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NEWS Tennessee Governor shares
Faculty hosts alter- testimony in chapel
native event during
Bill Lee’s visit
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FEATURES
‘Little Women’
opens Oct. 24
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OPINION
The best mission
trip is next door
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SPORTS
BY MARIA MONTEROS
Second athlete EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
chapel Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee shared his
personal faith experience, including the
death of his first wife and his journey
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from businessman to politician, with the
Trevecca community in Tuesday’s chapel
service.
The Tennessee governor agreed to
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Lee told students about the tragic
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children were young and how that time
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Lee highlighted how his experience as
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Science and soccer: twin siblings chose Trevecca together
BY KALLIE SOHM
SPORTS EDITOR From the womb to Trevecca’s soccer
program, Tyler and Tracy Roy have
always been there for each other. The
freshman twins came to Trevecca from
Independence High School in Thompson
Station to do two things: play soccer and
study science.
“You know that you always have a
friend and you can rely on each other,”
said Tyler.
Tyler and Tracy were born 20 minutes
apart on July 4, 2000. Tyler is the older of
the two. Together they have been through
three out of state moves. They have a sis-
ter, Kelly Roy, who is two years older than
Photo provided by Tracy and Tyler Roy
state agencies started making me think
maybe, maybe I should use my life in a
greater way. Maybe I should consider the
next step,” he said. “This had not been
something I planned on or aspired to or
thought was really in my path was being
the governor of the state of Tennessee,
but it was on my heart.”
Trevecca President Dan Boone spoke
before and after Lee spoke on stage,
initially introducing the governor and
asking students to be respectful with their
comments when Lee left the building.
In his introduction, Boone noted
Lee’s work with Men of Valor, a prison
ministry founded by a Trevecca alum,
and showed a picture of when Lee signed
a declaration honoring Homer Adams, a
former Trevecca President. Adams was
present and offered the opening prayer.
When Lee was alone on the podium,
two students stood up directly in front
of him carrying signs in protest of his
policies on immigration and his decision
to follow through with Donnie Johnson’s
execution. At the same time, a group of
seven to 10 students also walked out of
chapel.
“I thank you for your passion. I
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them and currently attends Lipscomb
University.
Dawn Roy, their mother, said she was
ecstatic when they both decided to go to
the same school.
“It was close to home, it’s known for
its education and they’re having a great
time playing soccer for Trevecca,” said
Dawn.
Tyler is a double major in chemistry
and physics and hopes to get his master’s
degree in chemical engineering one day.
Tracy is a biology major and considering
adding on a chemistry major. Tracy’s
goal is to one day work in the medical
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Gov. Lee’s visit
sparks discussion
on campus
BY MARIA MONTEROS, NAOMI OVERBY, KALLIE
SOHM, KAYLA WILLIAMSON
EDITORIAL STAFF
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s visit to cam-
pus generated multiple conversations and
meetings in the weeks leading up to his
appearance in chapel.
As word spread that the governor
would be speaking in chapel it garnered
mixed reactions from students and
faculty on campus. Some said they were
looking forward to having the Republican
governor on campus and others ques-
tioned why he would have a platform in
chapel.
Some students and faculty expressed
concern about how the governor’s visit
impacted students of color or students
with DACA status.
Earlier this year, Lee signed the proc-
lamation establishing July 13 as Nathan
Bedford Forrest Day. Nathan Bedford For-
rest was a Confederate Army general and
an early member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Students also expressed concern about
anti-immigration rhetoric and policies
from the governor.
Prior to Lee’s scheduled chapel, Boone
met with two clubs on campus, Walden, a
student organization for African Ameri-
can students, and Futuro, a club designed
to engage middle Tennessee Latino
college students in professional develop-
ment.
He also spoke at the SGA’s first Town
Hall meeting of the semester which was
open to all students.
“I believe that we have student groups
that have been negatively affected by
some of the choices the governor has
made. They are wondering, ‘Is this an
endorsement by Trevecca of some of the
things he has done?’ I wanted to meet
with our students to say very clearly to
them, no this is not an endorsement.”
said Dan Boone, university president.
Boone said that during those meetings
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field.
“It’s a continuation of our education
together; we could study together and
just do stuff together,” said Tracy.
Tyler said because they are local and
their older sister attends Lipscomb, they
had known about Trevecca for a long
time. Tracy was the first to commit to
Trevecca. She received some recruiting
interest from Kelsey Fenix, Trevecca’s
head women’s soccer coach, after they
met at a soccer tournament.
“I thought that I could get to continue
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New spiritual life small groups hope to create community
BY Lily Russell
STAFF WRITER
A new initiative at Trevecca will now
allow students to focus on different areas
of spiritual life from environmental
justice to enneagrams.
Group life, a collection of eight groups
with about 15 members each, is student
body chaplain Stephanie Hansen’s
brainchild.
The initiative launched this year with
the intention of creating friendships and
building participation among students.
Group life is different from the average
club as it was created to have a more
personal atmosphere.
“The main focus would be more
intimate friendships and building their
spiritual life together,” Hansen said.
Each group has an assigned leader
who all report to Hansen for updates.
Hansen created her own group called
Florescence-- a group focused on the
issue of girls struggling with their
identity.
“It’s just girls coming together and
talking about hurts and how we see each
other as a daughter of Christ,” Hansen
said.
Other small groups include a men’s
spiritual group, an art ministry group,
‘Little Women’ returns to Trevecca stage
BY Grace Beckner
STAFF WRITER
Photo provided by Trevecca Theatre.
Trevecca’s theatre program will
bring Little Women back on the Benson
Auditorium stage for the second time
after 11 years on Oct. 24.
The story follows the March sisters,
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy through a tough
time in their lives, but it mainly focuses on
Jo and her struggle to be an independent
woman in a masculine world. The play
deals with the struggle between Jo
accomplishing what she wants in the
world versus staying at home, as the
audience sees her trying to balance her
family relationships and dynamics with
the goals and dreams for her future.
The overarching theme of this year’s fall
musical is one of coming to understand
what home truly is for the individual, and
how to love unconditionally, according to
Jeff Frame, a professor of dramatic arts
and communications on campus.
This year’s fall musical department was
chosen to give students “variety in their
training, and then we want audiences
to have variety in the mood and spirit
of each play during each season,” said
Frame.
an enneagram group, a prayer warriors’
group, a delight group, an eco-friendly
group and SOMA. Delight is a women’s
ministry that provides a Christ-centered
community on a college campus. SOMA is
a student led worship group that gathers
together to praise God and encourage
one another to dive deeper into spiritual
discipline and a personal relationship
with Christ.
Zoe Pearce and Kavanah Manswell are
the leaders of the Eco-friendly group—
an organization that focuses on learning
more about sustainable living and waste
management.
