Jan.

1, 22,
May
2014
vol.2015
105, #25

Taylor set to replace Bumpus in June

vol. 106, #13

MEGAN REED
editor-in-chief

campus carrier

Lindsey
Taylor,
currently
assistant dean of students for
residence life, will be beginning a
new role as assistant vice president
for student affairs on June 1.
She will be replacing Julie
Bumpus, who is retiring after having
been at Berry for 10 years.
Taylor will supervise the
Counseling Center, Health and
Wellness Center and Multicultural
and International Programs. She will
also immediately begin planning for
this summers SOAR orientation
program, which she said she is
anticipating.
I love Berry, and I think its just
going to be exciting to get to usher
in the new members of the family,
if you will, and get to share why
people have chosen to be a part of
this community, Taylor said. Its
just a different opportunity than
what I usually get.
Taylor said the college is also
considering the establishment of
a parents council, which she has
discussed with dean of students
Debbie Heida.
(The council) would be an

advisory group to us, much as we

have a Board of Visitors thats
an advisory group of alumni and
community leaders who are an
advisory to the college, Heida said.
While
Bumpus
currently
supervises the judicial board,
which addresses student conduct
violations, Taylor will not be
overseeing the board. Taylors
replacement in residence life will
supervise the judicial board.
Heida, who led the search
for Bumpus replacement, said
it is not an unusual model for
conduct violations to be handled by
Residence Life faculty.
College President Stephen R.
Briggs said Taylors experience in
residence life has prepared her for
her new role.
She has a great understanding
of how the campus works as a
residential community, he said.
Because of her experience in
(Residence Life), and her good
management skills and her good
relational people skills, shell do a
good job with being able to extend
the emphasis on the residential
community through some of these
other support areas.
Briggs said he has also enjoyed

MEGAN REED, editor-in-chief

LINDSEY TAYLOR WILL BEGIN her new role as

assistant vice president for student affairs
on June 1. She is currently assistant dean of
students for residence life.
working with Bumpus.
Dean Bumpus has done a great
job for a long time and she brings
that enthusiasm and that electricity
thats been fun, he said.

Obama proposes free community college

CHELSEA HOAG

Index

OPINIONS

FEATURES

ENTERTAINMENT

managing editor

In President Barack Obamas State of the Union

address Tuesday evening, he announced a plan to
make the first two years of community and technical
college as free as public high school.
By the end of this decade, two in three job
openings will require a higher education, he said.
Obama announced the idea to the public for the first
time in a video and press release on the White Houses
blog on Jan. 8.
In a growing economy, the White House press
release said an estimated 35 percent of job openings
will require at least a bachelors degree and 30 percent
will require some college or an associates degree by
2020. If all 50 states choose to accept the presidents
new community college proposal, also called
Americas College Promise, it could save a full-time
community college student $3,800 in tuition per year
on average and aid about 9 million students each year.
Requirements would be slightly lower than
Georgias HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils
Educationally) Scholarship that requires a minimum
SEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, P. 2

SPORTS

MEGAN REED
editor-in-chief

Both
incoming
freshmen
and returning students will have
additional housing options this fall,
including the likely addition of male
students in Clara Hall.
Men have never been housed at
the Ford Complex, and it is currently
the only single-gender living area
on campus. However, Lindsey
Taylor, assistant dean of students
for residence life, said housing male
students in Clara would alleviate
room designation issues that

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS at the

State of the Union Address on
changes to the education system.

have accompanied a rise in male

enrollment at Berry.
We continue to have this
increase in male students, which is a
great thing. We want that, she said.
What we dont have is the ability
to maximize the use of our space,
and what I mean by that is when I
go to do gender designations for
the upcoming year, I go based off
of some averages from the past few
years to give me an idea of what the
next class should look like. That is a
very imperfect process.
Taylor said that because
current students go through the
room selection process before the
college has definite numbers for

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PETE SOUZA,
official White House photographer

Upcoming changes to residence halls

the

Bumpus will chair the search

for a new assistant dean of students
for residence life. The search is
expected to begin at the end of this
month.

the incoming freshman class, some

current students are displaced over
the summer and are reassigned to a
different residence hall.
Clara was chosen for male
students because of its single
rooms with bathrooms, which some
students request or need, as well as
its triple rooms. Male students have
also requested to live in an all-male
residence hall, which Berry does not
currently offer, and Clara could be a
solution, Taylor said.
Both
freshmen
and
upperclassmen would be housed in
Clara.

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Community college-

grade-point average of 3.0.

Americas College Promise
requires a student to maintain a 2.5
GPA and attend at least half time.
The White House press release
also requires community colleges
to offer programs that are either
fully transferable credits to local
public four-year colleges and
universities
or
occupational
training with high graduation rates
targeted toward in-demand degrees
and certificates.
Community colleges must also
create evidence-based institutional
reforms in order to enhance student
outcomes.
Federal funding will cover
75 percent of the average cost of
community college. Participating
states will be expected to
contribute the remaining funds
necessary to eliminate the tuition
for the eligible students, according
to the press release.
Obama found inspiration for
the proposal from Tennessees
implementation of a similar bill,
providing all Tennesseans who met
the requirements an opportunity to
go to community college for free.
Republican Governor Bill
Haslam saw the opportunity to
help businesses meet a shortage of
skilled and educated workers.
John Grout, dean of the
Campbell School of Business
and Garrett professor in business
administration, said his suspicion
is that Georgia will find a way for
Americas College Promise to

make the HOPE scholarship go

further.
In terms of impacting Berry,
Grout doesnt see a huge impact in
the short term and is not convinced
the proposal will affect Berry very
much in the long term.
I think that Berry was far more
concerned when HOPE scholarship
started because it then competing
against good, big state schools for
free, Grout said.
If the taxes to pay for free
community college comes out
of the pockets of the wealthiest
people, and those people are also
donors to Berry College, they
might not be able to give as much
because they arent making as
much. That might impact Berry,
but I dont really see that being a
noticeable change.
Sheila Jones, Director of
marketing and communications
at Georgia Highlands College,
said it is too early to speculate
what the concerns would be, but
Georgia Highlands anticipates
learning more about the proposal
and in particular the ability for
adult students to participate who
are most often impacted by HOPE
funding limitations and federal
financial aid caps.
Fortunately in Georgia, the
costs of attending a two-year
institution remains among the
lowest in the country and many
students qualify for federal and
state aid enabling them to attend
two-year colleges at little to no

Residence LifeCollege President Stephen R.

