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AMANDA POWERS
Opinions Editor
When the Cage Center opened
in January, junior Taylor Jackson
saw it as a perfect opportunity
to get himself in shape. Tired of
having very little energy and bad
eating habits, Jackson made it his
goal to drop some weight.
“I just got fed up one day,”
Jackson said. “I was 207 pounds,
and as soon as the Cage opened,
I started working out.”
Jackson said his goal was to
slim down to a healthy weight in
the 150s. To date, he has lost 57
pounds, but, more importantly, he
is maintaining a healthy lifestyle,
and the thought of going back to
his former self “grosses him out”
and keeps him motivated.
While pursuing his weight
loss goals, Jackson said he had
wished Berry would have some
sort of program.
Now, a little more than one
month after the launch of Berry’s
health initiative, “A New Year,
A New You,” and alumnus Will
Clower’s The Path, lots of Berry
students, faculty and staff are
joining Jackson and jumping on
the healthy living bandwagon.
Clower’s presentation “Live
Mediterranean” Sept. 23 drew
in 750 people. The next day, 532
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Freshmen Courtney Collins and Christy Kyle take time to exer- nual Student Fitness Expo.
cise in The Cage. The Path program, since its creation, has had a To date, 388 people have
positive effect on students’ awareness of exercise and eating healthy. signed up for The Path, which
focuses on healthy eating choices
and portion control.
Jackson said he has not signed
up for The Path simply because
he’s too busy, but he employs
many of the behavioral hab-
its emphasized by Clower and
is continuing to exercise regu-
larly and cook and eat healthier
meals.
Many in the Berry community
are participating, in one way or
another, in the health programs
and are taking time to evaluate it
after one month.
Freshman Amanda Cromer,
senior Amos Black and senior
systems engineer Patrick Foley
all have one thing in common.
They’re all leaders in total num-
ber of steps logged in on The
Path.
Foley, as many people around
Berry may well know, has been a
cyclist for years.
He is currently leading all 388
Path participants with 541, 602
total steps logged in. Foley said
he cycles between 5,000 and 6,000
miles per year.
“To give you an idea how I
accumulate the steps I do, I rode
my road bike 4 hours and 11 min-
utes this weekend,” Foley said.
Four hours of moderate cy-
cling is equivalent to just more
than 53,000 steps.
Even though Foley is a veter-
an cyclist, Black is not far behind
in steps, with a total of 481,315
logged in.
Black said he hadn’t always
led a healthy lifestyle, but com-
ing to college opened up doors
for him to get active.
“The environment here has
a lot more opportunities to get
physically active,” Black said.
He said he usually works out
in the Cage twice a week, but
loves to hike and play intramu-
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age two to four hour hike equals
30,000 steps, Black said.
Like Foley, who was very
physically active before starting
The Path, Black said he hasn’t
experienced much of lifestyle
change, but said he’s always
eaten healthy and wanted to log
his steps in see how active he was
compared to his peers. From the
results, he stacks up pretty well.
“[Exercising] just feels good,”
Black said. “Every time I exercise
I feel good, and it just gives me a
reason to do it again.”
For Cromer, The Path was a
good way to help her meet her
goals she set for herself as a col-
lege freshman.
“Instead of gaining the fresh-
man 15 when I came to college,
I wanted to lose it,” Cromer said.
Cromer said that during the
past few years, she has become
more health conscious and is us-
ing The Path to help her develop
and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
SEE “PATH” P. 2

Technology revisited: Farnham details plans for campus telecommunications

KYLER POST
Deputy News Editor
In the April 3 issue of the Carrier, Chief
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some of his expectations for on-campus in-
formation technology. The Carrier recently
met with Farnham to examine the depart-
ment’s progress.
Wireless Services
Given the increasing number of stu-
dents using the Internet on campus, wire-
less services are becoming a more and more
discussed topic among students. In April,
Farnham told the Carrier that a plan for
adding wireless Internet to residence halls
was submitted to the vice presidents.
Farnham said there is a plan in place
to have wireless Internet in every resi-
dence hall by August of 2009. Farnham
said IT would install the wireless service
themselves.
East Mary went wireless after it was
renovated this summer. Dana will be wire-
less- ready after its renovation is complete,
also. After Dana is completed, IT will begin
installing wireless Internet in all remain-
ing residence halls, starting with the town-
houses. The new residence halls will come
equipped with both wireless capabilities
and Ethernet ports.
Farnham said he predicts that student
wireless use will skyrocket to nearly 80
percent once the campus is completely
wireless.
Student Web Server
Farnham was quoted in the fall of 2006
as saying that he believed the project for a
student Web server would be “wide open
in less than a year.” However, plans for a
student server have yet to fully materialize.
Currently, students must post their sites on
a faculty server.
Farnham said his department is looking
for a solution, whether it comes internally
or from an outside source. Though he said
he and the administration preferred a free
student Web server, he also mentioned they
were willing to pay for a quality service.
But Farnham also said he was unsure
that many students would actually use
such a service, should the college imple-
ment it.
“I think only about 100 or so students
will use the server,” Farnham said. “Be-
yond that, I’m not sure it would be of much
use.”
Bob Frank, communication department
chair, said he thinks students would likely
use the server frequently if they were prop-
erly trained on how to post their own sites.

