To celebrate Hampden-Sydney’s treasured Greek Week celebration, the College Actives Committee looked for a new take on how to put on a memorable concert.
Creating a festival themed show, involving three bands, the CAC found a new tactic to draw in a crowd. The CAC decided to host a festival Greek Week Concert by bringing in three different bands in order to produce a night of music and entertainment for the Hampden-Sydney Community. The CAC and the more than 1000 attendees to the concert jammed out with Perpetual Groove, Tea Leaf …

Editor, the Tiger:
 As spring has approached my sports interests have been revived.  The ending of football and March Madness leaves a dull time in the world of sports to me.  I have always been an avid fan of college football and basketball.  I also closely follow the NBA and NFL.  But spring brings baseball, the true American pastime.  I have been saddened to see that more and more of the new friends I make have little to no interest in baseball.  Most of them will watch the World Series, but …

Editor, the Tiger:
After reading a letter to the editor in the April 2nd issue of The Tiger, I felt compelled to speak my mind.  
In a letter to the editor entitled “Typical Déjà Vu,” a student criticized newly elected Student Body President Ken Simon claiming that Mr. Simon promised to open the Library 24/7.  I do not recall Mr. Simon promising that the Library would be open 24/7.   What I do remember is that Mr. Simon wanted to extend the library hours and promised to use his influence, if …

Editor, The Tiger:
 I am writing to express my admiration for the way the great “trayless” debate was settled by the Student Senate (representing the student body), the College’s administration, and Jim Pohl, Director of Dining Services. To say that this was a heated controversy is perhaps the understatement of the year. We all know there were strong feelings on both sides of the issue, but I am very proud that the decision was ultimately made on the basis of solid empirical evidence rather than charged emotional pleas or ad hominem …

Last month, the Intercultural Affairs Committee sent a note to the college community that March is National Women’s History Month, inaugurated thirty years ago by the The National Women’s History Project, now celebrated across the land. “How is Women’s History Month relevant to me?” one student asked after reading the email. What follows is one answer to this question. 
During the month of March, the members of the Intercultural Affairs Committee decided to try to bring the significance of Women’s History Month home by investigating the importance of women to the …

During the past student election, junior class Student Senator Ken Simon won the presidency on a platform which included, among others, a promise to look into getting the library opened 24/7. While a noble idea, attempting to extend the library’s hours to open 24/7 will not come to fruition, at least in the short term, for numerous reasons. 
The first reason addresses the sincerity of the promise more so than the promise itself. Mr. Simon, in his mass-emailed campaign video, presents an erroneous piece of information (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSMkfr6MtM4). Of note, at about …

Confidently stepping into my truck, I inserted the key into the ignition and it readily came to life. 
Backing out of my parking space I unknowingly accepted a ninety minute trip that that I believed would only take twenty five minutes. Ten minutes to drive to Buffalo Street in Farmville, five minutes to apologize to my girlfriend, and ten minutes to return to campus. However, intoxicated and driving twenty miles over the specified speed limit (55 in a 35), on Back Hampden-Sydney, early Saturday morning (approximately one thirty a.m.) compromises one’s …

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it  
frankly and try another. But above all, try something. 
                  – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taken out of context, this message is of great value. Answering the former president’s call requires initiative, humbleness, and perseverance. But is this good advice in any context? It seems that the tenets of FDR’s strategy are correct, but not quite sufficient for negotiating problems in any context. Generally, we get only a handful …

We wanted to publicly thank all of those who voted for us in this past election. We are honored to have the opportunity to serve as the next executive officers for the coming academic year.    Let us thank our outgoing executive team of Pierce Robbins, Will Moss, and Willis Davis for their outstanding work on behalf of the College.  Please know that our doors will always be open and that if anyone has any questions or ideas please feel free to contact us. 
All the best,
Conor, Mohsin, and Ken

Editor, the Tiger:
In the ongoing debate about whether Hampden-Sydney should go trayless, one of the championed reasons has been that ARAMARK will buy less food because students will waste less food. On this point, environmentalism aside, supporters of going trayless have championed the idea that since ARAMARK will be saving money when we go trayless, ARAMARK will then buy lower quantity, higher quality food using the same percentage of their internal budget as they are now. Since none of us have ever seen the contract ARAMARK has with the College, …