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NEWS Men’s basektball coach will not re-

Trevecca hires Title
IX coordinator turn after 25 seasons at Trevecca
BY ANDREW PRESTON as the head coach of the men’s basketball
Page 5 SPORTS EDITOR program and was the university’s longest
Trevecca men’s basketball coach Sam tenured coach.
FEATURE Harris won’t return next year. “There’s never an easy time, but the
According to a press release posted timing of this was difficult,” Harris said.
The importance Monday night, Harris “will conclude his “We had just signed some guys and now
service as head coach” at the end of this
of pronouncing year.
I won’t be involved with them. We were
right in the middle of finalizing a class to
names correctly Athletic Director Mark Elliott won’t get better, so the timing wasn’t great.”
Page 3 say if he was fired or if he resigned. During his 25-year stint at Trevecca,
“The press release states he is con- Harris has posted a record of 376-400,
EDITORIAL cluding his service and we’re not say- making him the all-time winningest
ing anything more than that,” Elliott coach in school history.
Changes are coming said. “His service has concluded as head “Change is not always bad,” Harris
coach.” said. “The opportunity to be at one place
and that is o.k. Harris was informed last Friday, El- for 25 years is unusual. I’m thankful for
Page 6 liott said. the players we’ve had and the opportuni-
“He’s had an admirable career,” El- ty to have the responsibility of coaching
SPORTS liott said. “I’ve been personally affected and trying to help kids become better
Women’s soccer because I’ve had two sons who played
for him. I’m grateful for that. He’s experi-
people.”
As a head basketball coach, Harris
team recounts spring enced a lot of wins here. He’s put a lot of has an overall record of 537-569 in 34 sea-
time and energy into this program, which sons.
break mission trip we’re thankful for.” Harris held four coaching positions
Page 7 Harris spent a quarter of a century before becoming the head coach at Trev-
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CONNECT Introducing the next ASB President: Ivan Palomares

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Ivan Palomares, next year’s ASB
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“Ring by spring” brings celebration The process to replace Dean Harris

