"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Whether your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, hit the gym, eat better, pick up running or "get big" (i.e., gain muscle mass), this is the time of the year where those New Year's resolutions get tossed aside and forgotten about. How can you stick to your New Year's resolutions without giving ...
Longwood University celebrated America's national holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, this week through various educational events and presentations to further knowledge of Dr. King and the growth of Longwood University as an institution of diversity and citizen leadership. On Jan. 18 at 12 p.m. ...
From Dec. 28 to Jan. 14, eight Longwood students and one staff member went above and beyond by crossing borders to Kampala, Uganda in a student-organized mission trip to assist over 2,000 street children by donating goods like clothing and toothbrushes and by donating their own time to create long lasting ...
