Chick-fil-A is not supporting gay marriage, but they may no longer be giving monetary support to anti-gay marriage groups either.

A press release by the Civil Rights Agen-da, Illinois’ largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights advocacy organization, reported that Chick-fil-A an-nounced in an internal document that the company will no longer give financial aid to anti-gay support groups.

The internal document was formulated as a result of a building negotiation between Chick-fil-A and Chicago’s Alderman Proco Moreno, who refused to endorse the opening of a restaurant because of Chick-fil-A Presi-dent Dan Cathy’s public stance of opposition to gay marriage.

According to The Chicago Tribune, More-no said “the restaurant has agreed to include a statement of respect for all sexual orientations in an internal document and promised that its not-for-profit arm (the WinShape Foundation) would not contribute money to groups that oppose gay marriage.”

While Chick-fil-A has neither confirmed nor denied the reported claims, National Public Radio published a response statement from Chick-fil-A spokeswoman Tracey Micit that said, “Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex mar-riage to the government and political arena. Our mission is simple: to serve great food, provide genuine hospitality and have a posi-tive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”

If confirmed, the decision may put some people at ease, but Andrea Hollingsworth, assistant professor of Christian thought, be-

lieves the move was purely a business tactic. “The backdrop of this decision is not a

moral change-of-heart, but a business-driven concession. It also gets Chick-fil-A back in the news again, and that can’t be bad for business, either,” said Hollingsworth.

Senior Allie LeFeuvre who is a double busi-ness and economics major thinks it is a smart move for Chick-fil-A as a company.

“I think it’s good because I don’t think a corporation should be weighing in on social issues that do not directly interfere with how their business is conducted,” said LeFeuvre.

If these changes are confirmed and imple-mented, they will not only apply to the Chick-fil-A corporation but also to the WinShape Foundation.

Even though Chick-fil-A has been walking a tightrope lately between their foundational beliefs and civil rights, this recent response comes as no surprise to Paula Englis, chair of management in the Campbell School of Business.

“Chick-fil-A’s behavior in this respect is consistent with current attitudes among Americans,” Englis said.

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In honor of the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, a lecture was given Monday in Evans Auditorium by a guest speaker.

Steven Taylor, associate professor of political science at Troy Uni-versity in Alabama, delivered the lecture on the United States Consti-tution from a comparative perspective. He spoke of the uniqueness and similarity of the Constitution among its peers: the constitutions of other democratic countries.

According to a clause in a 2005 federal spending bill added by West Virginia U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, any educational organization that receives federal funds, including private colleges that accept federal loans and grants, must recognize Constitution Day in some way.

Though mandated, the celebration of Constitution Day is based on an agreement in good faith, and the stipulations for it are very mini-mal. The language in the bill does not list any minimum requirements for recognition of the day, and it does not indicate that federal funding will be removed from institutions that do not comply. Schools could simply send an email to students with the text of the Constitution

attached.In Constitution Days of the past, lecturers at Berry have spoken on

the framers of the Constitution, or specific aspects of the Constitution itself.

Associate Professor of the Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Michael Bailey said Taylor’s lecture stands out as the first at Berry to address the Constitution from a comparative, outside perspective.

“What we’ve never really done is recognized that we are one among several, flourishing, thriving, democratic nations around the world, each of whom have constitutions,” Bailey said. “And to see how can we understand what we have as a constitution compared to other thriving, democratic nations…I invited a political scientist whose re-cent scholarship has been exactly on this particular topic.”

The lecture, though the only Constitution Day event orchestrated by Berry, was only part of the day’s recognition. Most of the events were planned by students, specifically the Politics and Law Society (PALS).

“A student group took great initiative in leading…three of the four major events,” said Bailey, who is also PALS’ adviser.

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Year’s last farmers market

JAKE SUMMERLINStaff Reporter

The Berry Enterprise Fall Farmers Market was held Sat-urday as part of a biannual se-ries with another market in the spring.

Led by Berry Enterprises, the Farmers Market is a chance for students to highlight their busi-nesses and advertise their prod-uct to the public.

Previously held at the Ford buildings, the Farmers market was moved to the Cage lawn be-hind the Krannert Center. Along with the Farmers Market, this weekend at the Cage was also Discover Berry, an event for high school seniors to find out more about Berry.

Flooded with students hold-ing their Discover Berry fold-ers along with their parents, the market allowed the students and their parents to see first-hand how Berry students work with each other as well as their community.

Training Coordinator of Stu-dent Work Robin Holt said more than students’ physical prod-ucts were being marketed at the event.

“There’s a lot of good energy here,” Holt said. “It’s a good way to market Berry to future students and to show them what we’re all about.”

Berry’s work ethic is carried out through the Student Work Program, one of the nation’s pre-mier and most unique programs of its kind. The Student Work Program, led by Dean of Student Work Rufus Massey, is the larg-est in the nation with a payroll of $5.4 million, all going into the pockets of students.

“We are very proud of what we do here,” Massey said. “Our goal is to make education at Ber-ry affordable and for students to leave here with a good work re-sume and a competitive attitude in the world market. That’s why 95 percent of students partici-pate in student work.”

Along with student jobs is also Berry Enterprises, an or-ganization that allows Berry students to create and run their own businesses, managing their profits and organizing their own

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Student trains for Paralympics

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NEWSPAGE 2, CAMPUS CARRIER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

-Theft- On Sept. 13 a student reported that his bicycle was stolen. It was later located by officers on Sept. 17.

-Theft- On Sept. 13 stu-dent reported that his wallet was stolen from his room while he was showering.

-Sexual Assault- On Sept. 14 a student reported possibly being the victim of sexual assault. The investi-gation is ongoing.

-Sexual Assault- On Sept. 15 officers met with a student who wanted to ban a former student from cam-pus. The victim alleges this person raped her in March 2012. She did not then, nor now want to pursue charges on the suspect.

-Lost and Found- On Sept. 13 a student turned in a camera that was found at Swan Lake.

-Harassment- On Sept. 17 a student reported that she was being harassed by her ex-boyfriend. Officers gave legal advice to the victim.

Refrain from texting while walking alone in the dark. Keep your eyes up and alert.

Don’tmiss out...Berry’s last Southern Wom-en Writers Con-ference will be-gin Thursday, Sept. 20 with speaker Kath-ryn McKee at 1 p.m. in Kran-nert Ballrooms C & D.

Research enhances campus beauty

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What loves an open field and lives on Berry’s campus? Not just deer—eastern blue birds.

For 10 years, Renee Carleton, assistant professor of biology, has been monitoring the blue bird population on campus for a research project that focuses on determining factors that affect their survival and success rate.

However, even though the extensive research may seem like more work than fun, it was sparked out of a little curiosity and a love for birds.

“I’m a bird watcher and I just happened to notice there weren’t blue birds on campus like there should be and I started looking into it,” said Carleton.

In 2002, Carleton conducted a census that confirmed her hunch and from that, her research was born.

“I did a census and I noticed that there weren’t as many bluebirds on campus as there should have been because blue birds like open grassy areas that are bordered by trees,” said Carleton. “If you take a look around campus you see there is a lot of that type of habitat so I started looking into reasons why there wasn’t a large population and I found that there weren’t a lot of nesting cavities.”

Unlike some birds, eastern blue birds are secondary cavity nesters that rely on finding very specific places to nest rather than just choosing a nearby tree branch.

“They rely on a cavity that has already been created by another bird or a natural event like a rotting fence post or a rotting tree with a hole in it,” said Carleton. If a tree dies here it is taken out so between that and starlings and other species of cavity nesters the blue birds weren’t having places to nest so their popula-tion wasn’t very large.”

