The Berry Office of Admissions joined forces with the new nursing faculty on Sunday to present the first of several informative events about the new nursing major.

Since the events take place in the lobby of the ad-missions office, attendance has been kept small and RSVP only. Eleven interested students and family members gathered for the first meeting, with increas-ing numbers expected for the other events, said Starr Boylan, Senior Admissions Counselor of the admis-sions office.

Dean and Professor of Nursing Vanice Roberts, and two other nursing faculty, Visiting Lecturer Ann Hook and Visiting Assistant Professor Pam Dunagan were speakers at the event, which was structured as an open discussion forum.

Hook said the goal of the informational event was to “educate the community and those that are inter-ested in the nursing program and to answer any ques-tions that they might have.”

Boylan spoke briefly on the ways in which apply-ing for the nursing program will differ from other ma-

jors on campus. Boylan said that, unlike other majors where you en-

ter the department when you enter school, the nursing program will have to be applied to separately from Berry itself. Students intending to enter the program will have to apply the second semester of their sopho-more year. In addition, they will not be applying via the normal admissions process, but to the School of Nursing itself.

Roberts showed the prospective students the floor plans for the area that will become the nursing class-rooms, a 6,000 square foot section of second floor Ev-ans Hall. Not only are there classrooms and offices, but there will also be simulation rooms for the stu-dents to practice in a real world environment.

“As we develop this [program], we are looking at what is missing [from other programs] and why that is missing, and how can we create a learning process that uses simulation and clinical experience to fill those gaps that are notoriously seen in nursing pro-grams,” Dunagan said.

She said the best part about building a program from scratch is that they can build the program the way they want it to be instead of altering an already existing program.

“We are working really hard to be current and cut-ting edge in the way we teach our nursing students

so when they go out in this ever-evolving healthcare system they are ready to anticipate what is ahead,” Hook said.

Students in the nursing program will be expected to use an iPad or an iPad Mini for their textbooks and homework. Hook said this decision stemmed from the fact that in real-world, “technology is the number one method that is used to keep healthcare safe, so we have got to integrate it into [the students’] learning.”

Apart from the technology, the nursing program is also doing some of its classes in a different manner. In addition to four solid semesters of nothing but nurs-ing classes, students will be expected to go on a cul-tural immersion trip. For now, the trip will take place in Costa Rica, but Bulgaria may be a second option, said Dunagan.

Roberts said the nursing program will be accept-ing 32 students the first year and hopefully raise that number over the next few following years. Prospec-tive students will be able to apply between April and July 2013, with the first class starting the program in Spring 2014, with anticipated graduation in May 2015.

More information about the nursing program can be found at their site via the main Berry site as well as on an information brochure available in the Office of Admissions.

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Concert raises money for Haiti reliefKELLY DICKERSON

Managing Editor

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The Multicultural and In-ternational Student Program (MISP) sponsored the Hearts for Haiti benefit concert Wednesday night.

Tickets were $3 for single at-tendees and $5 for couples. All proceeds from the concert are donated to Haiti relief.

The concert featured six acts that performed three songs each. Performers sang everything from classics like Jeff Buckley’s “Hal-lelujah” to current top 40 songs like Ed Sherran’s “The A Team.”

Performers included sopho-mores Alee Hatch and Julia Jor-dan, junior Richlalyn Miller, freshman Destiny Reed, fresh-man Brad Tilka, Chelsea Hunter and sophomore Eric Eaton. Sev-eral performers showed off their guitar and piano skills in addi-tion to their vocals.

Berry alumnus (12) DeShon Battle planned the first Hearts for Haiti concert in 2010 after the devastating 7.0 magnitude earth-

quake struck Haiti. Battle also planned the 2011 and 2012 con-certs. After Battle graduated, the torch was passed to senior Alex Peters, who organized the con-cert this year.

Peters said the turnout was a

little less this year than in previ-ous years. He believes the num-bers were a little lower because the concert has traditionally been held during the weekend but was moved to a weekday this year.

Peters said auditions for the

concert were held the week be-fore Spring Break. About 10 acts auditioned and six were selected to perform.

Peters said he believed the concert went well.

“Everyone seemed to be en-

joying themselves and having a good time,” Peters said. “If ev-eryone else is happy, I’m happy.”

Eaton said he felt the concert was a success.

“It was great; not your typical concert,” Eaton said. “It felt like just a big Berry family.”

Eaton said he was excited for the opportunity to participate in the benefit concert.

“I couldn’t make the audition so I sang over the phone,” Eaton said. “Luckily I got it.”

Eaton said he believes the concert is for an important cause.

“We can’t forget about Haiti,” Eaton said. “I know a lot of oth-er things have been going on in the world, but what they went through was a tragedy.”

Jordan said she also believed the concert was a success. Jordan performed with her friend and fellow classmate Hatch. Jordan said she believes all the partici-pants performed well.

The concert also featured a raffle with prizes donated and sponsored by the Berry book-store, Office of Alumni Relations and MISP. Snacks and drinks were also provided. About 35 people attended the concert.

About 35 people attended the Hearts for Haiti benefit concert on Wednesday. Sophomores Alee Hatch and Julia Jordan were among the six acts chosen to perform.

Nursing major presentedGRACE DUNKLIN

Staff Reporter

New Dean of Nursing and other staff discuss requirements

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CHRISTIAN TURNER, Asst. Photo Editor

NEWSPAGE 2, CAMPUS CARRIER MARCH 21, 2013

Spiritual guidance explored

Director of the Counseling Center Marshall Jenkins discussed spiritual guidance in a presen-tation he gave Monday night called “Discerning God’s Will Together: Spiritual Guidance in the Christian Tradition.”

Jenkins said spiritual guidance is a practice in which people wishing to deepen their relation-ship with God seek the direction of a spiritual guide, a spiritual person who wants to assist oth-ers in achieving that goal.

In 2012, Jenkins received the Certificate in Christian Spiritual Guidance from Shalem Insti-tute in Washington, D.C. In addition, he has been Director of Berry’s Counseling Center since 1987. He received his bachelor of arts degree in phi-losophy from Davidson College in 1980 and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the Uni-versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986, according to his bio on Berry’s Counseling Center web page.

Before beginning, Jenkins assured his audi-ence that his presentation was not meant to be religiously presumptuous.

“I’m going to address this to you as if you are all of the Christian tradition,” Jenkins said. “But I’m not going to assume that you are.”

Jenkins began by passing out index cards and asking audience members to write down the following: a decision facing them, three things about the day that made them grateful, a moment during the day that felt holy and a moment when they felt disconnected.

Jenkins said this exercise’s purpose was to get a feel for spiritual guidance.

