Carrier February 21

Our View: Campus Conservation

Black History Month through song

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Preview the music department’s concert celebrating African-American composers of a variety of genres in honor of Black History Month. | Page 8

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Rome under flash flood watch: Berry takes precautions for more rain

With rain beginning Tuesday and extending through the rest of the week, Floyd County and many other neighboring areas are finding their streets underwater.

On Wednesday afternoon, a flash flood watch, a flood warning, a lightening alert and a special weather statement were issued by the National Weather Service for Floyd County, describing the potentially hazardous winds, storms and river flooding. According to the National Weather Service, the Ooostanaula River in Rome will continue to rise over 25 feet through tonight. Additionally, Heritage

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Park in Rome will continue to flood, with areas reaching up to 5 feet deep.

Berry is continuing to respond accordingly; Gary Will, assistant vice president of Campus Security, alerted the campus yesterday morning via email of the special weather statement that was in effect until last night. The statement warns of rough conditions which may cause falling trees, powerlines and other effects of strong winds and over-saturated soil.

Later on Wednesday, Will sent another alert that thunderstorms that afternoon

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damaged the electronic control panels at the service road gates. According to the email, the road will be closed until it is repaired Thursday morning.

With these storms, several buildings on campus experienced temporary power outages, including the Cage Center, McAllister, Laughlin and Dana Hall last Tuesday night. According to Meghan Kelly, a junior sports medicine trainer working in the Cage on Tuesday, several people working out on the treadmill fell off when the machines immediately stopped due to the power outage.

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Additionally, the SGA meeting was canceled due to the severe conditions Tuesday night.

“We considered that the grand majority of our attendees walk to and from SGA,” SGA President Anna Katherine Drew said. “With the city declaring a flood warning and asking people to stay inside for the night, we thought it would be better to be safe than sorry.”

It is crucial community members stay updated on today’s weather to remain safe when driving or traveling on campus or throughout Rome.

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NEWS

SOLE brings Mountainfilm Festival Tour to Berry’s campus Annie Dietz deputy news editor

Last night, the Society of Outdoor Life and Exploration (SOLE) hosted the Mountainfilm Festival Tour at Berry.

Deriving from Telluride, Co., Mountainfilm annually shows a collection of short, nonfiction documentaries pertaining to environmental, cultural, political and social justice.

Mountainfilm was established during its inaugural festival on Memorial Day, 1979, and has since hosted an annual festival and tour, each beginning in Telluride. This year was the 40th festival.

This is the 11th year the show has been hosted in Rome

by SOLE, after SOLE faculty advisor Cathy Borer came

in contact with program. As junior Zoe Friedl, president of SOLE, explained, the club has been working to organize the event since as early as last October. From filling out paperwork, getting poster designs approved and working to host a presenter sent by MountainFilm, Friedl and the rest of the club spent months preparing for the event.

This is Friedl’s second year working on the film viewing.

In previous years, SOLE has seen high turnout levels.

“Usually almost every single seat is full in the MAC Auditorium,” Friedl said. “Most of the time we end up having to have people in the auditorium leading people to open seats, or having to have everyone stand up and move to the center.

It’s a pretty large event.”

This year’s showing was no different, as students and members of the community began lining up before 6 p.m., when the doors opened. Almost every seat in the auditorium was full.

The documentaries are different every year, and according to Friedl, the documentary lineup differs at every stop on Mountainfilm’s tour. This year there were 11 films shown, ranging from around three to twenty minutes. SOLE was given a list of the films prior to last night’s viewing, but only of their titles. The content and messages of the film were just as unknown to attendees as it was to Friedl and other club members.

“I just really enjoy it every year, it gives me chills watching all of the videos. I like being surprised by what’s going to play,” Friedl said. “I like going and seeing other people’s reactions to the films as well.” he films not only differed in length, but also in theme, discussing everything from predatory bird migration habits to Sherpa culture in Eastern Nepal.

SOLE plans to host the film showing next spring, as well as in the years to come

Pitch Competition awards student businesses thousands of dollars crossbreeds Hereford and Angus cattle.

Umberger is a senior business management major with an animal science minor. He combines both degrees to practice sustainable On Feb. 8, the entrepreneurial program’s grazing techniques with one long-term goal Pitch Competition hosted its five finalists who in mind. pitched their business ideas to a panel of four “My long-term vision for it is to judges with experience in entrepreneurship. eventually be able to take all the ways that All finalists were guaranteed a monetary I raise the cows the rotational grazing in the award by making it to the final round of the environmental sustainability and use that to competition. The finalists, take it to other countries junior Josie Hadaway, where they don’t have senior Ben Umberger, all of this knowledge,” junior Jorie Hodapp, Umberger said. “The goal sophomore Harmony is to share these techniques Petty and senior Anthea so that they can create an Phitides all had differing income, provide food, and business ventures. From reduce desertification in working with cattle their grasslands.” to hand lettering, the Hadaway’s business competition was tough is vastly different from Ben Umberger with the extremely diverse Umberger’s. She currently fields. runs her own Etsy shop, The top two prizes Written by J, where she hand letters a variety were a $10,000 Ford Foundation Award of stationery and home decor. The business and a $7,500 Chairman’s Challenge Award. officially launched in May 2017, however, Umberger and Hadaway were the recipients the journey began around a year earlier. of these awards, respectively.

“I just decided to try watercolor hand Umberger’s pitch involved his cattle lettering one afternoon, and I really enjoyed business, Umberger Farms, where he it. I had about 80 paintings within a week,

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I was really impressed with the competition.

and then, I just started selling them to family and friends, and it really took off,” Hadaway said.

