Bryan College Triangle

Krissy Proctor
Online Editor

Rob Franklin
2011 Bryan Graduate

As the readers of this article may or may not be aware, I’m an alumnus of Bryan College. I graduated just last year, and am intimately familiar with the way life works on the Hill. I’m writing this in response to a recent editorial I stumbled upon while browsing the Triangle website this week entitled “RAs crossing the line.” Read full story »

by Krissy Proctor
Copy Editor

 

Scanning through next semester’s course offerings may have brought more than one student a course load of surprise.  “Multimedia Journalism?” “Food in

Italian History?” “Sexuality and the Bible?”

No, it’s not some mischievous faculty joke.  Next semester brings more than the start of a whole new year and the return of many required classes; it brings the availability of 16 never before seen courses that are sure to delight majors of all kinds.

According to Registrar Janet Piatt, next spring’s course selection offers more selective topics than the college has seen in a while.  In part, this is due to the experimental nature of classes marked as selected topic courses.

“If a professor wants to try out a course he’s never done before, then they’ll call it an “ST” course to see if there’s any interest,” she explained.  “But they can’t offer the same course more than every four years; otherwise it will need approval from the department and the school.”

While some of the new courses are meant to appeal solely to certain majors, others were specifically designed to include students from different backgrounds as well, like the “Sexuality and the Bible” course to be taught by Associate Professor of Bible Ken Turner.

“We wanted to do a class that would be fruitful for the [Bible] major, but then we are also trying to entice the larger student body,” Turner said.  “It’s certainly immediately relevant.” Read full story »

by Krissy Proctor
Copy editor

They are crowded together like sheep led to the slaughter. Filing into the dimly lit dining hall, silent and confused, the Senior Class firmly suggests that each freshman take a seat at one of the rounded tables, chairs strangely facing outwards.

New students begin to have a sinking feeling as they realize what is coming.

They were all wrong. Read full story »

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 »