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Official student newspaper since 1944 • May 2016 • TrevEchoesOnline.com

BY BAILEY BASHAM

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Four years after it was initially approved, a plan to include textbooks in the cost of tui-tion will go into effect in the fall.

Trevecca will increase tuition 3.6 percent, or $1,167, to make 2016-2017 tuition $33,215.Included in that tuition increase will be textbooks every student needs for every class theyare enrolled in.

The program, originally known as “Books Fly Free,” was proposed by Tree of Life’s chiefexecutive ofcer, Darren Campbell, in February of 2012. The idea was to charge a book fee based at $20 per credit hour that would cover the cost of books for each semester. The pro-gram has since evolved into “Textbook Butler.” Instead of a book fee, the cost will be in-cluded in students’ tuition and is based on a at rate rather than number of credit hours.

Tree of Life is the company contracted by the university to manage the on-campus book-store.

Students spend spring breaktouring civil rights landmarks

Books will be included intuition starting next year

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Continued on Page 3The Lorraine Motel at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. Photo provided byKeaton Butler.

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Trevecca administration undecidedon applying for Title IX exemption

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Administrators at Trevecca are in theprocess of deciding whether to apply forexemption from a federal law that dealswith gender equality and now inlcudesprovisions for transgender and gendernon-conforming students.

The Board of Trustees discussed apply-ing for a Title IX exemption at their meet-ings on March 17 and 18, but no decisionwas made.

Title IX is a law that was signed as partof the Education Amendments of 1972.This law requires gender equity in all ed-ucational programs that receive federalfunding. Since the 1970s the law has man-dated that “no person in the United States

On a Friday afternoonin Alabama, Julie Gantstood where Martin Lu-ther King Jr. had heardthe voice of God.

“I was impacted by just being where hewas,” said Gant. “Westood where he stoodand talked where hetalked to people. Wewere in his home, eve-rywhere that revolvedaround him and his leg-acy.”

During spring break,Matt Spraker, associ-ate dean of studentsfor community life, andJamie Casler, director ofthe J.V. Morsch Centerfor Social Justice trave-led with 12 studentsthrough Tennessee,Mississippi, Louisianaand Alabama, experi-encing the civil rightsand musical history ofthe south.

Spraker developedthe idea for the trip afteran important memberof the civil rights move-ment came to Trevecca.

“We had Fred Gray,who was the attorneyfor Rosa Parks, speak inchapel…and it just blewme away that I got tomeet this person, andhe just had to travel upfrom Alabama,” saidSpraker. “It just hit me

BY REBEKAH WARRENCONTRIBUTOR

shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded fromparticipation in, be denied the benets of,or be subjected to discrimination underany education program or activity receiv-ing federal nancial assistance,” but in2012, language was added to the law thatspecies an extension “to claims of dis-crimination based on gender identity orfailure to conform to stereotypical notionsof masculinity and femininity.”

Faith-based colleges and universitiesare allowed to apply for exemptions if they believe what is outlined in Title IX goesagainst the beliefs of the institution.

Fifty-six colleges and universities in26 different states have sought exemptionsas of December 2015. Three Tennessee


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Four Trevecca faculty to retire this month

At the end of the semester,four long-time faculty members will retire.

Trevecca employs about100 faculty members, accord-ing to Steve Pusey, universityprovost. Each year aroundthree to four faculty retire.

Here are some short sto-ries about this year’s retirees.

Dr. Doug LepterNearly 25 years. That is

how long Doug Lepter, pro-fessor of communicationsand chair of the departmentof communications stud-ies, has worked at TreveccaNazarene University. Forlonger than most of its stu-dents have been alive, Lepter

has worked to educate stu-dents in Trevecca’s commu-nications department. Serv-ing as the communicationstudies department chair,Lepter has taught classes fo-cusing mainly on organiza-tion and interpersonal com-munication. Lepter joinedTrevecca’s teaching facultyin the fall of 1992 after com-pleting his doctoral course-work, but he hasn’t always been a college professor.

Lepter said he felt thegrowing call to ministry inChristian higher educationthrough different stages of

his life. He began his workthrough continuing studiesat Asbury Theological Semi-nary for his Masters degreeand continued on to the Uni-versity of Kentucky for hisPh.D. He also served as a pas-tor at a church in Kentuckyduring this time. Lena Welch,dean of the school of arts andsciences, said Lepter has ap-plied many of his pastor ex-perience in the classroom.

“He brings a pastor’s heartinto teaching and advising.He is a friend to students,and he is endlessly passion-ate and supportive,” Welch

said.Some of the classes he

teaches include theories of

worldview,” he said. “In thespirit of John the Baptist,[Jesus] must increase, andwe must decrease.”

Lepter, who said he isexcited to take lots of long,meaningful naps when heretires, will nish his 24-yearcareer at Trevecca at the con-clusion of this school year.