When it came to preparation for the competition, both participants attended “pitch practices” where an M.B.A. student, David Lillie, assisted contestants in refining their pitches.

“He was really helpful in helping us hone in our pitches and align what we wanted to say with what the judges wanted to hear. That really helped,” Hadaway said.

Umberger, along with the practices, also pitched his idea to fellow students who had no background in business or animal science to insure that the pitch made sense to any audience.

Overall, both participants wanted to thank the business department, the donors who made the competition possible and Professor of Management Paula Englis, who assisted with the entire process.

“I was really impressed with the competition, and with Dr. Englis, and just that she was able to put all of that on,” Umberger said. “I think she really loves working with students who really have a passion for entrepreneurship and starting a business. So I’m very thankful and fortunate to be part of that.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN UMBERGER With Umberger’s minor in animal science, he is able to understand and care for his crossbred cattle, like this newborn calf (above).

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CAMPUS CALENDAR

Fawn events around campus Thursday 8 p.m.

Shatto lecture series: Co-founder of Pixar Ed Catmull is speaking in the Cage Arena

Friday First 7 week classes end today.

6 p.m.

Medical Mystery Dinner in Mac 100

Friday 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.

BSA’s Blockparty in Kilpatrick Commons

Saturday KCAB’s Night Out in Rome, check their email for a list of events and details

Monday Second 7 week classes start today 7:30 p.m.

African American Spiritual and Song Concert in the College Chapel

Tuesday Last day to add/ drop second 7 week classes

Wednesday 5:30 p.m.

10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Career and Internship Fair in the Spruill Ballroom

Orgullo’s Pinata decorating in Krannert Underground

Campus Carrier wins first place in general excellence The Campus Carrier received awards in 12 categories of the Georgia Collge Press Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest. Among The Carrier’s top accolades was a first-place recognition in the general excellence category for its division.

Junior Cassie LaJeunesse, who serves as editor-in-chief of The Campus Carrier, was one of five student staff members to attend the GCPA Press Institute at the University of Georgia in Athens on Friday.

“Winning awards like these is truly a team effort,” LaJeunesse said. “It is an honor to work with such a talented team. Everyone on staff at The Carrier is so dedicated, not just to the paper, but to serving the Berry community through journalism.”

Junior Claire Voltarel, managing editor for The Carrier, also attended the Press Institute and awards ceremony on Friday and echoed LaJeunesse’s praise for their staff.

“I couldnt’t ask for a better team,” Voltarel said. “Each member works so hard and brings a fresh perspective to our paper. It feels great to be recognized for our countless interviews and late production nights.”

Along with the awards, LaJeunesse and Voltarel plan to take the positive feedback and constructive advice from the GCPA judges and implement them into future Carrier editions.

“Even after receiving 12 awards, The Carrier is still looking for ways to improve,” Voltarel said.

Carrier Staff Awards •

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First place - General Advertising Excellence

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Second place - Best Website (Viking Fusion)

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Second place - General Layout and Design Excellence

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Third place - Best Campus Community Service Features

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First place - Best Photo Essay - Bailey Albertson and

L-R: Juniors Caroline Jennings, Cassie LaJeunesse and Claire Volatarel, freshman Kelsee Brady and junior Joshua Mabry, all Carrier staff members, display The Carrier’s awards at the GCPA Press Institute on Friday.

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OPINIONS Our View: Students can be more environmentally conscious Berry is known for the beauty of its reduced its waste accumulation and now only campus. If you pull up any online review accounts for one-fifth of the campus’ waste. about campus visits, the beauty of campus Berry is also a member of the Association for is often the first attribute listed. With 27,000 the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher acres and a historical reputation of such Education (AASHE), pledging to reduce our beauty, it’s hard not to be known for our greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent by 2020. scenic landscape and picture-perfect campus.

Setting goals to continue to improve our For all its value to us as students and faculty, environmental impact is a great first step. how can we appreciate our environment However, practically, how are those goals more? With seemingly endless possibilities being met? From a student’s stand-point, for environmental conciousness on a campus student-led environmental initiatives are our size, what efforts have we made to be prominent across campus. environmentally sound? And is it enough?

Berry’s Green Team is a student The Office of Environmental Compliance organization whose mission is to educate the and Sustainability Berry community on (ECoS) is a department what it means to be at Berry which monitors “green.”

In 2015, plastic alone and ensures compliance “The overall goal with state and national is to make students accumulated 34.5 million environmental and faculty aware of tons of waste, according regulations. ECoS’ goals all of the ways that to the United States are to conserve natural they can be more Environmental resources, encourage environmentally renewable alternatives, conscious,” Harleyh Protection Agency. promote responsible Merritt, sophomore practices that ensure Eco Representative environmental health said. and protects the safety of students, faculty, The Green Team sponsors programs staff and the local community. These are all which strive to implement environmental goals which are worked toward through a consciousness on campus through campushands-on work experience by students in the wide programming. Some projects have ECoS office. included accessible recycling, stickers which Those are all wonderful ambitions, and serve as energy usage reminders and efforts to to have an office specifically designated to encourage composting, something which East achieving those goals is a wonderful start. Julia service cottage plans on implementing However, it’s discouraging still to consider in the near future. our wasteful habits and their negative impact It can sometime feel a bit like an uphill on the world as a whole. In 2015, plastic waste battle for us students to ever feel like our alone accumulated 34.5 million tons of waste, actions have any significant impact on the according to the United States Environmental environment. With such a wide-spread, global Protection Agency. Walking into the Dining issue, any action you take can feel like a drop Hall on styrofoam day can feel like a kick in the bucket. However, every action taken to in the gut, and we all know we’re guilty of be more environmentally conscious can help leaving the room with the lights left on or so the planet. easily dumping our plastic into the trashcan A great resource is available on the ECoS instead of the recycling bins. website, which you can find through berry.

