Carley Dobson, Staff Writer – Owning his own bagel shop is not exactly how Lynchburg College alumnus Tom Selinger saw his future 34 years ago. After a 20-year career in the home building business, Selinger founded Jerry’s Bagels, which is located on Old Forest Rd and opened it Dec. 21, 2011. Selinger said the 20-employee business has had anywhere from 5,000-8,000 customers and, on good day, sells as many as [...]

Sierra Spicer, Staff Writer – Over my time here at Lynchburg College, I have had the pleasure of watching, performing with and learning from LC Theatre Alumni through community theatre and stage work on the LC campus. I have also become very close friends with these people and see some of them as mentors on my journey as a Theatre Major. I met the hilarious and heartwarming Bill Bodine ’78, [...]

Kenley Hoover, Staff Writer – This past Veterans Day Lynchburg College celebrated not only with a memorial service but also with a donation of the Mazzara-Daly Great War Collection to the Knight-Capron Library. The Mazzara-Daly Great War Collection is a donation of 160 titles, said LC Cataloger and Public Services Librarian Robyn Williams. The collection is a mix of primary sources of WWI poetry and autobiographies and secondary sources about [...]

Maggie Dakin, Staff Writer - Lynchburg College alumni Kathrine Switzer ’68 was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 1 in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Switzer is best known as the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon in 1967 which created an uproar when a race official tried to forcibly remove her from the competition for being female, according to Switzer’s webpage. Throughout her [...]

Anthony Tompkins, Staff Writer - This year Lynchburg College will host Homecoming Weekend from Oct. 21-23, and will invite all of LC’s alumni back to campus to partake in a number of events that allow the school and alumni to reconnect. Homecoming Weekend is held every year with a goal of getting as many alumni back to campus as possible. LC shows its appreciation for its alumni by hosting numerous [...]