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Liberal Arts: A professor’s point of view

Greg Mason is Mr. House o’ Dreams

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Check out the man behind Martha’s getaway, his life as the caretaker of the House o’ Dreams and the luxury of working in such a scenic location. | Page 6

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Andrea Hill | CAMPUS CARRIER On Wednesday night, the Berry College Interfaith Council hosted a gathering for solidarity to remember the victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting. The group joined in song, prayer and lighting of 11 candles in memory of the lives lost. They then lit a tweflth candle to comemerate two individuals killed in Kentucky the same week, after the alleged shooter unsuccessfully attempted to enter an African American church.

Speakers included Jonathan Huggins (bottom right), senior Suleima Millan-Salinas (top right), Anne Lewinson and Michelle Haney, all reading prayers, including a Jewish prayer of mourning, “The Mourner’s Kaddish”.

Gone phishing: Berry combats fraudulent emails Claire Voltarel news editor As Berry continues to develop in the digital world, more protection is required to guard student and faculty information online.

This semester, Berry has implemented several strategies to combat threats of phishing and fraudulent emails. The Office of Information Technology and administration are working together to create awareness of online safety across campus and ensure that the right steps are taken in the case of fraudulent emails.

Phishing is the practice of internet scammers who send fraudulent emails in the name of reputable companies in order to incite action of the receiver to reveal personal information such as passwords or credit card information. Unfortunately, the Berry bubble has not been exempt from these scams. According to Daniel Boyd, director of information security, phishing has been around for a while, but threats have been targeting faculty and staff this semester.

“We are seeing a rise, as well as any organization, in the number of fraudulent emails that the community is receiving,” Chief Information Officer Penny EvansPlant said. “The ‘bad guys’ have gotten more sophisticated in sending those emails and

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they look much more legitimate.”

Boyd said that email senders are imitating heads of different Berry departments to ask other department members for quick favors. Evans-Plant says staff have received fraudulent emails imitating President Stephen Briggs asking for iTunes gift cards. The domains of these emails mimic major companies such as Apple, but have a slight change that may go unnoticed at a quick glance, according to Evans-Plant. For example, the iTunes email came from “@ AppIe.com” instead of Apple.com.

“They are playing on colleagues knowing each other and trusting them,” Boyd said.

While phishing emails are directed at faculty and staff, students have experienced these scams as well. In the summer of 2017, many students received a variety of emails from an account that looked to be from Berry, asking them to click a link and reset their password. A few students had their credentials compromised, but the Office of Information Technology was able to trace the email back and compensate students. Boyd says the scammers are playing on the fact that in the summer, students do not typically pay much attention to Berry emails, and they are not around staff who can validate the email for them.

This case was not the first of fraudulent

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emails sent to students, and they are still at risk. Evans-Plant remembered a student this summer whose credentials were compromised, and the scammers used her account to email her contacts about a moneymaking scheme. In the end, this student lost money from her account due to phishing.

“There are real consequences here,” Evans-Plant said. “We have to be very vigilant.”

According to Boyd, students from other institutions have had their financial aid and tuition accounts redirected to scammers, but Berry does not set up a direct deposit system in the same way, so student finances are not at risk.

To combat both past and future threats, Berry Information Technology (IT) is issuing new strategies to bring about awareness and education to campus.

“The community is seeing IT work in a very different but intentional way to educate,” Dean of Students Lindsay Taylor said. “Boyd has shifted roles to be a person dedicated to educating and making sure campus is knowledgeable and equip to handle issues.”

Along with posters hung up throughout residence halls, tables in front of Krannert and various informative emails, Boyd and Evans-Plant said they are launching a new program to train students and faculty alike on

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internet safety and protection from phishing emails. Berry is using a company entitled KnowBe4 which includes a fast-paced, voluntary course that will be rolled out first to a volunteer group, then to staff and down to students by January of next year. according to Boyd and Evans-Plant.

Additionally, IT will implement a tagline on emails to indicate whether or not the sender is from Berry or an outside source.

If it comes from an outside domain, it will be tagged “[External]” to alert the receiver it may not be sent from the person they think it is. They are currently working to make it compatible with various outside sources that Berry clubs my send from, such as SurveyMonkey. Additionally, validated internal senders will have a green check mark next to their address.

Finally, Boyd and Evans-Plant said Berry is looking into implementing multifactor authentication, which many domains, such as Gmail, already have. Multifactor authentication requires a user to enter their username and password, as well as one or more pieces of evidence only the user will know. This type authentication is still in the works for Microsoft Office and eventually to on-campus domains.

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“With a second factor in place, even if they get the password, more than likely they can’t get into the account,” Boyd said.

Boyd recommended to use it for every website that offers for multifactor authentication.

Aside from the information and programs, provided by IT, Boyd, Evans-Plant and Taylor have some recommendations for students to stay safe and protect their information.

Boyd suggests to vary passwords per

website, and question the content of the email another site than the company itself, don’t if you aren’t sure of its reliability. click.

