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Students visit the Be Berry tents on the Krannert Center lawn. Be Berry week is a recently developed program hosted by the Alumni Center to encourage community on campus and focus on selfless giving.

Be Berry week aims to encourage philanthropy

Jamison Guice staff writer Be Berry week, hosted by the Alumni Center, began in April 2017. Be Berry is a way to encourage students and staff to raise money for scholarships and school funding.

“It is about being a part of a community, serving others and not being focused on yourself,” Director of the Alumni Center Jennifer Schaknowski said.

Schaknowski said that this year the focus was on incorporating the act of giving. She said that through the multiplicity of meanings, ‘Be Grateful, Be Giving, Be Berry,’ will help hone in on the values that are important to an institution. With this representation, she aims to capture the spirit of Be Berry.

Schaknowski noticed the lack of campuswide traditions, so a future goal is for Be Berry to become more ingrained into the community. This new tradition would be an increase in actions directed towards ones in

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need. She said the philanthropic cause is team of students that seek new ways to reach aimed to result in a familial celebration that students. According to Schaknowski, a subbrings both students and staff together. group of workers made up of marketing Schaknowski said that the future majors are always looking for creative ideas. will still be rooted Schaknowski said in the charitable that the personal effect characteristics that the of Be Berry can be cause supports.

She seen in all community said the ability to care members. for yourself and others “(Be Berry week) is a central focus of Be is an opportunity to Berry and the personal think about giving back effect charity has on and being grateful,” others is important in a Schaknowski said. community.

“So, I like to think it Other future goals will extend to beyond for Be Berry week Berry.” include improving Sophomore Kathryn communication with Lanyon said that Be Jennifer Schaknowski students to share Berry emphasizes upcoming events. involvement in the “We are hoping to be able to rely more on community. Be Berry encourages her to text messaging,” Schaknowski said. continue her contribution to others. Lanyon The Alumni Center employs a support said that it provides a variety of perspectives

It is about being a part of a community, serving others and not being focused on yourself.

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on how students can get involved and connect on campus. Through student-work, clubs, activities and student research that Lanyon herself participates in, she said that Be Berry helps encourage support and activity from the students. “(Be Berry week) means ‘Head, Heart and Hands,’” said sophomore Natalie Bailey, who participates in on-campus activities.

Bailey said that watching other students grow in their work ethic, academics and spirituality is a rewarding experience.

Through the strong ties that she has developed with freshmen as a science tutor, she is able to share a common passion that Be Berry encourages.

“Since I have gotten to Berry, I have become more aware of the people around me,” Bailey said.

She also said that the strong community that is exemplified at Berry has increased her personal relations, contributed to her everyday life and can be applied to even the simplest actions.

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Accrediting body visits, provides feedback on Quality Enhancement Plan Reagan Whisenant COM 250 reporter Isabelle Ryerson COM 303 editor The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) visited and reviewed Berry College during the first week of March.

SACSCOC is an organization that ensures and assists colleges in institution quality enhancement. Their goal is to assist schools in creating standards for excellence and then hold them accountable to follow through on meeting those set standards.

Being accredited by the SACSCOC allows institutions to be acknowledged by the National Board of Education and gives more significance and weight to an institution’s diplomas.

“They make us accountable to our values and mission,” Dean of Students Debbie Heida said.

This year, Berry College will be under decennial review, which occurs every 10 years. This process consists of compiling data to support how Berry has met the goals that the instituted, and also includes student complaint logs and best practices statements. A previous outcome of SACSCOC

reviews was the formation of the Foundations curriculum.

John Hardt, vice president of SACSCOC, said Berry College has struggled with submitting enough documentation on the qualifications of Berry professors to teach various courses. However, he said this problem is usually fixed before Berry reaches the peer review phase of the decennial review.

The review also encompasses areas of student life like student services and graduation outcomes.

The SACSCOC reviews are holistic and hold institutions accountable for the values, goals and outcomes that they have set for themselves.

Andrew The final aspect of the decennial review was the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP was created by the faculty as a point of growth that the college has chosen to work on outside of the SACSCOC standards. In years past, programs like Plan4ward have been created to help meet student needs that were recognized by the faculty.

