AMANDA POWERS

Opinions Editor

When the Cage Center opened in January, junior Taylor Jackson saw it as a perfect opportunity to get himself in shape. Tired of having very little energy and bad eating habits, Jackson made it his goal to drop some weight.

“I just got fed up one day,” Jackson said. “I was 207 pounds, and as soon as the Cage opened, I started working out.”

Jackson said his goal was to slim down to a healthy weight in the 150s. To date, he has lost 57 pounds, but, more importantly, he is maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and the thought of going back to his former self “grosses him out” and keeps him motivated.

While pursuing his weight loss goals, Jackson said he had wished Berry would have some sort of program.

Now, a little more than one month after the launch of Berry’s health initiative, “A New Year, A New You,” and alumnus Will Clower’s The Path, lots of Berry students, faculty and staff are joining Jackson and jumping on the healthy living bandwagon.

Clower’s presentation “Live Mediterranean” Sept. 23 drew in 750 people. The next day, 532

-nual Student Fitness Expo.

To date, 388 people have signed up for The Path, which

focuses on healthy eating choices and portion control.

Jackson said he has not signed up for The Path simply because he’s too busy, but he employs many of the behavioral hab-its emphasized by Clower and is continuing to exercise regu-larly and cook and eat healthier meals.

Many in the Berry community are participating, in one way or another, in the health programs and are taking time to evaluate it after one month.

Freshman Amanda Cromer, senior Amos Black and senior systems engineer Patrick Foley all have one thing in common. They’re all leaders in total num-ber of steps logged in on The Path.

Foley, as many people around Berry may well know, has been a cyclist for years.

He is currently leading all 388 Path participants with 541, 602 total steps logged in. Foley said he cycles between 5,000 and 6,000 miles per year.

“To give you an idea how I accumulate the steps I do, I rode my road bike 4 hours and 11 min-utes this weekend,” Foley said.

Four hours of moderate cy-cling is equivalent to just more than 53,000 steps.

Even though Foley is a veter-an cyclist, Black is not far behind in steps, with a total of 481,315 logged in.

Black said he hadn’t always led a healthy lifestyle, but com-ing to college opened up doors for him to get active.

“The environment here has a lot more opportunities to get physically active,” Black said.

He said he usually works out in the Cage twice a week, but loves to hike and play intramu-

-age two to four hour hike equals 30,000 steps, Black said.

Like Foley, who was very physically active before starting The Path, Black said he hasn’t experienced much of lifestyle change, but said he’s always eaten healthy and wanted to log his steps in see how active he was compared to his peers. From the results, he stacks up pretty well.

“[Exercising] just feels good,” Black said. “Every time I exercise I feel good, and it just gives me a reason to do it again.”

For Cromer, The Path was a good way to help her meet her goals she set for herself as a col-lege freshman.

“Instead of gaining the fresh-man 15 when I came to college, I wanted to lose it,” Cromer said.

Cromer said that during the past few years, she has become more health conscious and is us-ing The Path to help her develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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Deputy News Editor

In the April 3 issue of the Carrier, Chief

some of his expectations for on-campus in-formation technology. The Carrier recently met with Farnham to examine the depart-ment’s progress.

Wireless Services

Given the increasing number of stu-dents using the Internet on campus, wire-less services are becoming a more and more discussed topic among students. In April, Farnham told the Carrier that a plan for

adding wireless Internet to residence halls was submitted to the vice presidents.

Farnham said there is a plan in place to have wireless Internet in every resi-dence hall by August of 2009. Farnham said IT would install the wireless service themselves.

East Mary went wireless after it was renovated this summer. Dana will be wire-less- ready after its renovation is complete, also. After Dana is completed, IT will begin installing wireless Internet in all remain-ing residence halls, starting with the town-houses. The new residence halls will come equipped with both wireless capabilities and Ethernet ports.

Farnham said he predicts that student wireless use will skyrocket to nearly 80 percent once the campus is completely wireless.

Student Web Server

Farnham was quoted in the fall of 2006 as saying that he believed the project for a student Web server would be “wide open in less than a year.” However, plans for a student server have yet to fully materialize. Currently, students must post their sites on a faculty server.

Farnham said his department is looking for a solution, whether it comes internally or from an outside source. Though he said

he and the administration preferred a free student Web server, he also mentioned they were willing to pay for a quality service.

But Farnham also said he was unsure that many students would actually use such a service, should the college imple-ment it.

“I think only about 100 or so students will use the server,” Farnham said. “Be-yond that, I’m not sure it would be of much use.”

Bob Frank, communication department chair, said he thinks students would likely use the server frequently if they were prop-erly trained on how to post their own sites.

Freshmen Courtney Collins and Christy Kyle take time to exer-

cise in The Cage. The Path program, since its creation, has had a positive effect on students’ awareness of exercise and eating healthy.

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Online social networking changes face of politicsKYLER POST

Deputy News Editor

One didn’t need to subject themselves to the barrage of television coverage of Tuesday night’s election results to know who had become the 44th president—logging into Facebook would have been

Almost immediately after the Associ-ated Press called California for Sen. Ba-rack Obama, giving him the necessary 270 electoral votes to become commander-in-chief, Facebook and other social network-ing sites exploded with reactions, both positive and negative.

Some statuses echoed campaign slo-gans such as “change we need” and “yes we can,” while others expressed their joy

Sen. John McCain’s supporters also made themselves known via social net-working sites.

While some expressed support for the president-elect as well as disappointment in the outcome, others went as far as to detail their plans to leave the country in January.

