Dive into Founder’s Day
By Ali Morris Bridgewater College will celebrate 132 years since its founding on Tuesday, April 3. However, this year Bridgewater is celebrating a different way than it has in the past. After the annual Founder’s Day ceremony and extraordinary lunch, a campus wide pool party will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. [...]
Overheard on Campus
Professor: Spring Break on the horizon, I know you’re all angry to be here to the bitter end Professor: You’re turning 21, just remember you have your entire life to do stupid things Guy: You don’t go into labor any more, you go into mild discomfort Guy: Africa has no books Tweet
El jefe speaks: A word about change
By President George Cornelius Much has been written and discussed about change recently. Over the past two years I’ve discussed change in the context of the College, its strategic plan and external forces that are impacting higher education today. I have nothing new to say about that subject presently. But before moving on at the [...]
Bringing HOPE to the Community
By Lane Routzahn and Katheryne Rivera According to the Mayo Clinic, depression is not a weakness; it’s more than just feeling blue and you can’t just snap out of it. It is a chronic illness, and an individual cannot overcome it without help. “We want to get the word out; we want people to understand [...]
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 [...]
Spring Break is all about hammer time for Habitat volunteers
By JJ Krehbiel Spring break, according to most depictions of college culture, is all about poorly planned road trips, drunken escapades on the beach, and the ever notorious girls gone wild. Although the reality of spring break is rarely as eventful as these depictions make it out to be, it is supposed to be a [...]
BC Eagles land short
By Jason Manago-Graves The Eagles took on the Eastern Mennonite Royals in the opening round of the ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) tournament on Tuesday, February 21. It was a hard fought game on both ends. After the Eagles won the last game both of these teams faced off with a walk-off 3-pointer by [...]
Hoping to go the distance
By Holly Fox Things are quiet on the track now, but within the next few weeks it will be occupied by the talented men and women of the Bridgewater College track and field teams. Whether a sprinter, a distance runner, a pole vaulter, a hurdler, or a thrower doesn’t matter; the bug of excitement [...]
Pinning down BC’s wrestling club
By Will Browning and Erin Pampe For twenty years, both faculty and staff at Bridgewater have been pushing for a wrestling club. Now, thanks to two students, Scott Fike and Drew Painter, a wrestling club has been added to the school extracurricular list. This is a significant feat, for the fledging wrestling club [...]
Profs take action
Faculty in the community by Jordan Stordahl and Morgan Poston Bridgewater College is lucky enough to have professors who aren’t afraid to get their hands a little dirty when it comes to getting involved outside of the classroom. Going beyond their responsibilities as professors, they are able to provide positive contributions to our campus and [...]
Lonely acts of dissent
Critical Encounters By Bernardo H. Motta “Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man. For dissent is [...]
Walking towards the edge
Critical Encounters By Bernardo H. Motta “Look around and chose your own ground For long you live and high you fly” *”Breathe” – Pink Floyd The eaglet reticently walks towards the edge of the nest. It’s not a baby anymore as it has all the adult feathers it needs for flight, but it has never [...]
The cult of ure
By Bernardo H. Motta “I think, therefore I am; I act, therefore I can.” Bernardo H. Motta after René Descartes There is a quote attributed to the founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell, going around on the Internet, which says “Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets [...]
Hall of Winds II (Or BC Prometheus)
Critical Encounters By Bernardo H. Motta “Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.” *”Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus,” Chapter 20, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. “You are my creator, but I am your master,” the creature said to Victor Frankenstein near the end of Mary Shelley’s book “Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus,” when Victor declines his request [...]
Braving the Storm
Story and Photos by Ali Morris Thunderstorms used to scare Reed Timmer as a child, but that did not stop him from picking up a video camera at the age of 13 to record a severe hail storm right in his front yard. Timmer now drives more than 50,000 miles a year in armored research [...]
Growing Safety
By John Lezcano Last year, BC Allies formed to fight against Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) discrimination. The faculty advisors of BC Allies are Dr. Charles Fleis, Bridgewater Associate professor of Foreign Language, and Dr. Michele Strano, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. Neither Dr. Fleis nor Dr. Strano had involvement in the formation of BC Allies, but [...]
More like a family
By Lacey Naff The Bridgewater cheer squad started off the year with over half the team being new—including the coach. Having lost a lot of seniors last year, this was expected to be a rebuilding year for the team. The new head coach of BC cheer and the dance team is Lindsey Phillips, a former [...]
The playoff push
By Will Browning The playoffs for flag football intramurals just started this past Tuesday, October 25, and the action is already underway. The regular season, which was full of heated tempers and close games, has come to an end. Now that the playoffs have begun, any team has a chance to take home the [...]
Continuing Success
By Holly Fox With a road win against ODAC rivals Emory and Henry and Guilford under their belts, the women’s volleyball teams hopes for the rest of the season are higher than ever. The ladies returned to Bridgewater with two wins increasing their ODAC record to 5-3 and their overall season record to 12-11. [...]
Bittersweet Win
By Lacey Naff In their last two games, Bridgewater field hockey captured two wins to give them the potential of a winning season as they are now 8-6 overall. This past Saturday, the eagles celebrated their senior game, recognizing their only two seniors, Taylor Waddell and Megan Bach. The game turned out in Bridgewater’s favor [...]
Fighting Hunger @ BC
By Chaplain Robbie Miller Did you know that: 925 million people do not have enough to eat? Hunger kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined? One in seven people will go to bed hungry tonight? 50.2 million Americans live in food-insecure households? Want to make a difference? On Thursday, October 27 from [...]
Men’s Soccer
By Jason Manago-Graves The men’s soccer team took on the visiting Washington and Lee Generals this past Monday, October the 17th. It was a very aggressive and competitive game throughout the first half, as neither team scored. Midfielder Alec Utter stated, “It’s going to be a tough matchup but we’ve had pretty good preparation and [...]
