Around the country, emotions are running high whether it’s from the jubilation of the Trumpeters or the sorrow of Clintonites. There are plenty of reasons for the result to upset or elate people, but what distraught me most wasn’t the actual winner. No, I am most distraught by the electoral college. ...
Diversity Four people sit before me, Two female, two male. One is foreign, One is young, One is relaxed, One is strict. If I were blind, I couldn’t tell their race. If I were deaf, I couldn’t hear their dialect. If I were both deaf and blind, I would only believe them to be humans. Four people ...
Happy almost Election Day! I hope all twelve of you practice your civic duty and getting out to those polling stations. With Election Day on the horizon, here are four fascinating elections that occurred on this day in history. 1. In 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt won his fourth consecutive term, ...
Summer is long over, sadly. But the Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) Modern Renaissance Palette is one product brings the heat back to autumn. It takes a special kind of palette to have a combination of warm neutrals and berry tones. In fact, this palette might be the first to break that barrier in the ...
Holiday seasons are the best time of year. Some like Christmas and others like Valentine’s Day, but my favorite celebration is Halloween. You get to dress up and eat a bunch of candy with absolutely no judgement and it’s amazing. As your instructor on “How to Halloween,” here is a list of spooky ...
Let’s be honest, it's a challenge we all face. Those dark spots from the sun, acne scars from middle school and blemishes as we age. On one hand, you can pay somewhere between $60-$500 on procedures to get rid of them. While some would prefer such treatments, I’m writing to readers who either ...
Ciao! Bonjour! Hallo! These are just some of the ways I learned to say hello while I studied abroad in Europe. The two weeks I spent traveling through Italy, France and Germany were the best two weeks of my life. I saw things I had never thought I’d see in my life; from the Sistine Chapel to the Berlin ...
When it comes to beauty, we all pay a certain price. In the realm of eyebrows, if they’re on fleek, then your life will be as well. In the past two years, the illusion of perfect, thick eyebrows skyrocketed after Victoria’s Secret model Cara Delevingne strutted the runway without a care in the world ...
For those of you who don’t know, the hockey season has begun. And it has got me fired up. Now I could be biased, coming off of a Stanley Cup victory and all, but I could not be more excited about hockey. I’ve been watching hockey with my dad since I was a kid. My dad is from Pittsburgh, so I guess ...
It’s been quite a week hasn't it? What with Trump’s disturbingly misogynistic remarks and lackluster debate performance, the man in the red sweater, Drake and Rihanna splitting, midterms beginning, the VP debate ending, and a slew of other craziness, surely we have our choice of topics to choose ...
When it comes to the average college student, they may tell you this is their third cup of coffee for the day. Judging by the media, we seem to look at coffee as our only vital supplement when we are faced with a long, hectic day of studying and cramming in those papers due by midnight. But realistically ...
With the upcoming vice presidential debate, the eyes of the world will be on Longwood University. However, they will also be on Mike Pence and Tim Kaine. In regards to their performance, it'd be nearly impossible to hurt either campaign. The previous presidential debate with continuous interruptions, ...
The vice presidential debate never seems to draw the attention of the nation the same way the presidential debates do, and in the past, there has been no reason to really pay as much attention to it. This year, however, is different, seeing that the two 2016 vice presidential candidates are far more ...
Dear Shentel Wi-Fi, You’re probably wondering why I am writing this to you. Well, I would like to tell you the story of how I ended up in Russia, selling fruit on the side of the road. A tragic tale full of pain and suffering; and it’s all your fault. I used to be a mildly successful student. I ...
As I sit and type up this weak attempt of an opening statement beside the Bedford Fountain in order to at least try to focus on the work that I should have started much earlier, I’m unable to listen to the calm water and let the BS flow through me and onto my assignments. Once again, the construction ...
Hillary Clinton is well known as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. News outlets have focused on her suspected poor health rather than her experience and competency to serve over the past week. The trending hashtag "#HillarysHealth" on Twitter and the topic of Clinton's ...
All Longwood students have heard about the vice presidential debate and how it will affect the university and the student body. With all the buzz surrounding the election, as a college student, an important question to ask is how each candidate team will affect college education if they are elected. For ...
Dear America, Greetings from your thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon. During the last Dead Presidents’ Society meeting, Washington mentioned writing a letter to you from all of us. Unfortunately, he became incredibly focused and “forgot” to put the rest of our opinions in. To make sure my ...
Salutations friends, It is I, George Washington, your humble first president. I would like to offer my congratulations on all you have accomplished these many years. I am particularly fond of indoor plumbing and central heating. You have done well expanding the nation westward and exploring the stars, ...
Politics as a whole can be a very complex, yet intriguing topic to talk about. There are many diverse perspectives from college students regarding the candidates who aspire to become the next President of the United States. Some of those are based on political party affiliation, others on political ...