This year, the QEP that Berry College will propose will

be a course called Signature Experience (BCC 300). This class will help seniors take past “signature experiences,” like internships and study abroad, and apply them to their professional careers.

“We do these things because it’s the right thing to do for our students,” Andrew Bressette, SACSCOC liaison and vice president for enrollment management said.

“It’s the right thing to do to be a high-functioning, effective college.”

Heida has served as a reviewer for other schools in addition to assisting Berry College in collecting data for Bressette this year’s review. She said reviewers learn just as much from reviewing other schools as they do when their own school is being reviewed. She also said Berry College benefits from being reviewed because there are great reviewers giving great advice.

After the review, Berry College will receive feedback on the areas of the school that the reviewers choose to look at and will also receive feedback on the QEP.

We do these things because it’s the right thing to do for our students.

It’s the right thing to do to be a high-functioning, effective college

Student charged with possession Cassie LaJeunesse deputy news editor

Cody Blystone

On March 20, Officer Brandon Ekey of the Rome Floyd Metro Task Force filed an arrest warrant for Berry freshman Cody Blystone.

“Blystone was charged with two counts of felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance and felony possession of a drug within 1,000 feet of a school,” the Rome News-Tribune said.

On March 16, Chief Jonathan Baggett of the Berry College Police Department contacted the Rome Police Department about a suspicious package in the post

office addressed to Blystone.

According to an incident report from Rome Police, Berry Police held the package until Blystone returned from spring break.

When Blystone returned to school, Ekey questioned him about the package. Blystone informed Ekey that the package contained hash. According to the incident report, Ekey opened the package with Blystone’s consent and placed the substance in evidence at the Rome Police Station.

Blystone’s current status as a Berry student has not been confirmed, but Dean of Students Debbie Heida said that he is not currently on campus.

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Fawn events around campus April 12 7:30 p.m.

BCTC’s The Dining Room opens in the Sisters Theatre

April 12 5:00 p.m.

Jennifer Michael Hecht book talk in McAllister Auditorium, followed by poetry reading

April 13 7:00 p.m.

Miss Berry in Ford Auditorium

April 14 1:00 p.m.

Berry Ninja Warrior on the Cage Lawn

April 14 8:00 p.m.

Block and Bridle Club’s Battle on the Mountain at the Gunby Center

April 16 2:00 p.m.

SGA blood drive in Krannert Ballroom

April 17 7:30 p.m.

Gabriel Fried Poetry Reading in the College Chapel

Run to honor David Shankles Michaela Lumpert staff writer This Saturday, April 14, the sophomore class officers are holding a fun run in honor of David Shankles, and a fundraiser to raise money for the Berry College Student Emergency Relief Fund.

The idea for the race came when sophomore class president Bailey Dingley and the rest of the sophomore class officers discovered the need to help the community honor David as well as raise money for the relief fund. The relief fund, as Dingley describes, is for students who are paying for tuition but an emergency happens in their life. That emergency could be anything from a death in the family and they need money to fly home, or they don’t have the money for health insurance and they need new glasses. Whatever the unforeseen event may be, the fund is there to help them in that need.

“We wanted to do something that was lasting, something that people would enjoy and honor David,” Dingley said.

Sophomore class secretary Nate Maiwald is in charge of the promotion and fundraising for the run, and described how the run will impact the community.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to honor and recognize someone who was really involved on this campus,” Maiwald said.

It has been a difficult time for students, and Maiwald is glad to have the event bring the community together for the run.

“Especially coming off of Be Berry week, this is a great way to support the Berry community, and love on each other,” Maiwald said.

Sophomore Diamond Newsome, a close friend of David, describes the joy she has when discussing how the community has banded together to be there for one another during the

grieving process.

“I can’t believe how many people signed up, because at first I thought it wouldn’t be too many, but it’s really comforting to know that everyone is supporting the run and coming together to run it,” sophomore Diamond Newsome said.

“I think it’s going to be fun,” freshman David Lindsey said, “I didn’t know David personally, but I am running to support those who knew him well and are still grieving for him.”

So far there are about 70 students and faculty signed up for the race, which will start in front of Krannert. If it rains on Saturday, the run will happen inside the Cage center. The sophomore class officers hope that this event will become an annual event, and David’s legacy will continue to positively impact this campus.

