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New clubs offer students opportunities for community

16Feb

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Campus News, Features, Music

New clubs offer students opportunities for community

By Sol Ayala Online Media Writer K-pop Club during Club Rush - photo courtesy of K-pop Club Photo courtesy of Lightsaber Club Trevecca students had four new clubs to choose from this year: table- top club, Trevecca full gospel, neuros, lightsaber club and K-pop club. Campus now boasts 24 active clubs for students to find community. Diversity among campus clubs has been growing over the past few semesters, with several making their official debut last fall at Club Rush. The lightsaber club is a unique new club formed out of the mutual passion for the Star Wars movie series as members find community through lightsaber fighting. Sophomore Nathan Tramel is the lightsaber club president, and junior Aaron Margerum is vice-president, or as they like to call themsel...

Trevecca men’s basketball player’s high school jersey number retired

16Feb

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Campus News, Sports

Trevecca men’s basketball player’s high school jersey number retired

By David Elvir Senior Sports Writer Photo courtesy Gus Davenport Photo courtesy Gus Davenport Gus Davenport’s jersey was retired from Cannon County High School after leaving with record numbers. Davenport, a 6-5 guard from Woodbury, Tenn., was recognized by his high school with his jersey retirement, a practice done once an important figure in their team leaves. Davenport, or “Mr. Basketball” as recognized by the TSSAA, left as the all-time leading scorer in Cannon County history with 2,130 career points, making him the only player on the men’s team to surpass 2,000 career points. Davenport broke the school’s career scoring record (1,719) on a night in which he bagged a single-game scoring record 52 points. In that game, he also had a single-quarter...

Non-traditional chapel services offered for personalized chapel experience

15Feb

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Non-traditional chapel services offered for personalized chapel experience

By Mia Agee Copyeditor In the four years Erik Gernand has served as the university chaplain at Trevecca, almost every semester has been “non-traditional.” Since last school year, he has been dreaming up creative ways for students to gain chapel credit other than the “worship and word” structure they are accustomed to. Prior to this semester, there were few to none non-traditional ways for students to gain chapel credit, said Gernand. Now students will have several opportunities for credit through dialog series, small group discussions, a service project, and a movie night for Black History Month. Out of the 52 chapel opportunities for this semester, 17 do not include a typical worship chapel service. Three or four of these scheduled chapels will be small group discussions...

University responding to ‘Covid gap’ as more freshmen face academic probation this semester

14Feb

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University responding to ‘Covid gap’ as more freshmen face academic probation this semester

By Grace Beckner Editor-in-Chief Students who spent nearly one-third of their critical high school years impacted by a global pandemic have just finished their first semester of college. As universities across the United States begin to wrestle with what this “learning loss” means, Trevecca is finding itself facing an increase in freshmen on academic probation. “There are students that come to me and say, ‘I don’t feel like I’m prepared for college. I don’t feel like my high school prepared me for college,’” said Michelle Gaertner, associate dean of student success. “So I get individual conversations with students like that.” The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported declines in American students’ knowledge and widening gaps between the highest and ...

Campus adjusts to library closure due to flooding

14Feb

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Campus adjusts to library closure due to flooding

By Michelle Loria and Grace Poole Staff Writers Photo courtesy of Trevecca Marketing Waggoner Library will likely be closed the rest of the semester after a burst pipe flooded parts of the building over Christmas break. The closed space, which included a coffee shop, has limited places students have on campus to study and hang out, but Trevecca President Dan Boone said administration is working with the insurance company and contractors to get the space fixed, and possibly even reconfigured to better serve students. “We’re doing a significant study to see if we’re going to reconfigure the library for student use,” he said. Some of the questions Boone said his team is asking include exploring if there is a way to do a better set up for the coffee...

Dating apps popular among college students

14Feb

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Dating apps popular among college students

By Nathan McKissick Staff writer When Grace Biggerstaff, a Trevecca alumni, was swiping through Tinder, she had no idea she would marry the guy she matched with. Biggerstaff attended Trevecca during the pandemic when social distancing was at its highest. She downloaded the dating app Tinder where she soon met her now fiancé. The two college students met in person shortly after and instantly hit it off. The couple will marry in April. “Going on dating apps with little to no expectations is the best way to do it,” said Biggerstaff. “I know of some amazing relationships and friendships that have come from Tinder.” Using a dating app while in college has grown increasingly popular. A recent Pew Research Center study found that 48% of 1...

Trevecca Social Work program teaming up with local organization to host a free legal clinic for undocumented students

14Feb

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Campus News, DACA

Trevecca Social Work program teaming up with local organization to host a free legal clinic for undocumented students

By Claudia Villeda Online Media Manager The Trevecca Social Work Program is working with Justice for Our Neighbors to host a free legal clinic for undocumented TNU students on Feb. 18. The legal counseling will be held at Casa Azafran (2195 Nolensville Pike) with an informational session beginning at 9 a.m. Students are also offered an individual legal consultation from Vanderbilt and JFON legal staff starting at 10 a.m. Last year, University President Dan Boone told the Tennessean that there were about 100 students with DACA at Trevecca. Social Work Director Allison Buzard noticed a number of undocumented Trevecca students with concerns about what they will do after graduation. “I’ve had more and more of those conversations in the last semester,” said Buzard. ...

Walden celebrate Black history with a month of education, celebrating and community support

9Feb

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Walden celebrate Black history with a month of education, celebrating and community support

By Sol Ayala Online Media Writer Walden, a student-led organization dedicated to serving Trevecca’s Black students, will continue to celebrate and create a space for the voices of minority students on campus, as well as to include and create community with all students. During the month of February the club is celebrating and commemorating Black History Month with events that involve and give space to Black creators and educate students on Black history. Black History Month Kickoff To start the celebrations for Black History Month, Walden hosted a kickoff event with free soul food prepared by chef Sterling Wright, finalist of “Hell’s Kitchen” season 13. Sterling was able to participate and cook for students, as he and Walden faculty advisor Iris Gordon are longtime f...

Social life coordinator works to bring accessible events to campus

17Jan

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Social life coordinator works to bring accessible events to campus

By Grace Poole Contributor Noise canceling headphones, a quiet area at social events and increased music genres are some of the changes to Trevecca’s social life events that have been centered around a vision for increased inclusivity and diversity. In the past, Trevecca events have highlighted specific people or groups among the student body, said Morgan Crocker, the ASB director of student life. When Crocker took office as ASB social life director at the beginning of the semester, she had a vision to make an impact by focusing on inclusion and diversity for all social events. “Diversity for me is a little bit of the piece of the pie for everyone,” said Crocker. This semester, some of Trevecca’s most popular events focused on trying to remove barriers to...

Cafeteria worker bringing joy and encouragement to campus community

17Jan

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Cafeteria worker bringing joy and encouragement to campus community

By Emily Gibson Contributor Burgers and omelets are not the only thing Trevecca’s Apple Dining Hall grill cook serves up daily. His additional encouragement on the side is catching the attention of several individuals across campus. “He just really interacts with the kids in a way where it seems like it makes their morning,” said Marian Leach, Apple Dining Hall cashier. Kenneth James, 55, has been working as a grill cook for the TNU Apple Dining Hall for a year. James, a native of Chicago, came to Nashville in 2006 where he worked for many years in a factory before pursuing a career as a grill cook. When a friend told him about an opportunity at Trevecca, James said he was quick to apply. “At the other jobs, I was at peace, but my body was get...