“Take a look at your decision, close your eyes and be aware that you’re in God’s presence,” Jenkins said. “Knowing that, don’t try to make or analyze that decision. Just concentrate on the awareness of the decision and His presence.”

Jenkins went on to discuss some of the things people commonly want out of spiritual guidance, such as a more intentional life of faith, a more intimate relationship with God or a source for deepening prayer and spiritual practices.

One popular desire—the discernment of God’s will and call in their lives—Jenkins said was

applicable to his audience members.“You’re at a time in your lives, as college stu-

dents, of transition,” Jenkins said. Jenkins then talked about the differences

between spiritual guidance and psychotherapy. Jenkins said spiritual guidance is a three-

way conversation between the Holy Spirit, the spiritual guide and the person seeking guidance, while psychotherapy is a dialogue between the patient and the therapist.

Whereas psychotherapy pays attention to the patient’s problems and resources, spiritual guid-ance focuses on the person’s experience with God, Jenkins said, and spiritual guidance is grounded in the Christian tradition and community while psychotherapy is grounded in the medical model or humanism.

Jenkins said a good spiritual guide is someone who has a humble deference to the Holy Spirit.

“You’re looking for someone who’s willing to pause a conversation and take a minute to listen to God,” Jenkins said.

He also said a good guide will be one who lis-tens to both God and the person seeking guid-ance, and that rather than giving directions, a good guide will point directions.

“They’ll suggest possible angles based on your experience with God,” Jenkins said. “You don’t want a know-it-all for a guide.”

Jenkins said that while spiritual guidance and psychotherapy are different, one would want a guide who is psychologically sensitive.

“It’s not psychotherapy,” Jenkins said, “but at the same time, you want someone who’s pretty psychologically self-aware and sensitive to what’s going on with you psychologically.”

In his presentation Jenkins also talked about the history and foundation of spiritual guidance and offered quotes of Scripture, calling particular attention to Philippians 1:9-11.

“I love this prayer,” Jenkins said. “I often start my prayer with this passage. Notice how love leads to insight. In college, it’s your brain that does it, but in Christianity, you get to the truth through love. That’s a powerful thing.”

Jenkins told audience members that while spiritual practice is often defined as prayer or scripture, it is a flexible activity that can be per-formed anytime and by anyone.

“Spiritual practice is whatever you do to open your heart to God,” Jenkins said.

CAROLINE CLAFFEYDeputy News Editor

On Saturday, gamers gathered in Kran-nert underground to show their skills and try to win prizes. Some of the games in the contest included “Halo 3,” “Poké-mon,” “Dance Dance Revolution” and “Super Smash Brothers Brawl.” The event was hosted by Berry College Alter-nate Realities.

NATHAN SUTTON, Staff Photographer

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Dr. Lawrence McAllister: The Man Behind the NameCome to the Library Archives Thursday Feb. 28-Friday May 17 from 8 p.m.-5 p.m. to see this exhibit. It details McAl-lister’s life and his contri-butions to the campus and community and explores the history of McAllister Hall.

CSOB Business Week Key-note SpeakerThe owners of The Sweet Shoppe of Blue Ridge and win-ners of Food Network’s “Cup-cake Wars” highlight this year’s business week. They will speak on entrepreneurship and what it takes to start and run a business Thursday March 21 in Green 326 from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Making Money ‘Make Cents’Come to Krannert 106 from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday March 21 for a program that teaches students how to be finan-cially savvy. Topics include budget basics, staying on track with federal loan repay-ment, responsible use of credit cards and understand-ing credit scores.

KCAB’s Battle of the BandsCome to the Ford Audito-rium from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Sat-urday March 23 for KCAB’s Battle of the Bands.

Dead Poets SocietyAll students are welcome to join in McAllister 107 from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday March 25 to work on inter-esting and challenging math problems.

Jandy’s Giveaway and Enterprise ExpoCome kick off Student Work Week on Monday March 25 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on Kran-nert Lawn for Jandy’s give-aways and the Student Enter-prise Expo.

Getting a Jump on Grad School ApplicationsCome to Krannert 246 Tues-day March 26 at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to learn what you need to know before sum-mer arrives. The Career Cen-ter has the handouts and resources to help you get into the school of your choice.

SGA MeetingAll students are welcome to attend Tuesday March 26 from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the Spruill Ballroom to hear about various things hap-pening on campus.

Stories from the Homefront and BeyondA discussion of histories from the mothers and grand-mothers of various Berry stu-dents and faculty will follow a film screening of “Rosie: Stories from the Homefront” in the Spruill Ballroom from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday March 26. (CE)

Berry hosts walk to fight multiple sclerosis

NEW FAFSA REQUIREMENT FOR STATE FINANCIAL AIDIncluding HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships

Recent changes in Georgia state law requires students to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to rreceive state financial aid funds. *The affected state programs are listed below. Effective June 8, 2013, the GSFAPPS will no longer be available as an application for Georgia state financial aid.

*Georgia’s State Financial Aid Programs: HOPE Scholarship, Zell Miller Scholarship, Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant, HERO (Helping Educate Reservists & their Offspring) Scholarship, Public Safety Memorial Grant & the Student Access Loan (SAL)

Be sure to use IRS Data Retrieval for accuracy while completing

your FAFSA. Please contact the Office of Financial Aid with questions at 706.236.1714 or

financialaid@berry.edu.

PAUL WATSONNews Editor

Berry “walked to create a world free of MS” as it hosted the Rome Chapter of Walk MS (multiple sclerosis) on Saturday.

About 130 participants preregistered for the walk, and over 100 partic-ipants registered on site, said Maci Jo Roberts, coordinator for the Rome Chapter. She said 19 teams registered to participate and fundraise in the walk, but individuals were also encouraged to participate. As of Wednes-day morning, the Rome Chapter had raised $5,925, but funds will con-tinue to be raised until July 1.

Roberts there were a few reasons that Berry was chosen to host the walk.

“Berry has been a supporter [of Walk MS] for a couple of years,” Roberts said. “This is a beautiful campus, and the event staff here is so welcoming.”

Roberts, a senior at Shorter University, said leading Walk MS is a great experience.

“I will graduate in May with a degree in Organizational Communica-tion,” she said. “I’ve invested in working with non-profits; Walk MS has a huge impact on the community.”

One member of the community, Bersi Orellana, who works for the Rome Suzuki plant, said there are many benefits of participating in Walk MS.

“[The MS Walk] is very interesting because if you do have MS, your bones regenerate with walking,” Orellana said. “So, even the walking itself is helping women.”

