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The Rome Fire Department was

called to Morton Lemley shortly

before 6 p.m. Friday after dryer lint

buildup in the basement laundry

room started a small re.

Rome Fire Department battalion

chief Roger Haggard said the dryer

lint blocked a pipe in the basement

laundry room of Morton Hall,

causing the re. The re department

spent ve minutes extinguishing the

ames.

An overheated fan in the piping

was the source of the re.

“There’s a booster fan which is

an electrical fan downstream from

the dryers in the pipes to suck the

lint and air from the dryers,” Mark

Hopkins, director of the physical

plant, said. “At your house it’s

usually on an outside wall, so the

dryer itself blows the lint and hot air

right through the wall and out of the

house. In most large buildings, it’s

not right through the wall, so you

have to go some distance.”

Building codes require a booster

fan to be installed if that distance

exceeds 25 feet, Hopkins said. There

are about 40 feet of piping near the

Morton laundry room, although

only a small portion of the piping

caught re.

No injuries were reported.

“[There was] really no damage

other than to the vent itself, and the

re was contained inside the pipe,”

Haggard said.

Haggard said the burned pipes

were removed and the dryers cannot

be used until the pipes are replaced.

Students were evacuated from the

residence hall and remained outside

while the re was extinguished.

Freshman Ashley Rutkowski

said students were confused at rst.

“None of us knew what was

going on,” she said. “It didn’t

smell like smoke, it didn’t look like

smoke, so the whole third oor just

opened up our doors and looked at

each other and decided we should

probably get out of the building.”

Morton Lemley head resident

senior Abby Arthur said that while

no one was injured, students should

be more mindful of cleaning out the

lint trays when using a dryer.

“Everyone’s OK, but good note

to clean out your dryer lint,” she

said.

Hopkins said the dryers will be

working within a few days. Dryers

in Lemley Hall have not been

affected.

Lint in Morton dryers starts fireMay 1, 2014vol. 105, #25

MEGAN REEDeditor-in-chief

OPINIONS 4

FEATURES 6

ENTERTAINMENT 8

SPORTS 10

RACHEL YEATESnews editor

CHELSEA HOAGmanaging editor

Students recallexperiences

abroadp. 6

Bike thefts highlight security issues

Viking Code undergoing revisions

iPhone 6 tobe released

p. 9

JASON HUYNH, photojournalism editor

ELIZABETH WALKER, staff photojournalist

FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND to the lint fire in a Morton laundry room. Severalpipes were damaged, but no one was hurt.

A STUDENT SECURES their bikewith a cable lock.

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Four bikes were stolen from outside of Morgan and

Deereld residence halls the night of Aug. 17. The bikes

ranged in price from $80 - $2,000. Their locks and cables

were cut. Campus police suspect the culprit is unafliated

with Berry and intends to sell the bikes in pawn shops. The

thefts have prompted discussion about campus security.

Senior Spencer Watts, victim of the Aug. 17 bike theft,

thinks security cameras should be installed on campus. He

remembers several instances of property damage and theft

that could have been solved much more easily had there

been cameras to record the incidents.

“I had a friend’s car hit, I had my $100 ring stolen this

year and my bike,” Watts said. “They have cameras on the

eagles. They could put cameras on the parking lots.”

Junior Ree Palmer also had her bike stolen. However,

she is uncomfortable with the idea of cameras and does not

think they would help decrease crimes on campus.This incident had led to rumors that the number of bike

thefts has increased since last year. Chief of police Bobby

Abrams disagrees.

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Faculty and student members of

a committee were selected to update

the Viking Code toward the end of

the past spring semester in order

to make the code of conduct moreapplicable to students.

SGA met for the rst time this

semester on Sept. 2 to further discuss

proposed changes.

Julie Bumpus, the associate vice

president of student affairs and

associate dean of students, spoke

about the changes to the Viking

Code.

The Viking Code exists to inform

students of their responsibilities as

community members at Berry, and

the updates are created to make the

code of conduct more relevant to

today’s students.

There are around 10 proposedchanges to the code of student

conduct. Most changes include

edits to previous rules concerning

electronic technology such as cyber

bullying and inappropriate sexting.

Resident Life area coordinators

will also now participate in Judicial

Board decisions concerning changes

in student housing.

A major change deals with

alcohol and drugs. They are now

split into two sections instead of one.

SGA president senior Paton

Roden said this new rule implements

the difference between being

charged for alcohol “or” drugs ratherthan alcohol “and” drugs.

The separation allows for less

confusion while charging and

processing alleged offenders.

Sept. 18,2014

vol. 106, #4

SEE “BIKE THEFT,” P. 3

SEE “CODE,” P. 3

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PoliceBeat

PROPERTY

DAMAGEOn Sept. 11 a non-

Berry person struckthe gate arm whileentering campus.

Both the gate armand the subject’svehicle sustained

minor damage.

D.U.I.A non-Berry personwas arrested and

charged with a D.U.I.on Sept. 12 at themain entrance.

FIREA re was extinguished

in the basement ofMorton Lemley onSept. 12. The cause

of the re was aclogged dryer vent.

FOUNDOn Sept. 15 a visitor

found and turnedin a lost weddingband they found on

the Viking Trail.

PUBLIC

DRUNKENNESSA non-Berry person

was arrested andcharged with publicdrunkness on Sept.

16. The individual

was discovered in astudent’s car at Jewel

Cottage. Three otherswere also issuedcriminal trespass

warnings, banningthem from campus.

The Georgia Poetry Circuit

(GPC), which is housed at Berry, is

nearing the launch of a new program,the Georgia Poet’s Initiative.

The Georgia Poetry Circuit is

a consortium of nine colleges and

universities in Georgia that work

together to bring three out-of-state

poets a year to these schools to give

readings.

The Georgia Poet’s Initiative

is a program designed to connect

Georgia poets with schools in

Georgia.

“The GPC alone isn’t enough to

get everywhere” said Sandra Meek,

Dana professor of English, rhetoric

and writing, and director of the

Georgia Poetry Circuit since 2007.

“It’s a way to make available toschools in Georgia the poets who

already live and work in Georgia,”

said Nick Norwood, Columbus

State University’s representative for

the GPC. “It’s a database of poets

who live in Georgia and would be

willing to travel to other schools to

give readings and do workshops.”