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Online social networking changes face of politics

KYLER POST
Deputy News Editor
One didn’t need to subject themselves
to the barrage of television coverage of
Tuesday night’s election results to know
who had become the 44th president—
logging into Facebook would have been
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Almost immediately after the Associ-
ated Press called California for Sen. Ba-
rack Obama, giving him the necessary 270
electoral votes to become commander-in-
chief, Facebook and other social network-
ing sites exploded with reactions, both
positive and negative.
Some statuses echoed campaign slo-
gans such as “change we need” and “yes
we can,” while others expressed their joy
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Sen. John McCain’s supporters also
made themselves known via social net-
working sites.
While some expressed support for the
president-elect as well as disappointment
in the outcome, others went as far as to
detail their plans to leave the country in
January.
What unfolded over the next few hours
was a trial in the court of public opinion
held exclusively over the Internet. Obama
and McCain supporters lashed out at one
another, defending their respective candi-
dates. According to Facebook, more than
2 million election-related messages were
posted on users’ walls on Tuesday.
Sophomore Ashley Hilliard, an Obama
supporter, said she was surprised to read
the opinions of so many of her friends and
classmates online.
“I think it [Facebook] allowed people to
show their true feelings about the results,”
she said. “Let’s just say I was shocked at
what some of my ‘friends’ had to say.”
Sophomore Mitch Hutts said he thought
the volatile posts after the results were an-
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grand scheme of the race.
“There’s no real harm they can do,”
he said. “But it’s nice to know people’s
opinions.”
But the “Facebook effect” was not ex-
clusive to the reactions after the election.
Social networking sites have been an ac-
tive part of the election cycle.
From the beginning, groups supporting
every candidate in the race were created.
According to Barry Schnitt, a Facebook
representative, McCain had a Facebook
following of 625,000, while Obama had
over 2.5 million friends out of more than
27 million registered users in the United
States.
His site is the most popular on Face-
book. Olympic gold medalist Michael
Phelps is second, with 1.6 million friends.
Facebook also launched several initia-
tives to encourage users to vote. The site
created an event reminding users to vote
more than a month ago. According to
Schnitt, in two weeks, more than 2.4 mil-
lion users had RSVP’d, saying they would
go to the polls on Election Day. Facebook
also teamed up with Rock the Vote to reg-
ister more than 50,000 voters.
In addition to their preemptive efforts
to get out the vote, Facebook simultane-
ously set nearly 1 million users’ statuses
as reminders to vote. These status updates
showed up on the “mini-feed” of all the
users’ respective friends, creating a ripple
effect across the site.
Facebook’s pre-election efforts led to
more than 5.4 million users heading to the
polls on Tuesday, Schnitt said. Facebook
even created an “I voted” button to keep
track of Facebook voter turnout.
In the days leading up to the election,
Facebook averaged more than 200,000
wall posts per day related to the election.
Election Day posts alone were an indicator
of the tide of the race.
Posts mentioning Sen. Obama peaked
at nearly 1.1 million, while Sen. McCain
was mentioned in only 280,000 posts.
Hutts said he found some of his friends’
political posts to be very informative on
each of the candidates.
“I thought my friends posted some
stuff that really helped me learn about the
candidates and where they stand on the is-
sues,” he said.
Hilliard said she is a proponent of Web-
based campaigning because it helps reach
a new generation of voters.
“I think things like Facebook are good
to a certain point because it is a great way
to reach out to young voters,” she said.
The online efforts of sites like Facebook,
combined with online campaigning from
both candidates, contributed to a youth
vote [ages 18 to 25] of 24 million—an in-
crease of 2 million from 2004.
Associate Professor of Government
and International Studies John Hickman
said he was impressed with the number of
young voters in this election.
“The fact that they voted alone is a great
thing for democracy,” he said. “It indicates
that they really endorse democratic self-
government.”
Though both candidates implemented
Web campaigning in the election, Com-
munications Department Chair Bob Frank
said Obama did a far more effective job of
utilizing Internet resources than his Re-
publican counterpart.
“Barack Obama used the Web in many
different ways, most effectively, fundrais-
ing,” he said. “I think he leveraged the
Web far better than McCain.”

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She actively participates in Berry’s Independent
Winterguard, which she said earns her 15,600 steps for
a 2-hour practice.
“Winterguard is a lot of stretching,” she said. “But,
it’s a good workout.”
One thing Cromer and Jackson commented on, spe-
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Dining Hall.
Jackson said he enjoyed being in control and know-
ing exactly what he was eating in Dining Hall. Cromer
said the foods marked with the “A New Year, A New
You” symbol have guided her eating choices as well.
Julie Bumpus, associate vice president of student
affairs, said the food component of The Path is very
important, and she hasn’t personally heard many com-
plaints about Aramark lately, especially, she said, since
an editorial from the Campus Carrier made the request
for healthier options in Valhalla— something Bumpus
said she’d heard from students and staff as well.
“They’ve really taken our suggestions to heart,”
Bumpus said.
She said that after fall break, Valhalla added a new
section of organic and health foods.
One aspect of The Path that is uncertain is how it
will affect usage of the Cage Center.
Director of the Cage Center Randall Goble said that
they’ve seen an increase in students using the Cage
during the peak hours of 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., but have not
seen an overall increase in number of students using
the facility since the inception of The Path.
Goble said that currently, around 40 percent of stu-
dents use the Cage, which falls short of the 75 percent
he and the administration are striving toward.
“From an academic standpoint, we actually have a
lot more classroom activity,” Goble said “And actually
there has been an increase in participation in aerobics
and yoga classes as well. What we’re challenged with is
creating new ways of getting people to come.”
Goble said that more education is needed to encour-
age students to utilize the Cage Center.
“Some people walk in and immediately see the big
weight area and get overwhelmed,” Goble said. “We
need more informing and educating that there’s other
things in the building besides weights.”
Bumpus said that she’s continuing to brainstorm
ways to get students more active, in addition to eating
healthy.
“We’re inventing this as we go along,” she said
of The Path and the new health initiative. “We had a
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to help students connect the dots between eating and
exercising.”
The man to talk to about exercise on campus, Fitness
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Morris has a background in personal training and
previously was the owner of his own studio and gym
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ties for students, faculty and staff, which includes set-
ting up personal training regiments for students, at no
cost.
“Within this year, if we could see 50 percent of the
student population [in the Cage], I’d be pleased,” Mor-
ris said.
He said he likes that The Path emphasizes getting ac-
tive and rewards being active, not just losing weight.
Students outnumber faculty registered for the Path,
but the faculty and staff exceed students in average
steps logged in. It’s unclear what percentage of par-
ticipants signed up are actually logging in information,
that information is only available for Clower who as of
press time, could not be reached.

