February 21, 2002
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L-R: Brooke Quintan, Gene Muto, Ariana Ortega, Lanie Pep ton "I am the president of Longwood's Unity Alliance GBLTS organization on campus. Every year UA does a play to promote Unity Alliance. So this year we decided to do a play co-sponsored with Longwood's theatre department. In the past it has only been run by UA members and other students. The whole reason I am doing this play is to promote gay awareness." Lanie Pepiton "There is an Epilogue after the show Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Epilogue is a forum for the students/faculty /staff to talk about the matter at hand and answer some questions.'' "Unity Alliance and the Longwood Players chose to do this ploy because it is a fairly new topic and can be interpreted. The show took a lot of labor and over 100 people helped out for the show"
"Since the play is co-sponsored with Unity Alliance they need theatre majors to be involved. When I first became involved I did not know what the ploy was about, but since then I have learned a lot and 1 am glad to be a part of it." Brook Quintan
February 24th marks the beginning of a tradition of selfacceptance. Eating disorders awareness week will be celebrated nationally the 24th of February through the 3rd of March. Longwood has pulled together an extensive team to represent the cause on campus as well. The week, known for the celebration of self-esteem and the abolishment of insecurity, will feature daily events campus wide. A clothing drive will begin Monday the 25th. The drive supports the motto "Accept your GENES. Donate your JEANS." The motto and the clothing drive encourage students to accept their bodies at their current state by donating clothes
remain in closets in hopes to be worn in the event of weight loss. There will be drop boxes in the Dining Hall, Counseling Center, Student Union, and at the front desks of French, Stubbs, Arc and Curry residence halls. Donations will be accepted until Friday the first of March. Tuesday's events include a presentation made by a Longwood student and Miss Virginia contestant that is a survivor of Bulimia Nervosa. She will tell of her battle and provide information on the prevention of eating disorders and the ways in which college students can assist friends they suspect might be suffering. The presentation will be given in the grand ballroom of the Dining Hall at 7:30 Tuesday evening. There will be a reception fol-
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which students, faculty, and staff will be invited to sign the Declaration of Independence from Dieting. The declaration encourages selfacceptance by declaring a weeklong personal ban on dieting in celebration of eating disorders awareness week. Thursday will feature an exhibit entitled "A Room with a View: the Evolution of an Eating Disorder." The ABC rooms of Lankford will be decorated in three-dimensional art showcasing the four stages of an eating disorder: image, distortion, despair, and hope. "A Room with a View" will be open all day and evening Thursday and Friday morning. Throughout the week there will be awareness-raising campaigns displayed in most every See DISORDER p.4
1 Oetry Alive! Adds a Twist to Interpretive Reading Michele Thompson Co0 Editor Poetry Alive.', a national group of touring performance poets, came to Longwood on Monday, February 18 sponsored by Students of Longwood Association of Teachers of English (S-LATE). The two performers, Ken and Nadine, gave a dramatic poetryreading, which included physically acting out the poems, changing accents and voice pitch, and the use of audience "volunteers." Their first volunteer was Gordon Van Ncss, IV, who played the part of a sleeping knight kissed by an angel, played by a student from Dr. BrockServais's Young Adult Literature course. The poems performed included A Red Wheelbarrow, by William Carlos Williams; The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; and On the Rise, by Sarah Holbrook. The performance of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere called for audience participation.
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who whines for a nice, safe cage until a pirate attacks and Custard shows her bravery by saving her owner and the other pets that ran away to hide. See POETRY p.Sfor a sample of poems read and story cont'd
Editorial
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rom tke Editor Welcome to our fourth issue! A couple of notes for you thank you to everyone who offered submissions to Valentine's Day issue. It was a great deal of fun to work on and wc enjoyed hearing stories from the campus. Also, the SGA is questioning how many students actually read the Rotunda, and in an informal survey undertaken by F.sra, our photographer, 71 out of 100 people answered that they did indeed read the paper. So, if there arc any people in your suite or on your hall who may not have been exposed to the fine pages of the Rotunda, pass yours along after you've finished. We know a whole bunch of you read this because 1,500 papers go somewhere each week. Now we just have to convince everybody else. Finally, there will be no issue coming out next week. The Rotunda staff is attending the Associated Collegiate Press national convention in Los Angeles. We will be attending workshops on layout design, AP style, freedom of information laws, interview technique and advertising. We hope to return ready to demonstrate our newfound knowledge on these pages, so we'll see you the first week of March. I wanted to finish up by encouraging everyone to take one of two opportunities. The first of these would be to go see a Richmond Renegades hockey game at the
Colliseum. I attended my first last Friday and I was duly impressed. The game was only slightly less amusing than my surprisingly violence-hungry friend Brea. When she smacked the glass and yelled "You know you want to hit him!!!" 1 couldn't help but look towards Greg and feel my eyes widen in shock at my otherwise docile friend. There was, unfortunately, only one small incident involving blood and that was more or less an accident, so wc have vowed to return soon in the hope of seeing the grittier side of hockey. The Renegades did win, and played very well, although the Adantic City Boardwalk Bullies didn't put up much of a fight. The second encouragement is to go see A Beautiful Mind. I had written a review of it for this issue but when my laptop ate it on deadline night, rewriting it just wasn't happening. It is definitely the best film I've seen in a long time and I know who I'm voting for on Oscar night now. Shirt on, shirt off, Russell Crowe is one hell of an actor. The plot is intricate with just enough of a twist to keep it interesting without getting confusing. The dialogue is witty in an Oscar Wilde kind of way and Crowe delivers it in a rapid fire manner. By the end, you're cheering along with the screen audience as Nash receives his Nobel prize and squinting in surprise as the lights come up, more entertained by a movie about math than you ever thought you would be.
