Bryan College Triangle

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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'READ' posters featured People Book authors. Triangle photo by Allison McLean.

by Allison McLean
Editor-in-chief

One of the events that the Bryan College Library held last week in honor of National Library Week was their People Books daily event. People Books is a program to help students get to know the faculty and staff at Bryan College. Bryan College Library patrons may ask the People Book authors about the books that these authors created, which feature something significant about themselves. This video features Jody Cheon, one of the People Book authors, who presents her book entitled, ‘Daughter of a Traveling Yo-yo Man.’

Triangle photo by Staff Photographer Maddie K. Doucet.

By John Moore
Staff Writer

“What is the value of the liberal arts major at Bryan College?” some have asked. At its inception 17 years ago, Bill Brown, former president of Bryan, found the answer he and a few others had been looking for.

In the fall of 2010, the liberal arts program at Bryan will once more take a leap forward as the options within the program are refined and expanded. Along with offering four distinct tracts, Raymond Legg, head of the English Department, will become the new liberal arts advisor.

Currently, the 18 students majoring in liberal arts are under the advisory of Travis Ricketts, associate professor of history. With the retirement of two professors in the History Department, Bradford Sample, academic vice president, said it seemed necessary to find a new advisor for the liberal arts program, which will allow Ricketts to move fully into the history department. Because of his love for the liberal arts, Legg voluntarily came to Sample offering to take on the advisory role.

“I thought I might have something to offer here,” said Legg. Of his interest in liberal arts in general Legg said, “You could call it adult ADHD—I’m fascinated by learning and wanting to learn different things.”

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by Catherine Rogers
Staff Writer

Does it surprise you that the namesake of Bryan College, William Jennings Bryan, was a three-time Democratic Party presidential candidate? That would seem a little far-fetched for a college that’s been aligned more closely with the Republican Party for years. Well, if you’re a Bryan student and you’re not a conservative Republican, your time has come.

Last Thursday morning, the first meeting for two new political groups on campus was held in Associate Professor of Political Science Ron Petitte’s, Strategy and Politics class. These two groups represent the Democratic Party and the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). Read full story »

Triangle photo by Staff Photographer Maddie K. Doucet

by Britney Weber
Senior Staff Writer

My boyfriend broke up with me 2 years ago for a skinnier girl. I’ve struggled with anorexia ever since.

-Anonymous Post Secret from Frank Warren’s website postsecretarchive.com.

It started out last semester as a project for their Social Psychology class. Students were asked to created a slide show containing secrets from Frank Warren’s PostSecret website.

According to Warren’s website, PostSecret.com is a web-based “gallery of postcard-sized images posted anonymously to unveil a secret.” In other words, as Warren says on his site, these postcards are “shared confessions in art form.”

Sometimes I wonder if I have a mental illness. I don’t want to tell anyone because I’m scared my fears will be confirmed. So I don’t tell people what is going on in my head and just pretend to be as normal as I possibly can.

Now, seniors John Wang and Erica Smith and juniors Lauren Pratt and Rachel Hewitt have decided to take last semester’s project even further with their Research and Design project: Masked No More.

I often wonder if life is easier for other people, or if they are just better at faking it.

Smith said that they wanted to do a project that was similar to Frank Warren’s PostSecret website to get students talking about the secrets they hold.

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