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Homecoming to focus on Trevecca stories

OPINION

YOUR VOICE MATTERS Festivities kick off Nov. 3 and run through Nov. 5

ELECTION 2016

Nov. 8 will mark the first

presidential election most Trevecca
students have been eligible to vote in.
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NEWS

New clubs on
campus
Board game, improv and debate are
just a few of the clubs students can
get involved with.
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SPORTS

Trojan basketball
season begins
Get the latest on the men and
womens teams and their goals for
the new year.

Jared Caperton and Taylor Cardiff in the Homecoming Parade. Photo provided by Trevecca Nazarene University
BY Sydney Wisman
STAFF WRITER

or Trevecca alumni,
homecoming serves a
F
special
purposecoming

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home to the hill. But for

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just as impactful.

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BY Bailey Basham
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A little more than 94 percent of

textbook orders were filled on time this
fall after the launch of a new program to

Salvation Army Social Justice

Research Center opens on campus
BY Jess Plyler
CONTRIBUTOR

Commanders, lieutenants, students

and staff gathered on Sept. 26 for
the dedication of the Salvation Army
Social Justice Research Center, located
on Treveccas campus in Marks Guest
House.
The Center has been in the making
since late 2015 and the Centers director
Lieutenant Colonel Vern Jewett and his
team of analysts were able to officially
cut the red ribbon and begin working on

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end up being, said Michael

Johnson, director of alumni
and church engagement.
For the last several years,
homecoming
has
been
referred to as Homecoming
on the Hill, but Johnson
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Textbook Butler debuts on campus: improvements planned

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I encourage students to
go out and attend as many
events as possible. Im a
big believer that the more
connected you are to the life
of the campus and the more
connected you are to each
other, the more meaningful
all the experiences of college

include textbooks in tuition. The higherthan-normal 5 percent unfilled rate is

because of tragedy in the company that
Trevecca contracts with to provide the
textbooks.
Trevecca stocks textbooks through
Tree of Life Bookstores. Tree of Life
partners with 17 other Council for
Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)
member schools, according to Patrick
Eckhardt, director of marketing for Tree
of Life.
Tree of Lifes Textbook Butler program
started this fall. Rather than paying
for textbooks in addition to the tuition
increase for this academic year, the cost
of nonconsumables (i.e., textbooks) for

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FEATURE

Urban Farm
brings market
to campus
Photo by Trevecca Nazarene University
BY Bailey Basham
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Fresh, organic goods produced

by the Trevecca Urban Farm can
now be purchased at a weekly
Photo by Trevecca Nazarene University

undergraduate students was covered

by the 3.6 percent increase. Students
are still responsible for purchasing
consumables (i.e., workbooks, course
access codes and lab books).
Tree of Life had somebody that
was supposed to come down to help in
the bookstore, and the day before that
person was going to leave, they were
driving, and a bicyclist came out in front
of them. In essence, that bicyclist was
killed, and that bicyclist was the son of
a Tree of Life employee. That messed
Tree of Life up because they didnt run
a fulfillment, and we got back logged
for three days, said David Caldwell,
executive vice president of finance and

farm stand on campus.

Fruits, vegetables, jams, soaps
and salves all grown and produced
on campus are available every
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# KeepTreveccaBeautiful

NEWS| Campus Updates

SGA
continues
campaign
to care for
campus

The transformation of the Volunteer Trucking Company building into a Center for Music and Worship Arts is underway. Photo provided by Trevecca Nazarene University and Aerial Innovations

Music building to open

for classes in spring
Renovations on the Center for Music and Worship Arts to
be completed by January.
BY Sydney Wisman
STAFF WRITER

tudents enrolled in music

programs at Trevecca can
expect to begin classes in
the building in January.
The
$7.9
million
25,509-square-foot building will
be home to three classrooms, five
studios for private instruction,
seven practice rooms, additional
spaces for instrumental and
choral
instruction
and
a
2,810-square-foot black box
theatre.
Trevecca closed the $1.4 million
deal on the land that previously
belonged to Volunteer Trucking
Company in December of last
year. Renovations on existing
buildings on the property began
in January 2016. Those buildings
are to house the Center for Music
and Worship Artsan idea more
than 20 years in the making.
The Center for Music and
Worship Arts will be home to the
Department of Music, Nashville
Praise and Worship Institute
(NPWI) and Center for Worship.
As of this October, the building
has plumbing, electric and walls.
The next step is to add flooring
and ceilings during the next

few weeks. If all goes according

to plan, construction will be
completed by the end of 2016.
I have a new sense of anticipation
of a whole new era, personally
and professionally, with the new
building, said David Diehl, dean
of the school of worship arts. I
think it will positively affect the
morale of faculty and students to
be in a quality facility specifically
designed for music instruction.
Music students are already
looking forward to begin their
journey in this new building.
I am really excited to be in a
space that is more focused on the
commercial program and that
is more modern, said Christian
Eason, junior commercial music
major. It is cool to be a part of
this transitional time in the music
program and see it growing.
Diehl believes that it will majorly
impact new student recruitment
and the idea of being able to host
more concerts, competitions and
festivals in the new building.
I have a true sense of gratitude
for the work put in and to the
people who are donating for it,
said Diehl. It will be truly career
changing, if not life changing.

Photo provided by Trevecca Nazarene University.

BY Rebakah Warren
STAFF WRITER

ollowing the success

F
of
last
years
#KeepTreveccaBeautiful
campaign, SGA is hoping
to encourage students to
care for the environment
by
continuing
the
campaign.
At the beginning of the
year SGA gets together and
comes up with a strategic
plan for different things
we want to accomplish
during the year, said
Taylor Wise, junior class
vice
president.
Keep
Trevecca Beautiful was
one of them because it got
such a good response last
year.
Last
year,
#KeepTreveccaBeautiful
was trending on campus as
students posted pictures
of
themselves
caring
for the environment on
Instagram, Facebook and
Twitter.
The ideal post would
be
talking
about
or
showing beautification of
Treveccas campus, such
as recycling or picking
up
trash,
said
Jen
Kingery, an SGA senior
representative. It was
an awareness campaign
with the goal being to
draw students attention
to the fact that we have
a beautiful campus and
should strive to keep it
that way.
The upcoming plans
for
the
campaign
include celebrations of
the outdoors, with the
intention of inspiring a
love of nature
Were
planning
an
Eno
partythe
idea

