7/23/2019 TrevEchoes, December 2015 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/trevechoes-december-2015 1/8 Official student newspaper since 1944 • December 2015 • TrevEchoesOnline.com Senior basketball player from France recounts Paris attacks SGA requests renovation info Interpreter follows calling from God to Trevecca news NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 INDEX BYBAILEY BASHAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Continued ON PAGE 3 Continued ON PAGE 7 BYMANON LANE SENIOR STAFF WRITER Sports teams travelling more than before PAGE 6 Sports Opinion Editorial: Chris- tian response to terrorism PAGE 5 Sports Hamption qualifies for NCAA event PAGE 6 FEATURES When SGA President Sarah Hogan saw a new coffee shop and housing renovations on campus she won- dered why the student government didn’t know any of the projects were happening. So, she wrote a letter on Oct. 6 to the president’s cabinet outlining her concerns that students weren’t con- sulted for feedback for these projects and had other priorities for improving campus. Hogan wrote that students were confused about why an additional coffee shop had been built and had concerns about the renovations in some of the residence halls. “I’ve had that on my mind ways that SGA can keep the students in- formed of anything that was happen- ing that would affect them,” said Ho- gan. “I had asked a couple of people what they thought about some things, but also, people who knew I was the SGA president would be like, ‘Hey, you’re on SGA— maybe you could do something about this.’ I had people come that to me and ask, ‘Why is this like this? Can you help me gure this out?,” said Hogan. “ I heard things, and I wanted to communicate that some- how.” Trevecca President Dan Boone met with Hogan. “What I did was pull in the people that do have something to do with it, which would have been David Cald- /TrevEchoesOnline @TrevEchoes @TrevEchoes TrevEchoesOnline.com [email protected]TNU Events App Follow Us Senior starting center Matt Gamberoni is originally from Mul- house, France. Photo provided by the Trevecca Trojans. At 9:20 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, a bomb went off outside Stade de France in Paris. One person was killed. Over the course of the next 20 minutes, terrorist gunmen opened fire on res- taurants, a bar, and the Bata- clan concert hall. The death toll rose to 129 before the attacks were over. Forty-five thousand miles from his home in France, Matt Gamberoni finished playing in a basketball tour- nament in Missouri. He knew something was wrong when he checked his phone after the first game of the season. “I had three or four calls and messages from five dif- ferent people on social me- dia or by text message,” said the senior exercise science major and starting center for the Trevecca Trojans. “That’s how I figured something happened.” Gamberoni listened to messages of family and friends calling to relay the news of the acts of terror in Paris. “My parents live in the east side of France, almost four hours from Paris, so I knew [they] were safe, but Continued ON PAGE 3 Araya Williams interprets in chapel. Photo by Grifn Dunn. BYBAILEY BASHAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF I have cousins who live in Paris and a lot of friends who are from Paris,” said Gamber- oni. “I was just worried about my friends and the situation in my country and all the people being killed.” There was not much time to take in the news of the tragedies in Paris or deal with worries about family and friends before the Tro- jan’s game the next day in St. Louis. “I won’t say it was pret- ty easy [to put it out of my mind], but I’m kind of used to it because I have been in the United States for five years, and I also played one season in Spain, so I have been out of my country for almost six years or more. I learned how to deal with distance and my family not with me,” said Gamberoni. “When there is Music from the worship band plays. Stops. Starts again. Stops again. The lead singer speaks into the mic, asking the sound technician to adjust the levels be- cause she can’t hear herself. Students file in. Announcements are made. The band starts playing. These are the sounds of morning chap- el at Trevecca and thanks to Araya Wil- liams, Trevecca student Brea Giles doesn’t have to miss a beat. Williams, who works exclusively as Giles interpreter, is on stage during chapel. Her hands and facial expressions perform a dance as she communicates the scene’s “ “ I was just worried about my friends and the situation in my country and all the people being killed. -Matt Gamberoni
When SGA President Sarah Hogansaw a new coffee shop and housingrenovations on campus she won-dered why the student governmentdidn’t know any of the projects werehappening.
So, she wrote a letter on Oct. 6 tothe president’s cabinet outlining herconcerns that students weren’t con-sulted for feedback for these projectsand had other priorities for improvingcampus.
Hogan wrote that students wereconfused about why an additionalcoffee shop had been built and hadconcerns about the renovations insome of the residence halls.
“I’ve had that on my mind ways
that SGA can keep the students in-formed of anything that was happen-ing that would affect them,” said Ho-gan. “I had asked a couple of peoplewhat they thought about some things, but also, people who knew I was theSGA president would be like, ‘Hey,you’re on SGA— maybe you could dosomething about this.’ I had peoplecome that to me and ask, ‘Why is thislike this? Can you help me gure thisout?,” said Hogan. “ I heard things, andI wanted to communicate that some-how.”
Trevecca President Dan Boone metwith Hogan.“What I did was pull in the people
that do have something to do with it,which would have been David Cald-
Senior starting center Matt Gamberoni is originally from Mul-house, France. Photo provided by the Trevecca Trojans.
At 9:20 p.m. on Friday,Nov. 13, a bomb went offoutside Stade de France inParis.
One person was killed.Over the course of the
next 20 minutes, terroristgunmen opened fire on res-
taurants, a bar, and the Bata-clan concert hall.The death toll rose to 129
before the attacks were over.Forty-five thousand miles
from his home in France,Matt Gamberoni finishedplaying in a basketball tour-nament in Missouri. Heknew something was wrongwhen he checked his phoneafter the first game of theseason.