“We are really excited, and we hope this is good way to honor David Shankles,” Dingley said.

April 3

Fire Alarm A fire alarm went off in Dana because of a malfunction.

April 7

Malicious Fire Alarm There was a fire alarm pulled in Dana.

April 8

Car Damaged Officers responded to the Ford parking lot where a student’s car was damaged.

April 9

Suspicious Person A suspicious person was reported at Dana, but turned out to be an employee that was locked out.

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Our View: Understand the consequences of gentrification If you drive around Rome a bit, and or remodeling a home or building in a way really pay attention to your surroundings, which changes its appearance to fit more you might begin to notice some major of a middle-class mold, making it more differences between the quality and upkeep desirable for more affluent residents that of buildings and homes from street to may be moving into the area. You see it in street. Rome’s income is incredibly diverse, more places than you might initially assume. and the areas of town Gentrification often is where the gap between as an effort to There’s a difference masked wealthy and impoverished re-model a city, making it can be found right outside more appealing to visitors between emphasizing and future residents. the Berry bubble.

It’s easy to look at areas While it is completely which are more run down the character of your understandable to want and wish for them to be your city to be upkept “made over”. We’ve all seen town and completely and presentable, there’s the HGTV shows which a difference between take more dilapidated emphasizing the getting rid of it. buildings and renovate character of your town them into sweet, older and completely getting homes with lots of “character”. While these rid of it. Gentrification can be seen when make-overs are easy on the eyes for citizens hipster coffee shops, new apartment of Rome, it leads to a bigger problem: complexes, or niche restaurants begin to gentrification. make their way into poor, impoverished Gentrification is the process of updating neighborhoods. Breaking ground for

“Who would be the most boring fictional character to bring to life?”

one of these new venues opens the door for a whole onslaught of prospective entrepreneurs wanting to be the first to make their mark in an “up-and-coming” city.

What happens afterwards, however, is the upturning and outrunning of the original residents who can no longer afford to live in their own neighborhoods.

The rising price of building in urban areas has pushed developers to look outside their cities and into parts of town populated by the poor because they, too, could not afford to live in cities. Escaping the city simply to develop a new city, only to push people yet again out of the city seems like a pretty harsh cycle, doesn’t it?

Yes, it is the job of public officials to strive for the betterment of their communities and to always try to ensure the best quality of life for the citizens. However, the problem lies with how that is done. Efforts should be made to improve those underprivileged areas of town in a manner that doesn’t change the already existing character.

“Ted Mosby, from How I Met Your Mother.”

Henry Jones junior

Improving the city doesn’t have to mean running out citizens who don’t fit the mold of what they want our city to look like.

Next time you’re out on the town, take notice of the different areas of Rome. Beyond Broad Street, there’s whole communities which you wouldn’t necessarily feel the best about calling your college town. They’re the areas of town locals tell you to stay away from at night, and ones which girls are advised not to go to alone. To improve our city, we shouldn’t evacuate those areas. They’re people’s homes, despite the reputation. Rome is just as much those streets as it is Broad Street in its fun coffee shops and desert bars. Kids have grown up there, played in the street, houses have been worn down due to the families that have been brought up in them.

If anything, they could use a coat of paint and a new railing.

The Carrier’s editorial opinion represents the views of the senior members of the Campus Carrier and Viking Fusion news staff.

“Ross, from Friends.”

Bailey Dingley sophomore

Push yourself out of your comfort zone

CASSIE LAJEUNESSE deputy news editor

I’m a very cautious person. I always have been. My brother criticized my driving as being “too cautious” before he’d ever been behind the wheel of a car.

I’m scared of heights, I’m scared of dark places, I’m scared to talk to strangers more often than not. I’ve been the one to sit out of activities more times than I could count because I don’t want to take the risk.

If I had to pick a life lesson that I’ve learned in college, it’s that stepping outside of your comfort zone can lead to incredible results. Berry itself is far outside my comfort zone: I’m six hours from home in a different state, and I came here not knowing anyone.

Stepping outside of your comfort zone doesn’t have to be leaping into something that terrifies you. For me, it has occurred in very small, often miniscule steps, but because I was able to take these steps,

I have had some new experiences that I never thought I would.

