Starting on June 15, South ern Adventist University stu dents were required to use a Multi-Factor Authentication App (MFA) in order to access South ernInaccounts.anemailsent to the student body, Derek Sherbondy, associ ate director of Information Sys tems, defined MFA as an addi tional level of security for the protection of student accounts
against security threats. According to Sherbondy, increas ing numbers of compromised accounts spurred the decision to add the security measures. “We're trying to do everything we can to protect our accounts and to make sure that we're not compromised by ransomware or something else. And [MFA is] one of the steps,” Sherbondy said. “We were seeing that a lot of our compromised accounts were coming from students or alumni.”
According to Negrón, there was a need to add a pregnancy policy to clarify that Southern is a safe place and is willing to support pregnant students in any way possible. “We felt like we needed to pull everything together,” Negrón said. “ And not only just pull it together, but have a forward to that policy that basically states that our poli cies that you're about to read are based on a biblical understanding of sexuality.” Ingrid Skantz, vice president of Marketing and University Rela tions, was also on the committee. She commented on the improve ments made to the policy. “The current policy adds clar ity, detail and rationale with the hope that it will be more helpful for both students and employ ees,” Skantz said. “The previ ous policy had some ambiguity and had been under revision for several years in order to ensure that the changes would be com prehensive and clear.” According to Negrón, one pur pose of the writing process was to ensure that the concepts were consistent with biblical truth as well as the official transgender statement of the Seventh-day AdventistStudentschurch.aswell as faculty and administration were involved in the discussions precursing the writing of the new policy, accord ing to Negrón. Each section of the policy had a subcommittee of five or six people, including two to three students, Negrón said.Issac Abraham, a senior nurs ing, pre-med major was part of the group involved in creating the transgender section of the policy.“Itwas very insightful, and I was able to see multiple per spectives, whatever my belief was about the rules and laws,” Abraham said. “[We talked] about the sexual integrity policy for the transgender community, and we were able to make some changes and some tweaks to the policies and stuff like that.” Abraham expressed a wish that more voices and opinions could have been involved. “I wish there was a bigger population for the whole com mittee, but it's so hard to get everyone to come and join a committee,” Abraham said. “I was convinced why the pol icy works. I have my personal beliefs about it, but I was con vinced of why the policy would work at RegardingSouthern.”theeffect of the new policy on members of the LGBTQ+ community on campus, Negrón commented that there is nothing in the policy that would endanger the students in that community.
MFA was implemented last year for employees and saw much improvement in com promised accounts, accord ing to Sherbondy. The decision to apply MFA to students was made after taking into consid eration the cyber-attacks that other universities and colleges were“Wefacing.justwant to stay ahead of our security to make sure that we're keeping a student's
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This school year’s Southern Adventist University student handbook includes an updated sexual integrity policy with statements on pregnancy and transgender policy guidelines. According to Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Devel opment, the Committee for Sex ual Integrity started the revision process three years ago. The transgender section of the policy states that housing, restrooms, locker rooms, par ticipation in intramural sports, etc., is based on an individual’s biological sex. The policy further states, “The mental and spiritual health of our transgender students is important to us, and counseling and other resources are avail able from the Student Support Services and the Office of Minis try and Missions.” On August 2, Southern Adven tist University published an arti cle on its website introducing a bachelor’s degree in engi neering with concentrations in mechanical, electrical, and com puter engineering. New juniorlevel courses are expected to open for enrollment in Fall 2023, according to Ken Caviness, chair of the physics and engineering department.Inanemail to the Accent, Cav iness wrote that Southern has offered engineering courses since 1978, but it has never offered anything more than an associate degree. This new pro gram will build off of the current A.S. Engineering Studies pro gram and allow students who started in Fall 2021 and 2022 to stay at Southern to com plete their bachelor’s. Caviness described it as a fulfillment of a great“Forneed.over 40 years, we have heard students express the desire to stay at Southern, but sadly, until now, this wasn't pos sible,” Caviness wrote. “Some students changed majors rather than leaving Southern. Many students felt that at least spend ing two years at Southern was worth it, despite having to transfer to another institution to finish a B.S. degree.” Caviness added that some students who were interested in Southern chose to attend a dif ferent school to avoid transfer ring later Annalieseon.Haugin, junior engineering major, said the new program changed her plans to