Briggs said the option of opening
Ford for male students has been in
discussion for several years and that
the decision is part of an effort to
create a slightly different dynamic
on the Ford campus.
Well also begin to use Ford
Gymnasium more and more for
some recreational activities as
well, Briggs said. (Were) just

trying to rethink, reenergize whats

happening at Ford campus.
Taylor also announced that
students living in Poland Hall next
academic year will be permitted to
have pets.
We have a lot of students who
do some really cool things with
animals every day, and animals are
a large part of some students lives,
Taylor said. We are going to take a

costs, Jones said. In fact, at

Georgia Highlands College, a
number of our students receive
financial aid refunds.
In terms of enrollment, Grout
said he isnt sure if much of a
change will occur because Berry
College is already competing
against the University of Georgia
and Georgia Tech where a student
with a 3.0 GPA can both go for
free.
Having people going to
Georgia
Highlands
College
for free isnt going to have a
huge impact on Berry College
because Berry College works in
a different market, Grout said.
People who wouldnt have gone
to community college before and
now will, because they can afford
it are probably not going to end
up at Berry because of financial
considerations.
Jones said Georgia Highlands
College students attend with
the goal to transfer to another
institution and havent considered
earning an associates degree.
Georgia Highlands College
is working to change that trend
and have experienced record
graduation numbers in the past two
years with over 600 graduates,
Jones said.
A number of students and
families are beginning to discover
the amount of money they can
save by earning as associates
degree prior to transferring to an
university.

Jones said there are too many

unknowns at the moment to
determine the potential impact
on Georgia Highlands student
enrollment.
As a two-year institution, we
are able to adjust fairly and quickly
and increase our enrollment
capacity if needed, Jones said.
Grout said colleges might get
more for their money if students
transfer into a state university after
taking general education classes at
a place that delivers it for less and
utilize state funding infrastructure.
If you were a state school
administrator, you might have
capacity constraints. For instance,
the University of Georgia cant
get that much bigger. Capacity
could be generated if freshman
and sophomore classes were held
elsewhere, taking their general
education classes, and transferring
to UGA for their junior and senior
year, Grout said.
Jones said the most popular
institutions students transfer to
include Kennesaw State University,
the University of West Georgia and
the University of Georgia. Students
in the career fields of nursing,
dental hygiene and human services
normally move directly into their
career field. Their decisions are
often due to the availability of
funding resources.
According to President Obama
at the State of the Union, 40
percent of Americas college
studentschoose community college.

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year and were going to pilot this.
Were going to restrict it theres
a lot of students who have allergy
concerns.
Both male and female students
will live in Poland, and students
with pets will need to register their
pet with the college. Berry will
maintain its pet policy in other
residence halls.
Taylor said that residence life

staff is considering an online

room selection process and that
upcoming seniors hoping to live off
campus will be asked to participate
in a lottery.
Housing contracts and a $200
prepayment are due on March 20.
Room selection is set for April 12
and 14. Applications for theme
housing and accomodations are due
on Feb. 27.

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RUNNER

SPANISH MOVIE
FESTIVAL

On Jan. 24, KCAB

is showing The
Maze Runner in
Krannert Ballroom
from 9 to 11 p.m.

The Foreign Language

Department is showing
the movie 15 Years
and 1 Day in Memorial
Library Sandbox on Jan.
26 from 6 to 8 p.m. CE

HOPKINS LECTURE

INTERNATIONAL
MOVIE
MARATHON

Dr. Bill Hopkins

will lecture on our
understanding of
typical and atypical
human behavior on
Jan. 27 from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. in Evans 140. CE

Berry International Club

will host a film screening
on Jan. 28 and 29 from
7 to 9 p.m. in Evans 140.

LUMEN LECTURE
Dr. Charles Marsh from
the University of Virginia
will talk about Dietrich
Bonhoeffer in Krannert
Ballroom on Jan. 26
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. CE

REND COLLECTIVE
Rend Collective will
perform and lead
worship in the college
chapel on Jan. 29 from
7 to 8 p.m. Admission is
free for Berry students,
$15 for guests.

GERMAN
FILM SERIES
On Jan. 27 the Foreign
Language Department
is showing the movie
The Edukators in
McAllister 115 from
6 to 9 p.m. CE

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OTHER
NEWS

KCAB TRIVIA
TAKEDOWN

KCAB 90S
SKATE NIGHT

On Jan. 30, KCAB

is hosting a trivia
night in Krannert
Center Ballroom
from 9 to 11 p.m.

On Jan. 31, KCAB is

hosting a 90s themed
skate night at Fun
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11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Photography book on Berry eagles released

JADE IZAGUIRRE
staff reporter

The Berry eagles have attracted the

attention of over 200 million views
worldwide and are the subject of a new
photography book called Majestic: The
Bald Eagles of Berry College.
Since the eagles first confirmed nest
on campus in 2012, a strong community
of birders has formed around the eagles
and even a fan page dubbed B3 Branch
Buddies has emerged.
Gena Flanigen, a retired life science
teacher, school administrator and the
author of Majestic: The Bald Eagles of
Berry College, is one of many in the
Rome community who spent countless

hours observing the eagles.

