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 [...]

Megan Delp, Copy Desk Chief - Why is it that the world of dating and relationships seem to differ greatly during the four years of college from the world outside of college? What does it mean to be “together?” And has the “hook up” culture replaced the dating culture in college? And most importantly, what is hooking up? “Only yesterday boys and girls spoke of embracing and kissing (necking) as [...]

Michelle Maples, Assistant Editor - For the second year in a row, the theme of the Lynchburg College school year is the Year of Sustainability. Last year was also the Year of Sustainability in which the focus was creating a “greener” campus.   According to the Lynchburg College website, Kevin Peterson, a mathematics professor at LC, was the chair for the Year of Sustainability. “To live sustainably means to assume a [...]

Bethany Ziegler, Editor-in-Cheif - Every first year student is faced with a flood of information telling them to be responsible, but how many of them think that bad decisions may be making them sick? Many first year students engage in choices which lead to poor physical or mental health, said Assistant Professor of Nursing, Lyn Kraje. She said behaviors such as staying up all night, excessive drinking, smoking, unsafe sex [...]

Meredith Brown, Advertising Manager Lynchburg College Entrepreneur’s Organization hosted the second Campus Consignment sale on Friday April 15 making roughly $400 dollars to donate to the Jubilee Family Development Center. “Our main goal was just to cover our costs, a little over $50, and enough to give to the Jubilee Center,” said junior and LCEO Treasurer Alexandra Tomko. The Jubilee Family Development Center in Lynchburg incorporates programs for economically disadvantaged youth [...]

Over $15,000 were raised from The Run for Anna that took place March 1 to raise money for a well in Gulu, Africa. The run was dedicated to the memory of Anna Wright ’11, a former member of the Lynchburg College Women’s Soccer Team who died in a car crash last year. Over 180 runners pre-registered for the race, Todd Olsen, head coach of women’s soccer and assistant professor of [...]

Meredith Brown, Advertising Manager The attempt to offer an off-campus meal plan was not as successful as administrators and the Student Government Association had hoped with only eight percent of student’s signing up. Right now the school plans to continue the program for next year. “Last year, the Student Government Association’s (SGA) top priority was for LC students to have an off campus merchant program,” said Vice President for Business and [...]

Megan Delp, Assistant Editor No additional co-ed housing will be available for students next year, said Kristen Cooper, director of residential life at Lynchburg College, except for students who live in special interest housing next semester. “Not next year, currently we will have some co-ed houses that are special interest housing but the current plan is not to have co-ed houses next year,” Cooper said. The residential life at LC [...]