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p.m. in Evans Auditorium.
Controversial Presidential
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contested U.S. Presiden-
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p.m. at the Martha Berry
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The Campus Carrier Editorial
“Hi, we’re the Slowskys”
Internet, technology updates
for students needed
Walking into Memo-
rial Library, you may
have recently noticed
an increased number
of students clawing
at each other, banging
their heads against a
wall or throwing their
laptops through win-
dows because they are
so frustrated with the
slow or spotty Internet
connection.
Well, that may not exactly
be what’s going on in the li-
brary, but surely it describes
the way many students have
felt lately.
The past week has found
the Internet down, multiple
times, for many hours. Just
Tuesday afternoon, a few stu-
dents in the library were com-
plaining about not having any
wireless Internet access. Some
said the Help Desk wasn’t
particularly helpful and were
told that the slow Internet was
a network problem.
Although Tim Farnham has
been keeping everyone up-to-
date on the festering Internet
problems, the consequences
of some bandwidth-sucking
monster still remain.
We know the IT folks have
their hands full, but good
grief, there’s nothing worse
than being stuck in the library
with lots of research to do and
no way to research.
But it’s not simply IT’s
fault. Someone, something
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tion, Berry College’s board of trustees
or the Campus Carrier editorial board.
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somewhere is slowing our
connection down. Maybe
we need an upgrade. Maybe
we’ve gotten too big for our
britches, and we just need to
outsource our Internet needs.
IT has been making lots of
promises as far as technology
updates go. The increase in
e-mail inbox sizes has been
much needed and is long
overdue.
Wireless capabilities are
also long overdue. We know
it is in the works, but the way
it seems, some dorms have
to wait their turn before they
are equipped with wireless
Internet.
It doesn’t quite seem fair
that some dorms would get
wireless before others. Maybe
they should get with Resi-
dence Life and make sure that
if one dorm gets wireless, all
dorms get it.
Sure, Dana and the Ford
dorms aren’t as nice (in some
people’s opinion) as New
Residence Hall. But, for the
price students are paying for
New Res, wireless should be
included.
And, if there is a concern
that the increase in students
using wireless will slow down
the connection, that should
be addressed beforehand and
settled before it becomes a
problem.
We hope that with the
promises of bandwidth dou-
bling and new wireless capa-
bilities that it all goes smooth-
ly and works together well,
without bouts of internet-less
libraries.
Ashton Staniszewski, Editor-in-Chief
Christina Saul, Managing Editor
Whitney Kazragis, Business Manager
Rachel White, Asst. Business
Manager
Caleb Bloodworth, Online Editor
Sarah Kohut, News Editor
Lauren Wright, Photo Editor
Katherine Lavey, Opinions Editor
Alex Farrer, Sports Editor
Jessie Edwards, Entertainment Editor
Leigh Jackson, Features Editor
Amanda Griswell, Asst. Features
Editor
Kyler Post, Asst. News Editor
Kim Harbrecht, Asst. Entertainment
Editor
Meredith McDermott, Asst. Photo
Editor
James Crawford, Graphics Editor
Gordie Murphy, Asst. Graphics
Editor
Jessica Hoover, Copy Editor
Kevin Kleine, Adviser
OPINIONS
Language more than a requirement
AMANDA GRISWELL
Asst. Features Editor
Learning a second language should be more
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portunity to learn not only another language, but
another culture.
When I decided to change my major to commu-
nication, I was told that I would need to take a for-
eign language through the intermediate level. I was
already in my second semester of Spanish and had
plans of becoming a Spanish minor. I wanted to be
more comfortable with the language by improving
my speaking and writing skills. I had taken Span-
ish throughout high school, but I still had a lot to
learn.
While at Berry, I have had the opportunity to
take foreign language classes that have challenged
me. I quickly realized that I did not know as much
about the language or culture that I thought I did.
I want to know more about the history of the coun-
tries and the people that I hear about in class, but I
realize that this is not the case for everyone.
Some students do not choose to take Spanish as
their foreign language because they want to learn
French, German or another language. Whichever
language a student decides to take will give them
an insight into that culture.
Learning a second language is more than trying
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Letting go part of college life
NICOLE NESMITH
Staff Writer
College changes everything. I was told this a
million times before I left for Berry and like the
majority of future college students, I was oblivious
to the changes and somewhat unwilling to give
up my routine life. Although I desperately wanted
change, I constantly contradicted myself by hold-
ing on to many aspects of my life that were suffo-
cating ad holding me back.
For the past two months, I had been holding on,
much too long, to a relationship I knew was going
to fail. I was scared to let go because he was like
the thread that pulled everything together. Here at
Berry, I was attending events, working, doing well
in classes and just generally enjoying college, but I
was still enveloped in the one relationship.
Do not get me wrong. Relationships are great,
but only when there is compromise. There would
be times when I really needed to study, but I would
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him. This was especially true when I went to a cam-
pus event or just spent time with my friends. He
expected me to make more time for him and, for
a while, I thought that was exactly what I should
do. The relationship was not one-sided, however,
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ule. Taking a language with you after graduation
can be a positive edition to a job application or a
resume.
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looking for a job. In today’s society, the job market
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thing that will put them above the rest. Knowing
another language could be just what an employer
is looking for. Knowing a second language will
never be seen as a negative quality.
Americans speak a variety of different lan-
guages and come from a variety of different back-
grounds. Companies have to consider who their
target publics are and how they are going to reach
them. Knowing a second language might just be
the ticket that a recent graduate from college needs
to make an impact in a company.
While at Berry or after graduation, many stu-
dents like to travel and see the world. Knowing
the language of the country you are visiting can be
a tremendous help, when ordering or shopping.
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understand what is going on will help add to the
experience in the foreign country.
A second language can be helpful in a career,
on vacation or studying abroad. It can also be fun
to be able to understand another language at least
on some level. There is a lot more than to learning
a foreign language than simply taking the classes
to take the classes. I think that knowing a foreign
language is just the skill that will allow me to work
with a diverse group of people after I graduate
from Berry.
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the relationship caused me to be quite hypocritical
at times because, I too, always expected him to be
there for me.
I never realized that while I was seriously an-
noyed and fed up with him, he was feeling exactly
the same way about me too. Although I was hurt
by our break up and felt a bit displaced, I soon real-
ized that it was an opportunity for me to focus on
the aspects of my life that I had neglected so much
before. I can study without feeling guilty, spend
time with my friends without cutting it short and
be myself without any scrutiny on his part. This
break up, ironically, was probably the best occur-
rence so far because now I can be myself and is that
not what truly matters?
I am not trying to give the impression that rela-
tionships will not and cannot work out in college
because I am certain they can. I do believe, howev-
er, that the right people have to be involved. While
I was ready for a long distance relationship, he was
not. It was not his fault that he had a hard time
dealing with the stress, and it was not my fault
that I wanted something different. Sometimes peo-
ple can really care about each other, but it can fall
short of being enough. Right now, I am following
the cliche and trying to pretend to be happy after a
breakup. Okay, so I may not be fully together yet,
but I do know that with this giant weight lifted off
my shoulders, it will be a lot easier to do.
NOVEMBER 6, 2008 OPINIONS CAMPUS CARRIER PAGE 5