The campus itself has recently made edu. ECoS’ website lists recycling and ecoconscious efforts. Krannert at one point made friendly lifestyle tips. These are efforts you up one-third of the campus’ waste overall. can take individually as a student to make However, in 10 years’ time, Krannert has an effort to become more environmentally

conscious. “We have also worked with S.A.V.E. on different events that have produced fairly large turnouts. Students seem interested and they want to help, but the problem at this point is making it easy for students,” Merritt said.

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Is “shoe game” worth the cost?

Many of us wake up in the morning and put on the same shoes day after day, only straying from our trusty pair of tennis shoes when attending a formal event or playing a particular sport. When these shoes grow old and we just can’t wear them any longer, we search the internet or a sporting goods store and pick out something cool and inexpensive or buy the same pair that we’ve been wearing for years. In this case, the main considerations of the purchase are comfort, functionality, and to some degree, looks.

For some people, shoes are more of a lifestyle than a daily necessity. It’s not only important that the shoes look good and be comfortable, but that people recognize them, or they have street cred.

Online communities for buying, selling and trading shoes are fairly common on social media sites and don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Although shoes found in these communities can range from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands, for the

purposes of this article, note that I’m focusing on limited edition or designer shoes people would consider “streetwear,” as opposed to diamond-encrusted heels or sneakers previously owned by celebrities. In other words, what a “sneakerhead” (as they are often called) might be considering for their next purchase while operating on a college-student budget.

Even within this range, one can choose to drop a couple thousand dollars on shoes. These prices can come from popular brands like Nike or Adidas that are constantly coming out with limited-edition designs and collaborations with popular artists or athletes (ever heard of Yeezy’s?) People line up at stores the night before a new pair is released or prepare to reserve their pair online, like tickets to a big concert. One of the main reasons for this intense commitment is the exclusivity of the shoes. Just like buying a nice jacket or fancy dress for a formal event, owning limited edition shoes makes people feel special.

“Buying high-end sneakers

could be compared to buying an exotic car,” senior Nick Angel, an avid sneaker collector, said.

“You don’t need to have an expensive car, but you can if you want to. A Ferrari gives you that status symbol that a Honda Accord does not.”

Like other committed sneakerheads, Angel has a collection of his own shoes that he expands by snatching up limited online offers and attending sneaker-centered events, most notably Sneaker Con, a travelling convention that makes annual appearances in major cities like Atlanta.

Other sneakerheads like sophomore Harleyh Merritt purchase shoes because of the brand. Harleyh currently owns over 150 pairs of Vans skateboarding shoes, and she doesn’t even skateboard. As a shoe collector, she feels a connection with Vans, and chooses to continue supporting them as newer designs come out.

Personally, I would weigh both sides before making a decision. Like most college students, I couldn’t afford to

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make impulsive decisions and buy shoes purely for the social credibility. To me, a combination of looks, comfort, price and exclusivity all go into deciding whether or not to purchase an expensive pair of shoes. While it isn’t necessarily the deciding factor, street cred and the status some people may see in a pair of shoes can certainly make a difference. It feels good to wear shoes that I know not many people have, and makes me just as happy to have another person recognize or compliment the shoes I worked hard to buy.

Ultimately, whether or not you choose to spend an excessive amount of money on tennis shoes is up to you. It all comes down to what you value. Some people choose to spend their money on clothes, expensive food, or road trips to places they enjoy.

Others can get just as much satisfaction and excitement from a pair of shoes. Whether or not you decide to get into the shoe scene yourself, know that a compliment on someone’s kicks can mean a lot. You may just make a sneakerhead’s day.

Look ahead to springtime in Rome

JOSHUA MABRY asst. sports editor

With warmer spring days in sight, Berry students who are not from Rome should take full advantage of all the outdoor recreation activities, outdoor sports and other fun happenings that the Rome and the northwest Georgia areas have to offer.

The Heritage Park Trail is a great four and a half-mile biking and walking trail that starts behind State Mutual Stadium, home of the Rome Braves. After leaving the ballpark area, the trail runs through Ridge Ferry Park and then comes into downtown, crossing the Robert Redden Footbridge (American flag bridge) before ending. The trail runs parallel to the Oostanaula River, making for lots of picturesque nature.

Paris Lake, located on the Rome campus of Georgia Highlands College, is another wonderful place to bike or walk. Georgia Highlands is located approximately 20 minutes south of Berry on U.S. Route 27.

There is a two-mile gravel walking and running trail that surrounds the lake that is the perfect place to get some exercising in. Just off of the lake trail, there is a trail that goes down to a wetlands area that has a boardwalk that goes over the wetlands, which makes for another excellent place to embrace nature.

While there are plenty of spots in Rome to enjoy nature through biking or walking, if a person is willing to travel, they should check out the Silver Comet Trail. The nearly 62-mile trail runs from just northwest of Atlanta to the Alabama state line in Polk County, the county south of Floyd County.

There are trailheads in Cedartown and Rockmart in Polk County as well as several more throughout northwest metro Atlanta.

If someone is looking to fish, kayak,

canoe or paddleboard during the spring, they should check out Rome’s three rivers.

There’s nothing like being by or on the river on a warm spring day.

Spring sports are another way that Berry students can explore the outdoors in Rome.

The Rome Braves, Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, play at State Mutual Stadium from early April through early September.

Although most of the season does not line up with the semester calendar, there are still a few weeks in both spring semester and fall semester that Braves baseball can be enjoyed.