What unfolded over the next few hours was a trial in the court of public opinion held exclusively over the Internet. Obama and McCain supporters lashed out at one

another, defending their respective candi-dates. According to Facebook, more than 2 million election-related messages were posted on users’ walls on Tuesday.

Sophomore Ashley Hilliard, an Obama supporter, said she was surprised to read the opinions of so many of her friends and classmates online.

“I think it [Facebook] allowed people to show their true feelings about the results,” she said. “Let’s just say I was shocked at what some of my ‘friends’ had to say.”

Sophomore Mitch Hutts said he thought the volatile posts after the results were an-

grand scheme of the race.“There’s no real harm they can do,”

he said. “But it’s nice to know people’s opinions.”

But the “Facebook effect” was not ex-clusive to the reactions after the election. Social networking sites have been an ac-tive part of the election cycle.

From the beginning, groups supporting every candidate in the race were created. According to Barry Schnitt, a Facebook representative, McCain had a Facebook following of 625,000, while Obama had over 2.5 million friends out of more than 27 million registered users in the United States.

His site is the most popular on Face-book. Olympic gold medalist Michael

Phelps is second, with 1.6 million friends.Facebook also launched several initia-

tives to encourage users to vote. The site created an event reminding users to vote more than a month ago. According to Schnitt, in two weeks, more than 2.4 mil-lion users had RSVP’d, saying they would go to the polls on Election Day. Facebook also teamed up with Rock the Vote to reg-ister more than 50,000 voters.

In addition to their preemptive efforts to get out the vote, Facebook simultane-ously set nearly 1 million users’ statuses as reminders to vote. These status updates showed up on the “mini-feed” of all the users’ respective friends, creating a ripple effect across the site.

Facebook’s pre-election efforts led to more than 5.4 million users heading to the polls on Tuesday, Schnitt said. Facebook even created an “I voted” button to keep track of Facebook voter turnout.

In the days leading up to the election, Facebook averaged more than 200,000 wall posts per day related to the election. Election Day posts alone were an indicator of the tide of the race.

Posts mentioning Sen. Obama peaked at nearly 1.1 million, while Sen. McCain was mentioned in only 280,000 posts.

Hutts said he found some of his friends’ political posts to be very informative on each of the candidates.

“I thought my friends posted some stuff that really helped me learn about the candidates and where they stand on the is-sues,” he said.

Hilliard said she is a proponent of Web-based campaigning because it helps reach a new generation of voters.

“I think things like Facebook are good to a certain point because it is a great way to reach out to young voters,” she said.

The online efforts of sites like Facebook, combined with online campaigning from both candidates, contributed to a youth vote [ages 18 to 25] of 24 million—an in-crease of 2 million from 2004.

Associate Professor of Government and International Studies John Hickman said he was impressed with the number of young voters in this election.

“The fact that they voted alone is a great thing for democracy,” he said. “It indicates that they really endorse democratic self-government.”

Though both candidates implemented Web campaigning in the election, Com-munications Department Chair Bob Frank said Obama did a far more effective job of utilizing Internet resources than his Re-publican counterpart.

“Barack Obama used the Web in many different ways, most effectively, fundrais-ing,” he said. “I think he leveraged the Web far better than McCain.”

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She actively participates in Berry’s Independent Winterguard, which she said earns her 15,600 steps for a 2-hour practice.

“Winterguard is a lot of stretching,” she said. “But, it’s a good workout.”

One thing Cromer and Jackson commented on, spe-

Dining Hall. Jackson said he enjoyed being in control and know-

ing exactly what he was eating in Dining Hall. Cromer said the foods marked with the “A New Year, A New You” symbol have guided her eating choices as well.

Julie Bumpus, associate vice president of student affairs, said the food component of The Path is very important, and she hasn’t personally heard many com-plaints about Aramark lately, especially, she said, since an editorial from the Campus Carrier made the request for healthier options in Valhalla— something Bumpus said she’d heard from students and staff as well.

“They’ve really taken our suggestions to heart,”

Bumpus said. She said that after fall break, Valhalla added a new

section of organic and health foods. One aspect of The Path that is uncertain is how it

will affect usage of the Cage Center. Director of the Cage Center Randall Goble said that

they’ve seen an increase in students using the Cage during the peak hours of 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., but have not seen an overall increase in number of students using the facility since the inception of The Path.

Goble said that currently, around 40 percent of stu-dents use the Cage, which falls short of the 75 percent he and the administration are striving toward.

“From an academic standpoint, we actually have a lot more classroom activity,” Goble said “And actually there has been an increase in participation in aerobics and yoga classes as well. What we’re challenged with is creating new ways of getting people to come.”

Goble said that more education is needed to encour-age students to utilize the Cage Center.

“Some people walk in and immediately see the big weight area and get overwhelmed,” Goble said. “We need more informing and educating that there’s other things in the building besides weights.”

Bumpus said that she’s continuing to brainstorm ways to get students more active, in addition to eating

healthy.“We’re inventing this as we go along,” she said

of The Path and the new health initiative. “We had a

to help students connect the dots between eating and exercising.”

The man to talk to about exercise on campus, Fitness

Morris has a background in personal training and previously was the owner of his own studio and gym

-ties for students, faculty and staff, which includes set-ting up personal training regiments for students, at no cost.

“Within this year, if we could see 50 percent of the student population [in the Cage], I’d be pleased,” Mor-ris said.

He said he likes that The Path emphasizes getting ac-tive and rewards being active, not just losing weight.

