Berry’s sexual misconduct policy is undergoing changes to comply with federal guidelines, and a draft of the new policy was released last week and is open for comment.

Dean of students Debbie Heida presented the draft at the April 14 SGA meeting, and students were able to attend two meetings on April 14 and 21 to provide feedback. The document was also posted on Viking Web and discussed with faculty, and students can submit further suggestions to SGA.

Heida said the college has chosen to revise the policy to ensure student safety and acknowledge the presence of sexual misconduct on campus.

“We want to be a community that cares about its students,” she said. “With 2,100 students and 500 faculty and staff we will have incidents that we need to address as a college.”

Berry’s current policy was written during the 2003-2004 academic year but required changes

to comply with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which was revised in 2013.

Changes to VAWAPresident Barack Obama

reauthorized VAWA in 2013, creating new regulations for how colleges handle cases of gender-

based violence. Under VAWA, colleges and universities are now required to report instances of stalking, dating violence and domestic violence.

VAWA also requires that colleges use preponderance of evidence as the standard for making decisions about sexual misconduct

cases. This means that there must be sufficient evidence to show that it is more likely than not that a violation has occurred. Heida said Berry has always used preponderance of evidence as its standard.

The Act also allows for deputy Title IX officers, requires colleges to provide educational

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Associate dean of students Julie Bumpus will be retiring from Berry June on 31 and assistant dean of students for residence life Lindsey Taylor will take her place earlier that month.

A graduate from the University of Tennessee, Bumpus has worked as the associate dean of students for 10 years and began her career at Berry as the assistant dean of the Campbell School of Business. When Carol Willis, former associate vice president for student affairs, resigned in September 2004, dean of students Debbie Heida began to search for her replacement within. Bumpus applied, beginning a career that has impacted many students, faculty and staff.

During her time as the associate dean of students, Bumpus has overseen the judicial board, SOAR, A New Year, A New You (ANY/ANY) and the annual Multiple Sclerosis (MS) walk.

ANY/ANY program coordinator junior Hayley Royal said Bumpus has been a role model during her time at Berry.

“Not only has she provided me with the great opportunity of my current job position, but she has greatly helped along the way to make my days more enjoyable in the office,” Royal said. “Through knowing her, I have learned how to be not only a better student worker and leader, but a better person overall.”

Royal met Bumpus at SOAR. “Since the day I met her, I knew

that she was friendly and very personable, and I think Berry will

lose a little charisma once she has gone,” Royal said.

Director of recreation Michael McElveen has been at Berry for a year and worked with Bumpus on ANY/ANY.

“Her ability to easily switch roles from consultant, to advocate, to leader and so on in order to get the job done is an invaluable skill,” McElveen said.

McElveen said he is “forever grateful” and thanks Bumpus for helping him transition and for “always being there for support.”

“Dean Bumpus’ work and impact will remain on-campus long after her retirement. She is a true asset to the Berry community,” McElveen said. “The biggest loss will be to those current and future students that didn’t have the opportunity to interact and learn from her.”

SGA president senior Paton Roden said Bumpus played a vital

role in her Berry experience. “She’s the one who always

pushed me to do my best,” Roden said. “She encouraged me constantly and helped me feel confident about what path to take. I never left a conversation with Dean Bumpus not feeling wonderful.”

Roden said Bumpus leaves an impression on students, “whether she realizes it or not,” the moment they meet her at SOAR.

Royal and assistant program director of ANY/ANY sophomore Rachel Flatt said they remember Bumpus dancing to a game on the Wii at the Health and Wellness Fair last fall.

“She will do practically anything for students to have fun,” Royal said.

Bumpus said when students are asked why they love Berry, they usually say, “D-hall cookies.”

CHELSEA HOAGmanaging editor

SEE “MISCONDUCT,” P. 2

PHOTO BY MARY CATE GRIMES

Associate dean of students Julie Bumpus has been at Berry for 15 years and will retire June 31. She hopes to spend more time with friends and family, especially her mother who still lives in Nashville, Tenn.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY DRAFT

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- Investigators provide recommendations for reporter and respondent to consider

- Students can have an attorney for support, but not legal representation

- No definition of consent, but students can submit feedback

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“I’ve never had a D-hall cookie, but I can say this has been a wonderful journey,” Bumpus said. “It’s like driving into a national park everyday.”

Bumpus said she cares deeply about the Berry community. “I love everyone here at Berry and I truly mean the word ‘love,’” Bumpus

said. “Even working within conduct (issues), the kids have always been polite and respectful during the process.”

Not wanting to be stagnant after Berry, Bumpus applied to Publix two weeks ago.

“I love veggies,” Bumpus said. “I’ve always been impressed with the customer service there and I’d love to work about three days a week stocking and helping people.”

One of the main reasons for Bumpus’ retirement is the desire to spend more time with her family, especially her mother, who just celebrated her 90th birthday.

Bumpus smiled and pointed to a photo on her phone of her family and mother standing in the middle, sporting a pink pantsuit she bought at Rome’s JCPenney.

Bumpus said she visits her mother every week and will be able to visit their Nashville hometown more often after retirement.

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The Act also allows for deputy Title IX officers, requires colleges to provide educational programs for new students and new employees and states that students should be informed of their resources for confidentiality, as well as resources both on and off campus.

Language changesBerry’s current policy uses the term “sexual

harassment and assault,” while the draft uses the term “sexual misconduct.”

