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Volume 102 ∙ Nov.

11, 2010 ∙ Number 10

Green initiatives make mark on campus


Kelly Dickerson Violating the Earth (SAVE).
Deputy News Editor Another important green technique Ber-
ry employs is the use of slash, or leftover
Berry has been busy implementing new tree limbs on the forest floor, as biomass.
green technology and ideas, causing its Elsberry said this biomass is used to
sustainability grade to increase from a B to generate the steam plant.
a B+ this year. The Office of Environmental Compli-
Director of Compliance and Sustain- ance and Sustainability (ECoS) is also
ability Eddie Elsberry said one new green working on a tree identification project.
initiative that is scheduled to be up and Elsberry said the project is being de-
running at the start of the spring semester signed as a walking tour that will allow
is bottle-fill stations. people of all ages to enjoy it.
“These stations will allow students to “We are identifying all the species of
easily fill their water bottles and that will trees on campus. Our plan is to feature a
hopefully reduce the amount of plastic bot- plaque that includes the species name and
tles that are purchased,” Elsberry said. how much carbon is offset by that particu-
Elsberry said there will be two stations in lar tree. We want to raise awareness of how
Evans, one in Science and one in Krannert. important trees are to our environment,”
The stations will provide filtered water. Elsberry said.
The Green Team, a student work group Elsberry said champion trees are classi-
under Vice President of Student Affairs fied as some of the most beneficial trees in
Dean Heida, is also involved in implement- regards to carbon elimination. Berry is cur-
ing green techniques on campus. rently host to five champion trees.
Senior Keiko Stobaeus, a member of the “Three of these trees are state ranked
Green Team said the team has started a re- and two are nationally ranked,” Elsberry
cycling program at the Townhouses. said. david chiem, Staff Photographer

“Before this semester, the Townhouses Elsberry said ECoS uses incentives to get Students are encouraged to use the stairs as part of the ANY ANY campaign to stay healthy and
had to take out their own trash and recy- students involved in the green campaign. the Green Team to save energy by not using the elevators.
cling but now on Monday and Thursday “We try to provide free giveaways to
students who participate in the going green tively being discussed include agro-forest- “We starting a trail rehab or the hiking
we have begun a recycling pick-up at the ry, expansion of the vegetable garden and and biking trails. Young alumni will be in-
Townhouses,” Stobaeus said. programs. We are also working on rede-
signing and improving our website so that the use of biodiesel. volved in cleaning up the trails and clearly
Stobaeus said the Green Team is also re- “Agro-forestry involves alley cropping, marking them. Clean up around Victory
sponsible for providing a recycling option people will be aware of our past accom-
plishments, what were currently working or planting crops between rows of trees. Lake is also being organized,” Elsberry
for the Dining Hall. This allows us to balance the impact we said.
“We have worked with Aramark and on and what our future plans are,” Elsberry
said. have on the soil,” Elsberry said. The A New Year A New You program
the Dining Hall student workers to get a Elsberry said expanding the vegetable (ANY ANY) is also getting involved with
dumpster added behind Krannert. The Elsberry said Berry is also part of the
Clean Air Campaign. This partnership en- garden will allow more local produce to be the green campaign.
Dining Hall is now recycling things like sold. Student leader of the ANY ANY team
cans and plastic fruit containers,” Stobaeus courages faculty and staff to carpool or use
an alternate mode of transportation to get “The carbon emissions used to ship pro- Junior Morgan West said they work closely
said. duce will be limited if we provide the op- with the Green Team and SAVE.
Stobaeus said future goals of the Green to work.
“The organization awards $1 a day for tion of local produce,” Elsberry said. “We include the Green Team’s projects
Team include composting and providing Elsberry said ECoS is discussing the in our newsletter and try to promote their
the option of reusable mugs at the Berry people who carpool or bike or use some
other environmentally friendly means of possibility of using biodiesel. work,” said West.
Bean’ry and Java City. “We would be creating our own fuel,” Any questions that students may have
Stobaeus said a great way for students transportation,” Elsberry said.
There are many possible future green Elsberry said. “This biodiesel would be used about sustainability or other green prac-
to get involved in going green and envi- for our agricultural work on campus.” tices can be directed to greenteam@berry.
ronmentally friendly policies is to join the ideas of which Berry may take advantage.
Elsberry said some of the topics tenta- Elsberry said some green projects are edu.
student interest group Students Against being designed to involve young alumni.

