By Becky Morris
News Editor
Three LC students who presently work on the Critograph staff have been selected as Critograph, Argonaut, and Prism editors.
Mindy Skinner, current Sports Editor of the Critograph, was chosen as Editor-in-Chief of the Critograph.
Anne Connolly, who works as Critograph Arts Editor, was selected to be Editor of the Argonaut.
Stella Osborne, Critograph Copy Editor and member of the Prism staff, was chosen to be Prism Editor.
Mindy credits Journalism Professor Woody Greenberg’s classes with spurring her interest and enthusiasm in journalism.
“You come out of there so gung-ho,” she said about Greenberg’s classes.
She says it will be to both her advantage and the Critograph’s advantage that she will be editor of the paper as a junior.
Mindy plans to continue the present practices of the Critograph.
This year’s Editor-In-Chief Eleni Zuras supports Mindy’s appointment. “Mindy is the most qualified person to not only carry on this year’s efforts but to shoot for bigger goals. She’s a self-starter and nothing is more important than that,” said Eleni.
Mindy feels that her experience as sports editor of her high school paper and of the Critograph will help her in her job as editor.
“Eleni is going to be a hard act to follow,” she commented referring to the many successful changes this year’s editor has made.
She also credits her RA job this year with giving her “hands-on experience in managing people.”
Mindy hopes her role of Critograph editor will help her in her future plans.
Although she is contemplating thoughts of law school she says in five of ten years from now she can see herself writing for a competitive newspaper in the Washington area.
The newly appointed Argonaut and Prism editors credit each other with moral support and admit that they are happy they were both selected.
What do these two girls have in common? They’re best friends and have been roommates for three years.
Anne has “big plans” for the yearbook.
She wants to make the yearbook more journalistically oriented. She also plans to make it more organized and consistent.
Anne’s soft-spoken nature has prompted some people to question her potential.
Says Anne, “I don’t think that you have to be obnoxiously loud to be an effective leader. You can be quiet and firm at the same time and thereby receive the respect you need for your position.”
She and Argonaut advisor Laura Symons attended a four day college media convention in New York where she got new ideas and tips for next year’s book.
Anne hopes to continue working on the Critograph, although she laments the fact that she will not have time to be one of the Critograph page editors.
As for the future—Anne knows she wants to work in the field of journalism after she graduates, but will spend her senior year trying to focus in on exactly what she wants to do.
Stella Osborne, the new Prism editor has “loved” writing poetry since the second grade.
The rising senior English major credits two LC English professors with helping her to further develop her talents.
“Dr. Lipani helped me find what I do best—descriptive poetry.” She also praised Lipani for giving her incentive and encouragement.
About former LC English professor Ken Alrutz, Stella said, “He brought the English language alive for me.”
Stella’s improvements for the Prism include moving deadlines back so the magazine will come out earlier, and encouraging faculty and administration to submit work.
Stella’s ultimate career goal is to become a college English professor, although she admits she’s “always wanted to be a famous poet.”
Before becoming a college professor Stella will go to graduate school and teach high school English.
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Donalds Is Popular Among Students (March 30, 2006)
By Brandon Fell
In the lobby of Centennial Hall [now known as Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall], the line for Donalds grows longer every day before and after classes.
People come from other buildings to wait in line for their morning bagel or cup of coffee.
The idea that a shop should sell drinks and snacks, which would be perfect for students and faculty to enjoy, emerged during the construction of Centennial Hall.
The Donalds establishment offers great snacks and drinks. The Donalds at LC is a branch of the Donalds on Lakeside Drive, making it the second shop in the Lynchburg area.
Katie Stuller, a LC student, is the manager; she keeps the place up to par and makes monthly improvements. She tries to get new drinks, bagels, frappachinos and smoothies as often as possible to keep a varied assortment.
“We are in a great location in the new building. It really is beneficial for both students and faculty; we are busy all the time,” Stuller said.
The variety of bagels, coffee and smoothies can be paid for using cash, credit or charged home.
Some students find their express or Westover accounts have plummeted because of Donald’s; they find themselves buying the great smoothies or frappachinos daily.
“I have had to add money to my account already this semester because I think now that I found you can mix smoothie flavors, I get one daily,” junior Kimi McDonough said.
Besides the assortment of bagels, sandwich wraps and smoothies, the atmosphere is fun and relaxing. Each day students mingle around the lobby of Centennial Hall eating pastries or bagels.