Rome Braves games are super fun, offering fans a chance to see potential future major leaguers play for an affordable price with tickets ranging from $6-12. The Rome Braves will open the season at home on April 11 at 7 p.m.

If someone needs their spring sports fix now, Berry’s baseball, softball and men’s and women’s lacrosse seasons are currently underway. The baseball team will face Emory on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Berry. The softball team will have its home opener on March 1 against DePauw University with a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.

The women’s lacrosse team will host Life University today at 6 p.m., while the men’s lacrosse team will have its home opener on March 16 against Marymount University.

If students are looking to actually participate in non-intercollegiate sports, they should consider intramurals. Tennis, frisbee and softball are all coming up soon.

Registration is due on March 5 for all of these activities.

If someone is not interested in recreation or sports, picking strawberries at the LCCL

Strawberry Farm in Rome is a spring event that is a must. The farm is typically open from mid-April to mid-June, according to its website.

The strawberries at LCCL are the freshest and tastiest strawberries. Don’t forget to try the homemade strawberry ice cream while you are there. It is the best strawberry ice cream you will ever eat.

There are great events, such as outdoor concerts and the Rome Shakespeare Festival, that usually happen during the spring months as well. These make for the perfect chance to enjoy the weather and take part in Rome’s arts and culture.

Rome and the surrounding area offer endless options for students during the spring month. There is something for everyone to do and enjoy. It is time to get out and enjoy the area.

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Campus Carrier EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Cassie LaJeunesse MANAGING EDITOR Claire Voltarel NEWS EDITOR Michaela Lumpert DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR Annie Deitz FEATURES EDITOR Elisabeth Martin ASST. FEATURES EDITOR Jamison Guice ARTS & LIVING EDITOR Alex Hodges ASST. ARTS & LIVING EDITOR Alana George OPINIONS EDITOR Lexikay Stokes SPORTS EDITOR Miranda Smith ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Josh Mabry COPY EDITOR Bri Greyling ONLINE EDITOR Kaitlan Koehler PHOTO EDITOR Andrea Hill ASST. PHOTO EDITOR Caroline Jennings SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Kendall Aronson BUSINESS MANAGER Carson Oakes ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Bailey Hanner ADVISER Kevin Kleine The Carrier is published weekly except during examination periods and holidays. The opinions, either editorial or commercial, expressed in The Carrier are not necessarily those of the administration, Berry College’s board of trustees or The Carrier editorial board. Student publications are located in 103 Laughlin Hall. The Carrier reserves the right to edit all content for length, style, grammar and libel.

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Students Share Favorite “The Ranger’s Apprentice” by John Flanagan

“My favorite series is ‘The Ranger’s Apprentice.’ I like it because it combines some elements of realism to it with a more or less fictional world. It definitely mimics the real world in terms of locations and what not, even if they are not named the same. There are some that are very obvious, like Skandia for instance. My favorite character is Halt, who is a ranger. Rangers in the series are effectively the secret service, so they tend to be kind of sneaky. He is definitely getting on in years but he can still fight with the best of them. He is kind of snarky with a dry sense of humor and is not afraid to ‘fudge’ the rules when the situation calls for it. I am rereading it now and I like it more. I am doing creative writing as my major so I have a lot of that experience backing that. I am seeing the little details that I may not have seen.”

- Senior Kayla Fuss

“All The Pretty Horses” by Cormac McCarthy “My favorite book is ‘All The Pretty Horses’ by Cormac McCarthy. It is a coming of age story of a 16-year-old who runs away with his best friend and dreams of living life as a cowboy. The story tells of his adventure as he goes on a journey to Mexico, where he lands at a ranch and works for a while until he comes home to see that his ranch has been sold, and there is nothing left for him in the states. It has an open ending, and it’s just a great story.”

- Sophomore Buddy Johnson

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry “My favorite book is ‘The Giver.’ I read it in elementary school, and it was the first book that was a required read that I actually enjoyed because I thought there was a plot twist.

Jonas is the main character and he is given the special job in the community. He is the one that is seeing where he can push his boundaries and where he can make changes and his life better. After reading it in high school, it was a little bit different. It was a little less exciting the second time I read it because I knew what was going to happen. It was still very interesting; I could pick out different details I hadn’t seen the first time.”

- Junior Kaylin Kaun

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell “My favorite book would probably be ‘Animal Farm.’ Just watching everything slowly snowball into utter chaos evoked such a visceral reaction out of me that I have yet to encounter again.”

- Freshman Trinity Staats

“Becoming” by Michelle Obama “I’m in the process of reading ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama. I’m loving it because it’s very real and genuine, but it still inspires me. The book is all about her life, and I think she’s amazing.”

- Junior Bailey Dingley

Their All-Time e Books “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien “My favorite series is ‘The Lord of the Rings’ because it is epic. I just like the detail in the stories and the journey, the new details that you find every time you read it, and the mythology behind it. Gandalf is awesome. He is powerful and he can basically save everything but that’s not his job. He is only there to guide everyone, which I think it is cool. He holds back because he has to. When I was in middle school, it was kind of harder to read and I didn’t catch as much stuff and it was just the overarching story, trying to get through it: like a seventh grader trying to read it. If I read it now, I would probably catch on to a lot more things that are written in the books, because there is always something new to catch.”

- Sophomore Ben Sinatra

“The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis “I just finished ‘The Problem of Pain’ by C.S. Lewis. It is a discussion of pain and Christianity and it addresses the question, ‘If God, why suffering?’ and provides some pretty good answers. I love C.S. Lewis and I read ‘Narnia’ when I was little, but now that I’m older I’m more into his theological books.”

