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Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake is editor-in-chief of the Southern Accent. She is a senior journalism major who has been published in the student newspaper over 60 times, a record she began as a reporter her freshman year. She has also served as news editor and managing editor. Passionate about storytelling and in-depth reporting, Amanda strives to use her writing talents to help others. Writing and publishing a book is a pinned ambition on her bucket list.

Student Association (SA) will organize two 423 Night Markets this school year, the fifth anniversary of the event, according to SA President Kenneth Bautista, senior management major. The market, which has only occurred once per school year thus far, will take place Oct. 8 and then again April 22.  Both times, it will be located …

Students who have missed work this semester because they had to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 may be able to receive relief pay, according to an email sent to the student body from Kaylie Ackerman, student employment coordinator for Human Resources (HR), on Sept. 6. The email specified that only students who meet specific …

During a meeting this summer, the Collegedale Police Department’s Round Table Advisory Committee granted Southern a permanent seat on its board, according to Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Development. This occurred after Negrón, who joined the committee near the end of last year, made a motion. “I said to them, ‘We are one of …

On August 2, Southern Adventist University published an article on its website introducing a bachelor’s degree in engineering with concentrations in mechanical, electrical and computer engineering. New junior-level courses are expected to open for enrollment in Fall 2023, according to Ken Caviness, chair of the physics and engineering department.  In an email to the Accent, …

Craig Johnson is the new Gym-Masters coach at Southern Adventist University after Richard Schwartz retired at the end of the Winter 2022 semester. Schwartz coached Gym-Masters for 22 years, according to a former Accent article.  Johnson is an alum of Southern and was a Gym-Master himself. Get to know him in this exclusive interview with …

Southern Adventist University has suspended planning for Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) implementation, according to an email sent to the student body on December 10 by Vice President for Student Development Dennis Negrón.  The email followed an earlier one sent by Negrón to the student body on December 3, stating that the Occupational Safety and Health …

Claude Abran Finch III, the suspect arrested in connection with a November 16 sexual assault incident involving a female student at Southern Adventist University, has been charged with stalking, a class A misdemeanor, according to a Collegedale Police Department (CPD) press release published yesterday. A November 17 CPD press release stated that Finch was to …

Written by: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez and Amanda Blake On Tuesday evening, November 16, the Collegedale Police Department (CPD) responded to reports of a sexual assault of a female student on Southern Adventist University’s campus, according to a CPD press release. The press also stated that another female victim had a run-in on Monday, November 15, with …

At 10:47 p.m. Tuesday evening, Southern Adventist University students received an email from Isaac James, director of Marketing and University Relations, stating that Campus Safety received a fondling report at 8:15 p.m. of an unknown male approaching and groping a female student in a campus parking lot at 7:51 p.m.  The assailant was reported to …

On Tuesday, November 9, Southern Adventist University’s student body received an email announcing that Southern’s campus will transition to “mask optional” in indoor spaces beginning Wednesday, November 10. The email was sent by Teri Reutebuch, administrative assistant for Student Development, on behalf of Dennis Negrón, vice president for Student Development. The email stated that the …

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A half-century of Gym Masters

Southern Adventist University’s Gym-Masters celebrated their 50th home show with alumni, emotional performances and a tribute to five decades of legacy.