Section III of the draft separately defines sexual harassment and sexual assault. According to the draft, “sexual harassment consists of, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct or written communication of a sexual nature, and hostile or intimidating behavior motivated by another’s gender.”

Sexual assault, according to the draft, “includes attempted or completed rape, sexual touching of another person without his or her consent, and/or forcing a person who is unwilling or has diminished judgment or capacity to engage in sexual activity or consent to sexual activity.”

Under the current policy, someone who reports harassment or assault is called a “complainant,” while the person they are accusing is referred to as the “respondent.” The draft has replaced the term “complainant” with “reporter.”

Title IX officersBerry’s sexual misconduct policy draft adds

six deputy Title IX officers, who would receive training to inform students about their resources if they report sexual harassment or assault. Heida serves as the college’s Title IX coordinator and would continue in that role under the drafted policy.

Under the draft, the officers would be Andy Bressette, associate provost and dean of academic services; Mika Robinson, assistant director of athletics and senior woman administrator; Lindsey Taylor, assistant vice president for student affairs; and Gary Will, assistant vice president for campus safety and emergency response management.

Also, Berry’s human resources director and associate dean of students for residence life would be officers. The college is currently in the recruiting and hiring process for a human resources director. Taylor is currently associate dean of students for residence life but will begin her role as assistant vice president for student affairs in June. Her successor in residence life has not yet been chosen.

Robinson, who is also the head volleyball coach, said she is already familiar with Title IX in her role as senior woman administrator in athletics.

“The whole point of that position is to help ensure equal treatment of males and females within athletics and to make sure that our female athletes have a voice within administration so that their interests are being considered whenever decisions are being made,” she said.

She said having additional Title IX officers

will likely increase the likelihood of students reporting harassment or assault.

“Especially when you’re talking about someone who’s been a victim of sexual assault or harassment, I think sometimes that can be a tough thing to seek help for,” Robinson said. “The more faces there are across campus that people know are there to help and to be able to report to, I just think it gives us less of a chance of things going unreported.”

Junior Olivia Paige, who started a student committee seeking reform for Berry’s sexual misconduct policy, said that she believes students would best be served by a Title IX coordinator who does not hold any other position on campus.

“If you have a high-level administrator being the Title IX coordinator … of course that individual wants what’s best for students,” Paige said. “But that kind of creates this bias, where they have this strong bias to protect the institution and to protect the institution’s image. As a result, that can lead them to maybe not explore these cases in a way that would best really benefit students … A lot of students interact with the people that they’re supposed to be reporting these things to in other ways.”

She said her committee has discussed this issue, and hiring a full-time Title IX coordinator may be the best option to address sexual misconduct.

“If we were to employ a Title IX coordinator, this would be a very good use of funding,” Paige said. “As it stands now, we’re looking into putting more funding into educational programs, which is

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said. “As it stands now, we’re looking into putting more funding into educational programs, which is good, but what we really feel is the best way to spend that money would be to put it into getting a Title IX coordinator who would be independent of all other positions on campus.”

Under Title IX, all colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance must designate at least one employee as the Title IX coordinator. Many of Berry’s peer institutions have appointed an administrator to serve in that role. For example, Sewanee: The University of the South has their vice provost Nancy Berner as their Title IX coordinator, while Centre College has chosen their director of human resources and administrative services Kay L. Drake. However, some larger schools, including the University of Alabama and Wake Forest University, have full-time Title IX coordinators.

ConfidentialityThe draft specifies where students can go to have

confidential conversations about sexual harassment or assault they have experienced. Title IX officers are required to report an incident if they have knowledge of it. Berry faculty and supervisory staff are also “responsible employees” and would be required to report.

An addition to the draft also requires that Level 4 and 5 student work supervisors report an incident if they are knowledgeable.

Members of the Berry community who want to confidentially discuss an incident can seek help at the on-campus Counseling Center or the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia in Rome. Employees at these facilities are not required to report incidents of misconduct to the college.

The draft, as well as the current policy, suggests that reporters contact campus safety and gives reporters the option of contacting off-campus law enforcement as well.

Investigation and ResolutionAccording to the draft, “if it is determined that the

allegations, if proven, would constitute a violation of this policy, the Title IX Coordinator will designate a lead investigator to conduct an investigation and prepare a report of the findings.”

The Title IX officers would be eligible to be investigators. The investigator would provide a recommendation at the conclusion of their work, and if the recommendation is accepted by the reporter and the respondent, the case is complete. If an agreement is not reached, the case, if it involved a student respondent, would go to the judicial board. The board would be provided with the report and the investigator’s recommendation.

“The student judicial board is made up of four faculty and staff and six students--two sophomores, two juniors

and two seniors,” Heida said. “When you’re appointed as a sophomore, you’re appointed for the entirety of your Berry experience.”

Both the reporter and the respondent have the right to appeal the decision. The draft clarifies conditions for appeal. In order to appeal, there must be new information or evidence, reason to believe the sanction was inappropriate or the respondent did not receive a fair hearing.

SanctionsThe draft lists possible sanctions for sexual misconduct

as “written warning or reprimand, probation, a change of position or assignment, mandatory counseling or educational program, suspension, termination, expulsion and/or educational sanctions deemed appropriate.”

Sanctions would “depend upon the nature and seriousness of the misconduct and any record of prior discipline.”

However, Paige, the student who started the committee seeking policy reform, said she would like to see sanctions clarified more.

“Right now what I’ve seen is a lack of trust in the system from students. I think really establishing that basis for sanctions, that guideline, would help establish more trust,” Paige said. “You don’t know what the possible sanctions would be … there’s no standard that everyone is held to if they commit this kind of sexual misconduct.”

