Bryan College Triangle

Justin M. Jones
Triangle Writer

SGA is sponsoring a canned food drive Monday, Dec. 5 through Friday, Dec. 9. The cans will go to We Care’s food pantry to help those in need around Christmas.

To get students to participate in the canned food drive, the Office of Student Life will take away three points per can turned in up to 15 points – five cans.

The point forgiveness incentive was based off something that senior Daniel Grayton’s hometown library had done in the past with overdue book fines.

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Student Body Vice President Daniel Grayton reviews a list of concerns brought to the forum by a student while other SGA representatives talk to students about their concerns / Triangle photo by Natali Masti

Natali Masti
Triangle Reporter

Tuesday SGA Senate hosted a new type of event to better serve the student body — an open forum.

Freshman representative Kerrie Reinhardt said that, “[the] purpose for this event was to figure out what issues the students care most about.  Once we understand the student’s opinions on these key issues we can figure out the best way to represent these ideas to the administration here at Bryan.”

While SGA usually receives comments from students sporatically throughout the year, this event was designed to provide an opportunity for students to come directly to SGA to give suggestions or complaints, according to Sophomore representative Joseph Murphy.

To the dismay of SGA, only about five to ten people took advantage of the opportunity. Reinhardt, however, was not daunted by the few numbers and maintained an optimistic outlook. Read full story »

Senior Lauren Twombly is one of four Musical Theater majors that will perform in a showcase in Rudd this Friday / Photo courtesy of eStudent Directory

Timothy Baldi
Senior Reporter

Four of Bryan’s Musical Theater majors will perform their senior recital this Friday at 7:30 P.M..

Seniors Lauren Twombly, Kelsey Williamson, Ashley Boyd and Betsy Hailes are excited to perform pieces such as “Welcome to the 60’s” from “Hairspray.”

“It’s just bucket-loads of fun, we all enjoy it so much,” said Twombly. “I think we are all excited about our solos,” she added. “All of the songs that we picked really say something about our personalities.”

“[The recital is] an opportunity to showcase all the voice lessons and work we have done with Mrs. Keck, and to see how far both she and Mr. B. have helped us in becoming stronger performers,” said Twombly.

Together, the four seniors have prepared everything for the recital including the sets, the song selections and advertisements around campus.

“It’s a lot of work, but we do have a lot of help and guidance,” said Twombly.

Director of Bryan's Physical Plant Doug Schott meets an unusual amount of intentional campus vandalism this semester with prayer / Photo courtesy of eStudent Directory

Tim Baldi
Senior Reporter

I expected to interview a grumbling, old, perhaps outraged, man complaining of terrible students misusing his beloved property and ignoring his hard work. I might be exaggerating a bit, but when I entered Bryan’s physical plant, I was surprised to find a gentle soul who, although still relatively old, harbored even less anger over a shredded couch than he did spilled milk.

Director of Bryan’s Physical Plant Doug Schott contacted the Triangle requesting an article about the vandalism that surfaces on campus. Looking around campus, some of this damage is evident: eggs thrown against buildings and pool cues that have been destroyed in the Game Room. However, this semester has been different, according to Schott.

Schott described the average school year saying that litter is generally a problem for the first couple weeks of school before students get into the habit of picking up after themselves. Besides various repairs around campus, the average Fall semester has never been characterized by vandalism. During the Spring semester, when fewer activities are available, studies become tedious, there are fewer daylight hours and football season ends, property damage is a more regular occurrence. Read full story »

Media Specialist David Beisner shares his thoughts on Bryan's involvement in social media and the potential it may not be taking advantage of / Triangle photo by Natali Masti

Natalie Masti
Triangle Reporter

How many people know that Bryan College was one of the first colleges to join Facebook? Not many, but it’s true. Facebook began in February 2004 and that fall Bryan was already taking steps to have its own Facebook page.

David Beisner, Bryan College’s Media Specialist, remembers that during his freshmen year his friends were pressuring the IT department to get on Facebook because at that time people could only get a page with a “.edu” email address and a letter of approval from their school.

Some people have said that because of this Bryan is a pioneer in social media, but Beisner disagrees with this statement. He says that Bryan is “a pioneer for social media at schools in our area, but that is it.” There are a couple colleges around Bryan, like Chattanooga State, that use social media but not many.

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