"We had an incident where a young lady fell on a skateboard at two o'clock in the morning last year," director of environmental health and safety and emergency management Jim White stated. "It took a little over 20 minutes for the rescue team to arrive because they had to respond to a shooting in town, ...
Longwood's Executive-in-Residence series kicked off its first event Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in Blackwell Hall with Chairman of NBC Oklahoma Bank, Ken Fergeson. The "remarkable business leader in every sense of the word," as Dean Barrett called him, spoke about "Arts-Business-Creativity," and how ...
The Longwood University Office of International Affairs has recently brought efforts to recruit prospective students overseas. The recruitment endeavors, sparked by President Patrick Finnegan's initiative to bring more international representation to campus, began in August. The Office of International ...
A big part of being a college student is time management with all the different classes, clubs, organizations, or jobs various students may have. Within all those things, people need to find the time to get in their gym time as well as time to do school work. When students choose to go to the ...
Every semester at Longwood University there are numerous educational programs open to all students. These programs can range from domestic abuse to drinking and driving to resume writing. What students might not know is that these events are typically sponsored by on-campus organizations—more than ...
According to Chief of Police Bob Beach, in the past year the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has switched their security service provider from Rome Secure to Wynne Security Control Systems. The new vendor provides a more powerful service at a lower cost to the university. Beach said the ...
Many changes awaited students when they returned for another year at Longwood University. Many of these changes were apparent, such as the construction of new steam pipes behind Blackwell, and some were not so apparent, such as the new Dean of the Greenwood Library, Ms. Suzy Szasz Palmer. Palmer ...
Amanda Knox Murder Case Coming to a Close PERUGIA, Italy —The final arguments in the drawn out Amanda Knox case took place this week. In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend were convicted for the murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. Despite the lack of DNA evidence ...
Booths at Oktoberfest have been a long-standing tradition at Longwood University. Organizations and clubs utilize these spaces to sell food and novelties as well as gather donations to support projects throughout the semester. This year, a few students were concerned about not getting a booth for the ...
Monday's installment of the weekly Blackwell Talks held in the Prince Edward Room of Blackwell Hall featured Dr. Chris Kjorness, adjunct music faculty, presenting his research entitled "The Influence of the Sears and Roebuck Catalog on the Development of Delta Blues." Through his interactive and humorous ...
On Sept. 27, Longwood hosted another seminar in Ruffner Hall as part of a series based on mathematics and computer science. Guest speaker Dr. Adam Childers, assistant professor of math and statistics at Roanoke College, gave a presentation titled "Money, Mathematics and Medicine" where he discussed ...
The new dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies is a familiar face around campus—and in her department. Dr. Jeannine Perry, newly appointed dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (CGPS), has been at Longwood since 2003. Perry was previously an assistant ...
For over a week, flyers around campus alerting students to be on Brock Commons at 3:15 p.m. sharp on Sept. 30 baffled the campus community. The mystery was answered when over 100 Longwood students, faculty and staff showed up to make a stand for diversity through the event sponsored by the Student Diversity ...
Longwood University hosted its annual Job & Internship Fair on Tues, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., providing a venue for students to meet with employers for potential job or internship opportunities. The companies that visited ranged from Verizon Wireless to Walgreens, Aflac to Central State Hospital, ...
This semester, many of our College Pan-Hellenic Council (CPC) sororities are making strong initiatives to better our campus and, in some cases, the world. Our women are very proud to announce events coming up for their philanthropies and causes dear to their heart. This semester we have seen a drastic ...
The question of whether or not you should take "Grand Old Party" (GOP) Presidential contender Herman Cain seriously should have been answered earlier in this campaign. Instead, now you really need to ask yourself exactly how seriously you want to take him. Cain has already reached the point of no return ...
What is a Feminist? Is it a butch woman who hates men and refuses to shave her legs? This common definition of a feminist is actually not that accurate, and there is a lot more to feminism than the basic "why men suck" argument. The Women and Gender Studies (WGST) program at Longwood is an interdisciplinary ...
This past Thursday, Sept. 22, marked the 30th year Longwood University has awarded the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature to an American author. Recipients of the prize are described on the Longwood University website as having "produced a substantial body of work that displays characteristics of ...
Troy Davis Execution Sparks Debate and Outrage JACKSON, Ga. - According to CNN.com, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis via lethal injection on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Davis was convicted in 1991 for the 1989 murder of a Savannah, Ga. police officer who was off duty at the time. Throughout ...
As of Jan. 4, 2010, Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney has been working alongside Longwood's Police Chief Bob Beach in order to keep the town of Farmville and Longwood University students safe by practicing concurrent jurisdiction between both departments. Concurrent jurisdiction between police departments ...
