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Berry College Police Department warns students of potential car-jackings Michaela Lumpert news editor

dusk and during the night. They are also very persistent and he explained that they usually do not understand when people are trying to turn them away.

Chief of campus police Jonathan Baggett wanted to make students aware of what is going on not only because they are constantly traveling through this area, but also because of their natures.

“We have a lot of good-natured students who have Walters a good heart and are wanting to help, and if they see a homeless person they may try to give them money, they need to be really careful doing that in that area,” Baggett said.

With the end of the semester, there are also a lot of students travelling down to Broad

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Over the past few weeks, there have been multiple incidents of attempted car-jacking on Martha Berry Highway, from John Davenport Drive NW to W 9th street NE. The car-jackings occur when a driver sees someone acting disabled or in harm on the side of the road, and stop to try offer assistance. But once the driver pulls over to help, the disabled person then attempts to steal the car by either jumping into the car or pulling the victim out of the car.

Lieutenant John Walters of the Rome Police Department has seen a few of these attacks occur and wants to warn Berry students of the danger that can happen.

He explains that on April 7, an elderly woman was attacked in her car while stopped at a red light on North Fifth Avenue. The man

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who attacked her was under the influence and had been dancing on the side of the road, as well as throwing shoes at passing cars.

“When [she] stopped, he went running across the road and leaped through her open window, into the front driver’s seat…and began fighting with her inside the car,” Walters said.

Several passers by witnessed the incident and helped the woman get the man out of her car and hold him down while waiting for the police to arrive.

John “This type of behavior, people just stepping off the curve, either walking in front of cars, whether on purpose or on accident due to their mental state, is very high in that area,” Walters said.

These people, as Walters described, wear dark clothing and usually walk around at

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Street, and Baggett believed that students should understand what is happening in their community, and how to deal with situations like this.

If students are ever in an unsafe situation, Baggett urged them to always dial 911 and keep their car locked. He also explained that if someone ever approaches a student, the best way to handle them is to be persistent in saying no, and to draw attention to the situation. If they do this, then bystanders will be notified of what is going on, and the person causing the situation will likely walk away.

One of the main things to remember, as Baggett stated, is to never give in to their wishes.

“Don’t ever think that just giving a dollar or two will make them go away,” Baggett said. “They are going to want all they can get.”

Walters encouraged students to always be aware of what is going around them while they are driving, especially in this area.

“Be aware of your surroundings,” Walter said. “Don’t assume everything’s safe just because you’re in your car. When you’re traveling in that particular area, be on the inside lane instead of the curb lane.”

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Advance for Kids provides opportunities for families and students Madeline Fox reporter

Rachel Hartdegen editor

Advance for Kids, an outpatient rehabilitation center for children that specializes in neurodevelopmental issues, offers involvement opportunities for Berry students through shadowing and internships.

Advance for Kids has served the Northwest Georgia area for over 15 years. The center started in conjunction with Advance Rehabilitation in Calhoun in 2003. The center then moved to private ownership under occupational therapist Mai Lee Payne in 2005 and expanded to open a Rome location in 2010.

Advance for Kids serves children from infancy to adolescence. Patients with a wide variety of diagnoses and functions are treated, as the center offers physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy. Children are treated in one on one sessions with any of the numerous therapists on staff.

Located on West 3rd St. across from Barron Stadium, the Advance for Kids office is equipped with a gym used for both therapy and play time for the patients. Each therapist has a personal office complete with teaching materials, games and toys. Treatments and therapy sessions are individualized to meet each patient’s need.

For Shawna Crawford and her son Tyler, Advance for Kids was life-changing. Tyler, a six-year-old with autism spectrum disorder, has visited Advance for Kids since he was three years old. When Tyler started at Advance for Kids, he could not speak or do everyday tasks such as dress himself. Today, Tyler changes his own clothes and speaks on a three-year-old

level.

“They brought out the voice in him,” Crawford said.

“Before it was always unknown. You didn’t even know if he could talk. It was very difficult. But they came along and pulled his voice box out in a way.”

Since he started at the center, Tyler has visited once a week for an hour and a half to receive occupational and speech therapy. His therapists have worked with him during his appointments and then sent work home so that his parents can continue the exercises.

Crawford said that this implementation of therapeutic exercises and activities at home largely contributed to Tyler’s success.

Advance for Kids is not only beneficial to the children treated, but also to their parents. Stephanie Barlow, an occupational therapist and the student coordinator at Advance for Kids, said that the center is helpful to parents as they learn to handle their children’s disabilities.

“Advance for Kids provides a place for parents to bring their children who are struggling with any multitude of problems,” Barlow said, “(it) allows them to seek counseling, guidance, and provides opportunities for their Stephanie children to develop and thrive with professional therapeutic support.”

Parents like Crawford can rest knowing that their child is in professional hands at Advance for Kids. Crawford said that she looks forward to relaxing dinners with her husband while Tyler is in therapy, knowing that she can trust his therapists.

Berry students have opportunities to be involved at Advance for Kids in the form of internships. Barlow said that the center has hosted students involved in occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy programs.

There are opportunities available for shadowing, as well as level one and two fieldwork.

Junior exercise science major Sydney Partlow has been an intern at Advance for Kids since January. She was interested in the internship because of her need to complete an academic internship but has since fallen in love with her position. She has experienced firsthand interaction with children while shadowing therapists.

“I really just distract the kids, because I’m not a physical therapist,” Partlow said. “I do the exercises with them. If they’re ever stretching and it’s painful, we try to play a game to distract them from the pain.”

Partlow’s heart for the patients was representative of the rest of the staff at Advance for Kids as well. She said that one of her favorite things to watch was how the therapists interacted with the patients and their parents. She was inspired by their passion as she pursues her own career in physical therapy.

“Advance for Kids is more than just a building, an office and a clinic,” Barlow said. “It is a place that, Barlow through the hard work and dedication that its staff, clients and parents put forth, miracles of the mind, body and spirit happen. Whether it be that a child learns to tie their shoes, take their first steps, or say their first words these types of accomplishments can be witnessed daily at Advance for Kids.”

