Student Band: CannonandtheBoxes
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The Berry Singers performed a pre-tour concert on Tuesday to share the music they will perform in Europe with the Berry community. Read more about the Berry Singers’ spring break trip on page 6.
New program gives students opportunity to reflect Cassie LaJeunesse deputy news editor Last week was Signature Experience Week at Berry. The Signature Experience program was developed as part of Berry’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for the reaccreditation process. To participate in the program, students must complete an application focused on a Signature Learning Experience [SLE] that they have participated in outside the classroom. This SLE can be a study abroad program, student research, a leadership role in an on-campus job or something similar. Students in the program will then take the BCC 300 class, a one-credit course that will provide them with time and prompts to reflect on their SLE and connect it to other aspects of their Berry education. The final component of the class is the creation of an ePortfolio, and online medium similar to a résumé for displaying information such as work experience and education. In order to bring the program to the campus, the Signature Experience committee had a table in Krannert Tuesday through Thursday with information about the program, giveaways and opportunities to enter a raffle. They handed out Signature Experience pens and stickers to everyone
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who visited the table. They also put informational postcards about the program in student mailboxes and hung banners in Krannert lobby. “We’re trying to generate interest and buzz,” Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and QEP committee member Lindsey Taylor said. “I think what’s really important for students to know is that there is a true takeaway that will not only help you while you’re still here, but it really does shape and prepare students for how they communicate about what they learned at Berry.” This “roll-out week” is leading up to a visit from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the accrediting organization for Berry. Berry submitted a report in the fall that was evaluated by an off-site committee to ensure compliance with the SACS guidelines. This week, an on-site committee will meet with faculty and students and also hear a presentation on the QEP. According to Taylor, the course has many practical applications for students. “You really are curating your story of how you learned and how you grew at Berry,” Taylor said. Senior Hannah Parker agrees that the program is beneficial. She took the first pilot class in the fall and incorporated four signature experiences into her reflection in the class. “I went into it and had gotten lost going from thing to thing
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to thing,” Parker said. “The class actually allowed me time to remember why I said yes to everything. It really forced me to see how even my Gen Ed classes were helping me in all of those areas.” Parker is also helping with presentations and advertising for the program, including a presentation to the SACS representatives who visited campus this week. On Tuesday, it was announced that Susan Conradsen, assistant professor of psychology and director of the women’s and gender studies program, will serve as the director of the Signature Experience program for the next three years. According to David Elmer, assistant professor of kinesiology and QEP committee member, the next step is to recruit instructors for the BCC 300 class and to develop training workshops for them. Elmer says that most students have done some kind of experience that would be considered a Signature Learning Experience. “We have some survey data that says that basically every student, by the time they’ve graduated, would have done something that would have qualified them for this program,” Elmer said. “What I want them to know is that they probably haven’t really understood how powerful that experience was.” The program is currently accepting applications for students who would like to participate in the fall.
