These four types then further split into subdivisions for stu dents depending on where they may live, according to the park ing map. This includes Thatcher & Thatcher South (TH); Talge (TA); Housing Apartments (H), which include Timberland Ter race and Colcord Drive; and Commuter
ate vice president for HR, wrote in an email to the Accent that qualifying students receive their relief pay on regular pay dates. Timing depends on when documentation and com munication are received.
The Bietz Center did not have any designation prior to this year, according to Haas, who believes it was due to construc tion and finishing the building. This year, however, the lot has changed to entirely commuter on the Southern parking map, and a sign was placed to desig nate it as such before the start of the current semester, accord ing to Haas. No other parking
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Some students have expressed concern and dissatisfaction with the amount of parking allotted to students on campus. On Sept. 12, Zach Kirstein, a junior finance major and Student Association member, created a petition titled “SAU-Increase Parking for Southern Village on Campus” on change.org, which requested more parking on campus for village housing parking pass holders.
“We hope that this effort will be a blessing and that you will finish out this semester suc cessfully,” Ackerman wrote. “Thank you for your attention and effective communication as it may apply to you.”
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In the description, Kirstein wrote: “If we can get enough signatures, I will approach the parking committee and other committees on campus to move this project forward.”
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So for that amount to be cut in half was just kind of discourag ing for me because it's not like I wanted to be out and not work ing. So, honestly, I was really relieved to hear that they did start the relief pay again this semester.”Therelief pay was originally an expense that came out of government-issued funding, but that funding has since
Flores-Lopez stated that the university started offering this relief pay in the Fall 2021 semester. She explained that this aid is offered as part of an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on campus while simulta neously helping stu dents.
Relief pay can be issued retroactively for work time missed going back to the first day of this academic semester, August 22. (Photo by: Heike Trautmann)
The Campus Safety web site lists the four different types of permits that can be issued: undergraduate, gradu ate, guests/visitors and faculty/ staff/volunteers.
Student Association (SA) will organize two 423 Night Markets this school year, the fifth anni versary of the event, accord ing to SA President Kenneth Bautista, senior management major.The market, which has only occurred once per school year thus far, will take place Oct. 8 and then again April 22. Both times, it will be located in the parking lot of Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adven tists.
From August 22 to Sept. 15, there has also been a total of 448 citations written on campus under all citation types.
department has processed this in reasonable amounts of time and within our payroll schedule timeframes.”Ackermanadded in her email that relief pay can be issued ret roactively for work time missed going back to the first day of this academic semester, August 22. However, retroactive pay
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Lilly Bennethum, sophomore psychology major, works as a RA in Thatcher Hall but missed
Alyssa Wolf, senior social work major who lives in South ern Village, commented, “I pay a lot for a parking permit to not be allowed to park more places onAdamcampus.”Bellis, a junior social work major who lives in Talge,
“Campus Safety is currently performing parking lot counts,” said Haas.“This is to see how many spots are available at dif ferent times during the day. Once this is complete, the park ing advisory committee will meet to discuss if additional parking lots need to be cre ated, or if there’s a possibility of changing any designations.”
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semester so far are 13.6% (315) Thatcher and Thatcher South combined, 14.0% (323) Talge, 12.5% (280) Housing, 16.7% (385) Commuter, 35.5% (818) faculty/staff, 6.6% (152) guests and 1.2% (29) volunteers.
According(C).to Haas, the break down of permits based on the total number issued this
“I think it's a really good pro gram that they have because that is one of the concerns I had when I got COVID,” said Bennethum, regarding the relief pay. “I [thought], ‘Oh my goodness, I'm going to be out, and it's the first week of school. I'm not going to get paid for this full week, and I'm only get ting 25% of my pay anyway.’
Bautista defined 423 Night Market as an “entrepreneurial, creative market by students for students” and added that it’s inspired by 626 Night Market near Los Angeles. It’s a place for students to showcase and sell their creations, as well as pro mote their businesses.
The student needs to initiate the process by communicating with his or her supervisor to send an email to HR specifying the name of the student, his or her ID number and dates and hours for missed work. The email must also include a state ment that the student missed work due to isolation or quar antine.Brenda Flores-Lopez, associ
cannot be requested later than December 9. This relief pay is for Fall 2022 semester only and will be reevaluated for Winter 2023 semester, according to theFlores-Lopezemail. stated that the university started offering this relief pay in the Fall 2021 semester. She explained that this aid is offered as part of an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on campus while simultaneously helping stu dents.“The spirit behind this aid, specifically with COVID, is so that it can reduce the risks associated with the spread, which would impact others,” Flores-Lopez added. “And addi tionally, in doing so, it provides some assistance so that stu dent employees experience the least amount of financial bur dens as possible.”
