Boss Tacos and Tequila

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Volume 100, Issue VII, 9.30.15
THE STUDENT VOICE OF LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
Boss Tacos and Tequila
Lynchburg’s first tequila bar opens downtown
By Rob Carter
copy desk chief
Historical
downtown
Lynchburg has a new Mexican
Restaurant
unlike
others
in Lynchburg, specializing
in only tacos and tequila.
The taqueria garaje, El Jefe,
opened Sept. 21 on Commerce
Street and serves 10 different
kinds of tacos, including one
that is made in a breakfast style.
El Jefe’s specialty, however, is
tequila. They offer 90 options
of different types such as
blanco, which is not aged,
reposado, which is aged for
only a year or two and anejo,
which is aged much longer.
“We try to be a more traditional
setting – trying to get people
away from ice and salt and
serve it just chilled above room
temperature,” Waitress Jackie
Jackson, ’13 said.
Customers are met by the bar
at the front of the restaurant
with the many different
tequilas shelved high behind
it. As customers walk past
it, there is a small dining
room and kitchen on the left.
Beyond that is the two-tiered
deck that overlooks the James
River and the rolling hills of
Madison Heights.
Senior Russell Delancy who
was eager to try the new bar
had the different types of
tequila explained to him before
making his decision of which
tequila to try. He chose the
anejo, Espolon.
“I like the aged tequila because
there is less of a bite at the end,”
Delancy said.
The shots range in price from
$5 to $7 to $45. Customers can
make their shot a margarita
on the rocks for an additional
dollar. Delancy’s shot was
served in a glass that resembled
a shorter champagne flute,
which is more traditional
Jackson said.
The menu consists of different
tacos as well as a quesadilla.
Ordering tacos is broken down
into steps. First, customers
must choose what they would
See TEQUILA on Page 5
Alternative Fall Break
LC for Sustainability
Page 3
Customers tasting tequilas downtown at El Jefe. Photo by
Rob Carter.
LPD Sports
Body Cams
By Kelvin Whitehurst
staff writer
Ryan Zuidema, Captain of the
Lynchburg Police Department
(LPD) said that officers will
begin to be equipped with
body-worn
cameras
on
their personnel.
LPD received a $205,000
federal grant offered through
the Department of Justice to
implement body-worn cameras.
A total of 285 applicants from
42 states applied for the federal
grant but only 72 were accepted
The City of Lynchburg
recognized that body-worn
cameras were an effective way
of handling crime. The cameras
record video and audio and
allow the officer to have an
unbiased account of situations.
This protects the citizens and
hopefully will bring a strong
relationship
between
the
officers and the community of
Lynchburg. Along with being
helpful for the community of
Lynchburg, the cameras will
also apply to the surrounding
See BODY CAMS on Page 5
Radio434
Nerd Factor
A New Face for Local Radio Sympathy for Dinosaurs
Page 5
Page 6
Campus News
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Security Blotter
Friday, September 25
Alcohol Violation, Tate Hall, Open empty beer containers found in
residence room.
Saturday, September 26
Vandalism, 426 Lakewood Street, Antenna bent on vehicle.
Sunday, September 27
Alcohol Violation (underage possession), Rainsford (Dominoes Pizza),
Rescue Call/City Medics
Alcohol Violation, 428 Lakewood Street, Keg found during a safety check
Security Alert/Safety Announcement, Campus Wide, Security Alerts
Issued- All Clear
Security Blotter reprinted verbatim from online
campus crime log.
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September 30
LinkedIn Workshop- Schewel
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October 1
How to Network WorkshopsSchewel 370 Atrium, 12-1 p.m.
and 4-5 p.m.
Open Forum: “Ways to
Grow-a Vision for Lynchburg
College in 2020”- West Room,
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Joke of the Week
Why did Snoop
Dogg bring an
umbrella?