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Since the Winter 2022 semes ter, The Garden has been slowly opening its doors to Southern’s campus. The Garden started out inside the old student cen ter and will be moving to the old location of KR’s Place on the fourth floor of Wright Hall this October.According to the manager of The Garden, Maggie Pickens, they are still waiting on some kitchen equipment and other details to decide on an opening date. When The Garden offi cially opens, its hours will be Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The eatery will be offering hot lunch options, sandwiches, wraps, salads and grab-and-go breakfast meals. The menu will be based on a four-week rotational cycle, with each day showcasing a particular national dish. Pickens said in an interview that it is important that the menu “reflects the diversity of Southern’s campus.” To ensure that every student has a seat at the table, The Gar Kathy Zelidon Reporter den is not only taking national diversity into account but also different diets. Pickens tells the Accent that the meals will cater to all students including veg ans and the gluten-intolerant. “We are mostly vegan. Most of the ingredients we use are minimally processed, so that's definitely an area that sets us apart from other eateries on campus,” Pickens said. “We are also gluten-free. … There's always going to be a gluten-free option provided for those that need it. I definitely think there's a larger niche, and it's continu ing to grow for people that are needing that type of food.” Pickens said that while she is the chef, The Garden’s creation and maintenance have always been a team effort. According to Pickens, the School of Nursing and Food Services were helpful in the realization of the eatery, while the culinary arts program pro vided students for the kitchen. When the eatery officially opens, there will be two to three student workers working
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Craig Johnson is the new Gym-Masters coach at Southern Adventist University after Rich ard Schwartz retired at the end of the Winter 2022 semester. Schwartz coached Gym-Masters for 22 years, according to a for mer Accent article. Johnson is an alum of South ern and was a Gym-Master him self. Get to know him in this exclu sive interview with the Southern Accent, where he shares about himself, his prior experience and his goals for this year. The following dialogue has been edited slightly for length and clarity. How did your passion for gymnastics and acrobatics begin and what is your history with the sport? I had a professor say to me, “Have you ever considered going into physical education?” I’d never even considered it, which is so weird now. I found out that Southern’s phys-ed program was far superior than everybody else’s, so I transferred. I arrived at Southern and didn’t try out for Gym-Masters. The coach at the time came up to me after they’d already picked the team and asked, “Why didn’t you try out for Gym-Masters?” I said, “Because I’ve never done what you guys do.” And his response to me was a response that I have to this day when it comes to how I pick people on teams.Hesaid to me, “Yeah, but you’re an athlete. Athletes learn quickly. If I throw a girl into the air, you will instinctively catch her.” I’ve never forgotten that because if you’re an athlete, I can teach you a skill, and you can catch on quick. How has your experience in the job been so far? I love it. It’s almost like it has reinvigorated me in my career. It was a great first week. I’m very happy. Very tired, but it's a good tired. Is there anything you are planning to change as the new coach? I’m constantly thinking about how I can transform this team into the next decade. Social media is now a huge part of it, especially in how we connect with academies. We’re going to start putting clips of us doing moves on social media and get acade mies onto our site.
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When asked what she wanted the students to take away from their experience at The Garden, Pickens said, “When [the students] enter our doors, they just feel welcomed and appreciated as individuals. I want them to be amazed that healthful dining and healthful food can be an explosion in the mouth.”Inaninterview, Grace Sikora, a sophomore computer sci ence major, shared that she can taste the care and effort the staff at The Garden put into their food. She first tasted The Garden’s food at the taste tests done during the winter semes ter of “Vegan2022.food is an incredibly hard cuisine to master,” Sikora said. “The fact that they can have a variety of dishes and have each of them taste good
Maggie Pickens hopes to open the “The Garden” at some point in Octo ber. Friday, September 2, 2022 (Photo by: Keishla Galan)
Administration is open to bringing Memories back in the future if it is something the stu dents want and if an editor applies, Shultz added. “I understand the value of something physical. But, at the same time, that isn't something we could do this year,” Bautista said. “And so, I think this is our best alternative, and I think we could significantly make our events better with the money we used for the yearbook.”
with Pickens from 7 a.m. until opening to create the meals for that“It'sday.a dream to be able to incorporate the culinary arts into this process and allow stu dents to showcase their creativ ity and their talents, eventually just another way of providing them hands-on experience and solid leadership skills for when they graduate and enter the workforce,” Pickens said. The Garden has been provid ing and will continue to provide job experience to those in the culinary arts to serve healthy, delicious food to students. To ensure that every student has a seat at the table, The Garden is not only taking accountdiversitynationalintobutalsodifferentdiets.
