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-

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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  

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Editor-­in-­Chief:  Brooke  Thacker

Business  Team:

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Advertising  Manager:  Emily  Heacock

Social  Media  Manager:  Victoria  Wilson

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Janelle  Alexander,  Jess  Snellings

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How can we tell if this bad winter is truly over?

Apr  10  -­  29          2014  3        

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-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.

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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 ocs@bridgewater.edu....

 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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 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.

...

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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].”...

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Local pregnancy center in Harrisonburg, Va.

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Get all your questions answered at

your local pregnancy center.

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 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 rmiller@bridgewater.edu 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,

-

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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

...

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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