Campus News

By Alayna Simons Editor-in-chief The on-campus clinic has undergone changes over this past summer and is currently unable to offer in-person visits. This past summer, four employees from the clinic resigned and have taken positions elsewhere, leaving the clinic to be run by one receptionist. According to the director of financial services, Chuck Seaman, they are actively searching for someone to fill the physician’s assistant position. “Trying to fill the position has been highly competitive due to the shortage of healthcare workers in the Nashville area,” said director of human resources, Steve Sexton. At the start of the year, a part-time PA filled in with inconsistent hours, but recently stepped away from the position to pursue his own practice. “It’s important for ...

By Emily Gibson Section Editor Recent changes through Sodexo management have been made to dining hours, meal swipes and portion sizes on campus. Changes include an extended time for dinner and smaller portion sizes in the Apple Dining Hall as well as no more meal swipes in the hub which Sodexo officials say are to help combat food waste and cost. “The first couple of weeks I was here, I stayed in the dish room scraping plates so I could see what was being thrown away, and it was actually a lot,” said Andrew Bullard, Sodexo general manager. “Probably more than half of the food that we made ended up in the trash.” Last semester, in an attempt to spread awareness of food waste and encourage diners to cut back, Bullard placed signs around the Apple Dining Hall. He said that hel...

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 othe...

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 202...

 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 i...

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 Tre...