According to Chief of Police Bob Beach, in the past year the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has switched their security service provider from Rome Secure to Wynne Security Control Systems. The new vendor provides a more powerful service at a lower cost to the university. Beach said the ...
Many changes awaited students when they returned for another year at Longwood University. Many of these changes were apparent, such as the construction of new steam pipes behind Blackwell, and some were not so apparent, such as the new Dean of the Greenwood Library, Ms. Suzy Szasz Palmer. Palmer ...
Amanda Knox Murder Case Coming to a Close PERUGIA, Italy —The final arguments in the drawn out Amanda Knox case took place this week. In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend were convicted for the murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. Despite the lack of DNA evidence ...
Booths at Oktoberfest have been a long-standing tradition at Longwood University. Organizations and clubs utilize these spaces to sell food and novelties as well as gather donations to support projects throughout the semester. This year, a few students were concerned about not getting a booth for the ...
Monday's installment of the weekly Blackwell Talks held in the Prince Edward Room of Blackwell Hall featured Dr. Chris Kjorness, adjunct music faculty, presenting his research entitled "The Influence of the Sears and Roebuck Catalog on the Development of Delta Blues." Through his interactive and humorous ...
On Sept. 27, Longwood hosted another seminar in Ruffner Hall as part of a series based on mathematics and computer science. Guest speaker Dr. Adam Childers, assistant professor of math and statistics at Roanoke College, gave a presentation titled "Money, Mathematics and Medicine" where he discussed ...
The new dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies is a familiar face around campus—and in her department. Dr. Jeannine Perry, newly appointed dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (CGPS), has been at Longwood since 2003. Perry was previously an assistant ...
For over a week, flyers around campus alerting students to be on Brock Commons at 3:15 p.m. sharp on Sept. 30 baffled the campus community. The mystery was answered when over 100 Longwood students, faculty and staff showed up to make a stand for diversity through the event sponsored by the Student Diversity ...
Longwood University hosted its annual Job & Internship Fair on Tues, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., providing a venue for students to meet with employers for potential job or internship opportunities. The companies that visited ranged from Verizon Wireless to Walgreens, Aflac to Central State Hospital, ...
This semester, many of our College Pan-Hellenic Council (CPC) sororities are making strong initiatives to better our campus and, in some cases, the world. Our women are very proud to announce events coming up for their philanthropies and causes dear to their heart. This semester we have seen a drastic ...
The question of whether or not you should take "Grand Old Party" (GOP) Presidential contender Herman Cain seriously should have been answered earlier in this campaign. Instead, now you really need to ask yourself exactly how seriously you want to take him. Cain has already reached the point of no return ...
What is a Feminist? Is it a butch woman who hates men and refuses to shave her legs? This common definition of a feminist is actually not that accurate, and there is a lot more to feminism than the basic "why men suck" argument. The Women and Gender Studies (WGST) program at Longwood is an interdisciplinary ...
This past Thursday, Sept. 22, marked the 30th year Longwood University has awarded the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature to an American author. Recipients of the prize are described on the Longwood University website as having "produced a substantial body of work that displays characteristics of ...
Troy Davis Execution Sparks Debate and Outrage JACKSON, Ga. - According to CNN.com, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis via lethal injection on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Davis was convicted in 1991 for the 1989 murder of a Savannah, Ga. police officer who was off duty at the time. Throughout ...
As of Jan. 4, 2010, Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney has been working alongside Longwood's Police Chief Bob Beach in order to keep the town of Farmville and Longwood University students safe by practicing concurrent jurisdiction between both departments. Concurrent jurisdiction between police departments ...
When Netflix, Inc. announced news of a fee hike for users of both its online streaming and snail mail video rental, many customers decided to pull their ties with the movie giant, including Starz channel on cable and satellite providers. The reasoning was simple. Too much money was being spent by too ...
The Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) responded to the Virginia Lot behind the landings around 8:15 a.m. Friday morning when water from Gross Branch creek, located next to the lot, flooded the area. According to a university press release concerning the incident, the owners of about 50 cars ...
Monday's latest Blackwell Talk featured assistant professor of history, Dr. William Holliday, who spoke on the silk industry in Valencia, Spain. The discussion was part of Holliday's ongoing research in which he discusses the age of the silk industry in the city and its commercial ties to the Americas ...
The third floor of Wheeler Hall was subject to flooding last Friday morning, September 23. A broken toilet led to the water build up that is responsible for flooding the two rooms in the suite as well as the hallway in front of and around the rooms. Fortunately, the damage was not too severe, ...
Longwood University currently provides 11 residential halls and three apartment communities to students. However, several residential halls are slated to be shut down in the near future as the student population continues to grow. Inevitable changes in housing are near. In spring 2011, it was ...