In an effort to boost the blue bird popu-lation on campus, Carleton set up nest boxes across campus that sit six feet off the ground and provide a suitable nesting area.

“I put up 50 nest boxes the first year and that first breeding season I had 38 pairs, and that’s gradually increased to 64 nest boxes and just about all of them are occupied by blue birds every year,” said Carleton.

On average, a pair of birds lays four to five

eggs and may nest between two and three times during the March-through-August mat-ing season.

Once the birds mate, Dr. Carleton and her student workers monitor them closely, she said.

“We start checking in February for nests being built, then we check once a week until the nest has been completed and after that we check every other day until the first and last egg has been laid,” Carleton said. “Then after the last egg is laid, 12 days after that is when the chicks should start to hatch and that’s when I go out and we record how many chicks were born.”

Carleton keeps track of which blue birds she has seen by banding them around the ankle with a permanent ID.

“I try to catch the adults and put bands on them if they’re not already banded,” Carleton said. ”I band the babies at 10 days of age and then we start watching them again at day 17 post-hatch to see when they leave the nest.”

However, while the birds’ homeless prob-lem on campus may be almost resolved, the battle for the birds’ success and survival is never-ending.

“As with all birds, only about 20 to 30 per-cent of the ones that hatch each year are going to survive to adulthood,” Carleton said.

Variations in weather have a direct impact on the success and survival rate of the birds.

“We had an issue this season because of the high temperature in July,” Carleton said. “We had several nests that were abandoned and the embryos died within the eggs because it got too hot.”

Other factors such as predation by larger animals, as well as by ants, also affect the number of birds on campus.

“I always lose some to ants every year,” Carleton said. “They eat everything—even the little bones and all.”

Though all of the birds may not survive, Carleton’s research has helped the growth of the population.

“Even though I’ve banded large numbers of them, the population seems to be stable between two and three hundred birds on cam-pus anytime,” Carleton said. “They’re just really great birds. And everybody who has been on campus for a while recognizes there are more than there used to be, and that makes them really happy.”

Consistent or not, senior Harrison Earp, a stu-dent in the WinShape College Program, has per-sonally met the Cathy family and believes their heart is in the right place.

“The Cathy family is one of the most gener-ous and loving families I’ve ever met and they in no way would hate on somebody. … I think that them pulling out of the anti-gay groups is a good move on their part because I know their hearts

and beliefs are in the right place,” Earp said. Earp thinks that at the end of the day, the

Cathy family is merely trying to preserve the biblical family image.

“They’re just trying to protect the biblical image of a man and a woman and in them sup-porting that family image they would never har-bor any hate or anything,” Earp said.

CONTRIBUTED BY RENEE CARLETON

A newly hatched blue bird rests during a routine survey of the population.

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NEWSSEPTEMBER 20, 2012 PAGE 3, CAMPUS CARRIER

Southern Women Writers ConferenceAll students are welcome to attend events held from Thurs-day Sept. 20 - Sunday Sept. 23 featuring several notable south-ern women writers visiting Berry College. (CE)

KCAB’s Skate NightCome to Fun Wheels Skating Center on Friday Sept. 21 from 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. for Skate Night. Dress up as your favorite Nick-elodeon character and you could win prizes.

KCAB’s Olympic TriathlonOlympic teams will compete for Mountain Day points by partici-pating in swimming, biking and running Saturday Sept. 22 at noon at the Cage Center. See your Mountain Day or Triathalon rep-resentative to sign up for a spot on the team.

Health and Wellness ExpoAn annual event held Tuesday Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Spruill Ballroom, the Expo emphasizes the six dimensions of wellness. Several Berry depart-ments and Rome businesses will be present to show that living in a healthy way is not only benefi-cial but also fun. (CE)

Film & Discussion: “Arranged”Presented by the Berry Muslim Heritage Group and held in the Evans Auditorium from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Tuesday Sept. 25, “Arranged” centers on the friend-ship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who met as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. (CE)

Faculty RecitalBerry faculty Dr. John Davis and Dr. Kris Carlisle will present a program of masterworks for flute and piano that range from the Baroque to the modern style period on Tuesday Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium.

SGA MeetingAll students are welcome to attend on Tuesday Sept. 25 from 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in Spruill Ball-room E and listen to the various things happening on campus.

Ovarian Egg HuntAll day Wednesday Sept. 26, Col-leges Against Cancer will be rais-ing awareness for ovarian and other gynecologic cancers by hid-ing Easter eggs with cancer facts in them all over campus. Prizes will be awarded to those who turn in eggs.

Argentine Film FestivalDeputy Consul and Consulate General of Argentina in Atlanta Ana Saíno will be presenting the final film in the series, “Música in Espera” on Wednesday Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Science Audito-rium. (CE)

Committee pushes students to voteKELLY DICKERSON

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There are currently 15 enter-prises up and running with new additions such as Viking Furni-ture, Creations, Biodiesel, Oak Hill and Agri-Education. The enterprises make up a unique part of the Student Work Pro-gram, preparing students to be leaders in their future fields of work.

Junior Maria Reyes repre-sented Oak Hill, the newest addition to Berry Enterprises, in its booth at the event. The gift shop at Oak Hill had previously existed, but decided to become an enterprise toward the end of the summer, she said.

“We decided to become an enterprise to: one, market our products better, but to also assume leadership roles and acquire a greater sense of respon-sibility,” Reyes said.

One part of Berry Enterprises is the Berry Enterprises Student Team (BEST), the members of which act as counselors and advis-ers to the student businesses.

Senior Shannon Soafer, co-chair of BEST and the Berry Farmers Market, said BEST helps advise the businesses of their

choices, among other things.“We help the businesses with

accounting and plans, and advise them of their options so they can be where they want to be,” Soafer said.

Soafer was responsible for bringing vendors from the com-munity, in addition to the student enterprises, to the market.

Vendors such as Stephen Stew-art, who keeps bees on Berry’s campus and sells their honey, enjoyed a chance to be a part of

the Farmers Market. “This is my third year at the

market, and I always love a chance be a part of this commu-nity and share what I have to offer,” Stewart said.

Tammi Price, alumna (83), said she enjoys seeing that Berry is still moving forward.

“It’s good to see that this is still a community that grows,” Price said.

PALS sponsored the showing of “Skokie,” a 1981 film that dealt with a historical and fierce con-troversy over the application of the First Amendment.

Also a result of the efforts of PALS was the display of books and literature on the Constitution in the library near Java City. PALS also partnered with KCAB for their voter registration drive tak-ing place in Krannert this week.

Prior to this year, PALS has not undertaken any responsibil-ity for the events of Constitution Day according to the president of PALS, senior Fan Xiong.

“I think this year PALS just decided, ‘We’re going to try and make this more student led.’ Berry College is a campus where students get up and do stuff,” Xiong said.

Xiong voiced his hope that the success of PALS’ efforts to take initiative in the planning of the activities of Constitution Day would motivate students.

“I hope it lets other student organizations know that there are a lot of opportunities for them to do something of significance,” Xiong said.

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Vikings Out To Elect (VOTE) is organiz-ing a voter registration and education drive to encourage students to vote in the 2012 presi-dential election.

The VOTE committee has held similar voter registration and education drives in 2004 and 2008. Director of Student Activities Cecily Crow said VOTE is a “collective effort to pro-mote voter participation.”

Crow said the committee is organized through the Student Activities Office.

“We’re just here to get the ball rolling,” Crow said. “This is really a student organiza-tion group effort.”