“I had three or four callsand messages from five dif-ferent people on social me-
dia or by text message,” saidthe senior exercise sciencemajor and starting center forthe Trevecca Trojans. “That’show I figured somethinghappened.”
Gamberoni listened tomessages of family andfriends calling to relay thenews of the acts of terror inParis.
“My parents live in theeast side of France, almostfour hours from Paris, so Iknew [they] were safe, but Continued ON PAGE 3
Araya Williams interprets inchapel. Photo by Grifn Dunn.
BY BAILEY BASHAM
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFI have cousins who live inParis and a lot of friends whoare from Paris,” said Gamber-oni. “I was just worried aboutmy friends and the situationin my country and all thepeople being killed.”
There was not much time
to take in the news of thetragedies in Paris or dealwith worries about familyand friends before the Tro-
jan’s game the next day in St.Louis.“I won’t say it was pret-
ty easy [to put it out of mymind], but I’m kind of used toit because I have been in theUnited States for five years,and I also played one seasonin Spain, so I have been outof my country for almost sixyears or more. I learned howto deal with distance andmy family not with me,” saidGamberoni. “When there is
Music from the worship band plays.Stops. Starts again. Stops again. The leadsinger speaks into the mic, asking thesound technician to adjust the levels be-cause she can’t hear herself. Students filein. Announcements are made. The bandstarts playing.
These are the sounds of morning chap-el at Trevecca and thanks to Araya Wil-liams, Trevecca student Brea Giles doesn’t
have to miss a beat.Williams, who works exclusively asGiles interpreter, is on stage during chapel.Her hands and facial expressions performa dance as she communicates the scene’s
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I was just
worried aboutmy friends andthe situation inmy country andall the peoplebeing killed.
Phase one of Walden Village underwayBY JESSY ANNE WALTERS &
T. JOSIAH HAYNES
STAFF WRITER
In the next year, 10 brand new homes will be built next to cam-
pus as the first phase ofWalden Village is nearlycomplete.
Phase one of the newresidential communityis underway and in-cludes 14 cottages anda five-unit townhome building— all of whichare nearly sold out.Phase one is set to be
finished by May 2016.Prices of the homes
in Walden Villagerange from $213,900 to$254,900.
Walden Village, alongwith the Flats at WaldenGrove, came about af-ter a redesign last year
of the original plan forthe residential develop-ment.
Walden Village willconsist of 34 single-family homes and will
be constructed in threeseparate phases. TheFlats at Walden Grovewill be a 124-unit apart-ment complex.
“It started off as twoprojects, a hybrid, but itkind of split into two,”said David Caldwell, ex-ecutive vice presidentfor finance and admin-istration. “We wanted tohave single-family resi-dence homes, and thenwe also wanted to havecondos or apartments.
We didn’t have a devel-oper who wanted to do both, so we split it intotwo different projects.”
The homes at WaldenVillage will be availableto the public; however,priority was given tofaculty and administra-tors. Of the 34 housesplanned, 28 contractshave been signed-- mostof which have already been signed by facultyand staff. The first phase
of building will includethe construction of 10homes within the nextyear.
“There’s a large in-tangible value,” Caldwellsaid. “What we’re reallyhoping is to build com-munity over there for
faculty. What’s reallymissing at Trevecca thata lot of schools have-- afaculty neighborhoodright next to the cam-pus.”
Caldwell hopes that
having faculty closerto campus will providethem with the opportu-nity to be more involvedon campus.
“Walden Village is adream come true. We arenow at a pivotal momentof restoring a neighbor-
hood around Trevecca,”said Trevecca PresidentDan Boone in a universi-ty press release. “WaldenVillage is the first stageof this new initiative to bring vibrant neighbor-
hoods around Trevecca.”The name Walden hasa rich history and a deepconnection to Trevecca.Caldwell explained thatSteve Hoskins, associ-ate professor of religion,helped to name the com-plex.
“The names WaldenGrove and Walden Vil-lage make a real his-torical connection toWalden College whichexisted on our campus inthe 1920s and 1930s andreminds us at Treveccaof our Wesleyan herit-age, our celebrated con-nection to missionarywork and to our effortsat providing teachers forthe schools of Tennes-see,” said Hoskins.
Walden College wasa historically black col-lege that is now a part ofTrevecca’s campus. Thecollege was named aftera Methodist bishop JohnMorgan Walden, who
championed civil rightsin the 1800s and servedas a missionary to Mexi-
co and Central America.Trevecca leased the
property from WaldenCollege in 1935 before buying it in 1937.
“To be able to cap-ture that heritage in the
naming of these new ad-ditions to our commu-nity keeps us in touchwith the story we havelived here over theselast eight decades, andhow God has so richlyprovided us with a his-tory worth living into,”said Hoskins.
Caldwell said thatthis project had been indiscussion since the late1980s.
“When I came here,I started working on [ahousing developmenton Nance Lane and Par-is Avenue], and I’m verypleased to see 30 yearsof work and planningcome to fruition,” Cald-well said.
Priority for the Flatsat Walden Grove will begiven to married stu-dents and non-tradi-tional undergraduatestudents. It is projectedthat Walden Village will be completed over the
course of the next yearand a half.
Blueprints of Walden Village and the Flats at Walden Grove provided by Trevecca NazareneUniversity.
Blueprint of Walden Village provided by Trevecca Nazarene University.
something happening over there [inFrance] or with my family, I try to stayfocused on what I do. I knew I was go-ing to play a game, and I was just try-ing to use this type of avenue for mo-tivation to try to play for those people.
I was just like, ‘You know what? Wecan’t do anything at this time, so let’s just play basketball. Let’s just play forour team, teammates, for the people[in Paris] and for all the people acrossthe world that have lost somebody tothis terrorism.’”