and stress on campus begins this summer
BY SYDNEY WISMAN BY brooklyn dance
CONTRIBUTOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Warm weather, sunny skies, For many students, it’s hard to imag-
blooming flowers and engagements. The ine anyone else sitting in the corner of-
season sometimes known as “Ring by fice of student development but Steve
spring” is here. Harris.
Ring by spring, a phrase that Harris, associate provost and dean of
describes being engaged before student development, is retiring after 34
graduation, is somewhat of a southern, years of service. The process of finding a
Christian phenomenon that brings both replacement begins soon.
celebration and stress to campuses. Until the decision is made, Steve
“I think [ring by spring] is a Pusey, university provost, will fill the po-
combination of spring being a natural sition as an interim.
transition time in college that you’re “The way that our organizational
naturally transitioning to your next structure works, the person [Harris] ac-
class, or graduating, so it just makes counts directly to will be in charge of his
Photo provided by Ashley Pickens. Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing.
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Average age of engagement and
“Ring by spring” time on campus marriage going up
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sense that people want to move their
relationship to another level,” said Sara
Hopkins, director of counseling services.
The ring by spring trend happens
in mostly southern states, according
to smudailycampus.com. A November
article in the Chronicle of Higher
Education states that Ring By spring is
seen on Christian college campuses and
can be used as a recruiting tool.
That puts Trevecca in the perfect
place for spring engagements.
For many Trevecca couples, getting
engaged and leaving college as a
married couple makes sense.
Jeremy Bauer and Ashley Pickens
got engaged last spring and have no
regrets about the timing.
“It made sense. Especially because
we have the same major and everything.
Our lives were so interconnected,” said
Bauer. “It fit and it worked.”
Photo provided by Ashley Pickens.
Trevecca among first colleges in state to work with ECE to shcolarship DACA students
BY blake stewart
MICAH MANDATE EDITOR
When Michael Spalding heard that his
housekeeper’s daughter, an honor student at
a local high school, wouldn’t be able to attend
college because of her legal status, he decided
to pay her tuition.
When he went to Nashville State to look
at the cost, he found that the daughter would
have to pay out-of-state tuition despite having
lived in Tennessee most of her life. The tuition
went from $7,000 for two years to $28,000.
It wasn’t long before Spalding realized
there were thousands of students in the same
situation across the state and nationwide.
“I realized I couldn’t do this myself and
that’s when I came up with the idea for the
ECE,” said Spalding.
In 2014, Spalding founded the non-profit
organization, Equal Chance for Education,
or (ECE) which provides a scholarship
program for undocumented students as well
as offering tuition assistance, career mentors,
legal support and help navigating non-
academic challenges that come from being
undocumented.
Trevecca was one of the ECE’s first
partners and the organization’s biggest
partner in providing financial aid to students.
The ECE has an office on campus in the CLCS
building.
When the program began, the ECE had
one student attending Lipscomb University.
The following semester it grew to six more
students. Today the organization has 152
students enrolled in 15 universities across the
state. They anticipate enrolling another 80
students next year.
The ECE has students enrolled at
Aquinas College, Belmont University,
Bauer and Pickens are going into
ministry and felt getting married would
be beneficial to their careers and they’re
ready to be committed to each other.
“It has made the wedding process
for us a lot less stressful than if we
would have gotten engaged this spring
or in the fall. That extra couple months
means a lot of difference,” said Bauer. “It
made it so much easier.”
Pickens joked that Bauer pushed the
engagement to be closer to the summer
so it wouldn’t be an obvious ring by
spring.
The Chronicle article suggests that
there is pressure on a Christian campus
to find a spouse, which can cause stress
for some students.
Hopkins agrees.
“I think another part of it is
probably the feeling that they need to
define what their relationship is before
they graduate. Some of it is probably
Christendom and that maybe culturally
as Christians we kind of have some ideas
about what it means to be engaged or
married when we get out of college,”
said Hopkins.
Pickens believes that they are ready
for this next step into marriage and don’t
see it as fitting into a cliché.
“I feel like some people do it
[marriage] because it works for them.
You just do you. If you don’t want to get
married after graduation then you don’t
have to,” said Pickens. “I don’t think
there has to be a negative connotation
around it.”
Cumberland, Libpscomb, Trevecca, Watkins
Institute, Vanderbilt University, MTSU,
Austin Peay, Sewanee, University of Memphis,
Maryille, ETSU, Carson Newman, Milligan
College and TN Tech.
Spalding attributes some of the
organization’s success to Trevecca President
Dan Boone.
“Dan Boone is an amazing man, truly
a Christian and I don’t know a better person
who leads by example,” said Spalding.
“Trevecca has done a really great job
of providing services for students under the
ECE, but also students the ECE were unable
to fund,” said Haynes. “Outside of ECE there
are another 30 students Trevecca is helping
without support and one of the only schools
in TN providing educational funding outside
of ECE funding.”
The ECE also provides an intensive
mentoring program. A student is placed with a
graduate that is working in a similar field such
as a nurse with a nursing student.
“Our hope is that students will connect
with their mentors on a trusting level so
students can reach out to Dr. Spalding and
myself because they are dealing with issues
that most kids their age aren’t dealing with,”
said Molly Haynes, executive director.
Tennessee’s nearly 8,500 DACA students
are not eligible for student loans or financial
aid. They are also required to pay out-of-state
tuition, despite having lived in the state of the
institution they are trying to attend.
Since the state has yet to pass a law
allowing access to in-state tuition for
undocumented students, public universities
and colleges vary in their policies when
dealing with acceptance of undocumented
students.
BY SYDNEY WISMAN for students who have yet to find their
CONTRIBUTOR “soulmate,” but that research shows the
When coming to college, some average age of marriage for Americans
were promised a soulmate along with a continues to be older and older.
diploma.
“If you look at the rates of people
That’s not the case for everyone, but who are getting married or engaged,
it doesn’t mean life won’t be good. it’s getting later and later in life--quite
“I think some of the fear and worry frankly [people are] happier and doing
[of not finding someone] is a product better when they marry later in life.”
of the environment that we live here at A March 15, 2013 article in The
Trevecca,” said Sara Hopkins, director of Atlantic says marrying later can be a
counseling services. financial benefit to women.
Hopkins said being in a small The average age of the first
community where many people do marriage for women is 27 and 29 for
find their spouses can cause anxiety men.
So graduates, have no fear. Hopkins has some
advice and tips about leaving college single:
• Get out of the Trevecca bubble. Expose yourself
to people who are similar ages and similar places
in life.
• Read blogs and articles about the increasing
age and marriage to help ease any anxiety.
• Find other people who are in the same place
in life. This is a time to invest in building deep
friendships.
• Realize relationship status is a small part of
identity. Focus on your own growth and change
during this time.
According to the University Leaders for
Educational Access and Diversity, Tennessee’s
policy on in-state tuition requires that:
Institutions under the Tennessee Board
of Regents consider undocumented students
as out-of-state students.
Institutions within the University of
Tennessee system “do not knowingly accept”
According to the University
Leaders for Educational Access
and Diversity, Tennessee’s
policy on in-state tuition
requires that:
are going on to pursue careers, and attending
graduate and doctoral programs.
- Institutions under the
The first five graduates are at Meharry
Tennessee Board of Regents
Medical school, Yale Law, a PhD student, a
consider undocumented registered nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center
students as out-of-state and a certified public accountant.
students. There are 14 more graduating this year.
Haynes says she hopes the success of
their students will begin affect policy change
- Institutions within the
in the state.
University of Tennessee system
Recently a bill backed by Gov. Bill Haslam
“do not knowingly accept” that would allow undocumented students
undocumented students. the chance to pay in-state-tuition at public
universities did not receive the votes it needed
undocumented students. to move forward in the House Education
The ECE’s goal is to level the playing Administration & Planning Committee.
field for undocumented students and provide “For now we have to wait until the next
them the same opportunity that the rest of TN legislation, but what we have done through
students are receiving and so far, they said they the graciousness of Dan Boone is get tuition at
are seeing the kind of success they hoped for. a reasonable price,” said Spalding.
“There is a 98 percent retention rate,
which is the same as Harvard,” said Spalding.
The average GPA for its students is 3.43
Not only are students graduating, they

