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While walking around campuson any given day, its almost certainthat some kind of derogatory phrase isthrown around without second thought.Im not even talking about profanity,although that would be more welcomethan what I hear on a daily basis.

What I am talking about, however,is the misuse of words such as retarded,gay, rape, or various, much more of-fensive slurs in a way that is outside thebounds of their technical terms. To putit as distinctly as I can, I am convinced

that using these terms out of context oras an insult betrays the mission of theChristian faith to love the neighbor asones self.

First, allow me to insert a disclaim -er to this opinion piece: in no means isthis an attempt to regulate speech oncampus. If anything, I believe that ourspeech is hindered when we lazily re-purpose words rather than using othersthat are much more accurate, creativeand intelligent. What this piece is an at -tempt at, however, is a recognition thatour diction has unintended consequenc-es that we as Christians must consider

if we are to love in the way to which weare called.

The primary issue with the irre-sponsible use of these words is that it

fundamentally demonstrates a disregardfor an individuals dignity. A studentsdignity is not held intact when gay issimultaneously used for her sexual ori-entation and thrown at the referee whenhe makes a terrible call at a basketballgame. Dignity is not being recognizedwhen rape is used to describe both atraumatic sexual assault that an individ-ual has experienced and what you did tothe easy exam in a gen-ed course.

Whats great about this situa-tion, however, is that there are so manymore words that can be used in place ofthese; a simple internet search turns up

so many words that are simultaneouslymore complex and, quite frankly, a lotmore worthy of being used.

Please dont understand the toneof this to be condescending or angry;Im really not either one. What I am con -cerned about, however, is how we as aChristian community love the other, andits really hard to say that we love some-one if we constantly disregard his or herdignity.

Letter from the Editor

There are many qualities that per-spective students look for when visiting acollege campus like Trevecca, and theyrenot all academic.

One of the most important parts ofgetting these students on campus is toimpress them and to make them wantto spend thousands of dollars and fouryears of their life on The Hill.

Up until a few years ago, Treveccawas lacking in a major aspect in attract-ing students, the athletic department.

Granted, not many high school se -niors coming to Trevecca for worship artsor biology will get tours of the athletic

complexes and elds, but until recently,why would they want to anyways?

Seeing semi-maintained elds and boring NAIA banners doesnt shoutinvolvement by the university, and it sure doesnt scream competitive athletics.However, with the addition of athletic director Mark Elliott in 2011 and

the blue NCAA logo soon after (fully instated next fall as a functioning NCAADII school), it appears as if Trevecca has found its long lost athletic callingagain: attracting students and winning.

This has been a transition accepted and embraced across campus, sportsinformation director Greg Ruff said about the new look for the athletic depart -ment. It is a distinctive feel that the campus has gotten behind this move.

Under Elliotts leadership, the blue logo has appeared everywhere, newscoreboards have been installed for the softball and baseball programs, a newgym oor has been put in, lights have been added to the baseball eld andTrevecca became a charter member of their new athletic conference, the GreatMidwest Conference.

If Trevecca is working on becoming relevant in the region and in Nashville,

taking home six conference championships last year along with the inauguralPresidents Cup from the G-MAC is a good way to begin.A few weeks ago, the athletic department launched the new tnutrojans.

com to much hype. The new-look website is a perfect example of the athleticdepartments recent journey: boring and mundane to exciting and professional.

I wont say it has been easy, because it hasnt been, Ruff said. What Imean is that everyone here has taken on the task and attacked it and madesure the process, where it depended on them, has been successful.

Thats teamwork, and slowly its helping Trevecca athletics to be-come relevant again.

-Tyler Whetstone

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tyler Whetstone

COPY EDITOR Nicole Wood

STAFF WRITERS Isaiah Fish

Logan NewkirkTyler Comer Jon Brooks

Autumn WoodardChristy UlmetSarah SuitsDillon JonesNadia SmithSarah Polk

Bailey BashamPHOTOGRAPHER

Grif n Dunn

DESIGN EDITOR Stephens Hiland

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Sta editorial column: recognizing derogatory speechIsaiah FishStaff Writer


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Wedding planning tips for the busy student opinion November 2013 - 3

As many of you probably already know, there are several engaged couples at Trevecca. I proudly raisemy head high and confess that I got the ring by spring! Many of us have just recently gotten engaged,while some others are a bit closer, but no matter how close you are it can still be an overwhelming task.As a bride-to-be that is getting married while still in school, here are some tips to stay sane and avoidunnecessary stress.