Gamberoni scored six points inTrevecca’s 89-86 victory over Mary-ville the day after the attacks.
Following the victory, however,Gamberoni had another day beforehe would get word that his familyand friends were okay.
“I had to wait until my mom calledme on Sunday and tell me that eve-rybody was okay. One of my cousinshad a baby just one day before the at-tack, so I knew she wasn’t going to belike outside at night,” said Gambero-ni. “I kind of knew they were all okay.”
Though the devastation of the at-tacks did not reach Gamberoni’s im-mediate family, the mother, and auntof a close friend were killed. Gamber-oni spoke to the local press followingthe tragedy and said he feels he canuse his position to encourage sup-porters.
“There was a television [station]
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well and Steve Harris,” said Boone.“Steve has been saying the samething in cabinet meetings on behalfof the students from representing theresidents and the resident directors.All the cabinet members that needed
to be were engaged in that. We all de-cided once we kind of collected all theanswers and everything, they said,‘Dan, why don’t you meet with Sarah?’and I was happy to do that.”
In this meeting, Boone clariedthat much of the improvements tocampus done over the summer werein response to student request.
This addition of a new coffee shopin the library was prioritized to ac-commodate the growth in the student body and the need for repurposing theoriginal site of Nineteen01 as a lunchsite in addition to a coffee shop.
“We have had that request runningabout 10 years that we would providesome kind of coffee service there inthe library,” said Boone. “While wedidn’t go directly to this year’s SGA
and talk with them about it, we’veknown for about 10 years that it’s amove that we needed to do.”
In response to concerns aboutcampus renovations, Boone said thatthe residence halls just weren’t readyin time for students who were return-ing in the fall.
“We weren’t ready for studentsto move in this year. We just reallyweren’t,” said Boone. “The construc-tion project on Georgia kept gettingdelayed for different things that [therenovators] went into, and then oncethey did nish, our plant operationsdidn’t have enough time to actuallydo everything that needed to happenin Georgia, and we had the same ven-dors working in Georgia that we hadin UTA apartments. They didn’t nishin time for us to be able to go in anddo all of the readiness stuff that wewould normally do, so those buildingsin particular really weren’t ready tomove in,It was not a stellar year for us being ready for move in, and I’m morethan willing to admit that.”
Boone said priority will be given tothe unnished renovations this sum-mer once the buildings are emptyagain. In addition to administration’splans to complete the unnished ren-ovations, Boone encouraged SGA tocreate a list of things of student needsto be prioritized and addressed overthe summer.
“I think that’s the function of SGA—they represent the student body re-garding the different things that need
to be done,” said Boone.Hogan said she has plans to meetwith SGA and submit the list of stu-dent needs early next semester.
that came to interview me and anewspaper, and [even though] I don’tfeel very comfortable to talk aboutthis, I feel like I need to do it becauseI am French, and I need to promotepeace and have people to stand to-gether,” said Gamberoni. “At this time,we cannot really do anything be-cause we aren’t God — we don’t con-
trol the world, but for me, if I can usemy status as a basketball player andas a French student to promote peaceand help everybody to stand togeth-er, I will do it. I feel like that’s a way to
be responsible and to represent theschool, and I value the humanity inthis school and in the world.”
Head Coach Sam Harris said thatthe prayers spoken by the team be-fore and after games have changedsince the attacks.
“[Prayers] went from concerns ofhealth and travel and thankfulness
to specific requests,” said Harris. “Asa Christian, we can’t live in fear. Whywould we? We can’t control the trag-edies that are going on in Paris rightnow, but we can show concern; wecan care about one another. I don’tthink God allows tragedy [without]turning it for good. It will be interest-ing to see what good comes out of
this.”Harris said he hopes that Gam- beroni has seen support from theTrevecca community.
“I think [Matt] knows that ourgroup cares for him. Even though noimmediate relative was harmed inthat, it’s still his country, and thereare still friends and people that hemight have known. I think that’swhat makes Trevecca special. Whenthere’s a need, everybody can re-spond. I hope he’s feeling that.”
Gamberoni said he is.“All my teammates have been
showing me support; people across
campus, some students that I don’teven know and had never even met,they came to talk to me and give mesupport; alumni at school have sentemails to show me support; all theathletic department, my professorsat school, even the people workingat the cafeteria. I have had so muchsupport,” said Gamberoni. “That’swhat I really like about this school.It’s not only since the attack, but justsince I came here, I really feel com-fortable because people are alwaysshowing love and showing peace.”
Gamberoni hopes to return to Par-is to visit family and friends some-
time after he finishes his degree inthe spring.
SGA President Sarah Hogan. Photo byGrifn Dunn.
Gamberoni on vacation in Paris, France. Photo provided by Matt Gamberoni.
Map of Paris attacks originally posted by the New York Times.
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if I can use my status
as a basketballplayer and as aFrench student topromote peace andhelp everybody tostand together, Iwill do it.
Editorial: Christian response to terrorism must be rooted in loveBY BAILEY BASHAM & JESSY ANNE WALTERS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & COPY EDITOR
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, we sat down to writeabout some Islamophobic responses we sawafter the terrorist attacks in Paris. We nishedour editorial, sent it to be edited, and the nextday, an act of terror on American soil broughtthis issue even closer to home.
At the San Bernardino County Health De-partment in Cali., 14 people died and 21 were in- jured at the hands of a co-worker. Syed RizwanFarook had worked at the health departmentfor ve years when he and his wife, TashfeenMalik, stormed the department’s holiday partyand opened re.