“It’s a group where we come together
to learn more about the environment and
what we can do to benefit the environment
and live more sustainable,” Pearce said.
The inspiration of the group came
from Manswell and her own background,
Pearce explains.
“I grew up in the Bahamas and Kavanah
she’s from Trinidad,” said Pearce. “They
are very small islands, and so our islands
are mostly affected by climate change
because they’re so tiny.”
The eco-friendly group wants students
to become more aware of climate change
and to be good stewards of the earth.
“I’m excited mostly for our cast, because
I feel like we have a really strong cast,
overall. And for the music for the show,
they’re just doing such a good job with it,”
he said.
To keep this variety, the program tries
to switch off between more comedic and
light-hearted plays such as The Little
Mermaid and Seussical, both of which have
been done within the past few years, and
more serious productions that get into
deeper messages like The Secret Garden
and this year’s Little Women.
This is not the first time the Trevecca
student body has seen a production of Little
Women, as the play was last performed in
2008. Previously, the department would
not revisit plays that had already been
done on campus, but Frame thought it was
time for a change.
“There are times where you sense that,
every now and then, that there are shows
that you would like to do again. Seussical
last year was one of them, as well as Little
Women this year,” he said.
Pedro da Silva, senior media arts and
dramatic arts major, is the stage manager
for this year’s production of Little Women--
That’s what the Lord calls us to do, Pearce week and has a flexible schedule.
quipped. Kate Barker, a freshman, and a
Prayer warriors is a group of 20 member of prayer warriors, said she
members that aims to cover the campus joined because “it’s always so important
in prayer; they pray over chapel, prayer to be in prayer and as a group we can
requests and students said Erica Wigart keep each other accountable and pray
and Allison Hall, co-leaders of prayer over our community.”
warriors. For more information about group
The group’s activities center around life and the groups involved, email
teaching members practical habits on how Stephanie Hansen at smhansen@
to talk to God and recognize the power of trevecca.edu.
prayer. The group meets several times a
Graphic by Naomi Overby.
a position he’s held for almost the entirety “I am very thankful for theatre, in
of his time studying at Trevecca. that we have the chance to do things we
As stage manager, da Silva is responsible would never expect to do otherwise,”
for facilitating communication and she said.
general functioning of the production. Nelson also relates to her character as
He is one of the people involved in the she herself is often seen as the mother
production before anything even starts, of her friend group, and because she
he is busy in production meetings getting loves caring for people and making
everything planned, heavily involved sure everyone feels welcome around
during the rehearsal process, and is at her, which is similar to the disposition
every rehearsal lending a hand to any Marmee displays in Little Women.
department that needs him. “Would she react in a very stern,
On performance night, da Silva is out motherly-like way, or would she laugh it
full force, as the director steps back and off and be a little bit more playful with
he, the stage manager, makes sure that the her daughters?” she said.
show runs smoothly from beginning to Trevecca students with an ID can
end. buy tickets to the show for $5 at the
bookstore beginning on Oct. 16, or at
Though this year’s cast is smaller than
the door. They can also reserve tickets
past fall musicals with 11 cast members as
by calling (615) 248-1370, by emailing
opposed to 20 last year, it does mean that
the TNU box office at theatre@trevecca.
everyone involved is more tight-knit.
edu, or by going online to trevecca.edu/
“We always feel like a family by the end
theatre.
of the show,” da Silva said.
Da Silva also highlighted the quality of
the acting and music of the production,
saying that he has almost been moved to
tears on several occasions during rehearsal
listening to the actors sing and do their
scenes. He hopes audience members
could relate to the main characters, and
see them as role models.
Because of the heartwarming and
relatable elements of the story and
soundtrack, da Silva believes Little Women
will be one of the best shows he was a part
of.
Hannah Nelson, a junior dramatic arts
major, plays the role of Marmee, who is
the mother of the March family the story
is centered around. Nelson said that even
though her character is more challenging
for her than others she has had in the past,
she is excited and thankful that she has
Graphic by Naomi Overby.
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President Boone praying with Governor Lee. Photo provided by Maria Monteros.
with Walden and Futuro, he addressed
that there would be people brought to
campus who have been “champions” for
them, and that the same standards will
be held when they attend. Other students
will be asked to respect those visitors as
well whether they disagree with them or
not.
Aside from immigration and the Nathan
Bedford Forrest proclamation, Boone said
students may be wondering his position on
the equal tuition act for DACA students.
Mariam Fawzy, treasurer of Futuro, said
she isn’t opposed to healthy conversation
about differing views, but that some of
Trevecca cadaver lab helps prepare physician assistant students
BY Joshua Michel
CONTRIBUTOR
Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing.
Karen Frye, professor in the physician’s
assistant program, is a former surgeon
who now spends her days teaching
anatomy and overseeing Trevecca’s
cadaver lab.
Trevecca’s lab, which contains eight
cadavers, is relatively large for the size
of its student body. Belmont University,
with a student body roughly four times
larger, has a lab that can hold 12 cadavers.
“The lab is a key component of medical
education. Learning about the human
body is key in taking care of the human
body,” said Bret Reeves, director of the
physician’s assistant program. “Other
schools in the past have tried to do this
through simulation and VR training but
you see these schools coming back to the
cadavers. It’s something that just can’t be
appreciated by simulation alone. It’s a
great jewel on the campus and it’s a great
recruiting tool.”
Bethel’s PA program, for example, has
Lee’s rhetoric, particularly during his
campaign for governor, felt like an attack to
several Latino students on campus.
“This is a human rights issue. This is no
longer ‘I’m a conservative or a liberal.’ What
message are we passing really because he
will be coming here to talk about the love of
Jesus…but is he really putting that into his
work life?” she said.
Several students said they were excited
to hear the governor’s testimony and thank
him for his work on prison reform and pro-
life measures.
Lily Moll, a junior, said it was an honor
for Trevecca to host the governor. She’s
a computer surgery simulation program
but brings students to Trevecca’s lab twice
a year.
Frye, who preps the lab for students
if they need to do an operation, came to
Trevecca in 2011, with extensive experience.
She was an associate professor of surgery
at the University of South Alabama for
17 years, having more than 20 years of
experience in general surgery practice. She
was also a burn surgeon at USA’s Regional
Burn Center, caring for critical patients
and exercising dead skin from burned
areas.
Frye believes one of her best learning
experiences was serving as a medical
missionary in Swaziland at a 294-bed
hospital run by the Church of the Nazarene.
From 1987-1992, she administered medical
care with limited technology and housing
space.
“If it was overflowing, people would
sleep on mats on the floor. It was
challenging because we didn’t have as
many diagnostic resources. I had basic
x-ray and the ultrasound was okay for
diagnosing an incomplete abortion,” said
Frye.
