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More than a high school musical
Behind the scenes
of BC student Ta-
laya Heard’s play,
“The Bright Smile”
Bridgewater College’s own senior student Talaya Heard’s play,
“the Bright Smile”, is the -
water’s campus. “The Bright Smile” is more than just a PLEASE SEE SMILES, PAGE 6
Story by Rianna Hill
The overlying theme of Heard’s play, “Use your smile to change this world, don’t let
this world change your smile.”
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Intern of the week: Dylan
Hudson works with Western
State Hospital in the physi-
cal therapy department.
FULL STORY ON PAGE 3
BC alumnus Knox Hill is a
pro-soccer player and a ris-
ing hip hop talent.
FULL STORY ON PAGE 9
-
-tional ups and downs that
as a high school student. “The audience will basi-
a particular chronological order. “You’re going to be watching my cast recreate
-acters in the play relay the
moments in time. “The play
relationships and how they
the worst situations into
the two main characters in the play. The character An-nabelle represents Heard,
man with whom she was in a relationship with at the time she began writing. The Bright Smile play be-
VERITAS.BRIDGEWATER.EDUBRIDGEWATER COLLEGEbridgewater.edu
BI-WEEKLY, APRIL 10-29, 2014
Serving Bridgewater and surrounding communities
FREE
Career Exploration Day
Convo and networking help
on April 22, 2014.
FULL STORY ON PAGE 10
April showers bring
least so they say.
has been quite hectic with snow in March along with
can we really trust old wise tales, such as March
As a child, I grew up
tales about weather during
-
with the weather being so much more up and down than usual, can we really trust wise tales and alma-
On the Old Farmer’s Almanac website, there is an annual weather sum-
For this area, the weath-er summary states that, “April and May will be drier and much warmer than normal. Summer will be hotter and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in mid- to late June and in early to mid-July. September and October will be a bit drier than normal, with near-normal temperatures.”
Apr 10 - 29 2014 2
thunderstorms later in the month, as well as cool temperatures turning
the month. From what I see on The Weather Channel and the predictions in the Al-
Almanac is on the right
times in April already, but not as much as some peo-
rising soon, I truly hope the Almanac is right! On an interesting side
Almanac also claimed that this winter would
the season, and that the south would get more snow than normal. This is true; I remember seeing
in snow, which amazed me. The Farmer’s Almanac has been printed since
-gest running periodical in the United States. Based on cycles, the Almanac is
-curate. Robert B. Thomas,
--
the editors do use mod-
their predictions accurate as well. While the Almanac is not a wise tale, I person-ally cannot determine how accurate it is or not.
the local news to tell me the weather as it happens each day. How can some-thing be accurate that
the case, can we truly rely on wise tales to predict
These are questions that
-
-curate, so maybe the rest
be right. Or perhaps we should rely on wise tales about how many acorns
will be.)
weather and sunshine. So let us all say goodbye to winter and hello to sum-
...
Editorial
By Brooke Thacker
Legends and accuracy
Veritas is a publication manged and produced by stu-
dents of Bridgewater College. As a news organization
serving the Bridgewater and surrounding communities,
Veritas publishes regularly opinion articles and letters
submitted by members of the community which do not
College’s administration. We encourage members of the
community to submit information, opinion, and critiques in
order to promote a healthy dialogue. The Veritas Edito-
rial team also reserves the right to edit, modify, or exclude
any submissions containing offensive or innappropriate
language or remarks.
To reach the newsroom, contact the advertising team, or
submt articles and letters, please send us an email at:
Editor-in-Chief: Brooke Thacker
Business Team:
Public Relations Director: Emily Nowak
Advertising Manager: Emily Heacock
Social Media Manager: Victoria Wilson
Marketing Associate: Taylor Prillaman
Editorial Team:
Managing Editor: Lacey Naff
Head Copy Editor: Alyssa Pennington
Layout Editor: Megan Ford
Content Editors:
Emily Higgins
Melina Norman
Sub-editors:
Jason Manago
Rianna Hill
Senior Staff: Abgail Blair, Cyndi Wibe, Andrew Levin,
Janelle Alexander, Jess Snellings
Printed by the Daily News Record in Harrisonburg, Va.
How can we tell if this bad winter is truly over?
Apr 10 - 29 2014 3
I --
-dred and eighty six years later, senior Health & Exercise Sci-ence major Dylan Hud-son decided
an intern-ship at what is now called W e s t e r n State Hospi-
in the physi-cal therapy department. Since a high
injury intro-duced Hud-son to the
physical ther-apy, he has pursued a career as a PT and this internship was just one step on the way to a dream career.