behind that is promoting

going outdoors and an
appreciation
of
being
outside, said Wise. So
theyre going to have
coffee and hot chocolate
and people will bring out
their Enos.
The campaign is also
working to change the
culture on campus and
make
Trevecca
more
environmentally friendly
by modifying the products
used by the university.
SGA intends to switch
the cups in The Hub
from Styrofoam to paper,
which is better for the
environment, said Wise.
They also hope to make
the
Trevecca
Towers
residents a part of the
environmental effort.
People in the towers
have been saying a lot
about the air quality,
said Wise. Were trying
to get a bunch of plants to
put in there to get some
more oxygen and better
air flow for them.
Ultimately, SGA hopes
that the movement will
change the culture of
Trevecca to be more
appreciative of the campus
and better stewards of
environmental resources.
Its become another
hash tag that we say out
loud randomly when we
see things or do things
that deal with making
our campus look a certain
way,
said
Kingery.
Its something that has
slowly just become part of
Trevecca culture. I would
like to hope that people
remember it and strive
to continue being more
environmentally minded.

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Salvation Army Social Justice

Research Center opens on campus
Dan Boone, university president, cuts the ribbon on the Social Justice Reseach Center with partners from the Salvation Army. Photo provided by Trevecca Nazarene University.

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various projects both inside and outside of Nashville.
The SJRC will work to figure out the best ways to
bring freedom to the oppressed and marginalized, as
well as gathering data that will inform those practices,
according to a March 2016 press release from Trevecca.
The partnership between Trevecca and the Salvation
Army is built on the shared ideal of working to apply
Biblical social justice in the world.
Southern Territorial Commander Commissioner
Donald Bell said that the research center is intended to
point back the Salvation Armys overall motivation to
be radical followers of Jesus Christ.
We love inclusively. Thats what social justice is
all about. Loving people for who they are, not for who

we think they should be. And we serve them helpfully.

That is our goal with the social justice center. How can
we serve a person helpfully? In order to do that we
need to understand why theyre in the situation that
they are, said Bell.
Jewett said he is excited to see how the relationship
between the SJRC and Treveccas Department of Social
Justice will grow. In addition to continuing volunteer
work during the Christmas season, Jewett hopes
Trevecca students will be able to help the Center
with research pertaining to Egyptian refugee families
located right here in Nashville.
[Students will] collect data to help move that
community forward and integrate into society. Its
to all of our benefit to welcome these folks that
are struggling to integrate and find ways that as a

community we can do better, said Jewett.

The Center currently has several projects in the
works studying issues such as child malnutrition in
West Virginia, human trafficking in Nashville and
modifying the Salvation Armys Pathway of Hope
program.
It is our prayer that the work that is done in this
center will resound across the land, said Dan Boone,
university president, at the centers dedication.
Jewett and his team hope to eventually be able to
have students, both undergraduate and graduate,
intern at the center.
For more information on how you can get involved
with the Salvation Army, contact Gail Pusey at
gpusey@trevecca.edu.

Textbook Butler launches on campus

Program to include textbooks in tuition will be fine tuned for next semester and include more inventory on campus

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administration.
Being back logged for three days caused the 5
percent deficit in the number of textbook orders that
were filled accurately and shipped to campus on time.
Overall, Tree of Life stated that they had close to a 5
percent unfulfilled rate, which was significantly higher
than what their standard is, said Caldwell. Their
maximum that Tree of Life shoots for is 2 percent. They
fulfilled [10,500] books, and they were short about five
percent of those [with 736 issues].
Tree of Life officials visited Treveccas campus on
Sept. 29 to meet with Trevecca administration and
deans of the schools on campus to discuss the process
and what could be done to make things better next
semester.
Lena Hegi Welch, dean of the school of arts and
sciences, was one of the deans present at that
meeting. At that meeting, Welch said she got better
understanding of the process of choosing the books
and why some of the books were late.
They explained why there was a little over five
percent of the book orders that werent fulfilled in a
timely manner. It came down to what is really a tragic
situation and the company. My heart broke for them,
said Welch.
Welch surveyed a sample of the faculty in the school
of arts and sciences and said that around day 10 of the
semester, professors reported an average of 20 percent

of their students did not have textbooks yet.

We were told that students would get their books in
three to five days, but if you dont add the class until
maybe day four or five of the semesterwhich is still
within that one week [drop/add] periodand then
you dont get the book for another four or five days,
youre close to two weeks into the class with no book.
I had several students who were in that position, said
Welch.
Caldwell expects next semester to go more smoothly.
Spring semester should not have the same issues
as this fall. The biggest issue this fall was that we had
the late registration, and because [Tree of Life] was
fulfilling from Marion, Indiana versus us having the
books here, it took [time to ship]. Then when they
had the tragedy, they didnt send any books down for
three days. That issue goes away in the spring, said
Caldwell.
Holly Steinmetz, director of the on campus bookstore,
said Tree of Life maintains a surplus inventory for all
the undergraduate classes offered at Trevecca. The
company will be sending extra books to campus next
semester as well.
Tree of Life will be sending extra books for us to
have on the shelf for students registering late or adding
courses last minute. This will be a huge help, said
Steinmetz. The students are our priority, and our goal
is to get the books in their hands as soon as possible.
Though the benefits of Textbook Butler are
significant, Caldwell said students do have the option
to opt out of the program.
The incremental credit hour cost for students who
opt out is $10 per credit hour. We pay a service fee on
top of that for some of the software were licensing
from them, said Caldwell.
According to Chuck Seaman, director of financial
services, five students opted out of the textbook butler

program this semester.

For students who want to buy their textbooks at the
end of the semester, Caldwell said the Textbook Butler
program is actually more cost-effective than shopping
around elsewhere.
You can go on Tree of Lifes website and see that
there is a rental value that theyll show you. Were not
paying that rental valuewere paying less than that
because were renting so many, but what that allows is
say youre using a $200 science book. Maybe the rental
value is $70. For a student who wants to opt out to get
their $150 back for their 15 hours, on that three hour
class, theyd only get $30 back for that class when
instead, they could get a $70 credit for that book. All
they have to do is hold onto their book at the end of the
semester. Its essentially an interest-free loan since
the difference would be charged to your account, and
you dont have to pay it until the end of the semester.
According to Caldwell, the biggest benefit of the
program is simplethere are textbooks in the hands
of more Trevecca students than there have been in
previous years.
We have an 81 percent retention rate. Ten years
ago, we were in the 60s. We think we can keep that rate
in the 80s and possibly higher through things like this.
If you can increase retention rate by one or two points
in the freshman class, then that means four or eight
or 12 students are staying in school, and thats pretty
good, said Caldwell.
Welch said she agrees that the program can be
beneficial to students.
I am pleased with the philosophy of Textbook
Butler. I was not real pleased with how it was carried
out, but I am very hopeful that Tree of Life, and that we
frankly, can do better and make it work, said Welch.
The philosophy of every student having a book on the
first day of class is wonderful.

