High Bridge Trail is 31 miles long, and people know it for long hikes, bike rides and newly added motorized van tours. The van tours will occur every first and third Thursday of September, October and November, totaling six tours. The High Bridge State Park conducted the first van tour on Sept. 5, according ...
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting approached a variety of concerns, including professors’ use of Canvas, the university’s new Learning Management System and parking issues across campus. The meeting began with a presentation from the Digital Education Collaborative ...
Student Union Recreational Manager Malvin Eanes recently retired this past year after work- ing as a staff member at Longwood University for 34 years. There is a replacement for Eanes’ position; however, the position has been altered to the Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life. With ...
Within the following months, the Farmville Fire Department will work on constructing a burn building within the town of Farmville. The purpose of a burn building is for live fire training within a simulated environment, allowing a fire fighter to better learn how to react inside a burning building. The ...
On Monday, Sept. 9, the Town of Farmville and Longwood University communities united to honor the one year anniversary of Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Communication Studies Dr. William B. Stuart’s death. Dr. Bill Stuart worked at Longwood University for 12 years and was affectionately ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their second meeting of the semester in the BC rooms of Lankford Student Union on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The meeting featured topics including the university’s Orca TV LancerAds contract and students’ thoughts on the new facilities on campus. This ...
Longwood University begins the year with a brand new alert system called E2Campus. This alert system is not only available to Longwood University students, but also available to Farmville and Prince Edward communities. Media Specialist Mathew McWilliams stated, “The new alert system is an improvement ...
This past summer, there was a period of about two weeks where a group of five to six juveniles from the town of Farmville stole and played with golf carts owned by Aramark. Bob Beach, chief of Longwood University Police Department, described the individuals as male, not connected to Longwood University ...
The revitalization of downtown Farmville’s businesses has been in the works for years with many of the projected changes meant to benefit both Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney College students. The two major players in this process are the town of Farmville and Downtown Farmville. Downtown Farmville ...
With the newly finished construction of Lancer Park North and Lancer Park South, the addition of 452 upperclassmen students being housed in Lancer Park this year has created various roadblocks for students. Problems with plumbing, parking and the Farmville Area Bus (FAB) have been some of the most talked ...
Longwood University currently educates 57 international students from all over the globe. Longwood had students come from 17 different countries, including Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, ...
Joining the growing list of courses on campus are ART 183: First-Year Assessment, ART 283: Second-Year Assessment, ART 383: Third-Year Assessment, ART 423: Fourth-Year Assessment and ART 483: Senior Project Final Assessment. All art majors are now required to take all five of these zero-credit courses. ...
For this new academic school year, Longwood University’s newest president W. Taylor Reveley IV has many goals to improve the campus by growing its reputation, its fundraising, its curriculum and much more. He also comments on how he hopes to further the academic strategic plan as well as faculty income. Now ...
Three renovations completed over the summer will change how students, faculty and staff experience their dining options on campus. Dorrill Dining Hall (D-Hall) received a face-lift with new counters, flooring, equipment and more. Lankford Student Union was also remodeled with new seating as well as ...
The Lancer ID Card is an essential item Longwood students should have on them at all times. It acts as an identification card and, in a way, serves as a debit card. The Lancer ID contains its owner’s meal plan, Lancer CA$H and Bonus Dollars. The Lancer Card is also used as a library card, a pass to ...
It is too easy to think there is nothing to do in Farmville, especially when you don’t look around and see what there is to do. Often, people are more inclined to think of what may be available outside of the city limits. Students count the miles from cities like Lynchburg, Richmond or from home. ...
When CHI was first started in 1900, it was originally represented by the Greek letter “X,” and now, 113 years later, it remains Longwood University’s oldest service organization. In the 1970s, because of the negative connotation with the letter “X,” CHI’s symbol was changed to the symbol ...
This summer, already two major financial changes have occurred for students at Longwood University, as well as for students around the United States, for the 2013-2014 academic school year. On July 1, the interest rates for subsidized government loans doubled to 6.8 percent, up from 3.4 percent, as ...
On Thursday, April 11, at approximately 7:56 p.m., Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) made an arrest in connection to an incident of indecent exposure and sexual harassment that occurred in various locations on-and off-campus at Longwood University. At approximately 1:28 a.m. on ...
For the majority of Longwood University students, it is simply the end of the year. However, for 750 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students, the situation is much more novel. The end of this year will herald the accomplishment of a college career and the acquisition of a degree. This ...