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Big changes coming for VikingWeb Michaela Lumpert staff writer Within the next couple of weeks, there are going to be some changes to Vikingweb. It’s not going away; the only change happening to VikingWeb is going to be the “My Courses” tab. This tab has caused frustrations for both faculty and students. The actual change occurring to VikingWeb is to the Learning Management System (LMS) that the “My Courses” tab runs on. “We the committee, have been considering two primary options; that is, Canvas and Brightspace,” Penny Evans-Plant, Chief Information Officer, said. The committee, made up of faculty members and IT department specialists, has been trying to figure out which of the two systems will better serve the campus. As of right now, the committee is in discussion about the two systems. “We are still in the space of trying to figure out what are the pros and what are the cons [of each system],” Evans-Plant said. Over spring break, the committee will have the opportunity to test the two systems and figure out which one will work better. Whichever system gets chosen will have the same impacts on the “My Courses” tab. The final decision about which system to use will be made in May. It will be live this fall, but a “parallel” will be run. A small group of faculty members will use the new system, while the rest of the faculty will use the old system. “We do this so there will not be a huge confusion for the students,” Evans-Plant said. Having both systems running at the same time allows for the students to figure out how to use the new one, while still having the comfort of the old system. During the spring of next year, the new system will be open to any faculty member that chooses to switch. By the summer of 2019, everyone will have to be on the new system. There are a few distinct advantages that come with the change of systems, according to Evans-Plant. Right now, a lot of faculty members choose to use a third-party publisher when it comes to text books and assignments for students, like MyMathLab and ALEKS. Currently, under the “My Courses” tab,
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PENNY EVANS-PLANT The new VikingWeb will include an updated “My Courses” page for teachers and students. Above are examples of the new layout of VikingWeb. professors that use the third-party publisher cannot sync their grades with VikingWeb; everything has to be manually entered into VikingWeb. The new system will allow for this sync to happen. So, once a student completes an assignment on a third-party publishing site, it will do a grade return into VikingWeb’s Penny gradebook. Another advantage for the new system is called “inline grading”. Right now, in the old system, when a student turns a paper into VikingWeb, the professor has to upload the
paper as a Word document. Then they have to make the corrections and notes in Word. After that, they have to re-upload it and send it to the student who submitted it. With the new system, the professor will be able to make notes and Evans-Plant corrections all in one place on VikingWeb. The committee also hopes to update the “Discussion” aspect of VikingWeb, allowing for professors to create groups, send
We want this to be a successful and exciting launch for people.
messages to the group and assign grades to the group personally. Currently, trying to get onto VikingWeb from a phone isn’t quite possible. With the new system, the committee hopes to either have an app, or a mobile-friendly page so VikingWeb can be accessible on mobile devices. A lot of change is going on with VikingWeb, but with change comes new possibilities for students and the faculty to use VikingWeb more efficiently and effectively. “We want this to be a successful and exciting launch for people, therefore we have to be careful how we roll it out,” Evans-Plant said.
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Fawn events around campus The Carrier will not publish for the weeks of March 15 and March 22.
Monday - Friday Advisement Week for fall classes
The following events are for the week of March 22.
March 20 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Baseball vs. LaGrange at the Ford fields
March 21 Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Teacher Recruitment Fair in Krannert Center Spruill Ballroom
March 22 Thursday 7:00 p.m. Canterbury Club panel on racial reconciliation in McAllister Auditorium
March 23 Friday Last day to withdraw with automatic W for second 7-week classes
March 23 Friday 8:00 p.m. Throwback Dance in Krannert Center Spruill Ballroom
Foreign language department rebranded Jamison Guice staff writer Berry’s Department of Foreign Language has changed its name to World Languages and Cultures. This is an effort to better represent the diversified public of America. Through the inclusion of the World Language and Cultures, Berry is able to acknowledge the growing communities and rich history that has always been a part of the U.S. The department strives to provide an education that is representative of the country, and is also respectful and aware of the growing diversity of cultures in the world. By receiving guidance from Patrick Wallace, the head of the World Language division at the Georgia Department of Education, Berry’s department was able to take the steps they wanted in changing their direction. The partnership between the two allowed them to meet State of Georgia’s standards of language while also adding a flair for culture. The Pew Research Center states that Spanish is the fastest growing language as projected for 2020 and is the second most spoken language in the United States. Given this, can Spanish still be considered a ‘foreign language’ anymore? Agreeing with this argument, Dr. Barnes said that the past title was inappropriate and inadequate because of the large Spanishspeaking population that is in the United States. Students of the major also find the title more suitable, since the World Languages and Cultures department already has the focus
of more than just language in classes, such as this is a distant goal for the department, it is one studying the other nation’s literature. that Barnes said they are looking forward to. “The curriculum already reflects the change Sign language, although it is not considered a because we already have classes that focus on foreign language, would not have been able to be culture and literature,” Spanish major Devon studied, Barnes said. Now with wider available Powers said. options, the department can one-day expand its Powers said students classes. are concerned that there While the will be more classes added aforementioned plans in the future. However, for the future are Barnes said that is actually being written, none more of a distant goal. The are set in stone yet. department will first start While it may take strengthening the courses for some time for the the current languages that plans to be passed, they offer: Spanish, German, Barnes assured that and French. Their hope is the new changes will to increase the student’s happen. capability to understand With a new name the language and culture comes rebranding. that they want to personally The contest that the experience. World Language and For example, Dr. Barnes Cultures explains how study-abroad Department is Devon Powers is an extremely important hosting has long component in language. So, been in the works. by increasing study-abroad opportunities, they However, now, by spreading the word, the hope to increase the understanding of other ways department hopes to share the ‘cohort’ feeling of life. However, if unable, the department would of community that the contest is going to bring. like to offer a few relevant courses outside of the By seeing other students with a World department so the student can still experience Languages and Cultures shirt, the sense of the emersion element. This special opportunity belonging and membership can be shared, allows them to still complete their major. Barnes said. The conveniency of the name New changes are on the horizon for Barnes, change and logo contest are truly happenstance, some that can include more languages. While but also meant for each other.