In wake of the attacks executed by the Is-lamic State in Paris, the Council on American-Islamic Relations released a preliminary re-port on Nov. 24 showing a signicant rise inIslamophobia.
“CAIR notes that it has received more re-ports about acts of Islamophobic discrimina-
tion, intimidation, threats, and violence target-ing American Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslim) and Islamic institutions in the pastweek-and-a-half than during any other limit-ed period of time since the 9/11 terror attacks,”states a council press release.
Islamophobia is dened as the exaggerat-ed fear, hatred and hostility toward Islam andMuslims. This fear, hatred and hostility is oftena result of negative stereotypes and bias andserves as a basis for the discrimination againstand marginalization of Muslims to thrive.
It is easy to hate and fear those who per-form these acts of terror when considering theamount of destruction they leave in their path.In the San Bernardino attack, 14 families lost
mothers; fathers; a sibling; a spouse; a child.Eighteen children lost a parent 20 days beforeChristmas - right in the midst of the season
of Advent where we, as Christians, reect onwhat it would mean for peace to come. Thetruth is that a hateful response to those carry-ing out these acts of terror just seems easier.
However, while the blame of so many actsof terror is being placed solely on Islamic fol-lowers, it is more important than ever to real-
ize that the majority of those victimized by somuch destruction are the ones being blamedand hated unfairly.
“A year ago, a report released by the UnitedNations carefully documented known instanc-es of Islamic State barbarity against Muslims,
noting in the rst eight months of 2014, ISISwas the ‘primary actor’ responsible for thedeaths of 9,347 civilians in Iraq,” states Britishnational newspaper, The Independent .
The UN also reported that in the rst eightmonths of ISIS activity, 17,386 additional peo-ple were wounded.
French journalist Didier François was heldprisoner by ISIS for more than 10 months be-fore he was released in April 2014. François
said in a Feb. 2015 CNN article that his ISIScaptors didn’t even have a Quran.Had his captors and the rest of the jihadists
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of ISIS been in possession of the holy Islamictext, they might be familiar with what is man-dated by Islam.
Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam,expressed very clearly what was to be expect-ed of those who followed the religion.
“Christians are my citizens, and by God,I hold out against anything that displeasesthem. Whosoever shall annul these decrees,let him know positively that he annuls the or-dinance of God,” Muhammed said in his cove-nant with the Christian monks of Saint Cathe-rine’s Monastery. “Whoever kills a non-Muslimcitizen under a Muslim government shall notsmell the fragrance of Paradise.”
In a Nov. 17 Washington Post article, JeffGuo writes the growth of hatred of Islam basedon the acts of ISIS plays right into the hands ofthe terrorist group.
“Extremist groups feed off of alienation,some counterterrorism experts say, and Islam-ist militants deliberately aim to make Muslims
in the West feel isolated and turn against theirown communities,” writes Guo. “These attacks,and the backlash they generated, would in-spire others to radicalize.”
In San Bernardino, Farook, a U.S. born citi-zen, legally purchased the .223-caliber assaultries he used to open re on his coworkers ofve years.
New York Giants player Nat Berhe tweetedon Wednesday, Dec. 3 in response to the shoot-ing. Berhe’s cousin, 60-year-old father of threeIsaac Amanios, was one of the 14 killed in SanBernardino.
“The true terror is that this keeps happen-ing. I still can’t believe it,” Berhe wrote. “Take amoment to think of the families hurting right
now.”Berhe’s advice might give additional per-
spective to some in wake of these terrorist at-tacks. In a time following such devastation asthe shooting in San Bernardino and the attacksin Paris, meeting hate with more hate is wrong.Being fearful is rational. These events are terri-fying, and day after day, it is being proven thatthey can happen anywhere.
Terrorism has no boundaries and cannot beconned to any one religion or group of peo-ple-- Farook was a radical just like the Chris-tian man, Robert Lewis Dear, who stormeda Colorado Planned Parenthood facility andkilled three people last month. The beliefs thatall Muslims are terrorists is one born of igno-rance, and rather than focusing only on thehate and destruction, we need to respond withlove to those who are hurting. The acts of vio-lence are shattering families, striking fear intomany and touching all of our lives, but we needto realize that in the midst of a world lled withhate, we as Christians can offer healing wherethere is hurt; hope where there is destruction;peace where there is terror; love where there ishate.
“If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does notlove his brother whom he has seen, cannot loveGod whom he has not seen,” states 1 John 4:20.
Love your neighbor as yourself. All of them.
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December graduates:everything is going to be OKBY NICOLE HUBBS
CONTRIBUTOR
Congratulations, December grads! If you arenishing college in three weeks, you might befreaking out a little. Take a breath! While youmay not get all the pomp and circumstancethat surrounds spring commencement cer-emonies, there are some benets to graduatingin December than you might not have consid-ered.
1. You get a break! If you graduate in Decem-
ber, nals are over on the 18th and the nextweek is Christmas, followed by New Years.Odds are most companies are not going tostart a new employee as their year is wind-ing down, so you get a built in break fromschool and work! Enjoy the time off - it may
be your last period of nothing to do for awhile. Be ready to start work on Monday,January 4th with the rest of the post col-lege grown-ups.
2. You may have your pick of full time jobs. De-pending on your eld, you may have a legup on the May graduates by being able tostart full time in January. Oftentimes, if acompany is hiring, the needs are immedi-
ate and you will be more available than oth-ers still taking classes through the spring.If you are somewhat exible, apply for jobsthat sound interesting to you even if theyare not “dream jobs”. Consider part time op-tions, too, if you can. You never know whoyou will meet!