Crow said clubs already involved include the College Republicans, Young Democrats, Politics and Law Society (PALS), Libertarians, Orgullo, Student Government Association (SGA), Viking Fusion, Black Student Alliance (BSA), Forensics and The Carrier. The Bonner Center and Multicultural Office are also heav-ily involved.

Crow said the committee includes orga-nizations that were part of the committee in 2008 and organizations the committee thought would be good to include, but the committee is open to all student organizations.

VOTE met at the end of the spring semester

to gauge student interest. The committee has been meeting weekly to plan.

Crow said possible upcoming events include an issues fair where different clubs would set up a table with information about a political issue, a game show that would test students’ knowledge about political pro-cesses, a mock election where residence areas would act as regions of the electoral college and debate parties where students could get together and watch the candidates debate as the election gets closer.

Crow said there is a special emphasis on the freshman class since most of them have recently turned 18 and can now register to vote.

She said there were VOTE representatives at the freshman event “Can I Kiss You?” to generate more interest.

Crow said there seems to be more enthusi-asm this year from students.

“I think we laid a good foundation in 2008,” Crow said. “I sense a lot more excite-ment this year and we have more organiza-tions involved.”

According to a study done by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learn-ing and Engagement, college student voting has been slowly but steadily increasing since a significant drop in percentage from the 1992 to 1996 election years. The general 18- to 24-year-old demographic has shown a similar trend

but voter participation is a little higher among students in college.

Senior Fan Xiong said his club, the Politics and Law Society (PALS), has taken charge of organizing the voter registration drive this week.

“We had the experience since we organized a drive for the primaries last semester, so we took the lead for the registration drive,” Xiong said.

Xiong said Bonner has offered to take the lead on bringing in speakers to help further generate student interest in voting. He said no speakers directly connected with the Romney or Obama campaign will probably be seen on campus since the fairness doctrine in the Viking Code makes this process a difficult one.

“If a republican speaker comes, then Viking Code says a democrat must also come,” Xiong said. “If one of the representatives cancels, then the other can’t come either.”

Xiong said politics are very different now that social media usage is so heavy.

Crow said she thinks in the 2008 election Obama used social media heavily to attract the younger voters but now other candidates are doing the same thing.

Xiong said young people no longer need to assemble to voice their opinions; they can “assemble virtually.”

Don’t miss out on this election. Register to vote.

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The Carrier editorial reflects a consensus of the The Carrier’s editorial board.

The iPhone 5: worth the money? On Sept. 12, Apple

released the iPhone 5, what they promise is the “biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone.” Though it may be the most anticipated gadget this year, is it really worth the money?

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new. First, big-ger screen. Apple added a four-inch screen to the iPhone 5, a half inch big-ger than its predecessors. Next, the iPhone finally supports 4G LTE con-nectivity. There is also a much faster processor, which, combined with the 4G, promise a much faster browsing experience.

There were also a few changes to accessories. There are new earbuds, which look pretty ridicu-lous but are supposed to make your music sound like actual music instead of noise, unlike the old Apple earbuds.

But, the biggest change is the new charging cord, dubbed “Lightning.” It is a completely different cord than what has been the Apple norm since 2003, and that means it’s time to replace all your accesso-ries. Of course, there will be an adapter from Apple, sold for a convenient $29.

At this point, odds are you know more people with iPhones than peo-ple without. Apple has learned its market audi-ence, and they are reach-ing out to them. For exam-ple, Apple realized most of

their customers use their phone instead of a tradi-tional digital camera. So, it gave the iPhone back cam-era a better lens (though it’s still eight megapixels, just like the 4S).

Perhaps the biggest riddle is the name for this new iPhone. To date, we’ve had the iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S. If I counted correctly, that makes five phones, and would make this the sixth. Maybe Apple sim-ply forgot how to count.

With this new iPhone also comes a new operat-ing system, the iOS 6. This operating system prom-ises less bugs, updated Siri, faster performance and, above all, new maps with voice navigation. Oh, and this isn’t exclusive to the iPhone 5; it will be compatible with iPhones all the way back to iPhone 3GS, along with a plethora of other Apple devices.

All in all, the new iPhone 5 doesn’t seem like it may be worth the money. The 32 gigabyte model is going for $299 with contract. But, when it has nearly all the same features as the 4S (aside from it being just a bit faster and bigger), and the 4S is now being sold for $99 with contract, is it really worth the upgrade?

If you have an old clunker, it may be worth it. But if you’re using an iPhone 4 or newer, it may be worth it just to wait for the inevitable iPhone 5S.

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The Honor Code conversation

In August, Harvard University announced an investigation of a reported incident of academic integrity that concerned about 125 students in what Harvard’s Dean of Students has described as a case that is “unprecedented in anyone’s living memory,” accord-ing to The Harvard Crimson.

Time magazine reports that the 125 students are being accused of academic integrity violations that include “inappropriate col-laboration” and “plagiarism” or “submitting answers that were either identical or too close for comfort.” Time also reports that the punishments for this incident include “a year’s suspension” or, in the case of a graduated student, “a revocation of their degree.” As

a means of combating this prob-lem, Harvard is considering add-ing an “Honor Code,” a form of an academic integrity code that “leaves little doubt about what is expected of students.”

Acts of violation of academic integrity should not be condoned, regardless of the form and struc-ture of the academic integrity policies at an institution. As one engages in academic dishonesty, one cheapens the meaning of the institution’s degrees as well as their own education. As students, we should be seeking to help shape our institution’s policies by holding everyone to the highest level that they can be.

In the spring semester of 2012, Berry’s Student Life Council cre-ated the Honor Code Exploration Committee, which was charged to: Explore student interest in the formation of an honor code at Berry College, explore faculty interest in supporting an honor code and honor council at Berry College and explore possible models that might work in a resi-

dential liberal arts community. Over the course of this semester, the committee and I are hoping to begin a campus-wide conversa-tion about academic integrity by creating a VikingWeb information page to brief the campus on our committee’s work thus far, host-ing discussions over academic integrity and honor codes in BCC 100 and SGA and hosting a fac-ulty and student panel with dis-cussion over the pros and cons of honor codes in late October. After we have geared up the faculty and student discussions, we will gauge interest and see if the dis-cussions will continue in a more focused manner.

As a college community, we should be seeking to live out Mar-tha Berry’s goal of “educating the head, heart, and hands.” I believe that this conversation helps fur-ther this goal by allowing student ownership and responsibility in defining our culture as an institu-tion. We as a committee hope that you will be involved and join our discussions and panels.

JACOB STUBBSSGA President

Craigslist: a college student’s best friendPAUL WATSONOpinions Editor

While surfing the internet the other day, I decided to check Craigslist to see what was being offered. As a college student, I

naturally checked the “free” sec-tion first. I saw the normal stray cats and dogs people were trying to give away, nothing abnormal.

Then I saw it: a new loveseat. Someone was just giving it away, presumably because it was taking up space. And it was only a seven-minute drive from me! Less than an hour later (it was hard to load

and unload), I had a nice, pleather loveseat in my room.

Now, there are some rips in the side. But it’s free. And clean. Oh, and both seats recline. Can you really ask for more from the free section?

Lesson learned: Craigslist has much to offer if you know where to look.

“I would make an app that would make Ryan Gos-ling appear.

Growing up in the digital age has been both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, I don’t think I could live without my smartphone, but on the other hand, I missed out on some great things being born so late. For example, I have missed out on some quality films. It used to be that if I wanted to go watch “The Godfather” I could just run down to the local Block-buster and rent it, watch it and return it. Nowadays, that only works if the movie was released within the past two years or you have a Netflix account. But I do not have a Netflix account and “The Godfa-ther” was not released within the past two years.