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NEWS| Campus Updates

Homecoming begins Nov. 3

Homecoming on the Hill will be all about how Trevecca makes great stories
possible. This years celebration will take place from Nov. 35 on campus.

Photos from last years homecoming parade, homecoming basketball game, Moore Maniac activities and run provided by Trevecca Nazarene University.

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said this year, a more

specific theme emerged after
he attended a conference.
This
year,
homecoming
will focus on how Trevecca
makes great stories possible
and instilling purple pride
in all attendees.
I went to a conference
in Orlando about four weeks
after homecoming last year
that was specifically on
improving
homecoming
and reunion programming.
Were going to be providing
funding for students this
year
on
campus
some
funding to decorate the
campus
in
purple
and
white, said Johnson.
The parade floats will
center on the theme of
Once Upon A Hill, which
ties into the theme of
Trevecca
making
great
stories possible. These floats
can include anything from
personal Trevecca stories to
fairytales.
The theme is recognizing
that Trevecca helps makes
great
stories
possible
and allows students at
homecoming to celebrate
that, said Johnson.
The
other
theme
of
making great stories happen
focuses on the alumni and
their contributions.
Alumni
are
what
continue to make Trevecca
great. We want to let
alumni know coming back
to
campus
what
great

stories they allow to happen

through their donations and
cooperation, said Laura
Beth Winchester, senior
communication
studies
major and All Student Body
social life coordinator.
Jeff Swink, alumnus and
coordinator of assessment
and
retention
sees
homecoming as something
much bigger than just a
weekend of events.
The whole thing about
coming back to campus and
seeing friends, the idea is
wonderful.
People
cant
wait to be a part of the
celebration, said Swink.
Johnson agrees.
I think its important
for current students is
its a really good way to
identify with the history
of the institution, and not
just in terms of buildings
and classes and things you
would typically associate
with college life, but more
importantly to recognize
that youre building now
your
relationships
with
each other that will be so
meaningful to you in the
years to come. Perhaps
youre scattered out around
the countryhomecoming
serves as a good way to
reconnect. It allows for great
displays of school spirit.
Johnson agrees and said
homecoming has something
that everyone can enjoy and
participate in.

HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 3

All day: Give-Back Thursday

7 p.m. Disneys The Little Mermaid
$12: General Admission
$10: Senior Adults (65+) and Children (10 and under)
$5: TNU students (with student ID)

Friday, Nov. 4

10 a.m. Founders Day Chapel, TCC

11:15 a.m. Physicians Assistant 40th Celebration Open House, Greathouse
1 p.m. NTS Reunion, CLCS Fireside Room
1:30 pm Author Talk: Rachelle Dekker, Wakefield
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 pm Emeritus Gathering, TCC
3:30 pm Our Stories, Our Songs, TCC
5 p.m. - 6:30 pm Homecoming Family Dinner, Boone
$12 for adults, $6 for ages 6-12, under 6 - free
7 p.m. Town and Country Showcase, TCC,
$5 for adults, children under 12 - free, TNU Students - free
7 p.m. Disneys The Little Mermaid
9 p.m. Trojan Madness Bonfire, Grassy area north of Waggoner

3
Saturday,
Nov. 5th

9 a.m. Class of 1966, Jernigan PDR, $15

Class of 1969-72, TSAC
Class of 1981, Hardy Alumni Center
9:30 a.m. Class of 1986, Wakefield Auditorium
11 a.m. Parade, The Quad
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Street Fair, The Quad
Class of 1991, Tent in the Quad
Class of 1996, Tent in the Quad
SGA 1995-2000 Reunion, Tent in the Quad
Class of 2006 Tent in the Quad
Young Alumni, Tent in the Quad
Physicians Assistant (PA) Reunion, Tent in the Quad
1 p.m. Sigma /K-ettes, CLCS 1901 Coffee Shop
2 p.m. Womens Basketball, Moore Gymnasium,
$12 for adults, $6 ages 6-12, under 6 - free, Students - free with ID
3 p.m. Disneys The Little Mermaid
4 p.m. Mens Basketball, Moore Gymnasium, see price list above
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Spirit of 76 (Classes of 1974-78), Waggoner -Rotunda, $20
7 p.m. Disneys The Little Mermaid

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Board Game Club

formed on campus
Students at Trevecca can now meet up on Friday
nights to play their favorite board games.

Improv Club meets on Fridays at 3 p.m.

Improv Club aims to get a laugh

BY Blake Stewart & Bailey Basham
STAFF WRITER & EDITOR-OF-CHIEF

PairaDice Board Game Club meets on Fridays at 7 p.m.

BY Hannah Pollok
STAFF WRITER

oll a six. Draw two cards.

Collect $200 after passing
go. Students at Trevecca
can now meet up to play
their favorite board games.
PairaDice Board Games, a new
club allowing students to gather
and play board games on campus,
was recently created and started
meeting in September. Junior
media arts and studies major Adam
Vaughn is the president of the club.
Vaughn says he has been a fan of
board games for years. Last school
year, he and some friends started
an unofficial board game group in
the McKay student lounge.
The first time we met, it was just
Andrew Preston, Nora Miller and
myself playing a game called Ticket
to Ride. We played for an hour and
a half. I continued to go back to
the lounge weekly and the group
kept growing. We made a Facebook
group for it to make things easier
to manage. I thought about it and
decided to go ahead and make it an
official club, said Vaughn.
Vaughn went to the office of
student development and spoke
with Steve Harris, associate provost
and dean of student development,
about starting the club. He was
then directed to Laura Wade, ASB
vice president, and they worked on
a club charter and constitution.
Essentially,
students
talk
with me to create a charter and
constitution, have at least 15 people
who want to be members, and get
it approved by SGA for the initial
step, said Laura Wade, ASB vice
president.
Vaughn presented the the club
to SGA at one of their general
meetings. SGA voted unanimously
to approve it.
PairaDice Board Games meets
every Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight
in Jernigan lobby, and sometimes