ConsentThe draft does not define consent, but Heida said student

input is welcome on that topic.“There’s been a suggestion that we define it as affirmative

verbal consent. There’s some debate about that,” Heida said. “We’d like to welcome (students) into that conversation.”

Paige said the lack of definition for consent would make the process clearer for everyone involved.

“The definition of consent would sort of give a consensus to the boards which hear these types of cases, to all students and to administration. The way it is now, it’s done on a very case-by-case basis and as a result there are a lot of holes,” she said. “By not really having a firm definition it opens up a lot of loose ends for people to get away with saying, ‘I assumed consent because of this.’”

Paige said not defining consent is unfair to both reporters and respondents.

“It really puts victims at a disadvantage because there is no standard that they have protecting them … it puts both the reporter and the respondent at a disadvantage because there’s not a clear definition,” she said. “It’s almost as if we’re expecting students to maintain this notion of consent and they’re supposed to abide by it, and we’re saying that you might be punished if you don’t abide by it.”

Centre College’s sexual misconduct policy does define consent. Their policy lists several components necessary for

complete consent, including that consent “is not merely the absence of a verbally stated ‘no’” and “can only be given by someone in an unimpaired state of mind who is able to understand what is happening.”

Sewanee: The University of the South also discusses consent on their website, stating that “consent can be given by word or action, but non-verbal consent is not as clear as talking about what a person wants sexually and what a person doesn’t want.” Sewanee also clarifies that “consent to some form of sexual activity cannot be automatically taken as consent to any other form of sexual activity.”

Support throughout the processUnder the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act,

students are permitted to have a support person of their choice to attend hearings with them. This person could be a fellow student, faculty or staff member, family member or attorney.

However, the support person cannot speak during proceedings and would only be there to support the reporter. Berry’s drafted policy reflects this provision.

If the reporter chose an attorney as their support person, the attorney would not be speaking for the reporter. Heida said campus hearings differ from legal proceedings because in campus hearings, students speak for themselves.

“The purpose of our process is to determine what the student’s status is at Berry College. The purpose of our process is not to determine criminal liability,” Heida said. “In the legal system, your attorney speaks for you. That’s not what happens on a college campus.”

Heida said private institutions are not required to follow traditional due process found in legal systems.

“One of the differences between private higher education and public higher education is many of the public institutions are required to follow due process the same way it happens in the legal system,” she said. “What private colleges are asked to do is have fair processes that are followed.”

Ongoing revisionsHeida said consultation will occur with SGA, the Faculty

Assembly and the Staff Advisory Committee. Students can submit feedback to SGA, who will then compile the suggestions and submit them to administration.

The college’s current goal is to have the policy in place by the fall, Heida said. The Berry website will be updated with a page devoted to explaining the policy and the process, and education efforts such as posters in the restrooms will be updated.

Paige encouraged students to voice their opinions on the draft. She said the policy is “a work in progress.”

“It’s going to be a long way until we’re at a place where everyone is satisfied with the policy that we have,” she said.

While she believes the policy still needs revisions, Paige said the draft is “a step in the right direction.”

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This past Monday was April 20. What in the past might have been a normal day in April has now evolved in the social sphere to be a national marijuana celebration day, also known as 4/20. Weed users around the country celebrate by lighting up the kind of legal—or totally illegal depending on your state—drug. This past week, articles about 4/20 appeared on news sites such as Huffington Post, Mashable and even Fox News.

An article on Mashable published on, of course, April 20, states “as it stands, only three states in the U.S. allow for the legal recreational use of marijuana. That means that the other 47 states are going to have to spend their 420 a little, well, high and dry.”

While this is an optimistic statement, it is definitely not a realistic statement. Many marijuana consumers do not use the drug legally. In fact, according to a 2013 national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. However, in our current society, using the drug may be safer for some than it is for others.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) created a report using data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Health, the U.S. Census, and FBI/ Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data. The report states that while in 2010 only 10 to 15 percent of black and white people had used marijuana in the past year (with the percent for black citizens only a bit higher), black citizens were far more likely to be arrested for it.

So with these statistics, what exactly does the 4/20 craze mean for black people? Because of our society’s bias, 4/20 might be a fun, if illegal, time for white citizens and a totally different thing for people of color. For ethnicities who are more likely to be targeted, 4/20 becomes further persecution from an unfairly weighed legal system.

When white people participate in 4/20, they may be able to have a celebration for an illegal drug. Yet, when other ethnicities try to participate, they may face jail time that can destroy their lives. What is not serious for one group is a dark double standard for the other.

4/20 also represents a major change in how marijuana is being viewed. As a substance, marijuana has a fairly fascinating history. PBS Frontline published a timeline on the history of marijuana. In fact in World War II, a program called “Hemp for Victory” was launched and the growing of hemp was encouraged. However, during the 1950s, stricter federal laws were enacted against marijuana.

Legalization has been a hot topic for the past decade, with California legalizing marijuana for medical use in 1996. According to an article from the National Law Review published Tuesday, there are now 24 states with medical marijuana laws. The most recent state to pass medical marijuana legislation is our very own, Georgia.

What may have started as a fun day to smoke an illicit substance, now has become a measure of the social change we’ve had and the racial inequalities we are still struggling against.

