Volume 75, Issue 22

News | 2

Opinion | 3

Religion| 3

Lifestyle | 4

SA and Senate conduct interviews online

A letter to American screenwriters

A new layer of respect: Filipino heritage and God

Your culture is beautiful; Embrace it

April 23, 2020 Collegedale, Tennessee

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ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Special Issue

Southern administration reverses pass/fail decision

Students have option to choose pass/fail after final grades released

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Joel Guerra News Editor After back and forth student petitions, Southern Adventist University's administration announced its approval for optional pass/fail grading on April 22. According to an email from President David Smith, this temporary policy change for Winter 2020 is meant to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent tornado in the Collegedale area.

According to the email, professors will continue to grade undergraduate students on a

letter-grade scale and submit those as final grades. Once students receive their grades, they will have the choice to fill out an online form selecting which grades, if any, they would like to convert to a “P” or “F” grade. The form will be available by May 18 and due on May 22.

As stated in the email, per existing academic policies, a D- or better qualifies for a “P” grade in general education and elective courses while a C- or better will qualify as a “P” grade in most major or minor courses. “P” grades will not impact GPAs in any way but an

“F” grade will have the same impact it would on a regular grading scale.

But not all courses will be eligible for pass/fail grading. According to Southern’s newly created pass/fail grading option webpage, “School deans and department chairs can exempt certain courses and/or programs from the P/F option when accreditation or other considerations require letter grading.” A list of exempted courses will be available on the website when finalized.

This approval comes more than three weeks after it was

proposed by students and two weeks after it was originally rejected by Academic Administration. The petition created by senior international development studies major Tiago Ferreira on March 31 received over 1,000 signatures in less than three days and now has more than 1,200 signatures.

According to Smith, the reconsideration began last week following a tornado that struck Southern’s campus and surrounding areas. “It became more apparent that the impact of that event on both faculty and local students was signif-

Southern cancels SmartStart program for 2020, moves all summer sessions online Madison Reinschmidt Staff Reporter In a recent email to faculty, President David Smith announced that Southern will be unable to hold the SmartStart summer session this year and will move all classes online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Academic administration, with the support of university leadership, continues to review academic programs that may need to be modified due to the pandemic,” Smith wrote in the email. “Recently, Administration determined to continue with only online instruction for all summer sessions. In addition, SmartStart will be canceled for 2020.”

According to Smith, moving to online classes hinders the full purpose of SmartStart, which is to help freshmen feel comfortable on campus before the full work of the fall semester begins.

“By going to all online courses for the summer, it is believed

See PASS/FAIL on page 2

A letter from the Asian Club president Emily Dee Contributor

It has been an eye opening experience holding leadership positions within Asian Club for the past two years. There is a sense of pride that radiates from every one of our Asian Club members of just how proud they are of their heritage. So much so, that it made me even more proud of my own ethnic background. So, in honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, I decided to do a little digging into my own family history to understand more in depth where I come from.

Though my mother is of European descent, my father is full Chinese. Oddly enough, neither of my grandparents were raised in China. My grandma was actually raised in Singapore and her mother was from Indonesia. She is the only girl in a family of six brothers and was the first in her family to leave home. She speaks 4 dialects of Chinese, and fluent Malay, like her mom. She is the reason I can semi-fluently speak Mandarin.

My grandfather, who is Chinese See ASIAN CLUB on page 2

Emily Dee. Photo courtesy Emily Dee.

Southern refunds students $2 million, prepares for possible drop in enrollment Paola Mora Zepeda Editor-in-chief

Miranda Delgado sits in a SmartStart class.

Photo courtesy Marketing and Univesity Relations

that we cannot effectively fulfill the purpose of SmartStart to help incoming students experience Southern’s campus life in person prior to the rigor of the fall semester,” Smith wrote.

“Enrollment Management staff will begin communicating to our incoming freshmen class that SmartStart is canceled for this summer, but that a free class comparative to the one that they would have taken during SmartSmart will still be available to them. Details about

the specific plans for this will be worked on with academic administration.”