Frye remembers that despite their efforts,
patients weren’t always as appreciative
as she would have thought. However, her
faith urged her to have a positive attitude.
“I remember thinking one day that only
one of 10 lepers thanked Jesus, so I didn’t
deserve more than that,” said Frye.
She still has pictures on her office
computer of smiling patients in the surgery
recovery ward.
“I regret that I never went back,” said
followed his career as the founder of the Lee
Company and then governor.
“His testimony is moving, powerful and
worth taking a listen to,” she said. “I was
encouraged and excited to hear that he was
coming to campus to speak because I believe
his message reaches beyond politics by
inspiring those of the Christain faith.”
Some students told Boone they were eager
to thank the governor for his work with Men
of Valor, a Christian prison ministry and
mentoring program. Additionally, students
have told Boone that they appreciate the pro-
life position Lee holds.
Trevecca is a non-partisan campus and
doesn’t endorse political candidates, said
Boone. Had Lee wanted to talk about any
political topics, he would have said chapel
was not the space for him to come and speak.
However, since Lee wanted to share his
testimony, Boone said it was appropriate that
he speak in chapel.
“It’s where the people of God gather to
hear the stories of the people of God,” Boone
said.
Several Trevecca students intern with
politicians, both Republican and Democrat,
and Boone said having politicians on campus
is an educational as well as a networking
opportunity for students.
“I want our students to go into politics. I
want our students to be open about the way
that God might speak to them about going
into politics. I want them to see examples
of people for whom that is their story. I’m
hoping that many of our students who feel
like they can serve God in that field will hear
Frye.
These days, Frye dedicates her time to
teaching anatomy and surgery classes,
and maintaining the infamous cadaver
lab.
Reeves, a former Army officer, and
aviation medic who was deployed during
Operation Desert Storm, knows a capable
individual when he sees one.
“Bottom line, she’s amazing. Amazing
at teaching and with students. In
anatomy, she is better than any of her
peers,” said Reeves. “Her background in
surgery qualifies her to run the cadaver
lab.”
Allie Fuller, a senior exercise science
major, got the opportunity to use the lab
for a project. Typically, only PA students
and faculty have access to the lab, but
approved individuals are allowed in.
Terry Pruitt, professor of psychology,
is able to bring in his students to look
at the human brain. Fuller dissected the
muscles and joints of the shoulder to see
what causes throwing injuries in baseball
players.
“It was cool to collect our data and look
at our results. It was gross at first, but it is
cool because you get to see how complex
every part of your body is. We measured
eight different cadavers,” said Fuller.
Frye gave Fuller the rundown on how
to properly go about doing dissections on
cadavers.
“In the beginning, she gave us what
we needed to know for cleaning up the
lab and scalpels, if you used a scalpel to
cut into one cadaver, you couldn’t use
it on another cadaver. We were always
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(Lee’s) story and it will inspire them to go
into politics,” Boone said.
The bigger picture of the visit with Lee,
Boone said, is that it is the “toe in the water
of how we’re going to deal with the [2020]
presidential election.” Ideally, he hopes to
establish a culture of respectful dialogue,
hospitality to those who will come to visit
on campus, and enriched opportunities for
conversation between students. Boone wants
to get ahead of the campaign.
“When we get to the presidential election,
then we’re able to enter it at the level of
‘Let’s talk about the issues, why particular
candidates attract or don’t attract you.’ Let’s
try to get ahead of that this time instead of it
just hitting us in the face,” said Boone.
Ultimately, Boone hopes Lee’s visit and
visits from other politicians in the future,
give Trevecca a chance to show that followers
of Jesus can show a different way to handle
discussion and debate around political
issues.
“I think the divide comes because our
world has taught us to divide… The world
we live in is enemy centered, shame based,
divisive, and very mean spirited. Anytime
you get into politics in the world you find
that’s the mind set people rush to all the
time. We have been affected living in that
kind of world,” Boone said. “One of the
opportunities Trevecca has is that we could
give the world a very different picture of how
you deal with someone whose ideas may be
totally different than yours.”
required to wear hairnets and gloves,”
said Fuller.
Fuller dissected for months on the
cadavers, and they have to be able to
last that long. Trevecca gets a shipment
of cadavers only once a year, in April,
when eight arrive from an undisclosed
company in St. Louis. One cadaver is kept
relatively clean to show off to prospective
PA students on tour. Those eight cadavers
need to last for 12 months with anatomy
students dissecting thorax, back, and
limb muscles and PA students freshening
up on procedures before their rotations.
A rotation is the practice of medicine at
a hospital or clinic during a PA student’s
last two years of study.
Whenever Frye is instructing in the
lab, she aims to teach her students not
to make the same mistakes she has seen
throughout her career.
“Ask yourself why the patient has the
problem they have. Most people see a
wound and put an ointment on it. Ask
yourself what caused the wound. Look
for the underlying problem. People
going into medicine don’t anticipate the
amount of critical thinking required,”
said Frye.
Searching for a cause is what brought
Fuller to use the cadaver lab.
“To get the chance to get exposed to it
(cadaver lab) before grad school, it was
one of the most helpful things to prepare
me. I’ve talked to friends at other schools
and they say they wished they had the
opportunity to use a cadaver lab in their
undergrad years,” said Fuller.
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appreciate that,” Lee said, addressing the
protesters. “I had to make the decision
to allow the criminal justice system as
designed by this state and desired by
the people of Tennessee my decision to
follow the law of Tennessee and allow
that execution to take place.”
He also encouraged students to stand
up for what they believe in and be leaders
in their own way, even within their own
friend groups.
“I encourage you and challenge you
in your days ahead to be courageous
to stand up for what you believe just
like these two people,” he said. “These
two people have stood up for what they
believe in quite frankly a respectful way.”
The two students stood and held up
their signs throughout Lee’s time on
stage.
“I decided that I would rather be
remembered for what I did not what
I didn’t do,” said Rachele Stanley,
sophomore social justice major, who
held up a sign advocating for Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
More updates to come to the Apple
Dining Hall next year
Photo provided by Maria Monteros
BY AUDREY YAWN
STAFF WRITER
A major renovation of Jernigan is planned
to start after graduation in May. All three
floors of the building will be remodeled
and the kitchen and dining spaces will be
reconfigured.
Officials are in the very beginning stages
of the planning process for the project.
Everything from the budget to the scope
of the project is being discussed now with
Chartwells, the university’s new dining service.
“There’s some investments that are going to
be provided by some partners,” said Mariano
Monzu, Trevecca’s chief financial officer.
“When I say partners I mean Chartwells.”
When it came down to making the decision
for renovations, Jernigan was a top priority due
to being one of the last untouched buildings
on campus.