Racial inequality in regards to 4/20The carrier editorial

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There is an idea that I have been wanting to put forward for a while. Preliminarily, we’ll call it the Creative Writing Center. I imagine a comfortably furnished room in Evans with shelves of literary magazines, student initiated publications, and resources on writing and publishing, staffed perhaps by tutors from the Writing Center who study creative writing. The room would serve as both an informal social or solitary atmosphere for studying or discussion, as well as a formal forum for open mic nights, workshops, club meetings and whatever other developments may result.

There is no centralized hub for the humanities at Berry College. Right now, the entities serving this role are the Memorial Library and Evans, neither of which are functionally ideal because there is some inconsistency in the events and services they offer and, when they do put on events, they have to reduce and displace the usefulness of their primary functions.

There are several peripheral organizations that exist (i.e., some student run writing initiatives like Writer’s Ink, and the more recognized offerings like Philosophy Society and Ramifications) but they are not united and have arguably minimal ability to expand or gain visibility. As a creative writing major, it is oddly difficult to find a consistent place and group for writing and for just the discussion of ideas. And, for people like me who are exceptionally bad at finding internal motivation, it is thus difficult to write at all outside of class assignments. Even more than that, it is difficult to find non-quantified, not directly curricular thoughtful discussion (not explicitly

resume-building) within the humanities in general.Berry has a tremendous quality of physical spaces

available (the House of Dreams, Ford, the Jewel Box, the Cottages, etc.) that are underutilized and could stand to be used for more advantage. If new programs or entities are to stem out from the central platform of a Creative Writing Center, then they could utilize this space and could include: a new conference hosted at Berry, perhaps to replace the Southern Women Writers Conference which Berry hosted up until a few years ago, or a writer’s retreat, that could be held as frequently or infrequently as desired.

The “Voices” reading put on by the Women’s Studies department on March 20 is a perfect example of this type of utilization of a space and time to gather people of a similar interest. I present the format of this so vaguely in order to present how easily such events can be facilitated with such an open format of space, time and people. I really think it is as simple as that.

My focus on physical space is because the simplicity of the idea itself is a main contributor to its frequent oversight. However, just having that sometimes makes all the difference in terms of creating a central platform from which things can naturally develop. A form of Creative Writing Center would go a long way in empowering students or at least manifesting a visible presence that creates that empowerment and which can catalyze new ideas.

This is something that could benefit faculty as well as students, given that it would be an open, accessible space

meant to foster inclusiveness rather than exclusiveness.I feel like instead of tacking on the nursing program to

our sole humanities building, we should be invigorating and developing the humanities. This is especially important now that we have newly established the creative writing major as of fall 2014. It is fundamentally important to be invigorating the existing programs, rather than just investing in progressive programs. And actually, if the interest of whatever the governing bodies of funding is in creating new things, then those should also be invested in. A hub for humanities would fall in line with either of these goals.

It seems negative and limiting that many clubs or unofficial student organizations arise at Berry to provide inclusion, but then often fade away. Some just add to the other factions on the fringe of seemingly insufficient curricular offerings. There is no uniting force, or dialogue between the existing peripheral organizations of the humanities.

This is especially true between the official and unofficial clubs, and between faculty and students. I feel that it is an unspoken but understood goal of the humanities to continually seek greater interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, extracurricular/curricular integration, as well as faculty and student integration.

I think that a Creative Writing Center could promote this objective. These are just preliminary ideas that have yet to be fully hashed out, but just think of what a dedicated space could do to unite these separate extracurricular and curricular entities.

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In a white majority, what’s the cost of seeing ourselves honestly? Not sure about white privilege?

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1. I can arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.

2.I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.

3.I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.

4.I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race.

5.I can worry about racism without being seen as self-interested or self-seeking.

6.I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and children’s magazines featuring people of my race.

7.I can enroll in a class at college and be sure that the majority of my professors will be of my race.

8.I can walk into a classroom and know I will not be the only member of my race.

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Let me begin with this: Berry, I love you. I haven’t always loved you, but I’ve grown to love you very much, and I’m going to miss all of you when I leave. Make sure to keep an open mind and stay hungry.

Yet, one thing I can’t help to notice is that Berry College is predominately white. The administration is white, the student body is basically entirely white, and a lot of people will be angered. That’s okay. That’s your privilege — You get to be angry, but you get to be exempt from the systematic racism that we learn about in the classes we’re paying Berry to offer us. If I don’t appeal to your racial sensibilities, may I ask to appeal to the students and administration here who are Christian? Have a heart for your brothers and sisters, and love our fellow humans as Jesus would. Truly love them, and listen to what I’m trying to say because this awareness can benefit all of us by starting to create a more equal and just country.

We have to understand that white people can kind of suck sometimes if we’re going to achieve any degree of progress in this country. Race is still a thing in this country, as evidenced from the numerous cases of white on black police brutality cases we’ve been seeing in many states, and by the continued cultural appropriation of black culture without respect for that culture in the media.

Why is this so hard to hear if you’re a white

person? Because it makes you feel complicit. When I first started my road to re-education as a white person, I was shocked. I almost wanted to say “This is just reverse racism,” but that’s not constructive, and it’s incredibly false.

It’s also difficult to identify with people you don’t know. According to a Public Religion Research Institute survey, in a network of 100 people, whites tend to have only one black friend.

You may have heard me jokingly say “Wow, I really hate white people,” or “Wow, white people are even worse than we thought,” but I’m trying to point out a vital issue that almost brings me to tears: White people have no idea about their privilege.