A factor that may contribute to this student frustration is the designation of the Bietz Center for Student Life parking lot.
In the comment section of the petition, some signers voiced their concerns and frustration about not being able to park closer on campus to classes.
“It all starts with the stu dent initiating this, so timing and unique circumstances of whatever else may be needed is a case-by-case,” Flores-Lo pez wrote. “But, typically, our
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The email specified that only students who meet specific criteria are eligible for this financial assistance. The stu dent must have been actively employed in a student worker position when they were iso lated or quarantined, missed regularly scheduled work hours, been seen and placed in quarantine or isolation by the University Health Center (UHC) and signed a waiver authoriz ing the UHC office to confirm information for HR.
work the first week of school due to COVID-19. She said she has been in communica tion with her work supervisor who informed her that she will receive relief pay.
been exhausted, according to Flores-Lopez. Now, the univer sity is using institutional funds to pay for it.
Bautista said the decision to organize two markets was
This Fall 2022 semester, a total of 2,302 parking permits have been issued on campus, according to Campus Safety Associate Director Shawn Haas.
“As a parent, I’m very con cerned for student safety,” wrote Teri Razzouk, “especially those needing to walk back up to the village after dark.”
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In the meantime, alternative open lots he suggests for hous ing students to use are: the North side of WSMC, the Mabel Wood Hall lot and the Virginia Apartments overflow lot.
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also wrote in the comments, “There is not enough parking on our campus for students to park. It makes finding a park ing space very difficult and hav ing to walk in some cases very long distances from their cars to their living spaces.”
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Students who have missed work this semester because they had to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 may be able to receive relief pay, according to an email sent to the student body from Kaylie Ackerman, student employ ment coordinator for Human Resources (HR), on Sept. 6.
“This pay is outside of any thing that any student would be eligible to receive as student employees are not regularly employed or eligible for sick pay or any other benefit,” she added, “so this is something that may or may not be sustain able for [the] future. And those decisions are made administra tively each year.”
In her email, Ackerman encouraged students who have questions regarding relief pay to contact her by email at bylieackerman@southern.edukayorphoneat423-236-2278.
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Elise Deschamps, senior jour nalism major, sold vintage and thrifted clothes from her busi ness “Le Marché du Soleil” at two 423 markets and plans to do so again this year. She said having two markets in one school year is something she has been encouraging the past
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He added that President Ken Shaw has been the driving force behind these efforts to improve campus.“Dr.Shaw, I think, has been a great influence stepping in last year. He’s very supportive of the facilities and keeping the campus looking well,” Hamilton said. “ … He has been kind of really inspirational in [saying], ‘Look, let's take charge of the campus and keep things look ing good.’” that offer discounts to Southern students
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to COVID-19. This year, Bau tista is emphasizing commu nity attendance. He wants Col legedale community members to come and support students.
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Bautista was a 423 vendor for three years and described participating in the function as a passion. After his first 423 ended, he immediately wanted to do it again, and he believes other vendors have felt the same way each year.
“I feel like it makes sense,” she said. “I feel like it’s been a long time coming. … I think this year will be awesome; I look for ward to Hamiltonit.” Hosteter, senior nursing major, has sold car toon caricatures in past 423 markets and hopes to partici pate again this year. Although he hadn’t heard of the event change before speaking with the Accent, he said he would welcome two markets.
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“They are the ultimate sup port system,” he said. “And, a lot of times, they’re also the ultimate ATM.”
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“So, that’s going to be differ ent, not typical,” said Bautista. “It’s a lot more work than hav ing a speaker in, but I think the payout will be tremendous for students.”
Interior renovation is also oc curring on Southern’s campus, and construction continues on the inside of Wright Hall. The fourth floor of Wright Hall, the area of the old student center, is being updated. Southern’s Advancement Department will move there from their previous position on the second floor of Lynn Wood Hall. The old Student Development office in Wright Hall will be repurposed into the new Human Resources office. Additionally, some of the restrooms in Wright Hall are be ing“Thoseupdated.are the original re strooms to this building when it was built in the 60s, so we’ve gutted them, and [we’re] going to make them just look better,” Hamilton said.
“They can see what’s happen ing in our community. We can let them know that Southern is right here,” said Bautista. “We have very creative students. … Come support us.”
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“The future of the campus is capturing that attention,” Ham ilton said. “We want you to see our Southern sign; we want you to see some kind of stately building.”Hamilton said the university is also planning to construct a new building for the School of Business by the Talge Hall parking lot and near the digital Southern sign.
