Natanis DeMascio, Staff Writer – Many Lynchburg College students said they have noticed an influx of non-students on campus attempting to attend weekend parties, making them feel uncomfortable and unsafe. LC Campus Safety and Security said they are utilizing patrol programs to try to help students feel safer on campus because of this problem. There have been 76 incidents of trespassing reported this school year and 146 last school year, [...]

Patrick Darley, Assistant Editor – Lynchburg College Campus Safety and Security currently has 12 officers that serve as non-commissioned, unarmed security personnel without the authority to arrest. All members of the security staff are certified through Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services, according to LC’s website. “Most certifications for a police officer [are] based on hours. With us, it’s not hours, it’s modules of training. It just depends on what [...]

Kenley Hoover, Staff Writer - As of Sept. 21, 2011, Lynchburg College Campus Safety and Security has been fining students for getting locked out of their living space, a policy which has left many students unhappy. Students are charged a flat $10 fee for each time Security has to let them into their room or house. “The purpose of the policy is to encourage student responsibility,” said Assistant Director for [...]

J. Lynn Windsor, Staff Writter - Lynchburg College Campus Safety and Security officers are allowed to enter any college owned student housing, despite student confusion about their rights. “[Students have] the right to have privacy in College housing and to be free from room inspections, except for maintenance and routine hall closings and maintenance checks, or from search,” according to the LC’s Honor and Student Conduct Codes and Regulations in [...]

Caroline Moore, Staff Writer - Bethany Ziegler, Editor-In-Chief - Lynchburg College Campus Safety and Security and the Lynchburg Police Department are currently working together to find the suspect of two assaults reported on campus during the past three weeks. In neither assault was the victim seriously injured. On Aug. 29, a female student reported being grabbed from behind while walking along Lakewood Street. The attacker attempted to pull her down [...]

Maggie Dankin, Staff Writer - Lynchburg College students who find a white envelope sitting in their mailboxes may find themselves in trouble with the Student Development Office. It could be a letter that comes with various sanctions and fines that go along with last weekend’s events. Although most of the policies have not changed this year, senior Dylan Hoff said he believes there seems to be a common opinion that [...]