Over Easter weekend, I was convinced to attend Canterbury Club’s Communion in a Cave event. I had several concerns about this event: caves are dark, they’re underground, they often involve small spaces and low-hanging things that greatly increase my potential for injury. However, a few trusted people in my life convinced me that the benefits of this venture would far outweigh any of my reasons not to do it. The experience of participating in the traditional communion service in a cave on Good Friday was beyond incredible. I left feeling more connected to my faith, wondering why I was nervous in the first place and very thankful to the friends who had convinced me to go.

If you’re a worrier like me, I have some advice for you. Listen to the people who care about you. If they know you and

Time is a construct I don’t believe in time: A personal anecdote and an enticing one-liner for first dates or job interviews.

To be fair, I’m not denying time’s existence. We all twist to fit the mold it provides our daily, weekly, and yearly schedules. In practice, time is very alive.

However, many philosophers and scientists alike are begging the following question: where does time come from? While scientifically, it is supported by the earth’s position to the sun in rotation and orbit. But in reality, society assigned and accepted set numbers to our position in space.

As singer and self-proclaimed space enthusiast, Liz Phair says “It’s just human coordination.” We all agree that 20 rotations around the sun is our age or that class starts at one particular moment. The values and names to units of time could have been anything; two days could be a week, and 12:00 a.m. could be the Earth’s position at 8:00 p.m. anwhere in the world. Our whole lives revolve around this natural fiction, or something society accepts, believes, and practices, but is not truly factual. According to the chief scientist at the Naval Academy, Demetrios Matsakis, even our own establishment of time may be flawed, for no clock is perfectly set with another without irregularities.

Schools of thought discuss this theory, claiming that space and time aren’t physical realities, but part of animal intuition. Robert Lanza of “Psychology Today” writes that time and space “are modes of understanding, part of the mental software that molds sensations into objects.” It seems inevitable that society would have developed our own form of counting these movements in space. But the factual basis of time is not often brought into question to the average human.

This idea may seem silly or useless to believe, and there are likely several more scientific refutations to the question of time beyond my comprehension capacity, but the idea as a whole is an interesting perspective to at least consider. Where do the foundational elements of our functioning come from? This theory resonated with me and led me to question every part of my daily routine. Some say there’s always more than meets the eye, but this theory asks if our developed states may have derived from something less.

Matt Smith

sophomore

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Avery Boulware NEWS EDITOR Jessie Goodson DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR Cassie LaJeunesse FEATURES EDITOR John Catton ASST. FEATURES EDITOR Leo Narrison ARTS & LIVING EDITOR Jameson Filston ASST. ARTS & LIVING EDITOR Kendall Aronson OPINIONS EDITOR Lexikay Stokes SPORTS EDITOR Claire Voltarel ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Chris Ferguson COPY EDITOR Michaela Lumpert

Letter to the editor

CLAIRE VOLTAREL sports editor

“Edmund, from The Chronicles of Narnia.”

know your limitations but are still trying to convince you that everything will be fine, there is a very good chance that everything will, indeed, be fine. Find these people who know you well enough to convince you to do things that make you uncomfortable. I don’t think you’ll regret it.

Because I’m perpetually worried about things, my initial response to stepping outside of my comfort zone is to overthink every worst-case scenario that could happen as a result. However, I don’t think this is a bad thing, because often, the answer to the question “What’s the worst that could happen?” really isn’t that bad.

I’ve learned that taking baby steps outside of your comfort zone can lead to great things. Reach out to a new person, visit a new place or try an activity that is completely unknown. Pretty soon, I think you’ll find that your comfort zone is expanding.

The

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ONLINE EDITOR Kaitlan Koehler

JULIE A. BUMPUS emerita associate dean of students

Dear Campus Carrier, If you will print this letter, I will be so pleased. Pleased because it recognizes two deserving but unsung heroes at Berry College: Dr. Janna Johnson and Coach Tony Kunczewski. These two members of our community work with endless energy and with absolute dedication to organize and produce the Multiple Sclerosis Walk for the Rome-Floyd County area every spring.

Again this year, over 400 people participated in the MS Walk last Saturday which is expected to raise another $40,000 to help the National MS Society find a cure for MS. Dr. Johnson and Coach K exemplify “Be Berry” and I, for one, am forever grateful to them.