The curriculum already reflects the change because we already have classes that focus on culture and literature.
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Our View: Teachers are right to demand pay raises For nine days, students in West Virginia stayed home from school. Their absences weren’t due to inclement weather, the flu or building repairs. No, students missed nine days of instructional time due to a teacher strike, rallying for better wages. The strike began on February 22 after lawmakers revoked a proposed 5 percent raise in teacher salaries and instead proposed a 4 percent raise, a difference of $6.9 million for the state between the two proposals. Following the ruling, over 20,000 teachers walked out of classrooms across West Virginia, leaving over 277,000 students without instructors. West Virginian teachers rallied for better wages and better benefits. Nationally, West Virginia teacher wages rank as the 48th worst, causing qualified and competent educators to seek employment elsewhere in order to pay the bills. Gathering on the steps of the state capitol building, teachers across the state
showed up to voice their concerns over the low wages. So many teachers gathered that the Capital Police and West Virginia Fire Marshal issued capacity concerns. Their strike inspired teachers in Oklahoma to do the same, rallying in unison with their West Virginia counter parts and threatening lawmakers with a similar protest. After almost two weeks of protest and work stoppage, West Virginian law makers passed a tentative bill raising the wages by 5%. For something so vital to our country as the education of our children, one would think issues such as teacher salaries would be resolved quickly and orderly, that there wouldn’t have to be in such an uproar about a 1% pay difference. Unfortunately, though, for public school teachers across the country, that 1% makes a big difference when you’re already being undercompensated for the work you put into your job every single day, and the health benefits your job offers are anything but desirable.
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Although West Virginia is a severe case of low wages for the profession, teachers in the public-school system nationally put in the hours and the effort every day, but never see this reflected monetarily. Our nation under-values educators, and because of the lack of sustainable wages, we are consequently seeing a shortage in qualified and motivated teachers. Teachers see the faces of our nation’s biggest problems every day. Poverty, racial inequality, violence and drug use—every walk of life sits in their classrooms. Teachers are tasked with building relationships and trust with these students and educating them enough to hopefully break whatever cycle they endure at home. They care for their students, often going above and beyond to make sure they succeed. In impoverished communities like the counties of West Virginia, teachers spend their already thin pay checks on supplies for students. They buy school supplies as well
“Going to PCB and then my sister’s wedding.” Alex Perry junior
as winter coats, socks and deodorant, and still must make sure there’s money left at the end of the day to put towards their own needs. To expect teachers to continually give to their students, we have to make sure they have something left to give. After years of spreading their own resources thin to make sure their students don’t go without, teachers are fed up with being underappreciated by the ones who set their salary, our government. To continue to do the work they do, teachers need to be compensated fairly. Every day their job requires them to give their time, energy, affection and resources to their students. Doing so solely because they care about the betterment and education of the future generations of our country, it’s only fair they’re paid an adequate amount. The Carrier’s editorial opinion represents the views of the senior members of the Campus Carrier and Viking Fusion news staff.
