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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ZANE COCHRAN Clinical Instructor of Creative Technologies Zane Cochran opened a new art exhibit, “EventHorizon”, at Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont College. Left: junior Mariah Kelly works on the exhibit with Cochran. Right: Cochran constructs the exhibit with the help of some Piedmont students. Read more about the installation on page 9.

Orgullo’s ‘Maze Runner’ showcases complexities of immigration Annie Deitz deputy news editor Last Thursday, Orgullo hosted their second Maze Runner event titled “Maze Runner: An Immigrant’s Experience.” The program aimed to exemplify the complexities of the American immigration system.

Orgullo President Suleima Millan-Salinas, senior, explained how the Maze Runner event evolved. The idea came about during fall of 2017, when the organization was planning out their year. Faced with the divisive rhetoric concerning migrants prevalent throughout the media, the group sought an avenue to educate the Berry community about the immigration process.

According to Millan-Salinas, the goal was to figure out a way to represent the confounded process of both receiving citizenship and immigrating to the United States.

“We just wanted to show that all of these people come from different backgrounds, and they all have different reasons as to why they became an immigrant,” Millan-Salinas explained. “We were like, ‘how do we showcase that?’ The process of getting your citizenship is so confusing and so tedious.

Even if you go through the process, it isn’t guaranteed that you will get citizenship.

Junior Eddie Antunez, social media representative for Orgullo, initially came up with the idea for the maze. He thought that

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it would be a fantastic way to encourage understanding among people who have never had to go through the immigration system.

“Most people have misunderstandings about how the process works,” Antunez said. “People think others cross the borders because it’s an easier option, but it’s actually very difficult and expensive to be able to apply legally, with a Visa or other document, and half the time they get declined. A lot of people have misconceptions about that and I think getting them the perspective, to experience something similar to what immigrants go through, will help them understand what’s going on just past what they see in the news or social media.”

The event began around 10 minutes late.

Although scheduled to begin at 5:30, the doors remained closed until around 5:40. Attendees were told it was due to a government shutdown. In reality, according to Antunez, it was due to technical difficulties. It gave Orgullo the opportunity to discuss another aspect of the immigration issue.

“During the event we were running late, we started late, and our excuse was that the government was shut down,” Antunez said.

“People were confused about what that had to do with us not starting, but it actually does. The government shutdown affected not just American people, but people outside of the United States because they can’t hear anything back, they won’t hear their cases, they won’t consider anyone applying for

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visas because they’re so focused on fixing the government first. Those families are put on hold, and are still waiting to see if they have the chance to come over here.”

When the event began, students were given identity cards that stated information of migrants from places across the world, not limited just to Latin American countries.

Then, students waited in line to meet with customs officials, who aided in filling out paperwork concerning the migrants’ names and backgrounds. Afterwards, students were ushered from the lobby of the Ford Gym into the maze.

The maze spanned around a third of the gym, and included posted facts about immigration that the observer might not know. After successfully completing the maze, students were quizzed again about information concerning their identity. Some were allowed to leave the maze and sit down for the panel.

Others were brought to a detention center and were forced to stay there without information of when they could leave, or even whether or not they would receive their CE credits.

“We waited for everyone to go through the maze and then of course everyone in the detention center was let out and went to the panel,” Millan-Salinas said. “We were trying to make that the equivalent of becoming a U.S. citizen. We were thinking ‘what can we take away from you, or make you think that

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we are taking away from you, that will make you frustrated?’”

Members of Orgullo took on the role of “Berry agents,” modeled of off Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Junior Orlin Gomez, who will be Orgullo’s event coordinator next year, was one of the agents.

“I was supposed to be an ICE agent, trying to make sure people knew where they were going, making sure the lines were moving,” Gomez said. “I wanted people to understand how that person standing there, giving orders, has so much control, psychologically and in general. People in line were getting frustrated from having to wait in line for so long. Some people didn’t even know why there were lines. It was really interesting” After the maze, there was a panel of speakers from several organizations that encourage community activism in immigration issues, including BLUE Institute, Latin American Association, Galeo, and Fwd. Us. They discussed how students who are passionate about given issues can become involved. They talked about the power of activism and voting for creating a better future, both within the immigration issue, and in other political and social realms as well. Antunez described the panel as a powerful reminder that even just one person can make a difference.

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Committee created to expand Solidarity Week Hannah Carroll staff writer

The Berry College campus event Solidarity Week has experienced expansion and is now preparing for its fall 2019 event.

Solidarity week was founded by junior Diamond Newsome in response to the events in Charlottesville of August 2017, in which a violent rally was formed over the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and three people died. These acts of violence incited fear in more than just the residents of Virginia, especially as the rally featured various groups of white supremacists, according to NPR. Colleges and universities across the nation made statements to their students that they were safe and accepted on their campus, inspiring the idea of Solidarity Week, according to Newsome. She wanted to create a safe environment where the

message was clear: no matter what you think, such as the Bonner Scholar Program. More your background or who you are, the Berry meaningful activities are planned and community stands with you. visibility across campus has increased, “It’s a week for students, faculty and staff according to senior committee member to say that I stand with you regardless of what Guiliana Fernandez Deza. you believe or what As the event grows, you’re going through, Newsome said she hopes and I think that is the impact on the student just so important,” population will too. The Newsome said. activities included are meant The event was to be more insightful and quickly assembled beneficial to the participants, with little organization, like the Diversity Fair and according to Newsome, the Table Talk Discussion, but it has experienced which facilitates discussion growth since 2017. on social issues that are Guiliana Fernandez Now, a committee typically perceived as comprised of 23 Berry uncomfortable. students has been Along with the message formed to begin planning and preparing of support, Solidarity Week advocates to organize the week. The sub-committees for equality and acceptance. That is what include events, logistics, volunteers, Newsome felt when she first came to Berry, publicity, and communication. Also, several and that is what she would like to extend to organizations are partnered with the event, others. The week offers an opportunity for

Everyone is invited to have a seat at the table.

minority students to connect with those who support them and educate others on present prejudices, according to Deza, who was initially inspired to be involved when she was asked to speak at a vigil in 2017 to share her experience as a person of color.