Why is that? Just look at Christopher Columbus. He “discovered” North America, which already had millions of natives living here, and brought disease and guns, killing millions. And yet this “explorer” has a holiday named after him. If this doesn’t seem ironic, it’s because the “winners” write the history books, and there is a persistent myth about white heroism bringing

savages “civilized” life that we as a white race have invented to help us sleep at night.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, a white male, recently published a 5-part editorial series called “When Whites Just Don’t Get It” in which he highlighted numerous inequities blacks experience in this country. I’ll paraphrase him to help illustrate why blacks have it so badly: Whites in America own 18 times more than blacks in this country, which is worse than Apartheid-era South Africa. A black boy born in this country can expect to live five years shorter than a white boy. African American men without a high school degree are more likely to be imprisoned than employed.

And this isn’t entirely black America’s problem. White people, particularly rich white males, created the system that denigrates black Americans. A little known problem has caused segregation beyond Jim Crow, the effects of which we are still experiencing today. This problem is called the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which institutionalized racism and segregation in the housing industry in this country over the

course of three decades, ending in the 1960s. It was largely publicized to help the home ownership crisis following the Great Depression, but it in fact only secured loans to white people, and exclusively refused to back loans for black families or those who lived adjacent to black people. Basically, the FHA consisted of a bunch of white people telling black people where they could and couldn’t live. This segregated communities and cities around the country, and as white suburbs boomed with their ability to get loans thanks to the FHA, inner-city black communities crumbled without the same support as their white counterparts.

This concentrated problems which black people were already experiencing due to Jim Crow laws and the legacy of slavery, which during the first half of the 20th century, were still realities for black people.

Then you have the failed experiment in public housing during the 1960’s, which arose out of the need created by the FHA’s racist policies. Public housing in black ghettos around the country only served to isolate black Americans even further. To quote Richard Rothstein, a white male of the Economic Policy Institute:

“With public housing, federal and local government increased African Americans’ isolation in urban ghettos. And with mortgage guarantees, the government subsidized whites to abandon urban areas for suburbs. The combination contributed heavily to the creation of the segregated neighborhoods and schools we know today, with truly disadvantaged minority students isolated in poverty-concentrated schools where teachers struggle unsuccessfully to overcome families’ multiple needs. Without these public policies, the racial achievement gap that has been so daunting to educators would be a very different, and lesser, challenge.”

The fact of the matter is this: White people kind of suck, sometimes. The white men I’ve quoted here don’t suck, I try not to suck and there are numerous people on this campus and in this country that don’t suck. But we’ve got a bad reputation, and we’ve got a long way to go.

White people have put black people in a pretty bad situation and we blame them for it out of convenient amnesia. And the most frustrating part for me? Our privilege blinds us to this fact. We don’t live in the same country that black people live in. We say things like “they just aren’t working hard enough” or “slavery ended like 200 years ago, omg get over it” but the American meritocracy is a lie and the effects of slavery have been compounded by years of continued institutional racism.

Why do I care so much about these issues? Well, I love black culture. I love hip hop, Jazz, twerking, black films, etc. The list goes on. I know I’m white, but I try to check my privilege by being active in issues which face the black community because they’ve given me things I respect. I would be a hypocrite if I didn’t. Think about someone like Iggy Azalea, or as Azealia Banks calls her, “Igloo Australia.” Iggy Azalea is a white rapper who co-ops the rap genre to enormous financial gain, and yet is consistently ignorant to the struggles of the black people whose culture she’s reaping benefits from.

All of this being said, I’m not even covering other topics that black Americans face every day like the failed experiment in mass incarceration, the incredibly racist War on Drugs started by President Reagan, the institutionally racist justice system.

And I’m not exclusively blaming white people for being ignorant to these issues. We grow up in an America that doesn’t make us face these issues. We’re blinded to the troubles blacks face by the nature of our own existence. That’s white privilege. That has to stop.

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What has been your worst finals week experience?

Take a break to enjoy these on-campus events:

April 24, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.: The Black Student Association, Orgullo and Sigma Delta Phi are sponsoring Espuma, the annual foam dance. It will be held on the Cage Center side lawn or, in the event of rain, the Ford Dining Hall.

April 25, 6 p.m.: The annual Berry College Exam Jam will be held on the Cage lawn. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 6:30p.m. This year’s concert will feature The Apache Relay, Bryce Vine and The Dirty Guv’nahs.

April 29, 4 to 7 p.m.: Hope Cottage will host the Surviving Finals event. It will have hamburgers, outdoor games and Popsicles. Students are encouraged to bring their own blankets and chairs.

“LAST YEAR I WOKE UP WITH A PRETTY BAD

HEADACHE AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TAKE THE FINAL LIKE THAT.”

MICHAEL DUNN, SOPHOMORE

“I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER. IT

WAS PROBABLY SO TRAUMATIC I HAD

TO FORGET IT.”

HAYDEN HALL, SOPHOMORE

“WELL, IN HIGH SCHOOL AT LEAST, I HAD THIS

ESSAY QUESTION I DIDN’T KNOW SO I ENDED UP TALKING

ABOUT SPONGEBOB.”

NOAH STEWART, FRESHMAN

“MY WORST FINAL EXPERIENCE EVER WAS

I HAD AN 85 IN ECON GOING INTO IT, BOMBED

THE FINAL, GOT A 79 IN THE CLASS. THAT WAS THE WORST.”

MATT SINIARD, JUNIOR

“I HAD TWO FINALS BACK TO BACK, AND I WASN’T

PREPARED FOR EITHER OF THEM. BASICALLY WHEN THEY’RE ALL CRAMMED TOGETHER WITHIN ONE

OR TWO DAYS YOU DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO

STUDY MORE FOR.”