Her book encompasses two years of
photography, details the extensive history
of the eagles and provides discussion on
eagle behavior.
Flanigen began photographing the
birds of prey with little experience in
professional wildlife photography. She
said the experience really helped me as
a photographer because it forced me to
learn how to use my camera.
Flanigen received help from several
people on campus as she worked on the
book.
Berry alumnus Zane Cochran, who
already had experience in publishing
photography books about Berry, helped
her in the design and layout of the 128page book.

Flanigen also enlisted the help of

associate professor of biology Renee
Carleton in writing on the history of the
eagles in the foreword.
Flanigen said she plans to continue
photographing the eagle duo and hopes to
make another book.
Carleton said she and the rest of the
community will have plenty to look
forward to next month when the two eggs
currently in the nest are expected to hatch.
The first of the two eggs was laid Jan.
6 and the second was laid Jan. 9.
Last year the eagles had also laid two
eggs but only one hatched. Carleton said
she believes that the unhatched egg was
never fertilized. Whether or not one or
both of the eggs are unviable this year
will not be known until after next month.

Regardless of whether or not the eggs

hatch, the eagles are expected to continue
returning to Berry for around 10 to 15
years, Carleton said.
We dont know how old they are, of
course. I suspect that theyre at least 10
years old, Carleton said. They can live
to be 28 in the wild.
Additionally, Carleton said we are
seeing more sub-adult and young adult
eagles in this area.
She said she believes that Berry will
continue to see more nests in the next
couple of years.
Majestic: The Bald Eagles of Berry
College is available at the Oak Hill Gift
Shop. Carleton will be hosting a question
and answer webinar about the eagles on
Feb. 26.

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Our View
The carrier editorial

Speech, religion and everything else

Over the winter break, Paris

experienced a terrorist attack on
the satirical newspaper, Charlie
Hebdo. The attack claimed
the lives of 17 people. Muslim
extremists conducted the attack
after the paper depicted the Muslim
prophet Muhammad, an act against
the Muslim religions tenants.
Charlie Hebdo responded by
making a depiction of the prophet
Muhammad the cover of their next
issue published after the attack. The
terrorist attack and Charlie Hebdos
response have sparked global
debates on the importance of both
freedom of expression and freedom
of religion.
Both of these rights are essential
and must be protected. However,
when the rights are positioned as
opposing, the lines protecting both
of them can be terrifyingly blurred.
With this line blurred, one of these
rights can be upheld at the cost of
the otherspeech over religion and
religion over speech. Neither of the
cases present freedom and are both
harmful for equal rights.
When speech is placed above
religion, news can often be biased
and embittered against a particular
religion. An example of this is
Islamophobia in the media. The
news media can feed into everyday
peoples prejudices. An article from
the New York Times on Jan. 19
reports on how Fox News incorrectly
reported that there were areas in
France that were exclusively Muslim
and largely lawless with even police
not daring to go there. These places,
or no-go zones as Fox called
them, were completely fictional and
Fox has since been roasted by some
of the French media. However, this

type of reporting still hypes massive

distrust against a religious group
of peopleMuslims. Embittering
a religion because of the actions of
a small group of extremists is an
injustice to the freedom of religion
and a disservice to the rest of the
religion.
Weve already seen the injustice
of putting religion above freedom of
speech because it is exactly this kind
of mindset that led to the extremist
terrorist attacks to begin with.
Equality is based on the assumption
that no one persons opinion can be
valued so much that they disregard
anothers. Yet, isnt this exactly
what religious based terrorist attacks
do? The extremists assume that
their beliefs, their religion, are so
unquestionably correct that they
come above others right to speak,
right to hear and, for some, right to
live.
When rights seem to conflict,
how can we uphold one without
trampling on the other? Well, for
one, the rights dont have to conflict
if they can just keep this in mind
respect. For the news, this means
respecting other peoples religions
and not villifying a group based
on the actions of a few extremists.
Now, were not proposing that news
programs cant discuss or even
criticize religions. Part of the right
of speech is the right to disagree.
What we do suggest is that when it
comes to religion, news work extra
hard to present a fair and inclusive
report on what can be a wide
and varying group. For religion,
this means taking the criticism
and respecting that just because
someone is disagreeing does not
mean they should be silenced.

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The rise of adminstrative power and the fall of student opinion

44

Several recent and major developments impacting

the entire Berry community have shown a reduction
of student significance in favor of an unequivocal
administrative authority in enacting these new policy
decisions.
The decisions I am referring to are: the rise of football
as an athletic program in spite of substantial disapproval
among a large number of the students and faculty/staff,
the placement of the football stadium despite human
and eagle community disturbance and disapproval, the
LifeReady Campaign which has been given minimal
explanation and so for most students appears a superficial
re-appropriation of existing structures to defeat the need
for implementing new programs that accomplish the
programs vaguely presented goals, and the tobacco free
campus policy. This policy was delivered as an ultimatum
by the highest power of the school without input from
any other apparent sources.
The nature of the decision making process, rather
than the comparatively trivial outcomes of the decisions
themselves, is what leaves me feeling powerless and
alienated within a community in which I am encouraged
to be an integral part.
The urgency, specificity and absoluteness that
characterize the various decisions lead one to believe that
they are being enacted according to a primary value of
maintaining or evolving Berrys image as an institution
to seduce higher admission rates or greater fundraising
rather than being enacted to best suit the evolving needs
of the Berry community.

There will always be a balance that has to be

struck between allowing the student body a voice and
intervening authoritatively to prevent that voice from
getting out of hand or making mistakes.

