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and Darwin, theories Lawler said
are “at the foundation of both our
understanding of what science is
and who we are.”
KYLER POST “It is truly an honor to be selected to serve and the commitment to minister to others has The second will be in April
Editor-in-Chief as the chair of Berry’s board,” she said. “It’s a made a difference in my life and in the lives of DQGZLOOH[SORUHÀYHVFKRROV
GRXEOHKRQRUWREHWKHÀUVWZRPDQWRGRVRP\ so many Berry graduates.” of thought (for example, Tran-
7KHERDUGRIWUXVWHHVHOHFWHGLWVÀUVWIHPDOH fellow board member Marti Walstad assured The board also elected Cecil B. “Buster” shumanism and Sociobiology) that
chairperson in school history during its bian- me that Martha Berry would be smiling.” Wright III (‘73C) as its vice chairman. either radicalize or rebel against
nual meeting held last week on campus. In her time on the board, Horrell has Wright, a Rome native serves as the senior WKHVHVFLHQWLÀFIRXQGDWLRQV
Karen Holley Horrell (‘74C), senior vice chaired the Academic Affairs Committee and managing director and regional president for The third conference, in No-
president of the Great American Insurance KDV ZRUNHG WR UHYLHZ DQG UHÀQH ERDUG JRY- Wells Fargo Advisors. Wright was also the YHPEHUZLOOOLQNWKHÀQGLQJV
Group and native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was ernmental procedures. Briggs said her experi- featured speaker during the December com- RIWKHÀUVWWZRFRQIHUHQFHVWRNH\
chosen by the board to replace former chair- ence on these committees combined with her mencement ceremonies last year. public policy issues including the
PDQ*OHQ&RUQHOO¶&WKHÀUVW%HUU\DOXP- executive leadership experience make her a In addition to the board elections, the implications of physical and men-
nus to chair the board. valuable asset to the board and the college. trustees also discussed several important is- tal enhancement, organ markets
College President Stephen R. Briggs said “She’s been a leader for a great deal of her sues relating to the day-to-day function of the and the challenges of education.
Horrell was a natural choice to lead the professional life,” Briggs said. “That, com- college. Lawler is executive editor of
board. bined with her knowledge of Berry and the Briggs said the board spent a great deal of the scholarly quarterly “Perspec-
“Mrs. Horrell has the full respect of every things that make us unique, makes her an ex- time addressing the student work program on tives on Political Science” and
member of the board,” he said. “And I also cellent choice to chair the board.” campus. was a member of President Bush’s
KDYH D ORW RI FRQÀGHQFH LQ KHU LQWHJULW\ KHU Horrell said she has been enamored with “The board discussed ways to expand our Council on Bioethics.
leadership abilities and her enthusiasm for %HUU\VLQFHKHUÀUVWYLVLW work program and provide more opportuni-
Berry.” “Three things have always impressed me ties for students to participate in worthwhile
Horrell, a member of the board since 1999, about Berry,” she said. “It’s work programs work done well,” he said.
said she was humbled and grateful for the are exceptional, the ‘head, heart and hands’
board’s decision to elect her. symbolism captures Berry’s spirit succinctly
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Trustees
some laxity in these areas, texting seems to moments. Bailey said that, more so than ever, View a documentary exam-
promote a complete disregard for punctuation we are putting things in our world that satisfy ining homosexuality and
and a very casual regard for correct spelling.” us and not things that challenge us. LWV SHUFHLYHG FRQÁLFW ZLWK
However, Watkins says the more troubling religion Tuesday, Mar. 9 at
CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 part of this is that “the enormous amount of 7 p.m. in the Evans Audito-
time students give in their formative years to rium. CE credit offered.
Some of these opportunities could
come with the completion of the pro- German Movie Night –
Lawler
posed tennis center, which would be International Studies Kirsten Taylor said the The Edukators (2004)
located on Berry property. Briggs said JUDQWZLOOEHQHÀW%HUU\ *HWFXOWXUHGZLWKDÀOP
the idea of the tennis center revolves “It’s fantastic and will be a great help to the about three idealistic activ-
around the concept of students main- department,” she said. ists in present-day Ger-
CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Assistant Professor of History Matthew
taining and managing the day-to-day many Tuesday, Mar. 9 at 7
operations of the facility. Stanard said he was also glad to hear of the p.m. CE credit offered.
