Bryan College Triangle

by Daniel Jackson and Shane Vicry
Staff Writers

People leaving/ Liability

One of the biggest concerns coming out of Junior-Senior Banquet, that was held Friday, April 1,was the fact that many people actually left the event prematurely. The venue being just across the tracks in downtown Dayton allowed for this possibility. With the second location being so close to campus it probably would not have been an issue if not for a small dust-up between students and SGA over liability.

During the night, an SGA member announced that not only were students required to stay, but “if they were so bored then they could just go sleep in the grass.”

Junior class president, Sarah Becker was asked afterward about the incident and the facts regarding whether or not SGA and the college were actually liable for the safety of students leaving early.

“We probably aren’t (liable)” Becker said, “I mean I’m not 100 percent sure, but the way I look at it, if people leave and get hit by a bus, not my problem.”

She later recanted, stating seriously that the record can show that “the college is in fact responsible for those students and that SGA acted appropriately.” Read full story »

by Sarah Becker
Guest Writer

“When we judge someone we have no time to love them.” – Mother Theresa

We are not a diverse campus. We are white, middle-income students and earned an average ACT score of 24. It is possible to count the number of African-American students who are not athletes on one hand, and if there are any Asians, that number is even smaller. Only very few of us identify as non-Christian, so our conversations center on the details rather than the big picture.

We are not an integrated campus. Despite our similar socioeconomic backgrounds and spending three hours a week in the same room together (chapel), our environment does not encourage the integration between the supposedly natural “groups” we divide ourselves into. Read full story »

by Daniel Jackson
Staff Writer

A collection of past class T-shirts. The best T-shirts describe a defining characteristic of the class/Triangle photo by Daniel Jackson

The first piece of advice for designing the perfect class T-shirt is simple: don’t offend anyone. One design for the Freshman Class T-shirt, submitted by a senior as a joke, did not meet that requirement. It read: “Freshmeat, mmmmmm.”

The purpose of a class T-shirt is to bring people together, and the Student Government Association has to navigate the individual demands and desires of students to create a T-shirt that everyone likes. Ideally, the design should reflect something unique about the class that is common ground for everyone.

Sarah Becker, Junior Class president, described one submission they received that allegedly described the apathetic side of the class. It read: “We would create a great class T-shirt, but we just didn’t care.” Read full story »

by Tim Baldi
Staff Writer

Seniors Micah Price and Danielle Wilson were crowned homecoming king and queen on Saturday during halftime at the Bryan Lions’ faceoff against the Virginia Intermont Cobras (Bristol, Va.).

Seniors Danielle Wilson and Micah Price being crowned homecoming queen and king, Oct. 2 / photo courtesy of Chris Leary, Commoner

“It was exciting,” said Price, “walking around the field with everyone yelling ‘I love you!’”

Randy Hollingsworth, professor of Communication Studies, announced the homecoming court nominees as they walked across the soccer fields. He read a brief biography for each of the students as they travelled in pairs to their designated locations on the field.

The representatives were freshmen Racie Miller, Clari Stewart, Justin Hoffman and Nathan Johnson, sophomores Lucy Moore, Christina Morgan, Brian Huff and Kelly Findley, juniors Lydia Steele, Sarah Becker, Vincent Smith and Luke Lillard, and seniors Chelsea Parham, Amelia Pool, Erin Antony, Danielle Wilson, Deryk Rankin, Seth Flores, Drew Abercrombie and Micah Price.

After Hollingsworth announced the newly elected king and queen, alumni Joseph Maughon and Lindsay McKissick, last year’s homecoming king and queen, crowned Price and Wilson.

by Tim Baldi
Staff Writer

SGA may be adding two amendments to its constitution this semester in order to improve protocol for replacing class presidents who step down and to clarify the role of the class vice president.

Senate is considering a new means of appointing a class president in case of circumstances when the current president is no longer able to fulfill his duties, according to Vice President of the Student Body Amanda Elswick, a senior.

In the past, when a president has stepped down from his position, the vice president has taken the role of president and appointed a new class vice president. However, the functions of class president and vice president are totally different.

“Vice president is very task-oriented,” said Junior Class President Sarah Becker, who was initially elected vice president. “Being president is more about leading a team of leaders.”

Becker switched from being junior class vice president to president when junior Aaron Heidorn was disqualified from the position over the summer. Read full story »