While watching a baseball game, you hear two announcers—one over the speakers and one directly behind you. Turning your head slightly, the source of the secondary play-by-play is found. A kid, around 8 or 9, providing his own live commentary as the game goes on. No one can tell if it’s annoying ...
The crimson flower, the poinsettia, adorning the holiday season, inspires this week’s drink. Serve this beautiful cocktail at any holiday party or brunch as a new alternative to a mimosa. Crimson Folly Spirited Ingredients: ½ glass of champagne ½ glass of cranberry juice 1 oz lemon juice 1 oz of ...
Related Article: Johnson, Pimentel potentially face drug charges in and out of school On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Longwood Athletics announced that men’s basketball senior forward Shaquille Johnson will return to the team and participate in competition, beginning with the Dec. 12 game at the University ...
The Longwood men’s basketball team opened its season with a pair of wins, amid rising expectations in head coach Jayson Gee’s third season. The Lancers defeated Randolph College 69-49 in the Friday, Nov. 13 season opener, before beating La Roche 89-65 on Monday night, Nov. 16, both Division III ...
Jarman Auditorium was packed with students. The judges, sitting up front, prepared themselves to evaluate the performers. The crowd was filled with anticipation for the upcoming show. Then at 8 p.m., the lights were dimmed and immediately, screams of non-Greeks as well as fraternity and sorority members ...
Every semester on Brock Commons, a group of men ride bikes for 24 hours to raise money for their philanthropy, The Ability Experience. Most people pass them, give them a smile, a wave, but most do not understand the passion behind Longwood’s Epsilon Gamma chapter of Pi Kappa Phi’s annual bike-a-thon ...
This week, the Lankford Student Union is hosting International Education Week. However, the study abroad program is not the only program covered by this event. Emma Kauffman, the education support specialist for the Office of International Affairs, explained that the services shown there also help Longwood’s ...
Dr. Jordan’s honors anthropology students were given a unique experience as they journeyed up to Ferrum College to observe cultural and forensic anthropology. The students first went to study the cultural anthropology of German Baptist farms and how these people lived in the mountains of Virginia. ...
Countless designs of brightly colored roses, crosses, and other designs decorate the entire humble room. Sitting on a plush couch, one anxiously waits their appointment, hearing a constant and irritating buzzing noise in the background from another room down the hall. The heart has slowly climbed up ...
“When it rains at Longwood, our Lancers, they go to class. They go to the D-Hall. They go to work and they also go to sporting events. Rain doesn’t stop a Lancer.” That’s what Doug Howell, the associate director for residential operations with Residential and Commuter Life (RCL) said about deciding ...
Longwood University's Department of Anthropology just became very competitive among other undergraduate programs this October with the addition of the Institute of Archaeology (IOA), a non-profit organization. Headed by Dr. Brian Bates, executive director and senior principal investigator, undergraduates ...
Soft music played in the background as many people gathered in the lower level of Dorrill Dining Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 10, enjoying the various flavors from other countries. Prepared by student hands, the event set different regions against each other in a Food Network-style competition, while at the ...
Men’s basketball senior guard Leron Fisher was issued a four-game suspension by head coach Jayson Gee for a “violation of team rules,” according a press release by Longwood Athletics on Friday, Nov. 6. “It is a team-issued suspension for a violation of team rules. We will not have further comment,” ...
Yesterday, Dr. Joe Boehman, the Dean of Richmond College, held a presentation called “The Narrative of Masculinity” about issues affecting men. He focused on how the narrative of how a man has to act in order to be considered masculine is reinforced by society and how it values men. A large part ...
A pressing issue in our nation today is the battle over health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Obesity can lead to multiple health issues, one of which is heart disease. The CDCP states that one in every four deaths in ...
Almost a month after its original date, WMLU’s annual Battle of the Bands, finally took place. This past Friday in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom bands created by Longwood University students performed in front of a live audience of their peers. There was a wide array of genres on display, from ...
It may have been a week before Halloween, but Longwood University’s own Dr. James Jordan was ready to treat Longwood students to some spooky tales. Dr. Jordan told his famous ghost stories this past Friday in Jarman Auditorium. The event was hosted by Lancer Production’s Director of Traditions, ...
On any given day of the year, you can walk inside Stevens Hall and find nursing students perfecting their skill and technique, but last Friday, anyone who walked in saw nothing but unadulterated terror. The Student Nursing Association (SNA) hosted their annual Haunted Hospital with this year’s theme ...
They say you are what you eat, and to most people, this idea is all too real. Whether you’re a food junkie, a calorie counter, or a regulated eater, food is something you just can’t avoid. Thanks to American culture, it’s more than a matter of survival; it’s a reflection of who you are. We all ...
Last Thursday, the Moton Museum hosted the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf, by Ntozake Shange. It takes place in the post-Vietnam War 1970s era and highlights the struggles faced by African- American women during that time period. None of the characters ...