“If you look through the buildings pretty
much every single building at some point
has been upgraded except for Jernigan,” said
Monzu. “The cafeteria is the one building that
is left.”
There has been some talk of changing
layouts but no official plans have been decided
on.
“The downstairs is going to be reconfigured.
We don’t know how yet or what that’s going to
look like,” said Monzu.
recipients. “I believe it is very scary for
a lot of people here on campus who are
children of DACA who are frightened
that this man was coming to speak to us
especially if he opposes their existence
here.”
Trevecca is one of the universities
in Tennessee that partners with Equal
Chance For Education (ECE)— an
organization that provides scholarship
for DACA recipients.
Erykah Lewis, junior social justice
major, said she didn’t participate in
the walk out because she wanted the
governor to see minority students.
“I think there is more strength in
staying and letting him see my face,”
Lewis said. “I feel like if we keep moving
towards walking out and protesting, then
we’ll never understand what happens
when we engage in conversation where
we can come to a compromise.”
Michael Carlson, junior religion major,
was motivated to go to chapel because of
Lee’s work with his father, Carl Carlson,
The goal of the project is to increase space
in all aspects from the serving areas in the
building to the dining areas for the students.
“We’re going to be working through the
summer with a redesign of the kitchen [on
the first floor] and the layout and downstairs
with the kitchen as well.[We want] to increase
seating, kitchen, and serving space.”
Monzu and Seaman have been in meetings
discussing the plans for how to feed people
on campus over the summer during the
construction.
“We just were meeting with the Chartwells
regional director and manager… that’s in the
brainstorming trying to figure out a plan right
now,” said Chuck Seaman, director of financial
services. “We have to be able to feed [Camp
Electric and orientation]. How and where, we
don’t know yet.”
Concrete completion dates are not solidified
but the hope is to be finished by no later than
Fall 2021.
“The renovation scope and completion time
is still unknown,” said Monzu. “The cafeteria
will have to be open during the school year
and so the work will have to be completed
in phases. This makes the building more
challenging. It will be done for sure by the Fall
of 2021 but maybe earlier.”
in Men of Valor— an organization meant
to equip previously incarcerated men to
reintegrate into society.
“I thought [Lee] handled the protest
gracefully,” he said. “I think he tried to
make his point clear, of his priorities and
service. His motivation is to serve Christ
for others.”
Anthony Senecal said he “appreciated
the humanity” behind the message of
Lee’s testimony.
“I hope [Lee] makes decisions grounded
in the freedom that God desires for all
people,” he said.
The university requires students to
attend chapel at least 24 times each
semester, but for this service, students
were given credit regardless of whether
they were present.
A blank card and a pen was place on
every chair in chapel for students to write
letters of feedback or gratitude to the Photo provided by Maria Monteros
governor. Boone said he plans to deliver Note cards given to students for gratitude and
the cards to the governor on behalf of feedback during Lee’s testimony.
Trevecca students.
Faculty hosts alternative event
during Gov. Lee’s visit
BY Naomi overby
FEATURES EDITOR
Around 20 students and faculty and they had. The event closed out in prayer.
staff gathered in the Fireside Room in Bud Baskets were placed in the room, one
Robinson to talk and pray during chapel on containing materials for students to still
Tuesday. participate in the letter writing to Gov. Lee or
The event was hosted by a few faculty to other people, and the other was for prayer
members who had heard from students that requests.
they were uncomfortable attending chapel if Ariana Catalan, a senior business
Gov. Bill Lee was speaking. Some students on management major, comes from a family of
campus expressed concern about Lee’s views immigrants, and has friends and family who
on issues like immigration and tuition for are DACA recipients.
DACA students.
Catalan attended the event because she
“When the chapel schedule came out… feels directly affected by the governor’s visit
we just started listening to students, having to campus, and is thankful that professors let
conversations with each other. There were students know by hosting this event that they
faculty that were being curious about how to are concerned for them.
be a part of charitable discourse but also how
“I feel more assured about our safety. I feel
to support students,” said Elizabeth Nunley,
that there are people who actually care for us
assistant professor of social work.
or care for DACA recipients,” Catalan said.
Twelve students and 10 faculty and staff
members attended the meeting.
Trevecca President Dan Boone hosted
meetings, one with faculty and one with all
employees, in the days leading up to Lee’s visit
on campus.
During those meetings, faculty were told
they were free to support students who had
concerns or felt unsafe about the visit. A
few faculty members had the idea to host an
alternative event that students could come to
in order to feel heard, seen, and safe.
Nunley said that there was a desire to help
students discern the differences and options of
protesting versus community conversations or
safe spaces.
“That’s really what we wanted to offer. It is
a protest to not go, to show up in a space, and
speak your truth. It happened in a way that felt
meaningful and productive,” Nunley said.
The event started off with the attendants
circling up for prayer and a few words shared
by faculty members.
Announcements were made to let students
Photo provided by Naomi Overby
know the intention of the group, giving
students a space to still share community
Faculty led alternative event taking place in the Bud
without attending chapel. Students and Robinson Building.
faculty then moved to sitting in a circle and
introducing themselves and were given a space
to say why they attended and any concerns

Record number of new clubs available on campus
BY KAYLA WILLIAMSON
ONLINE EDITOR
Scorching weather didn’t stop students
from attending club rush this year. With
melted popsicles and cool bottles of water,
students weaved through the crowd of new
faces and clubs.
There are usually only three or four
new clubs a semester, but this year 13 new
clubs are available to students, according
to Matthew Spraker, associate dean of
students for community life.
“Before we even got those, we were trying
to have more of an emphasis on clubs,”
Spraker said. “It’s all driven by students
who came and said they wanted to start [a
club], which shows there’s a desire and a
need there.”
There are four categories of clubs: interest
clubs, club sports, campus ministries, and
organizational groups. Clubs categorized as
interest and campus ministries are largely
the reason for growth. There are large
groups on campus and campus events that
garner many students, but it can be harder
to make lasting connections there. Clubs
and small groups are what helps make
bonds and develop relationships, said
Spraker.
“The purpose of these clubs are to
bring people together for conversation,
for prayer, for shared interest, and it’s for
people to find small groups with other
people,” Spraker said.
The new interest and sports clubs are
Heaven’s Forge, American Choral Directors,
Trojan Horse Soccer, TNU Minecraft,
Trevecca Spirit Club, Culture around the
Curves, and Ultimate Frisbee.
The new campus ministries clubs are
Prayer Warriors, Eco-Friendly, Men’s
Group, Florescence, Creative Spaces, and
Five résumé guides to get hired from career development pros
BY MARIA MONTEROS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
On Liza Rodriguez Madrid’s first job fair
out of high school, she gave out a three-page
résumé to potential employers.
“It looked like nothing it’s supposed to look
like,” she said. “I put every single thing I’ve
ever done.”