International students deal with name mispronunciations
BY maria monteros
STAFF WRITER
Every time professors call roll,
Zacnité Vargas is always prepared to raise
her hand in advance before they call out
her name.
“It’s pronounced Zak-nee-te. I just
break it down for them,” said Vargas,
senior nursing major. “I don’t really have a
negative response if they don’t get it right
the first time. [I tell them] It’s just three
syllables.”
When Vargas meets someone new,
establishing the correct way to pronounce
her name is often the case. As a result,
her peers and instructors would either
shorten her name or give her a nickname
to make it easier for them.
“In elementary and middle school,
I’ll be like ‘why can’t my name be Amy
or something just like a standard that
everyone knows?’” said Vargas.
In an article from PBS News, Rita
Kohli, assistant professor in the graduate
school of education at the University of
California, Riverside, said that consistently
mispronouncing a student’s name creates
a distrusting relationship. Kohli said the
lack of effort to learn their names causes
students “to create this wall.”
With the advantage of smaller class
sizes, Trevecca students say they feel less
invisible and respected when their peers
and mentors can correctly pronounce
their names. But for a first generation
immigrant like Vargas, names carry a
historical significance as it signals their
culture, background, ethnicity and
religion.
“[Zacnité] has a Mayan origin. It
means ‘white flower,’” said Vargas. “My
name is a way for me to say, ‘Here I am
and you are going to respect where I come
from.’ It’s just a way of myself not losing
Process for hiring new dean of students to launch this summer
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work until we’ve hired the replacement,
and that would be Steve Pusey,” Dan
Boone, university president said.
Boone said the cabinet is going on a
work retreat in June where they will ad-
dress the process.
“We will determine the process
moving forward from there. There will
be a process announced by the end of
June,” Boone said.
Boone added that this also allows
for the cabinet to reflect on the job struc-
ture and description.
“This is pretty typical. Any time you
have a cabinet level person turnover, you
always go back and look at your admin-
istrative structure and ask, ‘Is this the
best way that we organize this work, are
there things that should be included un-
der this job that aren’t, or things that are
included in this job that shouldn’t be?’”
Boone said. “It’s pretty common for us
to do a review of a cabinet level area any-
time that [there is] turnover.”
Along with looking into the job, the
cabinet will potentially do some reorga-
nizing of student services.
“We do anticipate some reorganiza-
tion of student services to try to achieve
stronger symmetry in student services,
connect several things that aren’t cur-
rently connected, like chaplain’s office
and the counseling center and issue
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that culture and that identity.”
When students feel isolated from
their community, it takes a toll on their
education. In 2016, a study from the
National Center for Education Statistics
states that first-generation immigrants
are twice as likely to drop out before
graduating high school than those born in
the United States.
Drea Pryor, a student in Trevecca’s
graduate counseling program specializing
in anxiety and racial identity issues, said
the way students react to mispronouncing
their names depends on the individual.
She says what may be offensive to one
person may not mean anything to another.
“Macroaggression definitely
characterizes what people experience. It
gives a label to an experience that others
are not readily accessible to,” said Pryor.
“It’s hard to explain sometimes what a
macroaggression is and how it may be Vargas. Photo provided by Vargas.
offensive to another person if they have For many students born into it’s important to understand the context
not experienced it.” immigrant families, especially from behind constant mispronunciations, she
Chloe Kim, a sophomore business countries that use different characters, said.
management major, was born in Korea using an English name is a way to integrate “Names are very rich in history and
as Jung Eun Kim, but before attending themselves into a culture, said Pryor. that’s one of the reasons why we should
college in the United States, a high school “What can be observed is a really embrace them and appreciate them
teacher had suggested she use an English kindergartener trying to integrate itself because behind every name, there’s a
name. into a culture and an older student doing story,” said Vargas.
“My teachers and professors asked something similar, there are challenges Though some students prefer not to
me, ‘Isn’t it good for you to make an and barriers at each level,” said Pryor. correct others, Vargas says this shouldn’t
English name so other people can “If you have a family structure that tells stop their peers and instructors from
memorize it?’” said Kim. you this is who you are, you take pride in correctly pronouncing their names.
Coming from a non-confrontational association with that.” Vargas suggests being curious and asking
culture, Kim says she prefers to use an In the past few years, a national students to write their names phonetically.
English name rather than hear non- campaign called “My Name, My Identity” “I’m glad that I don’t have a very
Korean speakers pronounce her name as has been promoting the importance of common name because you can forget a
Jung-Oon instead of Chong-Un. However, respecting a student’s background through Bob but you can never forget my name,”
Kim admits feeling closer to her peers that correctly pronouncing their names. Since said Vargas. “You’ll probably forget how to
call her by her Korean name. the campaign began in 2016, more than say it but you’ll know that I’m the girl with
“I got the name Chloe just to make 1,900 cities have given their pledge. the difficult name.”
other people comfortable,” said Kim. “I Pryor says there isn’t “a cookie cutter
feel like Chloe and Jung Eun is the same.” way” of handling difficult names. However,
