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OPINIONS 4

FEATURES 6

ENTERTAINMENT 8

SPORTS 10

Student affected

by government

shutdown

The recent government shutdown

has affected many people across

the United States. One of the many

people affected by the shutdown is a

student at Berry.

Senior Lauren Young has been

impacted by the government

shutdown because her father, a

government employee, is being

furloughed due to the shutdown.

My dad is a government worker,

and so with the government being

shut down he is not working, so for

right now he is currently not gettingpaid, Young said. My family

currently has no income coming in.

Peter Lawler, Dana Professor of

Government, said the shutdown was

caused because of disagreements

between political parties, specifcally

dealing with the Republican Partys

view on Obamacare.

The Republicans desire to get

the president to agree to delay the

implementation of Obamacare and

he wouldnt do it, and so Congress

wouldnt appropriate money,

Lawler said.

USA Today further explained

the reasoning behind the shutdown.

Their website explains that when

a spending bill cannot be chosen,

Congress has no legal authority

to spend money, thus leading to a

government shutdown.

Youngs father is a retired

member of the U.S. Army and is

now working for the Department

of Army as a civilian worker. He is

the Division Chief for the Armys

Modeling and Simulation Division.

Because of the shutdown,

Youngs father was deemed a non-

essential worker and is therefore

currently being furloughed and is

working without pay.

With her father being out of

work, Young is impacted fnancially,having to rethink certain fnancial

matters.

Its affected me because Ive

had to kind of adjust the way that I

think about my fnances because my

family helps me with some of that,

Young said. Weve had to kind of

re-take a look at all of that in case we

lose a bunch of money.

In the past, a bill has been passed

to allow government employees

to continue to be paid during

government shutdowns.

Deer, deer, everywhere!

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Is everything

about looks?

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Lady Vikings winanother match

MATT MURPHYdeputy news editor

SEE SHUTDOWN P. 2

Berry could donate land for new tennis facility

Depending on a Nov. 5 vote, Berry may

donate 30 acres of land for what would be the

largest tennis facility in the Southeast.The 82-court facility would be located

northwest of Mount Berry Square Mall.

Floyd Countys special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) would nance the

construction of this facility, said Vice President

of Student Affairs Debbie Heida. According

to oydcountyga.org, the deciding vote willallocate $11 million of SPLOST funding for

the building of the Tennis Center of Georgia at

Berry College.

Apart from the tennis facility, there are 26

other improvements and projects for Romeand Floyd County SPLOST including trail

expansion, an upgrade to The Forum, additional

resources for the Rome-Floyd Recycling Center

and countywide sewer improvements.

The largest portion of SPLOST funding would

go to the construction of the Tennis Center of

Georgia at Berry College. Floyd County voters

will decide on the measures on Nov. 5.

This facility would be an amazing revenue

generator for the economic structure of Rome

and Floyd County, Heida said.

Mobile, Ala. has a large tennis center, notas large as the one were talking about, and it

generates about $50 million in annual revenue,

Heida said.

Rome already hosts many tennis tournaments,

and a central location would increase the quantity

and scale of tournaments, bringing further

revenue to our community, Clay Hightower,

Berry head mens and womens tennis coach,said.

Were doing well already, but if we had a

large complex where all the matches could

happen at one place, it would put Rome in the

mix to host big tournaments, Hightower said.

Berry College President Stephen R. Briggs,

who is supportive of SPLOST, said the tennis

center would support current business by

bringing more people to Rome.

We create our own tourist attractions, he

said.

We want to be good partners and good

collaborators with Rome and the Floyd Countyarea because its Berrys home. This is a way we

could contribute, Heida said.Though Berry would not make a prot from

the tennis courts, this project would still serve

the interests of Berry, Briggs said.

One of the advantages to Berry is that itwould give another fabulous place that is very

close by for student work opportunities, Heida

said.

Apart from work opportunities, construction

of this facility would give Berry the chance to

host various tournaments.

It would allow Berry in the future to host

regional tournaments, if not get into the mix ofhosting Division III nationals because its going

to be a great facility, Hightower said.

Despite the promise of new courts, Hightower

said the majority of tennis practices and matches

would be played on campus.

[The campus courts] are very convenient. Its

easy to walk over from the dorms and practice,

play our matches here so we can have some fans

come, watch a bid on their way to the intramuralelds, Hightower said. We denitely want

to have the campus courts to still be our main

venue. I can see us playing one match a year

or a conference match and playing at the newfacilities, however.

Though the Berry tennis program would

primarily use the campus courts, a new facility

would further help Berry by aiding in the

recruitment process, Hightower said.Despite the benets for the Rome community

and Berry, local attitudes about this specic use

of SPLOST funding may conict with other

possible allocation opportunities, including

improvements to Floyds infrastructure and a

new animal control shelter, Hightower said.SPLOST is a nancing method for funding

projects, such as the building of parks, schools

and other public facilities, through an optional

one percent sales tax. This particular SPLOST

vote has generated some controversy in the

Rome and Floyd County community.The enthusiasm has died down a bit aroundtown, Hightower said. There is denitely

a portion of the community that doesnt play

tennis, so they view the whole package for the

tennis players in the area only. Theyll vote no

just for that.

October

10. 2013vol. 104. #7

The console wars

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MATT PULFORDstaff reporter

We want to be good

partners with Rome and

the Floyd County area

because its Berrys home.-Debbie Heida

Life and Calling

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Program explores aiths

role in fnding a calling

The Life and Calling program is

helping students and faculty discover

their callings and explore how their

Christian faith inuences their lives,

particularly their vocations.

The program is organized by

the Chaplains Ofce and Thomas

Kennedy, Dean of the Evans School.