If I were president of Valhalla

STEPHEN LINDLEY
Staff Writer
Life is full of choices. Steak or
chicken. Sesame chicken or Chef’s
chicken. Fries or chips. Mandatory
meal plan or not…Oh, wait. That was
not a choice for any full-time student
at Berry.
What I would like to present is a
series of choices that Aramark/Berry
have regarding Valhalla that could go
one way, but more often end up going
the other way. Since our country just
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the right to vote for those who lead and
represent us, let’s pretend for a second
that we could do something about
making Valhalla a better place for our
children. What would you change if
you were the president elect of…Val-
halla? I’ll start.
No more mixing of products in the
deep fryers: I’ll explain. I have had a
lifelong aversion to foods tasting not
how they were intended, but rather
exactly like something else. French
fries should not taste like tortilla chips.
Tortilla chips should not taste like fried
chicken or chicken strips. I digress.
There are two fryers. Fry tortilla chips
in one, fries and chicken in the other.
Actual good quality lunch meat: I
know that Valhalla is comparable in
price only to New York City delis, but
at least at a deli they serve Boar’s Head
meat on a $5 sandwich. It’s too bad
that something as simple as lunch meat
has been neglected by Aramark while
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overpriced organic products, but fear
not, change is brewing.
Different cooking utensils and sur-
faces for cooked and uncooked food:
Too many times in Valhalla I have
witnessed the same spatula used for
chopping up a raw chicken breast
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many times I have seen that very same
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directly on top of the still simmering
raw chicken juices. Now I understand
“What has been
that this is not a 4-star restaurant that
we’re talking about, but common sense slowing down Berry’s
regarding cooked and uncooked foods
is as necessary as straightening out this Internet?”
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These are just a small sample of
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administration, but this I can promise; Al Gore is mad
you won’t have to worry about putting at Berry.”
gas in your car or paying your mort-
gage. If you help me, I’ll help you.