Students continue volunteering even after course requirements are met


Kelly Dickerson Senior student director of ESL Caleb Bloodworth has “This program has truly been a life-changing experi-
Deputy News Editor been working in the program for three years. ence for me, and I feel that others have likely continued
“I personally continued volunteering with the program teaching in our program for very similar reasons,” Blood-
Classes on campus introduce students to volunteering because I loved working with my adult students so much,” worth said.
and many students continue even after they have complet- Bloodworth said. “Our students are some of the most ap- The program meets every Tuesday and Thursday from
ed these classes. preciative and eager students you could ever ask for as a 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Evans.
Foreign Language Department Chair Dr. Julee Tate said teacher.” Tate said that another course, Spanish 350, involves a
the course Spanish 300 requires students to participate in Bloodworth also said that his passion for volunteering trip to Costa Rica that includes seven weeks of teaching
the English as a Second Language program. is not limited to the classroom. English in elementary schools.
Tate said this is the fifth semester that the ESL program “I am thrilled with any sort of outreach efforts being Tate said that she thinks the volunteering spirit among
has been offered at Berry. made to assist the sizable Latino population in Rome,” said students is unique to Berry.
“Students in Spanish 300 are required to work with the Bloodworth. “We are trying to build the volunteering aspect of
ESL program,” Tate said. “However, half of our teachers in Senior Julianna Obenauf said that she encourages other courses at Berry because students respond so well to it,”
the program are no longer doing it because it is required students to get involved in the ESL program. Tate said.
of them.” “Even if you don’t think your Spanish is very good there Tate said it is beneficial to join academics and
Tate said she thinks the students continue with the pro- are still opportunities to get involved with upper-level stu- volunteering.
gram because they feel a passion for it. dents who know more English already,” Obenauf said. “Combining volunteer work with education is some-
Tate said that the ESL program has three options in Bloodworth said that his volunteer work with ESL in- thing unique about Berry that we hope continues to grow,”
which students can get involved. fluenced him so much that he changed his major to Span- Tate said. “Community service has always been a part of
“There is a child care position, a co-teacher position and ish and will be applying to graduate school to study Span- Berry’s mission statement so we are seeking to make that
a lead teacher position,” Tate said. ish linguistics. more available to students.”

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FCC investigating Google’s data collection


John Letzing revamped internal processes, including privacy training Last month, the company disclosed that following an
MarketWatch (MCT) for employees. in-depth examination, the company realized that it had col-
But questions over Google’s data-collection issue also lected not only fragments of data, but also entire e-mails,
SAN FRANCISCO—The Federal Communications have triggered separate inquiries by U.S. state attorneys Web addresses and even some passwords.
Commission is probing Google Inc.’s collection of personal general, and some foreign regulators. Google said it would delete the data as soon as possible,
data including e-mails and passwords through its Street Michele Ellison, chief of the FCC’s enforcement bureau, and apologized “for the fact that we collected it in the first
View mapping service, the latest regulator to investigate said in a statement, “As the agency charged with oversee- place.”
the matter. ing the public airwaves, we are committed to ensuring that The Electronic Privacy Information Center wrote a let-
Google’s collection of data, done through equipment the consumers affected by this breach of privacy receive a ter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in May, urging
mounted on cars that take photos and gather other infor- full and fair accounting.” the regulator to open a related investigation. The group’s
mation for the company’s mapping service, has drawn News of the FCC’s probe was first reported by The Wall executive director, Marc Rotenberg, wrote that Google’s
widespread attention both in the U.S. and abroad. Google Street Journal. A Google representative did not immedi- data collection may violate the federal “Wiretap Act.”
has said the collection of personal data, which captured via ately respond to a request for comment. “The commission plays a critical role in safeguarding
transmissions over wireless networks, was inadvertent. Google first acknowledged its collection of personal the privacy of American users of communications ser-
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission concluded data via Street View cars in May, but it described it as a vices,” Rotenberg wrote.
its own investigation of Google’s Street View data col- mishap and said that the data had only been collected in
lection, declaring that the company had sufficiently fragments.

Amazon criticized for selling advice book for pedophiles


Shan Li situations safer for those juveniles ... by establishing cer- “While I deplore the agenda of this book, I defend the
Los Angeles Times tain rules for these adults to follow,” is available for the author’s right to say what he wants and the readers’ rights
Amazon Kindle reader. to read what they wish as long as it doesn’t escalate into
LOS ANGELES—Online retail giant Amazon.com came The book has attracted almost 800 reviews on its Ama- something more than speech,” one wrote.
under a storm of electronic protest Wednesday for selling zon page, with 760 giving it the lowest possible ranking of Amazon said in a statement that it “believes it is censor-
a self-published electronic book called “The Pedophile’s one star. Many reviewers threatened to boycott the com- ship not to sell certain books simply because we or others
Guide to Love and Pleasure.” pany unless the book is removed. believe their message is objectionable.”
The title _ published Oct. 28 by Phillip R. Greaves _ “There is no excuse for Amazon to be offering this prod- The company issues guidelines banning certain mate-
has been flooded with angry criticism mostly aimed at the uct,” one visitor writes. “I’ve removed my Amazon shop rials, including offensive content, illegal items and edu-
Seattle-based retailer for offering it for sale. The contro- from my website and won’t be doing any Christmas or cational test solution manuals. However, Amazon does
versy raises the question of whether Amazon has any set household shopping through Amazon.com until this prod- not elaborate on what might be considered inappropriate
procedures for vetting books to be sold in its online stores. uct is GONE.” content, stating that “what we deem offensive is probably
Amazon allows writers to publish their own works in However, other reviewers defended Amazon and what you would expect.”
its online stores and share in the revenue. The guidebook, praised the retailer for upholding First Amendment
described by its author as an “attempt to make pedophile rights.

