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Ritograph Graph: Students Cautioned
Ritograph Graph: Students Cautioned
Ritograph Graph: Students Cautioned
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ritograph Student Voice of University of Lynchburg
September 1, 2021 Volume 106, Issue 4
Students Cautioned
Alyssa Wilson, Hunter Epperson, that’. As well as, sometimes in an attempt to commit a
Rylee McDonal
when I’m walking home to sexual assault or in conjunction
Wilsona668@lynchburg.edu, Epperson_H@
lynchburg.edu, Mcdonar922@lynchburg.edu Westover, when they put in the with the commission of a sexual
new scoreboard, there is a light assault, it is a violation of the
The University of
that they took out and the two Interpersonal Misconduct
Lynchburg campus was buzzing
lights that connect to it are not Policy and carries the most
this weekend after an email
on at night. So that makes me extreme consequences,
on Friday, Aug. 27, from Dean
feel not as safe.” including suspension or
Caifano, the deputy director
While Rebecca Carey expulsion from the University.
of campus safety and security,
said, “I feel safe on campus I hope that students will
indicating that students should
for the most part. It is very lit report any concerns to Campus
be cautious at social gatherings.
up at night, so it’s nice, and it Safety and Security and/or the
The email which was
Photo of college students partying. Photo retrieved from Greekrank.com on Aug. 30, 2021 by seems like there’s a lot of good Lynchburg Police Department
sent to all undergraduate Hunter Epperson.
people.” so that those concerns can be
and graduate students said, “ I like to think that from specification of where and
Amanda McGovern, investigated immediately.”
stated, “Campus Safety and my perspective we’re going when the incident took place or
Title XI director said, “ I just Drinking and partying
Security Office had received to air on the side of caution the students involved, there is
want to use the opportunity with friends is an integral
unconfirmed reports of illegal and we’re going to inform our an ongoing investigation into
to remind students that giving part of the college experience
substances being placed students. It’s all part of being the incident.
illegal drugs to other students however, here are some tips
in drinks of unsuspecting transparent and communicating Junior, Summer Campbell
is a violation of the student you and your friends can use to
persons at social gatherings on and making sure we are doing said, “With the recent email that
conduct code. Putting illegal stay safe at parties. vt
campus [...] commonly known everything we can to make our was sent out about the substance
drugs into someone’s drink B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own
as’’roofies `` or ’’date raped students safe. I mean that quite (date rape drugs) it has made
even if it is not done in an
drugs.” seriously and that’s why I did me a little aprehensive, a little
In a follow-up interview what I did.” bit nervous, and ‘I don’t really
attempt to perpetuate a sexual CONTINUED
with the Critograph, Caifano While there is no know whats going on with
assault, is still a violation of on page 2
University policy. If it is done
Contact Us friends
Going to parties with
symptoms besides making the
person blackout, always know Saturday, August 28
Critograph
1501 Lakeside Drive friends is a great way to the signs and how to spot if Underage, Intoxicated student strikes other students
Lynchburg College, Schewel
Hall Newsroom 116 reduce the chances. If you go someone has been drugged.
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 to parties with friends, always Signs and symptoms of popular
434.544.8301
critograph@lynchburg.edu have a friend hold your drink date-rape drugs can be found Security Blotter reprinted verbatim from online
critograph.com campus crime log.
if you go to the bathroom or here. http://www.idph.state.
Wednesday, September 26, News 3
2018
Men’s Soccer Looks to Repeat as ODAC Champions
William Masselli A new team roster
Sports Columnist this semester has created
Masselw374@lynchburg.edu
an opportunity for some
The University of players to take on new
Lynchburg Men’s Soccer leadership roles this season.
Team is looking forward Grin Phillips, a
to repeating as ODAC senior defender, stated,
(Old Dominion Athletic “The coaches and returning
Conference) tournament players have talked a
champions in the fall season lot about leadership and
of 2021, with the hopes of game productivity as we
earning a NCAA (National head into the new season.