Answer: Fo’
drizzle
Critograph
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Source: Ben Weiss, senior
To the LC community,
First off, I hope each of you have found a way to stay
somewhat dry this week, especially in your home or
classroom. Fend off the rainy day blues with this issue,
featuring a profile of the new tequila bar downtown, El Jefe;
a new local streaming radio station, Radio434 and a “punny”
cartoon. Some our new freelance writers have their first
published work this week, so be sure to check them out. In
the spirit of this monsoon-like weather, share your best flood
photos with The Critograph to be featured on our website
next week.
See you around,
Alexa Nash, Editor-in-Chief
Campus News
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Eco-Friendly Fall Break
By Briana Dava
staff writer
An Alternative Mini-Fall Break
trip is available to all Lynchburg
College students, faculty and
staff members. Participants
will travel to Harrisonburg, VA
via 15-passenger vans to help
the New Community Project
(NCP) and camp out in the
George Washington National
Forest. This is an opportunity
to learn about simple living
and sustainability by working
in a garden to grow organic
produce for the community.
Those who attend will provide
service and meet new people.
The event begins Thursday
morning, Oct. 8, and lasts until
Friday evening, Oct. 9.
The Bonner Leader Program
visited this location Aug 17.
“Making little adjustments in
our daily lives will decrease
our carbon footprint and
improve our relationship with
nature, the world and others,”
Bonner senior Evy KeeneyRitchie who was involved in
this event, said.
The point of organizing this
trip is to expose LC students
to new information about
the environment and learn
how to impact the world in a
positive way.
“Camping will enhance the
experience as it has a primitive
aspect that relates to the theme
of simple living,” KeeneyRitchie said.
The fall break trip was also
organized to give back to The
New Community Project.
“This is a rare opportunity
to be up close and personal
with people living such an
intentional lifestyle,” Associate
Chaplain and Director of the
Bonner Leader Program, Anne
Gibbons, said.
Gibbons said that upon
arrival, there will be lunch at
Little Grill Collective, a worker
owned restaurant. LC will
be traveling independently,
although other volunteers will
be present during the visit.
The New Community Project
is an organization that helps
the planet and people. Workers
and volunteers grow organic
produce using permaculture,
which involves working with
natural systems of the Earth to
produce food. Housing is also
open to the disenfranchised
and provides a chance to
work and gain experience
for unemployed individuals.
Tom Benevento leads the NCP
in Harrisonburg.
The NCP was created in
response to world struggles. The
idea came from international
learning tours in places of
oppression and war. Issues
such as poverty, hunger and
climate change also inspired
the desire to make a change.
The organization provides a
model of socially just living
with a strong foundation of
nonviolence.
“The mission is to maintain
a place of peace and harmony
with the realization that Earth
does not belong to humans,
humans belong to the Earth,”
Benevento said.
The NCP focuses on
transformation of self through
education
and
support
of others.
“I hope everyone comes with
an open eye, shares ideas,
and recognizes that they
are powerful instruments
of love, capable of making a
difference,” Benevento said.
The LC Bonner Leader program visiting the new community project in Harrisonburg, Virginia
August 17. Photo courtesy of Evy Keeney-Ritchey.
3
Lynchburg Gets Lyrical
Dop reading poetry from his book of poetry “Father, Child,
Water” Sept. 24. Photo by Brittany Peck.
By Brittany Peck
assistant editor
The Poetry Group is new to
Lynchburg, but its founder
Chris Gaumer is hopeful for
growth of the group. They
meet once a month at the White
Hart Café in the back room
for a workshop and open mic.
Sept. 24 was only the second
meeting of The Poetry Group.
The goal of The Poetry Group is
to give poets in the area a place
to come and progress their
work as well as showcase the
pieces they feel the strongest
about stated Gaumer. At each
meeting, a local professor
comes in and leads a workshop
for this purpose.
The professor for the Sept 24.
meeting was Gary Dop. Dop is
not only an English Professor
at Randolph College, but also a
poet, writer, actor, director and
creative consultant. He also
dabbles in emceeing and standup comedy. Dop released his
first book of poetry “Father,
Child, Water” in the spring
of 2015.
Dop stated that he was “aware
of poetry at a very young age”
and actually “started writing
as a kid” because his mom
was an English Professor and
would run “writing workshops
with (his) friends.”