Dionne Felix, associate vice president of Academic Administration, said Southern has been taking the threat of COVID-19 seriously and hopes to make the best and safest decisions for the students and faculty. When making decisions, Southern has monitored the recommendations given by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the See SUMMER on page 2

After Southern transitioned to distance learning and asked students to return home due to COVID-19 concerns, the Administration started working to refund students for any unused meal plans and prorated housing fees. The compensation amounts to about $2.1 million in reduced revenue for the university, and other financial impacts are expected.

According to Financial Administration Vice President Tom Verrill, all refunds have already been reimbursed to students, with most of them being applied to their student accounts before the end of March. The only exception is students who were allowed to stay on campus due to academic hardships or inability to return home.

In addition, Verrill says the Administration is reviewing the

possibility of refunding certain lab fees for some classes on a case-by-case basis. Executive Director of Budgeting and Financial Analysis Doug Frood estimates that about $125,000 could be returned to students, though the exact number has not been computed yet.

“We are trying to evaluate by class,” Frood said. “But it is difficult to determine because there are still things that were purchased and may have already been used. And so, those [fees] would not be refunded. But, if there were aspects of the lab fees for services or for activities that are not going to be able to take place, then those lab portions of the lab fees are refunded.”

To alleviate the net impact, Southern has discontinued all personnel travel, frozen the hiring of new individuals and halted non-funded capital spending. According to Frood, the University has saved about See FINANCES on page 2

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NEWS 2020-2021 SA and Senate interview applicants online via Zoom Trisney Bocala Copy Editor Only two weeks of classes remain and Southern Adventist University’s Student Association (SA) and Senate still have positions to fill for the upcoming school year.

“I imagine that so many potentially interested individuals are so involved in doing well with a new platform of study that next year is just not a priority,” said Dennis Negron, vice president of Student Development.

Student Media Editors According to Negron, who meets with all applicants in a second round of interviews before they are hired, SA has not yet appointed editors for any of the student media positions. Applications have been received, but classes were moved online before all of the interviews could be completed.

Using the Zoom online interface will be a first. ...Obviously, it’s not our first choice but, under the circumstances, it’s the best thing we can do.

“Using the Zoom online interface will be a first,” said School of Journalism and Communication professor, Stephen Ruf, who oversees the first round of Student Media Board inter-

2019-2020 SA members smile for a photo.

Photo courtesy Paola Mora Zepeda.

views. “Obviously, it’s not our first choice but, under the circumstances, it’s the best thing we can do.”

According to Ruf, the media board interviewed two candidates today via Zoom, Thursday, April 23, one for Studio 4109’s Executive Producer, the other for Strawberry Festival Producer. The board plans to interview the remaining applicants and select the Accent Editor in Chief, Memories Editor, Studio 4109 Editor, and Strawberry Festival Director next week.

Negron expressed his concern for how the late hiring of the Student Media Board will affect the appointees’ ability to assemble a team for next year, but he hopes that applicants are taking the initiative to talk to students on their own.

“One question that always gets asked of candidates is, ‘Have you already started work-

ing on putting a team together, if you win?’” he said.

Senators According to executive vice president for the 2020-2021 school year, Marcus Abejar, Senate applications closed on April 19. Seven returning senators were hired, but 13 seats remain unfilled as virtual interviews are still being conducted. There will be another opportunity for more applicants to interview in the fall.

“I am extremely confident that individuals who find themselves applying for a position of leadership have already taken the first step,” Abejar said. “We are all experiencing life very differently; and I see that there are still students who want to make a difference through Senate, even through all the hardships we are facing at this moment.”

FINANCES continued from page 1 $350,000 in student labor and expects to save about $100,000 in utilities for the months of March, April and May. Currently Southern has not made any cuts to faculty and staff. Faculty members have already received contracts for the 2020-21 academic year, and the university has committed to keeping all personnel on payroll until May 31. At that point, Administration will reevaluate the situation.

Though most departments were asked to reduce their expenses, Verrill said no cuts have been made to student recruitment efforts.

