Melissa Berkowitz, Staff Writer – Lynchburg College’s Student Activities Board (SAB) impressed their peers by bringing in country artist Eli Young Band for the 2013 spring concert on Sunday May 5. Many students expressed their experiences at the concert; predominantly providing good feedback, with 46.7 percent of students surveyed revealing they thoroughly enjoyed the concert. Senior James Thornhill, SAB’s Main Stage Chair said they had been planning the concert since [...]

Sean Holloway, Staff Writer – Endstation Theatre Company will present its annual Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival from May 31 through July 14. “The Endstation Theatre Company is the local theatre company of Sweet Briar College, and strives for the development and promotion of the theatre arts in Central Virginia. Endstation creates unique dramatic experiences by raising the theatrical convention itself. Every Endstation production explores and defines the relationship between [...]

Lisa Taylor,Staff Writer – When Lynchburg College Chaplain Stephanie McLemore decided she was ready to be a mom, she prayed about it, asked her mother and sister for emotional support, and then went to a fertility clinic to undergo artificial insemination. The procedure was successful after the second attempt and later that year, McLemore gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Sophia. Today, Sophia is three-years-old and has a [...]

Lisa Taylor, Staff Writer – Lynchburg College sophomore Matt Alan Baker is Wiccan and proud of it. So much so that the 19-year-old from Maryland presented a Wicca Workshop on April 24 in Hopwood Hall to educate the campus about his often misunderstood religion. “Wicca is more of a modern term for witchcraft. Witchcraft is the idea of your intent—your will—coming together along with objects and things around you both [...]

Melissa Berkowitz, Staff Writer – Several Lynchburg College students will star in Legally Blonde the Musical at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, Va. The show will run the weekends of May 3-5 and May 9-11. Junior Sierra Spicer said she will take on the leading role of Reese Witherspoon’s character Elle Woods, which has been a dream of hers since she saw the original film when it was [...]

Sean Holloway, Staff Writer – Lynchburg College’s latest theatre production, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” adds a new contemporary up-close and personal touch to the Dillard Fine Arts Center stage. “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” tells the story of Jean, a woman who stumbles upon Gordon, a dead man, in a café. She decides to “borrow” his phone in hopes of keeping him alive in some way. Along the way, she encounters [...]

Cody Stanton, Staff Writer – The Lynchburg College chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host “Work Fashion 101,” a fashion show to show students what is appropriate attire for job interviews and in the workplace, on April 2 at 7 p.m. in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. “The PRSSA group has recruited a number of instructors and professors to show off some of these styles that [...]

Mandie Ramirez, Staff Writer – With summer right around the corner, Lynchburg College students have become concerned with diet and exercise as they work to get in shape and maintain a healthier lifestyle. Senior Kerry Sparks, who has been working since her first year at LC to live healthier, said that if she has learned anything about dieting, it is that shortcuts do not work. “People are always looking for [...]

Jordan Banton, Staff Writer – Google has announced the launch of the new Google Glass, a pair of glasses that acts similar to a smartphone. Google has announced its debut for 2013, according to an article by James Rivington on TechRadar.com. The Google Glass is equipped with a camera, voice listening device and GPS, according to the article on TechRadar.com. A small display screen is shown in the upper right [...]

Izzy Zara-Roque, Staff Writer – Lynchburg College’s second round of “LC Idol” took place Tuesday, March 19 in Westover with its nine talented contestants. Contestant and first-year Anthony Purpero said he was nervous and excited to perform in the second round. He said the reason he chose his songs was because they connected with the way he felt and that he wanted to express his emotions and personality. Sophomore contestant [...]