The Poet’s Initiative already

has about 30 of Georgia’s best

poets signed on, including Natasha

Trethewey, the former poet laureate

of the U.S., Judson Mitcham, the

current poet laureate for the state of

Georgia, David Bottoms, the former

Georgian poet laureate and Thomas

Lux, head of the poetry departmentat Georgia Tech.

“It will really expand the access

to poetry for college students and

communities,” Meek said. “Part of

the requirement for an institution

getting these poets is they have to

agree the event will be free and open

to the public.”

Poets who are a part of the

initiative agree to do one reading

a year at any Georgia institution,

without charging a stipend. This

means that schools without funding

for readings will be able to offer at

least one literary event to students.

“It’s kind of an outreach to the

communities,” said Eric Nelson,

Georgia Southern University’srepresentative for the GPC.

“Especially communities thatdon’t have access to poetry and

who maybe don’t have a budget to bring poets to their campus or theircommunity to give readings.”

The idea rst came to fruitionthrough Meek, who wanted a way to

spread poetry throughout the state

of Georgia.

“Many colleges in Georgia

have minimal or no funding forliterary events,” Meek said. “The

thought is to help those underserved

institutions.”

The only requirement for poets

to join the initiative is that they have

one book published by an established

press.

“I think another nice element

[of the one book requirement] is

the variety of poets is pretty wide,”

Meek said. “At the very top [we

have] the former poet laureate of

the U.S. and other well-known poets

such as Thomas Lux, but we also

have younger poets so schools can

make decisions about what might

appeal to their audiences.”The members of the GPC have

high hopes for the program, and

expect it to make poetry more

accessible around the state.

“It’s a great idea and I’m certainly

hoping to be able to go to some

schools in Georgia to do some

readings,” said Norwood, who is also

a poet who has joined the initiative.

“I fully intend to take advantage of it

as someone who brings poets to my

school for readings and workshops.”

The GPC expects to ofcially

launch the Georgia Poet’s Initiative

in October.

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“As far as the number [of thefts] campus-wide, we

don’t see that,” Abrams said.

Bike thefts do remain one of the “most common

problems on campus,” Abrams said. However, “we

generally nd a large percentage of those.”

This incident was unique because of the cut bicycle

locks. This is what leads police to think the thief was

not from Berry.

“I didn’t gure someone would cut [the chain] just

to take it across campus.” Watts said.

Watts thinks the thief was looking for more

expensive bikes.

Sophomore Chandler Maddox’s bike was a $2,000

racing bike. Junior Kyle Harris owned a Cannondale

mountain bike and Watts owned a Giant. Palmer,

however, said her bike was relatively inexpensive.

“I paid $80 for it,” Palmer said. “But it was new

and shiny, so I guess they could’ve assumed that it was

worth something. They probably spent more on gas

than they’d have gotten trying to sell the bicycle.”

Following the incident, Maddox says her feelings of

security on campus have changed.

“I thought I was so safe here,” Maddox said. “I

guess there’s evil everywhere.”

Harris agreed.

“Now I’m paranoid all the time,” Harris said. “I’ve

got a new bike, but it’s in my room … I spent close

to $100 on different things to lock up the wheels and

a new lock for it just to make sure it doesn’t happen

again.”

Knowing the culprit was probably not a Berry

student inuenced Palmer’s reaction.

“It rattled me a little bit that somebody could move

four bicycles in the middle of the night without being

noticed,” Palmer said. “But it really didn’t affect my

feeling of safety on campus.”

Abrams continues to search.

“We’ve been able — with the bikes that we had

registered serial numbers – to put that information in

a national crime computer,” Abrams said. “So if they

show up in a pawn shop or somewhere else … we’ll get

a hit on it, and we can recover those bicycles and even

make an arrest.”

Neither Palmer nor Maddox had registered their

bikes with campus security. The unregistered bikes will

be more difcult to track.

Harris went to register his new bike and found an

ofcer searching Craig’s List still looking for his old

bike several weeks later. He commends campus police

efforts but is not optimistic.

“They’ve been real good looking for it,” Harris said.

“It’s just whoever did it knows what they’re doing.”

Senior Ben Riggs asked Bumpus for an example of Community

Standard IV-G, which states in the student code of conduct that the

“failure to notify relevant campus authority when there is a reasonable

expectation the health or well-being of a student is endangered” will be

punished accordingly.

He also asked for an interpretation of the word “reasonable.”

Bumpus replied that all student conduct code is left to interpretation of

the reader, but any knowledge of endangerment to a student or violation

to Viking Code would give a student the duty to report an incident.

“Overall, I think the changes are very positive and look to be pretty

good,” Riggs said.

Riggs proposed a “safe haven” clause protecting students involved

with helping a student in potential danger. This safe haven will be for

people who would otherwise be scared to call an authority. For example,

two friends are drinking and one gets sick. If the other person knows

they will be equally punished, he or she will be less likely to call for

help. With the safe haven clause, that person will be protected.

“I propose that it’s more a barrier to act on the behalf of the students.”

Riggs said. “For the students’ well-being and health, why not eliminate

any barrier to act in such situations.”

Riggs said that two resident assistants countered that Berry students

are virtuous enough to rise up to the challenge and turn themselves

in at the expense of their friend in need. However, Riggs feels that

contradicts human nature and thinks it’s just as virtuous to approve

eliminating any barrier.

More student feedback about the new rule was brought up Sept. 16.

Roden said this subject is still up for much more debate next week.

When asked if the changes to the code of conduct are nalized,

Roden said that as far as she knows, SGA and Bumpus want more

student feedback.

The nalization of the new Berry College student code of student

conduct is dependent on student involvement.“Based on what the student body says, I can get Dean Bumpus to

come back to answer more questions or discuss whether it is nalized,”

Roden said. “I don’t believe it is.”

SGA meets with the student body every Tuesday in the Krannert

Ballroom at 7 p.m.

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VIKINGFUSION.COM

A BBC article titled, “First there was

racism and sexism, now there’s ableism”

that outlined what ableism is and how to

avoid being ableist was published last June,

and while I appreciate the concept of thearticle, I do not particularly appreciate the

headline.