the McKay student lounge. It is a

come-and-go event, so students
do not have to stay the whole five
hours. Board games that the club
plays on a regular basis include:
Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride,
The Resistance, Superfight! and
Coup. Typically, a couple of games
are being played at the same time.
As president, one of Vaughns
goals for the school year is to have
some affiliation with Waggoner
Librarys game night.
The library game night was
part of the inspiration for this
club. I saw a bunch of students
at that game night that I didnt
really see anywhere else. Theres
a large community of people who
like board games on campus, and I
wanted to give them an outlet for
that that was more regular than the
game nights at the library. I know
I want to play board games more
than once a month, said Vaughn.
We always try to encourage new
people to join us if we see them
hanging out in the student lounge
and ask them if they want to play
with us.
Since PairaDice started having
meetings on Sept. 23, about 20
students regularly attend, and 60
have joined the Facebook group.
Board games take individual
skill and strategy, much like video
games do, but they also allow us
to enjoy interacting with each
other in a way that video games
just cant provide, said Seth
Conley, associate professor of
communication studies and the
clubs faculty sponsor.
Junior Andrew Preston is vice
president of PairaDice Board
Games and freshman Zachary
Vaughn is the secretary.
Students can join the club by
attending meetings on Fridays.
They can also join the Facebook
group online at PairaDice Board
Games (TNU).

bi Larimore walks around the

stage in Benson Auditorium,
warming up with her friends.
The name of the game is one-word
story, and the players are other members
of the Trevecca Improv Club.
Larimore,
senior
communication
studies major, has been involved with the
club since her freshman year.
A boy I liked dragged me to it, and I
was scared and didnt want to participate.
I got there and broke the few rules there
are but soon, fell in love. Not with the
boy, but with improv, said Larimore.
Entering its fifth year at Trevecca and
following its club of the year win from
last year, the Improv Club serves as an
opportunity for students to meet new
people and do something different that
will challenge them to get out of their
comfort zone, according to Larimore.
Though she was nervous and
unenthusiastic at first, Larimore now
serves as the president of Improv Club.
My favorite part is seeing how it
brings out the best in people. There are
several people that I would never have
met outside from the meeting. Without
improv, I would never know [what its
like to be] generous with yess, said
Larimore. Improv pretty much shows
you who a person really is. Its been a
joy to get to know people in this way. We
drop our baggage at the door and seek to
make a completely new story together
every single time we meet.
Improv Club serves as a space for
students to practice their improvisational
comedy. Larimore said the number one
rule of improv is to always say yes and
make sense of what a fellow improviser
has come up with.
Outside of a good practicing
environment, its a place where all sorts
of people can come together and laugh.
Its the best way to end the week, said
Larimore.
For others, Improv Club has a bigger
impact than just providing a space to
practice.
I have always tried to be a lighthearted person that can bring a smile to
other people, but the version of me you
see now is only about two years old. I was
very self conscious for a long time, said
Matt Stapleton, senior communications
and dramatic arts major. When I
started theatre last year, it taught me
how to unlock the brighter and outgoing
personality I had all along. For me,
improv and laughter improve my life
infinitely.
Larimore said a typical Improv Club
meeting begins with membersranging
anywhere from 20 to 40 people each
weeksitting in a circle of chairs playing
warm up games.
Then [we] build on the concepts weve
learned. We probably play 10 different

games, maybe more, each meeting,

said Larimore. I conduct meetings
and loosely teach the concepts to my
fellow students. Lots of attendees have
already taken or are taking the improv
class offered by Jeff Frame. But for those
who have little to no acting experience, I
break down the concepts.
Sophomore theatre major Ryan
Atkinson says his favorite part about the
Improv Club is getting to know people
on campus he might never have met
otherwise.
[I love] getting to interact with the
people that come that I dont know
personally and the chemistry that my
fellow improvisers and I get to share
together onstage, said Atkinson.
Relieving the stress to the students
that come out to Whose Line to laugh [is
great too].
Sophomore music major MiKayla
Hatfield is a club regular and performs
at Whose Line is it Anyway, an Improv
Club-sponsored event in Benson Hall
where members of the group perform for
the student body.
Hatfields favorite part of performing
is getting to see all of the campus support
and the unity that it creates with all the
students.
I enjoy being able to perform in front
of my peers, said Hatfield. Theres no
judgement. You can just be yourself and
accept everyone as they come.
For those who are interested in
joining Improv Club but feel nervous
about starting out, Larimore says the
environment created by Improv Club
members is one of total acceptance.
There are people from all sorts
of backgrounds, walks of life and
ethnicities and new people every single
week. If you are looking for a place of
acceptance, thats literally the biggest
rule of improvto accept. If you like
laughing and shenanigans, come give
Improv Club a try because we would love
to have you, said Larimore.
The group meets once a week on
Friday afternoons at 3 p.m. Each twohour meeting consists of various warm
up games like one-word story.
Advice to newcomers from improvisers
in the club: dont be afraid.
It is ok to try things and mess up. You
can try anything, and you dont have to
worry about the way you look. You look
ridiculous doing something? Brilliant,
you fit in!Observe everyone else, and you
will see all of us do it, said Stapleton.
By having the yes spirit though, we
accept, go with it, and move on. So dont
let a fear of not being funny keep you
from trying. Feel free to come and just
watch. Just be aware that it becomes
harder to not get involved at some point.
Laughter is contagious.
Contact Abi Laimore at
AJLarimore@trevecca.edu
for information on Improv Club.