Several recent and major

developments impacting the
entire Berry community
have shown a reduction
of student signifigance in
favor of an unequivocal
administrative authority in
enacting policy decisions.
But when, through a growing pattern of ignoring or
acting against the interests of Berrys student and perhaps
staff population, one part of that balance silences the
other then the mechanisms in place to give students their
voice (SGA, committees, councilsofficial entities
created by the school for the students to directly
participate in Berrys community) become nominal.
This creates a divide between the perceived power of
the administration making the final decisions and
the perceived powerlessness of the rest of Berrys

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student population.
I say perceived because I dont fully know what
comprises administration. It is obviously not an
abstract, self-serving body but an interaction of
departments, deans, trustees, etc. who do indeed take
students input into account, but in ways seemingly just
outside of our scope of understanding.
This certain lack of transparency and inaccessibility
may alone be what leads students to feel excluded
from decision making processes, though it may
appear from the other side of things as entitlement
to request greater visibility for student services that are
already in place but are underutilized. The common
theme from both perspectives, though, is a gap in
communication.
So, while the decisions themselves do not directly
affect me, the perception of at least a surface level
imbalance in decision making power is strong enough to
feel oppressive in the eyes of students such as myself,
even if that sentiment is not actually accurate. The way
in which the various decisions were conducted
alienates me from the community that I want to feel a
part of and that I am continually told believes in what I
have to say.
This is a process which separates the Berry community
into an image and a reality. The image is projected for
admissions and alumni that is tightly controlled by
administration. The reality is an institution that students
actually live within but have only superficial power
over.

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ANNABETH CRITTENDEN
asst. entertainment editor

What the Oscar nominations say about diversity

Last Thursday, the nominations for the Oscars
were released. While the nomination release is
usually met with acceptance and excitement, this
years nominations sparked controversy with the
absence of Selma in several categories on the
list. The film, detailing the struggles surrounding
Martin Luther King Jr.s attempts to get equal
voting rights for all races, was nominated for
Best Picture and Best Original Song. Thats it.
Lets compare this with Birdman, another Best
Picture nominee. Birdman was nominated for
nine Oscars including Best Director, Best Actor,
Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting
Actress. Selmas director, Ava DuVernay,
was denied her chance to become the first
black woman nominated for Best Director and
Selmas script was the only one out of the Best
Picture nominees not to receive a nomination.
This nomination snub was not overlooked
as several outraged fans noticed that all the
nominees in most of the major categories are
all white. A Twitter hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite,
was even created to protest the nominations.
According to an article published in the Daily
Beast on Jan. 15, this years Oscars will be the
whitest since 1998.
Much of the outrage was generated from the
racial diversity seen at the Oscars last year. The
2014 Oscars had The Butler, Mandela: Long
Walk to Freedom, and the Best Picture 12

Years a Slave all showcasing African-American

history. The 2014 Oscars also made history
when Alfonso Cuarn became the first Hispanic
man to win an Oscar for directing.
This year, however, brought out the whitest
Oscar nominations in 20 years. Many people have
been speculating about why Selma would be so
low on nominations. Some believe that the Best
Actor category was not big enough to include
David Oyelowos convincing performance as
Martin Luther King Jr. Others blame it on a
group of white liberals who protested the way
Lyndon B. Johnson was portrayed in the movie.
These protesters were upset that the movie
portrays Johnson not wanting to help King and
reluctant to give voting rights. The support for
Johnson caused a huge wave of fierce backlash
that severely questioned the historical accuracy
of the film.
Hollywood has always been white-dominated.
According to a 2014 study by the Ralph J. Bunche
Center for African American Studies at UCLA,
minorities only had 10.5 percent of leading roles
in films and television shows. Minority directors
were under-represented as well, with only 12.2
percent of directors being a minority. According
to an article published in TIME on Feb. 13, 2014,
there are three nonwhite people in America for
every nonwhite character on the big screen.
Now, you would think that throughout

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the years, as the civil rights era ended and

integration began, there would be a steady rise
in African-American appearances on the big
screen. However, according to TIME, the rise
was almost non-existent. From 2007 to 2013, the
percentage rose from 13 percent to 14.1 percent
of African-Americans in speaking roles.
I may be completely wrong, but I believe
we should have reached a point in our views
on racism where we can start casting films
regardless of race. When we look at films like
American Sniper and Into the Woods, we
see films with roles that could easily fit a strong
African-American actor. However, Hollywoods
default is a whitewashed cast that fits
perfectly with standards left over from the
1950s. Its past time for African-American
actors to be integrated into blockbusters. The film
should not have to be about African-Americans
in order to allow for an African-American
lead. Films starring African-Americans should
not be marketed mainly to people of the same
skin color. Its time to pull the curtains on our
racial stereotypes on the big screen and start
integrating minorities into those leading roles in
the years biggest films.
Art is a way to push past societal boundaries.
Hollywood needs to base casting choices based
on talent, not skin tone, and through this, usher
in a new and inclusive age for filmmaking.

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Years resolution?

To become Bradley
Cooper.
Paul Ulrich,
senior

To start wearing makeup

more frequently so I can
actually get good at it.
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junior

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How our generation affects politics

Republicans, through their
words and actions, seem to
genuinely care about us middle
class students. They love our bright
future in the workforce. They want
to fight for our rights. Were lining
their pockets with millions each
election cycle.
Were not one of the most
important generations, culturally
and economically because of our
youth, potential or awareness.
Were politically influential simply
because were so involved. Were
individualized and selfish, and
we dont really care about whats
happening to our environment, to
our economy, to our families, to our
daily lives.
We want the government out of
our lives, more guns on the streets, a
continued drug war, and most of all:
we never want to stop the unrest in
the Middle East. Republicans know
we want women to continually get
paid less than men. We want police
to continue doing what they do
bestprotecting ourselves from
ourselves.
We support the repeal of the
Affordable Care Act because we
know that unregulated private
options are the best options. They
are grateful we came out to the
polls this past November and put
them in office.
Just kidding! Now, lets put that
in terms of reality. Republicans,
through their words and actions,
seem like they couldnt care less
about us middle class students.
They seek to continue giving tax

