While “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” made its flop in theaters, its competition came to theaters Jan. 18 in the form of “Mama.” The movie stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash and Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain. After dismissing the need for his ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, masses of people met under the rotunda in Ruffner Hall for the third annual Grand Illumination of the Giving Tree. That night, the rotunda contained more than just Longwood students and faculty members. as families and residents of Farmville also came to witness the lighting ...
One thing I've always been skeptical of doing when writing sports columns is to constantly rant and rave about my favorite teams or athletes. I try to always talk about something relevant that anyone can relate to like athletes aiding relief in Haiti, steroids in Major League Baseball, etc. This time ...
Films are everything to me. There is something magical about going to the movies and seeing a film play out on the big screen. If it weren't so expensive and I had nothing else to do, I would probably want to stay there all day long. For me, what makes films so special is their ability to transport ...
This week's "Castle" takes place in a creepy alleyway where a homeless man comes across the body of the victim. Screams can be heard as the scene changes to Castle playing with dolls as he tries to gain inspiration for his next novel. Castle finds this inspiration in the form of severed heads, a part ...
This week's "Glee" starts right off with a song, and the viewer is left wondering how it's possible the "Glee" writers have run out of songs to assign each week when they have the show starting off with the disco number "You Should be Dancing." After song number one, the viewer is taken into the choir ...
The marketing department for "Cabin in the Woods" was not kidding with the tagline "You think you know the story." Director and Screenwriter Drew Goddard and Assistant Screenwriter Joss Whedon have crafted a finely-tuned horror film. "Cabin the Woods" is the kind of film that can resurrect a genre that ...
On April 3, country music trio Rascal Flatts debuted their new album "Changed." The group, who originated in Columbus, Ohio, includes three performers: Gary LeVox as lead vocalist, Jay DeMarcus (Levox's cousin) on bass guitar, keyboard and piano and Joe Don Rooney as lead guitarist. All three sing vocals, ...
If you are a regular TLC fan, you have probably seen at least one promotion for "Say Yes to the Dress" or "Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta." My favorite installment of the series, however, is "Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids." Women are catty and mean and downright ugly. Make a group of women get together ...
Adventure. A word that has different meanings to different people. For Dr. Steven Faulkner and his son Justin, adventure takes on a new meaning through the film "Waterwalk," which had its world premiere at Longwood University in Jarman Auditorium on April 16. The producer, director and three actors ...
On April 17, "Tweet-seats" was the theme of the night as Jarman Hall became engrossed in the sound of music from Longwood's Wind Symphony and duo Jazz Ensembles. Dr. Gordon Ring, conductor and professor of music, opened up the night with his comical statements regarding the new seating of the performing ...
Our world is filled with double standards for both men and women. Some of them are more obvious, such as the wage gap, and some of them are much more subtle, like the fact that women tend to pay more money for a haircut than men, but they are there. Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer with a sharp tongue ...
It is not every day that one can say they've seen a belly dancing performance. In fact, when one thinks of Farmville, Va., belly dancing is quite possibly the furthest thing from their mind. But a Longwood student organization hopes to change people's perceptions of this particular style of dance. On ...
As another theatre season comes to a close, the Longwood University Theatre Department gets ready to present its final production for the year to the campus community with "Steel Magnolias," written by Robert Harling. Shows will begin running April 12-15 and again from April 19-22. The ...
A new presence on Brock Commons has arrived through the Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture program. "David," Matt Evald Johnson's 12.5 foot tall robot constructed from forged and fabricated reclaimed steel, is located by the Janet D. Greenwood Library. The sculpture will remain on view until spring ...
As another theatre season comes to a close, the Longwood University Theatre Department gets ready to present its final production for the year to the campus community with "Steel Magnolias," written by Robert Harling. Shows will begin running April 12-15 and again from April 19-22. The ...
Almost everyone knows the old saying, "There is no such thing as an original idea." This is used regarding lots of things. Inventors are advised to make something better, not new. Writers are told to make an old, wrung-out story their own with creativity and fresh characters. Think outside the ...
If one were to ask just about anybody who grew up in the '90s who Amanda Bynes is, Nickelodeon's "All That" and "The Amanda Show" immediately come to mind. However, over the recent holiday weekend, Bynes ran into a bit of trouble with the law. It wasn't such a Good Friday for Bynes. The actress spent ...
As the last weeks of the semester are ticking down, Longwood students are still able to find some laughs in an otherwise stressful part of the semester. On Saturday at 9 p.m. in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom, comedian Jessi Campbell created a stir at Longwood with her humor, wit and honesty. Longwood ...
The 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place Sunday, April 1, in Los Angeles, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Carrie Underwood kicked things off with a performance of her song "Good Girl," from her upcoming album. From there, awards started to be handed out. First up was the Vocal ...
