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Celebrate and Contribute to Your Achievements: Commencement Fair Offers Opportunities to Longwood Se

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | February 6

Earlier Monday afternoon in the Longwood University Barnes & Noble bookstore, the Academic Career and Advising Centerand the Office of Annual Giving and Balfour set up tables and program information for the Commencement Fair, organized to allow graduating seniors to be aware of the available opportunities ...

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Care to Rave Fun and Philanthropy in Frazer

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | February 6

While only an annual occurrence, the resident assistants (RAs) from Frazer Residence Hall decided to make this year's campus-wide event bigger and more beneficial. On Saturday, Feb. 4, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., RAs from Frazer organized a rave in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom. The event featured ...

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Passionate Artist Robert Winkler Visits Longwood

By Asst. Features Editor: Semein Washington | February 6

In Longwood University's lengthy tradition of loaning artwork to display on campus, Greenwood Library has a new sculpture facing Brock Commons. The piece, a spiral of short cedar beams, lies on the concrete square. Its handsome, rust colored wood and polished stock contrasts warmly with the grass and ...

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I Used to Love H.E.R

By Contributor: James Bland | February 6

"I met this girl when I was 10 years old, and what I loved most, she had so much soul.  She was old school when I was just a shorty. Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me. On the regular, not a church girl. She was secular. Not about the money. No studs was mic checking her ...

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Will you be my Valentine

By Contributor: Dani Roberts | February 6

So, next Tuesday is the one of the most loved and most hated holidays of the year. The holiday full of hugs, cards, kisses, chocolate and roses for some, and the holiday full of sorrow, loneliness, tears and regret for others. But why should it be this way? Why can't I just celebrate Valentine's Day ...

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Longwood Students and Dr. Jamie Riley Reach Out to Prospective Students

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | February 6

On Saturday, Feb. 4, Dr. Jamie Riley, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and co-chair of the Student Diversity and Inclusion Council, spoke to prospective students and their families in the annex of Dorrill Dining Hall in an effort to share Longwood University's dedication to and recognition ...

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PRIDE is Spreading Throughout Campus

By Copy Editor: Becca Lundberg | February 6

Campus organizations change and evolve over time and one of the most recent transformations was PRIDE, formerly known as the Unity Alliance. PRIDE was officially brought to campus during the fall 2011 semester and is beginning to break ground this semester. According to PRIDE Vice President Susan Degnan, ...

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Longwood's Fifth Annual French Festival: Bringing Fresh New Insight to Foreign Cinema

By Asst. Layout Editor: Gabrielle Pedro | January 30

"Cinema was born in France," said Dr. Wade Edwards, associate professor of French at Longwood University and organizer of Longwood's French Film Festival. He went on to discuss the Lumiére brothers, Auguste and Louis, who developed the first form of moving pictures. "The Lumiére Brothers used to show ...

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'Touching, Personal and Beautiful': LCVA exhibits 'My Family: Art Made at Camp Unity'

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | January 30

The exhibition "My Family: Art Made at Camp Unity" celebrates creativity, adventurousness and genuineness. The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) produces an opportunity for close to 80 adults with intellectual disabilities ranging from the ages of 18 to 60 to express and showcase their love ...

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Health and Wellness Fair Comes Back to Longwood

By Asst. Features Editor: Semein Washington | January 30

In the Health and Wellness Center's partitioned basketball court, part of which included a low tight rope course, Longwood University had its latest Health and Wellness Fair. The fair, running from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, was an event attended by dozens of members of the Longwood ...

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The Black Column: Hi, My Name Is ... What

By Contributor: Jessica Stone | January 30

The power of a name and its value has long been immortalized in prose, poetry and religious ceremony. Everyone recognizes him or herself by name. The question is: how does a name influence a person's perceived character? I had to ask myself this question a few days ago when I had an interesting experience. ...

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Miss Black and Gold Scholarship

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | January 30

  Alpha Phi Alpha organized the first Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant at Longwood University on Saturday, Jan. 28 in Jarman auditorium. Complemented by a performance by FIERCE, the night proved to be successful and fun for both contestants and audience members alike. The Miss Black and ...

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Bizarre Weather Calls for Lots of Layers

By Copy Editor: Becca Lundberg | January 30

The age-old saying, "If you don't like the weather in Virginia, just wait a minute — it'll change," has never proved truer than this winter. While Longwood students usually stock up on sweaters to make it through the winter, dressing for the season is nowhere near as simple as it was in the past. ...

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Foreign Correspondence: Me Gusta Siestar

By Foreign Correspondent: Jamie Clift | January 30

Jamie Clift, The Rotunda's longtime features editor, is studying abroad in Valencia, Spain at the Institute of Spanish Studies during the spring 2012 semester. Having stepped down from her position as features editor for the time being, Jamie Clift has charitably taken it upon herself to assume the ...

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You Are Not Tomorrow

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | January 30

What day is tomorrow? Oh, I remember, the day you were planning on finishing that assignment. You know which one; the one you least want to do. Is it difficult? Doesn't really matter, does it? That assignment is there. It exists. You wrote it on your planner and put it in the back of your mind just ...

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Why Lift Weights

By Exercise Science Correspondent: Sarah Clark | January 30

1. It will help you lose fat. When you lift weights, you build lean muscle, which is more metabolically active than fat; this means that you're going to be burning more calories throughout the day.   2. It will reduce your risk of injury. Strength training strengthens everything in your body, which ...

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'We Want to do More': First LU Relay Rally of 2012 Strives toward Making a Difference

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | January 30

Currently saving 350 lives a day through donations to the American Cancer Society (ACS), Toni Herrmann, staff partner of ACS, says that's not enough. "We want to do more. We want to get to 1,000 lives per day." On Jan. 25 in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom, the Relay for Life Committee and ACS organized ...

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Score a Touchdown at Lancer Productions' Super Bowl Party

By Features Editor: Michelle Goldchain | January 30

Whether you're rooting for the New York Giants or the New England Patriots, don't catch yourself all alone this year on Super Bowl Sunday without a big screen television, hot wings and great friends to keep you company. On Feb. 5 at 5:45 p.m. in Lankford Student Union, expect comfortable couches, a ...

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The Dream Share Project: Your Dream Can Come True

By Copy Editor: Becca Lundberg | January 30

When it comes to following your dreams, where should you start? Recent college graduates Alexis Irvin and Chip Hiden aimed to answer that question when they traveled cross-country to film "The Dream Share Project." The Dream Share Project in its entirety, which was sponsored by the Academic & Career ...

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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE: My First Days in Valencia

By Foreign Correspondent: Jamie Clift | January 23

Jamie Clift, The Rotunda's longtime features editor, is studying abroad in Valencia, Spain at the Institute of Spanish Studies during the spring 2012 semester. Having stepped down from her position as features editor for the time being, Jamie Clift has charitably taken it upon herself to assume the ...

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