Ms. Becky NieceBecky Niece has worked

as the university registrarsince 1997 and served as theassistant registrar for fouryears prior. But in June, she’shanging up her hat and re-tiring after 31 years of work-ing at Trevecca. Before she began working in the ofceof the registrar, Niece wasa graduate assistant at theuniversity after she gradu-ated with an executive secre-tarial bachelor of science in1970. She said she’s enjoyed being on campus with stu-dents over the years.

“Becky is about as sincereand authentic as you canget,” said Dr. Tom Midden-

dorf, associate vice presidentfor academic services, whohas worked alongside Nieceover the years. “She deeplycares about her job and thepeople she is serving. Shehas always been a personthat will go the extra mile

and demonstrated a Christ-like attitude in her work.”Nice helped Trevecca

transition through two op-erating system overhauls,which was a long processthat she took with stride.

“I owe Trevecca for whatI am today,” she said. “Andwanting to be a part of theteam at Trevecca as an em-ployee, I felt like that would be the best opportunity toimpact and minister to otherstudents. Needless to saythere has been a great oppor-tunity for that here.”

Niece said that her advice

to current and future stu-dents is to not be afraid to

the Madrigalians is classi-cal, with the implementationof straight-tone music andis led by student conduc-tors and directors within thegroup.

The group works veryhard to include the more

300 alumni in their yearlygatherings, tours and more.These kinds of gatheringscreate a strong bond between both current students andalumni, Cierpke said. Duringthe 1992-93 school year, thegroup began a tradition of in-viting all alumni to the frontto sing with them for theirlast song, “A Gaelic Blessing,”as the benediction.

David Diehl, current chairof the department of musicand dean of the school ofmusic and worship arts, saidhe got to know Cierpke yearsago. He began as Cierpke’s

student in his senior year atTrevecca and reconnected

Doug Lepter is the chair of the departmentof communications studies and professorof communications.

Timothy Cierpke is the director of the Madrigalians and professor of music. Photos by Griffin Dunn.

Becky Niece is the universityregistrar. Niece has worked atTrevecca for 31 years.

Cierpke also leads choralunion, a choir made up ofvarious students from differ-ent departments at Trevecca.Additionally, he took on therole of conductor for theTrevecca Symphony Or-chestra during his rst year

teaching at the university in1988.Cierpke will be retiring

from his 28-year tenure atTrevecca at the end of thisschool year.

The nal Madrigaliansconcert be held at the Ca-thedral of the Incarnation indowntown Nashville on Sun-day, May 1 at 2:00 p.m. Theconcert will be open to thepublic.

Dr. Linda CollinsFrom Metro Nashville

school teacher and principalto Trevecca Nazarene Uni-

versity director of advancedgraduate programs, LindaCollins has inuenced manystudents during her time ineducation.

Collins has been atTrevecca since 2006 whereshe began working as anassociate professor. In 2012,her role at the universitychanged to program direc-tor for graduate studies andgrant related programs.

“After a lengthy and dis-tinguished career in the Met-ro Nashville School systemas a classroom teacher andlong-time elementary school

principal… [Collins came on]full-time at Trevecca andpart-time this year when sheoffered to delay her retire-ment to assist the teachereducation program throughour reafrmation of na-tional accreditation and thestate approval process,” saidPusey.

In 2008, Collins was rec-ognized as Metro NashvillePublic School’s ElementaryPrincipal of the Year.

Collins did not return con-tact for requests for an inter-view.

take on new tasks.“I would like to [encour-

age] the college generationto be determined to take onresponsibilities and followthrough. Life is ahead of thestudents, and the soonerthey can learn to be respon-sible and follow throughwith things, the better it will be for them in life. I think it

will help them to accomplishtheir goals much easier,”Niece said.

Dr. Timothy CierpkeThose at Trevecca are

probably quite familiar withthe perfect hum of the Mad-rigalians, whether fromchapel or at a concert in theCathedral of the Incarnationdowntown Nashville. Theprestigious a cappella musicgroup began in 1983 underthe direction of Prof. MaryBates George, and was latertaken over by Timothy Cier-pke, professor of music, in1992.

Cierpke said the style of

communication, advancedpublic speaking and princi-ples of public relations, butLepter said his favorite classto teach is interpersonalcommunication, with inter-cultural communication andorganizational communica-

tion following closely be-hind.Some things students

may not know about Lepteris that he has an interest intarget shooting, stamp col-lecting and reading. He andhis wife of 44 years, Samu-ella, have one son and fourgrandsons.

Lepter had some advicehe wanted to leave for stu-dents: think less of yourself.

“Now that sounds contra-ry to what we stereotypicallyteach in communicationstudies…nonetheless, think-ing less of yourself is the es-

sence of servant leadershipunderstood in our Christian

when he returned to campusas a junior faculty member in1997.

“Dr. Cierpke was one ofmy primary encouragers andmentors, and I am glad thatover time we became col-leagues and friends,” Diehlsaid.