With hate crimes having increased by 17 percent in 2017, according to the FBI, the importance of supporting community members and leading with acceptance is crucial, especially for those who find their religion, race, or other personal characteristics as the target of violence.

Solidarity Week aids in this cultivation of equality and advocacy of love within the Berry community that allows for minorities to feel safe and supported. “[Solidarity Week] is a week where people are forced to deal with the growing diversity on Berry’s campus and a time where everyone is invited to have a seat at the table,” Deza said.

Solidarity Week will be Sept. 9 to Sept. 14 in the fall of 2019.

Berry turns off lights to spread environmental awareness Shannon Bostic staff writer

On Saturday the Berry community participated in the annual global Earth Hour. The international event, created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), was hosted in order to demonstrate global activism and support for the environmental movement.

According to their webpage on the event, people and groups from almost 200 countries across the world participated in bringing awareness to issues the WWF. “Individuals, businesses, and cities in 188 countries and territories worldwide joined Earth Hour 2019 to speak up for nature and inspire urgent action for the environment,” the

MAZE RUNNER, continued from page 1 “It keeps students open minded about what they can actually do,” Antunez explained. “Most students, at least from my perspective, might not think one vote doesn’t change anything. But if a lot of people have the mentality that one vote matters, and they all go out to vote, that mindset actually has

WWF webpage explained. “As Earth Hour Rolled across the globe, thousands of landmarks switched off their lights in solidarity for our planet.”

Berry hosted their own Earth Hour celebration in solidarity with the international one. The event was located outside the Jewel Box from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. by S.A.V.E., or Students Against Violating Earth. At 8:30, the Physical Plant set a timer and turned off several extraneous lights around campus. Students were further encouraged to turn off lights in their own dorm rooms.

“Participating in this event was important to me because it is important to show solidarity in difficult times,” junior and Vice President of S.A.V.E Margaret Ashton said. “There is something powerful about the fact that the Eiffel Tower, The Acropolis and the Jewel Box all went dark for the same reason.”

the reverse effect. It encourages them to tell others to vote.”

According to Millan-Salinas, the panel helped show students how necessary they are in creating change.

“We want to do something that’s about activism. Instead of just doing one event that would talk about activism, we thought we should teach students how to be activists, and give them the tools that they can take on to any other issue they’re passionate about.

Throughout the event, students were

About 15 to 20 people participated, and even President Steve Briggs and Dean of Students Lindsey Taylor stopped by to show their support. During the hour, participants sat outside by a fire as two students played music on their guitars.

Some enjoyed relaxing on picnic blankets while others played a game of cornhole. Many students even stayed past the end of the hour, discussing sustainability with one another.

“When the lights went back on, I felt a bit sad,” Ashton said. “Afterwards I felt more hopeful than I’ve felt in a long time. To be surrounded by people who are committed to changing the world and fighting the good fight made me feel hopeful that I am not as alone as I often feel. An event like Earth Hour where we could slow down and appreciate a beautiful night was a way for me to recharge.”

Next year, Earth Hour will be hosted Mar. 28 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

given the opportunity to write things they stand in solidarity with on a large piece of paper strung on the back wall of the Ford Gym entrance. The paper, with bricks drawn on it, represented a wall. At the end of the program, all students were encouraged to band together to tear down the wall.

“We made a big yellow wall, and we turned that into a solidarity wall, instead of it being Trump’s wall,” Milan-Salinas said.

“We can turn walls into something positive.”

Overall, the event focused on raising

awareness and understanding of a complex, misunderstood issue.

“I just hope that people were able to get educated on the subject,” Gomez said.

“It’s so important for people to be able to understand. People focus their understanding now more on rhetoric, and not research.

We hope that through the maze, people can get a sense of what it’s like to apply to the United States. We want people to empathize, because once you empathize you can understand the situation someone’s in. that’s

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CAMPUS CALENDAR

Fawn events around campus Thursday 6 p.m.

Honors Convocation in the College Chapel 7:30 p.m.

Berry College Symphony Orchestra concert in Ford auditorium

Friday Deadline for seniors to submit CE credits 7:30 p.m.

Trumpeter Matthew White, featuring the Berry College Jazz Ensemble in Ford auditorium

Saturday 8 p.m.

KCAB’s Martha and Busters in Krannert Ballroom

Sunday 7 p.m.

Viewing of the film “Arrival”, with discussion following in McAllistar auditorium

Monday 7:30 p.m.

Adrian Matejka poetry reading in the College Chapel 9 p.m.

Stary Party at the Pew Observatory

Tuesday Student Symposium Day, no classes 7:30 p.m.

Dogfight, presented by BCTC in Sisters Theatre, runs until April 14

Wednesday 6 p.m.

Forensics showcase in Krannert Underground

Two n e w a c a d e m i c p o l i c i e s a p p rove d f o r f u t u re c l a s s e s Michaela Lumpert news editor The Academic Council has approved two new policies that will allow students new opportunities to take and withdraw from classes. The first policy being implemented is a pass/fail option for specific class that are free electives for students will go into effect in fall 2021. The second policy is that when students withdraw from a class that they are failing, rather than receiving a Withdraw Fail (WF), they will just receive a Withdraw (W) on their transcript. It will go into effect in fall 2019.