Ableism, or the discrimination against

disabled people, has been around since

disability has existed, not just since we

as a society have become aware of it, and

ableism exists everywhere.

You might think that the word

“disability” just pertains to physical

disabilities like cerebral palsy or blindness,

but there is more to it than that. Disability

includes anything that limits a person’s

daily life, like their activities, movements

or senses.

This includes mental disabilities, like

obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and

borderline personality disorder, which can be just as disabling as a physical disability.

Severe OCD can be just as debilitating as

another disorder when the compulsions

associated with the disorder take up

extreme amounts of time that could be used

to do something else.

Some disabilities affect a person more

than others. For example, someone with

severe schizophrenia is obviously more

affected by their disability than someone

who has a migraine once a month. That isnot to say that some disabilities deserve

more attention than others, but that some

change the way you live in greater ways.

Derogatory words like “retard,” “spaz”

and “insane” are all examples of thingswe say every day that favor the abled over

the disabled. Buildings that do not feature

ramps, elevators, easy-to-open doors or at

ooring favor those who can walk over

those who cannot.

Blaming those with depression for their

disability, or telling them to “get over it” or

“cheer up” instead of trying to understand

is ableism. Even not inviting your disabled

friend to a party because you do not think he

or she is feeling well enough to participateis ableism.

I have experienced ableism from

everyone around me, from my family to

my teachers to my closest friends. I was

once told I did not have to participate in

a group presentation because my Tourette

syndrome (TS), which causes me to make

uncontrollable movements and sounds,

would make it too difcult to perform a

task like this in the future, so why even

bother trying now.

I have been told that my disability is not

a real one. I have a small amount of control

over the sounds and movements I make as

part of my TS, so I have been told to stop

having it.

What I am trying to get at is that ableismis real. It is not just something that social

justice warriors invented to make you feel

bad about being a relatively able-bodied

person who has probably unknowingly

offended some disabled person at some

point in your life.

According to 2010 U.S. Census Bureau

data, 31.3 percent of Americans either have

a moderate or a severe disability.

How many of them have experienced

ableism from a teacher, parent or friend?You probably know someone with a

disability who has experienced ableism

rsthand.

How many times have you called

something “retarded” or called a friend

“slow”? We need to remove words like

“retard,” “spaz,” “slow” and “insane” from

our vocabulary. We need to stop blaming

those with disabilities for things they cannot

control. We need to make all buildings as

accessible to those with disabilities as they

are to those without.

Most of all, though, we need to realize

that those with disabilities are people, and

the only way we can eliminate ableism is to

treat them as such.

Comedian and journalist Stella Young put it well when she said, “We have been

sold the lie that disability is a bad thing.

And to live with disability makes you

exceptional. Disability does not make you

exceptional, but questioning what you

know about it does.”

HOW ARE WE DOING? LET US KNOW!

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Understanding disabilites and eliminating ableism

KELSEY HOLLIScopy editor

@CAMPUSCARRIER

Decoding our fear of policeMany are beginning to question

whether the police are still worthy

of the people’s trust. Police ofcers

stand to serve and protect, but for

every few good police ofcers you

will invariably nd the bad. Fear is

running high throughout parts of theU.S., but regardless of what rioting

is taking place, this sensation is

nothing new in the U.S.

It’s happened to all of us at

least once—you are minding your

own business when a police ofcer

pulls up, and you are automatically

ooded by panic and the fear that

you have done something wrong.

The matter of our safety was

recently questioned after the

shooting and killing of 18-year-old

Michael Brown by ofcer Darren

Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. It has

spurred protests, riots and safety

concerns among many individuals.

A concern is growing of how safe

we may actually be under the

authority of police.

There is one thing that needs to

be understood before any further

reconciliation can be made. This

debate is not only about racism. Our

fear has been built off of sexism and

ageism. Everything about you from

your clothes to your tattoos will be

judged when the police confront

you.

Delving into the matter deeper

reveals that this issue can be

explained psychologically. Russian

psychologist Ivan Pavlov developed

the idea of classical conditioning,

which is well known for introducing

the correlation between stimuli

and response. The stimulus—in

this case, the police—produces

a response of fear. Despite our

track record with authorities, it has

become our physiological response

to automatically fear them based on

past occurrences.Throughout the history of the

world, there have been countless

cases where the police have

misused and abused their authority.

This does not mean that all police

ofcers are corrupt. However, when

65 percent of Americans admit that

police ofcers aren’t being held

accountable in a recent USA Today

and Pew Research Center poll, it

raises concern.

Putting mind over matter, there is

something that every individual can

do to make themselves feel safer

when dealing with police—knowing

your rights. Always be aware of

your surroundings, what you are

doing and whom you are with. If

an ofcer ever confronts you it is

benecial to know what you are and

are not allowed to do. These rights

can be viewed on the American

Civil Liberties Union website.

Knowing your rights automatically

gives you power.

With great power comes great

responsibility. Both citizens and

police need to put more effort into

communication to restore trust and

healthy relationships. There has

been a decrease in the glorication

that ocomes with being a police

ofcer, but despite the beauty of

their job, there is still a need for

their work.

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“We need to realize

that those with

disabilities are people,

and the only way to

eliminate ableism is to

treat them as such.”

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Now I am no master chef, but

it doesn’t take a seasoned ve

star cook to realize that the rst

impression of a meal is how it is

presented.

I am in no way picky about my

food. A hungry man is going to eat

what is put in front of him and that

is perfectly ne, but it would be

nice from time to time to not eat

food that is mashed all together in

a Styrofoam box.

According to chef Sean Bone,

presentation means everything

because it is the rst impression of

the food. Whether we will or willnot eat something starts with sight

because as humans, most of us live

by the cliché, “we like what we

see.” Sure, most would say, “I am

always on the go and don’t have

time to take that into consideration.

Just give me my food so I can scarf

it down and go.”

Stop and think for a moment.

We as humans are made to eat.

What we eat is up to us, but above

just being human, we are humans

in the U.S. We get the freedom

to eat whatever and wherever we

please and are in a country where

we get the most variety of foods

from all around the world. So why

not take a moment and enjoy your

meal once in a while, especially

those of you whom during your

phase of angst, said that you would

live by the standards of “YOLO”

and try anything food wise.

