On Tuesday Nov. 15, the Longwood Jazz Ensemble performed a medley of songs by great composers of the Jazz era. The Jazz Ensemble B Rhythm section started off the night with "Mr. PC" by John Coltrane, which featured Jay Coward performing a solo on saxophone. They also had solos on guitar, piano, bass ...
Morning news-talk shows are a pretty interesting thing. If you've ever watched one, you can find yourself being either really annoyed or finding out something you hadn't already heard. These types of shows are popular because they are hosted by charismatic television personalities who the viewers invite ...
He takes his black suit off, tie and all. After putting on a t-shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes, he gets down at the line. Head bowed, eyes closed, he waits for it: "Ready, set…" Pow!! And then he's gone. The crowd erupts with cheers. However, he hears nothing but his own breathing. For him there is ...
The year was 2004. Lindsay Lohan was a promising 18-year-old actress who had made the successful transition from Disneychild star to a teenage actress about to embark on superstardom. With remakes of such classics as "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday" already under her belt, the world was her oyster. When ...
The Decemberists, an indie-folk band, released a six track Extended Play (EP) on Nov. 1. The album was titled "Long Live the King." This album contains outtakes from the previous album, "The King is Dead" which was released on Jan. 14, 2011. After "The King is Dead," the Decemberists announced they ...
Miranda Lambert has been a country music sensation that has been climbing the charts ever since 2004 with her release of the single, "Me and Charlie Talking," as part of her "Kerosene"album. The single was sweet, but the album was sassy. It let audiences know that they had someone who wasn't going to ...
This week's episode of "Gossip Girl" starts with Blair and her extensive wedding plans, more specifically about which of her minions should stand in "eternal glory" as one of her bridesmaids. Dan's newest novel is helping make him one of the top sellers and biggest novelists around, bumping him to number ...
The first episode of season eight of ‘Bones' starts off with a thrilling jolt. A body is found during a friendly game of paintball, though at first glance it appears to simply be an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of the paint. After the commercial break, we find that Booth and Bones are living ...
On Nov. 2, 2011, the Piscataway Indian Singers and Dancers came to perform in Jarman Auditorium at 8:00 pm. The troupe consisted of four members: Mark Tayac, his son, Naiche Tayac, and the elder Tayac's nephews, Eagleboy Coe and Dicky Ridgeway. Explaining the identity of his nation, Mark Kayac said ...
On Thursday, Nov. 3, at 10 p.m., MTV aired the second episode of the revamped series, "Beavis and Butt-head." The show lasts 30 minutes but is broken down into two mini episodes, both around 15 minutes each. The first mini-episode was entitled "Daughter's Hand." When the show starts, Beavis and Butt-head ...
This episode starts out in the fairy world with Prince Charming and his girlfriend. They are in a carriage and a tree has fallen in front of them, so they get out to see what is wrong. They realize that someone cut it down is ambushing them. Prince Charming goes after the person who is ambushing them, ...
THE SCORPIO RACES / Maggie Stiefvater / Scholastic Press / 18 October 2011 / 416 pages / $17.99 ‘The Scorpio Races,' by Maggie Stiefvater, is an utterly compelling book that pulls the reader into its own world and refuses to release one's imagination until every word of the book has been read. ...
In Wygal, on Thursday Nov. 3, writer Janet Peery came to speak to an audience of teachers, students and interested community members about her book ‘What the Thunder Said.' Set in 1930s Midwest, during the devastating grip of the dustbowl, ‘What the Thunder Said' focuses on two sisters, Mackie and ...
On Nov. 7, Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the ‘King of Pop,' Michael Jackson. According to the Washington Post, he has been on suicide watch since the verdict, after being deemed by the jail as a "keep-away prisoner." Murray had previously pled not guilty ...
The Longwood Theatre Department is gearing up to present "Godspell,"which is their second show and first musical of the 2011-2012 play season. The show opens this week, running from Nov. 10-13, and again Nov. 17-20. Auditions for the 13-member production were held on Monday, Oct. 3 and were open to ...
All around the world, hundreds of thousands of people are gearing up for a month-long challenge that is not for the faint of heart, and no, it is not No-Shave November. November is officially designated as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and participants are challenged to write 50,000 words ...
This year, Lancer Productions carried on with their tradition of the history and stories of Longwood University as presented by Dr. Jim Jordan. Halloween is a time when spirits take to the air and those from the past come to visit, a theme that was very much a part of Jordan's presentation of spooky ...
You remind me of a girl I once knew You even look like her; I swear this must be déjà vu. Damn, I have no clue, but I really ain't complaining. Everything's just right from your lips down to your frame. And oh baby ... I want to touch it, or maybe that's too much? "Yeah, we're out in public ..." Well ...
This week's episode of NCIS starts off with the introduction of the victim, in what is usually a local setting. This time, it is a man of limited importance ordering from a fast food place. After a hassled call from his wife, the man who handed him his food shoots him with a dart. Right off the bat, ...
On Halloween evening around 6:30 p.m., Dorrill Dining Hall (D-Hall) opened the doors to their annual haunted house. A line curved around the tables of feasting students, winding almost towards the back of the Grand Dining Hall in the beginning of the night. D-Hall workers manned the doors that lead ...