Try to avoid wedding planning during class, but if you must, at least take your laptop so you cantake notes and Google at the same time.

Always have your on-the-go wedding planning stuff with you. Inspiration comes at the strangestof times.

Find a good resource that will help you get stuff done. Theknot.com is a fantastic wedding plan -ning tool that has many different aspects such as local vendors, a budgeting system and a to-dolist that is formatted to your wedding date.

Pinterest can be a friend and an enemy; there are lots of great ideas, but dont get lost in theoverload.

It is possible to have a nice wedding without spending too much money. Find the things that youare willing to spend a bit on, and then look for better deals on all the rest. Utilize friends thathave gotten married recently; what are they going to do with all their leftover wedding stuf f?

Ladies, include your anc. They may not care about every minute detail, but Id be willing to betthat they care more than you think. Ask him his opinion. Also, delegate! You cannot do it all byyourself! Hand things over to your maid/matron of honor and anc.

For those getting married while still in school OR who are planning while still in school: getyour homework done rst, THEN wedding plan. Set a speci c time to wedding plan that doesntinterfere with school.

Be willing to compromise with your anc. You wont always agree, so you have to nd a middleground. The way you handle these things now will set the tone for future con ict resolutions inyour marriage. Learn how to ght well.

You dont always have to pay retail for things. I just bought two veils off ebay for $10. Somethings you will want to be new, but other things dont necessarily have to be.

Stay on top of your thank-you cards. You will drown in them if you dont. And nally, the hardest tip of all: know when to put all the planning tools away and simply live

life. It can consume you if you dont. There comes a time when you need to put your smart phoneor your planner away and be present in the moment. Dont wish this time away for it is precious.

Balancing wedding planning, work, school and trying to get enough sleep can be very dif cult. Pushthrough the tough days and focus on how great your wedding day will be. People will tell you over andover that its going to y by or its going to be here before you know it, and there is some truth to those

statements. Depending on how long your engagement is, it can seem like forever away, but the closer itgets, the faster time ies. Hang in there and happy planning.

Sarah SuitsStaff Writer

Chapel is a great way to worship throughout theweek and on days other than just Sunday. Since we at -tend a private Christian university, it only makes sensethat chapel credits would be a requirement from theschool. I am not in disagreement and do not have any

objection to chapel credits. However, after experiencingother local universities (particularly Belmont), I beganquestioning one aspect of the chapel credit idea.

What if Trevecca required a certain amount ofchapel credits for your four years here? Imagine it. Im notsaying Chapel is inconvenient or impossible to attend,but students sometimes have a lot to handle.

If I was having a very busy semester and had trou-ble making it to chapel each time due to my work load,what if I had some extra credits roll over from last yearthat helped me make the quota. I think it would be veryuseful.

I wouldnt change the number of chapels studentsare required to attend, but maybe the ve extra times Iattended after I hit 24 would just roll over if I needed

them next semester.This would allow students to have more choice inhow they spend their time.

Roll over chapel credits

All throughout high school, myteachers and family would preach to meincessantly about how dif cult collegewould be, how much more of a workload I would be dealing with and howscrewed up my sleep schedule wouldget. Like most of my friends, I just disre -garded them and put off thinking aboutgoing to college long enough to pass theclasses I was currently in.

It wasnt until a few weeks beforemove-in day that I began stressing outabout leaving home and being by my-self in a new city. I scoured the internetfor days, nding articles like 25 ThingsEvery College Freshman Should Know

and 36 Tips for the College Freshman.The only things those articles helped mewith were the more obvious things likenot bringing my dog to school and howto get along with my roommates by not

ipping out on them all the time.After having been at Trevecca

for a little over two months now, I cantsay that I have everything gured out,but Ive de nitely learned a few thingsfor myself. For instance, college is A LOTdifferent than high school, and thankGod for that. I dont know how much lon -ger I would have been able to deal withbeing around the same people Id goneto school with for thirteen years already.Fortunately enough, the same teacherswho drilled into my brain that college

would be crazy tough also prepared mewell enough that my classes and work-load dont seem that bad.