The value placed on first im pressions is also the reason ing behind recent landscaping changes made to Southern’s campus, especially in the park ing lot of Talge Hall and near
An employee of Dos Bros, Chazz Hunter, commented to the Accent that Southern students receive 10% off everything except the kids menu.
In addition to being an adjunct, she currently works at DarkOwl, a dark web search engine that teaches organizations cyber security defenses using darknet intelligence.“[DarkOwl] collects data, and then they sell that data to var ious different organizations,” Beason explained. “I'm a data scientist there, so I look at the data on the dark web and try to figure out what it looks like I
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Accent that students receive a 10% discount on most services. How ever, for the month of September, they are offering a special deal with an additional 5% discount on brake replacements, transmis sion service and/or cool ant service. Miyagi men tioned that the discount can be applied when the company is made aware that the customer is a student when he or she sched ules an appointment. Appoint ments can be made via text or email.
new people and give them the chance to smile,” said Hosteter. “... [Having two markets] would be a great networking opportu nity, and I’d probably make my own business cards for it.”
This year’s 423 markets will look similar to previous years, explained Bautista. He specifi cally mentioned that there will again be a band “bringing the energy.” He encourages stu dents to come to both markets to mingle, support their friends and, most importantly, run a booth of their own.
He also encourages students to invite their families.
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Becky Beason, a current Southern Adventist University employee, is the first female pro fessor in the School of Comput ing. She is an adjunct professor and an alum of Southern.
made because of high interest in the event among students as well as the progressive increase in vendors each year.
“[423] has always been a good opportunity for me to meet
According to a previous Accent article, 423 began in the 20182019 school year. In 2020, only students, faculty and staff were allowed to attend the event due
“I think that people will be surprised by how much they can make,” he Accordingstated.toBautista, ven dor registration opens Septem ber 21. Students will be able to access applications in the bio of SA’s instagram, sa_southern.
istics have on visiting students and families. He said families enjoy seeing that Southern’s campus has more than just classrooms.“Weknow from surveys, and exit interviews, that the appear ance of the campus when a student and their family shows up for the first time sets the biggest impression,” Hamilton said. “When they come to cam pus for the first time, we want to capture their attention.”
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Southern Adventist Universi ty’s campus continues to evolve as renovation, landscaping and construction projects take place campuswide.Someofthese projects in clude updating the sidewalk between the student dorms and Wright Hall, starting con struction on an upcoming patio behind Talge Hall and changing the campus’ landscape. These endeavors are part of a plan to maintain the campus and keep it moving toward the future, ac cording to Marty Hamilton, as sociate vice president of finan cial“Whatadministration.weliketosee is vibran cy and activity of improving the campus,” Hamilton stated.
When asked if SA is planning any other event changes this school year, Bautista said the team plans to conduct a unique convocation on Jan. 12 resem bling a Mr. Beast episode. SA will spend its usual speaker budget on prizes, and students will compete in games onstage to win them.
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“Southern’s a very entrepre neurial school,” he said. “There’s lots of people that are driven, that are passionate. And what’s amazing about it is that they’re not just business majors. All people from across all different majors can come together to createBautistathings.”further explained that 423 is funded by SA’s bud get, and the money goes toward paying each vendor $50. A large reason why SA will be able to put on two markets is the can cellation of this year’s Memo ries yearbook, as funds typically allotted to the yearbook will go to SA events. Bautista con firmed that no other SA events will need to be canceled or mod ified to allow a second market.
“We can take this money and reinvest it back into the stu dents … in an event that they already love,” he said. “I feel like it’s a certified hit.”
4.5 on Google, Yelp and Tripadvi sor, this Peruvian restaurant fea tures salads, sandwiches and an array of South American dishes. It also offers many vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Katherine Mogel, an employee at Aji, told the Accent that they offer Southern students 10% off everything on the menu.
*In order for the discount to be applied to your meal, you must show your school ID.
In an interview with the Accent, Kornblum listed four improvements the station has recently made. WSMC hired Thaddeus Lozensky in April as
WSMC Classical 90.5, located on the campus of Southern Adventist University, is the only classical music radio station in the area, according to WSMC Director Scott Kornblum.
“As the opportunity came when Goose was old enough and had shown to have ‘the head for the field,’ Shell approached the lead ers at Collegedale and expressed that he wanted to get Goose on the road,” said Heath.
Amy Van Arsdell, a junior with a double major in his tory and Spanish, was part of Southern Votes over two years ago and has now taken over the movement in partnership with the Pre-Law Club to pro vide information regarding vot ing in both Tennessee and stu dents’ home states.