Students outnumber faculty registered for the Path, but the faculty and staff exceed students in average steps logged in. It’s unclear what percentage of par-ticipants signed up are actually logging in information, that information is only available for Clower who as of press time, could not be reached.

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Beyond the Myths: The

Truth About Eating Disor-

ders and Body Image…

Kris Shock will relate her personal experience with an eating disorder and her recovery, as well as the fac-tors of social expectations and standards, peer pressure and comparison, and the media’s role in how we view ourselves Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Audito-rium.

Chamber Music…

Kris Carlisle and John Davis will present a collection of works for the piano and

p.m. in Ford Auditorium.

The Critical Role of Higher

Education in Creating a

Healthy, Just and Sustain-

able Society…

Anthony Cortese, presi-dent of Second Nature, a

worldwide effort to increase health awareness, will lecture on higher educa-tion’s role in creating and sustaining a healthy society Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in Science Auditorium.

Arts and Crafts Festival…

Crafts Festival will be held on Moon Lawn Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Kabul Beauty School:

Women in Afghanistan…

The students of ANT 320

the treatment of women in Afghanistan Monday at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.

Controversial Presidential

Elections…

Gordon Carper, Dana pro-fessor of history emeritus, will review a selection of contested U.S. Presiden-tial elections Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Martha Berry Museum.

“The Coming Generation-

al Storm…”

Laurence Kotlikoff, profes-sor of economics at Boston University, will focus on his book, “The Coming Gen-erational Storm,” in which he writes about the looming

-curity and other entitlement programs. The lecture will begin Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Science Auditorium.

Woodrow Wilson Fel-

low…

There will be two infor-mal receptions for faculty, staff and students to meet Woodrow Wilson Fellow

take place from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Evans Faculty Lounge, and the second will be from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Krannert 250.

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College changes everything. I was told this a million times before I left for Berry and like the majority of future college students, I was oblivious to the changes and somewhat unwilling to give up my routine life. Although I desperately wanted change, I constantly contradicted myself by hold-ing on to many aspects of my life that were suffo-cating ad holding me back.

For the past two months, I had been holding on, much too long, to a relationship I knew was going to fail. I was scared to let go because he was like the thread that pulled everything together. Here at Berry, I was attending events, working, doing well in classes and just generally enjoying college, but I was still enveloped in the one relationship.

Do not get me wrong. Relationships are great, but only when there is compromise. There would be times when I really needed to study, but I would

him. This was especially true when I went to a cam-pus event or just spent time with my friends. He expected me to make more time for him and, for a while, I thought that was exactly what I should do. The relationship was not one-sided, however,

the relationship caused me to be quite hypocritical at times because, I too, always expected him to be there for me.

I never realized that while I was seriously an-noyed and fed up with him, he was feeling exactly the same way about me too. Although I was hurt by our break up and felt a bit displaced, I soon real-ized that it was an opportunity for me to focus on the aspects of my life that I had neglected so much before. I can study without feeling guilty, spend time with my friends without cutting it short and be myself without any scrutiny on his part. This break up, ironically, was probably the best occur-rence so far because now I can be myself and is that not what truly matters?

I am not trying to give the impression that rela-tionships will not and cannot work out in college because I am certain they can. I do believe, howev-er, that the right people have to be involved. While I was ready for a long distance relationship, he was not. It was not his fault that he had a hard time dealing with the stress, and it was not my fault that I wanted something different. Sometimes peo-ple can really care about each other, but it can fall short of being enough. Right now, I am following the cliche and trying to pretend to be happy after a breakup. Okay, so I may not be fully together yet, but I do know that with this giant weight lifted off my shoulders, it will be a lot easier to do.

Learning a second language should be more -

portunity to learn not only another language, but another culture.

When I decided to change my major to commu-nication, I was told that I would need to take a for-eign language through the intermediate level. I was already in my second semester of Spanish and had plans of becoming a Spanish minor. I wanted to be more comfortable with the language by improving my speaking and writing skills. I had taken Span-ish throughout high school, but I still had a lot to learn.

While at Berry, I have had the opportunity to take foreign language classes that have challenged me. I quickly realized that I did not know as much about the language or culture that I thought I did. I want to know more about the history of the coun-tries and the people that I hear about in class, but I realize that this is not the case for everyone.

Some students do not choose to take Spanish as their foreign language because they want to learn French, German or another language. Whichever language a student decides to take will give them an insight into that culture.

Learning a second language is more than trying -

ule. Taking a language with you after graduation can be a positive edition to a job application or a resume.

looking for a job. In today’s society, the job market -

thing that will put them above the rest. Knowing another language could be just what an employer is looking for. Knowing a second language will never be seen as a negative quality.

Americans speak a variety of different lan-guages and come from a variety of different back-grounds. Companies have to consider who their target publics are and how they are going to reach them. Knowing a second language might just be the ticket that a recent graduate from college needs to make an impact in a company.

While at Berry or after graduation, many stu-dents like to travel and see the world. Knowing the language of the country you are visiting can be a tremendous help, when ordering or shopping.

understand what is going on will help add to the experience in the foreign country.

A second language can be helpful in a career, on vacation or studying abroad. It can also be fun to be able to understand another language at least on some level. There is a lot more than to learning a foreign language than simply taking the classes to take the classes. I think that knowing a foreign language is just the skill that will allow me to work with a diverse group of people after I graduate from Berry.

OPINIONSPAGE 4, CAMPUS CARRIER NOVEMBER 6 , 2008

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

Walking into Memo-rial Library, you may have recently noticed an increased number of students clawing at each other, banging their heads against a wall or throwing their laptops through win-dows because they are so frustrated with the slow or spotty Internet connection.