You don’t even have to go all out

on your rst outing, start with the

basics. The next time you go into a

restaurant, pay attention to how your

food is served and tell me whether or

not it tasted better than the place across

the street or down the road because I

bet the rst thing you judge when you

walk into the place is how it looks and

how the food is served. I am telling

you, it will be a lot more satisfying.

Take it a step further and try it at

home. Don’t serve yourself a messy

looking meal. Take your time and

make it look nice.

I love to experiment with eventhe most simple of entrees. Take

noodles, for example. Sure, I can

take them out of the packet, pour

water over them in a cup, stick it in

the microwave and eat them without

a second thought.

However, if I took some extra

preparation time to add some mint

and spices, or served it moist and on

a plate with tomato or alfredo sauce

the options are endless.

Sure, it may take a couple of

extra minutes, but the effort and time

that I put into my food makes all the

difference. Now it has appeal and

taste.

So next time you cook something

because you’re hungry or just want

something to eat, challenge yourself

to try something different with your

food and make it look better, taste

better and feel good about the fact

that you made something better with

time and effort.

“Would you eat

the food in the

Dining Hall if

it was presented

differently?”

“I’m more concerned

about the taste.”Campbell Harrison,

sophomore

“The better something

looks, the more willing Iam to try it.”

Heba Nessim,

junior

“If the food looks good,

I’m going to assume it

tastes good...sometimes

it looks better than it

tastes.”Austin James,

sophomore

“The appearance

matters. If it doesn’t look

good, I’m not even going

to try it.”Yennifer Clarin,

freshman

MARIE COLLOPasst. sports editor

JASON HUYNHphotojournalism editor

Relationships in college: the hookup culture

Make me want to eat your food

STUDENTSSPEAK

5September 18, 2014

Our generation is increasingly accepting the

hookup culture as the norm and doing away with

the idea of traditional dating and relationships.

Our grandparents had it right when it comes

to dating. The art of courtship is lost in our

generation. Fewer people are asking someone

they’re interested in to go out on a date. Today,

people meet others through dating apps or

through other callous interactions such as

college parties.

Despite realizing that nonchalant

relationships benet neither party involved,

our generation continues to fully embrace the

hookup culture.

We have become so heavily concerned with

casual hookups that intimate connections with

others have been virtually eradicated. Aside

from drunken sex the night before, the idea of

courtship and dating has been replaced with a

never-ending game that always seems to end in

a negative fashion.

Nowadays, people are afraid of the end-

all, be-all idea of commitment. No one wantsto become too invested in their relationships,

and the one who doesn’t care the most in

a relationship is the ultimate winner. If we

don’t set ourselves up for a potentially painful

situation, we think we won’t have to worry

about heartbreak.

Dating has transformed into a big game of,

“oh he didn’t text me rst, so I can’t text him,”

and, “I saw him with another girl yesterday, so

he must have moved on.”

I can see why this culture has become so

popular with our peers. It all seems good and

well to not put yourself out there and show

someone how you really feel in order to avoid

pain. It’s a low-risk, low-reward situation, but

this is where our peers have it wrong.

If individuals want to get the kind of love

that they see in typical movies, they have to tell

someone how they really feel.

Casually avoiding feelings and lingering

around someone you’re truly interested in

won’t get you any closer to a fullling, intimate

relationship with someone.

Our generation needs to learn how to take

chances because eventually, in the end, one of

those times you risk it all, it will end up being

worth it.

This new culture is especially prevalent

among college students. Maintaining a

relationship in college is hard enough, but wheneveryone seems to be obsessed with the idea of

hooking up and shying away from commitment,

it makes it even more difcult.

College students hear it all the time—

“Embrace your college years. Don’t concern

yourself with being tied down.” But is this really

preparing us for life after college?

During college, we become more familiar with

hooking up instead of dating. After we graduate

and develop into individuals who are ready to

pursue others in a more formal occasion than

the avarage college hookup, it will be difculat

for us to understand how that process actually

works.

I agree that we shouldn’t spend our college

years settling for someone who we aren’t truly

interested in just to be in a stable relationship.

However, I do believe that it is easier to discover

what you really want in a signicant other

through traditional dating, rather than regular

hookups.

With apps like Tinder and Zoosk, everyone

seems to be looking for a casual, temporary

hookup instead of a commitment worth it in the

end. It may be difcult to break away from the

mainstream opinions on dating and begin dating

like our grandparents once did, but it will be

worthwhile to fully invest your time in someone

you truly care about.

Testing out different partners, whether it beduring an occasional hookup or actually going

on planned dates, we should all have the same

end of a worthwhile relationship in mind.

Everyone jumps on those couples who have

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Berry provides students with many

opportunities to study abroad in a myriadof different countries. Students have studied

in such places as Florence, Italy, Waterford,

Ireland and Hyderabad, India.

Studying abroad provides students with

an opportunity to take college classes while

traveling to different places and experiencing

other cultures. Students can study abroad

for a semester or a shorter period over the

summer.

Senior Sara Gheesling spent a summer

abroad studying in Waterford, Ireland for

seven weeks. While there, she studied drama,

world literature and Irish culture.

“We were in class Monday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday and Thursday we would go on

eld trips to different places around Ireland,”

Gheesling said.

The classes were not very rigorous,

although some were more writing intensive

than others, Gheesling said. The most

difcult thing about studying was keeping up

with traveling all the time.

“I’m not going to say that it’s like a typical

college class because you’re constantly

traveling. It’s hard to keep up with your

schoolwork when you’re constantly on the

go,” Gheesling said.

Senior Caroline Jewell studied in

Florence, Italy for a spring semester. She

said that when studying for a whole semester,

school is a lot more intense.

Jewell said nals are difcult because

classes are in different buildings and are

spread out across the city.

“It’s hard because you’ll have a two anda half hour midterm, and another one right

after that, and another right after that,” Jewell

said.

However, both Jewell and Gheesling only

had classes a few days a week. The rest of the

time was devoted to traveling.

Gheesling’s group traveled to ruins, castles

and various monuments around Ireland. But

the best part, Gheesling said, was when they

were able to travel outside the country.

“The independence you feel being able to

travel in Europe by yourself is indescribable,”

Gheesling said.