It began last semester after Kennedy

applied for a grant from the Council

of Independent Colleges Network

for Vocation in Undergraduate

Education (NetVUE). Berry received

the grant, and Kennedy and Jonathan

Huggins, college chaplain, formed

the Life and Calling program.

Students are involved with a

weekly book club, which meets

every Thursday at 11 a.m. in the

Chaplains Ofce. The book club

will meet until Nov. 14.

The selection for this semester is

The Shape of Living by David F.

Ford, a professor at the University

of Cambridge who has written

over twenty books about life as a

Christian.

The Shape of Living is about

prioritizing faith and nding

meaning in a hectic life riddled with

worries about work, nances and

other distractions.

Huggins, who facilitates the book

club, said this book was chosen

because college students should ndits message relatable.

[The book] addresses how

lifes multiple overwhelmings can

contribute to a sense of the shape

ones life should take, Huggins

said. Being overwhelmed is a

common feeling in college, so we at

least can launch from a starting point

that makes sense.

Huggins said he hopes that the

program will give students a deeper

sense of what life is all about and

encourage them to not simply be

thinking about getting a job that

gets the most money or just pleasing

themselves.

Sophomore Katie Johnson

participated in the program last

semester. She said that she believes

the program was really impactful.

Johnson said she was unsure

about her major when she joined

the program. The program gave her

the resources to choose her career

path, and she then decided to change

her major from communication to

psychology.

Johnson said she joined the

program because she thought it

would be a good way to combine

what my career goals are and then

also what the Lord calls me to do.

Kennedy leads the faculty

portion of the program. Last spring,

he led a faculty seminar which

met every morning for a week to

discuss the nature of vocation and

encourage faculty to think about

their own callings in life. He will

also be leading a faculty seminar this

semester to continue the discussion.

Kennedy said he hopes students

will benet from the program by

learning to reect on their own lives

and discover the difference between

a job and their true calling.

MEGAN REEDnews editor

BRAD TILKA, photojournalist

JONATHAN HUGGINS, COLLEGE CHAPLAIN,

LEADS students in a weekly book club which

explores faiths role in daily life, particularly in

choosing a vocation.

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MEDICALASSISTOn Oct. 3 ofcers responded

to a medical assist call at

Clara Hall.

MEDICALASSISTOn Oct. 4 ofcers responded

to a medical assist call at

Pilgrim Hall.

CARACCIDENTOn Oct. 7 a student reported

that her vehicle had been

struck by an unknown

vehicle in the baseball

parking lot.

INVASIONOn Oct. 7 a student living

in Morgan Hall reportedthat when she returned from

the weekend her door was

ajar and someone had gone

through the clothing in her

dresser drawers. Nothing

was reported stolen at the

time of the report.

Random Fact ofthe Week:There is a

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Brian HicksReadingBrian Hicks will be reading from hisbook Toward the Setting Sun: John

Ross, Major Ridge and the Battle for

the Cherokee Nation on Oct. 10 from

7 to 8 p.m. in Krannert Ballroom E. CE

Troy RobertsQuintetThe Troy Roberts Quintet, a jazz music

group, will be performing on Oct. 10

from 8 to 10 p.m. in Ford Auditorium.

Admission is free. CE

Peace Corps InfoAn information session about the Peace

Corps will be held in Krannert 217 on

Oct. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Peace Corps is a volunteer program

run by the United States government.

The next

issue of theCarrier will bepublished on

Oct. 31.

Berry math majors place among nations best

PhiladelphiaThe Black Student Association ishosting a movie night and discussion

in Evans Auditorium on Oct. 17 from

6 to 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia is about a

lawyer living with AIDS. CE

Fatal Vision

Obstacle CourseStudents will participate in activities

such as root beer pong and a buried

treasure dig while wearing fatal vision

goggles. The course will be on Krannert

lawn on Oct. 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Hyunjung Rachel

Chung RecitalHyunjung Rachel Chung will be

performing in a guest artist piano

recital on Oct. 17 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

in Ford Auditorium. CE

Mario KartKCAB will be hosting a live actionMario Kart event on Oct. 18 from

8 to 10 p.m. in the Cage parking lot.

Students can dress as their favorite

character and race against their friends

on tricycles.

Haunted HistoryToursTours will show students the haunted

side of Berry. Two tours will be held

on Oct. 18 at 6:30 and 8 p.m. and will

start in the parking lot behing Hermann

Hall.

Melting PotThe Berry International Club will

be providing students with foods

and drinks from around the world in

Krannert lobby on Oct. 18 from 6 to 8

p.m.

Arts and CraftsFestivalStudents, faculty, staff and alumni

will be selling jewelry, paintings and

pottery, among other artwork, on the

lawn in front of the Moon Building on

Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Blood DriveSGA will be sponsoring a blood drive

on Oct. 21 from 12 to 5 p.m. in the

Krannert ballroom.

Berry math majors are in the

97th percentile nationwide after

receiving scores last month from a

standardized math exam they took

last spring.

The Educational Testing

Service (ETS) Major Field

Test is used as an assessment

of comprehension and critical

understanding for graduatingcollege seniors in their particular

eld of study.

Five Berry seniors took the

math exam in the spring, and

their collective scores have placed

Berry well above where it has

ranked in any previous year.

Much like the SAT, the Major

Field Test allows for performance

comparison between colleges

and individuals to gauge the

effectiveness of a schools

curriculum. The math Major

Field Test specically involves 50

questions from ve branches of

math: algebra, calculus, routine,

nonroutine and applied problems.

Berry students are not

specically prepped for the exam,

but instead are expected to have

a thorough understanding of the

subject matter. The thought behind

this is to allow results to accurately

reect how well Berry students

have mastered the curriculum

instead of simply how well they

can prepare for a standardized

test, said Eric McDowell, Chairof Berrys Math and Computer

Science Department.