The pass/fail policy was created to allow students who want to take elective classes outside their major, a chance to take these classes without the fear of getting a bad grade that affects their GPA. Dean of the Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Tom Kennedy explained that the idea for the policy started with trying to find ways to alleviate the fear some students have toward taking classes outside their major.

“What motivated the proposal was the recognition that sometimes students are reluctant to experiment with and take risks on

courses outside their primary areas of interest and their majors,” Kennedy said. “If we were to provide students with the opportunity to take a small number of classes with the pass/ fail option in areas outside their major, that their education might be enriched considerably.”

Another reason for the addition is the hope that it will enrich a student’s education at Berry, according Provost Mary Boyd.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to encourage students to explore both breadth of other courses as well as depth,” Boyd said. “Once you have Miroslava satisfied your foundations courses, then you might want to take another course.”

Students can only use the pass/fail option with certain classes. The classes cannot be within the student’s major. Only two classes within a student’s minor can be taken as pass/fail. For students receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree, they will not be able to take their world languages requirement as pass/

fail until after they have completed their competency requirement.

Students also won’t be able to take the pass/fail option until after they have completed 45 credit hours.

Sophomore Miroslava Lopezluna looks forward to the addition of the new policy.

“Even as a double major, there are classes I would love to take,” Lopezluna said. “I want to get experience beyond my major in things that I am generally interested in.”

Lopezluna But for some students, like sophomore Fabian Cummings, having the pass/fail option doesn’t sound appealing.

He explained that while elective classes push him outside his comfort zone, he enjoys having electives as a “buffer zone” toward his GPA, after he may have not received the grade he wanted in a foundations class.

The pass/fail policy won’t go into effect

I want to get experience beyond my major in things that I am generally interested in.

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until the fall of 2021, after departments across campus have designated which classes in their fields can be considered for pass/fail.

The second new policy that the academic council has approved is the W rather than WF for withdrawing from a class.

After the withdraw date passes, if a student would still like to withdraw from a class, rather than receiving a WF for the class, the student will just receive a W on their transcript.

Boyd still cautions students of the affects that withdrawing after the deadline can have.

“I think it’s important for students to know that a W still has meaning on your transcript,” Boyd said. “You might have to take the course again, so there’s a consequence.”

While the W will not be added into a student’s academic GPA, it is still factored into a student’s financial aid GPA and can negatively affect it.

The elimination of the WF is expected to go into effect next semester. Boyd encourages students to discuss their options with their advisors before making decisions on both policies, and she looks forward to the affects that they will have on campus.

“Both of these policy changes are really intended to help students be successful at Berry,” Boyd said.

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OPINIONS Our View: Pass/fail grading encourages well-rounded education We’ve all had a class that has seemed a class. We’ve been assigned letter grades so obviously not important to your major, as early as kindergarten and we all know but somehow has affected your GPA the the frustration of having a simple letter most. Berry being a liberal arts college, our determine your academic merit and worth. “foundational” courses are Berry administration built into our needed credit is considering a pass/fail hours and are non-negotiable system of grading for The hope is that in order to graduate. Through Berry classes. As of now, taking an elective discussion of the change this course system, however, we are able to take classes is centered around the with a pass/fail outside of our major, often idea of a change in the grading system for the needed course hours, grading scale for free would encourage but also out of sheer interest. elective courses. The Due to these extra courses hope is that taking an students to take being electives, it’s a risky elective with a pass/fail classes outside of grading system would endeavor to sign up for a class outside of your major their major and truly encourage students to and risk harming your GPA classes outside of take advantage of take over a class you decided to their major and truly take Berry’s liberal arts advantage of Berry’s take for fun.

A five-letter grading liberal arts curriculum. curriculum. system is arbitrary and A main concern for the subjective depending on each logistics of the change professor. Every professor gets to decided would be the specific requirements of some what range is equivalent to a letter grade majors and courses which require traditional and what counts as an “A” in one class may numerical grades. very well be a “B” in another. This type of For students specifically, there are more discrepancy in grading makes it impossible things to consider when taking a pass/fail to tell the actuality of your competency in course. There is question as to whether

Bubble Banter What is the point of visitation hours?

Anything that happens at 1 a.m. can happen at 1 p.m. in the afternoon. Preventing people of the opposite sex from entering their respective dorms is an inconvenience that makes no sense. If female friends from Ford can visit my dorm in Centennial at nighttime, why can’t my male friends? It seems like this is a deterrence policy that ignores the existence of LGBTQ individuals and fails to realize that activities administration may frown upon can happen at any time of day.

Ivy Wright, senior

I understand their purpose and feel as though they are designed with good intentions. I also think that there are some productive amendments that could be made to allow for more freedom while still ensuring the protective measures they were created to provide.

Daniel George, junior

having a pass/fail grading system would rid Berry students of a competitive edge. For students considering graduate school after they leave Berry, having a satisfactory grade in one class might pale in comparison to a student who received a traditional “A.” However, for students who might struggle in basic foundational classes, the pass/fail grading system would work in their favor.

Pass/fail courses would be a safe default for a class you might be concerned would negatively affect your GPA. However, if you took the class and ended up making an “A,” that wouldn’t work to improve your GPA; you would have to maintain only the pass/fail status. So, in choosing a pass/fail class at the beginning, you are choosing a safeguard for your GPA, but in turn stunting your ability to improve your GPA prematurely.