“They often Both Evansuse urgency, time Plant and also constraints and fear Taylor suggested to get you to trust the go immediately to email,” Boyd said. the website itself, A d d i t i o n a l l y, instead of clicking students should take a link in an email. caution with emails According to containing links. Boyd Evans-Plant, if the Penny Evans-Plant suggested scrolling email is valid, the the mouse over the same information link, or holding your should be directly thumb on the link for on the website for a mobile devices to see the URL. If it is from user to access and take action.

We have to balance access and security with convenience.

“We don’t want to make access to anything too difficult,” Evans-Plant said. “So we have to balance access and security with convenience.”

All of these tips are useful, however administration worries that with growing technology, aspects of information safety may be compromised. Boyd, Evans-Plant and Taylor see that with easier access to the digital age, students and faculty are subject to more consequences and threats to security.

“We live in a digital age, but our mindset hasn’t caught up to that” Taylor said.

“Everything is automatic, online, quick and easy, so we don’t have to worry about it. But the reverse is actually true.”

Berry’s WWI history remembered this Veterans Day

Annie Deitz staff writer

This year marks the 100-year-anniversary of the armistice of World War I. Veterans Day was initially linked with the ending of World War I. Although the Treaty of Versailles was ratified in June of 1919, a ceasefire, or armistice, began Nov. 11, 1918 at 11:11 a.m.. The next November, President Woodrow Wilson announced the day to be Armistice Day, in order to recognize those who lost their lives in service of the United States. Wilson declared, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.”

In 1954, after World War II and the Korean War, Congress amended the naming of Armistice Day to be Veterans Day, in respect for all of those who had died for their country, not solely those who fought in World War I. Veterans Day will be celebrated this Sunday, Nov. 11.

In prepation for this Veterans Day, it is important to consider its history, specifically Berry’s connection to World

War I. In the Berry archives, students can access thhe Southern Highlander publications, which were published by the Berry Schools during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and allow us to trace Berry’s deep-rooted involvement in the war.

According to the publication of the Southern Highlander from March 1919, approximately 500 Berry students were enlisted and fought in World War I. Of these 500 Berry Boys, as they were called, 11 lost their lives in the war. Here it is important to remember that at this point, and up until 1924, Berry was not yet a college, but simply a boarding school for impoverished boys and girls in the rural South. It was a high school, so students were only around age 18.

Martha Berry strongly believed that her educational and work training program offered at the Mount Berry School for Boys was vital to their success in the war. The vocational education provided at the school, as well as basic literacy education, allowed students to play important roles in the development of the war. As she explains in a letter titled “The Acid Test of War,” published in the May 1918 edition of Southern Highlander, “the School is built to help country boys and girls; it is fitted to their needs. After sixteen years of faithful and conscientious work, we know — it is proved — that ignorant boys and girls coming here are transformed into boys and girls of practical ideals who are fitted for service.”

Furthermore, Berry’s work program was actually

mobilized in order to help feed those in the war. As the October 1918 edition of the Southern Highlander described, Berry students spent their summers throughout the war aiding in providing for those overseas. The Berry School continued its agricultural program, ramping up dairy and beef production to aid in the world food crisis. Girls began to be more fully integrated into job roles previously only held by boys on campus, such as gathering fruits and vegetables and canning foods, along with their more traditional roles of sewing and weaving. Aside from the work program, Berry boys and girls alike worked to support the Red Cross and were frequently out in the community raising funds for the war. Despite being impoverished high school students, at a Red Cross rally during the summer of 1918, Berry students collectively gave $83.10 towards funding nursing and war efforts in the trenches. This today is the equivalent of $1,495.34.

Staff and students interested in learning more about the history of Veterans Day, Armistice Day, or Berry’s involvement in World War I, there are plenty of opportunities being offered between now and Sunday. This Sunday, there will be an event concerning Berry and World War I in Krannert at 4 p.m., as well as a ceremony conducted at the World War I monument on Memorial Drive at 5:30 p.m. And, in general, for more information on the history of Berry, they can visit the Archives in the Memorial Library, or the Oak Hill Museum, open 10-5 Monday through Friday.

Ethan Barker | CAMPUS CARRIER The Road of Remembrance, Victory Lake and the above monument were built in honor of the 11 former Berry students who were killed in WWI, according to “Berry College: A history” by Oida Dickey and Doyle Mathis. The book also states that the class of 1920 placed a plaque with their names in the foyer of Mount Berry Chapel as well.

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Fawn events around campus Friday 4 p.m.

Elena Karina Byrne poetry reading at Collegel Chapel (CE Credit)

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

KCAB’s Skate Night at Fun Wheels. Dress as your favorite holiday!

Saturday 8 p.m.

Sunday 9 a.m.

Sunday 3 p.m.

Sunday 4 p.m.

Monday 6 p.m.