McDowell said the ve students

who took the exam are very

strong students individually.

He also said the heightened

scores may also be reective of

a department-wide shift toward

active learning over the last ten

years.

This transition means

professors are changing their

courses and teaching style to put

more of an emphasis on active,

daily student involvement and

participation in place of more

traditional lecture-style courses.

As a department, were trying

to commit ourselves to moving

away from just lecturing, said

Ron Taylor, Associate Professor

in the School of Mathematical

and Natural Sciences. [We are]

consciously thinking about how to

get out of the way and put the focus

on the connection between the

students head and the material.

Although some other colleges

are working with similar ideas,

active learning is not necessarily a

nationwide movement yet. Berrys

interactive teaching style

is still distinct in comparison

with most programs throughout

the country, said Jill Cochran,

Assistant Professor in the School

of Mathematical and Natural

Sciences, and it is part of what

helps make Berry students

successful.

The shift has been generally

well received by students, although

professors admit that there is

usually an adjustment period as

students are forced to approach

their classes and learning habits ina new way.

The rst active learning

course a student takes is usually

difcult, but after a second or

third semester of active learning,

students dont want to do it any

other way, McDowell said.

Although he is excited about

this years results, McDowell said

he wants to wait to receive this

years test results to see if they

are indicative of a broader upward

shift in Berrys math scores, or are

just the result of the class of 2013

testing particularly well.

ABBY FERGUSONstaff reporter

That bill has not been passed at

this point, but Youngs father is still

being asked to come in to work.

They are all kind of working

for free right now, which kind of

frustrates me a little bit, Young

said.

Young and her family are not the

only ones affected by the shutdown.

CNN lists 39 different government

agencies that are completely shut

down, including agencies such as

the National Science Foundation.

Other government agencies are

partially functioning, with only

some employees being furloughed.

In regards to the shutdown,

Lawler said that the Republicans

could have handled the topic of

Obamacare without shutting the

entire government down.

So the Republicans should

suck it up and rally around the next

election, Lawler said.

Lawler said that the shutdown

has affected the economy, but not

in an extreme manner. He also said

that the real concern was default on

the national debt.Lawler said that programs were

not cut in the proper manner but

instead at random.

There are some programs that

we really need that were stupidly

cut, Lawler said.

For now, the government

shutdown continues and no word

has been released as to when the

shutdown might end.

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Were trying to

commit ourselves

to moving

away from just

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Look past beauty when hiringStatistically, attractive people are

more likely to be hired, promoted and

have more success. Italian researchers

Giovanni Busetta and Fabio Fiorillo

conducted an experiment to see if

attractive people got more call backs

than less attractive people. The

women seen as unattractive had

a 7% callback rate while the men

deemed unattractive had a 26%

rate. For attractive women it was

54%, and 47% for attractive men.

To put it simply, good-looking

people have an easier life. This

isnt fair and it also shouldnt be

happening so frequently. Work ethic

and work experience should be what

gets a higher callback rate, but for the

most part, that usually isnt the case.

The standard of hiring needs to be

addressed so it can be changed.

The clothing store AmericanApparel has a handbook for how

their employees should look. If

their employees look like models,

its totally ethical to hire someone

because theyre hot, right? Wrong.

The problem is that American Apparel

isnt the only company guilty of

hiring people that are generally more

good looking. Usually, if there is a

group of people being interviewed

for a job, the one that trumps the

numbers on the beauty rating scale,

like Kate Upton or Ryan Gosling,

gets the job even if they have less

experience. This is the unfortunate

truth. So, whats the solution to this

problem?

What we really need is a complete

cultural change, but how do we get

there? We have to go step-by-step in

all societies to change the mindset that

peoples beauty is the most important

factor. We have to go through and

change this in media, advertising,

policies, etc. This could take decades

to accomplish unfortunately. The

solution isnt to make yourself

unattractive if you are generally seenas good-looking. The solution is to

be aware of the i ssue and remember

that hard working people should

be the most ideal ones to get a job

interview or promotion.

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I got the chance to photograph the bands Local Natives

and Walk The Moon this past week. I really love concert

photography, and Ive somehow amassed quite a few bigger

names in my portfolio. It was not an easy process startingoff, that is. Getting a photo pass to a show requires that you

work for some publication, have previously shot shows or

that you somehow know the band. How do you give the

management a portfolio of your work because youve never

shot shows because you cant get a pass because youve never

shot?

Getting started was really hard for me because of

this vicious cycle. However, I waited patiently and I took any

shoots I could. Its funny how someone with little experience

can end up having an opportunity to take big shoots. I know

everyone says that, but its hard for younger photographers to

believe what the pros are saying because theyre established

and have been for a while. Its easy for people whove made

it throw out advice like follow your dreams! or never give

up! However, that is completely useless to someone starting

off. They need some advice that will push them on. So I got

some for you: Create work. Put it out.

Seriously. What Im guring out with photography is

that this is not going to be easy at all. I question it, then I

question it more. I think, Its not too late to just back out

altogether and pick up something else. And I really dontwant to be cheesy, but I dont think I can. I cant remember

what I used to do or think about before photography. One of

my favorite photographers, Ryan Brenizer, spoke about how

photographers see the world differently. He also said that

he or she can see a picture anytime they walk into a room,

in almost any scenario. Our eyes work differently and we

learn to see the world differently, more fully. Light becomes

invigorating and composition and angles manifest themselves

all the time. Seriously, its kind of weird.

Now lets get back to the topic we started on: Create work.

