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SFC Report: Nov. 10

Student Diversity and Inclusion Council (SDIC) $12,500 • Funds will be used for the annual MLK Celebration Week during the first week of January • Requested the allocation of $12,500 as a whole, including $10,500 to have keynote speaker Roland Martin speak at the event. The SFC tabled the allocation ...



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Pursuing proof

Within the past month, the Longwood University Police Department has received five reports of sexual assault. In 2016, the department has accrued a total of 15 sexual violence reports - sexual battery, sexual assault, rape - on Longwood-owned property. The current number of reports has already surpassed ...


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Survey: How Longwood students reacted to debate

On Oct. 4, Longwood University hosted the Vice Presidential debate. A survey was conducted to find what the students thought of the debate after the fact. Three questions were asked on the survey: If the debate was good for students, if the debate was good for the school, and if they would like to see ...


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Update: A.J. Hadsell, over a year later

On Mar. 2, 2015, freshman Longwood University student Anjelica “AJ” Hadsell was reported to have disappeared while being home during spring break and was pronounced missing by Norfolk police the next day. The days following her disappearance were filled with searching and interrogation of those ...


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Faculty Senate approves new core curriculum

In this month’s Faculty Senate meeting held on Nov. 3, the faculty senate passed the 2018- 2019 undergraduate new core curriculum. Phil Cantrell, associate professor of Asian history and African history, proposed that the faculty senate vote via secret ballot rather than hand count. Both David Gill, ...



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SGA Brief: Nov. 1

In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, B.J. Keefer, advisor for the SGA at Lynchburg College, Wyatt Weaver, member of Lynchburg College's SGA and conduct board, Lauren Farrell, also a member of their SGA and Lindsey Van Zile, their senior class coordinator visited the Longwood ...


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SGA faces 150K budget shortfall

Believed to be due to a decreased student activity fee, a smaller freshmen enrollment and unauthorized spending of reserve funds, the Student Government Association (SGA) began the 2016-17 school year with over $150,000 less to allocate to Longwood’s students clubs and organizations, according to ...


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Temporary gym location still looking for business to take over

Temporary fitness location to be opened up for business to purchase Longwood Real Estate Foundation purchased the ground floor of the Longwood Landings in the early months of 2016. In order to accommodate for the VP debate, Longwood moved the Health and Fitness Center to a temporary location at Midtown ...


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Walker's Diner under contract

As of Oct. 8, Walker’s Diner, located in downtown Farmville, has issued a for sale sign on the front of the building. The diner is listed at $250,000 through State Wide Realty, according to Margaret Atkins, a State Wide Realty realtor. The listing on State Wide Realty’s website states that the equipment ...


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Longwood sees increase in emotional support animals

Currently, there are four emotional support animals as well as one service dog that Longwood has approved to be in student’s possession. Longwood has seen an increase in the number of emotional support animals from one to four in the past year, according to Joshua Blakely, assistant dean of residential ...



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SGA Oct. 18

In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Cheryl Steele, assistant director of student engagement, Jonathan Page, director for citizen leadership and social justice education and Onie McKenzie, assistant vice president for student affairs for assessment & professional development, ...


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South Main St. shooting suspect wanted

Farmville Police, Longwood Police and Virginia State Police officers responded to a shooting on South Main St. this afternoon, resulting in one minor injury, according to an Oct. 16 press release from the Farmville Police Department.  There is no current threat to the public, said the release.  Suspect ...



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Longwood bookstore to move to downtown location

The Longwood University Barnes and Noble bookstore will be moving to the corner of Main St. and Third St. in downtown Farmville in summer 2017. The space will host a larger square footage than the previous location at Midtown Landings, according to Louise Waller, executive director of campus planning ...


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Third party candidates hold out hope for last debate

Over the past few weeks, one topic that has arisen in the election is third party candidates—anybody but the Democratic nominee or Republican nominee—and their lack of participation in the debates. No third party candidate has been invited to participate in either or the two presidential debates ...


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Students voice concerns over parking tickets

The Student Government Association (SGA) has received a number of complaints from students, as brought up in previous SGA meetings, in regard to an increase of parking tickets received while parked on campus from Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) While it seems that the ticketing has increased, ...


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Library looking to extend hours

Greenwood Library is looking into the possibility of extending its hours Sunday through Thursday from midnight to 2 a.m., according to Brent Roberts, dean of the library. Executive Senator of SGA (Student Government Association) Kevin Napier, a junior kinesiology major, approached Roberts in late ...


Alleged clown sighting count in Town of Farmville
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No credible Farmville clown sightings, no arrests made

Two alleged clown sightings reported to the Farmville Police Department were deemed unfounded following investigation late Sunday night into early Monday morning, according to Farmville Police Captain Bill Hogan. “We’ve had no credible clown sightings in the Town of Farmville,” he said. According ...