On April 17, "Tweet-seats" was the theme of the night as Jarman Hall became engrossed in the sound of music from Longwood's Wind Symphony and duo Jazz Ensembles. Dr. Gordon Ring, conductor and professor of music, opened up the night with his comical statements regarding the new seating of the performing ...
Our world is filled with double standards for both men and women. Some of them are more obvious, such as the wage gap, and some of them are much more subtle, like the fact that women tend to pay more money for a haircut than men, but they are there. Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer with a sharp tongue ...
It is not every day that one can say they've seen a belly dancing performance. In fact, when one thinks of Farmville, Va., belly dancing is quite possibly the furthest thing from their mind. But a Longwood student organization hopes to change people's perceptions of this particular style of dance. On ...
As another theatre season comes to a close, the Longwood University Theatre Department gets ready to present its final production for the year to the campus community with "Steel Magnolias," written by Robert Harling. Shows will begin running April 12-15 and again from April 19-22. The ...
A new presence on Brock Commons has arrived through the Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture program. "David," Matt Evald Johnson's 12.5 foot tall robot constructed from forged and fabricated reclaimed steel, is located by the Janet D. Greenwood Library. The sculpture will remain on view until spring ...
As another theatre season comes to a close, the Longwood University Theatre Department gets ready to present its final production for the year to the campus community with "Steel Magnolias," written by Robert Harling. Shows will begin running April 12-15 and again from April 19-22. The ...
Almost everyone knows the old saying, "There is no such thing as an original idea." This is used regarding lots of things. Inventors are advised to make something better, not new. Writers are told to make an old, wrung-out story their own with creativity and fresh characters. Think outside the ...
If one were to ask just about anybody who grew up in the '90s who Amanda Bynes is, Nickelodeon's "All That" and "The Amanda Show" immediately come to mind. However, over the recent holiday weekend, Bynes ran into a bit of trouble with the law. It wasn't such a Good Friday for Bynes. The actress spent ...
As the last weeks of the semester are ticking down, Longwood students are still able to find some laughs in an otherwise stressful part of the semester. On Saturday at 9 p.m. in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom, comedian Jessi Campbell created a stir at Longwood with her humor, wit and honesty. Longwood ...
The 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place Sunday, April 1, in Los Angeles, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Carrie Underwood kicked things off with a performance of her song "Good Girl," from her upcoming album. From there, awards started to be handed out. First up was the Vocal ...
Recently, I've revisited one of my all-time favorite hobbies: studying genealogy. Genealogy is something that I've been passionate about since I was a little kid. It all started because of my grandma, whom we all affectionately knew as "Grammy." She was such a great person, and was truly one-of-a-kind. Whenever ...
This week's episode started off with what appeared to be a robbery, but was later revealed to be a murder (cue dramatic music and pose). In the opening scene, a woman walks into a room only to see a man storm out, and then finds the body. Screams are later heard as the scene pans out to a glass of ...
"Some Nights" / Fun. / Label : Fueled by Ramen Records / Released Feb. 21 / Amazon CD: $9.99 or buy directly from the band at www.ournameisfun. com/store for $12.99. "Some nights I stay up, cashing in my bad luck / Some nights I call it a draw / Some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle, ...
One of the most important running themes on 'Once Upon a Time' is the relationship between parents and their children. However, most of these relationships on the show so far have featured the relationship between fathers and their children: Regina and her father Henry, Rumpelstiltskin and his son ...
Longwood University will be the first location to ever show the film "Waterwalk," a film based off of a nonfiction book published in 2008 by Longwood Assistant Professor of English Dr. Steve Faulkner. On April 5 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a book signing in the Longwood University Barnes ...
This past weekend, Longwood's Theater Department put on their sixth annual Zero-Sixty Playwriting Competition, in which six plays were performed by a number of different Longwood Students. Most of the plays have very little in terms of set and props and are mostly designed based off of lighting, strong ...
"Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into production ...
"Harry Potter" ended and "The Hunger Games" came in to steal audiences. The books sold thousands of copies and continues to do so, especially with the long-awaited film released this past Thursday. Fans were apprehensive as filmmakers began to cast characters for the film that went into ...
It was definitely a strange journey for anyone who stopped by Longwood Theatre's production of Richard O'Brien's "The Rocky Horror Show" over the past two weeks. The horror-comedy-musical, under the hand of Director Gene Muto, professor of theatre, featured a fantastic use of the Main Stage floor accompanied ...
How is it that a person in the public eye can transform their image to make everybody like them again? It is actually more difficult than one might think. It is not as simple as having the person stop a particular behavior. Publicists and other members of the Hollywood machine work overtime doing damage ...