training that happens through the RD
association,” Boone said. “We want to try
to get a little tighter symmetry between
what’s happening with student services.”
Because of these anticipated chang-
es, a job description will not be written
until the position is reconfigured.
Pusey and Boone will work in tan-
dem in the hiring process. The job has
not been posted yet, but Boone said it
will be by the end of June. He is unsure if
it will be open nationally.
“I have probably had 10 or 15 con-
tacts, a handful from inside the univer-
sity, most of them from outside,” Boone
said. “What I’m saying to them is I can’t
even tell you what the full job description
is yet. We are not where we are collecting
names or resumes.”
Boone says he does not mind the
length of the process, knowing Harris’
legacy will be hard to replace.
“I don’t mind there being an inter-
im period, because [with] someone who
served in a role for almost 40 years, the
wisdom is not to try to replace that per-
son immediately, but allow there to be
some transition in between,” Boone said.
After the cabinet retreat, there will
be a better understanding.
“By the end of June, we’ll have a
pretty clear picture of what we’re doing,”
Boone said.
photo provided by Uy Nguyen.
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NEWS Meet the next president,
continued.
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in the Student Government Association
during the year of election, or must have
held a minor office for two years, includ-
ing the year of the election. Exceptions
may be made by majority vote of the Ex-
ecutive Council and the President’s Cabi-
net,” according the ASB constitution.
Because Palomares was originally
a junior class representative, he did not
technically qualify to run for ASB Pres-
ident. Both the Executive Council and
the President’s Cabinet approved his
campaign.
Palomares said he he understands
the campus culture and feels prepared to
lead the students.
“I feel very prepared. I feel welcomed
in a lot of groups on campus. I don’t see
myself in just one type of group ,” he said.
It was a long road to Trevecca for the
exercise science major.
“A week or two after my seventh
birthday, we got on a bus and came here
to get a better life pretty much,” Palo-
mares said. “[We were] only supposed to
be here for two years to save money and
come back.”
Not knowing any English, Palomares
was placed into English as Second Lan-
guage courses in the fall and was out by
Christmas.
“In third grade I was already on the
honor roll, [it] happened all the way
through graduation. I was always good in
school,” Palomares said. “When I got to
high school, the average ACT score was
a 17. I got a 28 on the second try, I got
kind of cocky. I wasn’t a good guy in high
school.”
Palomares continued his education
at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Because Palomares has DACA status, he
received minimal scholarship from the
state school, and it was one of the reasons
he ultimately left the school.
“It being super easy for me growing
up school wise, it built me up, it put me
on a place where I could get torn down
easily. I went to UT. I got torn down, [I
had] rough times personally, it built char-
Recycling on campus ultimately saves money
BY JARREN ROGERS
CONTRIBUTOR
The food you don’t eat off your plate,
the coffee grounds used to brew your
drinks and the clippings from the mowed
grass on campus all get turned into fertil-
izer for the Trevecca Urban Farm.
Since its beginning, the urban farm
has recycled more than one million
pounds of potential landfill contents into
compost.
“Reusing waste to make compost is
the most significant impact we’ve had,”
said Jason Adkins, environmental proj-
ects coordinator.
The farm refuses to use materials
that make waste.
“Our greenhouse is a zero-waste fa-
cility where we don’t use plastic except
what we get from the trash,” said Adkins.
“When campus landscapers throw away
pots and things like that we usually pick
those up and reuse them.”
But, recycling isn’t just the farm’s job.
It takes a community commitment to re-
duce the waste on campus, Adkins said.
“I’d love to see a culture of recycling
where the easier option is always to recy-
acter that I never had,” Palomares said.
“I had a 4.0 until I got a B in Spanish. I’m
fluent in Spanish. That broke me down.”
Palomares only stayed at UT for one
semester.
“I did the typical UT thing, partying
and stuff like that,” Palomares said.
Palomares returned home and
worked in a factory building air compres-
sors until he had enough money to con-
tinue his degree. He heard about Trevec-
ca through his advisor at the University
of Tennessee. He applied and decided to
enroll without ever taking a tour of the
school.
“It felt really good being a part of a
good community. Coming in, [I] was still
in my UT party days. I started focusing
on community,” he said.
After receiving so much from Trevec-
ca, Palomares felt it was time to give back.
“It just became imperative that I
give back. I became a peer mentor and
ran for rep. When I saw that rep doesn’t
do much, I ran for VP and got VP,” Palo-
mares said. “Over the last two semesters
I saw that I could do more. I went for
presidency.”
Matt Spraker, associate dean of stu-
dents for community life, speaks to Palo-
mares’ transfer as a positive aspect.
“Ivan brings a unique context as a
transfer student. I believe this will be
of great value,” Spraker said. “I also ap-
preciate how Ivan speaks of the positive
influence Trevecca has had on him as a
person.”
Palomares has big plans as president.
“I want to change SGA from being a
party planning committee. It’s a big part
of what we do, and rightly so.”
He said he hopes SGA can be “more
of a government focusing on student’s
concerns.”
Palomares hopes to improve RA re-
quirements as well.
“I want to meet with Dean [Lilienth-
el] and work on some of the RA issues,
I know the door scanners are expensive,
maybe shorten girl’s RA hours,” he said.
He says he feels confident in his rela-
cle. Whereas now you really have to go
out of your way to find recycling bins,”
said Adkins.
Experiencing a change in recycling
