In the sweltering summer heat of 2013, Dr. Jes Simmons stood in Longwood University’s historic rotunda of Ruffner Hall, grasping at the cold, stone hand of Joan of Arc’s seated statue. The drops streaming down her face were not that of sweat, but tears of release as she realized this was where she ...
Going into the fall campaign, everyone knew that the Longwood women’s soccer team would have their work cut out for them before conference play even came around. It was well documented that the nonconference schedule was going to be a gauntlet as the Lancers had matchups against some of the best competition ...
In the month of September, Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney’s Chi Alpha ministry recorded a weekly average of 140 members in attendance at their meetings, skyrocketing them into the position as one of the largest formal organizations on campus, according to Tech Team Leader Natalee Rombough. According ...
On a bright sunny Tuesday, the front lawn of Grainger Hall hosted a gathering of students and faculty for a tasty and informal picnic. The “Taste the Majors” is an annual event hosted by the department of English and modern languages, where students have the opportunity to enjoy a delicious snack ...
On Thursday, members of the Longwood community lined up on the front lawn of Lancaster as Sigma Kappa hosted their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The walk, an annual event by Sigma Kappa, raises money to donate to the Alzheimer’s association, which goes to help Alzheimer’s care, support, research, ...
Despite a visual impairment, Joshua Baker could not be more passionate about his major. As a sophomore at Longwood University, Baker is not your average student, with a major in Graphic Design and Animation he is an artist that is unique to say the very least. He was born with a genetic condition called ...
This past Thursday, Longwood was the host to Jeffrey Jay, a female-to-male transgender comedian and one of the three hosts on the podcast “Two Black Women.” Word of his performance brought enough people to almost entirely fill Wygal Auditorium’s seating section. The packed auditorium seemed to ...
In his first cross country meet of the season, Russell Reed placed second overall at Coastal Carolina, finishing the 5K in 16:10 and earning Big South Runner of the Week honors. Yet his performance still disappointed him. “The opening was kind of disappointing,” said Reed, who was feeling sick the ...
Longwood University Men’s Basketball team held their first practice in Willet Hall to prepare for a tough season last Friday, Oct. 2. After they surprised the Big South with their appearance in the semi-finals, the team will prepare to get there again, maybe further. The Lancers will face big named ...
While the majority of Longwood students are on winter break, they, along with hundreds of thousands of people across America, can watch Longwood men’s basketball play Oklahoma State University play its first scheduled nationally televised game in the program’s history. Through the Big South’s ...
Tyler Gage Originally from Southern California, business owner, studies Music at Longwood University “There is a fine line of trust that has to go into it from the customers to the people that work here to get off of there vice that’s been such a big part of their life. You get these people who ...
On Saturday, August 19, Jarman Auditorium was packed with roughly 750 audience members awaiting Peter Boie, a magician from Boston, Massachusetts who performs roughly 150 shows per tour. Longwood Universitywas one of those stops where he entertained fellow Lancers and their families for Family Weekend. ...
“No man can escape his own story.” It’s the very last line from the movie Rango that speaker Steve Whitby used it as his introduction to the discussion on hazing. After hearing that quote, Whitby realized that he had never really thought about how he played a part in his own story, but after thinking ...
Uncommitted out of high school and unknown to collegiate soccer, men’s soccer’s late transfer from Old Dominion (ODU), Willy Miezan, joined Longwood’s roster as a mystery, a wild card. The redshirt freshman patiently waited a full year before his opportunity arose to step into the world of Division ...
The continuous speech of a single reader carrying on the voice of an epic writer mixed with the sounds of the end of the summertime. Students would walk past the white tent towards their classes on campus, occasionally stopping by to say a few lines or just look on as the story continued. Readers would ...
Longwood is a small school. It so small that faces become easily recognizable. One such face is that of Farris Hallaj. You have probably seen him walking to and from his classes with his cane tapping the ground to help him find his way. Hallaj has optic nerve hypoplasia, a congenital disease that he ...
What would Miley Cyrus say to our patron saint Joan of Arc? What about Abraham Lincoln to Chuck Norris? Ever wonder if Hitler could out rap Darth Vader? Well thanks to the brilliance of Epic Rap Battles, the world knows the answers to those questions, and on Tuesday Lancers had the opportunity to experience ...
“There are 44 million college-aged students in the entire country and most of them feel like their voices are not going to be heard so they don’t vote,” said MTV’s Sarah Patterson and Nick Brown on Wednesday, September 9 at a campus event called Decision 2016. Decision 2016 was an event with ...
The Lee Grand Dining Room was packed full of students ready to play bingo and hoping to win some big prizes, but there was a problem. They had run out of supplies, and there were still students lining up to get in. “Welcome Back Bingo” has been put on by Lancer Productions for the past three years ...
A new bike program for students, faculty and staff has taken off since opening at the beginning of the semester. All of the bikes have been checked out and campus recreation has created a growing list of students interested in using the bikes. According to Gus Hemmer, the associate director of campus ...