Now a junior graphic design major,
Rodriguez Madrid thought it was time for
her résumé to reflect her personal brand.
After consulting Pinterest for inspiration,
she decided on a coral and blue-green color
scheme with red accents. That’s not all.
She created a watermark sprawled on one
side of the page designed to subtly spell out
her initials. On the upper left side of her now
single-page résumé, she wrote her first name
in bold type, 60-point size and her font style
of choice: Lato.
“I wanted it not to be so rigid,” said
Rodriguez Madrid, who wants to pursue
editorial and branding design once she
graduates. She currently works with Trevecca’s
marketing department designing promotional
materials for the university.
Recruiters take an average of 7.4 seconds to
look at a candidate’s résumé, according to a
2018 study from job posting site Ladders, Inc.
In the current competitive job market, some
students try to stand out by personalizing
their résumés, exaggerating or even lying
which could hurt their chances of landing the
job, said Katelyn Sharpes, director of career
services and professional development.
“You don’t ever want to add things just for
Enneagram Small Group.
• Heaven’s Forge
Nathan Riley, freshman and youth
and pastoral ministries major, has been
a practicing blacksmith for two years.
Told all his life that he was not capable of
being a blacksmith, he set out to prove his
doubters wrong.
As a child, Riley was already passionate
about the trade. He grew up in the 90’s,
when YouTube didn’t exist. In 2005,
after YouTube became an overwhelming
sensation, Riley was able to watch videos
and tutorials on how to build tools.
“There’s something about making a tool
that could be used to save someone’s life
in a hunting or camping situation out of
nothing but scraps,” Riley said.
His first project, which was a knife blank,
could not be turned into an actual knife.
Even so, he was already hooked, and his
practice continues. He uses blacksmithing
to expand his faith. A forge, which is
included in the club’s name, is both the
building that a blacksmith works in, and
the machinery that’s used to heat metal,
Riley explained.
When Riley first arrived at Trevecca,
many students were surprised that learn
that he was a blacksmith. Some of those
students expressed their desire to learn
about the trade, so Riley founded the club.
“I’m basically trying to do what I can to cut
the costs of Trevecca while simultaneously
teaching the trade to a new generation that
can use it going forward,” Riley said.
The costs that Riley is referring to are the
tools used at the Trevecca Urban Farm. He
plans to teach students how to build tools
the sake of your résumé looking a certain
way or fitting a certain way,” said Sharpes.
“[Employers] might ask questions specifically
based on what you put on your résumé and
if the reference can’t vouch for that, then it
doesn’t look good.”
• Templates hurt more than they
help.
Using templated résumés could cause
formatting errors once uploaded to some
computer systems, said Sharpes. Applicants
could lose some parts of the document, she
said.
“Your Canva résumé or your templated
résumé with a really cool font and your picture
on it, is not going to show up correctly,” said
Sharpes. “You’ll put it in there, and maybe
only your headers will show up, or maybe
there’s missing information from it that’s really
vital for you getting the job.”
• Don’t ditch the black and white.
For many creative professionals, a résumé
serves as proof of their design capabilities.
However, for most young professionals, using
the standard black and white format might be
the best choice, said Cathy Hendon, director
of the Bachelor of Arts in management and
leadership program at Trevecca’s School of
Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS).
Black and white résumés are easier for
the applicant tracking system (ATS), a
software used to handle recruitments, to read.
Additional details like a self-portrait on the
document could also illicit bias, she said.
“[Recruiters] probably don’t even know they
have an internal bias,” said Hendon, who also
from scratch, and how to repair already
existing tools. He also wants to help the
cafeteria kitchen repair and replace knives
and utensils.
• Prayer Warriors
After working on Mission trips in
Puertao Rico over the summer, Allison Hall
and Erica Wigart were asked to lead a group
called Prayer Warriors. It’s part of six small
groups created by Stephanie Hansen, all
student body chaplain, as an initiative to
build small group communities. Hall and
Wigart have made the group their own
and hope to make prayer attainable for
everyone.
“Prayer can be daunting,” said Wigart,
freshman and religion major. “Praying
out loud or spending time with God at all.
Sometimes your schedule can seem so busy,
so our goal is to make it more attainable
and less scary.”
Part of the appeal of prayer warriors is
anonymity. Students are encouraged to
submit prayer requests but don’t have to put
their name on it. In one of the first Chapels
of the semester, Hall and Wigart provided
for students to submit their request.
Unbeknownst to them, over 90 requests
were submitted. Since the group hadn’t had
their first group meeting, Hall and Wigart
sat together and prayed over each request.
As interns with Thirst Missions, Hall
and Wigart were tasked with leading the
mission groups. One of the main things
they did were pray for the people of Puerto
Rico.
“We saw how powerful prayer is and it
had a major impact on us and as well as
the people there,” said Hall, biology and
chemistry major. “We wanted to take those
teaches classes in human resource.
When in doubt, make both a creative and
a standard résumé, associate professor of
information technology and digital design
Joshua Lomelino suggests.
“Content is king,” he said. “Any distraction
from that is really not good design because
design should be at service to the message.”
Use italics and bold type to emphasize
work experience, education and awards on
the document— but use them sparingly, said
Lomelino.
“When I was a design student, one of my
professors always told me, if everything is
emphasized, then nothing is emphasized,” he
said.
• Résumés aren’t a one size fits all
document.
The key to getting hired might be on the job
posting. HR professionals use keywords from
the job description and input them into the
ATS, Hendon said.
To stand out, applicants should customize
their résumés by including words from the job
description, she said.
“Think about what the organization
needs,” she said. “Students should never have
a standard résumé that they ship out to a
hundred different places.”
• Show don’t tell and tell the truth.
Rather than listing skills and duties, Hendon
said students should instead explain the roles
and accomplishments associated with those
skills. For instance, instead of writing “effective
communicator,” briefly describe situations
TrevEchoes | October| 2019 |
experiences and share them with Trececca.”
Puerto Rico also influenced the activities
Hall and Wigart have planned for the
semester. These include Prayer walks and
Blessing Bags.
Once a month, Hall and Wigart, with
members of the group, plan to walk
through the many different neighborhoods
of Nashville. Their plan is to speak to
people on the streets, get to know them and
pray over them, but most importantly, show
them they are loved. Twice per semester,
Hall and Wigart also plan to give out
blessing bags. Similar to the prayer walk
and an activity they did in Puerto Rico,
blessing bags are bags filled with essentials
given to people in the neighborhood. In
Puerto Rico, the bags were filled staple food
items like rice, beans, and sugar. They plan
to alter the bags and adjust it to what the
neighborhood needs.
Along with their experience in Puerto
Rico, Hall and Wigart will be using their
past experiences with prayer to implement
in the group.