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Berry College Veterans


Day Program
Come hear Major General
William T. Nesbitt speak
at a patriotic program in
observance of Veteran’s
Day today at 2 p.m. in the
Spruill Ballroom. CE credit
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“Remember the Titans”


movie and discussion
Watch a great movie and
participate in a discussion
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Crow tonight at 7 p.m. in
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CE credit offered.

The Berry Jazz Ensemble


Fall Concert
Hear highly acclaimed
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Senior Lindsey Caldwell helps defend the ball against Convenant College in a 2-0 win. The men and women’s team both finish Face Tour 2010
out the season against Birmingham Southern College Nov. 13. Learn from presenters
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Berry Concert Choir Fall


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Win cool prizes as you test
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Father, welcome to the


Motherland!
Viking Code: Electronic Security
Last week we looked of others and posting untrue
at the Viking Code in or embarrassing information.
Usually these are people who
a broad sense, but this are close to you, such as room-
week, maybe it’s time to mates, coworkers and friends.
look around us and think While sometimes they can be
about what conduct we people who want to embarrass
or humiliate, more frequently
should actually allow on
they simply have a bad idea for
campus. One area that a prank.
has become increasingly Now you can’t prevent
concerning is the area of people from having safe, non-
electronic security. Cell- spiteful fun. We all have had
instances in which we left our
phones, e-mail, e-viruses, Facebook open and our friends
spam—none of these posted a funny status, or said
things were around when that we were selling our Mer-
Martha Berry was teach- cedes-Benz for $200. People
like or comment on the status
ing the mountain children
and our cell phone explodes
their ABCs. Maybe it’s with calls from hopeful, inter-

Small weapons kill too


time to adapt the Viking ested buyers, but really, there
Code to our new, modern is no harm done. Yes, someone
way of life. got their hopes up concerning a
Whether we like it or not, sweet, cheap ride and you may
almost all areas of our lives spend the next week sorting
through your voicemail, but no While it often seems that to prevent illegal arms trans-
have been infiltrated by tech- nuclear weapons get the most fers, the enforcement of small
nology, which also means that one is on the verge of filing a Stacey
lawsuit. headline space, according to Glo- arms control falls to national
there are nearly infinite ways Fronek balissues.org, small arms actually governments, who often fail to
in which we can be harmed— Unfortunately, things don’t Opinions
always turn out so nicely. inflict the most civilian casualties adequately regulate the expor-
emotionally, psychologically Editor worldwide. tation of light weapons that
and financially—by others. Sometimes people are hurt
or humiliated by these online As shown on Irinnews.org, are manufactured within their
Take cellphones, for exam- Sometimes I get a little bit many of these weapons are borders.
ple. If you lose your cellphone pranks.
So the question is this: Why irritated with people in conflict exported by states with strin- While disarmament of
these days, it’s entirely pos- zones around the world, because gent but often unenforced WMDs can sometimes take pri-
sible that your parents could be is the Viking Code not stepping
up to the bat in addressing these it seems that they should really export control regimes, which ority over conventional weap-
footing a huge phone bill next just move on and stop fighting. allows the arms to be trans- ons control, it’s time to close
month or that you could be the issues? If students are using
Berry Internet (which, depend- Why can’t it be that simple? One ferred to areas in which they the loopholes in export control
next victim of identity theft. thing of which I was reminded facilitate human rights abuses policies and solve the problems
Not only are there loads of per- ing on the day, may not be
possible) to prank others, espe- recently is the fact that America and fuel armed conflict. Due to that these inevitably create for
sonal information stored on and other Western countries are the fact that there are no univer- global stability when they end
your cell, but it is increasingly cially other students, in hurt-
ful ways, or are incurring false partially to blame for this. sal, legally binding standards up in the wrong hands.
simple to purchase items via
phone. There are services that charges on cell phones or inter-
net services, does Berry have a

Letters to the editor


allow one to donate to chari-
ties from a phone, which, while definite way in which they will
an easy method of helping the respond? Maybe a modified
needy, is also an excellent way Viking Code is unnecessary;
for someone else to rack up maybe we just need amped-up I believe that ultimately, at and the Giants and the loss of the
This letter to the editor is re-
your phone bill. Not that you Internet security measures for your core, the only reason you home run. I will admit that, as a
sponding to “Lack of long ball
wouldn’t want to give to chari- campus computers. decided to write this article life-long Giants fan, maybe I am
hurts national pastime” which
ties, of course, but we presume Either way, with so many on the sad state of baseball is biased. But so be it. As for your
appeared in the Sports section in
that you would prefer to make people injured every year by because you are bitter that the claim that the match-up featured
the November 4, 2010 edition.
the choices of who to give how issues relating to electronic Braves didn’t make it to the “two less-than-impressive teams,”
much and when. security, we think that it’s high Though I would never World Series. I would be willing I would beg to differ. Who would
Another way that less mali- time for Berry to decide how describe myself as a confron- to wager that if good ole’ Bobby you have preferred, a “perennial
cious hackers inflict damage they are going to act if and when tational person, I would like to Cox and the tomahawk-wield-
is by logging into the e-mail technology abuse becomes a address (in a somewhat heated ing Atlanta fans had pulled the
or social networking accounts bigger issue on campus. manner) several issues that I team through to the Series, you
see “letters to the
have with your “Lack of Long wouldn’t have taken the time to
editor” P. 5
The Carrier editorial reflects a consensus of the The Carrier’s editorial board. Ball…” article in this past week’s write about the “mediocrity” of
issue. the games between the Rangers