BROOKE BROGDEN, JUNIOR

“MY FIRST COLLEGE FINALS EXPERIENCE

IS TAKING ME BY SURPRISE. I WASN’T READY FOR IT AND NOW IT’S HITTING ME LIKE A TRAIN.”

JESSICA CANNON, FRESHMAN

“MY WORST FINALS EXPERIENCE WAS GETTING READY FOR CREW AND

GETTING EVERYTHING READY IN ONE WEEK

FOR FINALS.”

ALEXANDER MANN, JUNIOR

“MY WORST FINALS EXPERIENCE HASN’T HAPPENED YET. IT’S

COMING THIS FINALS. I CAN FEEL IT. THE SYSTEM

IS CORRUPT. WE’RE FOCUSED ON GRADES,

NOT LEARNING.”

ERICK ROJAS, SOPHOMORE

“I HAD TO COMPLETELY REDO A FINAL PAPER

BECAUSE MY COMPUTER CRASHED AND MY HARD DRIVE WAS WIPED OUT

SO I LOST (EVERYTHING). IT WAS REALLY ROUGH,

SO I HAD TO PULL IN FRIENDS FROM THE CLASS TO HELP ME.”

MISSY SMITH, SENIOR

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Studying Tips:1. Study with a group, but only if it makes sense. Studying with a group can be extremely helpful. It provides peer pressure to actually do work, and allows the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas. But studying together can also be distracting and cause you to get less work done.

2. Plan out study time. Don’t wait until the day before the exam to start studying. Start reviewing material in the weeks before the exam.

3. Don’t over-commit yourself. During the days leading up to exams, try not to commit to too many social or family events. If you work, try to schedule fewer hours so you have as much time to study as possible.

4. Get a good night’s sleep. Make sure to get at least eight hours of sleep before your exam. Studies show that being well-rested improves concentration and memory recall. Extended sleep deprivation affects learning ability, mood and energy level.

5. Don’t study everything equally. Don’t waste time studying for an exam that doesn’t cover a lot of material. Try to gauge which exams will be the most difficult and study those more.

6. Find out what will be covered. This sounds obvious, but ask your professor exactly what will be covered on the exam, and be sure to save any outlines or handouts that they give you.

7. Take time to look over the exam. Take full advantage of the two hour block that you have to complete the exam. Look over all of the questions and figure out which ones will be hardest to answer.

8. Pace yourself. As the previous tip mentions, two hours is plenty of time to get your exam done. Take a short break between each question or part. Approach each question separately from the rest.

9. Stay the whole time. After you finish, take time to go back over your work and look for mistakes. You have two hours. Take advantage of them!

Tips found at the U.S. News and World Report and Harris Health System.

How many hours do you study for finals?

Elizabeth Blount, senior

“I think if I’m feeling particularly studious it’s about two hours per final. Some are a bit less than that.”

Adriana Spencer, junior“The day before the final I study 12 hours. Before

that, maybe an hour.”

Alexis Draut, sophomore“I would say around three or four hours per day.”

Nicole Nichols, sophomore“I study for two or three hours.”

Blake Childres, senior“I would honestly say that when I do have a test, I

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In fall 2014, associate professor of art Jere Lykins retired from teaching, and at the end of this semester, senior lecturer in music and director of choral activities Harry Musselwhite will also be retiring. Each professor has had an impact on their students during their time at Berry.

Having begun his Berry career 43 years ago, Lykins has served as an associate professor in art and the director of the Moon Gallery where he has held numerous exhibitions of artwork.

Students said they continue to appreciate their experiences with Lykins both in the classroom and in the ceramics room.

“He opened me up to the world of art, the abstractness, and the way to be unique, and express my feelings through the clay,” senior Nick Pilger said. “He really got me interested on a hobby that I still enjoy today… I remember our first day in class and he threw a bowl blindfolded and I was pretty impressed.”

Lykins inspired sophomore Anna Ratliff to take art and ceramics classes.

“I only had him for (ceramics for) two weeks before he had to leave,” Ratliff said. “He made such an impression in those two weeks.”

Senior Jon Risley said he began doing ceramics his junior year.

“Watching him throw clay made me want to acquire the same skills and so began my two years of spending most of my free time in the ceramic studio,” Risley said.

Lykins is proud of students who “continue to make art and be successful at it.”

“A number of my students have gone to graduate school and gotten their Masters of Fine Arts degree,” Lykins said. “I did a lot of things, (have) worn many hats, taught a lot of things in the department.”

Equally admired and appreciated for his work, Musselwhite has taught and directed many students.

A graduate of Indiana University and the University of Georgia, Musselwhite is in constant demand as a choral clinician and adjudicator.

During Musselwhite’s time at Berry, choral groups like the Berry Concert Choir, the Berry Singers

and the Berry Chamber Choir have performed across the United States and Europe.

His vocal students have graduated and performed on multiple stages, and have been accepted to some of the nation’s finest graduate vocal programs.

Senior Sydney Perry said Musselwhite has a “way of cultivating and nurturing a curiosity for music and turning it into a more diverse and developed passion.”

Perry said he taught her to “rediscover the joy in making music” and has helped her better understand the connection between the message and emotion in musical texts, and how to better communicate with those who listen.

“He teaches life, mostly through music, but also through his personal stories that he often was ready and willing to share,” Perry said. “I will miss his life lessons, humor, and kindness. I have never met someone who loved Berry College as much as Mr. Musselwhite.”