This week, Southern Votes is making a comeback after one year of Xavierinactivity.Snyder,a 2022 former Southern student with a bache lor’s degree in history, started the nonpartisan, student-led initiative two years ago to help and encourage students to vote in the 2020 presidential elections.
Chief of Police Jack Sapp said in the CPD’s same news release:
Lastly, Kornblum said WSMC has launched a billboard cam paign, advertising the various WSMC programs.
Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office quickly located the vehicle on Volkswa gen Drive and attempted to halt the vehicle. The driver refused to stop. The vehicle was pur sued until it reached a hotel near Bonny Oaks Drive and Lee High way. A short foot pursuit ensued before the driver was safely apprehended and taken into cus tody.
contact with the driver, the vehi cle sped away nearly causing sev eral crashes. The report explained Shell chose not to pursue due to safety concerns for other drivers on the road, instead putting the vehicle description out over the radio for surrounding jurisdic tions.
“I look forward to seeing the great work that Amy and others will do with Southern Votes and want to strongly encourage anyone reading this to take the first step in making sure your vote is counted this election,” Snyder wrote. “And, if you're already the kind of person who votes regularly, my hope is that you will get involved with help ing others take their convic tions, frustrations and enthusi asm to the polls this year.”
this initiative to ensure that the incoming generation of voters has a voice in a nation where he felt like decisions were pri marily made by older individu als.
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Beason said she enjoys her work at DarkOwl and finds it very rewarding. She added that the company is currently mak ing changes to promote diverse
The CPD’s news release stated that the team attempted to stop a vehicle on Lee Highway for a traffic violation. After Shell made
The station went live in 1961, reaching as far as Signal Moun tain, according to an article on WSMC.org. The article said that that in 1974 the Federal Com munications Commission (FCC) granted a power increase of 100,000 watts, which, accord ing to Kornblum, the station still maintains today.
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Collegedale Police Depart ment’s (CPD) K9 Officer Casey Shell and his 2-year-old Ger man Shorthaired Pointer, Police K9 Goose, are the newest K9 Unit since the retirement of the department’s previous unit about five years ago, said Assistant Chief of Police Jamie Heath.
the K9 unit, Heath said he antici pates that the police canine offi cers will be at the CPD’s National Night Out event in October.
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13, just two hours into the CPD K9 unit’s shift, Shell and Goose helped initiate the chase of a man wanted in three states, according to a WDEF news report.
Kornblum also mentioned the station has hired a content manager for the first time in its existence. Southern alumnus Robby Raney, now working on his master’s degree at Andrews University, works remotely to choose content for WSMC pro grams, according to Kornblum.
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Beason said that being a woman in a male-dominated career has been an asset.
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“The FCC had a couple of opportunities over the years to increase our power, and so now we're up to 100,000 watts, which is absolutely huge,” said Kornblum.Kornblum said the major ity of listeners are in the Ten nessee Valley area; however, audiences include listeners in places such as Massachusetts, Mexico and China due to the radio station's online stream ing service. The FM station had about 25,000 listeners per week, at last count, and about 28,000 listening hours per month online.
staffing.“What's really amazing is that they will make an effort to hire a diverse number of individuals,” she said. “So there are about 40% women, which is just a lot different than anything I'm used to.”In regards to her job at South ern, she said the most fulfilling part is being a mentor.
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“The canine units have always been huge; they bring people together,” said Heath. “The pub lic loves them, and the kids love the canine units. They are fantas tic, almost irreplaceable when it comes to public interaction and school tours and, you know, just a good way to get out there with the community. In addition to that, they are fantastic tools of the service trade.
According to Heath, the K9 unit was highly anticipated and asked about by individuals who were interested in funding it through private donations. He also stated that even the commissioners were approached by interested donors, and the commissioners approached the CPD.
build models to try to figure out what people are talking about.”
“A business that has a phe nomenal mission still has to fund that mission,” said Korn blum. “And that's what his job is, to fund this mission of mak ing a difference for the lives of our listeners.”
In an interview with the Accent, Heath explained that Shell has raised Goose since he was a puppy and over time has had the opportunity to train with other police K9 programs.
According to Snyder, the group helped over 400 stu dents register to vote in the 2020 general election.
“Work-life balance is some thing I've always struggled with,” she said. “And I think any body struggles with it, especially women because they want to be with their kids. But I also like that my career was always very important to me.”
He added that he created
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register to vote … and get their ballot mailed to the dorm,” said VanForArsdell.itsfirst event, the orga nization is partnering with the Social Work Club with the pur pose of registering students to vote in the 2022 midterm elec tions scheduled for Nov. 8.
