The Campus Community Campaign has just come to a close after two weeks of fundraising in the hopes of receiving private funding for Longwood. The campaign previously known as the Faculty and Staff Campaign has just this year opened up to receive donations from students in the hopes of motivating students ...
Farmville’s Polling Locations Farmville residents came and went from polling locations on Tuesday to submit their ballots for the Virginia primaries. Out of three Farmville precincts, more than 1,100 voters showed up to vote for the candidate of their choice. The polling location at the Farmville ...
The Farmville Police Department has implemented a program called the Law Enforcement Explorer Post program. The program is affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America and gives students a look into careers involving law enforcement. “It gives them the hands-on and the knowledge. It’s not what they ...
Longwood University’s Conduct Board and Honor Board, an extension of the Student Government Association, have been working for years to improve the quality of their organizations. They came to SGA two weeks ago to propose significant constitutional changes which left the majority of the Senate uneasy. Two ...
This week’s meeting focused on a new proposal which was brought by the Honor and Conduct Boards in regard to their election process. President Constance Garner, Vice President Jacob Harvey, Treasurer Jessica Darst and the Chairs of both the Honor and Conduct board served as a tri-council to establish ...
Social sorority Gamma Rho Lambda has just been added to Longwood’s list of organizations and a part of the Independent Greek Council. The sorority accepts students who identify as non-binary and women. Although classified as a sorority, the organization also accepts members who are transgender and ...
A Farmville police officer was assaulted while attempting to arrest Preston Logan, Jr. after responding to a report of two individuals arguing in a the Walmart parking lot. The incident happened around 1:41 a.m. on Sunday, February 21. Logan is 23 years old and from Kenbridge, Virginia. Logan was found ...
Virginia Senator Mark Warner visited Longwood University on Thursday with the intention of addressing student questions on topics such as student debt and cyber security. Warner was the governor of Virginia when Longwood College became Longwood University. Before the session was opened for questions, ...
Haley Talmage, the chair of the Conduct Board, attended the meeting to propose a new system regarding the election process of justices on both the Honor and Conduct Boards. The proposal had been previously discussed last week. Talmage stated the constitution would outline that the chairs would solicit ...
A post created by the Farmville Police Department announcing a new internet purchase exchange area for residents was passed around Farmville residents through social media this past week. The only issue was that it was the wrong Farmville Police Department. The post had been created by the police department ...
Longwood Golf Course will no longer be open to public use after June 30 this year. The 9-hole course will instead be used to host practices for the university’s golf teams, as well as an area for the cross-county teams and physical education classes to use. According to a press release from the university, ...
As the flurries fell on Friday, Feb. 12, members of Longwood's Black Student Association (BSA), Environmental Club and Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. shivered at a table in front of the Chi Fountain with signs promoting their water drive in response to the crisis occurring in Flint, Michigan. "It was freezing, ...
Most people who live in the United States have more than likely heard of Facebook. It is one of the world’s leading social networking services, and on top of managing the social media platform, they also own Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus Virtual Reality. Mark Zuckerberg is the well-known CEO and ...
At this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, a representative from the Readership Program was in attendance to pitch a new app titled ‘The Buzz’. The app has successfully been adopted by 50 schools and looking to add Longwood University to that list. If Longwood were to purchase ...
The Graphic and Animation program will be implementing changes with the next group of incoming freshman. The program will begin to request students applying to the major to optionally send a portfolio of their work. “This year is the first year we are piloting a portfolio entrance, so we are not requiring ...
“You have to give the individual a chance. Sometimes, you never know what kind of great person you’re going to run into. If you deny (them), just because they don’t look like you do or don’t identify fully as you do, or they’re not your ideal woman or your ideal man, it’s always good to ...
This month’s Faculty Senate meeting focused on deadlines for winter intersession grades, policies concerning emotional support animals, and the use of letters from previous chairs in tenure consideration portfolios. Due to issues with late grades submitted for the intersession, the senate discussed ...
Senator Mark Barham brought up the idea to add a policy to the student handbook which would ban the use of cellphones during class periods. Senator Tonisha Pitchford felt it was unnecessary to add the policy given that it is the student’s decision to use their cellphone during class. Pitchford also ...
The Art department will be implementing changes with the next group of incoming freshman. The Graphic Design and Animation major will request students applying to the major to optionally send a portfolio of their work. “This year is the first year we are piloting a portfolio entrance, so we are not ...
The sign for Badeaux’s Cajun Kitchen has been taken down outside of the restaurant and Bar 202. The window stickers for the restaurant have been taken down from display as well. The general manager for Bar 202, Thomas Rundstrom, confirmed the owner of the restaurant, Jason Badeaux, had left the partnership ...