Verrill predicts that the greatest financial impact on the university will depend on the number of students who enroll next semester. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 percent of high school seniors who expected to attend a four-year college full-time before the outbreak of COVID19 are now considering a different route. This includes taking a gap year, working full-time or enrolling only part-time.

Before the university closed down, there were almost 200 university tours scheduled for March and April. All in-person campus-tours have been cancelled since then, but enrollment is still offering virtual tours. According to Director of Admissions Rick Anderson, these tours include a customized interaction with students, admissions staff and academic faculty.

Verrill also worries that there will be a decreasing number of

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returning students due to the financial situation some families may be going through. NPR reports that more than 26 million Americans have lost their jobs since March.

I think in the longterm, the biggest unknown [financial] impact this will have on the university is families making decisions about college.

“I think in the long-term, the biggest unknown [financial] impact this will have on the university is families making decisions about college,” Verrill said. “Whether they will choose more local options or community colleges…or whether they will see the value of an on-campus Christian private college experience. At this point, it’s hard to tell.”

Verrill said institutional scholarships, which make up about 32 percent of the tuition budget, will not be affected next school year.

“If anything, I see us finding ways to provide additional funds for those who need it,” Verrill said. “I think there will be a change [to scholarships], but I don’t see there being a reduction.”

Last month, the United States Senate passed a $2 trillion coronavirus response bill called CARES Act. The bill is meant to help businesses keep afloat by providing an economic hardships relief.

Of that money, about $14 billion is being allotted to colleges and universities across

the country. According to the U.S Department of Education, Southern should be allotted a bit over $2.4 million. The bill says that half of this money has to be used to support students through Emergency Financial Aid Grants going to students.

In addition, an email from President David Smith last week said that, besides the government aid, Southern has set up a COVID-19 Student Relief Fund for students who are experiencing financial hardship. The fund is supported by alumni and donors.

According to the email, for the application process, students will have to provide documentation showing how they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nursing freshman Dwayne Tambingon is not sure he will return to Southern next school year. Because of COVID-19, his father is currently out of a job; And as an international student, Tambingon cannot work outside of campus.

“My mom is currently the only person in our family who is receiving money from her workplace,” Tambingon said. “[We] still have payments that are due for tuition, so we are struggling as a family.”

Students who have experienced significant financial disruptions, such as from a parent’s loss of a job or significant bills from hospitalization of a parent that are not covered by insurance, should contact the Student Finance office at studentfinance@southern.edu.

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PASS/FAIL continued from page 1 icant,” Smith said in an interview. “At the same time, we were becoming more aware of what the student experience was with online learning.”

Additionally, Smith said that many of the doubts that originally made Academic Administration hesitant became more clear in the weeks after the petition was turned down.

He said they now believe that many post-graduate programs will be more flexible with “P” grades than originally expected. For example, he said, Loma Linda University’s School of Medicine may accept “P” grades from applicants but also place more value on the MCAT test scores than usual.

After it was rejected the first time around, students shifted their petition and began appealing for an adjusted grading scale similar to ones implemented at Oakwood University and other academic institutions.

Junior psychology major Luis Moreno, who helped lead both petitions, said he was shocked and a little confused when he first heard the pass/ fail option was approved.

“I feel as though the students, in general, were rooting for the grading scale change even more than they were rooting for the pass/ fail option, so it might be a little disappointing,” Moreno said. “I hope that the pass/ fail option helps the students somehow.”

Moreno also noted that whether they had already been previously accommodating or not, many professors grew more lenient after the tornado impact caused classes to be cancelled last

week. He hopes this will help people in unique situations.

“Everyone who is affected has their own unique situation.,” Moreno said. “No one is 100 percent unaffected by going to distance learning.”

However, Smith said that he and many others from Admin-

Everyone who is affected has their own unique situation. ...No one is 100 percent unaffected by going to distance learning. istration and faculty felt as if the adjusted grading scale altered or diminished the meaning of a grade too much.

He believes the adjusted scale had a very narrow chance of being passed by the University Senate which is made up of mostly administrators and faculty.