Greatness something to live up to

decent and strident servant that he a promise of justice and reason, of hard Latoyah Austin,, sophomore
JESSE MILBY is reemerge in a concession speech work and possibility. This greatness is
Staff Writer worthy of his character. I saw joy and not given freely, but earned. We must,
promise on the faces of thousands of each of us, take it upon ourselves to
$PHULFDQV,VDZKRSHSHUVRQLÀHGQRW strive throughout our lives to live up to
The ghost of
“We hold these truths to be self- just in the president-elect, but in the the promise of our nation.
Martha Berry
evident, that all men are created equal, multitudes of both sides who wish for It is my hope and my prayer that
doesn’t like
that they are endowed by their Creator a better tomorrow. I also saw the dan- our generation, more than any before,
Internet.”
with certain unalienable rights, that ger of cynicism. would meet the challenges set before us
among these are Life, Liberty and the There were countless Facebook sta- DVDSHRSOHZLWKIHUYRUDQGFRQÀGHQFH
Pursuit of Happiness.” tus updates proclaiming intentions of and that we would not only change the
This line from the pen of Thomas emigration and others bidding them a way we conduct ourselves but in doing
Jefferson, the battle cry of a new world fond farewell. I saw the sore losers and so, change the world. Life, Liberty and
founded in humanity, decency and lib- prideful winners that must be over- the Pursuit of Happiness, these are not
HUW\ ÀUHG WKH ÀUVW VKRW LQ WKH GUHDP come if our nation is to come together self-evident truths. But the greatness Josh Baker, sophomore
that is America. and move forward. I saw history. I saw of this country, the extraordinary qual-
At the beginning of the semester, a man that only four years ago was a ity that has for two centuries set this
Dr. Eric Sands posed a question to little known politician with a checkered nation apart, is not in the logical expla-
me, “What makes these truths self- past and funny name rise to be elected nation of self-evidence, but rather in
evident?” Certainly reason and his- as the leader of the free world. We are the irrational and amazing quality that
Too many
tory may object to the notion that these all Americans. we hold them to be so.
people playing
principles are indeed truths, much less We are the light of liberty, of free- Nowhere else is the story of Barack
Call of Duty 4.”
self-evident. dom, of promise, of hope. But we are not Obama a possibility. Nowhere else is
What I saw Tuesday night reaf- so simply because we claim to be. Our the story of Abraham Lincoln, Martin
ÀUPHGLQPHWKHSRVVLELOLWLHVRI$PHU- greatness is not a self-evident truth. It Luther King or Warren Buffet possible.
ica. I saw the John McCain I supported LVQRWDTXDQWLÀDEOHUHDOLW\RUDQHGLFW Nowhere else is the story of Jesse Milby
in 2000, the one lost behind partisan upon righteousness. Our greatness possible. My friends, live a life worthy
handlers for the past year. I saw the comes from the promise of our nation, of the promise of this nation.
Dan Russell,sophomore
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Underground
I wrote this for an Oct 30 edition of the Carrier, but paigning for this ballot) there is nothing of substance here.
cave trolls.”
there was no edition that week. In response to Jesse Milby’s Also, anyone looking to support legislation and appoint
“Face-off on Campaign Issues” in the Oct. 23 issue: Supreme Court Judges (that can work there for the rest of
I am somewhat unsettled by the logic that Jesse uses in their life) that want to limit the powers of the First Amend-
justifying a vote for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama II. It seems ment and essentially get rid of the Second Amendment is
that Jesse, and many more Americans across the county, are “change” I am not looking for. He has absolutely no prob-
attracted to Obama and actually voting for him because he lem making the current administration look bad, attacks the
“inspires” people. Jesse brings us back to the era of John “other” side, and throws around the word “change” like
Kennedy, admitting he was not a good president, but a moti- candy during Halloween, but has no record or working poli-
vator. Well I entice you to come further back. Back to a time cies to back up his own side. Tribb Robison, junior
where there was worldwide poverty, unemployment, bank Since I am obviously not for Obama, you must think
IDLOXUHVDQGLQÁDWLRQVRPHZKDWWRWKHVLWXDWLRQWKDWVHHPV I am for the McCain/Palin ticket. Think again. I am for a
to be going on currently. In these times, peoples’ moral was candidate that has the tested track record of sound, common
lower than ever and needed something or someone to look sense decision making, one that is not tainted by outside
to for inspiration. Well, that was Germany in the late 1920s LQÁXHQFH ,Q WKHVH WLPHV WKDW LV DOPRVW QRQH[LVWHQW +RZ- Someone forgot
and early 1930s. The one man they looked to for inspiration ever, I believe I have found my candidate. Keep in mind, we to feed the rats on
and rallied behind was Adolph Hitler. History shows us the are electing the president of the United States of America, 4th Thomas Berry
result. not a motivational speaker. Let’s face it, hopefully we are that make the
While I cede that Obama is no Hitler, I believe the anal- all going to vote for people that share the same beliefs and Internet work.”
ogy is still applicable. We cannot as a nation unite behind stances of our own agenda. Not because he/she can string
simply a voice with no character. We cannot judge a book by words together better than the next guy.
its cover. We need to see exactly what the candidates stand Well great job America. We can now anticipate a great
for. Other than the ability to draw crowds, I see no attractive transfer of wealth, instead of creation of wealth, the likes
IHDWXUHWKDWTXDOLÀHV2EDPDDVRXUQH[WSUHVLGHQW of which have seldom been seen. I hope he lives up to the Katherine Freeman, freshman
)URPKLVUHODWLRQVWRVKDG\ÀJXUHVVXFKDV%LOO$\HUV hype of being a good, inspirational speaker. That is the only
ACORN, Jeremiah Wright, and The Nation of Islam just to thing I have to look on the bright side about as his policies
name a few, to his horrifying socialist/communistic take on will certainly sour the country especially with the help of a LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY
economic policy dubbed “Obamanomics” (most disturbing Democratic Congress. Letters to the editor must include a name, address and
his redistribution of wealth plans), to his nonexistent foreign phone number, along with the writer’s class year or
policy credentials, to his resume consisting of only having title. The Campus Carrier reserves the right to edit for
barely three years of experience as a junior senator (about -Anthony Williams length, style, grammar and libel.
one and a half to two of those years being spent on cam- senior E-MAIL: campus_carrier@berry.edu
PAGE 6, CAMPUS CARRIER FEATURES
Meet Berry’s
Elected Officials
LEIGH JACKSON
Features Editor
Attendance at SGA meetings this se-
mester has reached record highs, with
more than 100 students consistently
attending the weekly gatherings. Ask
SGA President Laura Sutton the reason
for this spike in attendance, and she
just might say it has something to do
with the jokes she tells at the conclu-
sion of every meeting.
“I love a good joke. My weekly
jokes are my corny thing that I enjoy,”
the senior said. While other students
say they appreciate Sutton’s jokes each
week, most have more substantial
things to say about her and the lead-
ership skills she has demonstrated this
year.
“Laura is one of the best SGA presi-
dents I’ve seen in four years here,” said
SGA Treasurer John Cason, who works
closely with her. “She is dedicated to
student opinions and really listens.”
“When she goes to meetings, she
speaks on behalf of the students, but
she’s not afraid to say what she really
thinks about things,” said senior Erin
Horne, Sutton’s roommate. “I think
that’s a good trait for someone in a
leadership position.”
Sutton said seeking student opin-
ions and using her voice to represent
the student body accurately are some
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“A big part of my job is communica-
tion,” she said. “One of the things I have
tried to do is make myself available to
people so that they feel comfortable
talking to me if they have concerns.”
Sutton said that one of the ways she
tries to achieve this goal is by attend-
ing meetings of student organizations.
She said that she views this as a way to
become as informed as she can about
issues that matter to students.
“It’s important that students com-
municate with faculty and staff and
vice versa,” she said. Sutton said she
sees her position as key in facilitating
this communication, and she said she
wants to help increase dialogue be-
tween the two groups.
In addition to the personal goals
Sutton has for serving as SGA presi-
dent, she also has goals for the orga-
nization and the campus as a whole.
Consistent with her mission to let stu-
LAUREN WRIGHT, PHOTO EDITOR dents’ voices be heard, she and the ex-
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“I don’t know how to measure this, but I would love the student body in creating their goals
to see every student involved and passionate about at the beginning of the semester.
something at Berry,” Sutton said. “That’s how you “We encouraged the SGA reps to
get so much out of Berry, by putting into it.” participate in the goal-setting process
100+
13
10 to 15
meetings Sutton attends speeches Sutton has
delivered since be- students who attend
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coming president SGA each week
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this year,” she said. “People are much
more willing to help if they are work-
ing on something they feel passionate
about.”
A key goal the group established
is leading Berry to become more envi-
ronmentally friendly. SGA has created
a Green Team, a smaller group of stu-
dents who are focusing on driving the
effort to make the campus more eco-
friendly. Sutton said that this initiative
is dual-focused, with both short-term
goals and achievements the group
would like to see occur over a longer
period of time. Immediate changes
the group would like to see are a de-
crease in the overall waste produced
by the college and an increase in recy-
cling. In the long term, the Green Team
would like for Berry to possibly create
“green” policies similar to those at oth-
er universities.
Sutton said that most of her time
serving as SGA president is spent pre-
paring for or attending meetings and
writing speeches. She serves on 11 dif-
ferent committees and attends an aver-
age of 10 to 15 meetings a week. Sut-
ton said that she spends a great deal of
time preparing for these meetings by
researching and preparing statements.
Since being elected, she has delivered
13 speeches.
“I keep joking that I wish there was
a place I could buy more time,” she
said. “Between school, working, hav-
ing a social life and making time for
myself, I always feel like something
has to give.”
Sutton said that this year she has
tried to make an intentional effort to
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nition of fun consists of trips to the
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Guntersville with her dad and 16-year-
old brother and spending time with
her friends, whom she said she does
not get to see often during the week.
Though her peers say that leader-
ship comes naturally to Sutton, she