There’s room for concern also in the motivation which letter grades provide.

If you could safely assume making a “C” on a test every time wouldn’t have any adverse effect on your overall grade, what reason would you have to want to study and actually learn the material? As students, we have been conditioned to desire the validation which grades provide. They have

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Although having visitation hours may help reduce roommate conflict and make some residents feel more comfortable late at night, these benefits are greatly outweighed by the inconveniences posed by visitation hours. Being able to access other halls and common spaces earlier in the morning would be very beneficial to students. Also, spending time in residence halls late into the night on weekends is an integral part of the college experience that is hindered by visitation hours.

Timothy Wooley, junior

I wish that dorms that aren’t our own opened earlier than 10 a.m. on weekends.

Shelby Sims, sophomore

Commuters have the best visitation hours.

Josh Hines, senior

Good idea, but hard to enforce. So it’s neither good nor bad, it’s just a quirky part of Berry.

Colby Francis, sophomore

carried weight for so long in our lives that in their absence, would we even know how to effectively study and perform in a class without a grade keeping us accountable?

That being said, letter grades attempt to neatly categorize individual students’ abilities on a scale which could never encompass every aspect of different students’ learning capabilities. Without the looming presence of letter grades, students may have the ability to truly tackle their course material in a manner which represents their learning style the best, absent of the threat of learning material a certain way in hopes of a good grade.

Obviously, the pros and cons of a pass/ fail grading system are not exhaustive.

There are a lot of considerations to make in the process of deciding the implications of a new grading system. In making the decision to change free electives to pass/ fail courses, what will be vital for a smooth transition and application would be for departmental unity and thorough advising and understanding of the new grading scale.

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

Visitation Hours I think that visiting hours are, like anything, a mix of good and bad. I think in terms of traditional housing, it makes perfect sense considering that you are sharing a hall and bathroom with many different people. But in alternative-stylee housing like the Townhouses or Centennial, it would be nice to be able to not have to worry about that restriction with my friends who all live in an apartment or house together. By the time I’m a junior or a senior, if I want to have a sleepover with my female and male friends, I feel like I should be able to have that option.

Kenny Morgan, junior

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JAMISON GUICE asst. features editor Whenever a childhood instead there are usually vague book is remade into a movie, I hints that insinuate something can’t wait to watch it. Seeing a else unknown which I attempt to trailer released that shows the determine while actually reading re-envisioning of an old pre- (similar to solving a mystery). teen favorite reminds me of This want for surprise then binge readings I translates to the would do of an movie remake entire book set. because if it New scenes Within five days, closely follows and plot lines I would read the book, I will seven 600-page already know are attentionnovels simply what is going grabbers and from impatience to happen and provide new because I needed the end result to know how is a feeling context to the everything would of it being fictional world. end. anti-climactic.

So, steaming Additionally, from my impatience and my after already reading the book, love to be surprised, I read the I have already connected and endings of books first. While that delved into the minds of the may sound like a contradiction, characters, so I want to see most books do not spoil the other dimensions that were not resolution on the last page, fully expressed in the book.

In the movie, will I get more background information, world building or story structure?

The movie is given an opportunity to build upon an already created world and make it better. So when the Hollywood producers and directors decide to change the well-known script that is forged in ink and paper, the audience is met with a surprise.

New scenes and plot lines are attention-grabbers and provide new context to the fictional world. By retelling the story, it allows more possibilities for the characters and it allows an opportunity for the audience to choose which path they want their characters to take.

For example, in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” instead of Frodo fighting a war in the Shire, he is graced with a happily ever after. In

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“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” instead of Holly Golightly running away to Argentina, she is reunited with her cat and shares a kiss with her neighbor. In “The Notebook,” instead of falling asleep together, Noah and Allie die together.

Now the audience is now faced with a question: should they follow the canon of the book or movie? Should Allie and Noah live or die?

This choice allows for your favorite character to have a new adventure or ending that they were not privy to before. Instead of the life that is cemented in the book, there is an alternative that you never could have imagined.

Even though the book was amazing, watching a movie adaptation that contains different material is extremely fun and provides new material for the fan to explore.

Which do you prefer?

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of the amount of weight as the person next to you. Everyone at the gym is there for the exact same reason that you are: to get a good workout in and to feel strong and confident.

Nobody is thinking about you and judging you because everyone is worrying about what others are thinking of them. You can relax.

In my experience, the gym is full of a lot of insecure people. Committing time and effort to working out every day takes a lot of discipline, and I find that most people decide to do it because they are either unhappy with their bodies or they worry about what their bodies would be like if they didn’t work out regularly.

Remember that next time a grunting person scares you away from your favorite machine. There’s no reason to be ashamed of the effort you’re putting in.

The gym is your oyster. You should use anything that makes you feel strong and powerful. Celebrate all of the amazing things your body can do. Put headphones in and get in the zone. Grunt if you want to. Hog the weights. Take your time. Get jacked. You got this.

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gym while most men stay in the back. We play our gender roles quite nicely.

I acknowledge that women do tend to enjoy running on treadmills and doing other cardio activities. They burn a lot of calories and give you the freedom to watch Netflix at the same time. I also acknowledge that men feel expected to love lifting weights so they can get big and jacked like the people they see on TV. I get it— maybe that’s what people just like to do.

Though what I also see are strange dynamics that keep both men and women from exercising in the best ways. Ladies, weight training is really good for us!

Having strong, toned muscles is nothing to be ashamed of. I promise you will not look like the Hulk if you add curls and deadlifts to your routine. Men, you should run on that treadmill for as long as you want.