I totally understand why people want to move forward in this digital age. I mean, I am not asking to go back to where we used typewriters instead of computers (not that typewriters aren’t awesome; I just do love my Mac). All I’m asking is that I have a way to rent a movie that I missed due to me not being born in the 40s, 50s and so on. I understand that there are alternatives. For example, I can just buy it off of Amazon, but then there is the off chance that I don’t like it. Then I either am stuck with a movie I dislike or have to wait to see if someone else likes the movie by reselling it on Ama-zon. There are also ways to rent a movie and stream it on my computer. Well, I have a 13 inch screen. It isn’t that big, especially if you want to get the full cinematic experi-ence. I would much rather watch it on my television. I could buy an HDMI cable to connect my computer to my TV, but that is more expensive than renting the DVD in the first place.

Even Netflix is holding back. Now

you have to order both instant and DVD queue. I’m able to use the instant watch but that has limited me a lot. I used to be able to watch the movie “Blackmail” (Alfred Hitchcock’s first talkie) and now it’s only on DVD queue combined with another movie, “Easy Virtue.” That’s how it is for a lot of films. Some indie films are not even on Netflix at all. Blockbuster and other video stores generally had most films I have ever desired to watch, but now any kind of human service in the industry is all but dead.

Does it make me a weird person because I would rather hold the DVD, play the DVD and not have to find a way to get that DVD in this digital age where everything is streaming? I would even go so far as to say I wish there were more DVD players with a VCR so I can watch my vintage VHS tapes. And who didn’t love the preciseness of rewinding their VHS tapes in order to get to the exact place they want?

Not to mention that for most DVD play-ers, when you stop the movie and take out the disc, you lose your place in the movie and therefore must start over. It was nice to be able to take out the VHS tape and know that when you put it back in, it was going to start playing exactly as you left it. Now that I have said this, I live in fear of being called a hipster, and we just can’t have that.

A solution to this madness? Don’t take Blockbuster away from me. Give me a good rental video store so that I can go there and pick out a movie from a large stock of various films and go rent it, watch it and then come back the next day to get another one, whether it be “Citizen Kane,” “The Big Lebowski” or even “Sixteen Can-dles.” Let me have my fun curled up on a big comfy couch while eating some freshly popped popcorn or maybe a big bowl of fruit or maybe Goldfish while watching a tangible DVD on a television by using a DVD player and pressing play.

Being a person who rises early and falls asleep very late, I need an extensive amount of caffeine to keep me alive. Last Saturday, I got up early so that I could join my fellow friends in student publications for our retreat. While in the middle of get-ting ready, I received a text from my lovely assistant, Ali McIntosh. She informed me that she was going to be getting some tea and wondered if I would like anything. Of course since I hadn’t had any caffeine yet I was extremely tired and I asked her very politely for a caramel macchiato. I contin-ued to get ready, knowing that a very large and hot cup of coffee was waiting for me when I arrived at our retreat.

Upon walking into the room where our retreat would take place, I saw Ali with my cup of coffee and I was beyond excited. I was already on the verge of going to sleep and I needed this coffee like I needed air. I grabbed the cup, took a big sip and to my extreme dismay, there was no espresso to be found. I opened the lid to look inside the cup and all I saw inside was hot milk. No caramel, no espresso (or any other cof-fee for that matter), just hot milk. How am I supposed to be kept awake by drinking

hot milk? I asked Ali where she got this “coffee” and it turns out it was our very own Berry Bean’ry. Figures.

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened to me. I tried to buy the same drink during the first week of classes and I got hot milk and espresso, but no caramel. I finished the drink because it still had plenty of caffeine in it, but I didn’t enjoy it one bit. I don’t understand how people who are unable to make sim-ple drinks are able to work at the Bean’ry. We are college students; we need coffee to survive. I shouldn’t have to constantly drive off campus to get decent drinks. We shouldn’t have to waste our flex bucks to receive horrible drinks either.

I understand that there are a few peo-ple who can actually make decent drinks at the Bean’ry, but they are so few and far between. I shouldn’t have to wait until a certain hour when one older woman is going to make me something. Since every student works at different times, shouldn’t all the workers be good all the time? I might just be dreaming big here, but at the other coffee shops in Rome, if you walk in at any time, you are going to get some-thing that is decent to drink. Some baristas might be better than others, but at least it is something you can actually consume. I wouldn’t even call these people at the Bean’ry baristas. They are surely anything but. So next time I get up early, I guess I am just going to have to make the drive somewhere because obviously the Bean’ry doesn’t want to help keep me awake.

OPINIONSSEPTEMBER 20, 2012 PAGE 5, CAMPUS CARRIER

Time travel.”

“If you had an app that could do anything, what would it do?”

“Summon Tupac.

Seth ColeSenior

Beth HegganFreshman

Teach me how to organ.”

JC AlbrittonSophomore

Letter SubmiSSion PoLicyLetters to the editor must include a name, address and phone number, along with the writer’s class year or title. The Carrier reserves the right to edit for length, style, grammar and libel.

E-mail: campus_carrier@berry.edu

Lydia NicholsSophomore

Haley FortuneJunior

The downsides of the digital age

PARKER SEALYPhoto Editor

Got milk? The Bean’ry does

EMILY FAULKNEREntertainment

Editor

Dear Ms. Turnbuckle,Oh the past week that I have had! I

am in a crisis, Ms. Turnbuckle! I was taking my leisurely drive

back to my room when I came across the most beautiful man I could ever lay my eyes on.

Everything about him was just wonderful. Everything!

As I got closer to see his face, it turned out I knew him.

We work together. Now for the past week, I haven’t

been able to stop thinking about his shirtless body.

It’s affecting everything I do. I can’t sleep. I can’t eat.

Help me! I don’t even know how to function anymore!

Sincerely, Hopelessly Infatuated

Dear Hopelessly Infatuated, It is odd how working with

someone, no matter how attractive they may be, does seem to render those attractive qualities about them rather...well, unattractive. I suppose it is the work atmo-sphere, with its fluorescent light-ing and cramped space, which makes everyone seem—to put it as bluntly as you speak, dear—quite sallow and rotund. My dear niece Penelope often complains that this is the reason she has acquired no men in her vocation.

I say consider this revelation to be a blessing, for your eyes have been opened to the beauty of one of this earth’s natural creations!

Now, you must act upon this great knowledge which has been bestowed upon you, and do every-thing in your power—no, not to win this man over, but rather, something more realistic—to see this man shirtless again.

You might try suggesting that it’s too hot in the room, or per-haps throwing a pool party. After all, where’s the harm in that? It’s merely bonding with your co-workers, which is encouraged in most workplaces.

You shouldn’t be so shocked at my advice, you know; it hasn’t been easy being single for all my years!

Hugs and Hot Tamales, Ms. TurnbuckleASk VioLA turnbuckLe

Ms. Turnbuckle wants to hear your woes! Be a dear and send her your burdens, secrets or questions at her personal email, violaturnbuckle@

yahoo.com or find Viola Turnbuckle on Facebook and ask her there! No

matter the method of inquiry, she’ll do her best to respond promptly (and, of course, humorously) right here in the

Opinions section of The Carrier.

A clothing app where you design your outfit and then it appears in your closet.”

FEATURESPAGE 6, CAMPUS CARRIER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The Berry group known as LISTEN hit a major milestone on Sept. 13 when College President Stephen R. Briggs in-formed the campus of the official recognition of LISTEN as an organization. The newly established organization has a goal of providing a safe environment and support group for Berry’s LGBT students.

