It has been a difficult journey for Longwood's women's basketball team during the first few weeks of competition. The team is currently on a four-game losing streak after dropping games against George Mason University (GMU), High Point, Campbell and Miami (FL). A matchup against the William & Mary ...
While Longwood University students normally use fliers, emails, Facebook and word of mouth to invite classmates and faculty to activities around campus, students will soon have a new way to spread the word. Orca TV, which will serve as an outlet for student-created content and as an emergency alert ...
During the Tuesday, Nov. 29 meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA), Senator Shannon Rosedale expressed a concern on behalf of another student. The student had left her identification card at home. The card was being mailed to her, but in the meantime, she had no way to enter her residence ...
Next semester on March 31, the fourth annual Big Event community service project will be taking place in the Farmville community. The Big Event continues to get bigger and better every year. "Last year we got about 750 people to volunteer and help out with the Big Event. This year we are shooting for ...
The Giving Tree is a tradition at Longwood University that started as far back as 1936, according to the yearbooks. Director of Alumni Relations Nancy Shelton said, "It used to be called ‘The Christmas Tree,' and then it was changed to ‘The Holiday Tree' and today we call it ‘The Giving Tree.'"In ...
College is a time to experience a great number of firsts. College is the time in which we are expected to be "scholars of tomorrow" and to have an existential view of the world around us. It is fascinating to think that despite all of this pressure put around us in an academic environment, ...
On Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, a 12-person fall 2011 pledge class was initiated as brothers into Lambda Alpha Epsilon (LAE), the criminal justice fraternity at Longwood University. Members of the fraternity are valued by the criminal justice department for academic achievements and service. Just like ...
A series of fire alarms caused students in South Cunningham Hall to exit their building not one, not two, but three times last Thursday, Nov. 17. The first fire alarm occurred around 8 p.m. The second came between 11 and 11:30 p.m. and the third at 12:50 a.m on Nov. 18. Longwood University Police ...
On Friday, Oct. 21, Longwood University inaugurated the university's 25th president. Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan started his presidency at Longwood on July 1, 2010 and was presented with the new presidential medallion at his inauguration. At the same inauguration, as is tradition, the new mace ...
A home invasion in Prince Edward County ended in one death last Thursday night. According to the Virginia State Police, the incident occurred just before midnight Thursday on Pisgah Church Road in Rice, Va. The scene is right off of Route 460, east of Farmville. According to State Police, a male subject ...
During the Nov. 15 meeting of the Student Government Association, a presentation on Orca TV was given. With Orca TV, a variety of footage can be shown. For example, student content can play in one screen, a news channel can play in a different screen and ads can scroll in a third screen. Orca TV wants ...
Last Thursday, the Save a Life Tour made a stop at Longwood University to raise awareness of the effects of drunk driving. The tour was set up in the ballroom of the Lankford Student Union and had a variety of activities to participate in demonstrating the dangers and consequences of driving under the ...
What's better than running with a turkey leg in your hand? How about running with a turkey leg in your hand for a good cause. The Longwood University women's lacrosse team did just that Tuesday, Nov. 15, on Brock Commons with the Third Annual Turkey Trample. The event began at 4 p.m. outside Willett ...
In a Longwood University press release, it was reported that Associate Professor of Accounting Dr. Robert Cochran was appointed to serve on the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA). According to the release, Cochran will serve a four-year term and be eligible for another four years on June 30, 2015. ...
Missing Man Found Dead After Explosion FAIRBORDN, Ohio (AP) – After a search Sunday for a missing man following a house explosion in western Ohio, a 75-year-old man thought to have survived the blast was found dead. According to the AP, the explosion of the home shot debris and six people, who were ...
Inetha M. Carr is no stranger to the judicial system. In fact, she has been involved in judicial proceedings for more than a decade. The incident Carr has been fighting against involves her time as a former employee of Central Piedmont Action Council (CPAC), a non-profit organization now known as HOPE ...
A hardware issue caused a few headaches for students waking up at 6 a.m. to register for classes last week. The glitch came when myLongwood, the portal students use for class registration, encountered a memory problem due to the load of students who logged into the system at once. According to Director ...
Three adult males were arrested last week in connection to a home break in at 110 Appomattox Street in Farmville. According to Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney, authorities responded to a brick residential building the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5 in reference to a break in and theft of property. Mooney ...
Ever since the Occupy Wall Street protests began back in September, support and criticism about the movement have been mounting as far as what the purpose of the group is. From what it seems, the protests are basically addressing the need for social and economic equality among the population. All the ...
What motivates you? When you are trying to determine what makes an effective leader, it is important for that individual to know what motivates them. This is only one of many tips Gwen Eddleman gave in her presentation to the Organizational Behavior-Management 362 class on Monday. Eddleman, who was ...