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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: This letter is in regards to the letter written to the Editor last week in the Rotunda. We feel that as a group the Greeks are slighted by the Longwood community as a whole, however we try to educate the community about what being Greek represents. Our goals as Greeks have always been, academics, philanthropy, and service to our surrounding community. Academics have always been important to all Greek organizations because much of what it means to be Greek is your grades and cumulative GPAs. Greek organizations, whether they are academic, service or social, along with all
Dear Editor, Hello, my name is Lindsay Lowe. I am writing on behalf of the Cox/Wheeler Residence Education and Housing staff. My reason for writing is to inform you of and encourage you to become part of a program that the Cox/Wheeler RA staff hopes to leave as a Longwood Legacy. Last year, Cox/Wheeler brought to our campus a program we entided WISH WEEK, an acronym meaning "Week In Solidarity with the Homeless." We are excited to bring this program back to the campus from March 31st to April 6th and are eager to have as much help and support as we can through out the entire campus. Some of the programs that we are going to be doing are: Shantytown, an opportunity for clubs, teams, organizations, or friends to build a homeless community out of boxes and wood to help raise homelessness awareness.
other organizations on this campus academics play a large role in whether or not they stay an active organization. We all lead busy lives, and the Greeks more than others. The Greek community is by far the most abused community on the Longwood campus. If there is a program to which the Longwood students are invited, and no one shows, the Greeks are the first to be called in a pinch. This only adds to the academic stress of its members. For these reasons, it is extremely important to acknowledge and commend the achievements of the students of the Greek community who have managed to make deans list, even though their sched-
ules are filled. Any organization or group on campus can send in articles to be put in the Rotunda, and because of that fact, we took advantage of the Greek page that has been a part of the Rotunda for a while, but has been neglected. Because our reputation has been marred by the 80's stereotype, it is up to us to repair the damage done by the past, and by printing the names of the people on the Deans list, wc feel that we have accomplished a goal of ours. These successes are only the beginnings of the redefinition of the Greek community as seen by the Longwood community.
Students will then take shifts living in their "shanty" for the week. In addition to Shantytown we are going to also have a weeklong clothing drive, in which the clothes will be donated to a local charity. Furthermore, we will again implement the student soup kitchen and "Soups On" volunteer project. This program calls for students to forfeit a meal at the dining hall and be served one similar to what a homeless person might be served at a soup kitchen (soup, sandwich, piece of fruit). With the money left from forfeiting a meal, we will be able to feed the less fortunate at the SCOPE building. Lastly, we plan to bring educational programs including a movie about homelessness and a panel discussion so students can be adequately aware of how quickly one can become homeless. There is also discussion of a "kick-off and culminating event for WISH Week; however, both
projects are still being discussed. Your or your organization's part in this program is up to you. We would encourage and invite any groups interested to participate by sponsoring a shanty, collecting clothes, serving at the student soup line or the Soups On project. I am also sure that as the week draws closer, there will be many other tasks that we will need help with. As an RA staff, we would welcome any financial, promotional, or physical support you can give. Please discuss the possibility of your organization's involvement and respond back to me with what you would like your role to be. There will be meetings within the coming weeks to further discuss your involvement Thank you for your time and support. We are looking forward to your involvement
-Kelley Squires & Rose Pernicano
-Lindsay Lowe and Cox/Wheeler RA staff
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Response to Couple Gets Unwanted Attention" Linda Eanes Cues! Writer
After reading "Couple gets unwanted attention," I felt like I needed to respond, because I understand what Anonymous is going through and wanted to offer my humble insight. I have lived in Prince Edward for most of my adult life and am a non-traditional student here at Longwood. I have been in an inter-racial marriage for 13 years and have a bi-racial son that will be 10 years old soon. 1 do not regret my choice but have struggled to come to terms with my family's and society's beliefs concerning race. My decision has caused a rift in my family that will very likely never be repaired. 1 don't feel like it would be
proper to go into every little incident that has ever happened between me and my family or me and other members of humanity, because it would serve no purpose. I pray that all Anonymous has to deal with is an occasional stare. I think that Anonymous needs to know that being in an inter-racial relationship requires an extra, extra tough skin. I found it interesting that Anonymous thought life would be different in a college town. People bring their ingrained beliefs about race with them to college. Hopefully, after exposure to different ideas and cultures, they will begin to broaden their own personal beliefs, but only if they are open to the experience. I think we forget sometimes that racism is taught. Children learn it from their parents.
Unfortunately, being in a college environment doesn't make you automatically aware of other cultures and concerned for humanity anymore than going to church makes you a good person. I am hopeful, though. I think that there are a lot of good and beautiful people in the world, of all cultures. I think it is as important to seek out positive people as it is to seek out the positive in people, but if for some reason that positive is harder to find, 1 try to remember that how people treat me has more to do with them than with me. 1 hope that Anonymous will keep her head up. Someone once said, "there has to be room for all the dancers." Isn't that such a nice thought? Maybe one day people won't have such difficulty making room on the dance floor.
I -TOPS & I TOPS Props: -to Spring PreaK 2002. -to Tim trebles' poetry reading on Thursday Feb. 21 -to the challenge Tob fair in FoanoKe Tuesday Feb. 11 -to the 6ustodial staff who help mafce Longwood beautiful
Drops: -to professors who bend rules for certain students -to midterms waiting for us after Spring £reafc -to student workers' pa^dhetfcs coming out once a month -to students who sign up for Intramural Sports and then don't show up!