Collegiate Athletic Everyone on the team, from
Association) tournament top to bottom, is taking on
bid. leadership roles in their
Kyle Gallagher, own way. We are just trying
Retrieved from https://www.lynchburgsports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20210630kesg15 on August 28, 2021. The University of Lynchburg Men’s Soccer
graduate student and to do our best to keep and Team celebrates their ODAC Conference Tournament Championship Victory.
continue to improve both every game to be a battle,” which has made it even
starting goalkeeper, decided continue the standards
technically and tactically said Yeager. bigger,” stated Phillips.
to use his extra year of from previous Lynchburg
in small ways, as any team Phillips is looking Knowing that the first
eligibility to increase the teams and have good team
should always be trying to forward to playing in the game of the season is near,
team’s chances of winning chemistry like last year.
do. As defenders, we are rivalry games between Yeager stated, “We return
the ODAC and making the I will try extra hard to
really focusing on trying Hampden-Sydney a bunch of kids o of our
NCAA tournament. continue the standard of
to get more clean sheets College and University of team from last year, so our
Gallagher is grateful to the work ethic previously
this year. We continue to Lynchburg. “This year, I’m expectations are high for
Athletic Director Jonathan set and do whatever I can to
improve on the small things really looking forward to them. We are hoping to get
Waters for permitting fans help the team.”
and be even better in these playing Hampden-Sydney closer as a team over the
to attend home games According to Phillips,
small areas.” College again. The last few next couple of weeks as we
last season, stating, “We for the men’s soccer team to
University of years we’ve had some really prepare for our first game
noticed fans not being in the win the ODAC and advance
Lynchburg Men’s Soccer good games with them, with on September 3, 2021.”
audience at away games, in the NCAA tournament,
Head Coach Chris Yeager each game getting stronger The Hornets will
but not at home games. The “It is more about not losing
believes there are no easy and better. The games are play Covenant College
athletic director did a great any of the momentum from
games this year. “All of the also having a large impact at 4 p.m. on September 3,
job of enabling fans to be at last year.”
teams in the ODAC will be in terms of ODAC regular 2021 at Shellenberger Field.
the majority of our home Phillips continued,
tough this year. We expect season and postseason play, Admissions is free.
games.” “We will always try to
4 News Wednesday, September 26,
2018
African American Affinity Group Cookout
Hunter Epperson music. students show up, seeing his
Copy Desk Chief
Epperson_H@lynchburg.edu The AAAG’s mission colleagues, and having the
is to provide a support opportunity to interact with
On Aug. 26, 2021, the
system that fosters a his colleagues and students.
African American A nity
collegial campus climate He said his most favorite
Group (AAAG) at the
and a culture of unity, part about the event was
University of Lynchburg
equity, respect and mutual seeing students interacting
hosted a cookout from 6
support among African with each other. campus. fun and was her favorite part
p.m - 8 p.m. at the Pavilion
American and Black faculty Scott added that Similar to Scott, Manuela at the event.
StudentsattheAfricanAmericanAnityGroupattheUniversityofLynchburghostedacookoutat
for African American and Pavilion. Photo was taken on Aug. 26, 2021, by Dr. Ghislaine Lewis.
and sta . he really enjoyed seeing Amouzou, president of the For support from or
Black students on campus.