policy has to begin with the students.
“I think they need to reach out to
people in charge and say that they want
universal recycling and bins that are
easily accessible. They need to demand
it. They are, in many senses, a customer
to Trevecca. If it’s a value to our students
then it will be a value to the institution,”
he said.
tionship with school officials.
“I have a pretty good rapport with
student development. I’ve been in forums
and meetings with David Caldwell and
the provosts and Dan Boone and [I want
to] do some bigger picture stuff that Trev-
ecca has in the future,” Palomares said.
Dean Spraker is also the SGA spon-
sor. Through this role, he has watched
and worked with Palomares this year as
junior class vice president.
“Working with Ivan, I can tell that he
is a very passionate leader with wonder-
ful ideas,” Spraker said. “He is very di-
rect but also participative in his approach
to leadership and teams.”
Jared Caperton, current ASB Presi-
dent, looks forward to seeing Palomares
lead.
“Ivan is a guy who will be able to get
stuff done, someone who can complete
a bunch of tasks and serve the student
body,” Caperton said.
Palomares says he feels most pre-
pared for representing the student body
well.
“I feel that I won presidency because
people trust me. I have the best vision of
Trevecca in mind and they agree with the
vision I have,” Palomares said.
He feels least prepared for the faith
aspect of the position.
He grew up Catholic, but said he
hasn’t figured out where he fits in terms
of a church now.
“I’m still building a relationship with
God, ever since I started at Trevecca, [I’ve
been] roaming and not finding a place. It
Recycling bins are located in 14 plac-
es on campus.
“We have a dumpster down by the
arts annex that is single stream. The
sorting is done by waste management.
We also have the big brown bins around
campus that are separated for cans, plas-
tic, and paper,” said Glen Linthicum, di-
rector of plant operations.
Recycling is not only a way Trevecca
can help the environment, it can also be
beneficial to the institution.
“From a business standpoint, we ac-
Photo provided by Uy Nguyen.
stinks. I’m still working on it,” Palomares
said.
In his role of president, Palomares
said he can help students find the spiritu-
al support they may need in other elected
SGA members, including the chaplains.
Palomares says he hopes the student
body is understanding of the situation
and has patience.
“I know it’s probably pretty concern-
ing … I’m still religious and I still believe
in God and I am a Christian. I am not set
in stone, but I think that as a Christian
University we should understand that
I didn’t have the greatest upbringing,”
Palomares said. “I hope they understand
it’s a process. I’m trying is what I would
say.”
Palomares is hopeful for the next
year and feels well equipped with the
other members of Executive Council.
“We mesh pretty well. We are a di-
verse group, half male and half female.
People are in the positions that best suit
that position. [There are] a lot more peo-
ple on executive council this year that are
objectives driven, that makes me happy.”
Caperton said it’s impossible to be
fully prepared to be the ASB President.
“I don’t think [Palomares] knows all
of the ins and outs yet of the position,
but no one does. It takes people walk-
ing through the position to really under-
stand what everything entails,” Caperton
said. “During the summer I think he will
learn a lot and really get prepared for the
position.”
tually save money when we recycle,” said
Mackenzie Cox, environmental services
coordinator.
For Adkins, it’s also an important
witness of a Christian community.
“To dishonor God’s creation is to dis-
honor the Creator. To take of God’s good
land and trash it is a sacrilege,” he said.
Photo provided by Uy Nguyen.
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BY brooklyn dance
for the summer
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
After a summer of large campus
projects such as remodeling apartments
and a new counseling center last year,
there are no major campus improve-
ments on the schedule for this summer.
Last summer, $2.5 million dollars
was spent on 11 campus updates.
“We over projected last summer,
[we] did more than we actually could.
We need to pull back, slow down and let
cash catch up,” said Dan Boone, univer-
sity president.
Boone said the school does not have
enough funding to complete the desired
updates this summer.
However, there are a few minor proj-
ects on the drawing board.
All of the light bulbs on campus are
being replaced with energy saving bulbs.
Boone said it is a big cost up front, but the
new bulbs will ultimately pay for them-
selves as they save money on electricity.
The heating and air conditioning
unit in Greathouse will be replaced,
which Boone says is a half-million dollar
project.
Boone explained that the contin-
ual enrollment growth has so far been
beneficial, with the increase in students
leading to an increase in funding. How-
ever, there reaches a point where more
students become more expensive to the
school.
“Here’s a rule of thumb for you: [the
growth] we’ve seen so far has given us
enough funding to actually fund many of
the projects we have tried to do. We are
at a point now where future enrollment
growth will cost us, because of parking
lots, extended eating, more classrooms,
those kinds of things, extra income from
enrollment won’t cover,” Boone said.
When enrollment was at 1,000 stu-
dents, Boone said officials knew the
school could grow to 1,300 and it would
be profitable. He says they knew the
jump from 1,300 to 1,400 would cost them
money, and with 1,427 traditional un-
dergraduate students that is where the
school is now.
“We are now entering costly growth,”
Boone said.
The school is prepared for 1,500 un-
dergraduate students in all aspects ex-
cept parking spaces.
Boone says more parking and cam-
pus renovations could have been per-
formed if tuition was raised, but he does
not want to raise tuition for students.
Long term, Boone says renovating
Johnson Hall remains a priority, and a
new gym is the next major project, de-
pending on gifts and funding.