Staff Writer
Another week has gone by, another week closer to my last escape. This is my last semester here at Longwood, and after this I have no idea what the hell I am going to do. I have ambitions and desires, but everyone has them and they can't always be fulfilled, no matter how much one wants them to be. At any rate, my greatest ambition is to do something with horror. I have a passion for horror movies, have so for years now. I know not everyone is a fan of horror movies, but I am; they are my livelihood. I can't give you an official explanation why 1 love horror movies so much, but I don't know any other thing that I enjoy as much. Ever since I was about five or six, 1 liked and feared scary things. I was terrified and somewhat hesitant to watch some of these things, but in the end I wound up watching them and I watched them over and over again, whenever they came on. What were these "things" I watched? At that time it was mostly stuff on the Disney Channel, things like A Haunted Disney Halloween, Mr. Boogeay, and anything that came on that channel during Halloween. I'd also watch a few stray things on other channels; the occasional censored horror flick. My first strong memory of watching a horror film was Prom Night around age 5, though even that memory is a little hazy at times (by the way, I saw it again several years later and realized that it sucked big time). However my next strong memory comes from when I was 7 and I saw George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. My dad got my sister and me into the living room and told us about this movie, which was halfway through when we started watching it that night. In spite of that, I thought it was a really cool movie and hoped it would come on again, but it didn't, not for a long while. It was Night of the Living Dead that really got me started on my horror addiction. From that point on I would try to watch any horror movie that came on TV,
though my parents heavily restricted what I saw (and thank God for that; at least somebody knows how to raise a kid nowadays). My next big kick came from Godzilla movies and Dr. Madblood, a Norfolk-based Chiller Theatretype show that had a guy dressed as a mad doctor and introduced horror movies. It was cool and a cherished memory, because sadly no one else does stuff like that anymore, at least not around here. From there I moved to the slasher films of Halloween and Friday the 13th, both cool films but I got tired of seeing the same ones of their respective series' and also seeing them in their edited versions on TV. However, what changed my horror viewing life forever was when the Sci-Fi Channel, then in its infancy in the early-to-mid '90s, started playing classic horror films during one fateful October (which was either '93 or '94). The films they played were Phantasm, John Carpenter's remake of The Thing, and the film that is arguably THE best horror film of all time: The Evil Dead. I didn't even see the film in its entirety and the movie freaked me out; I hadn't seen anything like it before, plus the gore was kept in. The day after that I saw The Thing, which has become one of my favorite movies of any genre, and my desire for more horror movies began to grow. From there I saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (damn straight!), Carnival of Souls, The Fog, Phantasm (creepy!), Helkaiser, Dawn of the Dead, and many others, though a lot of the "others" were pure dreck. I thought I was beginning to exhaust what I had thought were the best horror films out there, until I saw Lucio Fulci's masterpiece of Eurosplatter: Zombie. I had read a lot about this film and heard good things as well as bad, so finally at age 17 I found a copy of it at a Suncoast and watched it when I got home. At 17 years old and after watching disturbing flicks like Helkaiser and Dawn of the Dead, I was still delightfully creeped out by Zombie. After that, my hunger for horror, foreign and domestic, was unable to be satiated.
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February 21, 2002
On Your our H l lonor: Technology Wave Has Enhanced Professors Ability to Track Down Students Who Plagiarize Not many artists would try to pass off the Mona Lisa as a work of their own. Yet there are a continuous number of students who will claim that their ideas are original, when in fact they are the words of someone else. Plagiarism is a problem that takes place on campuses everywhere. It's when an individual copies another's work, and claims it to be their own. It can refer to literature, artwork, even music. It's not something that is taken lightly on the Longwood campus,
and the administration has recently taken strides towards closing the gap between the number of students who plagiarize, and those who don't. The honor code that Longwood has adopted serves it's titled purpose, it is a code of honor. By pledging the honor code, students agree that they have not cheated, or plagiarized, or received any outside help without the consent of the professor. This is supposed to be the main deterrent against cheating, but this alone has not stopped students from plagiarizing. A newly discovered website by many faculty has aided gready in the capture of plagiarists. Googlc.com is a website that anyone can access, and has
recendy received press coverage after a professor at UVA discovered over half of his students were plagiarmng. By entering a phrase that is believed to be copied from another source, the website will bring up a list of sources where the specific phrase could have come from. "[With Google.com] it's easy for professors to put their suspicions to ease, right from their desk," said Susan Monahan, Director of Honor and Judicial Programs. Freshmen are taught the consequences of breaking the honor code by their seminar teachers, and all students are reminded by their professors that plagiarism is not something that is tolerated. So it is no question that stu-
dents are aware of the sanctions that can, and will, be brought upon them if they are caught cheating. If a student is caught, they are first asked by their professors to turn themselves in. By doing so, they are taking on the responsibility, and maintaining compliance with one of the ideologies of a citizen leader, which is being accountable for your actions. If this is not carried out, then the professor will turn the student in. For the first offense, a student is brought up on honor board charges, and can be given the punishment of academic probation, or possibly suspension. "This is a matter that we [the honor board] take very seriously.
It cheapens the degree of Longwood, and demoralizes the school if it's left at bay, and not treated with the importance that it truly holds," said Monahan. The Office of Honor and Judicial Programs has a website that provides information about cheating and plagiarism, if students are interested: http://www.lwc.edu/jusicial/h onorsystem
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Student Gives First Hand Account of World Trade Center Attack Press Release
Laura Henry won't forget her fall semester any time soon. Shordy after 9 o'clock on the morning of Sept. 11, her 20th birthday, the Longwood junior was in a subway station under the World Trade Center about the time it was struck by two commercial jets piloted by terrorists. A participant in the 2001 New York Honors Semester, she was on her way to a lecture at nearby Grand Central Station, from which she was later evacuated. To make matters even worse, she mistakenly thought that her father was in the Pentagon at the time, and he knew that she was in
Lower Manhattan. Each tried frantically to contact the other before she finally reached him at 3:30 that afternoon. Laura, who had visited the World Trade Center only two days earlier, was one of 30 college students chosen to take part in the honors semester, held Sept. 1-Dec. 17 at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. It was tided Reinventing Urban
Culture - each semester derives its theme from the location - and was sponsored by the National Collegiate Honors Council. For her project in a photodocumentary class, Laura decided to photograph dogs and their own-
ers, since many New Yorkers turned to their pets for solace after the attack. "After September 11, I felt some guilt in choosing dogs as my theme," said the English major from Fairfax. "It seemed like a light-hearted topic for such a serious time in the lives of New Yorkers and other Americans. However, after shooting for two weeks, I realized that in a way I was documenting dogs and their owners specific to the hard times. Pets, and especially dogs, are consoling, and many owners feel a personal bond and attachment to their four-legged friend. I saw
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lots of animals being hugged and kissed." "We lived in dorms in downtown Brooklyn, which is completely different from Longwood," she said with a laugh. "A housing project was two or three buildings over. Most of the classes were held outside a classroom; for example, we went to planning and zoning meetings, and on Sept. 9 we went on a scavenger hunt in Lower Manhattan to find certain buildings and learn what they're used for. "The theme for the photo class was supposed to be A New Diaspora, about immigrants and
New York's diversity. But after 9/11, the professor said we could do whatever we wanted. When I'd go to Central Park or walk around, I'd always tall-, to the dog owners. I'm a dog lover, so that's how I talked to a lot of people. Sometimes I'd start a conversation and then shoot, other times I'd shoot from a distance. I went to the dog parks and the Blessing of the Animals on Saint Francis of Assisi Day." Three of her photos appear in the book New York with Fresh
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with eating disorders. Finally, healthful eating suggestions and information will be posted throughout the Dining Hall. The committee involved in planning and performing the events of eating disorders awareness week encourages campus wide involvement. They are asking students to not only attend the planned events, but more importandy to be in the mindset of self acceptance.