Well, that may not exactly be what’s going on in the li-brary, but surely it describes the way many students have felt lately.

The past week has found the Internet down, multiple times, for many hours. Just Tuesday afternoon, a few stu-dents in the library were com-plaining about not having any wireless Internet access. Some said the Help Desk wasn’t particularly helpful and were told that the slow Internet was a network problem.

Although Tim Farnham has been keeping everyone up-to-date on the festering Internet problems, the consequences of some bandwidth-sucking monster still remain.

We know the IT folks have their hands full, but good grief, there’s nothing worse than being stuck in the library with lots of research to do and no way to research.

But it’s not simply IT’s fault. Someone, something

somewhere is slowing our connection down. Maybe we need an upgrade. Maybe we’ve gotten too big for our britches, and we just need to outsource our Internet needs.

IT has been making lots of promises as far as technology updates go. The increase in e-mail inbox sizes has been much needed and is long overdue.

Wireless capabilities are also long overdue. We know it is in the works, but the way it seems, some dorms have to wait their turn before they are equipped with wireless Internet.

It doesn’t quite seem fair that some dorms would get wireless before others. Maybe they should get with Resi-dence Life and make sure that if one dorm gets wireless, all dorms get it.

Sure, Dana and the Ford dorms aren’t as nice (in some people’s opinion) as New Residence Hall. But, for the price students are paying for New Res, wireless should be included.

And, if there is a concern that the increase in students using wireless will slow down the connection, that should be addressed beforehand and settled before it becomes a problem.

We hope that with the promises of bandwidth dou-bling and new wireless capa-bilities that it all goes smooth-ly and works together well, without bouts of internet-less libraries.

AMANDA GRISWELLAsst. Features Editor

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Language more than a requirement

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Letting go part of college life

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OPINIONSNOVEMBER 6, 2008 CAMPUS CARRIER PAGE 5

Al Gore is mad at Berry.”

“What has been slowing down Berry’s

Internet?”

The ghost of Martha Berry doesn’t like Internet.”

Josh Baker, sophomore

Too many

people playing Call of Duty 4.”

Dan Russell,sophomore

Underground cave trolls.”

Someone forgot

to feed the rats on 4th Thomas Berry

that make the Internet work.”

Katherine Freeman, freshman

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

E-MAIL: campus_carrier@berry.edu

Latoyah Austin,, sophomore

Tribb Robison, junior

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I wrote this for an Oct 30 edition of the Carrier, but

there was no edition that week. In response to Jesse Milby’s “Face-off on Campaign Issues” in the Oct. 23 issue:

I am somewhat unsettled by the logic that Jesse uses in justifying a vote for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II. It seems that Jesse, and many more Americans across the county, are attracted to Obama and actually voting for him because he “inspires” people. Jesse brings us back to the era of John Kennedy, admitting he was not a good president, but a moti-vator. Well I entice you to come further back. Back to a time where there was worldwide poverty, unemployment, bank

to be going on currently. In these times, peoples’ moral was lower than ever and needed something or someone to look to for inspiration. Well, that was Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The one man they looked to for inspiration and rallied behind was Adolph Hitler. History shows us the result.

While I cede that Obama is no Hitler, I believe the anal-ogy is still applicable. We cannot as a nation unite behind simply a voice with no character. We cannot judge a book by its cover. We need to see exactly what the candidates stand for. Other than the ability to draw crowds, I see no attractive

ACORN, Jeremiah Wright, and The Nation of Islam just to name a few, to his horrifying socialist/communistic take on economic policy dubbed “Obamanomics” (most disturbing his redistribution of wealth plans), to his nonexistent foreign policy credentials, to his resume consisting of only having barely three years of experience as a junior senator (about one and a half to two of those years being spent on cam-

paigning for this ballot) there is nothing of substance here. Also, anyone looking to support legislation and appoint

Supreme Court Judges (that can work there for the rest of their life) that want to limit the powers of the First Amend-ment and essentially get rid of the Second Amendment is “change” I am not looking for. He has absolutely no prob-lem making the current administration look bad, attacks the “other” side, and throws around the word “change” like candy during Halloween, but has no record or working poli-cies to back up his own side.

Since I am obviously not for Obama, you must think I am for the McCain/Palin ticket. Think again. I am for a candidate that has the tested track record of sound, common sense decision making, one that is not tainted by outside

-ever, I believe I have found my candidate. Keep in mind, we are electing the president of the United States of America, not a motivational speaker. Let’s face it, hopefully we are all going to vote for people that share the same beliefs and stances of our own agenda. Not because he/she can string words together better than the next guy.

Well great job America. We can now anticipate a great transfer of wealth, instead of creation of wealth, the likes of which have seldom been seen. I hope he lives up to the hype of being a good, inspirational speaker. That is the only thing I have to look on the bright side about as his policies will certainly sour the country especially with the help of a Democratic Congress.

-Anthony Williamssenior

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

This line from the pen of Thomas Jefferson, the battle cry of a new world founded in humanity, decency and lib-

that is America.At the beginning of the semester,

Dr. Eric Sands posed a question to me, “What makes these truths self-evident?” Certainly reason and his-tory may object to the notion that these principles are indeed truths, much less self-evident.

What I saw Tuesday night reaf--

ica. I saw the John McCain I supported in 2000, the one lost behind partisan handlers for the past year. I saw the

decent and strident servant that he is reemerge in a concession speech worthy of his character. I saw joy and promise on the faces of thousands of

just in the president-elect, but in the multitudes of both sides who wish for a better tomorrow. I also saw the dan-ger of cynicism.