Put it out. Thats it. Granted, theres an innite amount of

work that goes along with that. I started off shooting anything

and everything. When I bought my rst camera I realized I

had no idea how to shoot portraits. I had been shooting for the

Carrier for the past couple years and I had only learned how to

shoot photojournalistically. Now, if you were to put a person

in front of me who stared and asked me What do I do? How

do I pose? What do I do with my hands? I would stand there

terried when this happened, but I was determined to learn

how to shoot portraits. So what did I do? I went out for two

weeks straight, and I did a different portrait session every day.

How else was I going to learn? I just dove right into it.

I put out work that Im now not proud of. It is work I

wont go back to and there are editing styles I wont revert

to. However, I put something out and people saw it. A friend

of mine who had a small blog about music asked me if Id

like to shoot a show with him sometime. He saw some stupid

photo I took of some stupid pose I made a friend do at some

stupid location. But he saw it and liked it and gave me an

opportunity, and I dove right in. With one show under the

belt, I assumed everything else would just fall into place.

That was not the case. I didnt shoot another show for along time, and I hated that because its probably one of the

most exciting experiences I have had. Im passionate about

music and photography, so mixing the two is good for me.

Instead, I went back to shooting mediocre portrait sessions.

I let people know that I shoot. I couldnt expect people to

assume I wanted an opportunity to shoot something big if

they dont see me shooting anything at all. I know this sounds

mundane, but its so true. Its what has continued to push meforward everyday, and its what I dont see enough aspiring

photographers doing. Then, I got another offer.

The offer was to shoot a couple more shows. Future of

Forestry did a free show at my church and I jumped on that

opportunity. Phillip Phillips did a show here at Berry, but no

one was allowed with cameras at the show. However, I knew

the person in charge of communication with his manager, and

they knew I shot. Theyd seen my stuff and I got the hook-up

to shoot him. It was nuts. So now anytime I want to shoot

anyone I can preface it with saying that I have Phillip Phillips

in my portfolio.

The jump up to grab that rung of the ladder that was far

and difcult to reach. I fell a couple times trying to grab it.

So I waited, and shot other things. Then, I jumped when I

knew Id reach it that time, and the crazy thing is I did. But if

I had just waited around and done nothing, wishing to shoot

great bands, Id still be sitting at my computer, wishing

and waiting.

I want to see people create beautiful art; I want to create

beautiful art. But so far the journey seems incredibly

daunting. I feel lost in the forest that lies on the outskirts

next to the mountain, but I can see the light ahead, and Im

running. It feels like Im limping sometimes, but at leastIm moving forward.

So please create work and put it out there. Also, be

honest to yourself. Dont try to fake it until you make

it. Be honest about where you are, even if its lost in the

forest because hey, Im there too. Lets encourage one

another towards excellence. I believe that we were created

to create, and thats exactly what I intend to do.

Dont be afraid to create something and show the world

How are we doing?

Drop us a line at our e-mailto let us know:

campus_carrier@berry.edu

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Ireland.Jennie Wainer

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Florence, Italy.Jillian Mcdonnell

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October 10, 2013

HALEY ATHENS

opinions editor

MICAH BHACHECHcopy editor

Ive been told that I dont look like the kind

of person who likes rap music. I do. When white

people learn that about me, sometimes they saythings to me like, I didnt know you were so

black. I think they mean that as a compliment.

Im not offended by that kind of statement, but

I think that it is generally offensive. Being called

black isnt a bad thing in itself; however, the

assertion implicit in a statement like that is the

basis of racism and intolerance in general.

I went to high school with a guy from Zambia.

He hung out with white people. I heard lots of

people describe Nathan as the whitest black guy

they knew.

I was listening to my iPod once and

rapping along. Goofy hand motions were

involved. A friend saw me, and I think he

said that it was the whitest Id ever looked.

The problem with using the adjectives black

and white in those kinds of ways is that it

reinforces the idea that there is a fundamental,intrinsic difference between black people and

white people.

I dont want to suggest that we ought to

ignore important historical and cultural facts.

Black people in America have a painful history of

marginalization and abuse that the white majority

was largely responsible for. And that kind ofracism and division is, unfortunately, not extinct;

it would be stupid to ask you to pretend that those

painful facts are not realities.

However, when we use language that

attributes to blackness something more than

race, we subconsciously assent to the idea that

the difference between black and white delves

deeper than our skin. By referring to someones

blackness or whiteness as anything other

than a distinction in pigment concentration, we

assert that there is a divisive difference between

the races, that neither is simply human. Instead a

black person can conform or fail to conform to the

external standard for what black is.

Conformity to that standard means that

the white majority can accurately identify the

black person as fundamentally different from

themselves, thereby justifying injustice andracism. Contrarily, nonconformity means that

black culture or those who do conform to the

black standard will identify an outsider and

criticize him for not being black enough.

That idea, that external standard that attempts

to explain what it means to belong to a particular

race, is a ction, a construct that does nothing forour society but help us alienate one another. It

is only possible to act black or be too white

because we have allowed those words to become

shallow excuses to avoid meaningfully engaging

with an individual. Instead we apply to them

our preconceptions of what blackness and

whiteness mean.

That attempt to oversimplify the innite

complexity of each individual is of course not

limited to something that white people do to black

people or vice versa. We consistently oversimplify,

assuming that modiers like gay or Mexican

communicate not just aspects of an individual but

convey everything about the individual

Perhaps I think that if we actively change the

way that we talk about people, no longer using

those kinds of easy, lazy and inaccurate adjectives,

we can know people of all kinds on a deeper levelmore free of our own preconceptions of how they

ought to be based on race or something equally

trivial. Labels like that will always become

borders between people and facilitate prejudice.

Anyone from any race is simply human

Equality found in marriageIn early Christianity, women were

sometimes seen in a negative light.