Additionally, nobody is judging you for your lack of know-how in the gym. There are literally staff members whose job it is to show you how to use machines that you’re unfamiliar with, and they’d love nothing more than to be able to help you. Nobody is judging you for only being able to bench half

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The gym shouldn’t be a scary place Listen, ladies. I know you love the treadmills and the ellipticals. I know you feel restrained to the front part of the gym, away from all of the big guys who lift a lot more weight than you do. I know you worry about squatting because your leggings might be just a little bit see through. But I’m here to say that you shouldn’t be, because gym politics are really stupid.

I’m talking to the women who watch workout videos on Instagram but then talk themselves out of using free weights upon getting to the gym, because there is a huge dude right next to where they need to be. I’m talking to the women who go home to do stretches and ab workouts because they don’t want to be seen sprawled out on the floor in the gym. Ladies, we’re better than this. It’s okay to get your game on!

The Cage has a noticeable divide, quite literally. The front section of the gym that is full of machines, treadmills, rowing machines and elliptical machines is separated from the back section of the gym containing free weights and squat bars by an actual wall.

You’ll also notice, when you pay attention, that most women stay on the front side of the

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FEATURES The Berry Water Supply: Watering

Elisabeth Martin | CAMPUS CARRIER Water from the reservoir is treated with a solution that makes particles clump together and sink to the bottom of these basins.

This is the first step in purifying the water that is used all over Berry’s campus.

Since the early 1900s, the reservoir located on Mountain Campus has served as Berry College’s main water supply. After the water is treated at the water plant, it is then piped underground to various locations to flow out of faucets, showers, fountains and sprinklers.

Since the reservoir was dammed in the late 1920s, it has collected water from the campus’ own watershed. A watershed refers to the land surrounding a body of water that collects water. At Berry, water from the watershed flows from places such as Lavender Mountain toward the reservoir.

Because Berry owns all of the land that makes up the watershed, it is easy to ensure that there are no major pollutants in that area.

“When we think about our watershed, it is an area that is protected,” said Jessica Sutton, assistant professor of environmental science. “We don’t have things like gas stations, we don’t have things like cattle on the campus that’s then going to go into the reservoir.”

Sutton uses the reservoir to teach students in her Introduction to Environmental Science class the impact of water: how it is used, treated and distributed.

Once water is piped to the plant, the water treatment process includes the basic step of adding chlorine for disinfectant to remove bad pathogens such as bacteria and then it undergoes a four-step process.

“Coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation and then filtration,” Sutton said. “So, basically through these different steps, the chemicals are added and it causes all of the bad material to come together and fall out of suspension. So, it is able to remove all of the stuff, say sediment or any kind of pathogens like E. coli.”

Every process that happens at the water plant serves a purpose in disinfecting. Operators do tests on the water every day, while also monitoring a constant display of chemical levels and filters. Periodically, the water plant must send water to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division so it can sample the raw water for different components.

“All of Berry’s water: the fire hydrants, the faucets, the toilets, it’s all the same water and it all started right here,” Peterson said.

“Our goal is that every drop is safe to drink.”

Sutton said that Rome’s water supply, which is taken from the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers, contains more pollutants than Berry’s water. The Rome river water must undergo more treatment since the watershed is so much larger. For that reason, there are more opportunities for contaminants to run into the river from the land.

g Down the Filtration Process

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“We are lucky in that way,” Peterson said. “Our water quality is really good because of that high quality water in the reservoir.”

On a normal day, the water plant operates at about 30 percent capacity. At full capacity, the plant could make about a million gallons per day, but currently it makes about 250 thousand. That means that the water plant produces about 400 gallons per minute to keep up with the demand. Peterson said that Berry uses about 300 gallons per minute.

“This facility is really just a big machine,” Peterson said. “It is made so at the maximum it can produce a million gallons a day. I tell people that for scale, because there are some cities and water plants that are producing 20 million a day or 100 million a day, and you can imagine how much bigger they are.”

Even as a relatively small operation, the water plant has two of every mechanism. This is so that the plant can continue to filter water using one system while cleaning or repairing the other.

From time to time, the water plant must respond to sites where a water pipe is damaged and water leaks. For example, Peterson said that in March, a tree fell and damaged a main water pipe on Mountain Campus. This caused Pilgrim to be temporarily out of water.

Even though there was a sizable leak, many teams from the physical plant came together to repair the pipe within a few hours.

Another one of Peterson’s responsibilities includes educating the Berry community on water use.

“I don’t have any control over how much water people use,” Peterson said. “When there is a drought, I go around and I make people aware of drought conditions and ask them to be more careful with their use of water. Every water system has the same problem when a drought comes: it’s the outdoor water that’s a problem and not the water that people use for drinking and cooking and bathing.

The outdoor water really adds up.”

Sutton said that she also thinks that water could be used more wisely on campus so that the water plant would not have to waste as much water.

For example, some ways to conserve water include taking shorter showers and baths, cutting the tap off while brushing teeth, only washing clothes on a full load and avoid bottled water. Making changes in your everyday life can have positive results for both the local environment and the future.

“People take their water for granted because they have done such a good job for so long,” Peterson said.

Elisabeth Martin | CAMPUS CARRIER A station inside the water plant keeps three taps running throughout the day. These taps, from left to right, contain untreated water from the reservoir, filtered water and finished water. Plant operators test the water at each phase for different substances.

Elisabeth Martin | CAMPUS CARRIER Peterson holds the materials that are used to filter smaller particles out of water after the initial coagulation process.