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“We're striving to do the best we can with our security. Our number one priority is pro tecting our data,” Sherbondy commented. “We have [the stu dents’] interest in mind when implementing this.”
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THE GARDEN continued from page 1 account safe,” Sherbondy said. Hackers, according to Sher bondy, are drawn to “.edu” email addresses because they are known to be more reliable and therefore can bypass spam filters. In the past, Southern stu dents have faced compromised accounts with some hackers even impersonating Southern employees, according to Sher bondy. Hackers often install viruses or gain access to stu dent accounts by tricking them to log into a website, Sherbondy said.He went on to say that since the implementation of MFA, compromised account num bers are improving. Now, com promised accounts are usu ally limited to alumni accounts since they do not presently have MFA set up.
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On the Gym-Master’s web page, you said your favorite area of gymnastics is group stunting. Could you explain what that is and why it’s your favorite? Group stunting is typically like three people stunting with one person. With tossing groups, if you don’t have an elite flier, you can be somewhat limited. With group stunting, everyone has a place. You can be a beginner and still do some very unique, cool moves. You can be advanced and do the same. In fact, we were doing some last night; and on the mat, every single person was engaged. What is the team’s theme this year and how will it shape your goals? Our theme is going to be Prov erbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” The short-term goal is we’ve got to get through these last two years of COVID. We have to get people back into practicing every day. What does it look like to be a Gym-Master? We want to set a culture where we are on time; we put forth two hours of hard work; we encour age each other; we are represen continued from tatives off the mats to our team, school and God. We’re trying to connect with as many people as we can. You can’t cram for a final exam in this sport. Do you have any special events or trips planned this semester? Our goal this year for spring break is to divide the team up into groups of four or five, and I’m going to send them out to specific academies. And their goal is going to be to jumpstart excitement for acro again, teach the captains and connect with the teams. We’re trying to make connections with academies via social media and via us stepping onto their campuses and getting The Southern Memories year book for the 2022-2023 school year has been canceled, accord ing to Kari Shultz, director of Student Life and Activities. The decision was made after no one applied for the position over the summer, Shultz said. According to Deyse Bravo, director of McKee Library, this is the first time the yearbook has been canceled since it was coined Southern Memories in 1945. Although Southern lowers the number of yearbooks ordered almost every year, there are still boxes left over, according to Shultz. Student Association President Kenneth Bautista stated that the decision to not have Memories was a difficult one, but promising changes are in the works. “It's a positive thing. We don't have a physical yearbook, but it's an experiment. A lot of universi ties are moving towards having an online presence,” Bautista said. “And last year almost half of our yearbooks were still in stor age and haven't been picked up byAccordingstudents.” to Bautista, it may have been possible to find a Memories editor, but without applicants, picking the right per son proved challenging. “Are we going to pick some one impulsively or are we going to pick the right person? We had no applicants,” Bautista said. “We would pretty much be begging people to join a job they might not want to do in the first place, and we feel like quality really matters for the team.” Plans are being made to pro vide a digital option for a year book replacement, according to Shultz and Bautista. Ideas include using the online platform Flickr to share photos from events on campus.“What we're going to do instead [of a yearbook] is have an online Flickr from all of our events so that students can look at our wel come party and see professional photos, and they can download it and upload it to their Instagram,” Bautista said. The Memories funds have been redirected to SA events, such as International Food Fest and providing financial back ing for the addition of a second 423 Night, according to Bautista. Some funds have also gone to the Accent.“It'sgoing into boosting our events on campus. For example, more money is going into Inter national Food Fest –everything is going back to students –- [as well as] helping provide the $50 per vendor for 423 Nights,” said Bautista. “A lot of it is going into making our events bigger and better.”Although Southern will not have a traditional yearbook this year, Shultz stressed the impor tance of senior portraits. “One thing I don't want to hap pen, though, is to impact the seniors coming in to get yearbook photos, senior photos, because they start next week,” Shultz said.