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“In grad school, I had maybe one female professor who taught me, so you don't have people to look up to,” Beason said while explaining why being a mentor on top of being a pro fessor is important to her.
WSMC has also added a new program, “The Chattanooga Symphony Hour,” headed up by Briana Hanson, sophomore film production major.
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Officer Shell wrote in a text to the Accent, “The K9 Unit has begun its first week with CPD with a great start. And I look for
Heath said the department’s main goals for how the K9 unit should run are essentially to maintain positive community interaction and help keep the community safe from drugs and violence. He added that Col legedale has been caught in a “crossfire” of drugs and violence from Chattanooga on one side and Cleveland on the other that has recently become more fre quent.“Ithink there will be a lot of happy people out there,” said Heath. “They have been, like I said, a big supporter of the
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The driver, North Carolina native James Falvo, was found to have multiple felony warrants for Georgia and is wanted for ques tioning of arson in Murphy, North Carolina, according to the report.
When Morgan Garcia, senior social work major and vice president of the Social Work Club, was asked why the club is partnering with Southern Votes, she informed the Accent via text, “As a club, we are pas sionate about using our voices to advocate for our beliefs and empowering others to do the same.”
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Several of Beason’s students described her as a good, relat ableBeason’sprofessor.advice for students pursuing a career in computer science is to recognize the importance of analytic thinking and problem solving.
“Find an area that you feel really passionate about and just pursue it,” she added. “Become an expert in it.”
“Many of the people in our generation that I talked to were excited to vote for the first time but didn't know how to vote,” wrote Snyder in an email to the Accent. “I saw this as a potential issue in the sum mer of 2020 and started work ing almost immediately to put together a comprehensive and
“We provided important infor mation on how to vote by mail in all 50 states. We worked with various clubs and fac ulty groups to enhance our program,” Snyder wrote. “We hosted debate watch parties to make sure student voters were going to make informed deci sions with their ballots, and we even worked on Election Day to provide rides to the polls and water to folks waiting in line.”
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“The good police work of our new K9 team helped to put an escaped felon behind bars on their first day at work. This is one of the many reasons we were so proud to reintroduce the K9 pro gram to our department.”
Five years later, she gradu ated from Illinois Institute of Technology with her master's and PhD in information retrieval. She worked on cyber secu rity research projects lasting between six and 18 months for BAE Systems, an international defense, aerospace and security company based in the United Kingdom. However, she worked in the company’s North Ameri can division. For four years, she worked at an office in Arlington, Virginia, followed by eight years working remotely in Ooltewah. She began working at Southern in 2012.
Beason is not only a teacher and data scientist but also a mother. She has two kids, ages 9 and 10.
“[It’s] a privilege that we’re invited into their homes with that level of frequency, and it's so personal,” said Kornblum, reflecting on WSMC’s relation ship with listeners. "It's a priv ilege that we get to minister to those people through classical music.”
to have a booth on the prom enade behind Wright Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm.
“Just because you are away from home doesn’t mean you can’t vote,” said Van Arsdell.
“I would say, in general, in the workforce, I think it has given me a lot of advantages,” she said. “Because it's better; the more diversity that you have in a team, the more innovation you have.”
The city was able to work out a deal and purchase the dog from Shell, and now he belongs to the City of Collegedale. As a result, Goose is now able to stay with the owner who raised him, which is not always possible with K9 officers.OnSept.
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Beason graduated from South ern in 2002 with degrees in com puter science and math.
As of Monday, Sept. 19, the partnered clubs were planning
“Now that we have Robby, I'm counting on the quality going up,” said Kornblum. “I know Robby. I know how much he loves classical music and how much he loves Christian minis try. He is the ideal candidate for this position. It's a miracle we got him, honestly.”
When asked if there will be an opportunity for the public to meet
Cecilia Moreno filming a tiktok that will contain many of the students who attended the event. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Adam De Lisser)
Xander Ordinola helping scoop popcorn for attendees with Caryn Panjaitan.
Jhoan Ogando and Saiuri Felix dancing amidst attendees. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Mila Bales)
Students playing nine square as one of the activities offered during the evening. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Adam De Lisser)
Alec Bivens, Noah Wolfe and Cristian Bivens at SA’s 70s Night. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Mila Bales)
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Evan Delgado and Rosela Disla having their photo taken at the event. Attendees were able to get polaroid pictures taken against a 70’s backdrop. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Adam De Lisser) Night
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Josh Mapes, Heidi Supit, Jaycee Alves and David Perez pose for a group photo. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Mila Bales)
(L-R) Christian Noreus, Mikey Brown and Kyle Salas pose for a photo with the shark mascot of the evening. Saturday, September 17, 2022. (Photo by: Adam De Lisser)
Accordingfood.to a recent article published on Heart.org, when this happens long-term, it can result in health problems such as “heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and
The quiet problem of food insecurity
lifted on March 10, allowing the season to finally get back on track, according to an article written by Kerry Flynn for CNN.