During Dop’s workshop
he addressed the fact that
“workshops entail anxiety” and
diffused it through comedy.
The group of poets attending
could be seen visibly laughing
multiple times throughout
the workshop.
Dop chose to focus on the
unexpected detail in his
workshop and its purpose in
providing a twist to the poem.
He had each of the poets list
places then pick two to provide
the expected details for, which
were then followed by one
or two possible unexpected
details.
Intermittently
he
would ask the poets to share
something about what they
have with the person next
to them. The poets practiced
analyzing items and people to
provide options for the writing
that would take place after the
brainstorming. Dop then asked
the group to use the ideas they
had generated to form a start or
piece of a poem.
The evening smoothly flowed
into an open mic full of varied
forms of poetry. Lynchburg
College
graduate
student
Tim Barzditis read three
poems and stated that “he is
happy to see something like
this in Lynchburg reaching
out to professors and to see
other poets.”
The next Poetry Group
meeting is Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. and
Lynchburg College Assistant
Professor Allison Wilkins will
lead the workshop.
Campus News
4
Kickin’ it with the Class of 2016
By Julia Brewster
staff writer
As the 2015-2016 academic year
begins, seniors attended Senior
Kickoff Friday, Sept. 26 at Wake
Field House to celebrate the
commencement of their final
year at Lynchburg College.
Jennifer Lynch, Senior Class
President, said the Senior
Kickoff is a recent tradition,
and the class council has been
planning
their
respective
kickoff for an extended period
of time.
“[We’ve been planning] since
last spring, so spring of 2015,”
Lynch said.
Initially, the kickoff was
to take place at the pavilion
but was relocated to Wake
Field House due to weather.
At the event, seniors had
the opportunity to play corn
hole, eat food and spend time
with classmates.
“[My favorite part was]
hanging out with the senior
class,”
senior
Linwood
Stevens said.
Senior Class Vice President
Sierra Strathy said the turnout
for this year’s kickoff was a
success, with approximately
120 seniors in attendance.
“I liked to see people happy,
especially since you can get
caught up with senioritis,
internships and jobs after
graduation,” Strathy said.
Strathy said the seniors also
enjoyed the free alcohol. Before
the kickoff, a Facebook poll
was sent out to the seniors
where they could vote on their
favorite beer. The top three
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Down with the Sickness
beers and cider were selected
and served.
“[My favorite part of Senior
Kickoff was] the free beer,”
senior Forrest Clement said.
Lynch said the class council
has planned other fun events
for seniors throughout the year
but has yet to disclose them.
Lynch said the most rewarding
part of the planning process
since her junior year has been
seeing the class appreciate
getting to celebrate their last
year together.
“I would say my biggest goal
for this class is just to finish
out our senior year strong and
just to be able to see everyone
walk across the stage in May
and know that they’re moving
on in life, but to know that
they’ll always be Hornets,”
Lynch said.
By Alyssa Cannaday
staff writer
Artwork by Kevin Williams
As the seasons change and the
school year moves on, allergies
are kicking in and sicknesses
take hold of some of the
students, especially with many
of the first-years adjusting to a
new environment.
While not everyone has
caught an illness, first-years
in particular have noticed
that entire halls have been
coughing and sneezing. Firstyear Jessica Ritenour noticed
as she contracted a stomach
bug. Ritenour said she was
not throwing up, but there
were several times that she
was dry heaving, along with
feeling feverish and clammy in
varying degrees.
She went to the health center
that Monday, and again the
following Wednesday, then
she stayed in her dorm to keep
from pushing herself and from
infecting anyone else. Ritenour
kept to eating bland foods and
drinking ginger ale, along with
taking anti-nausea medication
and getting plenty of rest.
Ruth Robertson, the Clinical
Director of Health Services,
and Jessica Melin, a Nurse
Practitioner in the Health
Center at Lynchburg College,
have seen a variety of students
since the commencement of
the school year. At first it was
more allergen-based, but now
that fall is beginning to set in,
Robertson and Melin said that
they are seeing more students
with colds, stomach bugs and
mostly virus-like symptoms.
The number of students that
have come into the health
center has been about average.