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Letter to the Editor onship. Two Series-winning hits in one reels?


career? Yep. Renteria’s first came at age Lastly, and maybe most impor-
continued from page 4 21 with the Florida Marlins, the next at tantly, you forget the “feel good” fac-
34 with the Giants. Only four players in tor. It doesn’t get much better than a
A “perennial favorite” like the Red history have done it twice. rehabilitated Josh Hamilton leading
Sox, the hated Yankees or the pitch- Furthermore, you bring up the the Rangers against a rag-tag lineup
ing gods of the Phillies, all awarded issue of performance-enhancing drugs. of Giants that includes rookie catcher
a “superior” status by “all-knowing” While you try to qualify that they are Buster Posey, Tampa Bay’s castoff Pat
Sports Illustrated and ESPN? bad, your argument reads that without Burril, Cody Ross—claimed off waiv-
Your claim that the Giants and them and the players that used them, ers from the Florida Marlins, and a stel-
Rangers weren’t quality teams loses baseball is boring. When you mention lar pitching staff.
some validity when one realizes that Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco in a Posey got his major league start in
each of them beat the two organiza- positive light, you are directly linking May after the Giants traded former
tions featured in last year’s Series – the
Phillies and the Yankees, respectively.
PEDs to that positive connotation.
Also, you cite football’s 60-yard
catcher Bengie Molina to—you guessed
it—the Rangers. And the Rangers had
“What is the stupidest,
Exciting stats, you ask? Only two strike or “wow, he got trucked!” hit never even been to a World Series and craziest or weirdest screen
starters in postseason history with at and basketball’s slam dunk as ESPN- the Giants hadn’t won one since 1954
least five starts have lower ERAs than worthy highlight plays, but you com- when they were still in New York. name you have ever seen?”
Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee did entering pletely forget baseball’s breathtaking So, Kyler, my point is this: Base-
the Series. You can debate the greatness double play, incredible diving snag by ball isn’t dead and unpopular in
of the duel between Cy Young winners an outfielder, strikeout, or stolen base the whole country. While you may
Lee and Tim Lincecum, but it is a weak to clinch the game. Maybe those are bemoan the Braves’ failure to compete
argument. plays whose essence can’t completely and therefore have, “lost all interest
You complain about the lack of be captured on TV, where the camera in the playoffs” (which gives you no
hits? This is only the second time in the focuses on a single player, but when right to speak on the quality of play in popstarjr.”
106-year history of the World Series watched live or with open eyes, they the Series), the passionate fans of San
that a team has given up nine or more have just as much ability to elicit a gasp Francisco flooded the streets of a city
runs in each of the first two games of of excitement or a groan full of angst with its first title in ecstatic celebration,
the Fall Classic. Edgar Renteria hit a as anything the NCAA, NFL or NBA proving that baseball, with or without
Ashleigh Day
three-run home run against Cliff Lee to has to offer. If you have ever watched the “long ball,” is indeed still Ameri-
Sophomore
break up a scoreless tie in the seventh SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays (which, as ca’s game.
inning of Game 5, sending the Giants to a male and a sports fan, I am sure you
a 3-1 victory and giving the city of San have), need I remind you that baseball —Emma Childs
Francisco its first World Series champi- plays have a dominant spot on those

I am writing this letter in response figuratively, because the original article slovakia is still a country, but the fact xxcococ-
to the responses to what can affection- was an opinion piece. Opinion being remains that I am entitled to my opin- rispiesxx.”
ately be called the “cleavage” article. defined here as a personal belief that ion, no matter how incorrect it may be.
Another letter on this subject may be doesn’t have enough ground to pro- And back to the subject of cleavage,
overkill, but after a few words I will duce certainty. if that article makes your internal fluids
return to my pacifist ways. So, if I believe that Berry College is boil, write about it. But sending out a
It is my personal opinion that peo- involved in a conspiracy with the Ital- petition to have someone apologize for Naysia Humphrey
ple need to keep their pants on. Both ian mafia to overthrow Czechoslova- their own personal opinion? It seems a Sophomore
literally and figuratively. Literally, kia, it is my opinion. You can call me little silly. Just sayin’.
because if all the cleavage around this all kinds of crazy, you can write long
campus is a distraction, heaven knows and angry letters to the Campus Car- —Camille Hardy
that a bunch of angry people without rier about how my opinion is offensive
pants will be even more distracting; to everyone who thinks that Czecho-
iboughtliquid.”