The first round of playoffs is currently scheduled to start on Oct. 7. The World Series is scheduled to begin on Oct. 28 and will be nationally televised on FOX.
Albert Pujols, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, passed Alex Rodriquez on the all career home run list, hitting 698 as of this writing. If Pujols is able to reach 700, he will join
The push for October: MLB season winds down
MENTAL HEALTH
Have you or anyone that you are close to been in a situation where you had to skip meals just so that you could pay bills or other Thoughnecessities?morethan 34 mil lion people, including 9 mil lion children, experience food insecurity, many victims still don’t realize that they are ex
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periencing it. According to an article in Feeding America, food insecurity is defined as, “… a lack of consistent access to enough food for every per son in a household to live an active, healthy life. This can be a temporary situation for a household or can last a long time.”The problems with food in security don’t stop at the lack of nutrition or the feeling of hunger.According to an article by C. A. Myers, there are many other problems that follow, includ ing mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, panic
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Come visit the Feed My Sheep booth located near CK2 on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and do nate three food items (full size, individual granola bars, for ex ample, don’t count) to receive a ticket for a free cookie from CK2!In addition, starting on Wednesday, Sept. 21, tiny sheep will be hidden all around campus. Find as many of these sheep as you can and bring them to our booth by 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 22. The top three par ticipants who collect the most will receive a prize!
attacks and loss of sleep. There are physical health issues that accompany food insecurity as well.While many may assume that people with food inse curity would become under weight, often this isn’t the case. In fact, the opposite oc curs. Obesity occurs due to the lack of having healthy options
Volunteer sorts through food bank grocery bags. (Photo sourced from: Unsplash)
only three other players to do so: Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.
Judge might have a hard time reaching that.
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Postseason baseball is often
exciting for baseball fans, and this year should be no different. This postseason will see even more teams as the tournament expands from 10 to 12 teams. This means one additional team from each league will be able to make the playoffs.
The Major League Base ball (MLB) regular season is coming to a close. The season started on April 7 after there was a lockout of the players due to a disagreement be tween the owners and Players’ Association. They weren’t able to come to an agreement on certain things, such as set pay for the players and a draft for international players. This was
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This season has not only seen many great teams and players, but it has also wit nessed broken records and is expecting more.
Aaron Judge, center fielder for the New York Yankees, is on track to break the single sea son record for home runs in the American League. Judge is cur rently sitting at 59 home runs as of this writing, with the re cord being 61 by Roger Maris in 1961. The single season home run record for the MLB, how ever, is currently held by Bar ry Bonds with 73 in 2001, and
and settling for inexpensive, unhealthy
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manyFoodcancers.”insecurity doesn’t just exist in low income areas. It happens everywhere, including here on Southern Adventist Uni versity’sThankfully,campus.for students and staff at Southern who may be facing this problem the Feed My Sheep food pantry offers help. You can learn more information about Feed My Sheep at Feed My Sheep | Southern Adventist Uni versity or contact them at 423236-2766.Areyou looking for a way to help others? Hunger Action Day is Sept. 22, and Feed My Sheep will be hosting a food
Teams are gearing up for the playoffs with many still trying to secure their spot for post season baseball. The Los An geles Dodgers is currently the only team that has clinched a playoff berth. In the National League East division, the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves have been in a neck and neck race expected to last to the very end of the season.
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This is a good addition to the policy, as it provides pregnant students the assurance that they will not be condemned for their respective situations and that they will be taken care of. The sec ond change, however, specifically addresses LGBTQ+ and transgen der students, and it raises some concerns, at least from my per spective.Let’sdiscuss the purpose of the Sexual Integrity Policy:
must be followed. Abstinence from sex and sexually indicative behaviors should apply equally to all students, and as such, sexual behaviors between students of the same gender or transgender students would be discouraged.
While this aspect of the policy may be controversial to some people, Southern is a traditional, Adventist institution. This is noth ing new; it is what the school has always stood for. So, one would expect that in order to preserve the original and stated purpose of the policy, the changes made would continue to preserve the idea of encouraging sexual integ rity:Theabstinence.additional mention of LGBTQ+ students in the Sexual In tegrity Policy should have simply included a paragraph stating that regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, these rules
intramural sports are based on a person’s biological sex.