They were seen as unable to minister,inferior, subordinate or the reason for

the origins of original sin. Women were

given two options: be a widow or be

married. A widow had some authority

within the church, but they still had

restrictions and strict requirements.

Married women had some advantages

as well, but were not looked highly

upon in their society. The question

comes down to this: is more equality

found when a woman dedicates her

life to becoming a widow or when

a woman marries and pro-creates?

When a woman marries, there is more

egalitarianism because she is not asked

to construct herself to have male-like

attributes and characteristics.

Before Christ, widows were seenas righteous, so they were usually

appointed to jobs of ministry, unlike

married women but theres a catch.

Although widows seemed to be granted

more rights and positions, they could

still be subordinate. There were many

requirements to gain just some of the

power that the men were automatically

given. The requirements are, but not

limited to: being over 60 years old,

being married only once and living

a life of chastity. Not only are these

requirements difcult to maintain or

achieve, ofcial leaders of the church

also didnt feel comfortable with

widows having leadership. Basically

these women were only respected if

they kept silent which is a form of

disrespect.When a woman committed to

becoming the ideal widow, she had

to undergo various changes to make

herself into a non-woman. She had to

change her characteristics and physical

attributes to gain equality with men,which is essentially not egalitarianism

at all. This just proves that regardless

of a womans choice of living a

celibate life or not, women were seen

containing diminutive worth. One of

the ridiculous requirements was that

women had to get rid of their menstrual

cycle so they would be incapable of

bearing children. In order to attain this

goal, a woman must fast, which puts a

body into grave harm. A woman also

had to make herself as unattractive

as possible. This takes away the

femaleness of the woman, which

got her closer to becoming a man.

But in marriage, the woman could

be feminine and have equal power

in her family. The married womangained respect by not transitioning

into her husband because the wife

does not have authority over her own

body, but the husband does; likewise,

the husband does not have authority

over his body, but the wife does (1

Corinthians 7). Marriage shows a high

degree of equality with both of the

genders being respected equally.

The ideal was for marriages to

exist and for the family to spend

more time thinking of others instead

of themselves. This created not only

equality, but also more justice and

service in the community. This was

the ideal position for both genders.

The union in a marriage promotes

egalitarianism among the community

because a woman does not have to

become a man in order to be equal.

In marriage, there is an opportunity

for this, even today.

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deer in the spotlightdeer in the spotlight

6

Faster than a running student; able to leap tall

fences in a single bound; Is it a cow? Is it the class

bus? No, it's the Berry deer!

Everybody knows about the little white-tailed

deer living on Berry campus. Love them or hate

them, they are everywhere. They may make a mess

and stop drivers hearts whenever they threaten to

run in front of vehicles, but the Berry deer are part

of what makes Berry feel like home.

Apart from the occasional crazy story involving

the deer, many people do not give too much

thought to what happens with them. Interestingly

enough, the deer living on campus cause more of

a stir than people might imagine. Many studies

have been conducted on our herds, and many

myths concerning our deer have been debunked.

A lot more goes on involving the deer than meets

the eye.

OLIVIA BROWNfeatures editor

APRIL HEARNasst. features editor

There are many people on campus

who have to work overtime because of

the deer living on Berry property. George

Gallagher, Dana Professor of Animal

Science, heads up the primary research

on the deer, while Bobby Abrams, Chief

of Berry Police, and the Berry College

Police Department (BCPD) have to keep

an eye on the hunters who enter the

Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) to

ensure that there are no weapons in areas

where students might be.

Gallagher and many of his students

study the deer in depth by tracing

groups of the deer and doing extensive

observations on their behavior and

habits. It takes a lot of trouble to tag evenone deer, with the difculty of a capture

varying depending on the location of the

animal. Contrary to popular belief, the

deer are not equally distributed all over

campus, but rather they tend to live on

or around main campus and mountain

campus. There are regions in which an

individual deer may live during its life

and it really will not go too far outside of

a given range.

The deer provide students with

hands-on opportunities to learn about

wildlife and conservation, while giving

them a healthy respect for the power

of the seemingly innocent creatures.

Gallagher said that out of his entire

group of 50 students, he had maybe

two students who could fully hold andsubdue a 50lb white-tailed deer. Even

though they are small and apparently

skittish animals, there is a lot of power

pent up in a wild animal regardless

of size. A deer can really hurt you,

Gallagher said. They denitely are not

as cute and uffy as people think.

He advises that students never try to

touch the deer or get too close even to

young deer.It is obvious that the image of Bambi

is somewhat deceptive. Even if students

perceive the deer as being sweet, they

are still wild animals. Most of the

incidents of injuries involving deer

occur between humans and rehabilitated

deer. It is actually illegal to rehabilitate

deer in the state of Georgia because of

this very fact. When deer lose their

fear of humans, they become verydangerous. Gallagher said nearly all of

the fatal encounters humans have had

with deer have occurred between people

and rehabilitated deer. Deer quickly

habituate to humans and they lose their

fear of them, which then makes them a

hazard.

There are roughly 1800-1900 deer atBerry according to Gallagher, debunking

the traditional belief that there are absurd

ratios of deer to students. The actual

ratio is about 1:1, raising to almost 2:1

during fawning season, but dropping

quickly because of the high mortality

rate of white-tailed deer.

Abrams of the BCPD interacts with

the deer because he and the rest of the

BCPD oversee the safety of students

and hunters who hunt in the WMAs at

Berry. He says that the BCPD sees a

lot of camouage come on campus and

they have to check more of the vehicles

that come through the gates for safety

reasons. Abrams was very clear about

the fact that weapons are never allowed

on campus, even during hunting seasonbecause all hunting occurs in the WMAs.