Orellana said this is her first time participating in the walk. She said her paternal grandmother died from MS, inspiring her to become

involved with the walk.According to the MS Walk website, “We’ve been walking since 1988

and to date have raised more than $770 million to support life changing programs and cutting-edge research.”

Don’t Forget!

Wednesday, March 27 is the last day to with-draw from 2nd 7 week classes

with an automatic grade of W.

PARKER SEALY, Photo Editor

Alumni couple hosts poetry reading

CAROLINE CLAFFEYDeputy News Editor

Berry alumni Alex Quinlan and Catherine Meeks presented a creative reading of their unique works Monday night.

In addition to being alumni, Quinlan and Meeks are a mar-ried couple who met while they were students at Berry. Quinlan is currently a visiting assistant professor of English Rhetoric and Writing at Berry, and Meeks is a lecturer of rhetoric and composi-tion at the University of Tennes-see at Chattanooga.

While at Berry, Quinlan dou-ble majored in English and Phi-losophy and minored, in his own words, “in coffee and cigarettes.” On Monday night he read poetry from his in-progress manuscript. Meeks read an excerpt from the novel she is currently writing as well.

Quinlan asked for audience participation for a project he is currently working on.

“For the last nine months or so, I’ve been working on a poem called ‘Secrets and Lies,’” Quinlan said.

He then showed the audience two boxes—one labeled “Secrets” and one labeled “Lies”—and handed out two blank slips of paper to each audience member. He asked that each person write a secret on one and a lie on the other and that they deposit their slips into their respective boxes before leaving. After explaining the exercise, he read the draft of the in-progress “Secrets and Lies.”

After their reading, Quinlan and Meeks welcomed questions from the audience. They talked about what it is like to be two married writers, from where they draw their inspirations, and what they remember about being a stu-dent at Berry.

Berry math students place third at Winthrop

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Berry team of seniors Anna Chan, Justin Lyle, Aaron Ostrander and Milo Taylor placed third in the Mathematics Jeopardy! competition at the 94th meeting of the Southeastern Sec-tion of the Mathematical Associa-tion of America.

The contest was held last week at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. Berry won its first and second round games and then fin-ished behind Davidson College and Lenoir-Rhyne University and ahead of Georgia Regents in the

final game. This is the third year in a row that Berry has made it to the final round, a first for any school in the Southeastern Sec-tion of the MAA.

According to its website, the MAA strives to “be the lead-ing professional association in collegiate mathematics, the preeminent provider of exposi-tory mathematics, the primary and best source for professional development programs for fac-ulty, and the number one pro-vider of resources for teaching and learning.”

Sophomore Kenneth Russ was on the team as an alternate.

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

Berry’s Taylor Swift parodyMost of us received an

email last Monday, March 3 with an encouragement to watch a video filmed at Berry “featuring dozens of Berry’s students, faculty and staff members.” The email provided a link to Berry’s parody of Taylor Swift’s recent video for her single, “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

The email came from the Office of Public Relations at Berry and therefore, presumably, the video is meant to at least in some way represent Berry to the public, including prospec-tive students and poten-tial employers of Berry graduates.

The video itself was quirky and entertaining, and the visual quality was actually quite impressive. The cinematography was well done, and if it was at times slightly corny, the dancing, “singing” profes-sors tipped the scales in favor of the video’s enter-tainment value.

The audio, on the other hand, was less commend-able. The talent of Berry singers or producers is not in doubt here, only the reach of the resources that they have access to for the purpose of vocal record-ings. Taylor Swift cannot sing her song without sub-stantial auto-tuning and electronic doctoring. Pro-spective music students looking into Berry may not be favorably impressed when they Google the

school and discover the audio quality of this video.

Thinking about the effect of this video on pro-spective students leads us to consider how it repre-sents Berry, not as primar-ily a fun place, but as an educational institution. As such it may not adequately represent graduating Berry students.

Students applying to graduate schools, intern-ships and jobs will confess in interviews and résumés that they graduated from Berry, and that potential employer or educator may look up Berry online. And if they do that, the first thing they see may very well be a video that does a pretty good job of depict-ing Berry as a fun, beauti-ful place to be. They may not, however, so readily find something that rep-resents the academic rigor and intellectual effort that Berry graduates invested in their education.

The video is certainly cute and well done. It may even do its job of attracting prospective students who will appreciate the accessi-ble faculty, beautiful cam-pus and lightheartedness presented in the video. It probably does not, how-ever, present an appro-priately scholarly version of Berry that is equally true of the institution and very important for its stu-dents who intend to craft impressive résumés based on their time at Berry.

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Deception in reality television

Reality shows. The term puts a bad taste in people’s mouths. What stems from the idea of real-ity and getting to know someone’s life as it is, unscripted, has now become this term that means bad writing, fake people and guilty pleasure entertainment. We have “Keeping Up With the Kardashi-ans” (and their 500 other spin-off shows), “Jersey Shore” (and their one spin-off) and “Laguna Beach” (and its two spin-offs). Don’t for-get the competitive shows such as “American Idol,” “Survivor,” “The Voice,” every dating show ever to exist (there are literally hundreds) and “America’s Next Top Model.” Now while some of the cattiness that goes on may be real, for the most part we know that there is some element of fake-ness on the shows. One element is done in post-production. Edit-ing can lead an audience to feel a certain way at the expense of the participants and it is all in order to please a specific target audience.

There is one show that I am thinking of in particular: the one, the only, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” This show was a spin-off of an episode of “Toddlers and Tiaras.” On “Toddlers and Tiaras,” tons of little girls (and sometimes guys) compete to be crowned (probably so their mothers can live out their glory days) while also winning money. On this one par-ticular episode, a young, spunky

kid was in the competition. Her name was Alana Thompson, aka “Honey Boo Boo.” Because she was a little different (OK, a lot different) than her competitors, people loved her and she got her own show.

This show, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” follows Alana and her family as they help Alana improve her pageant skills. The show also documents her family’s actions. The problem is, the show decided that in order to get a fol-lowing, they needed to not just show the life of this adorable 7 year-old but to treat her as white trash and get everyone making fun of her family.

I have watched most of the shows (which I doubt those that mock her actually have seen) and while she gets more adorable every episode, the editing gets worse. The opening B-roll of one of the episodes was a sign on the highway stating “Keep Georgia Clean,” then another shot of trash on the highway and litter. This shot was not at their house. This was on the side of the road. With-out anyone realizing it, TLC just shared their opinion of this family. They called them white trash. This may seem like a stretch to you but the show isn’t about how people in Georgia just don’t care enough not to litter. The show is about this family.

