, Tennessee Thursday, February 11, 2016 Vol. 71, Issue 14
LIBRARY BLOG PROMOTES UNDERGRAD RESEARCH
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Jacklyn Ruth STAFF WRITER
The McKee Library recently started a blog to showcase faculty and student research projects. Daniel Maxwell, director of libraries, said he started the blog because he felt the library needed to highlight the undergraduate research being done and there was no place to talk about it. He wanted to make this a part of Southern’s social media presence. The blog writers gather ideas from Campus Research Day. They listen to student research and find leads and follow up on them to put them online. Maxwell encourages students to follow the blog and submit research. He said they are trying to post one blog post once every week about 400 words or less in length. The library has two student writers to update the blog. The blog has a wide range of articles. For instance, Lee Spencer, professor in the biology department, decided to pursue a new way to age the earth using ancient DNA. He wanted to acquire some ancient organic material near the Arctic Circle. The blog describes how his discovery came about. Paul Miller, ’15, got to collaborate with a team at Erlanger Hospital to do research on heart attacks. According to the blog post, “The team is looking for a way to quickly and accurately release patients who are not experiencing a heart attack, while expediting treatment for patients who are in serious danger.” “It’s about optimizing the academic influence of Southern Adventist University.” Maxwell said. Continued on page 4
Aren Bruce plays for Student Week of Prayer. Photo by Tyler Thomas
BEAUTY IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH
STUDENT WEEK OF PRAYER 2016: AUTHENTIC Sheann BRandon LEAD REPORTER
From Feb. 1-5, students were challenged to “be real” during last week’s Student Week of Prayer. The theme was “Authenticity: Of Undisputed Origin,” with seven students sharing their personal experiences. “This year we’ve focused on the theme of authenticity,” said Chaplain Brennon Kirstein. “We’ve asked students to grapple with that question. What is it? How does authenticity and spirituality relate in
your story and in your experience?” Student speakers included Yaniz Seeley, senior nursing major, Evron Stewart, junior theology major, Scottie Deal, junior religious studies major, Grace Bondurant, senior nursing major, Stephen Rogers, senior history major, Alex Gallimore, clinical mental health counsel master’s student and Anthony Burrell, senior theology major. Kirstein said student speakers were chosen through a committee that received student, faculty and staff recom-
mendations. “What I love about [student week of prayer] is a variety of different students share their stories of how God has been real to them,” said Kirstein. “Authenticity is just a rich theme to emphasize that portion, that part of our spirituality: being real, being authentic, losing the masks, losing the facades that we throw up so easily.” Student speakers each presented how authenticity related to his or her life through personal stories or spiritual Continued on page 4
CONCERTO COMPETITION CONCERT SHOWCASES TALENT FROM FAR AND NEAR Bethany thoRnton STAFF WRITER
Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition concert featured competition winners from as near as Southern to as far away as Andrews University. Young musicians who played well enough to win earlier auditions earned the opportunity to perform with the symphony on Jan. 31. At the end of the annual concert, an unaccompanied 7-minute cadenza, a rarelyperformed virtuosic section inserted near the end to show-
case the soloist’s abilities, was performed by Aleksandra Kasman, junior at University of Alabama - Birmingham. The performance was of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto in D minor, first movement. “The fact that we’re getting to hear the first movement of Rachmoninoff’s third Piano Concerto is really impressive, especially at this level,” said Laurie Minner, Southern Symphony Orchestra’s conductor. The concert began with the orchestra playing the overture to “The Impressario” by Mozart. Next, three pianists
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and two violinists performed memorized works by Rachmaninoff, Saint Saens, Mendelssohn and Scriabin, accompanied by the orchestra. Minner said this concert is “the audience favorite, pretty much all year long.” She said the quick pace, variety of pieces performed and different soloists make the concert very enjoyable for the audience. After the two-hour concert was finished, the young musicians performing with the orchestra had only positive comments. Continued on page 4
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