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Former Berry student indicted for tampering with evidence Hannah Carroll staff writer Andrew Horton, the former roommate of slain Berry student Joseph McDaniel, was indicted April 8 for tampering with evidence, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The Floyd County Grand Jury indicted Horton for the removal of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia from his apartment at Summerstone Apartments, where McDaniel was shot, to his neighbor’s apartment. The police were not called and notified of the shooting until 45 minutes to an hour after the incident occurred, according to the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus.

Horton was in the apartment when McDaniel, Ricket Carter III and Troy Cokley were present to complete a drug deal involving marijuana the day of the shooting, Oct. 28, 2017.

Security footage shows Carter leaving the apartment before the shooting occurred,

according to attorney Stacey Jackson, which left Horton, McDaniel and Cokley in the apartment.

According to Horton’s testimony, he heard an argument between McDaniel and Cokley and retrieved his gun that was hidden in the couch of the living room. When he entered the kitchen, Cokley was aiming a gun at McDaniel.

According to the Ledger-Enquirer, Cokley and McDaniel struggled over the gun, while Horton moved towards the door and ran out when he heard the gunshot.

Horton went to his neighbor’s apartment before returning to the apartment 20 minutes later to move the marijuana, after which the police were called. The gun that fired the fatal shot to McDaniel was never recovered, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Carter and Cokley were both found not guilty of all charges on Oct. 5, 2018. At the trial, attorneys brought video evidence that shows Carter leaving the apartment before the shooting.

Evidence also suggested that the main witness, Horton, may not have seen the shot that killed

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CAMPUS CALENDAR

Fawn events around campus Thursday 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Prose Reading with Clinton Crockett Peters on creative nonfiction in the College Chapel, CE credit

Friday Good Friday, no classes 9 p.m.

Star Party at the Pew Observatory

Sunday 6 p.m.

Easter Sunset Service at the House o’ Dreams hosted by College Church

Monday 5 p.m.

BOLD Swing by choice at the BOLD Tower

Tuesday Last day of Classes!

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Wednesday Reading Day, no classes

Thursday First day of Finals!

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Food for Finals in the Spruill Ballroom

Academic Council approves new graduation policy Michaela Lumpert news editor

The Academic Council passed a new walking at graduation policy that will go into effect during this year’s undergraduate graduation. The policy allows any senior who is only missing a maximum of two classes, which cannot be more than eight credit hours, to walk at graduation with their class. They must also have proof that they will complete the classes during the summer after graduation and will finish the classes before the following August.

The policy first appeared for discussion at an SGA meeting and was brought to the academic council for approval. The policy was approved unanimously by the council. Provost Mary Boyd, who works on the council, explained the process of how this policy will work.

“They will walk with their class, and their diploma will be issued after they have completed all the requirements,” Boyd said. “Those may be the only requirements remaining for graduation. So, students must still be meeting the GPA requirements, and have completed all the cultural events credits and any other graduation requirements.”

This year, about 460 students are graduating. In 2018, only about 360 students graduated. But in years past, this number has varied. In 2017, about 420 students graduated, while in 2016 about 400 students graduated.

Because Boyd has served as provost since 2016, she finds it difficult to gage graduation rates because she hasn’t worked with graduating students for long. But for this year’s graduating class, she has seen improvement.

“Relative to the number of students who came in this class four years ago, the graduation rate is strong,” Boyd said.

The speaker for graduation has not been announced, but the college will make an official statement within the next two weeks leading up to graduation.

The undergraduate ceremony will be held on May 4 at 9 a.m. on the south Evans lawn.

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At last year’s graduation, President of Westminister College and former provost of Berry College, Kathy Brittain Richardson spoke to students with inspiring words of encouragement. This year’s speaker has not yet been announced, but will be within the coming days leading up to graduation on May 4.

The speaker at graduation is usually someone well respected and known by the students. Previous speakers at graduation include Rear Admiral Vince Griffith in 2017 and former Berry College President J. Scott Colley in 2016.

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April 11 Officers responded to two different fire alarm malfunctions at the Ladd Center and Dana Hall.

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OPINIONS Our View: Sitcoms give an unrealistic portrayal of adulthood As the class of 2019 prepares to turn their tassels, the “real” world lies before them. Post-college possibilities are endless, whether it be grad school, a new job or a new city. In some ways that unknown can be exhilarating. But in much larger ways, that unknown can be overwhelming, scary even.

You can sit around any day and dream about life after college, concocting various living situations, big career moves and a whole new world. And for the most part, maybe even without knowing, those day-dreams will probably be heavily influenced by popular television shows. “New Girl,” “Friends,” “How I Met Your Mother,” the list goes on.

Ingrained in us early on is a specific way of life, lived by our favorite sitcom characters.

It isn’t until we get to be the same age as the characters we’ve watched for so long that we’re faced with the realities of adulthood.

One of the more entertaining parts of “Friends” is how everyone always seems to be together. The number of times an episode opened to all of them sitting in Central Perk or Monica’s apartment is innumerable. No matter the day of the week or time of the day, they always hang out. The quality of their intentional time together is respectable,

but the reality is unless you live with other people or meet someone with an eerily similar routine, having coordinated free time is going to be difficult. In sitcoms, the communal aspect of friendships, friend groups numbering many and hanging out every day, is stressed so heavily that the expectation for such a social life is set to an unachievable level. Adding to this social reality is the fact that you’ve spent four years surrounded by people. Being in college, you have the convenience, if you’re lucky, of living with some of your best friends.

Outside of your room, friends are only a walk down the hall or across campus. You can always count on running into a friendly face in the dining hall or Krannert. Making that switch from constant community to what can feel a bit like isolation is only intensified when life looks a little too cheery on your favorite sitcom.

Included in this unrealistic portrayal is the uncanny luck of characters in landing perfect jobs with little to no effort. The job market can be a bit harsh, and the last thing recent graduates need is the false hope of “maybe it will just happen” we so often see on television. With that dream job, we also

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see characters enjoy a ridiculous amount of free time. Every weekend characters are on some sort of adventure and even during the week they freely go get coffee, lunch or just go shopping. For any employer, surely that would be enough to fire an employee. Yet, these actions seem to go unnoticed.

