Day: February 14, 2023

Breaking the stigma: Psi Chi offers suicide prevention training

Written by: Katie Knight Editor’s note: The following article is written in partnership with Counseling Services and the Southern Accent. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, there were an estimated 1.2 million suicide attempts in 2020, and this number has been rising through the years. Additionally, in 2020 an estimated 45,979 Americans died by …

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Giants of the faith and ordinary saints: Choosing our role models

We have Sts. Martin, (both Luther and Luther King Jr.), St. Desmond T. Doss and, perhaps, St. Clive (C. S. Lewis), if you don’t look too closely at his thoughts on evolutionary creation, flawed scripture, purgatory or magic. We have people we look up to and back to and remember through sermon quotations and retellings …

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‘I have a dream’: Remembering Prathia Hall and her impact

“He took on the wilderness.” Her voice trembles, filled with a passion strong enough it could sound like rage. “And the cliff.” The woman with short dark hair and an ecclesiastical white blouse stands behind a large, broad-shouldered pulpit.  “Every briar. Every thorn. Every thistle.” The congregation responds after each phrase with a loud murmur …

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2023-2024 Student Association Election Candidate Platforms

Zachary Kirstein – SA President Candidate Community: Stronger TogetherAs your SA President, I vow to further develop the community on Southern’s campus that allows us to grow mentally, spiritually, and socially so that everyone feels a part of our home.  In being a part of the SA Executive Branch this school year as the assistant …

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Brain Awareness Event: Opticus Realm planned for campus

Written by: Lindsay Beckwith From March 23 to April 14, Southern Adventist University students will be able to experience others’ disabilities, feel different emotions with changing colors and study a group of hanging spheres only to see two-dimensional images appear by participating in an on-campus event called “Brain Awareness – Opticus Realm: Where Things Are Not …

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Massage and aesthetic services offered at Hulsey

Written by: April Espinoza Hulsey Wellness Center is now offering therapeutic massage and aesthetics services from Poplar Creek Spa. According to Southern Adventist University’s web page, licensed staff members from the spa are at the center to assist members and non-members.  In an interview with the Accent, Darin Bissell, the facilities manager of Hulsey, said …

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‘Protective of their cubs’: SA proposes a bear mascot for Southern

Southern Adventist University’s Student Association (SA) is developing a mascot for the university, one of the main goals of Kenneth Bautista, senior management major, as SA president. Currently, the team is having a logo and costume professionally created for a bear mascot to be introduced this semester. According to Bautista, Student Senate and the President’s …

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