Gheesling and her friends spent a weekend

in London, about 500 miles from Waterford.

While there, they stayed in a hostel in

Westminster and walked down the famousAbbey Road.

“We just hopped on a plane and it took

45 minutes to get there. It was so easy,”

Gheesling said.

Jewell also took advantage of how easy

traveling is in Europe. Over the course of

her trip, she visited Scotland, England and

Ireland.

“The rst weekend I traveled outside of

Italy, I went to Prague, and I went with a

company,” Jewell said.

In popular cities with a lot of international

students, Jewell said that “they have traveling

companies that will target college students.

They provide transportation and a tour guide,

and they know the cities pretty well.”

Jewell said that it is both easy and hard

to travel in Europe. Trains and cheap airfare

make it easier to travel, but many people in

European countries don’t speak English and

are not very friendly towards Americans.

“So I met all these amazing students and

my professors were great, but the people

of Florence weren’t as friendly towards

American students because… they’re

overwhelmed with tourists every day and

they’re just tired of people from other

countries coming over,” Jewell said. “Even

after living there for four months I still felt

like an outsider.”

Junior Olivia Paige, who spent a semester

in Hyderabad, India last spring also learned

that traveling abroad sometimes meant being

an outsider.

“When you’re traveling, your main goal is

to t in as much as possible… but in places

like India, you’re never going to t in,”

Paige said. “There are the obvious physical

difference and languages differences, so

you’re never going to blend in to that culture.”

Paige said that you only fully experience

studying abroad once you have come to terms

with the fact that as an American you will

stand out.

Despite these cultural differences,

studying abroad can be a rewarding

experience. It gives students the chance tolearn about and experience different cultures.

For example, Paige had the chance to crash

an Indian wedding in a hotel she was staying

in.

“We’d heard that they were very open to

people crashing weddings,” Paige said. “We

went out that night, bought Indian wedding

clothing, then came back and actually went

into the wedding. And they said ‘yes, come

in’ and it was huge and just so much food.”

But studying abroad also gives students

the opportunity to appreciate their own

culture.

“You don’t realize how prominent your

culture is until you’re completely removed

from it,” Jewell said.

Studying abroad allows students toappreciate what living in other parts of the

world is like. Berry offers several different

opportunities a year, including volunteer and

internship opportunities. This year, the school

is offering programs in London and Paris.

“You’re getting your educationand this experience, and youhave a way to pay for it because

your scholarships can count,and you have time to travel, so Ithought, ‘this is the perfect timeto go.” -Caroline Jewell (Italy)

“I think it’s a waste if you havean opportunity to go abroad andyou don’t use it, because it’s thecheapest and best time that youcan go. Even if it’s $5,000 it’s stillcheaper than if you go when

you’re 30 by yourself or withfriends. It’s the best deal you canget.” -Sara Gheesling (Ireland)

“In terms of the process, it’s goingto be one of the most [arduous]processes to go through becauseof the paperwork and traveldetails and passports. It’s a lot ofpaperwork to go through.” -OliviaPaige (India)

“Stay with host families—that’san irreplaceable part of theexperience that adds a big partto it.” -Frankie Hudson (Spain)

“When you study abroad, youdon’t realize how prominent yourculture is until you’re completelyremoved from it.” -Caroline Jewell

“It’s completely worth the

experience because you comeback realizing that there is somuch more to life than what youknow.” -Sara Gheesling

“Anything you go through is worthit. There’s never a good time to go.There’s never a time where youmight feel like you’re not going tomiss something. But you shoulddo it.” -Olivia Paige

“Talk to the international programofce to get plans in place.”

-Frankie Hudson

Study Abroad

Advice

Students recall study

abroad experiencesZACHARY

WOODWORTHfeatures editor

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Q: Where did you go and when?

A: “I went this past spring semester to Florence, Italy through

Lorenzo de’ Medici. I wanted to study abroad because that’s thecheapest way of traveling before you get out of school. You’re

getting your education and this experience, and you have a way to

pay for it because your scholarships can count, and you have time

to travel, so I thought, “this is the perfect time to go.”

Q: How did your classes differ from classes in the States?

A: “The professors were all really great and I loved all of them.

Most of them were Italian, but I had one from Brussels and another

from Australia. So it was really cool to experience someone from another culture entirely that’s

not even native to the culture you’re in currently.”

Q: What was your favorite parts of your travels?

A: “Even though I was [studying] in Italy, every weekend I was somewhere else, so it felt like

I was constantly traveling. Summer people [are] still in the honeymoon phase because they’re

not there as long and don’t have as much work, but when you’re there a whole semester, you’re

still doing school work, and you have ups and downs. You miss your family, you miss a lot of

people and you miss your culture.”

Q: What did you learn while studying abroad?

A: “It was so amazing to get to go every weekend to a different country and a different culture,and be around all these different people. I think everybody should do it because of the perspective

you can get on life and people in general. In the Berry Bubble you’re so focused on what you

need personally that you kind of forget about other people’s needs, like outside of your school,

your city or even your country. So to get to see people in another country, and what drives them

and what they want from the world is kind of cool.”

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Q: What was your favorite part of your travels?

A: “One thing that was different to me was I didn’t spend a lot

of weekends traveling around Europe. So I had some wonderful

day trips to little towns around that area and along the coast of

Raval.”

Q: What was your favorite place in Spain?A:“There’s this adorable town called Sitges, a little bit south of

Barcelona, on the coast. Its famous for its Carnival—which is

like European Hispanic Mardi Gras. And this town with this tiny

population just swells over one week. There are parades through

the streets, everything is just covered in confetti and there is

revelry all night long.”

Q: What was your favorite story or memory?

A: “I also went [to Sitges] one day in January when it wasn’t super crowded and it was just all

these shops and coastal restaurants and cafes. As I was walking through the streets I was sort

of humming a song to myself and there was this older man with a guitar on his back coming

from the other direction and he heard me humming and so in Spanish we started having this

conversation. Then he sat down...on the steps of a gothic catherdral, got out his guitar and he

just started playing and he ted me to sing with him, so we did that for a little while, and I got

out my sketchbook and made a sketch of him and at the end I signed it and he kept it and we

just went our separate ways, but for half an hour, just music and art in Spain.”

