According to the Southside Messenger, a team of Charlotte County residents, students and faculty from the county’s school system plans to participate in the 2013 Polar Plunge on Feb. 2. This year being held at Virginia Beach, the annual event serves a charitable role in which those willing to accept ...
In protest of President Barack Obama’s recent announcement proposing a strengthening of gun control laws and enforcement in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gun rights advocates coordinated a march on Capital Square in Richmond on Saturday. Estimated at 150 people, the crowd ...
The second Student Government Association (SGA) meeting of 2013 began with the addition of two new representatives to the Senate. President Donald Knight swore in SAC Representative Jessica Diaz and College of Business and Economics Representative Stuart Paykel. The Senate then invited ...
After more than three years of planning, Longwood Dining Services installed a fire brick oven in Dorrill Dining Hall (D-Hall) during the university’s Winter Break. According to Grant Avent, director of Dining Services, another project was in the works before the plan for the $25,000 oven was developed. ...
Minimum wage sounds like a wonderful idea in practice, right? An employer cannot pay his or her employees less than a fixed dollar figure, so the employee can make at least a decent living. Surely this is an example of how labor can use its power to make demands and have them met. Sadly, this is not ...
Shortly after Security Magazine ranked the Longwood University Po- lice Department (LUPD) on its 2012 Security 500 list as one of the top law enforcement agencies in university education for the fourth consecutive year, the LUPD reacted to a planned Winter Break power outage as if it were a real emergency ...
The Farmville Police Department is still investigating the circumstances behind the Nov. 6 First Ave. couch fire. As reported in last week’s issue of The Rotunda, Farmville Fire Department Second Lieutenant Robert Hammock said the department received reports of the fire at 11:46 p.m. Farmville police ...
Becca LundBerg News Editor he Hampden-Sydney student will behave as a gentleman at all times and in all places,” states local Hampden-Sydney College’s (H-SC) early 19th century Code of Conduct. A group of H-SC students reportedly broke this code last Tuesday. In response to the announcement ...
After two years of service to the Farmville area, the Chippenham Johnston-Willis Specialty Health Center located at MidTown Square will no longer offer after hour and weekend care. This will go into effect on Nov. 7. A sign posted on the health center’s door reads: “Effective October ...
The students involved in the alleged hazing case of the Rho Kappa chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity are facing charges under the Longwood University Honor & Judicial Board system. According to a Longwood University press release, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life become aware of these ...
On Nov. 2, 15 students and two non-students were arrested in connection with alleged hazing allegations against the Rho Kappa chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity. In early September, allegations of hazing came forward and the Longwood University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life forwarded ...
Longwood University requires each freshman student, as well as each transfer student with 24 or fewer credits, to take a one-credit course called Longwood Seminar, known by the more familiar name, LSEM. Each LSEM class has one professor and one student peer mentor guiding a class of no more than 25 ...
White House Party Crashers Raise Questions and Alarms Crashing holiday parties is nothing new. People have been attempting and succeeding for decades. Crashing the White House state dinner, however, is a whole different story. Nichaele and Tareq Salahi crashed President Barack Obama's first state ...
In a recent article published by the Farmville Herald, news surfaced that the Madeline's House facility located in Not¬toway, Va. is being forced out of its location. The facility sits on 1,500 acres of land but only uses a small area. However, that 1,500 has been sold by Not¬taway County for ...
If you ventured out to the booths at Spring Weekend, you probably noticed the set-up was a little bit different. Last semesters, Director of Student Union and Involvement Susan Sullivan sent out an email to the student body asking them for feedback about Spring Weekend and Oktoberfest. She requested ...
It's that time of year again. On Saturday, May 12, the graduating class of 2012 will walk across the stage and accept their diplomas while earning the title of alumni having earned the right to call Longwood University their alma mater. While commencement is an exciting time for those graduating and ...
Since the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, outrage, fear and hundreds of rallies across the nation have been sparked in a fight for justice against his own murder and against the assaults of victims who have been attacked simply on the basis of appearance and racial stereotypes. On Thursday, April ...
After testing and analysis by multiple consultants, one of the boilers, 2R, is now back online at the Longwood University Heating Plant. Ben Myers, facilities operations manager for the plant, said the boiler has been online since last weekend and is physically "in good shape." Myers said there are ...
Two weeks ago, Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) officers were caught trying out a new piece of mobile transportation around campus. It all started when a vendor delivered a couple of golf carts to the university and decided to bring along a Segway- like form of electric transportation for ...
On Tuesday, April 17, Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Fry was absent from the weekly meeting, but Vice President Matthew Hovey was present to assist in orders of business as usual. The SGA meeting began with budget allocations to various student organizations. The SGA allocated ...
