I'm a positive person: I'm friendly, outgoing and very rarely mean. I try not to take small things too seriously and I hate offending or upsetting people. All of these things are true — most of the time. There is one thing that causes me to undergo a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of personality transformation. ...
Some of the most interesting and amazing things happen when campus organizations team up with one another. Shortly before Fall Break, Longwood members of the National Criminal Justice Honors Society, Alpha Phi Sigma (APS), gave a presentation on juvenile delinquency for educators to members of the International ...
This past Friday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m., around 40 Longwood students participated in a Mario Kart 64 Tournament organized and held by Ryan Pereira and Daniel Sweid. Located on the fourth floor of South Cunninghams, the event included one TV with two projectors and screens for twelve players in total to ...
The Honors Student Association (HSA) hosted a masquerade last Friday, Oct. 14 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Lankford Student Ballroom, allowing Longwood students to have the rare, but always excitable opportunity to dress in semi-formal attire and attend a dance. Faces for FACES was an event that created ...
It's that time of year when you are stressed beyond belief and it seems that you will never catch a break; something is always due or you are studying for something. How can you feel less stressed and perform better academically? Don't let your day control you; plan out what you have to do in advance ...
How would you feel if you weren't allowed to go to the Wal-Mart after a certain hour? How would you feel if the delicious mac and cheese was calling your name, yet you were still standing on the other side of the window? What about Buffalo Wild Wings? What if you weren't allowed to gorge upon the scrumptious ...
Who likes to go on road trips? Better yet, who likes FREE road trips? Well you are in luck because the Academic & Career Advising Center is taking a group of 10 students to Richmond, Virginia to get a taste of what it's like working in the real world. Participants will visit Sports Backers, ...
Alpha Sigma Tau (AST) hosted the Cystic Fibrosis Walk this Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in effort to raise awareness of cystic fibrosis and to help raise funds to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. An estimated 100 or more students participated in the event, helping AST raise up $150 to $200. ...
Faces for FACES, "a masquerade-themed, semi-formal event" hosted by the Longwood University Honors College to raise money for the Farmville Area Food Bank, will be held in Lankford Student Union from 8 p.m.-12 a.m. on Oct. 14. Organized by Honors Student Association President Haley Vest, the event is ...
Students anxiously stood on their tiptoes to watch the Baptist collegiate ministry building and after several minutes of waiting, a huge parade of green and red began streaming down in front of Stubbs Residence Hall and up to the student union patio. Seniors Rachel Fortney and Matt Jones were honored ...
The Longwood University Greenhouse is located atop the Chichester Science building. It is open every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to all students. The Greenhouse opened in 2008, just after the new science center (Chichester) was built, to replace the old greenhouse that was behind Jeffers and Stevens. ...
During Winter Break 2010, Amanda Krzywicki took her first steps into Kampala, Uganda as part of a two-week mission trip to aid its children. Introduced to Abaana (the Christian charity that sponsored the trip) by 2010 Longwood alumna Mallory Short, Krzywicki became a part of something that would change ...
This Thursday, Sept. 29, you might have been able to see Longwood and Hampden-Sydney students marching around the Longwood campus at 5 p.m. in this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's. Longwood's Sigma Kappa organized the event to raise awareness and to raise funds for Alzheimer's patients. Walking down ...
Last Thursday, Sept. 29, Greenwood Library honored Banned Books Week by holding an event in the library atrium at 2 p.m. with refreshments, a raffle to win books and other prizes, and readings from challenged or banned books. Faculty and students read from various works that ranged from Shel Silverstein's ...
As part of the rich tapestry of Longwood traditions, Oktoberfest is a welcome reprieve from the work of academic, graduate and undergraduate careers. With food, music and the brisk weather of early autumn, Oktoberfest also delivers up such treats as the bier garden and the simple camaraderie of one's ...
While Black History Month is celebrated in the United States during the month of February, I believe in recognizing and honoring our history at all times. With that being said, I was recently floored when I heard a group of people of varying races talking about the Black Panther Party. Some of the words ...
One of the requirements that comes with the territory of being a professor is the publication of articles or papers in various books or academic journals. We often forget that on top of teaching, professors are usually busy conducting research, tearing through sources, and editing and revising what ...
On Saturday, while all of my friends at Longwood were basking in the glory of Oktoberfest, I was far away, sipping tea and eating scones with the descendants of men who fought on the losing side of a conflict that took place 150 years ago. I received a certificate that states that I now officially belong ...
Every year, Longwood students gather on an open field with trash cans full of watered-down paint. They fill their cups with it and throw it on each other in an all out battle of red vs. green. To outsiders, this may seem strange, but to a Lancer, it is a time-honored tradition known as Color Wars. Color ...
Friday, Sept. 30, from approximately 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., the Black Student Association (BSA) and Peer Health Educators hosted the annual BSA Ball. The event was held in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom, and was a definite success. The attire for the Ball was formal, which was only fitting given the ...