said that when she came to college, she
never thought she would be the head
of the student body.
“I wasn’t a leader in high school,”
she said. “I just played basketball.”
Horne, who attended Hoover High
School with Sutton in Hoover, Ala.,
and has lived with her for three years,
agreed.
“I didn’t know her as well in high
school, but she was pretty quiet,”
Horne said. “She has really taken on a
new role at Berry than she had in high
school.” Horne said that Sutton has
always had the same personality and
11
committees
Sutton serves on
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
“been really funny,” but her roommate
has become much more outgoing and
involved in campus life than she was
as a high school student.
Sutton’s relationship with SGA
began her freshman year when she
served as the SGA representative for
Habitat for Humanity. After being en-
couraged by friends and older SGA
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sition, she ran and was elected as the
secretary of her class as a sophomore.
Sutton said that it was during this time
when she decided she wanted to run
for SGA president one day.
“I loved the community service as-
pect of the job,” she said. Sutton said
that she enjoys the position of presi-
dent thoroughly and not just because
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dow view” she occupies on the third
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“It’s one of the most rewarding
jobs on campus because you get to see
how what you do affects students,”
she said. Sutton said she also enjoys
opportunities the job has brought her,
such as being able to attend board of
trustees’ meetings where she can learn
about Berry’s future.
“You also get to work with faculty,
staff and administrators who think
highly of students, which is encour-
aging. I love the opportunity to make
a difference in a place that has made
such a difference in my life, and I see
[this job] as a way to help students,”
she said.
Sutton, who is majoring in both
management and marketing, said she
would like to continue making a dif-
ference after she graduates from Berry.
Currently, she is researching graduate
programs where she could earn a mas-
ter’s degree in organizational psychol-
ogy. One of her dream jobs is serving as
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Sutton said that she could also see her-
self working for a consulting company
handling leadership development and
best practices training.
Politics may or may not be in the fu-
ture for the student body president.
“I haven’t thought about it,” she
said. “I feel like SGA is different [than
politics], but I really enjoy public
speaking and being in front of an audi-
ence, so who knows.”
For now, Sutton will continue to
lead the student body at Berry, where
she said she hopes to encourage more
students to get involved in student or-
ganizations and feel valued.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2008 FEATURES
Chase Davis, Vice President
of Campus Services
AMANDA GRISWELL
Asst. Features Editor
Many students join SGA to be more in-
volved in the decision making process for the
numerous activities on campus and to get in-
volved in the Berry community.
Senior Chase Davis, vice president for cam-
pus services, said he helps improve Berry’s
campus by working with students, faculty,
staff and administrators. After becoming vice
president, Davis said he saw a side of Berry
that he had not seen before.
“I now have a deeper or better understand-
ing of what it means to be an involved student
at Berry. I also came to the realization that I
Jesse Milby, Vice President
of Student Services
BRIONA ARRADONDO
Staff Writer
Vice President for Student Services Jesse
Milby calls himself a voice for the silent major-
ity. Milby said that through his position he ad-
dresses relevant issues on campus and strives
to better the student community.
Milby said that he got involved in SGA un-
willingly as a result of a joke. He said his hall
mates tricked him into being their representa-
tive his sophomore year.
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to continue in politics after graduation. Mil-
by, who is from Meansville, Ga., has a fam-
ily history in politics and wants to become a
Lauren Ramsey, Secretary
LAURA PRICE
Staff Writer
“Her smile is contagious. She is so full of
life,” said Brian Jory, professor and director of
family studies, of senior Lauren Ramsey. Ram-
sey serves as the secretary of SGA and said
that she has always been actively involved in
her community. She said that she ran for the
secretary position because she likes to be in-
volved in planning and implementing impor-
tant ideas. Ramsey said that she also enjoys
representing her friends on campus through
her position.
Ramsey considers it a privilege to be an
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nections with the college administrators. In
John Cason, Treasurer
MEGAN GILKER
Staff Writer
Along with the student activites fee came a
Berry student who considers himself passion-
ate for people and business.
John Cason, a senior from Statesboro, Ga.,
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has been involved with SGA since his fresh-
man year and is currently the treasurer.
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fee…and it was an opportunity to manage a
quarter of a million dollars,” Cason said. “And
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geting, it would be kind of a good experience
to do that.”
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want to stay in higher level administration,”
Davis said.
Davis, who grew up in Fayetteville, Ga.,
said he decided to run for this position to gain
experience and leadership skills. He said that
he considered what he could bring to SGA and
what he could gain from being a part of SGA
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“I chose to run because I felt like it would
broaden my horizons and experiences. It felt
right,” Davis said.
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with various search committees and helps
with a variety of events in order to make a
difference on campus. The diversity of his in-
volvement is the best part of being an SGA of-
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“His ability to get along with anyone tran-
senator.
“My great grandfather was a state sena-
tor, and my grandfathers were a mayor and
a judge,” said Milby, a senior history major.
“There is a long standing tradition in my fam-
ily, and we are fairly well-known for being
service-oriented. I want to live up to that.”
Outside of SGA, Milby serves as president
for the Churchill Society. Eric Sands, assistant
professor of government, has had Milby as a
student in several classes and said they worked
together in the Politics and Law Society and
the Churchill Society. Milby’s leadership roles
and connections with the government depart-
ment facilitated his penchant for debate.
“Jesse’s one of those people that’s never
afraid to draw attention to the elephant in the
room,” said Sands. “When Jesse sees a prob-
lem, he wants to go after it.”
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tial leaders including President Stephen R.
Briggs, Dean of Students Debbie Heida and
the board of trustees about issues that affect
the Berry community.
“It is a privilege to be able to use my voice
to talk to these people,” Ramsey said.
One of the biggest changes that Ramsey
said she has seen over the past year at Berry is
the adjustment in visitation hours.
“It was a change that was good, and it
is refreshing to have and see change,” said
Ramsey.
Ramsey said that her weeks are usually
busy with school and SGA, but on the week-
ends she is able to slow down.
“Saturdays are my saving grace,” she said.
Her typical Saturday consists of sleeping
Cason began learning magic in third grade
and used it as a hobby, but by the time he
graduated from high school, he was perform-
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provided business experience.
“When I turned 16 I started marketing my-
self, which is actually why I chose to be a mar-
keting major,” Cason said. “I was extremely
talented at doing magic at 16, and I had no
way of selling my product so I started reading
these marketing books.”
SGA President Laura Sutton does not be-
lieve his SGA position will be the end of Ca-
son’s business career.
“I can see John being (what we call) a ‘serial
entrepreneur,’ which is where you just keep
coming up with these ideas and keep starting
these new companies,” she said. “He’s going
to be a very successful entrepreneur. I think
CAMPUS CARRIER PAGE 7
scends through his work on campus,” Richard
Hughes, associate professor of psychology,
said of Davis.
Davis said that over this year he wants to
increase student involvement in SGA and at
events on campus. Others seem pleased with
what he has accomplished through his posi-
tion so far.
“Chase is taking an initiative to increase
school spirit across the campus, which includes
a ‘Go Vikings’ banner signed by various stu-
dents to be on display at home athletic events.
He has also brought in different athletic teams
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Stansell, junior class president said.
Davis said SGA is “a great experience,”
and he said it is a great way to get involved
at Berry.
Former SGA member Cleve Miller, a senior
marketing major, said Milby is a good voice
for the students and isn’t afraid of superiors.
Miller said he admires Milby’s initiative to
raise questions.
“Anything that comes his way that is
controversial he’s not afraid to bring it up,”
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believes.”
Milby said he likes that the Berry adminis-
trators actually listen to students. However, he
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ing its standards to meet student numbers.
“No matter how much I criticize and scold,
I do it because I want the school to live up to
what it can be. Berry has such amazing poten-
tial,” said Milby. “I don’t want Berry or peo-
ple to rest on its morals. When we’re content
where we are, that’s when we start to lose.”
in until 10 a.m, going to lunch with her room-
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outside if it is a nice day. Ramsey’s friends de-
scribe her positively.
“One word that describes Lauren would be
caring,” said senior Josh Etress.
“She is awesome,” said junior Lindsey
Banks.
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and she said she supports the University of
Tennessee’s athletic department.
“I am a huge Tennessee fan. I love foot-
ball and basketball,” she said. In high school,
she supported athletics as a competitve
cheerleader.
Ramsey, who is majoring in community de-
velopment, said she hopes to work for a non-
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he’s smart enough to come up with innovative
new ideas.” In fact, Cason is getting involved
in a family business that sells barbecue sauce.
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that will be making it,” he said.
With a so much in his future, Cason’s girl-
friend, sophomore Laura Diepenbrock, said
that his ideal retirement might be enjoying the
ocean.
“He’s always said ‘I could live on a sailboat
because you don’t have to pay property taxes,’
and so I could see him on a sailboat with some
black coffee and a newspaper,” she said.
Until then Cason, a Boy Scout, Executive
Round Table president, magician and entre-
preneur, will follow his grandfather’s motto:
“More people die in bed than anywhere
else, so get up.”
PAGE 8, CAMPUS CARRIER ENTERTAINMENT NOVEMBER 6, 2008