One of the episodes I remem-ber most clearly depicts Alana’s seventh birthday party. Everyone came to her house to celebrate. There were inflatables and food and a giant cake made specifically for Alana. When the interviews started, all anyone could talk about was food. They began to

show all of the food. In the back-ground, the music was similar to the “Jaws” theme. I was assuming they were trying to make the point that all they do is eat, so obviously they will be like sharks attacking humans when it is time to eat. That doesn’t make any sense to me. First of all, the sandwiches looked like they were from Fresh Air Barbecue, which is a barbecue place located in middle Georgia, specifically places like Macon or Warner Robins. This would make sense because she lives about 30 minutes from my house (in Macon). All I am saying is that if someone brought Fresh Air to my birthday party, I would not even wait for permission to eat. I would eat about three within the first hour of my party. I hope you don’t all of a sudden think less of me.

Another part was when Alana was eating; they went in for an interview. She tried talking, and then asked if they would wait while she finished. They did wait. But they kept the cameras rolling and documented the wait. This had nothing to do with the sen-tence she later said. This was just an attempt to have a good laugh. Well, I hope you’re happy. She is seven and eating the greatest bar-becue in the world.

I am not saying that the show is good. It is horrible. The family, however, is great, and does not care what other people think. I am sorry that you don’t see yourself in the family and Alana isn’t the perfect pageant girl, but they have taught me that you can be who-ever you want to be as long as you have love from your family. Who really needs anything else?

PARKER SEALYPhoto Editor

I am graduating this May…suppos-edly. My doubt is not academic—honestly I’d have to screw up pretty badly to fail a class at this point (and by the way, that is by absolutely no means a challenge, professors). My problem is all the non-academic hoops I find myself having to jump through. This is the semester when I need to concentrate as much as possible, because my senioritis is at an all-time high. You lowerclassmen can laugh, but when you’re my age (see that? College has made me old) you too will find yourself lying in bed 15 minutes before your class starts, yelling at yourself but still feeling unper-turbed. It’s a real hardship, guys.

My first problem is the Cultural Event credits. I promised myself—as I’m sure many of my classmates did—that I would not be that kid who had to rush to get half of them done my senior year, but of course, I totally am. I’ll get them all done, but can I just be the millionth student to ask what purpose those activities are serv-ing me? How does watching a German film (no matter how delightful it was) aid in my education? Honestly if there were to be any activity or workshop on cam-pus that were to count toward my gradu-ation, I would prefer that they be Career Center events—at least those would come in handy once my diploma is on my wall. I don’t really foresee a time in my future

when I’m sitting at a desk and my boss pops around the corner and goes, “Hey Caroline, I know you’re an English major and I hired you to (insert job I haven’t found yet), so could you just type up a history of the Comedian Harmonists real quick?”

How about the senior exit examinat-tions? My quarrel here is not actually with the examinations themselves. But I really think those could have been adver-tised better; all they did was send us a let-ter. There I was the Monday we got back from Spring Break, and I went to collect the paycheck we had received the Friday before. So I opened the letter at 4:48 p.m. to discover that the exit examinations were to take place in 12 minutes. Gee, an email would have been nice. I get 50 emails every day about far more trivial things, but I didn’t get one about this?

There are CE credits, exit examina-tions, cap and gown fittings, the applica-tion for graduation (about which I was not informed until about a week beforehand; come on, Berry), exit counseling—it seems like every week or so there’s a new form I have to fill out or office I have to call. Isn’t there a more effective way of doing this? Couldn’t there just be a mandatory meet-ing at the beginning of the year or even spring semester for all graduating seniors where they could just tell us about every-thing at the same time? Whatever they do, it needs to be conducted more smoothly than it is now, because I feel like I’m walk-ing on a path that for the last three and half years has been well-lit, but the home-stretch is full of bear traps and random axe murderers trying to keep me from graduating.

Last semester I wrote an editorial con-cerning the declining quality of the food served to students, faculty/staff and visi-tors alike in the dining hall, better known as D-Hall to many.

This time around I would like to begin by apologizing to any workers in the din-ing hall who may have taken offense to my claims. I understand that many full-time employees and student workers in D-Hall commit much of their time and effort in order to supply Berry with dining options. I never intended to downplay the hard work of the employees of the dining hall with my comments.

The reality is, despite the hard work put into food services, the versatility and quality of the dining hall is still not exactly where it should be. That being said, I would like to commend those at Aramark who have heard the voices of the students and faculty who have written complaints or recommendations over the past several months. The food is getting better.

I will get to the point: while it is get-ting better, D-Hall still needs some improvement.

To be honest, much of the food options in the “comfort food” line are still repeti-tive and becoming increasingly bland. I understand the reservations about sea-soning and the reasons behind limiting it, but when students pay roughly $36, 000 a year to come to Berry, and anywhere from $3,032 to $10,164 of that just to eat in the dining hall, it puzzles me as to why we are so limited.

However, my major problem with the way D-Hall handles its food service is that I feel like we are ill-informed with what

goes into the food we are served.Again, I understand why the food is

seasoned very little (at best), and why the ingredients are relatively limited, but another problem I have run into is the small ingredients lists overall. I do under-stand that the dining hall does a great job of listing allergens, which is a fantastic aspect to protect those who eat there. Also, I understand that the nutrition facts, such as carbohydrates, calories and fat content, are typically listed on most of the items in D-Hall.

But frankly, those don’t mean much if we don’t know where they are coming from. The ingredients are potentially the most important aspect of the food that we digest. Are we loading up our bodies with tons of preservatives and lab-grown chemicals, or is our nutrition coming from healthier alternatives?

The calories and carbs that we intake can be subjective. A 300-calorie food item with a smaller ingredient list of primarily nutritious foods is probably a lot healthier than a 100-calorie item with an extensive ingredient list, let alone one packed with preservatives and a ton of unhealthy alternatives.

D-Hall needs to display ingredient lists for at least most of the items served. Even if it means a separate menu located some-where in the dining hall with the nutrition facts and ingredients for the day’s menu selection; it would be helpful for students to understand what they are eating.

Again, I would like to point out that I have noticed a significant increase in qual-ity and selection in the D-Hall menu from last semester. So, by all means, carry on with improvement.

Continue to listen to the voices of the many that flood the suggestions board. But I cannot stress enough how important it is for those who eat the food to be well-informed on what they are putting into their bodies.

“Whistler, British Columbia.

OPINIONSMARCH 21, 2013 PAGE 5, CAMPUS CARRIER

The Bermuda Triangle.”

“Where would you go if you could go anywhere?”

“The Netherlands.