campus building. These campaigns will include "A Week Without Mirrors" which is designed to cover mirrors and reflective surfaces in order to turn attention away from our aesthetic appearances. Informational flyers will be displayed in the stalls of restrooms in hopes of discouraging harmful behaviors associated
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February 21, 2002 ATTACK cont'd p.4 Eyes, compiled by the 15 students in the class. Their photos were exhibited Nov. 16-Dec. 15 on LIU's Brooklyn campus. The first two weeks of the program, she and the others were involved in orientation, which took place in Lower Manhattan and thus placed her literally in the midst of history. She viewed performances on the evenings of Sept. 8 and 9 at the outdoor plaza between the two towers of the World Trade Center. "The first performance was by a modern dance group, and the second was a satirical ballet. The second day, I went shopping inside the World Trade Center. All the restaurants connected to it were filled with people. "We were supposed to attend a lecture at Grand Central Station at 9:30 on the morning of the 11th and meet there at 9," she continued. "My roommate and I took the subway; because we were on the NR line - which goes under the (Hudson) River, the other line goes over the River - we couldn't see anything. We stopped at a station under the World Trade Center, called Cortland Street, where the train sat for five or six minutes. The conductor said There's smoke in here, I don't know why' He thought maybe it was another train. Then we went to Grand Central Station, about 10 or 15 minutes away. Everybody was confused; some people said a plane had hit the World Trade Center, but others said 'No, it's just a small
plane.' At about 9:10 we went into a Hudson News store, which is like a newsstand, and watched TV. The store was filled with people and cell phones. I saw two or three women crying. "The lecture was in an office attached to Grand Central, and in fact it was about Grand Central. The strangest thing was that we had the lecture anyway. A lot of us weren't taking notes; we were in shock. We were going to go on a tour of Grand Central, but that was cancelled. We found out about the Pentagon during the lecture when a woman working in the station said 'They've hit the Pentagon. We have to evacuate.' Then Grand Central, which serves all of New York's commuters except those from New Jersey, was closed and the trains were stopped. "On the way back home, we (she was accompanied by her professor and two classmates) were stuck in Central Park for a few hours, then we watched the news at the CBS Studios where they have TVs outside in the window. Everybody there was helping each other out - a woman bought pizza for everybody, and another woman's cell phone was working so she let other people use it. I couldn't get through to Virginia. We had to walk for twoand-a-half hours, toward the smoke. We took a bus to 34th Street, next to the Empire State Building, which is as far as buses were allowed to go. They opened the subways at 2:30 for 45 minutes. The subway I rode was shaking the rubble, so it was closed,
and it remained closed for nearly two months. Most of my classmates had to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge; I rode the train because I crossed when they were still running. Finally, I reached my dad from my room; the phones worked pretty well in Brooklyn." Part of another class, in planning and preservation, was about Lower Manhattan. "We got to meet a member of the zoning committee that will decide what will be built at 'Ground Zero,'" she said. "They'll probably build streets, which were there once, and smaller office buildings and a memorial." There are usually two honors semesters a year, one in the United States and one abroad. The spring semester program, in South Korea, was cancelled due to travel concerns prompted by Sept. 11; the first time that has ever happened, said Dr. Geoff Orth, who directs Longwood's Honors Program. Another Longwood student, Teresa Feher, had been accepted for that semester. Two other Longwood students have done honors semesters: Joe Diamond C0t) in 1999 at the Grand Canyon, hosted by Northern Arizona University, and Rob Wilson 097) in 1995 at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, through the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Laura, who wants to live in New York and teach high school English, saw some positive signs in the Big Apple despite, and probably because of, the tragedy. "The crime rates dropped, we went to candlelight vigils, and I saw a human side of New Yorkers," she said.
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through their website, www.poetryalive.com, along with CD's of The performance ended with poetry readings, and Poetry Alive! t"the most performed poem in shirts with the slogan "Metaphors Poetry Alive! history," as Ken Be With You." described it, They hope to Casey at Bat, The Red Wheelbarrow create an elecabout the tronic antholoWilliam Carlos Williams Mudville batter gy of poetry who struck out. written by stuSo much depends upon dents. These can This poem also required the A red wheel also be submitaudience to play barrow ted via their the part of the Glazed with rain website. baseball fans water S - L ATE who cheered and meets every Beside the white did the wave, other Tuesday at chickens 7:30 p.m. in while volunteers room 147B in the Library. simulated a baseball game. They welcome all Education Poetry Alive! has published books of the poems they use in majors, elementary as well as sectheir performances, which are ondary. For more information contact geared towards elementary, high President Jonnie Fravel at jyfravschool, or college age groups. These can be purchased el@longwood.hvc.edu.
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May e e Cummings Maggie and Milly and Molly and May Went down to the beach(to play one day) And Maggie discovered a shell that sang So swecdy she couldn't remember her troubles.and Milly befriended a stranded star Whose rays five languid fingers were; And Molly was chased by a horrible thing Which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: And May came home with a smooth round stone As small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) It's always ourselves we find in the sea.
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Ken gets into character at last Monday's Poetry Alive, put on by S-LATE. The two performers, Ken and Nancy, interpreted poems by acting them out, and getting the audience to participate. Students and faculty that were in attendance were hand picked to act along side the performers on stage.
