The March 13th celebration of Longwood University’s 174th birthday put Longwood’s past and future into perspective for the Longwood community. In honor of Founder’s Day, which was technically on March 5 during Spring Break, students gathered at Jarman Auditorium to hear Dr. James Jordan, professor ...
While it is debatable that journalism is dying, it certainly is changing. In recent years, there has been little growth within the print edition of publications, and more focus on the online editions of these newspapers and magazines. There has also been an increaseinexclusively online news outlets, ...
Farmville will feature a new restaurant within the next week called The Fishin’ Pig, the result of the merging of Shorty’s Fish Fry and Grady’s Barbecue. There are three partners that are running the operation of the restaurant: Matt Hurley, Nash Osborn and Jim Osborn. “We wanted to combine ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) was able to hold open forum and lead discussions at the Tuesday, March 19 meeting, but the Senate could not vote because the minimum amount of members needed in order to do so (quorum) were not present. This week’s meeting began with a presentation about the ...
Following the WikiLeaks scandal that circled around Bradley Manning and Julian Assange releasing vast quantities of classified information about military and government goings on in the Middle East, the United States became temporarily infatuated with whistleblowers and government secrets. Manning and ...
Virginia State Police Master Trooper Junius Walker, 63, was killed during his shift on March 7. Walker saw a parked car on the side of I-85 and pulled over to check out the situation and see if anybody was in the car. Russell E. Brown III, 28, was in the parked car and shot Walker several times, causing ...
On Monday, March 18, the Student Government Association (SGA) held the second meeting of the semester regarding the Senate’s official stance on off-campus organization members’ participation in on-campus organizations. The committee meeting was sponsored by Senior Class President Gina DeMarco and ...
The Southside Messenger reported that Lunenberg officials are tight-lipped concerning the investigation of a Victoria Police Department employee conducted by the Virginia State Police. When asked about the investigation, Victoria Police Chief Brian Baird told The Southside Messenger, “I’m not commenting ...
The Buckingham County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to search for David Brenton Banks, 23, a man found as one of two responsible assailants for the aggravated robbery of a 25-year-old male in Howardsville. According to WFLO.net, the victim is not expected to suffer any long-term effects from the ...
Two armed home invaders were killed in a house on Prince Edward Highway last weekend after forcefully entering the owner’s home with a third armed suspect, reported The Southside Messenger. According to the individual who called the Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office, the three invaders came ...
Political commentator GlennBeckrecently slammed World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) on his show, calling not only the superstars but the fans "stupid wrestling people." Beck’s comments have been sparked by the repackaging of Jack Swagger and his manager, Zeb Colter. Swagger and Colter play the ...
The search for the next dean of the College of Education and Human Services (CEHS) is beginning to wind down, as Dr. Ken Perkins, vice president for Academic Affairs, said a candidate will be selected among the four finalists within the next two weeks. “I am looking for an individual who is highly ...
On Feb. 25 at 7:15 p.m., there was a session for the public about downtown Farmville and what will come out of it. Aaron Arnett, city planner for Arnett Muldrow and Associates, a city planning/identity and branding firm based in Greensboro, S.C., said, “This particular project is to come up with a ...
The new student center will be located at the site of the Cunninghams Residence Halls. According to Susan Sullivan, director of the Student Union & Activities, the Cunninghams will be taken down around May 2014. Since the demolition will take a few months, the construction of the new student center ...
Longwood University’s Student Government Association (SGA) is taking a new approach to the annual club and organization budget requests process with an exclusively online application. “Usually, you would have to do everything in paper form, and that was causing a lot of problems,” said Queen Burrell, ...
La Parota Grill, a family-owned and operated Mexican restaurant in Farmville which opened in 2000, caught ablaze on Saturday, Feb. 23. Firefighters from the Farmville, Hampden-Sydney, Rice and Prospect Fire Departments responded to the blaze around 4:50 a.m., according to Chief Bean Sears of the Farmville ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) brought a controversial topic to the Tuesday, Feb. 23 meeting. The topic of discussion involved the stance of both the administration and SGA on the role of unrecognized, off-campus student group members’ participation in on-campus groups. The discussion’s ...
Several Longwood University students traveled to the Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond last Tuesday, Feb. 12, for Longwood Lobby Day, allowing them the opportunity to discuss their higher education experiences and concerns with legislators and to learn more about the General Assembly. Longwood ...
Academics, extracurricular activities,community service, social life, exercise, familyandapositive attitude to go along with it ... college students are expected to maintain it all with ease. Longwood students are no exception, as hyper involvement seems to be the norm among the student body. A popular ...
The Student Government Association(SGA)discussed a variety of topics, including discrimination against off-campus groups during the Senate’s Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting. To begin open forum, Freshman Class President Jessica Darst suggested implementing an SGA Gives Back program to support Longwood Dining ...