In addition, please allow me to thank all of the many Berry staff and faculty, and especially students who support the MS Walk. Since this event was moved to Berry from Ridge Ferry Park in 2001, people have rallied around it and helped make it one of the most successful in the state of Georgia. The Briggs, the Heidas, the Kennedys, the Dashers, the Crows, the Shipmans, the Powells, the Papazians just to name a few are always supportive and involved.

The women’s soccer team with Coach Canalis are front and center in every annual MS Walk Team picture (often with a dog!) and there are countless eager and helpful volunteers from the football team, the athletic trainers, and the phenomenal Athletes Bettering the Community (ABC) organization especially this year under the awesome leadership of Caleb Ford.

Last Saturday our community came in every color, every condition, every commitment; some followed Tony and his two sons outside for almost 4 miles on a damp and dreary morning on the Berry campus while others circled around on the Cage walking track for 27 laps, almost 4 miles. They were all so pretty that I could not hold back the tears. Thank you all. Yes, we can.

“Toby, from The Office.”

Tiana Arriaga freshman

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Sophomore Andrew Myers lays a cinderblock for the foundation of a composting bin.

LLC members, freshman Abby Trzyewski, freshman Tyle and sophomore Aubrey McFayden pose after they fi Elementary garden.

Freshman Sara Freeman measures a wooden post for the composting bins.

As a part of their semester community service project, the Living Learning Community (LLC) has created a compost bin for the Berry Elementary garden.

Students in the LLC must live together, take two selected classes together, and complete a community service project as a part of living on the designated LLC hall. They were inspired to build the compost bin after their two shared classes, “Environment, Society and Culture” and “Biology of Useful Plants.”

Compost bins help to speed up decomposition of different materials. It is an eco-

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These composting bins will teach the elementary school students about being self-sufficient.

er Durden, freshman Sam Perry, senior Rebekah Mason finished their community service project in the Berry

friendly way to dispose of biodegradable waste and is often used for fertilizer.

The students spend two weeks building the bin, first starting with leveling the ground, then building the cinderblock wall. The final project is twelve feet long, 4 feet wide and has 3 separate compartments.

The LLC students also presented on their work at the student symposium last Tuesday, giving information both about the LLC and about composting and food sustainability.

Dexter assembles the frame for one of the composting bins.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMY BORTON

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Thursday Jan. 26, 2017

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Dance groups unite at Dance-a-thon

PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGAN MATHIS Dance Troupe, Vikettes, Zumba and Swing and Ballroom came together on Saturday to host their first-ever collaborative event, encouraging students to get involved in a variety of different dance styles.

Kendall Aronson asst. arts & living editor On April 7 in the large Cage multipurpose room, the first-ever Dance-a-thon was unveiled to the public. Dance-a-thon is the only event that has incorporated all four of the dance groups on campus: the Vikettes, Swing and Ballroom, the Dance Troupe and Zumba.

Senior Gabriella Rivas, the manager for Dance Troupe and the co-president for Swing and Ballroom has acted as the planner, designer and coordinator for this event. She proposed the idea of Dance-athon to her advisor, lecturer of dance Jeanne Schul, and then began coordinating with the other dance organizations to organize the event. Rivas said she has been in charge of everything regarding logistics for the event.

Rivas’ goal for the event is to welcome everyone to the dance culture on campus and to show people how they can get involved

with different dance organizations and meet assistant company manager for Dance those involved with them.

Troupe, has helped with publicity for the “Some of the feedback that we’ve heard event. She said that all of the dance groups is that dance is on campus are working very intimidating towards a common and that sometimes goal, so uniting and some of the dance working together like groups can be a this makes a lot of little intimidating, sense. especially with “We just want to people who might promote dance as an be interested in art form but also as a exploring dance pastime,” Tomlinson but don’t have that said. much experience,” Rivas said there are Rivas said. “What many great benefits to we are trying to do learning dance, both as is to communicate a method of exercise Gabriella Rivas to students to come and as an outlet for self out and meet us, see expression. what we are all about, and find out how they “Dance is a great skill to have, whether can get involved.” you pursue it on a performance level or as Sophomore Amanda Tomlinson, the a way to learn ballroom, I think getting an

“Getting an awareness of your body and being able to move through your body is a fantastic skill to have regardless of what you’re doing.”

awareness of your body and being able to move through your body is a fantastic skill to have regardless of what you’re doing.”

