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Southern addresses student concerns about environmental consciousness on campus
During last semester’s Town Hall meeting, students raised questions about recycling practices on campus, specifically expressing concerns about the use of Styrofoam in the cafeteria. This article further explores those questions. According to Tom Verrill, senior vice president for Financial Administration, Food Services uses 15 to 20 cases of Styrofoam
News

Fitness class offers free personal training for campus
Written by: April Espinoza A class in Southern Adventist University’s School of Health and Kinesiology offers free personal training to students, faculty and staff. Mike

How many students used the Writing Center in recent years?
Written by: Emily Morgan Mckee Library’s annual reports for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years show a decline in students attending the Writing Center. Much


Southern removes superscoring from full tuition scholarship criteria
Starting in the Fall 2023 semester, incoming students will no longer be able to qualify for the Full Tuition Scholarship from Southern Adventist University using


Students charged with crime after entering students’ dorm room
Two Southern Adventist University students, both 19 years old, were charged with trespassing after climbing through an unlocked window into two other students’ dorm room

Southern addresses student concerns about environmental consciousness on campus
During last semester’s Town Hall meeting, students raised questions about recycling practices on campus, specifically expressing concerns about the use of Styrofoam in the cafeteria.
Sports

Super Bowl matchup: Are they really the best teams?
The Super Bowl matchup is finally set between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. To get there, the Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals

Professional wrestling and what it means to me
When people ask me what my favorite sports are, I often will just go with the easy answers such as football, baseball and basketball. I

NFL championship games are set for Sunday
With the Super Bowl on the horizon, football fans know they’ll soon have to wait for September to get to watch their team play again.
Lifestyle

Started by the Black community, these trends obtained global fame
Written by: Génesis Ventura Fashion trends come and go, and sometimes we don’t realize who started these trends. In honor of entering Black History Month,


Cool is what you make it: Stop letting society dictate what you like
Think of someone you consider “cool.” Now think about what factors make you label them as such. Maybe it’s their sense of style. Maybe it’s


Canoeing in Wekiwa: A lesson on relationships
Written by: Josh Kim Last week on the first-ever Steel Band tour, my longtime friend Ashley Blake and I went canoeing together. We began to
Opinion

My love-hate relationship with veganism
I have no trouble admitting it: Vegan propaganda can be incredibly derisive, overbearing and radical. For example, according to a 2012 article by The Times

Artificial Intelligence: Why I’m not worried yet
The following two paragraphs were written by ChatGPT in response to the prompt: “Write two paragraphs about how AI will be received and dealt with

Postmodern Adventists: Maximizing the present
I’m sitting in a religion class, trying not to tear my hair out or hold my head in pain, or both, one after the other.
Religious

How to live where you are even when you don’t want to be there
Have you ever wanted to be somewhere you’re not? I certainly have. Sometimes it’s as simple as wishing I could skip a few hours in


Personal Testimony: Finding my voice on and off paper
Written by: Alexis Dewey I never thought I had a “story” that was worth telling, and sometimes I still think that way. I often consider my

Scared of God: How to reconcile the Creator’s power with His love
I have a confession to make: Sometimes God scares me. As a child, I would often think of the Second Coming. I would imagine seeing