There were countless Facebook sta-tus updates proclaiming intentions of emigration and others bidding them a fond farewell. I saw the sore losers and prideful winners that must be over-come if our nation is to come together and move forward. I saw history. I saw a man that only four years ago was a little known politician with a checkered past and funny name rise to be elected as the leader of the free world. We are all Americans.

We are the light of liberty, of free-dom, of promise, of hope. But we are not so simply because we claim to be. Our greatness is not a self-evident truth. It

upon righteousness. Our greatness comes from the promise of our nation,

a promise of justice and reason, of hard work and possibility. This greatness is not given freely, but earned. We must, each of us, take it upon ourselves to strive throughout our lives to live up to the promise of our nation.

It is my hope and my prayer that our generation, more than any before, would meet the challenges set before us

and that we would not only change the way we conduct ourselves but in doing so, change the world. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, these are not self-evident truths. But the greatness of this country, the extraordinary qual-ity that has for two centuries set this nation apart, is not in the logical expla-nation of self-evidence, but rather in the irrational and amazing quality that we hold them to be so.

Nowhere else is the story of Barack Obama a possibility. Nowhere else is the story of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King or Warren Buffet possible. Nowhere else is the story of Jesse Milby possible. My friends, live a life worthy of the promise of this nation.

JESSE MILBYStaff Writer

Greatness something to live up to

Life is full of choices. Steak or chicken. Sesame chicken or Chef’s chicken. Fries or chips. Mandatory meal plan or not…Oh, wait. That was not a choice for any full-time student at Berry.

What I would like to present is a series of choices that Aramark/Berry have regarding Valhalla that could go one way, but more often end up going the other way. Since our country just

the right to vote for those who lead and represent us, let’s pretend for a second that we could do something about making Valhalla a better place for our

children. What would you change if you were the president elect of…Val-halla? I’ll start.

No more mixing of products in the deep fryers: I’ll explain. I have had a lifelong aversion to foods tasting not how they were intended, but rather exactly like something else. French fries should not taste like tortilla chips. Tortilla chips should not taste like fried chicken or chicken strips. I digress. There are two fryers. Fry tortilla chips in one, fries and chicken in the other.

Actual good quality lunch meat: I know that Valhalla is comparable in price only to New York City delis, but at least at a deli they serve Boar’s Head meat on a $5 sandwich. It’s too bad that something as simple as lunch meat has been neglected by Aramark while

overpriced organic products, but fear

not, change is brewing. Different cooking utensils and sur-

faces for cooked and uncooked food: Too many times in Valhalla I have witnessed the same spatula used for chopping up a raw chicken breast

many times I have seen that very same

directly on top of the still simmering raw chicken juices. Now I understand that this is not a 4-star restaurant that we’re talking about, but common sense regarding cooked and uncooked foods is as necessary as straightening out this

These are just a small sample of

administration, but this I can promise; you won’t have to worry about putting gas in your car or paying your mort-gage. If you help me, I’ll help you.

STEPHEN LINDLEY Staff Writer

If I were president of Valhalla

speeches Sutton has delivered since be-coming president

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LEIGH JACKSONFeatures Editor

Attendance at SGA meetings this se-mester has reached record highs, with more than 100 students consistently attending the weekly gatherings. Ask SGA President Laura Sutton the reason for this spike in attendance, and she just might say it has something to do with the jokes she tells at the conclu-sion of every meeting.

“I love a good joke. My weekly jokes are my corny thing that I enjoy,” the senior said. While other students say they appreciate Sutton’s jokes each week, most have more substantial things to say about her and the lead-ership skills she has demonstrated this year.

“Laura is one of the best SGA presi-dents I’ve seen in four years here,” said SGA Treasurer John Cason, who works closely with her. “She is dedicated to student opinions and really listens.”

“When she goes to meetings, she speaks on behalf of the students, but she’s not afraid to say what she really thinks about things,” said senior Erin Horne, Sutton’s roommate. “I think that’s a good trait for someone in a leadership position.”

Sutton said seeking student opin-ions and using her voice to represent the student body accurately are some

“A big part of my job is communica-tion,” she said. “One of the things I have tried to do is make myself available to people so that they feel comfortable talking to me if they have concerns.” Sutton said that one of the ways she tries to achieve this goal is by attend-ing meetings of student organizations. She said that she views this as a way to become as informed as she can about issues that matter to students.

“It’s important that students com-municate with faculty and staff and vice versa,” she said. Sutton said she sees her position as key in facilitating this communication, and she said she wants to help increase dialogue be-tween the two groups.

In addition to the personal goals Sutton has for serving as SGA presi-dent, she also has goals for the orga-nization and the campus as a whole. Consistent with her mission to let stu-dents’ voices be heard, she and the ex-

the student body in creating their goals at the beginning of the semester.

“We encouraged the SGA reps to participate in the goal-setting process

this year,” she said. “People are much more willing to help if they are work-ing on something they feel passionate about.”

A key goal the group established is leading Berry to become more envi-ronmentally friendly. SGA has created a Green Team, a smaller group of stu-dents who are focusing on driving the effort to make the campus more eco-friendly. Sutton said that this initiative is dual-focused, with both short-term goals and achievements the group would like to see occur over a longer period of time. Immediate changes the group would like to see are a de-crease in the overall waste produced by the college and an increase in recy-cling. In the long term, the Green Team would like for Berry to possibly create “green” policies similar to those at oth-er universities.