The greatest challenge when planning the event was coordinating with the schedules of all of the different dance organizations on campus. This weekend was the only weekend that all the groups were available.

Sophomore Chris Arnold, a Zumba instructor, began the event with a Zumba class. He hopes that this event can help to grow the dance program to become as large as other collegiate sports.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for anyone willing to try something new,” Arnold said.

“Don’t be afraid to do something you’ve never done before.”

The dance programs would like to continue this program as a yearly event in the future.

“I hope that people get inspired through Dance-a-thon and they get inspired and they get involved,” Rivas said.

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April 14

A Day For Puerto Rico • 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Coosa Country Club Partnering with Olympic Gold Medalist Gigi Fernández, Coosa Country Club is proud to host “A Day for Puerto Rico.” This event will support the rebuilding of neighborhood tennis facilities in Puerto Rico.

Donations will also fund tennis programs for local children.

April 14

Annual Chieftain’s Herb & Plant Sale

COURTESY OF BERRY COLLEGE ARCHIVES Members of the original Berry Ballad Girls pose while playing the dulcimer and doing handiwork. The orginal group was started by Martha Berry and performed until 1960.

Berry Ballad Girls start new traditions, honor old Jameson Filston arts & living editor

For the first time in nearly 60 years, the female singing group Berry Ballad Girls sang for an audience on Friday. The female singinging group, which was originally started by Martha Berry, has started again as a modern adaptation of the old group.

A new all-girls a capella group started this semester and became one of four currently active singing groups in the music department.

The girls in the group had trouble deciding on a name. Paul Neal, associate professor of music and director of choral activities, suggested the name Berry Ballad Girls as an homage to the former group, which has not performed since 1960.

“We wanted to reclaim the past a little bit but also be a contemporary a capella group,” Neal said.

Singing in the group has been a unique experience for the girls involved. Senior Rachel Mayo, choirs manager, said that the girls have really clicked as a group and in their commitment to making good music.

“We are all driven to make our music fun, but also make it

quality,” Mayo said.

Berry Singers was the first a Capella group at Berry, and is not performing this semester because of a lack of men who tried out. However, Neal hopes to start a men’s group called the “Berry Tones” in the fall and have both groups sing separately and continue Berry Voices as a mixed group.

“We are starting new traditions,” Neal said. “It’s been fun to see the group develop.”

The Berry Ballad Girls is going for more of a pop feel compared to the other groups’ more traditional choral sound. They are also exploring the incorporation of choreography with their songs.

So far they have performed twice, first at scholarship night, then at a joint concert with the men’s and women’s choirs.

After their debut at scholarship night, the girls got the opportunity to meet a lady who was in the original group. Luci Bell, who was in the original Berry Ballad Girls from 1957 to 1960, got the opportunity to talk to the girls who carry her group’s legacy.

Bell said that the group did many special events back in the day. She recalled going around the

region to sing, and even perform on television. She said that traveling was one of the main reasons she enjoyed being in the group.

Bell also recalled serving visitors at the House O’ Dreams.

She and two other Berry Ballad Girls also served food, but after they cleaned up they would go back and sing for the visitors. The bonds she had with the other girls still exists.

“When I see them, we are still

friends,” Bell said.

The group wants to continue the traditions of the Berry Ballad Girls in more than name. Neal said that the girls who are part of the group want to research the ballads and sing modern versions of them in future shows. The group also wants to travel off campus and perform as the first group did.

“Bringing that tradition back gave it a lot of sentimental value,” Mayo said.

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The sale will feature over 30 varieties of herbs, native and unique heirloom plants. Master Gardeners will be on hand.

April 15

Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major • 4 to 5:15 p.m.

• Second Avenue Baptist Church The Three Rivers Singers will present a free concert of Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major, with several short pieces

by Dvorak. The group will be directed by Len Willingham.