Faculty has a close, convenient place to get their morning coffee, and students have a new option for food and a great atmosphere in which to socialize.
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“Night of Opera” Presents “Old Maids” (March 25, 1965)
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“The Night of Opera” was presented on March 23 and 24 by the college music department. Robert Ellinwood directed the two operas which were The Maid As Mistress (La Serva Padrone) by Pergolesi and The Old Maid and The Thief by Giancarlo Menotti.
Though The Maid As Mistress was written in 1733, the story happens as frequently now as it did then. A clever woman desires to change her status from “Miss” to “Mrs.”—her position of “Maid” to “Mistress.”
Cast members were Nancy Harrison and Jerry Wyatt and Dave Albee.
The second opera dealt with an old maid and her servant, Ruth Thomson and Sue McPike, who temporarily take in a wandering beggar, Danny Tuck. The next day gossipy friend Betty Williamson tells them there is an escaped criminal in the area and they believe him to be their guest. However, rejoicing at having a man around, the two do everything possible to delay his departure including providing him with funds from their friend’s pocketbooks and by robbing a liquor store.
The cast for The Old Maid and The Thief was Dave Albee, Sue McPike, Ruth Thomson, Danny Tuck, and Betty Williamson.
Accompanying the Pergolesi opera will be LC’s Franz Engle, as assistant professor of music. Mrs. Jean Crow will accompany the Menotti opera/
The “Night of Opera,” which was established by Mrs. Helen Wood, has become a nineteen year old tradition which has always been enjoyed by various student bodies. Even this year’s director, Mr. Ellinwood, was familiar with the production before he joined the faculty. He had participated in and held the leading roles in three “Night of Opera” productions while he was a student at Lynchburg College.
The founder of L.C.’s “Night of Opera,” Mrs. Wood, died last August.
Congratulations to the fine cast for furthering the tradition.
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Reduce, Reuse, Revive at Beaver Point (March 30, 2016)
New LC compost and garden initiative hopes to repurpose campus waste.
By Rob Carter
The Lynchburg College community was cited recently by senior Kendall Topping, whose environmental science independent study found that the Burton Dining Hall throws away almost 500 pounds of food a day.
Topping set up her study to be focused around how LC could reduce the food waste and recycle it. To spread awareness, she set up a demonstration in the cafeteria to collect food waste and then presented it outside of the Drysdale Student Center to show how much food was wasted. She was able to see a change in students’ attitudes about food waste and received over 50 signatures on her pledge to waste less.
“There was visibly less food wasted after people saw how much food they were throwing away,” Topping said.
With the help of Environmental Science Professor Dr. Laura HenryStone and Director of Grounds Curtis Layne, Topping was able to set up a plan to compost much of the pre-consumer waste from the Burton Dining Hall. She has created a manual that explains what the school and student employee in charge of composting will need to do in order to keep the project running. There is an acre of land off of Faculty Drive that has been a deposit site for leaves collected on campus, but with the pre-consumer waste from the dining hall, Topping hopes that this area will decompose into rich soil that students may use for the new garden being installed at Beaver Point.
The project will call for a single student to be responsible for collecting the pre-consumer waste from the dining hall then transporting it to the composting site with the help of the grounds crew. Once the food reaches the site, the student employee will be responsible for turning over the compost to make sure everything is decomposing properly. Topping said the compost will take about a month to turn into soil and from there it will be taken to Beaver Point to help start the new garden.
Henry-Stone, Layne and five other students met at Beaver Point Tuesday, Mar. 29 to discuss plans for the new garden such as what to plant, building the beds and fences and the possibility of raising chickens, ducks and or bees. Part of the fence has already been built and Henry-Stone’s sustainable living class has begun growing peas in a few hay bales. With help from Dr. Kevin Peterson, professor of mathematics, topsoil for six 30-foot beds to grow various plants and vegetables will be provided to kick start the project.
Students at the meeting suggested growing roses, strawberries, blueberries, garlic, asparagus, hot peppers and other plants to attract pollinators to the garden. Students in Dr. Henry-Stone’s sustainable living class want the garden to be as organic as possible, which to start should not be a problem as there are few animals that are used to feeding down at Beaver Point. The students hope to set up an irrigation system to drip feed from the building down at the point.
“As long as you stay on top of the little stuff and don’t get an infestation you should be fine,” Layne said about potential pests in the garden.
The next build day will be Monday, April 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. The group will meet down at Beaver Point to finish building the fence and potentially start building and soiling the garden beds.
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