Private Choices
By Cassandra Brown Cassandra, I’d be happy to meet with you, on the condition you not ask why I decided to leave. It’s a personal and private matter, and that’s how I prefer to keep it. I’d be pleased to discuss anything else. George This was the e-mail I received from Bridgewater College President George Cornelius [...]
President announces resignation
By Erin Pampe “It wasn’t the Board’s decision– it was George’s decision,” Nathan Miller, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said. “George came to the board and asked the board to not renew his contract. Basically, he had made other plans.” On March 6th, Bridgewater College President George Cornelius announced that he would [...]
Global Cafe starts intercultural dialogue
By Danielle Norris and Sara Rico Veritas and the Center of Cultural Engagement hosted their first Global Café on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. It is the first in a series of gatherings that’s purpose is to allow students and faculty to get together and discuss diversity and international issues. For the pilot event [...]
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. Join the forum discussion on this postTweet
Newt Gringrich: Republican GOP candidate
By Kelsey Byard Newton Leroy McPherson was born on June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to teenaged parents, whose marriage was said to crumble a few days after their September, 1942 wedding. Three years after Newt was born his mother remarried an Army officer named Robert, who adopted Newt as his own, and [...]
FCS and HES Departments Merge
By Ali Morris A recent change of two departments at Bridgewater has caused many students a little stress and confusion. The Health and Exercise Science and Family and Consumer Science departments recently came together as one department now known as Health and Human Sciences. Tweet
Occupy movement gets local
By Zach Shifflett Since its inception in September of 2011, the Occupy movement has been one of the most talked about and controversial stories of our time. The protests began on September 17th, 2011 in New York City as demonstrators staged a peaceful occupation of Zuccotti Park to express a long list of grievances [...]
Mahalo Nui Loa, Hawaii
By Erin Pampe “Heahea Ko Hawai’i Pae ‘Aina”– welcome to the Hawaiian Islands. This phrase was what I was greeted with by a gate agent as my Interterm group and I disembarked in Oahu on January 4, 2012. As I responded with the traditional Hawaiian for “thank you”, or mahalo, what I didn’t realize was [...]
Culture, architecture and history
Interterm class travels to Greece and Italy By Corley Tweedy The Mediterranean is, in my opinion, one of the best places on earth. Ever since I can remember, it has been a goal of mine to go there, and over Interterm, I had the opportunity to travel with Dr. Reis and twenty-one of my [...]
Looking Back, To Move Forward
Story and Photos by Lane Routzahn “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although Martin Luther King Jr. day took place a few weeks ago, Cole Hall filled with [...]
Stephen Howard delivers “I have a dream” speech
Communication Studies major Stephen Howard delivers Reverend Marting Luther King Jr.’s speech “I have a dream” during Prof. Jennifer Babcock’s Interterm class “Representations of Gender, Race & Class in the Media” to celebrate Dr. King’s day on January 16. Video by Nahshon Ford. Tweet
A College by the Students
By Cassandra Brown and Danielle Norris Some students feel like they do not have a voice about changes being made on the college campus. In response to those students, Veritas collected responses in a BC Wish List, from students about what they like about our college campus and what they want to see changed. Tweet
A Whole New Perspective to Studying Abroad
By Sarah Rico In September, many eager students waited to hear if they were going to pack their bags and travel to a foreign country for a semester, one of the most rewarding experiences in higher learning. The eagerness and nervous energy to find out if they were accepted evolved into disappointment when they got [...]
Fear Itself
By Kelsey Byard Muslim. For many, the word alone conjures images of hijackers, 9/11, and terrorists. This is how a great number of Americans, especially those who are members of Generation X, have been shaped by the events of 9/11 and its aftermath to view those belonging to the Islamic faith. Tweet
Dinkel Construction to be Completed
By Cassandra Brown Orange barrel construction cones line the road. Men in orange vests stop cars as traffic backs up in the small town. Dinkel Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through Bridgewater College, is under construction pending the completion of a new traffic-calming project. For the past three months, this main road used by [...]
Was it all a dream?
By John Lezcano Photos by Taylor Dukehart On a chilly Thursday night, smoke rises and darkness shrouds the stage, haunting music plays in the background, this is the scene of a dream. From November 3 through 6, Bridgewater College’s theater program performed August Strindburg’s “A Dream Play,” at Cole Hall. “A Dream Play” was loaded [...]
Eagles compete in programming contest
Story and photo by Clay Comer While most of the students of Bridgewater College were sound asleep at 5:45 am on Saturday, November 5, the members of the Bridgewater CollegeAssociation for Computer Machinery (ACM) Club boarded a bus for the long ride to Radford, Virginia to compete in the 36th annual ACM international programming [...]
The science of socializing
By Zach Shifflett “Never accept the status quo,” this was the driving message of Tuesday night’s speech by Dr. Jarik Conrad. Cole Hall was packed as Dr. Conrad strode to the front of the room and commanded the attention of the crowd. He had just come from an informal dinner, during which he talked about [...]
Recycling at BC
By Sophie Thomas and Kristina Davis “Any resident on campus can get involved with recycling by asking their resident director for their own personal recycling bin,” Tyler Goss, president of the Environmental Task Force said. Bridgewater College has been recycling since the late 90′s and began by recycling aluminum, newspaper, #1 plastics, office paper, and [...]
Visitation hours under review
By Katherine Bradford and Caroline Hutchison “All of us are old enough to hold responsibilities like the ability to drive, vote, go to war for our country, and some of us are old enough to purchase and consume alcohol. So why aren’t we old enough to host guests in our dorm past midnight or 2 [...]
Sounds of Latin America
By Kaitlyn Wiltshire Voices filled the air as female choir members, dressed in outfits of blues and greens, encircled the room and the audience. The men, dressed in black, stood on stage, facing the audience. For the first song, their voices came from all angles, encasing the audience in this exciting world of sounds [...]
Crop walk and meal break records
By Alyssa Pennington and Corley Tweedy Almost 250 Bridgewater College students gave up their dinner in the KCC to join the fight against world hunger on Thursday, October 27. They joined with a program called CROP, which works to raise money in order to help provide food and to educate the less fortunate. “[CROP] [...]
Amigos Unidos aconseja a los estudiantes de escuela intermedia
Por Erin Pampe, Traducido por Malinda Britt Los estudiantes latinos de Wilbur Pence Middle School se reunieron ayer, martes 19 de octubre, en el Center for Cultural Engagement en Bridgwater College para compartir y socializar con los estudiantes universitarios. Esta visita al Centro fue posible gracias a la directora del Centro, la Sra. Stephanie Wilson. [...]