KCAB’s Murder Mystery Dinner at Spruill Ballroom

Outdoor Church on Frost Chapel Lawn

Wind Ensemble Fall Concert in Ford Auditorium

WWI and Berry College: Documentary Film Presentation in Krannert 217

Women’s basketball vs.

Wesleyan College in the Cage Center Arena

Trump’s foreign tariffs to impact electronics Michaela Lumpert reporter Jordan Leitch editor President Trump enacted new tariffs on Chinese goods that could affect the price of every day products. These tariffs went into effect on Sept. 24, starting with a 10 percent increase in prices and eventually will rise to 25 percent

by Jan. 1, 2019.

The tariffs that Trump created directly affects trade between China and the U.S. The products most affected by the new tariffs are: electronics, some household objects, food and tools.

The basic definition of a tariff is that it’s a tax on an imported good produced in a foreign country rather than domestically. It increases the price of the foreign good, trying to encourage the growth of domestic industry.

Dr. Brian Meehan, assistant professor of Economics in the Campbell School of Business, said that in theory, the new tariff Trump proposed should have a positive effect on the U.S. by promoting citizens to buy domestic products, but ultimately, it’s having a negative effect on the American economy.

Meehan said that when a tariff is created, it provides the idea that domestic industries can compete against higher priced foreign alternatives. But what begins to occur, as he explains, is that some domestic industries are trapped producing goods that where once imported.

“It all comes at the expense of the consumers who pay higher prices, and jobs and rescources which would have been freed up to create other goods and services are now stuck in these

industries,” Meehan said. of these tariffs. A large part of [Berry students’] Another problem that the American economy budgets are electronics, which are all going to is facing due to the tariffs is an increase in the be impacted, and consumer prices are going to price of intermediate goods. Meehan said that be impacted.” when these intermediate goods increase in price, Not only are Berry students feeling its producers must then increase consumer prices to effects, but also the country at large. The new offset the new cost of the intermediate goods. As tariff could include hurting the trade relationship the price increases for these goods, consumers between the US and China. Meehan explains will then start to look for new producers that that trade between the US and China should be are offering the same products at a lower price; mutually beneficial. therefore, hurting the original producers who “When we engage in trade with China, we were selling the product. both gain,” Meehan said. “Not seeing it that “What ends up happening is a welfare loss, way is a detriment to both countries and to the where the cost to world at large. A trade war is a consumers is more destructive thing; a lot of the than the gains to world’s wealth is in prosperity, those few producers,” and it’s based on exchange and Meehan said. trade, both with the rich and the Junior economics very poor.” major Emma Duke Some people are waiting also noticed a shift to see what truly happens with in the American the tariffs once they go into full economy due to the effect on Jan. 1. Senior political new tariff. science major Alex Beato “We are all about understands how the tariff free trade and free could be beneficial, but awaits market because the the arrival of the tariff’s effects. whole point of that “I think the tariffs have the is to make everyone potential to be successful, but Brian Meehan better off,” Duke since the dynamics between said. “And if we don’t China and the U.S. are so have a comparative complex, there really is no advantage of producing electronics, then we certainty either way,” Beato said. need to be importing them.”

Meehan said that over the course of the next For Berry students, the effects of this tariff few months, the increase in prices might not be will soon be felt especially when students start as apparent as a sales tax, but it will still be felt looking for new computers and cellphones. by everyone including Berry students.

“Prices are going to be raised for things like “It’s going to be an increase in prices or computers and phones,” Meehan said. “The really it’s going to be not rapidly falling prices,” prices of these things are going up as a result Meehan said.

When we engage in trade with

China, we both gain.

Election day complete, Ga. governor still undecided

As Election day came to an end, there are a couple things to take away from both the Georgia gubernatorial race as well as the midterm elections for the House and Senate. Stacey Abrams has not conceded and said she will wait until all the votes are counted before conceding to see if a runoff will occur. She claims that there are many absentee ballots that haven’t been counted yet, and she will wait until every vote is counted.

After votes were counted, Democrats gained control of the House with 23 new seats obtained. In the Senate, Republicans managed to gain a few more seats in North Dakota, Missouri and Indiana, where President Trump is very popular.

As the new candidates assume their positions, change is expected in the federal government as well as other states after an eventful Election Day.

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Burglar Alarm Officers responded to a burglar alarm at Oak Hill but no issues were reported.

November 6

Medical Assistance Officers dispatched a medical assist after a student had an allergic reaction. They were transported to Redmond

November 6

Bicycle Accident Two students riding their bikes collided.

One student was taken to Redmond by a friend after receving a laceration to the head.