Yes, these portrayals all play out in a fantasy universe completely curated to entertain viewers. However, constant exposure to such a life that our favorite characters live undoubtedly has some effect on our perception of how we’ll all be spending our time after college. It’s easy to forget the intentions of the show, to solely be watched and enjoyed, when you’re so enamored by the glamorous and easy-going life styles your favorite characters live.

They’re all so young, attractive, relatable.

Sure, they mess up, but never too much. And their mess ups just make them more realistic, only furthering this desire to fulfill the lives they have lived through television.

Life after college requires a lot more effort than people realize. As badly as we all want our twenties’ to be a breeze, finding instant friendships, a dream job and a perfect relationship, the reality is none of that is

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Unpaid Internships

I think unpaid internships are helpful, but I don’t think they should be expected because they can put some people at a disadvantage. Not everyone has the financial means or support to be able to give up their time for an unpaid job.

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NO! Where is the motivation to work hard if you are not compensated for long hours?

Savannah Sterling, senior Unpaid internships can be valuable experiences, but you have to scrutinize their legitimacy just like any other job offering.

Sometimes they are incredible opportunities with a small or non-profit business who can’t afford a competitively paid intern, and other times a company just wants free labor. Be mindful of your expected responsibilities and the company’s culture during the interviewing process because they might allude to it. Berry’s Career Center filters all our job postings to avoid the false positions and prevent our students from that situation.

Abby Mayne, junior

going to happen without some effort on your own part. Coming to this realization is difficult when our favorite shows make post-grad life seem so glorious. Of course, there will be great moments of triumph.

These things won’t happen, though, by just being idle. Despite what we’ve been taught through sitcoms, a perfect job won’t fall in your lap and friendships won’t be as easy as walking into a coffee shop. In between those times, however, it’s important to remember that the hardships and uncertainty you will face after college are normal; everyone around you will experience the same thing at one point or another. That ideal is just an added, unfortunate pressure exerted on us all from sitcoms that make it seem like a breeze. Instead, you’ll have to put social and academic effort into your post-grad life. In return, however, you’ll find that community and you’ll land a job. In the meantime, you can always binge some more Netflix. Just do so with a little more awareness.

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Printed books can never be replaced by screens CASSIE LAJEUNESSE editor-in-chief I am a bibliophile in every sense of the word. I love books; I always have. I accumulate them at what could be considered an alarming rate, unable to resist a used bookstore or a bargain bin. My shelves at home are teeming, overflowing onto my desk, floor and every other surface.

Here’s an idea, you might say. Have you considered an e-reader? It’s easy to use and will cut down on the necessity for shelf space.

Please consider this article my most respectful request for you to go away.

That may have been a bit harsh. I’m glad so many people have found e-readers to be a helpful means of consuming written material.

That being said, I will NEVER be persuaded to give up my trusty paperbacks. Here’s why.

There is something so satisfying about holding a book in your hands. Even more satisfying than turning the pages is the finality of closing the back cover when you’ve finished. Don’t tell me that doesn’t give you a

sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Now, close your eyes and imagine walking into a used bookstore.

Wait, don’t close your eyes. Keep reading.

But envision it. First, there’s that smell. I promise you’ll never find a tablet that smells like that. It’s the smell of paper that was printed before you were born, paper that has passed through countless hands, homes and libraries, paper that has taken on a life of its own.

My books are my friends. Each one has a story beyond what is printed on its pages; each takes on an identity which evolves as I read it and lend it out.

For a long time, I was vehemently against annotations and marginalia. I thought I was defacing these beautiful books that I cherished so much. The more I buy used books, however, the more I find myself writing in books.

An inscription, a margin note, even a simple underline can tell a reader so much about the

readers who came before. A printed book with annotations suddenly becomes so much more than a story to the next person who reads it.

Not only does every subsequent reader get the chance to read the original story, readers can interact with each other across generations and regions. I love opening a new used book and learning another reader’s perspective on what I’m reading. However, this opportunity is only available through printed books.

In building my personal library, I’ve been able to collect books that belonged to my grandparents and parents. I hope one day to pass books along to future generations. The idea that one day, years from now, another reader will come across the notes I took for a class or the words I underlined excites me beyond comprehension.

Even now, I learn things about myself from looking back at books in which I’ve written. I read Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” (an excellent and compelling read, might I

add) while on choir tour in Europe last year.

When I look back on it today, I remember reading for hours on the plane when I couldn’t sleep. I can’t help but smile at the lines, squiggly from the uneven movement of my hand while I tried to write on a moving bus, under unfamiliar words which I promised myself I’d look up later.

Like every other book I own, this book tells a story beyond the one printed on its pages. Each word scribbled in the margin and heart drawn next to a particularly beautiful passage tells me a bit about the person I was when I read it previously.

I suppose there is value to an e-reader.

After all, the most important thing is that people read. But there is too much about printed books, beyond the stories they tell, that makes them valuable. That is why you will never convince me to give them up, and I recommend that you don’t either.. I just need more shelves.

Personality typing is insightful and interesting CLAIRE VOLTAREL managing editor Being a 3w2 on the Enneagram, ENTP on the MyersBriggs, Scorpio with an Ascendant in Capricorn comes with its complexities, especially when Venus is in retrograde. If all of that sounded like absolute nonsense, it’s because it is.

Respectively, my Enneagram type, Myers-Briggs personality type and zodiac signs are all made-up labels for my identity loosely based on personality tests or even birthdates. While it sounds silly, entire lifestyles, cultures, diets, music and even work evaluations are based on these various forms of identification, so they must hold some weight. While many try to explain aspects of our lives that simply do not match up, the part that keeps followers in following are the instances or anecdotes that feel a little too accurate or pointed. But this participation in a lot of ways is not silly; these basic identifications can provide explanations (or, at least, potential rationalizations) within a community that can actually be helpful, calming and provide a unique opportunity for introspection rarely found elsewhere.

