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ENTERTAINMENT 8

SPORTS 10

Berry student debt below national averageMarch

27, 2014vol. 105, #20

Engagementsand marriages

in collegep. 6

AUDRA FRADYstaff reporter

p.6

Federal ofcials announced Tuesday that

anyone seeking to apply for healthcare through

the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have until

about mid-April to ask for an extension. The

deadline had previously been March 31.

People will be able to qualify for an extension

by going to healthcare.gov and checking a box

indicating that they tried to apply before the

deadline.

However, Brad Reeder, Berrys director of

nancial planning, said the ACA, also known

as Obamacare, will not affect Berry as muchas it will affect other institutions or companies

because Berry already offers employees

insurance.

All full-time Berry employees are offered

medical, dental, prescription, life and disability

insurance at no cost to the employee, Reeder

said. Part-time employees are offered these

benets as well, but there is a cost.

Berry students are currently required to

report their insurance information to the school.

This is done to ensure that Berry will be able to

provide students insurance information to off-

campus hospitals or healthcare providers in the

case of an emergency or if the student does not

have the information readily available, Anita

Errickson, director of the Health and Wellness

Center, said. Students are not required to have

health insurance or pay a copay to use the

services at the Health and Wellness Center.

The only thing that the Health and Wellness

Center charges for is the gynecological

services, Errickson said.

MEGAN REEDnews editor

Index

Softball winsfour games

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Affordable Care Act

deadline extended

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Berry organizing walk for

Multiple Sclerosis research

GINNIE HIGHSMITHstaff reporter

Berry is sponsoring its 12th annual Multiple Sclerosis Walk

on campus on April 5 at 10 a.m.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects the central nervous system and

the ow of information throughout the body. Symptoms include

blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, challenges

with memory and possible paralysis. It is not contagious nor

necessarily genetic, and it affects more than 2.3 million people

worldwide. No cure has been found yet.

This walk is a national event that started in 1988. Berry hosts

the northwest Georgia districts walk for the Rome and Floyd

County community. The walk, which is held to raise awareness

of Multiple Sclerosis and fundraise for research and medication,

is being led by A New Year A New You, Berry College Volunteer

Services, head football coach Tony Kunczewski, associate vice

president of student affairs Julie Bumpus, and former Berry

professor Kay Gardner.

Bumpus said Berry hopes to raise $5,000 with an ultimate

goal of $17,000 for the Rome and Floyd County community.

Berry also hopes to have at least 100 students participate in the

walk. So far, 65 students have signed up.

Kunczewski said many will also nd personal meaning with

the walk.

This event is a great opportunity for people to honor loved

ones who have dealt with or are dealing with MS, Kunczewski

said.

Bumpus said the walk will help fund important research to

nd a cure for MS.

The best thing we can do is raise awareness and help fund

the needed research to help make a difference in the lives of thosewho are suffering or know people who are or have suffered with

MS, Bumpus said.The rst 100 students or faculty who sign up and participate

in the event will receive a free T-shirt. For more information on

MS and for students or faculty who would like to register, go to

nationalmssociety.org/goto/berrycollege.

72%%

of Berry graduates find ajob within a year ofgraduation.

of Berry graduates are employed or attendingschool within a year of graduating.

avg. debt of Berry College students for all 4 years

23%of Berry graduates attendgraduate school.&

95

25,335$

Department of Labor statisticsreport that of the class of 2011,

of recent graduates are employed, but itdoesnt specify whether these jobs were in

the graduates desired field.

%

74

percentage of Berrygraduates who receiveda degree between July 1,2012 and June 30, 2013and borrowed federalloans

%61

percentage of seniors who

graduate with student

loan debt nationally.70%

With graduation approaching,

many students are focusing on their

plans after college, especially how

to address the issue of debt.

Sixty-one percent of Berry

graduates who graduated betweenJuly 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013

borrowed federal student loans,

director of nancial aid Marcia

McConnell said. However, Sue

Tarpley, director of the Career

Center, said 95 percent of these

graduates either found a job or

attended graduate school within

one year of graduation, 72 percent

found employment and 23 percent

attended graduate school. Working

and going to graduate school helps

in paying back or deferring these

loans.

McConnell said the average

cumulative loan amount that

students take out at Berry is

$25,335, and Berry students debt

is less than the national average.

According to CNN Money,

December 2013, the average

student loan debt was $29,400

for the graduating class of 2012,

McConnell said. The article goes

on to share that seven of 10 seniors

graduate with student loan debt.

In addition, Berry students are

well below the national average

for defaulting on their loans.

McConnell said Berry graduates

default rate is 3.8 percent versus RYDER MCENTYRE, graphics editorSEE DEBT, P. 3

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AlcoholA student wascharged with

underage alcoholconsumptionon March 22.

MarijuanaTwo students were

charged withpossession of lessthan an ounce

of marijuana onMarch 22.