Oct. 31- Nov. 6 Officers responded to four fire alarm related incidents

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Our View: Hateful rhetoric can have scary consequences In late October, more than a dozen who body-slammed a reporter. Similarly, his Democrats and known critics of President disrespect for the media is frightening. Any Trump, including two former presidents, left-leaning news organizations are “fake were the targets of explosives, mailed to news media” and the “enemy of the people.” them by a conservative extremist and Trump His insensitive accusations often lack any supporter. substance. He has promised to put Hillary Many media outlets have pointed fingers Clinton in jail, despite her never being at the increasingly hateful rhetoric that has convicted of a crime. He has called protesters abounded during the Trump administration as of Brett Kavanaugh’s supreme court cause for blame. Republicans have said this nomination “evil” and “morally defective.” accusation is unfair, that There’s a line, the blame should never albeit sometimes be cast on members of between The way in which Trump fuzzy, the suspect’s community, challenging the incites fear through but the suspect alone. status quo and his words can prompt However, though their stirring up violence. argument is generally However, Trump has action from those who true, this is a separate crossed this line. His have always wanted a situation. We must look at rhetoric obviously the variables. cannot be directly reason to act hatefully, Since Trump’s tied to the actions of adding fuel to the fire. presidential campaign Cesar Sayoc, Jr., the and subsequent election, Florida man who is political rhetoric has suspected of sending become increasingly toxic, infiltrating the bombs to Trump critics last month. But American life as we know it. Trump himself though there is no direct causation, there is regularly encourages violence, jokingly and absolutely some correlation. otherwise. He has encouraged his supporters “Speech can inspire violence,” National to “knock the crap out of” any protesters at his Review senior writer David French said. “It rallies. He commended a GOP congressman can. It’s one reason why civility and a sense of

proportion in your speech aren’t just abstract, which Trump and many of his supporters sanctimonious, or elitist concepts. They’re fit snugly. Trump has turned his supporters moral responsibilities for people with any against entire countries through passing the kind of meaningful platform. Not all listening travel ban and demanding we must “build ears are sober-minded or entirely rational. that wall.” He has declared war against news And when they hear a media. Just as French public figure they admire said, this fearmongering thunder against his political can fall on the wrong opponents with extreme ears, with harrowing language, sometimes they’ll There’s a line, albeit results. take extreme action in The way in which sometimes fuzzy, response.”

Trump incites fear between challenging through his words can It would be unfair to discredit Trump’s skills prompt action from the status quo and in persuasion. In fact, those who have always stirring up violence. wanted a reason to for what he is trying to accomplish, his rhetoric act hatefully, adding has been extremely skilled fuel to the fire. Trump and effective. However, is not condoning the his method of persuasion October bombings or the is often fear and anger. His campaign synagogue shooting or any number of other slogan, “Make America Great Again,” terrible events that have occurred in the past implies that America was once great, and few years. But he does have a responsibility we must revert to some bygone era instead as one of the most-watched men in the world of progressing forward. Through acceptance to err on the side of caution, realizing that he and understanding, America is getting better cannot control how his words are taken once for groups like racial and ethnic minorities, they leave his mouth. women, and the LGBT community. It The Carrier’s editorial opinion represents the has only been consistently “great” for the views of the senior members of the Campus WASP, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, in Carrier and Viking Fusion news staff.

First year student? Consider philosophy

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MICHAEL BAILEY associate professor of government

Psssst. First-year students, gather around. You’ve mapped out your Plan4Ward, and many of you are flush with confidence in your shiny four-year college game plan.

To you highly organized souls I offer a hearty congratulations, but you are free to go. Here I want to talk with those folks who are still pondering their future. Lean in, because I have some advice: Consider majoring in philosophy.

Wait, where are you going?

Come back! Give me five minutes, that’s all I ask.

Let’s start with what everyone knows. Everyone knows that you go to college to land a dream job, and to land your dream job you need to choose the right major.

The problem is that everyone is probably wrong. Your major likely will have little directly to do with your future employment.

One 2013 study shows that threequarters of college graduates in the United States land jobs not directly related to their major.

But this isn’t a failure of the graduate, or the college, or the major; it’s likely not a problem at all.

Consider your BCC 100 common reading, Callings. A connecting thread in that book is that no single path—and certainly no particular major-guarantees anyone a satisfying job. Your own future career path will surely take unexpected turns because you’ll be on the lookout for promising new opportunities.

According to a 2007 study, only 20 percent of persons who take jobs outside of their major field of study do so because related jobs weren’t available.

Rather, people pursue theircurrent interests and ambitions. My own friends’ lives include a number of unpredictable stories: a medical doctor who majored in history; a dentist who majored in political science; an attorney who majored in aerospace engineering; a commercial airline pilot who majored in English; and an ecosystem educator at Yosemite National Park who majored in business economics.

It’s no surprise, then, that the authors of the 2007 study implore students to think very carefully before choosing a major focused on a specific occupational skillset, for the “cost to changing careers

after getting (such a) degree can be high.”

Given that the future is openended, why not select the major you find to be most intellectually stimulating? After all, you don’t go to college just to get a job.

You come to college to get a life as well.

Enter Philosophy.

