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By Kaleel Steward Staff Writer Trevecca security’s promotional stickers.Alayna Simons/ TrevEchoes After a reported 11 cars were rummaged through or stolen from on campus in November, security officials are kicking off a messaging campaign to students: Like it, Lock it, Keep it. Director of Security Greg Dawson was handing out free stickers that read “Like it, Lock it, Keep it” in Jernigan Student Center during lunchtime encouraging students to be sure to lock their cars. Vehicle break-ins by unauthorized users have increased on campus since 2022. According to Trevecca security’s annual safety report, one break-in was reported in 2023, and three in 2022. No incidents were reported from 2019-2021. These were not ‘smash-and-grab’ burglaries, meaning that their windows were n...

By Antonia Lopez, Michelle Loria Alvarado Editor-in-Chief, Assistant Editor Immigrant students report feeling worried after social media posts by other students; administration works to communicate all students belong on campus. Melissa Colorado Origua, director of inclusion and belonging, doing work at her desk, on Jan. 30. 2025.Alayna Simons/TrevEchoes For the past several days Melissa Colorado Origua, director of inclusion and belonging for Trevecca’s student body, has sat across her desk from fellow students who are afraid.   She’s not surprised at how busy she’s been meeting with students after recent announcements of plans for mass deportations from the federal government followed by social media posts by a Trevecca student about how to report undocumented s...

By Lauren Steinbrook Staff Writer Two days after TikTok went dark in the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order to delay the ban. TikTok went dark in the United States on Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was set to go into effect. Visitors to the app were greeted with a message reading: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.” CapCut, an editing app popular among TikTok users and Lemon8, a photo-sharing app, also owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, displayed a similar message and became unavailable to many U.S. users Saturday evening as well. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously voted to uphold a federal law banning th...

By Lydia Chapman Staff Writer The Trevecca health clinic is back in business.  Charly Taylor, clinician. Photo by Lydia Chapman Charly Taylor, a 2013 graduate of Trevecca's nursing program, was hired as the part-time clinician, meaning the clinic will reopen for the first time since June 2023. "I wasn't really actively searching for anything; I was content where I was. I felt like the Lord had me in the right place," Taylor said. "But then I had some people reach out to me, and I knew Dean (Jessica) Dykes from when I was a student. As she explained what was needed and what was going on, I felt really interested, and I felt like the Lord put it on my heart." After graduating from Trevecca, Taylor earned a master's degree in nursing from Austin Peay State University. S...

Trevecca faculty and staff gather together at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital for press conference. Photo courtesy Trevecca Marketing. By Keturah Tobias Staff Writer Trevecca and Marian University’s Leighton School of Nursing announced they will team up with Ascension Saint Thomas to open a new learning center to prepare the next generation of nurses in metro Nashville. Ascension Saint Thomas is one of the nation’s leading non-profit and the only faith-based health system in Middle Tennessee. It offers more than 250 sites of care that cover 45 counties across the state of Tennessee, with 16 hospitals and a network consisting of joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities. Marian University is in Indianapolis, Indiana, and offers undergraduate and grad...

By Lydia Chapman Staff Writter Trevecca officials are still looking for a medical professional to reopen and run the student clinic on campus. “We have just begun trying to figure out ways to recruit some great practitioners. We’ve been talking with our nursing program as well as our PA program and we look forward to continuing those conversations about ways we can partner up to bring the clinic back,” said Jessica Dykes, vice president and dean of student development.  The clinic has been closed since the summer of 2023. Before the clinic closed it offered services like general healthcare, allergy shots, flu shots, flu testing and general first aid.  According to Dykes, the hope is that the clinic will open back up and be able to offer the services it previously p...