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Ignite Live to host Cory Asbury as featured guest artist
Written by: Génesis Ventura This semester, Ignite Live will feature singer/songwriter and Grammy-award winner Cory Asbury, according to Southern Adventist University’s website. Asbury is a successful artist and the composer of “Reckless Love” and “Sparrows,” a song he wrote during the pandemic using imagery from Matthew 6. The event will
News

Pastors’ kids under pressure: The common ‘PK’ stereotypes
Written by: Hannah Johnson A poll on the Accent’s Instagram asked Southern Adventist University students to describe the different stereotypes assigned to pastors’ kids, often


Students react to reopening of vegan eatery ‘The Garden’ on campus
The Garden, a plant-based eatery that opened on Southern Adventist University’s campus last winter, reopened this school year on Jan. 16. The eatery’s reopening was

European Club opens to students after 3-year hiatus
Catalin Andrei Modiga, a senior computer science major from Romania, is relaunching the European Club at Southern to introduce European culture to other students on

School of Nursing to continue modifying degree programs
Written by: Lindsay Beckwith Starting next school year, Southern Adventist University’s School of Nursing (SON) pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program will

Collegedale church expands livestreaming system
Written by: Alexis Dewey The Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, also known as the university church, has been expanding the last several years. With roughly 3,000

Southern Adventist University Steel Band goes on first ever tour
On Jan. 18, the Southern Adventist University Steel Band left for its first tour. The group, which consists of 12 members directed by Keith Lloyd,
Sports

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.

The impact of Damar Hamlin on and off the football field
It was Jan. 5. Damar Hamlin, who three days prior had suffered one of the scariest injuries in NFL history, had just awoken from a
Lifestyle


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


All change is constant: Reflections on the passing of time
Written by: Janet Lauterhahn Editor’s Note: A short story from the very first edition of Southern’s Legacy literary magazine, published in the 1965-1966 school year,
Opinion

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.


Intramurals vs. extramurals: Why can’t we have both?
If you were to search “benefits of competitive sports” online, you would find dozens of articles on child development, perhaps a few on high school
Religious


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

Here’s to seeking His rest this semester
Rest is often a good excuse for the lazy and an inconvenience for the work-obsessed. Most of us fall into either of these two categories