What makes philosophy compelling is its world-altering and therefore self-altering character. philosophy aims at ultimacy and comprehensiveness; it seeks to understand the world taken as a whole. Moreover, it leads its devotees to dangerous places.

It unsettles easybreezy assumptions and upends comfortably cozy perspectives.

It changes lives.

What is true for philosophy is true as well for history and English and mathematics and Physics and all of the other liberal arts majors. All of these majors introduce us to novel perspectives, counterintuitive insights and demanding disciplines. All of them expand the self by expanding our worlds.

Martha Berry was right to think that work was an essential human good. But Martha Berry

also rightly understood that college has purposes beyond placing students on a career path.

A good college prepares students for the cultural world they inherit, fosters in students an attitude of ministering unto others, and commits students down the path of ongoing intellectual growth.

Marketable skills, while crucial, are not the whole of life. We were made for work, yes, but we were also made for the play of friendship and the responsibilities and joy of family. We were made to create and appreciate art, to serve our community and neighbors, to wonder about our place in the cosmos, to yearn for truth, and to respond in grace and truth to the Divine.

First-year students, listen.

Many of you are anxious about the future.

College tuition everywhere is expensive and college debt is a growing problem. But whatever your path, keep in mind that decades of employment await you.

College is a preciously brief occasion to explore what it means to be human and what it means to be you. Do not waste the opportunity.

Don’t get caught up in holiday greeting debates all the Halloween decorations with both Thanksgiving and Christmas decor.

Some believe the debate began with politics when President Donald Trump made the statement, “Boy, do I mean it - we’re going to be saying ‘Merry Christmas,’” as he was speaking to a group of evangelical leaders in 2016.

The religious standpoint also comes into the debate, with many holidays being celebrated during the month of December; such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice and the secular holiday of HumanLight. There are greetings and appropriate sayings for each holiday such as “Happy Hanukkah” to a Jewish person and “Merry Christmas” to a Christian person, simple holiday etiquette.

However, greeting a friend or coworker is different than greeting a stranger, due to lack

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The debate concerning “Merry Christmas” versus “Happy Holidays” is a debate that is brewing with the holiday season coming up.

Growing up as a Roman Catholic, I think either is appropriate to say.

One time, I was bell-ringing for the Salvation Army with my lacrosse team, and I said “Merry Christmas” to a gentleman and he corrected me with a “Happy Holiday.” For the rest of the afternoon, I continued to say “Happy Holidays” so I wouldn’t be corrected again. Instead, I was corrected by an elderly lady to say “Merry Christmas” in a manner that I did not appreciate.

I didn’t fully understand the problem of what was said. My only goal was to spread the holiday spirit of giving. The debate may begin with Christmas often being celebrated before Thanksgiving and how it can upset some people, with retail stores replacing

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of background knowledge and the simple kindness of acknowledgement. A simple “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays” shouldn’t be taken as an insult or degradation to other celebrated holidays, because it is impossible to know how people would prefer to be greeted during the holidays.

When a person says a particular greeting that isn’t accepted by another person, it should just be taken with kindness and not with an inappropriate response, because everyone is just trying to spend the holidays the way they would prefer. It can be hard to decipher a person’s religion and mindreading isn’t available either, so someone could never know what the other would be preferred to be greeted by.

Just take how you’re greeted during the Christmas season with a grain of salt. Enjoy the season and don’t be an Ebenezer Scrooge.

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Meet Greg Mason: Caretaker

Elisabeth Martin | CAMPUS CARRIER Mason walks towards the House o’ Dreams watertower.

Greg Mason lives in a small green cottage that is just a short walk from the House o’ Dreams. The property is located at the top of Lavender Mountain and Mason is able to view the Chattanooga mountains that peak over the skyline while he maintains the yard.

“Every day, there’s something to do up here,” Mason said.

“Me and my students stay busy. Whether it’s inside the house, inside the tower, in the restrooms, or on the grounds, we’re around. We enjoy it up here.”

As a caretaker, Mason’s day begins at 7:00 a.m.

“We get up and start watering the hanging baskets and all of the things that take a lot of water,” Mason said. “That takes a while — there’s a lot of watering to do. We start with watering because it’s still not too hot outside.”

Mason and his team do many things to keep the gardens in good shape. The property has 10 to 12 student workers who assist Mason with daily tasks such as leaf-blowing, weedwhacking and lawn-mowing.

“Over the years, I have found the plants that the deer really don’t like,” Mason said. “They usually gnaw everything down, so I’ve had to find things they stay away from.”

Additionally, Mason tends to a pond that contains over 20 koi fish. If there are any problems with the pond, Mason and his team step in to ensure that the fish survive.

“Last winter, it got so cold that the side and bottom wall started cracking,” Mason said. “It drained probably 70 percent of the water out. We had to get in there with sledgehammers and bust up the ice and get it all out so that we could work on the side walls.”

Mason’s work is not exclusively in outdoors, though. He is also in charge of maintaining indoor projects.