They usually see more firstyears, especially ones that
come from other states and
areas with different weather
patterns that have to allow
their bodies to acclimate to
their new living environment.
Melin and Robertson said
those who are still healthy
can remain so by washing
his or her hands often and to
avoid sharing food or drinks.
Plenty of rest and eating in
a healthy manner was also
advised. Melin pointed out
that drinking fountains are
actually a potential danger this
time of year. She recommended
when filling up containers,
such as water bottles, use the
machines made specifically
for that purpose such as the
fountain outside of the Burton
Dining Hall. That way, there
is less potential contamination
from using something that
much of the rest of the campus
uses as well.
For those getting sick, or are
already so, Robertson and
Melin said that plenty of rest
is ideal, accompanied with a
significant amount of fluids.
Over-the-counter
medicine
is also a possibility. One can
also go to the Health Center
to get medicine, both over the
counter and prescription. They
concluded by stating that if
students have any questions
that there is no harm, or charge,
in coming to the Health Center
and asking.
The Health Center can be
found behind Hundley Hall,
through the door closest
to the Drysdale Student
Center. Appointments are not
required, but if desired one can
make an appointment online
or call 434-544-8357 to get in
contact with the center.
Local News
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Lynchburg: Now Streaming
By Alexa Nash
editor-in-chief
The Allied Arts Building in
downtown Lynchburg is home
to the newest local streaming
radio
station,
Radio434,
owned and operated by Mike
McKendree, an almost 30-year
veteran in radio. The station
hosts a variety of stations, from
hip-hop to news.
McKendree sought after a
terrestrial radio station of
his own in February 2015,
but he found that streaming
his content would offer more
opportunity for expansion
with his budget. Instead of
having one station that would
reach a certain amount of
listeners in the Lynchburg area,
radio434.com can be streamed
anywhere in the world.
“For $150,000, I could build
100 channels on the web and
just focus on streaming,”
McKendree said.
Streaming content also follows
the trend of using Bluetooth
or connecting a smartphone
through an auxiliary chord,
eliminating the need for
terrestrial radio.
Radio434
is
currently
comprised of eight stations:
News Radio, Tony Camm
Radio, Hits 90’s to Now,
Everything 80’s, The Mike
Show, Modern Alternative,
Club by DJ ED and Rocks.
Each station was built either by
McKendree or his colleagues
in radio. Radio434’s website
also features video content on
the stage it sponsored during
Get! Downtown, exhibiting
bands such as Mystic Alpacas
and WhoaBear.
A new station is poised to focus
on local talent. McKendree
hopes to gather over 300 songs
from local and regional indie
bands to give them a platform
for their music.
“We’ve got bands submitting
music to us and its really, really
good. The only difference
between them and someone
who is a national recording
artist is they just haven’t
reached the right ears to
propel them to that next level,”
McKendree said.
A submission banner on the
Radio434 website is in the
works, but McKendree has
been
corresponding
with
interested talent via Facebook.
He hopes to have the station
up and streaming 24/7 by
March 2016.
A smartphone application
is also slated to debut by the
end of this year and includes
all of the current stations as
well as space for advertising,
news and weather updates,
games similar to those played
over terrestrial radio and
Seeking New Talent
The Critograph is seeking new talent
to contribute blog posts, cartoons,
illustrations and other creative work.
If interested, attend the content meeting
on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the
newsroom (Schewel 116), or contact us at
[email protected].
more. The app will be free,
and McKendree plans for it to
remain that way.
Internships are available
for students interested in
getting a deeper look into the
facets of radio broadcasting.
McKendree is looking for
students in all facets of radio
broadcast and production, as
well as communication studies
and journalism majors to build
his news team. His goal is for
Radio434 to become one of the
primary sources of news in the
Lynchburg area.
Other
internship
opportunities include event
planning and representing
the station during those
events. Get! Downtown is
one of the largest examples of
this, McKendree said, since
Radio434 sponsored a Main
Street stage. This is only
the beginning of Radio434’s
community outreach.
