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By Abigail Allen Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Allie Blount With excitement, Allie Blount, junior biology major, hopped off the plane at LAX last November—no doubt with a dream and a cardigan—with months of research and experimental data she had gathered in a laboratory. She was on her way to present her findings to a panel of medical experts and biologists at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists research conference. Blount became the first Trevecca student to win the “Research Excellence Award for Cancer Biology” for her research. “I have never won an award like this. This is my first time doing research on a national scale,” said Blount. Blount was among seven undergraduate students in a summe...

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...

By Kaleel Stewart  Contributor Josh Gee grew up playing several positions on his middle and high school football teams. While it didn’t work out for him to be a college athlete, he’s found a way to make sure about 220 Trevecca students have an outlet for athletic competition on campus.  “Running for intramural director and getting voted on for the position means a lot to me actually. It is a great way for me to stay close to the sports I love in a competitive way. It also is great to be able to be in charge of a community, and to be able to see groups of students come together and play the sports that they love, and to have fun, and enjoy themselves is just something different in itself,” said Gee.  Gee, in his first year as intramural director, spends abou...

By Ellie Willson Contributor  Photo courtesy of Rachel Deeb As the clock neared midnight on Oct. 21, sophomore Darby Cappillino sat with her family to celebrate the release of her new single, “Need,” in their Thompson Station home. Soon after, however, she had to return to her Johnson Hall dorm to meet curfew.   With 41,000 Instagram followers, Cappillino’s brand is easily recognized by her pink clothes and sparkly shoes. What most people fail to see, however, is a hard working musician ready to make a name for herself.  Cappillino was born into a family of talented musicians. Her mother, Leigh, is a member of the contemporary Christian music vocal group, Point of Grace, and her father, Dana, was the group's guitarist following years of touring wit...

By Grace Poole  Contributor Photo by Grace Poole Rusty, a border collie puppy, can be found most sunny afternoons running through the quad and greeting students with his owner Tim Shean, a Trevecca Towers resident.  “When I see Rusty, it makes me feel more at home,” said Ellie Willson, a junior at Trevecca.   Shean adopted Rusty in May this year after saying goodbye to his previous border collie, Franklin, who spent seven years playing with students on campus.  Rusty is the most vocal border collie Shean has ever met.  “He loves to sing. I can’t pull out my guitar without him going ‘arooooo,’ and he wants to sing harmonies with me and with the people on the TV. He started singing in the car to radio the other day,” said Shean.  Sh...