He is the author and editor of 14 books JUDQWEXWWKDWKHZDVQRWÁDEEHUJDVWHG
“One of the biggest selling points of
and more than 200 scholarly articles and “I think it’s unsurprising, given Lawler’s
the tennis center is the student work-
ers who would be managing it,” Briggs
chapters, and was the 2007 recipient of the record in terms of publications and research... Correction: The
Richard Weaver Prize in Scholarly letters.
said. “That was one of the things that
He has lectured at more than 80 colleges and
it’s the kind of grant that brings a lot of pres- photo on last week’s
the county was really impressed with in
universities.
tige to the institution…so that’s great, and it’d front page was
the proposal.” be great to see Berry do more of that kind of
Currently, Floyd County is reviewing
Lawler said the competition was stiff. thing,” Stanard said. “And I think there’s a taken by David
“The overwhelming majority of proposals
the plans for construction on the tennis
were from large, multidisciplinary teams from
pretty good infrastructure here to facilitate Chiem, staff photog-
center.
major research universities,” he said. “My
faculty research.” rapher - not Candler
7KHERDUGDOVRÀQDOL]HGWKHSULFHRI Almost 700 scholars and scientists from
tuition and board for the coming school
‘team’ was me and a theologian, Marc Guerra, around the world submitted letters of intent Hobbs, to whom
from Ave Maria University. Almost all of them
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had impressive and complicated power point
DVHQWU\LQWRWKHFRPSHWLWLRQ2QO\ÀQDOLVWV it was previously
announced later this semester.
presentations. I just got up and talked and
including Lawler, were invited to present their credited.
proposals in Chicago.
took questions for 40 minutes.”
Associate Professor of Government and
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MARCH 4, 2010 OPINIONS CAMPUS CARRIER PAGE 5
More than 400 students signed a petition against a coed Dana. Patrick Frontz
Does student input matter to the Berry administration? Freshman
how long ago this decision was made LO\ LQÁXHQFH DFDGHPLF SHUIRUPDQFHV
SOUROSH AMANI by the Berry administration. The fact For example, many students may be
Guest writer that a petition was created and signed familiar with having a roommate who
by more than 400 people is a clear sig- is inconsiderate or makes noise when Outsourced ISP.”
nal from the student body that most you are trying to sleep.
people are against the decision. The bottom line is that most Dana
Personally, I will not be affected by residents are happy with the cur-
this decision since I will hopefully still rent status. Most people do not like Joshua Baker
graduate after the Berry administra- major changes when they are happy Junior
Berry College students were recently
made aware of Residence Life’s deci- tion reads this opinion piece. with what they have. As the saying
sion to turn Dana into a coed dorm. The truth is, I have been a resident JRHV ´'RQ·W À[ LW ZKHQ LW·V QRW EUR-
This decision by Residence Life has not of Dana for the past three years, and I ken.” In this case, I do not think that
received much enthusiasm from either would not mind living in coed dorms. the majority of Dana residents would
gender. It doesn’t hurt to see more girls in Dana prefer making Dana coed in order to A student work
A petition was made and signed by anyway. It will make Dana look good have more rooms available for them in program that
more than 400 students, which proved and smell better. However, most of the 0RUJDQ'HHUÀHOG0DQ\SHRSOHWKDW, allows students
useless. The question in this case is people that I have spoken with do not have spoken with enjoy living in Dana,
to work for their
whether Berry students have to power like this idea. especially after all the improvements.
Many men are against this decision As previosuly stated, I am not Sara Hohnadel tuition.”
to change the decisions made by Resi-
because they are convinced that coed really concerned about this issue since Senior
dence Life. The answer is no.
All the construction that has been dorms will take away from male bond- I am graduating. However, I do feel
going on in Dana for more than a year ing activities and especially the Moun- bad for the students and friends that
now is proof that the Berry administra- tain Day activities, which is something must accept and deal with such a major
tion made this decision when they cre- that Dana residents look forward to decision that was not done in a demo-
ated the Dana renovation plans. In my every year. Another argument is that cratic fashion. I think the student body LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY
opinion, this was most likely planned they feel that Dana’s security and visit- should have been involved in deciding Letters to the editor must include a name, address and
ing hours will be stricter since females this issue since they are the ones that phone number, along with the writer’s class year or
several years ago. For example, the fact
will be living there as well. have to live with it and not the Berry title. The Carrier reserves the right to edit for length,
that no urinals have been placed in cer- style, grammar and libel.
tain halls, and the secured doors that A student’s living arrangements are administration.
E-MAIL: campus_carrier@berry.edu
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