“We maintain the restrooms,” Mason said. “It seems like every year they are used more and more often. More and more people know there is a restroom up here, so we have more hikers and visitors come up.”

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One of the indoor jobs includes access to the inside of the

“When it’s thundering, we raise the bay doors [in the House o’ Dreams. Mason said his job is to keep everything clean warehouse] where we have a couch,” Mason said. “The students sit and in good shape. For this reason, he said he knows every corner on the couch with popcorn and Cokes and we watch lightning hit of the house, including the location of that rod at the top of the tower. I wish I had a hidden objects. video.”

“One thing the [female students] used Some days are harder than others at the “It’s a privilege to come to do before they graduated was write love House o’ Dreams. Mason said that from time up here, to work up here, to time, there is flooding because of leaves that notes and hide them behind picture frames and in books,” Mason said. “It was a tradition have built up in the ditches, and he and the and see what Martha to hide a letter and come back in 20 years students must clear them out.

Berry left for us. It’s a and find it to show their husband. Hopefully Even in late November, as the weather gets great place to enjoy. it’s the same guy! I don’t read them, I just find cold, the team must work to fertilize the grass.

I hope people bring them and let them be.”

After strong storms, they examine the 2.5 mile

When Mason first began working at road that leads up to the House o’ Dreams and their children and their the House o’ Dreams, there were only a few clear any trees that may have fallen. grandchildren in the fruit trees. Now, the fruit is abundant.

“I enjoy working outside, working with plants, future. ”

“When hikers come up, they’re and making everything look beautiful,” Mason welcome to try a fruit, like an apple or a said. “Thank goodness for students to help out Greg Mason peach, to see what it tastes like,” Mason said. too— it’s a big one-man job.”

Mason said there are many perks of When Mason is not working to maintain the being the caretaker to a place like the House o’ Dreams, he is spending time with his House o’ Dreams. These include making jelly out of the plums, wife, his chickens or his three cats. peaches and pears that grow from the trees, having morning coffee “It’s a privilege to come up here, to work up here, and see in the screened-in porch looking over the mountains and even what Martha Berry left for us. It’s a great place to enjoy. I hope watching storms. people bring their children and their grandchildren in the future.”

Elisabeth Martin | CAMPUS CARRIER House o’ Dreams Caretaker Greg Mason.

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Berry students gear up for National Novel Writing Month Alana George asst. arts & living editor

Nov. 1 marked the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a month-long writing competition with a goal of 50,000 words by the end of November.

This year, there are a few Berry students who are willing to rise to the challenge, on top of their classes and other commitments.

The competition began in 1999 and became a non-profit organization in 2005. Last year, there were over 400,000 participants from all over the country, and many novels written during NaNoWriMo over the years have been published.

According to the NaNoWriMo website, “National Novel Writing Month believes in the transformational power of creativity. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds – on and off the page.”

One student participant is senior Kayla Fuss. She has been working on her novel, about a werewolf boy and a cat-girl who bring their feuding groups together to defeat a witch, for a few years now, and she is well aware that NaNoWriMo is not for the faint of heart.

“It’s very difficult when you’re doing classes and studying

for finals to get all 50,000 words, but so far I’ve done pretty good,” Fuss said.

Fuss also had some advice for students who might be interested in participating next year.

“I think my biggest advice would be to not get discouraged if you don’t meet your word goal,” Fuss said. “You’re not really wasting anything by trying to do it.”

Another student participating in NaNoWriMo this year

is sophomore Shannon Rainey, who has been participating in NaNoWriMo since 2014. She has always wanted to be an author, so NaNoWriMo was a good opportunity to sit down and work on her novel, a gothic retelling of Snow White. Her advice to other aspiring novelists is to actually set aside time to hit a daily word goal.

“It’s not that hard to hit the goal when you actually set aside time to work on it,” Rainey said.

Rainey also counts words that she writes for school papers toward her 50,000-word goal. She thinks that anything she writes during that month should count toward her goal.

“To me, any words I put down on paper I think are important, and they’re practice, and they’re good,” Rainey said.

William Donnelly, assistant professor of English, encourages his creative writing students to participate in NaNoWriMo. He has never been able to participate himself, but he thinks it is a good motivator for students to sit down and write. He likes the fact that it is based on the quantity of what participants write, rather than the quality.

NaNoWriMo has already started for this year, but the organization hosts Camp NaNoWriMo every April and July, where writers can set their own word count or page goals.

Both Fuss and Rainey said this would be a good starting point for anyone that is interested in the concept of NaNoWriMo, but daunted by the task.

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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is a killer Queen film

COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released on Nov. 2. It is a biographical film following the life of Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek). commentary by Alex Hodges arts & living editor When I heard that a Queen biopic was in the works for 2018, I was both excited and worried. Having grown up listening to a plethora of different rock albums, Queen’s entire discography being among them, I imagined in my head that the film would be a grandiose display of Queen’s essence, which is to say the true power and exuberance expressed by the British four-piece rock band. Of course, that was until I remembered that it is in fact a biopic, which is a biographical film, about Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), the lead vocalist and pianist in Queen. That did not, by any means, lower my expectations, however. It put me in the mindset that this could be an interesting view into the life of Mercury as the ideas of pursuing passion and spreading love worked

vicariously through him. The film was all of that, and more.