One thing I was warned aboutwas how easy it would become to hit thesnooze button two or 10 times and skipclass. With a few more 8 a.m. classesmissed than Id like to admit, I wouldsuggest taking heed of the advice I wasgiven: dont get in the habit of sleepingin (like I did).

When it comes right down toit, college just hasnt been as tough assome people make it out to be. Sure,college can be a really important stepfor someone planning on going into acertain career eld or someone who justneeds a little time to gure things out,

but honestly, no one should be freakingout about anything just yet. We have ourwhole lives ahead of us for that. I thinkthe best advice I could offer to anyoneupon graduating from high school wouldbe to stay as far away as possible fromthe quarter life crisis and just take thingsas they come.

Transition from high school to college: nothing to worry about

Jon BrooksStaff Writer

Bailey BashamStaff Writer


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campus news4 - November 2013

When ducklings take thestage in Treveccas fall produc-tion of HONK! they will hatchout of life size paper mache eggscreated by the art department.

Betsy Karounos, art in -structor at Trevecca, has spentmore than 100 hours research-ing recipes and working withvolunteers to create the eggs.

Karounos was brainstorm -ing with Jeff Frame, professorof dramatic arts and directorof HONK! about details suchas makeup and costumes. Onetopic led to another and thenext thing Karounos knew, shehad proposed the idea of creat-ing the life size eggs needed for

rst act of the play.The idea of having eggs

they just didnt think was some-thing feasible, and so I startedsuggesting different ways thatwe could actually make them,and I volunteered to makethem, Karounos said.

The eggs will help bringthe production to life, Framesaid.

This is the rst time Betsyand I collaborated on some-thing together as a combinationof artwork and theatre work,Frame said. The eggs are a ma -jor requirement for the set. Its astrong visual for the show.

The eggs were a personalchallenge for Karounos becauseshe had never done such a bigpaper mache project.

After conducting researchon how she would tackle thischallenge, she ran across a bookcalled How To Make Masks! by

Jonni Good. She watched web -casts and tutorials then decidedon one recipe and began experi-menting.

The production of the eggswas a task that Karounos couldnot do alone. She had some vol -unteer staff, students and alum-ni come in to help her with her

ve eggs. The procedure to cre -ating the eggs was a long pro-cess, but could be broken downinto simple steps, Karounos said.

Preparation was key.Much like making paper

from scratch, paper mache isthe same. The scaffolds to con -struct the eggs were stadiumbeach balls, which would bethe perfect size for a child to

t into. Each process of the cre -ation of the eggs had to be done

in a careful manner. One hastymove would be detrimental tothe hardening of the eggs. Eventhe recipe had to be to a precise

measurement.The eggs consist of one

layer of plaster, two layers ofshop towel and paste and onelayer of paper mache clay. Thenewly formed egg is left to dryfor a couple days. Any cuttingor painting was done after thepaper mache egg has fully dried.

Although the steps mayhave seemed easy to simulate,the process is a long one. Eachegg took approximately 20hours to make with the help ofthe volunteers.

Creating the eggs wasduel cooperation between thearts department and the theatreproduction department in theArts Annex.

It makes it easier to col-laborate because were all soclose together, Frame said.

Collaborating is an impor-tant part of putting on a goodproduction.

I think that its a naturalrelationship to have artist anddrama people to work togeth-er, said Karounos. It takes allminds to put something like thistogether.

The eggs can be seen thisweekend. Shows are Thursday,Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.in Benson Theatre. A matineeshowing is scheduled for 3 p.m.

on Saturday. Student tickets are$5 and can be purchased in theTNU bookstore or at the door.

Joy HubbardContributor

EggsDucks

HONK!

Above top: Kimmi Kanagy performs as Ida in the musical production HONK! with BetsyKarounos paper mached eggs.

Above: T.J. Haynes sings as Cat during the musical HONK!Left: Kanagy and Allison Marcrom sing during HONK!Bottom: Kanagy sits with a group of child performers in HONK!Photos by Grif n Dunn


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November 2013 - 5

The music department will bedown some equipment for the remain-der of the year, which could make itdif cult on some occasions to performpreviously scheduled events.