PLAYLIST:

Countrying down the days PLAY

12 songs, 43 min

TITLE

ARTIST

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams

Born Free

Kid Rock

Body Like A Back Road

Sam Hunt

I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair

George Jones

Deeper Than The Holler

Randy Travis

It’s A Great Day To Be Alive

Travis Tritt

Check Yes No

George Strait

Where Your Road Leads

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood

Goodbye Earl

Dixie Chicks

Song of the South

Alabama

Fishin’ In The Dark

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Kevin’s Pick: It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere

Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett

April 20

The Walk | To Embrace your Voice

• noon • Downtown Rome Participants will walk together to observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Registration is $5 and includes a goody bag and a t-shirt.

April 21

Yoga for Runners

• 10 a.m. to noon • Springstone Yoga Studio Participants will learn form and recovery techniques. Exercises will focus on improving range of motion, dynamic movement, core stregnth, muscular balance and breathing techniques. The event is $20 a person.

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Thursday Feb. 2, 2017

Equestrian team sends six to nationals Claire Voltarel sports editor Six members of the Berry equestrian team will continue on to the May postseason and compete at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships in Harrisburg, Pa., May 3-6. The IHSA National Championships hosts five different classes with 12 riders competing per class.

The classes are based off of the skill level the riders compete at during the season.

The Western team travelled to New York in late March to compete in Semifinals. The weekend resulted in an overall fourth place for the team and a national’s qualification for juniors Sarah Cooper, Mary Catherine Hix, Allie Robertson and Alex Sievenpiper. Each individual earned the qualification by placing fourth or higher in their event.

On the hunt seat team, the Vikings finished third overall in zones at Savannah, Ga., with sophomores Andrea Hill and Maggie Sanford placing in the top two to qualify for nationals as well.

For Sanford, her first national’s qualification has yet to emotionally Maggie sink in.

“Just being able to ride on this team is something I’m so thankful for,” Sanford said.

“I’m still in shock from it.”

According to Sanford, however, most of her nerves are focused on flying for the first time in her life.

Both Cooper and Robertson have participated in the Western nationals the past two years, but they look forward to a change of scenery for this year’s competition in Pennsylvania, as the last two competitions took place in Lexington, Ky. “I’m super excited to see the new venue,” Cooper said. “We kind of know what to expect, but it’s going to be a whole new

situation.”

For Cooper and Robertson, having competed in this scenario before, they feel more secure in their confidence going into nationals. But regardless of experience, the riders still feel nerves for the competition. As a whole, the goal for all three riders is to have fun in riding the best they can.

All three Vikings also noted the hard work the team has put into both fall and spring seasons which contributed to such success.

“I really focused on getting stronger throughout the year and fixing the little things about riding,” Sanford said.

According to Sanford, riding as much as possible always contributes to improvements.

Cooper also noted the importance and benefits of year-round training in consistently building skills and confidence.

“While exhausting, we are fortunate that we are in season for the fall and the spring because we have constant lessons and are constantly striving to be better,” Cooper said.

According to riders, much of their struggle competing is overcoming the mental challenges a show can present, especially as a more individualized sport.

Sanford “You can have the skills to ride all day long, but once you get into that show setting, everything is completely different,” Roberston said.

“Being able to remain solid especially going into post season is really important” For Cooper and Robertson, going into a show with a mindset of confidence and positivity with the plan of attack, as opposed to simply trying not to fail, proves successful and more fun when competing.

“I changed my mindset to ‘I don’t want to focus on making mistakes, I want to focus on doing everything to the greatest degree it can be done,’” Cooper said.

Sanford also noted the importance of self-

“Just being able to

confidence and awareness when competing. for their last collegiate season in the fall “We all go through rough patches and of 2018. Robertson is excited to see the have bad rides or the horses don’t have their opportunities that berry has given her take best days,” Sanford said. off after graduation, but “It’s important to stay the juniors on the team positive and remember look forward to their the journey the team has last season as a Viking. been on this year.”

Cooper and Robertson Another challenge to explained a unique the sport is remaining aspect of the sport is united as teammates their ability to continue when two Vikings are riding after their college facing up against each career has ended. other, which can happen “We will be able in several events. But to take everything we Allie Robertson both juniors noted the learned in college and supportive and selfless keep using it,” Cooper atmosphere the team said. has, and the pride that comes with being The Vikings look forward to their season runner-up to a fellow Viking. stretching after this academic year, are proud “At the end of the day, we are all for of the success they’ve had in the regular Berry,” Robertson said. season, and are simply excited to share such After nationals, four riders will compete a unique experience with each other.