- Senior John Catton

“The Black Cauldron” by Lloyd Alexander “My favorite book is ‘The Black Cauldron’ by Lloyd Alexander. When I was in high school, my English teacher, every single Friday would read us a chapter of the book. It was kind of our escape from the stress of high school and graduating. I have a lot of good memories associated with it and the plot is just really good. It is very much an epic fantasy, but in a way that you can enjoy it whether you are five or 105, which is something that not every traditional epic has. It has a lot similar features to a traditional epic, like a hero who goes on an epic adventure, but also has really relatable and lovable characters.

- Sophomore Em Nicole Kenney

“The Black Prism” by Brent Weeks “My favorite book would have to be ‘The Black Prism’ by Brent Weeks. It is one of the best magic systems that I have ever seen. He does a really good job with world building. [The characters’] magic is based on light so each person can do a different color of light, and each property of magic, depending on the light, has different properties. So, maybe it is sticky or combusts really quickly and it is just really cool. I read it in like three days and it is like 700 pages, so I really loved it.”

- Freshman Merissa Henager

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens “I have to say that my favorite book is “Great Expections,” but I don’t really know why. I just like the way it is written, the story. The main character, Pip, starts as an orphan and he goes up in rank. There are also other characters who are not really portrayed in a good way, so Pip is really the most friendly character.”

- Sophomore Timothy Belin

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Concert celebrates ‘African-American Spiritual and Song’ Alana George asst. arts & living editor

The Berry Singers and selected solo vocalists will perform an African-American spiritual and song concert on Monday in the College Chapel.

Paul Neal, director of choral activities, said the inspiration for the concert came from the fact that February is Black History Month. Neal wants to highlight the talents of these composers that sometimes get put into a box by the musical community. Neal says the traditional AfricanAmerican spirituals are great of their own right, but with this concert he wants to expand people’s knowledge of what these composers can arrange.

“While the African-American spiritual is a wonderful thing, and they’re a wonderful part of our vocal heritage as Americans, I also wanted to have an opportunity to celebrate the African-American as a composer of art song

and more classical repertoire,” Neal said.

Neal and Ruth Baker, lecturer in music, have been preparing for the concert since this time last year. Baker has been coaching each of the solo vocalists, many of whom are upperclassmen music majors. A lot of the solo pieces are the art songs Neal and Baker want to showcase for this concert.

Baker has found a new appreciation for these art songs as she has worked with the students performing them.

“The art songs are really lovely and so melodic, and they show a depth of emotion that we are very excited about,” Baker said. “Every singer I’ve got singing art songs seem to be very excited about presenting the pieces they have been given.”

One of the soloists is senior Lyman Hinson. Two years ago, Hinson received a grant from Synovus Bank to do research at the University of Arkansas, where many arrangements of music by a composer named Florence Beatrice Price were written and are housed today. He presented his findings at the Berry Symposium that year.

He also chose many of Price’s pieces to be performed in this concert, including the piece being sung by the Berry Singers.

“The pieces in this concert are really representative of what I believe that she was standing for,” Hinson said. “She was a very religious woman, so of course the choral piece we’re presenting is ‘Praise the Lord.’ It’s very romantic in the way it’s written. I think that’s how she would have liked it to be presented.”

Hinson will conduct the ‘Praise the Lord’ piece with organ accompaniment in the chapel, which is how he believes Price would have wanted it performed. He is excited to have the opportunity to put his own spin on the piece.

“There’s so much music that can happen in the arms of a conductor and then through the choir and I’m really excited to see how it all turns out in the concert,” Hinson said.

The concert will be held in the College Chapel at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDSEY CAMPBELL The African-American Spiritual and Song Concert in the College Chapel will feature the Berry Singers (above) and upperclassmen solo vocalists. The pieces range from traditional spirituals to art songs and pieces from a more classical repertoire, all written by African American composers.

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BCAR facilitates fellowship with creative gaming

PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLYN SHARPE

A group of students traverse through Berry College Alternate Realities Club’s (BCAR) annual haunted house in October.

Alex Hodges arts & living editor The Berry College Alternate Realities Club (BCAR) is an organization that provides an outlet for students interested in science fiction, fantasy and animation and enables others to learn about these topics. This, according to Berry’s website, is the essence of BCAR, but it is much more than that.

Junior Ashlyn Sharpe, secretary for the club, said that the purpose of the club is to create a fun, creative atmosphere for people

with common interests. She mentioned topics ranging from video games, television and movies to books, comics and even Dungeons and Dragons (DnD).

“A lot of people may call BCAR something like a ‘nerd club,’ but whatever you want to call it, it’s a great opportunity to be expressive and inventive,” Sharpe said.

The club has about 30 consistent members, according to Sharpe, but that number increases every fall semester with efforts to create a haunted house in October.

Their biggest event on campus is this annual haunted house, which has a different

theme each year and always has a large turnout of students. Members spend most of the fall semester working on the haunted house, and they have numerous helping hands with different specialties come together for preparations like acting, set design, costume creation, makeup and behind the scenes work, according to Sharpe.

Following the haunted house is a tradition of the club’s, in which members head to Waffle House in their seasonal attire.

“We typically leave on any weird costumes and makeup, to an extent, just to round out the evening the best way we know how,” Sharpe said.

BCAR hosts other events, such as movie viewings, table-top game nights and video game tournaments, most commonly Smash Tournaments that have become popular among students. There is one such tournament coming up on March 1 in the Sandbox at 2 p.m. There will be snacks and games, as well as the tournament for students to enter.