Sometime over the weekend ofOctober 4-7, $5,215 worth of music

equipment was reported stolen from astorage area in the Wake eld audito-

rium, said Norm Robinson, director ofcampus security.

The thief walked away with asound mixer ($4,000), two speakers($500 each) and a speaker case ($215).

It was a big hit. Were having areal hard time replacing it, David Diehl,chair of the department of music, said.Were not going to be able to replaceit this budget yearso over the nextcouple of budget years well have to

replace it.Blake Houchin, mu-

sic instructor in Wake-

eld, reported the thef t, but originallythought that a student had borrowedthe equipment and had not yet returnedit.

In total, there are four storageareas in the Wake eld auditorium withseveral doors leading to it from both in-side and outside the building.

Campus security currently doesnot have a lead on who could have sto-len it since several students had accessto the storage area, meaning the doorcould have been left unlocked. Diehlsaid he believes one of the doors was

more than likely jimmied open.Since it was reported, plant op-

erations has replaced six locks, makingthem storage locks, or locks that lockautomatically and cannot remain un-locked.

The university has its own musicequipment for concerts and school func-tions that the music department willhave to now rely on for some of theirevents. However, previously bookedevents with the school will have pre-cedence over the music departmentsneeds.

Over $5,000 worth of equipment stolen from music departmentTyler WhetstoneEditor-in-Chief

Freshmen at Trevecca cannow sign out more than ve timesa semester.

The policy that used to re-quire freshmen only sign out ve

times per semester to places otherthan their home has been changed

to allow unlimited sign outs aslong as freshmen are in their dormroom by curfew on four out of sev-en nights a week.

Every few years the residentdirectors and I sit down and try toevaluate what the expectationsare for the students in residencehalls, Ronda Lilienthal, associ-ate dean of students for residen-tial life, said. This year we found

a few ways to make signing out

more convenient for students.The residence halls have

also dropped the written locationrequirement from students wish-ing to sign-out.

I really appreciate this sign-out change because it gives memore freedom. In the past, I was

restricted from staying with peo-ple that are family friends whenthey came to visit, Alyssa Loyd,junior, said. I really love that Ican now be trusted outside of thegates of Trevecca.

I like it because its easier tojust sign out instead of lling outa card. It makes me feel more likean adult to just sign out quickly toleave, Alycia Alsbrooks, freshman,

said. I know I will take advantage

of it.This is a rule that could be

reversed if running into troublebecomes a problem for students,Lilienthal said.

We want to respond to whatwe see happening. If the ruleneeds to be changed all the way

back or partially changed we wonthesitate to do that, Lilienthal said.

The rule change may alsomake Trevecca more appealing forincoming students.

The change was reasonable,and if in the process it makes theuniversity more appealing thatsgood too, Lilienthal said. We def-initely want to be appealing, butalso reasonable.

Residence halls change signout pol icy for freshman

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The company that manages theTrevecca bookstore has been workingto ensure students wont have delays ingetting their new books in January.

In August, around 900 books TNUstudents needed were backorderd.Changes Tree of Life Bookstores madeover the summer caused the delays, saidcompany of cials.

Located in Marion, IN, Tree of LifeBookstores is a family-owned, faith-based company that supplies textbooksto Christian colleges and universitiesthroughout the United States.

In August, the company decidedto combine their 10 different corporatebuildings into one. While the move willmake things much smoother for thecompany in the future, it also put them

behind in their work.Once you get behind, you lose outon some of the used book market. Youstart to get into back orders and books

that are limited run and all sold out,Patrick Eckhardt, director of marketingfor Tree of Life, said.

The other cause for the delay wasthat Tree of Life Bookstores was alsochanging their data system.

Because we needed to do a

complete inventory for the move, wethought it would be the most conve-nient time to switch data systems be-cause we could scan the books out ofthe old system when we moved and

then we could scan them into the newsystem, Eckhardt said.

Eckhardt and Tree of Life Book-stores are working to make sure that

everything runs smoother in the future.Weve told our partners that we

are not going to take on any new ac-counts this year. We are just going tofocus on making sure we can get thisprocess streamlined as good as possiblefor our students, Eckhardt said.

The company has an inventory ofapproximately 70,000 textbooks, noneof which are digital.

Tree of Life Bookstores currentlydoes not provide eBooks because there

is not currently a want for digital booksamong students, Eckhardt said.

