Preliminary evidence points to a smoldering cigarette butt as the source of residential fire
 
A fire tore through the Tiger Athletic Club (TAC) house located close to campus at 4:15am on Wednesday, Jan 25, 2011. Benjamin T. Rogers ’12 suffered some minor burns and Kirk Rohle ’12 continues to be treated for second and third-degree burns after being airlifted to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in Richmond.
The 911 call was received at 4:12am, at which point Campus Security Officer Noel Malave arrived at the in a matter of three minutes. According …

Hampden-Sydney College constantly receives recognition for the very things that each student and faculty member takes sincere pride in: maintaining a clean welcoming campus, promoting exceptional academic standards, and providing a strong athletic program, to mention a few. The impressive portrayal the school works to preserve everyday can be traced back to the significant level of communication and understanding between faculty, staff, and students at H-SC.  This sense of cooperation between staff and students distinguishes the College from many other universities. This idea of unity and collaboration is what we …

During the early morning of December 4, 2011, the H-SC campus experienced an event that, fortunately, it seldom serve venue to: the shooting at the Minority Student Union House. Thankfully, campus police arrived quickly on the scene, and no one was injured. This unfortunate occurrence was relayed to the student body using the Emergency Notification System or ENS. The system caused emails to be sent to the students and faculty; text messages were sent to the registered cell phone numbers in the system; there was a informative message on the …

The extensive amount of planning required to run the Tiger Inn as well as Pannill Commons is not made well known to the student body.  Most students may not have known that Jim Pohl, Director of Food Services, retired after 26 years of working at the school and 29 years under Aramark.  During his time at H-SC, Pohl provided many services to the school.  One of the most laudable jobs would probably be Pohl’s oversight of both the old dining hall in Winston Hall as well as our current one …

On this hill, January 31, 1920, the very first publication of The Hampden-Sydney Tiger was circulated for the reading pleasure of the student body, faculty, and alumni. Subscriptions were two dollars and the price of a single issue was ten cents. There was no section for reviews of the various forms of media. Instead, the paper consisted almost entirely of articles concerning athletics, with a few advertisements scattered between pages.
Our predecessors here at the Tiger wrote with several goals in mind. They intended to bring accurate details concerning athletic events, …

 
Drake-Take Care
Rating: B+ (4.5)
In his second album Drake proves that he deserves to be among the best rap artists making music today. Take Care is solid work from start to finish. The album opens with “Over My Dead Body,” a mellow tune that has Drake quasi-singing over a soft piano melody about how despite the money, he hopes not to change. Resisting the temptations of money is the main theme of the entire album, along with his reactions to an ever-changing environment and his hope to remain true to who …

Freshmen were asked what they plan on doing differently this semester because of what they learned last semester or because of their experiences. They were asked to reply with both a goal within the classroom and one outside of the classroom. Here is what they said:
In the Classroom: ”I’m going to make sure I do my homework sooner than ten minutes before the class.”
Outside of the classroom: “I’m going to try to spend less money on chicken wings.” –Mason Watkins ‘15
 
In the classroom: “This semester from eight to four I’m …

With the spring semester now underway, it is only a matter of weeks before Hampden-Sydney’s spring sports teams begins their 2012 campaigns.  To get you ready, here is a brief preview for each spring sport:
Baseball
Eighth-year head coach Jeff Kinne’s Tiger baseball squad will look to improve on a 2011 season in which they went 20-21 overall with a 9-9 record in the ODAC.  In order to do that, they will have to replace four key seniors from last year’s team, most notably catcher Zach Harrelson (.349 batting average) and outfielder …

At Hampden-Sydney College, students enjoy many liberties that many other schools outright ban. Take allowing guns on campus, for example.  Allowing guns on campus poses a potential threat to security, yet our school allows students to have guns under certain conditions.  Any student who chooses to bring a firearm or bow must register them with the school and must also keep them in the gun locker. Nonetheless, there are some who choose to keep their guns close at hand in their dorm rooms.
For those of unfamiliar with the gun locker, …

Hampden-Sydney students are very fortunate to attend a school that offers a vast number of seminars and forums from well-accredited speakers, but events such as these are sometimes a hardship on their hosts due to a seemingly harmless culprit: cookies.
Faculty and students both have had issues with the catering policies and prices provided by Aramark. The price of light refreshments, such as cookies, bottles of water, and cheese trays have become a problem among members of the community who want to serve refreshments at school events.
According to Aramark’s H-SC catering …