Everett ReiffSophomore

Christen IrelandFreshman

Ruth OgbemudiaSophomore

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

Stacey FronekSenior

Patrick CampbellJunior

Nutrition in D-Hall

Home.”

Europe or Outer Space.”

Dear Ms. Turnbuckle,I have a serious problem in my

workplace. Every week, my lovely co-workers

and I get together for work night and every week we seem to have a struggle for power.

One of our newest additions to our team seems to think that he runs this place, and his lust for power is caus-ing serious problems. He always yells at our younger employees and he even kicked a puppy once.

I tried to talk to my boss about this, but I don’t think she gets it. She always praises him on Facebook and other social media.

I don’t know what to do. I just want everything to get back to normal. Sincerely, Worried in the Workplace

Dear Worried in the Workplace, This is an issue to which I feel

almost anyone can relate. I say this not to make little of your frustra-tion, but to thank you for writing about something that will benefit many of our readers.

There has always been one surefire way to deal with problem-atic co-workers, of course...

But in case you’re looking for something a bit less extreme, or perhaps not as illegal, I recommend weakening him psychologically.

Begin by leaving snide little Post-Its at his desk:

“You are unwelcome here.” “Begone with you.” “Get thee away, you scalliwag.”And so on and so forth. These

will weaken his morale. Then advance to inconve-

niencing him in small ways: jam his stapler, leave a thumbtack on his chair... You could even com-mandeer his Facebook account when he’s not looking and post nasty things about your boss, so as to undermine their apparent friendship.

How do I know all this? I asked my dear niece Penelope, since I occasionally have to deal with that Paul fellow—you know, from the “Paul-itics” column—because he so frequently usurps my space here. And we simply can’t have that.

Hugs and Devil’s food cake, 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.

STEVEN EVANSSports Editor

CAROLINE CLAFFEYDeputy News Editor

The traps of graduation

FEATURESPAGE 6, CAMPUS CARRIER MARCH 21, 2013

If I had a dollar for every time I heard somebody start a conversation with “I saw this thing on Pinterest,” I’m pretty sure I would have enough money to pay for the rest of my time at Berry. Now if I had one million dollars for every time I heard somebody begin with “I found this life hack on Pinterest,” I wouldn’t have a single dime.

What many people don’t realize is that nearly all of

the helpful little hints that they pin, like and repin on Pinterest.com is actually called a life hack. A life hack is any creative, small tip or bit of information that helps make everyday life easier. These are oftentimes tricks that you wouldn’t otherwise think of without the help of your handy social media sites. While many happy pinners tend to credit Pinterest for coming up with their favorite life hacks, the idea of sharing them globally

started years ago with a typical blogger and a website called Lifehacker.

If you’ve never been on Pinterest, this page will prob-ably give you new ideas on how to simplify your life. If you’re a pinning addict, chances are you’ve seen several of these before, but at the very least, we can finally put a name to all those interesting pins and put an end to the ambiguous phrase “a thing I saw on Pinterest.”

Lifehacker was invented in 2005 by Gina Trapani, whose goal was to cre-ate a website for a collection of little tricks and tips to make life easier. She got the idea after tech writer Danny O’Brien coined the term “life hacks” in 2004. O’Brien saw a connection be-tween the computer tech world and modern society; both are viewed as apparently complex systems lacking a clear cut solution. Hacks are simply a nonobvious shortcut for these com-plex situations. O’Brien mentioned his revelation in a couple of lectures, and the idea for Lifehacker was born.

Lifehacker opened to the public on Jan. 31, 2005. For the first eight months, Trapani was the sole blog-ger, posting multiple times each day to try to make life a little easier for the public. As Trapani received increas-ingly more response emails to each post, she eventually brought on three co-bloggers and enabled approval-only comments, allowing subscribers to swap ideas and opinions on vari-ous life hacks.

Trapani didn’t plan on remaining a professional blogger, however. Origi-nally a web developer, the founder figured she’d try it out for one year before returning to her original em-ployment. Contrary to her plan, Tra-pani began to fall in love with the profession, her readers and working with her co-bloggers. Four years and over 20,000 posts as the Editor-in-Chief opened up numerous opportu-nities to expand her profession. Tra-pani has published two editions of a best-selling tech book, released a se-ries of Firefox extensions, spoken at conferences around the world, built up an audience of over one million daily readers and much more. Take into consideration that Trapani had no prior professional writing experi-ence, and the accomplishment is that much greater.

In the first month of posting, Life-hacker grew from zero to 33 million pageviews, and although the high traffic rate is impressive, Trapani was most impressed by the conversation

readers generated in the comments. As a rule, commenters remained positive and continually swapped knowledge and ideas back and forth, confirming her goal to make readers’ days a little easier with Lifehacker.

After four years as Editor-in-Chief, Trapani took a step back to become a weekly features writer for her website and passed the torch on to fellow Lifehacker blogger Adam Pash. Pash held the title until Jan. 7, 2013, passing the reins to the current Editor in Chief, Whitson Gordon. Initially, Lifehacker had begun as a website focusing on hacks to make people’s lives easier, especially with technology. Because it was founded before the era of “There’s an app for that,” Lifehacker was what millions of readers depended on for simplify-ing technology. With the introduction of the iPhone, Lifehacker has evolved to focus more on everyday life hacks.

Many people today don’t real-ize what a life hack is, but the in-troduction of Pinterest has people talking about life hacks more than ever before, whether they realize it or not. Only now, instead of read-ing and swapping ideas on Life-hacker, people tend to repin handy life hacks onto Pinterest boards and swap ideas by starting a conversa-tion with, “Well I saw this thing on Pinterest,” and while the social me-dia pinboard is responsible for the majority of sharing lifehacks among society today, the folks at Lifehacker are responsible for starting the trend.

Today Lifehacker has 7.9 million monthly readers, over 579,000 fol-lowers on Twitter and over 500,000 fans on Facebook. Interestingly, while 79 percent of Pinterest users are female, 88 percent of Lifehacker’s readers are male. The website contin-ues to post useful bits of knowledge for readers multiple times each day and covers everything from new uses for vinegar to tips for minimizing procrastination and maximizing per-sonal money-management. Thanks to Lifehacker, with just a few clicks on the computer, the public has ac-cess to seemingly limitless ways to make everyday life a little bit easier.

Definition: low-budget tips and tricks that can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach

you something that you simply did not know before.

The origin of life hacks: Lifehacker.com

What is your favorite life hack?

AUTUMN CLARKE, Features Editor

AUTUMN CLARKE, Features Editor

OLIVIA BROWN, Asst. Features Editor

advertising.gawker.comAdditional sources: socialmediatoday.com

“Using binder clips to keep cords from falling off my desk.”