3. You have time…use it wisely. If you don’t havethe pressure of needing to job search rightaway, you can take some time to get inter-view and job ready. Start by going to www.trevecca/interviewstream.com to practicemock interviewing. If you have not made aresume yet, make an appointment with meto create one. If you are still job searchingand need more leads and contacts, be in-
tentional to continue your search throughrelationships. If you are visiting with fam-ily over Christmas break, network a lit-tle! You can bet on the fact that they willask you what you are going to do now thatschool is over (it’s maddening, I know, butthey just love you). Share your interestsand what you are hoping to get involved in.This might open up doors for opportunitiesyou didn’t know of before. Also, use time inthe spring to network/shadow/volunteer/intern to get some more experience andmake contacts.
It doesn’t matter what semester you gradu-ate; it will be stressful and wonderful eitherway. Take some time to rest and enjoy your ac-complishment, but be as prepared as you canfor your job search!
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Hampton qualifies for NCAA championship
Trevecca sports teams traveling farther for conferenceBY MANON LANE
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The expansion of theGreat Midwest AthleticConference over the nexttwo years means Trevecca
sports teams will be trave-ling farther than ever be-fore.
sometimes days, to the ath-letes travel schedule.
Trevecca President DanBoone is the current chair-man of the G-MAC’s Presi-dent’s Council and said that
further travel is less thanideal.“I’m thankful for the
growth of the conference;it’s becoming a very strongconference, and I really likethe quality and the charac-ter of the schools that are
joining,” said Boone. “Butthe distance is a killer forus.”
Trevecca’s athletes musttravel eight to 10 hours de-pending on trafc, weatherconditions and rest stops
to get to the schools thatare over 500 miles away.Trevecca would, however,face those same challenges
being in any of the other Di-vision II conference.
One of the major disad-vantages to the conferenceexpansion is the cost oftravel.
Trevecca Athletic Direc-
tor Mark Elliot estimatedthat an away game in-volving an overnight stayaverages around $3,000 aday. That cost is based ona team consisting of 15-20
players, a bus, meals andlodging.“We’re trying to be as fru-
gal as we possibly can,” saidElliot, explaining that theytry to stay three to a roomand eat at Cracker Barrel.
The more travel timerequired to make it to the
schools that are fartheraway not only affects cost
but university attendanceas well.
“The policy is an absenceis an absence, whether ex-
cused or unexcused, yetour policy has always beenthat you can’t get dockeda grade for an excused ab-sence,” said Elliot. “Youshould be able to make itup, do the work early, do itlate, but you should not bepenalized for an excused
absence.” Buses for away games
come equipped with Wi-Fi so student athletes cankeep up with their studies.
“Ofcial absences from
the institution for any rea-son choir, sports, or any oth-ers representing Treveccahas to go through my ofceto get approved. If it’s ap-proved, the instructor hasto honor that, ” UniversityProvost Steve Pusey said.
Trevecca is the onlyTennessee school in theconference and lies on thesouthern-most edge of theG-MAC conguration. Theve schools slated to beadded within the next twoyears are all farther north,therefore adding miles, and
Trevecca cross country runner Caro-line Hampton capped her sophomore sea-son by placing 54th out of 240 competitorsat the NCAA Division II championship inJoplin, Missouri last month.
Hampton is the rst Trevecca runner inthe history of the university and the rstG-MAC female to place in an NCAA Divi-sion II cross country championship event.
Hampton qualied for nationals by se-curing her second consecutive individualconference championship at the G-MACtournament in November where she n-ished 15th overall.
“I’ve worked so hard for this, each sum-mer and each day, so when we realizedthat I was able to get a spot as an individ-
ual, it was amazing. I knew all that hardwork, all that healthy food, was paying off,”said Hampton.
While traditional meets usually feature100 competitors or less, national com-petitions feature 240 runners. Addition-ally, Hampton was competing on her own,whereas many of the competitors werethere competing with other members oftheir respective teams.
“I had never been to such a huge meet before in my life,” said Hampton. “With theatmosphere, the amazing fans and a lot ofrunners, I performed pretty well. There’sa few things that I wish I could go backand do differently, maybe going out a bitstronger, or setting the pace differently, but
overall I’m so happy with the outcome inmy rst national meet— I couldn’t ask foranything more.”
Hampton’s most recent accomplish-ment is another highlight in what sheand coaches described as a dream season.Hampton was named the G-MAC crosscountry athlete of the week multiple timesthis season. She said that the most recentathlete of the week recognition was extraspecial, given the historic implications ofher national championship race.
Hampton’s sophomore season furtherdeveloped on her standout performancesas a freshman. Last year, she was recog-nized as an NCAA all-region performerand G-MAC runner of the year, as well asG-MAC freshman of the year.
Cross country head coach Austin Selbynoted that he saw a denitive change inHampton’s cross country times between
her freshman and sophomore season.Selby described Hampton as an extremelydedicated athlete whose attitude and drivemake her a leader for the other women onthe cross country team.
“They know she’s doing the things thatare getting the job done to make her fast-er, so they want to do it as well. It’s moreleadership by example, we don’t have anynamed roles on the team,” said Selby. “It’smotivating for them; they want to get toher level. She just went to the nationalchampionship. No one here has ever donethat before. I think everybody wants toshare in that experience.”
Hampton was homeschooled duringhigh school but participated and com-
peted with Franklin Christian Academy.Hampton began running during her senioryear of high school as a way to train andstay in shape for basketball, but runningquickly became a passion.
Hampton sent her times to a few col-leges, and while she has family ties toTrevecca, it was Selby’s quick reply to herintroductory email with an offer to jointhe team that drew her to commit to theschool.
