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 ...
Proposed Allocations: $904.78 (Alpha Kappa Alpha) Funds toward four members attending regional conference in Virginia Beach, Va. Motion was passed to SGA next week for vote. $4,207.35 (American Marketing Association) Funds toward four members attending international conference in New Orleans, ...
Some college students across the nation have recently been applying for loan forgiveness for their college loans through a federal program allowing students to appeal their student debt. According to CBS News, “more than 7,500 people have asked the federal government to forgive a total of $164 million ...
A common sight and sound lately has been the construction equipment and noise all over different areas of campus. Currently there are construction projects ongoing for new residence halls, Lankford Student Union and Iler Hall. In addition to these projects, there are two new projects that are getting ...
Although they haven’t officially been set in stone, there are current plans for the Weyanoke to be turned into a hotel. The owners of the Weyanoke notified residents last fall of their decision to not renew leases to those residing in the building. The current leases end around the end of this semester. “In ...
Much discussion surfaced when one member of SGA shared their personal experience with the ice from the recent snowstorm that occurred this past Thursday, January 28. This SGA member felt very strong about the fact that a student parking lot that contained ice patches had caused them to fall getting ...
Proposed Allocations: $5,743.45 (Graduate Student Advisory Council) Funds toward food for graduate commencement after-party Bylaw would have to be overturned in order to grant funds Motion was denied. (Members encouraged to come back if funds were unavailable through other alternatives.) $41.85 (Longwood ...
The New Year has meant a sign of troubling times for the stock market as a whole. Since December 15 the Dow has fallen over 9.3 percent. This type of drop in such a short period of time does not happen often leaving many investors panicking. The Dow was sitting at almost 18,000 points and now at today’s ...
Two couch burnings occurred this weekend after the announcement of Friday’s snow day, one was burned on Friday night in the road of Buffalo Street around 10 p.m. and the other was burned a few hours later, according to Chief Curtis Davis of the Farmville Police Department. “The officers were able ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, many SGA members voiced their concerns in regard to the snowstorm that recently hit a large part of the east coast. Many members felt strongly about campus conditions on Tuesday, discussing how they felt unsafe walking and driving around ...
A waterline break was discovered in the Cox Residence Hall early Tuesday morning. The break caused an evacuation of all residents in the dorm, as well as water loss to both Cox and Wheeler Hall. The break was discovered in a mechanical room of the building. According to Angela Stimpson, the executive ...
In reaction to the complications created due to the library, three academic department buildings, and Stubbs residential hall closing after losing power and water on Tuesday morning, Longwood students took to social media to express their concerns and reactions to the news. The major water line break ...
