The Longwood University Black Student Association (BSA) will be holding a rally entitled "Fear Kills, Love Heals" tomorrow, April 12 at 7 p.m. behind the Lankford Student Union. The rally will address the Trayvon Martin killing and similar cases in the past. The name Trayvon Martin has received much ...
The High Bridge Trail State Park just got a little bit longer this past week. All 31 miles of the trail are now open to the public thanks to the completion of the 2,422-foot-long, 125-foot-tall High Bridge that crosses the Appomattox River. The abandoned railroad bridge now offers a one-of-a-kind view ...
While it's not as large as the Job & Internship Fair held each semester at Longwood, some of the opportunities at the Local Employer Showcase are just as exciting for students who want to engage themselves locally in the community. A well-received turnout was observed for this year's fair, the second ...
Starting on Saturday, May 5 at noon in Jeffers Auditorium, two Longwood students, Matthew Paxton and William Chase, will attempt to break two different Guinness World Records for "Longest Video Games Marathon." Paxton will be attempting to break the "Longest Video Games Marathon Playing Mario (series)," ...
If you logged on to Facebook the week before spring break, your news feed was probably filled with information about Kony 2012. Kony 2012 is a campaign to capture Joseph Kony. Kony is best known for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a fundamentalist guerilla group that operates in northern Uganda, South ...
As the year begins to wind down and the Class of 2012 prepares for graduation, the Admissions Office at Longwood is making preparations for the incoming freshman class for the 2012-2013 academic year. Last year, the largest class to date was recorded in Longwood's history books, with a freshmen class ...
If you are a woman reading this editorial and you are wearing glasses, no man will ever want to dance with you. At least, that's what Acuvue brand contact lenses wants you to think. If you look across the board at advertisements, many of them have a tendency to produce some sort of society ideal to ...
The Office of Disability Resources at Longwood University is sponsoring the first annual Inclusive Excellence Award. The award will highlight one university faculty member and one university staff member who have each made a significant contribution to the campus regarding inclusive design and practice ...
One of the blessings we as United States citizens have is our First Amendment right to free speech. The ability to express opinions openly to others is an opportunity many countries do not have, and quite possibly, may never be able to utilize. Because we have such powerful freedom in our hands, it ...
While it's not as large as the Job & Internship Fair held each semester at Longwood, some of the opportunities at the Local Employer Showcase are just as exciting for students who want to engage themselves locally in the community. A well-received turnout was observed for this year's fair, the second ...
On Saturday, March 31, Longwood students decided to not just talk about Longwood's mission to form citizen leaders, but instead show how Longwood is creating citizen leaders. Nearly 650 Longwood students decided to go out into the community and be the citizen leaders Longwood shapes each student to ...
The Longwood University Board of Visitors (BOV) held its spring meeting Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31. The board decided not to approve any tuition or fee increase because there is no final state budget passed by the General Assembly. The final budget will detail the amount of money given ...
The Longwood University Board of Visitors (BOV) held its spring meeting Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31. The board decided not to approve any tuition or fee increase because there is no final state budget passed by the General Assembly. The final budget will detail the amount of money given ...
As reported last week in The Rotunda, officials at the Longwood University Heating Plant are looking into problems causing heavier than usual smoke coming from the plant in recent weeks. Facilities Operations Manager Ben Myers explained that currently, the staff at the heating plant is working through ...
Officials at Longwood University are actively working to correct the excessive smoke produced by the Heating Plant on campus. In the past few months, the smoke has been unusually thick, covering the air around campus and in town on some days. In a university press release dated March 14, Vice President ...
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 ...