“If you say that a C grade is from 50 to 69 percent, and if a D grade is from 0 to 49 [percent], you're basically saying the grades don't mean anything.”

Smith encourages all students considering converting to a P/F grade to consult with their academic advisors first to address whether it is the right move for them or not. Smith also noted that he admires students for their hard work during this unique semester.

“I really appreciate our students. They have been knocking themselves out. They've been trying to make this work,” Smith said. “It's been very hard for them, and these are hard circumstances for all of us so I admire them for hanging in there.”

SUMMER continued from page 1 World Health Organization (WHO), as well as state and county officials.

“The safety of our faculty and students is vitally important,” Felix said. “We have made these decisions by seeking God’s wisdom and guidance through individual and group prayer.”

Southern still has not made a decision about whether or not student workers in the Collegedale area will be able to return to their jobs this summer.

“Unfortunately, it’s too early to tell what will be possible,” Felix said. “We will continue to monitor the recommendations of health officials and evaluate the campus employment needs on a case-by-case basis.”

Through these unprecedented circumstances, students may be concerned

about how the fall semester may change and what should be expected.

“Like the rest of higher education institutions, Southern is looking to the fall with hope. It’s still too early to know how the pandemic situation will resolve, and how that may affect enrollment,” Felix said. “Still, we have seen many students express their desire to return to in-person classes, their friends, and the campus events and spiritual atmosphere that make Southern special.”

While the future is uncertain, Felix believes Southern will continue to consider the needs of its students and make the decisions to best keep everyone safe.

“Southern students can expect us to continue to offer remarkable, Christ-centered education,” Felix finished.

ASIAN CLUB continued from page 1 My grandfather, who is Chinese by blood, was raised in the Philippines. He spoke fluent Tagalog and did prison ministry in the Philippines.

He was the chemistry teacher at Philippines Union College (PUC).

Uncovering my family’s history was a lesson. All this time, I would tell people that I was Chinese, having no idea that my grandparents were actually in touch with the cultures of Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines as well.

I encourage you all during this quarantine time to take a minute and call your grandparents or relatives to do a little digging into your ethnic background. Sometimes we get so caught up in the chaos of life that we don’t take the time to reach out to the peo-

ple that make us proud of the ethnicity that we represent.

Being Asian is more than just incredible food, strict parents, good grades and taking your shoes off before walking in the house. Asian culture means family comes first, respect for your elders, working hard for the things you want in life, and never settling for less than what we know we are capable of.

Thank you to the Asian student body for not only allowing me to be your president and showing me the beauty behind all of your cultures, but encouraging me to embrace every part of who I am as well. #HoppaAndProud Emily Dee Asian Club President 20192020

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OPINION Recognize our presence: A letter to American screenwriters Aimee Anunciacion Contributor With the popularity of the show Grey’s Anatomy reaching its peak in the late 2,000s, many healthcare-related TV shows have followed suit. Honorable mentions being “Private Practice,” “House M.D.,” “New Amsterdam,” “The Resident,” and “Chicago Med,” to name a few. After spending hours bingeing on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Chicago Med” throughout high school, I noticed something missing in these shows.

While the majority of screen time is run inside ICUs, public health offices, and med labs, I wondered: Where are the Filipino nurses?

If you walkedinto a hospital right now, anywhere in the U.S., I guarantee that you will see at least ONE Filipino healthcare worker there. According to a report done by AJ+, Filipinos make up 20 percent of all nurses in the State of California, while as a whole only making up roughly 4 percent of the state population. The show Grey’s Anatomy, which is based in Seattle, Washington - number 5 in cities with the highest concentration of Filipino-Americans - has been running for sixteen years without a single Filipino nurse cast.

So, this now poses the question: If there is such a prom-

inent presence of Fil-Ams in reality, why is there an absence of them on the big screen?

During the 70th Emmy’s Awards show, host Michael Che jokingly teased, “As we all know, TV has always had a diversity problem. I mean, can you believe that they did 15 seasons of ER without one Filipino nurse? Have you been to a hospital?”