Cierpke said some of hisfavorite memories from his

time at Trevecca include theseven “EuroTours” taken bythe Madrigalians. The trips,which were held every fouryears, were open to both cur-rent students and alumni.

The Madrigalians becamea family affair for Cierpkewhen all four of his childrenparticipated in the groupduring their college years.

“Being a part of all thingsmusical was a natural thingfor them, and I was pleasedto have them around, obvi-ously,” he said.

While the Madrigaliansare the most notable of his

career, they’re certainly notthe only group Cierpke hastaken on.

BY CHRISTY ULMET & BAILEY BASHAM

STAFF WRITER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF


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how close we are geographi-cally to a lot of very importantparts of American history.”

The students began inMemphis with the NationalCivil Rights Museum and theLorraine Hotel, the location of

Martin Luther King’s assassi-nation. They also visited SunStudios, the place where Elvis began his career. According toSpraker, race issues and musicare inseparable in Americanculture.

“Race has played into mod-ern music with the blues, and jazz, and rock and roll,” saidSpraker. “This is a good way toget people who are interestedin music to learn about the civ-il rights part and then peoplewho are into civil rights, whomay not realize it’s impact onmusic in our culture.”

Gant was especially moved

by how close history was tothe present. Students stoodat poignant locations, suchas Edmund Pettus Bridge inSelma, which was unchangedsince the time of the infamousmarch to Montgomery, Ala- bama that put Selma on themap.

“It’s astounding becausepeople talk about this move-ment as if it occurred duringthe dark ages,” said Gant. “The

majority of information welearned took place less than acentury ago.”

Part of the trip’s purposewas to provide a common ex-perience for students from dif-ferent backgrounds and majors.

“There was a diversity ofthe students and a diversityof majors,” said Casler. “See-ing different students from

different backgrounds cometogether and share a commonexperience denitely made it asuccessful week.”

Twelve students from Trevecca with Martin Luther King Jr. parsonage tour guide Shirley Cherry on the Southern Culture, Music and CivilRights tour.

Boonearoo replaced by

School’s Out for Summer

BY ASHLEY WALLING

CONTRIBUTOR

B o o n e a r o o ,Trevecca’s end-of-the-year music fes-tival, will not takeplace this year andis being replaced byseveral other events.The main event now

called “School’s Outfor Summer” will be

a day to relax in thequad the last Satur-day of the semester.

SGA decided tocancel Boonearoo because the $15,000cost was too much.

“With the in-crease of attend-ance of all events

this year, the stead-ily declining attend-

ance to concerts andBoonearoo, and thedemand for better bands which costexponentially more,the decision wasmade to cancel it,”said Grifn Dunn,SGA communica-tions director.

The “School’s Outfor Summer” will

take place on April30 and will includefood, games, and atime to relax in thequad for students before exam week.

“This event willhave a lot of thesame elements ofBoonearoo and somesurprises. Instead ofa full day concert

festival, it will bemore of an end ofthe semester chillexperience,” saidMatt Spraker, asso-ciate of students forcommunity life.

SGA will pay forhalf of every stu-dent’s ticket for anupcoming King’sIsland trip and willalso use some of themoney to offer freetickets to a Lecrae

concert at Lipscomb.

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Upcoming Events

King’s Island Trip

Sat., April 16Cost: $40 per ticket $25 with slap cardBuy tickets at the SGA booth

Lecrae concert

Thurs., April 21, 7p.m.Location: Allen ArenaLipscomb University- Nashville, TNTickets available at the SGA booth

School’s out for summer

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Retirement of

Madrigalians director

leaves future of the

ensemble uncertain

The future of the Madrigalians at

Trevecca is unclear.On March 2 David Diehl, dean of

the School of Music and Worship Arts,told music studens that the Treveccavocal ensemble would be disbandedwith the retirement of Timothy Cier-pke, professor of music and Madriga-lians director.

But then, on March 21, Diehl re-leased the following official state-ment to the TrevEchoes as a responseto a request for an interview.

“There was an announcement re-garding the disbanding of Madriga-lians the Wednesday before Spring

Break, however after a discussionwith members of the President’s Cab-inet, it was decided to not move for-ward with any official action until thenew choral director is hired. We doanticipate that changes will be madein regard to several of our current vo-cal ensembles during this transition, but have decided that those changeswill not occur until the transition inpersonnel is complete and the newchoral director is able to have inputinto those decisions.”

Diehl said he would not comment beyond the written statement.

BY JESSY ANNE WALTERSCOPY EDITOR

The Trevecca Madrigalians. Photo provided byOlivia Kelley.

Budget for 2016-2017 school yearapproved by Board of Trustees

An operating budget of $47,421,252 was ap-proved for the 2016-2017 school year by the

Board of Trustees at their March meeting.The approval of next year’s budget also in-

cluded a tuition increase of 2 percent with theaddition of another 1.6 percent due to the rea-lignment of fees, according to David Caldwell,executive vice president of nance and admin-istration. This increase will include the cost oftextbooks that every student needs for everyclass they are enrolled in. Tuition for next yearwill increase by $1,167, making the annual costto attend Trevecca $33,215.