TrespassingA student and two

guests were removed

from the WinShape

Gym after hours

on March 23.

Medical

AssistsOfcers respondedto two medical assist

calls, one in DanaHall and the other

at Laughlin lawn,

on March 23.

Obscene

Phone CallsAn investigation about

obscene phone calls

began on March 25.

Vehicle

DamageThere was a report oftaillight damage in

the Morton Lemley

parking lot.

Interestedin writing for

the Carrier?The nextmeeting

will be onMarch 31

at 5:45 p.m.in Laughlin

113.

Police

Beat

Healthcare- Less than a month left to sign up forhealthcare through federal marketplaceErrickson said about 10 percent of students each year report being

uninsured.

While senior Koby Boatright is not in this 10 percent, he believes the law

can be overwhelming or confusing.

Most people try and talk about it as though they understand it, but

the simple fact of the matter is that a law that big is kind of a behemoth,

Boatright said.

The ACA provides people with the opportunity to remain on their

parents health insurance plans until they turn 26, which allows many

college students to maintain insurance benets after leaving home and even

after graduating college.Errickson said the ACA also protects people who have chronic health

conditions, such as asthma or diabetes, who may be denied insurance

otherwise.

If you were born with something if you have a chronic condition that

you deal with all the time, that can no longer be held against you when you

search out new insurance, Errickson said.

Also under the ACA, all Food and Drug Administration-approved

contraceptive methods are covered by insurance, as well as preventive

services such as screening for HIV, diabetes and depression.

Anyone who is uninsured will need to pay a penalty of either one percent

of their household income for the year or $95 per adult each year, whichever

amount is higher. People who are uninsured will also be required to cover

the costs of their own medical care.

Reeder said open enrollment for Berrys benet plans will begin onApril 1. Representatives from insurance carriers will be available to answer

questions about coverage and benets.

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Faculty panel discusses feminism

CAROLINE LEE, staff photojournalist

VICTOR BISSONNETTE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY,JULIA BARNES, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPANISH AND TASHATOY, DIRECTOR OF MULTICULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL

STUDENT PROGRAMS, DISCUSS their experiences as feministsand how they came to be feminists as part of the F Word Panelon March 20. They also asked the audience what feminismmeant to them, how feminism is perceived both positively andnegatively, especially among college students,and how allgroups of people are oppressed.

Field catches fire near Possum Trot

A eld near Possum Trot on

Mountain Campus caught on re

Tuesday afternoon after a student

attempted to drive through the grass.

Sophomore Blake Hudson was

driving on a service road off of PossumTrot Road when his car started a brush

re. About three acres of grass were

burned, chief of campus police Bobby

Abrams said.

I was driving and then there was

smoke, so I got out and saw that there

was a re under my car, Hudson said.

He got back in his car and backed it

out of the burning brush. He attempted

to put out the ames, but because of

the high winds, the re spread quickly.

Rome Fire Department put out the

ames before any more damage was

done.

[My car] just smokes sometimes.

As bad as it sounds, I am not very

surprised that it would do this,Hudson said.

He believes that something was

stuck in the undercarriage of his car,

creating enough friction to start the

re.

No one was injured from the

incident.

TREVOR SUTTONstaff reporter

PAUL WATSON, editor-in-chief

A FIELD ON MOUNTAIN CAMPUS CATCHES fire on Tuesday aftera student drove through the grass, starting the brush fire. Aboutthree acres of grass were burned, but the Rome Fire Departmentextinguished the fire before anyone was injured.

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Rave in theLibrary

Residence Life is hosting a rave on

March 28 from 10 p.m. to midnight in

the Memorial Library lobby. Donations

of $5 or $10 for Relay for Life will

be required for entry to the rave.

Arts and CraftsFestivalThe Art Society is hosting this

festival on April 5 from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. on the Moon Building lawn.

Poetry EventSteve Gehrke, a published poet

from the University of Nevada,

will read and discuss his poetry

on April 4 at 4 p.m. in McAllister

Hall 119 Auditorium. CE

Vagina MonologuesEmpower is hosting the annual

rendition of monologues celebrating

women and their struggles. Shows are

on April 4 at 10 p.m. and April 5 at 8

p.m. in Krannert Underground. CE

BerryConBerry College Alternate Realities is

hosting this event on March 29 from3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and March 30 f rom

5 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Krannert Center

Ballroom. Activities will include

panels, charity auct ions, prize rafes,

video game contests and more.

Graduate School

MeetingThe Career Center will be hostinga meeting, entitled Getting a Jump

on Graduate School, on April

3 at 5 p.m. in Krannert 250.

Music andDance FestivalReligion In Student Experience

is hosting the 9th Annual World

Music Festival on April 5 f rom 12

p.m. to 10 p.m. in Clara Bowl.

Spring BreakRetakeDana and Thomas Berry halls

are hosting this late night event

at the Cage Center Pool from

11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on April 4.