While they have many ideas for the group,
Hall and Wigart maintained they want their
focus to stay on prayer. Prayer warriors will
have weekly prayer meetings and will meet
30 minutes before every chapel.
Members of the group will read and pray
over the prayer requests. They will have
guided prayers that focus on Trevecca,
Nashville, and the world. Hall and Wigart
will also provide the group with prayer
journals to decorate and pray over their
own needs.
Prayer request boxes will be in placed
in Waggoner library and Jernigan student
center.
when this skill was applied.
Many undergrads feel the need to
exaggerate their accomplishments because
they don’t have the required skills for the job,
said Sharpes. On the flip side, she said students
can demonstrate certain skill sets through
other activities that may seem unrelated.
“I once had a student who got promoted
really quickly to being a supervisor at Jeni’s,
and she didn’t put that role on her résumé,”
she said. “But she worked at Jeni’s all
throughout college, had that job while being
a successful student and getting promoted at
that job. So that speaks really highly to your
employer.”
• Channel your inner perfectionist.
Grammatical and formatting errors on a
résumé point to an applicant’s lack of attention
to detail, Hendon said.
Before hitting send, ask Sharpes, a professor
or a friend to proofread essential documents
like résumés, cover letters or autobiographical
essays, Hendon suggests.
“You’ve got 30 seconds [at most] to make that
impression, so tailor that résumé to that job as
best as you can,” she said.
Graphic design and information technology
majors have the option to take Lomelino’s
portfolio assessment classes, where he teaches
the fundamentals of design applied to résumés
and other methods of personal branding.
Once Rodriguez Madrid graduates, she’s
dead set on using the creative résumé she
made in Lomelino’s class.
“I don’t think I’ll ever look for an employer
that prefers a text résumé,” she said.
 Opinion: Loving our neighbors next door
2019 | October | TrevEchoes
EDITORIAL & OPINION
BY TYNAISA RUSH,
DIVERSITY COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT
At Trevecca Nazarene University, the
words mission, mission trip, and mis-
sionary are some of the words you are
guaranteed to hear.
As much as our brothers and sisters
from other countries and counties need
our help, so do the people next door.
Christians are called to love and serve all,
and it’s hard to serve others when your
home is not in order.
Being a leader does not require you
to be on the front line of duty. Being a
leader means laying down your life for
another, or in so little words, serving. Je-
sus laid down his entire life, and died on
a cross to serve us, so it’s only right that
we do the same for all his people. This is
where individuals feel their call to mis-
sions, the only problem is, sometimes the
mission is closer than we think.
Trevecca students have done an
enormous amount of serving and mis-
sions already. They have traveled long
distances including China, Africa, and
Rome. During these trips’ students are
immersed in a mixing bowl of culture,
unlike anything they would’ve seen be-
fore. They come back changed with new
life experiences, and a new sense of love
to go around.
We as a student body love traveling
to help those in need; regardless if that
is overseas, or a few hours away. This is
amazing; as it helps us build connections,
and for the majority, fulfil God’s calling.
However, sometimes I worry that we
get so involved in missions, that we don’t
see our neighbor next door. This could
be our neighbor downtown, our neigh-
bor five blocks away, or our neighbor
down the street, standing on the same
sidewalk as us.
I hear so much that students and
faculty want to make a difference; want
to serve and make an impact. However,
when we talk about our neighbors next
door there’s more “I’m scared to go down
that street. “That neighborhood is bad.”
Instead we should ask, “I wonder what
they’re struggling with and how I can
help them or bring them the gospel of
Jesus?” In all honesty, I believe we, as a
whole, should be more intentional about
the things we say and do.
Do not misinterpret me, missions are
wonderful! In fact, I plan on going on one
myself. I am not sure where or even when
I will go; however, it is a promise I made
to myself. I highly believe that stepping
out of my comfort zone into an environ-
ment so different than mine, can shift the
way I look at the world. There is so much
work and service that can be done.
However, it is important to under-
stand that the boy next door who lost his
family and has no one, may need some-
one to lean on; the families that are be-
ing evicted from their homes, need our
prayers; and the school, that has a lim-
ited amount of resources, could benefit
from donations.
It’s the little things that matter.
There is a saying, “It’s not about the
gift, it’s the thought behind it.” This is
even more true in situations like these.
Do not feel forced into serving, as
it is always better to do something with
intention and love. As was stated in Ga-
latians 5:13, “You, my brothers and sisters,
were called to be free. But do not use
your freedom to indulge; the flesh rather,
serve one another humbly in love.” With
everything going on in the world, we are
free, but only by the grace and mercy of
God. He has given us this opportunity to
do what he so graciously did for us, love
and serve his people.
Serving should not be something
you hate doing. The great thing about
that, is it serving comes in many forms.
If you feel forced into something, there
will be no intention, and where there’s no
intention, there’s minimal love.
Serving is a big job; however, it’s only
big because it comes from the one great-
er than us all. Serving can be fun, adven-
turous, and fulfilling. Missions takes on
one of the biggest ways to serve, serving
in environments we never thought twice
about. When you’re traveling the coun-
try, jetting to a new state, or driving miles
away, remember, some of the biggest
missions await next door. Let’s not forget
that, and let’s never forget them.
Continue serving in all aspects of
your life.
Rush is a junior organizational com-
munication major. She currently serves as
the vice president of the diversity counsil,
an organization dedicated to addressing di-
versity issues on Trevecca. She also served
as the president of Walden, an African
American club at Trevecca.

Opinion: What is a commuter?

Photo provided by Echeverria.
BY YENIN ECHEVERRIA
COMMUTER COUNCIL PRESIDENT
It’s often easy to forget about commut-
ers because we do not live on campus. How-
ever, the commuter council is working hard
on changing this. That is why we decided to
start a commuter of the month award.
Commuters make up about 40 percent
of Trevecca’s undergraduate class. A com-
muter is someone who travels to school
every day. Some commuters have a 10 min
commute, but others have an hour commute
to start a Commuter of the month award, in
hopes that commuters realize the important
role that they play on campus.
The commuter of the month will re-
ceive a certificate along with a gift. We re-
ceive nominations for the commuter of the
month award and then we’ll vote on a win-
ner. We will post a survey on the commuter EDITORIAL STAFF
Instagram and people will be able to send
their nominations to us. The commuter of Editor-In-Chief
the month must show initiative, be a hard
Maria Monteros
worker, be a positive voice on campus, be MGMONTEROS@trevecca.edu
encouraging, be an activist for commuters,
and be a commuter student. Based on these Sports Editor Features Editor
criteria the council president, vice president,
Kallie Sohm Naomi Overby
secretary, and chaplain will then vote for a kesohm@trevecca.edu KNOverby@trevecca.edu
commuter of the month.