Now, when I say more, I am not necessarily saying that the “more” is all good. There are definitely some things about the film that I personally questioned. The thing that caught my attention the most was the pacing, as well as the starting point of the story. It seemed to rush through – or leave out entirely – some of the formative years of Mercury and the band. Not only that, but among the excluded information was anything about Mercury’s childhood. This is a problem to me because it is less of a biography and more of a following of Freddie’s life through his and Queen’s fame. It made for a quality movie theater experience, but I would have appreciated learning about how young Farrokh Bulsara, as a boy of Parsi descent growing up in Zanzibar and India before later moving to Middlesex, England, in his late teens, discovered his talent and came to know and love music. Or perhaps that’s just me.

To give the film some praise, I will say this: it did well in the areas that focused on Mercury’s sexuality and how his relationships affected him as a superstar. I don’t much take to movies that have a focus on “lovey-dovey” relationships, but I think because Mercury’s relationship with Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) was portrayed so strongly that it set us, the audience, up for the heartbreak caused by the couple coming to terms with Mercury’s homosexuality, which was one of the more tender and human moments in the film.

Another key strength that this film has up its sleeves is the cast.

Malek achieves the seemingly impossible feat of portraying his character well. I think that Malek did so well because he wasn’t simply offering a skillful impersonation, but an imaginative interpretation of Mercury. He spoke softly to emphasize both Mercury’s extra teeth and the emotional effect of being singled out for them, which speaks to his attention to detail. Boynton, who, since her role as Raphina in “Sing Street” back in 2016, has been a favorite of mine, played her quiet, well-meaning portrayal of Austin in a way that made her flow with the story seamlessly. To add to the list of choice actors, Gwylim Lee as Queen’s guitarist, Brian May, was the optimal choice in my opinion.

Not only does he give the sort of reserved well-to-do persona that May seemed to have, but with the wig, I couldn’t see a better fit for the role.

Lastly, I was impressed by the consistency of the film, knowing that there was an abrubt change in direction late in the filming process of the movie. Bryan Singer, though receiving all credit for directing, was fired for his regular absence from set. Fox replaced him with Dexter Fletcher. After some research, I found that the Director’s Guild of America rules that a movie must have one director or director-team credit, and Fletcher said that he did not want to be credited. Why he did not, I do not know, but, regardless, there are no apparent changes in the film itself that reflect the switch in direction.

Under Bryan Singer’s direction, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” though not receiving stellar reviews, has grossed almost $150 million worldwide.

It would fittingly seem that Queen’s timeless reputation did more to establish an audience for the film than any advocation (or otherwise) by a critic. If you’re a Queen fan, see the movie. I think that it is worth seeing once, if only just to pay homage to one of the greatest bands on Earth.

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November 8

Lisa Caldwell Art Exhibit

• All day • Farrell’s Frame and Design Pieces from Lisa Caldwell’s creations will be on display for free at Farrell’s Frame and Design on Broad Street. Caldwell’s style is “observational realism” and includes her own “aesthetic insight”.

November 10

Trains & Tracks Expo

• Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Summerville Main St. The Expo has exhibits of model trains and railroad memorabilia, as well as food and craft items. This event has free admission.

November 10

“Gladiators and Warriors of Rome”

• 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

• Rome City Auditorium The Rome Symphony Orchestra will put on music celebrating sports and military themes, including the regional premiere of “Symphony for the Sons of Nam” by Captain James “Kimo” Williams.

November 10 CRBI Fish Fry

• 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Rome First United Methodist Church CRBI’s 17th annual fish fry returns. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children. Offered wll be plates of fried catfish, coleslaw, hushpuppies and cheese grits, along with homemade desserts.

November 11

Cave Spring Cemetery Riding Tour

• 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

• 22 Broad St. Cave Spring, GA Local Historian Billy Wayne Abernathy will lead several tours through Cave Spring’s cemetery. It’s $10 each. Tours are limited to four people at a time.

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Swim and dive prevails in fall season Miranda Smith sports editor

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are already deep into their 2018-2019 seasons with four meets under their sleeve and the Viking Fall Fest Invitational coming up in the coming weeks.

Both the teams have competed against Centre College, Emmanuel College, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Sewanee: The University of the South so far this season. The team is preparing for more invitationals in the future.

Senior Justin Gynther described the team this year as having a strong team camaraderie, with the freshmen assimilating well with the returning swimmers and divers.

“The team has done good so far with meets and getting times that they should be getting at this point in the season,” Gynther said. “I think the training has been a little harder this year and we’re starting getting more recovery practices than last year. With those two things put together, I think we’ll see a lot of improvement this year and a few school records broken.”