Frankie Hudson, seniorBarcelona, Spain

Spring 2014Major: Spanish

Q: Where did you go and when?

A: “I went to Waterford, Ireland for seven weeks. I took a drama

class, World Literature and a Irish culture course. I traveled with

other Georgia students through the European Council, which is

out of Valdosta State [University].”

Q: How did your classes differ from classes in the States?

A: “We were in class Monday and Wednesday, but on Tuesday

and Thursday we would go on eld trips. On Friday we could

do whatever... Classes were really small. I had maybe 15 people

in my classes. In my literature class we looked at purely Irish

literature. We discussed it and when we would go on eld trips, we would look at places that

the authors lived or visited. It’s hard to keep up with your schoolwork when you’re constantly

on the go.”


A: “My favorite part was when we left Ireland. Two of my guy friends and I got a plane

ticket and a hostel last minute and we ew to London and stayed in Westminster. Plane fare

is really cheap over there. You can get a plane ticket for 60 or 70 euros... So, for two days

we traveled around London just the three of us. It was so much fun. We got to go to Abbey

Road, and a hippie actually took a picture of us crossing the road. That was my best memory

because it was just the three of us against the world. Some people went to Scotland. Others

went to Paris...The hardest part was moving around so much. But it was completely worth

Sara Gheesling, seniorWaterford, Ireland

Summer 2013Major: Psychology

Q: Why did you choose to go to India?

A: “[India] was sort of a random choice. I wanted something that

was really different and I wanted something that would get me outof my comfort zone a little bit.”


A: “I got the opportunity to travel a lot which was a huge benet,

so I just traveled to a bunch of different cities. One of the cities

we traveled to was Mumbai, which is really known for its lm

industry: Bollywood. One day, my friend and I were walking across

the street and this man approached us with this yer and asked if we

wanted to be in a Bollywood lm. We got him to back it up with a

phone call and we talked to other people, [so we knew it was safe].

They take us in this car for two hours to this fancy house in Mumbai where they’re lming this

Nivea commercial. They put us in this costume and makeup trailer, they have us put on blue

shirts and then they give us funny glasses and hats. So we were fans for the soccer game that

was featured in the commercial. Actually the commercial is real, and you can see my arm in

the commercial.”

Q: What was the most important lesson that you learned during your travels to India?

A: “[I’ve learned that] when you’re traveling your main goal is to t in as much as possible

and some places that’s really easy to do, and it’s good to do that to an extent, but to places like

India, you’re never going to t in. And sometimes that’s hard, because especially when you’re

living there for an extended period of time, you want to feel like you belong. But people will

still laugh at you at the street and point and take pictures and make you feel like an outsider.

One thing that I learned was to embrace that. The moment that you embrace that you’re never

going to t in completely and you’re always going to be funny and awkward, that’s when you

really get to experience it fully.”

In My Words: Study Abroad

Olivia Paige, juniorHyderabad, India

Spring 2014Major: Sociologyand Anthropology

Caroline Jewell, seniorFlorence, Ita ly

Spring 2014

Major: VisualCommunication

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intelligence levels, backgrounds

and physical appearances, Fox’s

new series, “Utopia,” is sure to

be full of confrontations between

characters and many obstacles for

the producers to overcome.

“Utopia” and its producers are

priding themselves on the fact that

the show is supposedly the rst

reality series to deal completely

with the creation of a society

from scratch and the areas that the

participants will struggle with while

doing this.While many Americans who have

watched the show are comparing

it to other reality television shows

like “Survivor,” “Big Brother”

and “The Amazing Race,” the

producers have promised that it will

differ completely because of the

guidelines, or lack thereof, that they

have put in place.

Producer John de Mol also

produced “Big Brother,” “Fear

Factor” and “Deal or No Deal,” so

he has experience in reality TV.

Participants on the show include

Red, a handyman and moonshiner,

Dedeker, a belly dancer, Bella, a

doomsday prepper and Chris, a chili

farmer.In the rst episode of “Utopia,”

viewers were introduced to 15

people who would be placed into

this new society and were given the

basis for the show. The participants

were placed on a farm that has a

log cabin, two cows and ample

amount of land for the participants

to develop. In addition, they were

given $5,000 to spend on whateverthey collaboratively decided to.

The rst obstacle they faced

was the decision of which personal

belongings they would bring into the

new society. Of course, this began

the rst arguments that we would

see and continued to see throughout

the premiere.

This argument began when one

of the participants, a former convict,

said he would not participate in the

show if he could not bring all of the

belongings that he wanted to. He

ended up resorting to screaming,

yelling and bullying the other

participants into letting him have his

way.John, a construction worker from

California, drank too much alcohol

on the rst night and then attacked

some of the female participants.

The morning after was also the rst

time that we saw the participants

come together to make a decision

in unison about the punishment he

would receive.

They set up a form of a congress

headed by one of the participants, a

criminal attorney from New York.

They voted on whether or not they

should allow the construction worker

to stay in the society. The nal result

of the vote was that he could remain

if he refrained from drinking for a

period of three months.“Utopia” is a series that has

the ability to be very popular in

our society. I think that the show’s

message should resonate with

people from all walks of life because

it shows that we have to learn to

deal with others on a regular basis.

It should be a breath of fresh air to

see participants dealing with real

world problems rather than seeing

the celebrities that we are unable to

relate to deal with their issues.

However, the show’s ratings

have been slipping. The Sept. 7

premiere had 4.6 million viewers,

while the Sept. 9 episode had 2.5

million viewers, according to a Sept.14 article from the International

Business Times.

Viewers can also apply to be

on the show’s current season as

participants are voted off the show

and then replaced. Viewers can

also see the action online 24/7 for a

monthly $4.99 fee.

Viewers can submit ideas for

how their small business could

be featured on “Utopia.” The

viewer can rent some land which

the participants will then harvest

according to the viewers’ requests,

splitting the prots with the viewer.

Fox is currently planning to air

the show for a year.“Utopia” airs Tuesdays and

Fridays at 7 p.m. on Fox and is set

to last for a year.

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THE NEW FOX SHOW “Utopia” has been comparedto other survivor reality shows but with added

stakes and extra resources for the participants.The show, which premiered Sept. 7, airs Tuesdaysand Fridays at 7 p.m. on Fox.