“I’m staying at Berry.” Maggie Christensen junior
Everyone is entitled to a politcal opinion AVERY BOULWARE editor-in-chief
On Sunday, former Fox News host Bill is absolutely fine to not be interested in O’Reilly posted a series of tweets about the Oscars. I choose to watch, but it is why he was choosing not to watch the your prerogative to opt out. However, Oscars. to blatantly avoid celebrating the most (Also, just to be clear, I don’t support talented artists in the film industry simply O’Reilly or follow his account. Someone because they are using their platform for I follow retweeted his original message activism is childish. O’Reilly is entitled and added their own to his opinion, of course. But thoughts, which is how If you have the is he against more diverse I came across these representation in Hollywood? Is tweets). right to vote you he against equal opportunities The first tweet read for actors, writers and directors, as follows: “Was very have the right to no matter their gender or race? happy not to watch the These are the causes that many Oscar show last night the nominees are advocating speak about what of because phonies on for and topics they brought parade has zero appeal international attention to during you vote on. for me. Right now there the program. I don’t know the is a judgment jihad in full extent of O’Reilly’s platform Hollywood about politics and behavior. or what he wants to see in Hollywood, but Cheap shots and false perceptions are it sounds incredibly narrow-minded if he is running riot.” The second one said “Spare against the human rights causes that were me the Oscar telecast where artistic voiced during the Oscars. achievement has been replaced by idiotic Secondly, O’Reilly’s solution for bombast and shallow posturing. That’s not dealing with opposing opinions to his own entertainment.” is comical. If he tries to boycott every O’Reilly’s tweets were disappointing, organization that is fighting for equal but also a little comical. First of all, it rights among all Americans, he is going
to be severely limited in where he can consume music, film, or even buy coffee for that matter. Finding and consuming content solely from artists whose political beliefs perfectly align with your own is going to be incredibly limiting. It would truly be a shame for any of us to miss out on a beautiful piece of music, literature or film simply because we don’t agree with an artist’s political leanings. This also opens the conversation of credibility; many actors, musicians and athletes are being criticized for using their celebrity to voice their political beliefs. I think this is one of the problems that O’Reilly had with the Oscars. My opinion is this: if you have the right to vote, you have the right to speak about what you voted on. Yes, lawmakers and analysts are typically more educated on the ins and outs of politics than the average American. But, until only those educated few are allowed to vote, everyone is allowed to speak up as best they can. In short, everyone gets a voice, whether you are on TV for politics or film. But Bill O’Reilly isn’t on TV at all anymore, is he?
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Give dogs a chance to find a forever home
PHOTOGRAPHER Andrea Hilll PHOTOGRAPHER Luke Koferl
KENDALL ARONSON asst. arts and living editor
Over the last few years, I’ve had the pleasure of coming in contact with many dogs and cats through the foster programs my family has been involved with. I’ve met a variety of puppies, a very pregnant mother, two kittens that were previously living in a U-haul and a lot of dogs who for whatever reason, simply did not have a home. I’ve met these amazing animals through the foster programs with a local shelter. Fostering animals essentially means that you let them live in your home and you take care of them while they are waiting to be adopted by a forever family. This keeps the dogs out of the shelters, and also creates space inside the animal shelter for other animals. The job of a foster home is generally to socialize the animal so that they are more
comfortable with people and human touch before they enter into their ‘forever homes’. So basically that means your job in their life is to play with them and love them. Foster families are provided with food, toys, bedding, medical care, collars and leashes for animals. They have to bring their animals in once a week for adoptions, and then pick them back up if they do not get adopted. While it was a bit sad when animals got adopted because they were no longer in my life, I was also happy that they had a new home. Then, my home could be open for other animals in the future. Fostering animals is a nice thing to do for some animals who are in tough situations that they cannot control. 1.5 million shelter animals are put down
each year in America. While that number continues to go down, there is still a lot that people can do to help these animals stay alive. There are many shelters which do euthanize animals, and many who do not. Support shelters that care about their animals enough to keep them from being put down. “No kill shelters” ensure those animals won’t be euthanized just because they haven’t found their forever home yet. People can still foster dogs while they have other animals as well. Our family’s dogs get along well with many of the animals, and it helps the foster dogs and cats to be able to socialize with other dogs and cats so that they can get more comfortably if their eventual owners have other animals too. Working with shelter dogs
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is a meaningful experience, and it gives a nice solace to their lives as they await finding permanent homes. It is easy, and many materials are paid for by the shelter. It is a truly meaningful and worthwhile experience I would recommend taking part in. While most of us can’t have pets on campus, after you graduate or as you’re home for different breaks, fostering a dog can be a great way to both help an animal and to be able to form a meaningful connection with an animal without necessarily having to commit to it for its entire life. If you cannot commit to fostering or adopting an animal, donating and volunteering can really help animals and these organizations.
