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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...

By David Wilson Sports Editor Photo courtesy of Samantha Rosencrants Abigail Baggott and Samantha Rosencrants do not go a day without talking to each other. Now, a bond has been formed between the two that will tie their lives together forever.  Baggott and Rosencrants were injured in a car accident on Sept. 12.  “We were already so close, but after this accident, we both know we are going to be friends for the rest of our lives. We lean on each other a lot for emotional support. She’s truly an amazing girl,” said Rosencrants.  Baggott and Rosencrants were headed to cross-country practice in Bellevue when the accident occurred on Highway 100, near Highway 70 South.  “I was rushing,” said Baggott, who was the driver of the vehicle. “Samantha and I h...

By Lindsey White Assistant Editor of Arts and Entertainment When Danee Gorre’s grandmother passed away, she was not sure if she would be able to get back to the Philippines to see her family.  As a vocalist and an international student on one of Trevecca’s public relations teams, she had a booked summer of traveling to church camps, and flights home were expensive.  Photo courtesy of Trevecca Marketing Little did she know, her PR community had got some donors together and were finding a way to send her home. “Mysty had all three PR groups get together on Zoom and told her they were flying her home. She started crying,” said Kollin Bailey, senior music business major and Gorre’s bandmate.   Gorre, a junior commercial music major, is the first international student to b...