The $47 million operating budget will go to-ward expenses during the academic school yearand renovations on campus over the summer.The budget includes a contingency of $1 million.

The only large renovation planned and budg-eted for this summer is a new roof that will beput on Tennessee Hall.

Work will also be done in UTA building C tocomplete the renovations that were not com-pleted last summer.

“On UTA, our current plan is to work in C building and complete the upgrades of thekitchens in the 2 bedroom apartments. Otherimprovements are still being evaluated, but weare gathering budgets,” said Caldwell. “Painting,new carpet and kitchen upgrades for the single bedroom units are the additional items beingcontemplated.”

Renovations for the building on the Volun-teer Trucking property, which is the future home

of the School of Music and Worship Arts, arealso planned for this summer. The building will be under full construction as soon as all permitsare in hand, according to Caldwell.

“[The Board of Trustees approved our] mov-ing ahead [with renovations] for the new music building on the site of Volunteer Trucking withpermission to borrow up to $3.9 million for that,”said Boone. “We fully intend to raise every dollarof that.”

Increasing tuition helps offset the rising costof doing business.

“The tuition increase may be as low it has been since we’ve been accredited,” said Caldwell.“[It’s] hard to determine, but we don’t see wherethe total cost to attend Trevecca has increasedany less than this in modern times.”

Some of the increase if for the new textbookprogram, Textbook Butler. The cost of textbookswill be included in tuition, and students will becharged based on a at rate. rather than number

of credit hours they are taking.Administrators at Trevecca say the Textbook

Butler plan will help the university with reten-tion, but also allow the university to begin topursue other options for traditional textbooks anacademic matter, according to Caldwell.

“We’re saving students money by doing this.Even students that don’t want to buy books, thisisn’t costing them very much money at all. Theuniversity has literally given up tuition increasemoney that we normally would get to be able toprovide students books,” said Boone. “It’s one ofthe ways we can lower the price of their educa-tion by bartering on their behalf.”

BY BAILEY BASHAMEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Poll results: Trevecca students: lean right, vote leftBY BAILEY BASHAMEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

In the March issue, the TrevEchoes ran an articleon the contenders for the Republican and Democratpresidential nominations.

The TrevEchoes partnered with the Student Gov-ernment Association to send out a poll to studentsvia email on what political party they sided with, whothey were planning to vote for in the presidential pri-maries and what political party they thought mostTrevecca students stood with. The poll was respond-ed to by 120 Trevecca students.

Trevecca students mostly aligned with the Repub-

lican party, with 47.5 percent of the responders choos-ing the red party, 16.67 percent choosing Democrat,29.17 selecting independent and 6.67 percent choos-ing the option labeled “other.”

The most popular primary candidate among stu-dents was Bernie Sanders with 25.8 percent, followed

by Marco Rubio at 22.5 percent and Ted Cruz at 13.3percent.

Sixty percent answered that they thought mostTrevecca students sided with the Republican party,with 25.83 percent saying they thought most Treveccastudents were Democrats. Eleven percent of studentssaid they thought most at Trevecca were independ-ents and 2.5 percent chose the option labeled “other.”

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Nearly 26 percent of surveyed students said they would vote for Sanders, while self-described Republicans polled in at 48 percent.

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schools have applied for exemption. Unionand Carson-Newman were granted exemp-

tion. Freed-Hardman’s application is underreview, according to Patrick Meldrim, vicepresident of the Tennessee IndependentColleges & Universities Association,

The number of schools seeking TitleIX exemptions grew from one in 2013 to 45in 2015. Requests for waivers were infre-quent prior to 2014 when the Departmentof Education expanded Title IX to includethe statement transgender and gender-nonconforming students.

For Trevecca administrators, the mainconcern with the law is that it will inter-fere with their ability to conduct university business according to the religious tenetsof the university.

Steve Sexton, Trevecca’s Title IX coor-dinator, said an exemption would not be a

waiver for the entirety of the law— just forthe portions that might interfere with thereligious beliefs of an institution, such ashousing arrangements for transgenderand gender nonconforming students andthe hiring of openly gay faculty and staff.

“The main concern from the univer-sity’s perspective is the safety of the stu-dent. Everything we do, we need rst focuson having a safe environment for our stu-dents,” said Sexton.

Boone said a major point in prevent-ing him from applying for the exemption ishow that might make the current Treveccastudents who identify as LGBTQI feel.

“I wouldn’t apply for the exemption be-

cause LGBTQI students who are already onour campus might feel like, in some way,that we have made a statement about themthat would make them feel uncomfortableat Trevecca,” he said. “My concern withtheir ability to live on this campus, have agreat education here and be a part of thiscommunity is the one factor that is holdingme back from applying from that particu-lar exemption.”

Boone also said the only reason theywould seek the exemption is to be free tomake decisions as a university without afederal mandate.

