Author: Amanda Blake

A student was injured after crashing his skateboard on Southern Adventist University’s campus at approximately 6 p.m. this evening. Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Development, confirmed that the injured individual is a Southern student. The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 6:08 p.m. and assisted Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services …

Southern Adventist University’s Transportation Services has begun a shuttle service for students this semester to alleviate a parking problem on campus, said Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Development, in an interview with the Accent.  “[University leaders] started talking about this shuttle way back in May,” Negrón said. “We knew that if enrollment increased any …

I was shaking on the way to my first interview as an inexperienced reporter for the Southern Accent. It was scary three years ago knowing that simply because I bore the title “reporter” people would entrust me to tell their stories accurately and fairly. It’s still daunting sometimes.  Practicing professional journalism is a tremendous responsibility, …

The President’s Cabinet at Southern Adventist University officially approved Student Association’s (SA) proposed bear mascot on March 27, according to President Ken Shaw.  SA President Kenneth Bautista, senior management major, wrote in an email to the Accent that SA plans to soft launch the mascot this semester. Bautista also shared an image of the official …

Southern Adventist University issued an email statement to campus members regarding Fight Night, a community boxing event created by Southern students that is unaffiliated with the university, at 9:26 p.m. yesterday. The email was written on behalf of Ingrid Skantz, vice president for Marketing and University Relations. “In keeping with Southern’s Seventh-day Adventist values, the …

During the Feb. 13 Faculty Senate meeting, Robert Benge, dean of the School of Health and Kinesiology, asked senators to delay a vote on Student Association's (SA) proposed bear mascot so he and his employees could submit written feedback, according to a previous Accent article. Benge and Judy Sloane, a professor at the school, wrote …