SouthernAccent The student voice since 1926 Collegedale, Tennessee Thursday, October 1, 2015 Vol. 71, Issue 4
CONCERT LAC HOSTS BEAUTY PAGEANT HONORS BAND DIRECTOR aBigail Hunt
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On Sunday, Sept. 2, Ackerman Auditorium was filled with the sounds of jazz, in honor of Brian Gallaher, the band director at Ocoee Middle School who passed away in the I-75 pileup on June 25. Scott Ball, dean of the School of Music, and Ken Parsons, band and jazz ensemble conductor, wanted to do something special in honor of their friend. Ball and Parsons decided to hold a concert and give all ticket proceeds to Gallaher’s family. “Brian really was part of our family,” said Parsons. “We have collected an amount payable [for Brian’s family] of $3,205.” Gallaher was an active musician and runner. He lived in Cleveland, Tenn. for the entirety of his life and was survived by his wife of 14 years and their two children. The ensemble played tunes especially liked by Gallaher, who often accompanied the Southern Adventist University Jazz Ensemble on the trumpet. Guest performer Nathan Warner from Lee University performed on his trumpet. Dressed head-to-toe in gray plaid with slicked-back hair, he played “Round Midnight” by Cootie Williams and Thelonious Monk. A variety of sounds wafted through the auditorium, from Duke Ellington to Jamaican reggae-influenced tunes. “Horn of Puente,” a favorite of Gallaher’s band students was also played. The piece featured a trumpet solo by Greg Lindquist, Collegedale Academy band and orchestra director. Before the last piece, Parsons turned to the audience and shared an experience from the concert at Veterans Continued on page 4
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Isabel Paiva is crowned as pageant winner at LAC night.
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Latin American Club (LAC) hosted its annual LAC Night on Saturday evening, Sept. 26, in the Iles P.E. Center. This year’s program took a different approach: a beauty pageant themed “Talento, Pasión y Belleza” (“Talent, Passion and Beauty”). Geovanna Ruiz, LAC president, said while she was watching “Nuestra Belleza Latina,” a Latin American beauty pageant, she was inspired with
Photo by Chevon Petgrave
the idea to display the talents of the Latin American community, the passion of her Latin culture and the “belleza” (beauty) of Latin American women. Students were escorted on stage in formal and traditional dress, representing their countries across the globe. The emphasis was particularly on female students from Latin American countries. The pageant contestants were then asked about their future career plans and what they love
about the country they represented. Throughout the program were beautiful renditions of classic Latin American songs and poetry about the pride of Latin American heritage. Freshman health science major Ruth Yepez recited a poem that detailed the hardships of many Latin American immigrants coming to the United States. Junior psychobiology major Marielsy Pimentel also recited a poem about her pride
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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY, MOCK TRIAL RAISE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS Rosana HugHes EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
On Thursday, Sept. 24, the Southern Accent reported that Southern Adventist University updated its sexual misconduct policy and included an amnesty clause to comply with Title IX policies. This article raised many questions across social media about the policy’s wording. Southern is a university that does not condone premarital sex or drinking alcohol, but it does, like other universities,
take cases of sexual misconduct very seriously. This is why an amnesty clause was incorporated into the sexual misconduct policy—to ensure that students that are victims of sexual misconduct are able to come forward without fear of discipline from the university, even if they were engaging in activities not condoned by the university’s code of conduct. The policy states that the university may offer leniency to students who violate South-
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ern’s code of conduct—not state or federal law. The amnesty clause states, “The nature and scope of the leniency depends on the particular circumstances involved.” This statement is required to be incorporated in the policy due to some instances where the university cannot offer leniency to its students even if they are victims of sexual misconduct. For example, if a student became a victim of sexual misconduct in a vehicle he or she Continued on page 4
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