Hampton credited her success thisseason to coaches and teammates, whooffered both athletic and spiritual support,and to God.
“Cross country is like a family, both the boys and girls [teams]. We travel together,and we do most workouts at the same
park or track, so we’re always with eachother. The girls team, they’re like sisters;they’ve really encouraged me throughout
this year. I probably wouldn’t be where Iam without them,” said Hampton. “I knowthat this is a gift from God. Everyday I goout on my runs looking at it more like thatGod gave me this gift, so how do I glorifyHim through it?”
With the end of the semester and -nals quickly approaching, Hampton pre-pared for her rst indoor track meet of theseason, on Dec. 5 at Vanderbilt Univer-sity. Selby stated that the goal was to seeHampton qualify for indoor nationals.
Selby said Hampton’s success vali-dates the efforts he and his coaching staffhave made to bring in female talent anddevelop it. Ultimately, these successesmake it easier to recruit new athletes, as it
shows Trevecca is a program that’s gearedtoward both the men and the women.Selby heaped praise back on Hampton forher consistency and determination.
“In all honesty, [coaching Hampton] iseasy. She does exactly what we ask her todo. You want two things out of an athlete:you want a coachable athlete and an atti-tude of whatever it takes. She’s got both ofthose,” he said.
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I’ve worked so hardfor this, each summerand each day, so whenwe realized that I wasable to get a spot as an
dialogue and the tones and atmosphere of the setting.Interpreting is more than a job for the mother of four
from Keizer, Oregon-- it is her calling.Growing up with a father that had special needs, she
was sensitive to struggles others face. In third grade, shehad deaf classmates and found herself drawn to the com-munication of interpreting. Williams was able to pick-upcertain words of American Sign Language (ASL) by lis-tening to what her teacher was saying and observing theinterpretation. She loved the language and learned early
enough that it stayed with her.“At home I would practice. I would listen to the radioand sign a song, or race my sister signing ABCs,” recallsWilliams.
During her senior year of high school, she met a girlon her varsity soccer team who was deaf. The two turnedout to live near each other, and Williams would give herrides to practice.
It was this experience that led to her being called intoministry within the deaf community.
The call to Nashville brought Williams, her husband,and their children to an unknown city.
Williams works for two agencies, and also as a video-relay interpreter. One of those agencies is Gate Commu-nications, which defines itself as a nonprofit that servic-es the deaf community.
“The consumers I show up to interpret for are both thehearing consumers, and the deaf consumers; I’m not justthe deaf person’s interpreter,” says Williams. “I’m here forthe communication purposes, and the communication
needs of that environment are going to vary.”As an interpreter, Williams not only needs to assess
the language needs of the deaf community, but also theneeds of the hearing person who may need some culturalunderstanding as to why, for example, there are pauses inthe communication as it is signed to the receiver.
Since interpreting brings a third party into situationssuch as doctors appointments, and meetings with pro-fessors for example, confidentiality and ethics are key.
“Just because Brea needs an interpreter, doesn’t meanher life should be broadcast through all these different in-terpreters,” explains Williams. “No one knows the detailsof your life.”
The two met this semester when Trevecca requestedan interpreter.
Giles, a sophomore interpersonal communicationsmajor was adopted from India at the age of 5.
On involving an interpreter, both in her receivingtranslation of the instructor’s teaching as well as hercomments in class, Giles explains that finding the rightinterpreter is not always easy.
“It’s important for me to have an interpreter that canunderstand clearly. If they’re not signing clearly, and I’mnot understanding them, then I’m not going to get themessage,” explains Giles. “There has to be a good fit be-tween the deaf person and the interpreter.”
The two can be seen signing together on campusmost Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Giles says that Wil-liams is a good fit.
A friend of Giles, sophomore Chad Huntley, is a fellowTrevecca student that is taking an ASL class on campus.He is learning first-hand the challenges that both Gilesand Williams have expressed and the intricacies of thelanguage.
“The hands are the words, and your facial expressionsare the grammar,” explains the information technologiesmajor as he describes what he has learned thus far.
His friendship with Giles and experiences throughhis class have taught him just how much the sense of
hearing is taken for granted.“I dropped my phone the other day,” said Huntley. “If Ihadn’t heard it fall, it would still be on the ground.”
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Linthicum works as the head of plant operations atTrevecca. Photo provided by Trevecca.
Plant ops directorkeeps campus goingBY JESSY ANNE WALTERS
COPY EDITOR
Classic rock music quietly hums in the back-ground of a room lled with photographs of family,certicates from the Army and art projects fromsons that are now grown. In this ofce, with a doorthat’s almost never closed, is Glenn Linthicum, di-
rector of plant operations.Linthicum has been working at Trevecca since2004 and has been a part of everyday maintenanceand major renovations, as well as some messymishaps. With more than 5,000 work orders a yearas well as campus projects, maintaining Treveccakeeps Linthicum on the move.
“There are over 1,500 toilets on this campus, oneis going to be leaking at any given time. It’s just theenormity of [this job],” said Linthicum.
After spending years in the construction indus-try, the transition to working in a college environ-ment was an interesting one.
“You work in those environments and you ndyourself being in the world a little bit, so for me,this was something different. I had never done fa-cilities,” Linthicum explained. “This is a like littlecity, a little town, where Dr. Boone is like the may-or. I had to adjust the way I approached things-- Icouldn’t be as gruff. I couldn’t be as hard core.”
As director of plant operations, Linthicum is incharge of a team that is responsible for the main-tenance of the entire campus – from building new benches to completely renovating spaces such asGeorgia Hall and the Nineteen01 coffee shop.
“It’s a thankless job,” said Ronda Lilienthal, deanof students for residential life. “There is always ahuge amount of work to be done.”