6 | 2016 | OCT | TrevEchoes

OPINION| Columns and SGA messages

Everyone welcome at social events

November

SUN

MON

TUES

WED

10

4:00 PM

TICUA

7:00 PM

Lab Band I & II Concert

27

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

7:30 PM

23

24

8:00 AM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Bollywood Movie Night

Lab Band I & II Concert

Diversity Talk

21

22

Percussion Ensemble

Womens Basketball

28

17

6:00 PM

Mens Basketball

29

30

Wind Ensemble Concert

Jazz Combo & Commercial

Ensemble Concert

7:00 PM

Trojan Idol

Larry Powel Concert

8:00 PM

Bollywood Movie Night

Bollywood Movie Night

7:00 PM

Student Commercial
Recital

25

7:00 PM

Songwriters Night at
Nineteen01

4:00 PM
7:30 PM

Vocal Edge & Commercial

Recital

26

4:00 PM

Mens Basketball

Thanksgiving Break

8:00 PM

7:00 PM

Womens Basketball

19

TSO Concert at Cathedral

7:00 PM

BLOOD DRIVE

7:30 PM

18

5:00 PM

Guitar Ensemble

Experience Trevecca Day

Jared ChontosPerformance

7:30 PM

TSO Concert at Cathedral

8:00 AM
3:00 PM

7:00 PM

Expressive Theology Conf. Womens Basketball

Student Classical Recital

12

NPWI Night of Celebration Womens Basketball

World Cup

7:00 PM

Fall Theater Performance

7:00 PM

TICUA

Latino Achievers College

Fair

10:00 AM

7:00 PM

11

6:00 PM

16

Faculty Research
Symposium

SAT

2:00 PM
Womens Basketball

15

7:30 AM

FRI

4
5
Homecoming Weekend

7:45 PM
Homecoming Banquet

14

7:00 PM

20

THURS

8:00 PM
Troy Birthday Party

TNaz Jazz Concert

13

6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Volleyball vs. Kentucky Fall Theater
Wesleyan College
Performance

For more information on

campus events download the
TNU Events app.

BY Laura Beth Winchester

ASB SOCIAL LIFE COORDINATOR

cant help but get emoI

tional writing this column
because that is just how much

I love my job as All Student

Body Social Life Director. I get
to help plan and put together
events here on campus that allow students to come together
in fellowship and community.
Yes, the process is stressful. Do
I get frustrated and confused?
Oh yeah. Are there times when
I feel like I have no idea what

Im doing? Absolutely. But

being able to stand back and
watch a group of students enjoying an event is one of the
most rewarding feelings Ive
ever experienced. SGA has such
an amazing team this year, full
of people who are so willing
to serve and work together.
Thats what makes this job so
easy, I think. Having a group
of people who work so well
together makes all the difference.
Weve set big goals for this
year, and have already been
able to reach a few of those
such as an amazing Spiritual
Deepening week, the creation
of SOMA, and record student
attendance at our Welcome
Week events.
Vision wise, I would love to
see Trevecca continue to love
each other. I think one of my
main goals for my last year
on SGA would be to just be an
encouragement to each person

I work with, meet and get to

know. I want SGA to be seen
as a group that is welcoming
and inviting, and that starts
with those of us on it. Student
Government is such a privilege
to be involved with, and I want
to be able to use my leadership
opportunities to encourage
every person I can. Leaving in
the spring will be difficult, but
knowing that Im still going to
have a community of friends
here makes all the difference.
Im so thankful to be able to
have the opportunity to create incredible events for you,
Trevecca. I couldnt be more
excited to see what this year
holds for us. Heres to all the
more possibilities and opportunities ahead of us.
Laura Beth Winchester is the
all student body social life coordinator. Contact her at LEWinchester@Trevecca.edu with
ideas, comments and suggestions about social life events.

Editorial: young voters should make sure they are heard

BY Bailey Basham
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

If you have a televsion, a Twitter account or generally communicate with other people, you
know this election isnt political
business as usual.
And, frankly, thats kind of a
bummer for most of us since its
our first chance to help elect a
president.
But, part of being an educated
adultwhich is what were tyring to become heremeans taking this voting privilege seriously.
Sadly, the number of millennialsdefined as people between
the ages of 18-35 projected
to show up to the polls is much
lesser than other demographics
in the U.S.
The vote of millennials is a
hot-button issue. Many have
tried to pin down reasons as to

why young people dont turn

out to the polls as much as older generations. Some consider it
laziness and apathy; others call
it ignorance or not being inspired
by any of the candidates. Others
still blame millennials frustration with the current political
systems.
Many college students dont
know how to register to vote,
miss the deadline or didnt register in their home states before
moving to college and then decide not to bother with the process while at school where papers
take precedent.
In a Sept. 2015 USA Today article, Quentin Kidd, head of the
political science department at
Christopher Newport University,
said young adults dont feel particularly connected to their community, and because of that, they
dont feel motivated to vote. Kidd

also said young people might

not feel like candidates are prioritizing issues theyre invested in,
such as student debt or climate
change policy, according to the
USA Today.
In an Associated Press news
article from Oct. 3, a 19-year-old
Duke university student said he
might need someone to convince
him on election day to actually go
out and vote.
According to U.S. census data
from the Pew Research Center,
millennials have as much political power based on numbers as
the baby boomer generation
yet only 42 percent said they were
registered to vote in 2014, which
is the the lowest in 40 years.
The Center for Information &
Research on Civic Learning and
Engagement reported post-2014
election that there is no evidence that either party has a

Column: Three
reasons why
interviewing is
not so scary

message or agenda that has deep

resonance among young people,
according to the CIRCLE.
In the USA Today article, Kidd
pointed back to the 2012 presidential election and noted on the
making of history that took place
in Barack Obamas winning the
18- to 29-year-old demographic.
Regardless of political affiliation, Kidds point shows that
there is power in the hands of
millennials, 18- to 35-year-olds,
college students, Trevecca studentswhatever you want to call
them. Showing up the polls on
Nov. 8 is more about just Trump
and Clinton. Its about being a
part of the future of the United
States.
You may think your voice
doesnt matter; your opinion
doesnt matter; your vote doesnt
matter, but change happens when
individual whispers come togeth-

er to create one shout. If you are

tired of the way things are, or if
you are completely against one of
the candidates potentially winning, then go vote. Do you want
to get to have a say in your future, or do you want to leave it to
a generation of people who wont
be around to live in the mess they
make? An important opportunity to take advantage of at a safe
space like Trevecca is learning
how to be a good steward with
our privileges. The opportunity
to take part in a democracy and
help choose the next president
of our country is a privilege. The
decisions whether to vote or not
and who to vote for are yours to
make, but what and whomever
you choose, choose wiselyand
do your research.

