Valkyrie Spring 2018 - Issue 3

What is the best trip you have taken?
What is the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?
What is the scariest thing you have ever done?
HUMANS
OF
BERRY
I went with a group of friends to Tennessee to hike to a
waterfall. Even though it was a popular hiking area, we felt
like we were isolated once we began walking on the trail.
When we were close to one of the falls, there was this steep,
metal spiral staircase that we had to navigate in order to
get to the bottom of the fall, then some more, less damp
and dangerous stairs to get to the rocks and vines, and
since nobody else was there, the atmosphere gave off an
air of seclusion. At one point, I was able to go behind the
waterfall. The view from there, combined with the roaring
of the water, absolutely took my breath away. i will never
forget that trip, and it was made better by the fact that I
took it with people that I will sustain lifelong friendships
with.
-Victoria Mashburn, senior
The best trip I’ve ever taken was to Vienna, Austria with
the communication department my junior year. Even
though I went there for class credit, I received a lot more
in return than that. I spent my time following around a
traveling opera troupe in order to create a vedio story. It
was amazing. Traveling to other countries opens your
eyes to a world that is much bigger than you perceived.
It’s exciting to learn about new cultures and experience
something enexpected.
-Lia Batista, senior
The biggest obstacle that I have overcome was learning
how to walk again after my car accident back in October.
I was unable to walk for almost three months, and I was
trapped in my room upstairs at home the entire time. Since
I walked everywhere while I was at Berry, it was a very
significant change for me. For a while, we had to call the
paramedics to help me get down the stairs just so I could
go to the doctor, then call them again when we got back.
Now, while I still use a cane and have a brace on my foot, I
can walk around just fine, and even use the stairs normally.
-Victoria Mashburn, senior
I went into fostercare when I was a kid and people always
told me that I was never going to amount to anything. Most
foster kids hardly graduate high school. Here I am a junior
in college studying biology and doing it on her own.
-Meagyn Brown, junior
First, my blood cancer known as Myelodysplastic
Syndrome. Now, my second cancer which may be
osteosarcoma, chondrasarcoma, or osteosarcoma with
chondrosarcoma-mimicking cells. Either way, it’s a tumor
on my spine.
-Anna Trahan, senior
The scariest thing I have ever done is experience cancer
for the first time at the age of three. I didn’t know what
was wrong with me nor why I had to be isolated from
everyone in a hospital room.
-Anna Trahan, senior
The scariest thing I’ve ever done is palpate a cow here on
campus. I was an animal science major when I first got to
Berry and we had a lab in which we were going to learn
about the cow’s reproductive system. I had a horrible fear
that my arm was going to get stuck inside the cow’s back end
or that I was going to hurt its baby. It was very traumatizing.
I’m now a visual communication major. I think photos and
videos may be more within my field...
-Lia Batista, senior
This past summer I went on a road trip with three friends for
a month. We went to 20 states, 3 countries, and drove 10,000
miles. We saw the northern lights.
-Matt Zimmerman, senior
I hitchhiked from Idaho to Spokane, Washington and along
the way met the coolest people ever, learned to snowboard,
and watched a bald eagle soar along the car.
-Meagyn Brown, junior
The best trip that I have taken was to Disney World when
I was 5 years old. It was my Make-A-Wish wish, and I got
to stay at this little Disney town thanks to Give Kids the
World.
-Anna Trahan, senior
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Berry College Class of 2019 during their 2015 Viking Venture. Taken by Bryanna Perry
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