Shea Kelley, Copy Editor – A motor vehicle crash on April 22 occurred after Lynchburg College junior Kyle Ewald left his car in neutral after running late for a meeting in Hopwood Hall. “I didn’t put my e-brake on and I was gone for maybe two minutes. When I came back out my car was gone,” Ewald said. Director of Campus Safety and Security Bob Driskill said in an email [...]

Shea Kelley, Copy Editor - The Lynchburg College campus and its surrounding communities supported the battle against cancer on April 20 at the 2012 American Cancer Society Relay for Life, an overnight event held in an effort to raise money for cancer research. There were a total of 36 teams and 522 participants in the event held on the Dell, and about $31,000 was raised, according to the LC Relay [...]

Cassie Phillips, Staff Writer The Lynchburg College School of Business and Economics was recently recognized for its leadership development program by Leadership Excellence magazine as No. 29 in the country in the Leadership 500 rankings. LC was ranked out of 49 Schools of Management and Business at educational institutions from across the nation. It was among other higher education business programs such as No. 1 University of Michigan, No. 2 [...]

Carley Dobson, Staff Writer – Lynchburg College junior Geralyn Gulino was elected Student Government Association president for the 2012-13 academic year on April 5. Gulino has served on SGA since her first year at LC. Some students said they believe she is more than fit for the position and will do great things next year. “Geralyn will be a great president because she’s organized and has devoted her time outside [...]

Chad Morris, Staff Writer - Lynchburg College will transform first-year dormitory Montgomery Hall into a “make-shift” hotel on May 11 and 12 for the Commencement weekend, allowing parents, friends and family of graduating seniors to live the life of a college student. Commencement attendees, who have yet to make reservations with hotels in or around the Lynchburg area, may find themselves staying in a college dorm room the night before [...]

Matt Ellis, Staff Writer Commencement 2012 will be held on May 12, and this year’s graduates will hear the graduation address from John Reilly ’86, according to the Office of Academic Affairs and Senior Class President Alexandra Tomko. Reilly is currently the director of partnership development at the Studio Squared (Martin Agency) in Richmond, Va. Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Julius Sigler said the senior class officers are [...]

Teddy LaMotta, Staff Writer – Though there are many styles of teaching, one of the newer methods being utilized at Lynchburg College is teaching through videogames. Associate Professor of Marketing Stef Nicovich is doing just that, teaching entrepreneurship through a computer game called “Second Life.” “Second Life” is an online videogame in which one can create and market goods with the ability to profit from it and cash out with [...]

Natanis DeMascio, Staff Writer – Beginning April 12, the Lynchburg College Theatre Department will begin a one-weekend run of The Laramie Project, a play with controversial themes that has incited protest at past productions. “The Laramie Project is a show about the aftermath and reactions to the brutal beating and killing of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was savagely beaten, tied to a fence and then [...]

Carley Dobson, Staff Writer Gay-Straight Alliance of Lynchburg College, an organization that supports the national NO H8 campaign promoting anti-bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, held their annual photo shoot in Elliot and Rosel Schewel Hall as part of their “Rainbow Week” on March 27. Through this campaign, members of GSA encouraged all students to help support and raise awareness for their organization by having their picture taken [...]

Patrick Darley, Assistant Editor – Lynchburg College’s College Communications and Marketing (CCM) department made changes to their social media and copyrighted image policy at the beginning of this semester. “The College Communications and Marketing Office establish official policy and standards regarding all messaging from and about the College, including the Web. We make a concerted effort to communicate the guidelines and enforce the rules because presenting a unified and cohesive [...]