-
has its own challenges: -
initely comes secondary
patients’] mental health; -
physical therapy, so we -
tients not attending their appointments,” Hudson
said. “In this setting, you
mental disorder is and you
past their complaining and
-
– so they’re reporting pain that’s not really there.” When a patient is so-
illness. Treating a patient’s physical health when you cannot trust the patient to
on their pain or injuries is -
son, who says he wants to pursue physical therapy as his career but maybe not
Campus
in a psychiatric hospital setting, has already been accepted into Shenandoah
-
things I experienced was the collaboration between
on the treatment team,”
a psychiatrist, a psycholo-gist, a nutritionist, a medi-
-
each patient.” During his time as an intern at WSH, Hudson
such as wiping down ta-bles, cleaning equipment,
-
He also had the opportu--
ence with the patients.-
patients,” he --
tually had me
g r o u p s … my job was
-
that could be
-pation. It was
come up with things that
interesting.” Hudson ap-
preciated the opportunity -
ticular mental illnesses and
therapy. He recalls learn-
illnesses in his Abnormal Psychology class with Dr.
course really prepared him -
ence.
so directly applicable to
By Kathleen Herring
Western State with Dylan HudsonAn “Intern of the Week” highlight
Picture by an awesome photographer
Senior Dylan Hudson demonstrates the proper use of an electrical stimulation machine,
one of many devices used in physical therapy at Western State Hospital.
Dyl
an H
udso
n
my belt really helped,” said Hudson. Hudson agrees that a liberal arts education is im-
-
--
who has good communi-
As a Bridgewater student,
you need as an employee.” Hudson stressed the im-
a college student. “There’s
the classroom and the ac-
-ternship while you’re still in college is going to help
classroom to the job site.”
-ships is: “I would encour-age people to get intern-
-
dull day!”-
opportunities, contact the
at [email protected]....
4 Campus
Come out Friday, April
the Campus Mall to
Bridgewater College’s ninth -
chose the opportunity to
Dr. Bushman graduated -
timore, Md. with a bach-
He then attended the Uni-
-ence and doctorate in ento-mology.
as a research biologist and
industry. Dr. Bushman be-gan at Mount St. Mary’s car-
-ment, chair
-
science and a s s o c i a t e
Dr. Bush-man later
Lees-McRae College in
-ing at Lees-M c R a e ,
By Cyndi Wibe
BC welcomes Dr. David BushmanThe inauguration of our ninth president
Dr. Bushman returned to
-
and Mathematics. In the -
merous academic programs and new academic program
-tegic and communications
Bridgewater welcomes Dr. Bushman to the school with
each inauguration, a charity
---
to widowed women with AIDS in Kenya. The group collects slightly used shoes and sends them to Kenya where the women sell them
-ping container to Kenya. Bridgewater College aims to
container.
income, but they use dona-
the women. Each woman
home.
many commodities, so BC
welcome to come out and
the Kenyan community. To most people, tie-dye may be nothing special, but these children do not get anything
Apr 10 - 29 2014
can call their own is a big deal to them.
Tuesday and Wednesday in
--
and Bridgewater College -
Protect Truth: From An-cient to Modern Times.”
--
ren Senior Pastor, lead the Presidential Inauguration
was a Harmonic Beauty
Ensemble, Chorale and a -
Since the Inauguration
occurs on Friday during the time slot dedicated to
-day and Thursdays, classes
switched. Classes normally
will now be on Friday the
the ceremony. On the night
be an Inaugural Ball held on
-pus company. Do not miss out on the opportunity to
since this chance does not
...
5 Campus Community
W -
the season in on Saturday
such as horse-drawn carriage
the Walnut Ridge Boys, and Doug Tumer.
the Redbud Spring Arts and
in which locals can enjoy hometown entertainment
By Andrew Levin
“High hopes for Redbud”
Redbud Spring Arts and Crafts Festival
-ties cater to homegrown at-
-zations such as the Dayton
--
the Braithwaite Studio and
and Barbeque Restaurant will
-
history, as it will partner with -
ham County Historical So-
to the Heritage Museum. In addition, the Heritage Muse-
the Cromer-Trumbo House,
tours and a symposium on
Fort Harrison, the home
Daniel Harrison in the mid-
area. The Dayton Farmer’s Mar-
also hold a prominent role at
“Redbud Specials” to com-
redbud tree saplings, and seated massages, the Festi-
-ing with Augusta Dog Adop-tions to set as many dogs as
-
-
-
residents with entertainment -
nity to ring in the new sea-son.