Battle on theMountainA bull riding event hosted by Block

and Bridle will be held on March 28

with gates opening at 6:30 p.m. and

bull riding star ting at 8 p.m. at the

Gunby Center on Mountain Campus.

Cosmic BowlingKCAB is hosting the nal

cosmic bowling event of the

semester on March 28 at Floyd

Lanes from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Admission is free for students.

Half Marathon,

10K and 5KThe Berry Half Marathon willbe held on March 29 at 8 a.m.

Shuttles for overow parking

will be available at Mount Berry

Square Mall starting at 6 a.m.

Color Me Berry Run returns

Color Me Berry Trail Run is

a 5K created by head program

coordinator for A New Year, A New

You (ANY ANY), senior Madison

Chandler. It will take place on

April 12 at 10 a.m. in the Morgan

and Deereld eld. The event is

sponsored by Firsthand4You, ANY

ANY and the senior class.

Runners will have various

colored powders thrown at them

throughout the route, so when they

nish, they will be covered in color.

Associate vice president of

student affairs Julie Bumpus said

the event has two purposes. The

rst is to encourage students,

faculty and staff to live a healthier

lifestyle and to improve physical

and spiritual health. The second

purpose is to raise money for

visually impaired children of Floyd

County, specically for a space

camp where kids can learn about

space with other visually impaired

children. Some children from this

organization will be part of the run.

The run is a way to celebrate

something we take for granted,

[to] be able to see, and we want to

recognize that through this event,

Chandler said. We want to give

people an opportunity to have fun

and stay healthy while helping a

good cause.

The rst annual Color Me Berry

5K trail run happened last year.

About 200 people participated and

around $2,000 was raised. This year

the organization wants to make it

bigger by having 400 participants

and collecting over $3,000. For its

outstanding outcome last year, the

event was awarded with the Best

Service Event Collaboration from

the Leadership and Service Awards.

People can expect to get a lot

of paint all over and have lots of

fun, Bumpus said.

Senior class president Amanda

Hearn said participants can expect

to enjoy themselves.

Participants can expect to have

a laid back day, a good exercise and

a great time, Hearn said.

People must register online

by April 12th to participate. The

cost of the run is $20 and includes

the event shirt and package with

paint. Following the run there is

a celebration with music, outdoor

games, a photographer and more

paint.

LAURA

RODRIGUEZstaff reporter

McConnell said Berry graduates

default rate is 3.8 percent versus the

national average of 10 percent.

This might come as a surprise

to many students who have seen

Berrys tuition rise each year.The ofcial increase is

expected to be announced the week

when [Berry College President

Stephen R. Briggs] issues his

annual letter to students, Brad

Reeder, assistant vice president for

nancial services, said. At that

time, the rates for tuition, room

and board will be posted to Berrys

website as well.

This announcement should be

made in the next couple of weeks.

Living with student debt has

become a reality for the majority of

students who want to graduate with

a college degree.

I have lots of student debt, and Iknow that I will have to start paying

on that soon, but I dont know how

much or exactly when, or how long

it will take to pay it all off, alumna

Leigh Diggs (13C) said.

Student debt can be a deterrent

to students, especially those who

look at private colleges like Berry

and are worried about the price.

However, private institutions often

have more money to give away

than public schools. McConnell

said because Berry is a privateinstitution, the college has funds

above the federal and state nancial

aid that students might get.

Over the last six years, the

budget of the Ofce of Financial

Aid for students has grown from

$32 million to over $54 million,

McConnell said. The greatest

percentage of increased funding

has come from the institutional

dollars. From the generous gifts

of our donors, we are hopeful that

next year the gure will be even

larger.

McConnell also gave several

suggestions for graduates dealing

with debt after leaving school.McConnell said students who

are not employed after graduation

should contact their loan servicer

immediately to determine if

they qualify for a deferment or

forbearance. This might allow the

student to temporarily postpone

making payments or to temporarily

reduce the amount paid. McConnell

also said that her best advice

to undergraduates who worry

about debt is to prepare a plan by

budgeting and communicatingdirectly with the loan service

provider. Often, loan consolidation

and other repayment option plans

signicantly reduce the stress of

students.

Unfortunately, many students

do not have these conversations as

undergraduates and feel unprepared

once they leave Berry to enter the

workforce.

To sum it all up, I feel lost

and Im nervous Ill do something

wrong, but I dont know who to

go to for answers, and I wish I

had asked someone before I left

school, Diggs said. I dont know

if thats nancial aids fault, or if Ijust didnt take advantage of them.

To take steps against this

unfortunate reality, students can be

proactive by seeking counsel from

the Ofce of Financial Aid on how

to best deal with debt.

Check out

archived

issues of the

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Medical marijuana bill in flamesGeorgias efforts to legalize

medical marijuana unfortunately got

smoked out this week, despite both

houses voting in favor of it. The

autism provision would increaseinsurance for small businesses,

which gave them less incentive to

pass it. This bill couldve eventually

expanded to help a larger community

of people with specic mental and

health conditions.

