Fancy meeting you here. Cameramen from WDBJ-7 and WSET-13, along with a photographer from the News & Advance, were on campus Wednesday, April 30 for the Battle of La Margarita. The battle was an engineering project in which limes — actually fake, plastic limes — were hurled with trebuchets at a not-quite-to-scale model of The Alamo.

Media Update

From staff reports

The following is some of the media coverage the College has received over the past month:

Sweet Briar Census Tallies a Subterranean Species
Farmville Herald
April 4, 2008
Re: Sweet Briar’s spotted salamanders

SBC and Mind Body Studio to Present Expo
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 15, 2008
Re: GreenSpring Healthy Living Expo

Sweet Briar Plans Spring Fling
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 17, 2008

Gilbert and Sullivan comes to Sweet Briar
Nelson County Times
April 17, 2008

Festival celebrating green living slated for Saturday
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 18, 2008
Re: GreenSpring Healthy Living Expo

“Going Green” Gaining Popularity
WSET/ABC-13
April 19, 2008
Re: GreenSpring Healthy Living Expo

The Rites of Life: Becoming Little Ladies
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 20, 2008
Re: Associate professor of psychology Tim Loboschefski quoted about ear piercing as a rite of passage for girls.

Sweet Briar recognizes Midlothian resident
Richmond Times-Dispatch
April 21, 2008
Re: Mary Dance, Presidential Medalist recipient

County approves Sweet Briar gym
Amherst New Era-Progress
April 24, 2008

Sweet Briar to present ‘Musical Theatre Showcase’
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 24, 2008

Sweet Showcase
The Burg
April 24, 2008
Re: Sweet Briar’s “Musical Theatre Showcase” and “Trial by Jury”

Sweet Briar to present ‘Musical Theatre Showcase’
Hoover’s Online (Austin, Texas)
April 25, 2008

Sweet Briar President Retiring
WSET/ABC-13
April 28, 2008

Sweet Briar president to retire
Lynchburg News & Advance (online)
April 28, 2008

SBC head to retire
Muhlenfeld championed women’s education
Lynchburg News & Advance
April 29, 2008

Tossing Limes
WSET/ABC-13
April 30, 2008
Re: Engineering program re-enactment of the Battle of La Margarita.

Students at Sweet Briar College launch plastic fruit for engineering lesson
WDBJ/Channel 7
April 30, 3008
Re: Engineering program re-enactment of the Battle of La Margarita.

The Battle of La Margarita
Lynchburg News & Advance (front page, local section)
May 1, 2008
Re: Engineering program re-enactment of the Battle of La Margarita.