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LU and Potomac Healthcare reach a deal

Longwood University has finalized a partnership with Potomac Healthcare Solutions, a company from Northern Virginia, who will manage the school’s health center. “I’m pretty excited with what we have come up with,” said Longwood Associate Dean of Wellness and Campus Recreation, Matt McGregor. ...

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Austin Speaks on Reinstating Pimentel

Junior Jason Pimentel, found guilty of sexual battery in Prince Edward County District Court earlier this month, was reinstated to the Longwood men’s basketball team immediately prior to their Feb. 14 home game against Charleston Southern University. He had been previously under an “indefinite suspension,” ...

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Pimentel Plays, Awaits Appeal

Longwood junior forward Jason Pimentel has been reinstated and played tonight for the first time since being suspended indefinitely on Nov. 6. Pimentel was arrested in November and charged with sexual battery, a class one misdemeanor and later released on bond. He has since sat out the first 25 games ...

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Three-Dozen norovirus cases confirmed at Longwood

A virus that put Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) out of commission last week has made its way to Longwood University. Since this past Sunday, Feb. 1, there have been roughly three-dozen confirmed cases of the norovirus at Longwood University. In an online-alert the University said, “With a student body ...

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HSC closes after more than 300 sickened

Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) administrators have officially closed the schools doors this afternoon, until Monday, Feb. 2.  According to the Farmville Herald, more than 300 people affiliated with HSC have been sickened. Officials believe the cause to be gastroenteritis, which is caused by the Norovirus. According ...

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Remembering Riley

Some students transcend university culture, but still are simultaneously misunderstood by it. Riley Cole was a senior global politics major and history minor who was always around other students, and could be found on campus constantly at the gym, or riding his bike. According to NBC 29, last month ...

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Longwood and Moton deal not yet finalized

On Jan. 18, The Washington Post published an article referencing Longwood University and its relationship with the Farmville community, as well as its future affiliation currently in the works with the local Moton Museum.  For some people in the community, the article seemed like good publicity ...

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Longwood student hit by car while crossing intersection

A Longwood student was hit by a car Monday evening while walking across an intersection behind Cox Hall. Farmville Police said the accident occurred after a Farmville resident was headed northbound on Griffin Blvd. who said she didn’t see the student crossing the intersection. “He was walking across ...

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