The call for this legalization

came from parents whose children

need medication for autism and

seizures. Other medications offered

werent helping in the same way or

as well as liquid cannabis (CBD)

would. State Rep. Allen Peake of

Macon, Ga. looked further and

took up the cause after learning

about Haleigh Cox, a 4-year-old

who suffers from frequent seizures.

Her parents wanted their daughter

to be treated with the liquid form

of cannabis, so her seizures would

decrease.

On the last day of the courts

session, the Senate approved House

Bill 885, but an ammendment was

added: insurance coverage for

treatment of autism in children. The

bill didnt end up passing because

with the autism provision, its

seen as increasing the cost of healthinsurance for small businesses.

Even though this law wouldve

been specic to children with autism

and/or seizures, there remains

the possibility of the community

of people being broadened in the

future. It eventually wouldnt have

been limited to a niche of people.

So in time, more people will be hurt

from this not passing.

People with mental and health

conditions who need the liquid

cannabis, are limited to where they

can live, like Colorado.

Thankfully, the Senate endorsed

a committee to continue to study the

issue. Since this bill wasnt passed

because of the autism provision,

hopefully they will nd a way for

a decrease in the cost of health

insurance for small businesses.

This might not have passed this

week, but that might change later in

Georgias future.

The Carrier editorial reects a consensus of the editorial board.

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Within its foreign affairs department, the U.S.

government has not been stable. In some situations,

we have intervened and provided aid in various

forms. In other instances, we have tried to keep

our hands clean of the situation and offered no

assistance to the struggling country. So why have

we been so wishy-washy in the way that we handle

these affairs?

I believe that we have been inconsistent in the

area of foreign affairs because of our trepidation

about the volatility of the country in question. In

some instances, the trepidation is practical and not

without merit, but in other instances we are leaving

our fellow allies out to dry without so much as an

explanation.

There are a myriad of suitable examples that t

this model that have been set forth, and there are of

course some instances where we have followed no

serious plan of action. First we can take the most

famous of these instances: September 11, 2001.

In this instance, President George W. Bush and

his congress took immediate, necessary action. Of

course, there are people who disagree completely

with his decision, and there are people who agree

completely with his decision. Regardless of what

political party that I claim to be, I agree with Bushs

immediate action. Whether the actual decision was

correct is beside the point. He had a plan, took

action on the plan and did not question his plan.

September 11 is one of the few instances which

we have taken immediate action without any

hesitation. There have been multiple instances

where we have either taken too long to act or have

taken no action at all.

A current issue, and one that could have a very

big impact on the United States government, is the

Ukraine conict. This situation is very delicate in

many ways. The most important one is the fact that

it has to do directly with Russia. It is internationally

known that Russia wants to contain their sphere of

inuence the countries that surround them. With

the most land mass and largest economy, Ukraine

is at the top of Russias list to keep contained.

Vladimir Putin has not hidden his interest in the

Ukraine, and certainly has never hidden his distaste

for the United States and our foreign affairs policy.

This makes this situation a very difcult one for

our government. Whatever decision is made will

have an immediate and prolonged impact on our

relations in the Eastern European sphere.

Obama has made empty threats. When he

threatened to intervene if the situation could not be

solved quickly, he instilled the idea that the United

States believes that we are in control of that areas

dispute in Russias mind. This is not the mindset

that we want to give to our Eastern counterparts,

and it is surely not the way we want to handle

decisions when Russia is involved.

No matter which political party you claim to be

a part of, and no matter which side you take in this,

I think we can all agree that it is imperative our

government make a quick and decisive call on what

to do.

How are we doing?

U.S. Government inconsistent with foreign affairs policy

ROBY JERNIGAN

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New York Times columnist

David Brooks wrote a piece titled

The Deepest Self on March 13

of this year in which he details

the limitations of living with an

evolutionary biological view of

human nature. That evolutionary

perspective includes two systems,

the rst and most ancient system

being the instinctual one. Thats

the system that contains our natural

urges and needs and is primarily

concerned with our survival. It has

many inuences over our active

cognitive functioning in order to

keep us alive. This basic layer

system is what makes us animals.

The second system, concerning

rationality and conscious thought, is

laid on top of our basic survival and

impulsive behavior. Evolutionary

biology asserts that this second

system developed as a result of

evolution which means the second

system is much more recent. We

were at rst animals, considering

only our survival. Then, we started

talking about the best ways to

survive, and we built communities.

After that, we started talking about

the community weve constructed.

Brooks goes further to explain

how we consider someone to

be deep and concludes by

paraphrasing ideas from the

theologian Paul Tillich, who

observes that during moments of

suffering, people discover they are

not what they appeared to be. The

suffering scours away a oor inside

themselves, exposing a deeper

level, and then that oor gets

scoured away and another deeper

level is revealed. Finally, people

get down to the core wounds and

the core loves.

