Student opinions matter. We, as a newspaper, pride ourselves on being a voice for students on campus. While every student has their opinions, it is hard for them to be heard as individuals. We want to amplify those voices. Because we are a weekly publication with a decent on-campus distribution, we have a bigger platform than most students. If we do not use our platform to help those without one [...]

Bethany Ziegler, Editor in Chief - From years and years of taking history classes, we have all learned one basic fact about the U.S.: we are, and strongly believe in, a democracy. This means that we have the ability to vote for our leaders and maintain a level of responsibility in the way our nation runs. As Americans, we feel very entitled to knowledge about our leaders and about what [...]

Bethany Ziegler, Editor-in-Chief - By now all of you know that legendary Penn State University Head Football Coach Joe Paterno died on Sunday after a battle with lung cancer. However, you may or may not know that Saturday night was filled with preemptive death rumors and stories full of false information. Devon Edwards, a college student and the Managing Editor of Onward State, a student-run news organization that covers Penn [...]

Dr. Clifton W. Potter Jr. Last week was Homecoming—my fifty-second celebration to honor our graduates. When I was a student I enjoyed working the registration table for Homecoming because I looked forward to meeting the men and women who had created the college that I chose to attend. Homecoming was in April then because the college was founded in that month in 1903. My senior year I helped register the [...]

Dr. Clifton Potter, LC Professor of History - After thirty-year-old Josephus Hopwood graduated from Abingdon College in Illinois in June of 1873, he immediately traveled to Lexington, Kentucky where Miss Sarah Eleanor LaRue was teaching.  Never one to mince words, he proposed, and she accepted.  Each one had obligations that had to be completed before they could marry, so they set the day for their wedding at the end of [...]

Rachad Davis, Sports Editor - Whether on the cross country course, or behind the camera forecasting for the students at Lynchburg College, senior William Orndorff believes in working hard to see results. Orndorff is a member of the Men’s Cross Country team and an environmental science major at LC. Orndorff finished his last season at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference level with an honorable mention qualifier at 27:47, placing 19th [...]

Dr. Clifton Potter, Professor of History at LC - Dr. Josephus Hopwood, the founding father of Virginia Christian College, which became Lynchburg College in 1919, devoted his adult life to the service of others.  The seeds of this commitment were planted when young Hopwood heard Abraham Lincoln speak during the tumultuous years that preceded his election to the presidency in 1860. The secession of the southern states from the Union [...]

Megan Delp, Copy Desk Cheif - As a new school year begins some friendships and relationships will end while others begin to form, but this leaves me wondering, can long-distance relationships ever really last in college?  I think that our society has assumptions about college students and our intentions we have with one another.  Although some college students are in long distance relationships, a majority of them do not last [...]

Dear Readers- You’ve heard what we think. Our last two letters from the editor have provided you with our opinion on some weighty issues and have probably given you a lot to think about. We want to know what you’re thinking. Send your letters to the editor to Critograph@lynchburg.edu. Let us know what you think about free speech, transparency at LC or anything else that’s on your mind. Surprised by [...]

In 1964 students at the University of California, Berkeley were highly involved with the civil rights movement, and had formed a number of political and activist groups all over campus. When the college tried to shut down these groups by taking away their area to set up tables and speak about their groups, these students were outraged. They banded together and began protesting at the school, first by setting up [...]