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Thursday, January 30, 2025

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Main Street Mattress faces legal battle (embargo)

After a recent string of posts on Facebook in the “Farmville area online yard sale” group Farmville's Main Street Mattress owner, James Mullins, is now facing civil lawsuits.  On Tuesday, March 21, Mullins appeared in Prince Edward County General District Court for four civil cases of warrant ...

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Remembering Jeremy Bennett

Senior Jeremy Bennett passed away the weekend of March 4 in Northern Virginia. The autopsy of Bennett will be finalized on April 4. The Rotunda reached out to Bennett’s family, but they requested privacy at this time. A candlelight vigil will occur on March 29 at 7 p.m. in front of Ruffner Hall or ...

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Lancers mourn loss of senior Jeremy Bennett

Senior Jeremy Bennett of Alexandria, Va. passed away last weekend in Northern Virginia, as per an email sent out on March 8 by President Taylor Reveley IV. The family requests their privacy while they finalize the details of his passing. Right now, the cause of death has not been disclosed to The ...

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Citizen Leader Awards open for nominations

The nomination process for the annual Citizen Leader Awards is now open to students, faculty and staff. The Citizen Leader Awards have been recognizing members of the Lancer community for their contributions to Longwood for over 25 years. A nomination cookie party was held on Feb. 14 in which approximately ...

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Movie review: When the Bough Breaks

When it comes to having a baby, a surrogate mother is the last option for John (Morris Chestnut) and Laura Taylor (Regina Hall). After exhausting all of their embryos without luck, the well-off couple turn to Anna (Jaz Sinclair), a young waitress who just wants to help couples achieve their dream. Clearly ...

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Truck crashes into house across from Longwood campus

Earlier this evening, a red Chevrolet pickup truck struck a house on the corner of Oak and High Streets, at the Appomattox Street intersection just outside of Longwood’s campus. The Farmville Fire Department, Longwood University Police Department and the Farmville Police Department responded to the ...

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Humans of Longwood

One of the best parts of writing the Humans of Longwood column is being able to introduce the community to the unique characters that make the school what it is. Here are the people you need to remember that will keep you in the know for your freshman year. Dr. Tim Pierson: Vice President, Office of ...

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Club baseball advances to regional tournament

After a rainout earlier in the semester, the Longwood club baseball team finally hit the field against the Virginia Commonwealth Rams. With a berth in the regional tournament on the line, a 13-2 victory on April 24 was enough to clinch the District II South Conference Championship after splitting a ...

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Humans of Longwood: Danielle El-Jor

“I was first diagnosed with mono(nucleosis), so I came back to school my second semester, not knowing I had cancer. I would fall asleep on my books, and I didn’t even know it. I wasn’t eating, so a whole bunch of things added up for me and when I went home in the summer, I told my mom I still ...

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Humans of Longwood: Ben Grizzard

“My dad is an agricultural row crop farmer. He grows cotton, soybeans, milo, watermelons, peanuts, just basic things you can think of when it comes to agriculture. We have two full-time employees and during harvesting season, we have several people helping us out. I’m the 6th generation of farmer ...

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