The Wind Symphony went back in time on Nov. 7, specifically to 1963, when they played music all from that year. Prior to the start of the symphony, Associate Professor of Communications Jeff Halliday took the podium as announcer for the event. He ...
On Friday, Nov. 8, dozens of confident, beautiful women and one brave man of the Longwood Company of Belly Dance graced the stage of the Jarman Auditorium. Many spectators were drawn to the performance in the support of friends, but the impeccable posters posted around campus, featuring members of the ...
“Man of Steel” – With their planet on the verge of a takeover, Jor-El and his wife send their child to Earth for safety, not knowing that the man trying to take over their planet will be arrested during his travels. However, when Martha and Jonathon ...
This past Tuesday night, a small crowd, including members of the local Farmville community, Longwood faculty, and Longwood graduate and undergraduate students, gathered in the Hull Education Center’s auditorium for a screening, and later, a discussion, of ...
Last Tuesday, FX’s crown jewel “Sons of Anarchy” aired an episode that will go down as one of the most stress-inducing of the show’s history. After a tumultuous first half of the show’s sixth season, things can only get rockier with so many ...
"Grown Ups 2" – When Lenny relocates his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up, the group realizes they have a lot more to learn than they think. Hoping to have his kids become friends with his old pal’s kids isn’t the only thing he has to worry about, however, when the ...
Last week, the most recent episode of FX’s signature show “Sons of Anarchy’” premiered on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Following up one of the most talked about episodes of the season, and arguably the series, fans had their eyes glued to the screen. Fans are still reeling over ...
A group of adolescent boys in the 1950s running down the street after having hilariously and gloriously stolen a bottle of scotch as well as defeating a corner bully sets the stage for the friendship featured in “Last Vegas.” After this snapshot of the past we meet the ...
Located in Cumberland, Va. is Zephyr Stables, a barn specifically created to give rescued horses a home. The owner, Rhoda Cooper, has about 80 horses and offers many different attractions to horse lovers in the area. Zephyr Stables offers trail rides, birthday parties, riding lessons, pony rides and ...
Welcome to the first week of “Wednesdays, With a Side of Sex!” This first week is quite serious, but don't let that discourage you from reading the column every week, for it won't always be so. I'll talk about sex, and hopefully you'll read about it. Sex. We all know what it is. Sex is everywhere. ...
On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Alpha chapter of Tri Sigma held their second annual Fall Festival. The festival raised almost $900 for Tri Sigma’s Philanthropy, The Robbie Page Memorial Fund. Both Farmville residents and Longwood students were in attendance and enjoying the games, food and fun. The ...
The movie adaptation for Orson Scott Card’s military science-fiction novel “Ender’s Game” has been in the works since the novel’s publication. Creative differences with Hollywood writers were the biggest issue in actually getting a script written, according to a 2009 article from ...
This coming Thursday in Jarman Auditorium the Longwood Wind Symphony will host their fall concert by representing compositions from the year 1963 that were either composed during the year or inspired by a famous – or infamous – event in ‘63. “One of the pieces that ...
The second theatre performance of this school year, “The Love of Three Oranges” will debut Thursday night at 7 p.m. and will run Nov. 7-9 at 7 p.m. and on Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. It will also run Nov. 11-16 at 7 p.m. and on Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. The production itself was written ...
The ABC rooms of the Lankford Student Union were transformed into a fun casino where Longwood students could spend the night gambling on Friday, Nov. 1. Upon walking into the casino, students were given a box of chips to place their bets with, provided by Lancer Productions ...
The annual Campus Recreation Late Night Haunted House proved to be a huge success Thursday, Oct. 24 when it set up inside the Health and Fitness Center. Sponsored by Campus Rec, Student Health Partners and Lancer Productions, the night brought in over 750 students to the free event, over double the ...
The General Film Festival brought yet another taste of culture to campus last Wednesday with Paul Lacoste’s “Step Up to the Plate.” Released in 2012, “Step up the Plate” follows world renowned chef Michel Bras of Restaurant Bras and his son Sébastian. After many years of work to attain three ...
Kirk Jackson sat looking relaxed and comfortable in his paint-stained jeans. If you saw Jackson around campus, you'd probably assume he was just another Longwood student trudging off to class. However, he was here for the university’s Working Artist Program. Jackson explained the basics of the program ...
The third floor of Stevens Hall was transformed into a haunted psychiatric hospital on the night of Oct. 25. Longwood University’s Nursing Department set up this “haunted hospital” with the help of the theatre honor society Alpha Psi Omega, and for the price of four dollars, Longwood students ...
"Monsters University" – Pre-"Monsters Inc.," Mike and Sulley went to college to study how to be "scarers." Though they started off as rivals, they soon become best friends and work with each other to beat out the other "scarers." When things get tough, though, Mike and Sulley find themselves stuck ...