These letters to the editor were written in Also, the author’s statement that control, but men do not have dysfunc-
response to “Cleavage: A closer look,” which dressing inappropriately “hides inse- tional frontal lobes. They have the
appeared in the Opinions section of this curities” is illogical because women same impulse control as their female
publication in the October 21, 2010 edition. who feel insecure tend to hide their counterpart.
bodies in excess clothing. When you Instead of blaming the media for
The article Cleavage: a closer look see a woman embracing her body, it’s women dressing “inappropriately,”
is a byproduct of ignorance and imma- because she has self-confidence. you should consider the influence Katherine McDonald
turity that exemplifies sexism towards By the time you’re in college, you the media has had on your own view Sophomore
both women and men. This article should be mature about a woman’s the female body. Women have boobs
completely overlooks the possibility breasts. No woman should have to and hiding them will not change that.
that women might show their cleavage change the way she dresses to suit Women deserve respect in their turtle-
because low-cut dresses and shirts are any man’s needs. It’s even worse that necks and in their v-necks!
more comfortable for them. This would you generalized all men as being in
not suggest that a woman is begging your anti-cleavage category. You act —Johanna St. Pierre
for attention. as though all men have poor impulse Sophomore bballhottie.”

Hi, my name is Jen. I have boobs. not. But women on campus were told to his own conclusions with little or
Apparently, this is a problem. just that in the seventh paragraph of no evidence. He assumed that women
Apparently, anytime I wear something this op-ed piece when informed that “clearly” dress for men. I can tell you Josh Huitt
low-cut I am just desperate for men to “if female students really want to be that when I get dressed in the morning, Sophomore
notice me because I have insecurities respected...they need to stop dressing I look for an outfit that is clean and suits
and am a tease. At least, that’s the mes- immodestly.” the current weather. I do not dress for
sage I got from Matthew Stokes’ article Stokes attempted to soften his men—or women: I dress for myself.
about cleavage that the Carrier pub- antagonistic remarks by making the Another thing Stokes did not real-
lished last week. good point that there is no excuse for ize was the crucial difference between
Some snippets that jumped out at sexual harassment or sexual assault, being insecure due to sexualization and ratlord09.”
me were gems like “clearly this type as well as sharing findings from the being comfortable with your body. I
of attire begs for attention” and how 2007 Report of the APA Task Force on like my body. Not all the time, for sure,
women were “dressing to tease” in the Sexualization of Girls. He made the but most of the time. Sometimes I wear
order to hide “insecurities about one’s valid point that the media objectifies low-cut shirts and sometimes I don’t.
body.” women of all ages through sexualiza- This is my choice, and I deserve –no, I Jared Toso
Reading this article was like being tion. But overall, Stokes failed to make demand –your respect, not because of Sophomore
repeatedly punched in the stomach. up for the many indignities that he what I do or do not wear, but because
Have you ever been told that you don’t bestowed upon readers. of how I act.
deserve respect unless you conform to For instance, Stokes did not take into
the dress standards set by the opposite account a female’s perspective when —Jennifer Peaslee
sex? If you’re a male, then probably he was writing and instead jumped Senior
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The United States Military

Katherine Lavey It took him about a year to fully recover from combat.
Features Editor “If you have to go into war, its a horrible situation.”
“You have to take another persons life, it’s haunting for
Today November 11, 2010 is the annual Veterans Day the rest of your life,” Jermundson said.
holiday, a day in which Americans honor those who have Since he was raised in a Christian background for him
served in the Armed Forces. In other parts of the World killing a person was wrong; being told to shoot at some-
it has been celebrated as Remembrance Day or Armistice one can leave a mental scar.
Day. According to the United States Department of Veter- Chief of Staff and 1981 Berry College graduate, Alex-
ans Affairs website the holiday began November 11 due to ander Whitaker served his country for 25 and half years
the fact that it was the “day to end all wars.” as a Navy JAG officer. After his time in the Navy, he came
Director of Multimedia Services and HPE Instruc- back to Berry College. In 2008, he began working in the
tor, Aaron Jermundson was teaching in Canada when he President’s office as Chief of Staff.
was drafted in 1967 into the Marine Corps. “It was the last Whitaker left his home, Rome, Georgia to begin Offi-
place I wanted to go,” Jermundson said. The United States cer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Whitaker
Marine Corps trained Jermundson for 12 weeks. Jermund- said he was ready to see the world. First, he was working
son had lived in North Dakota and grew up as a hunter. on an aircraft carrier to practicing law after the first couple
While in boot camp, he qualified as a sniper because he years. An opportunity arose allowing him to study law. “I
Aaron Jermundson
had the highest number of accurate gunshots. But, he never wanted to serve my four years and then go to law school photo contributed by