LISTEN has been a student group at Berry for the past nine years, although previous LGBT support groups have tried to become recognized at Berry for more than 15 years. With Berry's core of Christian values and the 'Christian in spirit' phrase in its mission statement, it has been difficult for any LGBT support group to achieve club status.

However, with the group’s first official meeting on Thurs-day Sept. 20 at 5:45 p.m. in the Krannert Underground, things are looking up for both Berry’s LGBT students and those who support LGBT rights.

Timeline of Events1995 20032002 2012

SEPTEMBER 1995GLAS tries for a second time to earn

status as a recognized club.

1995-2002RainbowBerry, an underground group offered support and activities for LGBT students. The unofficial group often-times met off campus, but in later years began meeting in more public places

on campus.

FALL 2002A small group of straight stu-dents (including Sam Bulow, Chris Duke and Jessie Tallent) began the blueprints for an LGBT support group that would bring together straight and LGBT

students.

SPRING 2003LISTEN is approved by the Student Life Council and then-President Scott Colley on its first attempt for recog-nition in April before both approvals are overturned by the Board of Trustees in May.

MARCH 26, 2012A Berry student reports an incident, leading to an inves-tigation. The need for an LGBT group on campus once

again becomes a hot topic.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 The President announces that LISTEN has attained official club status at Berry.

The Carrier Vol. 87, Issue 2

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www.vikingfusion.berry.edu

http://berrylisten.tumblr.com

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APRIL 20, 1995Berry’s Gay and Les-bian Awareness Society (GLAS) fails their first attempt at recognition. The Student Life Coun-cil voted not to recognize the group in a 12-7 vote.

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60.4%

1 in 259 in 10

of LGBT students never reported an incident of harass-ment or assault to school personnel.

identifies as LGBT.

of LGBT students have experienced harassment at school.

of LGBT students reported being verbally harassed.

81.9% of LGBT students reported being physically harassed.38.3%

of LGBT students heard "gay" used in a negative way (e.g., "that's so gay").

of LGBT heard homophobic remarks (e.g., "dyke" or "fag-got") frequently or often at school.

84.9%71.3%

LGBT BY THE NUMBERS

www.glsen.org & www.williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu

FEATURESSEPTEMBER 20, 2012 CAMPUS CARRIER, PAGE 7

An email from College President Stephen R. Briggs informed the Berry commu-nity last Thursday, Sept. 13 that LISTEN, a student orga-nization that provides sup-port for LGBT students and education on LGBT issues, is now officially recognized by the administration.

The report in the email described the formation of a committee made up of Berry faculty, staff and students whose goal was to advance both Berry’s tradition and heritage of Christianity and provide an educated, equal home for LGBT students. Ac-cording to the report from the committee issued on Sept. 4, the discussion over Berry’s recognition of an LGBT stu-dent organization has been ongoing for over 10 years.

“To date, the conversation has been fairly polarizing,” reads the report.

The conclusion of the com-mittee was to accept LISTEN as a recognized and spon-sored student organization. The report went on to rec-ommend a renewed focus on Berry’s religious heritage and

focus and an edifying em-brace of controversial issues that promote discussion and understanding on campus.

With LISTEN recognized by the administration, ques-tions remain about what has changed in the organization’s role on campus and how LGBT students will be affect-ed by this reform of policy.

Senior Will Corley ex-plained that during his time at Berry his homosexuality did not provoke animosity or rejection from his fellow students.

“I think it’s something related to college students in general or it may just be something related to the Ber-ry population,” said Corley. “For the most part I have not really felt any rejection. There are certainly people here who haven’t rejected me but at the same time don’t agree with (my sexual orientation). And I understand that, and I can relate to that as well.”

Though Corley did not sense prejudice from the stu-dent population, he did note the administration’s dismiss-al of LISTEN’s efforts to ob-

tain official recognition.“My earlier years at Berry

it seemed like the administra-tion didn’t really care about LISTEN. It seemed like they were just sort of rejecting our population as a whole,” Cor-ley said. He was, however, op-timistic about the recent steps taken by the administration.

Concerning Berry’s un-willingness to recognize the LGBT on-campus population, Corley said, “It seems like a lot of that has changed. Last year and then the beginning of this year the administra-tion is really making steps to try to make (LISTEN) recog-nized. And I don’t know if maybe they were afraid to try in years past or maybe it was their own personal feelings.”

For Corley, LISTEN’s rec-ognition represented the victory of the tenacity of its proponents.

“Even slightly more con-servative institutions like Berry still have the ability to change and be a little more progressive in certain ways. A lot of people really came together trying to get the or-ganization represented,” Cor-

ley said. “And I really think it shows how passionate Berry students, faculty and staff are because you had so many people coming together for a common goal.”

Corley remarked positive-ly on the perseverance and hard work of the students and staff who have unyield-ingly worked so that LISTEN will now be recognized by the administration.

Corley’s experience of ac-ceptance among Berry stu-dents is not universal. Senior Eddie Lin mentioned that in general his homosexuality has not garnered prejudice from his peers, but there were moments of exception.

“My freshman year, my roommate and I butted heads over the situation,” Lin said. “He actually told me one time that his parents told him they didn’t want him living with a queer. The majority of ev-eryone’s reactions have been wonderful, but there have been times where I’ve expe-rienced some backlash with other students, sometimes alumni but very passively,” Lin said.

Though Lin expects little to change in terms of his daily treatment and experience on campus, he feels that Berry’s recognition of LISTEN indi-cates acceptance of its LGBT students in general.

“I feel like I’ll be treated the same around campus, but now that the college rec-ognizes LISTEN, I feel like the college supports me now, because for the longest time I didn’t feel like the college supported me,” Lin said.

“For the past three years I’ve felt a little ashamed some-times,” Lin said. But he added that in many ways, and in its recognition of LISTEN, Berry is in fact attaining its goals of educating head, heart and hands indiscriminately.

Lin said, “Life is beautiful. Don’t let anyone bring you down, because in the past three years at Berry I’ve been president of a club, an ex-ecutive officer of the student body, chairman for several committees, and as far as be-ing gay, I have lived the Berry dream. And I think Martha Berry would be proud of that.”

In 1973, the American

Psychiatric Association

decided that homo-

sexuality should no

longer be classified as

a mental disorder.

The pink triangle was the symbol gay men were required to wear in Nazi concentration camps during WWII. Lesbians were sometimes required to wear a black triangle.

Some scholars have proposed

that the first homosexual couple

to be mentioned in history are

the ancient Egyptian servants

Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum

who lived around 2400 B.C.

The entire species of the dwarf

chimpanzee is bisexual. Lions

have also exhibited homo-

sexual behavior. Homosexual

behavior has been observed

in 1,500 animal species and is

most widespread among ani-

mals with a complex herd life.

In 1974, Elaine Noble became

the first openly gay elected

official in the United States

when she was elected to the

Massachusetts state legislature.

The first published piece about homosexuality by an African American writer was the short story “Smoke, Lilies and Jade” by Bruce Nugent, published in 1926 .

In some American Indian cultures, having a same-

sex attraction was called being Two-Spirited. The

tribe honored such people as having special gifts and being especially blessed.

Historians note that in some cultures, homosexual behavior was not viewed as effeminate but as evidence of a man’s masculinity. Examples include the Celtic and Greek cultures.

Rebekah IngramPosition: President

Class Year: Junior

Major: Psychology

Joined LISTEN:Beginning of 2012

Devan EstevezPosition: Public Relations

Class Year: Junior

Major: Psychology

Joined LISTEN: Beginning of 2012

Payton CampbellPosition: Secretary

Class Year: Sophomore

Major: Chemistry

Joined LISTEN: Fall 2011

of LGBT students reported being physically harassed. Meet the LISTEN Officers

www.facts.randomnhistory.com

DID YOU KNOW?