“I want the freedom to be able to makethe kind of decisions we would be able tomake for the entire community rather thanfor individuals that are there. The only rea-son I would seek the exemption is that we believe that we can handle these issuesinternally from our position of faith betterthan under some kind of federal mandatetelling us what we must do before we evenhear the story of the person to determinewhat might be best for them,” said Boone.“The exemption would hinder us from be-ing loving in the way that we think we have been historically as a university.”

Steve Harris, associate provost anddean of students, said that in his 37 yearsat Trevecca, no student has ever been dis-missed from the university on the groundsof sexual orientation.

“Trevecca has been Title IX compliantsince the year it started. To suddenly havea federal mandate that we deal with thesesituations in a particular way instead ofhaving the ability to choose, that’s a placewe are not willing to go at this point,” saidBoone. “If we can continue to operate theway we’ve been operating since Title IXrst came out, then we don’t need to lefor the exemption. I have full condencein the integrity of Trevecca that we wouldask, ‘What is the best thing for this studentand for the students who are around them?’

David Caldwell, executive vicepresident for nance and admin-istration, said university ofcialsdidn’t originally implement “BooksFly Free” because of concerns re-garding the cost per credit hour.

“There were still some ques-tions about implementing it, andthere was enough gray in the ex-ecution that we weren’t sure if wewere ready for it. If it didn’t ex-ecute well, we thought there was a big chance for having a lot of eggon our faces,” said Caldwell.

This year, after working outsome kinks, the president’s cabi-net decided it was time to moveforward with it.

“We aren’t adding a lot of otherexpenses, and because we havemore students attending, we areable to take that income amount

basically and allocate it towardsthe books. We are also able to ne-gotiate a better rate through Treeof Life. We negotiated in bulk, basi-cally,” said Caldwell.

Caldwell said he is unable tosay how much of the tuition in-crease is because of textbooks.

“We’ve agreed on one price, butthen there are many variables re-lated to our agreement that woulddirectly impact the price, butaren’t easily identied,” he wrotein an email.

While the books will be basedon a at rate and not on number ofcredit hours, Caldwell did say thecharge could be roughly $10 percredit hour.

“Is it in there? Yes it is. There’sdenitely an expense for the in-cluded books in the tuition cost.

We invested in that thinking itwas a meaningful investment forthe average student,” he said.

Caldwell attended an SGA

meeting on March 14 to explainthe changes and give students achance to ask questions.

“As a group, I think peoplewere mostly positive,” said SarahHogan, ASB president. “It was re-ally helpful to have him there toexplain it to us, and we saw that itcould potentially save a lot of stu-dents money.”

Whether the program actuallysaves students money dependson how much students are alreadyspending on textbooks, accordingto a chart Caldwell presented toSGA.

For instance, if a student spent$200 this year on textbooks, theywould experience a $967 increasein tuition. But, for a student who

spent $1,000 on textbooks, theirtuition will increase by $167.

Caldwell estimated that stu-dents spent an average of $600 ayear on textbooks during the 2015-2016 school year.

“I believe if there’s a $300 asemester cost creating a 1.7 % in-crease, that’s probably the lowestannual increase for a returningstudent in 20 years or more,” hesaid.

According to an annual surveyconducted by College Board, stu-dents at 4-year private universi-ties spend around $1,200 a year ontextbooks.

Some students said the newplan takes away their options to buy books at lower cost from other

We would look for the win-win in that situ-ation.”

David Toney, legislative assistant forthe Council of Christian Colleges and Uni-versities, provided a statement about TitleIX exemptions in relation to their memberschools:

“Our schools are supportive of trans-parency and any attempt to suggest thatthey are not is disingenuous. Student con-duct codes are made available to studentsconcurrent with their application andthey must sign them prior to matricula-tion. What is unfortunate in this recentdevelopment is not that the list of schoolsthat received an exemption is being madepublic, rather that the exemptions are be-ing portrayed as something nefarious. Theexemption has been in place since TitleIX’s inception in 1972 and institutions thathave received an exemption are simply fol-lowing the law.”

Toney also said the CCCU supportstheir members schools in doing what is best for them and that the CCCU works tokeep the schools informed of their options.

In order to be granted a Title IX exemp-tion, the highest ranking ofcial at a uni-versity is to submit a document outliningthe points that Title IX interferes with the beliefs of the school.

“I think the failure of the Americanpublic society is that we have moved froman understanding that society works interms of covenantal responsibilities to thepoint of, ‘What are my rights?’ As a result,we’ve become a rights-oriented culturethat is much more about protecting myspace, what I want and making you dowhat I want than just asking the question,‘What is in the good of the communities offreedom and justice that we are trying to build?’” said Dan Boone, university presi-dent. “It is the hardest decision that I’vehad to make in 11 years as the president ofTrevecca.”

Five schools did not identify a religious afliation. Info provided by Human Rights Campaign.

This breakdown of annual cost with the inclusion of textbooks provided by David Caldwell, executive vice president for nance and administration.

sources.Alaina Edens, a junior worship

arts major, posted on Facebookand urged students to ght againstthe new policy.