Men’s Basketball Coach students communicating Afro-Caribbean Union at the to get in touch with the
The group provided
Hilliary Scott said, what he with others because it allows University of Lynchburg, African American Anity
free hotdogs, hamburgers,
enjoyed most about the event students to know that they said she thought just talking Group contact them at aaag@
cheeseburgers, and
was the food, but seeing have advocates and peers on to people at the event was lynchburg.edu.
vegetarian options, and
Horoscopes
The Buzz
2018
Week in
Review
[catches hornet opinions in writing] Ida’s sweltering aftermath:
The columns in “The Buzz” do not represent the opinions of The Critographoritsstabut
, insteadcapturestheviewsoftheir No authors.
power, no water, no
gasoline.
enjoy their variety and their machina- ting in his chair, scheming away while amazing is that the mystery vehicle nation.
tions. Their monologuing thrills me. petting the white Persian cat in his lap is capable of returning to the volcano Perhaps his natural desire for
I love their origins and their motiva- Biden defends departure
has become an archetype of villainy. base from which it launched, landing secrecy would drive Blofeld to not as-
from ‘forever war,’ praises
tions. I am particularly fascinated by Blofeld is so away from direct in an upright position. sume a public face. Perhaps he does airlift.
those supervillains so dedicated to a action that it’s really not until his To summarize, in the 1960s not wish to be a corporate leader six
WASHINGTON (AP) —
theme that it actually interferes with third movie appearance in You Only world of James Bond, SPECTRE can decades ahead of his time. That’s fine. Addressing the nation, a
their success, baddies like the Riddler defensive President Joe Biden
Live Twice (1967) that he even meets send and retrieve a multi-use vehicle Imagine what the same tech-
on Tuesday called the U.S.
whose compulsions force him to lure Bond in person. It’s not this dramatic at will without the financial backing nology could do for a clandestine airlift to extract more than
120,000 Afghans, Americans
heroes to his every crime or like the encounter that fascinates me though. or space tracking resources of a super- organization threatening the world. and other allies to end a 20-
Calendar Man who stick to a theme Rather it is Blofeld’s scheme, a plot so power nation. In essence, SPECTRE Instead of taking capsules down, what year war an “extraordinary
success,” though more than
no matter the cost. outrageous that the supervillain has has become the preeminent aerospace could SPECTRE have put up there? 100 Americans and thousands
There are other kinds of com- missed his opportunity to do far more. engineering firm on the planet. Spy satellites, atomic bombs, or even of Afghans remain behind.
(Retrieved from Associated
pulsions beyond just theme though. From inside his fake volcano In this fictitious 1967, Blofeld death rays? Blofeld lost by thinking Press)
Another type of villain is so busy try- base-- he’s a trendsetter in supervillain led his organization to something that too big.
ing to do evil things that they fail to re- real estate too—Blofeld has hatched
alize what they’ve really accomplished. his most ambitious plan yet. His goal is v.
The perfect example of this over- to set the United States and the Union
In late summer, the ravine
achiever is James Bond’s archnemesis, of Soviet Socialist Republics against is overgrown with kudzu
Ernst Stravro Blofeld. and other greenery, but come
each by secretly capturing the space-
winter, Tiler McFadden knows
Blofeld is Number One, the craft in their emerging space race. Yes, he’ll have a view of the river,
a sweeping vista visible off
leader of SPECTRE (Special Execu- you read that correctly. Blofeld plans the front porch of his newly
tive for Counter-intelligence, Terror- to steal spaceships while they are in purchased home. (Retrieved
from News & Advance)
ism, Revenge and Extortion). As the space.
anagram so neatly outlines, SPECTRE To do this, he has a special
is dedicated to the destabilization of craft constructed, one that opens at
world powers so that its members may the nose cone to swallow other space
assume control of the planet. Whether capsules whole (the scenes where the
they are doing something relatively mystery ship grabs an American space
low level like breaking codes or some- module are masterfully shot in terms
thing epically dangerous like seizing of suspense and well worth a Google Information compiled
atomic devices, they are a truly ruth- clip view). Photo of Donald Pleasence Allan Warren retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ from various sources.
File:Donald_Pleasence_Allan_Warren.jpg
6 Opinion Wednesday, September 26,
2018
Beautiful City, Beautiful Campus, Beautiful People
Rylee McDonal love with this city, and for the relationships every now and world. It was such an odd sight fi nally really see how beautiful
Copy Editor most part, I did love the school then, but I still like there was to me that my only response was everything is, and all it took was
Mcdonar922@lynchburg.edu I attended. something missing. to laugh. a squirrel.