These materials differ in size so that they can prevent a wider variety of materials from slipping through.

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Social media in college: the pros and cons April 6

Alana George asst. arts & living editor

The Etowah Jacks • 8:00 p.m.

• Rome City Brewing Co. Rome City is offering a night of live music from The Etowah Jacks and craft beer in their upstairs “Tap Room.” Admission is free.

April 7

Spring Art Market

• 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Rome Civic Center Georgia’s Rome is hosting their spring art market, featuring an expanded collection of locally made and grown products.

Admission is free.

April 11

E.C.O. Center Basics

• 7:00 p.m.

• Rome-Floyd E.C.O. Center This latest installment in the E.C.O. Center’s speaker series is a condensed version of the classic field trip taken to the center. Admission is free but you must register online or by calling the center.

April 13-14

Chieftans Museum Herb & Plant Sale

• Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Coosa Valley Fairgrounds The Chieftans Museum and Major Ridge House will be hosting their annual plant sale, featuring over 30 varieties of plants and herbs.

Master gardeners and knowledgeable volunteers will be there to help you pick the right plants for you. Admission is free, but sales from the plants benefit the Chieftans Museum and Major Ridge Home.

Social media use is common, even expected, for any college student. At Berry, social media have become more prevalent in recent years, with new marketing campaigns and students becoming more involved with building their own brand online.

According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in January 2018, the top-used apps by people ages 18-24 are YouTube (90 percent) Facebook (80 percent), Snapchat (78 percent), Instagram (71 percent), and Twitter (45 percent).

Each of these sites serves a different purpose in a college student’s life, some good, some bad. They can be used to keep up with what friends are doing, but this can lead to comparison, which is indeed the thief of joy. In this social media-ridden landscape, how can students maintain the balance?

Sam Nazione, associate professor in the communication department, believes that social media are a double-edged sword. Nazione herself does not use social media; the negative effects outweighed the positives for her. She said that the social media scene is much different in college because the even playing field in high school is now gone, with some students living in their mother’s basements and others getting married and making money in large companies.

Nazione discussed some of the negative effects they can have on relationships between students and on students’ self-esteem. To clinically explain the effects, Nazione cited the hyperpersonal model,

put forth by Joseph Walther.

“When we go on our social media accounts, we very carefully craft an image of ourselves,” Nazione said. “We only put the best pictures, the best things that we’re doing with our lives, we create this image for ourselves and we’re able to take away or add to it at will.”

The model and Nazione said that this type of crafting does affect face-to-face communication.

“It dramatically alters expectations that we have for relationships, and that can have a negative impact when we can’t meet those expectations because they’re so unrealistic,” Nazione said.

With all of its negative effects, it can be hard to see how social media can bring any good into the world. But Nazione does cite some positive effects she has noticed from social media.

“One of the positives about it, though, is that you can reach out for social support,” Nazione said.

“I definitely have had friends or family members that are going through a rough time and they’ll post about it and they’ll get lots of love and comments, and I do think that there are some positive things about it.”

Nazione also discussed the effects, both positive and negative, that social media have in the current job market.

“Most employers now are going to look at your digital footprint when they’re interested in hiring you,” Nazione said. “That digital footprint can just as easily hurt your chances of getting a job as it can help your chances of getting a job. If you can portray yourself well on social media, they can extrapolate that to then believe that you can portray a company well on social media.”

Social media really are all about portraying yourself exactly how you want the world to see you, and everyone wants a different image and personality for themselves on the Internet. There are some students at Berry who have done this in

a unique way.

Tiana Arriaga is a sophomore at Berry. She has her own YouTube channel, TianaRenay, which has amassed 14,396 subscribers at this point. She has had her channel since she was in middle school, and it grew into a collection of college life videos and vlogs.

“I kind of just make videos just for fun, and people say pretty much everything I film can be entertaining, so I think just making more videos of my daily life or anything that happened in my life, because people seem to be interested in my life for some reason,” Arriaga said.

Arriaga admitted to the struggle of maintaining a consistent presence, due to her busy college schedule.

“When I’m home I film a lot more, but in college I usually end up filming two videos a semester,” Arriaga said. “I’m trying to do more since college is my thing now; I’ll just try to film more.”

Even with the effort her channel takes among the other things required of her, Arriaga loves being on YouTube and wants anyone who is considering it to just go for it.

“Starting YouTube was the best decision I ever made, because I’ve made so many friends and my whole career path has changed because of it,” Arriaga said. “Definitely start one if you want to and don’t be scared. In the long run, it’s not going to matter what anyone thinks and if it makes you happy then you should totally do it.”

With social media still in their infancy, their long-term effects are unclear. For college students in this current landscape, the lesson is to be ever cautious and aware of the implications social media activity can have on the future. It will have an influence on employment opportunities once they leave Berry, and it is up to them to determine whether that will be a positive influence or a negative one.

Walk MS event raises money for MS research Alana George asst. arts & living editor

The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society is hosting a Walk MS event at the Cage Center on Saturday. The walk raises money for people affected by MS, and the walk Saturday is expected to raise $35,000.

According to a press release from the National MS Society, MS is a neurological disease that can cause disabilities in young adults, and affects more than 2.3 million worldwide.

“Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body,” the press release said. “Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people

with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease.”

Walk MS is the largest gathering in the MS movement, and it is the 10th largest nonprofit walk series in the U.S. with around 400 events nationwide, according to the National MS Society. It has raised more than $1 billion since it was founded in 1988 for research and services to affected families.