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behind in the recliner for the newfall television shows coming your

way.

From seeing the image

transformation of a wannabe

Internet sensation to a genuine

person in “Sele” to exploring the

not-so-magical workers’ lives of

one of the country’s most popular

theme parks in “Happyland” to

solving some of the world’s most

complex problems in “Scorpion,” a

study break will come in order.

Learn more about these sizzling

series to get an idea of which ones

you’d like to watch at the end of

this month.

Starring Karen Gillan (“Doctor

Who”) and John Cho (“Harold

and Kumar”), “Sele” is about

a pompous social media buff’sattempt to rebuild her image in

order become a more approachable,

loving person.

The show is a loosely based

modern version of the musical

“My Fair Lady.” The self-centered

Eliza Dooley (Gillan) nds Henry

Higgenbottam (Cho), a marketing

self-image expert, to help her

out. Henry takes on the task

of rebranding Eliza’s image in

hopes of making her realize that

there’s more to life than updating

Facebook statuses and posting the

perfect Instagram seles. Through

interactive, real-life approaches,

Henry teaches Eliza how to show

concern for others, make real

friends, and live life outside of

the internet. Premiering Sept. 30on ABC, “Sele” will slowly but

surely knock your socks off with

its avorful comedy, drama and

eventual romance.

Contrary to this next show’s

title, things really aren’t as jolly

as they seem in “Happyland.”

Starring Bianca A. Stantos, Camille

Guaty, Shane Harper and Cameron

Moulene, the sitcom centers on

Lucy (Santos), the cynical teenage

daughter of a fancy amusement

park mother, Elena (played by

Guaty). Having been raised in a

materialistic world of happiness,

Lucy desires to leave her lifestyle

and experience reality. This is

where Ian (Harper), the son of the

park’s new owner, enters the story.

Lucy falls in love with Ianand it seems Lucy’s life is going

well, but then things take a turn in

the wrong direction. A notorious

secret unfolds, causing her to

learn that there’s much more

behind Happyland’s exterior glitz

and glory. The dramatic tragedy

premieres Sept. 30 on MTV.

Last but not least, you’ll

denitely want to get stung once

you’re hooked on the mystery

series “Scorpion.” Based loosely

on the life of genius computer

expert, Walter O’Brien, the series

will feature O’Brien (Elyes Gabel)

recruiting other brainiacs to solve

the world’s most complicated

problems. The show’s hacking

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technically accurate tools andmethods used to answer the

underlying unsolved mysteries.

Premiering Sept. 22 on CBS,

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With the HTC One M8,

Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G3 and

Sony Xperia Z3 competing with

the iPhone 5S, Apple has felt the

pressure recently to live up to its

pretigious name.

They are keeping their inventory

up to date with new releases and

rumors of products that are sure to

keep Apple at the forefront of the

smartphone race for consumers.

Recently the iPhone 6 was presented as a sneak peek to critics

at an Apple event in Cupertino,

Calif., where a release date was set

for this Friday, Sept. 19.

iPhone 6 users can expect to

see a more rounded and slimmer

body to the phone, versus the

square body standard since the

release of the iPhone 4. The iPhone

6 has a thickness measuring 6.9

mm and considered the slimmest

smartphone on the market.

Not only has Apple modied the

shape and thickness of the phone,

but they also have rearranged the

power and lock key to the right

hand side of the phone to make it

accessible during one handed use.

It also has a 4.7 inch LED

backlight display with 1331 x 750

resolution. However, if you are

looking for something a little more

drastic, the iPhone 6 Plus boasts

full HD with a 5.5 in screen.

The new iPhone 6 has exceeded

market standards, particularly in its

camera.

TechRadar said, “A new wide

angle iSight lens, true tone ash,

f/2.2 aperture, greater noise

reduction and a 2 x faster autofocus

provide even better images.

Other positives of the phone,

according to a Cnet.com article,

include faster LTE and Wi-Fi,

improved camera autofocus, bumped-up storage capacities to

128 GB at the top end, and NFC

Apple Pay mobile wallet features

that will soon be added to the

phone.

According to the same Cnet.com

article, negatives of the phone are

a weaker battery and the fact that

Andriod has a similar-sized phone

with better screen stabilization.

In contrast, Cnet.com did an

article on the iPhone 6 Plus. It’s

positives include battery life and

bright, stable screen. It lacks in

visual distinction.

The iPhone 6 is denitely

making a statement in thesmartphone world. However, Apple

has not just stopped its innovations

with the new iPhone 6.

There is promise of an iWatch,

a watch that has all the capabilities

of a smartphone that will be perfect

for people operating on the go.

The watch will have access to

different iPhone features such as

Siri, a square touchscreen display,

a sapphire screen and access to

various apps.

The watch will even come

in three colors including gold,

stainless steel and aluminum.

According to Forbes magazine,

the watch is great for business

people on the go and is light weight

and exible.There has not been an ofcial

release date for the watch. However,

rumors are going around that 2015

will be the year of the iWatch.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be

in stores by Sept. 19, according to

an article on bgn.com, and Apple

will be pulling out all of the stops

for launch day. Stores will be using

a new digital que system to make

reservations via SMS or email.

Apple constantly tries to be

innovative when it comes to

creating new products.

Only time will tell if Apple’s

innovation keeps consumers

wanting more, leaving Apple tocontinue to be ahead of the curve.

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED IPHONE6 will enter Apple stores on Sept.19. The IPhone 6 Plus will also be

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Senior cross country runner and

student director of Berry’s English as

a Second Language (ESL) program,

Kayla Hein, truly exemplies what

being a student-athlete is all about.This program provides English

language instruction to non-native

speakers in the Rome and greater

Floyd County community. The

citizens that attend these classes at

Berry range from ages 18-60, Hein

said.

As the student director, Hein’s

responsibilities include leading the

development, organization, registration,

implementation, coordination and

evaluation of English classes.

“She’s in charge of the whole

[program],” said Julia Barnes,

assistant professor of Spanish and the

faculty director of the ESL program.

“I’m there to help and mentor her,

but she picks out the books, writes

the curriculum and organizes

registration.”