Hunters have to check in at the

check in station off of Old Summerville

Road, Abrams said.

Abrams also said that there are no

legal instances of hunting weapons on

campus, and that individuals caught with

weapons will receive citations and nes.

There is a buffer zone to keep students

safe on campus, and the only tangible

way hunting affects students is that some

of the hiking trails are closed during the

times hunters are on campus. Signs are

clearly posted to prevent students from

entering hunting areas, reducing the

risks of rie accidents.

We increase law enforcement out

here tremendously during the huntingseason, Abrams said.

Students can rest assured that the

BCPD keeps strict standards on the

hunters who visit the WMAs on Berry

property.

What does deer season mean for students?

APRIL HEARNasst. features editor

OLIVIA MURPHY, photojournalist

This data is based off of hundreds of observations using radio telemetry and/or geographic

information systems. Data provided by George Gallagher, Dana Professor of Animal

Science; map is not to scale.

shaded region

represents the

area where one

deer spent 95%

of its time

CAMPUS MAP: BERRY.EDU

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The average

heigh of

a deer is:

7

3ftWha does a deer say?

A deer can jump forward 30 f.

A deer

can leap

up o

10 f.

verically

1,900

What do you think the

deer to student ratio is?

When deer &

cars collide

Deer :Student

ratio is actually about

1:1

There are

12-24deer/vehicle

accidentsper year on Berry's campus..

.

...In most cases, the

deer hits the car

1 140Georgia drivers

will hit deer

$3,414= average amount

of damage caused to

vehicles by deer in

georgia Between july of

2012 and june of 2013

18%of all deer/vehicleaccidents occur during

the month of November.

out

ofBerry's campus has

12 miles of road

"50:1"Laimey Batles,

sopohomore

"1:1"Janae King,

sopohomore

"10:1"Bryce Duke,

freshman

"2:1"Shaylee Burningham,

senior

"8:1"Jordan Wes,

junior

A deer can make 3 sounds

Blow:his is a snor which

signals ha here is

danger in he area

bleet:a deep sound ha is

similar o he blee ofa sheep or goa

Grunt:his sound is made

by a male normally

heard around maing

season

Berry Deer Population

70-90lbs

Berry deer

weigh around:

October 10,2013Source: Coosa Valley NewsBerry data from George Gallagher

Data from George Gallagher

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Dueling companies to

release anew consoles

After seven years of relative

peace, another game console warwill send electronic stores into

turmoil this November as both

Sony and Microsoft release their

next generation consoles a mere

week apart.

Both consoles feature loads of

new processing power as well as

many new online and media-based

features, aiming to enhance the

living room experience in more

ways than simply making Call of

Duty look a little more realistic.

Sony announced the Playstation

4 rst, promising more to offer

than ever before, according to

Michael Denny, Sonys VP of

Worldwide Sales.The new gaming console,

which will hit shelves on Nov. 15,

features a powerful new processor,

a 500 GB hard-drive for storing

games and a brand new DualShock

4 controller.

Aside from raw power, most of

the PS4s improvements come in

the form of networking and social

functionality. The new controller

even features a dedicated Share

button that allows gamers to brag

about their latest triumphs or joke

about hilarious failures. The system

will even support live-streaming

their gaming session through the

popular streaming service UStream.

Microsoft will have their latest

system on the market in time for

the holidays, with its Xbox One

going on sale on Nov. 22, exactly a

week after the PS4. The set-top box

features a more capable processor

and an upgraded hard drive. This

Xbox will also get a Blu-ray drive,a rst in a Microsoft system.

Microsofts latest showcases

many new social features very

similar to the PS4s, including live

video streaming.

While both consoles feature

many options for non-game related

content, Microsoft is more directly

billing the Xbox One as an all-

in-one entertainment system. It

even allows users to send a live

TV stream through the Xbox for

an enhanced viewing experience.

That said, all of the entertainment

apps such as Netix and Hulu on

the Xbox One will require an Xbox

Live subscription while the samesorts of apps will be available for

free on the PS4.

From the external design to the

controllers to the silicon inside,

both of these consoles are more

evolutionary than revolutionary,

but both Sony and Microsoft

clearly want to own the living

room. These systems are designed

to be complete solutions for the

TV rather than simple game-

players. The Playstation 4 will cost

$399 with the motion-capturing

Playstation Eye selling separately

for $59. The Xbox One will go for

$499, which includes the updated

HD Kinect accessory.

JUSTIN DAVISasst. photojournalism

editor

Hit TV series return

This fall, a variety of widely

viewed television shows will be

returning.

Among them, The Big Bang

Theory returned for its seventh

season, Parks and Recreation

for its sixth season, Glee for itsfourth season and Arrow for its

second season.

In past seasons, some of these

series had high viewership rates and

large fan bases. Critics are waiting

to see if ratings continue to climb

with several shows beginning new

storylines and others switching up

the cast of characters.

Here is some information about

what to expect this season from

The Walking Dead, American

Horror Story: Coven, Once Upon

a Time and Scandal, all of which

are premiering this fall.

FXNETWORKS.COM

Season four of The Walking Dead will premier Sunday, Oct. 13 at 9

p.m. on AMC. With season three killing off many of the main characters,

viewers were left wondering what the future has in store for those who

remain. This season will begin after a month of relative security that the

survivors found in a prison; however, this safety quickly begins to fall

apart when the walkers nd their sanctuary. With rumors that many major

characters are going to be killed off this season, die-hard Walking Dead

fans will be crossing their ngers this Sunday, hoping that their favorite

characters make it out alive.