We often describe people as

deep, and we qualify that with

some acknowledgment that they

have seen a good bit of suffering

in their time on earth, and Tillichs

observations reinforce that idea.

However, when a person knows that

strife, they are aware, culturally

and socially, that they have now

been deemed deeper because

through moments of suffering, they

have dug further into their layers.

Studying art last semester, I was

exposed to an increasingly complex

pattern evident in almost any form

of artistic expression. As I studied

the beginning of modernity in

painting , sculpture, and especi ally

southern literature, all the way to

the postmodernity of Seinfeld,

I felt like my eyes were really

opened for the rst time. Through

studying human artistic expression,

the socio-cultural construction

of the world became much more

clear to me, and I believe that

evolutionary viewpoint is vital and

its applications are in need of a

wider scope.

Art is the human expression

of suffering, and often times,

especially in developed nations,

our suffering is the result of

internal struggles between those

two systems. Weve invented

the profession of criticism, in

which a persons entire lifes work

revolves around examining and

weighing the artistic expression

of others, the self expression of

others. Thats a huge step in a

process which is undeveloping in

front of us for the rst time. Take

expression out of the context of art,

and we have social media, which

is essentially a collection of tools

we use to build relationships with

one another. Were all curating

something, were all deciding what

to post constantly, and with each

submission to our proles, were

creating the expressions which are

so telling about ourselves while

reinforcing our long distance

connections.

We possess the ability to

disseminate information instantly

to everyone in the world with access

to the Internet, and by that same

avenue, we can immediately nd out

anything about anything with the

same ease. What this boils down to

is awareness, and most importantly,

self-awareness on a species-

wide scale. Were the most aware

civilization in history, naturally,

but also articially. We choose

different causes to individually

become passionate about because

in an instant we can choose to join

that causes respective community.

Weve created a world in the image

of ourselves in the image of our

evolutionary human nature.

Globalized, connected society is

hierarchically, and without choice,

following the same structure to

which individual humans have

been adhering since the dawn of

human cognizance. This increased

awareness is happening at the

forefront within our own millennial

generation. We experienced early

adolescence at the boom of personal

computing, weve matured into

young adults at the solidication of

our seemingly ubiquitous need for

immediate gratication, and now

were moving into the workforce

and leadership capacities as a

people expecting to be constantly

connected to those just like us.

The media writ large is

obsessed with talking about

how individualized we are as

millennials, but their coverage

is blithely ignorant of the truth

that, while we choose to not

connect with those around us, we

now have the choice to connect

with people much more similar,

much more identiable, around

the world, and given that choice,

weve so far chosen the latter. The

immediate social ramications of

this behavioral choice are obvious,

but I see those ramications as

irrelevant. If evolutionary biology

has taught us anything about

ourselves, it has even more to

teach us when we consider it as

the modus operandi of humanitys

collective experience.

Indeed I nd Tillichs words

to ring truth to our connected

society. As international, digital

communities are built upon

any number of self-dening

characteristics, were inevitably

brought to the same conclus ion:

Were all suffering, and that

suffering tells us something about

us all as human beings, and now

were able to be cognizant of every

type of suffering experienced

by everyone around us currently

and those who came before us in

history.

I believe that one day in the

near future, say in the next 50

years, there will be a time of

almost ubiquitous awareness of

every avor of suffering. Just look

at the recent success of websites

like Upworthy.com, which posts

(annoying) headlines highlighting

social injustice.

We might appear as more

individualized than ever, but I

believe that spike of individualism

is merely a momentary retreat from

the ever-evolving yet currently

undeveloped global consciousness.

Weve stumbled out into the

frightening and tumultuous frontier

of global identication, and we

were immediately overwhelmed.

Imagine the overwhelming feeling

of being blind for your entire

life and then one day you wake

up with eyesight. Imagine the

cavemen who discovered re, and

were immediately afraid of its

magical, destructive power that

at that point you couldnt help

but misunders tand. Once we as

millennial cavemen stop fearing

that socio-cultural revolution in

which the world mirrors the world

within us, well exit the cave and

try our hands at that community re

once again, this time all the wiser.

5

Walking outsidebarefoot.

Maddie Ludvik,Freshman

The pretty flowers.Carly Crider,

Senior

The changing color ofthe leaves.

Eric Eaton,Junior

Warm Weather.Clay Collins,

Junior

How everything turnsto growth.

Shira Pollio,Sophomore

Whats your

favorite part about

spring?

March 27, 2014

RYDER MCENTYREgraphics editor

Macro sociocultural post-humanism

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RACHEL YEATEScopy editor

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OLIVIA BROWNfeatures editor

CHRISTIAN TURNERphotojournalism editor

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HALEY ATHENSopinions editor

JADE IZAGUIRREentertainment editor

RYDER MCENTYREgraphics editor

NICK VERNONdeputy news editor

MARY CURRYasst. features editor

MATT SMITHasst. sports editor

CHELSEA HOAGasst. photojournalist editor

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JASON HUYNHp.r. director

KEVIN KLEINEadviser

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Goin' to thWhat is your opinion on college

students getting engaged ormarried before they graduate?

