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 ...
The Farmville Waterworks Players performed their rendition of "Chicago"on Oct. 7, 8, 14 and 15. The plot is set in the Roaring 20's and follows two female murderers who compete for public interest in order to be acquitted The musical was written in the 1970s by Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, and John Kander. ...
This is the third time this story has been brought to the screen. The first time was in 1952 and then in 1982 with John Carpenter's classic "The Thing." Rather than taking the route of reboot or remake, this film is a straight-up prequel. It is the "How did they get there?" to Carpenter's "The Thing." ...
I took my first acting class when I was 13 years old. We put on a spoof of "Cinderella," and I was the wicked step-mother even though I thought I would have been an amazing Cinderella. From there, I went on to try out for plays in middle school as well as an outside theater production. In my years of ...
Darkwood Manor is a haunted house attraction in Luray, Va. located only three hours from Farmville. Darkwood Manor has been in operation for over ten years and has won awards for their terrifyingly real masks and makeup. Besides the horrifying masks, the manor is also uniquely memorable for their year-to-year ...
This thrilling episode of ‘NCIS' begins with the murder of a Coast Guard officer after he and his partner stop to inspect an abandoned vessel. Meanwhile, back at the office, Tony has revealed that Gibbs has called the entire team to perform work over the weekend, which could have been performed that ...
Memories… They can be your worst friends. They can be your best enemies. Sometimes it's hard keeping the happy and sad moments separate. Desperate times call for the use of illegal proponents. To alleviate our negative thoughts we condone it. We all chase that feeling of euphoria. Where is ...
"Juvenile Delinquent Center" are the first words that appear on this week's episode of "The Lying Game." Sutton is still behind bars as she attempts to tell the truth about being Emma's twin, which, of course, no one believes. The scene then jumps back to Sutton's mansion where her parents are discussing ...
School spirit is something that Longwood never seems to be running short of. But school spirit does not appear out of thin air. Spreading school spirit is a constant effort, and there are people and ideas that keep it going strong. One of these people is Nancy McDonald. Nancy is a senior here at Longwood ...
I took my first acting class when I was 13 years old. We put on a spoof of "Cinderella," and I was the wicked step-mother even though I thought I would have been an amazing Cinderella. From there, I went on to try out for plays in middle school as well as an outside theater production. In my years of ...
"America's Next Top Model:All-Stars" began with all the girls acknowledging Lisa for getting Best Photo, while Lisa pointed out that the girls with the biggest personalities were getting sent home first. The morning after elimination, the girls got a surprise visit from reality star Kristin Cavallari. ...
On Oct. 4, 2011, the third episode of New Girl premiered on Fox television. For anyone that isn't quite up-to-date on the new television buzz, New Girl is a quirky comedy starring Zooey Deschanel. Zooey plays an extremely awkward girl, named Jess, who came home one day to find her boyfriend with ...
So it seems as though I just returned to school, and my last Oktoberfest has come and gone. The weekend went pretty smoothly, however, and ended up being pretty fun. I'm not too upset that it was my last Oktoberfest, but more so the fact that I am that much closer to graduation. Before I know it, Halloween ...
"Suburgatory" premiered on ABC on Wednesday night, Sept. 28 at 8:30 p.m. George Altman, is an architect and a father of a teenage girl named Tessa, who is 16 years old. They move to the suburbs from New York City after her dad finds a box of condoms in her room. Her mom left them after she was born, ...
The Longwood Company of Dance gives an interesting and artistic performance every Oktoberfest in the Dance Studio in Willet, and this year was no exception. The team had performances at both 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., allowing time for parents and students alike to make it to their performance. The ...
SPOILER ALERT! NCIS fans stay seated! This episode is all about the one and only Timothy McGee, AKA "Probie". As the third episode of the already hair-raising ninth season opens, we meet a college professor who is arguing on the phone with his wife. After a mysterious phone call, he winds up dead. When ...
Oktoberfest weekend began with an inspiring Spirit Week, diving into Color Wars on Friday, which was followed by Battle of the Bands from 5 to 10pm later that evening. The event is held every year to start off the excellent live band line-up throughout the week. It is sponsored by WMLU, Longwood University's ...
CHORUS Yeah, uh-huh, you know what it is We've go the brigadier general, Finnegan Yeah, uh-huh, you know how we do We rep our school colors, that's white and blue Ridin' through Farmville, ain't nobody more ill White and blue, it's white and blue, it's white and blue, it's white and blue Longwood University, ...