Trevecca receives grant from Health Department

BY BLAKE STEWART
MICAH MANDATE EDITOR
The Trevecca Urban Farm can now
hire local neighborhood students to ride
their bikes around Nashville and plant
trees thanks to a new grant.
The Metro Health Department
granted Trevecca a $50,000 grant to
support innovative health improvement
projects in Davidson County.
Jason Adkins, environmental proj-
ects coordinator, has been dreaming of
this grant for a long time.
“With all the development in Nash-
ville, a lot of trees are being cut down,
so wouldn’t it be cool to hire kids from
the neighborhood to plant trees and
promote active mobility and to do it on
bikes,” said Adkins.
Adkins teamed up with Trevecca’s
grant writer, Janice Lovell, to propose the
grant.
The purpose of the Tree Cycle proj-
ect is to remove barriers to health equity
by empowering youth to create an edible
tree canopy and vegetable gardens in the
37210 zip code.
The funding from the grant will be
used for purchasing bikes, trees, garden-
ing tools, and will also allow Trevecca to
pay kids in the surrounding neighbor-
hoods to have summer jobs.
“We wanted to create a grant that
focused on creating green collar jobs for
youth, improving education by training
them on gardening, bike maintenance,
creature care and giving kids in our
neighborhood summer jobs,” said Janice
Lovell, director of grants and foundation
relations.
According to the grant application,
the project would further advance health
equity by mobilizing the tree planting
team on bicycles to promote active trans-
portation and light hauling. The focus
area would be Napier, Sudekum, and
Chestnut Hill neighborhoods of South fruit and nut trees that can have the add-
Nashville. These areas are considered a ed benefit of feeding the neighborhood.
food desert, meaning it is difficult to buy Adkins said they will start planting as
affordable or good-quality food. soon as the leaves begin to fall.
Bike lanes coming soon to this cor- “I’m hoping that at the end of our
ridor make a project that encourages work kids will have some education on
bike utilization and active transportation urban forestry, bicycles and how to use
timely and necessary. Programs that out- all of that in the future for jobs, fun and
fit and equip youth with bikes and bike community service,” he said.
safety training are even more important,
Adkins said.
Youssef Eryan, a Trevecca student
and Taylor Flemming, 2017 graduate and
Trevecca Urban Farm manager, will offer
leadership to the program.
The project will start with a kick-off
ride in July, along with some recruiting
and forming partnerships with people
who love kids, bikes and trees.
“I want to start by doing some train-
ing about job readiness, bike safety and
the planting of trees,” said Adkins.
Adkins intends to focus on planting