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Features Beyond tke Classroom
February 21, 2002
Faculty and Staff Make Tkeir Mark on tke Academic World Dr. C. Mitchell Adrian, Associate Professor of Management, has published an article, "The Influence of EMail as an Interoffice Communication Tool in Small Organizations," in the Volume 31, Number 3, 2001 issue of The Journal of Technical Writing & Communications. The article reports on research findings that measure employee attitudes toward the organization before and after an e-mail system was installed. Because this was a small organization (fewer than 30 employees), "it was expected that e-mail would impact only external communications and would not have a significant impact on communication within the office," Dr. Adrian said. "However, findings suggest that e-mail allowed more individuals, including the managers, to join the network of informal communications and that e-mail positively influenced employee attitudes of inclusion and organizational participation. Thus, email as an intra-office communication tool can have a positive impact even in small organizations."
the Richmond Jewish Community concerning his recent conference presentation in Poland on the Berlin Jewish Museum. This was made possible by funding from Holocaust survivors in Richmond. Some of Dr. Burke's experiences from the conference will be incorporated in his teaching here. A discussion on the Nazi architect Albert Speer will illustrate ethical dilemma and responsibilities in the field of architecture in Art 121: Environmental Design Issues.
An article written by Dr. David Coles, Assistant Professor of History, and Dr. Deborah Welch, Associate Professor of History, for The History Teacher, the journal of the Society of History F.ducation, has been accepted. The article, "Bringing Campus and Community Together: Doing Public History at Longwood College," will appear in the February issue, which is due out any day, Dr. Welch said.
Audrey Church, Lecturer
Dr. Theresa Clark, Assistant Professor of Social Work, participated as a Fellow in the Council on Social Work Education's Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Education for Social Work Faculty Development Institute, Jan. 5-8 in Arlington. The Institute, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, was the first of four institutes for 2002 which will prepare social work educators to integrate gerontological social work competencies with the Council on Social Work Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Also, Dr. Clark will be listed in the 2002 edition of a textbook written by Bruce S. Jansson, Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate: Prom Policy Practice to Social Justice. Dr. Clark will be recognized as an outstanding author as a result of the acceptance of a policy exercise that she developed and currendy uses in her Social Work Policy class. The exercise has been accepted for publication in a supplementary text co-authored by Jansson and Sarah-Jane Dodd, Innovative Ways to Teach Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy, currendy in press with the Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. Further, Dr. Clark has published an article, "The Relationship Between Inmate Visitation and Behavior: Implications for African American Families," in the Volume 6, Issue 1, 2001 edition of Journal of African American Men. Dr. Clark has recendy been
and Coordinator of the School Library Media
Program, gave a presentation, "How to Raise Your Test Scores 10 to 15 Points With Resources You Already Have," at the December annual conference of the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, in Williamsburg. As secretary of the Educators of Library Media Specialists Section of the American Association of School Librarians, she participated in the ALA Midwinter Conference in New Orleans in January. Longwood's graduate program in School Library Media has developed partnerships this Dr. Jena Burges, Director semester with the Chesterfield of General Education County and Richmond Public and Writing Assessment Schools divisions, in addition to and Assistant Professor of those already in place with the English, received a Special public schools of Hampton, News, and Merit Award in the "Excellence in Newport Feature Writing" category in the Rockingham County. the CASE District III advancement awards competition. The award, presented at the CASE The Jesse Stuart Foundation has District 111 conference l;eb. 3-6 in recently reissued Sourwood Tales, a Adanta, was for her story The Art book of short stories by Billy of Losing in the special edition of Clark, Founding Editor I.ongwood magazine published of Virginia Writing, originally published by G.P. Putnam's last summer. Sons. The Jesse Stuart Foundation, of Ashland, Collages by Dr. John Burke, Kentucky, has reissued all of Mr. Associate Professor of Clark's books and will keep them Interior Architecture, have in print in perpetuity. Mr. Clark been invited to show at the 13th has also had a short story, "The Annual Invitational Salon of Fiddle and the Fruit Jar," pubSmall Works at New Arts lished in an anthology titled Love Stories. Program in Kutztown, Appalachian Pennsylvania, and the 3rd Additionally, Mr. Clark and his Biennial Postcards at Irving Art works will be honored April 4-5 Association. Also, he was fea- at the University of Kentucky. tured in the Reflector: the Voice of
notified that this journal will likely be turned into a book by Transactions Publishers in 2002.
Randy Edmonson, Professor of Art, is exhibiting his work in "River of Fire" at Washington & Lcc University. The traveling exhibition includes work by John ]essiman, Cricket Edmonson, Scott Meredith and Stephen Addiss and was last exhibited at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, last October and November. Edmonson is also included in the group A Lesson Learned in Columbia, Missouri, which honors the memory of a former art professor at the University of Missouri.
lems and challenges. "The book assumes a broad perspective providing readers with a comprehensive introduction to the current state of criminal justice responses to sexual assault as well as the changes and progress being made in the area," Dr. Kelley said.
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Music, has had two transcriptions of jazz solos by saxophonist Wardell Gray (1921-1955) selected for publication in the March 2002 issue of Ja%ÂŁ Research News. Transcribing improvized jazz solos, or committing the recorded sounds to conventional music notation, is the primary way in which scholars interested in jazz music create documents for study and theoretical analysis. Dr. Kinzer's transcriptions Dr. Drew Harris, offer a comparison of Gray's Assistant Professor of Management, appeared improvizations on the master and recently as an essayist on a one alternate take of his bestValentine's Day show of "With known composition, "Twisted," Good Reason," a statewide NPR and thus provide insight into the program. The segment, "A creative processes involved in Valenunc to Us," featured schol- jazz performance. A contempoars from Virginia's public col- rary of Charlie Parker and Dizzy leges and universities sharing Gillespie, tenor saxophonist poetry and prose reflecting on Wardell Gray performed with the those people and things they big bands of Benny Goodman hold most dear in light of Sept. and Count Basie, as well as recording as a band leader. 11.
Dr. James Hodgson, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Debra Kelley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, have recendy published a book with Praeger Publishers of Greenwood Publishing Group. Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada is a collection of original articles from some of the most prestigious academics, researchers and practitioners in the U.S. and Canada. The contributors from sociology, criminal justice, law, counseling, anthropology, biology and psychology focus on methodological and ideological issues, rape law reform, criminal justice and community responses, and social contexts of sexual assault and provide detailed studies of the prob-
Dr. Pat Lust, Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music, was featured in a Virginia News Network interview that aired on WIT.O in late January. The interview focused on Dr. Lust's research and work on teaching English via music, which also was the focus of a feature story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch in late December.