It is an opportunity for those with MS or those who know people affected

by MS to come together for this cause. MS patients who participate in the walks receive a free Living with MS T-shirt and can connect with others living with MS to demonstrate the power of the movement, according to the Walk MS fact sheet.

“Walk MS is an opportunity for passionate people to come together with friends, loved ones and co-workers to fundraise, connect and advocate for people affected by MS,” the PR manager from the National MS Society said. “Each dollar raised is one step closer to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s goal – a world free of MS.” To register for the walk, visit walkMS.org or email fundraisingsupport@ nmss.org. Registration begins on Saturday at 9 a.m.

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‘EventHorizon’ project explores fusion of technology and art Alex Hodges arts & living editor Currently on display at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga., is a massive combination of interactive technology and visual art created

by Berry’s Clinical Instructor of Creative Technologies Zane Cochran. The project, entitled “EventHorizon,” is the brainchild of Cochran and his two assistant designers and creative technology students, junior Mariah Kelly and senior Graham Widmann.

The project began last summer after Cochran received an invite from the museum curators to create a piece for their exhibit. Piedmont’s invitation was prompted by a piece previously done by Cochran and another student. They gave Cochran total creative liberty and challenged him to create whatever he wanted to fill a space that is 20 feet wide, 40 feet long and 20 feet tall.

“Given the nature of the creative technologies program, we decided to accept the challenge to create something new,” Cochran said.

The display consists of 2.5 miles of wiring, 9,216 light emitting diodes (LEDs), an interactive kiosk and a few thousand lines of code. The kiosk has a mesh pad being monitored by a hacked Xbox Kinect camera, which takes three dimensional images of the input and displays it in a spectrum of colors using the LEDs. “EventHorizon” breaks a lot of norms for museum etiquette, according to Cochran. The main difference is that visitors to the exhibit are encouraged to interact with the art rather than peer at it through a glass encasement. Another is that, due to the way the LEDs are displayed, visitors are encouraged to take different perspectives for looking at it, including laying on the floor and looking up into the field of light.

“We spent a lot of time trying to create the experience around letting people be a little more playful with the technology. It’s one of the very first of its kind of interactive art exhibits that this museum has exhibited,” Cochran said.

Another benefit to having the project on display at the museum is that Kelly and Widmann are able to include the work on their resumes. Widmann stated that, when the time comes, it will be a main point of discussion with potential employers. As for Kelly, with intentions of attending graduate school, she can use it to show that she has helped design and create a major work that has been displayed at a legitimate museum. Widmann said that he had always seen projects like this as somewhat distant, but that now, he is actually constructing them.

“It’s a really good experience and exposure for my students to be able to showcase work that they are working on in a professional museum and gallery,” Cochran said. “It was a really good benefit for our program to be able to show people some of the really creative things that come out of a lab like this and put them in new contexts.”

Such a large design and construction process can be difficult to manage, but both Cochran and Kelly affirmed that taking a methodical approach and making small advancements will lead to big things. As Kelly said, it is about patient problem-solving. The beginning of the process was a lot of testing strands of lights and using trial-and-error to figure out what would make the display work.

“For us, this enormous Herculean project with “EventHorizon” started with just making one LED light up. You can make really big ideas out of just combining small ideas together.

Climbing Mount Everest is all about just taking that first step,” Cochran said.

Cochran emphasized that the combination of art and technology is an interesting way to explore and potentially represent visual ideas in the universe, such as the event horizon, after which the project is named.

“Sometimes we see that they are very disparate subjects, but when we combine them together we find that they really compliment each other,” Cochran said. “Art is so much cooler when you’ve got some tech running behind it, and when we can apply some really wonderful aesthetic elements to technology, it becomes something that people appreciate much more.”

“EventHorizon” will be on display through April 16.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ZANE COCHRAN Junior creative technologies major and assistant designer of “EventHorizon” Mariah Kelly uses the display’s interactive kiosk to create various patterns of illumination across an expansive field of suspended LEDs.

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SPORTS Golf teams find success in out-of-state tournaments Miranda Smith asst. sports editor

Berry men and women’s golf finished Monday and Tuesday’s tournaments with momentum for the rest of the season. The men’s team traveled to Montgomery, Ala., to compete in the Wynlakes Intercollegiate tournament, where they led both Rhodes College and Birmingham-Southern College.

The women’s team traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to compete in the Rhodes Invitational and defeated Rhodes by two strokes.

The women’s team was led by senior Karley Hammond and freshman Chloe Wegienka, who tied for second individually

with a +9, 155 in two rounds. Sophomore Loren Kim finished tied at sixth with a shot of +12, 158. Freshman Morgan Collins ended up finishing up 8th with a +13, 159 and junior Jorie Hodapp finished in ninth place with a +15, 161.

The men’s team finished fifth at the Wynlakes Intercollegiate tournament on Tuesday. Freshman Preston DeSantis and freshman Seth Jolly tied for 16th place, where they both took off three strokes in the second round to jump seven spots up. They both ended up shooting +5, 149. Freshman Wesley Heston finished in the top 25, with his final score being +7, 151.

Heston described how Tuesday’s tournament will motivate the team and push them to be in the top spots in the conference.