In a survey done last year by theNational Association of College Stores,

77 percent of college students said thatthey prefer printed textbooks over digi-tal ones.

However, this does not mean thatthe company will never distribute eB-ooks.

Can we do digital? Yeah, sure,well do that if people want us to, butnot yet, said Eckhardt.

In the meantime, At Trevecca, thedelay in textbooks was also stressful forthe campus bookstore.

We were continuously monitoringwhich books were needed so we couldget them into the students hands. Itwas a stressful time for all, Holly Stein-metz, Trevecca bookstore manager, said.

The campus bookstore has alsobeen making changes.

We have made some adjust-ments to our ordering model in hopes

of a smooth spring semester, Steinmetzsaid.

Nadia SmithStaff Writer

Company that manages bookstore works to make improvements

Tyler ComerStaff Writer


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Its time to put away thecleats and get out the basketballshoes.

The Lady Trojans basket-

ball team start their 2013-2014season homecoming weekend,November 9th, against BresciaUniversity.

The team will look a littledifferent from last year as fourseniors graduated. The seniors in -cluded Rachel Raby (all G-MAC 1stTeam), Anissa Ragland (one timeG-MAC Athlete of Week), LaurenWasson and Heather Miller.

While the senior leadershipand production on the oor may beable to be replaced by the youngerplayers, their height will not.

I think our girls do a goodjob of passing the leadership roledown year after year, coach Gary

Van Atta said. However, their sizewill be something that we miss.

The seniors registered

heights of 59, 511, 60 and 63last year.

The tallest Trojan on thisyears roster measures in at 60,and three different players regis-ter 510.

Well have to change theway we play a little bit this year.We will de nitely press a lot more,put pressure on the ball handlerand double in the post, Van Attasaid.

The Lady Trojans enjoyedsuccess last year in the rst seasonof G-MAC play, nishing with andoverall record of 20-8 with a 7-1record in conference games. Thisyear the G-MAC schedule will looka little different with the additionsof Salem International, Ohio ValleyUniversity, Alderson Broaddus Uni-

versity, Davis and Elkins Collegeand Kentucky Wesleyan College.The competition level in the

G-MAC should be a lot higher thisyear, Van Atta said.

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sports6 - November 2013

Tyler ComerStaff Writer

Q&A with Rachel Bollinger

This is your fourth and nal year as a Trojan.What have you learned while playing basketball

here?I would have to say that one of the main

things that Ive learned while playing basketballhere at Trevecca is even though basketball gamesare important and striving for a winning seasonis always at the top of my list, its also about thebond that you make with your teammates andclassmates and the memories that you have withthem, because those are just as important as win-ning a championship.

What have you not done as a Trojan that you want to do your nal year?I cant really think of anything that I havent done that I would want to do,

but I do know that I want to continue to just have as much fun as I can and reallyenjoy this year. Also, becoming a G-MAC champion wouldnt be too bad either!

What is your pregame routine? Are you superstitious?I cant really say that I have too much of a pregame routine. Im not really

superstitious, so theres nothing that I really do because of that, like not washingmy socks if we win a game or anything like that. Just try to get mentally preparedduring warm ups and focus on what Im about to do.

What is your favorite part of playing at Trevecca?I think I would have to say that my favorite par t about playing at Trevecca

is the crowd being so close to the oor. A lot of schools the seats are higher up,so in an arena setting the crowd cant be heard or seen that well. But at TreveccaI love the fact that our fans are right on the courtcheering as loud as they can and heckling the otherteam the best they know how. Its a great feeling tohave them right there, and I wouldnt change thatfor anything.

What is it like to be one of two seniors on theteam?

Its a familiar feeling to me because thats howit was my senior year in high school, but its a pretty

cool experience for Anna and I. I think, because weare both kind of silly at times and have the samework ethic, its easy for us to be on the same pageabout things, and we kind of have the freedom tolead in the way we feel is best. Which is really coolbecause a lot of seniors dont get that opportunity.20-8 last year, how do you guys build on that suc-

cess?We continue to do the same things weve al-

ways done. Work hard and stay together as a teamon and off the court. We may have been the in sea -son conference champions last year, but this yearwe want it all, and I have no doubt in my mind thatthis team could be the next G-MAC champions thisyear.