“I get that tuition goes up re-gardless, but if it can be reducedin every way possible then whywould we not ght for that?” shesaid.

Edens said she has spent onaverage $120 a semester for books by purchasing from online re-sources such as Amazon or Chegg.

“The power to choose where Ipurchase my books is gone,” shesaid.

Hannah Duke, a junior nursingmajor, said she thinks the programcould save some people money,

but it will be different dependingon how much students normallyspend.

“I think it could save me mon-ey if it’s actually going to work theway they say it will,” she said

Duke said she spent about$800 on her books this year, eventhough she purchased them fromoutside sources.

“In general I’m not a huge fanof books being included in tuition,”she said. “I just like to have optionsI guess. I don’t want anyone tellingme I have to get my books fromhere.”

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Column: graduatingsenior offers perspective

As graduation comes running at us, it’shard for seniors to not reect on our past

few years.I wasn’t on SGA, I’m not president ofany class, I didn’t even live on campusvery long – I wouldn’t consider myself“popular.”

But maybe this will offer a differentperspective.

I have loved my time here, I’ve grownup, I’ve questioned everything, and I’ve

become a person I’m proud of. But is eve-ryone at Trevecca using their time to re-ally learn, are they becoming people whoactually learn to think bigger, ask harderquestions, keep moving forward?

This could be lled with advice forseniors about the next few years or how tocherish the last months, but instead, I’mlooking at the other classes – the fresh-men who are just beginning, the sopho-mores who can still change their major at

least two more times, and the juniors whocan see the horizons of future just enoughto be excited and not worried.

You all have something us seniorsdon’t: time.

Time to learn about who people reallyare and make friends worth having. Astacky as it sounds, keep your Leap friendsin mind, after all they faced some of themost awkward weeks right by your side.When that weird kid down the hall asks tohang, out just do it – four years later, they

just might be the one sitting next to youwearing a matching cap and gown.

How much time you have left in chap-el might seem a bit … overwhelming. I’mnot saying don’t sit in the back and nishup that homework assignment that’s dueat 10:45, I’m just saying sit closer to thefront every now and then. Heather Daugh-

tery has a lot to say and she is denitelysomeone worth listening to. I’m also notsaying that God is going to come down

and smack you with a holy epiphany, but I guess just realize that even in thoseforced, mandatory hours of chapel, God isworking.

Take the time to talk to your professors;one of the greatest things you can learn isthat they are, in fact, people too. Dr. (Lena)Welch and Jo Ellen (Werking-Weedman):Thank you both. Thank you for openingyour hearts and lives to students like my-self, and showing us that college goes be-yond a grade. In your classrooms, I learnedmore about life and what it means to trulychallenge yourself than I did any subjectmatter. You showed me that failing canactually be good for you, as long as youlearn from it. Professors here teach theirstudents material, but if you listen closeenough and are willing to acknowledgethat each of these instructors is striving tomake the world better through you, thenmaybe you’ll learn more than just how togive an informative speech.

Time is going by fast, in just a few

years or maybe even just one, you’ll besitting in Waggoner, wondering how youmade it through four years so quickly.Soon you’ll have a job and other people toanswer to and maybe even other peopleto be responsible for, but right now youhave time to learn about someone you’regoing to have to deal with your whole life– yourself. Take the time to actually lookinto who you are as a person, as an indi-vidual, as someone worth knowing. Go tothe counseling center – do you know howexpensive that is in the real world? Or gosee Jason Adkins on the farm – just a dif-ferent form of therapy. But take the timeto truly question yourself and your beliefs,nd out why you think the way you do andlearn how you can grow further.

College can be the best four years ofyour life, if you do it wrong.

If you do it right, this time will be agreat foundation for the best years tocome.

TrevEchoes staff wins seven Associated Press awardsFive students won a to-

tal of seven awards at theannual Tennessee Associ-ated Press Broadcastersand Media Editors collegecareer day and awards cer-emony The First Amend-ment Center at Vanderbilt

Univerisity.The purpose of the ban-quet was to “honor excel-lence in college news-paper, online, radio andtelevision journalism,”according to the banquetprogram.

More than 10 publicand private universieissubmitted 225 entries inthe contest.

“These awards provethat our students are com-petitive with any other journalism studen ts in t hestate, “ said Jo Ellen Werk-ing-Weedman, TrevEchoesfaculty advisor and journalism instructor.

“I’m thrilled for the stu-dents, our program andTrevecca. Student jour-nalists work incrediblyhard and I’m proud thatprofessionals from around

STAFF REPORT

BY JESSY ANNE WALTERS

COPY EDITOR

the state were able to af-

firm the good work we al-ready know they’re doing.”Entries were judged by

professional journalistsfrom around the state.

