The sound of a gong rang out through the Lankford Student Union on Wednesday evening, March 7 as groups of volunteers supporting the Stop Hunger Now event packed up another five boxes full of meals to be sent out to families in need. The event quickly turned into a race as volunteers tried to ...
We all remember the advertisement from the 1987 anti-drug campaign launched by the Partnership for a Drug- Free America. "This is your brain," said a man picking up a frying pan. "This is drugs," he said, holding two eggs. "This is your brain on drugs," he said after cracking the egg open and frying ...
Every 10 years, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS and COC) require universities and schools all over the southern U.S. to have their accreditation reaffirmed. For Longwood University it is no different, only this year the university must go through a process ...
The main topic of discussion at the March 27 meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA) was the commencement of going through confirming the SGA budget for the 2012-2013 school year. Before they went through the budget, however, they got a couple of housekeeping issues taken care of. Patrick ...
Despite the distance some students may face when looking at options for school, Longwood is now making that decision easier for individuals in Southern Virginia. Offered through the College of Professional and Graduate studies, students from Martinsville and Emporia can now attend classes as if they ...
If you've ever been interested in a career with the federal government, your dream might be answered by a simple email. Chief of Management Services Jeffrey J. Murphy from the National Defense University's (NDU) Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS), visited Longwood Wednesday, ...
On Tuesday, March 20, a siren signifying a tornado drill was to be sounded at exactly 9:45 a.m. The drill at Longwood University was part of a statewide tornado preparedness effort. The day of the drill, however, the alarm did not sound until 9:56 a.m. due to a miscommunication between Longwood University ...
Dr. Brian Bates, associate professor of anthropology, department chair of sociology, anthropology and criminal justice studies, and director of the Longwood Archaeology Field School, tells his students the same story on the first day of class every semester. He reveals how he can never sleep well the ...
On Tuesday, March 6, the Student Government Association (SGA) assembled to discuss a variety of topics affecting the Longwood University community. Senator Brandon Readus mentioned that Parking Manager Laura Rice plans to replace the faded parking signs that were brought up in a previous meeting. However, ...
Longwood's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) couldn't have asked for a better day than Thursday, March 1 to hold their Super Soldier event on Iler Field. With help from the Longwood University Strength and Conditioning Department, the first annual event gave the average student a taste of what ...
The fourth and final Executive-in-Residence event of the academic year was held in Blackwell Hall on Feb. 29. Sudhakar V. Shenoy, founder, chairman and CEO of IMC, Inc. in Reston, Va., addressed a packed room on how he risked everything to win in business on two different continents. Under his leadership, ...
March 1 or Feb. 29, your choice, marked the first day of what is known as meteorological spring. This is the period when weather begins to transform from a relatively settled and cool pattern, and warm air then replaces any threat of snow. However, these warm fronts are often interrupted by a period ...
Tom Angleberger, Virginia native and author of the books "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" and "Darth Paper Strikes Back: An Origami Yoda Book," stopped by the Janet D. Greenwood Library Thursday, March 1 for a Friends of the Library event. From young to old, a full crowd in the library atrium was ...
The fourth and final Executive-in-Residence event of the academic year was held in Blackwell Hall on Feb. 29. Sudhakar V. Shenoy, founder, chairman and CEO of IMC, Inc. in Reston, Va., addressed a packed room on how he risked everything to win in business on two different continents. Under his leadership, ...
Longwood University has taken a stronger stance when it comes to on-campus safety. In a recent meeting with the Board of Visitors (BOV), seven policies were changed or updated, including those concerning campus safety. Longwood Police Chief Bob Beach said, "The university has pulled a work group together ...
It was a busy weekend for legislators at the Virginia Capitol — and police as well. More than 30 protesters were handcuffed at the Capitol building in Richmond Saturday after hundreds convened on the building's steps to protest the controversial ultrasound bill. The organizers said they had a permit ...
Black and red balloons filled the Foyer of Blackwell Hall Monday where Respond to Acts of Violence Effectively (RAVE) held the "Stand Up and Say Something" event. The group, which came from Associate Dean of Students and Executive Director for Residential and Commuter Life (RCL) Larry Robertson, highlighted ...
Due to the growing number of members and events put on from groups involved with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), a new position has been created and filled for the benefit of the office. Mark Anthony Brumfield, currently an Resident Education Coordinator at the Longwood Landings, will transition ...
When I was growing up and becoming more and more aware of politics and the constant debate between parties, my dad told me a quote that has been attributed to Winston Churchill, but originated from a French politician named Francis Guizot. It sounds a little something like this, more or less: "If you're ...
A large volume of students accessed the Resi dential and Commuter Life (RCL) housing sign-up website Tuesday. Sophomore students with 25 to 39 credits were slated to register, many of whom experienced a slight delay because the sign-up site could not handle the amount of users who signed on. Jean ...
