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 ...
In late March, some 100 students across the Commonwealth joined in an effort to support Tim Kaine for U.S. Senate this November. Consisting of a number of young adults from Virginia's public and private four-year institutions of higher education, they penned their cause "Students for Kaine." One of ...
On Wednesday, April 11, a Longwood University English 400 class sat down with the Farmville Town Council to discuss the important issues and better the relationship between the town and the school. This was the third year in a row the members had been invited to campus with an English 400 course. Teaching ...
Gerald "Gerry" Spates is the kind of man who seems ready-made for a position such as town manager. Spates displays the smooth and calming demeanor required for a position of leadership. The sense of calm Spates displays can most likely be attributed to the long road he has taken to get to where he is ...
The dirty little word in the college vocabulary starts with a "T" and ends with an "N," and rhymes with "petition." That's right, it's tuition. If Longwood decides to follow the trend that is occurring around the Commonwealth, it will be on the rise. Just this weekend, the University of Virginia Board ...
Ever since Invisible Children Inc., a nonprofit advocacy organization, released "Kony 2012," the short film has invaded the social justice sphere, flooding Facebook newsfeeds and creating more awareness around Joseph Kony, guerrilla terrorist and head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). On April 4, ...
In order to assist faculty members and other individuals on campus with research projects and goals they hope to accomplish during their time at the university, Longwood has now set up an office specifically for that reason. According to a Longwood University press release, Dr. Regina Maldve began Feb. ...
Dorrill Dining Hall's (D-Hall) Outta Here location and food sitting out for too long at D-Hall were topics of discussion during the last Dine with the Director event of the semester. Over a meal that included salad, Chicken Cordon Bleu, carrots and strawberry shortcake, students praised Longwood Dining ...
As the end of the academic year approaches, seniors prepare to graduate, other students move on and organizations look for strong candidates to fill the departing students' roles. The Student Government Association (SGA) encourages Longwood University students to choose senators for the 2012-2013 school ...
About every 10 years, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) evaluates Longwood University to see if the university meets their standards and qualifies for reaffirmation of accreditation. SACS now has 80 plus standards, and the university is working on a Quality ...
Longwood University's Design Lab is a mixture of a course and an on-campus club/organization. The students in this class work with real clients, present real sketches and produce real products. These students are responsible for many of the posters you see on campus as well as logos you see for ...
Recently in the news, North Korea has invited foreign countries to view its progress on the upcoming space launch. It is set to occur between April 12 and 16 to mark the "100th anniversary of the birth of Kim II Sung, the founder of the communist state," according to CNN news. The city of Pyongyang, ...
