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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by Britney Weber
Senior Staff Writer

Every year at the Junior-Senior banquet, seniors are given the chance to express their sentiment for the classmates and friends they will be leaving after graduation in a few short weeks.

From sage wisdom to satirical inside jokes, these wills contain snapshots of the best memories seniors hold from the past four years of their lives.

Alumnus Jeremiah Nasiatka, a 2009 graduate and former editor-in-chief of the Triangle, left the Triangle to Allison McLean, the current editor-in-chief. He also left the responsibility of teaching people how to pronounce his last name to his younger sister, sophomore Carlin Nasiatka.

Faith Ammen, who also graduated in 2009, left her younger brother, junior Elijah Ammen, sole control of the iPod® when driving to church.

This year, Bailey Payne is leaving a Speedo® to Josh Bradley.

Wills are submitted during the weeks before Jr-Sr banquet and compiled into a single classy document to be handed out to those in attendance at Jr-Sr.

Though most wills are written to the underclassmen, recipients also include close friends, as well as professors.

Senior wills provide the perfect closure to four years wrought with friendships, inside jokes and laughter.

To see the wills of current seniors, visit BryanTriangle.com next week.

by Tim Baldi
Staff Writer

Courtesy of Freshman SGA.

Freshman Class officers and SGA Events Council have combined their planning abilities for “A Night on the Riviera” spring banquet and cruise scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27.

SGA’s Events Council wanted to bring back the midnight cruise because of its popularity last year, according to Vice President of Off Campus Events Elijah Ammen. When the weekend of the 27th became available, they checked with freshman SGA and coordinated to have the banquet and cruise on the same night.

This is the first time two large events like this have been planned for one night, according to freshman Vice President Amy Morris.

The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. with “A Night on the Riviera.”

“We want people to see and smell the river,” said Morris. The decorations and atmosphere will create an outdoor European restaurant atmosphere.

“We plan on this banquet being classier than ordinary banquets,” said freshman Treasurer Kelly Findley. People will be able to focus on table conversation instead of the stage events.

A significant portion of the budget is being spent on providing good food, according to Findley.

“The food is going to be awesome,” said Morris.

At 10:30 p.m. after the banquet, students will begin boarding the midnight cruise, according to Ammen. The ship will leave the dock at 11 p.m. and return at 1 a.m.

There will be a wider range of activities on the two-hour cruise this year. According to Ammen, the cruise will have all the same activities that students enjoyed on last year’s cruise, in addition to a video game arcade, card games and possibly karaoke; events council is also currently searching for a jazz band to provide music for the cruise.

Students vote on the two films shown in Chapel for the creative film series

by Krissy Proctor
Staff Writer

From a philosophical fish store and the portrayal of fantastical, psychedelic highs to the story of a man awaiting the return of his single, picture-framed heart, students last week laughed, cried and left impressed with the films shown in the Monday and Wednesday chapels.

“I thought it was great, I would like to see more,” junior Glenna Gibbs said Wednesday. Read full story »

by Emily McKeehan
Staff Writer

Triangle Photo by Emily McKeehan.

The smells of coffee and cinnamon rolls greeted everyone who walked in the door of Harmony House on the evening of Dec. 3. But good luck finding a place to stand, let alone sit.

From about 8 to 10 p.m., the coffee shop in downtown Dayton was overflowing with Bryan College students attending Singer Songwriter. The annual Bryan event, which hosted performers of all classes, was held off-campus for the first time this year.

“We’ve always tried to go for a coffee-house feel on campus,” said senior Elijah Ammen, vice president of off-campus events, “so this year… we thought, ‘Why not have it at a coffee house?’” Read full story »