Musselwhite’s student assistant junior Harper Curry said that “he’s a very charismatic teacher in every setting.”

“Taking weekly voice lessons with Mr. Musselwhite has changed my singing dramatically, but for the better,” Curry said. “He teaches about proper vocal techniques. He introduces me to countless singers, arias, operas and so much more. Lessons with Mr. Musselwhite are unforgettable, challenging, exciting and transformative.”

Curry said Musselwhite encourages her to do her best and use her vocal lessons in ensemble singing.

“My time singing for Mr. Musselwhite and being his student assistant has been a highlight of my Berry College career,” Curry said. “I’m very sad to see him go.”

Musselwhite said his experience as a music teacher and director has been extraordinary.

“I think I have been a representative of a person who possesses a driven passion for what I do and the art I present,” Musselwhite said. “My students have always commented on my passion and I hope that they will bring that same passion as they travel through life.”

Dedicated fine arts professors to retire

Don’t forget, reading day is April 29.

Classes will be

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Finals start April 30.

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To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Memorial Library will be hosting a poetry reading on Thursday for students, faculty and librarians to perform their own works or interpret the works of others.

Amanda Mays, resource sharing librarian, compared poetry to the undiluted powder of packaged lemonade.

“It’s really strong and the flavor is all there. It’s not meant to be handled very well. Poetry is meant to be super strong. It’s powerful,” Mays said.

National Poetry Month began in 1996, and according to the Academy of American Poets, the month is the largest literary celebration in the world.

The month attempts to highlight great poets both old and new and encourage people to read poetry both within and outside the classroom.

“Poetry is the rawest expression of what an individual feels as well as their own thoughts, that in a way that helps others, who may

not even know the poet personally, understand what they are feeling or the thoughts the poet is trying to convey,” sophomore Conrad Sharpe said.

National Poetry Month is celebrated around the world with a variety of programs.

According to the Academy of American Poets, these programs include Poem-a-Day emails, National Poetry Month murals and letter writing exchanges with famous poets and poetry readings.

“(National Poetry Month) is important because poetry is not something to be admired by a couple of individuals. Its intention is to be admired by the masses,” Sharpe said.

Berry’s third annual poetry reading will feature 10 readers.

Although most are original works, two readers, including Mays, will be reading works from other poets and writers.

Mays’ selection came from the book “Writing Down to the Bones” by Natalie Goldberg. Her selection, “Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out of Your Mouth,” encourages writers to venture out and explore new possibilities with their writing.

For this year’s poetry reading, Mays wanted to differentiate from previous years by encouraging

performances and interpretations instead of straight readings.

“We’re pushing the boundaries (this year). Poetry doesn’t have to be quiet, or solemn or serious,” Mays said. “It’s meant to be enjoyable.”

Sharpe will be reading two of his original poems at the read-in.

“These pieces have a particular impact on my life because they showcase both from where I was tested in my resolve as an individual and then wanting to become a better writer all together,” Sharpe said.

Students are encouraged to attend the reading.

“We need to show students

that creative expression is a good thing,” Mays said. “We need to show Berry College that we take creative expression seriously.”

The Memorial Library Poetry Reading will be held in the back of the library on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be refreshments served afterwards.

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On Monday evening, the Berry College Symphony Orchestra (BCSO) held its last performance of the semester.

The ensemble features student musicians playing string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Students were led by Nathan Lambert, assistant professor of music.

The concert’s program consisted of five pieces, “Procession of the Sardar” by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, the first movement of “Marimba Concerto No. 1, I. Saudacao” by Ney Rosauro, the first movement of “Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra” by Carl Maria von Weber, “If I Should Ever Learn” by Bedrich Smetana and the finale from “Syphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43” by Jean Sibilius. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY SARA LEIMBACH

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Men’s lacrosse wins, advances to semifinal

The number three ranked men’s lacrosse team defeated Hendrix College on April 18 by a score of 19-10 at Ford Field. The Vikings will travel to Sewanee, Tenn. on Friday to face off against number two ranked Centre College in the SAA semifinals.

Junior Nick Voso said the team is confident that they can defeat Centre.

“We need to put all the pieces together and play the way that we know we can,” Voso said.

If the Vikings win against Centre in the semifinal, they will play either number one ranked Sewanee or number four ranked Birmingham-Southern in the championship game on April 26.

The women’s lacrosse team was defeated by Millsaps College with a score of 11-7 in the SAA quarterfinals on April 18. Junior Lizzy Jones had two goals for the Vikings, while junior Tori Alexander tallied seven saves for Berry.

The Vikings season ended with a 9-7 record.

NICK VERNON sports editor

JASON HUYNH, photojournalism editor

THE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM DEFEATED Hendrix last Saturday, 19-10. They will travel to Sewanee, Tenn. on Friday to play Centre.

The women’s golf team will travel to Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenn. this weekend to compete in the SAA conference tournament. The Vikings finished the year with several top three results. In the SAA preview at Old Fort in September, the team placed second out of six schools.

Senior Lauren Buschhorn said the team is striving to reach the NCAA national championship tournament, which will take place in Howey-in-

the-Hills, Fla.“As a team, we hope to play our best and have

a chance to go to nationals,” she said. “We have placed well in tournaments against our conference rivals and hope to come out strong this weekend.Our biggest competition will be Rhodes. They are defending National Champions and will be a tough competitor on the course this weekend.”