Community involvement
is of great importance to
McKendree because of the
strong sense of togetherness
Lynchburg retains. Radio 434
has sponsored events that give
back to the community in a
variety of ways. The station
has worked with Lynch’s
Landing, the Diva Crawl and
Lynchburg Cooks for Hunger
Relief. Radio434 just organized
to be a sponsor of the Vintage
Lynchburg
Holiday
Sale
in November.
“Lynchburg is a very closeknit community, and it’s a
very supportive community.
If you don’t get in there and
roll up your sleeves and help,
you’re going to be left behind,”
McKendree said.
McKendree
hopes
to
create visibility on local
college campuses.
“If something like this
can really get the attention
of students, it’ll be crazy,”
McKendree
said.
He
is
interested in bringing Radio434
to Lynchburg College to
possibly sponsor and broadcast
events or hold mini concerts.
5
TEQUILA
like inside their taco from
options such as grilled chicken,
chorizo, beans and more. Next,
one has to choose his or her
toppings which can be either
gringo or traditional. Gringo
has lettuce, cheese, sour cream
and salsa, and the traditional is
pico de gallo, cilantro and lime.
Finally, customers must choose
either a corn or flour tortilla.
Senior Austin Perry had the
grilled chicken taco gringo
style in a flour tortilla.
“I really liked the taco but
I would definitely need to
order more for it to be a meal,”
Perry said.
Jackson said the bar has been
busy with people of all ages,
and will soon offer weekly
specials such as taco Tuesdays.
The bar is open from 11
a.m. until 11 p.m. Sunday
through Wednesday, and stays
open until 1 a.m. Thursday
through Saturday.
Body Cams
colleges, Ziudema said.
“The goals of the cameras are
to strengthen the community
by allowing a transparency
into the LPD and monitor the
behavior of both community
and officers alike,” Zuidema
said. “It does provide evidence
of criminal activity.”
Students should not get too
excited to see these cameras in
effect yet. The type of cameras
that are going to be used have
not officially been released
yet, and they will not be
implemented until the spring
of 2016. Ziudema mentioned
that this is a slow-moving,
multiple step process.
Week in
Review
In the wake of the release of
videos allegedly stating that
Planned
Parenthood
sold
fetal tissue, president Cecile
Richards spoke about this
issue along with allegations
that taxpayer money was being
used for political activities.
Republicans
have
been
building a case against Planned
Parenthood, aiming to defund
the group. Richards countered
by stating federal money is
used only for contraceptives,
sexual disease testing and
other women’s health care,
not political activity, and the
allegations are against women.
The latest iOS update iOS 9
comes with a new feature,
“WiFi Assist.”
This new
feature takes the phone off of
weak internet connections and
switches the phone to using
cellular data. This feature will
do so unless it is turned off
and has many iPhone users
using more data than they can
keep track of. Since the update
some users have seen an
increase in their data usage by
one-third. Users worried about
their usage can turn off this
new feature in the “Cellular”
section of the settings app.
In the most recent polls Donald
Trump remains the leader on
the GOP side but has lost some
support. Trump’s support is
at 25 percent followed by Ben
Carson at 17 percent, Carly
Fiorina at 12 percent and
Jeb Bush at 10 percent. On
the Democratic side Hillary
Clinton has 43 percent support.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden
trail at 25 percent and 18
percent respectively.
It has long been thought that
during the polar winters that
are continuously dark the
life in the polar ocean would
halt, but in a recent study
researchers have found this to
be false. They found that while
phytoplankton are lacking in
numbers they are only inactive
Information compiled
from various sources.
Opinion
6
Lynchburg College in History
First-year Reflections
By Dr. Clifton W. Potter
LC History Professor
Last week at Lynchburg
College there was more
than a hint of fall in the air.
The angle of the sun gave
everything its light touched
a golden glow. The humidity
that makes Central Virginia
in the summer so unpleasant
was gone and there was a
touch of color on some of the
leaves. As I sat and savored
the quiet beauty all around
me, I let my memory wander
back 57 years to the September
afternoon when I first walked
through the college gates as a
first-year. It had been cloudy
all day and there was the
promise of a storm that never
materialized. I spent my first
night in one of the tower
rooms in Westover Hall, and
I awoke every time I heard
a strange sound. By dawn
I wondered why I was here
in the first place, and then I
walked to the window. Below
me lay the Dell lost in mist,
and the first rays of the sun
sliding down the branches
of the trees bathing them in
light. It was one of the most
beautiful sights that I have
ever seen, and at that moment
I knew why I was there and
where I belonged.