Trevor Sutton, junior

“Pickpocketing in Paris to get a free trip back to the United States.”

Lindsey Floyd, sophomore

“Using Coke tabs and hangers to re-duce closet clutter.”

Mary Curry, freshman

“I cut the wire supporting the cushion of my futon to make it more comfort-

able so I can sink into the futon.”

Charlie Morgan, freshman

“Keeping track of the weeks of the year and for whatever number week it is depositing that number into your bank account. You’ll end up with a lot

of money at the end of the year.”

Michael Terry, sophomore

Life Hackstwistedsifter.com

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10 Life Hacks

Simple solutionsto

first-world problems

For camping, attach a headlamp to a gallon of water to provide light for the

entire tent.

Wrapping a wet paper towel around your beverage before placing it in the freezer will make it ice cold in about 15 minutes.

To provide even distribution of round sandwich fillings, take two slices and cut the fillings in half. Then place the flat sides even with each bread side, covering every

part of the bread.

Fill plastic water bottles one fourth of the way, lay them on their sides, and place in the freezer. Once they’re frozen, fill the rest of the way with water and you’ll have ice cold water for whenever you’re on

the go.

Use a can opener to open blister packs to avoid cutting yourself.

Unroll the rim of a paper ketch-up container to increase the

capacity. Take pictures of friends holding items you've lent them with your phone, so later you will remember what you lent to who. Above, freshman Brian Steele

is borrowing money.

Stack your clothes vertically to see

them all.

Mark daily water intake by time on your water

bottle.

Use a hair clip to organize earbuds.

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ENTERTAINMENTPAGE 8, CAMPUS CARRIER MARCH 21, 2013

V-Day talks rape, self-loveJOSHUA WILLIS

Staff Writer

One out of three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.

This is over one billion women and girls. And this issue is not just a “third world problem” that can be easily or comfortably ignored (not that it should be). No, violence against women occurs everywhere from Tulsa, Okla. to Timbuktu. It can happen in the house across the street as well as across the globe. The women affected could be your friend, your sister or your mother, not just those unknown faces and names that occasionally appear in the headlines.

To combat this epidemic, the global activist movement known as V-Day (the ‘V’ stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina) was created. V-Day attempts to increase awareness about violence against girls and women and raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing non-violence organizations through the production of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler’s award-winning play.

Berry College once again joined the cause this year when EMPOWER and the Women’s and Gender Studies program sponsored a production of “The Vagina Monologues” directed by senior Ashley Harzog. All proceeds benefited the Women of W.O.R.T.H. Clinic of Rome.

Berry students and faculty performed “The Vagina Monologues” at 11 p.m. last Friday and on Saturday at

7:30 p.m. to packed audiences. The staging in the Krannert Underground was simple yet effective with white Christmas lights and flickering candles acting as the main lighting. Dressed in black and red, each actor performed an individual monologue. The themes of these pieces ranged from sexual repression (“The Flood,” performed by Christina Bucher, associate professor of English) to gang rape (“My Vagina Was My Village,” by Shari Bissoondatt) to birth (“I Was There In the Room,” by Julia Jordan). Regardless of their differences, each monologue stressed the importance of sexual and personal freedom as symbolized by the vagina in women’s lives. The results were funny, touching and, at times, disturbing.

Bucher enjoyed performing her monologue and felt the experience was an important one.

“I love my monologue. It’s not in my own experience, but I can imagine it. I think it is both funny and poignant. [‘The Vagina Monologues’] is fun and important. I’m the adviser of EMPOWER, but I didn’t feel obligated; I [performed] because I wanted to.”

For freshman audience member Kacee Culpepper, her first experience seeing “The Vagina Monologues” was a life-changing one.

“I went to go see ‘The Vagina Monologues,’ because, despite having heard of it many times, I had never had the opportunity to go. I thought it was wonderful. The performance contained thoughtful, humorous, powerful

stories that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”When asked why “The Vagina Monologues” and V-Day

itself is so important, director Ashley Harzog pointed out current events in the media.

“The Steubenville rape case is a prime example of why ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and V-Day are important. The media has shown sympathy…towards the rapists, who will receive one to two years of jail time…less time than someone convicted of pirating music could potentially face,” Harzog said.

She also felt that not enough people appreciate the bravery of women survivors worldwide.

“No mention is made of the [Steubenville] victim or her courage to proceed with the prosecution of the rapists,” Harzog said. “We do this show for her and women like her who have been the victims of violence. V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. Awareness of these issues is an important step in ending the violence.”

This was Harzog’s third and last year directing the show. She offered advice to future directors and performers.

“My advice for future directors is to focus on the cast as well as the show as a whole,” Harzog said. “The relationships that I have built with the women I’ve worked with over the years are so precious to me. I know those women will continue to make an impact and empower other women.”

Berry cowboys take aim against aliens

ZACH CLELAND Staff Photographer

Sophomores Greg Robbins and Abby Strawn, juniors Wes Scheidt and Alex Purdie and senior Rob Banks begin a heart-pounding match during the Cow-boys versus Aliens Nerf Gun Challenge. After battle, the plastic-wielding warriors cooled off in the Julia Cottage saloon. The event, which lasted from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, supported the Julia Cottage Relay for Life team.

ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9, CAMPUS CARRIERMARCH 21, 2013

LYNDSEY HERMANStaff Reporter

Mountain Campus created a hee-hawing good time at the Late Night Edition, Redneck Rumble on Friday night.

With a live band playing country music, deep fried Oreos, a root beer keg and toilet racing, there was something to bring out the redneck in everyone.

Mountain Campus Head Resident Trevor Sutton said his staff had a blast planning and putting on the event.

“We tried to do something that hasn’t been done in a while,” Sutton said. “We wanted people to be able to dress up, but not necessarily ‘nice.’ With the weather getting warmer, we wanted the event outside. That is where we got our idea.”

One thing that a lot of people were curious about was the toilet racing. Many did not understand exactly what that meant or how it would work. The race cars were literal toilets attached to wooden pallet on wheels with slats cut out for the racer’s feet to pedal the vehicle. Sutton said one toilet was purchased off Craigslist and the other

was picked up on the side of the road.

As people took their turns at racing, many peered under the toilet lid out of curiosity. Mountain Campus RA Michaela Grass assured that the toilets were clean.

“We bleached them,” Grass said. “Twice.”

Sutton reported that they had seen the idea for toilet racing online as a rental service. But the toilets had not been available anywhere close. So the staff decided to make their own, because that would be more redneck anyway.

No particular aspect of the event seemed to overshadow another. Attendees seemed to enjoy each of the attractions.