I am not here to argue that complete acceptance and commitment to these labels is healthy and or rational. Many individuals justify poor actions, thoughts or intentions with these labels. I’ve often said, “sorry, I’m a Scorpio,” as a rationalization for a blunt comment that I didn’t mean to say. Also, there is little evidence to prove that these are accurate predictive measures of the future. These should not be just another form of a crystal ball, but rather a potential explanation for parts of a personality. I hope to show that they are more complex than meets the eye and can prove beneficial in many aspects of a person’s life, especially a

community of understanding. While I will mainly focus on zodiac and Enneagram types, many other similar personality tests and identifications exist and have similar traits to those I will discuss.

First, your zodiac sign is more nuanced than what is typically shown to you based on your birthday (known as your Sun sign). With information about your time and place of birth, your zodiac will show you other nuances to your identity that are very important, such as your ascendant, which defines people’s general first impression of you, or your moon, which explains your subconscious instincts and needs, along with manty others. Any of these facets can be a different sign, exemplifying the levels and variance within one’s personality. This is similar to your enneagram type, which has wings and characteristics of other types on the graph; no one person is ever completely one sign.

All of this is to say that we are complex individuals and these identifications are not trying to boil us down into simple terms. In fact, they can represent the complexities within a person and actually provide an individual with a community of understanding and potential methods of resolution. Where else can you get a map of all of your singular characteristics and their explanations, as well as others who can relate?

Reading some of the traits and explanations of myself as a Scorpio (and its variances underneath this title) or a type three Achiever is often comforting. While it is not a scientific diagnosis, it recognizes issues I have and provides context for these issues within my way of living. These comforts show me that I am not alone; knowing that other Achievers

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in an Enneagram can feel like they are wearing a mask, or that Moon’s in Scorpio often seek out attention almost satisfy parts of me that feel alone (another common Scorpio trait).

So, while I know that tomorrow, I may not find economic success (as my horoscope stated), I feel as if my issues have been heard and explained. Just reading something online and thinking “omg that’s so me,” has a kind of comfort very few other platforms can provide. And the variance within each type helps connect me to friends in areas I didn’t think we had in common, providing another platform for comfort.

It is also validating to see the similarities between my Enneagram type and zodiac sign. In comparing the two, I find a more holistic perspective on a trait and am comforted when they both describe similar reasoning for my actions (which happens quite often).

Aside from the fact that participation in this realm is just a really fun endeavor, these personality explanations, while not based on anything “real,” have helped me in a lot of ways recognize parts of myself that I was suppressing, find ways to connect with others and be heard, even if it’s just reading a paragraph on the internet. There are podcasts that really dive into each personality type, present why you are feeling this way and provide possible ways of thought and solution that have actually helped me in practice (I would recommend “Sleeping At Last”). There are a lot of parts to an individual that he/she/they cannot define themselves; these identifications provide a unique opportunity for introspection and recognition of emotions or conflicts we may not have otherwise realized existed.

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Retiring From the Berry Bubble: F

After dedicating 25 years of his career to Berry, Dean of Student Work Rufus Massey is retiring. He has held numerous positions on campus such as the assistant dean of students and director of cooperative education, corporate foundation officer, and assistant vice president for alumni development and historic Berry. However, after his retirement, Massey said he will only work as a part-time staff member.

Massey first stepped into the role of director of student activities and manager of Krannert Center in the 70s where he began KCAB. The organization was reorganized to reflect the interests of the students.

“We decided that we needed to rename and reengineer the activities board to reflect that change,” Massey said.

One idea that he brought to the organization included mud-wrestling, which continued for more than two decades.

Massey said that some of the organizations and jobs that have stood out to him throughout the years include KCAB, the Student Enterprise Program and the Gate Scholar program. These organizations have allowed the students a learning opportunity with hands-on experience that he has been able to work closely with.

“The students I have interacted with, many of them are lifelong friends,” he said.

Once retired, Massey said his plans include traveling with his wife to Alaska and later to New York City, where they will attend the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. He will also continue to develop his passion for singing solo and in groups. For example, he is a competitive a capella singer with barber shop groups. He is a member of two quartets and three choruses. His long-term plans include continuing part-time work at the college where he will work for the office of advancement.

“I am not going to totally disconnect from Berry,” Massey said. “I am going to stay half-time and work for advancement work and fundraising work.”

Some of his fundraising work will include projects such as the new animal science wing in the McAllister building and finishing projects like the Ford auditorium renovations.

Jeanne Schul and Martha Tapia are also retiring at the end of the 20182019 school year, but they were unavailable for an interview.

Chaitram Singh, Gund professor of government and international studies, came to Berry in 1984. He is currently finishing his 35th year at Berry before he retires in May.

Singh’s hire at Berry was somewhat unusual. He came to Berry for an interview after the head of the social science department called him and informed him that there was a vacancy in the political science department. The search committee had received Singh’s information from the University of Florida, and Singh was concluding a two-year stint as a visiting assistant professor at the University of South Carolina at the time.

“I accepted the invitation, came for the interview, and was hired,” Singh said. “For the next six years, Peter Lawler and I taught the entire political science curriculum, my focus being on comparative politics and international relations.”

Berry appealed to Singh because of its “Christian-in-spirit” character and its focus on educating the head, heart and the hands.

“The education of the head, heart and hands mission and the culture it inspired both within the student body and the faculty inspired me greatly and kept me anchored here for 35 years,” Singh said.

Singh’s career at Berry has had many highlights. For example, in 1989, Singh was able to introduce the International Studies major into the political science curriculum. In addition, Singh has been able to publish four books: two political science monographs and two works of fiction. His two fiction works even received international recognition.

“‘The Flour Convoy’ received the 2012 Guyana Prize for Literature in the category ‘Best First Work of Fiction,’” Singh said. “‘Coup’ was the runner-up for the award in the category ‘Best Work of Fiction.’”

Like every professor, Singh takes pride in the accomplishments of his students. For example, several students were accepted to and graduated from top schools. Many took the route that Singh took by electing to serve in the military. One student, John Woolbright, is even the CIO of a billion-dollar company.