The Arts and Crafts Festival: a new tradition

NOELLE BROOKS
Staff Writer

It pays to be creative, and on Saturday, the Berry com-

munity will have the opportunity to turn their art into cash
at the Arts and Craft Festival.
The festival, sponsored by the Art Society, will be held
on Moon Lawn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will have 40
vendors. It was created by seniors Whitney A. Crouch and
Nate Rupp and was inspired by the local Chiaha Festival
in Richford Park.
“My boyfriend and I were driving around this summer,
and thinking of things for the Art Society to do, and it just
ended up working out,” said Crouch.
In order to make this idea a reality, Crouch and Rupp
needed a lot of support and were astounded by the con-
tributions of the alumni. Crouch and Rupp also said they
were excited by the number of people willing to be a part
of the festival.
“Having people say they want to join the festival that
you created is the most rewarding,” said Rupp.
Aside from giving students, faculty, staff and alumni
a chance to sell their arts and crafts, they said they hope
the festival can bring more attention to the art department.
They plan on having the Moon Gallery open during the
festival. MEREDITH MCDERMOTT, ASST. PHOTO EDITOR
like this,” said Amanda Carman, a sophomore vendor at
“They have a lot of music stuff and theatre stuff, but
the festival. “Since we’re an isolated campus, we don’t get Senior Claire Zimmerman (left, top), who makes pot-
there are few visual arts events,” said Crouch. “It would be
the same exposure to festivals like Atlanta or Savannah.” tery, and senior Whitney A. Crouch, who makes jewelry,
good to have more cultural events related to the visual arts
Both Rupp and Crouch will be selling items at the festi- will be selling their crafts at the Arts and Crafts Festival on
that students can get involved in.”
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50,000 words, 30 days, 1 novel: are you up for the challenge?