breaks to the already wealthy and

celebrating those who inherit their
wealth instead of work for it. They
do not want to fight for our rights.
Were not lining their pockets
with millions each election cycle.
Special interests are.
Were one of the most important
generations,
culturally
and
economically because of our youth,
potential and awareness, but were
not politically influential simply
because were so uninvolved.
We are individuals with our own
sense of strong beliefs, and were
not selfish about them because we
care about whats happening to our
environment, to our economy, to
our families, to our daily lives.
We want the government to be
held accountable, and we want good
government in our lives. We want
fewer guns on the streets, an end to
the drug war that has incarcerated
millions needlessly, and most of
all--we never wanted to screw up
the Middle East in the first place.
Republicans think we want women
to continually get paid less than
men, but that couldnt be further
from the truth. We want police to
get back to doing what they really
do bestproviding fair and dutiful
protection to our society.
We do not support the repeal of
the Affordable Care Act because
we know that the flawed system
is even worse without it. The
Republicans should be grateful we
did not come out to the polls this
past November. If we did, they
wouldnt be in office.

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every day this semester.
Robby Brown,
sophomore

Get better grades.

Jimiah Williams,
junior

Get in the gym more.

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freshman

January 22, 2015

features

Same-sex marriage decision may affect Berry faculty, students

Supreme Court agrees to hear cases for legalization of same-sex marriage

ZACHARY
WOODWORTH
features editor

ALLISON TIMS
asst. features
editor

ZACHARY
WOODWORTH

features editor

The Supreme Court announced

on Friday that it will decide whether
or not same-sex marriages should
be recognized in all 50 states. The
decision comes after months of
dodging the issue of same-sex
marriage, which indirectly led to the
legalization of same-sex marriage in
Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia
and Wisconsin.
Currently, Georgia remains
one of only 14 states that does not
recognize same-sex marriage. This
means that the state provides no
legal benefits to same-sex couples,
like filing taxes together and hospital
visitation rights.
While many same-sex couples
have chosen to get married in states
where it is legal, living in Georgia
and other states that still ban samesex marriage creates legal and social
issues.
Last year I got to file my federal
taxes as married for the first time in
my life, Steve Head, instructional
service librarian, said. But I still
had to file as single for my state
taxes. I ended up filling out about
three different tax forms.
Head has been with his partner
for 18 years and married him in
California in 2008, before the
passing of the Proposition 8 bill
that banned same sex marriage in
the state. Head worked at Georgia
Highlands College, where his
partner currently teaches, for seven
years, and has worked at Berry for
the last three years.
I feel very comfortable here
at Berry, Head said. I dont feel
intimidated at all. I feel accepted.
Georgias ban on same-sex
marriage doesnt just make filing
taxes inconvenient. It creates
many social and legal issues that
heterosexual couples do not face.
If I get sick or something
happens to one of us, were not
guaranteed that well be able to go
to the hospital and be in there with
each other, because were not nextof-kin, Head said.
The guarantee that couples can
see each other in the hospital is only
one of the benefits of marriage that
Georgia and other states deny to
same-sex couples.
All of my colleagues can put
their spouses on their insurance, or
send their kids to school, and I cant
do things like that at this time,
Kris Carlisle, associate professor of
music and chair of fine arts said.

May 17, 2004:

Massachusetts becomes the

first state to legalize samesex marriage.

Carlisle and his partner married

in California this past summer.
Despite being legally married in the
state of California and recognized
by the federal government, Carlisle
feels that the lack of recognition in
Georgia is a problem.
I think that Berry College is
very open, but in the larger society
it makes you feel like a second class
citizen, and it doesnt seem right to
me, Carlisle said.
But the ramifications of the
legalization of same-sex marriage
in Georgia affect Berry students
as well as Lesbian, Gay Bisexual
and Transgender (LGBT+) faculty.
Sophomore Samantha Hollis-White
was adopted and raised by a samesex couple, and the legalization
of same-sex marriage nationwide
would make their lives easier.
It would feel more real, HollisWhite said. Because gay marriage
isnt legalized, they had to adopt
(my sister and) me separately. If it
were legalized, we would be more
of a unified family.
Her family is from Alabama,
another of the 14 states that do not
recognize same-sex marriage. Her
parents have been together for 25
years and traveled to Maine to get
married.
Hollis-White
believes
that
legalizing same-sex marriage would
improve life for LGBT+ students.
It might help Berry students who
are part of the LGBTQ+ community
to feel more comfortable in their
own skin, and to hold their partners
hand and stuff like that, HollisWhite said.
A study published by the Gay,

be fired just for that, Head said.

But if youre gay, or a lesbian, or
transgender, you can be fired just for
that. Theres no protection.
The movement for same-sex
marriage has progressed rapidly.
Massachusetts was the first state
to legalize same-sex marriage in
2004. In the years since, same-sex
marriage has been legalized in 35
more states and in May 17, 2004:
Massachusetts becomes the first
state to legalize same sex marriage
Washington D.C.
Weve come a long way from
what Americas stance on gay rights
used to be, Head said.
Many Americans oppose samesex marriage for religious reasons,
but Carlisle recalls that there were
religious aspects to the argument
against interracial marriage.
Any time you put the words
God and hate in the same
sentence I think theres something
wrong, Carlisle said. The biggest
Christian principle is love.
Though Carlisle and Head both
said they feel comfortable working
at Berry, the college does not
provide any benefits for same-sex
couples, and LGBT+ faculty are not
included in its non-discrimination
clause.
The legalization of same-sex
marriage in Georgia might begin to
allow institutions like Berry to focus
on broader issues of prejudice and
discrimination that LGBT+ students
and faculty face.
The Supreme Court will
announce its decision on whether
or not to legalize same-sex marriage
before its term ends in June.

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May 15, 2008:

Californias Supreme
Court declares the
state constitutions ban
of same-sex marriage
unconstitutional.