BE HEARD! VOTE ON
NOVEMBER 8 th , 2016

EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-In-Chief
Bailey Basham

BFBasham@trevecca.edu

Nicole Hubbs

Design Editor
Cydney-Nichole Marsh
CSMarsh@trevecca.edu

! (615) - 248 - 7725

" NHubbs@trevecca.edu
First, you control what you tell them.
Yes, it can be a little intimidating if you
do not know what they are going to ask
you, but you can spin any weird question
into telling them some of the great things
about you. Sometimes potential employers
ask strange questions. Example: Employer:
What Star Trek character would you be?
You: Great question! I would be Spock because I tend to be logical thinker. Because
of this trait, I enjoy working with others
who think differently than I do to work together on projects.
Seond, you can prepare to eliminate
some nervousness. Most employers will
ask some standard questions in every interview. Preparing your answers to those
frequently asked questions will free up your
mind to think about the questions you had
not prepared for. Most employers will ask
some version of, tell me about yourself,
what are your personal and professional
goals?, and what are your strengths and
weaknesses? Rehearsing those answers
can help. Check out the mock interview site
www.trevecca.interviewstream.com. You
can create a custom interview from a 4,000
question database to practice. You just need

a webcam or a tablet/smartphone. Practice

is key to helping you be less worried.
Third, you are interviewing them as
much as they are interviewing you. You
have power here, too. You are not at the
mercy of this employer who may or may
not offer you a dream job. Yes, that may be
the case sometimes, but not always. You
get to decide if you want to work for them.
It is good practice to always have questions
prepared for them. Do a little research on
them, and have three questions to ask at
the end of your interview. Based on your
answers you may decide that it is not a
good fit for you, even if they offer you a job.
If you have more questions about interviewing, be sure to come to the interviewing workshop in Quick Lecture Hall on Oct.
19 at 4 p.m.
Nicole Hubbs is the coordinator of career
services. To get all your burning questions
answered by our resident life and professionalism expert, email Hubbs at nhubbs@
trevecca.edu, and dont forget to check out
the next installment of her column, How to
Succeed in Real Life, in the November issue
of the TrevEchoes.

Sports Editor
Andrew Preston

AMPreston@trevecca.edu

Assistant Editor & Online Manager

Brooklyn Dance
BEDance@trevecca.edu

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Annalizia Cordova

AMCordova@trevecca.edu

Uy Nguyen

UTNguyen@trevecca.edu

STAFF WRITERS
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RMWarren@trevecca.edu

Hannah Pollok

HRPollok@trevecca.edu

Blake Stewart

SBStewart@trevecca.edu

Ashley Walling

AMWalling@trevecca.edu

Alexis Garcia

AGarcia@trevecca.edu

Mary Eaton

MCEaton@trevecca.edu

TrevEchoes is published by and for the students of Trevecca Nazarene University. The views expressed in TrevEchoes are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reect the views of Trevecca. Contributors may be edited for grammar, spelling, content, or space consideration. Our oce is located in Jernigan.

TrevEchoes | OCT | 2016 | 7

SPORTS| TNU Trojan Athletic News

New coach and philosophy will

Mens basketball led by one senior lead womens basketball team

Senior Percy Blade. Photo by TNU Trojans.

BY Andrew Preston
SPORTS EDITOR

he Trojans mens basketball team will tip

off their season Nov. 5 with four returning
players and 11 new recruits.
Of the 15 Trojans on Head Coach Sam Harriss
roster, only four players returned, and perhaps
the biggest loss is the graduation of Great Midwest
Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Player of Year Byron
Sanford who led last years team with 18.3 points
per game, 7.5 rebounds per game, assists with 133
and steals with 55.
But athletic officials say this years recruited
class is up for the challenge.
We knew it was coming going into last year. We
have a good recruiting class coming in, but it is just
going to take them a little time to gel, said Harris.
A strong defensive and an up-tempo offense will
make the young team exciting to watch, Harris said.
Mark Elliott, director of athletics, offered his own
suggestion on the incoming recruiting class.
Its such a facelift. After having graduated eight
seniors from last year, what coach Harris has done
is recruited a group of remarkably good athletes,
said Elliott.
Elliott compared the freshman recruiting class to
presents on Christmas.
Its kind of like a Christmas present underneath
the tree. You know you have a present, you know
its there, you know you are going to unwrap it on
Christmas Day, but you really dont know whats
inside the present, said Elliott.
This season, the Trojans have brought in eight
freshman, a pair of sophomores from Kenya and a
junior transfer to add to the four returnees to make
up the 15-man roster.
Anytime you lose the conference player of the
year, theres a hole to fill. The biggest thing we
will miss from him is his ability to rebound the ball
defensively for his size, said Harris.
The Trojans lost to Kentucky Wesleyan College
last season in the G-MAC championship game
7869.
Harris said the loss in part can be blamed on the
inability to rebound the ball. In his recruiting for
this season, his goal was to get bigger.
This year we tried to find bigger wings,
which led us to Devin [Whitefield] and Michael
Thompson, [both freshman guards]. We got those
two big wings to start with and then got Cameron
Paulding [freshman forward], a really good athlete

and good defensive player. We kind of looked at

those three guys as being a nucleus of this freshman
class coming in, said Harris.
Percy Blade, who graduated last year, is using his
final year of eligibility as a graduate student after
transferring to Trevecca his sophomore year.
Harris is looking to him to be the leader.
Anytime a student athlete graduates they have
to decide what they want to dowhat their next
step is. I am glad that Percy decided to come back
and play. Being the only senior, you get the chance
to lead a bunch of new players into what we would
like our legacy to be. I think Percy will do a good job
in leading us, said Harris.
The Trojans have added several competitive
games to this seasons schedule. Most notably is
when they travel across town on Feb. 21 to face
Division I opponent Belmont.
Division II powerhouse University of AlabamaHuntsville, as well as future G-MAC opponent,
University of Findlay, will compete in a home and
home series this year too.
The reason we scheduled the [University of
Findlay] is because they are going to be a new
member [of the G-MAC]. I think it is important that
we got the chance to play them to kind of get a feel
for playing at their place and also how theyll play
on the road, said Harris.
Harris also noted the importance of challenging
their future G-MAC rival was to get a feel for the
travel time, in addition to what restaurants and
hotels are able to accommodate a group of his size.
The goal for the Trojans season this year is to
win the G-MAC championship and get an automatic
berth into the NCAA D-II tournament for the first
time in the programs five-year G-MAC history.
I think you have to get to the championship
game before you can win it. Weve played in the
finals twice and the semi-finals a few times
too. Our goal this year is to get to the conference
championship game and win it. Thats always our
goal, said Harris.
The teams focus, as always, will be on training
the whole player, he said.
Playing basketball here at Trevecca is more
than just playing basketball. Its about producing
graduates that understand their call, what God has
called them to do with their life and that they do it
to the best of their abilities, said Harris.
The Trojans begin their season on Homecoming
with a scrimmage against Midway University on
Nov. 5.

