Marley Connor, Staff Writer – This week, Crossing Borders will dedicate some time to talking about a very serious issue taking place in another part of the world. Here on campus, an awareness campaign called “Lynchburg College: Serious About Syria” was born when Sabita Manian, a professor of International Relations, asked Model United Nations students to begin spreading the word about what is happening there. A country in Western Asia [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – People really love labels. I think the desire to belong is innately wired within our very condition of being human. It all begins when we are very young, interacting with our peers, maybe on the first day of kindergarten or even earlier. Everyone struggles to fit in; everyone wants to have a friend and to be a friend to someone else. It’s only natural—it’s who [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – As the next set of Lynchburg College graduates prepare to move out into the real world, there is no shortage of uncertainty and anticipation about what is to come. As we contemplate the thought of working a job without summer vacations, purchasing our own car or beginning our student loan payments, it’s quite impossible not to immediately ask ourselves—what can I do to make enough [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – First-year, Frangy Pozo, spent her spring break on a mission trip to San Pedro, a tiny island off the coast of Belize. The group consisted of many of the members of the Canterbury club, the Episcopalian group here at school, as well as others who wanted to come along and help. “Our goal was to improve the lives of the children at the Anglican school, [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – David Busch, a junior, spent his spring break on a trip to France with Dr. Declair, as well as seventeen other students and faculty from the Lynchburg College community. Busch said the trip focused around a lesson on French identity, and how the French people deal with the growing Muslim population within the country, one of the largest in any European nation. “The history behind [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – This week, Crossing Borders is taking a look at another esteemed student here at Lynchburg College. Lauren Hammond is a first-year graduate student working toward her Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, also from LC. Since all Sport Management majors must complete a twelve-hour internship, Lauren decided to do hers all at once and studied abroad during the [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer Sarah Ranfone, a senior here at Lynchburg College, spent the fall semester of her senior year in Santiago, the capital city of Chile. “I wanted to do something different, instead of just staying in Lynchburg for all four years,” Ranfone said. “I think studying abroad is an experience you can only get while you’re still in school, so you might as well take full advantage of [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – Roni LaRoque, a senior at Lynchburg College, found out during the first week of classes this semester that she has been accepted into the Peace Corps. LaRoque is twenty-one years old, from Annapolis, Md. She is a Communication Studies major and is minoring in Environmental Studies. LaRoque first decided that she wanted to apply for the Corps in October. She said the application process is [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – Many of you may have received an email in the past week about the process of ordering special sashes that represent the various countries you have studied abroad in for graduation. These sashes are also available for students who have come from other countries and studied abroad here at Lynchburg College, and it is a special privilege for these students only. There are many different [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – Crossing Borders will focus on another student who is living far from home and going to classes here at Lynchburg. April Song is a first-year at LC, and she was born and raised in Beijing, China. Her given name is actually “Dieyun” Song, a name that was given to her by her parents in China after they saw a fortune-teller when she was born. “Die” [...]