Wanting to adhere to a tradi tional and orthodox biblical inter pretation regarding sex outside of marriage — which in this case, is abstinence — the school wish
OPINION
Dear reader, this is my opinion, and I now extend an invitation to you. If you would like to provide feedback — whether you agree or disagree with the Sexual In tegrity Policy — please feel free to message the Southern Accent Instagram account. Your opinion matters dearly to me and to this campus.
We need stories: Learning from biblical narrative
ple like Joshua and David, for example, are case studies that teach what it means to apply the principles of courage and forgiveness. We cannot assume that since we have recognized
es to place a boundary to prevent students from engaging in be havior that would compromise their “sexual integrity.”
To transfer principles from the Bible into the reality we live in, we must understand that characters in the Bible are real and ordinary people from whom we can learn what it means to follow God. Peo
ularly called the university church. We are exploring the stories found within the Bible to learn how to apply biblical principles to our reality. Our ex perience is based on a different reality than those in the Bible. But by learning from stories, we can obtain a better grasp of what it means to follow God. You are welcome to join us any Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the church fellowship hall.
But wait, there are two things that are different now. The first is a new pregnancy policy “to clar ify that Southern is a safe place and is willing to support preg nant students in any way possi ble,” according to Vice President of Student Development Dennis Negrón, as reported in a previous Southern Accent article.
As the name suggests, the policy seeks to deter students from engaging in sexual behav ior outside of marriage. Accord ing to the Student Handbook, “Southern expects all students to strive to live in harmony with biblical standards of sexuality as held by the Seventh-day Ad ventist Church, which maintains that sexual relations should only be expressed in a heterosexual marriage. Therefore, Southern does not condone any non-mar ital sexual intercourse or sexual intimacy (acknowledging that not
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We must understand that characters in the Bible are real and or dinary people.
While the policy states, “The mental and spiritual health of our transgender students is im portant to us, and counseling and other resources are available from the Student Support Ser vices and the Office of Ministry and Missions,” isn’t remaining opposed to lifestyle freedom for transgender individuals coun terintuitive to that statement? It certainly doesn’t help their men tal health if the school has a pol icy focused on controlling how transgender individuals should live their lives.
And, of course, I can’t for get 321 Penguins! The four space-faring penguins with quirky names and personali ties were also an integral part of my after-church routine.
principles from the stories we learned them from. This choice often results in a tension be tween what we are told to do as a Christian and the experi ence we actually have as we interface with reality. Without stories, which provide a context that enables us to apply God’s principles within the reality we experience, principles become almost meaningless. Stories are essential to undersanding God’s true plan for a right world.
Through this story, children are taught courage and are inspired to persevere despite daunting obstacles. Stories like these from Veggie Tales simpli fy principles for children in a way that makes them more re ceptive to biblical truths. In the same way, Bible stories simplify principles for us in a way that increases our own receptiveness.
This year, I am coordinating the Experience Sabbath School at the Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, reg
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Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer revolutionized my child hood’s Saturday afternoons with Veggie Tales and the suc tion-cupping superhero, Larry Boy. I spent many happy hours watching parodies of Bible sto ries acted out by talking and singing vegetables.
But that’s not what was added. What has been added is an entire section regarding the LGBTQ+ com munity at Southern. According to the updated policy, published in the Student Handbook, accommoda tions such as housing, restrooms, locker rooms and participation in
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So, uh, let’s talk about the Sexual Integrity Policy
the principle, we no longer need the story. The story itself gives vital insight into what the principles look like in action, protecting us from opinionated theology and dissension.
That’s it; that’s all that needed to be added to the policy. While many might have disagreed with the addition, it would have been a change consistent with the original intent and stated pur pose of the policy.
Typically, though, once we get older, we enter a new en vironment in which stories are not as important. We begin to leave stories behind, divorcing
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all intimacy is sexual in nature), pornography usage, or inappro priate sexual contact.”
The next time you think of a religious issue or have trouble reading the Bible, try seeing past the principles to the sto ries they are a part of. You just might gain some clarity, as well as a little bit of empathy for those around you.
The second change, anddressesspecificallyhowever,adLGBTQ+transgenderstudents,anditraisessomeconcerns,atleastfrommyperspective.
So, Southern changed its sex ual integrity policy. Now it’s up dated. And there we go; the story ends there. This isn’t newsworthy. It’s just an update on a policy that has existed forever, and some students will still either hate it, love it or not even care.