To each

his/her own

I support it

I disagree

OLIVIA BROWNfeatures editor

PHOTOS BYCHRISTIAN TURNER

photojournalism editor

Out of 20,928undergraduates surveyedby the National Center for

Education Statistics in 2008,about

18%

reported they weremarried.

BERRY SURVEY

DEMOGRAPHICS

600 total respondents

male

74%

22%

24% 25%

29%

26%

female

freshman

junior senior

sophomore

Relationship

statuses oncampus:

single

30%in a

relationship

52%engaged5%married

1%it's

complicated

4%

Having a collegedegree decreases

the risk of divorce by

25%A couple marryingover the age of 25

decreases the risk ofdivorce by

24%Having a religious

afliation decreases

the risk of divorce by

14%

DECREASING THERISK OF DIVORCE

63% 17%13%

*the white spacerepresents "other"

*

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Townhouses

Puzzle of the week

Muppets sequel does not disappoint

Muppets Most Wanted, the

sequel to the 2011 movie The

Muppets, is enjoyable for all ages.

Picking up right where the lastmovie ended, Muppets Most

Wanted follows the gang on a

tour around Europe doing a slew

of shows to revive their stardom

with new tour manager Dominic

Badguy (Ricky Gervais). The catch

is that Kermit has been replaced by

Constantine, the most dangerous

frog in the world, and is stuck in the

Gulag of Siberia under the watchful

eye of Warden Nadya (Tina Fey).

While the plot gets pretty

ridiculous at times, there is still an

underlying message for children to

take home: Getting what you want

is not always what you need. The

Muppets realize that they can not

always do every skit and act the

way they want if they want to have

a good show. Sacrice is needed to

make the show the best it can be.Even though the plot is aimed at

children, there are many humorous

puns and jokes for older audience

members, most referencing the

movie making process, 90s R&B

music, the original Muppets show

and European policy. Even though

some of the jokes are aimed at the

parents taking their children to the

movie, the happy songs and dances,

lame jokes, funny voices and bright

colors are more than enough to keep

the kids in their seats.

Keeping with true Muppets

fashion, there are numerous cameos.

Some stars include Tom Hiddleston

(Thor), Zach Galinakis

(The Hangover), Ray Liotta

(Goodfellas), James McAvoy

(X-Men: First Class) and Lady

Gaga.While the movie focuses mainly

on the Muppets, there are many

scene-stealing moments from the

human cast members. Tina Feys

(30 Rock) portrayal of Russian

warden Nadya is the right mix of

serious, lovable and ridiculous and

will have you hating her, loving her

and falling over with laughter in

quick succession.

Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

plays the stuffy and straight-laced

Swiss Interpol ofcer working with

the Muppet Sam the Eagle of the

CIA to try to catch the nefarious

Constantine. Burrells over-the-top

European mannerisms bring the

American view of the Europe and

its policies to life in a farcical way.

Lastly, Ricky Gervais (The Ofce:

UK) plays the two-faced tourmanager Dominic Badguy.

All in all, this movie is wonderful

and can be enjoyed by all.

Conclusion:

Worth seeing in theaters.

BerryCon ScheduleKrannert Ballroom

March 29, Saturday:Maid Cafe.................................3-5 p.m.Photo Opps....................................6 p.m.Panel: Fan Films..........................3 p.m.Panel: Harry Potter......................4 p.m.Panel: Elder Scrolls......................5 p.m.Panel: Doctor Who......................6 p.m.Panel: FanFiction.........................7 p.m.Panel: PodCasts...........................8 p.m.Panel: Attack on Titan................9 p.m.Costume Contest.........................7 p.m.Art Contest.............................7:30 p.m.

Open Mic Reading......................8 p.m.Karaoke.........................................9 p.m.

March 30, Sunday:Open Mic Reading......................8 p.m.Cosplay Dance Off.......................9 p.m.Closing........................................10 p.m.Panel: Tolkien..............................6 p.m.Panel: LGBT Lit/Media...............7 p.m.Panel: Death Note........................8 p.m.Panel: Sherlock............................9 p.m.

COMMENTARY BY

AUSTIN SUMTER

online editor

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9March 27, 2014

Visions brings varietyLast weekend, the Berry College Dance

Troupe put on Visions, their 17th annual

dance concert, which featured more works

from student choreographers than ever

before.

Of the 15 pieces, 12 were choreographed

by students who have completed a

choreography class in the past. The show was

nearly two hours long and ranged in a variety

of styles, including ballet, hip-hop, tap and

Latin dance.

The Latin dance, Sabor y Calor, was

taught to a group of students last year during

a Maymester in Costa Rica.