As he leaned back in his chair and shook hishead, Linthicum recalled when the ood of 2010 hitNashville; it took out an electrical cable that ranunder the quad and connected McClurken, Great-house Science, the Martin building, and Wakeeld.
“That happened on a Sunday, and Monday wasthe rst day of nals. I had to scramble. At 2:30 in
the morning, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able tox it all. But we did, we only missed one day. Tues-day we were up and running. Kids were taking fi-
nals,” said Linthicum.In the past 11 years, Linthicum has continued
to work hard, not only to maintain the school, butto improve it, though weather has been a continu-al challenge in Nashville.
“A lot of people never see what he does behindthe scenes when there’s a mess going on some-where. And [Linthicum] will just crack campus-wide jokes like ‘sledding is open, but don’t use thesidewalks.’ He tends to find a way to have fun inthe work that he does,” said Trevecca PresidentDan Boone, as he reminisced about past stormswhich had iced over the campus.
“Before anybody was up, like dead middle ofthe cold, freezing morning … he was out there witha bucket of salt, a chisel and a shovel,” Boone re-called.
One of Linthicum’s goals when he came on asdirector of plant operations was not only to im-prove the school and make it better, but changethe mentality of the community in regards toplant operations.
“There was this wide gap between the guysthat were actually out doing the work and theones in the office,” Linthicum explained. “[It was]getting away from the “us” versus “them” mental-ity, having to change that, show that we were justas much apart of this campus and this university
as any other department.”Linthicum worked hard to not only smooth the
gap between departments but has also workedhard to build relationships among the students.From intramural sports teams to floats in thehomecoming parade, Linthicum has continually been a part of the social life on campus.
“There was one year we should have won. We
had a tank – with a functioning cannon,” Linthi-cum said of one homecoming parade, “[Anotheryear] we were the King and Queen of Clean – wewere sitting on toilets with plungers and crowns.”
A smile spread across his face as he talkedabout tripping up his son, currently a freshman atTrevecca, last week during a game of flag football.
Many students and faculty have come in andout of Linthicum’s office, for reasons both workand non-work related. Linthicum explained howhe’s had students come work for him and then
years later he’s seen them get married. He talkedabout the many students who he’s built relation-ships with simply because they said hello on thesidewalk, and how these type of relationshipshave shaped his job here. He stresses the impor-tance of those who have come into his life by wayof this job.
“The thing that is the most important to meis the relationships that I’ve had, that I’ve made.They’re more valuable to me than anything else, because this is al l about relationships ,” Linthicumsaid.
After more than 11 years at Trevecca, Linthi-cum has accomplished many of his goals fromnew benches and roofs to an all around improvedcampus for students, but for Linthicum, he is al-ways working toward one greater goal.
“My goal is to leave this place better than Ifound it, I think when I do that, then I’ll be readyto move on.”
Check out a clip ofDiven playing piano atTrevEchoesOnline.com
He enters his own world as he startsplaying a fun, light and delicate melody.Suddenly, it gets intense and excitingas he bangs some lower notes on the pi-ano that sound intriguing but powerfulas they pierce through the tiny practiceroom. He then skips back to light, fun
and faster with high, energetic notes,sounding witty but precise and playful.
He was playing the color pink andthe emotion excited.
John Diven, a freshman at Treveccaand a student in the National Praise andWorship Institute, sees colors in music,and sometimes even in numbers andletters.
He has a condition called Synesthe-sia in which people have sensory ex-periences that overlap; they most often
link letters or numbers to certain colors.In his case, it might be specically mu-sic-color and personication synes-thesia that he developed as he learnedhow to play the piano. It allows him toconnect colors to music, personalitiesand emotions. There are many differentkinds of synesthesia because peoplehave many senses that could overlap,according to an article on The DiscoverMagazine and Synesthesia Test.
Diven developed this game in whichhe will ask someone to give him a colorand an emotion and he will improviseon that color and mood, his goal is totake that person there, to feel that moodin the music, and to connect with themelody.
“To be able to see colors in music islike incorporating two extremely beau-tiful things in just one vision; if you cansee music in its color, that’s just incred-ible. Not everybody gets to experiencethat,” said Karina Silva, one of his clos-est friends.
When he plays the piano he seescolors in the chords. There are person-alities, moods, genders and families in
the chords and they are identied withcolors. He also has a color for the namesof people, mainly people he knows andis close to.
“I didn’t choose what the colors are,they were just there,” said Diven.
The colors of the chords are alwaysthe same, but the entire song that heplays with all the different chords willchange. A red chord and blue chord inthe same song would shift the hues to apurplish color, he said.
Emma Bartlett, a freshman andNPWI student at Trevecca, also believesshe has a little bit of synesthesia. Whenshe looks at people, mostly people shealready knows, she hears melodies inher head that t their personality; somepeople are piano melody, others aredifferent instruments or even a wholesymphony, she said.
Her theory is that a lot of musicianshave it because it’s not just a note their
playing, there is emotion associated, soshe believes it’s something you developand learn, and it’s the person’s percep-tion of the world.
People who have synesthesia aregenerally born with it but research has
been published on non-synesthetesand though not conclusive, the resultssuggest that people can be taught tocross senses, and develop that ability,said according to an article in The At-lantic.
Diven started playing the piano sixyears ago. He was self-taught, but it wasafter two years that he started to thinkabout what was happening. Before thathe would see colors in numbers and
letters, which is one of the other signsof synesthesia. He thought it was justthe way he saw the world. It was lateron in his life that he started research-ing about synesthesia and found out thescience behind what he sees.
