Within the past month, the Longwood University Police Department has received five reports of sexual assault. In 2016, the department has accrued a total of 15 sexual violence reports - sexual battery, sexual assault, rape - on Longwood-owned property. The current number of reports has already surpassed ...
On Oct. 4, Longwood University hosted the Vice Presidential debate. A survey was conducted to find what the students thought of the debate after the fact. Three questions were asked on the survey: If the debate was good for students, if the debate was good for the school, and if they would like to see ...
On Mar. 2, 2015, freshman Longwood University student Anjelica “AJ” Hadsell was reported to have disappeared while being home during spring break and was pronounced missing by Norfolk police the next day. The days following her disappearance were filled with searching and interrogation of those ...
In this month’s Faculty Senate meeting held on Nov. 3, the faculty senate passed the 2018- 2019 undergraduate new core curriculum. Phil Cantrell, associate professor of Asian history and African history, proposed that the faculty senate vote via secret ballot rather than hand count. Both David Gill, ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, B.J. Keefer, advisor for the SGA at Lynchburg College, Wyatt Weaver, member of Lynchburg College's SGA and conduct board, Lauren Farrell, also a member of their SGA and Lindsey Van Zile, their senior class coordinator visited the Longwood ...
Believed to be due to a decreased student activity fee, a smaller freshmen enrollment and unauthorized spending of reserve funds, the Student Government Association (SGA) began the 2016-17 school year with over $150,000 less to allocate to Longwood’s students clubs and organizations, according to ...
Temporary fitness location to be opened up for business to purchase Longwood Real Estate Foundation purchased the ground floor of the Longwood Landings in the early months of 2016. In order to accommodate for the VP debate, Longwood moved the Health and Fitness Center to a temporary location at Midtown ...
As of Oct. 8, Walker’s Diner, located in downtown Farmville, has issued a for sale sign on the front of the building. The diner is listed at $250,000 through State Wide Realty, according to Margaret Atkins, a State Wide Realty realtor. The listing on State Wide Realty’s website states that the equipment ...
Currently, there are four emotional support animals as well as one service dog that Longwood has approved to be in student’s possession. Longwood has seen an increase in the number of emotional support animals from one to four in the past year, according to Joshua Blakely, assistant dean of residential ...
Longwood has hosted the Red Flag Campaign since fall of 2008, making the event held during the week of Oct. 17-21 the ninth year the campus has seen the campaign. The campaign partners with the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance in regard to sexual and intimate partner violence ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Cheryl Steele, assistant director of student engagement, Jonathan Page, director for citizen leadership and social justice education and Onie McKenzie, assistant vice president for student affairs for assessment & professional development, ...
Farmville Police, Longwood Police and Virginia State Police officers responded to a shooting on South Main St. this afternoon, resulting in one minor injury, according to an Oct. 16 press release from the Farmville Police Department. There is no current threat to the public, said the release. Suspect ...
Longwood’s third alleged sexual assault of the semester occurred on Friday, Oct. 14 in an off-campus residence and is currently under investigation by the Longwood Police Department, according to the Jeane Clery Act-mandated timely warning released at on Sunday, Oct. 16 afternoon. The second occurred ...
The Longwood University Barnes and Noble bookstore will be moving to the corner of Main St. and Third St. in downtown Farmville in summer 2017. The space will host a larger square footage than the previous location at Midtown Landings, according to Louise Waller, executive director of campus planning ...
Over the past few weeks, one topic that has arisen in the election is third party candidates—anybody but the Democratic nominee or Republican nominee—and their lack of participation in the debates. No third party candidate has been invited to participate in either or the two presidential debates ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) has received a number of complaints from students, as brought up in previous SGA meetings, in regard to an increase of parking tickets received while parked on campus from Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) While it seems that the ticketing has increased, ...
Greenwood Library is looking into the possibility of extending its hours Sunday through Thursday from midnight to 2 a.m., according to Brent Roberts, dean of the library. Executive Senator of SGA (Student Government Association) Kevin Napier, a junior kinesiology major, approached Roberts in late ...
Two alleged clown sightings reported to the Farmville Police Department were deemed unfounded following investigation late Sunday night into early Monday morning, according to Farmville Police Captain Bill Hogan. “We’ve had no credible clown sightings in the Town of Farmville,” he said. According ...
Global Leaders $1,722.29 • Funds will be used to attend the NAFSA conference in November The Student Finance Committee (SFC) didn't pass the allocation amount. The SFC tabled the motion until Global Leaders spoke to Office of International Affairs to help with funds then to come to SFC. Lancer Lunatics $3,974.62 • ...
Students gathered on Thursday, Sept. 22 on Brock Commons to gain signatures on a petition wanting Gary Johnson to participate in the upcoming debate, including William “Bill” Weld to participate in the Vice Presidential Debate held at Longwood University. The Commission on Presidential Debates decides ...
