Longwood University was recently named to yet another prestigious list. The Princeton Review named the institution one of the country's "Best Value" colleges and universities, along with 75 other schools, in the book "The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition." Longwood was praised for its "diversity, tradition, ...
What better way to celebrate the day after Val entine's Day than discussing sugar? Chances are you've probably had a bit of it in the last 24 hours. It's sweet, addic tive and makes you feel pretty good. Sort of like alcohol or drugs, isn't it? Yep. Dr. Robert Lustig would agree with that ...
Main Street in Downtown Farmville was closed between Second and Third Streets due to a water main break on Monday. One of the busiest sections of the road was blocked off throughout the day as crews worked to repair the break that was reported at 4 a.m. Monday morning. Town Manger Gerry Spates said ...
As a result of the actions taken during the meeting of Longwood's Board of Visitors (BOV) in December 2011, a new law has been put into place regarding concealed weapons and how the policy will be handled. The decision, however, was not made overnight. "The Board of Visitors is mandated to approve all ...
Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) fraternity for women will be making its return to campus in Spring 2013. ZTA, which was founded at Longwood University on Oct. 15, 1898, closed its Longwood chapter in May 2009 due to hazing allegations. Director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Kate Planow explained ...
Legendary Music Icon Whitney Houston Unexpectedly Dies at 48 CNN Newsroom reports that just this past Saturday, Feb. 11 around 3:30 p.m. in the af ternoon, two loud thuds were reported coming from Whitney Houston's hotel room at the Beverly Hilton. The loud and urgent voice of a man was heard next. ...
It happens every New Year. Resolutions are made to shed some pounds before the arrival of spring break, and everyone decides to hit the gym to meet their goals. Because of this, it isn't uncommon to see an increasingly large amount of students, faculty and staff at the gym just after winter break. According ...
Longwood students have been busy all week writing about what love means to them on a large board stationed behind Lankford Student Union. Located in Longwood's Free Speech Zone, the board is there thanks to Longwood/Hampden-Sydney Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM). The purpose of the board is to "show ...
Just before Longwood University's winter break began, an opportunity to protect their brand and name arose by employing a domain registration site on the Internet. The site allows universities to buy the domains to their name so they will not be affiliated or misconstrued with anything that may be inappropriate ...
Dr. Wallace "J." Nichols, a marine biologistand ocean conservationist who seeks to "in spire a deeper connection with nature," will speak Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in Long wood University's Blackwell Ballroom on "Get Your Blue Mind On: Using Our Brain to Conserve the Ocean." Nichols is a ...
After last semester's heavy rainfall that caused the creek near the Virginia Street Parking Lot to flood, plans were set in motion to prevent such incidents from happening again. This coming spring, plans have been made to convert the Virginia St. lot behind the Longwood Landings apartments into commuter ...
If you've tuned into WMLU 91.3-FM recently on your computer, you've probably noticed the web stream is down. That is because the web cast set up by former station member Gerry Martin in 2007 is being replaced. Heading this transfer is Chief Engineer Alexander Pierson, also known as the DJ for the "Metallic ...
The third Student Government Association (SGA) meeting of the semester took place on Tuesday, Feb.7. In open forum, a senator raised concerns about smoking on the sidewalk behind the heating plant that leads from campus to the Longwood Landings. Dr. Tim Pierson, vice president for student affairs, ...
As revolutions and oppositions have been popping up all over the Middle East and Northern Africa, one opposition has been making headlines all over the news. The Syrian government, ruled by a long line of brutal dictators, is now the talk of many international news agencies as the United Nations Security ...
Two weeks ago, the grand master key for the Longwood University academic buildings was reported missing. Students were notified by Wednesday, Jan. 25 that the university was in the process of repining all the locks for the academic buildings on campus. According to Longwood University Chief of Police ...
When The Rotunda sat down with Inetha Carr in November 2011, she was fighting for justice. Nearly three months later, she is continuing her battle. Carr used to work for a local non-profit agency in Farmville called Central Piedmont Action Council (CPAC). With the agency, now known as HOPE Community ...
The first Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) lecture of the semester was held in Greenwood Library Wednesday, Feb. 1, with Dr. Jamie Riley, director of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, presenting "Racism, Discrimination and Prejudice: Voices of Undergraduate Black Men at Predominately White Institutions." ...
In Fall 2012, Longwood University juniors and seniors will not be guaranteed housing by the school. As of right now, the school may have 40-60 juniors and seniors that will either be placed on a waitlist or have to find off-campus housing according to Associate Director of Occupancy Management Jean ...
The Virginia House of Delegates voted 64-35 Friday to strip the Virginia Board of Health's power to fund abortions for low-income women on Medicaid when a doctor certifies that the woman's fetus would be born with an extreme physical or mental deficiency. Similar legislation that was approved in a Senate ...
On Dec. 11, 2011, Dr. James Jordan, professor of anthropology, and Dr. Brian Bates, department chair of the department of anthropology and criminal justice studies and associate professor of anthropology, took 15 students on a two-week study abroad trip to England. Students participated in a course ...