We hope to recognize one student a
Online Editor
month that shows these characteristics. It’s
really hard to pick just one student because Kayla Williamson
@trevecca.edu
all commuter students are incredible in a
variety of ways. The Commuter Council is
made up of commuter students and we un-
STAFF WRITERS
derstand first-hand the struggle of the com- Hannah butler Audrey Yawn
muter life. That is why we are passionate HMButler@trevecca.edu AAYawn@trevecca.edu
about bringing change and make Trevecca a
more welcoming place for all students. Lily Russell Marcela Castro Carias
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(and that’s without the lovely Nashville traf-

fic).
Commuters wake up early to survive
traffic and hopefully make it to school on
time. They struggle to find parking, warm
up their food, and finding a spot-on cam-
pus to just take a nap. These are things that
on-campus students don’t have to deal with,
because they can just go to their room.
We (The Commuter Council) decided
Bailee Ford
Grace Beckner BDFord@trevecca.edu
GEBeckner@trevecca.edu
Echeverria is currently a senior commu-
nication studies major. She works closely with Adam Gillette
Zach Church, the council’s staff liaison, as the ADGillette@trevecca.edu
commuter council president. She is responsible
for managing events dedicated specifically for
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SPORTS
Tyler and Tracy Roy: Twin siblings play soccer at Trevecca
CONTINUED FROM COVER
to play the sport that I loved while get-
ting a good education,” said Tracy.
Tyler said he considered going to
Trevecca after that and thought it would
be a good place for him to get a start in
the sciences. He decided he would try
out for the men’s soccer team and see if
he could make it.
He made it, but was late in the re-
cruiting process and put on the junior
varsity team. After preseason training
and the varsity team’s first game against
Union University, Tyler was pulled up to
the varsity team for their game against
Bellarmine University.
Since then, Tyler has made an appear-
ance in every varsity game except one.
He is a defensive player and has saved
two goals by backing up the goal keeper
after they have left the box.
“I’m really defensive minded,” said Ty-
Photo provided by Trevecca Athletics.
Golf Preview
BY ADAM GILLETTE
STAFF WRITER
Photos provided by Trevecca Athletics.
At the 2019 Great Midwest (G-MAC) Fall
Invitational the Trevecca men’s golf tied for
second place and Trevecca women’s golf
finished fourth of nine.
The fall season is coming to a close for
Trevecca golf. Each team only has one
tournament remaining.
The men will end the fall season at
the Matt Dyas Invitational Oct. 21-22 in
Carrolton, Georgia. The women will close
their season by hosting the Music City
Invitational Oct. 14-15 in Nashville.
Blain Turner, junior male golfer, said he
is looking forward to ending the fall season
with a few more wins.
Last spring, men’s golf won the G-MAC
championship and made a national
championship appearance, finishing fifth.
ler, “My first goal is to not let the other
team score and then, we can score.”
Both twins said Tyler would win in a
one on one competition. They both said
Tyler would have an advantage because
of his speed.
“But I’d put in a good fight,” said
Tracy.
Their mom said she loves it when
both teams play at home on the same
days. She said some of Tyler and Tracy’s
high school friends have come to watch
a few of their games with them.
“We make a whole Saturday of it,” said
Dawn.
The women’s team has given the
twins nicknames; Trace-Dog for Tracy
and T-Bone for Tyler. Tracy said her
nickname was originally given by her
teammate, Maddison Carby. Later Paige
McFadden, one of the women’s team
captains, gave Tyler his.
Photo provided by Trevecca Athletics.
Photos provided by Trevecca Athletics.
“If we play our game, and do what we are
supposed to do, we think that will be good
enough to win the championship again this
coming spring season,” said David Head,
Trevecca’s head golf coach.
Lexie Shaw, senior women’s golfer, said
she is looking forward to the start of the
spring season and that she is hopeful about
the young talent they on the women’s team
this year.
The fall season is preparation for the 2020
G-MAC Spring Invitational in the spring
where the men are looking for another
conference title.
Photos provided by Trevecca Athletics.
Photo provided by Tracy Roy.
Tyler, Tracy and their mother all
mentioned one incident that brought
the two closer. When the twins were in
eighth-grade, the family moved back to
Tennessee from Indiana where they had
attended first-seventh grade.
“We’ve moved around a fair amount,”
said Dawn, “When it counts, they are
always there for each other.”
Tyler said their mother requested for
them to be in the same first grade class
after they moved to Indiana to help ease
their transition. He said it was nice to
always have a friend in his sister during
those transitions.
“It’s like always having someone to
lean on and who gets it,” said Tracy,
Athletes gather for chapel
BY KALLIE SOHM
SPORTS EDITOR
Trevecca’s athletic department hosted its
second ever athlete chapel at 7:30 p.m. on
Oct. 7.
“This is unique, to see you all together,”
said Danny Leavy, Trevecca head men’s
soccer coach, “The amount of you who want
to be involved in this is really humbling.”
The chapel was a required event for all
Trevecca athletes and they received credit
for attending. Mark Elliot, Trevecca athletic
director, said athlete chapels are open to all
students, but the messages are tailored to
athletes.
Athlete chapel was organized by Leavy
who volunteered as the athletic department
chaplain. It took place after Monday night
chapel in the Boone Convocation Center.
Elliot said the athletic department
chaplain role is not a paid position. He said
Leavy started the conversation about taking
on a, what he called, spiritual formation
coach role with Elliot about two years ago.
The first athlete chapel was in the 2017-
2018 school year. The speaker for that
chapel was LaMorris Crawford, chaplain
of the Cincinnati Bengals and motivational
speaker.
“It was really powerful,” said Elliot.
For this chapel, Leavy invited, Bill
Spencer, executive director of the Narrow
Gate Foundation, to speak in front of
Trevecca’s athletes. The Narrow Gate
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Photo provided by Tracy Roy.
“He’s my best friend.”
Tyler said the two of them did get
to play on a few soccer teams together
when they were much younger, although
he does not have much memory of it.
Their mother told a story about their
teamwork off of the field when they
were young:
Tracy had lost a tooth and left it for
the tooth fairy under her pillow. Dawn
said the tooth fairy left money for her
but forgot to take the tooth.
Tracy saw this as an opportunity and
sold the tooth to Tyler. She charged
for two dollars for her tooth and the
opportunity for tooth fairy to visit Tyler
as well.
Leavy praying over athletes. Photo provided by Sohm.
Foundation is non-profit, Christian,
discipleship organization in Nashville, TN.
“He’s had a lot of influence on my life,”
said Leavy, “every time I have bumped into
him I have learned something else about
God.”
Spencer anchored his message around
the question: what do you stand for? He
drew parallels between times in the Bible
that Jesus stood to declare His message and
how athletes can stand for what is right on
campus.