Mens Basketball
Schedule
Nov. 5 4 p.m. vs. Midway University
Nov. 11 5 p.m. @ Maryville University-St. Louis
Nov. 12 2 p.m. vs. Truman State University
Nov. 16 7 p.m. @ Christian Brothers
Nov. 19 4 p.m. vs. University of Findlay
Nov. 22 8 p.m. vs. Maryville University-St. Louis
Nov. 26 4 p.m. vs. McKendree University
Nov. 29 7 p.m. @ Alabama-Huntsville

BY Andrew Preston
SPORTS EDITOR

he Lady Trojans begin the 2016

17 season on Nov. 5 with a new
head coach and several young
players.
Chad Hibdon, the new womens
basketball head coach, said he will
emphasize the toughness of the team
that lost three seniors and the programs
winningest coach in history.
With a new coaching staff and a new
philosophy, I think that where we are
right now, we are a very youthful team,
not matured into what we can be. We are
still in the learning curve stage, said
Hibdon.
Of the 15 players on the roster, there
are 10 underclassmen, including five
freshman.
A group of returning seniors will help
lead the way.
The Lady Trojans are led this year
by four seniors Brianna McDonald,
forward; Morgan Long, guard; Sarah
Raby, forward; and Megan Kilburn,
forwardall of whom have played
significant minutes and roles the past
couple of seasons.
All four of our seniors are providing
leadership in their own element. More
so than leaders, we have positive
influencers. They are influencing and
leading our team, said Hibdon.
Last season the Lady Trojans posted
a 9-17 (7-7) record, losing to Ursuline
College in the Great Midwest Athletic
Conference
(G-MAC)
semi-finals.
For the first three seasons in G-MAC
competition, the Lady Trojans boasted a
35-5 record.
For us to get back to being one of the
premiere teams in the G-MAC its about
our preparation level, its about what
were doing in pre-season conditioning
and practices. We try to create a culture
of being championship built. You build
that foundation in the pre-season, said
Hibdon. You have to have physical,
mental, and emotional toughness to
succeed.
The goal for the Lady Trojans season,
as is for every season is to win, but in a
rather unconventional way, according to
Coach Hibdon.
Its more about how we do things
than the end result. Our four pillars are
give, grow, love and win. Winning is
important, but if we have the first three
pillars, then we will be successful, said
Hibdon.

Photo by TNU Trojans.

All four seniors on the team have
experienced their share of successes and
failures.
I expect a championship. I expect us
to be better and more focused than last
year and give relentless effort and be
a team who goes to war ever game and
gives it their all, said Kilburn.
December action will kick off with
a matchup against a local team across
town.
The Lady Trojans and Belmont
University have agreed to play an
exhibition game this season.
Anytime you can play Division I
teams or teams that are successful
its a measuring stick and competitive
challenge to show you where your teams
are at, said Hibdon.
The Lady Trojans will play the Lady
Bruins on Dec. 2.
The Lady Trojans begin their season on
Homecoming with a scrimmage against
Midway University on Nov. 5.

Womens Basketball
Schedule
Nov. 5 2 p.m. vs. Midway University
Nov. 11 7 p.m. vs. University of Missouri-St. Louis
Nov. 12 6 p.m. vs. Drury University
Nov. 17 6 p.m. vs. Lane College
Nov. 19 2 p.m. @ Austin Peay
Nov. 22 6 p.m. vs. McKendree University
Nov. 26 2 p.m. @ North Alabama
Nov. 29 5 p.m. @ Alabama-Huntsville

Trevecca Department of Athletics hires first strength and conditioning coach

Matt Grimm, Treveccas first strength and conditioning coach, trains with a player in the weight room.
BY Andrew Preston
SPORTS EDITOR

att Grimm begins his mornings

with a 5 a.m. alarm everyday
so he can be ready for his
appointments with Trevecca athletes
throughout the day.
Everyday between the hours of 6
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. you can find Grimm,

Treveccas first strength and conditioning

coach, either training athletes, teaching
classes or with his personal clients.
Grimm was hired in April to monitor
the individual and team workouts of
the Trevecca athletic teams, something
recently required by NCAA law. He is
responsible for being present when the
teams are in the weight room, assisting

and guiding athletes in their workout and

assigning team specific workouts.
Mark Elliott, director of athletics at
Trevecca, said he brought in Grimm as a
way to help athletes get stronger and avoid
injury.
Gone are the days of lets just go do a
bunch of bench-presses and squats and
then run a mile, said Elliott.
Elliott added that coaches dont always
have the time or the special knowledge
necessary to help their players improve in
the weight room. For athletes to really grow
and develop, a strength and conditioning
coach must be present.
Matt is an unbelievably well-certified
strength and conditioning specialist,
and thats why we brought him in, said
Elliot.He has a mission fit for the school,
[and hes] a great Christian guy who loves
the Lord and understands what he is
doing.
Treveccas full time head athletic
trainer, Stephanie Scott, assists with
athletes primarily when an injury has
occurred. Grimms main focus is helping
athletes avoid injury.
I would prefer to call Stephanie Scott
and her staff sports medicine personnel,
rather than athletic trainers. They are
trained in a different area than Matt is
more in rehab, acute injury prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of athletic
injuries, said Elliott.
Grimm is originally from New Orleans
where he played basketball for the

University of New Orleans for two years.

