Maggie Dakin, Staff Writer - Lynchburg College students who wish to have a pet on campus remain optimistic for the future, despite strict current policies to the contrary. According to the LC Hornet students are not allowed to have any animals with the exception of fish, in any of the residence halls or Southside residences. This policy was created based off feedback and input from the Office of Residence Life, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Maggie Dakin, Staff Writer - The Lynchburg College campus holds over 23 emergency blue lights, but some students have said they think changes still need to be made in order for them to feel safe. According to the Lynchburg College Hornet, the blue light emergency telephones are located around campus, including outside residence halls, parking lots and educational buildings. After a student makes a call on the emergency blue light [...]

Megan Delp, Copy Desk Chief - It seems that in order to operate in the “hook culture” there is pressure to have sex, but why do we feel this pressure on something that is supposed to be one of the most intimate and private moments of our lives just to keep up? Why is that men make us, women feel like we have to have sex with them in order [...]

Kenley Hoover, Staff Writer - Club sports are a staple of Lynchburg College life and new ones are proposed by students each year. The three biggest club sports on campus presently are Men’s Club Lacrosse, Women’s Club Soccer and Club Wrestling, Steve Bradney, LC club and intramural sports coordinator, said. The Men’s Club Lacrosse team gained a lot of attention when they won the national championships last year. “A lot [...]

Maggie Dakin, Staff Writer - This year Lynchburg College is not giving commuter students mailboxes due to the lack of mailbox availability. “I had one last year, but this year I lost my mailbox … and I feel like I get things a lot later then I should,” said sophomore and commuter student Ashley Rynard. According to Lynchburg College’s website, commuter students, who make up around one fourth of the [...]

  Kenley Hoover, Staff Writer - Based off suggestions by a summer focus group the Westover Room was remolded for this school year. New deli menu items and reupholstered seating are some of the most noteworthy changes. Morgan Maddox, westover room unit leader, said that the changes were made over the summer after the Westover staff received an immense amount of feedback from the student body. Maddox said that a [...]