“At the end of the day, we are all for Berry.”

ride on this team is something I’m so thankful for.”

Sophomores Maggie Sanford (above) and Andrea Hill will represent Berry in the hunt seat shows, while juniors Sarah Cooper, Mary Catherine Hix, Allie Robertson and Alex Sievenpiper will represent the Western team at nationals.

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Baseball senior day shows promise for postseason Trey Rampy also had a standout performance this past position to fight for the conference title, as they are 23-10 on weekend, earning his 63rd punchout of the year. This allowed the season, and 14-4 in SAA play. him to break the single-season program record in Berry’s Heading into the final weekend of conference competition, Chris Ferguson NCAA Division III era for strikeouts.

Berry has a two-game lead and has the opportunity to assistant sports editor “This year’s team has been the greatest clinch the team’s first SAA title group of guys I’ve been with,” Senior outright with a series victory Austin Loper said. “We have an electric over Sewanee. Before the team This past Sunday night on Bowdoin field, the Berry chemistry and you can tell when we play. matches up against the tigers, they baseball team took the field with a favorable season on their It’s been an honor to play with this group faced Covenant College in their backs. The boys had back-to-back games against the Rhodes of guys.” final out-of-conference games.

Lynx and were able to take care of business in both games.

The general consensus of the senior Because these games were not in The first game was close as they class is that this team conference, it proved to be a good won by a thin margin of 3-2, but the is something special transition into their final regular second game was no close game, as – something bigger season game. they defeated the Lynx 10-4. These than playing for their For many of the seniors, they victories allowed them to become the own personal gain. realize that their college athletic No. 1 team in conference standings.

“This team has careers are soon coming to a close Both games were won under meant so much to and the team means more to them the leadership of the seniors: Jacob me because of the than just the plays made on the Delk, Jason Rose, Austin Brooks, love we have for field.

Jacob Delk Austin Loper, Trey Rampy, Joey each other and the “This senior season has meant Ruiz and JP Chamblee. determination we more than just being a part of a In the two games, Jacob Delk have to succeed for everyone else on the baseball team,” senior Trey Rampy said. “This season has went 4-for-9 and brought in 4 team instead of just ourselves,” senior JP brought me camaraderie and memories I can carry with me Austin Loper RBI’s, which led to his selection as Chamblee said. for the rest of my life.” the Southern Athletic Association Berry has never won the SAA “This senior season has been a blast,” senior Jacob Delk (SAA) baseball player of the conference title in baseball, and the said. “This team has grown really close and it has helped us week. After this past weekend, Delk now ranks third in the team seems optimistic about the potential of winning the on and off the field. Being a part of the Berry baseball family conference with a batting average of .408, as well as first in conference because of the work they have done this season is something that I will cherish and remember for years to the conference in RBI’s with 39. thus far. The team has been able to put themselves in a good come.”

Matt Zimmerman staff writer

“We have an

electric chemistry and you can tell

“Being a part of the Berry baseball family is something I will cherrish and remember for years to come.”

when we play.”

Upcoming Events in Sports

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Baseball @ Sewanee 1:00pm Men’s Lacrosse @ Sewanee 2:00pm Softball @ Centre 3:00pm Baseball @ Sewanee 4:00pm

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Another Day on the Farm Berry Angus provides 100% Black Angus beef for retail sales. The meat is natural, raised with no added hormones or steroids, and is processed at a United States Department of Agriculture inspected facility to ensure quality. Operating this unit, a student workforce is used to care for and manage 125 beef cows. This herd is used not only for resale, but for teaching and research needs. “My favorite part about the job is the opportunity to teach and mentor students while helping to foster a strong work ethic and leadership development,�assistant Supervisor Toby McCormick said.

Working with the beef cattle is by no means an easy job. A normal day at the beef unit starts with feeding the cattle at 7:30 in the morning, then working on maintenance and projects in the pastures in the afternoon. Student workers are constantly on the job, making sure the unit runs smoothly.

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