“It gives us some confidence that I think Tuesday’s team and individual performance. we needed,” Heston said. “This event was “Our finish at Wynlakes was a very probably our best finish since early last important accomplishment for our team,” semester. We have some important events Jolly said. “We beat five teams that were to finish the season ranked better to try and get a than us, one of spot in the national which (Rhodes) championship. is in our Winning conference conference. We has also been a yearcertainly aren’t long goal, and this is complacent a great stepping stone with our fifth to that.” place finish at H a m m o n d Wynlakes. We discussed how the know we are invitational will good enough be accounted for to finish strong going into future and possibly competition. win conference, “I’m incredibly we just have to proud of the way all keep practicing of my teammates competed this weekend and sharpening our skills for conference.” and put together two great days of golf,” Jolly said that in order for the team to jump Hammond said. “It is important to celebrate to a top contender, they must analyze and success on the golf identify issues course, but there are and address still some areas in and adjust to course management change up the that we need to game plan to improve on in prepare for order to prepare for Rhodes in the conference. We are near future. excited about our T h e success and we are women’s team using that success as will compete at momentum going into the BSC Spring the final stretch of the Invitational season.” on April 15Hammond said 16, before the win at the Rhodes preparing for Invitational is a great the Southern Wesley Heston advantage point in A t h l e t i c working towards the Association SAA Conference Championship. The win (SAA) Championships on April 26-28. The gave the team confidence and motivated the men’s team will travel to Memphis, Tenn. team for another victory. to compete at the Rhodes Spring Classic on Jolly also explained how the team is April 15-16 also before competing in the preparing for future competition with SAA Championships.

This event was probably

our best finish since early last semester.

Wesley Heston

We have some

important events to finish the season to try and

get a spot in the national championship.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN FARRER Senior Karley Hammond (above) led the team this weekend and tied for second with freshman Chloe Wegienka. Hammond is from Buford, Ga. and placed third in the SAA Championship during the 2017-2018 season.

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Huie at top of DIII stats, team hopeful for rest of the season

Andrea Hill | CAMPUS CARRIER Left: Sophomore Spence Johns pitches in an out-of-conference game against Covenant College on Tuesday. Right: Junior Zack Walch Joshua Mabry sports editor Sophomore outfielder Zach Huie has seven triples on the season, which is tied for second place for most triples in all of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III baseball.

Even though he is excited about this accomplishment, he said that it does not really mean that much to how he is going to perform as the season continues to progress.

“I’m still going to do what coach tells me to do and keep working to get better each day,” Huie said.

Huie said that he tries to hit a gap every at bat and just starts running when he gets a hit.

“If I get three, I get three,” Huie said. “I don’t really think about it. I just run hard.”

According to Huie, much of his accomplishment is a result of his teammates cheering from the dugout when he is at the plate.

David Beasley, head coach, said that even though baseball is a team game, there are moments for individuals to shine. He is proud that his team’s success has brought some recognition to what they are doing.

“I’m definitely happy with the success that we’ve had,” Beasley said. “There are a lot of things that go into us getting to third base off the bat.

It takes much commitment to get to three out of the box, Beasley said.

“I honestly feel like you get to third base in the first 20 steps out of the box,” Beasley said. “It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy now that everybody wants to hit triples and that’s a

lot better than everyone trying to hit home runs.”

As far as the season on the whole goes for the Vikings, Beasley said that even though his team has a respectable 20-9 overall season record, he feels like his team should have an even better record.

There have been several factors, including poor weather conditions, the flu going through the team and injuries, that have caused the Vikings to have some difficulty this season, according to Beasley.

“It’s been a huge grind,” Beasley said. “We’ve had to rely on a lot of people that were not front line guys to start with, but they have done a good job. They stepped up and played big roles.”

Beasley said that there is not one player who has a made a more significant impact toward team success than other players this season.

“I think everybody has their role Zach and everybody comes out every day to work hard to change their role but also everybody understands their role,” Beasley said. “I would be really remiss to name one guy that’s really done a great job. I think there are a lot of guys who have done a wonderful job.”

Huie echoed Beasley and said that each player can individually make an impact at a certain game.

Beasley said that there are 40 games in Berry’s season and the Vikings have 11 games left to play.

If the team performs well during their last 11 games,

they will be in a suitable spot at the end of the season, Beasley said.

“A lot of teams’ fates are already determined right now because they are 28 games into the year,” Beasley said. “The good thing about us is we have put ourselves in a position where our fate is not determined yet.”

Like Beasley, Huie said that there are some games that Berry should have won, but he believes they are in a good spot for this point of the season.

The Vikings have a good chance of winning out the rest of their conference games, according to Huie.

“As long as we just keep playing as a team and now that we’re all healthy again, I think that more or less we’re going to have a good shot to finish out this year strong,” Huie said.

Huie said that the Vikings need to Huie work on their approach at the plate, but the team is solid defensively.

“I think that we need to stick with the approach that Coach Beasley always talks about and good things always come from that,” Huie said.

The next game for the Vikings will be a Southern Athletic Association (SAA) three-game series against Millsaps College at Berry on Saturday and Sunday. The first two games of the series will be a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Vikings will then face Millsaps again on Sunday at noon to conclude the series.

I’m still going to do what coach tells me to do and keep working to get better each day.

Upcoming Events in Sports Friday, April 5 Softball vs. Sewanee @ 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 6 Softball vs. Millsaps @ 12 @ 2 p.m.

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

Men’s Lacrosse vs. Sewanee @ 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 7 Softball vs. Millsaps @ 12 p.m.

Baseball vs. Millsaps @ 12 p.m.

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SNAPSHOTS

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

Spring has finally come to stay here on campus. The first week of April had many students enjoying the outdoors more frequently as the weather warmed. The spring weather brings flowers and new life all over campus.

Among the new arrivals are foals at the Gunby Equine Center and lambs at the dairy on main campus. The wonderful weather is perfect for outdoor activities such as biking Viking Trail, hammocking or hiking.

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