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McKee Library is undergo ing construction to provide the building with a more functional, modern look, according to Marty Hamilton, associate vice president of Financial Adminis tration. The plans for the front of the library include design ele ments to unify the look of build ings along the promenade. This decision was prompted by the contrast of the Bietz Center for Student Life and the older look of the library, according to Ham ilton.“We were very intentional in realizing what was happening with the Bietz Center and its architectural presence on the promenade,” Hamilton said. “We're working on making the outside appearance more attractive and friendly to our students.”Deyse Bravo, director of McKee Library, also commented on the decision to remodel the face of the building. “The construction of the Bietz Center and its updated look made the library look more out dated,” Bravo wrote in an email to the Accent. “The idea of cre ating a new front for the library has been in the works for sev eral years. The library is over 50 years old, so it’s definitely time for a Thechange.”Ooltewah
ness wrote. “One of my former bosses used to say, ‘Engineers create the wealth of the coun try. All other professionals just move money from one pocket to Waltersanother.’"agreed with Caviness, adding that engineers can con tribute to the “moral capital” of society as well. “As technology advances, and moral and ethical dilemmas increase, the problems facing humanity need solutions from engineers who look to the true Source of answers,” Walters wrote. “Southern has the envi ronment for producing these engineers.”
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(Top) A rendering of the completed library construction. (Photo courtsy of Marty Hamilton) (Bottom) The construction outside of the Mckee Library. Friday, September 2, 2022. (Photo by Mila Bales)
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“I was really bad at retirement,” said Orth. “And my son recom mended selling my bread at the local market. It’s been really fun, especially seeing the same ven dors and customers each week.” Initially, Orth’s goal was to sell 40 loaves a week, but just last week she more than tripled that count by selling 177 loaves. Some of those newer creations include “little loaves,” which Orth describes as breakfast to-go meals and sourdough cinnamon pull-apart bubbles, which, she says, are selling like mad. Orth also said that starting next week she will be adding fall flavors like pumpkin and sweet potato bread to her table. One of the reasons Orth likes the Ooltewah Farmers Market is because of Miller, its dedicated market“Angelmanager.isabout the best mar ket manager ever,” said Orth, “She really cares about all the vendors, and the market itself has been going on for years. She does the advertising, email list and flyers. We can count on her if there are any problems at all.” Miller can be found sitting at her own canopy-covered table chatting with shoppers and pass ing out flyers listing key dates to ing center, which is now located on the main floor, and the addition of a service desk at the temporary entrance. “I believe the new entrance will improve the day-to-day function of the library,” said Bravo, who is looking forward to the completion of the con struction.“Notonly will the entrance be more inviting, but this remodel will create more study space on the second floor, which is a hugeConstructionbenefit.” on the third floor is scheduled to be completed in late December, according to Hamilton. The 6,500 squarefoot expansion will provide the campus with a large classroom, seating up to 95 people, as well as a designated space for the Lincoln Library, two bathrooms and storage space, according to Hamilton.Thecost for the construction on the third floor is estimated to be about half a million dollars, while the cost for the construc tion on the front and side is about $650,000, according to Hamilton. Hamilton expects the major ity of the construction will be funded by donors.
remember for the 2022 year. The table also displays a large poster for the upcoming Interac tive Solar System Display event on Oct. According20. to Miller, the vendor of Dixie Soaps has built a largescale model of the entire plan etary system that will be set up within the backlot and free for the community to walk through as an educational event. Another event of note is the turning of the season itself. “One of the great things about this time of the year is you can sometimes get a little bit of the best of both [seasons], which is nice,” said Miller. “Right now we’re in a shoulder period. There are still summer items like cucum bers and tomatoes, but those are on their way out and everything is transitioning over to fall items. We’ll see lots more root crops like potatoes, onions and carrots coming in, and things like collard and turnip greens, lettuces and microgreens. We’ll continue to be here all winter long and have green stuff all year round.” Miller also offers a booklet of recipe ideas at her booth for shoppers interested in cooking with the variety of local produce sold at the market.