Life through LGBT eyesMICAH BHACHECH

Staff ReporterWill Corley eddie lin

ENTERTAINMENTPAGE 8, CAMPUS CARRIER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Berry to host ninth, last writers conference this weekendRACHEL THOMPSON

Staff Reporter

For the last time since its creation in 1994, Berry will be hosting the Southern Women Writers Conference (SWWC) Sept. 20-23.

The conference brings women writers from across the south to take part in breakout sessions, workshops and plenary speeches. This year’s theme is “Beginnings and Endings.”

Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Conference Jim Watkins explained that there are many rea-sons the SWWC is coming to an end.

“You might just say it’s a combination of internal and external resources and fatigue,” Watkins said. “To put together a national conference every few years is a lot of work.”

Organizing this event takes years. There are 12 featured speakers and deciding who will speak and bringing them all here is a lot of work.

Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Conference Christina Bucher detailed several of the steps they had to take to pull it all together.

“We work with our committee to identify a set of ple-nary speakers and a theme,” Bucher said. “There are all the logistics to arrange the Guest Cottages; work with Kran-nert; publicity; we have to write grants to get some of the external money.”

“We have to correspond with registrants and interested parties throughout the two-year period,” Watkins added.

On top of the organization of the conference, Berry offers a chance for women students from Berry, Shorter University, Georgia Highlands College and Northwestern Technical College to enter their own work into the Emerg-ing Writers Contest in the categories of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. The winners get a prize and the opportunity to

read their work at a special session during the conference. “Usually there are anywhere from 130 to 150 submis-

sions that we have to evaluate and decide whether they’re accepted,” Bucher said. “And of course it’s both sort of fun and difficult to decide which fit together under a theme.”

The SWWC is not only for southern women writers and readers; it offers an array of opportunities for all students.

Volunteer coordinator and student worker for Watkins, Senior Krista Madeira, explained that there is something for everyone at this year’s conference.

“I think we can expect amazing and enlightening dis-cussion and presentations. This year features a wide vari-

ety of scholars, writers and even a singer songwriter,” Madeira said. “With a variety of presentations and break-out sessions, this year’s conference has something for everyone,” Madeira said.

Bucher said the SWWC has a significant impact on the community and Berry.

“I think it has brought Berry some national attention,” Bucher said. “Many people have said they go places and said they hear ‘Berry College’ and say, ‘Oh that’s where they have the Southern Women Writers Conference?’

Watkins said he believes Berry is an appropriate place to hold the conference.

“It’s also fitting that Berry hosts the Southern Women Writers Conference because Berry was founded by a woman and she was writing,” Watkins said. “She didn’t publish, but she corresponded regularly and it was one of the most important things she did for the college.”

Madeira said she is excited for all the opportunities that the conference will present.

“The conference is a wonderful chance for students to ‘experience it firsthand,’” Madeira said. “It is a privilege to have so many amazing writers and scholars on our cam-pus. This conference is a time to gain insight into south-ern literature while also experiencing how a professional conference works. This conference is a time for students to take learning beyond the classroom.”

Watkins hopes the conference will be a good way to get students to remember the importance of words.

“Students at a liberal arts college need all the remind-ers they can get that words make a difference and that lives can be transformed through words, and that societies can be transformed through words,” Watkins said.

For those who are not Berry students, the entire four-day event costs $215, but the reduced rate for only the Sat-urday and Sunday sessions is $100.

More information and the schedule of events and can be found at www.berry.edu/swwc.

Berry students win Southern Women Writers contestThe winners of the student writing contest will commence the Southern Women Writers Conference

by reading their work Thursday at Berry. The contest was open to female students attending Shorter University, Georgia Highlands College, Georgia Northwestern Technical College and Berry.

FictionEmily Caldwell

Senior‘A Brief Outburst of Pent-Up

Aggression’

Chelsea FryarSophomore

‘No Voy A Forget’

McKenzie ReevesSenior

‘Popsicle Stick Jesus’

Poetry Non-Fiction

ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9, CAMPUS CARRIERSEPTEMBER 20, 2012

GRACE DUNKLINStaff Reporter

Krannert Ballroom was full of laughter Saturday night as the KCAB comedy night got underway.

Comedian Michael Palascak entertained an audience of around 300 people with tales from his childhood, college years and beyond.

Sophomore J.C. Albritton, the KCAB Programmer for the event, said that there were originally around 150 chairs in the room, but then approximately 100 to 150 more had to be brought in.

Palasack said he started his career on open mics.“My parents moved to the Chicago area and I didn’t

know anybody, so I went to Borders and found a book on stand-up and they listed open mics, so I started on open mics,” Palascak said.

He said for him, the best part of shows is hearing people laugh at the things he has to say.

Palascak asked questions of the audience instead of just relating stories from his life. Occasionally, he would ask if anyone from a certain major was in the room, and then improvise, poking fun at that major for a while. He also noted the signs on the ceiling that read “Ha Ha” and “LOL” and asked the audience why they had to be reminded how to laugh.

Palascak said his favorite story to tell, though, is about the time he wanted to go down a waterslide at a fitness center and had to convince the lifeguard to come watch him so that he would not get banned.

Some of the largest audience responses were for Palascak’s stories of college, like the time he had a squirrel for a roommate, and his tales of childhood, such as when he became the older sibling on the walk to school.

Freshman Zahra Mohamed said that she especially

liked the part of the show when Palascak was talking about how someone can get parking tickets in Chicago and that parking on the sidewalk is cheaper than parking other places.

Senior Tabitha Rayner said, “Of all the comedians [he was] the best I’ve ever heard here. … Honestly, the whole thing was awesome; he was never bad. There wasn’t a part

I didn’t think was funny.”Rayner also said she appreciated that Palascak did not

rely on vulgarity to drive his humor. Mohamed said she would definitely want to go to

another event like the comedy night, because it was an excellent break from studying, and she would probably look up Palascak on YouTube.

ALI MCINTOSHAsst. Entertainment Editor

More than the average Berry professor introduced the first movie in Argentinian Film Festival in Evans Auditorium last Wednesday evening.

At 7 p.m., Associate Professor of Span-ish David Slade introduced Marcelo Ger-schenfeld, the Consul General of Argentina in Atlanta, a special guest of the festival. Gerschenfeld gave a short speech covering the basics of the Argentinian film industry, giving context for the first film, “Un cuento chino” (“Chinese Take-Away”).

Junior Katie Minor attended the open-ing event, remarking that “the Consul was well-spoken,” and regretted that she did not get a chance to chat with him as many students did before and after the film.

“I’ve seen a few foreign films before, but not very many,” Minor said. “I was excited.”

The first film, directed by Sebastian Borensztein, is the story of an Argentin-ian man, Roberto, who takes in a Chinese immigrant, Jun, who speaks no Spanish. Throughout the film, Roberto learns of Jun’s tragic past as he attempts to teach him the local language. It is also a love story; Roberto finds love with a local farmer woman named Mari.

“The whole thing was kind of about connections between people that bridge a language gap,” Minor said.

At first, she “expected it to be a drama” but was happy to find that humor was used quite frequently.

Junior Amanda Marbut saw the first film, too. She explained that she, like a

character in the film, “felt the same strug-gles while I was trying to adapt to Argen-tinian culture and trying to learn the lan-guage” when she studied abroad there this past summer.