...
Mountain FolkBy Lindsey Barnes
The Shenandoah
the Blue Ridge Moun--
-
According to the
the lower hollows near springs and streams.” The
-tains would continue to
and would set their roots
by their homesteads and stores.
-cording to Dr. Scott Sut-
at Bridgewater College who teaches a course on
-
who wished to escape the
escaped to the moun-tain was President Her-
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Apr 10 - 29 2014
6 Main Focus
More than just a high school musical
Apr 10 - 29 2014
to Heard. She began writ-
a High School Musical,” her
during that time, she was
still in a relationship with
things that she experienced in her relationship; so creat-
coping with the situation. Heard later changed the
as a person. “I lost all the weight, I became more con-
just started smiling all the time,” Heard said, laughing.
Smiling through the pain helped Heard cope with her issues, as did writing.
-ing together, Heard began
to contemplate what she
-atre minor. “I didn’t want to use anyone else’s play,” Heard said, so she decided
acted out in the play, but Heard says that the detailed
-
that occurred leading up to
-
a play that is about her own
-tion you’re going to get
member acts out their spe-
characters,” Heard tries to
play. Some people didn’t
thought they would, some people just weren’t grasp-
ing the concept, and some just stopped showing up to rehearsals. Through this, though, Heard has stayed
that she currently has.
sometimes she can be hard to deal with in practice, but
Bright Smile” wouldn’t be
people that stepped up and
-
women. “There’s no suc-
that has strong under-
to males in particular. She -
-
play will open the door to a
SMILES FROM PAGE 1
PLEASE SEE SMILES PAGE 7
Talayla Heard, director of her very own play “The
Bright Smile.”
7 Main Focus
shared between a male and
the entire play,” she said, -
through the actors. She also
anticipates the release that she will get when it’s all said and done.
-al cast,” said Heard, with
-can character. The play was
-
-rican American students in-
summer White House.
arise.-
the Blue Ridge Mountain -
-
businesses there” and so they had no economical
-mercialization that would occur. This issue caused
homes” according to the
and as soon as they were gone, their houses would be burned to the ground to ensure that they didn’t return,” said Suter. For
arose by the displacement --
-lies continues on today.
-
said Suter.
so there was not the issue
-
the ability to explore the wonders the Blue Ridge
an economic gain since they can open hotels and other tourist related busi-nesses. People were able
--
-
today through exhibits located at the Shenan-
through their children and their children’s chil-dren.
...
MOUNTAIN FROM PAGE 5SMILES FROM PAGE 6
Community
Holly Donahue.
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“This doesn’t happen just to a certain race; it happens
she wants people who see her play to be able relate to it, understand it, and use it to conquer battles that they may be experiencing in their
“The Bright Smile” is
in her high school relation-ships. The play’s opening
p.m., with a discussion led by Dr. Hayes and the Dia-
p.m. and 8 p.m. show, with
premiere on Sunday, April
Heard is immensely blessed by the whole expe-
written and soon to be per-
Merrit, Stephanie Wilson, -
out to the women in her -
behind her and helping her dream become a reality.
...
Apr 10 - 29 2014
8 Commununity in Action
When a y o u n g wo m a n
-nant, there may
questions rush-ing through her mind. Should I
I don’t want to tell my parents, whom
According to their mission statement, their goal is to
-ing unintended pregnancy. They do not address so-
-
adamant about their purpose in the community.
options in a pregnancy be-cause research shows that a
-ing unintended or undesired
-
By Katie LaBranche and Janelle Alexander
Informing expectant mothers since 1984
The Harrisonburg Pregnancy Center
-
“We want to be a place to
they can come and share ---
-sultation, ultrasounds, com-
-
“We are a medical clinic, and the ultrasound is de-signed to answer three ques-
‘is the pregnancy
is there a heart-
question is ‘is the pregnancy intra-
where it should be and not an
-nancy], and the third question is
-portant questions
-swers to whether she’s con-sidering carrying or abor-tion.”
unintended pregnancy may
-
-
-
primarily through businesses,
and churches. We also do
year to help support the or-
clients are young women
Apr 10 - 29 2014
-able to those in need. They
college newspapers and on
someone else who has used
They accept appointments
with a nurse who runs a urine
-cate who can dis-cuss her thoughts
while the -
na l i zes, and then she will be told her re-sults by the nurse w h o will an-swer any medica l q u e s -tions she
“Depending on the result
-tal care.”