Gynther spoke highly of the newcomers and the freshmen, and even with the loss of the seniors and the other roster changes, the team is looking up this year. As a senior, Gynther sees the leadership as coming

from of the upperclassmen and from selfmotivation, with everyone looking to push themselves to improve on their times.

Senior Leigh Hadaway said the team is setting goals for themselves and for the team, to go as far as they have before or even further in the season and conference.

The team is looking up with strong additions and new personalities to fill roles within the team.

“Last year, the women’s team placed top three at conference, so we really want that to be a benchmark for this upcoming year,” Hadaway said. “With that goal, we want to use every meet as an opportunity to get up and race, and push ourselves in season so that we are ready in February.”

Hadaway also talked about the team’s winter training trip in December. With established relationships and trust on and off the water, Hadaway is excited to see how the team will improve in the second semester.

Hadaway, being the only female senior, described the leadership from the senior class to be strong, and sees the freshmen already proving themselves as competitive contenders in the conference.

The Berry men’s and women’s swim and dive team is hopeful for the future of the season with their most recent win against conference rival Sewanee last weekend.

Hadaway and Gynther see the team pushing off with momentum for the rest of the semester and for winter training.

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A Berry swimmer dives to start her medley at the Vikings’ meet against Sewanee: University of the South on Saturday.

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The men’s swim and dive team outscored the Sewanee Tigers 143.5-113.5 and the women outscored the Tigers 196-85.

Berry earned multiple first, second and third place finishes to secure big points for both men’s and women’s team.

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Newcomers expected to have significant impact this season

Bruno Rosa | CAMPUS CARRIER Left: Sophomore Kiana Dale (left) and freshman Mary Walters take the ball down the court. The Vikings are currently preparing for their home opener on Nov. 12. Right: Sophomore forward Mackenzie Bryan goes for a shot during a recent practice.

Ryan McGee Reporter Matthew McConnell Editor Berry’s women’s basketball team has high expectations for the 2018-19 season.

The Vikings maintained their 6-8 conference record by defeating Centre College in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. But, despite an 18-point outing from senior Nia Smith, the team then lost in the semifinals to Oglethorpe University.

At the end of last season, the team lost four seniors that had brought a variety of strengths to the team, according to Assistant Coach Ashley Southern. In response, six newcomers are picking up right where the seniors left off, Southern said.

“I am excited to see all the newcomers on the floor this year,” Southern said.

The 2017-18 season was a transitional year for this basketball team. This was the first year Head Coach Thomas Johnson and Southern worked together.

They are both looking forward to their second year.

Official practice started on Oct. 15, but the team had already

started preseason workouts and playing pick-up together daily.

“This is our first recruiting class and I think they are going to have a major impact on the team early in the season,” Johnson said.

There has been much growth in leadership with the upperclassman returners this season. Seniors Christine Cerezola and Alex Weems and juniors Eveline Parsons and McKenzie Smith.

She believes that these returners know what it takes to make a great team and have already had a great impact during preseason.

As regular season play begins, Southern believes the team’s solid defense from last year will carry over and be a strength again, noting that the team struggled offensively last year.

“I think one of our weaknesses that we will have to work on early will be our ability to score the ball,” Southern said. “We have some returners and newcomers that have the ability to score, but I think this will be an area of focus.”

Cerezola also has high expectations for the team and believes they can win the conference. She believes she has helped mentor the underclassmen through the preseason.

Cerezola sees a lot of her own traits in freshman forward Mary Walters.

“I think as a freshman she is already developing into a leader that will benefit her in her coming years,” Cerezola said.

Walters said she shares the same goal with Southern and Cerezola, which is to win the conference. Walters believes the Vikings are ready for the season and have worked hard during preseason to prepare.

“We only have 11 days to get ready for our first scrimmage after we start practicing,” Walters said. “This preseason has been very important to us.”

The Vikings had their first scrimmage on Oct. 26 against Gadsden State.

The first regular season game will be on Monday at 6 p.m. against Wesleyan College at The Cage Athletic Center.

This is our first recruiting class and I think they are going to have a major impact on the team early in the season.

Ashley Southern

Upcoming Events in Sports Friday, Nov. 9 Volleyball

vs. Rose-Hulman @Berry NCAA Regional Quarterfinals 8:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 10 Cross Country

NCAA DIII Regionals @Berry Women at 11:00 am Men at 12:15 pm

Football

vs. Trinity @San Antonio, Texas 2:00 pm

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FALL IS IN THE AIR

Chilly weather set the scene for the KCAB Fall Festival at the Jewel Box and Morgan Deerfield courtyard. Students had whimsical caricatures of themselves created, decorated flower pots and Mason jars to spruce up dorm rooms, and enjoyed donuts and fall-inspired treats. KCAB also provided s’mores, an inflatable challenge course, a hay ride and a plant sale for students to fill their new flower pots.

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