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Buildings across campus, from Krannert to the College Chapel, are decorated for the holiday season. Left: The College Chapel rings in the season with wreaths and garlands both inside and out. Right: Deerfield’s lobby welcomes residents with warm lights and Christmas cheer. See more decorated buildings on Page 12.

#14Strong: Edwards finds strength and inspires community Claire Voltarel news editor

On Sept. 27, Berry football traveled to Centre College to compete in a typical yet important conference game against the Colonels. Little did they know the outcomes of this game would impact the team, the trainers and the Berry community as a whole.

When sophomore defensive back Justus Edwards hit the ground after a hard collision with an offensive Centre player, fans, trainers and players on both teams took immediate action.

“We immediately started praying and asking if he could get up,” junior wide receiver Mason Kinsey said.

According to Kinsey and Kat Duncanson, football’s assistant athletic trainer, it was Edwards’ positive and calm attitude that helped everyone at the game to continue and take the necessary steps to get him help.

Duncanson said as soon as she reached Edwards on the field, he told her he just wanted to continue playing. He then started praying out loud.

As soon as the athletic trainers rushed to the field, both Colonels and Vikings joined in the center of the field while one Centre

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player led the group in prayer, according to Duncanson.

“The positivity that Justus exuded allowed Mary [graduate assistant athletic trainer] and myself to stay stress free throughout the evaluation and spine-boarding process,” Duncanson said. “It calmed the team as they finished the game, calmed his parents as they drove up from Birmingham in the middle of the night, and calmed the coaches and athletic department as we all tried to dot i’s and cross t’s to make sure everything was taken care of.”

Edwards’ friend Daniel George and his mom rushed to the Kentucky hospital Edwards was taken to as soon as he heard about the injury.

Edwards has requested to keep his physical condition and recovery process private, but sustained a major injury which required surgery and a long path to recovery through physical therapy. However, this setback did not quell his spirits. His optimism and strength through faith moved members of the Rome community who rallied in support for Edwards and were inspired by his bravery and attitude.

Duncanson shared a video of Edwards only a few hours after the injury, smiling and dancing with his mom in the hospital room.

According to Edwards, this strength and

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optimism derives from the support he’s received and his faith in God. “It’s God,” Edwards said. “I don’t walk by what I see, I walk by what I believe. That’s how I live day by day.”

George agreed with him and said Edwards’ faith has been the sole motivator to say optimistic.

“It’s 100 percent his faith,” George said.

“His reliance on God through everything is the only reason that he’s able to get through this.”

On the team, Edwards served as a hardworking defensive leader who led as an example to everyone both in practices and games, according to Kinsey.

“A lot of people looked up to him and tried to mirror what he was doing on the practice field,” Kinsey said.

While his talent was missed on the field after his injury, Kinsey and Duncanson said he provided support to the team in a new role.

According to Duncanson, she Face Timed Edwards before and after every game. Prior to the players entering the field, Edwards would lead them in prayer and provide motivating thoughts for the upcoming game.

Then, after every win, which was every game until Nov. 10, Edwards would FaceTime in again to dance and celebrate with the team and share his congratulations.

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“He was our motivator,” Kinsey said.

Kinsey and Duncanson said Edwards’ positive attitude and commitment to faith inspired the team to appreciate what they often take for granted and push through, not only for him, but for themselves and the community. According to Edwards, the accomplishments the team made throughout the season were bigger than the game.

“The focus has been off of football and more on Christ and coming together as one unit in faith,” Edwards said.

His impact on the football team carried into campus and throughout Rome which immediately inspired community members to find a way to help.

“It’s been an example for everybody on campus and on the team that it is more important than football,” Kinsey said. “He has shown people what they can do and that faith can move mountains.”

According to Sports Information, aside from the hundreds of people who showed their support to Edwards and his family following the game, a GoFundMe fundraiser was created the following Wednesday to help his family through the recovery process. The page raised over $2,500 in just eight hours after it was posted and now totals $20,655.

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Ruth and Naomi Project creates shelter for homeless women

Alisa Jordan reporter

Sean Martinelli editor After noticing a need for a homeless shelter for women and children in Rome, the Ruth and Naomi Project is expecting to open before the Christmas holiday. The Ruth and Naomi Project, located at 2007 N Broad St., has been under construction since April.

Once the William S. Davies men’s shelter was reopened after a bedbug infestation, many calls came in about women looking for places to stay.

Beginning in January, Family Resource Center, Hospitality House, and the men’s shelter started tracking these calls. By June, they had around 150 calls from women looking for shelter.

Nationally, there are limited options for homeless women and children. The Salvation Army provides four beds for single homeless women. The Hospitality House provides shelter for victims of domestic violence, but due to the setup of funding, only 10 percent can be strictly homeless women. Women’s

Outreach only provides shelter for women garden manager for the Davies Shelter, is one with addiction issues. of these people working on projects to help In the Rome community, the number of the shelter and the surrounding community. homeless people hovers around 500 people.

Cornell was hired in May to help run “Floyd County the garden that Schools and Rome City provides food Floyd County Schools Schools report 360for both the food 390 children in each pantry and the of the school systems Davies Shelter. and Rome City are homeless,” Devon The garden Smyth, director of the supplies produce Schools report 360 to Davies Shelter and and participates in the Ruth and Naomi farmer’s markets.

Project, said.

The money made 390 children in each “We know that goes back into the housing 12 women garden and puts is only scratching the healthy food into of the school systems surface; we aren’t the community. going to solve this, but Two acres have are homeless. one of things we hope been donated to for our program is that be turned into we are more than just a a working farm Devon Smyth bandage,” Smyth said. for the shelter.

“We give someone a Cornell has met place to stay, there’s a with people from roof over their head and they have a couple the South Rome Development and began of meals a day that we provide, but beyond working on a grant to help fund the farm. that we hope to help them move towards self- This land will be used to supply produce, sufficiency.” while teaching the men and women at both Emmie Cornell, Berry graduate (’18), the shelters about the importance of agriculture.

The men and women from the shelters will have the opportunity to work on the farm and get paid.

“We want to make sure that people in these food deserts have access to not only green spaces but to see a healthy farm and how easy it is to produce food,” said Cornell.

“One way we will be able to get that food out to people is in a food bus.”

The food bus project is led by Berry’s Creative Technologies program.

“Four students in the class are working with the Davies Group to develop a mobile farmers market that will help their organization bring locally grown produce from community farms into low-income neighborhoods,” Zane Cochran, clinical instructor of creative technologies, said.

SeniorCreative Technology majors Will Knowlton, Spencer Russell, Thomas Brennan and Mason Mancuso are modifying the windows, installing a storage and transport system, and adding a cooler for certain produce. The bus will be finished by the end of the year and given back to the Davies Group for them to use.

The Ruth and Naomi Project is always looking for more volunteers and donations.

For more information about the project, visit their Facebook page or call (706) 802-630.

Georgia midterm election results in multiple runoffs Kelsee Brady staff writer Claire Voltarel news editor On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the midterm elections took place, many of which did not result in a clear winner the next day, such as the Georgia governor’s race. The night before showed a tight race, between Republican Candidate Brian Kemp and Democrat Candidate Stacey Abrams, both close to 50 percent.

By morning, the results were too close to call. After Abrams, unwilling to concede and votes were recounted, Kemp was named governor about two weeks later.

Junior political science major Ryan Moran found the gubernatorial race intriguing despite the fact that he voted in the North Carolina midterm election.

“It felt like a smaller version of the 2016 Presidential election,” Moran said. “I was impressed that it was as close as it was. For Georgia, I wasn’t really expecting it to even come close to a runoff, that it took almost two weeks for them

to actually call it in a direction or the other was surprising.”

Additionally, the race for Secretary of State and Public The Kemp versus Service Commissioner also ended undecided, Abrams race was not the and will have a runoff vote on Tuesday. only unique factor in this The candidates for Secretary of State are midterm election. Voter Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad turnout was higher than most Raffensperger.

It felt like a smaller midterm elections in Georgia Junior public relations major Bailey according to Associate Dingley shared the circumstances that led Professor of Government to the Secretary of State and Public Service version of the 2016 Michael Bailey. Bailey Commissioner runoff election. watched the election closely “While one technically was over the other, on election night and found neither of them got the votes,” Dingley said.

Presidential election. the number to be shockingly “Now that we’ve thrown out the independent high. and libertarian, they can redo this.”

Ryan Moran “I was surprised by the The Public Service Commissioner for voter turnout in Georgia.

District Three, made up of Fulton, Dekalb, It was about 55 percent,” Clayton, and Rockdale counties, will also be Bailey said. “Typically, decided in a runoff election with incumbent midterm elections are 10, 20, 30 points less than that- much Republican Chuck Eaton and Democrat Lindy Miller. closer to the 40 or lower range.”

The official results for Lieutenant Governor was This voter turnout resulted in a Democratic win of control Republican Geoff Duncan over Democrat Sarah Riggs over the House of Representatives, and a near majority over Amico, and the Incumbent Republican Chris Carr was rethe Senate with only six more Republicans than Democrats. elected as Attorney General.

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

Ramifications “Ram Slam” in the Jewel Box

Friday 8 p.m.

Friday 7 p.m.

Friday 9 a.m.

Saturday 2 p.m.

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KCAB’s Christmas Coffee House in the Spruill Ballroom

Women’s basketball vs Emory College in the Cage Center Arena. Come dressed in your favorite Christmas sweater

Sunshine Cottage bonfire on the Sunshine Cottage lawn in support of Action Ministries food pantry

Men’s Basketball vs Ferrum College in the Cage Center Arena

Chaplain’s Office and Berry College Choir presents “Lessons and Carols” in the College Chapel

#14Strong, continued from page 1 On campus, students and faculty orchestrated several ways for the community to express their support and wishes to Edwards and his family. The Chaplain’s Office compiled letters that were sent to Edwards weekly. Additionally, a large banner signed by faculty and students was delivered to Edwards.

Off campus, many local groups found ways to support Edwards through his recovery as well. Frios Gourmet Popsicles, a local shop on Broad Street, donated $1 to his GoFundMe page on every purchase made the weekend following the game.

According to Duncanson, other schools also rallied around his cause.

Sports Information said many schools in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) expressed support for Edwards and Berry football via social media. For example, in honor of Edwards, a video from the Birmingham Southern College football team showed the Panthers performing 14 “updowns”, 14 being Edwards’ jersey number.

In addition, Duncanson said that the Centre athletic trainer made a 45-minute trip almost daily to visit Edwards while he was

still in a hospital in Kentucky. She also said the coaches paid him a visit after the injury to bring his family clothes for their overnight stays and a Visa gift card for Edwards to get food outside the hospital.

Outside of social media, George said that when the football team traveled to the game between Birmingham Southern and Centre, both teams and fans recognized Edwards and addressed him to show their support.

To encompass all the support Edwards has received, the trending hashtag “#14Strong” has developed meaning more than just support for Edwards injury, according to George and Duncanson.

“For the team it means ‘we are going to win games, fight for our brother and support him,” George said. “For the school it means everybody coming together to show support for our classmate and our friend.”

Duncanson said his consistent positivity provides the community with an example of how to deal with adversity.

“It’s less about us being strong for him and more the strength he portrayed during the whole incident from the second he was injured all the way to today,” Duncanson said.

Edwards said he is continuing his recovery process and maintaining a positive attitude, which, according to Duncanson is why he is a favorite among the nurses and physical

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PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATION Until his injury, Edwards (above) totaled 9 tackles in three of the four conference games the team faced. therapist at his rehabilitation center. George said Edwards is making significant progress in his recovery.

“I’m doing well, and I’ve been strengthening every day,” Edwards said. “I’ll be back.”

Duncanson noted that even in the training room before practices, he would watch film and go over plays while getting treatment.

She said this passion for football has continued through this process and served as another part of his motivation.

According to Edwards, the support his

friends, family and the community has shown has largely impacted his recovery.

“Seeing their faces there when I’m at PT (physical therapy) pushes me even harder,” Edwards said.

Through this difficult process, Edwards’ inspiration provided unity and encouraged faith throughout the Berry community, and Edwards hopes Berry members will continue their strength and stay motivated.

“Continue life,” Edwards said. “Continue pushing until you get to your goal no matter how impossible it may look to other people.”

New Service Fellow scholarship finishes its first semester Annie Deitz staff writer

The last four months have seen the development of Berry’s newest scholarship program: the Service Fellows. The group of five freshman has dedicated time and energy into the initiative, and has been successful in laying the framework for the program’s future.

Throughout this semester, the Service Fellows have spent much of their time researching service and community outreach programs implemented by other colleges, in order to determine how best to proceed with their own. They have figured out effective methods on increasing student participation in service and analyzed how to most efficiently work within Berry’s campus. With this research, the group set goals for the future. Freshman Service Fellow Emily Kaszubowski explained that they created both short term and long term goals. The short term goals included creating a social media presence, and a potential volunteer tracking system, while the longer term goals centered around figuring out how to get Berry students more involved, such as creating a volunteer credit system.

Their main prerogative for next semester is establishing a social media presence.

Although it has yet to be fully determined, Service Fellows Coordinator Stephen Swieton said the current goal is to create a service-oriented social media marketing campaign to promote the idea of more people doing service.

Swieton explained, “that might mean some different hashtags, some social media accounts,

tying into some of the social media that already exists on campus, that’s the current goal.”

The program will also see a change in admissions and recruitment throughout next semester for incoming freshmen. Rather than going through a scholarship competition process in the same way that other scholarships, like Leadership Fellows or Presidential Scholars, do, next year’s Service Fellows will be scouted and chosen by admissions counselors. Prospective students will be recruited and offered the opportunity to become a Service Fellow when accepted to Berry.

Swieton explained, “It’s better for the program. It gets the program out there, people start knowing about it and thinking about it during the admissions process. It also means that a student can more further identify themselves as a Berry Service Fellow, and that’s pretty neat.”

Kaszubowski also believes that the Service Fellows initiative has been extremely helpful in her transition from high school to college.

Kaszubowski said, “I feel included while I’m so far from home. Service has always been a big part of my life so bringing that with me to college has definitely helped with the transition just because it’s something that I know.”

Overall, Kaszubowski does not believe the program has made a significant impact on Berry’s community yet, simply because the Service Fellows have taken this semester to decide how the new fellowship will work. However, she hopes the program will continue to improve Berry’s community.

Kaszubowski said, “I hope people will know that we represent service, so when they see us they are reminded about how much fun it is, and how much they want to participate.”

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Global warming exists despite colder temperatures

AVERY BOULWARE managing editor

As I write this, my last piece of content atmosphere. Though there have been several for the Campus Carrier before my December cycles of fluctuation in the CO2 in the air over graduation, I am under a large knit sweater, the past 400,000 years, it had never measured shivering. I am seeking a sunbeam to sit in more than 300 ppm (parts per million) until to warm myself and debating buying yet the year 1950. Since then, the CO2 levels have another hot coffee with risen exponentially. my rapidly-depleting This is a problem Flexbucks. Yet I am because the CO2 dedicating my final in the atmosphere Carrier publication traps heat, which Many recent reports have makes Earth a to convincing you, reader, that global sustainable planet to found that these cold warming is very real inhabit, unlike the Southeastern winters are and, if left unchecked, others in our solar very dangerous. system.

However, actually a byproduct of Nature has given the more CO2 in the global climate change. us a number of signs atmosphere, the more pointing to global heat that is trapped warming in the past 30 inside, thus causing years or so. Some of temperatures to these seem to laugh in increase. The oceans the face of the 20-degree wind-chill outside, have also absorbed much of this heat – the but stick with me. According to NASA’s top mile or so of ocean has warmed about a web page dedicated to global climate change half degree Fahrenheit since 1969. Sea levels evidence, the global temperature has risen have also risen 8 inches in the past century, almost 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th but that rate has doubled in the last 20 years century, which is largely due to increased and is continuing to increase every year. carbon dioxide and other emissions into the These facts are fairly indisputable, though

our president has chosen to ignore their implications. Last December, President Trump tweeted: “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record.

Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!” Just yesterday, a reporter asked Trump to comment on the most recent National Climate Assessment report, which predicted an economic cost of a hundred billion dollars, sea-level rise, extreme weather and increased disease if the country does nothing to fight climate change. Trump rejected the report because he “doesn’t believe it.” He later told the Washington Post: “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers (in climate change.)”

Trump will do nothing to combat global climate change because the South is experiencing cold winters and because our “air and water is at a record clean.”

This is incredibly ignorant and ultimately dangerous thinking. Many recent reports have found that these cold Southeastern winters are

actually a byproduct of global climate change.

Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at Rutgers University, told NBC News that “very recent research does suggest that persistent winter cold spells (as well as the Western drought, heatwaves, prolonged storminess) are related to rapid Arctic warming, which is, in turn, caused mainly by human-caused climate change.” She explained that, historically, cold air has swirled above the North Pole in what scientists call the “polar vortex,” kept in place by a strong jet stream, which slices around the top eighth of the planet.

However, as oceans increase in temperature, the jet stream is weakened, letting the cold air in the polar vortex move south. This, in turn, causes my hair to freeze when I get out of the shower, even in Georgia in mid-November.

If you are still unconvinced, I highly encourage you to do your own research.

There are always contending theories and studies, and it is hard to parse out the truth, especially if you aren’t a renowned climate scientist. And no matter what you discover, please do not use our president’s excuse. Not “believing” in a global phenomenon does not make it disappear.

Christmas cheer should be year-round

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LEXIKAY STOKES opinions editor With Thanksgiving behind us, we are now in the final stretch until Christmas break. Christmas carols are in full swing, Christmas movie marathons are running and peppermint coffee creamer has hit the shelves. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year.

It’s a season of giving, one in which store fronts are lined with ringing Salvation Army bells, offering plates at church seem a bit fuller and strangers on the street seem to be friendlier, with more passing smiles and holiday greetings. Although rooted in Christianity, Christmas carries with it a more universal sense of morality, encompassing peace,

kindness and grace. No matter your religion, the holiday season can spark within all of us the want to spread Christmas cheer.

With the peaceful facade of the holidays, it becomes increasingly evident that the world we live in outside the season leaves something to be desired. Every day seems to bear bad news, and finding a silverlining can seem difficult at times.

But come December, it feels like the world rallies, even if just for a few weeks. The current political environment can make spending time with family and loved ones feel like walking on thin ice.

It wasn’t too long ago we were sitting around the table for

Thanksgiving hoping no one brought up the election. But now, the holiday season is upon us.

Those of us in the holiday spirit find ourselves sitting around a fire, drinking hot chocolate, watching Christmas movies, existing in what seems like a blissful ignorance of the world around us, even if just for a few weeks.

It’s understandable to desire a break from the everyday debates of right and wrong, the news updates which make us assess our moral standings and confrontation of the chaos that is so present. Is it moral to ignore all the wrong-doings in our country, all in hopes to maintain a little

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peace for a season? Is it so bad to want to just hit ‘pause’ and exist for a few weeks in a time where those things fall further down the totem pole behind making a ginger-bread house with your siblings, wrapping presents with your mom and shopping for family and friends?

In an ideal world, we could carry about this peace-filled, gracious mindset into every other season. We could celebrate the new year, and all make a resolution to try and be as good of moral and joyous people as we are in December, every day. The odds of that happening are slim to none. But it’s always nice to dream.

Consider the meaning behind your lyrics other friends who only ever seem to talk about how awesome these artists are. Young men idolize the members of Migos for their fancy cars and cash, and young women envy Cardi B for the same reasons, as well as for her body (which men are also attracted to).

I do appreciate some rap music. As I said, I love Hamilton, and that show is primarily rap. I love the feeling of intense satisfaction I get when I rap “My Shot” perfectly. I just don’t like rap music that has misogynistic, drunken, sexual, or violent lyrics, and I am hearing much more of it lately than I want to.

I understand that this can happen across any genre of music, but I have just noticed it especially in the current immensely popular rap music. This scares me, because as a generation, we are becoming so desensitized to the lyrics we are hearing. Anything with a catchy beat can become a hit these days, even lyrics that are just disgusting (“Get Low” by Lil Jon, for example). Worse than the gross stuff having to do with various body parts are lyrics degrading women in any way, calling us dogs or portraying us as objects in no uncertain terms. And the vast majority of these artists have mouths I pray they do not kiss their mothers with.

This is why I, as a woman with a normal

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amount of dignity, feel violated when I listen to music like this. It does not have a good message at all, and it’s mostly just talking really fast to a beat anyway. And yet a lot of the young men and women around me cannot get enough of it. As a Christian, I read in Scripture that the mouth speaks out of the overflow of the heart. If your mind and heart are full of garbage, all that comes out of your mouth will be meaningless garbage. This makes sense whether you use the Scripture to back it up or not. My generation is filling its collective mind and heart with these rap artists, their music and their personal lives, and we are becoming more predatory, profane, and violent because of it. I listen to music twice my age because my soul needs relief from the current market drowning in rap.

Stop and listen to the lyrics of your favorite song the next time you hear it (or look them up). You might have been too intoxicated by the beat to realize what words have been in your head all this time. And maybe try listening to something outside of your comfort zone for a few days. You’ll be well-rounded as a music consumer for it and you might discover something truly beautiful that fills your soul.

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ALANA GEORGE asst. arts & living editor I have music interests across the spectrum. As I write this, I am listening to a Celtic Relax playlist (look it up on Spotify).

I think Michael Bublé has the voice of an angel and I listen to him when I’m stressed.

I saw the second “Mamma Mia” movie over the summer and I love ABBA’s entire discography now. I just saw “Bohemian Rhapsody” over Thanksgiving, so Queen has been on repeat. I know the entire Disney Hits playlist (Spotify again) by heart, and I know all 46 songs of the Hamilton soundtrack.

I love supporting singer-songwriters (shameless plug for Liz Longley, a personal friend of mine). Also, my mom exposed me to Bon Jovi, ACDC and Poison at a young age, so I love 80s hair bands too. All in all, I consider myself a very open-eared music consumer. If something has a great sound or a great message (or both) I will listen to it, no matter what genre it is from.

But recently, in the mainstream culture of my generation, I have noticed one genre of music taking over the industry entirely: rap.

Look at the big names on the radio: Drake, Kanye West, Cardi B, DJ Khaled, Chance the Rapper and Migos are all rap artists. I have countless friends who pride themselves on knowing all of the words to rap songs, and

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Lessons and Carols continues to spread Christmas cheer Alana George asst. arts & living editor

Berry’s annual Lessons and Carols concert returns on Saturday for its 29th year.

This Christian service, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, started at Cambridge University at the King’s College.

According to Cambridge’s website, the first service, nine lessons from Scripture with nine carols sung in between, was on Christmas Eve in 1918, so this year marks the service’s 100th anniversary.

According to Berry Chaplain Jonathan Huggins, the nine scriptural lessons all relate to the Biblical story of the birth of Christ.

“There will be Old Testament readings that are pointing to the coming of Christ, and then readings that describe or explain the coming of Christ, so it’s a very explicitly Christian worship gathering,” Huggins said.

A unique aspect of the service is the variety of people chosen to read the lessons. At Berry, the first lesson is presented by a student from the Berry Elementary School, and the readers move up in seniority as the service goes on, with the last lesson being read by President Steve Briggs.

“It shows that the story is for all people, young and old,” Huggins said.

The service was brought to Berry by former Director of Choral Activities Harry Musselwhite, who was succeeded by Paul Neal. Neal loves the music of the service for its religious beauty.

“We always try to pick carols that speak to the readings that are done, so whatever carol we do always has some relationship to the reading that happens right before it,” Neal said.

Neal also emphasized the importance of the congregation’s involvement in the service. He said the service is an opportunity for the congregation to sing old favorites, as well as some new pieces.

“It’s an opportunity for us to present music that is more

of a sacred nature,” Neal said. “Now we do a lot of secular things, so it’s fun to sing a program that’s all sacred music. It really allows us to sing a whole other level of music that not only is inspiring musically but is inspiring religiously too.”

For students who profess a different faith or none at all, Huggins cited some reasons why it is valuable for all students to attend Christian services like Lessons and Carols.

“One of the great reasons to attend a religious service is to have an informed perspective on that religion,” Huggins said.

“If you want to see what Christmas means to Christians and how they celebrate it, that would be a worthwhile experience.”

Huggins also said that a religious service of this kind helps clear away a lot of what he views as the American, materialistic production of Christmas. He said that in the West today, people get so caught up in the commercialism of the holidays that they can forget what the holiday is truly about. A service of this nature reminds people of the so-called reason for the season.

The 2018 Lessons and Carols service begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the College Chapel.

The Berry Singers perform classic Christmas hymns and other holiday choral pieces at Lessons and Carols.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAUL NEAL Director of Choral Activities Paul Neal conducts the choir, congregation and orchestra during a Lessons and Carols service.

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Thursday Nov. 29, 2018

ARTS & LIVING

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‘Berry Memes’ establishes reputation Alex Hodges arts & living editor

A meme-oriented Instagram account titled “berrycmemes” was created earlier this semester, and gained a significant following within days of its creation. According to the page’s anonymous creators, the hope and aim in making the page was and is to brighten the days of their followers.

The idea originated from shared Berryrelated jokes between friends.

“We figured that other people would probably find them funny and that others probably had jokes way funnier than ours,” an administrator of the memes page said over Instagram direct message.

The account grew in popularity exponentially and almost overnight.

“We really didn’t think it would take off like this,” an administrator added.

The popularity of “berrycmemes” isn’t just among students. President Steve Briggs said that he first learned about the account at

a fireside chat with students, and that he and Whether or not the maintained anonymity other staff members recently discussed the effectively correlates with yielding new account at a staff coffee hour. content, the account administration “They’ve done a nice job of being funny, frequently make posts to the account. The clever and tasteful.” Briggs page shows numerous said “We appreciate the posts contributed by blend that they’ve struck.” various berry students.

According to the Sophomore Logan Lilla is account’s administrators, one such student. followers are quite active.

“I think it’s hilarious,” They reported having said Lilla. “They are received many comments, very good at monitoring as well as an abundance the page, and nothing of new content, especially that anyone would find when there are upcoming offensive ends up there.” events or funny things Lilla has a few that have happened around contributions to the President Steve Briggs campus. account, as do several Many people have other students. questioned the identity of According to the account’s administrators, but they have an administrator, students have listed chosen to remain anonymous. “berrycmemes” as answers to polls on “We feel like people might be more inclined whiteboards in the Berry College Memorial to send their memes to someone anonymous,” Library, and they enjoyed seeing their an account administrator said. influence in that way.

They’ve done a nice job of being funny, clever and tasteful.

We appreciate the blend that they’ve struck.

November 29

Winter Wonderland Carnival/Ice Festival • 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

• The Forum River Center A free event that is open to the public encourages the community to share seasonal traditions and promote cultural understanding through crafts, foods and music.

November 29

Christmas Wreath Silent Auction

• 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren Cancer Center Wreaths are on display at the Warren Cancer Center in Rome. Each of them can be bid on, starting at $25.

November 30

Scrooge The Musical

• 8:00 p.m.

• Historic DeSoto Theatre Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, $14 each for children (10+) and group members.

IMAGES COURTESY OF BERRY MEMES The recently created “Berry Memes” Instagram page provides followers with a variety of Berry-inspired memes. As well as creating their own, administrators of the account encourage students to submit their original memes to be published on the page.

PLAYLIST:

Tracks Yule Dig PLAY

12 songs, 40 min

TITLE

ARTIST

Santa Claus

The Sonics

Hey Sis, It’s Christmas

RuPaul, Markaholic

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight) Ramones

Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul

The Poets Of Rhythm

One More Sleep

Leona Lewis

Frosty The Snowman

Cocteau Twins

Christmas In Harlem

Kanye West

2000 Miles

Pretenders

O Tannenbaum

Vince Guaraldi Trio

8 Days of Christmas

Destiny’s Child

Christmas In Hollis

Run - D.M.C.

Kevin’s Pick: White Christmas

Bing Crosby

December 1

Spirit of the Season

• 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

• Rome City Auditorium ‘Spirit of the Season’ is a family show featuring a mini-production of “The Polar Express,” holiday favorites performed by Grand Finale (Rome High School show choir), dancers from The Dance Centre, and other performers from community. Tickets are $5 at the door.

December 1

Rome Tennis Center Open House

• 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Rome Tennis Center This free community event will welcome two new members to the Tennis Center’s professional tennis staff. There will be a small tournament on the 36’ courts, serve-speed gun court, a kids tennis carnival and a ball machine court for all levels of play.

No registration is required for the event.

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Thursday Nov. 29, 2018

SPORTS Rome Tennis Center fosters local involvement

PHOTO COURTESY OF LORRIGAN PULS The 30-acre Rome Tennis Center offers 60 outdoor courts for community, tournament and school use. Its many services cater to tennis players of all ages and skill levels. The new addition of indoor courts will be an asset to business and to the community.

Lorrigan Puls reporter Alex Hodges editor The Rome Tennis Center (RTC) at Berry College reported a successful two years of business since its opening in July 2016.

The (RTC) has provided many benefits to the Rome community.

It brought business to hotels, restaurants and stores which provided one third of the economic impact of Rome, according to Executive Director Thomas Daglis.

Daglis hoped the center would have more support from the Rome community through participation. The RTC offers opportunities for community partners, schools and individuals court use for low costs.

“This was built as a tournament site, but also as an amenity for the community,” Daglis said. “We want Romans to feel like this is their tennis center.”

According to Daglis, the $11.4 million

center closed its first two years of operation by almost breaking even. The upkeep of the facility was expensive which made it hard to earn a profit.

The 30-acre facility offers 60 outdoor courts for community, tournament, and school use. The center provided a space for more than 30 tournaments each year since it opened. The center met the three-year projection for tournaments in its first three months, a success according to Daglis.

The RTC partnered with several organizations to increase activity and provide tennis help to individuals 5 years old and up.

Daglis and his team gave back to the community by opening free clinics for school children.

They offered help to children from the Boys & Girls Club, local elementary schools, and Floyd County sports camps.

The center also offered local high school students the opportunity to play on its courts.

High school tennis teams could hold seven home matches at the center for $100. The center waved the fee for any team that had five players volunteer for five hours each.

This was built as a tournament site, but also as an amenity for the community.

Thomas Daglis

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This price or deal made it affordable for all schools to host matches on quality courts.

Adults can learn how to play tennis at the center through the Green Ball Tennis League.

This program instructed adults on tennis basics for six weeks at no cost except for a $5 charge for every missed session.

Individuals who already knew how to play tennis were not left behind. The center offered a $60 Friends Pass that granted unlimited play throughout the year, a complimentary t-shirt and pro shop discounts. The club-style facility provided a community center to learn and play tennis for all ages.

Berry students also benefited from the center with free court use and the Professional Tennis Management program.

The student work experience offered a United States Tennis Association certification and opportunities for students to gain an understanding of the field.

Berry took a behind-the-scenes approach to the program and let the tennis center handle the certification process. Visiting Assistant Professor of Sports Administration Mark Howard viewed the program as an extension of the center, not Berry.

“We advertise it and try to get people interested in it, but there is not a connection with an academic department,” Howard said.

The RTC expressed hope for more student involvement in the program that helps develop professional experience.

Student worker Andrea Golliher-Strange has loved her first year and a half at the center. She worked with around six other Berry students and valued the center’s contribution to the community.

One of her favorite events was the wheelchair tournament held in March.

Individuals traveled internationally to compete. It was an example of the center’s positive impact and something she will never forget.

“The wheelchair tournament was a big deal,” Golliher-Strange said.

Daglis hopes for even more activity in the future. The opening of six indoor courts will bring more traffic to the center.

Daglis hopes to bid on indoor tournaments to keep business up throughout the year.

Construction will begin soon to finish for the April 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship.

We want Romans to feel like this is their tennis center.

Thomas Daglis

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Thursday Nov. 29, 2018

SPORTS

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Berry football ends season in Texas over Thanksgiving Break

PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPORTS MEDICINE Left: Second year graduate assistant Mary Przekwas (left), senior Cori Harvey and junior Meghan Kelly were part of the sports medicine team that traveled with Berry football to Belton, Texas last weekend.

Right: The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor hosted the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. Berry lost to Mary Hardin-Baylor 75-9.

Joshua Mabry asst. sports editor While many Berry students, faculty and staff were at home celebrating Thanksgiving with their families and friends, the football team and sports medicine staff were getting traveled to Belton, Texas to take on the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

This season is the second year in a row that the Vikings have been in the postseason and had to travel over Thanksgiving break.

Head Football Coach Tony Kunczewski said that even though it can be difficult, he considered it a blessing that the team was still practicing over Thanksgiving.

“We’re certainly not complaining,” Kunczewski said. “When you’re on a football team and you’re practicing during Thanksgiving week, that’s usually a good season.”

However, keeping a team on campus during Thanksgiving week is difficult from a logistics standpoint, according to Kunczewski.

When Berry’s dining locations closed Tuesday afternoon, the team and staff struggled to find local restaurants that could accommodate 135 people for meals.

According to NCAA restrictions, only 58 players are allowed to dress out and travel with the team. The players who did not travel got to go home and be with their families on Wednesday of Thanksgiving week after practice.

Kunczewski said that Thanksgiving is one of his favorite holidays because it combines two things he loves: family and football, though he misses family when he isn’t home on Thanksgiving.

Junior linebacker Brandon Palmer said that spending Thanksgiving weekend on the road was different from what he is accustomed to.

“It’s a little weird not being home for Thanksgiving,” Palmer Kathleen said. “But it was definitely a cool experience.”

Though Palmer missed eating Thanksgiving dinner with his family, he said it was beneficial for he and the team to be compete on a national level and represent Berry. Assistant Athletic Trainer Kathleen

Duncanson traveled with team for sports medicine. She said that even though she missed being at home with her family, this kind of situation is not unusual for her. Before coming to Berry, she worked at a Division I (DI) college, where the regular athletic season always extends over Thanksgiving weekend.

Duncanson said that she considers the football team to be her second family and that it was fun to spend Thanksgiving with them.

“We spend more time with them than we do our friends and our actual family members,” Duncanson said. “It doesn’t really Duncanson feel out of the ordinary to spend a holiday with them.”

According to Duncanson, the team used the trip as an opportunity to form stronger bonds with one another. They left a day earlier than they normally would for this

We spend more time with them than we do our friends and actual family members. It doesn’t really feel out of the ordinary to spend a holiday with them.

bigger trip to provide extra time together as a team before the game on Saturday.

Duncanson said that Ted’s Montana Grill, a restaurant in Atlanta, provided the team with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, stuffing and dessert.

Additionally, if any of the players or sports medicine students had family who had also traveled to Texas, they were allowed to spend the evening and have dinner with them, according to Duncanson.

Junior Meghan Kelly, student sports medicine football team leader, said that she got to go home and spend the evening with her family before flying to Texas with the team.

Kelly said that students who went home for the day to be with their families had to meet the team back at the hotel at 11 p.m.

Thursday.

After reaching the second round of playoffs for the second year in a row, Berry ended their record-breaking season after a 75-9 loss against Mary Hardin-Baylor. Their final record was 10-2.

Despite the loss, the Vikings can hold up their three back-to-back SAA Conference Championship wins and look forward to picking back up next fall.

Upcoming Events in Sports Thursday, Nov. 29 Swim and Dive

at SCAD Invitational @Savannah, Ga. Men and Women at 6:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 30 Women’s Basketball vs. Emory @Berry 7:00 pm

Saturday, Dec. 1 Men’s Basketball vs. Ferrum @Berry 2:00 pm

Thursday Nov. 29, 2018

SNAPSHOTS

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DECK THE ACADEMIC HALLS From the Memorial Library to Hermann Hall, Berry’s campus is covered in Christmas cheer.

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