“If I can give you what I have, you can go
farther than I ever could,” said Spencer.
MaKray Odom, senior softball player,
said she Spencer spoke knowledgeably and
gave a message athletes needed to hear.
“I think him focusing on ‘What do you
stand for?’ allowed us to all think outside
of sports and through Christ instead,” said
Odom.
 2019 | October | TrevEchoes
‘Gyro Barn’ is a Trevecca student favorite for off-campus dining
BY Avery Harper
CONTRIBUTOR
Outside of the restaurant. Photo provided by Naomi Overby.
The doorbell buzzes as Jian Coronel
walks through it and up to the counter.
He is greeted with a smile and orders
his usual, the chicken sandwich combo
with fries.
Coronel is a commuter who does not
have a Trevecca meal plan and is one
of several students who make the short
trek down the road to Kebab Gyros
Greek and Italian Eatery at least once
or twice a week.
“Not only do you get incredible value
as a college student, but you can get
enough food for two meals if you want
to,” Coronel said. “It also gives you an
opportunity to find out who owns one of
the businesses on Murfreesboro Pike.”
The “Gyro Barn”, as many Trevecca
Homecoming weekend offers a variety of events for students and alumni
BY Bailee Ford
STAFF WRITER
Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing.
Alumni and current Trevecca
students will gather for Homecoming
this year on Nov. 1-2.
The Homecoming theme this year is
‘The Places We’ll Go’.
Stephany Ordonez, ASB vice
president, said the theme relates to how
Trevecca impacts everyone in different
ways.
“We all start in one place, [Trevecca],
but we will all go our own ways and
conquer the world in different places.
Trevecca is our home, but we will one
day leave and take what we have learned
here and put it into practice somewhere
else,” Ordonez said.
The festivities will start with the
Homecoming banquet on Wednesday,
Oct. 30 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The
banquet is organized by the senior class,
with the theme ‘Fly Me to the Moon’.
Abbie Giron, senior class president,
said students can expect good food,
students have affectionately nicknamed
the business, is only 0.2 miles down
the road from Trevecca, located on
Murfreesboro Pike right behind the
UTA apartments and has a variety of
food ranging from gyro sandwiches to
lasagna. Just $8 can usually guarantee a
loaded plate or to go box.
But good food at a college-budget rate
is not the only thing Trevecca students
have found at Kebab Gyros. They have
also found that the owners care a great
deal about their customers and put an
emphasis on building a relationship
with them.
Since 2007, the business has been
run by Tewolde Negash. Tewolde, or
“T”, his wife and three sons came to
America as refugees from Ethiopia
music and a photobooth.
“We are so excited to be part of such an
amazing event. We are working hard on
getting quotes to pick the food as quickly
as possible and have already booked the
DJ. We’re trying to get together talented
Trevecca students for a performance
right after dinner,” said Giron.
At the Homecoming banquet, the
junior class council will also announce
those that have been chosen for the
Homecoming court. The Homecoming
court will be honored again at the game
on Saturday, but this is a nice way to
acknowledge the people that each class
wants to represent them to students and
alumni, said Kennedy Crider, junior class
president.
On Friday there will be a special
Founders Day chapel at 10 a.m., several
departmental showcases throughout the
day and a bonfire and pep rally at 9 p.m.,
planned by the Freshmen class council.
This bonfire is a time for students to hang
in 1997. For the next 10 years he worked a
total of 19 hours a day between two jobs,
cooking at Kebab Gyros and working in a
Dell warehouse.
“Working here and at Dell nonstop, it
was crazy,” said Kibrom, Tewolde’s second
oldest son. “I don’t know how he did it.
Saved enough money, bought out the
restaurant, now he’s a business owner. He
came from nothing.”
The hard work didn’t stop there. Since
he bought the restaurant in 2007, Tewolde,
his sons and a few close family friends have
maintained the restaurant, serving long
lines at both lunch and dinner. For Kibrom
and his brothers, working at Kebab Gyros
was part of their childhood. Now that they
are older, they take turns stepping in to help
their father when it is necessary.
“My younger brother knows how to run
the register and works when he isn’t in
Photo provided by Naomi Overby.
out and meet the basketball teams that
will be playing over the weekend.
Saturday will start with the
Homecoming parade and street fair
at 11 a.m. The sophomore class has
determined the theme of the parade to
be ‘Our Place.’
“We’re asking those making floats to
either be creative with the idea of place
or show us what makes Trevecca their
place or home through their float,”
said Erica Wigart, sophomore class
president.
Ordonez said this is the Homecoming
event she is most looking forward to
because of the creativity involved.
“This is a time where we get to see
different classes, dorms, alumni,
and even faculty come up with their
own meaning of “places” and how it
connects to their experiences here on
the hill. It’ll be so fun!” Ordonez said.
Beyond the student floats involved,
Photo provided by Trevecca Marketing.
school,” said Kibrom. “I help out on the
weekends and my older brother is filling
in while one of our close friends is on
vacation. We all rotate.”
The business has found a lot of success
on Murfreesboro Pike, and for that Kibrom
accredits the local businesses and their
location being close to downtown Nashville.
Both Trevecca students and faculty
members play a role in giving them
business as well.
Marlena Trees, an admissions specialist
for the school of graduate and continuing
studies has been going to Kebab Gyros
since her first day at Trevecca, when she
was a student at the university. For Marlena
and the rest of the SGCS Admissions team,
Kebab Gyros is their first choice on the
days the cafeteria is too crowded or closed.
“They remember if you have food
allergies and are really sensitive to that,”
said Trees. “You feel like you’re being
served by a friend.”
Trevecca students and staff who want to
help support their business can do so by
following them on Facebook or leave a Yelp
review. Kebab Gyros also offers catering for
events, and their prices and location would
be convenient for events on campus.
“Any local businesses you know are
family owned that treat you the way [Kebab
Gyros] treats their customers deserves
your business,” said Trees. “Their food is
amazing but even if it wasn’t, I might go
just because of the way they treat their
customers.”
Wigart and her council have also
confirmed multiple bands and outside
organizations for the morning,
including KLOVE, WAYFM, and the
Nashville Sounds.
That afternoon, the women’s
basketball team will be playing Blue
Mountain at 1:30 p.m. The men’s game
against Sewanee University will follow at
4 p.m. In between, there will be a special
Alumni baseball game celebrating 50
years of Trevecca’s baseball program.
Throughout the weekend, there will
also be several opportunities to see
Trevecca’s theatre production of Little
Women and a few charity athletic
tournaments, such as the Three on Three
Challenge at Trevecca Community
Church benefiting KidPower.
A full schedule of Homecoming
events can be found online at Trevecca.
edu/alumni/homecoming.