Editing

In the summer of 2018, a few of my peers and I talked about creating a magazine celebrating the Latin American students of Southern Adventist University, and connecting the Latin American Club (LAC) with Southern’s alumni and surrounding community. Although LAC has traditionally shared and celebrated culture on Southern’s campus during LAC events and on LAC night, we wanted to open a new avenue of expression through the written word.

In this first issue, “Unidad Latina,” you’ll find that our stories hold prominent themes of strength, family, and remembering home. In the face of the various challenges Latinos face in the United States, we’re happy to celebrate our cultures together, and we want to celebrate them with you.

N E W S P A P E R E D I T O R

Throughout my year as editor-in-chief, I led our team through an ambitious editorial rebrand — taking on a new design and feel, more themed issues, and more advocacy journalism pieces. Our work was awarded best-in-class for news and feature writing at the Society of Adventist Communicators in 2019.

Latin American Month Issue

This was the first themed issue of the year. It was my vision to bring the culture of our Latin American and Hispanic students to light while displaying the diversity within their ethnicities. 

Race Relations Issue

After a racist snapchat incident at a black cultural event at Southern Adventist University, my staff and I restructured the original content of this issue to fit the story and the pain it caused students on our campus. This issue contains coverage of the racist incident, letters the editor from students in response to the incident, a timeline of race relations at Southern, coverage from the black cultural event and a variety of opinions and perspectives from students, alumni, and faculty members.  

#MeToo Issue 

In light of the #MeToo movement, part of this issue was dedicated to the voices of sexual assault/harassment survivors on our campus. 

Terrence Roberts

The cover page of this issue highlights the visit of Terrence Roberts, member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine black students who went to a formerly all-white central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 1957. Their attendance at the school was a test of Brown V. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools.