Season Premiere
By Nicholas Davies Thus those sepia-toned memories of summer’s last reprieves falls forever into the cavernous nether realm that is the human memory, only to be replaced by the dimly lit rooms and tortuous existence that this place, this higher institution of learning places upon its denizens; students drifting from hall to hall, classes that [...]
Bridgewater’s Business Expo
By Melina Norman If you are looking for a great opportunity to network and find possible internships and job offers, you should come out Wednesday September 12th from 3 to 7pm to the Bridgewater College Business Expo of 2012 being held in the Funkhouser Center. There will be 40 Businesses there including Harvey’s [...]
“BC Community?”
Spirit Matters By Chaplain Robbie Miller community \ n, pl -ties 1 : a body of people living in the same place under the same laws” (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 146). In our new BC mission statement, we call ourselves a “challenging and supportive community.” We say we embrace community as one of our “core [...]
Message in the Music
Bashar Murad: Won’t Be Silent By Morgan Alexander “Whatever, whoever oppresses you, you shouldn’t be silent. You should be who you are,” Bashar Murad said. This is the message Murad hopes resonates with his audience in his first and upcoming album Won’t Be Silent. Hailing from Palestine, Murad has seen oppression due to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]
The Ripple Effect
By Morgan Alexander “Everything that happens here has a ripple effect,” Anne Marsh, the Coordinator of International Education, said. Though the quiet town of Bridgewater may at times feel secluded, our community has an impact on the global community, which the Center of International Education expects to increase this year. In hopes of diversifying Bridgewater [...]
Message in the Music
Bashar Murad: Won’t Be Silent by Morgan Alexander “Whatever, whoever oppresses you, you shouldn’t be silent. You should be who you are,” Bashar Murad said. This is the message Murad hopes resonates with his audience in his first and upcoming album Won’t Be Silent. Hailing from Palestine, Murad has seen oppression due to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]
The time for questions…
Critical Encounters By: Bernardo H. Motta Walking in the rain, stepping in water puddles, I see question marks form under my feet. “What are you doing here?” the voice of Dean Carol Scheppard’s question during this year’s opening ceremony echoes in my head. Her voice is not the only one haunting me as [...]
Local flower shop thrives from college’s presence
-Josh Trupo, Brooke Thacker, Melina Norman, and Holly Fox “Very good, very good.” If you head on down to All About Flowers and Flights and Fancies on Main Street in Bridgewater, ask for Bruce, and that is what he will say about how business is doing because of the college. All About Flowers is a [...]
The Positivity of Negative Rights
by Carina Botterbusch February 17th to 19th, I attended the Fifth Annual International Students for Liberty Conference (ISFLC), which was held at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. It was an incredible experience, primarily because there were over 1000 students, alumni, staff, speakers, and presenters, all of whom shared a common bond: an interest [...]
In memory of Doc Jopson
The Bridgewater community was deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Harry G.M. “Doc” Jopson, last Friday, March 9. Doc Jopson came to Bridgewater in 1936 as a biology professor, re-built the college’s track program, and founded the cross country program. He was 100 years old when he passed and was a great contributor to [...]
Houston, we’d have a problem
Leap Year’s vitality to Earth’s orbit and the world By Christopher Conte As we all know, Leap Year occurs every four years, adding that extra pesky little day to the end of our chilly Februarys (or in this year’s case, a rather mild February). Few of us even bat an eyelash to Leap Day—why [...]
President Cornelius to step down
President George Cornelius of Bridgewater College announced his resignation as college president today. Executive Vice President Roy W. Ferguson will serve as interim president. The official press release from the college can be found here: http://www.bridgewater.edu/NewsAndEvents/PressReleases/BridgewaterCollegeAnnouncesChangeinLeadership For more information and for the complete story, check back with Veritas. Tweet
Death by statistics
By Katy Bradford Sunshine, blue skies and a winter wind, An unusually warm day, But I… I am walking, walking to my death. The building I’ve come to love to hate, But what is it I am walking to you ask? Tweet
Overheard on Campus
Girl: Sorry, you had a little ugly on your face. Girl: Smirnoff? My “smirn” is never off! I always have Smirn-on! Girl: I don’t care what the restaurant is called now, as long as they still have cookie skillets. Professor: It’s the whole point of success, proving haters wrong Girl: You’re like an eighty year [...]
blonde curls bounce in a sea of black hair
By K.E. Cummings blonde curls bounce in a sea of black hair an oddity, the dominant minority is it soft? or is it brittle? a brown hand extends to cop a feel gold colored like gifted dowry jewels sparkling in the Indian sun Tweet
Fractured
Fractured by Faith Dolack Tweet
Veritas Issues Fall 2010 – Spring 2011
Issues September 16, 2010 – April 29, 2011 Tweet