Concrete to replace water in pool

Score UpdateMens cross country

Placed third out of nine teams in the Blue Ride Open at Appalachian State University Placed second out of eight teams in the G-MAC Championships

Womens cross country Placed second out of seven teams in the Blue Ride Open at Appalachian State University Placed second out of nine teams in the G-MAC Championships

Mens golf Finished fourth out of seven teams in The Buccaneer at Christian Brothers University Finished 13th out of 14 teams in the TVA Credit Union Classic at the University of North Ala -

bamaWomens golf

Won their annually hosted Trevecca Invitational out of seven teams Finished third out of 15 teams in the Chick- l-A Collegiate Invitational at Berry College Finished fourth out of nine teams in the Lee University Lady Flames Shootout

Mens soccer The mens soccer team nished 8-8-1 (5-3 in G-MAC) placing third in the G-MAC. At press time,

they are waiting to see who they will play November 7 in the G-MAC soccer championshipWomens soccer

The womens soccer team nished 6-9-2 (4-4-2 in G-MAC) placing fth in the G-MAC. Volleyball

14-10 (5-5 in G-MAC) as of November fourth, currently four th in G-MAC

G-MAC tournament will be held November 21-23.

Lady Trojoans basketball team will change up game this yearTyler ComerStaff Writer

The largest unused square footagearea on campus may soon be put to use.

The former swimming pool in thegym could be turned into an athlete-only

workout area. The pool area hasnt beenused in several years. The pool used tobe used for student recreation, athletictraining and athletic rehab.

The pool has been drained since Istarted here, athletic director Mark El-liott said. The maintenance and chemi -cals just cost too much money for theschool, (so) it was drained.

Since being drained, the poolroom has been used to store old athleticequipment.

The question of what to do withthe unused area is one that still remainsunanswered. The pool is not big enough

to be a competition pool and be a homefor a swimming team.There are two other options, one

being ll the hole with sand and put con -crete slabs on top to create a at sur -face. This plan would cost $60,000 and

remains a viable option. The other optionwould be to wait it out until major gymrenovations take place.

I think that if the gym renovationsarent going to happen within the nextthree to ve years that it would probably

be worth it to go ahead and sand andconcrete slab the pool, Elliott said.

The athletic department is upgrad-ing their facilities slowly but surely asthe new hitting facility for the baseballand softball teams are being built besidethe baseball eld currently.

Elliott has bigger plans though, asarchitecture drawings have already beenmade to completely renovate the entireathletic facility, a project that would costover $20 million dollars and would needto be funded by donors and team fund-raising.

All big plans start with a dream;

youve got to have a dream in order tomake something happen, Elliott said.

Sarah Raby goes up for a layup in the alumni game November 2.Photo courtesy of TNU Athletics

Tyler WhetstoneEditor-in-Chief


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campus news November 2013 - 7

The LeftoversNapier student killed

A Napier Elementary School student was killedlast Thursday night by a downed power line whiletrick-or-treating.

Christopher Ellison came in contact with thedowned line while near the 500 block of CharlesE. Davis Boulevard Halloween night when strongwinds knocked down a tree limb onto a power line.Ellison was not able to be revived by rst respond-ers CPR and was pronounced dead at the MonroeCarell Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Metro Nashville Public Schools said thatBrentwood Hills Church of Christ will be workingwith Napier Elementary to collect donations for El-lisons family.

The Nashville Electric Service issued its con-dolences and this advice for power lines:

More than 50 downed wires were reporteddue to high winds (on October 31). NES cautions thatthere may still be downed power lines on our systemand to assume every wire is live. If you see a downedwire, call 911 to report its location.

Information from wsmv.com was used in thisbrief.

Low club attendanceTrevecca students have many options tochoose from when looking at how to spend theirfree time between classes and jobs.

For many years campus clubs were importantways students could gather and do things they en-joyed together. Slowly however, participation incampus clubs has waned to where there is only ahandful of clubs remaining.

Over the past several years there has been alag in student interest in clubs, Matt Spraker, asso-ciate dean of students for community life, wrote inan e-mail. We will have several new clubs petitionto form each year, and then only last a year or so.Most of the time the club seems to discontinue afterthe initial leadership team of the club has gradu-ated.