Sutton said that most of her time serving as SGA president is spent pre-paring for or attending meetings and writing speeches. She serves on 11 dif-ferent committees and attends an aver-age of 10 to 15 meetings a week. Sut-ton said that she spends a great deal of time preparing for these meetings by researching and preparing statements. Since being elected, she has delivered 13 speeches.

“I keep joking that I wish there was a place I could buy more time,” she said. “Between school, working, hav-ing a social life and making time for myself, I always feel like something has to give.”

Sutton said that this year she has tried to make an intentional effort to

-nition of fun consists of trips to the

Guntersville with her dad and 16-year-old brother and spending time with her friends, whom she said she does not get to see often during the week.

Though her peers say that leader-ship comes naturally to Sutton, she said that when she came to college, she never thought she would be the head of the student body.

“I wasn’t a leader in high school,” she said. “I just played basketball.” Horne, who attended Hoover High School with Sutton in Hoover, Ala., and has lived with her for three years, agreed.

“I didn’t know her as well in high school, but she was pretty quiet,” Horne said. “She has really taken on a new role at Berry than she had in high school.” Horne said that Sutton has always had the same personality and

“been really funny,” but her roommate has become much more outgoing and involved in campus life than she was as a high school student.

Sutton’s relationship with SGA began her freshman year when she served as the SGA representative for Habitat for Humanity. After being en-couraged by friends and older SGA

-sition, she ran and was elected as the secretary of her class as a sophomore. Sutton said that it was during this time when she decided she wanted to run for SGA president one day.

“I loved the community service as-pect of the job,” she said. Sutton said that she enjoys the position of presi-dent thoroughly and not just because

-dow view” she occupies on the third

“It’s one of the most rewarding jobs on campus because you get to see how what you do affects students,” she said. Sutton said she also enjoys opportunities the job has brought her, such as being able to attend board of trustees’ meetings where she can learn about Berry’s future.

“You also get to work with faculty, staff and administrators who think highly of students, which is encour-aging. I love the opportunity to make a difference in a place that has made such a difference in my life, and I see [this job] as a way to help students,” she said.

Sutton, who is majoring in both management and marketing, said she would like to continue making a dif-ference after she graduates from Berry. Currently, she is researching graduate programs where she could earn a mas-ter’s degree in organizational psychol-ogy. One of her dream jobs is serving as

Sutton said that she could also see her-self working for a consulting company handling leadership development and best practices training.

Politics may or may not be in the fu-ture for the student body president.

“I haven’t thought about it,” she said. “I feel like SGA is different [than politics], but I really enjoy public speaking and being in front of an audi-ence, so who knows.”

For now, Sutton will continue to lead the student body at Berry, where she said she hopes to encourage more students to get involved in student or-ganizations and feel valued.

can to make a difference,” she said.

Lauren Ramsey, Secretary LAURA PRICE

Staff Writer

“Her smile is contagious. She is so full of life,” said Brian Jory, professor and director of family studies, of senior Lauren Ramsey. Ram-sey serves as the secretary of SGA and said that she has always been actively involved in her community. She said that she ran for the secretary position because she likes to be in-volved in planning and implementing impor-tant ideas. Ramsey said that she also enjoys representing her friends on campus through her position.

Ramsey considers it a privilege to be an -

nections with the college administrators. In

-tial leaders including President Stephen R. Briggs, Dean of Students Debbie Heida and the board of trustees about issues that affect the Berry community.

“It is a privilege to be able to use my voice to talk to these people,” Ramsey said.

One of the biggest changes that Ramsey said she has seen over the past year at Berry is the adjustment in visitation hours.

“It was a change that was good, and it is refreshing to have and see change,” said Ramsey.

Ramsey said that her weeks are usually busy with school and SGA, but on the week-ends she is able to slow down.

“Saturdays are my saving grace,” she said.Her typical Saturday consists of sleeping

in until 10 a.m, going to lunch with her room-

outside if it is a nice day. Ramsey’s friends de-scribe her positively.

“One word that describes Lauren would be caring,” said senior Josh Etress.

“She is awesome,” said junior Lindsey Banks.

and she said she supports the University of Tennessee’s athletic department.

“I am a huge Tennessee fan. I love foot-ball and basketball,” she said. In high school, she supported athletics as a competitve cheerleader.

Ramsey, who is majoring in community de-velopment, said she hopes to work for a non-

Chase Davis, Vice President of Campus Services

AMANDA GRISWELLAsst. Features Editor

Many students join SGA to be more in-volved in the decision making process for the numerous activities on campus and to get in-volved in the Berry community.

Senior Chase Davis, vice president for cam-pus services, said he helps improve Berry’s campus by working with students, faculty, staff and administrators. After becoming vice president, Davis said he saw a side of Berry that he had not seen before.

“I now have a deeper or better understand-ing of what it means to be an involved student at Berry. I also came to the realization that I

want to stay in higher level administration,” Davis said.

Davis, who grew up in Fayetteville, Ga., said he decided to run for this position to gain experience and leadership skills. He said that he considered what he could bring to SGA and what he could gain from being a part of SGA

“I chose to run because I felt like it would broaden my horizons and experiences. It felt right,” Davis said.

with various search committees and helps with a variety of events in order to make a difference on campus. The diversity of his in-volvement is the best part of being an SGA of-

“His ability to get along with anyone tran-

scends through his work on campus,” Richard Hughes, associate professor of psychology, said of Davis.

Davis said that over this year he wants to increase student involvement in SGA and at events on campus. Others seem pleased with what he has accomplished through his posi-tion so far.

