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 ...
Imagine yourself as a child, maybe around 12 years old. The world is confusing, you do not have many friends and your schoolmates are upcoming sociopaths and bullies. On top of that, your mother and father are divorced. Therefore, you express your feelings of loneliness, anger and sadness by collecting ...
Thursday, October 27, two of the most popular cartoon icons returned to MTV. Mike Judge's famous show "Beavis and Butt-head" aired at 10PM and was nothing short of hilarious. Before the show even began and their faces were shown, you hear Beavis and Butt-head's deep breathy chuckles. The first episode ...
On the night of Wednesday, Oct. 26, Longwood University students walked through the doors of Jarman Auditorium on a red carpet, past paparazzi to sit down and watch the Longwood University finale of Campus MovieFest (CMF), an international filmmaking competition that travels to colleges all over the ...
Last Thursday, one of my favorite bands, The Greater The Risk, began a tour in order to promote their newly released Extended Play (EP), "Say What You Never Said," and what a kick-off it was! The Greater The Risk headlined a show at The Canal Club in Richmond on Oct. 27 with Like The Stars, Since Forever ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Lancer Productions hosted the Ezibu Muntu Dance and Cultural Foundation in Jarman Auditorium. The group consists of drummers, dancers and entertainers that present traditional African dances in hopes of educating college students on all things related to African culture. The organization ...
Once Emma Swan stays at Storybrooke, the clock moves, which is something it hasn't done in 28 years. Henry's mother, Regina, is looking through the book and wants to know where the last few pages are. Regina goes over to Emma's hotel and gives her an apple as well as some dark threats that she should ...
On Thursday night, Oct. 20, a line wrapped in and out of the Sunchase Cinema 8 like a snake for the midnight premier of "Paranormal Activity 3." People waited so very anxiously to get scared senseless, and trust me, they got what they asked for. "Paranormal Activity 3" is the latest installment of the ...
My heart was once heavy. It felt as though a brick sat in my chest. Then something, or someone, came and stole that weight away. Now it is able to float. It does so ever so carelessly. Just as a feather would in a mild summer breeze. I sit down on a nearby bench and watch it for awhile. Suddenly, a ...
If you thought that the world of book awards is incapable of yielding high drama, you are sadly mistaken. An author was, for the first time in the history of the National Book Awards, asked to withdraw her book, which had been shortlisted for the award after being mistakenly named as a finalist ...
Have you been wondering how and when A began her trickery in "Pretty Little Liars?"It started a couple of days before Halloween in the year 2008. It was when Alison was still alive, well and breathing. This Halloween special begins with Alison telling a story to a little boy to scare him. The ...
The Inaugural Weekend continued through Sunday, Oct. 23, where a Faculty Voice Recital performed at Longwood's Molnar Recital Hall. This concert featured composer and pianist Evan Mack who has toured the United States, Barcelona and South Africa with his music. Mack is the composer of five ...
I am abutterfly I wonder when I will see my worth. I hear voices in my head, telling me I'm no good, and friends telling me I am. I see little through the dark cloud of depression that surrounds me every day, but plenty, with the light provided by the friends I have made. I want to beat the lies I have ...
On Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m., the inaugural concert in honor of President Patrick Finnegan, A Silver Notes Celebration, took place. The concert was a collaboration of Longwood's music department, featuring the Longwood Camerata Singers with conductor Dr. Pamela McDermott and accompanist Dr. Lisa ...
The Longwood Theatre Department opened their 2011-2012 play season with a bang with its production of Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock." The play is set in 1920s Ireland during a time of great turmoil for the Irish people, the Irish Civil War. The drama fused comedy and tragedy to create an ...