2004

Lesbian and Straight Education

Network (GLSEN) in 2011 said
that 64 percent of LGBT+ youth
felt unsafe at school. When she was
in a same-sex relationship, HollisWhite felt uncomfortable showing
affection in public.
I was afraid of how it would
look to other people and whether
on not we would be made fun of,
Hollis-White said.
The legalization of same-sex
marriage would allow people to
address bullying and other forms of
discrimination that members of the
LGBT+ community face.
I think it will take away
the stigma, Head said. Not
for everybody, of course, and it
wouldnt happen overnight, but it
will at least be a start.
One way it could help Berrys
LGBT+ community is to give the
school the opportunity to crack
down on discrimination against both
LGBT+ students and faculty.
It would have a huge social and
cultural impact, sophomore Daniel
Boddie said. It would increase the
ability to punish individuals who are
discriminating against members of
the LGBT community.
Georgia is also one of 29 states
that does not have a law protecting
employees from discrimination
based on sexual orientation or
gender identity. This means that
an employer can terminate any
employee because of their sexual
orientation without penalty. Anyone
fired in this way has no way to fight
for their job.
If you are African-American,
or another ethnicity, you cant

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2008

November 2008:

By popular vote, Proposition 8,

an amendment to the California
state constitution, overturns
the previous Supreme Court
decision.

March 3, 2010:

Same-sex marriage
licenses become
available in Washington
D.C. for the first time.

2010

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THE LIST OF STATES THAT RECOGNIZE and ban gay marriage provided by ProCon.org, last updated October 2014.
Rape and sexual violence statistics provided by the Center for Disease Control, 2010. Statistics on the estimated
LGBT population provided by the Williams Institute, published in 2011. Discrimination law statistics provided by the
American Civil Liberties Union.

August 4, 2010:

Proposition 8 is declared
unconstitutional by the U.S.
District Court.

November 2012:
Maine, Maryland and
Washington approve samesex marriage by popular
vote.

2012

June 26, 2013:

The Supreme Court declares

Section 3 of the Defense of
Marriage Act unconstitutional. This
forces the federal government to
recognize same-sex marriages.

2013

January 16, 2015:

The Supreme Court agrees to hear

about 15 cases regarding samesex marriage and will make a final
decision before the end of June.

2015

January 22, 2015

entertainment
8

Oscar nominees span variety of genres

ANNABETH
CRITTENDEN

asst. entertainment
editor

Last Thursday, J.J. Abrams,

Alfonso Cuarn, Chris Pine and the
Academy of Motion Pictures and
Sciences president Cheryl Boone
Isaacs revealed the nominees
during a live streamed event. The
films nominated for the coveted
Best Picture award were diverse in
topics and cinematography styles.
Below are the films nominated for
Best Picture in the 2015 Oscars.
American Sniper, directed by
Clint Eastwood, tells the true story
of Chris Kyle (played by Oscar
nominee for Best Actor, Bradley
Cooper), the most lethal sniper
in the world. The movie contrasts
Kyles courage on the battlefield
with his struggle to be a good father
and husband while on mission in
Iraq. The film received generally
good reviews and an overall score
of 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes,
a popular movie rating website that
draws from thousands of critics
and audience members for their
reviews. American Sniper also
received Oscar nominations for
Best Film Editing, Best Sound
Editing, Best Sound Mixing and
Best Adapted Screenplay.
Birdman or (The Unexpected
Virtue of Ignorance), starring
Michael Keaton tells the story
of Riggan Thomas, a washed-up
actor who used to play the famous
superhero Birdman. Now, years
later, Thomas is trying to re-establish
himself by staging, writing and
starring in a production. The film
received great reviews including
a score of 92 percent on Rotten
Tomatoes. It has been nominated
for nine Oscars including Best
Actor (Michael Keaton), Best
Supporting Actress (Emma Stone),
Best Supporting Actor (Edward
Norton), Best Original Screenplay,
Best
Cinematography,
Best
Director, Best Sound Mixing and
Best Sound Editing.
In 2002, director and writer
Richard Linklater wrote a story
about a six-year-old boy and his

family. He then filmed the movie

over a 12 year period, allowing the
same actor (Eller Countrane) to
portray both the six-year-old Mason
and the 18-year-old. Through this
Boyhood made cinematic history
and earned six Oscar nominations
including Best Actor in a
Supporting Role (Ethan Hawke),
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
(Patricia Arquette), Best Director,
Best Film Editing and Best Original
Screenplay. The film received great
reviews and earned a 98 percent
rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The comedic film The Grand
Budapest Hotel shows the life of
a concierge who teams up with one
of his employees in order to prove
his innocence after being blamed
for the murder of one of his guests.
He befriends Zero Moustafa, the
lobby boy, and the two attempt
to regain a famous and valuable
painting, Boy With Apple. The
film received a 92 percent rating on
Rotten Tomatoes and is nominated
for Best Original Screenplay, Best
Costume Design, Best Director,
Best Film Editing, Best Makeup
and Hairstyling, Best Production
Design and Best Original Score,
and Best Cinematography.
The Imitation Game, starring
Best Actor nominee Benedict
Cumberbatch, tells the true story
of cryptanalyst Alan Turing as he
attempts to break Nazi Germanys
Enigma code during World War
II. The film follows Turings life
from his days at boarding school
to his criminal offense due to
his homosexuality. Despite only
being offered in select theaters,
the film received a strong rating
of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes
from critics. It was nominated