Also coming up is a film festival, hosted

by BCAR, in McAllister auditorium on March 29. Anyone is welcome to submit material for the festival. Short film submissions are due by March 18 to be entered to win an award.

Sharpe works with Co-presidents junior Davis Murphy and sophomore Bryan Chamberlain, as well as Vice President freshman Evan Fennell in a collaborative effort to make things go smoothly.

“BCAR has been a cool way for students with similar interests to unite and have fun,” Murphy said.

Murphy does a lot to make sure that students stay interested in what the club is doing. He helps run events, organizes teams for the haunted house project and he keeps weekly meetings fun for attendees.

One of the main duties of the officers, according to Murphy, is working together to come up with ideas and to support other members when they want to try something new.

“Our members come from lots of different backgrounds and majors to just come together and to make friends and find people who are into similar things,” Sharpe said. “We’ve found the club to be a major hub for making new friends, finding people to start new ideas and trying new things.”

February 21

A Wing and A Prayer • 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

• Rome City Auditorium The NW GA Winds and Rome’s Own Gospel Choir will perform songs of inspiration and the Finale from Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Admission is free.

February 21

Seventh Annual SPAYghetti Dinner • 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• 5 Shorter Ave. Rome, GA 30165 The Animal Rescue Foundation of Rome and Floyd County is hosting a dinner to raise money for local animal shelters.

Food will be catered by Provino’s. The cost is $15 per person.

February 23

Blanket Ladder Workshop

• 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• AR Workshop Rome The AR Workshop will host a DIY class for making a blanket ladder for holding and storing blankets. Each project is customizable.

The cost for registration is $95. VIP cards are available and can be stamped at each event to earn a free registration in the future.

February 25

PLAYLIST:

Movie Music: Danny Elfman PLAY

12 songs, 44 min

TITLE

ARTIST

Beetlejuice - Main Titles/End Titles

Danny Elfman

Overture (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Danny Elfman

The Piano Duet (Corpse Bride)

Danny Elfman

Alice’s Theme (Alice in Wonderland)

Danny Elfman

Masbath’s Terrible Death (Sleepy Hollow)

Danny Elfman

Introduction (Edward Scissorhands)

Danny Elfman

Victor’s Piano Solo (Corpse Bride)

Danny Elfman

Main Titles (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Danny Elfman

Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest (Nightmare)

Danny Elfman

Edwardo The Barber (Edward Scissorhands)

Danny Elfman

End Credits, Pt. 1 (Corpse Bride)

Danny Elfman

Kevin’s Pick: The Batman Theme

Danny Elfman

Chelsea vs Tottenham 2019 Live • 2:45 p.m.

• https://online-tvcast. com/live-stream/ Chelsea will host Tottenham in the second leg of the League Cup semifinals. The match can also be streamed online via ESPN+ or the WatchESPN app.

February 26

Nineteenth Annual Night at the Movies

• 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Rome Cinemas There will be a blockbuster film-viewing party hosted by the Exchange Club Family Resource Center.

Admission is $55 per person, $100 for two or $45 each for ten or more.

There will be refreshments, live music and finger foods.

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Former Berry athletes return to work at the college Joshua Mabry sports editor

Berry is a place that makes such a large impact on people, some feel they never want to leave. Several staff members played an intercollegiate sport during their college days and still are connected to sports in some way, whether that be through being a coach or participating in intramurals.

Paul Deaton (91C) Paul Deaton, head cross country coach since 1992, ran on the Berry track team from 1987-1991 when the college was in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conference. He earned an All-American title during his senior season.

“At the very end, the NAIA track and field championships included a marathon event and that’s what I was All-American, sixth place in,” Deaton said. “That certainly defined my four years when I was able to have that race.”

Deaton said that before he started at Berry, the team had recently scaled back from a full track team.

“We were just a cross country team who also competed in track,” Deaton said. “The distance runners ran full cross country and track seasons.”

However, not everything was smoothsailing on the track team during those days, according to Deaton.

He said that the team went through many transitions. He had a couple of different coaches before the team reached stability with Bob Pearson, who was Deaton’s coach for his last two seasons and part of his second season. “[Pearson] is also the man who hired me after I finished running to start coaching,” Deaton said. “He was a big part of my life.”

In addition to Pearson, the support of Deaton’s teammates also led him to return to Berry.

He said that when he first came to work, he thought his coaching career would not be long-term.

“I was thinking short-term, but since I enjoyed it, I kept doing it,” Deaton said.

Other reasons Deaton came back to Berry include why he decided to come to college here in the first place. These include the value that he places on athletics at the college level, the values that Berry has, the quality of the degree, the beautiful campus and the people.

He said that the reason he has stayed at Berry so long is the quality of the alumni and

seeing the value of the degrees that they get at work.

“The people are doing well and that their experiences in cross country and track add to that make a difference,” Deaton said. “The same reasons that I chose Berry have become stronger to me.”

Deaton said that his favorite thing about being a coach is helping people realize their life goals and seeing their possibility.

“In doing that, there’s a lot more that goes on than just the physical,” Deaton said. “I just love it when an athlete has that experience of seeing what they are capable of and achieving it.”

Matt Mixer (11C) Residence Life Area Coordinator Matt Mixer played basketball at Berry from 20062011 with a medical redshirt for one year when the college was a part of the NAIA. Mixer said that the basketball team played at the Ford Gymnasium when he started at Berry, but he was able to be there for the opening of the Cage Center.

The best parts of being on the basketball team were being able to travel and represent the college, according to Mixer.

“I really liked being on the bus and having a college experience where athletics were a huge part of that,” Mixer said. “Being on a scholarship was a big deal as well because it felt like investment in the school was that much more important.”