The colors mostly appear when he isplaying the piano because it’s what heloves to do. And the colors will appearespecially when he is really into thesong and has an emotional connectionwith it. Although it is strongest when he
BY MARIANA DA SILVA
CONTRIBUTOR
John Diven. Photo by Grifn Dunn.
is playing, it also happens sometimeswhen he is just listening to a song hereally enjoys because of the overlap ofthe emotion with his sight and hearingsenses, he said.
Synesthesia has never been a barrierfor Diven. He wishes he could changethe colors sometimes and break out ofwhat he sees into something more andto challenge his ability, but it has neverfrustrated him. It has actually helped
him because he has more of a facil-ity remembering names, numbers andsongs because of their colors, he said.
“When I am going to sleep and I’m re-ally tired, the music in my head will getso loud, to the point where it is clear asday as if there is an orchestra playing inmy room. It’s very clear and lucid whenI’m just about to fall asleep. Sometimesit’s radio music, other times I will makeup songs incorporating sounds in theroom,” said Diven.
He hopes to be a movie composerand a writer. He wants to tell storiesthrough books, but also through music.He also dreams of someday being con-dent enough in improvisation to make
an entire tour of improvised playing, hesaid.
“He’s experiencing a part of creativ-ity that God created that most peopledon’t allow themselves to have accessto. He’s not only very intelligent in im-provisation and seeing colors but alsovery blessed,” said Silva.
At rst, it was just a thought.It seemed quite impossible,
considering the amount of fund-ing, time and pure talent it wouldtake to pull off. Nothing like thishad ever been done before, and itseemed ridiculous to think some-thing of this magnitude could bepulled off, thought Eric Wilson,assistant professor of music.
“I thought it would be neatto do something with studentswhere they wrote an opera onesemester and staged it the next.
I never really thought that thatwould be possible until theFLARE project came along,” saidWilson.
FLARE, Faculty-Led Academ-ic Research Experience, refers toa quality enhancement plan thatstarted a couple of years ago atTrevecca in order to encourageundergraduate research. LenaWelch, dean of the school of artsand sciences, pioneered the pro-
ject by developing a series ofmini-grants that professors andstudents could apply for to dooriginal research.
“Here in the music depart-ment we like to refer to it as crea-tive endeavor,” said David Diehl,
chair of the department of music.After hearing about the pro-
ject, Wilson said this felt like
the perfect platform to bring hisideas to life. He was going to leada group of students to write andproduce an opera.
The working title of the operais “Requiem for the Living: AnOpera,” however that is subjectto change. It is described as this:“Four people deal with the stag-gering loss of their closest friend.Starting at a funeral and endingwith a wedding ceremony, theopera explores the true essence ofloss, feeling alone and the solacefound in the redemptive love offriendship.”
The project has involved stu-
dents from several different ma- jors, including music, English,dramatic arts, and communica-tion, and was funded with ap-proximately $18,500.
Wilson and Diehl began the in-terview process to nd a studentliaison for the project — someonewho could serve as a leader forthe students involved and whocould report back to the profes-sors on board.
Enter Tyler Umpleby, a seniormusic education major.
“I knew I couldn’t do it alone,nor did I want to,” said Wilson.“Tyler has done an amazing job,though. He has earned his pay-
check three times over.”Umpleby was able to touch base with each group involved
and report back to Wilson andDiehl with any questions or is-sues.
Wilson met with the compos-ers once a week individually, butthey also worked as a group with-out him to write the music. Ac-cording to Wilson, the composershave often stayed up writing until3 a.m. Umpleby said there were afew weeks they worked 20 to 25hours on the project.
“The thing that really strikesme is that I had honestly antici-pated having to be more hands-onand having to be more involved,
but I haven’t had to do hardly any-
thing with this other than writingthe proposal. The students haveclaimed ownership in the pro-
ject and they have allowed us todo what we were intended to do:guide and mentor,” said Wilson. “Ihaven’t written a single note, not asingle word — all of that has beenthe students.”
The process has not alwaysgone so smoothly for the stu-dents.
“It’s normal in a group like thisto experience some conict,” saidUmpleby. “Everyone on the pro-
ject has been supportive of eachother’s ideas. In the end it justcomes down to a majority deci-
sion.”According to Wilson, this con-ict may actually be a good thing.
“We’ve tried to emphasize thatthe more important aspect is the
process over the product,” he said.“We want to have a good, solidwork of art when we’re done, butthat end result is as important asthe collaboration aspect.”
The students got a chance towatch a segment of their operacome to life at the faculty researchsymposium on Monday, Nov. 16.Ingrid Rekedal, a sophomore the-atre education major, sang one ofthe main character’s songs aboutwelcoming guests to a funeral.
“It was absolutely incredible,”said Wilson. “She knocked it outof the park.”
The rst draft of the opera isalmost nished. Next semester
will be mainly focused on the pro-duction. .There will be auditions and in-
terviews for some of the more ma- jor positions and roles, Diehl said.
“This is a unique experienceand I’m not aware of a school ofany size undertaking somethinglike this. There are original ope-ras being written and performed,
but it’s usually by an individual orone or two people. To write a workof this magnitude — they are go-ing to have experience that theirpeers from other schools simplyaren’t going to get,” said Wilson.
The students are grateful forthe opportunity, some saying thishas encouraged them to continuetheir schooling in opera.
“It’s been a project that thepeople on it are excited about,”said Umpleby. “And like, we wrote
an opera. I sat down with a groupof students and we wrote an op-era.”
BY OLIVIA KELLEY
ONLINE EDITOR
FLARE project writers and composers. Photo by Grifn Dunn.
