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bagpipeonline.com Vol. 57 No. 21 the March 31, 2011 BAGPIPE ANNIE HUNTINGTON A Director Called Cameron Mitchell has worked in the food acted with the student employees.“I ideas for the Great Hall. One of his our work-study students, and an- by Lindsay Burkholder service program for six years and know what students want,” he said. key plans is to improve communica- nounce special events coming up.” [email protected] has experience in many different Addis Alemayehu, Catering tion between Chartwells and the Most importantly, Mitchell Cameron Mitchell has recently areas: he has filled all the manage- Manager and student employee students, letting them know about wants students to be able to express accepted the position of Director ment positions, handled purchas- coordinator, worked with Agee and food options and some of the little- their concerns and opinions about of Dining Services for Chartwells ing, and even spent some time as Mitchell for three years. Over the known programs that go on behind Covenant’s dining services. “I am here at Covenant College. the executive chef. past eight months, Agee has been the scenes (such as a program which very approachable,” he said. “ If Bob Agee resigned from the Because of these experiences, training Alemayehu, Mitchell, composted over 6,000 pounds of there’s something you didn’t like in position this month after fulfilling a Mitchell has an intimate under- and the other employees for the left-overs last year alone). the line, I want to know about it.” three year commitment to Chart- standing of how things work in change. “Cameron knows the stu- Mitchell wants to be more Mitchell is planning on holding wells. “He was incredible,” Mitchell Covenant’s dining hall. He has dents,” said Alemayehu. “He’s very involved in the student body, to the position long term, and he is en- said, “and a great mentor who will viewed and documented six years of well equipped to take over.” “reach out and support our ath- thusiastic about the upcoming year. be missed.” Bob is now working for student surveys, has talked with stu- Mitchell is ready to use this letic teams more on game nights, the University of Texas in Dallas. dents, read suggestions, and inter- knowledge and has some exciting recognize outstanding service from Higher Demands, Fewer Resources by Tim VanVliet With the unemployment rate just the “Hemlock Revolution” stirred a dents and other education programs. post-secondary education will decrease [email protected] under ten percent, a slowly growing debate over education funding and According to the Atlanta-Journal by about $300 million, and there will economy, and Tea Party members the right of teachers to have collec- Constitution, the HOPE program also be cuts to Pre-K programs. Education majors at Covenant are that want smaller governments, tive bargaining, or the right to nego- is facing a shortfall of $244 million Leslie Dawson, who has a masters facing difficulty in gaining employ- states are being forced to inflict tiate contracts with their employers. this year alone, with that number to degree in French and has been ment within a field that faces cuts painful cuts on social programs. The In Georgia, Governor Nathan Deal increase next year to $317 million. teaching since 1976, taught at a from the government and a dimin- debate over education funding most is proposing drastic cuts to Georgia’s Governor Deal suggested in his continued on page 3 ished tax base to support it. recently raged in Wisconsin, where HOPE Scholarship for college stu- budget that Georgia’s funding for 2 News Fancy That I he really took it to the next level and to deliver unique, high-quality, wrote the script out, literally to the by Ben Bingham highly creativity projects in such second. There were over a hundred [email protected] a way that we really try to break shots for the 3-minute video. We the mold every time and not built an entire set at an old bar where I recently sat down with senior Isaiah just deliver the easiest thing we the Discotheque [downtown] used to Smallman, co-founder of Fancy Rhi- could do. be, secured about 30 actors, got a big no, to talk about his business venture. crew together and shot it on 16 mm Fancy Rhino is a local video produc- How long did you know this film. It was the culmination of a lot tion company started by Smallman is what you wanted to do? of hard work at Bryan, Covenant and and Drew Belz, a Covenant alum. in Chattanooga. It was pretty organic They have recently submitted their I started doing video stuff in and everyone brought something to business to be considered in the Seed high school, as did Drew. I the table. At the core, it was me and Project. started working for my dad’s Drew, Philip Johnston, the producer, company, which does the same Colton Davie, the cinematographer, Where did you and Drew come exact thing that we do, but six and Tim Colfield, from the Chat- up with the name Fancy Rhino? years down the road, with a tanooga area. couple more employees, and a lot [The video is tentatively scheduled We wanted something that was tame more clients. Pretty much every- to be released in the early sum- enough to be respectable, but not thing I know I’ve learned from them mer.] boring and corporate because that’s or been inspired by them to learn everything that we’re not. We’re okay on my own. Last September, we What are the challenges of with people seeing us as a cool fun started talking and said, “We’re working with your cousin, company. What we’re not okay with both doing high-quality video someone that you know is being thought of as a couple of work and it would be a lot really well and know you’re bushy college students. It was the easier to do it together and as working pretty much day-in, product of a lot of emails between my an established company, as op- day-out with him? family members. In the end, it means posed to just free-lancers.” we want the videos to be fancy in the stuff I would say the hardest part is how that they’re high-quality and well- Has anything changed about that pays, different we are, which is also a big produced. “Your message is powerful” yours and Drew’s desires to go the more strength. I’m very pessimistic. I like is something we say a lot. We wanted into working on feature films or corporate stuff, to have fun, but at the same time, to capture the concept of an appealing, even short films. If so, what? as well as the were I’m typically the guy who says, “We powerful message. creative stuff that talking can’t do that.” Drew’s really opti- I can’t speak for Drew, but I definitely doesn’t necessarily with Nate mistic and he’s the one who says, What about your service distin- haven’t given up on that and I would bring in a lot of money, Drexler, “It’ll be fine.” So finding the balance guishes from other businesses still love to work on features eventu- but keeps our wheels their bass between those two things, knowing in your industry? ally. At the same time, I realize that turning and keeps us sharp. player, who when to say no to something and definitely comes at a cost and what shares an office with when to go for it, is hard, but we We specialize in video marketing, I’m more interested in is making a liv- So, tell me a little about us down in St. Elmo. balance each other out. I’ve had a but we’re not so big [so] we can work ing doing what I love. At this point, the Jumbling Towers shoot. We all wanted to do a little more formal experience and with companies that don’t necessarily that means doing stuff on a smaller music video. We didn’t want Drew’s a little more naturally creative have bloated marketing budgets. It’s scale where it’s high-creativity and It’s for their song “The Ramifica- to settle for something medio- than I am. How different we are in more than just a price. We’re creative high production value. My goal, right tions of an Exciting Spouse” [avail- cre, but, instead, really try and do it those ways is definitely a challenge, in ways that a lot of people in our now, is to become established enough able on iTunes]. Basically, back in up and do it really well. I did a lot of but [also] a big positive. industry aren’t. We focus on trying as a company that we can be doing November or December, Drew and the conceptualizing with Drew, but an Invisible Children film screening TONY Wednesday, April 8, on the chapel lawn Have a faculty quote you’d like to see published? Faculty Quote of the Week Email it to [email protected] “Short story: philosophy is a whore. She just needs to know who’s paying.” -Dr. Davis in Ancient Philosophy News 3 The Verdict Yes... to Student What Class is That For? Appreciation by Luke Granholm coursework it reminds me of my love Day [email protected] for reading. It keeps me sane.” Several students view extracurricular reading No... On sunny spring days, students as a necessary part of their education.

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