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Johnson returns to team, Pimentel not returning

Related Article: Johnson, Pimentel potentially face drug charges in and out of school On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Longwood Athletics announced that men’s basketball senior forward Shaquille Johnson will return to the team and participate in competition, beginning with the Dec. 12 game at the University ...



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Lip Sync takes center stage

Jarman Auditorium was packed with students. The judges, sitting up front, prepared themselves to evaluate the performers. The crowd was filled with anticipation for the upcoming show. Then at 8 p.m., the lights were dimmed and immediately, screams of non-Greeks as well as fraternity and sorority members ...



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Longwood hosts International Affairs Week

This week, the Lankford Student Union is hosting International Education Week. However, the study abroad program is not the only program covered by this event. Emma Kauffman, the education support specialist for the Office of International Affairs, explained that the services shown there also help Longwood’s ...


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Playing with Bones

Dr. Jordan’s honors anthropology students were given a unique experience as they journeyed up to Ferrum College to observe cultural and forensic anthropology. The students first went to study the cultural anthropology of German Baptist farms and how these people lived in the mountains of Virginia. ...



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The tattoo artist Brandy Bryant

Countless designs of brightly colored roses, crosses, and other designs decorate the entire humble room. Sitting on a plush couch, one anxiously waits their appointment, hearing a constant and irritating buzzing noise in the background from another room down the hall. The heart has slowly climbed up ...


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Making Campus Safer

“When it rains at Longwood, our Lancers, they go to class. They go to the D-Hall. They go to work and they also go to sporting events. Rain doesn’t stop a Lancer.” That’s what Doug Howell, the associate director for residential operations with Residential and Commuter Life (RCL) said about deciding ...


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Digging up new opportunities

Longwood University's Department of Anthropology just became very competitive among other undergraduate programs this October with the addition of the Institute of Archaeology (IOA), a non-profit organization. Headed by Dr. Brian Bates, executive director and senior principal investigator, undergraduates ...


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International food makes an international impact

Soft music played in the background as many people gathered in the lower level of Dorrill Dining Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 10, enjoying the various flavors from other countries. Prepared by student hands, the event set different regions against each other in a Food Network-style competition, while at the ...


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Fisher given four-game, ‘team-issued’ suspension

Men’s basketball senior guard Leron Fisher was issued a four-game suspension by head coach Jayson Gee for a “violation of team rules,” according a press release by Longwood Athletics on Friday, Nov. 6. “It is a team-issued suspension for a violation of team rules. We will not have further comment,” ...


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Boehman Cracks the Narrative

Yesterday, Dr. Joe Boehman, the Dean of Richmond College, held a presentation called “The Narrative of Masculinity” about issues affecting men. He focused on how the narrative of how a man has to act in order to be considered masculine is reinforced by society and how it values men. A large part ...


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Food Day Farmville at the local Farmers Market

A pressing issue in our nation today is the battle over health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Obesity can lead to multiple health issues, one of which is heart disease. The CDCP states that one in every four deaths in ...


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Students Rock Out

Almost a month after its original date, WMLU’s annual Battle of the Bands, finally took place. This past Friday in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom bands created by Longwood University students performed in front of a live audience of their peers. There was a wide array of genres on display, from ...



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Outbreak Among Us

On any given day of the year, you can walk inside Stevens Hall and find nursing students perfecting their skill and technique, but last Friday, anyone who walked in saw nothing but unadulterated terror. The Student Nursing Association (SNA) hosted their annual Haunted Hospital with this year’s theme ...


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We Ask, They Listen

They say you are what you eat, and to most people, this idea is all too real. Whether you’re a food junkie, a calorie counter, or a regulated eater, food is something you just can’t avoid. Thanks to American culture, it’s more than a matter of survival; it’s a reflection of who you are. We all ...


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Review of a Moton Museum production

Last Thursday, the Moton Museum hosted the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf, by Ntozake Shange. It takes place in the post-Vietnam War 1970s era and highlights the struggles faced by African- American women during that time period. None of the characters ...


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Longwood’s CPC spreads confidence through Women’s Week

Last week, October 19 through October 23, Longwood University’s College Panhellenic Council (CPC) hosted their second Women’s Week with the goal of spreading confidence throughout the campus community. Women’s Week is a week of events that’s purpose, according to senior Vanessa Parada, student ...


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Coats needed at Prince Edward Elementary

With winter approaching, many begin digging coats out from the backs of their closets, but not everyone has that luxury. Prince Edward Elementary is asking people to donate new coats of all sizes for students that don’t have one to wear when the temperature begins to drop. “Prince Edward has wonderful ...