The men’s golf team will also play in Murfreesboro for the SAA tournament. They are coming off of an impressive performance at the Emory Invitational earlier this month, when they finished second among 13 schools.

Sophomore Ryan Elmore explained the team’s

expectations for the conference tournament.“After a good showing at the Emory

tournament, our expectations are to win our conference tournament,” he said. “Anything short of winning would be disappointing.”

Winning conference will ensure an automatic bid for the Vikings to the national championships at Grandover Golf Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Sophomore Kile Williams said the team’s biggest competition in conference is Oglethorpe University.

“We have a strong conference and will need to be at the best of our abilities to win conference,” Williams said.

NICK VERNON sports editor

Golf teams ready for SAA championships

The softball team won their third straight regular season championship on April 18 after beating Centre College twice.

The team will be the top seed in the SAA tournament, which will be played at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. beginning on Friday.

Berry has a bye in the first round and will play the winner of fourth ranked Millsaps and fifth ranked Centre in the semifinals at 4 p.m. on Friday.

If the Vikings win that game, they will go on to the championship game on Saturday. Berry will, most likely, once again face off with second ranked Birmingham-Southern(BSC) in the championship.

The Vikings’ only two conference losses this season came at the hands of BSC, and the team lost to them in the SAA tournament championship last year.

NICK VERNON sports editor

Softball primed for SAA tournament run

BRYANNA PERRY, staff photojournalist

THE SOFTBALL TEAM WON the regular season title and finished with a 19-2 conference record and a 29-6 overall record.

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The baseball team will travel to Birmingham-Southern College on Thursday, to compete for a chance to go to the Southern Athletic Association final series in two weeks.

The Vikings, who are the number 5 seed in the conference, will face off against Oglethorpe, who is the number 4 seed. The two teams played at Berry last weekend and split a doubleheader. Berry won the first game on Saturday with a score of 5-4 in 10 innings. The Vikings lost the second game on Saturday with a score of 9-6.

Senior Alex McGill said he believes the most important thing that will allow the team to beat Oglethorpe on Friday is the team’s aggressiveness at the plate.

“We will need to hit well and be aggressive on offense to put pressure on them to make plays and score runs,” McGill said.

In addition to this, McGill said the team needs energy and to really support one another.

Sophomore Alfred Francis said the team needs to ensure that they do all the little things right, like good pitching, defense and situational hitting, in order to beat Oglethorpe.

Francis said the relationships the players have off the field will help to excel the team above and beyond opponents.

“I feel the single most important thing to

help us win the tournament is our brotherhood and bond because I feel like when we play for each other and especially our seniors, who may not ever play baseball again, it heightens our level of play,” Francis said.

If the Vikings defeat Oglethorpe on Friday, they will go on to play the winner of Birmingham-Southern and Centre College The tournament is double elimination, so the Vikings must lose twice in order to be

eliminated from the tournament. If the Vikings win out at Birmingham this

weekend, they will go on to face the winner of the other half of the conference tournament, which is being held at Millsaps College.

MARIE COLLOP asst. sports editor

Baseball to play Birmingham-Southern in tournament

JASON HUYNH, photojournalism editor

THE BASEBALL TEAM FINISHED the regular season with an 11-8-1 conference record and a 21-16-1 overall record.

MARIE COLLOP asst. sports editor

Tennis teams prepare for SAA championships

The men’s tennis team will travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. this weekend for the SAA championships. The team will face Birmingham-Southern College, who is the number three seed. When the two teams faced back on March 29, Berry dropped the match 7-2.

Junior Inigo Flores said he believes that in order to have a win in the first round, the team needs to play like they did earlier this season.

“If we play like we did in the beginning of the season, with

good energy and focus, we have a very good shot at beating Birmingham-Southern in the first round of the tournament,” Flores said.

This week, Flores said the team is working on consistency. Basing practice on consistency drills, Flores said, allows for the players to have strong confidence in themselves going into the weekend.

Sophomore Daniel Alligood said the team needs to remain healthy and play their best tennis to have a shot at beating BSC.

Alligood said the team’s strong suit is singles, so if they can win a couple doubles matches this weekend, they have a good chance at making it out of the first round. Alligood said

the team to beat is the first one they will face.“If we do not get past them, we will not have a shot at any

other team; so, Birmingham-Southern is our team to beat,” Alligood said.

If the team beats BSC, they will go on to the next round. Sewanee is the number one seed in the tournament.

The women’s tennis team will also travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Friday to take on Hendrix in the SAA championships. The Vikings head into the tournament as the number two seed, just behind Sewanee.

The women’s team will hope to continue a very successful regular season, which resulted in a 6-1 conference record and 10-2 overall record.

Block Party

On Saturday KCAB and Residence Life hosted their annual Block Party event. The event serves as an end of year bash for students going into the final weeks of school. Activities included outdoor inflatable games, giveaways and food.

FRESHMAN BENJI BRITT MAKES use of the open lawn during the event by playing frisbee.

SOPHOMORE JOSHUA CLAYTON ATTEMPTS to maintain his center of gravity on an inflatable surfing simulator.

PHOTOS BY JASON HUYNH, photojournalism editor

FRESHMAN ETHAN HAWKLAND ASSISTS senior Lizzie Hendrix on a slackline.

SUPER SIZE VERSIONS OF CONNECT FOUR AND JENGA PROVIDE entertainment as students wait for the larger attractions.

JUNIORS BRAD TILKA AND ALEX LOWE BATTLE it out on a gladiator style inflatable game where one person has to knock the other off the pedestal using only their large batons.