Countless other men and
women have been captured
by the beauty that is LC in
a thousand different ways
over the last one hundred
and twelve years, including
Josephus and Sarah La Rue
Hopwood, the founders of
Virginia Christian College,
which was renamed to LC
in 1919.
The Beacon was
the predecessor of The
Critograph, and in its first
edition, which was published
in June, 1904, Dr. Hopwood
stated that the college “Has
eighty-six acres of land in one
body bounded on three sides
by streams of water. The land
is at the terminus of the street
car line, the cars coming to
it every twelve minutes, yet
the college has the view and
liberty of country life.”
The streetcars vanished in
1941 and the city surrounds
the campus now, much more
so than it did in 1904, but there
is still that feeling of peace
and quiet that one associates
with the countryside. When
I was a student I used to
enjoy studying by the edge
of College Lake, especially
in October when the sky was
that particular shade of blue
and the air was so clear and
still that the water was like a
mirror. There was no lake in
1903, but there were numerous
streams, some of them fed by
the mineral springs that still
flow from the hillside behind
the maintenance buildings by
the main college gate. In the
midst of a grove of trees that
were young when this nation
was founded, there was a
deep pool where the men
swam in the summer. To the
Hopwoods, this campus was
one the most beautiful spots
they had ever seen and they,
as well as their successors
have tried to keep it that
way. Some of the trees that
Dr. Hopwood planted still
stand near the library and
their leaves are carved into
the head of the college mace.
In the next few weeks when
our campus is its loveliest,
take time to enjoy it and
remember the Hopwoods
who appreciated its beauty
and saw its potential so
long ago.
Photo retrieved from sodahead.com.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Nerd Factor
The End of the Dinosaur
By Dr. Mike Robinson
LC Communication
Studies Professor
I hit a little bit of a writer’s
block coming up for an idea
this week, so I asked my
seven-year-old boy for some
suggestions. “If you had a
column,” I wondered, “What
would you write about?”
His eyes lit up for a moment
and then he enthusiastically
replied, “I would write
about the destruction of the
dinosaurs!”
“That’s a good idea,” I said,
“What would you say?”
“Meteors!
Destruction!”
he answered, finally adding
several explosion noises for
extra emphasis.
My boy feels very sorry for the
dinosaurs these days. He will
often tell me that he wishes that
they did not have to die and
that if he had a time machine
like Doctor Who’s TARDIS he
would like to visit them. I feel
the same way. When I was his
age and people asked what I
wanted to be when I grew up,
I always enthused that I would
be a paleontologist. I love
dinosaurs and somehow miss
them too.
But these days I feel sorry
for the dinosaurs for another
reason. I feel bad for them
because we focus so much
on that final bit of the story,
the apocalyptic finale, rather
than the 135 million year
run. The explanation is fairly
simple. Humans love a good
tragedy.
We fixate on that
moment when the mighty are
brought down.
Consider, for example, the
rather grim scenario depicted
in “Death of a Dynasty,” the
sixth and last episode of the
BBC’s legendary educational
series
“Walking
with
Dinosaurs.” Here, the tale of
a tyrannosaurus rex mother
ends with the mighty predator
dead after a crushing blow to
the leg from an ankylosaurs’
tail renders her too feeble to
hunt.
Her starving young
chirp expectantly next to her
body, unable to fathom the
fate of their mother. Off in the
distance, the asteroid strikes
the Earth, sweeping away the
young and the mother’s corpse
in a monstrous blast wave.
That, my friends, is grim stuff.
I think that’s why this
weekend I’ve had so much
fun rediscovering “Dinosaur,”
a computer-animated film
released by Disney in 2000 that
my boy has been aggressively
watching after finding it at the
library. Part of the fun is that
I somehow forgot this movie
existed. I’m not sure how that
happened because it genuinely
looks great. The effects hold up
well and for a kid’s movie, it’s
more entertaining than sappy.