The current active clubs on campus are Futuro,Best Buddies and the Social Work Club. I am Secondwill be a club after they are active this semester,and A.R.T., the Improv Club and the Math and Sci-ence club are missing just a few items before theycan become a club Ashley Hoffner, student servicesdirector.

I think that Trevecca just does not have a clubculture, Spraker said. Our students are so involvedin LEAP classes, campus activities, leadership andservice opportunities that coming together in a spe-ci c club does not seem to be as appealing as it oncewas.

video cameras and stuff into that area, Boone said.Well do what we can do to make that a safe neigh-borhood.

The homes and condos will also be similarto another property on campus, the Trevecca Tow-ers, where residents live on property not owned bythe university. Therefore, residents of Walden Woods,

while they will be expected to live within the law,will not be required to abide by Treveccas code ofconduct on social issues.

These are private homes. Theres no way wewould want to enforce our standards on those pri-vate homes, Boone said.

The neighborhood question University of cials say the development of

the property will bene t the neighborhoods sur-rounding campus.

With more residents, there is a better chancethat a grocery store with fresh produce or a healthclinic sponsored by local businesses could arrive tothe Murfreesboro Road area, Boone said.

The kinds of services needed to have a vibrantneighborhood need solid residents who are part ofthe neighborhood, he said. Rather than the wholeidea that this hurts our neighbors, this is a part ofbuilding a foundation that gives our neighbors criti-cal services that are not here for residents at thispoint.

But in poor neighborhoods new developmentscan cause property taxes and rent rates to increase,which in turn can force the poor out of the urban coreof a city where most services they need are located.

Thats why its important to always be askingquestions about the impact on neighbors, said JasonAdkins, environmental projects coordinator and fac-ulty member in the Center for Social Justice. Adkinsand other members of the Trevecca community livein Chestnut Hill, the neighborhood behind BensonHall.

My question is continuously, What is going tohappen to the people living in poverty around Trev-ecca? he said. Theres a potential that WaldenWoods residents could say, Hey, this is our neighbor-hood and we want to see it remain mixed incomeand that we want to ght for the right things. Andif they mobilize in that direction than it should be agood thing.

Adkins said he doesnt know all the speci csabout Walden Woods but has concerns about hisneighborhood because there is mounting pressureon home space for people in pover ty.

I see a very fragile situation over here in myside of the community, Adkins said. It raises the

question of what is going to happen to people whocan no longer afford to live in our neighborhood asthe city begins to close in on Chestnut Hill.

Boone said that while the development might

increase property value, rent prices in Walden Woodswill be similar to what residents currently pay inChestnut Hill.

It just doesnt come within 100 miles of whatgentri cation is or does, he said. Because its amulti-level subdivision, people who dont have muchmoney can rent an apartment, people with a lot of

money can build a house and theyre all in the sameblock.Adkins said the project could also be good for

building community among staff, faculty and stu-dents and decrease the carbon footprint of thosewho commute.

I think it will be great for those who have tocommute to work, and that will cut down on the kindof pollution we get from people having to drive anhour to get here, he said.

Aside from the 6.5 acres that Trevecca is de-veloping for Walden Woods, the university is nearingthe end of its property acquisition phase, Boone said.There are still a few more pieces of property that theuniversity is eyeing, but the Walden Woods projectwill be the largest of those projects.

Renderings of Walden Woods where an es-timated 200 residents would live. Photos courtesyDavid Caldwell

Senior mass media major Austin Francis plansto study with the Los Angeles Film Studies Centerthrough BestSemester next spring.

The main thing Ive been looking forward tosince starting college is getting out there and get-ting my lm career going. All of the feedback thatIve received about the program has been awesome.

Ive not heard one bad thing at all, Francis said.

Here are the top eight schools in the CCCU insending students to BestSemester programs lastyear.

1 Messiah College 372 Gordon College 253 Biola University 243 Southeastern University 245 Wheaton College 236 Eastern University 206 William Jessup University 208 Olivet Nazarene University 15

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Thursday morning Griffin Dunnwalked into chapel, sang a few songswith the worship band, sat down andpulled out his phone. It was time forDunn to report the unintentional humorof another chapel service using wit anda maximum of 140 characters.