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She said the main goal of the construction is to create a stronger presence on the prom enade and a more functional lobby. Bravo added that there are plans for a reading room on the second floor made possible by the expansion of the lobby. In addition to the changes
“It's all about improving life for our students. Whether it's services or spaces, we get excited about making things better,” Hamilton stated. “We're constantly thinking of our stu being made to the front of the building, a small bumpout addition with windows fac ing the courtyard and fountain beside the library is included in the“Weblueprint.havea fountain there [in the] courtyard between Hack man and Summerour up on the hill, so we kind of wantd to have a little view and open that end of the library up,” Hamilton said.The library remains busy during the construction, according to Bravo. Some ser vice locations have changed, however, including the tutor
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Farmers Market offers a sampling of local foods and goods produced right here in the Hamilton County area. Every Thursday at 3 p.m. ven dors arrive on the back lot of the Ooltewah Nursery & Landscape to set up their canopy covered tables laden with products pro duced by their local farms and businesses.“It’sthebest way to experience the real local culture,” said Angel Miller, the market's manager and founder. “We have all kinds of food artisans and items that might be a little hard to find else where. We’re also the only mar ket in this area that will go out and visit each and every farm as part of the application process to ensure that what you see on their table is indeed something they grew or raised.” Linda Orth is one of those many food artisans who partic ipates in the farmers market. Since 2018, Orth has been bak ing and selling her homemade sourdough creations solely at the Ooltewah Farmers Market as “The Bread Lady.”
Joelle Chung buys bread from vendor Linda Orth at the Ooltewah Farm ers Market on Main Street. Thursday, September 1, 2022. (Photo by: Elsie Pak)
The market can be found at 5829 Main Street in Ooltewah on Thursdays year-round. Cur rent summer hours are 3 to 6 p.m. with winter hours of 3 to 5 p.m. starting November 10. More information about the mar ket can be found on its website ket.pagefarmers-market/www.ooltewahnursery.com/orFacebook@OoltewahFarmersMar transfer, and she will now stay at Southern to complete her bachelor’s. “When I first heard about the new engineering program, I thought it was a great idea,” said Haugins. “It [is] about time we have another Adventist school offering a full engineer ingCavinessprogram.”said there are cur rently 20 engineering students in the associate degree pro gram, and many have now expressed interest in staying at Southern to complete their bachelor’s. The department expects its first graduates from this new program in May 2025. The need for this program was identified in 2019 by Gray Associates, a higher educa tion strategy consultant group, which held a two-day workshop on campus, according to Tyson Hall, dean of Graduate and Pro fessional Studies. “The purpose of the work shop was to analyze data pro vided by Gray Associates on various programs of study that are projected to have both high demand in industry and high interest among students,” Hall wrote in an email to the Accent. “This process helped the uni versity [identify] new programs that we should strategically consider offering.” Hall wrote that an expanded engineering program was then added to the university’s “aca demic masterplan.” He added that at program maturity, the university anticipates having between 100 and 120 students in the engineering program, consequently bringing almost 40 new students to Southern eachBothyear.Caviness and Hall wrote that the program will require more lab, office and classroom space, as well as six new fac ulty and staff. Sean Walters has already been hired as a full-time mechanical engineering profes sor and is currently working on campus.Walters wrote in an email to the Accent that the department is already working to acquire necessary equipment for lab spaces. For example, it recently purchased robots for students to reverse “Engineersengineer.arethe creative force that take scientific knowl edge and transform it into prac tical "know-how" to support our technological civilization,” Cavi
Students play nine square at the welcome back party. The theme for this year was FIFA World Cup in respect to the upcoming tournament later this year. Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by: Xander Ordinola) Students were given the opportunity to play bubble soccer, where everyone is also a ball. Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by: Elias Zabala) Frank Cordero prepares to catch a basketball. Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by: Elias Zabala)
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Gabriel Fisher and a participant fight with lightsabers. Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by: Xander Ordinola)
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A participant attempts to kick the ball before his opponent. Human foosball was just one of the featured activities during this year’s Welcome Back party. Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by: Xander Ordinola)
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After seven months of wait ing, the NFL is coming back. This season is going to be an exciting season for football fans because of what hap pened in the crazy offsea son. Many teams had massive changes in their rosters, and this may have changed the dy namics of those teams. Every offseason, there seems to be some interesting moves from players to new teams, but this offseason saw a big change. Russel Wilson, longtime Seattle Seahawks quarterback, was trad ed to the Denver Broncos. Along with Wilson, there were some big name wide receivers traded as well. Davante Adams, formerly a Green Bay Packer, was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders.The Kansas City Chiefs traded deep threat re ceiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins.Onthe defensive side of the ball, there were also some big trades that occurred as well. Khalil Mack, an outside line backer, was traded from the Chicago Bears to the Los Ange les of last season, there seemed to be no thought that some of these players could end up on different teams. These trades may lead to a new, exciting era for many teams.
