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Local Woman Starts Fund for Premature Baby

   The Southside Messenger reports that a local mother has been bound by fate to a fellow community member and her premature baby through common experience. At the age of 19, Cheryl Traylor Daniel gave birth at 28 weeks to her son, James, on Oct. 10, 1999. At a weight of 1 pound and 2.4 ounces, ...


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Charlotte County Residents to take the Polar Plunge

According to the Southside Messenger, a team of Charlotte County residents, students and faculty from the county’s school system plans to participate in the 2013 Polar Plunge on Feb. 2. This year being held at Virginia Beach, the annual event serves a charitable role in which those willing to accept ...


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‘Guns Across America’ Rallies Reach the State Capital

In protest of President Barack Obama’s recent announcement proposing a strengthening of gun control laws and enforcement in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gun rights advocates coordinated a march on Capital Square in Richmond on Saturday. Estimated at 150 people, the crowd ...


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SGA Sparks Conversation about Diversity on Campus

   The second Student Government Association (SGA) meeting of 2013 began with the addition of two new representatives to the Senate. President Donald Knight swore in SAC Representative Jessica Diaz and College of Business and Economics Representative Stuart Paykel.  The Senate then invited ...




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Politics Club Corner: Minimum Wage, Maximum Problems

Minimum wage sounds like a wonderful idea in practice, right? An employer cannot pay his or her employees less than a fixed dollar figure, so the employee can make at least a decent living. Surely this is an example of how labor can use its power to make demands and have them met. Sadly, this is not ...



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Update: First Ave. Couch Fire Still Under Investigation

The Farmville Police Department is still investigating the circumstances behind the Nov. 6 First Ave. couch fire. As reported in last week’s issue of The Rotunda, Farmville Fire Department Second Lieutenant Robert Hammock said the department received reports of the fire at 11:46 p.m. Farmville police ...


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Racially- Charged Riot Breaks Out

Becca LundBerg News Editor he Hampden-Sydney student will behave as a gentleman at all times and in all places,” states local Hampden-Sydney College’s (H-SC) early 19th century Code of Conduct. A group of H-SC students reportedly broke this code last Tuesday.   In response to the announcement ...


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Specialty Health Center to Stop After Hours Care

  After two years of service to the Farmville area, the Chippenham Johnston-Willis Specialty Health Center located at MidTown Square will no longer offer after hour and weekend care. This will go into effect on Nov. 7.   A sign posted on the health center’s door reads: “Effective October ...


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Alleged Hazing Case

The students involved in the alleged hazing case of the Rho Kappa chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity are facing charges under the Longwood University Honor & Judicial Board system. According to a Longwood University press release, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life become aware of these ...



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Longwood Seminar, known by the more familiar name, LSEM

Longwood University requires each freshman student, as well as each transfer student with 24 or fewer credits, to take a one-credit course called Longwood Seminar, known by the more familiar name, LSEM. Each LSEM class has one professor and one student peer mentor guiding a class of no more than 25 ...


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White House Party Crashers

White House Party Crashers Raise Questions and Alarms   Crashing holiday parties is nothing new. People have been attempting and succeeding for decades. Crashing the White House state dinner, however, is a whole different story. Nichaele and Tareq Salahi crashed President Barack Obama's first state ...


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Madeline's House to be Forced out of Facility

 In a recent article published by the Farmville Herald, news surfaced that the Madeline's House facility located in Not¬toway, Va. is being forced out of its location. The facility sits on 1,500 acres of land but only uses a small area. However, that 1,500 has been sold by Not¬taway County for ...


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New Booth Set-up Receives Positive Feedback

 If you ventured out to the booths at Spring Weekend, you probably noticed the set-up was a little bit different. Last semesters, Director of Student Union and Involvement Susan Sullivan sent out an email to the student body asking them for feedback about Spring Weekend and Oktoberfest. She requested ...


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Largest Graduating Class to Share Commencement Weekend with HSC

It's that time of year again. On Saturday, May 12, the graduating class of 2012 will walk across the stage and accept their diplomas while earning the title of alumni having earned the right to call Longwood University their alma mater. While commencement is an exciting time for those graduating and ...


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Racism Is Not Dead, LU Students Fight for Change

Since the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, outrage, fear and hundreds of rallies across the nation have been sparked in a fight for justice against his own murder and against the assaults of victims who have been attacked simply on the basis of appearance and racial stereotypes. On Thursday, April ...


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Update: One Heating Plant Boiler Now Back Online

After testing and analysis by multiple consultants, one of the boilers, 2R, is now back online at the Longwood University Heating Plant. Ben Myers, facilities operations manager for the plant, said the boiler has been online since last weekend and is physically "in good shape." Myers said there are ...