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Actor, Best Supporting Actress
(Keira Knightley), Best Adapted
Screenplay, Best Director, Best
Film Editing, Best Original Score
and Best Production Design.
After only being nominated
for two Oscars, Selma raised
controversies over its Oscar snub,
bringing about several comments
about a white-dominated nominee
list for this years Oscars. However,
despite the snub, this movie tells
the powerful story of Martin Luther
King Jr. and his attempt to gain
voting rights for African-Americans
in the 1960s. The film also shows
the historical march from Selma to
Montgomery, Ala. and reluctance
of President Lyndon B. Johnson to
sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The film got phenomenal ratings
including 99 percent on Rotten
Tomatoes.
Continuing in the trend of
retelling the lives of historical
figures, The Theory of Everything
tells the story of scientist Stephan
Hawking who was given two years
to live after being diagnosed with
a neurological disease at age 21.
However, instead of focusing on

the scientific aspect of Hawkings

life, the film chooses to show
his relationship with art student
Jane Wilde and how his disability
and brilliant mind impacted their
life together. The film had mixed
reviews from critics and received
a 79 percent rating on Rotten
Tomatoes. However, it did well
in Oscar nominations, receiving
nominations in Best Actor (Eddie
Redmayne), Best Actress (Felicity
Jones), Best Adapted Screenplay
and Best Original Score.
Whiplash shows 19-yearold Andrew Niemans struggle
to become the best jazz drummer
in the world. He enrolls in a top
music academy and find himself
continuously pressed to his musical
and mental limits by his professor
who holds back no abuse on his
students in order to make them the
best they can be. After Selma,
this Best Picture nominee received
the least amount of nominations
including only Best Supporting
Actor (J.K. Simmons), Best
Adapted Screenplay, Best Film
Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
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A shamanic worldview comes to Moon Gallery

COMMENTARY
BY RYDER
McENTYRE
graphics editor

When I first heard about

Shana Robbins show Indigenous
Bodies, I immediately googled
Joseph Beuys for some perspective
on conceptual shamanic art. Once
I reached the show, however, I
realized that her work is totally
separate from the iconic artist
turned philosopher, Beuys, despite
their shamanic roots.
Robbins works are as symbolic
as Native American totem poles,
but please do not think Im
actually comparing the two. Her
medium seems to be spirituality
in essence, and the photography
work in the show captures a
wild authenticity with a raw
feeling of nature and humanity
peacefully at one. Her paint works
are, according to Robbins, a
blueprint for her performance and
installation pieces, but that should
not disguise their merit as works of
art themselves, as she frequently
goes backwards: creating blueprints
to commemorate her original
performances.
I think her most powerful
paint and mixed media works
are her single female form on a
blank background with elements
surrounding or above, particularly
her piece Epiphany II, which
features a blue bird interacting
with an elegantly drawn yet
simply performing nude woman.
Her hair covers her face as the
bird flies close to her head, and

the movement within the piece is

suggested by faint glitter above the
birds beak and its wings implied
flap. This work captures a lot of
what I think Robbins is attempting
and succeeding at with this
showprimarily the importance
of natures interaction with our
bodies while acknowledging the
nude form as an equally indigenous
part of nature and the world in
which we exist.
And yet her work seems to imply
more than just natures contextual
addition to our existence. She
deals heavily in the feminine form,
which makes total sense as many
of her works are blueprints for her
performance pieces but also the
idea of womanhood and natures
connection creating a kind of
mother natures abundance. Her
piece Axis Mundi features her
posing in a full body suit which
is stained and nude colored with a
reflective mirror mosaic mask and
an equally reflected tree beside her.
Her stance seems as if she is
being lifted by the wrists upwards,
and the frozen glaciers and clear
waters in the foreground are a
harsh contrast to her vulnerability,
which is depicted by her nude
stained body suit. The reflective
mask and tree create unity between
her body and the small tree beside
her, which reflect the natural world
back.
This reflection is both a window
and a mirror for the viewer of the
performance, which I think says
something about her preferred
relationship with the natural
world. The usage of mirrors not
only demonstrates a mirroring of
external expectations, a perspective

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she gained during a modeling

career in New York City, but it also
shows an overt connection to the
space her performances inhabit.
She considers modeling to be a
form of shapeshifting, and that
idea is, funnily enough, modeled
in her works. Ancestral healing
combines with a consideration of
space to kind of fashion her fluid
approach to art. She uses artifacts
in her self portraits, usually
antiquated items symbolizing
femininity, and appropriates their
use as a talisman for spiritual
connection. She reformed their
contexts by going against their
originally prescribed, expected
meanings.
She truly brings her paintings
to life in a three-dimensional sense
by performing the arrangements
she made in the two-dimensional
realm. There is definitely a sense
of Joseph Beuys alive within her
work, as she believes that artists
are the new cultural shamans. A
cultural shaman would be someone
who exists in different plains of
beingor media, in a wayand
are in search of ways of spiritual
healing.
Beyond aesthetic symbology,
her works ritualistic atmosphere
explicitly focus on the process
of shamanism, which is a subject
I admittedly know little about.
What I do know, though, is that
the shamanists goal is to minimize
the divisions between the spiritual
(natural) and the physical (our mind
space, essentially) in order to gain
understanding about oneself and
the world around oneself in order
to begin a kind of healing. The
process is shown through a looping
video of a performance piece called
Shana Robbins and the Nomadic
Love Mesa which seems like
a much more tribal version of a
fantastic Fluxus performance with
their methodological movements
and seemingly arbitrary arranging,
which has a culturally linguistic
purpose.
In terms of materials, she uses
a lot of naturally sourced ones like
coffee, tea, crushed crystals and
different kinds of imbued waters

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SHANA ROBBINS PAINTING SWALLOW THE

SNAKE WHO SWALLOWS HERSELF
as a way to bring the implied
values of shamanic art to a more
explicit sense. In this way, she
succeeds by fulfilling the theory
of cultural shamanism within art
as these materials have historical
notions of medicinal use within
shamanic cultures. She continues
her appropriation of classically
feminine objects with the use of
hand-stitched lace which cover her
in a photoshoot in Iceland, and in
other performance pieces.
Her movements within the
pieces reflect an appropriation
of the Butoh dance, a ritualistic
Japanese dance which by definition
avoids definition, as it attempts to
give the image of a kind of psychic
automatism where the body seems
to be forced into movement against
its well either from an external or
internal entity. The results are

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chillingly fascinating.
This show is as varied as it is
technically great, which made
this review difficult to write.
Everything she discussed in her
talk was relevant to her body
of work, and she has so many
ideas and influences drawn into
one cohesive show, and yet this
makes sense for Robbins. The
best way to describe her work is
that Robbins takes an earth-based
shamanic worldview by combining
durational performances and
rituals and visual media with a
feminine edge which yearns for
gender fluidity. She creates her
own allies within her work through
discovering rhythms in nature as
a shamanic practice. She is led
by art, like shaman are led by
ancestral spirits. For her, there is
no difference.

