Special meal plans and parking permits for graduate students were discussed at this week’s SGA meeting. Complaints were brought up regarding service in the student union. Poor cashier service, as well as wait line confusion, were some problems that had been brought up. Aramark has “taken back cleaning ...
Parking availability close to campus has been a constant problem for Longwood University commuter students. Even though parking lots have opened up surrounding campus, the demand has raised on spacesnear academic buildings. The Longwood commuter pays up to 250 dollars annually to park in these spots ...
On Sept. 27, 2014, the 9th National Take Back Initiative took place at Midtown Square in the town of Farmville. Farmville Police Department and the Longwood University Police Department met and collected 94 pounds of prescription drugs during the initiative. Officer Eric Ellington from the Farmville ...
If a resident of the Farmville area, including Longwood students, faculty and staff, is sexually assaulted, the nearest hospital for the town, Centra Southside Community Hospital, is not equipped with the proper materials, or rape kits, to assist victims. According to Longwood’s Chief of Police Robert ...
It’s been approximately two weeks after the disappearance of UVA student Hannah Graham. On Sept. 13, at about 12:45 a.m., Hannah Graham was seen outside of a pub by a surveillance camera. A doorman turned her away at the door, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo. Ten minutes later, she ...
The demolition of the Cunninghams has brought about many questions around campus, one being the asbestos insulation which is potentially hazardous. Asbestos is a natural mineral that was used quite frequently before more advanced forms of insulation became popular. Many people ...
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The Student Government Association (SGA) began with Vice President Adam Fletcher for open agenda. This week’s Rowe Award was presented to Senator India White for taking initiative on current campus issues and giving awareness when needed. Registrar’s office representatives ...
“…Everyone’s running, getting away from the windows. We all raninto the little back room. People are getting under the tables, they are scared. We flipped the tables, covered the windows and locked the door. We started looking around, making sure that everyone had gotten into the room. All we ...
This past May 2014, the U.S. Department of Education finalized the release under Title IX, 20 U.S.C. Sec 1681. It is stated as sexual misconduct, including sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and other forms “of gender discrimination prohibited by Title IX.” As ...
In the early morning hours on Monday, Sept. 1 Powhatan resident, Chester Holtyn III was arrested for committing an obscene act in public. The Farmville police department responded to the 200 block of High Street where Holtyn approached a Longwood student behind the Hotel Weyanoke around 2 a.m. and offered ...
On Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 at 9:14 p.m. Longwood student Kathryn Olmstead was a victim of a strong-armed robbery behind South Ruffner. The male subject attacked Olmstead from behind and demanded she give him her backpack, after attempting to pull it off of her. According to Olmstead, she believed it ...
The weekly Student Government Association’s (SGA) board meeting was kept quick and brief due to the student Involvement Fair. Senator Constance Garner passed on the Role Award this week to Senator Chelsea Carrol, for her diligence in discussing concerns regarding campus life often during open forum. ...
The Farmville Police Department and Longwood’s Campus Police receive incoming calls from Longwood, on-campus and off, as well as from the surrounding town of Farmville. 911 police calls reach the Farmville Police Department from landlines extending from Farmville to Cumberland. Both the Longwood Police ...
Longwood junior basketball player Shaquille Johnson has been charged with a felony of malicious wounding after an incident that occurred at a party on Buffalo St. in Farmville, VA around 1 a.m. on August 31. According to Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney, the altercation stemmed from a dance off competition ...
Within the next week, The Covington Company is expected to announce new additions to the Southgate Shopping Center. The company’s web site advertises a space open on the inside of the old Rose’s store next to the Centra center at 7,500 square feet. The site also lists 2,362 square feet of free standing ...
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) board meeting started with a quick move to approve the general meeting’s agenda for the day. Following the motion, the Student Government’s Role Award was presented to Senator Constance Garner, for her hard work and recognition in her position’s role ...
Officials recently told CNN they have a “pretty good idea” of who executed American journalist, James Foley, in a recent video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commomly know as, ISIS. One source told the network that, “We’ve been using all means to identify the person [but] it’s ...
Student Government As-sociation (SGA)- The Student Government Association’s board meeting began with the conduct board officially sworn in. President Gills then moved to reviewing the bylaws of the Student Government’s Bylaws of Longwood’s Constitution, voting on changes for articles in SGA’s ...
Deconstruction on the Cunninghams (Hams) began alongside the beginning of the 2014 fall semester. The project for the Hams has taken underway, as it has been fenced off from the public, in preparation for the Upchurch University Center. The University Center construction plans began in 2011, thanks ...