The TrevEchoes re-

ceived the following

awards:First Place: MannonLane: Specialized/topicreporting

First Place: Jessy AnneWalters: Feature Story

Second Place: Bailey

Basham: Best NewspaperReporterSecond Place: Olivia

Kelley: Online Investiga-tive/In-depth reporting

Second Place: Jessy

Anne Walters: Investiga-

tive/In-depth ReportingThird Place: HannahPollok: Feature Story

Honorable Menton: Bai-ley Basham: Investigative/In-depth reporting

Seven journalism and communications students at the Tenn. AP Awards.


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S p o r t s

Trojan player thought career ended after high school

Byron Sanford lefthigh school thinkinghis basketball careerwas over.

A lot of Sanford’shigh school friends andteammates, includingcurrent Trevecca play-ers, Tyrell Corlew andPercy Blade, were get-ting Division-I scholar-ships for basketball—something Sanford wasnot offered.

“I had the opportunityto play, but it was [with]some smaller schoolsin smaller towns, and Ididn’t really want to dothat. I didn’t think thatwas for me, so I took theKentucky route,” saidSanford.

After graduatinghigh school, Sanfordenrolled at the Univer-sity of Kentucky wherehe spent two years.

“I kind of wanted toget away from home,and they offered schol-arships, so I took thatroute,” said Sanford.

Coach Harris reachedout to Sanford at Ken-tucky and brought him

into Trevecca. Thus be-gan Sanford’s run as amember of the purpleand white.

Sanford was thefirst Trevecca athleteto score 1,000 careerpoints since the school

has competed in Divi-sion-II. He is also is the40th Trevecca athleteto reach the 1,000 ca-reer points pinnacle forthe school.

“The night I scoredmy 1,000th pointagainst St. Joe’s was re-ally special,” said San-ford.

This year, Sanfordwas third in scoringin the G-MAC at 18.3points per game. Hewas third in reboundsat 7.5 a game. He placedsecond in assists at 4.3per game. He was third

in steals per game with1.5. He played the mostminutes in G-MAC, butaveraged fourth mostdue to playing moregames than the topthree at 33.9 per game.

“My first game hereever was really special.It was my first time ex-periencing a collegegame, and that’s some-thing I’ll never forget,”said Sanford.

That game was the2013 Homecominggame at Trojan Field-house. Trevecca playedTennessee Wesleyan,and the Trojans won

75-69. Sanford scored13 points.“He’s had the type

of senior year that youwant all your seniorsto have. What I mean isthat Byron came in atone level and has got-

ten better every yearsince he’s been here,”Harris said.

Prior to the begin-ning of the 2016 season,Sanford was in the gymfor 30 straight nightsworking on his game.He did general work-outs, practiced freethrows and shooting— alot of times by himself.

“I try to never be out-worked. I try to be thehardest working playerin the gym,” said San-ford. “There were a fewtimes I’d be in there solate that security would

have to kick me out.”At Trevecca Sanfordhas not only played

basketball , but grownin his spiritual life aswell.

“Being a collegiateathlete has reallystrengthened my faith.Just having faith andtrusting that every-thing was going to bealright, that it’s not inmy control, but His. Myfaith in God has carriedme and really blessedme and set me up tokeep my career aliveand play at the pro lev-el,” said Sanford.

For Sanford, familyhas always been thereto support him. Hisfather would come tohome games wheneverhe could and his broth-er lives in Nashville.

“My brother was at

every game this year. Ialways tell people he’smy biggest fan. WhenI saw him walk in, Ialways get that extra

boost of confidence,”said Sanford.

One game this sea-

son a good number ofSanford’s family cameto watch him play.

“About 35 to 40 offamily members cameto my first game thisyear and that was an-other really specialgame,” said Sanford.

Sanford is on pace tograduate in May with adegree in Exercise Sci-ence. During his timeat Trevecca, Sanfordwas recognized as the2016 G-MAC Confer-ence Player of the Year,First Trevecca DivisionII player to reach 1,000career points and Divi-

sion II- 2016 HonorableMention All-American.Sanford plans to signwith an agent and po-tentially sign a contractwith a European team.

“Overseas is prob-ably the route I’m go-ing to go. I am going totry and crawl my wayup and make [Devel-opmental League], andeventually the NBA.I never put a limit onwhat I can do to try andreach those goals ofmine,” said Sanford.

Sanford’s career atTrevecca is one thathas influenced sev-eral of his teammates,coaches, and many thatattend the games, said

Harris.“Any time there was

a loose ball or a big re- bound and he was go-ing after it, regardlessof how big our oppo-nent was, I always feltlike he would come upwith it,” said Harris.

Mark Elliott, direc-tor of athletics, echoedHarris’s sentiments.

“Tough. Driven. War-rior. Those are threewords that I would useto describe Byron as,

just from talking withhim and watching himplay,” said Elliott. “I

want to have a lot moreByron’s.”

Senior guard Byron Sanford at the Nov. 2015 game against the University of Alabama. Photoprovided by Trevecca Trojans.

Sanford’s individual player statistics for the 2013-2016 seasons. Information provided by thedepartment of athletics.