The performance was well received by

students and Rome citizens alike. Freshman

Miranda Flack said it [had] a really nice

variety. I really liked the a capella dance.

The concert has been in the works for

some time now. Junior Payton Campbell

choreographed the piece Oculus and

performed in ve of the dances.

Ive been working on this piece since

last year, around the time of the last dance

concert, he said. I also created the costumes

themselves. I came up with the design over

summer break and then started building them

spring semester, Campbell said.

Jeanne Schul, the artistic director the

troupe, choreographed the piece Longings.

She discusses the amount of work that the

students choreographers have put into their

dances over the past couple of months.

The most important thing is how

committed the choreographers have been this

year to the success of this show, said Schul.

This is the 17th week theyve been in

rehearsal with their students, she said. That

in itself is admirable. Its a lot of work!

JADE IZAGUIRREasst. entertainment editor

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PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN TURNER, photojournalism editor

JUNIOR HAYLEY BATCHELOR PERFORMS in the dance piece Oculus accompanied by the song Hanging Onby Active Child and choreographed by junior Payton Campbell. The dances were accompanied by a range ofdifferent types of songs, including Technologic by Daft Punk, Give Me Love by Ed Sheeran and Love the WayYou Lie: Part III by Skylar Grey.

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Over the weekend, the Lady Vikings

completed a Southern Athletic Association

(SAA) four-game sweep over Sewanee: The

University of the South Lady Tigers. The Vikings

nished with a combined 22 hits in their last two

games Sunday.

Freshman inelder Katie Rowland led the

offense after going 3-4 with a double, two runs

and three RBI. Sophomore rst baseman Shelby

Smith went 2-2 with a triple, two runs and two

RBIs.

Smith said she was not surprised by her

teams success and said she felt they prepared

well.

Looking at the scouting reports before the

game, we knew it was important for us to use

our bats and focus on having errorless defense,

Smith said.

Although the games might not have been as

intense as the Vikings wanted, the team was able

to focus and improve individually and as a team.

Senior outelder Sara Vigue recorded her rst

homerun of the season Sunday. Vigue said she

felt their coach prepared them well mentally.Each weekend that we go into our games,

Coach has encouraged us to focus on specic

areas of our game, Vigue said. For this game

she told us to focus a lot on keeping energy.

When playing four games in a weekend, that can

sometimes be challenging.

However challenging, the Vikings were able

to make it look awless, scoring four homeruns

for the weekend and pitching 3-4 shutout games.

Assistant coach Tonya Medders complimented

the teams success and their work ethic.

We have a team full of girls that want to

improve and work hard. Tonya said. When you

have a team like that it is hard to be surprised

when you see success.

Vigue said the games against Sewanee were

majorly benecial in helping boost the teams

condence. We have a strong offensive team,

and Coach really had us focus on defense before

we go in and play Millsaps. Vigue said.

The Vikings (17-5, 9-0) travel to play the

Millsaps College Majors in a four-game series in

Jackson, Miss. this weekend. They will play two

games on Saturday, March 29 and the next two

on Sunday, March 30.

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ALESA HAMMAKERstaff reporter

Lady Vikings softball sweeps Sewanee

OLIVIA MURPHY, staff photojournalist

FRESHMAN CATCHER KENZIE FLEMING PREPARES to bat against Sewanee:The University of the South Tigers this weekend. The Vikings sweptSewanee across all four games they played.

Dont Miss:

ThursdayMarch 27

WomensTennis

vs Huntingdon

2:30 p.m.

MensTennis

vs Huntingdon

4 p.m.

SaturdayMarch 29

Mens& Womens

Tennisvs. Centre

11 a.m.

Baseball loses three straight, wins on Wednesday

MATT SMITHasst. sports editor

The Berry baseball team played

Birmingham Southern College on

Sunday in the nal game of a three-game

series played over the weekend.

The Vikings were defeated by the

Panthers with a nal score of 3-2. The

low scoring game was a battle between

both teams pitchers, both of whom did

not allow any runs during the rst seven

innings.

The Panthers scored the rst run

of the game in the eighth inning off

of Berrys sophomore pitcher TJ

Montgomery, who scattered ve hits

during the game.

The Panthers scored two more runs

during the top of the ninth inning off

of the Vikings sophomore relief pitcher

Danny Parry. They nished the game

with a total of seven hits.

The Vikings scored both of their runs

during the bottom of the ninth inning.

Junior rst basemen Alex McGill

was the rst to score for the Vikings,

running home from a ground out by

shortstop freshman Alfred Francis.

Senior second basemen Austin Neely

also scored for the Vikings, making it

home after a single from senior catcher

Will Heard, who had two of the seven

hits for the Vikings during the game.

The game ended when sophomore rstbaseman Doug Heath grounded out to

third base.

Following the game, the Vikings

record moved to 16-7, with a 6-3 record

in the Southern Athletic Association

Conference. The Panthers record

moved to 19-4, with an SAA record of

10-2.

