Spring Break Trip to Aid Edisto Indians
Nay Min Oo ’12
 During spring break, six Hampden-Sydney students joined a mission trip to help the Edisto Indian community in Ridgeville, South Carolina, which is thirty miles from Charleston. The trip was co-sponsored by the Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist Church, the Catholic Campus Ministry, the Baptist Campus Ministry, and Johns Memorial Episcopal Church in Farmville. Full Story...
Scott Cooper ′92 Film Gets Best Actor Award
 Jeff Bridges took home the Oscar for the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in Crazy Heart and Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett won an Oscar for the Best Original Song, "The Weary Kind", in the movie written and directed by Hampden-Sydney Alumnus Scott Cooper ’92. The film was nominated for one other award: Maggie Gyllenhaal - Best Supporting Actress.
Acceptance video of Jeff Bridges
Acceptance video of Ryan Bingham
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The Iraqi Elections
James F. Pontuso
The Iraqi election campaign is going on now. Campaigning consists of long lines of overcrowded cars, trucks, and vans riding up and down the main street, right near my apartment, with flags waving and horns tooting. That’s about it; vote for me, I toot loudly. The campaigners seem to be particularly intent on gaining “the American vote,” at least they get very excited when I wave at them. They take video of the campaign-parades and show them on TV – for hours. Vote for me, I toot loudly on TV.
The politics is weird, but kind of fun.
Of course, that is only the surface. Full Story...
9500 Liberty
Cameron D. Adams '12
 Filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park visited Hampden-Sydney on January 27, 2010. In the Parents & Friends Lounge, the Office of Intercultural Affairs and the Moton Museum hosted the two directors for a viewing of their film 9500 Liberty . Full Story...
S. jackdanieli: A New Species
Your mother no doubt told you that no good would come of whiskey and
that those who hung around distilleries would never be famous. Now, your mother was right about people but not about lesser species. Full Story...
Dr. Howard Named African American Trailblazer
 On February 25, at the Library of Virginia, President Christopher Howard was honored as one of the 2010 African American Trailblazers in Virginia History. Full Story...
Casting Call in Iraq
James F. Pontuso
 Everyone asked me the same question. When I told them where I was going, they inquired in a kindly tone, “Why are you going to Iraq to teach?” Sometimes I got the feeling they thought my gray hair had made me a bit addled – perhaps I hadn’t read the news for the last seven years. I resisted the flippant answer, “Because Harvard forgot to send my contract.” Full Story...
Philanthropy Week 2010
 Philanthropy Week helps Hampden-Sydney students understand the College's business model and discover the philanthropy that makes it work. Philanthropy Week provides an opportunity for answering questions such as:
How can the College operate when tuition and fees cover only 54.7% of the budget?
How much revenue does the endowment produce during a given year?
Where does the money funding my scholarship come from?
How many students are on scholarship?
How is the percentage of alumni giving calculated, and how is it used?
When am I considered an alumnus?
What can I do to enhance the value of my Hampden-Sydney diploma?
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H-SC Takes Second in Ethics Bowl
J. B. Potter '11
 Is it ethical for colleges at the last minute to change their financial aid packages to incoming students? May students cheat if the rewards for everyone at the college are large enough? These and other ethical issues in higher education were the focus of a two-day debate tournament held at the University of Richmond on February 14-15. Organized by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC), an organization comprised of fifteen private colleges and universities in Virginia including Hampden-Sydney, the tournament is held once a year to encourage thoughtful reflection about moral and ethical issues. The event is called the Ethics Bowl.
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Courage: The Original Virtue
J.B. Potter ‘11
Col. Douglas Macgregor (on the right with H-SC President Christopher Howard), a prominent commentator on military affairs, visited Hampden-Sydney College at the end of January as a special guest of the Wilson Center. Macgregor, who served in the army for nearly thirty years, is a graduate of West Point and a Gulf War veteran. His practical military experience has been augmented by graduate studies; Macgregor holds a PhD in international relations from UVA. As a soldier and a scholar, he has enjoyed a productive writing career, authoring and publishing numerous articles and four books. He currently serves as a lead partner with Potomac League, LLC, a consulting agency based near Washington, D.C. Full Story...
Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jamar M. Lovelace '10
 On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, several members of the Minority Student Union visited Moton Museum located in the former Robert Russa Moton High School. Moton was the first high school in Farmville available to black children. This school changed the lives of many when educational opportunities were severely limited for African-Americans. Moton High School was one of the public schools closed in Prince Edward County as part of "Massive Resistance" to school integration. Full Story...
Randy Jones Wins Johnson Grant
Dr. Randy Jones, H-SC '98, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing won a three-year, $350,000 grant from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation to study strategies to help patients feel more at ease in the final stages of life. Full Story...
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