In Singh’s retirement, he plans to move to his newly acquired property on the west Florida coast. He said that after doing work to renovate and repair the house, he plans to continue his fiction writing.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RUFUS MASSEY Massey, dean of student work, plans to continue working part-time for Berry after retiring in 2019.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHAITRAM SINGH Singh has taught political science classes at Berry for 35 years.

Faculty Share Highlights & Plans

PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN KURZ Kurtz is retiring in May after a fruitful career at Berry.

Associate Professor of Teacher Education Karen Kurz will retire after a 24-year teaching career. She said some of her retirement plans include gardening, spending time with her 3-year-old grandson Jaxon and adjunct teaching. Eventually, she said she may move closer to the beach, but that is further down the road.

Kurz said that some highlights of her career have included her transition as the assistant dean for graduate studies. She began her role in 2001 and served until 2017. She said she enjoyed the curriculum design at the graduate level and teacher policies at a state and federal level.

“I was able to bring back that information and look at continuous improvement for our programs at Berry,” she said.

Kurz has been involved in a variety of committees on the campus.

For example, she served on the Course Model Credit Work Group which designed a lighter curriculum for professors. Kurz also served as chairperson for the applied behavior analysis committee that targeted techniques and strategies for people with behavioral disabilities.

Kurz said that the Applied Behavior Analysis was one the many highlights in her career because it had taken many years for the program to finally come to fruition.

“I was glad I was chair of that committee because I felt that it added to a program that has become strong at the college,” Kurz said.

Kurz said that she has always wanted to be a teacher but during the 70s, there were not many job openings. However, she changed her mind after doing field-work for an abnormal psychology class during college where she worked with patients with cerebral palsy.

“I had always wanted to teach,” Kurz said. “But I really just enjoyed working with individuals with physical disabilities.”

Before Berry, she worked at Wayne State University in Detroit and San Diego State University in California. She said that that after teaching in big cities, she was ready for a change.

“Something just said that this is where you need to be,” Kurz said.

“So, I’ve been here for 24 years.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN GRAHAM FACEBOOK Graham looks forward to writing, painting, camping and fishing in his retirement.

John Graham, Reid professor of biology, plans to retire at the end of this year after a 30 year career at Berry. Graham earned his Master’s degree at Rutgers University and pursued his PhD at Rutgers New Brunswick. He grew up in New York City, but has also lived in various cities in New Jersey, in Detroit, and in Rome.

Graham has taught a variety of subjects including ecology, limnology, botany, zoology, anatomy and physiology. At Berry, he teaches genetics and evolutionary biology. His PhD is in ecology.

“I’m a genetic evolutionary ecologist, I would say,” Graham said.

Graham came to Berry in 1989 and moved into a house on campus less than a year later. He has lived on campus ever since. He said he loves the campus because there is a lot to study as an ecologist.

“One of the things I am most proud of is research with students,” Graham said. “Lots and lots of students have come through my lab. I have published lots of paper with students. They are all cited pretty well.”

Publishing and conducting research has always been a huge part of Graham’s job. Once, he even published seven papers in a single year. He has done research all over the world, including in Russia. Graham says one of his proudest moments at Berry was publishing a paper on statistical distribution of phenotypic variation gene knockdowns of yeast. He is also proud of work he has done measuring leaf asymmetry. In total, his publications have been cited over 3,300 times.

Graham says that he is choosing to retire now because it seems like the right time.

“It was time to retire,” Graham said. “My wife passed away a year and a half ago and it has been difficult recovering from that. I enjoy teaching, and the grading and writing exams has always been a chore, but it seems like it’s more of a chore now than it ever was. So I figured it’s time.”

In his retirement, Graham plans to go camping, fishing and play jazz guitar with a local band. He continues to learn how to play funk, soul and jazz, and has been playing the guitar for over 50 years.

Additionally, Graham plans to pick up oil and acrylic painting, which he used to enjoy but put on pause while he went to school.

“I still have my easel, I still have my paints if they haven’t all dried up,” Graham said.

Graham also plans to write books. One of his ideas is to write about rewilding and the return of eagles, black bears, cougars and wolves in the United States and worldwide. He also plans to write a guide for helping people understand scientific literature.

“It’s time to do something else with my life, but not give up the research entirely,” Graham said. “I still have some interesting research ideas that I’m going to continue to follow up on.”

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Inside scoop to booking a Berry wedding

April 20

“Blue on Broad” Autism Walk • 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• Town Green PAC (Parents of Autistic Children) of northwest Georgia is hosting this walk to bring awareness to their organization and to autism. The walk will begin at 11:00 a.m. and finish at St. Peter’s Church.

The event is free but a donation will buy lunch, during which there is a raffle and silent auction.

There will be tshirts on sale for $15 as well.

April 25

Alzheimer’s Association Volunteer Kickoff Party • 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• Harvest Moon Cafe The Alzheimer’s Association of Rome invites anyone to this event who might be interested in planning the 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event is free, but light refreshments will be served and there will be door prizes.

April 27

Young Artist Concert

• 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Rome City Auditorium Rome Symphony Orchestra hosts this event to showcase high school and college musicians, who will be judged by a committee of orchestra conductors, music professors and professional musicians and composers. Tickets range from $10 to $27.

CAMPUS CARRIER ARCHIVES The summer season brings many weddings to Berry’s campus, and couples who wish to get married on campus have many places to choose from, including Frost Chapel (left), Barnwell Chapel (right), and the College Chapel.

They could also wed at Oak Hill off campus.

Kelsee Brady staff writer

As spring is underway and summer approaches, Berry students will likely be seeing more signs of weddings on campus as couples prepare to tie the knot in one of the campus’ many event facilities.

There are four venues available for weddings on campus: the College Chapel, Frost Chapel, Ford Dining Hall and Barnwell Chapel. Oak Hill is another popular venue located off campus.

Frost and College Chapels require a Berry affiliation from either the bride or groom to be reserved for a wedding. Senior Maddie Jordan is the office assistant coordinator for campus scheduling and explained what a Berry affiliation means.

“The bride or groom, or one of their parents, had to have gone to school or worked here. We don’t extend it to grandparents which is typically a question just because we like make sure that Frost is open for students that have recently gone to school here, ” Jordan said.

According to Jordan, both of these chapels include additional services provided with the reservation.

“For the chapel reservations, you get it for the day of, all day, and then you get it for rehearsal on Friday,” Jordan said. “Then, you get a student sound tech to run sound for your wedding, and you get a student facility coordinator who basically

makes sure that all the guidelines are followed.”

Unlike Frost and the College Chapel, Oak Hill, Ford Dining Hall and Barnwell Chapel do not require a Berry affiliation to be reserved. Currently, Barnwell is being renovated and is scheduled to be reopened for events in the fall.

Jordan suggested having a date and chapel preference in mind as a beginning point for the reservation.

“The easiest way is for them to either call or come in in person,” Jordan said. “We can take emails, but we just have a lot of preliminary questions we have to ask.”

The preliminary questions consist of confirming a Berry affiliation and the time of year that is desired for the wedding, which are the two largest factors that determine where the wedding will be, according to Jordan.

Junior Rachel Williams is marrying senior Drew Eichholtz in early June at Oak Hill Gardens with the reception at the Christopher Browning Pavilion.

She is excited to have a wedding at Berry.

“I thought (Oak Hill) was just really pretty... and then I saw the gardens at Oak Hill, and I thought ‘okay, this feels a lot more like me’,” Williams said.

Oak Hill differentiates from other Berry venues due to booking the events through a separate office from campus scheduling. The summer is full of plans to improve efficiency of the office and maximize the experience of booking the venue.

Berry has been working on maximizing efficiency ever since hiring Casee Gilbert about two years ago.

Gilbert, director of hospitality and event

services, was hired to assist in overseeing all campus events and customer service.

“We saw that there was a need to kind of streamline things at Berry and to have kind of an umbrella department to provide consistent customer experience, kind of like one-stop shopping, for all of the things we can host at Berry,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert and campus scheduling have plans to improve the wedding booking experience and will continue to work on these throughout the summer.

“We do have a goal in the new fiscal year of creating ‘Weddings at Berry’ so that you can do all of your wedding bookings under one office and not have to go to two separate offices to do that,” Gilbert said.

Milton Chambers, student enterprises operations manager on campus, was married on May 5, 1990 at Frost Chapel with the reception in Krannert.

Chambers said that at the time of his wedding, Ford Dining Hall was not open to the public for receptions. Chambers’ favorite part about getting married at Berry was the heritage behind it.

“I’ve lived here my entire life so my parents got married at the College Chapel, but I got married at Frost,” Chambers said. “I actually went to high school at the Academy and so I was at that place all the time. For me, it was really special to go up there and have it. Plus, it’s beautiful, you know it’s gorgeous, but I’ve lived on campus my whole life so I don’t think I could’ve gotten married anywhere else,” Chambers said.

Online information about the facilities and booking can be found on Berry’s website or by contacting the campus scheduling office.

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Education students will teach and learn togetherness in Africa Alex Hodges arts & living editor

During the coming summer, a group of two faculty members and 11 students will travel abroad to Cape Town, South Africa, to work with Living Hope International, an organization that provides children the opportunity for a brighter future through education and enrichment programs.

The Berry students and faculty will be in a township, which is where lower income families were forced to move during Apartheid.

Four of those 11 students are music education majors and will be working for credit on an after-school program to teach elementary school students a musical program that will be performed at the end of the week. The education students will be split into groups, each responsible for teaching two songs to the children during their hour-and-a-half time every day after school.

Associate Professor and Director of Music Education Stefanie Cash said that the musical program that they will

teach is called “Together.”

“Everyone can be different, but if we all come together and work together, we can do something great together,” Cash said.

Cash came to Berry and found that there were not any trips available to education students that had a musical component to them, so she began to organize trips that music education students could benefit from as well.

For the education students, the trip is about exploring ways of teaching, according to Cash. In the mornings, while not working on the musical, the students will be divided to teaching children of varying age groups. The secondary education students will work with sixth graders, the early childhood education students with kindergartners, and the music education students will teach music lessons.

“They’ll get a chance to see the different education systems, they’ll get to work with the South African teachers and really see how different education is in a different environment,” Cash said.

Junior music education major Macy Dominey has never been on a trip like this one. She expects to face challenges in shifting and adjusting to cultural differences, as well as dealing with children who have different educational

background than what she is used to.

“I’m excited to see the country, but also to teach music to the kids because I feel like they’ll kind of teach us stuff in return,” Dominey said.

Dominey has plans to student teach in Cobb County in the near future.

Allie Sinatra, a sophomore music education major, has never left the country. She predicts similar challenges to those that Dominey expects, as well as learning different definitions of class and working with a different language.

Sinatra said that, in their Education in Diverse Cultures class, which is required of all education majors, they read a book about travel and being wary of cultural and societal differences.

“It definitely opens your eyes up to the fact that there are people different than us, and it allows you to better plan how to teach them and helps you to teach them to learn better being in a different place,” according to Dominey.

Cash first left the country when she traveled to Brazil at the age of 21.

“I realized how much I had and how much I took for granted, and it completely changed my world view,” Cash said. “That is what I hope for our students.”

This year, the Finals Fest stage welcomed bands Public and Banners. Finals Fest also had food trucks, crafts, games, inflatables and a hot air balloon.

Hosted every year by Student Activities, Finals Fest is a great way for students to alleviate stress of looming finals by gathering together for a day of fun.

Andrea Hill | CAMPUS CARRIER John Vaughn (left) and Matthew Alvarado (right) are members of Public, the first of the bands that played at Finals Fest. Public is a pop trio from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their most recent release, “Honest,” is on Spotify for streaming.

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Thursday April 18, 2019

SPORTS Spring sports optimistic for post-season action Miranda Smith asst. sports editor

Berry spring sports are finishing out their regular seasons and are approaching soon coming to postseason. The playoffs and conference tournaments are the focus for teams as they round up their regular seasons. Some teams are ahead in their conference ranking and some are playoff bound with high aspirations for their conference tournament.