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF LINDSEY CAMPBELL The Berry Singers performed a concert in the College Chapel on March 6 to prepare for their European tour. The concert featured the same songs that the choir will be singing on their tour of Europe during spring break.
Berry Singers prepare for Europe tour Kendall Aronson asst. arts & living editor
The Berry Singers will be traveling to Europe this spring break to perform their concert program in Austria and the Czech Republic from March 8 to March 17. When Paul Neal, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music, joined the Berry faculty he wanted to create more opportunities for Berry’s choir ensembles to tour. Touring the ensembles gives a wider audience the experience of hearing Berry’s students and gives more exposure to the college and its choir programs as a whole, Neal said. It also gives students the opportunity to perform to audiences abroad.
“Music is the universal language, it’s the opportunity for them to experience emotions and the fine arts through music and getting that connection with people in a whole other country,” Neal said. The choir has been planning and preparing for the trip since the fall. Neal said he hopes to take a large trip like this with the choir every three to four years so that each class of students can travel with the choir at least once during their time at Berry. “I’ve never been to Europe,” sophomore music major Kenny Morgan said. “I’m excited about that, I’m excited to experience different cultures. I’m excited to spend time and hang out with the Berry Singers. They’re a really great group of people, so I’m really excited to be able to experience this with them.” The first half of the concert features songs from European composers, such as Mozart
and Dvorák, while the second half of the concert consists of American songs like “Georgia On My Mind” and “Shenandoah”. One specific American piece that Neal chose was “Let the River Run,” a song about three rivers, which the choir will use to represent the three rivers of Rome. “We are singing a few of the songs in a different language, so the biggest difficulty is trying to pronounce their language correctly,” Morgan said. The choir will take a guided walking tour in each city that they visit, and they will have half a day to explore the city on their own. Neal said he is very excited to give students the opportunity to travel outside the country and experience new cultures. “I’m excited for them to see the impact of their music-making on different cultures, communities and people, and to see that their music translates languages, that the
music they are making will impact the people in Czechoslovakia as much as it does the people in Georgia,” Neal said. The concert is an hour long. Sophomore Joey Pratt said he learned a lot in preparing for such a long concert. While in Europe, the choir will perform in a high school in Vienna that specializes in the arts. While there, Berry and the high school choir will take place in a concert exchange: the Berry Singers will sing, then the high school, and finally they will sing together. “I am most excited about meeting the students in the high schools over there,” Pratt said. Neal said that it will be a great opportunity for the Berry Singers to connect with some younger generations and to potentially bring some of those students back as foreign exchange students.
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March 15
Murder at the Skydale Sock Hop
• 6 to 9 p.m. • The Forum River Center This Murder Mystery is hosted by the Harbin Clinic to benefit Floyd Against Drugs. Tickets can be purchased online for $40
March 16 - 18
Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival
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Cannon Rogers (left), Alex Hodges and Lewis Denver play at Cevian Design on Sturday. CannonandtheBoxes plans to play many more gigs this summer.
• 7 p.m. • Charles C. Parker Center The 4th Annual Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival opens Friday night at 7 p.m. with a story concert by nationally-acclaimed tellers Bobby and Sherry Norfolk of St. Louis, Mo. Weekend tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door.