but I found it highly rewarding to stay in and go to law Carring a gun and a pack, Aaron Jermundson was drafted for
became a designated sniper in the Vietnam War. After the the Vietnam war.
preparation, he was sent to Vietnam. Jermundson said he school while in the Navy,” Whitaker said.
Joining the Navy, for Whitaker, was something he was and needed something to look back on with pride.
remembers the 14-hour flight to Da Nang and when they “I also felt that serving my country was the honorable
inspired to do because of his love for childhood books
such as “Treasure Island” and “Moby Dick.” He was the thing to do, which is why I continue to do it and will for
first to join the Navy in his family. some time.”
During his time, he traveled to 25-30 different coun- He is a Public Affairs officer who works with media and
tries around the world. His wife and children were able to facilitates their interactions with the military. “Currently, I
travel with him. In the United States, the Whitaker family serve as the Deputy Commander of American Forces Net-
lived in Virgina, Florida, California and Washington D.C. work Iraq, providing television and radio entertainment
Internationally, the family experienced life in London, and information programming for the troops stationed in
Scotland and Japan. His youngest of three children was Iraq,” Parker said.
born in London. Parker said his wwife is a champ. “This is the third
Berry College Alum Vincent L. Griffith (C81) became deployment that she has had to deal with, and the sec-
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy Supply Corps and Commander ond for our 9-year-old daughter. It is tough, but we stay
of Defense Logistics Agency in Fort Belvoir, Va. The focused on the memories of our time together and the
DLA Aviations supports the military’s supply system. He future we have together as a family,” Parker said.
assumed this position in June 2009. Prior to working in his One of the biggest challenges Parker has to deal with
photo contributed by Aaron Jermundson
new field, he held positions on submarines. Griffith spent usually stem from personality conflicts. “People assume
Aaron Jermundson spent 30 days in an South Vietnam- 72 days underwater at a time, he said. The position was that all soldiers are the same. They aren’t. We all come
ese orphanage. challenging not only because they had to stay underwater from diverse backgrounds and have different beliefs. You
in close quarters, but also because they had to build rela- have to teach your troops to be tolerant of each other, and
arrived, rockets were being shot from the enemy in their you have to be prepared to provide discipline even when
direction. tionships and work as a team. “You have to be completely
independent and know your particular job, Griffith’s Aide, you don’t want to,” Parker said.
During his deployment in Vietnam, he encountered an Parker wants people to know that they don’t serve for
AC-130 gun ship, humorously termed “Puff the Magic Lieutenant Curt Butler added. They both agreed that the
idea of autonomy is needed in order to be successful. political reasons. “We believe in what we are doing, but
Dragon” because it reined bullets in a hail of red-gun fire. we don’t choose the wars we fight. We serve the people
Jermundson said it was unusual to see it three times. Rear Admiral Griffith’s main inspiration was the call
to serve. He was only planning to serve only four years, of the United States, and it’s up to them and our elected
While in Vietnam, Jermundson did spend 30 days with leaders to use us responsibly. When it comes down to it,
a South Vietnamese orphanage helping and providing he said. But the atmosphere kept him for as long as it did
he added, “the incredible people and interesting tasks we we serve in the same Army that won our independence,
assistance to children. They raised a quarter of a million kept our country united and the one that liberated mil-
dollars by calling places such as Johnson & Johnson; it had to accomplish kept me in,” Griffith said.
Captain Chris Parker, who attended Berry College lions from persecution,” Parker said.
was one of the most humanitarian things Jermundson did Parker added that they are dedicated to the country,
while there. until 2000, has been serving in the Army Reserve for 16
years, four of the years on active duty. Right now, Parker the Constitution and their service members. “And while
Jermundson spent 18 months in the service. He was we really do appreciate any show of support, the strongest
supposed to stay for a total of two years but he left six is in Iraq.
Parker decided he wanted to join because he wasn’t support people can give is to serve alongside us,” Parker
months early to finish college. said.
“I never touched a gun after the war,” said Jermundson. taking college seriously and he felt he was stuck in a rut