BY ANDREW PRESTON

STAFF WRITER

BYRON SANFORD’S PRE-GAME RITUAL

• Shower before everygame

• Wears two socks onhis right foot and oneon his left

• Eats gyros

• Listens to gospel music

• Fist pump and fingerpoint upward to Godbefore & after everygame

Senior Byron Sanford. Photo provided by Trevecca Trojans.

YEAR GAMES

PLAYED

MINUTES PER

GAME

FIELD GOAL

PERCENTAGE

3 POINT

PERCENTAGE

FREE THROW

PERCENTAGE

REBOUNDS

PER GAME

ASSISTS STEALS POINTS

PER GAME

‘13-

’14

25- 24 736- 29.4 .484 % .200% .714% 5.2 70 51 12.2

‘14-

’15

28-28 954- 34.1 .486% .329% .754% 6.6 125 76 18.1

‘15-

’16

31-31 1050- 33.9 .489% .389% .697% 7.5 133 55 18.3


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F e a t u r e

Business major interns at U.S. Congressman’s office

BY BROOKLYN DANCESTAFF WRITER

Rocxana Estrada spent the fall semester interningin the United States Congress—her third internshipin two years.

The junior business management major, a self-professed political junkie, took the internship eventhough there was no academic requirement for it.

Nicole Hubbs, the internship coordinator for theschool of business, communications, and arts andsciences, said that 25 to 45 of students take intern-ships each semester. They are almost always offcampus, and the students are the ones who take the

Rocxana Estrada. Photo provided by Rocxana Estrada.

initiative in getting the internship.“Internships are crucial to your career eld. It’s

the rst chance you get to work in your major, offcampus, not in your job, and really have a concentrat-ed time to work in your eld. It really gives studentsa rst person perspective of, ‘Yes this is what I wantto do,’ or, ‘No I don’t want to do this.’ Either way yougo, it is a good experience because you work with a

supervisor. It teaches you about your future job aftercollege, and it builds up your resume.”Estrada has always been fascinated with politics

and the government.“I am really interested in the Department of State,”

Estrada said. “I hope to end up in D.C. again some-day.”

In 2014, Estrada joined LULAC, the League ofUnited Latin American Citizens, an organization thatseeks to better the community and the daily lives ofLatin Americans in the United States, according tothe group’s website.

Estrada went to a three-day conference in Wash-ington D.C. through LULAC, where she joined otherLatinos as they learned about public policy, civic en-gagement and advocacy.

At the conference, Estrada met members of theCHCI, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute,and quickly began networking. She attended thesame LULAC conference in New York City, and be-tween the two she learned about the internship op-portunity in Congress, and knew she wanted to beinvolved.

Estrada was accepted, and soon joined 20 otherstudents from around the country at the nation’s cap-ital in the fall of 2015. CHCI paid for her housing, a sti-pend, transportation, and the ights there and home.

The group of students was divided in half, eitherworking with Senate or Congress. Estrada and an-other student were assigned to intern for Congress-man Steve Cohen, the U.S. Representative for Ten-nessee’s 9th Congressional district (Memphis).

Estrada’s tasks included ling caller’s comments,writing letters back to constituents and taking noteson the Congressman’s hearings. Every time Cohenwas mentioned in any form of media, Estrada was

notied and responsible for reading the articles anddeciding what to put on the website.

Estrada recalls being surprised by how fast pacedand intense even simple tasks were.

“There was such a competition between all of us, because everyone wanted to grow and get their nameout there” Estrada said.

She also learned how to give tours of Congress to

visitors, learning about the underground passage-ways that connected all four ofce buildings andCongress.

Through CHCI, Estrada was able to meet both Bar-rack and Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, BernieSanders, Hilary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, and severalmore republican candidates.

Estrada’s semester in D.C. came to a close and shewas back in Nashville. Soon after, she was offeredan unpaid internship with Congressmen Jim Coop-er, one of Tennessee’s representatives. There was apossible job opening attached, but Estrada decided toturn it down and pursue nishing her education.

Estrada used Schuy Weishaar, Ph.D., one of herEnglish professors as a reference for the internship.

“[The internship] seemed to make sense for whoshe was.” Weishaar said.

Weishaar explained how Estrada was always cu-rious in class, especially when they covered politics.The next year, whenever Estrada ran into Weishaarshe always had a question about something shewanted to know more about, Weishaar said.

Internships where you have to go somewhere else,and live differently than you’re used to leave such animpact, Weishaar said.

Weishaar recalls seeing pictures of Estrada work-ing in D.C. on his facebook and said

“It made me happy to see her out in the world, blossoming.” Weishaar said.

Since she has spent a semester away withoutearning college credits, Estrada typically takes 18hours a semester and still plans to graduate on time.

“The internship impacted me in countless ways. Ihave become more aware of how our country’s legis-lative system works,” Estrada said. “I am anxious tocontinue to grow my experience in our government.”

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