Student band records in unconventional settings
Jameson Filston arts & living editor
Many students at Berry perform music, but there is a band that has been performing together since they were in school. Freshman Alex Hodges is bass player for CannonandtheBoxes. The original duo of the band was Cannon Rogers, a senior at Rome High School. The two have known each other for their whole lives because their parents met at Berry. They have been playing together for years, but really began to get serious in 2016. Rogers said that he began to get into lo-fi music and bedroom recording and enlisted Hodges to record an album with him. They did not have a full band, but they had a drum machine and a 4 track cassette recorder. These were the “boxes” that ended up in the band name. They released their first EP that year, recorded on the cassette recorder in Rogers’ bedroom. They both went to Rome High School at the time. The first EP was distributed on tapes, but they later loaded it on SoundCloud, then started to utilize iTunes and Spotify. They spread the word of their releases by wordof-mouth and social media. The dynamic of the band has changed since Hodges came to Berry. They have found it more difficult to get together and practice, but things have also changed in positive ways. Hodges is a music major and has been able to become better as a musician. He thinks that Rogers has also developed as a lyric writer on his own. “When we come together it’s even better than high school,” Hodges said. “In high school you
are still trying to figure things out.” Rogers has also enjoyed seeing the band develop as they have played. He likes how people with different tastes in music came together to create music and grow together. “It’s always fun to play other people as opposed to weird robot machines,” Rogers said. The bande also gained new members in the last year. Freshman Lewis Denver is a recent addition to the band and lead guitarist. He came in contact with Alex’s roommate and was invited to join the band after jamming with Alex. He said that he had been part of bands in high school that were not very motivated. Denver is from Birmingham, Ala., and said that the bands there got more exposure, but many didn’t put much effort into getting better. He said that he appreciates how driven the other members of CannonandtheBoxs are, especially Rogers. “I was in a band in Birmingham and the lead singer wouldn’t show up to practice,” Denver said. “Cannon seems to get things moving.” Both Hodges and Denver said that Rogers was independent and motivated. He writes lyrics and gets gigs at a fast pace. The Band looks for gigs around Rome, and play in places like Schroeder’s and at release parties. They get more gigs in the summer but try to play together and apart throughout the year. The last gig that the band did together was at Cevian Design Lab last Thursday. They are hoping to do a mini-tour this summer in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. They plan to visit places where they have friends.
The future of the band is uncertain. The members may split as they go their separate ways. However, Rogers is confident they will be able to continue to make music together because of digital connections. Even if that doesn’t work out, members have other things they can do if they cannot play together. “There are always places to play if you know people,” Hodges said.
The Band recorded a session on Saturday in Denver’s room in the style of Tiny Desk sessions. Both Denver and Hodges like the recording process, but Hodges’ favorite part of his experience with the band is playing in front of a crowd. “Any time I stand playing bass on a stage really loud is an experience I find a lot of joy in,” Hodges said.
March 17
Harbin Clinic Leprechaun-a-thon
• 7:30 p.m. • Town Green Rome-Floyd Parks & Recreation will host a 5k run and a two-mile walk. Registration is $25 for runners and $20 for walkers.
PLAYLIST:
Spring Break Destinations PLAY
12 songs, 50 min
TITLE
ARTIST
Havana
Camila Cabello, Young Thug
Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett
Paradise City
Guns N’ Roses
California Dreaming
Armin Cekin, Paul Rey
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen
Rocky Mountain Way
Joe Walsh
New Orleans
Parachute
New York, New York
Frank Sinatra
Miami
Will Smith
Panama
Van Halen
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
M. Keali’i Ho’omalu
Kevin’s Pick: Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
March 16 - 25
Rome Little Theatre presents Seussical
• 8:00 p.m. • Historic DeSoto Theatre Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for students.
March 22
Sunrise Yoga Series
• 6 to 7 a.m. • Springstone Yoga Studio Tanaya Larsen will host an eight-week series for people of all levels of yoga. The series costs $80 for eight weeks of $15 for drop-ins.
