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By Brooklyn Dance Trevecca security will be led by a familiar face starting in January. Greg Dawson, who currently serves as captain of university security, was recently named director of security. He replaces Norm Robinson, who is retiring this month. “[Steve] Harris called me up to his office, and we talked about a variety of different things as far as the department goes, how it’s running now, where we see things going as far as hiring,” Dawson said. “We talked a lot about my credentials, my background, the certifications I’ve acquired, my education—things like that.” (more…)

By Maci Shingleton A local Anglican priest and the president of Trevecca Nazarene University hosted a round table discussion on Christians and alcohol. The forum, created as a chance for students to ask questions about Trevecca's alcohol policy, was hosted as way to create an open dialogue about faith and drinking. Around 50 students squeezed into the CLCS Fireside Room to participate in the discussion. The Church of the Nazarene Manuel, a guidebook for members of the church, states that "…our position is abstinence rather than moderation." Students at Trevecca sign a lifestyle agreement upon enrollment that includes a prohibition on drinking, even after the student is the legal age to drink. But, as Trevecca's student body has diversified, for instance 47 percent of students identify ...