Dr. Cathy Roy, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, was featured in an interview on local radio station WPAK that aired twice in late January. She discussed exercise prescription for all fitness levels, the importance of body fat distribution, and performance-enhancing supplements.
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Up Til Dawn Patient ol tke Month On Mother's Day, Anna was admitted to St. Jude. Anna's mother said that coming to St Jude was "like a weight had been lifted because all I had to worry about was taking care of my baby."
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Comics & Horoscopes
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February 21, 2002
Taking Center Stage: Tke Switch is On! George Lanum
In terms of the growing popularity and direction of Switch, Shannon remarked, "If we like it maybe there are some other E:or a band that has only played strange people like us that will three gigs, Switch has generated like it too. Enthusiasm is contasome serious hype over their gious," continued Shannon. "It is unique blend of jazz and funk. more honest to play this kind of Switch is Jack Shannon on guistuff and please ourselves first." tar and vocals, Nathan Goodwyn One of thumping on the bass, the most Kent Gravely blowing notable tenor and soprano Sax things and flute and Adrian about Alien busting the drums. Switch is Switch's self their described sound has "got elements of differchoice of covers ent styles of jazz includand what ing bossa nova and bee they do to bop and some funkNathan brings the give these funk," said guitarist and classic singer Jack Shannon. melodies "There is even a hint a new life. "If you ambience." start with Regardless of the self imposed labels, Switch a great Switch is Jack Shannon, on guitar and vocals, Nathan are one of the few local melody," Goodwyn on the bass, Kent Gravely on sax and Adrian Allen bands that striving for begins on the drums. and achieving a comShannon, will hear one of us say 'yeah' "and you put a different spin on pletely original sound and feel. "We take the less is more because we are excited by it-excit- it or a different groove or proed by hearing each other play," gression behind it, that makes it a approach," said Shannon. "There are times when every- said Shannon. "It is possible to new song." That is cxacdy what the Switch one is going to rock out, but we worry about what others think has done, breathing new life into are more concerned with listening too much." Staff Advisor
than playing." "That is one of the best things about this band," said Shannon. "It isn't something we try to do, it is just something we have noticed about the way we play." Switch describe what they do on stage more as form of contagious self-entertainment. "You
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classic childhood tunes like the theme from Sesame Street and Willy Wonka. "With Willy Wonka, you have great melody that I have always liked it," said Shannon. "We took it and changed up the groove behind it-well there wasn't really a groove, because it is this Broadway thing-but we worked up chords and added a bossa nova feel." "Basically, we put a Brazilian spin on a very recognizable melody. "We are trying to do something different," said Shannon, "We are trying to leave space. The notes that you don't play are as important as the ones you do and hopefully, everything we do on stage is necessary. If the best thing is to not play anything at all, then that is what happens." In terms of making a name for themselves, Shannon described it as a slow process. "We are focused on the short term which is trying to get enough material to play a full show and it is not that easy. "We are being kind of picky in choosing songs that will help us create the sound that we are trying to create." Having only played three gigs
opening for local favorites Wilde Turkey and Ringsend, Jack Shannon said, "We are in a good place considering we are young and especially considering that most of the stuff we play is original material. Even the covers we do are rearrangements so even those take a few rehearsals." Switch has its roots in a funk side band called the Peter North Project in 1999 at Hampden Sydney, which was a mix between jazz and lo-fi indie rock-a heavier rock thing with a lot of jazz influence. The other three members of Switch were in a band called Electric Church when approached by Shannon. Because of the weird rime signatures and interesting grooves, co-founder Nathan Goodwyn was first interested, playing with Shannon over the summer of 2001. When Electric Church called it quits, Kent and Adrian (currently in Simple Fortunes) • joined Switch as a side project. The quartet began playing together in the fall of 2001 and the first public gig was in January of this year. Switch will play March 7 at Cary Street Cafe in Richmond and Greek Week at Chi Phi at HSC from 2 to 4 p.m.
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February 21, 2002
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Leave No Man Beliiiid" Black Hawk Down proves to be an intense and powerful drama Matt Taylor Staff Writer
Forget Peail Harbor and Saving Private Ryan; Black Hawk Down is one of the most intense war movies-no, make that any movie you will ever see. Based on the book Black Hawk Down, which is based on the real events that took place on October 3, 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia, Black Hawk Down is more of a documentary than a movie. Oh sure, there arc plenty of actors you will recognize in this movie; most notably Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemorc, and Josh Hartnett of Pearl Harbor fame. However, this is more of an event driven movie than a focus on actors. Women-do not go to this movie thinking this is going to be
another Josh Hartnett love and war movie. You'll have a hard enough time distinguishing him from all the other soldiers with their buzz cuts and desert fatigues, much less when they are dodging bullets and rocket propelled grenades. At the same time, Black Hawk Down is not a macho, glorifying war movie, or even a harping anti-war movie. The story is simply this: Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a power hungry warlord in
Somalia, was keeping food from reaching the Somalian people, in an attempt to force them to submit. U.S. Special Forces were sent in to try to capture Aidid. In an operation aimed at bagging two of his lieutenants, a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. Over 100 U.S. Special Forces
troops were stuck on the ground fighting thousands an r of KV So ma 1 i ans, while trying to save their comrades and make it out of "Mog" alive. Eighteen Special Forces soldiers were killed. The number of So mal ia n s killed ranges anywhere from 500 to 1000. That is the story and that is all the movie portrays. There is very little moralizing or attempts to send any sort of message to the audience. One and a half hours of this movie's two hours are
fighting. You won't have time to think of messages while you hold your breath. Take the intensity of the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan and make a movie out of it. That's what this movieis about: U.S. soldiers fighting for their lives, with the determination to get themselves and their comrades out of a hornet's nest. As the promotions for this movie say, "I-eave No Man Behind." Black Hawk Down is especially relevant today, in light of the conflict in Afghanistan. You will come out of the theatre thankful that you arc alive and that you live in Farmville, Virginia, where the biggest problem is townies and the D-hall. Even though Farmville is no longer showing the movie, make trip to Richmond or Lynchburg to see it. It is well worth the extra gas cost.