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Along with several teams get ting new players, some teams are raring to pick up right where they left off. Fresh off a Super Bowl victory, the Los An geles Rams aim to repeat last SPORTS year. The team that lost in the Super Bowl, the Cincinnati Ben gals, looks to have a redemp tion year. Tom Brady, who retired after last season and then unretired in March, looks to lead the Tam pa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory, which would be his eighth Super Bowl win. This NFL season is going to
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Jacob Nevis Sports Editor be a thrilling one for fans ev erywhere. The regular season is set to kick off on Sept. 8 at 8:20 p.m. with the Buffalo Bills visiting Los Angeles to take on the defending champs: the Los Angeles Rams. With the start of the season, I would like to give my play off predictions for this upcoming season. AFC 49ers
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With the start of another school year, one of the most important questions you can ask yourself is, “How’s my men tal health?” According to the American Psychological Associ ation Dictionary of Psychology, the definition of mental health is “a state of mind character ized by emotional well-being, good behavioral adjustment, relative freedom from anxiety and disabling symptoms, and a capacity to establish construc tive relationships and cope with the ordinary demands and stresses of life.” To summarize, good mental
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NFL Kickoff to the 2021 Season. (Photo by: Jeffrey Beall) health allows you to be in col lege and make adjustments in your daily health habits, engage in learning and create mean ingful relationships. If you are reading the definition and feel ing like you are not hitting all these points of health the way that you would like to, here are a few tips for what to do. First, remember that the three pillars of mental health are sleep, nutrition and ex ercise. When you are creat ing your weekly schedule, make sure that you include sleep, eating and some kind of healthy movement before add ing all the other activities you want to accomplish. Your brain is what governs your feelings and thoughts, but it is also where learning and memory take place. You need to have a healthy body — and your brain is part of your body — in order to learn and achieve your academic goals. Take care of your physical health, and you will be taking care of your brainNext,health.prioritize making new friends and staying connected with healthy existing relation ships. If you have come to Southern with friends from high school, challenge your self to balance connecting with your friends and making new relationships and friendships. (Stay tuned for a future arti cle on how to balance levels of friendships and have solid friendshipRememberhygiene!)thatfeelings of loneliness are your brain’s way of letting you know that you need to have connection and you’ve been alone too long — just like hunger tells you when it’s time to eat. Loneliness tells you that it’s time to connect. The connection that creates belonging and alleviates lone liness involves both receiving and giving support. It can be surprising how much it boosts your mood to give support to someone else who is having a roughDuringday. Mental Wellness Week, we learned about how physical health, emotional health, cognitive health, so cial health and spiritual health are important to overall men tal health. Making a practice of checking in with yourself at the end of every week to see how you feel, what went well and what might need a tweak is a great way to create a flexible structure that can support your mental health throughout the schoolEveryyear.week we will write an article for this mental health column, and we’d love to hear from you on which topics you are most interested in. You can send topic ideas and ques tions to us at tkbartell@south ern.edu or message us on In stagram (@saucounseling). As you move into the weekend, why don’t you pick one activity to try to take care of your men tal health?
