Over one million people were living in the United States with HIV at the end of 2008, according to the Center for Disease Control. That was a seven percent increase from the U.S. rate in 2006. HIV can be contracted from vaginal, anal and oral sex. It can also be contracted from sharing needles — whether ...
Two Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) students were injured in a house fire early last Wednesday morning, one of them seriously burned. According to the HSC Director of Communications, Thomas Shomo, the fire was called in at 4:12 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Three fire companies — Hampden-Sydney, Farmville ...
On Jan. 28 in Wygal, Lancer Productions hosted the Thinkfast Gameshow to a crowd of eager-to-win, determined students, ready to compete for the grand prize of $200 at the end of the night. The Lancer Productions website describes the game as "a combination of music videos, multiple choice trivia ...
Same Sex Marriage in the Balance in NJ According to CNN News, a political battle is beginning to form as to whether gay and lesbian couples will be allowed the right to wed. If the move is approved, New Jersey will be the seventh state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. The issue has been ...
Since the beginning of the school year, one group has been gaining more and more attention throughout Longwood's campus. This group goes by the name of RAVE. The name stands for Respond to Acts of Violence Effectively. The group's mission, according to their website, is to "educate the campus community ...
Dr. Deneese L. Jones, dean of the Longwood University College of Education and Human Services (CEHS), will leave the university come the end of the semester to assume the position of provost at Drake University. Jones, who will begin her duties at the Iowa university on June 1, was offered the ...
The Virginia General Assembly has had a busy week debating bills that might affect you if passed during this session. Here is a highlight of some of the week's news. The Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 251 on Jan. 20. The bill draws new boundaries for the U.S. congressional districts in the Commonwealth. ...
Let me ask you a question. Did you happen to throw a cyber-related party Saturday night or call up your bank thanking them for keeping your information private on Monday morning? You probably did not, and that's okay. You also probably didn't know that Saturday was Data Privacy Day, according to the ...
Longwood's Executive-in-Residence series kicked off its first event of the semester, and third out of four for the academic year, Tuesday night in Blackwell Hall with Gail W. Johnson, president and CEO of Rainbow Stations Inc. and PRISM LLC in Richmond, Va. Johnson is an innovative leader in the early ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) held the second Senate meeting of the semester Tuesday. The session began with the swearing in of representatives Aaron Brown, Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences; Dustin Black, College of Business and Economics; Rigby Bendle, Office of Diversity & Inclusion; ...
Pairet's Inc., the famous T-shirt shop in Downtown Farmville, and The Scarf at Longwood University have teamed up to celebrate February in style. Starting today, Wednesday, Feb. 1, if you wear your 2010 or 2011 Longwood Scarf to Pairet's, you can receive two dollars off your purchase all month long. "A ...
If you have visited Longwood University's homepage, longwood.edu, recently, you may have noticed a new color scheme. The new design is complemented by a blue header and footer with white space in the middle. A new featured scrolling bar also appears at the top of the homepage. According to Director ...
A kickoff event celebrating Farmville, Va.'s designation as an official Virginia Main Street (VMS) community was held Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the j Fergeson gallery in Farmville. The event, sponsored by Centra Southside Community Hospital, brought out a crowd that packed the building located on Main ...
After a month long hiatus over winter break, the Student Government Association (SGA) held their first Senate meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 24. To start the meeting, they opened up nominations for executive senator. Senator Shannon Rosedale, who filled the spot of junior class president on ...
Giffords Announces She is Resigning Congress This week, Arizona Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords announced that she was resigning from Congress to spend time focusing on her recovery. She received wounds from an assassination attempt in January 2011. Giffords received injuries to the ...
Longwood University's Residential and Commuter Life (RCL) office has made some changes to the housing sign-up process as well as when students sign up for housing for the next academic year. According to Jean Wilwohl, associate director of occupancy management, a committee was formed last academic year ...
On Sunday, Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. behind Lankford Student Union, a new crop of 123 Longwood girls ran toward a sorority that offered them a bid. After a long recruitment weekend, each girl was finally able to discover which sorority welcomed them into their sisterhood. According to Collegiate Panhellenic ...
Longwood University will hold its first annual Social Justice in Action Leadership Summit the weekend of Feb. 24-25. The summit is sponsored by the office of Leadership and Civic Engagement, Student Educators for Active Leadership (SEAL) and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Unlike many events ...
While senioritis may seem harmless at first, it is often followed by the "April panic." But there are many ways seniors can begin searching for jobs now in order to avoid a frantic search just weeks before graduation. In addition to speaking with advisers and senior seminar professors, the Academic ...
You must have been living under a rock for the past month or so if you're unaware that there is a presidential candidate race underway in the political world. The Republicans are in the process of selecting a candidate to best represent their party when placed up against President Barack Obama this ...
