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The Marlin ChroniCle THURSDAY 9.11.14
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
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Hotel proves popular Students and resident assistants living at the hotel seem to be pleased with the cushy accomodations: some even prefer it over living on campus. BY VANESSA SMITH vlsmith@vwc.edu
Students across the nation are schlepping their box fans and mattress pads into their dorms in the last week of August, but some VWC students were toting their possessions through a hotel lobby. Off and on for the past 12 years, VWC has made some students unpack their belongings down the road at the Lake Wright Hotel. This year, however, the college moved some students even farther down the road, to the Comfort Inn Hotel. The number of students living in the hotels is up 40 percent from last year. In the past, the majority of the students housed at the hotel were freshmen who didn’t make their down payments in time to get on-campus housing. The current situation is unprecedented: almost half of the students at the hotels are upperclassmen. Several of them requested to be housed there. “I prefer the hotel over living on campus,” said junior Chris Worrell. “I spend most of my time on campus hanging out with friends. However, I could see myself spending all of my time at the hotel if I wasn’t active. It’s nice to come back from campus and have the privileges of a hotel room over a dorm room. I would not recommend the hotel to any sophomores or freshmen seeing as it might be harder to make friends throughout [their] college life.” According to Ethan Fields, the community coordinator at the Comfort Inn, the hotel has many benefits. “The facility that houses the Northampton community is excellent. In my opinion, the accommodations are fantastic, and the rooms are well taken care of. The breakfast is delicious, there’s 24-hour coffee, tea and hot chocolate in the lobby, a
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Junior Austin VonVille, left, and senior Philip Smith, right, react to the referee’ s call at the game against Cristopher Newport University on Sept. 7, 2014. The Marlins would go on to lose 2-0.
High hopes turn sour Men’s Soccer begins with a 1-2-1 start on the season despite being ranked No.1 in the ODAC poll.
BY KELLIE LAGOY & GABE HIGGINS kalagoy@vwc.ed gghiggins@vwc.edu
Fall sports are in full swing, and Virginia Wesleyan’s men’s soccer team has been working hard to find their stride this season. They have visions of another championship caliber season, but so far there has been nothing impressive to show. The Marlins want to reign as champions, but they need to work harder to get there. Last fall, the team won its tenth ODAC championship trophy. The team went on the road to Randolph College and brought home the title by winning the game 2-1 in an exciting overtime that included a penalty kick. They hope to repeat that same success this year. The goals for this years team are pretty clear. “On the field we want to play our best and get as many wins as we can, and off the field we want to bond as a team.
We want to win ODAC’s again. We won last year, so we know what the standard is. We also want to go far in the NCAA tournament as well,” said freshman Alex Bukoski. The team is well aware of what it takes to win an ODAC championship, since this years team returned the majority of last years championship players. Men’s soccer has completed four games so far. The first two games of the year were against nationally ranked soccer programs. They came out with a double overtime tie against York College, and they walked away with a 2-0 loss against Rutgers-Camden.The men’s team earned its first win of the year 1-0 against Southern Virginia University . Most recently the Marlins faced off against their Hampton Roads rival, Christopher Newport University. The start of the game showed a valiant effort from the strong Marlins team, but they couldn’t keep up with the lightning quick Captains to finish strong. The Captains soccer team
ran circles around the Marlins every step of the way. As the time clock dwindled down the Marlins couldn’t seem to find the right passes or control the ball. The game ended in a 2-0 loss for the Marlins with CNU scoring two late goals. “They have been challenging games,” said senior captain Phil Smith, “Three of the first four have been against nationally ranked opponents, and they made me realize we can compete with the best teams in the nation. We have a lot to look forward to, and a lot to improve on.” The Marlins currently post a 1-2-1 record, with 14 games left to be played. Their expectations are high this year, and there is a lot of hope as well. Keeping games close against ranked opponents has gotten the team excited for what is to come. This year’s men’s soccer team believes they can repeat their success and go further.
Third VP in four months After the departure of two Vice Presidents over the summer, SGA finally announces their new position holder, one that will hopefully be staying for good. BY MOLLY FANNEY mbfanney@vwc.edu
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Owen James’ position as Vice President was announced at the first SGA meeting of the year on Sept. 4 2014.
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The Student Government Association at Virginia Wesleyan has had a great deal of movement in its cabinet prior to the new school year’s even beginning. Near the start of summer 2014, Kara Schmiek left her position as elected vice president alongside current president Imani West, reportedly because of a desire to improve academic grades. Shortly after, West chose Kevin Wolfe, a junior and political science major, as Schmiek’s replacement. Wolfe had many impressive dreams for the student body, the vehicle for that being a stronger student government. Wolfe was concerned at the time, though, that his position was being threatened by reactions to a song that he wrote and produced outside of school. Before summer
ended, Wolfe did in fact lose his position as vice president of SGA. Owen James, senior and political science major, is the newest individual to hold the position. His appointment was announced on Sept. 4 at the first SGA meeting of this school year. Who knew finding a student government vice president could be so cumbersome? Wolfe had earlier produced a song and posted it on the Internet that contained the name of a female student, allegedly in a negative fashion. This student complained to the school, sparking an investigation into Wolfe’s academic and artistic career. At one point, Wolfe faced punishment, but in the end was found innocent of the charges the school had brought against him. However, he was removed from his SGA position by Dean of Students and SGA Advisor Keith
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