{"id":17641,"date":"2023-10-27T18:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/?p=17641"},"modified":"2023-10-27T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:23:24","slug":"opinion-column-dr-gleason-reflects-on-his-time-as-a-bryan-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/opinion-column-dr-gleason-reflects-on-his-time-as-a-bryan-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Column: Dr. Gleason reflects on his time as a Bryan Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Written by Joshua Cresswell&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Rob Speed<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Daniel Gleason is the chair of the English department at Bryan College, but he is an alumnus here as well. From 2001 to 2005, he roamed the halls of Mercer as a student and the soccer field as a member of the men\u2019s team. The latter was the source of some misadventure. During his playing days, Bryan had an intense rivalry with Covenant College, and it was especially fierce in soccer. One particular night, before a game between the two, a rumor spread that Covenant students were planning to drive down and vandalize the field in the dead of night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He and his teammates got permission to keep lookout over the area despite the 11 PM curfew. He recalled the conclusion of the night: \u201cI fell asleep, as you might expect, and I wake up soaking wet. And I\u2019m like, \u2018the Covenant people are here and they have water guns!\u2019\u201d&nbsp; No Scots had come to visit, but the water sprinklers had gone off, drenching everyone. The rivalry was likely fueled by a desire for something to do after classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were no events organized by student life in Gleason&#8217;s day. \u201cThat department didn\u2019t exist. I\u2019m very grateful for them now, I think it\u2019s amazing, but [in the past] students were in charge of their own entertainment.\u201d Something he also appreciates is the expressiveness of the current student body, saying that students from the early 2000s would probably think \u201cthese kids are way cooler than us!\u201d When asked what advice he would give to current students, his answer was a simple but solid mantra of wake up, show up, keep up. \u201cIf you can do those three things in college, you will be successful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-809x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17624\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7900390625;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-809x1024.jpg 809w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-237x300.jpg 237w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-768x972.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-1214x1536.jpg 1214w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-1618x2048.jpg 1618w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240-640x810.jpg 640w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231010_1357240.jpg 1675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Cresswell is a Politics and Government major from Cleveland, Tennessee. He is on the baseball team and chorale, and enjoys playing guitar during down time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Joshua Cresswell&nbsp; Photo by Rob Speed Dr. Daniel Gleason is the chair of the English department at Bryan College, but he is an alumnus here as well. From 2001 to 2005, he roamed the halls of Mercer as a student and the soccer field as a member of the men\u2019s team. 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