“The fried Oreos are my favorite part. They’re really good and I’ve never had them before,” sophomore Abbey Smyth.

Smyth said events like this should happen more often.

“Events like this foster better student life,” Smyth said. “They encourage people to stay on campus over weekends.”

Sophomore Noelle Mouton stated that her favorite part of the night was the band.

“I like the music; it gets everyone excited and puts people in a good mood,” Mouton said.

Mouton also recommended more events like this take place on campus. She said the only thing she would add to the Redneck Rumble would be a potato sack race.

Much like Mouton’s favorite part, Sutton’s also had to do with the music.

“My favorite part was that one of the final songs was ‘Wagon Wheel’ and the band invited whoever wanted to to come on stage,” Sutton said. “During that song there was a freshman in WinShape yelling into the mic the lyrics and on another mic was a sophomore in Dana. At that point in time, it didn’t matter where you lived on campus or who you normally hang out with or where you sit in Krannert. I think this is what Late Nights are supposed to be about-connecting the campus-and that is exactly what happened tonight.”

Overall, students really seemed to enjoy the Redneck Rumble. At least 300 students attended, many in their finest redneck attire.

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Internet University: “Bravest Warriors”

COMMENTARY BYEMILY FAULKNEREntertainment Editor

So I know that we’ve passed the point of no return (i.e. Spring Break) and we’ve all hit that point where everything has gotten a bit overwhelming. So, I have taken it upon myself to provide you with something you can watch on the Internet to distract you from the stresses that we definitely aren’t ready for.

“Bravest Warriors” is an American animated web series created by Pendleton Ward, the creator of the hit show “Adventure Time.”

Set in the year 3085, the series follows four teenaged heroes-for-hire as they warp through the universe to save adorable

aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions.

What is so great about this show is the fact that unlike “Adventure Time,” “Bravest Warriors” is allowed to use more adult language and adult themes. I was initially taken aback when the cartoon teenagers started using light curse words, but then I realized; It’s an online web series.They can say whatever they want. That’s what “Adventure Time” had been missing all along-more connection with its primary audience.

Don’t get me wrong; there are still components of the show just like “Adventure Time.” There is a character named Catbug that basically says all the one-liners for the show including

his hilarious line “Sugar peas” in the middle of an incredibly serious moment.

One of the parts of the show that I found most interesting was the relationship between the characters Beth and Chris. Beth and Chris have been best friends since they were little children and it’s adorable to watch these characters that are obviously going to get together eventually.

The animated series began streaming on Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover channel on YouTube in 2012, but the first series didn’t finish until March of this year. The second season will not be available for viewing until this summer, but it’s worth catching up on this adorable animated series.

NEALIE SMITH, Staff Photographer

On Friday, March 15, H.H.O.P.E. and B.I.C. sponsored the Lights, Camera, Fashion show in order to raise money for Rome Action Ministries. Students were asked to pay a fee of $3 or give two canned goods. Models went down the runway sporting everything from dresses to casual wear. Around 80 people were in attendance.

SPORTSPAGE 10, CAMPUS CARRIER MARCH 21, 2013

OLIVIA DONNALLYAsst. Sports Editor

Since the men’s baseball hype in the media on ESPN’s “Not Top 10” against Hendrix College, the Vikings have won five games and lost four.

In the past week the team has won two and lost two with all four games resulting in very high- and close-scoring games.

On Wednesday, March 13, the Vikings played against Maryville. The game went into extra innings with Maryville winning the game in the 11th inning with a final score of 15-12.

Going into the sixth inning the Vikings were losing with a score of 11-7. But at the bottom of the sixth the Vikings began to rally and by the bottom of the eighth inning were leading the game with a score of 12-11. The Vikings were unable to maintain the lead, however, and Maryville tied the game at the top of the ninth inning and scored three addi-tional runs at the top of the 11th inning.

On March 16 the Vikings fin-ished with another loss, only this time it was against Millsaps, a Southern Athletic Association opponent. The final score of the game was 21-0 and the mercy rule was initiated.

In the top of the seventh inning Millsaps gained 12 additional runs to the 9-0 runs they had scored in the previous innings.

Freshman Ryan O’Connell was the starting pitcher of the game and managed to keep Mill-saps from scoring for the first three innings. Over the course of the next two innings six more runs came in and O’Connell was taken off the mound.

Freshman Grant Perkins man-aged two base hits over the course of the game but the Vikings were unable to score any runs.

In their second game against

Millsaps the Vikings’ came back and won the game with a score of 12-7. This win resulted in the Vikings overall record increas-ing to 10-9 and a 7-2 record in the SAA.

Head Coach David Beasley said there was a huge difference between the two games.

“We came out to play like we knew we could win,” Beasley said.

In the Vikings’ most recent game against Covenant College on March 19 the score resulted in a loss with a score of 10-9. The Vikings were leading by two runs at the top of the ninth but were unable to finish the game.

Junior second baseman Aus-tin Neely commented on the conclusion of the game against Covenant.

“We are working on correcting a problem that we’ve carried with us from last year,” Neely said. “We have been a team that has a difficult time finishing games.”

Covenant was winning up until the seventh inning with a score of 6-3. The Vikings came in

at the bottom of the seventh with a rally and scored five runs in a single inning making the score 9-6. They were unable to main-tain the lead and Covenant came back to tie and ultimately win the game.

The Vikings have a record of .500 with an overall record of 10-10. In the upcoming games they will be hosting a baseball game on March 23 at 4 p.m. to benefit the “Wounded Warriors.” The game will be in support of the veterans and all proceeds from the game will be donated towards the Wounded Warriors Founda-tion. According to the Wounded Warrior Project, its purpose is to “raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members.”

The teams will be accepting all donations and will be dressed in camouflage uniforms to show their support for the military.

The game will be against Oglethorpe University and will include a pre-game tailgate that will begin at 3 p.m. The game will take place on the Bowdoin Field.

OLIVIA DONNALLYAsst. Sports Editor

The Lady Vikings softball team has been on a four-game winning streak after they swept Sewanee: The University of the South with all four of the games resulting in Sewanee scoring no runs.

In the first two games on March 16 the Lady Vikings won with scores of 17-0 and 15-0, which resulted in a mercy rule and the games both ending in five innings. The starting pitcher for the women’s team was senior Caillee Shamoun. Throughout the course of three innings Sham-oun only allowed one hit against her and struck out three batters.

Closing pitcher was sopho-more Natalie Boyd and she also allowed one hit against her.

Highlights for hitters are senior Kristen Stoll who had a two-run home run and three RBIs (runs batted in).

