In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting the topic of cost for students to attend public universities was raised by Senator Mark Barham as many other members of the SGA held discussion on the matter. Barham inquired if Longwood University currently hosted an open forum run by SGA ...
Underage drinking is a common occurrence on Longwood campus, cases of which are displayed in the Longwood Police Department’s crime log. As a result, this causes problems for housing, the university Police Department (LUPD) and the Office of Conduct and Integrity. According to LUPD’s crime log for ...
AJ’s Disappearance It’s been slightly more than a year since Anjelica “AJ” Hadsell went missing during spring break last year. AJ was a freshman at Longwood University and involved in the club softball team. AJ was last seen on Mar. 2, 2015, during spring break and was pronounced missing by ...
This week’s Student Government Association (SGA) was started off with a moment of silence for Brussels, Belgium and all of their losses from yesterday’s terror attacks. Other important matters discussed included a new diversity statement that would hold the same weight as the current Honor Code ...
This is a company that many of you probably have never heard of before, but if you follow the financial news, Valeant Pharmaceuticals was a big name recently. On Mar. 14, Valeant was trading at $69.04 but by Mar. 18, was down to trading at $26.98. This dramatic change is something we typically do not ...
Expect to “eat more chikin” this fall. By the start of the Fall 2016 semester, the Chick-fil-A Express below the Longwood Landings plans to expand its store. This addition would provide more seating for dine-in guests, a larger serving counter, and possibly a larger kitchen. The restaurant would ...
Iler Field has been temporarily closed after two sinkholes were discovered in the field on Thursday, Feb. 5. According to Michael Lonon, the director of Environmental Health and Safety, the first sinkhole was found by a student, while the second was found by officials after they used a “ground-probing ...
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 ...
