In the low light of Jarman auditorium, just slight enough to be comfortable, on a stage overcome with billows of incensed smoke, the Longwood Company of Belly Dance performed an hour’s worth of solos and group dances involving almost all of the company’s 30 members. The show took into account belly ...
On April 17, Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will be collaborating to introduce the Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign for the first time on Longwood’s campus. The event will entail pledge cards and a banner that participants will be able to sign to swear to never use ...
Alpha Sigma Alpha (ASA) sorority would like to invite you to Laugh Your “ASA” Off in a night filled with comedy. Held on Thursday, April 11, the event starts at 7 p.m. and will be held in Jarman Auditorium. Lauren Flood, the philanthropy chair for ASA, said, “Usually [the acts are] stand up comedy. ...
Coming from rags and broken dreams, Cinderella was granted a few hours of happily- ever-after thanks to a little bit of hope and a little bit of magic. The world may not have fairy godmothers from the pages of our fairy tales, but it does have something close enough: Cinderella’s Closet. Cinderella’s ...
On Friday, April 5, a crowd of around 10 people, consisting of both students and faculty, made theirwaytogatherinfront of Bedford Hall to show their support for the second annual WalkandRoll,aneventthat was organized by the Office of DisabilityResourcesinhonor of the month of April being Disability ...
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, II spoke to the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce at Charley’s Waterfront Café from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday, April 8. In his speech, he touched upon his views on transportation, human trafficking, healthcare and higher education, as well as his goal ...
The constant tap of running echoed down Brock Commons during the late afternoon of Friday, April 5. It was a mile run called the Duuka that students and faculty alike paid $5 to enter. The purpose of the Duuka was simple: to benefit the Ugandan-based Doors Ministry, founded by Longwood alumna Mallory ...
In a matter of weeks, The Rotunda will open its door to applications for positions that range from writing to design to photography and to business. A common misconception when it comes to The Rotunda is that you have to be a Communication Studies major to write for us or work for us in any way. As ...
Music, art, drama and military technology. On Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, medieval magic will run amok at this year’s Seventh Annual Meeting in the Middle Undergraduate Conference in Medieval Studies. The conference will begin Friday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. and end Saturday from 8:30 a.m. ...
From its humble beginnings decades before as the ten-watt station WUTA, manned by only a couple dedicated students with the dream of having their own space to speak freely, the campus radio station WMLU has grown a lot over the years. It is now a massive 40-50-person organization with the second largest ...
On Thursday March 28, the “C” room of Lankford Student Union found itself full of students. The reason for the influx of student activity? The chance to listen to Hilary Corna speak about her book “One White Face,” which was a narrative account about her time abroad. Hilary Corna is the founder ...
After a few years as a student at Longwood University, it is probably very easy to forget what it felt like as a bright- eyed and bushy-tailed college hopeful. Never having seen Brock Commons before, never having taken a dip in Ruffner Fountain, it is easy to forget what that first impression was really ...
Charles “Chuck” Wongus is many things, but first of all, he is a Lancer. A senior music major who hails from Chester, Va., he has made big impacts on campus through his involvement with a countless number of organizations. But just who is this man? And what are his goals for life after Longwood? Wongus ...
With the mission to challenge, to support and to grow into leaders, the campus organization Student Educators for Active Leadership (S.E.A.L.) fosters students into citizen leaders by having fun, by turning friendships into family and by becoming better people along the way. Rachael Knick ,a sophomore ...
We only have six weeks left of the semester. And that is just enough time to do everything you’ve wanted to do as a Longwood student. The four years spent as a college student pass by so fast, so the opportunities you have need to be utilized now while you still have the chance. You don’t want to ...
Dr. Rhonda Brock-Servais, chair of the English & Modern Languages Department, introduced a book borrowing system in an email sent to faculty and students in the English & Modern Languages Department on March 18. Faculty and students may leave or take books located on the shelves on the second- ...
From the start of March 11 to the end of March 22, students in the Office of Residential and Commuter Life hosted the event, Respond to Acts of Violence Effectively, or R.A.V.E. as it is more commonly known. This year, the event involved a two week social media process where students could submit tweets, ...
It may be only one day a year, but The Big Event is the biggest one to look out for. As Longwood University’s largest campus-wide community service project, The Big Event breaks records every year, whether through the number of students attending or the number of projects in the community being attended ...
In 1982, Joe Nussbaum, Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA) of Texas A&M University, founded the Big Event as a way for the students at the university to say ‘Thank You” to the surrounding community. 31 years later, the Big Event is still going strong at A&M, but also ...
A standing ovation was given to Interim President Marge Connelly this Tuesday, March 26 at the formal announcement event for President-Elect W. Taylor Reveley IV. Marianne Radcliff, rector of the Board of Visitors, thanked Connelly for her service to the university. “In just the few short months, ...
