With the fall semester quickly coming to a close, graduation is rapidly approaching. It is a very terrifying notion. I graduate in less than a month. I have a job lined up, but it’s not in my field. I guess I am one of the lucky ones who will be working upon graduation. Others are not so lucky. I ...
Dating in college can be very confusing. There are a lot of things that you may have thought meant one thing, but in the college dating world they could mean something else. I've created a list of seven common tips that could be beneficial in navigating the sometimes troubling waters of college dating. 1. ...
The Photo Club, which is a brand new recognized club this fall, will be hosting an art sale next week. On Nov. 25 in the Bedford Atrium, the Longwood Photo Club will be having a fundraiser where the students and professors will be selling their own art to other members of the Longwood community. The ...
The fluctuations of this year’s fall weather have emphatically befuddled Longwood students who have adjusted their morning schedules to employ defrost buttons, scrape windshields and bundle up for the chilly walk to class. Winter is upon us. As one of the final warm fronts of the season hits Farmville ...
Ever spend hours upon hours at Greenwood Library, and by the time you left it was dark out? Did you feel comfortable walking back to your residence hall by yourself? Well, whether you did or not, you can call a Nightwalker, and they can accompany you back to your residence hall. Spencer Neiderlander, ...
The Honors Student Association organized “Creativity Matters,” a lecture that explained how creativity plays a role in other areas of study aside from art. Held on the evening of November 13th in Bedford Hall, the lecture featured presentations prepared by Dr. James Jordan, Dr. Jason Milne, Dr. ...
The first prediction of snow was yesterday and the temperature is dropping. It can only mean one thing: the holiday season at Longwood will soon commence. In due time, students who walk into Ruffner will be met by the large, lovely and warming Giving Tree. Each year, the Office of Leadership and Service ...
With Election Day in our rearview mirror and a new governor elect in place, Longwood University turns its head to the excitement of inaugurating a new president. President W. Taylor Reveley IV is no stranger to Longwood, and Longwood is no stranger to him. Ever since the resignation of Brigadier General ...
On Oct. 18 and 19 of this year, Longwood hosted a Fall Reunion for the classes of ’68 and ’73. It was an exciting spectacle to witness, watching these women reconnect with each other so many years after their graduation dates. A number of things have changed since their time as students at what ...
Sex: it is what it is. I mean seriously, let's talk about sex. Let's talk about all the good things; don't worry, it won't be a whole column of just sex lyrics – there will be plenty of other things. But really, what is it about sex that makes it so interesting? We all know what it is and probably ...
We’ve all heard the word. It’s really not new to anyone. But do you really understand what it means? The word “townie” is used to describe residents in the Town of Farmville, but it also carries a heavier definition than simply where a person lives. Cainan Townsend, a junior at Longwood University, ...
The Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) at Longwood and Hampden-Sydney is hosting a 5K to help raise money for a mission trip to Haiti. The Hope For Haiti 5K is scheduled for Nov. 16 in front of Ruffner. The 5K walk/run will begin at 10 a.m. after registration, which begins at 8:30 a.m. BCM Missions ...
The Only Love Project came to Longwood's campus this past weekend. This Project was founded as a response to a “national epidemic of bullying specifically targeted at members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community,” according to their Facebook page. The Project is simple. According ...
After five months at Longwood University, President W. Taylor Reveley IV will take his oath of office as Longwood University’s 26th president at his inauguration ceremony this Friday. The official inauguration ceremony will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Lancaster Mall. Reveley succeeds Brigadier ...
The Tuesday, Nov. 12 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting’s open forum session featured a hot button issue that has spurred student controversy since Jean Wilwohl, associate director of occupancy management for Residential and Commuter Life (RCL), announced the upcoming Longwood Village changes ...
The Longwood University Emergency Response Team (LUERT) is a group of faculty and student volunteers who are trained to respond to man-made or natural disasters. This past Saturday, Nov. 2, LUERT held a disaster response training drill which started at the Farmer’s Market and continued into a section ...
Now, I may have wished this upon myself by getting engaged and all but this semester has been work overload. When you are a college senior and are trying to graduate early, stuff just gets shoved to the side, even when you don't want it to. Especially when you try to do too much, forget about the little ...
Dr. James Jordan is a well- known LU anthropology professor, ghost storyteller and consultant for the TV show “Bones” who makes an exceptional cup of coffee. Many Longwood students know Jordan for his annual telling of campus ghost stories, which took place on Oct. 25 this year. He has told these ...
Handwritten signs and little red flags marked the beginning of the fourth annual Red Flag Campaign event on campus. On Oct. 25 from 3-5 p.m., students gathered behind Lankford Student Union in a space designated as the “Free Speech Zone” on campus to listen to speakers, visit tables set up by student ...
The Sigma Kappa Sorority presented the King Of Our Heart: All Male Beauty Pageant on Monday Oct. 28. “King Of Our Heart is a male pageant that is open to all males on campus. We have more contestants participating this year than in the past. These 16 contestants will participate in four different ...