Just in time for the Halloween

season, American Horror Story:

Coven premiered Oct. 9 on FX.This season takes place at a school

in New Orleans for young Salem

witches called Miss Robichauxs

Academy for Exceptional Young

Ladies. There the students face

a threat when a centuries old

feud between Salem witches and

Voodoo witches is re-ignited by the

supreme witch Fiona, played by

former cast member Jessica Lange.

To follow the rest of the season tune

in on Wednesdays at 10 p.m.

Now playing on Tuesdays and

Thursdays at 10 p.m. on ABC,

Scandals 3rd season premiered

Oct. 3. Last season ended withOlivia Pope being named as

the presidents mistress, leaving

viewers wondering who leaked the

secret. This season picked up with

Olivia Pope handling the fallout of

being outed. While viewers were

anxious through most of the rst

episode it revealed who leaked

Olivia Popes name and brought

with it many more questions.ABC.GO.COM

AMC.COM

ABC.GO.COM

Set to debut Oct. 10 at 8 p.m.

on ABC, Once Upon a Time in

Wonderland will return with a

spin off of Lewis Carrolls Alices

Adventures in Wonderland. The

main character, Alice, has been

placed in a mental asylum by herfather because of her stories about

Wonderland. The series will follow

Alice as she struggles to be with a

genie named Cyrus with whom she

fell in love on her rst adventure in

Wonderland.

JADE IZAGUIRREasst. entertainment editor

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9October 10, 2013

Congratulations

to the winners of

the 2013 Mountain

Day Talent Show!

1st Place: Thomas

Orr and Jordan

Epperson

2nd Place: The

Riveters

3rd Place: Dan

Harding, JordanWest, Alex

Livingston and

Cari Voutila

JUSTIN DAVIS, asst. photojournalism editor

SENIOR SAM ALEXANDER (LEFT) AND SENIOR BRIAN REGAN (RIGHT) PERFORMED

as the first act in the 2013 Mountain Day Talent Show. This year, performers sang, danced

and hula-hooped for a full house, as both the 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows were sold out.

Pumpkin spice culture goes far beyond lattesCOMMENTARY BY

MADI MCEVERentertainment editor

The season of changing leaves,

crisp mornings, sweaters and hot

beverages is upon us. For many, this

change of seasons is not complete

without one major componentpumpkin spice.

I am not sure when the pumpkin

craze began, but it seems to be

escalating with each passing year.

As soon as September arrives,

pumpkin fans of all ages come

out of the woodwork and inundate

social media with announcements

about every pumpkin delicacy that

they consume, with pumpkin spice

lattes (now affectionately referred

to as the PSL) being hailed as some

sort of deity.

Of course, the PSL is not the

only pumpkin spice-spiked food.

There are now pumpkin spice

M&Ms, marshmallows, cookies,

pancakes, candy corn, granola

bars and pretzels. I think that you

would be hard-pressed to visit

any grocery store in this area and

not accidentally stumble across

pumpkin-spiced something.

If I am being completely

honest here, I do not think that the

majority of the people buying into

the pumpkin craze actually like

the avor of pure pumpkin. After

all, pumpkin is nothing more than

a variety of squash. Who wants a

squash-avored latte or mufn?

Nobody, thats who. It is the spices

that go along with the pumpkin that

people love so dearly, or at least

some chemical that mimics those

spices that gives you the warm

fuzzies.

My biggest question still

remains. Why pumpkin spice?

Why not apple pie or some other

holiday avor? My hypothesis is

that people are drawn to pumpkin-

esque avors because they taste

like home. The avor and aroma

of pumpkin pie takes me back to

Thanksgiving get-togethers with

my whole family. It somehow

feels peaceful, familiar, joyful and

secure. Im sure that I am not alone

in this.

If I could give any one piece

of advice to the lovers of the PSL,

it would be that there is better

pumpkin spice out there than

the sickeningly sweet chemical

compound that Starbucks tries to

sell you. Next time you need a x,

check out a locally owned, small-

town coffee shop. Without fail, I

nd the taste to be far superior, and

the experience to be more pleasant

in general.

So carry on, pumpkin spice

lovers. Enjoy your favorite season

and all that it has to offer. Just try

not to get so caught up in the world

of pumpkins that you forget about

all of the other fantastic things

about autumn.

Talent show boasts variety

With cooler weather rolling in, seasonal

products are hitting the shelves. This DIY pumpkin

spice body scrub is a cost-effective, thoughtful

gift for family and friends.

Give the gift

of pumpkin

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

3-4 tbsp. oil (coconut, olive, or almond)

Instructions:

1. Combine all dry ingredients.

2. Gradually stir in oil until consistency is similar

to wet sand, and package in a jar.

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The Lady Vikings volleyball

teams seven-game winning streak

was snapped last Saturday after

losing to the Birmingham-Southern

Panthers (13-4, 3-3) with a nalmatch score of 2-3.

The individual set scores were

18-25, 25-23, 23-25-25-17 and

12-15.

Following the loss, the Lady

Vikings stand at an overall record

of 14-4, and are 6-1 in the Southern

Athletic Association (SAA).

The loss to the Birmingham-

Southern was the Lady Vikings rst

conference loss since the team fell

to the Centre College Colonels by

a match score of 3-2 on Sept. 15,

2012.

Sophomore middle blocker Katie

ORourke recorded a season-high

17 kills and contributed two of theLady Vikings three blocks against

the Panthers. Junior outside hitter

Kelsey Lochstampfor added 16 kills

and sophomore outside hitter Emily

Stromberg recorded 12.

Despite the statistics, Stromberg

said she was frustrated with the

outcome of the game against the

Panthers.

We didnt play our game against

Birmingham-Southern, Stromberg

said. We lost our condence, and

let them rattle us. It was frustrating,

but Im glad we had that experience

so that we can learn from it and

move on.

Senior setter Stephanie Quinn

tallied a game-high 47 assists.