Softball The softball team is ranked second in the conference as they recently have defeated conference teams from Millsaps College, Rhodes College and Sewanee: The University of the South. The team played against Wesleyan University on Tuesday. In preparation for the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) tournament, senior Katlin Seger said that how the team’s mentality is to not look too far ahead and to focus on one game at a time. She explained how the team needs to be consistent offensively in order to stay in the top spots.

Seger went on to say that the team is peaking at the right time of the season, which is now, and right before the conference tournament.

Seger shared her feelings as post-season arrives in a couple of weeks.

“I’m very excited to go into postseason; it’s always the best time of the year,” Seger said. “I understand any game can be my last game, and I know I have to put everything that I have on the field. I need to know that I gave everything I have to the team and what we need to do to continue through the post season.

We take it one game at a time; we can’t win a season in a day.”

Golf The Berry golf team shined at its meets Tuesday. The men’s team traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to face

off at the Rhodes Spring Classic and the women’s team traveled to Bessemer, Ala., to compete at the Birmingham-Southern College Southern Shootout.

The women’s team tied for first place with Methodist University but finished as the runner-up by virtue of a tiebreaker. The team was led by freshman Chloe Wegienka, who finished fourth and jumped 14 spots on the second day. Junior Jorie Hodapp and senior Karley Hammond both finished inside the top 10 and sophomore Loren Kim finished in 13th place. The team is ranked no. 15 in the WGCA poll and no. 16 according to Golfstat. The team placed ahead of conference teams no. 5 Rhodes College, no.

17 Oglethorpe University, no. 23 Sewanee and no. 28 BSC. The men’s team shot a NCAA DIII era program record 19 under, leading them to win the top spot.

Freshman Wesley Heston took first individually, where he shot 10 under. Freshman Preston DeSantis followed behind Heston in second place with eight under.

Senior Henry Jones tied for fifth with a five under three-round score. Senior Peter Trask finished in the top 15 to round out the team.

The team placed ahead of no. 29 Sewanee, no. 17 Rhodes, BSC, Millsaps and Hendrix. The team is ranked no. 22 in the Golfstat ranking and will head to the SAA tournament in Dickson, Tenn., on April 26-28.

Heston described his mental preparation following the last successful meet, and how the rest of the team plans come out on top at the SAA Tournament.

“I think this win and our play in general gives us a huge boost in confidence,” Hestons said. “We have proof that we can get the job done, and we are very hot coming into conference, which is great.

For me, this really boosts my confidence. I had been trying to put together three good rounds all year and I finally did it, which felt really good.”

Track and Field The Berry Track and Field team recorded several personal records (PR) and new school records at the Berry Field Day Invitational. The team finished seventh out of 21 total colleges and will travel to Conway, Ark., next weekend for the SAA Conference Championships.

For both days, many placed in the top ranks and set new personal records, as the invitational served as both Pack the House and Senior Day. Senior Will Knowlton placed fourth in the men’s 1,500m and the men’s 800m with a seasonal PR and is looking to gain in the rankings as the conference championships get closer. Going into his last postseason and last races, Knowlton is enjoying the time spent and looks positively toward the future.

“The conference championship is always the pinnacle race for myself and others when looking ahead at the season,” Knowlton said. “That’s where the athletes race their guts out and leave everything on the track. My goal is to not only place in the top three, in the 1,500m at conference, but also run under four minutes. I am very excited for our guy steam and I know they will perform well.”

Senior CJ Stone tied for first in the men’s 200m with a new lifetime PR of 21.80 seconds, and shared his outlook on the season.

Stone is preparing by pushing his teammates and himself to the limits he knows the team can achieve, and by getting stronger and faster everyday.

Tennis The tennis team finishes out its regular season this Friday against Oglethorpe and looks to round out its recent success on the court. The team is coming off of a 9-0 win against conference team Hendrix College and is looking ahead to post-season with optimism.

Freshman Allison Ivey explained what the win against Hendrix meant to the team after coming off of conference losses to Sewanee,

Ethan Barker | CAMPUS CARRIER Junior Riley Brogdon prepares during practice to defend his team in net. Men’s lacrosse hosts Hendrix College this Saturday at 1p.m. in the SAA Tournament Quarterfinals.

Centre and Rhodes.

“Our team definitely needed the confidence boost of our win over Hendrix this past weekend, and I think that everyone’s spirits are a little higher now in preparation for Oglethorpe,” Ivey said. “The team has worked very hard this season, and we have all been working to improve certain aspects of our game. All of our team has supported each other tremendously this season, and we hope that all support will keep factoring into our successes.”

Junior Kathryn Barker shared the team’s accountability in order to stay motivated and keep focused on the improvements that need to be made.

Barker said that adjusting the pairs and little adjustments are key to coming out strong against Oglethorpe.

Lacrosse The men’s lacrosse team begins the SAA Tournament quarterfinals this Saturday against Hendrix at

home and look to keep the recent success of the season. The team has won the last three of its conference games and has also had outstanding individual performances.

Senior Justin Westbrook earned his second straight SAA Player of the Week Honor and leads the SAA with 68 points, also setting a single-season program record.

Senior Chris Berchock became the SAA’s All-Time leading goal scorer in the game against Oglethorpe.

Westbrook described the team’s mental game going into Saturday’s matchup.

“Everyone knows that we can be successful when as we play as a team,” Westbrook said. “As far as our recent success goes, we have been playing as a team and really playing to our strengths. Our mentality right now is that if we play our game, then it will be really tough to beat us. We know what we are capable of doing, but it is all about executing our game plan and limiting mistakes.”

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Graduating student athletes say they will miss relationships at Berry

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATION From left to right: William Gibbons, Derrell Mims and Sarah Sprague are all student athletes who are graduating this year.

Joshua Mabry sports editor

Senior student athletes have big plans for their lives after graduation. These three shared the impact that Berry had on them.