Mixer said that Berry gave him so much, so he enjoyed giving as much as he could back to it.

With his current job, Mixer said he just fell into it. He and his wife moved back to Rome for her job and he was offered a temporary position in Residence Life. He said that he was good at his job, so they offered him a full-time position.

The best aspects of working at Berry are the history and focus of the college, according to Mixer.

“The head, heart and hands thing was a big deal for me,” Mixer said.

Mixer said that even though Berry struggles with some societal woes that are common with college students, Berry’s approach is better through the work study program and other programs that are offered.

Even though Mixer is now an employee at Berry, he still has a sports connection. He participates in intramurals and tries to make it to as many sports games as possible.

“With Residence Life, we are encouraged to have relationships with students and build

those up,” Mixer said. “Intramurals is a huge proponent of that.”

Mixer said that he plays on teams with WinShape employees, students and other faculty and staff. It is even common to see Mixer on teams where he is the only staff member.

Mixer encourages other faculty and staff to participate in intramurals because it helps make them more approachable.

“It helps remove the façade of you being a robot,” Mixer said. “They don’t see your life outside of the classroom or office that much.

Being able to come out and participate allows you the opportunity to build a different side of the relationship that you normally wouldn’t have.”

Mixer said that Berry alumni returning to the college to work is helpful because they know the culture of the college and went through similar experiences that the students are going through.

“I’ve been through that, not someplace else, but here,” Mixer said. “There’s nothing that they have done at Berry that I was not a participant in at some point.”

Cori Bradham (15C) Cori Bradham, admission counselor, played on the soccer team during her time at Berry. She now participates in intramurals and coaches the club ultimate frisbee team alongside her husband.

Bradham said that she was recruited to play on the soccer team, but it was not the right fit for her during her first year.

“That transition to college, I was just too nervous about it,” Bradham said. “We had the NAIA still, so it was the last group of that conference. Those girls were legit.”

Bradham decided to play on the team for her sophomore year, but realized that it really was not what she was looking for in her college experience. She stayed connected to sports and participated in several intramurals, however.

“That was the biggest thing for me,” Bradham said.

At the end of her sophomore year, Bradham discovered that there was an ultimate frisbee team.

“I’m over here like, ‘That is not a sport,’” Bradham said. “I went out there and that was the most fun I had because it was a combination of soccer, basketball and football.”

She said that she started playing for fun and ended up falling in love with it. She said that ultimate frisbee challenges people to

think differently.

Bradham and her husband, Robert Bradham, have recently been working to develop the program, especially since graduating.

The club team started with 10 consistent players, according to Bradham. Now, every year at the team’s annual ultimate frisbee come out event, over 80 players attend and about 30 play consistently throughout the year.

“It’s super fun,” Bradham said. “They’re super competitive for college. Our goal is to go to nationals this year.”

Bradham said that the boys who play on the ultimate frisbee team also play intramurals with her and her husband.

“It’s nice to have that community even after graduating,” Bradham said.

Outside of sports, Bradham enjoys mentoring the ultimate frisbee players and having the opportunity to love on them.

“They keep us busy, but it’s really nice to have kids that we can pour into through sports here at Berry,” Bradham said.

Shakarah Boswell (16C) Shakarah Boswell, admission counselor, played softball all four years of her time at Berry from 2012-2016.

Boswell said that she began being recruited to play softball during her sophomore year of high school, but did not have any interest in playing college sports at that time. She received an email from a Berry softball coach inviting her to a softball camp.

“I had never heard of Berry College before, so that’s how it got on my radar,” Boswell said.

Boswell said that she did not think about it too much at first, but in her senior year, she received an email inviting her to the camp again.

“From there, me and my dad decided just to visit the college,” Boswell said. “Again, I didn’t have any interest in playing ball in college, but when we came for a campus visit, I fell in love with Berry and automatically knew I wanted to come here.”

Boswell went to the camp and was recruited to play softball for Berry from there. Boswell said that she fell in love with the community right away.

“I fell in love with all the girls we played with,” Boswell said. “It was very competitive.

We just had a great time with each other.”

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The importance of recruitment at the collegiate level Miranda Smith asst. sports editor

Recruiting at the collegiate level is often seen as a coache’s responsibility .However, current student-athletes have an important job of assimilating potential players into the culture and dynamic of their future team.

The NCAA Division III philosophy statements read “colleges and universities in Division III place highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience on the successful completion of all students’ academic programs.

They seek to establish and maintain an environment in which a student-athlete’s activities are conducted as an integral part of the student athlete’s educational experience, and in which coaches play a significant role as educators. They also seek to establish and maintain an environment that values cultural diversity and gender equality among their student-athletes and athletics staff.”

Senior defensive back Justen Booket shared his experience as both host and recruit when being recruited to play football at Berry. Booket explained the process of being contacted by coach Nate Masters, who is now his position coach and defensive coordinator, but primarily a recruiter.

“It’s definitely a huge job, because when our coaches recruit guys, they expect us to make sure they learn and know the standard here that has been set for the program,” Booket said. “It’s important that recruits know that everything that they do and every decision that they make in coming to Berry

FORMER ATHLETES, continued from page 10 Boswell said that if it was not for the softball team, she does not think she would have graduated from Berry. Softball helped her get everything organized in regards to her academics.

She said that she struggled academically her first year, but the coaches helped her get the resources that she needed to succeed.

“It was really great that was able to be organized so I was able to keep my academics where I wanted them to be because of softball,” Boswell said.

Other than academic help, Boswell said that she enjoyed the relationships that she formed with her coaches and teammates.