She felt the European element of Argen-tinian culture was well represented. In fact, Roberto’s father in the film was an Italian immigrant. According to her, Argentina “looks more European than other Latin American countries do.”

Marbut also saw elements of an unusual outlook on death.

Characters were shown “having a cheer-ful outlook on death. It was unusual to have death as funny stories,” Marbut said.

The film has elements of experimental-ism; it is shot realistically, emphasizing gritty city life, and incorporates funny animated sequences (such as a cow fall-

ing from the sky onto a boat) to lighten the mood.

Minor noted another cultural difference when she said she was “surprised at the sexual boundaries pushed in the film.”

“As college students, we’re all mature enough, or should be mature enough, to handle kind of graphic sex scenes,” Minor said, referring to scenes featured in the film between Roberto and his romantic interest.

In her opinion, the practice of including more graphic scenes “addresses taboos as American viewers that we definitely don’t embrace as wholeheartedly.”

The final film in the festival is “Musica en espera/Music on Hold,” showing at 7 p.m. in the Science Auditorium on Wednes-day, Sept. 26. The Deputy Consul of Argen-tina in Atlanta, Ana Cristina Saino, will be introducing the film.

Comedy Night brings large crowd, laughs

Argentinian Film Festival beginsStudents experience new cuture, discuss familiar issues

WILL MILLER, Staff Photographer

OLIVIA DONNALLYAsst. Sports Editor

The Berry golf teams opened the season with the men’s team placing third at the Rhodes College Men’s Fall Classic and the women showed their potential with every golfer shooting under 90 at the D3 Classic.

The Vikings shot a 295, securing them-selves a third place victory out of 18 other colleges. While they were 14 shots behind the first place finishers Southwestern Col-lege, the Vikings fell one stroke short of sec-ond place as Emory shot 294.

Senior John Hall is pleased with how the team is playing and meshing on the course.

“My freshman year we had a lot of good players we just never put good rounds together at the same time,” Hall said. “My sophomore and junior year we struggled because of how many players we lost. This year we picked up five freshmen and cur-rently have five seniors. It is looking really good; I think we have a shot for taking our conference.”

The Vikings were led by senior Jason Terranova with a 1-under-par 71 and tied for fifth place overall. Tommy McClos-

key tied for 13th after shooting a 73. Alex Elmore shot a 75 and Ty Hampel shot a 76. The Vikings all shot under 90 as Hall scored an 83 and brought the team in for their 3rd place victory.

The Vikings will be looking to continue

their strong playing at the Hampden-Syd-ney Invitational on Sept. 24. This season will have two home events. The first one will be Oct. 9-10 at Stonebridge and Coosa Country Club.

The Lady Vikings headed to Lake City,

Minn. and placed 11th out of 17 teams. The team was led by junior Nikki Cline who shot an 86.

Cline is optimistic on the team’s perfor-mance this year.

“The first day we were 9th out of 17. That was fantastic,” Cline said. “Last year we were never that high in the rank-ings. We had a good start the first day and then I believe the pressure got to us a little because of how well we were playing.”

Senior Lacey Sheppard shot a 170 for the two-day tally. Sophomore Chelsea Hoag shot a 176. Sophomore Nicole Wood shot a 177 and sophomore Lauren Buschhorn fin-ished with a 189.

“I feel like even though the scores did not show it, the second day this past tour-nament was successful because all the girls know they can shoot under 90,” Cline said. “This was a major confidence booster.”

The Lady Vikings will be looking to keep up the team momentum on Oct. 1 and 2 when they host the Chick-fil-A Col-legiate Invitational at the Stonebridge Golf Club. They will not return home again until March 4 and 5, 2013 where they will host the Rome News-Tribune Invitational.

CHELSEA HOHE, Staff Photographer

Lady Vkings senior Lacy Sheppard drives down the fairway at the NCAA Division-III tournament in Lake City, Minnesota. The Lady Vikings earned 11th place out of 17 total teams. They will host the Chick-fil-A Invitational at home on Oct. 1-2.

STEVEN EVANSSports Editor

The Vikings soccer team (7-0) held strong to force over-time and defeat the Emory University Eagles with a score of 2-1 on Saturday to retain their undefeated status.

The Eagles took the lead 1-0 with an unassisted goal by Emory senior midfielder Andrew Natalino at 32:24, and they retained that lead entering halftime. Emory held on to their 1-0 lead throughout most of the game, and it seemed that the Vikings were going to be dealt their first loss.

The Vikings got their chance when Emory freshman goalkeeper Abe Hannigan had a yellow card called against him, allowing Viking sophomore forward David Shaw to score on a free kick to tie the game and bring it into over-time at 87:57.

“I thought I would have a good chance to get some sort of ricochet off of another player, but fortunately it went right through the wall. All I had to do was hit it on target and as hard as I could.” Shaw said.

Sophomore forward Christian Fulbright ended the game with a goal, assisted by a pass from junior midfielder Josh Hughes, at 98:17 in the first overtime period. This was Fulbright’s second game-winning goal this week.

“Christian got half a chance, and it was a great finish,” Vikings soccer head coach Richard Vardy said. “Very com-posed goal that he scored. He’s making some good prog-ress and playing really well right now.”

“The Emory game was difficult and was a real fight,” Fulbright said. “We fought the whole game through, and once David scored to tie the game, we knew we were going to win. I was just the lucky one who got a chance and took it.”

Fulbright was awarded the Southern Athletic Associa-tion (SAAC) men’s soccer “Players of the Week” offensive award because of his performance in the Emory game, and in the Covenant College game earlier in the week.

“Basically this whole season has been a lot different from last year’s because we are finishing games,” Ful-bright said. “We struggled with scoring last year, but this year we are getting a lot of players involved in scoring. We work really well together on the field and have good comradery off the field.”

Freshman goalkeeper Logan Hill has only allowed three goals this entire season, and had five saves in the Emory game.

“[Hill has] been brilliant from day one,” Vardy said. “I think that’s helped the defense be confident.”

“Emory was the most solid team we have played so far,” Shaw said. “But despite a few gaps of weaker per-formance on our part throughout the game, we fought the entire time and were able to finish well.”

The Vikings played the Reinhardt University Eagles

on Tuesday night, where they improved their record even further to 7-0 with a 3-1 win. Senior midfielder Ben Ort-man scored two goals against Reinhardt, and junior defen-sive player Kyle Fitting scored one.

Hill had seven saves in the Reinhardt game, and the Vikings outshot their opponent 15-14.

The Vikings will hit the road to face Washington & Jef-ferson College (Penn.) on Saturday, and they will return home on Sunday to play Allegheny College at noon.

Berry striker Christian Fulbright takes the ball downfield in the standoff against Emory. The Vikings scored atheir first goal to tie the game late in the matchup to take it to overtime. There, the Vikings scored once again to defeat Emory and improve to 6-0, holding their undefeated status.

Undefeated Vikings Soccer beat Emory in overtimeSPORTSPAGE 10, CAMPUS CARRIER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

PARKER SEALY, Photo Editor

Golf teams tee off season with out of state matches

SPORTSSEPTEMBER 20, 2012 PAGE 11, CAMPUS CARRIER

Student gears up for paralympics in BrazilOLIVIA DONNALLY

Asst. Sports Editor

Freshman Ryan Boyle has his sights set on para-cycling in the 2016 Paralympics.

Boyle has been a competitive cyclist for the majority of his life. In his youth he was the number one competitive biker in the age group of 8-13.