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If you would like to be a contributor, contact Alana Crosby at acrosby@southern.edu7, 2022 Hi. My name is Xavier Quiles. And that’s the end of this article. Just kidding. I would be fired if that were the case. But why exactly does this not work? Isn’t telling you that I am Xavier Quiles enough? I mean, this article is supposed to be an introduction to who the new opinion editor is, and that’s me. So, now you know my name. You know that I’m the opinion editor, and now you know who I am. You can stop reading and walk away now, right? Nope, that won’t work, ei ther. Why? Because knowing the name of something or someone does not tell you what or who it is. When some one calls your name, you turn around and look to see who called you because your name symbolizes something. What that means is that you have a definition. But you had to learn that after you were born. People don’t automatically know that John means John or that Rachel means Rachel; they gradually learn what their names mean. Eventually, they may come to realize that they are much more than their defi nition, so much so that per haps a whole book could be written about who they are. And why am I writing about this topic? It’s because many of us tend to be satisfied with ter rible introductions like the one I wrote at the beginning of this column, not only when it comes to our personal identity but also when introduced to complex is sues. We take religion, politics, science, philosophy and many other forms of information at face value. We don’t bother to dig deeper, we just want to get
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Madison Wilcox enjoys the sunrise from Dege Peak in Rainier National Park. Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Photo by: Joey Shiu) But that is my story. And this column, I believe, is not just the place for my story. It’s also the place for yours. As religion editor, my goal is to provide a place for you to tell your own story and share the encouragement you have found in your own walk with God. Not everyone meets Him as I do, hiking up the biology trails, waiting for the sun. None of us have a complete grasp of truth either. Alone, we cannot gain a clear picture of the heart of God, nor can we hear the to tality of His encouragement to wards us. We need each other. In light of this need, I encour age each of you to share. Share from the places where God has met you in the push and pull of your own life. Tell about the truths of the Word that have kept you faithful in difficulty; tell about the truths that have challenged you. Again, we need eachNow,other.there are two ways to interact. The first is to submit an article for publication in this column. I am especially eager to publish testimonies. I am also interested in articles that share how Bible truths have been re vealed in your personal life. The second way to interact is to submit questions for the ed itor. Discussion is an important part of growth. Consider this column a space where ques tions can be raised, and Chris tina Cannon, my staff reporter and I will do our best to allow the Bible to speak clearly in our responses.Ilookforward to the semes terPleaseahead.send submissions or queries to madisonw@south ern.edu. Articles must be at least 500 words. Questions for the editor must be 100 words or less.
Xavier Quiles Opinion Editor on with our lives. But where does that leave us? We’ve become a society of weak arguments, increased po larization and constant battles on social media over hot-top ic headlines. We generally do not know what is going on. But then again, do we even care? Reader, my job as your opin ion editor is to help facilitate discussions about important issues challenging our society, but discussion only happens when we care. Right now, we live in an in creasingly fragmented world filled with ignorance and in justice. If we didn’t care be fore about the deeper meaning behind controversial issues, we certainly need to care now. Why? Because if we don’t im prove as human beings, society will continue to unravel. We can all contribute to improving the Caricature of Xavier Quiles. (Illustration by: Ian Jackson) world. And that contribution may start with abandoning pre conceived notions about peo ple and learning what someone else’s name actually means. So, let’s try this one more time. And, hopefully, you will gain a better understanding of who I am and why I am so ex cited about serving as the opin ion editor this year. Hi, my name is Xavier Quiles. I am a 22-year-old Puerto Rican who studies film production at Southern Adventist University. I have a passion for learning about people, talking with them and seeking solutions to prob lems that our world faces today. Welcome to the opinion col umn. I’m so glad you’re here! “So paradise does exist,” I wrote in my journal this sum mer after watching the sunrise on the face of Mount Rainier. I had hiked Dege Peak at 3:30 a.m. on three hours of sleep, but I didn’t regret it. I need ed to see height, distance and enormity. I needed the sun in my eyes again at the top of a mountain.Returning to school, the im age of Rainier still fresh in my mind, I remembered my old routine from last semester: morning walks on the biolo gy trials. The ridges and look outs of the Tennessee hills could hardly be called peaks,
Madison Wilcox Religion Editor but I knew the same sun would be there, rising on these hills first and then on Rainier a few hours later. I decided to begin my morn ing walks again. But I don’t do it just for the sunrise. It’s on these peaks, mountains and hills that I’m beginning to learn to talk with God, to wait for Him and to listen to His Word. This time with God carries me forward through dull days, days where the sun never shows its face and the trails are slick with rain water. And so I continue mak ing my way up the trails, talking to God and waiting for the sun.
Beyond the name: It’s time to dig deeper
This semester, we are re-imag ining the Lifestyle section. “Arts & Ideas” is intended as a space for artistic and ac ademic exploration. It is titled after a class that the late Mark Peach co-taught for 35 years in the spirit of understanding our own condition through the intersection of intellectual life, faith and creativity. This is a place for student and faculty poetry, reflective or analytical essays, short fic tion, photography and other forms of written and visual art. It is intended to help foster cre ative conversation on South ern’s campus. We invite you to submit your written and visual pieces for consideration. Art shapes us. It reflects our “social imaginary,” the way in which we, as a group of people, see things, the way in which we tell the story of our surroundings through film, books, photos, etc. But these same images are also what shape the way we see reali ty and think about people. They influence our imagina tions. They help us understand our history, where we came from, where we are going and our“Theidentities.imagination is not just our capacity to invent, to proj ect something new.
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