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Thursday, October 6, 2016
Vol. 72, Issue 5
Opening of Studio 4109: A night to remember Farrah Daniel Staff Writer
Studio 4109 is the first show of the semester was on Oct. 1, and the crowd went wild. The live SA production premiered their sixth season, which featured four skits, and an impersonation of Barack Obama. The skits touched on sensationalized fads and topics like Pokémon GO, Sexploding amsung Galaxy Note 7s, Ryan Lochte, the 2016 presidential election, and the Brock Turner scandal. Jokes regarding Southern elicited liveliness and laughter from the audience as the actors joked about Campus Safety and the fickle nature of certain on-campus relationships. As they have done in previous shows, Studio 4109 introduced new musical acts. The Boys made their first appearance as Studio 4109’s house band, performing songs from Michael Jackson, Jhene Kiko, and Desiigner. Singer/songwriter/musician Destiny Malibu, performed covers songs by Sia and The Chainsmokers along with a few of her original songs including the chart-topping Love Hurts. See STUDIO 4109, page 2
Courtesy of Marselinny Mawuntu Marselinny Mawuntu recently presented at Harvard Medical School on food choices of Southern students.
Mawuntu visits Harvard, shares food choice research Kaitlin Jeanette Colon Staff Writer
A Southern Adventist University student visited Harvard Medical School recently to present her research on gluten and food choices. Marselinny Mawuntu, senior double allied health and biology major, presented her research on “Health Conscientiousness of Gluten in Diet-Related Food Choices of Students at Southern Adventist University” in a two-
day international conference organized by the Functional Food Center. The convention hosted by Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Mass., from Sept. 22 to 23. Mawuntu said numerous researchers, doctorate candidates and professionals presented their research in breakout sessions on various topics related to Functional and Medical Foods for Chronic Diseases. “I took a class called Research in Biology and I got an intern-
ship from the Functional Food Center. I saw that they had international conferences every year so I applied and surprisingly I got accepted so it was through my research done at [Southern] that I was able to present [at Harvard],” Mawuntu said. Mawuntu does not plan to expand her current research, but she does plan either to test different variables or expand her research base into more sectors of public health. Mawuntu
hopes that her research will give her the opportunity to intern at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and expand her knowledge base in public health and health conscientiousness. She also said that the experience was memorable and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “It goes to show, Mawuntu said, that even though you may feel that your goals are unattainable, if you leave it in God’s hands, He will make your dreams a reality”.