Some may look around the roomduring chapel, see the large amount ofstudents on their cell phones, and as-sume that they are disengaged in theservice. The opposite is happening. Stu -dents are engaged virtually via Twitterand are connected as one by the TNUchapel hashtag.

If a member of the worship bandwears skinny jeans that are a little tooskinny it is likely a s tudent will composea clever tweet about it and hashtag TNUchapel. If someone is singing too loud inattempt to show off their vocal abilitiesthe person sitting to their left will prob-ably tweet a witty complaint.

The hashtag TNU chapel has beenused nearly 100 times so far this semes-ter. It is hard to tell how many studentsare actually tweeting about chapel be-cause they do not all use the chapelhashtag (#TNUchapel) which groups allof the tweets onto one list.

While so many clever and humor-ous tweets have been posted, studentssaid it does not distract them from thespiritual growth that chapel intends to

produce.Tweeting in chapel doesnt take

away from the experience for me. Nor -mally if I dont get into the message orthe music early is when I start not pay-ing attention. If its a good start then Idont think it takes away, but if its like(Dan Boones) sex chapelpeople talkedabout sex chapel a lot. You could tellfrom the beginning what it would beabout so everyone got excited, Dunnsaid.

When someone scrolls throughthe list of tweets with the hashtag TNUchapel, they would quickly discover that

the majority of tweets are circumstan-tial jokes about chapel rather than spiri-tual and positive comments.

People always want to talk aboutthe negative and not the positive as

much, Dunn said. I think that peopletalk about it more in person more than

they talk about it on social media.Heather Daugherty, director of the

Center for Worship Arts and the direc-tor of church services, said she reads thechapel tweets to keep up with what stu-dents are saying.

I read the tweets with the TNU

chapel hashtag. I heard another schooltalking about their chapel hashtag soI wondered if we had one, Daughertysaid. Probably about a year ago I start -ed looking at the TNU chapel hashtag.

I typically look at them once a week orsometimes if Im really curious about

students response about somethingthat happened in chapel then I will goand check it as well.

Daugherty has noticed that someother Nazarene schools also have a cha-pel hashtag, but tweet more about spir-itual experiences while Trevecca stu-

dents chapel tweets are mostly comical.I dont judge it, but I think about

what is the difference in our studentbody to their student body and their re-sponse to chapel, Daugherty said.

The chapel hashtag is usedlight-heartedly, but has connected stu-dents in a powerful way, said studentswho tweet.

The hashtag can de nitely bringstudents together. Some people startedfollowing me on Twitter and I followedthem on Twitter; wed never met butthen had classes together and we in-stantly had that friendship. Its built myfriendships, Cade Smith, a senior busi-ness administration management major,said.

Dunn agrees.I think it connects people. It

makes me feel connected sometimes.We can all remember the same thing bylooking through Twitter. I think thatsfun, Dunn said.

Daugherty said she thinks thehashtag can be a positive thing, and sheis interested in nding ways to use it asa tool.

It can also be a fun game for stu-dents. The winner is rewarded with theirtweet being favorited and retweeted byother students.

I get competitive about it forsure, Smith said. As soon as it happens,you have to have Twitter ready, like, al-ready have the hashtag typed in and justwait for a quotable moment to happen.

Daugherty said she is interestedin nding ways to use the hashtag for away of noting what God is up to in thelives of students.

I wonder if we could use it as aplace of testimony to say to students,We know that youre tweeting, andwed love to hear how God is at work inyour life, so share your testimony andhashtag TNU chapel. I think that thatcould be really powerful for our commu-nity, Daugherty said.

Tweeting chapel: #tnuchapel lists 140-word snippets about chapelMaci ShingletonContributor

Trevecca where time slowsdown and Trevecca past, presentand future come together. Home -coming week is one of those raretimes.

Its a great moment wherethe decades collapse. And you have

people here who ve decades werehere with people who are herenow, President Dan Boone said.And so theres something aboutthe long history of a university thathomecoming reminds you of thatsreally good.

James Bond brings up manydifferent feelings for different peo-ple, but one thing cannot be de-bated: Bond has class. That was theStudent Government Associationsfocus and should be yours as well.

To students, take advantageof the week and make memories

with the history and pageantry ofhomecoming week. To alumni andvisitors, welcome to campus andwelcome home.

Bondbringing back the class: Trevecca welcomes back alumni

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