A new studio currently being built and installed in French Hall will provide students in the Communication Studies major a chance to learn how to operate professional equipment used for broadcasting purposes. It is set to be the best installed studio of any Virginia school. With the new two-story broadcast ...
Minority student organizations on campus are suffering from a lack of involvement from incoming students at the university because of the seeming disinterest in many of these organizations. These organizations operate under the realistic possibility that they could become extinct on this campus without ...
President Taylor Reveley IV was present at the meeting to answer questions, mainly pertaining to the upcoming Vice Presidential debate on October 4 next year, as well as other issues brought up in past meetings. Reveley discussed the master plan’s effect on the upcoming debate and which facilities ...
Underage drinking has always been a concern with universities and parents in general. With the ease of access to alcohol in college, it’s no wonder that this concern has continued to rise over the years. The bottom line issue is that it is illegal. If you are underage, you cannot consume alcohol unless ...
Pretty much every college student I know loves Chipotle. It is this near-crazy addiction that many people have that drives Chipotle's success in their restaurant and in the financial marketplace. Chipotle is currently trading at a price of $705.63 per share, which compared to most stocks is extraordinarily ...
Longwood will no longer be offering the Master of Science degree of sociology with a concentration of criminal justice due to a recent decision by the university’s faculty senate. Kathy Charleston, the assistant dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, said “…it certainly was ...
Wesley Hadsell, the father of Anjelica “A.J.” Hadsell, was charged with possession of heroin on October 7. Residue of the drug was found in his hotel room during a police search in March. A.J. was a freshman student at Longwood University when she went missing over spring break in Norfolk last March. ...
This week’s SGA meeting focused a lot of attention on the issues surrounding the Student Finance Committee (SFC) on whether or not they can fund food to certain organizations. It was proposed by SGA Treasurer Jessica Darst to add a bylaw to Section 5 stating what SFC will not fund food. This bylaw ...
Two women were approached on Friday afternoon by a man who claimed to be an “officer.” The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. on October 16 while the women were waiting at the bus stop in the Food Lion parking lot. The women say that the man started to converse with them and then claimed that he ...
With the announcement of the vice presidential debate still a consistent topic of conversation on campus, many students have began to ask what costs the debate will bring to our school. Although costs are always a concern with any major project or event, Justin Pope, the president’s Chief of Staff, ...
Men’s basketball seniors Shaquille Johnson and Jason Pimentel were suspended indefinitely from the team Friday, Oct. 9 according to a press release by the Longwood Athletics department. “Shaquille and Jason have not met the standards Longwood expects from its student-athletes,” said Troy Austin, ...
This week’s SGA meeting began with Parking Services representative, Laura Rice, who addressed parking issues. Vice President Harvey requested that senators only read questions that were written on sticky notes which were placed on random senators’ weekly agendas. Rice was well-prepared for these ...
Anyone associated with Longwood may have seen a photo circulating around social media this past week. A car of three girls (two pictured in the circulated photo) took a photo of themselves drinking what is assumed to be alcohol. There were two photos which were posted on the Farmville Snapchat account. ...
Longwood University Men’s Basketball team held their first practice in Willet Hall to prepare for a tough season last Friday, Oct. 2. After they surprised the Big South with their appearance in the semi-finals, the team will prepare to get there again, maybe further. The Lancers will face big named ...
Another tragedy has entered America’s history with the death of nine victims during a campus shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon on Thursday. A single gunman entered one classroom, shot the professor, and forced all the students to sit down in the middle of the room. According to surviving ...
Longwood University senior men’s basketball player Jason Pimentel was found ‘not guilty’ of battery in a Prince Edward County Circuit Court jury trial Thursday. On Feb. 2, in Prince Edward County District Court, Pimentel was previously found guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor of sexual battery. Throughout ...
Along with Longwood’s announcement of being chosen to host the 2016 Vice-Presidential debate, changes in procedures and regular activity will be necessary in order to successfully hold the debate. The University plans to work next year's academic calendar around the debate by extending Fall Break ...
With the excitement and anticipation of Longwood’s announcement for being chosen to host the Vice-Presidential debate, more students may be paying more attention to politics and the polls. According to a Huffington Post cumulative poll from 26 pollsters, Donald Trump leads the Republican Party in ...
The first issue discussed in this week’s SGA meeting was parking. Parking issues will be addressed next week with a representative from Parking Services, who will attend the meeting. Some concerns that were raised during the discussion were that faculty spots were not filled, while commuter spots ...
It has come to The Rotunda’s attention that there was a misunderstanding of terminology in last week’s Alumni Giving article. The use of “alumni donations” and “alumni participation” were used interchangeably unknowingly to the fact that they have two different meanings. In actuality, “alumni ...