In response, Yong Chavez, entertainment reporter of ABS-CBN (a media group in the Philippines) stated on Twitter,

“I’ve tweeted about the lack of Filipino nurses in US medical shows so many times. Glad

So this poses the question: If there is such a prominent presence of FilAms in reality, why is there an absence of them on the big screen?

it finally made it as an Emmy joke. Now please take it seriously now, Hollywood.”

It seems that there is an apparent discrepancy in the representation of Asian-Americans. Even the term ‘bamboo ceiling’ was coined in 2005 by author Jane Hyun. And while this was 15 years ago, the phrase is still relevant today.

It has been typical of Asian-American actors/ actresses to fulfill a particular stereotype on screen controlled by Western perception.

Some of the most common stereotypes include martial artists who don’t speak a lick of English, emasculated men, and exotic women. Though the majority of Asian-Americans themselves were born in the United States, they are still seen as foreign.

Yet, these occurrences are contradictory to themselves.

Asian-Americans are underrepresented in universal roles in film while the Asian roles are filled in with non-Asian actors.

Hollywood is not new to replacing these roles with their preferred Caucasian counterparts, namely Scarlett Johansson, playing the lead role of Motoko Kusanagi in the Japanese anime-based film “Ghost in the Shell.” Johansson was even digitally probed to appear with more “Asian features.”

When will the Asian-American be portrayed as simply, American?

Though there has been evident progression within the film industry in recent years (which I MUST acknowledge), all Asian-cast movies such as “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018 and four Oscar-winning “Parasite” of 2019, there is still a long way to go.

Do better, Hollywood.

Sincerely, a proud Filipino-American.

RELIGION

A new layer of respect: How my Filipino heritage influenced my relationship with God Desther Camacho Contributor A new layer of respect: How my Filipino heritage influenced my relationship with God Growing up in a Filipino household, I remember always having to say titles, addressing someone of authority only by their last names, and doing gestures out of respect.

For example, we use the title “Kuya” and “Ate” to address someone older than us as a sign of respect. We have this gesture for the elderly where we bow, grab their hand, and press it against our forehead to show that we honor them..

There is a distinct difference in how people are treated based on age, status, and background. An accurate generalization I can say about Asians is that respect is highly promoted and enforced from a

Because of my culture, I learned how to respect my parents, to respect others and to respect God.

young age. I believe this aspect of my upbringing has positively influenced my spiritual walk. Because of my culture, I learned how to respect my parents, to respect others, and to respect God. The word “respect” surfaced in almost every lecture I received as a child, and even now. It came to the point where I could tell when and where my parents would insert the topic in their lectures.

But it was not exclusively my parents teaching me about respect. The topic came up in church, school, and among family members. I remember constantly being reminded of the fifth commandment, which says to honor your father and mother. As a child, respecting my parents felt like a duty so that I could live and be prosperous. And for the longest time, to have a long life and be successful was my motivation to be respectful. Then I grew up and realized that because I respected my parents, our parent/son relationship was benefitting. Because they taught me to respect them, I saw and

appreciated their hard work to provide with food, a home, and an education.

I grew up in the Philippines and my family was on the poorer side. The mayor of our city was the leader of a drug cartel, and the city we lived in was not safe. Despite the unfavorable environment, this element of respect from my culture as well as the Bible allowed me to enjoy what I had to the fullest.

School taught me how to respect others, too. The teachers were not our friends, and we always had to address them properly and speak to them in a respectful manner. There was an obvious gap in status between students, teachers, and other staff. During breaks, there were fewer boundaries and we could play around more; but the atmosphere changed once we entered the classroom. Since preschool, we were taught to be attentive when it was someone speaking. We were taught to be respectful of what people said no matter how ridiculous it sounded or no matter how

much we disagree. Though this idea of respect was not always followed, it left a great impression on me and I grew up doing my best to understand others. Because of my culture, I know how to respect people, how to get along with people, and how to love people.

Without Christianity, my life would have been full of legalism, tradition, and lifeless customs.

Because of Him, I can look at my culture with thanksgiving and a little bit of humor.

