Rachad Davis, Sports Editor - While most of the Lynchburg College faculty and students took a break from the college life, the LC Men’s Basketball season was just beginning to come into full swing. On Nov. 18, the last day of classes before Thanksgiving Break, the Hornets defeated Mount Aloysius University 100-78 at the Mount Aloysius Tournament. LC forced 36 of the game’s 71 total turnovers, according to the LC [...]

Marley Connor, Staff Writer – In the holiday spirit, Crossing Borders will spend this week on the subject of—you guessed it—holiday traditions and symbolism of different cultures, as well as other events that certain places and people find to be important and meaningful to their way of life. In Spanish-speaking countries, Thanksgiving is called “El Día de Acción de Gracias,” which translates literally to “The Day of the Action of [...]

Jared Bloomquist, Staff Writer – Fellow freshmen, we have had our first Thanksgiving break. I have a feeling that yours, as mine, was direly busy with friends, family, food and maybe even some homework. As long as you have read this blog, we have been in school and there are certain constants we’ve grown used to: classes, facility accessibility, eating habits, and time management. Well, I forgot most of that [...]

Helen Osinga, Staff Writer - Many different people for many different reasons, starting with the Pilgrim and Indian’s first dinner, celebrate Thanksgiving.  Some of Lynchburg College’s faculty and staff shared what their traditions entail and their plans over break. “Six years ago Thanksgiving became a very special holiday for me, my daughter Katie was due to be born on Christmas Eve, so the eve of Thanksgiving I was working in [...]

Rachad Davis, Sports Editor – Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means two things, students and faculty get to go home for a break and traditions begin. One tradition that some students and faculty at Lynchburg College said they have in common is the presence football on Thanksgiving day. “Typically what happens with my family is that we go to someone’s house for Thanksgiving,” first-year Daniel Sweeney said. [...]