“Chase is taking an initiative to increase school spirit across the campus, which includes a ‘Go Vikings’ banner signed by various stu-dents to be on display at home athletic events. He has also brought in different athletic teams

Stansell, junior class president said.Davis said SGA is “a great experience,”

and he said it is a great way to get involved at Berry.

John Cason, TreasurerMEGAN GILKER

Staff Writer

Along with the student activites fee came a Berry student who considers himself passion-ate for people and business.

John Cason, a senior from Statesboro, Ga.,

has been involved with SGA since his fresh-man year and is currently the treasurer.

“I was excited [when I was elected] because

fee…and it was an opportunity to manage a quarter of a million dollars,” Cason said. “And

-geting, it would be kind of a good experience to do that.”

Cason began learning magic in third grade and used it as a hobby, but by the time he graduated from high school, he was perform-

provided business experience.“When I turned 16 I started marketing my-

self, which is actually why I chose to be a mar-keting major,” Cason said. “I was extremely talented at doing magic at 16, and I had no way of selling my product so I started reading these marketing books.”

SGA President Laura Sutton does not be-lieve his SGA position will be the end of Ca-son’s business career.

“I can see John being (what we call) a ‘serial entrepreneur,’ which is where you just keep coming up with these ideas and keep starting these new companies,” she said. “He’s going to be a very successful entrepreneur. I think

he’s smart enough to come up with innovative new ideas.” In fact, Cason is getting involved in a family business that sells barbecue sauce.

that will be making it,” he said. With a so much in his future, Cason’s girl-

friend, sophomore Laura Diepenbrock, said that his ideal retirement might be enjoying the ocean.

“He’s always said ‘I could live on a sailboat because you don’t have to pay property taxes,’ and so I could see him on a sailboat with some black coffee and a newspaper,” she said.

Until then Cason, a Boy Scout, Executive Round Table president, magician and entre-preneur, will follow his grandfather’s motto:

“More people die in bed than anywhere else, so get up.”

LAUREN WRIGHT, PHOTO EDITOR

“I don’t know how to measure this, but I would love to see every student involved and passionate about something at Berry,” Sutton said. “That’s how you get so much out of Berry, by putting into it.”

PHOTOS BY LAUREN WRIGHT, PHOTO EDITOR

Meet Berry’s Elected Officials

Jesse Milby, Vice President of Student ServicesBRIONA ARRADONDO

Staff Writer

Vice President for Student Services Jesse Milby calls himself a voice for the silent major-ity. Milby said that through his position he ad-dresses relevant issues on campus and strives to better the student community.

Milby said that he got involved in SGA un-willingly as a result of a joke. He said his hall mates tricked him into being their representa-tive his sophomore year.

to continue in politics after graduation. Mil-by, who is from Meansville, Ga., has a fam-ily history in politics and wants to become a

senator.“My great grandfather was a state sena-

tor, and my grandfathers were a mayor and a judge,” said Milby, a senior history major. “There is a long standing tradition in my fam-ily, and we are fairly well-known for being service-oriented. I want to live up to that.”

Outside of SGA, Milby serves as president for the Churchill Society. Eric Sands, assistant professor of government, has had Milby as a student in several classes and said they worked together in the Politics and Law Society and the Churchill Society. Milby’s leadership roles and connections with the government depart-ment facilitated his penchant for debate.

“Jesse’s one of those people that’s never afraid to draw attention to the elephant in the room,” said Sands. “When Jesse sees a prob-lem, he wants to go after it.”

Former SGA member Cleve Miller, a senior marketing major, said Milby is a good voice for the students and isn’t afraid of superiors. Miller said he admires Milby’s initiative to raise questions.

“Anything that comes his way that is controversial he’s not afraid to bring it up,”

believes.”Milby said he likes that the Berry adminis-

trators actually listen to students. However, he -

ing its standards to meet student numbers.“No matter how much I criticize and scold,

I do it because I want the school to live up to what it can be. Berry has such amazing poten-tial,” said Milby. “I don’t want Berry or peo-ple to rest on its morals. When we’re content where we are, that’s when we start to lose.”

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The Arts and Crafts Festival: a new traditionNOELLE BROOKS

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It pays to be creative, and on Saturday, the Berry com-munity will have the opportunity to turn their art into cash at the Arts and Craft Festival.

The festival, sponsored by the Art Society, will be held on Moon Lawn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will have 40 vendors. It was created by seniors Whitney A. Crouch and Nate Rupp and was inspired by the local Chiaha Festival in Richford Park.

“My boyfriend and I were driving around this summer, and thinking of things for the Art Society to do, and it just ended up working out,” said Crouch.

In order to make this idea a reality, Crouch and Rupp needed a lot of support and were astounded by the con-tributions of the alumni. Crouch and Rupp also said they were excited by the number of people willing to be a part of the festival.

“Having people say they want to join the festival that you created is the most rewarding,” said Rupp.

Aside from giving students, faculty, staff and alumni a chance to sell their arts and crafts, they said they hope the festival can bring more attention to the art department. They plan on having the Moon Gallery open during the festival.

“They have a lot of music stuff and theatre stuff, but there are few visual arts events,” said Crouch. “It would be good to have more cultural events related to the visual arts that students can get involved in.”

Rupp and Crouch said that they hope the festival will

make students aware of the creativity on campus, but also encourage them to get involved with the art department.

“I think Berry has been really thirsting for something

like this,” said Amanda Carman, a sophomore vendor at the festival. “Since we’re an isolated campus, we don’t get the same exposure to festivals like Atlanta or Savannah.”