Trevecca hires Title IX coordinator to help students

BY MARIA MONTEROS
STAFF WRITER
April is a busy month for Trevecca’s
new Title IX compliance and investigator.
Jamie Cathcart hosted three events to
raise awareness about sexual assault.
Cathcart works under the office
of human resources and ensures that
Trevecca complies with federal and state
laws related to Title IX.
Together with human resources
director Steve Sexton, Cathcart handles
all reports of sexual harassment and
misconduct involving faculty, staff,
traditional and non-traditional students.
“Our ultimate goal is the elimination
of sexual violence and it takes a
community of people— men, women,
students, staff, faculty— working towards
that goal to create meaningful change,”
said Cathcart.
Three years ago, Steve Harris,
associate provost and dean of student
development, handled all cases that
involved Title IX. But as the law broadened
beyond athletics and additional policies
are imposed, Harris proposed opening
the Title IX compliance and investigator
position to the president’s cabinet.
“I think this is more at the heart of
where Trevecca would be. It’s not just to
be in compliance with the law, it’s trying
to provide a safe environment for your
students,” said Harris. “Sometimes you
believe that because you’re at a Christian
college, these kind of things don’t go
on. Situations do come up on Christian
college campuses.”
With a bachelors degree in
psychology from the University of Illinois
and a masters in higher education and
student affairs, Cathcart joined the
Trevecca community last October.
Though universities aren’t obligated
to hire a Title IX compliance and
investigator, Harris said it’s important
for students to have a place to bring up
complaints of inappropriate behavior.
“Trevecca’s ahead of the curve a little
bit by having this position,” said Harris.
“It’s going to be a needed role because
it’s not going to get less, it’s going to get
more.”
Since 2014, Trevecca has had no
reports of forcible or non-forcible sex
momentum to continue empowering Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing.
offenses. However, Harris said Cathcart’s educators, among other roles.
victims of sexual harassment and
role is also to educate students about
violence to share their stories and Some students have already
sexual assault on college campuses.
advocate for change,” said Cathcart. contacted Cathcart to express interest in
With the help of volunteers from
One in 5 women are sexually prevention work.
the student body, Cathcart has made
assaulted during their time in college, “This is not work that I can do alone.
the effort to do just that for Sexual
she said. It takes involvement from students and
Assault Awareness Month. Each of the
April is Sexual Assault Awareness other community members to effectively
three events focus on different aspects
address the issue of sexual violence,”
of prevention. The events featured One in 5 women are said Cathcart.
active participation from the audience
following a lecture at the beginning.
sexually assaulted during
“The MeToo movement campaign their time in college.
has brought a lot of awareness to the Staff writers Abby Duren and Anthony
Month and Trevecca will be providing
issue of sexual harassment and gender Senecal contributed to this story.
chances for students to become peer
inequality, and I hope we can use that
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EDITORIAL & OPINION Changes

Introduc- are coming,
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next ASB o.k.
president BY Brooklyn Dance
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

No matter your year in school, the end

of the spring semester will undoubted-
ly bring emotions. The stress of finals,
making sure everything is turned in, the field that may be. Soak up every moment
By Ivan Palomares last few nights in your dorm bed, saying and remember it is a learning experience.
Columnist goodbye to your friends for three months. Don’t wish the summer away, but rather
The comfort of your routine will end, build strong relationships and embrace
Hey guys I am so thrilled to serve as your student body president next year! It is
and then comes adjusting to whatever the last summer before graduation.
such an honor to serve you and I cannot wait for the upcoming year. I ran because
you may be doing this summer. To the seniors: You made it! Graduating
there are too many people who’s voice is not heard and I want to be there to listen. I
To the freshman: Congratulations on college is an accomplishment in anyone’s
ran in hopes to represent all of these voices. I want to hear your concerns and hope
completing your first year of college. book. Best of luck on your next adven-
that you will all use me as a channel to address them. I have such a love for this cam-
Freshman year can is scary and exciting ture, and enjoy the freedom of life with-
pus and what it has done to shape me as a person, so I cannot think of a better way
and is an important foundation for your out clean room checks and Blackboard
to pay it back then to serve this community to the best of my ability. Together I know
remaining years. Have fun during your assignments due at midnight.
that we can make Trevecca an even better community. I want to do all of this by having
first college summer and don’t worry too
better communication and more feedback from the student body. Finally, I want to
much about school. Embrace your summer break, in whatev-
make sure you guys’ wants and your needs come first, always.
To the sophomores: I have heard a lot er form that may be. If you’re returning
of peers say sophomore year was their to the Hill, know that you’ll be with your
Hometown: Bells, Tenn. hardest. So congratulations, you did it! friends in the fall. Until then, take ad-
To me, the summer after sophomore year vantage of sleeping in and catching up on
is the last one where you can enjoy being good books. See you next year!
Major: Exercise science an adult while not having to worry about
adult things. Take advantage of this.
To the juniors: This is likely your sum-
Favorite Food: Fettuccine alfredo mer of doing adult things, i.e. internships.
This the start of your career, in whatever
Favorite Song: Sweet Caroline