What I found myself really
enjoying though was the fact
that in this movie, the asteroid
hits at the end of the first
act. Our hero, the Iguanodon
Aladar, is living a prehistoric
Tarzan-style tale of being
raised by lemurs when the
asteroid of doom blasts the
planet. And, spoiler alert, he
and his adoptive family fight
pretty desperate odds to reach
an idyllic nesting ground at the
conclusion of the film. In short,
it is a dinosaur movie with a
happy ending.
Yes, it makes no sense. Yes,
I know it didn’t happen that
way. But I don’t care. I want
them to live. We all do. It’s
what fuels “Jurassic Park”
movies and various Power
Rangers franchises. It’s why
we always want dinosaurs to
be at the center of the Earth
or on some lost continent. We
just don’t want the dinosaurs
to end.
7
Opinion
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Sports Junkie
Remembering Yogi Berra
By Ryan Henson
sports editor
Yogi Berra, one of the greatest
catchers
and
winningest
players in baseball history
passed away Sept. 22. He won
10 World Series Championships
as a player for the New York
Yankees and is one of only five
players to win the American
League Most Valuable Player
Award three times. Berra was
elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame in 1972 and named to
the MLB All-Century Team in
1999, which celebrated the best
players of the last 100 years
in baseball.
All of his achievements
and successes aside, Berra
was better known for his
personality. You don’t have
to be a baseball fan or even
know who Yogi Berra was
to appreciate his wittiness.
Berra’s charisma is unmatched
and will forever be a part of his
legacy. He appeared in many
endorsements for products
such as Aflac and Miller Lite.
His famous quotes known as
“Yogi-isms” explain so much
about him. Berra is quoted
more often than most U.S
Presidents. On the surface
it may seem like he was just
trying to be funny but many of
them are packed with wisdom.
When giving directions to get
to his house he told someone
“when you come to a fork in
the road, take it.” It turned
out that no matter what path
you chose, it would still get
you there.
Immediately after his playing
career, he became a coach
where he won two more World
Series Championships. Success
followed him wherever he went
and that was no coincidence.
While he was a coach, he was
once asked about success and
his strategies.
“You can observe a lot just by
watching” he replied.
Yogi Berra and retired Yankee Derek Jeter at a spring training game in 2007. Photo retrieved
from www.nj.com.
In 1973 when he was managing
the last place New York
Mets, he was asked about his
team’s chances.
“It ain’t over till it’s over,”
Berra said. The Mets rallied to
finish in first place that year.
As a baseball legend, he
contributed so much to the
game even though he might
have had trouble explaining it.
“Baseball is 90 percent mental,
the other half is physical,”
Berra once said. In a way, he
was a philosopher and could
relate to anybody.
“You better cut the pizza in
four pieces because I’m not
hungry enough to eat six,”
Berra once told a waiter. His wit
and personality is impossible
to recreate.
For this
week’s
complete Sports
Junkie, visit
Critograph.com.
Science According to Izzy
Singing in the Rain
By Izzy Zaru-Roque
staff blogger
I love to sing! My close friends,
especially those who have lived
with me, know that I sing 24/7
and enjoy giving them wake
up calls in the mornings. After
spending a few years taking
lessons for singing, singing
in the Lynchburg College
Choir, and LC’s Woman’s
Acapella group (43Forte), I can
now confidently call myself
a singer. However, a lot goes
into the process of singing
and especially sounding good
while one sings. From the
information your brain sends
to your vocal chords, to how
you hold your head, a lot of
work is put in by your body to
make you a good singer.
Your brain plays a large role
in the process of singing. When
you try to sing your brain
focuses on three key aspects:
pitch accuracy, the ability to
keep time and note memory.
While most individuals are
competent at keeping time
and note memory, only about
40 percent of people can
successfully
match
pitch.
This is why some people can
recognize a certain song when
it comes on the radio and tap
their feet to the beat, but can’t
necessarily sing along to it.
