Farmville’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7059 has teamed up with the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, Virginia to provide much needed items for our military veterans. At a recent VFW Post 7059 meeting, Post member and veteran Tom Hicks stressed the fact that the ...
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, senior men’s basketball players Shaquille Johnson and Jason Pimentel were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The police were originally responding to a loud noise complaint at approximately 10:57 p.m. at an apartment off ...
Four weeks ago, former Longwood University student-athlete and class of 2015 graduate Blake Carter officially signed with Fairway and Green as well as Titleist to become a professional golfer. Since going pro, Carter has played in one tournament and is expected to play in two more between October and ...
Joel Cruz, CEO of Cruz Productions and a business administration major at Longwood, has always had a passion for audio and video production, but with the help of two friends, turned that hobby into a profitable business and brand recognizable not only across this campus, but throughout central Virginia. He ...
On Thursday, the 29th, Longwood’s Health and Fitness Center will host a haunted house event, with a theme taken from the TV series American Horror Story, and will have several rooms based on scenes from the show. The actual haunted house will be in the powerlifting room in the front hallway. There ...
On Thursday, Oct. 15, Willett Hall opened its doors to over 200 students, giving them the opportunity to receive a unique fan experience with both the men and women’s basketball team in the program’s first Student Appreciation Day event. Throughout the night, students got a behind-the-scenes view ...
In the sweltering summer heat of 2013, Dr. Jes Simmons stood in Longwood University’s historic rotunda of Ruffner Hall, grasping at the cold, stone hand of Joan of Arc’s seated statue. The drops streaming down her face were not that of sweat, but tears of release as she realized this was where she ...
Going into the fall campaign, everyone knew that the Longwood women’s soccer team would have their work cut out for them before conference play even came around. It was well documented that the nonconference schedule was going to be a gauntlet as the Lancers had matchups against some of the best competition ...
In the month of September, Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney’s Chi Alpha ministry recorded a weekly average of 140 members in attendance at their meetings, skyrocketing them into the position as one of the largest formal organizations on campus, according to Tech Team Leader Natalee Rombough. According ...
On a bright sunny Tuesday, the front lawn of Grainger Hall hosted a gathering of students and faculty for a tasty and informal picnic. The “Taste the Majors” is an annual event hosted by the department of English and modern languages, where students have the opportunity to enjoy a delicious snack ...
On Thursday, members of the Longwood community lined up on the front lawn of Lancaster as Sigma Kappa hosted their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The walk, an annual event by Sigma Kappa, raises money to donate to the Alzheimer’s association, which goes to help Alzheimer’s care, support, research, ...
Despite a visual impairment, Joshua Baker could not be more passionate about his major. As a sophomore at Longwood University, Baker is not your average student, with a major in Graphic Design and Animation he is an artist that is unique to say the very least. He was born with a genetic condition called ...
This past Thursday, Longwood was the host to Jeffrey Jay, a female-to-male transgender comedian and one of the three hosts on the podcast “Two Black Women.” Word of his performance brought enough people to almost entirely fill Wygal Auditorium’s seating section. The packed auditorium seemed to ...
In his first cross country meet of the season, Russell Reed placed second overall at Coastal Carolina, finishing the 5K in 16:10 and earning Big South Runner of the Week honors. Yet his performance still disappointed him. “The opening was kind of disappointing,” said Reed, who was feeling sick the ...
Longwood University Men’s Basketball team held their first practice in Willet Hall to prepare for a tough season last Friday, Oct. 2. After they surprised the Big South with their appearance in the semi-finals, the team will prepare to get there again, maybe further. The Lancers will face big named ...
While the majority of Longwood students are on winter break, they, along with hundreds of thousands of people across America, can watch Longwood men’s basketball play Oklahoma State University play its first scheduled nationally televised game in the program’s history. Through the Big South’s ...
Tyler Gage Originally from Southern California, business owner, studies Music at Longwood University “There is a fine line of trust that has to go into it from the customers to the people that work here to get off of there vice that’s been such a big part of their life. You get these people who ...
On Saturday, August 19, Jarman Auditorium was packed with roughly 750 audience members awaiting Peter Boie, a magician from Boston, Massachusetts who performs roughly 150 shows per tour. Longwood Universitywas one of those stops where he entertained fellow Lancers and their families for Family Weekend. ...
“No man can escape his own story.” It’s the very last line from the movie Rango that speaker Steve Whitby used it as his introduction to the discussion on hazing. After hearing that quote, Whitby realized that he had never really thought about how he played a part in his own story, but after thinking ...
Uncommitted out of high school and unknown to collegiate soccer, men’s soccer’s late transfer from Old Dominion (ODU), Willy Miezan, joined Longwood’s roster as a mystery, a wild card. The redshirt freshman patiently waited a full year before his opportunity arose to step into the world of Division ...