The softball team was loving, Boswell said. She did not have a car during her time at Berry and they drove her around everywhere she needed to go.

“They were my sisters,” Boswell said.

She said that to this day, she stays in touch with her team, which she believes is amazing.

“Not long ago, I got invited to a housewarming party for one of the girls that graduated a year after I did,” Boswell said.

The most challenging part of being a student athlete was getting organized with softball, clubs and work, according to

is that they’re not just representing themselves, but they’re chance to learn about the team culture. representing Berry football as a whole. We not only have to “It is important to find girls who will mesh with the culture teach the younger guys that, but show them how, too.” of Berry and our program,” Seger said. “It is easy for us to see With the recent success and the large size of the football that when they visit the campus, and the upcoming seniors program, Booket explained how it will help them understand what it’s has been easier to recruit when the really about to be a viking once they When recruiting success attracts numerous potential are here.” candidates. He said that recruits will Sophomore tennis player Clay someone, you always Jones reject bigger schools to have more described his host experience want to look for opportunity at Division III and be a and what he has learned from the part of the winning tradition set for upperclassmen. He said that it is someone who is not the program. However, Division III important to learn the ropes and then does not offer athletic scholarships pass the baton to the underclassmen just coming to Berry and has its primary focus on academic when he’s an upperclassmen. to play a sport, but scholarships, which can make difficult With the tennis program being a to appeal to recruits. smaller team, Jones explained the someone who is The softball team has also had importance of knowing if they’re a excited about the recent success with six straight good fit for the team, and having to Southern Athletic Association (SAA) understand that with a smaller team, Berry Community.

Regular Season championships and comes knowing each other very well four straight SAA tournament titles. and being a tight knit group.

Clay Jones The recruiting process gives recruits “When recruiting someone, you and the program confidence in finding always want to look for someone potential teammates for the future. who is not just coming to Berry to Senior utility player Katlin Seger gave her take on the play a sport, but someone who is excited about the Berry importance on the role of host and representatives of the community,” Jones said. “Players who serve as hosts can program to show what the program stands for and how to identify this, by taking the recruit around not just Berry keep the legacy going after graduation. Seger shared how events, but also the city of Rome. When they visit, the most recruiting for visits and overnight stays can be fun for both importance factor, besides explaining that academic come the team and the recruits, because it gives the recruits a first, is if they are going to mesh with the team well.”

Boswell.

Boswell plays intramurals now. She played soccer in the fall and will play softball this spring.

Danny Price (88C) Danny Price, in-house general counsel, started playing on the men’s soccer team in the fall of 1983.

“I started out on the freshmen team,” Price said. “At that time, Berry actually had a varsity and freshman soccer team.”

He moved up to the varsity team about halfway through the season and played most of three seasons on the varsity team.

Price said that he did not play his senior year because he wanted to focus on academics and prepare for law school.

The best part of playing men’s soccer then was the location where the team played, according to Price.

Soccer matches used to be played where the football practice and intramural fields are now, Price said.

“All the students and people who wanted to watch, they would come out and they would sit on the hill,” Price said. “We had really well attended soccer matches that were really close to the dorms and everybody just came out, sat under the trees and had a good time.”

Price said that his coach, Bob Pearson, had a good understanding of how the various

aspects of life had to be balanced even though he wanted the players to be fully committed to the soccer team.

Price said that he encourages others to be a student athlete if they are considering it, because he has always valued his participation in sports.

“I’m a firm believer in the lessons learned on the athletic field,” Price said. “I had to learn time management skills and get better at balancing all of those things over time.”

Price said that he came back to work at Berry because it is a very special place to him and his wife.

“It was a little bit of time and fate that brought me back to Berry,” Price said.

He was formerly in a private practice, finishing up his first term serving as an elected prosecutor in a county outside of Savannah. He closed the practice and said he did not want to run for prosecutor again.

“I was at a crossroads in my life,” Price said.

Price said that he was on the alumni council at Berry and was back on campus when a couple employees asked him to come back and help with major gift fundraising in the advancement department.

Price took the position and four years later, college officials asked him if he would be interested in taking the position of in-house general counsel that they were creating.

He took it because he had much background and experience in real estate and corporate law and litigation.

Brian Farrer (02C) Brian Farrer, head golf coach, played golf at Berry from 1998-2002 under Scott Pierce.

Farrer said when he came in as a freshman, he was fortunate to have the team before him win the national championship.

“We were able to piggy back off of that and benefit by the team before us being very successful,” Farrer said.

During his time, Farrer said that the team finished second twice and fourth twice at the national championship.

Farrer said that he also enjoyed the education he received at Berry.

“Being part of the business school, the professors there were incredible,” Farrer said.

Farrer’s favorite aspect of Berry was that he still talks to some of the players that he played with and he met his wife here.

He said that he received the opportunity to be a graduate assistant in 2002 because Pierce took a job at Armuchee High School because he did not want to have travel as much with the high school team.

Pierce said that Farrer would be a good replacement, and the rest is history.

“The ability to drive on this campus and say that this is where you work, there’s nothing like it,” Farrer said.

Upcoming Events in Sports Thursday, Feb. 21 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Life University 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 22 Tennis

Women’s Tennis vs. Piedmont 4 p.m.

Men’s Tennis vs. Piedmont 4 p.m.

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HACKATHON

Hackberry Labs held their monthly Hackathon last weekend with a record of 42 projects. A majority of the projects were part of the senior exit exams for creative technology majors. The Hackathon limits participants to complete their challenge start to finish in only four hours; projects range from artwork to woodwork or metalworking. The next Hackathon will be March 8. All students are welcome to come to these events and create their own projects.

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