“Competition is in my blood,” Boyle said. His life took a turn on Oct. 13, 2002. A

9-year-old Boyle was riding a Big Wheel toy car when he skidded into the road and a pickup truck hit him from behind. The back of his skull was shattered, causing pieces of it to penetrate his cerebellum. As a result, portions of his cerebellum had to be removed. The sur-gery was uncertain and the doctors were not confident about how the rest of Boyle’s brain would react.

“They had no hopes of me making it out of surgery,” Boyle said. “But my neurosurgeon said to my parents after the operation that he operated like I had a chance.”

After the surgery Boyle was in a coma for two months. When he became conscious he was unable to swallow or talk. The only acces-sible movement was his right index finger.

“A quote I live by is something a neurolo-gist who first saw me said. He said, ‘I am opti-mistic that Ryan will gain enough strength in his right hand to type.’ Well, I think I am doing a lot better than that,” Boyle said.

After a year and a half of intensive therapy Boyle was able to regain his bodily movement. As he grew in strength his love for competi-tion rekindled. He came into the world of para-cycling when he was 17 and got his first hand cycle. He was racing in South Carolina when Simon Bennett, a paracycling coach, took a strong interest in Boyle.

“He was really impressed because I was so young in comparison to everyone else I was racing with,” Boyle said. “He informed me

that I was not eligible to compete in the Para-lympics in hand-cycling because I still have the use of my legs. That is when I got my first competitive tricycle.”

This past summer Boyle competed in the National Para-cycling Championships, which determine whether you qualify for the Para-lympic cycling team. Races vary in length with a minimum distance of 16 kilometers, roughly nine miles.

Boyle placed second at the National Cham-pionships this past summer and missed

attending the Paralympics this time around. However, he remains focused and looks to compete in the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil.

“Before my accident I wouldn’t have prob-ably ever gone to the Olympics,” Boyle said. “Things happen in life and what counts is how we react to them. I have always been competi-tive so I really want to do this. The Paralym-pics are the crème de la crème. The accident really brought this passion out.”

Boyle is focused and spends his time train-ing toward his goal. He rides every other day and is in the gym often, working on strength and heart rate. Over the weekends he goes on long rides of 32-plus miles. He will be com-peting in the 2013 Nationals being held in Wisconsin for another shot on the Paralympic team.

CCONTRIBUTED BY RYAN BOYLE

Berry freshman Ryan Boyle competes in para-cycling. He is going to compete in the Para-cycling Championships this summer for the second time of his competatve-cycling career. Only 11 para-cyclers in the nation are selected to attend the national championships. Ryan looks to attend the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil.

NFC’s position as NFL week three beginsSTEVEN EVANS

Sports Editor

Week two of the National Football League (NFL) officially came to an end with the Monday Night Football clash between the Atlanta Falcons and The Denver Broncos in Atlanta on Monday.

So far, the rankings are still anybody’s game, with only six teams still undefeated, and the past several years’ defending Super Bowl Champions all have at least one loss. The teams with a 2-0 record thus far are the Arizona Cardinals, the Atlanta Falcons, the Houston Texans, the Philadel-phia Eagles, the San Diego Char-gers and the San Francisco 49ers.

Between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the Ameri-can Football Conference (AFC), more local popularity draws toward the NFC. The Atlanta Fal-cons are members of the NFC, and four of the last five Super Bowls were won by a team hailing from the NFC.

“[The season] has been pretty good so far,” freshman Hunter Brittingham said. “There’s a lot of twists. Defense wins champion-ships. [The Falcons] are going to play a bigger part with all posi-tions than just the running back position this year. “

The defending NFC South division champions, the New Orleans Saints, fell to 0-2 and last in the division after losing to the Washington Redskins in week one with a score of 32-40 and suffering a 27-35 loss to division-rivals the Carolina Panthers this past week. The Panthers (1-1) lost to divi-sion-rivals the Tampa Bay Buc-caneers 10-16 in week one. The Buccaneers (1-1) were beaten by the defending Super Bowl cham-pions, the New York Giants (1-1), in week two 34-41. After a win Monday night against Denver, the Falcons (2-0) sit undisputed at the top of the NFC South.

The NFC North division is any-one’s game, with all four teams in the division split 1-1. However, if

the season were to end today, the Green Bay Packers (1-1) would hypothetically take a playoff spot due to their 23-10 week two vic-tory over division-rivals the Chi-cago Bears (1-1). The next divi-sional matchup in the NFC North will take place at week four, Sun-day, Sept. 30, with the Minnesota Vikings (1-1) visiting the Detroit Lions (1-1) in Detroit. The Lions couldn’t stop the 49ers in week two, losing on the road 19-27.

The Philadelphia Eagles sit at the top of the NFC East division, after wins against the Cleveland Browns (0-2) in week one and the Baltimore Ravens (1-1) in week two. The Giants lost their first game of the season to division-rivals the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins (1-1), although they trumped the Saints in week one, were defeated by the St. Louis Rams 31-28 in week two.

Typically deemed the “weak-est” division in the NFC, the NFC North Division is the only divi-sion in the entire NFL with two

undefeated teams. Both the 49ers and the Cardinals are off to 2-0 starts, and each earned impres-sive victories over the Green Bay Packers (1-1) and the New Eng-land Patriots (1-1), respectively. The Seattle Seahawks (1-1) were defeated in week one by the Car-dinals 20-16, but won against the Cowboys (1-1) 27-7 in week two. The Rams (1-1) lost in week 1 to the Lions with a score of 23-27.

The season has only just begun, so it is difficult to make many speculations this early, but some teams have already made signifi-cant statements. The fight for the NFC and the NFL as a whole will continue all 17 weeks of play, and the winners of each respective division will hold onto bragging rights going into the next season.Week three will officially kick off with the Giants visiting the Pan-thers in Charlotte, N.C. tonight on Thursday Night Football at 8:20 p.m.. The matchup will be broad-casted on the NFL Network.

Thursday Sept. 13Men’s Soccerv. Covenant W 1-0

Friday Sept. 14Women’s Soccerv. Thomas More 1-0

Women’s Volleyball@ Sewanee W 3-0

Saturday Sept. 15Men and Women’s XC@ Mercer Invitational 9:00 am

Women’s Golf@ Division III Classic 9th out of 17

Men’s Soccerv. Emory: W 2-1

Women’s Volleyball @ Centre: L 2-3

Sunday Sept. 16 -Monday Sept. 17Men’s Golf@ Rhodes Fall Classic3rd of 17

Women’s Golf@ Division III Classic 11th out 17

Tuesday Sept. 18Men’s Soccer@ Reinhardt: W 3-1

Friday Sept. 21Women’s Volleyballv. Hendrix 7 p.m.

Saturday Sept. 22Women’s Volleyballv. Rhodes 2 p.m.

Men’s Soccer@ Washington & Jef-ferson 12 p.m.

Sunday Sept. 23Men’s Soccerv. Alleghant 12 p.m.

Women’s Soccer@ Emory 1 p.m.

Monday Sept. 24 -Tuesday Sept. 25Men’s Golf @ Hampden-Sydney Invitational

“Things happen in life and what counts is how we react

to them.” - Ryan Boyle

NEWSPAGE 12, CAMPUS CARRIER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

PHOTOS BY PARKER SEALY, Photo Editor

On Saturday, Berry students, faculty, staff, Discover Berry participants and Romans came out to the last Farmers Market of the semester. There were tables representing both local and student enterprises. Activi-ties also included face painting and a moon bounce.Right: Junior Kseniya Shakhova gets her face painted at one of the booths. Below: Amanda Marbut sells woven accessories made by Viking Creations. Bottom right: Community members shop for produce. Bottom left: Will Corley talks to Discover Berry families about staying in the guest cottages on campus.

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