Once your brain has compiled
these three aspects about a
song, it sends information
to your vocal chords to
begin singing.
Vocal folds (also known as
vocal chords although this is
a misnomer) vibrate allowing
puffs of air to pass through
your throat creating sound
waves. If you place your
fingers on the center of your
neck and gently press inward
while talking or singing you
can actually feel your vocal
folds vibrating. If you tilt your
neck up to stare at the ceiling,
speaking and singing may
become strained, and you will
feel less of a vibration. This
is because you are stretching
out your vocal folds making
it more difficult for them to
vibrate. Good posture plays an
important role in singing for
this very reason.
For this
week’s complete
Science
According to
Izzy, visit
Critograph.com.
Sports
8
Women’s Volleyball Breaks Even
By Ryan Henson
sports editor
Lynchburg College women’s
volleyball played conference
opponent
Randolph-Macon
College and St. Mary’s College
this past week. The Hornets
lost to Randolph-Macon Sept.
23, but defeated St. Mary’s
Sept. 25.
LC lost in three sets to
Randolph-Macon
but
the
match was close throughout.
The Hornets dropped the first
set 25-20. Randolph-Macon
dominated in the second set
and won 25-15, but the third set
was close as the Hornets lost
25-20 once again.
“I think the main difference
with the Macon game was the
offense had a much harder
time terminating the ball,
Macon’s blockers are a lot
bigger than most of the teams
in the ODAC; we couldn’t make
enough adjustments hitting
wise to be productive enough
to win,” first-year outside hitter
Amelia Dalton said.
Senior setter Gabby Myers
led the team with 10 assists
and sophomore setter Lynn
Walsh had seven assists. Junior
outside hitter Jen Garrett and
Dalton contributed the most
kills for the Hornets with eight
and seven, respectively.
The Hornets won their second
match of the week against St.
Mary’s in four sets. LC got
ahead early, winning the first
two sets 25-19 each. St. Mary’s
won the close third set 26-24
to make the overall score 2-1 in
favor of LC. The Hornets sealed
their victory by winning the
fourth set 25-19.
“Beating St. Mary’s was
all about communication,
especially between front row
and back row, as a hitter I know
the people behind me can see
the open spots better than I
can and I really listen and trust
what they tell me during a
game,” Dalton said.
Garrett led the team in kills
again with 18 and sophomore
outside hitter Mesa Willis
recorded 13 kills. Walsh set
the ball well as she collected
36 of the team’s 47 assists in
the match.
LC volleyball moved their winloss record to 5-9 overall while
being 1-3 in Old Dominion
Athletic Conference matches.
Their next game is Sept. 30
against Bridgewater College.
“We’re focusing on staying
disciplined and eliminating
our errors for the Bridgewater
game,” Willis said.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Sports Schedule
Men’s Cross Country
October 3 at USC Upstate
Women’s Cross Country
October 3 at USC Upstate
Women’s Soccer
September 30 vs. Guilford at 5 p.m.
October 3 at Washington and Lee at
11 a.m.
October 7 at Randolph-Macon at 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
September 30 at Hampden-Sydney at
7 p.m.
October 3 at Bridgewater at 4 p.m.
October 7 vs. Randolph-Macon at 7 p.m.
Field Hockey
September 30 vs. Salisbury at Newport
News, Va. At 4:30 p.m.
October 3 at Washington and Lee at
1 p.m.
October 6 at Bridgewater at 7 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball
September 30 at Bridgewater at 7 p.m.
October 6 vs. Virginia Wesleyan at
6:30p.m.
Weekly Scores
Women’s Soccer
September 24 vs. Meredith W, 5-1
September 27 at Emory W, 3-0
Men’s Soccer
September 23 at Christopher Newport T,
1-1
Field Hockey
September 26 vs. York W, 5-2
Women’s Volleyball
September 23 at Randolph-Macon L, 3-0
September 25 vs. St. Mary’s W, 3-1
Lynn Walsh sets ball for one of her teammates against Washington & Lee University Sept. 19,
2015. Photo retrieved from lynchburgsports.com.