-an who is pregnant, whether intentionally or unintention-ally, has options. Being aware
-enting, adoption or abortion is an important step in the
HPC can help.
maintain relationships with
-
said. “I want to r e - e m -phas i ze that we do be-
w o m e n
-tion they need to
wel l - in-
decision. Trusting
us].”...
Picture by an awesome photographer
Local pregnancy center in Harrisonburg, Va.
Phot
o by
Jane
lle A
lexa
nder
Picture by an awesome photographer
Get all your questions answered at
your local pregnancy center.
Phot
o by
Jane
lle A
lexa
nder
9 Arts & Style
He’s a Bridgewater College alumni, pro-
-er, and rapper – all in one!
hop talent, born and raised in the in-
P r i n c e G e o r g e C o u n -ty, Md. K n o x g r e w
d e e p l y rooted in the rap commu-nity, and that ex-posure is
in his music. Knox brings a
a passionate and energetic
as “audacious sounds.” He
satellite crashing instrumen-
the rap genre. -
coming rapper who Knox Hill is. “Knox Hill is a no-body,” he responded. “He’s a
money.” His goal as an art-
By Rianna Hill
Knox Hill: the man behind the music
BC alum, pro-soccer player and developing hip hop talent
EP, Redemption, is themed
-
burning beneath the lyrics” Knox said. Knox grew up in Prince
is in the music. Knox men-tions Wale, another rapper
the map. “There’s too many to count really,” Knox responded
-
-
or another.” Knox empha-sized that he’s ex-perienced
tragedies, which is how mu-sic be-came his outlet. He uses “Want it All” as an example
-periences g e t t i n g
into his music. “I
happened since then.” When
creates music. “That’s one
music,” he said.
-day, and he responded by saying that he didn’t care
why you should listen, it’s in
good, but that honesty adds
genre-pulsing music, then I’m your guy,” he said, add-
Knox says that he doesn’t -
sage with his songs, but what most people would consider a “message” in the music is
-
people with his sound, and to encourage and empower them to get up and change
extra rep in the gym, or to do something much bigger, there’s a ‘yes you can’ men-tality to the music,” he said.
-ist, but he’s also a pro-soccer player as well. He describes
where he is today.
soccer-playing came about, Knox responded with “hard
says that it’s been a hard and
-
determination has brought him great success. The best thing about Bridgewater is the opportu-
-lationships that only a small
Bridgewater had inspired and pushed him down the path
-
role in encouraging him to pursue his dream. “I owe them a lot today,” Knox said. “I wouldn’t be the
experiences that Bridgewater
Knox says that his music is what people want to hear. “It’s what you want deep down, whether you realize it or not.” He describes him-
in your head, challenging, en-tertaining, and pushing you
-ly dropped album, Redemp-
-
bandcamp.com. Be on the
rapper and BC Alumni!...
Picture by an awesome photographer
Knox Hill’s sophomore EP, Redemption.
Apr 10 - 29 2014
10
Epeople stand up and pledge allegiance
in schools and at athletic
pride. But imagine what a
across this nation pledged allegiance to the world by
I pledge to explore and take into account the social and
environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organization for which I work.
not happened yet, more than -
-
Graduation Pledge at BC. Beyond putting us in some
Graduation Pledge is a great
-ed, intelligent, healthy, pur-
-tary and allows students to
what they consider to be so-
responsible. There is much
Graduation Pledge at www.graduationpledge.org.
senior and wish to sign the Graduation Pledge, simply send an email to [email protected] by Friday,
Pledge Committee will send you a Graduation Pledge
campus mail. You will also -
to wear on your commence-
jobs you choose and the
sign the Graduation Pledge
that could really use your help.
...
Apr 10 - 29 2014
By Rev. Robbie Miller
Spirit Matters
Pledge Allegiance to the World
Campus
I -
again, what would I do
many questions posed to the
Day. Career Exploration Day
--
-ing on to the next plateau on the path to a great career. Are you starting to won-
to meet alumni and business
-nual Career Exploration Day
-ed with alumni about their experiences during the tran-
connections, and practices
They were excited about what they learned and who they met that helped them understand the potential
-uate.
-
able to do with my Bridgewa-ter College degree, it’s always
to this year’s attendees: don’t
college experience. These
you a connecting point and tell them something about you as a person and not just your academic record.
