January 18, 2023 - Southern Accent

Your brain will thank you: Mental health benefits of drinking water

Leave a Comment / Mental Health / By Guest Writer

Written by: Kiana Oliver Editor’s note: The following article is written in partnership with Counseling Services and the Southern Accent. Water. Water. Water. No matter how much we’re bombarded by reminders to drink those recommended two liters a day, water doesn’t sound very exciting. Sure, we carry our multicolor Hydro Flasks around campus, but let’s …

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The impact of Damar Hamlin on and off the football field

Leave a Comment / Sports / By Jacob Nevis

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 medically-induced coma. He was able to communicate via writing. “Did we win?” was the first thing he wrote. “Damar, you won,” his doctors responded. “You won the game of life.” …

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Intramurals vs. extramurals: Why can’t we have both?

Leave a Comment / Opinion / By Amanda Blake

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 athletics. The issue I’m addressing, however, involves a question that was asked during last semester’s Student Association Town Hall: “Why doesn’t Southern have a competitive sports team?” President Shaw gave …

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Here’s to seeking His rest this semester

Leave a Comment / Religion / By Madison Wilcox

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 throughout the semester, either struggling to start or struggling to stop, avoiding duty in the name of rest or avoiding rest in the name of duty. Thus, we muddle our …

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All change is constant: Reflections on the passing of time

Leave a Comment / Lifestyle / By Guest Writer

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, deals with the theme of constant change. Some look back on the “good old days” with a feeling that, at some nearly definable point,“things began to change.” But stepping into …

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Photospread: Mid-Winter Party

Update on train derailment clean-up and arrest of driver responsible

Leave a Comment / Collegedale News / By elsiepak

Jorge Luis Cruz-Vega, the tractor-trailer driver allegedly involved in the collision and subsequent derailment of three engines and 10 railway cars on Dec. 20, has been arrested by the Collegedale Police Department (CPD), according to a post made on the departments’sFacebook and Instagram accounts. Cruz-Vega has been charged with felony reckless endangerment, failure to yield …

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University Health Center (UHC) shares goals for 2023

Leave a Comment / News / By Staff Writer

Written by: Genesis Ventura According to Southern Adventist University’s Strategic Plan, a document released in 2022 that outlines the school’s future goals and objectives, Southern is planning to move the University Health Center (UHC) to a new location and implement several new objectives. According to Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Development, there are three …

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Student brings attention to campus accessibility concerns

Crosswalk Chattanooga to purchase church building and begin the new year in first permanent home

Leave a Comment / News / By Charlene Arnold

Crosswalk Chattanooga, a local Seventh-day Adventist church located on 6401 Lee Highway in the building formerly owned by Venue Church, will officially call the once-rented space its new home beginning Feb. 6. According to Justin Wampler, the church administrator, Crosswalk has rented and shared the space with Venue Church since July 2022. Upon signing …

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Day: January 18, 2023

Your brain will thank you: Mental health benefits of drinking water

The impact of Damar Hamlin on and off the football field

Intramurals vs. extramurals: Why can’t we have both?

Here’s to seeking His rest this semester

All change is constant: Reflections on the passing of time

Photospread: Mid-Winter Party

Update on train derailment clean-up and arrest of driver responsible

University Health Center (UHC) shares goals for 2023

Student brings attention to campus accessibility concerns

Crosswalk Chattanooga to purchase church building and begin the new year in first permanent home

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