After graduation, Grimm worked for his
alma mater for three years as a personal
trainer. He went on to work in the private
sector for an additional three years in
personal strength and conditioning before
he took a job assisting in the Lipscomb
University athletic department.
Whats cool about being strength coach
is I dont pick who plays. Im just trying
to help them. They dont look at me as
a person to hold their breath when Im
around. They are generally excited to see
me, said Grimm.
Grimm sees his job title as that of a
middle man. If he is doing his job correctly,
the student-athlete should succeed on the
field, not ever having to see the athletic
trainers for injuries.
The way I can help people is by
preventing injuries. Thats a big thing for
me, said Grimm. I want to help their
performance on the field, help them get
stronger, prevent injuries, help them get a
little faster, jump harder, throw harder.
Grimm loves working with studentathletes for this very reason. He isnt
involved in the amount of minutes the
student-athlete plays, but does take pride
in knowing them personally.
Matt has not only helped me get
stronger, but he has also helped me become
a more mobile runner, said Brandon
Wynsma, a junior on the track and cross
country teams. He is always willing to
provide individualized training.

8 | 2016 | OCT | TrevEchoes

FEATURES| People of Trevecca

Urban Farm brings

market to campus
CONTINUED FROM COVER

Thursday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. near the bell

tower.
All of the food we grew on campus or in
one of our campus gardens. We process it ourselves. The jams come from our fruit trees and
the berries we grow. The salves come from
our beeswax and our herb oils. [All the ingredients] are organic. Its all ours or most ours
that we grew right here on the farm. We pick
it, put it together, roll it up the hill and sell it
right there, said Jason Adkins, environmental
projects coordinator and director of the urban
farm.
Urban Farm staff and volunteers had tossed
around the idea of doing a farm stand, but Adkins said farm coordinator Karen Shaw was
instrumental in the farm stands creation.
So many people didnt know about the
farm or our products so we thought if we could
be more visible more people would know about
the farm and what we do, said Shaw. We
use our own goats milk for our soap and our
herbs and beeswax for our salve. As for jams,
its lots of fruit and organic sugar. I use a very
old recipe book published by the farm journal.
Im very careful to follow exactly since being
precise is important when canning.
Shaw has been working on the farm for
the past two years. She said her favorite thing
from the farm stand is the salve.

PICK IT, PUT IT TOGETHER,

WEROLL
IT UP THE HILL AND
SELL IT RIGHT THERE.

-JASON ADKINS, ENVIRONMENTAL

PROJECTS COORDINATOR

Ive used it for years and it makes a huge

difference in the healing process for scratches
and burns. I keep it with me all the time and
recommend it often. This summer I discovered
it makes mosquito bites stop itching and takes
the swelling down in a short time. Its good
stuff, said Shaw.
Adkins said all the money made from the
urban farm stand goes straight back into the
farm.
Were trying to support the farm staffing
with that, so everything we make goes right

Photos by Trevecca Urban Farm.

back into the farm, said Adkins. Weve had

students spend a dollar, and weve had students spend $50.
Tabitha Sookdeo, a senior social justice major and volunteer with the Urban Farm, said
her interest in helping on the farm came from
her interest in Adkinss environmental justice
class and her own passion for food justice.
Food security and sustainable community
development is something I see myself doing
in the future, and working at the farm is great
experience, said Sookdeo.
Sookdeo considers volunteering with the
farm her own type of therapy.
Besides giving my time, I wanted to partake in the restoration of our relation to the
Earth, not only through reading about it, but
by actually contributing in a meaningful way,
said Sookdeo. I come from an agricultural
background, so this type of work is therapeutic for me. I am able to be part of a spiritual
community that truly cares about the Earth, as
well as all of creation.
Sookdeo said her favorite thing the farm
stand sells is the tea.
In the case of rain, the market will move inside the Jernigan lobby.

MARKET PRICES
Green beans $3 per lb.
Slicing tomatoes $3 per lb.
Cherry tomatoes $3 per lb.
Green tomatoes $3 per lb.
Cucumbers $3 per lb.
Jalapeo peppers .25 each
Cheyenne peppers 5 for $1
Eggs $5 a dozen
Fresh herbs $3 per bunch
Fresh garlic bulbs $1
Chocolate or Pineapple mint plants 3 pot $4
Chocolate or Pineapple mint plants 6 pot $6
Jams $5
Tea $3
Healing Salve $3
TNU Urban Farm iron-on patches $5
TNU Urban Farm organic cotton shirts $20
TNU Urban Farm stickers $5
Worms for beginning compost $20 a lb.
Worm casting 6x10 burlap bag $5
Worm casting 4x6 burlap bag $2
Goats milk soap 3oz. $4
Goats milk soap 4oz. $5

Trevecca students play popular Nashville music venue

BY Antonio Guerrero
CONTRIBUTOR

Trevecca band played its second show ever

at a storied Nashville venue just a week
after its debut at a Hub Show on campus.
This is our first actual performance at a venue
but only our second performance as a band, said
TJ Magee, vocalist and founder of the all-Trevecca
student band, Eustace.
Formed this fall, the band is made up of five
Trevecca students who decided to start a band
after leading worship together at Cornerstone
Church in Alabama.
They describe themselves as indie-emo.
A theme we have already is finding hope in the
darkness, said Jordan Henderson, guitarist for
the band.
The group decided to debut a few songs at a
Hub Show, an event designed to give Trevecca
students a chance to play in front of an audience.
They never expected to find themselves just
a week later at The End, a venue in downtown
Nashville that has hosted artists such as White
Stripes, REM and The Black Crows.
After persistent emailing, the venue owner,
Bruce Fitzpatrick, eventually responded allowing

the band to perform at The End.

Eustace does not consider themselves to be a
Christian band,but Henderson said their music
has a Christian emphasis. Their name is a nod to
a Chronicles of Narnia character.
Eustace is a joint project of three friends who
realize that we are all the realistic embodiment of
Eustace Scrubb. We are all greedy. We are all self-

Photo taken from Eustace Facebook page.

seeking. We are all distracted by the seemingly

shiny things around us. We all fail. And we are
all human. Our hearts lead us into dangerous lairs
and turn us into monsters. But there is a way to be
saved, the band wrote on its Facebook page. Our
music exists to remind you that you are not alone.
We all walk through similar situations and we all
feel the same things. And together, we search for
the place where we are set free from the monsters
we have become.
Band members described their experience at
The End as a successful performance and said they
have a larger fanbase than they had originally
anticipated.
The End is a place where people come and listen
to local bands. Sometimes there will be 100 people
crammed into this small place and other times it
can be just 10 people but the atmosphere stays
the same, said Joe Gosnell, a sound engineer at
The End.
Eustace will perform again Oct. 23 at Black Cat
Ballroom.
Follow Eustace on instagram @Eustace_Band
and like them on Facebook