Hein said she originally became

involved in ESL as a requirement for

her Spanish 290 class. During this

requirement, she served as a volunteer

to watch children of the parents that

were taking ESL classes. Following

her freshman year, Hein studied

abroad in Costa Rica, seeing it as an

opportunity to rene her Spanish.

In the fall of her sophomore year,

she decided that she was ready to

teach an ESL class of her own. In the

spring of her sophomore year, she was

approached to become the student

director for her junior year, and shehas been director for the past year.

“At rst, when I became the

director, I thought I made more of an

impact in the classroom as a teacher,”

Hein said. “Now I have realized

that I have the ability to structure the

program, which makes more of an

impact in the long run.”

Hein said her favorite parts of

being the director are mentoring

fellow students who teach ESL

classes, and being able to interact with

the Hispanic citizens who attend the

ESL class.

“Kayla makes a personalconnection with the students and their

families, which is really impressive,”

Barnes said.

This is especially impressive after

learning that this fall, the ESL program

is providing English classes to 156

students. Last spring, the program had

95 students enrolled.

Head cross country coach Paul

Deaton, believes that Hein does

an excellent job of looking at the

big picture, which can be seen in

her involvement in ESL and cross

country. The long term growth Deaton

has witnessed in Hein as a runner has been “truly remarkable,” he says.

In cross country, the top seven

runners are the ones who score and

determine the place in a race. This

season, Hein has performed in the

top six or seven. Deaton said he is

most impressed with Hein’s work

ethic which has contributed to her

improvement as a runner over four

years. Because Kayla has given her

all every day during practice, Deaton

said she is running at a pace that is an

unbelievable improvement from her

senior year of high school.

The dedication that she puts intoher work as the ESL director parallels

that of the work she puts in as a runner.

“Her ESL experience brings

the right mentality to the team…

encouraging, building up, lifting

others, that’s what you do with a

teammate as well,” Deaton said.

Hein said the most gratifying

part of being the ESL director is

helping Spanish-speaking citizens

ease the transition of integrating

into a primarily English speaking

community, so they can help to build

the dreams of their families.


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SENIOR CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER KAYLA HEFLIN DIRECTS Berry’s English as aSecond Language program for non-native speakers in Floyd County.

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NFL scandals lead to questions about regulationsNICK VERNON

sports editor

A graphic video showing star

running back Ray Rice of the

National Football League punching

his wife in the face leaving her

motionless on the oor emerged

on Sept. 8, and has since resulted

in waves of questioning and angertowards the NFL’s policies.

Rice was charged with felony

assault in March, but his wife, Janay

Palmer, declined to testify in court

and the charges were dropped.

Rice has since been suspended

indenitely from the league.

However, his initial punishment

determined by league commissioner

Roger Goodell had been a two

game suspension that many felt

was too lenient.

“What makes the NFL look

especially bad in this case is the

sense that the only reason they

suspended Ray Rice indenitely

was to save face, rather than to

actually address or punish the

problem at hand,” said S. Adam

Brasel, a professor of marketing

at Boston College, in an interview

with the New York Times.

“Do people think the NFL

would have done the same if they

got the footage internally rather

than having the whole world see iton TMZ?” he said.

Following in the wake of

the Rice situation, on Sept. 12 a

warrant for the arrest of Adrian

Peterson, another of the NFL’s top

running backs, was issued after

he was charged in a child abuse

investigation in Texas, the latest

criminal case to rock our country’s

most popular sport.

The charges against Peterson

came after the police investigated

claims that he had abused one of his

sons while disciplining him with a

switch, or small tree branch.

Peterson was suspended from

the Minnesota Vikings and missed

last week’s game against the New

England Patriots, which saw the

Vikings fall in a landslide loss.

The punishments for these

abusive acts were initially ruled

less harshly by the NFL than the

penalty for testing positive for

marijuana, a violation that has seen

several players suspended for acomplete season in the past.

For universities, this begs the

question - what are the regulations

for college athletes? Should we be

concerned about how misconduct

is handled at the college level?

In the NCAA, the penalty

for a positive drug test, either a

performance-enhancing or street

drug, is “strict and automatic.”

According to their ofcial

website, “student-athletes lose

one full year of eligibility for the

rst offense (25 percent of their

total eligibility) and are withheld

from competition for a full season.

A second positive test for street

drugs results in another lost year of

eligibility and year withheld from

competition.”

As for the issue of violence,

on Sept. 3, the NCAA released a

new handbook addressing sexual

assault and interpersonal violence.

The resource outlines how athletics

departments should control thesetypes of instances.

The handbook describes how to

handle sexual assault occurrences

after the fact - “Cooperate with

but not manage, direct, control or

interfere with college or university

investigations into allegations

of sexual violence ensuring that

investigations involving student-

athletes and athletics department

staff are managed in the same

manner as all other students and

staff on campus.”

Chuck Mitrano, a member of

the Committee on Sportsmanship

and Ethical Conduct, which

developed the handbook, stressed

the responsibility of the university

in handling these situations.

“The contributors of this

handbook have done the hard

work of providing a road map to

address the issue on campus,” he

said. “However, it will require

institutions to be consistent and

proactive.”

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Humans

of Berry

NEALIE SMITH, staff photojournalist

Berry students andstaff speak ontheir views of lifeand what makes

them different fromothers.

Brooklyn Walsh (left), sophomoreWhy Berry and where do you want to be in the future?“The opportunities offered, which I want to to allow meto be a general or trauma surgeon, hopefully in thesurgical emergency rooms of Atlanta and Africa.”

Stephanie Ross (right), sophomoreWhat do you want to get out of life at Berry?“To become a well rounded person that will be able tosucceed in the world.”

Simone Berry, freshman

What do you think makes you different from thetypical Berry student?

“I think it’s because… I would be different… because

I don’t really let my environment determine the

choices I make. I kind of make that myself.”

Lizzy Jones, juniorWhen you’re old and reecting on your life, what willyou be the most proud of?“Being able to look back on my successful careerand happy family.”

ELIZABETH WALKER, staff photojournalist

Mike Burnes, director of the student work operationsWhat is your happiest memory?“Boogie boarding with all my family during a summervacation.”

JOBETH CRUMP, asst. photojournalism editor

CLAYTON SMITH, staff photojournalist

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