This year’s participation for the Big Event increased in recruitment with 450 volunteers. However, only 325 volunteers showed up for participation at 83 job sites during the day, according to Mary Goggins, director of students for the Big Event. According to Alex Pham, the co-director of Jobs on the ...
The sun was warm, the music loud and the limbs in sync as all six NPHC chapters gathered in the shadow of the Student Union on Brock Commons last Friday. As Bandfest began on the other side of the building at 4 p.m., eight minutes later, the first fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. approached the crowd, ...
The Bakery, a small Farmville business which has been around for 12 years, is set to close at the end of April, according to one of the owners, Synthia Starkey. “We opened for the Heart of Virginia in 2004,” Starkey said. Among the many accomplishments they have achieved as small business owners, ...
Sunny days, live music, Oozeball and tons of booths can only mean one thing at Longwood; the annual traditions of Bandfest and Spring Weekend took over the campus once again. The two-celebrations are easily one of the campus’ biggest events and this year’s was no exception. This year however, the ...
It’s a subject that has been changing the way students look at college campuses and society in general. To help bring the issues of sexual assault and rape to light, the Office of Diversity and held their third annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on Thursday. The mile-long walk featured men in high ...
The vice presidential debate may not be for another six months, but students aren’t waiting until next semester to get into the political mindset. The Longwood University Politics Club and the Political Science department hosted a mock presidential debate in Blackwell Hall on Wednesday for their final ...
While initially, it may seem unconventional to have a federal government agent give a talk to a student in an English class, it may not be when considering the issue of social media. This semester, the theme of English 400 courses is discussing the pros and cons of a social media presence. To give more ...
With a musical format paired with a colorful and authentic cast, the “The Same Sky Project” came to Longwood University to spread the message of both tolerance and awareness. Longwood students came out to Jarman aAuditorium Saturday afternoon to see the musical, which was brought to campus by sophomore ...
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) was packed with friends and families, all sharing conversations over soup and bread while sipping on drinks from the cash bar for the Farmville Downtown SOUP event. People from all over the community engaged in light conversations while waiting to hear ...
It’s pretty easy to get in such incredible physical shape when your school’s gym has been named one of the best in the country. Recently, Longwood’s Health and Fitness Center was ranked as the eleventh best gym out of the twenty top contenders for small colleges in the United States. According ...
Last night, March 28, Jarman Auditorium held a concert by a combined chamber music chorus of singers from the Virginia Commonwealth University Women’s Choir and the Longwood University Chamber Singers. They were also joined by Dr. Justin Alexander, who plays the vibraphone and is an assistant professor ...
Rather than put on a speech, the Farmville Police Department took a more laid back approach to get citizens talking about their concerns. On Thursday, the Farmville Police Department held their fourth “Coffee and Conversation” event at Uptown Coffee Café. The event allowed citizens to engage with ...
Over the past few week, Longwood’s Modern Language Department has been hosting the eighth annual International Film Festival in Hull Auditorium. The film festival started on March 21 and ends on March 30th. All films shown were free and had English subtitles for all to enjoy. For the Spanish series ...
Wanting to raise awareness of the disease, Longwood’s Student Nursing Association (SNA) hosted a multiple sclerosis (MS) simulation event on Friday to help students and faculty to understand the difficulties faced by those who suffer from the disease. The members of SNA had a table decked out in orange ...
After a year of preparation, planning and fundraising, another Relay for Life at Longwood University will go down in the books as a success. With the theme, “Paint your world purple,” over 1,000 people from both the Longwood and Farmville community participated in the 12-hour long event. During ...
Spring has sprung and with it comes the newest restaurant to the Longwood Landings. Right next to Chick-Fil-A is The Hot Dog Bar, co-owned by father and daughter duo Louis Anderson and Ashley Campbell, locals of Amelia County. The Hot Dog Bar features specialty and build your own hot dogs, as well as ...
Like compact, glossy, white machines of the future, Vianney Klausen’s abstract pieces quickly catch the inquiring eye of anyone passing by the working artist studio in Bedford. Klausen is laboring away this month as his LCVA showcase with Longwood seniors draws near in May. After welcoming me into ...
Seeing space near the top of the paint with 3:58 left in the fourth quarter, Daeisha Brown drove from the right flank to just inside the free throw line to find herself in wide open space. Without pausing, the 5-foot-3 point guard released a jumper and hit her mark. No celebration followed, Brown just ...
Here at Longwood, one thing that is really stressed and emphasized is the concept of citizen and student leadership. There are plenty of examples within the Longwood community. One organization and its leaders are truly embodying that concept. The Pre-Law Society, in just one short year, has gained ...
Longwood’s National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) hosted their Activity Hour on Friday, featuring a ladder toss, music and a large game of Connect Four. The NPHC, a Greek life organization specifically created with African American students in mind, puts on the Activity Hour each spring semester to ...
