Celebrating Mountain Day through a universal lens
Brian Jones, features editor As Berry gears up for Mountain Day, its biggest tradition of the year, it is necessary to look back at what has made this event so special. Mountain Day serves as the school’s homecoming, dating back 112 years. Cecily Crow (94C) serves as Director of Alumni Relations. Day to day, Crow…
Graduation to be held in downtown Rome starting spring 2027
Chloe Coffield, reporter On Aug. 5, the Office of the President announced that graduation would be permanently moved from Valhalla stadium to the Forum River Center starting spring 2027 moving forward. Senior students are not happy with the change as this decision to move graduation off-campus was made without students’ knowledge, most not knowing until…
Case closed on recent Berry alumnus passing on campus
Sydney Martinez, editor in chief On Sept. 15, a Berry alumnus was found deceased on campus, along Viking Trail.Sergeant Brittany Werner of the Floyd County Police Department (FCPD) said her department has closed the investigation regarding the late alumnus. Werner said the alumnus was male and 33 years of age. Out of respect for the…
From Berry student to published author
Ali Luciani, arts & living and Ava Mumaw, asst. arts & living On Wednesday Sept. 23, Berry welcomed alumnus Dan Desai Martin (02C) back on campus for a Q&A discussing his debut novel “In The Shadows of the Sanctum,” his journey in becoming a published author and the experiences that shaped his writing. The event…
Mountain Day football game absent due to SAA changes
Ward Sutlive, sports editor The Berry College Mountain Day football game has been a part of the yearly weekend celebration since 2021. This year, the Southern Athletic Associations (SAA) conference schedule did not align with Mountain Day Weekend. Students are upset that they won’t have their usual football game. According to Director of Alumni Relations…
Vikings Women’s swim team welcomes eight freshman
Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor The women’s swim team enters the upcoming season with eight freshmen joining the roster. The Vikings finished last season with a 5-6 record and look to improve with 17 swimmers on the roster. The team is led by second year Head Coach Zach Healy as he continues to build on the…
Good Neighbor Center launches new GivePulse partnership
Dekira Wilkerson, reporter Berry and the Center for Good Neighbor Culture & Community Engagement partnered with an application called GivePulse to offer community service opportunities through Berry Portals. Director of Community Engagement Devon Smyth announced the new app through a campus-wide email on Sept. 28. GivePulse offers service opportunities on campus and extends throughout the…
Our View: Shock value and controversy shouldn’t be an advertisement tactic
Alicia Meehan, opinions editor Based on recent controversial commercials, it seems that advertising companies have forgotten that they’re meant to convince people to want to buy their product. The phrase, “all publicity is good publicity” comes to mind when you look at recent advertisements. Some of which are currently circulating, and some that have already…
Artificial Intelligence in art is completely unecessary
Brian Jones, features editor Picture this: you are walking back to your dorm after a long, depleting day. Cars are whizzing by, people are babbling on, but you remain empty. So, you make a sudden trip to the Movies at Berry Square. Popcorn is bought, your ticket is scanned and you plop down in a…
The annual Fat Bear Week is my Fantasy Football
Ellie Bossier, copy editor One of my favorite weeks of the year is Fat Bear Week, an online competition that follows the bears who live at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska as they prepare for hibernation. What originated in 2014 as a one-day event called Fat Bear Tuesday has grown into a full…
Rome Transit Department to run new route through Berry
Chloe Coffield, staff writer On Aug. 3, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) teamed up with the City of Rome Transit to implement a public bus from downtown Rome to run what was formally known as the ‘Ashland Park’ route through Berry College at ten past the start of every hour, beginning at 6:10 a.m.…
Red cross hosts monumental blood drive
Brian Jones, features editor On Sept. 17, the American Red Cross Club hosted their fall Blood Drive in Krannert ballroom. The Berry community answered the organization’s call by showing up in overwhelming numbers. The event featured a plethora of student volunteers and nurses, unifying the campus for a vital cause. This year, the blood drive…
Vikings keep rowing with a sweep of Randolph-Macon
Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor After two matches on Sept. 18, Berry volleyball showed no signs of slowing down on Sept. 19 as they took on Randolph-Macon College. The team held a celebration before the match where the players were introduced with their parents. The cheering continued as the match began, with the Vikings’ bench…
Volleyball Team wins three back-to-back games at Berry Invitational
Ward Sutlive, sports editor It is said that good things come in threes. This is certainly true in the case of the Berry College volleyball team, who won three consecutive games last weekend. Two of the games took place on Sept. 18th, with the third occurring on sept. 19th. The opponents that the team faced…
Berry partners with Walker Prison for Higher Ed Initiative
Dekira Wilkerson, staff writer In the spring of 2026, Berry launched the Higher Education Prison Initiative (HEPI), where professors and a student intern went to Walker State Prison (WSP) and began teaching their initial courses. The initiative was not publicly announced until Sept. 8, 2026, when the initial courses proved successful. Expansion plans for the…
Suicide prevention awareness month, resources on campus
Ali Luciani, arts & living editor and Ava Mumaw, asst. arts & living editor September is Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month, bringing attention to the mental health challenges college students face and the resources available to support them. At Berry College, administrators and counselors emphasize the importance of recognizing warning signs, supporting peers…
Letter to the Editor: What Makes Berry’s campus unique
Carson Bonner, Berry alumna (26C) I graduated from Berry this past May, and if you ask me what stuck with me most about my four years there, it isn’t a class or a professor or even a specific memory. It’s the campus itself. I remember touring Berry for the first time and feeling like I…
Our View: Students shouldn’t be “Berry Busy” all the time
Alicia Meehan, opinions editor Berry’s students are often described as being “Berry Busy.” Students are presented with a lot of opportunities to fill out their schedules including academics, LifeWorks positions and clubs. Many students pack their schedules so they don’t miss out on anything, but it can quickly become too much, leaving students burnt out.…
You should give running a second chance, or three
Lucy Brooks, photographer I’m here to tell you just how much and why I love running, and why you should too. I started running in middle school, and I’ve probably been running for about seven years now. I, like many of you, hated running when I started. In fact, my mom was the one who…
Floyd County PD find Berry alumnus deceased off Viking Trail
Sydney Martinez, editor in chief On Sept. 15, a Berry Alert was sent out regarding law enforcement searching for a missing person on Main Campus at 1:49 p.m. Sergeant Brittany Warner of the Floyd County Police Department (FCPD) said the missing person found on Berry’s campus was a former student, from over 10 years ago.…
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