The match versus Birmingham-

Southern was a difcult loss,

sophomore libero Stephanie Steele

said. We have been on the road for

the past three weeks and coming into

the match we went to ve sets with

Millsaps [College] the night before,

and we were determined not to have

to go to ve with another team in the

conference. And after the match was

over, it was tough to have our rst

loss in the conference, but we knewthere was nothing we could do but

work harder in practice and prepare

for our next game.

The Lady Vikings traveled to

Maryville Tenn. on Wednesday to

play the Maryville College Scots

and won the match in straight sets

3-0. The set scores were 25-23,

25-21 and 25-14.

The Lady Vikings started off

the game scoring back-and-forth

with the Scots in the rst set, but

eventually pulled ahead and closed

out the game.

ORourke led the Lady Vikings

with nine kills and added three

blocks, while Stromberg talliedeight more kills and thirteen digs.

Steele aced the Scots four times on

serves.

The game against Maryville

was a solid win, Steele said. We

may not have started out strong,

but we played calm and consistent

the entire match. I am very proud

of our team for being able to come

back ready to win from a tough

weekend.

The Lady Vikings will return to

the court on Friday where they will

face the Sewanee: The University of

the South Tigers in Sewanee, Tenn.

at 7 p.m. They will be on the road for

the next four games as they complete

their nine-game road trip. The teamwill return home on Saturday, Oct.

19 when they will play against the

Hendrix College Warriors at 5 p.m.

This is the strongest the team has

ever been coming out of preseason,

Steele said. The schedule we have

this season is packed with even

better opponents than last year,

reminding us that we have to work

that much harder to compete. We

also know that each game in our

schedule is crucial because we are

now eligible to receive a bid for the

NCAA tournament for the rst timeever in Berry history.

Steele said the theme for the

season is Leave a Legacy because

of the legacy left behind by the

players who made the transition

from the National Association of

Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) to

NCAA Division-III.

Without the players before us

who stuck through the transition

years from NAIA to NCAA

Division-III, we would not have

been able to even imagine working

towards getting a bid, Steele said.We are very grateful for those

players who helped get us here.

Volleyball loses one and wins one, now 14-4

AFTER DEFEATING DeSales College earlierin the season, the Lady Vikings huddle for post-game coaching. The Lady Vikings are now 14-4.

STEVEN EVANSsports editor

JUSTIN DAVIS, asst. photojournalism editor

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W: 3-2

SATURDAYOCT. 5

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Footballat Washington

L: 7-44

Cross Country (M)

Hanover

Pre-Nationals

14th of 20

Mens Soccer

vs. Centre

W: 1-0

Cross Country (W)

Hanover

Pre-Nationals

17th of 18

Womens Golf

BSC

10th of 12

Womens Soccer

vs. Centre

L: 0-1

October 10, 2013 11

The Lady Vikings fell on Saturday to the

Centre College Colonels 0-1 in the Southern

Athletic Association (SAA) opener. The

Centre Colonels scored a second-half goal,

causing Berry to drop to 7-3 overall and 0-1

in the conference.

Freshman goalkeeper Casey Born said that

Mountain Day had a big part in Saturdays

game.I felt that we were rushed and tired, Born

said. We didnt have the mental preparation

that we usually have.

Although the Lady Vikings faced another

loss, the game proved to be a close match for

both teams.

Head coach Lorenzo Canalis said that the

team did not play as well as they should have,

but he believes that they played a good game.

The conference is very competitive and

we are going to have many one-goal games,

Canalis said. Eliminating defensive errors

and fnishing our chances will be the keys to

our success.

Canalis said the Lady Vikings are not

letting this loss stop them, as they will continue

to train hard in order to prepare for the next

match against their SAA rival, the Hendrix

College Warriors. He said that the team takes

the season one game at a time.

Right now all of our focus has been on

Hendrix, our next opponent, Canalis said.

We know we have a good young team and

we want to continue to develop and improve

our play each training session.

Sophomore co-captain Sara Dillion said

she believes that this season will be a great

one and hopes to make it to the conference

championship game in the fnal tournament.

I defnitely think that Mountain Day had an

effect on how we played overall this Saturday,Dillion said. But I believe wholeheartedly

that we have grown more as a team together

and will be playing at our absolute best by

the time conference tournament rolls around.

When we all play as one-the possibilities are

endless.

The Lady Vikings will return to action this

Friday against the Hendrix College Warriors

in Conway, Ark. at 7 p.m.

Lady Vikings soccer falls in conference opener to Centre College 0-1

JASON HYUHN, staff photojournalist

LADY VIKINGS SENIOR MIDFIELDER LINDSEY WILLIAMS

PREPARES to pass the ball to an open striker downfeld against Centre

College. The Lady Vikings are 7-3 ollowing the loss to Centre.

EMILY LYKINSasst. sports editor

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The Great

Berry Games

The 40th Berry College Mountain DayOlympics were held this past weekendDorm spirit fooded the Library Lawnas Pilgrim won the Mens Division andClara took home the Womens title.

PILGRIM RESIDENTS CELEBRATE ater having won the mens division o the Mountain Day Olympics.

THE WATER RELAY

CHALLENGED students to work

quickly yet careully. It was one

o the six events at the Olympics.

SOPHOMORE JORDAN

EPPERSON SHOUTS to show

his spirit when MoFields foat

passed by during the parade.

OLD ROME MEETS new as reshmen rom

Morton-Lemley line up and cheer on their

foat in the parade.

ALL PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN TURNER, photojournalism editor

ALTERNATIVE WON best foat design

and the Super Mario theme was sported

by Junior Sydney Perry, Sophomore Rhett

Morrell and Peyton Weigel-Kersey.