We just need to focus on bringing

the same intensity to every practice and

game for the rest of the season, Heard

said. We have great senior leadership

and a lot of guys who are contributing in

different roles.Heard also said he believes the team

has a new outlook on the season because

of the postseason potential.

The team denitely has a different

mentality than other teams in the past,

Heard said. A lot of that has to do with

it being the rst year we can qualify for

the NCAA tournament.

Head coach David Beasley said the

key to a successful postseason in the

NCAA tournament will be a good defense.

We have a good defensive club,

Beasley said. Which is the key to what

we are doing right this year. I think weare improving on defense compared to

the past couple of years ... This is the

rst year that we are eligible for the

postseason ... and we have taken a huge

step that we need to in order to move on

for the future.

The Vikings next game was played

on Wednesday, March 26 at Maryville

College. The Vikings nished with a

13-5 win, improving their record by

bringing it to 17-7. Seniors outelder

Stephen Gaylor and catcher/third

basemen Zach Farmer led the Vikings

offensively, with Gaylor scoring tworuns and stealing two bases and Farmer

scoring three runs and one home run.

The Vikings will next play at

Millsaps College in Jackson Miss. on

Saturday, March 29.

PAUL WATSON, editor-in-chief

JUNIOR OUTFIELDER KEVIN SCOTT hits a ball during a game last season. The Vikingshave compiled a 17-7 record so far this season compared to the 18-24 overallrecord they ended with in 2013.

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SATURDAY

MARCH 22

>

Softball

vs. Sewanee

Doubleheader

W: 17-1

W: 13-0

Baseball

vs. BSC

Doubleheader

L: 1-6

W: 5-4

SUNDAY

MARCH 23

>

Baseballvs. BSC

L: 2-3

Softballvs. Sewanee

W: 11-0

Softballvs. Sewanee

W: 11-0

Mens

Basketball

at BSC

March 27, 2013 11

After being down by three goals, the

Vikings battled back against the CentreCollege Colonels, only to have the win slip

away in the nal two minutes, resulting in a

12-10 loss.

The Vikings had a slow start after an errant

ball hit head coach Curtis Gilbert during warm-

ups. He had to be transported to the hospital

and did not return to the sidelines. Assistant

coach Travis Glennon became acting head

coach while Gilbert was recovering.

Junior attacker Max Smerka said that this

affected the teams focus resulting in the slow

start.

We didnt play very well; we were not

as focused as we should have been, Smerka

said. When Gilbert had a chance to watch the

game footage, he said it was one of the worst

games he had ever seen this team play.

The team looked incredibly sloppy,

undisciplined and unfocused, Gilbert said.

A goal in the nal minute of the rst quarter

by senior midelder Bryan Byers helped the

Vikings gain momentum.

The seniors really stepped up as leaders

and got us back into the game, senior

midelder Cal Supik said. The rst goal by

[Byers] was huge.

The Vikings battled back as Byers led the

way with ve goals with the help of junior

attacker, Corey Hall who had three goals.

With six minutes left in the game, the

Vikings were up by one goal. Centres senior

attacker Peter Murphy tied the game with ve

minutes left. The Vikings gave up a quickgoal, and their last effort was stopped by two

penalties giving Centre a man up opportunity

resulting in the 12-10 loss.

Junior midelder Grant Phillips and

sophomore midelder Christian Akers both

scored goals for the Vikings. Akers had two

assists, while Hall and attack Kyle Lombardi

both had one assist. Senior goalkeeper Jordan

Boreman saved 12 shots but allowed 12 goals.

The Vikings next game is Friday at Rhodes

College in Memphis, Tenn. at 7 p.m.

Gilbert said he will not be traveling this

weekend as he will be having surgery on

Friday due to the injury sustained during the

game against Centre. He said he hopes to

be back on the sideline coaching later next

week when the team travels to Sewanee: The

University of the South on Saturday, April 5.

TREVOR SUTTONstaff reporter

Comeback falls short, lacrosse loses to Centre 12-10

CONTRIBUTED BY KAYLA SANNER

SENIOR MIDFIELDER BRYAN BYERS CRADLES the ball as he looks for apass during a game earlier in the season.

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Celtic craze at

the kissing cabinThe mountain campus late night event, AleYeah, was a night a Scottish-themed partythat consisted of contra-dancing, a pettingzoo, sheep-launching, ale-drinking, anda good old-fashioned tire toss.

FACE PAINTING IS borderline mandatory for studentslike sophomore Rhett Morrell and junior AmandaWright who want to get fully into the spirit.

PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN TURNER, photojournalism editor

SENIOR KEVIN SHEPHERD FLINGS a tire as far as he can to tryto beat the other throwers before him.

SOPHOMORE SHENANDOAH PHILLIPS CUDDLES a baby duckat the petting zoo by the kissing cabin.

CONTRA DANCING GETS all the students on their feet as they learn dances by following the callers commands.