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  Columns Spring 2012

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Mail Bonding". Homer Dever comforts student missionaries with notes of encouragement from home.

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  Columns Fall 2011

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Special Section: President’s Report". The full report that President Gordon Bietz presented to the Southern Union Conference constituency meeting, held in Atlanta this September.

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  Columns Spring 2011

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Small Groups on a Growing Campus". As Southern’s enrollment breaks the 3,000 mark, the university is keeping a small-campus feel with Life Groups.

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  Columns Spring 2010

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Creation Across the Curriculum". Six professors integrate the Biblical story of creation into their classes in creative and inspirational ways.

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  Columns Fall 2009

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Still Cool at 40". Take a look at the improvements to McKee Library that are making it an even more popular spot with students as it celebrates its 40th birthday.

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  Columns Summer 2009

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "The Good News in a Bad Economy". Economist David Beckworth, ’94, shares his research on how a bad economy can be good for churches.

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  Columns Winter 2009

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "With a Little Help From My Friends". Southern friendships provide support for students facing life's challenges.

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  Columns Fall 2008

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Summer School in the Tropics". This summer, the jungles and beaches of Indonesia served as a classroom for about 20 Southern students. Take a peek at their journey through pictures and journal entries.

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  Columns Spring 2008

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Mythbusters: Southern Edition". Southern student Ashley Cheney investigates some of Southern's popular myths, answering questions like: Is Southern a good place to find a spouse? Did Civil War soldiers hide in the Student Park Cave? And did Southern founders serve on a chain gang?

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  Columns Fall 2007

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "A Look at Creation". Ten pages devoted to exploring our origins. Find out how students and faculty interact with the elements of creation in our opening feature, "7 Days: 6,000 Years Later." Learn how Southern studies the topic of creation in "Old Debate Studied in New Ways,' and listen to biology professors share their viewpoints in "The Creation Question" and "What About Dinosaurs?

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  Columns Summer 2007

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Busy Hands". On campus and globally, the hands of students, staff, faculty, and alumni are volunteering. Read how three pairs of helping hands are changing the lives around them.

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  Columns Winter 2007

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Telling the Secret". Filming an award-winning movie on a remote Irish island brought students a hands-on experience in filmmaking and witnessing.

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  Columns Spring 2006

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Sharing the Bread of Life". From Madagascar to Mali, current and former students and faculty of Southern are excited about evangelism and eager to share the gospel of Christ.

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  Columns Summer 2006

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Serving God and Country". Two students are preparing for careers in military chaplaincy, a career that has taken one alum all the way to the Pentagon. Read their stories, plus explore different perspectives on Adventist service in the military.

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  Columns Fall 2005

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Letters to Home". Learn about a student missionary's year in Pohnpei through her email journal sent home to family and friends.

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  Columns Summer 2005

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Tried by Fire". Three individuals who were affected in different ways by the Thatcher Hall fire last April share their stories.

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  Columns Fall 2004

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Dolphin Dreams". One of Southern's alumni shows that childhood dreams can come true as she brings people face-to-face with one of the most widely loved animals in the world.

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  Columns Spring 2004

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Drawing People to Christ". After leaving the Walt Disney Company, veteran animator Hendel Butoy brings a renewed spiritual focus to Southern's School of Visual Art & Design.

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  Columns Winter 2004

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Collections: More Than a Hobby". A collection tells a lot about its collector, and Southern's collections are no exception. Take a look at what Southern and its faculty have collected over the years and find out what we value.

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  Columns Fall 2003

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Family". Words and images on the ties that bind.

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  Columns Spring 2003

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Petpourri". Southern celebrates the impact pets have on our lives by looking at several pets and the faculty and staff with whom they share their lives.

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  Columns Winter 2003

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "No Better Friend". Chick Reming served as Southern's business manager for 30 years. He is credited as being the visionary force behind much of the development of the campus.

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  Columns Fall 2002

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Showing Them Jesus". Students who work at summer camp understand that it's all about showing Jesus to the campers.

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  Columns Spring 2002

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "The Chattanooga Turn Around". Once the dirtiest city in America, Chattanooga has revitalized itself and is now a vacation and tourism hotspot for millions of people each year, including students and families of Southern.

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  Columns Summer 2002

  Southern Adventist University

  Features the article "Portrait of a Photographer". Jim Marlowe's patience and faith have allowed him to overcome a lifetime of challenges and become one of Chattanooga's leading photographers.