JESSIE EDWARDS
Entertainment Editor
Sharpen your pencils or turn on your
laptop—National Novel Writing Month is
in full swing, and you’re six days behind.
Midnight Nov. 1 heralded the start of
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoW-
riMo). Participants have until midnight
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name on the Web site’s Winner’s page.
According to the Web site, the goal of
the contest is quantity, not quality.
“By forcing yourself to write so intensely,
you are giving yourself permission to make
mistakes,” the Web site says.
Participants are only allowed to pre-
write before the start date.
“Outlines and plot notes are very much
encouraged and can be started months
ahead of the actual novel-writing adven-
ture,” the Web site says.
Junior Hannah Stuart has participated in
NaNoWriMo since 2003. The past two years
she has reached the 50,000 word count.
Stuart said she writes before bed.
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the theme of the novel that I am writing.”
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year’s NaNoWriMo is a fantasy set in a
world resembling Medieval times.
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and the characters,” she said.
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novel this year, but his is for the Richards
Scholar program, and he has until he grad-
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to Guanajuato, Mexico to research, is about
the interactions between immigrants and
natives in small towns.
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the way to go,” he said. “Stopping to make
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Satriani brings an ‘electric moment’ to Atlanta
GORDIE MURPHY
Asst. Graphics
Editor
On Oct. 26, I had the opportu-
nity to see one of the masters of
the six-string universe live in con-
cert: Joe Satriani, or Satch, as he is
known to his fans.
Satriani is widely considered
to be one of the best guitarists
around today and one of the lead-
ing innovators of the instrument.
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With the Alien,” in 1987; the album
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guitarists, and revolutionized the
instrumental guitar album. The
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album remains a landmark in the
world of instrumental rock.
Prior to releasing his solo
albums, Satriani was known more
for teaching a slew of guitarists
who went on to have very suc-
cessful careers. Among his pro-
teges are the world-renowned
Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett from
Metallica and Alex Skolnick from
Testament.
Satriani has been nominated
for 14 Grammys in the category
of “Best Rock Instrumental Per-
formance.” He is also one of
three winners of Guitar Player
Magazine’s triple crown award.
The only other two to receive the
triple crown were Jeff Beck and
Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Satriani lives up to every inch
of his reputation live. The whole
experience began at 4:30 p.m.
Satriani offers his fans a chance
to upgrade their ticket to what he
calls “Club Joe,” which includes
an interview session with Satriani
and time to get autographs and
talk with him before the show
starts.
It was a surreal moment, sitting
in the empty Variety Playhouse
with the other Club Joe members,
when suddenly Satch himself
walked in from behind the stage.
It’s strange to be face to face with
one of your heroes, with someone
whose work you’ve studied and
listened to so much.
The interview session turned
out to be a very relaxed, casual
conversation between Joe and us.
He talked extensively about his
songwriting process, playing live,
the music business and upcoming
tours and projects. Throughout,
he showed himself to be a very
friendly, funny, down-to-earth
guy. The question and answer ses-
sion set a very human tone for the
rest of the night.
When the interview session
was done, we picked out our
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spots before the rest of the crowd
Joe Satriani began his career by teaching guitar in 1974 and
came in. For me, that meant going
has since performed with everyone from Mick Jagger to Steve Vai of
to the front and left of center;
Whitesnake.
right in front of where Joe would
be standing. of Rock,” and a selection of classic mood.
The band Mountain opened songs spanning all the way back He also said that a real per-
and did a short set, playing a WR´6XUÀQJ:LWKWKH$OLHQµ former does not put up a wall
few classic songs like a cover of The most remarkable thing between him and his audience
Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads,” and about Satriani’s performance is but rather bares his soul to his
one of their big hits, “Mississippi his ability to connect with his audience and connects with them,
Queen.” They played a good audience. He is by far the most which Satriani did throughout
set, their songs punctuated by expressive, emotive musician that his entire performance. When he
anecdotes from singer/guitarist I have ever had the privilege to played “Revelation,” a song writ-
Leslie West and drummer Corky see, and he manages to project that ten about the recent death of his
Laing throwing things with star- to his audience. During the inter- father, it was easy to feel what he
tling accuracy at members of the view session, he talked about how felt and to see the memory in his
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crowd. Though Mountain did a
good job, I was really just waiting
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play than others, not because they
face. AUGUST 17, 2006
The highlight of the concert
for Joe to start his set. are just physically or technically for me came near the end,when
He didn’t disappoint. It was demanding, but because they are Satriani played “Always With
an electric moment when he came HPRWLRQDOO\ GLIÀFXOW ,Q D VRQJ Me, Always With You,” a clas-
out on stage. He opened with his like “Flying In a Blue Dream,” he sic song that I would consider to
most recent hit, “I Just Wanna said he thinks about the past a lot, be one of his best. Written for his
Rock,” a good stomper that con- since it is written about his father. wife Rubina, it is another great
tinues his exploration into the +H VDLG WKDW LW FDQ EH GLIÀFXOW WR example of Joe’s ability to share
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depicting a robot at a rock con- brings back a lot of memories, to Satriani is a natural performer,
cert. He played a number of songs a song like “Andalusia,” which a great songwriter, and a down-
from his newest album, “Professor is basically an extended guitar to-earth person, which all contrib-
Satchifunkilus and the Musterion solo and requires such a different uted to an incredible experience.
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