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 …

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 …

At any Saturday home game at Hampden-Sydney the professors who watch the game from the Wilson Center are a welcome and familiar sight, and it is usually the same professors who attend each game. This group of professors has become a fixture at the College. Students, who appreciate additional out-of-classroom time to interact with their professors, also respect them.
Decades ago the on-campus and out-of-classroom contact was even more pronounced, but with different generations come different priorities. This is not to say that newer professors do not value the students, but …

College students are constantly looking to cope with overwhelming workloads and personal burdens. Staying busy might not be so hard in college, but remaining on task can be considerably difficult. While some students exercise a valiant effort towards their responsibilities, others avoid taking part in anything that might create more stress.  Regardless of whether or not a student chooses to be productive, how he or she approaches dealing with everyday obligations can reflect a similar issue.  A recent article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch titled “Painkiller overdose deaths triples” revealed how …

The Hampden-Sydney Bookstore is an important place for students on campus, whether it be for the purchase of books, stationary items, or other basic necessities. However, some faculty members have had trouble with the textbook acquisition process and pricing of the store. A professor, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that he has had problems with students not being able to buy textbooks at the store due to over enrollment in the classes. The professor added that when the book is ordered by the Bookstore, it takes almost two weeks …

This Semester, the Fine Arts Department at Hampden-Sydney has hosted two major events at the Crawley Forum.  First, on October 28, the College hosted the Claremont Trio, a world-renowned piano trio based in New York City that has performed in several big venues, including the Kennedy Center and has won awards for their performances, most notably the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award.
In addition to performing several pieces from their repertoire, the Trio also gave lectures and master classes to interested students as part of the Central Virginia Ensemble in Residence program.  …