Students’ family and friends involved in the Armed Forces


Iris Garrett keep thinking about December,” Faulkner Freshman Melissa Lolley, now Melissa Colorado with him, which will be in about
Asst. Features Editor said. Kleine, married her high school boyfriend a month or so.”
Sophomore Ali Wheless, recalls a pre- John David Kleine on Nov. 1, 2010. Kleine, Lolley plans to write letters and e-mails
Students are also impacted by those vious boyfriend, 20-year-old Troy Smith, who is on active duty, is unsure yet if he to soldiers overseas to thank them for their
serving in the United States Army. Fresh- who now serves in the Armed Forces. will be deployed to Afghanistan, but has service.
man Emily Faulkner will be commemo- When Wheless reminisces about the informed Lolley that there is a 50 percent Sophomore Bryn Cloer will be saying a
rating Veterans Day by calling her father, time they spent together before Troy dis- chance he will be sent there during his time special prayer on Veteran’s Day to 20-year-
Patrick Faulkner, who is a Senior Master patched, the only emotion she remembers in the military. old Brandon Bailey, who used to play base-
Sergeant in control of aircraft maintenance, is anxiety, both of them being afraid of Lolley describes the relationship between ball with Cloer when the two were little.
has been stationed overseas for eight years. what the future held. her and her husband to be very strong and Bailey is now a sniper in the U.S. Army and
Even though the distance has put a damper “I was scared for him, and he was scared able to withstand anything. Every chance is stationed in Afghanistan for six months,
on their relationship, Faulkner says her dad too and he wasn’t afraid to admit that. He she gets, she tries to encourage him and if not more.
does take pride in his job, “He really enjoys didn’t want to leave ‘the real world,’ or his reveal how proud she is of what he is doing Bailey enjoys being in the Armed Forces.
it. Our relationship wasn’t always the best friends and family,” Wheless said. for his country, “We have obviously been “He likes being on his own and being self
because most of my life he was always Wheless added that he would fuss over through a lot, like every couple.” reliant,” Cloer said. Though he has not spo-
somewhere else, but that was his job.” childish aspects of his life. “It was funny, Though both are dealing with the dis- ken to Bailey since he has been deployed
Faulkner does not message her dad he said he’d miss small things like getting tance of their relationship in different ways, over seas, he said the two were good at
through Facebook, but she does try to a number 6 from Wendys... that was our now that Kleine has completed Advanced staying in touch over Facebook.
share conversations via phone. Though she favorite.” Individual Training, the couple can stay in Though Veterans Day causes Cloer to
is sad, she does enjoy hearing from him, “I Though the two have long since parted touch through text and email, rather than remembered his pal Bailey, he said he often
love that he enjoys what he’s doing.” paths, Wheless is reminded of him with through letters, “We text, usually. Some- thinks about everyone serving overseas.
Though she has yet to see or visit her Veterans Day, and wonders if his dream of times we call, but neither of us likes talk- He plans to commemorate the holiday with
father since arriving at Berry, she awaits the actually flying the planes and helicopters ing on the phone. I have a feeling we’ll be a prayer for him and for all those fighting
Christmas break when they reunite, “I just has yet to transpire. able to see each other more when I move to in the Middle East.
november 11, 2010 Sports Page 7, campus carrier

Basketball team geared up for 2010


Vikings to rely on leadership, vitality for success
Ashley McIntyre is “…defense, defense, defense. We’ve got
Managing Editor to work on defense and rebounding. That’s
something for all teams though, but espe-
On Nov. 16, the Vikings will take to the cially us,” Miles said. “But I feel that with
court at home against Truett-McConnell work, it’ll get better.”
College to open the 2010 season with one “Team defense is something we’ve tried
of the biggest rosters in recent history. to emphasize,” Haarlow said. “We need to
The Vikings began practice Oct. 18 with have a more defensive mindset and confi-
16 players, seven of whom are new. dence, as well as realize that good teams
Senior Tim Miles said the team has a dif- are also great defensive teams.”
ferent look than in seasons past. Last year, “Our guys are good shooters and have a
the Vikings ended the season 9-15 with 12 very good presence from the paint,” Haar-
active players. low said. “Hopefully we’ll have a lot of ball
“The make-up is totally different than pressure and up the score a little bit, more
it has been my first two years here…even than the past couple of seasons.”
practices are structured differently,” Miles Although the Vikings have a well-bol-
said. “Pretty much everyone but me and stered roster, Haarlow and Gadie said the
Kendall [Gadie] has stepped into a new role team’s depth is still uncertain.
this year, with minutes or positioning.” “It’s still a work in progress,” Haarlow
Head coach Jeff Haarlow said one of the said. “Our bench will always hopefully be
Members of the 2010-11 men’s bas-
team’s biggest assets is senior leadership a strength.”
ketball team prepare for their first game
from Gadie, Miles, David Holloman and “It’s a big question mark and it’s hard to
of the season Nov. 16 against Truett-McCo-
Matt Mixer. tell before the first game,” Gadie said. “But
nnell College at the Cage Center.
“Those four have played a ton of basket- this year, we could have seven, eight, nine
ball at Berry,” Haarlow said. “Each one has or 10 [players] off the bench to help.”
in Daytona, Fla. and Sewanee, Tenn.
different qualities. They’re all good leaders Miles, Haarlow and Gadie all named
“The guys from Florida are really
for the school and the program.” Shorter University as the team they are
excited about the Daytona tournament,”
Haarlow said the freshmen have brought looking forward to playing this season. But
Miles said.
vitality to the team. Shorter is one of the few familiar teams the
“We want to compete every day, be the
“They’ve brought passion to us, which Vikings will see this season. The Vikings
best we can be,” Gadie said. “Personally, I
is always good to have,” Haarlow said. will add Ogelthorpe University and Rust
want to leave it all out there on the floor
Gadie said he is looking forward to the College, among others, to their schedule.
and have the team do the same.”
start of his senior season. “I’m excited “We’ll be playing maybe two or three
Miles said the Vikings have the talent to
about some of the freshmen. Some of them teams this year that we’ve seen before,”
win in different ways.
have really stepped up in practice,” Gadie Miles said. “I’m interested in playing these
“We’ll be a scrappy team this year,” he
said. “There are two or three that have teams we’ve never seen before.”
said. “We’ll win in different ways and won’t
really stepped up. I’m excited to see how “We have the potential to be a good
have to score in the 90s every game.”
they can help the team.” team this year,” Gadie said.
Miles said the team’s main weak point The Vikings will also play tournaments Candler Hobbs, Asst. Photo Editor