In the transgender guidelines on Southern’s website, it is also added that wearing clothes that do not correspond to an individ ual’s biological sex is also incom patible with Southern’s principles and that, “Student leadership is reserved for those that are committed to respecting the teachings of the church on the congruence between biological sex and gender and abiding by Southern’s policies.”
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songs, the show tells the story of how Joshua and the Israel ites marched around the city of Jericho and brought its walls crumbling to the ground.
Abstinence from sex and indicativesexuallybehaviorsshouldapplyequallytoallstudents.
Both of these shows draw in spiration from the Bible. Take, for example, the Veggie Tales parody of the battle of Jericho, “Josh and the Big Wall.” Illus trated with slushies, peas and
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However, that’s as deep as I go. While the way someone dresses might give me a little insight into how they decide to present themselves to the world, that doesn’t mean I ac tually know anything about who they are. And that same philos ophy applies to the way you are perceived by others.
Fashion and personal style aren’t prioritized by everyone, but that isn’t to say they should not, or do not, matter to every one. Every single day we get to make a decision about what we are going to wear and how we are going to present ourselves to the
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Dear independent thinker:
To be completely honest, for a long time, a huge part of why I cared so much about the way I dressed was so I could con trol the way I was perceived by others. This wasn’t a conscious
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My mother and I got into an argument over mental health. She thinks that spiritual faith cures mental illness. How do I respond?
effort but rather a natural con sequence of my own insecurity.
methods. Psychology is a sci ence, after all.
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Afterworld.all, we assign labels, make assumptions and draw stereotypes based on the way people dress. Someone who keeps up with trends is quick ly elevated or seen as “cool.”
tion in these areas.
or not your outfit is too much or not enough, try and find the core reason for that worry. Who are you dressing for? Do you feel like yourself in these clothes? Why does fashion actu ally matter to you?
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I will answer this as best I can, although I do not know the whole situation and my re sponse will not be comprehen sive. You must decide if it is a healthy decision to open up a fresh wound or potentially pro long false hopes on their part. You alone know what you expe rienced in that relationship and if it is worth rehashing. Contact ing an ex may just extend the pain, and your healing process will have to start over again.
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as a crutch because I believed that my uniqueness, creativity and “coolness” was attached to it.
I want to note that we can ac tually draw some conclusions based on the way a person dresses. As someone who puts a lot of thought and energy into outfits, I can tell when someone else is doing the same. There fore, I can conclude that we have at least one common interest: having fun with what we wear.
So, on the days where I didn’t actually feel like expressing my self through fashion, I felt an intense pressure to keep up the image of myself I had put so much effort into painting. I used my style
Fashion and style can be a slippery slope in that way. I used to stress (and sometimes still do) about putting together the perfect outfit to go to class rath
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Someone who dresses “less pro fessionally” in certain settings is seen as less serious about their job or even less competent at work. Whether we like it or not, we passively (or sometimes ac tively) pass judgment upon oth ers based on what articles of clothing they choose to put on theirHowever,bodies.judging someone’s character based on the way they dress — whether their style is trendy, basic or eccentric — is a shallow take. Yet, it is a shallow take that I am completely guilty of. This judgment isn’t reserved solely for others; it can apply to yourself, too.
LIFESTYLE
er than putting on what actually made me feel comfortable and myself. I was obsessed with be ing labeled as unique, creative or “cool” by others and relied solely on my sense of style as a way to receive external valida
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In response to your mom, I think it would help to explain that, sometimes, the brain does not work the way God intend ed. Just as someone would go to the doctor for a broken leg, one can go to a certified men tal health specialist for a prob lem with their mental health. These specialists are trained to set boundaries and help peo ple find healing using scientific
I’ve seen many rainy days here in Collegedale, and some times the best thing I can do is find a friend to help me stay warm. God is the ultimate heal er, but just as He works through humans to spread His word, so can He work through humans — and occasionally ducks — to spread His healing.
Philosophy of fashion: What does your style say about you?
Allie Bradley
Fashion should be fun. It should be personal. It’s a great way to express yourself, to reflect how you’re feeling or to exper iment creatively. For me, it has been a way to connect with peo ple I might not have otherwise.
This is a tough question. Many believe that searching for mental health assistance is a sign of disconnection between the person in need and God. I, however, do not believe this is true.Faith is powerful. It can move mountains. It carries me and my friends south every year. But seeking help for the brain, which is an organ, does not in dicate a lack of faith.
Edvan Benitez
Putting together outfits is a daily ritual that I personal ly cherish. How am I deciding to present myself to the world today? How do I feel in these clothes? How much does my outfit really matter?
Dear Concerned Ex:
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