What does beautiful mean? Due to unfortunate Flash forward to a few After that, I just started I write this article, not as
circumstances at the start of weeks ago, when classes fi rst
looking around when walking news, not as anything other than
In the easiest description the pandemic, I was unable to started. I was thrilled to be back to campus, and I started noticing for people to stop and really look
of the word, it is something that return. For the majority of this in school and excited for the the smallest of details. I noticed at their surroundings.
is appealing to the eye. In terms pandemic, I have been working. adventure that came with it. the leaves changing color, the This is especially for
of what is exactly beautiful, there Working as a summer After a while, though, I started to students walking on campus, the students. I know I have been
are a plethora of answers. And camp counselor, then, once the miss my friends and family back sunbeams shining through the struggling, and I know it must
after almost two years of non- public school year started, an home. trees. be hard, but to just take a minute
stop issues, spanning from global assistant teacher, as well as a full Then, one day, I was And all I could think about and take in the world around
time student. I did not mind this,
to personal, I think I fi nally walking to my fi rst class of the
was the beauty of it all. When I you, it will be more than worth
remembered my own answer. I enjoy working and if it is to help morning and noticed something sit in my classes, or the dining your time. We live in a beautiful
my family I would do anything. so small and so insignifi canthall,
that or even when I walk from city, we learn in a beautiful
Before the pandemic, However, there was a part I never would’ve thought would my dorm to the dining hall, I see school, and we are surrounded
before the world shut down, of me that wished I could have change the way I think and feel. the most beautiful things. by some of the most beautiful
I went to a little college only a break. I did have free time It was a squirrel, rolling around After so long of not being people I think I’ll ever meet.
ten minutes from here. I was in and there were friendships and in the dirt, without a care in the able to really see the world, I
hopes of earning a NCAA is taking on leadership roles really focusing on trying each game getting stronger
(National Collegiate Athletic in their own way. We are just to get more clean sheets and better. The games are
Association) tournament trying to do our best to keep this year. We continue to also having a large impact
bid. and continue the standards improve on the small things in terms of ODAC regular
Kyle Gallagher, from previous Lynchburg and be even better in these season and postseason play,
graduate student and teams and have good team small areas.” which has made it even
starting goalkeeper, decided chemistry like last year. I will University of Lynchburg bigger,” stated Phillips.
to use his extra year of try extra hard to continue Men’s Soccer Head Coach Knowing that the
eligibility to increase the the standard of the work Chris Yeager believes there rst
fi game of the season is
team’s chances of winning ethic previously set and do are no easy games this year. near, Yeager stated, “We
the ODAC and making the whatever I can to help the “All of the teams in the return a bunch of kids o
NCAA tournament. team.” ODAC will be tough this of our team from last year,
Gallagher is grateful According to year. We expect every game so our expectations are high
to Athletic Director Jonathan Phillips, for the men’s soccer to be a battle,” said Yeager. for them. We are hoping to
Waters for permitting fans team to win the ODAC Phillips is looking get closer as a team over the
to attend home games and advance in the NCAA forward to playing in the next couple of weeks as we
last season, stating, “We tournament, “It is more rivalry games between prepareforourrst
fi gameon
noticed fans not being in the about not losing any of the Hampden-Sydney September 3, 2021.”
audience at away games, momentum from last year.” College and University of The Hornets will
but not at home games. The Phillips continued, Lynchburg. “This year, I’m play Covenant College
athletic director did a great “We will always try to really looking forward to at 4 p.m. on September 3,
job of enabling fans to be continue to improve both playing Hampden-Sydney 2021 at Shellenberger Field.
at the majority of our home technically and tactically College again. The last few Admissions is free.
games.” in small ways, as any team years we’ve had some really
A new team roster should always be trying to good games with them, with
this semester has created do. As defenders, we are