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Sports
February 21, 2002
Longwood Baseball Sweeps Away tke Competition Beginning tke 2002 Season Greg Prouty Sports Information Director Longwood opened its 2002 campaign with a three-game series sweep of visiting East Stroudshurg (Pa.) Feb. 16-17 at Lancer Stadium. The Lancers took both games of a doubleheader to open the series Feb. 16, winning 13-1 and 7-5 before taking the Feb. 17 finale 11-9. Longwood is now 3-0 and scheduled to play again Feb. 2324 at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina to open the CVAC portion of the schedule. In the season-opener, Longwood scored five runs in the 1st inning and never looked back during the 13-1 triumph. The Lancers were led by sophomore Josh Herrman/ Mechanicsville who went 2-3 with four RBI, including a three- run homer in the 3rd inning. Freshman Eric Shirley/ Hampton finished 3-4 with an RBI, including a solo homer in the 5th inning. Other top hitters included juniors LaRon Wilson/ Mechanicsville (2-4, double, 2 runs) and Adrian Watkins/ Woodbridge (2-4, solo HR, 2 runs). Junior Jason Hunsecker/ Yorktown (1-0) got the mound win with five innings of relief, scattering four hits with nine strikeouts. In the nightcap, the Lancers scored three times in both the 5th and 6th innings for the comefrom-behind 7-5 victory. Freshman Robert Gillis/ Nova Scotia, Canada was 2-4 with an RBI and three runs to lead LC, while sophomore Brian Medley/ Halifax was 2-2 with three RBI, and Watkins finished 2-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Freshman Darin Knicely/ Elkton (1-0) went the distance on the mound, allowing six hits along with two strikeouts. In the series finale, Longwood scored six runs in the first two innings and never looked back, though East Stroudsburg made things interesting with three runs in the top of the 9th inning of the 11-9 win. The Lancers were led by junior Jeremy Knicely/Elkton who went 2-3 with two RBI, including a solo homer in the 8th inning, and Watkins who was 2-4 with two RBI, including a two-run homer in the 2nd inning. Other top hitters included Shirley (2-4, double, 2 RBI) and sophomore Brian Medley/ Halifax (25). Junior Evan Weinstein/Toronto, Canada (1-0) pitched eight innings, scattering six hits with 10 strikeouts. Through the opening three games, Longwood is being led offensively by Medley with his .556 bat^ ting average and three RBI. Medley is followed by Shirley (.545, 1 HR, 5 RBI), Watkins (.500, 2 HR, 4 RBI), Jeremy Knicely (.400, 1 HR, 3 RBI), Wilson (.364, 2 RBI), and Herrman (.333, 1 HR, 5 RBI). On the mound, Hunsecker is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and nine strikeouts to lead the pitching staff. Hunsecker is followed by Darin Knicely (1-0, 3.86 ERA, 2K), and Weinstein (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 10K). Following the conference series at Barton, Longwood returns to Lancer Stadium to host defending CVAC Tournament champion Mount Olive (N.C.) March 2-3 in an important early-season CVAC series. The two teams will play a twinbill March 2 beginning at 12 p.m., followed by the series finale March 3 at 1 p.m..
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No More Longwood Lancer He attempted to do what he could to show his team spirit and cheer on the basketball teams but For all of you basketball fans the condition of the suit put conwho have wondered where the straints on his ability to do this. Longwood Lancer mascot has The suit was being held together been this season, there is a good with safety pins and duct tape. The knee pads were busted. The reason for his absense. Unfortunately, the Longwood zippers on the costume were Lancer is no more - at least not in busted. There were buttons missthe immediate future. According ing. The headpiece was damaged. to the former mascot, the cos- Where there was supposed to be tume is beyond repair and there is white in the costume, it was gray not enough money in the school's instead. It seems as though the budget to repair the damage that costume was damaged beyond repair. has been done to the Lancer cosReshefsky attempted to take tume. some steps to clean and repair the Andrew Reshefsky says that suit the best he could. He took the suit was old and damaged the costume to the dry cleaner to when he inherited it this fall. He be cleaned which the school did attempted to go out and cheer on pay for. When it was returned the basketball team, but after a though, some of the gray spots few games it proved difficult for him to carry on his dudes as mas- had turned to brown. Rechefsky first went to the athcot with the costume in such letic director to see if Longwood poor condition. "I was afraid to would pay for the repairs. He says do anything in the suit; I thought it would cost at least $600 to it would fall apart right there on repair the suit, but explained that me," he says. "It doesn't look good to be out there when the the suit was so damaged; in the end it would just be easier to suit is falling apart." Jared Underwood Sports Editor
replace the suit with a new one But it would also be more expensive; to replace the suit with a new one would cost anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 and would take 6-8 weeks. With-Don Lemish gone, there was no athletic director to go to for assistance, so the plea was then taken to Dr. Cormier. Dr. Cormier unfortunately had to inform Reshefsky that the school does not have the money in the budget to repair or replace the costume. As of now, the fate of the Longwood Lancer is up in the air. With only a few games left in the season, it is a certainty that a return to the court will not occur this year. The fact that it will take at least 6-8 weeks to acquire a new costume, even if the school could afford to pay for it, means that the soonest the Lancer could be seen in action again would be next year. So for now, there will be no more Lancer mascot running and dancing around Lancer Hall for our entertainment.
