Southern Accent
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Vol. 74 Issue 14
INSIDE TODAY Business major awaits FDA approval NEWS | 2
Activate your brain to activate your body
Construction of the new student center begins next to McKee Library. Photo by Alexia Bernardo
New student center to be eco-friendly
NEWS | 3
Accent explains: Christian Service requirements NEWS | 4
Movie Remakes: Yes or no? OPINION| 5
Must read Christian books
RELIGION | 5
María José Morán Staff Writer The Bietz Center for Student Life, currently under construction, is going to be the first eco-friendly building on campus. Members of Renew Enhance Neutralize (REN), one of the projects sponsored by Enactus, came up with the idea of the certification early last semester. The group worked to obtain all the information needed in order to carry out the certification process.
“It’s a nice way for Southern to show we care. We care about the environment, we care about the community, we care about our students. We care,” The certification will be done through green|spaces, a Chattanooga-based company that certifies local businesses in the sustainable development area. The company focuses on “promoting sustainable living, working and building.” “We chose green|spaces because it’s the closest company
in the area that is doing exactly what we were looking for [which is to] promote a healthier environment, [that] translates into healthier bodies, taking care of God’s creation and saving money,” said Nadine Peteros, sophomore business administration major and REN group member. While it will be similar to other
BCU Night returns with Sounds of My Culture Brittny Desvarieux Religion Editor
The Black Christian Union (BCU) begins its campus-wide celebration of Black History Month with its annual BCU Night. The night will consist of a student-led play, food, live jazz music and a number of dance routines. The event will be held in the Iles Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 2, and doors will open at 8 p.m. This event is free and open to all students, as well as mem-
“This year’s event is particularly focusing on black music and just the influence that music has had in the development of black culture,” bers of the community. BCU Night will consist of a play production titled “Sounds of My Culture,” featuring club members, students and a few Southern alumni. American jazz saxophonist Oliver Nelson II will also make an appearance at this event. “This year’s event is particular-
ly focusing on black music and just the influence that music has had in the development of black culture,” said Janae Cornwall, junior medical laboratory science major and social vice president and event coordinator of BCU. Though the show begins at
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Propaganda speaks during convocation on Jan. 24. Photo by Barry Daly
Intersectionality: Propaganda visits Southern
Would You Rather? HUMOR | 7
“...[I wanted] somebody who’s very educated with what’s going on in pop culture and all the stuff in politics and able to tie that in, not only with advice that’s practical for us, but that is in correlation with Biblical principles that we have.” “The intention and desire to see yourself in others…in hopes that we would just be neighbors, ” he said. He illustrated that human beings are Venn diagrams not boxes that get checked. Each human being has so many overlaps with others. Namely, one of his final points emphasized that we all fit into the circle of “made in the image of God.”
Hannah Moyer Staff Writier
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Zero waste hacks
Christian rapper and spoken word artist Propaganda visited Southern for a convocation, as well as a show in downtown Chattanooga for the English Department. In his convocation on Thursday, Jan. 24, he spoke on the topic of intersectionality. In speaking about race and diversity, Propaganda opened with a remark about just how diverse Southern seemed to be. He talked about the interconnectedness that should drive humans to be, as he put it, better neighbors.
Cafeteria works to update menu
“Everyone has biases,” Propaganda said. “You can only see your world through your own eyes. That’s not wrong, ‘cause we have them; they’re unavoidable. I think what’s wrong is the assumption that yours is the best. … So, I would just hope ultimately that we would be spurred to be better neighbors.”
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SPORTS | 6
LIFESTYLE | 7
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Southern Adventist University’s cafeteria is currently updating its menu. “If you see something different, it’s ‘cause we’re adding more variety,” said Abigayle White, cafeteria cook coordinator. The cafe is working on many changes, like changing Pizza Day from Wednesday to Monday. Administrators also recently made one of the biggest changes in a while by decreasing the number of items that contain nuts to one dish. “There are only nuts in our carrot cake,” said Jeri Pewsey, the assistant director of the Dining Hall. According to Pewsey and Sarah Bonet, who is in charge of student employment, Pasta Wednesdays, Pizza Mondays, tacos and sticky rice are the most popular days and foods in the cafe. “We are listening to what the students want,” said Pewsey. The Dining Hall has an Instagram account that workers use often, and the staff asks that students send in food requests. “Within reason, we have an international bar if someone wants to suggest anything for it, ” Bonet said. The international bar is opened for lunch every Monday, Tuesday and Friday. The staff tries to bring in dishes from all over the world and suggestions are a vital part of their operation. To send in suggestions or receive news on what’s hap-
Southern predicts: The Super Bowl
Zach Roberts Lead Reporter
buildings on campus, particularly Summerour, the Bietz Center will have features that qualify it as sustainable, though specific features are yet to be announced. Long months of work and research culminated two weeks ago when the group was notified
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