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By Alayna Simons Assistant News Editor On his way home from a trip to Indiana with his family, Seth Conley, associate professor of film and television, heard about an outpouring of worship at Asbury University on Sunday Feb. 12, where he received his graduate degree in December of 2022.  Knowing his skills in video and audio, his friends, whom he was going there to see, invited him to control the live stream that evening, not knowing that soon hundreds of thousands of people would be watching. “They had consciously decided that they were not going to live stream up until that Sunday night I believe. The reason is because they wanted it to remain private for those who were there worshiping, and they made a strong effort to keep media out and to not make it anything oth...

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Staff Writer Winner of the Elevator Pitch Competition (left) pictured with Dr. Phillps (right) Student at the Elevator Pitch event in Zelma Wagner Hall Every spring, marketing majors compete in an annual elevator pitch competition hosted on Trevecca’s campus. This year, it was opened up to communication and business majors, allowing more students to participate. The competition took place on Feb. 25 at Zelma Wagner Hall. The decision to allow more students to sign up led to another phase of the competition to be added.   “This is the first year we did a pre-competition. That's only to choose the best Trevecca students,” said Phillips.   Since there is a limited number of participants per university, there was a need...

By Grace Poole Staff Writer Students on campus with on-going physical or mental health issues can have a hard time managing their medications once on campus and away from home–especially if their home is not Tennessee.  Federal laws make it difficult for out-of-state students to establish healthcare and obtain prescription medication.  “Some of my medication can’t be transferred across state lines. It has to be prescribed by a doctor in that state,” said Brice Rupert, a senior religion major.  Rupert has battled state line laws with his medication and his insurance plan while he has been at college.  During the pandemic, the federal government waived laws preventing telehealth from operating across state lines, but that expired in the summer of 20...

 By Abigail Allen Staff Writer Amid Student Government Association (SGA) constitutional revisions, neurodivergent students may be offered more representation in student affairs for the upcoming school year. Selah Torralba, associated student body director for inclusion and belonging and president of Diversity Committee, recently requested revisions to the SGA constitution to formally add a representative from a new club on campus that serves neurodivergent students to the Diversity Committee for next school year. “Diversity has often been regarded as being exclusive to race and ethnicity, and while it means race and ethnicity, it is also saying ‘We need to talk about other parts of our identities, other parts of our orientation,’” said Torralba. The Diversity Committee ...

By Grace Poole Staff Writer Eating disorders among college students are on the rise, according to campus counselors. While no statistics are available on the number of Trevecca students who report having an eating disorder, counselors on campus say information and resources are necessary. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week was Feb. 27 through March 5 and Trevecca counselors said increased mental health concerns among college students almost always mean an increase in eating disorders.  “I think whenever you see a cultural rise in mental issues, eating disorders are going to track with that,” said Samantha Carter-Orbke, team lead at the Renfrew Center. The Renfrew Center is an eating disorder recovery center located in Brentwood and is one of the resources Tr...

By Sol Ayala Online Media Writer Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash Selah Torralba was doing her job as ASB director of inclusion and belonging and preparing for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations for students when the notifications on her phone alerted her to the news of Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis. Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was pulled over by Memphis police officers and beaten. He died three days later. “Here we are experiencing the murder of an innocent black man and it’s like, how are these two things existing at the same time in such extremes,” Torralba said. After hearing from students after the release of the footage of Nichols' death, Trevecca leaders have said they plan to create groups that meet regularly for students to discuss the trauma a...