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Comeback victory for Lady Vikings extends win streak

NICK VERNON

sports

sports editor

The womens basketball team

rallied late to take down conference
rival Oglethorpe University, 75-73,
on Saturday. The Lady Vikings
have extended their current winning
streak to five games, and they now
hold a 12-3 record overall and 4-0
record in conference play.
With just under four minutes
remaining in the game, the Vikings
were down nine points. Berry

outscored Oglethorpe the rest of the

way to pull out the win.
Earlier in the season the Lady
Vikings just narrowly won their
game at Oglethorpe by one point, so
the team knew this game would be
just as competitive.
Senior guard Chanlir Segarra
helped lead the late comeback and
posted a total of 29 points in the
game.
She credited the victory to the
coaching decisions and the teams
resolve.
The Oglethorpe win was huge

for the team, she said. I think the

(full-court) press at the end of the
game was a fantastic call from our
coaching staff and I think without
that we would not have won the
game.
Head coach Stephanie Dunn said
the team is ready for tough situations
like the one they encountered
against Oglethorpe.
In the timeout I didnt draw up
any plays, but I talked to my team
about how we had physically and
mentally prepared for that moment,
she said.

Sophomore forward Valerie

McLure, who finished the game
with nine rebounds and eight points,
is already looking ahead to the
teams upcoming road games.
Birmingham-Southern always
is a hard game for us, she said.
Millsaps is also a really big game
because right now they are tied for
first with us.
The womens basketball team
will try to keep their winning streak
going at Birmingham-Southern
College on Friday, and at Millsaps
College on Sunday.

Swim teams win last home dual meet, break records

MARIE COLLOP
asst. sports editor

The Vikings mens and womens

swim teams hosted their final
dual meet of the 2015 season on
Saturday against Milligan College.
Both the mens and womens teams
beat Milligan with scores of 182-19
and 107-93 respectively.
Along
with
the
teams
exceptional performances, there
were two impressive individual
performances. Freshman Mac
Stovall set a new pool record in the
mens 1650 freestyle with a time of
17:46.92. Senior Johnathon Purdy
beat his own pool record in the
mens 50 freestyle with a time of
21.29.
Going into the race, Stovall
didnt think he was going to break
the pool record.
I was expecting to be around
that time for my race, but I didnt
expect to break the record, Stovall
said.
Stovall believes that his
commitment and consistency when
attending practice contributed to
him breaking the record.
I also couldnt have done
it without the support of my
teammates, especially the seniors,
Stovall said.
Purdy said that he was proud of
both his and the teams performance.
In preparing for the meet against
Milligan, Purdy said, we worked
hard after traveling to Centre

College (the week before) where we

swam against a lot of tough teams
while fighting illnesses.
Purdy contributes his record
breaking performance to his hard
work, focus and group of supporters.
I have been working particularly
hard on the 50, and had a lot of room
to improve technically, Purdy said.
On the day of the race, Purdy said
that his parents and his teammates
were there and that was all that
mattered.
Nothing felt better than looking
on the side of the pool after the
race and seeing the smiles on my
teammates faces after I broke the
record, Purdy said.
After the team hosts their final
regular season meet, the Viking
Classic, on Friday, the team will
head to Birmingham, Ala., on Feb.
11 to compete in the Southern
Athletic
Association
(SAA)
championships.
Sophomore Robyn Ellenburg
said that she is excited to see if the
team can break some final longstanding pool records at the Viking
Classic.
This is the best team we have
ever had, Ellenburg said.
As a whole, the team is
excited to attend the conference
championships and collectively
believes that they will compete.
Purdy said the key for the team
to succeed in the post-season is for
everyone, including himself, to stay
focused.
Some swimmers will have the

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THE SWIM TEAM DEFEATED Milligan College at the

Cage Center Pool on Jan. 17.
opportunity to compete at nationals
in mid-March. Stovall is excited
to see how the team performs at
nationals, especially in the 400
freestyle relay.
Im looking forward to
continuing to finish out my senior

year strong and giving my brothers

everything I can because I only have
less than a month left with most of
them, Purdy said.
The Viking Classic starts at 5
p.m. in the Cage Center pool on
Friday.

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MLK Jr.
Service Day

BRYANNA PERRY, staff photojournalist

JUNIORS MAGGIE McCARTER AND JESSICA WOLINSKY ORGANIZE

secondhand clothing at the local Hospitality House thrift store, which
benefits domestic violence survivors.

BRYANNA PERRY, staff photojournalist

JUNIOR MALLORY ELLINGTON RETURNS items to their

respective places in the Hospitality House store.

On Monday, Martin Luther

King Jr. Day, Berry held its
annual service day event.
This year 140 Berry students
and faculty signed up with
local organizations to go
around Rome and work on
service projects.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JACOB EVANS

FOLLOWING THEIR SERVICE PROJECTS SOME

STUDENTS JOIN the Rome community in the
Freedom March.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY LINDSEY HARRISON

LOCAL PROFESSIONALS LEAD volunteering students in cleaning up

debris and trash from different sections of the Coosa River.