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Thursday Feb. 2, 2017
Home track and field meet kicks off outdoor season sophomore Mitchell Brice in pole vault. Bilsky and freshmen pole vaulter Tucker Smith, who won his event, Berry track and field kicked off noted the significant difference their outdoor season by hosting in transitioning from indoor to their first meet on Saturday, the outdoor season. According to Victor Icebreaker Duals. The Bilsky, several events including Vikings are now 2-0, having faced javelin cannot participate inside, Sewanee and Oglethorpe at the so this meet was several Vikings meet. first competition of the spring. For Berry hosted 18 teams of others, Bilsky said indoor serves Divisions II and III, as well as NAIA more as a preparation for the rest of which provided spring. an opportunity to “For runners, compete against a indoor meets are variety of teams. “It was a good mark just a chance for Junior javelin runners to get their thrower Alexa of what our fitness is legs out there and Bilsky, who right now, what we run a little faster,” placed second Bilksy said. this weekend, Smith noted are capable of and said the team the importance of showed promise where we are going.” indoor season for on Saturday for team bonding and the upcoming building morale. Alexa Bilsky season. “Indoor helped us “It was a good in growing mark of what closer,” Smith our fitness is right now, what we said. “Especially as a freshman I are capable of and where we are got to knew my teammates better.” going,” Bilsky said. Because track and field is an Several Vikings reached individualized sport, it is difficult personal records this weekend, to maintain connection between including sophomore Abby Carroll members of different events. and senior Alainna Chretien in However, Bilsky said the team still the 5,000 meter, junior CJ Stone strives to stay close. in both 100 meter and 200 meter, “Coach Syverson does a very and junior Ethan Caldwell and good job of trying to make us all be
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a team,” Bilsky said. To encourage support on Saturday, track and field members were assigned “cheer buddies”. Vikings drew names of other teammates and attended their events to cheer them on. Bilksy said this helped members watch more events they have less experience in as well as interact with more teammates.
“It’s a really great way to try and learn about other events,” Bilsky said. A different challenge presented to participants on Saturday was the colder weather. According to both Bilksy and Smith, the wind created difficulty for particular events, but as a whole, the team fought through it and were still successful.
According to Smith, the Vikings’ goal is to win conference this spring. “Everyone is pretty excited about what we are going to be able to do this season,” Smith said. The Vikings have the option to participate in the Shamrock Invitational at Myrtle Beach, S.C. on March 15-17.
PHOTO COURTESY OF RHETT BUTLER After the weekend’s success, three track and field athletes were named SAA Athletes of the Week. Sophomore Genesis Leggett, junior CJ Stone, and freshman Tucker Smith (above) were all recognized.
Berry baseball brings home two wins and several recognitions
Claire Voltarel sports editor
Berry baseball proved successful this weekend with two wins against Adrian College on Saturday and Emory on Sunday. Additionally, freshman Spence Johns was named SAA Pitcher of the Week, and also placed on D3baseball. com’s Team of the Week with his sophomore teammate Zach Walch. To wrap up the weekend, Sunday’s win gave head coach David Beasley his 600th career win. The Vikings defeated the Adrian College Bulldogs
10-3 on Saturday afternoon. Five players batted multihit games, contributing 8 of Berry’s 10 points, including Johns (2-for-5, R), Walch (3-for-3, 3 R), sophomore Quinn Smith (2-for-4, 2 R, HR), junior Devin Post (2-for-4, R), and senior Jacob Delk (2-for-5). The Bulldogs held a 2-0 lead until the fourth inning but would not lead again after the Vikings scored 6 runs in the bottom of the fifth. Sophomore Ben Coker earned the win at the mound with seven strike outs in his seven innings pitched. Berry continued their success into Sunday’s game, beating the Emory University Eagles 6-3. Totaling 3 runs in the third and another 3 in the fifth, the Vikings kept
the Eagles from scoring for eight straight innings. Johns, currently 3-0 for the season, maintained his perfect 0.00 ERA through the Vikings win on Sunday. Johns pitched six innings allowing three hits, no runs, and striking out five Eagles. In his 15 innings pitched this season, Johns has given up a total of only five hits. While the Vikings travelled to Piedmont last Tuesday, the game was postponed during the fifth inning due to intense fog conditions. The Vikings will host the Birmingham Southern College Panthers for a double-header on Friday starting at 3 p.m., and another game on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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