In the second game, pitcher freshman Allison Cornado pitched for the full five innings and secured the Lady Vikings’ win with a score of 15-0.

The following day, March 17, the Lady Vikings continued their winning streak as they swept Sewanee with two more score-

less games for the University of the South with scores of 8-0 and 17-0. These two wins improved Berry’s record to 14-6 with 6 wins and 2 losses in the Southern Ath-letic Association. Sewanee has a record of 0-4 in SAA wins.

In the top of the fourth inning, the Vikings rallied with five runs and led them to a final score of 8-0.

Senior third baseman Lind-sey Campbell said how great the team is working together this year.

“Our team last year was 27-11,” Campbell said. “This year we are working hard and are working to out-hit our opponents.”

The Lady Vikings currently have a record of 14-6.

Along with their winning performance this week against Sewanee, the Lady Vikings softball pitcher Shamoun was announced the softball SAA Pitcher of the Week. Shamoun has a pitching record of 3-0 and a 1.25 ERA (earned run average) in 21.1 innings pitched. The pre-vious week Boyd took the title for SAA Pitcher of the Week.

The Lady Vikings will be play-ing against Millsaps on March 23 at the Ford Field with their first game starting at 12 p.m. and the second beginning at 2 p.m.

CHRISTIAN TURNER, Asst. Photo Editor

Vikings strike even with 10-10 record Lady Vikings softball claims victory to improve to 14-6

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Vikings, Lady Vikings tennis defeat Emmanuel

Friday March 15Baseballvs. MillsapsW: 8-7

Saturday March 16Men’s GolfJekyll Island Invitational 7 out of 30

Women’s GolfJekyll Island Invitational 14 out of 30

Women’s Tennisat HuntingdonL: 1-8

Men’s Tennisat HuntingdonL: 2-7

Baseballvs. MillsapsL: 21-0

Women’s Lacrosseat TransylvaniaW: 14-13

Men’s Lacrosseat HuntingdonW: 10-7

Softballat Sewanee W: 15-0, 17-0

Saturday March 17Men’s GolfJekyll Island Invitational 6 out of 30

Women’s GolfJekyll Island Invitational 14 out of 30

Baseballvs. MillsapsW: 12-7

Softballat SewaneeW: 8-0, 17-0

Monday March 18Women’s Lacrossevs. BenedictineW: 16-1

Men’s Lacrossevs. BenedictineW: 1-0 (Game Sus-pended)

Tuesday March 19Men’s Tennisat EmmanuelW: 5-4

Women’s Tennisat EmmanuelW: 9-0

Baseballvs. CovenantL: 9-10

Men’s Lacrossevs. OglethorpeW: 23-2

STEVEN EVANS Sports Editor

The Vikings tennis team opened up their season with a 9-0 victory over the Covenant Col-lege Scots this Tuesday, but have since suffered a seven-game los-ing streak that was eventually broken by their most recent win against the Emmanuel College Lions 5-4.

With the road win over Emmanuel, the Vikings now hold a 2-7 record nearly at the halfway point in the season.

“We have played some of the best teams in the nation over the past several games,” number one singles player, sophomore Logan Yerby, said. “We knew Emmanuel was no pushover, especially in their top positions, but we also knew we could win.”

In their 5-4 victory against Emmanuel, the Vikings claimed victory in three of the six singles matches, and two of the three doubles matches.

Yerby was defeated in straight sets of 6-1 and 6-2. Number two singles player freshman, Seth Tay-lor, won his first set 6-3, but fell 6-4 and 6-0 in the following sets to lose his match. Number three singles player, freshman Austinn Miller, also took his match to three sets, but was finally defeated with scores of 0-6, 6-2 and 3-6.

The Vikings, down 0-3 overall for the match, turned the match around by securing victories in the next three singles positions.

Number four singles player, senior Ben Ortman, earned vic-tory in his match after three sets, defeating Emmanuel’s Carl Brown across three sets. Ortman won the first set 6-3 before losing the second 4-6. Ortman finally closed out the match by winning the final set 6-2.

“Ben [Ortman] won it for us” Yerby said. “It was really great to know that we have a team that can come through and pull out wins for us. The 5-4 finish was a tough one, but Ben was the last singles player playing and he kept us in it.”

Number five singles player, freshman Michael Tucker, and number six singles player, soph-

omore Jake Pullen, each won their matches in straight sets, with scores of 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively to tie the overall match score at 3-3.

“It was so good to win another match,” Pullen said. “We went through a tough stretch play-ing some really great teams, and Emmanuel was a tough team. We just got out there and played our part so that we can win, and we did that. I knew it would be tough so I just went in with the mindset to win every point possible.”

The number one doubles com-bination of Yerby and Taylor lost their match with a score of 5-8, but the number two doubles team of Miller and Ortman pulled an 8-2 win to keep the overall match score at 4-4.

For the final match, Pul-

len teamed up with senior Kyle Stapleton to win the deciding doubles match with a score of 9-7, earning the Vikings the win.

The Lady Vikings tennis team defeated the Emmanuel College Lions women’s team in a 9-0 shutout victory, improving their record to 6-3.

Number one singles player, senior Jenn Tinnell, won her match in straight sets with scores of 6-2 and 6-1.

Every singles position on the team with the exception of num-ber two and four singles won their matches in straight sets.

The number two and number four singles positions, held by sophomores Emma O’Reilly and Kaleigh Carpenter respectively, each won their matches in three sets. O’Reilly won her match with

set scores of 6-0, 6-7, and 6-0. Car-penter won her match after falling in the first set with a score of 5-7 and rallying to win her next two sets with scores of 6-2 and 10-7.

For doubles, the team of Tin-nell and O’Reilly won their match 8-2, the doubles team of number three singles player, junior Caitlin Smith, and Carpenter won their match 8-3 and finally freshman number five singles player Heidi Seabaugh and senior Lib Lockett teamed up to win their match 8-1.

Once all the doubles matches had ended, the Lady Vikings had secured the 9-0 shutout of the Lions.

Both the Vikings and Lady Vikings will be back in action on Monday at Covenant College. Previously, both teams blanked Covenant with scores of 9-0 each.

WILL MILLER, Staff Photographer

NEWSPAGE 12, CAMPUS CARRIER MARCH 21, 2013

PHOTOS BY PARKER SEALY, Photo Editor

Parisian LightsThe Swing and Ballroom Association of Berry hosted The Jester’s Ball Saturday, March 16 in the Ford Dining Hall. Students came out in their best dress or suit to practice their dancing skills. There was a seven-piece jazz band known as The Gentlemen of Swing. Food and refreshments were also provided. There were about 40 people who attended.