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Questionable Class Policies: Attendance Shouldn’t Be Part of the Grade

Written by: Allison Grundy Opinion Editor A multitude of professors at Southern Adventist University implement attendance policies that require students to attend classes. Some of these policies cause students to lose points for missing class periods. In many cases, syllabi warn that five unexplained absences can lead to a failing grade. Craig Johnson, professor in …

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Religion

Navigating your fears in the shadow of faith

Written by: Lucas Bueno  A new school year has begun here at Southern Adventist University. For many of you, this is your first year of college or your first year at Southern. For others, you are continuing your collegiate journey as a sophomore or a junior. For some, it is your last year — or …

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Lifestyle

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Thoughts on Reaching Out to Others

Written by: Emily White Some people have a word or phrase that they live by for the year. I thought that was a pretentious idea until last semester when I inadvertently found myself applying a phrase from my counselor: “Don’t try so hard.” I decided to continue with the semesterly phrase, and my motto for …

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Lifestyle

Who is that girl I see? Reflections on identity as a Chinese adoptee

Written by: Meg Ermer Who is that girl I see?  Staring straight back at me Why is my reflection someone I don’t know? So go the lyrics of Reflection, a musical number featured in Disney’s 1998 animated hit Mulan. This movie has always occupied a special place in my heart, and its message about reckoning …

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Religion

Surrender is a place: Welcome home

Written by: Madison Wilcox I gave up on surrender a long time ago. The concept has always been vague to me, mostly because I don’t like it. It takes me back to my childhood, back to days when my mom would tell me to clean the cobwebs off the front porch, and I’d sulk for …

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