-lic schools, Augusta Health,
-
---
prizes, including a Kindle.
-one should come to career exploration day, whether
-nior getting ready to gradu-ate, because you don’t really
It’s an easy way to see how Bridgewater College can im-
the connection that will lead
always best to be prepared
success.
job and getting into the posi-tion or area that you need to go to. Meet the people who are already in those posi-tions. Getting your name out there and meeting people is the best thing to do this day.”
-
please contact Sherry Tal-
-water.edu).
...
By Kathleen Herring
It’s all about the networking
Career Exploration Day 2014
What is the number one way to find advice, jobs and
internships?
11 World Sports
Saving the Earth one step
at a timeEarth Day at Bridgewater College
By Janelle Alexander
Earth Day at Bridge-water College will be
-
-
on Tuesday, April
-
College will plant -
the College’s com-munity garden and
are sponsored by the Bridgewater Campus Sustain-ability Committee. BC student Ste-
club plans on celebrating Earth Day. “Currently, we
-gether that will decide what
-ther later this semester or early next semester,” Miller said.
-
the coming semester may in--
meditation trail in the woods
to try and clear the path out a little bit because it is pretty messy,” Miller said. Raising awareness is a great way to get the news out about
Earth Day, and Miller agrees. “The school should bring in more earthy elements, not just posters because they get
the time,” Miller said. “Bring
up.”
are all around campus, stu-dents tend to be more drawn to bringing water bottles to
the big issues is water bot-tles,” Miller said. “People go out and buy huge quantities
they just throw them away.
There were so many times I had to dig around in trash cans and pull them out.”
their car, they should and
emissions. We can all do our part to protect the Earth that we call home, not just on Earth
year. There is an Earth Day
that will be held on April
Bridgewater Alumni and di-
project at The George Wash-
Reed holds a master’s degree
-sity and a B.S. in communica-
-ter College. Planet Forward engages college students and
biggest challenges through media, research, teaching and
...
Saving the Earth one tree at a time.
Ph
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by J
an
ell
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lexan
der
Men’s Golf
Baseball
Men’s Tennis
Hampden Sydney
Women’s Lacrosse -
Men’s Lacrosse
Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, April 12
Baseball
Day
Softball - Randolph-Macon
Cancer Game
Sunday, April 13
Women’s Tennis - Emory and Henry at Bridgewater,
Softball
The Eagle’s Scorecard
By Famous Columnist
Apr 10 - 29 2014
12 Sports
Tsummer and the current
the scrapping
Laura Mapp is a Bridgewa-ter legacy. In
-sor and men-tor at Bridge-water College,
the women’s -
gram into one
winningest pro--
sion III history.-
ing head wom-
coach with such a winning re-cord is only one
she has earned throughout the
Starting with her own col-legiate career, Mapp was a tri-sport athlete at the Uni-
-
-
By Caitlin Boles
Tennis courts to be dedicated in honor of Laura Mapp
Coach, mentor and professor is honored for 37 years of service
R, she went on to the Uni-
Master’s degree. She also did
coach in the athletic depart-
to an amazing
which is about a
percentage. She led the team to
A s s o c i a t i o n -
legiate Athlet-
c h a m p i o n -ships and two
-al tournament appearances. The team also won two ODAC regu-lar season titles and one ODAC t o u r n a m e n t title. Mapp earned ODAC
Year twice and
the Year once during her ten-ure with the program.
Coaches Association. This
--
Apr 10 - 29 2014
Region II championship, as
state championship.
these wins and champion-
Mapp was a shoo-in induct--
At the ceremony she barely -
cess.
honor to-night and
my honor -
noon. The
r e c o g n i -tion should go to the many, many student ath-
-leged to
the years,” Mapp said at her in-duction cer-emony. In addition to these suc-cesses, Mapp earned two
the classroom and as a coach.
-ored with BC’s Martha B. Thornton Faculty Recogni-tion Award. This is awarded
beyond the roll as teacher.”
-
sports history. The dedication ceremony
surely be another amazing
-ments. The dedication ceremony
-
It will inc lude a small celebra-tion be-
m a t c h s t a r t t i m e ag a in s t E m o -ry and Henry. “We’re
towards dedicat-ing the c o u r t s as well
as our game to her and hon-
a tennis coach,” senior tennis player Katie Gordon said.
...
Mapp present day.
Picture by an awesome photographer
Mapp talks to her players during a field hockey game.
Photos Courtesy of Bridgewater Sports Information Department