Basketball helps build, support friendship for two Berry athletes


Matthew Stokes
Asst. Sports Editor

Senior Tim Miles and redshirt junior


2006 2010
to transfer rules, Woods said becoming a
Christian was a high point for him during
the 2008-2009 school year.
In the 2009-2010 season, Miles and
Stefan Woods first met the summer before Woods officially played together for the
their junior year of high school. Little did first time since their senior year at Marietta.
they know that their paths would cross sev- Gadie, Miles and Woods agreed that the
eral times throughout the next five years. highlight for the former high school team-
Miles, a guard, said he met Woods at mates was Woods’ game-winner against
a Cobb County recreational center during Reinhardt University during early 2010.
the summer of 2005. The two were play- With the game coming down to the last
ing some pickup games of basketball and play, Miles inbounded the ball to Woods
began talking. Woods, a redshirt guard, with a lob pass, which Woods managed to
explained to Miles how he had moved convert for the game-winner.
down to Marietta, Ga., from Detroit, Mich. “It was probably one of the best plays
Miles told Woods how he was soon going of last season, if not the best play,” Gadie
to be moving down from Indiana. said. “I just had a feeling he was going to
That fall they both tried out for Mari- hit that shot.”
etta High School’s varsity basketball team. Gadie said the emotion that Woods
Berry alumnus Charlie Hood and his showed in the locker room after that game
coaching staff chose Miles and Wood for Courtesy of Tim Miles Candler Hobbs, Asst. Photo Editor was memorable.
the team, where they both played during “Stefan was crying after the game,”
the next two years. Senior Tim Miles, left, and redshirt junior Stefan Woods, right, became friends Gadie said. “It just showed how deter-
Though both were recruited by Berry in in high school by meeting because of basketball and have carried that friendship and love mined he was and how much he had gone
high school, Miles and Woods went their for basketball to college. through trying to find his place on our
separate ways, with Miles going to Berry the end of second semester. That move demics as major selling points. team.”
and Woods to Fort Valley State College. changed his desires in life. When he first started classes at Berry in The future for Miles and Woods looks
Woods said having the chance to play col- “It used to be about money, success, the fall of 2008, Woods noticed a change in bright, Haarlow said.
lege football was a factor in his decision, girls, basketball,” Miles said. “What I am his high school teammate. “Tim has a good goal in mind with a
but that changed once he arrived at Fort living for has changed.” “Tim changed a lot since high school. potential career with Campus Outreach,”
Valley. After spending a year at Fort Valley, He stopped listening to rap,” Woods said. Haarlow said.
“I was going to play football [at Fort Val- Woods began to pursue transferring. Head “At first I thought it was weird.” As for Woods, the 2010-2011 year will be
ley State],” Woods said. “[As it turns out] coach Jeff Haarlow said Berry’s second Over time Woods began to see that Miles his last on athletic scholarship. While he is
I did not play football [because] I did not recruitment of Woods began in January of becoming a Christian caused him to act uncertain of his athletic future at Berry, he
have the desire.” 2008. differently, and eventually he came to the is focused on earning his degree.
Woods said the year at Fort Valley gave In weighing his options, Woods said conclusion that faith was something that he “Having a Berry degree will be real good
him the chance to train and focus on his he tried out for several schools including wanted for himself as well. for me,” Woods said.
grades. During the 2007-2008 school year, Shorter University. “I remember I was at a Bible study and Miles and Woods will begin their final
Miles had an important experience: he “I tried out for Shorter,” Woods said. “It I started crying,” Woods said. “I felt the season together on Nov. 16 against Truett-
became a Christian. Senior guard Kendall was either Shorter or Berry.” Woods cited Spirit working in me.” McConnell College.
Gadie said Miles came to Christ toward the athletic scholarship and Berry’s aca- Since he had to sit out the season due
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Nov. 6 brought the but the overall turnout was


Berry community together better than expected and com-
as current students, faculty, parable to attendance in years
and alumni participated past. Next year, the Art Society
in the bi-annual Arts and is hoping to extend the Arts and
Crafts Festival. Hosted by Crafts Festival to the Rome com-
the Art Society, this festival munity even more by attempt-
occurs once in the spring and ing to extend booths to Rome
fall semesters and features a artists with Berry connections.
host of different handmade Berry students, faculty, staff and
crafts and original artwork and alumni will take precedence
photography. This year had the once again, but it will widen the
most diverse talents displayed, amount of art the Berry commu-
from the standard paintings and nity is exposed to. This year’s
jewelry to origami and recycled festival was a complete success
calendar graphs. Cold weather and can only improve from here.
did keep some from attending,

Right:This year’s festival


attracted people both young
and old and showcased Berry
talent in various forms.
Lower Right: B’Dazzle Jewelry
hosted a booth at this year’s
festival. Handmade jew-
elry was a top seller among
festival-goers.
Below:Senior Brittany Tetrick
showed off her knitted goods
as attendants look on.

PARKER sealY, Staff Photographer

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