Currently reading: Textbooks, nothing for fun

Fun Fact: I am actually a part of DACA and not a

US citizen

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CONTINUED FROM COVER
ecca in 1993.
He was an assistant coach at Judson
College, Central Florida, Valparaiso and
was a head coach at Messiah College.
Elliott said the decision to part ways
with Harris was based on multiple fac-
tors.
“It’s never one thing,” Elliott said.
“The program has to be viewed as more
than singular. It was based on the timing,
the success and the trajectory of the pro-
gram.”
Though no longer the head coach at
Trevecca, Harris says he has no plans of
leaving Music City.
“My kids have grown up in Nash-
ville, I have grandkids here. Of course I
would love to coach again,” Harris said.
“The timing wasn’t great, but I’m not just
going to pick up and leave because my
family is here and this is home.”
For now, the 61-year-old is still un-
sure of what the future holds.
“I have no idea,” Harris said. “I’m go-
ing to do whatever God wants me to do. It
might be the end (of my coaching career)
for a temporary time, but if the right op-
portunity comes I would consider it.”
Harris met with the basketball team Photo provided by Trevecca Athletic Communications
Monday night to inform them of his de- “I don’t have anyone in mind,” El- past season with an overall record of 6-22
parture. liott said. “We had a coach and we don’t and 5-15 in G-MAC play.
“I encouraged our players to stay have anyone in mind right now. There’s “I’m going to embrace whatever it is
and get their education,” Harris said. “I considerable amount of interest already. that God gives me the opportunity to do,”
wouldn’t have stayed 25 years if I didn’t I don’t know a timeframe right now. My Harris said. “It’s not the first time that my
believe in the education process at Trev- goal is to find a good mission fit for the wife and I have had to pray through a sit-
ecca and I will continue to do that as university.” uation. We’re going to take it each day at
well.” Harris was the eighth men’s basket- a time and see what doors may open. My
The search for the next men’s bas- ball coach in Trevecca history. tenure at Trevecca is done.
ketball coach has not started, according The Trojans finished 11th in the
to Elliott. Great Midwest Athletic Conference this

Womens’s soccer team serves in Colombia during Spring Break

baptized or known the right time to. She
said her coaches have been and will con-
tinue to be major role models in her life
along with her teammates, so this trip
was the perfect time to be baptized.
“It’s not about where it happens, it’s about
the people. After we were done, the team
gathered around us and laid hands on us
to pray, which was a really awesome ex-
perience. After that we all sang worship
songs right where we were. There were 13
people singing Amazing Grace very loud
and very off key. I remember telling the
girls that it didn’t matter how we sound-
ed. That’s not what it was about,” said
Hoffman.
After the baptisms, they were able to ex-
plore the mountain range and enjoy the
scenery of the mountains and waterfalls.
“As a team, everyone’s spirits were lifted
that day. Up to that point, we had been
there six days so we were all exhausted
and felt like we hadn’t been able to have
a break. It was nice to have a day to reju-
venate and reflect. It was definitely a day
I will never forget,” said Hoffman.

BY MADDUX REID Photo provided by Trevecca Athletic Communications

CONTRIBUTOR
Two women’s soccer players experienced
a moment they will never forget when
they were baptized on a hike in the An-
des mountains over spring break.
“Our team is our family. I was baptized
with 13 of my sisters surrounding me,”
said junior Cassie Voiles.
On their sixth day of their mission trip to
Columbia, the women’s soccer team took
an unexpected journey into the Andes.
Originally, the team was scheduled to
play a Columbian prison team in a game
that day, but the game was canceled.
The team took taxis up to the mountains,
where they began a short hike to the spot
the girls would be baptized. They gath-
ered around to share testimonies, and
then Leah Hoffman and Voiles were bap-
tized by their coaches.
Hoffman explained that even though she
had been a Christian, she had never been
Photo provided by Trevecca Athletic Communications
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Spring finals schedule