William Gibbons Senior William Gibbons, right-handed pitcher on the baseball team, will begin an internship for a graduate assistant position at Shorter University in Rome once he graduates.

“I will be a graduate assistant for them in the strength and conditioning department,” Gibbons said. “I will take classes and get my (Master of Business Administration).”

Gibbons said that he is currently interning at Shorter and he really enjoys it.

“It’s a lot of fun and it’s what I want to do, so it’s a good way to get started,” Gibbons said.

Trey Kilgore, director of strength and conditioning at Shorter, knows several people and is very good at networking, according to Gibbons. He said that he hopes Kilgore can help him get connected with other groups.

After completing the graduate assistant position at Shorter, Gibbons said that he should be in a good position to get an assistantship or a director’s position at a larger school.

Gibbons said that the best part of his future endeavors will be having the opportunity to work with student athletes.

“I’ve always wanted to work with athletes because both of my parents are coaches,” Gibbons said. “Being able to get them stronger, get them better, hopefully improving their skill work and trying to get them some wins under their belt.”

In the baseball weight room at Berry, Gibbons said that he is the team’s guy.

“I’m really energetic, use a lot of feedback from other guys on what they like to hear and what they don’t like to hear,” Gibbons said.

Gibbons said that this idea can be used not only in the weight room but also in leadership positions.

It is important to know how people are going to react to the way that you talk to them in certain situations and knowing this can be beneficial in the workplace, according to Gibbons.

Gibbons said that the camaraderie of the baseball team is what he is going to miss the most about being at Berry.

“It’s sad that it’s already starting to come to an end,” Gibbons said. “Hopefully we can win a couple more games.

Just being out there with the guys every day grinding, doing what we do, having fun, competing, winning games. I’m

definitely going to miss it.”

Derrell Mims Senior Derrell Mims, defensive back on the football team and track and field runner, is actively involved with Campus Outreach and will stay involved with the ministry once he graduates from Berry.

Campus Outreach glorifies God by telling people about Him, teaching them about quiet times and teaching them about a true relationship with Him, according to Mims.

“I’m hoping I’ll be back at Berry so I can work directly with the football team and track team,” Mims said.

This summer, Mims said that he is going to intern at the Summer Beach Project with Campus Outreach as a team leader.

Mims said that he feels more prepared for life after graduation because of athletics.

“For one, it has taught me a lot of discipline, waking up on time, time management and making sure things are done before I can go play,” Mims said.

Mims said that he also has learned to go to bed early because he often has to be up at 5:30 a.m. for football practice.

Even though the football team has had much success during Mims’ time at Berry, he said that this is not his favorite part of his time at Berry.

“With the football and track team, the part that I love the most is the brotherhood and also the sisterhood on the track team,” Mims said. “Getting to be around people, love on people and getting to show them that it’s bigger than just sports and having those people play an instrumental part in my life.”

The family atmosphere is what Mims is going to miss the most about Berry.

“Walking around, people are just speaking with a smile on their face even if they are having a bad day,” Mims said.

“They just generally care about you. There are plenty of teammates, regular students or staff members that I can go talk to on a daily basis. I’m going to miss the people the most and of course, the deer.”

Sarah Sprague Senior Sarah Sprague, outside hitter on the volleyball team, said that she has been accepted into a doctorate of physical therapy program at the University of St. Augustine in the Miami area.

“I will be heading there six days after graduation to start my career,” Sprague said.

Sprague said that what she enjoys the most about Berry is

the fact that the college prepares its students for life.

“They give them the aspect of what it’s like to have a job but also the responsibilities of academics,” Sprague said.

“From the standpoint of volleyball, (Head Coach Caitlyn Moriarty) and (Assistant Coach JT Oates) have done an excellent job at creating our program.”

The coaches want the volleyball players to be leaders in the community as well people who selflessly want to serve others, according to Sprague.

She said that this has been a huge impact on her decision to become a physical therapist.

Sprague said that even though volleyball is big, it is not the most important thing, especially at a Division III college like Berry.

“You come here to build a person and not necessarily a program,” Sprague said. “Our mission statement is something that really highlights the program. It’s nurturing growth in our community and creating people who pursue excellence on the court and off the court.”

Sprague said that her relationships with others is what she is going to miss most about Berry.

“I’ll still stay in touch with the majority of them, but it’s not being able to walk down the hall and have someone to talk to or probably the bus rides and really getting to know these girls from me as a senior to connecting with the freshmen or when I was a freshmen connecting with seniors,” Sprague said.

The volleyball program creates lifelong friendships, according to Sprague.

She said that she has been to many weddings for other volleyball players who have graduated, and even alumni before she came to Berry.

Sprague said that, as a whole, she is going to miss the community that Berry has.

“Being able to walk in my faculty and staff’s offices or people I’m close with asking for advice or having people really support the opportunities that I want to do,” Sprague said.

Sprague said that Michael McElveen, assistant dean of student wellness, was an instrumental part of her pursuing a doctorate of physical therapy.

The best part of Berry in general was being able to travel to many different locations with the volleyball team and getting to become friends with people she never thought she would be friends with, Sprague said.

“I’m going to miss the home I created here,” Sprague said.

Upcoming Events in Sports Friday, April 19 Softball vs. Centre @ 1 & 3 p.m.

Tennis vs. Oglethorpe Women and Men @ 2:30 p.m.

Baseball vs. Centre @ 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 20 Softball vs. Centre @ 12 p.m.

Baseball vs. Centre @ 1 & 4 p.m.

Men’s Lacrosse SAA Quarterfinals vs. Hendrix @ 1 p.m.

Thursday April 18, 2019

SNAPSHOTS

S P R I N G FARMER’S MARKET Despite the heavy rain in the morning, this year’s Spring Farmer’s Market was a huge success. The market was held on the road between Clara Bowl and the Cabin in the Pines this past Saturday. The market had about 80 vendors, making it the biggest farmer’s market to date. Many of those vendors were part of the Berry Student Enterprises, as well as various students were selling their own products. A variety of products sold included soaps, herbs, succulents, jellies, candles, clothes and various artwork.

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