Bryan College Triangle

Triangle Sports Editor reviews an old issue of the Triangle in the Mac Lab in Rankin. Triangle Photo by Editor-in-chief Allison McLean

by Britney Weber
Senior Staff Writer

As curricula are updated, new professors hired, classes and majors added and new apartments built in preparation for the completion of “Vision 20/20”, the Communication Studies Department has begun to look towards improving its journalism option.

“We are beginning to see convergence at all levels of journalism. Newspapers not only have print editions, but websites, audio feeds, broadcast, video. There is a growing need for students to possess a variety of skills,” said Student Publications Adviser John Carpenter. Read full story »

By Ericka Simpson
Staff Writer

Bryan College recently hired Details Communication, a marketing advertising agency from Alabama, to conduct focus groups and take photographs on April 21 and 22. The admissions department will use the material to communicate with prospective students.

Details Communications photographer taking pictures of students at Laurel Snow Pocket Wilderness Trail in Dayton, Tenn. Photo courtesy of Ericka Simpson.

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In its second official year, the Broad Street Film Festival held a three-evening event last weekend, April 22-24. Unlike last year, however, the festival was not run by Bryan College.

The Broad Street Film Festival is a nonprofit organization under the umbrella of The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. According to a Broad Street Festival news release, the organization’s goal is to “enhance the film culture of Chattanooga by hosting a film festival that provides community exposure for collegiate filmmaking talent as well as educational and networking opportunities for the next generation of filmmakers in the Chattanooga region.”

The events included a screenings of festival films at the Carmike Majestic  12 last Thursday night, which was attended by over 400 people, an informal evening with Director Scott Teems on Friday for the filmmakers and the formal awards ceremony on Saturday evening at the Tivoli Theatre, which was attended by 600 people. Read full story »

by Ericka Simpson
Staff Writer

The Aztecs and the Goths marched onto the practice fields prepared to slaughter their enemies by breaking eggs with their handmade cardboard weapons. They are returning for a rematch this afternoon at 5 p.m.

Barbarian Wars, an event from last year, pitted the upperclassmen against the underclassmen in all out warfare with no real objective except to “kill” as many on the enemy side as possible. Each person had three eggs attached to himself, and if all eggs were smashed, then they were dead. Whichever team had the most people left standing at the end of the battle, kept their pride and won bragging rights.

“It is the biggest adrenaline rush that the school has ever sponsored,” junior Justus Stout said. Senior Evan Johnson asked Stout to give the rally speech for the underclassmen, and, according to Stout, it was “very exciting and empowering.”

The event created a chance for the under and upperclassmen to band together in an aggressive way. Stout said that it was a lot of fun last year, and he can’t imagine a way that it would be more fun.

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Dubbed the 'Survivor Tree,' still standing ten years later across from where the bombing took place.

by Michael Palmer
Guest Writer

It has now been 15 years since the bombing in Oklahoma City; the earth has made 15 full revolutions around the sun. Time does march on, but this kind of anniversary naturally creates a flood of recollections.

As an adopted son of the heartland and as a member of a family that lost two of its members, Dr. Charles and Jean Hurlburt, what happened that day was insulting. But what happened in its wake in the handling of the dead, the injured and the mourners, by Oklahomans and others, was admirable.

In one of the worst acts of terrorism ever on U.S. soil, 168 people wrongly and prematurely lost their lives. The 4,800-pound explosive rocked both Oklahoma City and the nation on April 19, 1995, causing monumental damage—which was miniscule in comparison to the human destruction. Read full story »