Growing up Asian, as well as in a Christian home, heavily influenced my behavior towards God. This component of respect from my culture transferred over to how I

treated Him. Respecting God was a natural result because I learned how to respect my parents, elders, and friends.

This showed in how I behaved in church, prayed, and how I talked about Jesus. In the same way that I noticed my parents’ hard work and dedication, I saw God’s love in my life. In the same way that my relationship with my parents and friends was healthy because of mutual respect, my relationship with God was positive and full of awe.

The respect factor of my culture dictated my religion and how I practiced my religion. However, the God of my Christianity made my religion alive. What I mean by this is that without Christianity, my life would have been full of legalism, tradition, and lifeless customs. Because of Him, I can look at my culture with thanksgiving and a little bit of humor.

God put meaning behind the emphasis of respect, respectful words, and gestures that my culture has installed in me.

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LIFESTYLE

Your culture is beautiful: Let no one stop you from embracing it Megan Yoshioka Lead Reporter During World War II, my grandmother experienced a lot of racism for being Japanese-Okinawan. Because she lived in Hawaii, she was not relocated to an internment camp. However, the government raided her home and confiscated several items including a katana, or samurai sword. They forced her to burn her Japanese books and to speak English in public. She struggled at school because at that time she only knew Japanese. Whenever she tried to ask her teachers something in Japanese, they told her, “No, say it in English.” She couldn’t even ask to go to the bathroom.

Personally, I have never faced that level of racism and I am grateful for it. I have only experienced mild forms of discrimination like someone commenting on my “chinky eyes” or attempting to make a joke about how I “bombed Pearl Harbor.” However, that doesn’t mean that racism is a thing of the past. There are many Asian-Americans today experiencing hate crimes because of the fear caused by the COVID19 pandemic.

In Manhattan, CBS News reported that a woman of Korean descent was punched in the face by another woman who, according to the victim, told her, “Where is your [exple-

tive] mask, you coronavirus [expletive?]”

In Midland, Texas, ABC News quoted an FBI document reporting that “three Asian American family members, including a 2-year-old and a 6-year-old, were stabbed…

The suspect indicated that he stabbed the family because he thought the family was Chinese, and infecting people with the coronavirus.”

A PBS article shared more Asian-Americans’ experiences of being coughed at and being told to “go back to China.” In a CNN opinion piece, one contributor wrote that her cousin wears sunglasses to “hide her Asian traits when going outside during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

During Asian-American Heritage Month, it is difficult to celebrate your culture when you want to hide and protect yourself.

Even though this is a discouraging time, I encourage my fellow Asian-Americans to embrace their heritage in the face of discrimination. Take the measures you need to take in order to protect yourself, but also take time to appreciate

If it is possible, I urge you to hold onto the parts of your culture that make you unique. It would honestly be a shame to lose a part of yourself because of someone else’s ignorance.

your background.

After World War II, my grandmother lost significant personal items such as books and family heirlooms. She could still understand Japanese, but her ability to speak the language became limited. None of this was her fault, and I found her situation really upsetting.

If it is possible, I urge you to hold onto the parts of your culture that make you unique. It would honestly be a shame to lose a part of yourself because of someone else’s ignorance.

Bryant Oei Contributor

I always asked myself growing up, “Where do I belong?” I never fitted in with the groups around me; there was always one thing that didnʼt seem right to me. Either I was too Asian with my non-Asian friends or I was too Americanized with my Asian friends. I always felt like an “In-Between.” I used to be ashamed of my culture that I avoided introducing it to friends who I thought would judge me. I used to be ashamed of my culture and introducing my culture to my friends because I was afraid they would judge me.

When I came to Southern, I was introduced to the Asian Club, and I fell in love with the community that I found in it.

However, when I came to Southern, I was introduced to the Asian Club, and I fell in love with the community that I found in it. Everyone was so welcoming and loving. I got to learn more of my roots and was surprised to know that there were more people like me. It was crazy seeing that I wasnʼt the only one who went through this identity crisis. I can now say that I love being an Asian American, and that is all thanks to the Asian Club.

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