Both Rupp and Crouch will be selling items at the festi-val, and Carman will be doing sketches in addition to sell-

at Berry, and Crouch and Rupp said they hope that it will

“We’re going to have a folder and make a list of things

that did work and didn’t work and how to make it bet-ter,” said Rupp. “We’ll have all this information for the Art Society and can encourage people to carry it on through the years.”

MEREDITH MCDERMOTT, ASST. PHOTO EDITOR

Senior Claire Zimmerman (left, top), who makes pot-tery, and senior Whitney A. Crouch, who makes jewelry, will be selling their crafts at the Arts and Crafts Festival on

JESSIE EDWARDS

Entertainment Editor

Sharpen your pencils or turn on your laptop—National Novel Writing Month is in full swing, and you’re six days behind.

Midnight Nov. 1 heralded the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoW-riMo). Participants have until midnight Nov. 30 to complete a 50,000 word novel, the equivalent of 175 pages. Winners receive

name on the Web site’s Winner’s page. According to the Web site, the goal of

the contest is quantity, not quality.“By forcing yourself to write so intensely,

you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes,” the Web site says.

Participants are only allowed to pre-write before the start date.

“Outlines and plot notes are very much encouraged and can be started months ahead of the actual novel-writing adven-ture,” the Web site says.

Junior Hannah Stuart has participated in NaNoWriMo since 2003. The past two years she has reached the 50,000 word count.

Stuart said she writes before bed.

the theme of the novel that I am writing.”The novel Stuart has begun for this

year’s NaNoWriMo is a fantasy set in a world resembling Medieval times.

“I spent all summer devising the plot and the characters,” she said.

Senior Lance Simpson is also writing a novel this year, but his is for the Richards Scholar program, and he has until he grad-

he could do NaNoWriMo.“I like having the luxury of time to think

about things” he said. Simpson’s novel, for which he traveled

to Guanajuato, Mexico to research, is about the interactions between immigrants and natives in small towns.

Michael Mejia, novelist and assistant

professor of English, rhetoric and writing, said he loves the NaNoWriMo technique.

the way to go,” he said. “Stopping to make sure you get that right sentence really slows you down.”

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Satriani brings an ‘electric moment’ to Atlanta

On Oct. 26, I had the opportu-nity to see one of the masters of the six-string universe live in con-cert: Joe Satriani, or Satch, as he is known to his fans.

Satriani is widely considered to be one of the best guitarists around today and one of the lead-ing innovators of the instrument.

With the Alien,” in 1987; the album set the standard for instrumental guitarists, and revolutionized the instrumental guitar album. The

album remains a landmark in the world of instrumental rock.

Prior to releasing his solo albums, Satriani was known more for teaching a slew of guitarists who went on to have very suc-cessful careers. Among his pro-teges are the world-renowned Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett from Metallica and Alex Skolnick from Testament.

Satriani has been nominated for 14 Grammys in the category of “Best Rock Instrumental Per-formance.” He is also one of three winners of Guitar Player Magazine’s triple crown award. The only other two to receive the triple crown were Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Satriani lives up to every inch of his reputation live. The whole experience began at 4:30 p.m. Satriani offers his fans a chance to upgrade their ticket to what he calls “Club Joe,” which includes an interview session with Satriani and time to get autographs and talk with him before the show starts.

It was a surreal moment, sitting in the empty Variety Playhouse with the other Club Joe members, when suddenly Satch himself walked in from behind the stage. It’s strange to be face to face with one of your heroes, with someone whose work you’ve studied and listened to so much.

The interview session turned out to be a very relaxed, casual conversation between Joe and us. He talked extensively about his songwriting process, playing live, the music business and upcoming tours and projects. Throughout, he showed himself to be a very friendly, funny, down-to-earth guy. The question and answer ses-sion set a very human tone for the rest of the night.

When the interview session was done, we picked out our spots before the rest of the crowd came in. For me, that meant going to the front and left of center; right in front of where Joe would be standing.

The band Mountain opened and did a short set, playing a few classic songs like a cover of Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads,” and one of their big hits, “Mississippi Queen.” They played a good set, their songs punctuated by anecdotes from singer/guitarist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing throwing things with star-tling accuracy at members of the crowd. Though Mountain did a good job, I was really just waiting for Joe to start his set.

He didn’t disappoint. It was an electric moment when he came out on stage. He opened with his most recent hit, “I Just Wanna Rock,” a good stomper that con-tinues his exploration into the

depicting a robot at a rock con-cert. He played a number of songs from his newest album, “Professor Satchifunkilus and the Musterion

of Rock,” and a selection of classic songs spanning all the way back

The most remarkable thing about Satriani’s performance is his ability to connect with his audience. He is by far the most expressive, emotive musician that I have ever had the privilege to see, and he manages to project that to his audience. During the inter-view session, he talked about how

play than others, not because they are just physically or technically demanding, but because they are

like “Flying In a Blue Dream,” he said he thinks about the past a lot, since it is written about his father.

move from a song like that, which brings back a lot of memories, to a song like “Andalusia,” which is basically an extended guitar solo and requires such a different

mood.He also said that a real per-

former does not put up a wall between him and his audience but rather bares his soul to his audience and connects with them, which Satriani did throughout his entire performance. When he played “Revelation,” a song writ-ten about the recent death of his father, it was easy to feel what he felt and to see the memory in his face.

The highlight of the concert for me came near the end,when Satriani played “Always With Me, Always With You,” a clas-sic song that I would consider to be one of his best. Written for his wife Rubina, it is another great example of Joe’s ability to share emotion with his audience.

Satriani is a natural performer, a great songwriter, and a down-to-earth person, which all contrib-uted to an incredible experience.

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