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February 21, 2002
Crippled By Injuries, Men s Basketball Still Managing to Capture Victories Greg Prouty
three-pointer from Donohue (1:47, 27-27) allowed the Lancers to forge a 31-31 halftime tie. The host continued its run in the second half, extending it to 30-13 to lead 43-36 with 14:49 to play. Pfeiffer would rally back to take a 57-56 lead with 9:23 on the clock before Ixmgwood ran off a 15-4 run to take control at 71-61 and 6:08 to play. Another Donohue three-pointer sparked the second run as the senior guard scored eight-straight points for the lancers during a 2:31 span in the second half. The lancers secured the triumph with 9-10 free throws over the final 4:29, including 4-4 from senior All-America candidate Marques Cunningham/Danville, 3-4 from senior Chris Isaacs/Fairfax, and 2-2 from junior Zech Boyd/Chesapeake. Cunningham led Longwood with his game-high 20 points, including 13-16 free throws, adding four rebounds and three assists. Boyd tied his season-high with 18 points, adding six rebounds, while junior Moustapha Toure/Dakar, Senegal finished with a double-
double of 16 points and a gamehigh 12 rebounds. Donohue added two steals to his careerLongwood won two of three high 11 points, including 2-3 CVAC games last week, defeating three-point field goals. Pfciffer (N.C) 86-72 Feb. 16 and Senior Claude Davis/Buhl, Limestone (S.C.) 73-63 Feb. 11 Ala. also had 11 points, Isaacs while dropping a heartbreaking contributed six points, eight 67-64 decision at Anderson (S.C.) rebounds, and three assists, while Feb. 14. freshman walk-on Ryan The I-ancers are now 12-10 Marable/Chesterfield grabbed a overall, 9-8 in the CVAC (6thcareer-high seven rebounds to go place), and scheduled to play at along with his six assists and four conference member Erskinc points. (S.C) (9-15, 7-11) Feb. 19 at 7:30 I-ongwood shot 48% (26-54) p.m. from the field, including 63% The Lancers remain on the (17-27) in the second half, and road to play at Pfeiffer (N.C.) 71% (31-44) at the line. Pfeiffer (13-10,10-7) Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. shot 42% (27-64) from the field, Both road games will be broadincluding 5-20 three-pointers, cast in Farmville on WFLO, 95.7 and 57% (13-23) at the line. FM — and both games arc availAgainst Limestone (10-13, 6able on TEAMLINE as well. 12), Cunningham posted gameAgainst Pfeiffer, senior walkhighs of 31 points and eight on Matt Donohue/Warrenton assists to lead the Lancers in came off the bench to score a Lancer Hall. career-high 11 points to spark the Ix>ngwood led just 37-31 at Lancers during Senior Day in halftime before taking advantage I-ancer Hall. of a 14-2 run midway through Longwood fell behind 10-0 to the second half and never looked start the game and trailed 23-13 back while earning its secondwith 7:26 left in the first half straight win. Cunningham before an 18-8 run, including a sparked the run with nine points and two assists for a 53-39 lead with 11:18 left to play. The Lancers, ^^ who finished the M first half with an 18-9 run, maintained a doubledigit lead down the stretch - though the Saints did manage to close to withProject Success and in 61-55 at 5:37. The hosts, howSenior Mentor Applications ever, ran off five Available unanswered points by Davis to take control again and Applications are now being accepted kept the doublefor Project Success and Senior digit margin over Mentors. These are both one credit the final 3:49. classes oft'ered in Fall 02 semester. Cunningham added five rebounds Project Success is open to current and two steals to his freshman and the Senior Mentor is 31 points and eight open to all current juniors. If you assists, and made are interested in appling or want 12-20 shots from more information contact Dr. Laura the field and 6-6 at the line. Davis finBayless at ext. 2487 or Sarah * ished with 14 points Schoper at ext. 2685. Completed apand four rebounds, plications are due back to Lancaster while Isaacs con113 by February 26, 2002. tributed nine points -- all on three-point field goals in the first half- adding Sports Information Director
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four rebounds. Toure grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to go with eight points, adding three assists, and Boyd had seven points, four rebounds, and two assists. Longwood shot 47% (27-57) from the field, including 54% (15-28) in the first half, and 79% (15-19) at the line. Limestone shot 46% (30-65) from the field, and 22% (2-9) at the line. At Anderson, Longwood dropped a disappointing decision at the regionally-ranked Trojans in South Carolina. The Lancers led 33-32 at halftime but could not sustain the advantage in the second half against the region's #9 Trojans. Anderson led early at 10-9 with 12:37 left in the first half before seven unanswered points gave Longwood a 16-10 lead at 10:38. The Lancers maintained the advantage and led 30-23, their largest lead of the game, with 3:08 remaining before halftime on a dunk from Davis. The Trojans narrowed the margin to 33-32 at the intermission during what would be a 22-7 run to go ahead 45-37 at the 15:04 mark of the second half. AC took its largest lead at 5243 with 8:43 to play before LC fought back to within three points on four occasions down the stretch, including 63-60 (:54.5) on a three-point field goal from Isaacs and 65-62 (:26.6) on a basket from Donohue. A pair of late free throws from Toure (:03.6) provided for the final margin. Cunningham led Longwood with 15 points, adding four assists before fouling out with 3:36 remaining, and Boyd finished with 14 points and five rebounds. Davis had 13 points off the bench, including three dunks, and played the game with strepthroat. Toure posted a doubledouble of 11 points and a gamehigh 13 rebounds, and Isaacs added a game-high six assists and two blocks. The Lancers shot 42% (25-59) from the field, including 3-16 three-pointers, and 61% (11-18) at the line. Anderson shot 40% (23-57) from the field, including 6-26 three-pointers, and 48% (15-31) at the line - allowing LC to keep it close down the stretch. Through 22 games overall, injured senior Jason Pryor/
Hampton is averaging 27.7 points in his 12 games played - unofficially still tops in Division II, including 35 three-point field goals, adding 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 2.6 steals. Pryor, who does not meet the NCAA-minimum (for statistical rankings) of playing in 75% of a team's games, is shooting 48% (107-221) from the field, including 41% (35-86) on three-pointers, and 87% (83-95) at the line. Cunningham (19 games) is averaging 20.4 points, including 32 three-point field goals, adding 4.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 2.1 steals. He is shooting 44% (134-307) from the field, including 46% (3269) on three-pointers, and 74% (87-117) at the line. Davis (21 games) is averaging 14.6 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 48% (109-225) from the field, and 62% (75-121) at the line. Injured junior John Parker/ Pasadena, Calif. (10 games) is averaging 12.5 points and 11.0 rebounds while shooting 58% from the field and 70% at the line. Boyd (18 games) is averaging 8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 51% from the field and 59% at the line. Toure is averaging 8.2 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 48% from the field and 77% at the line. Isaacs is averaging 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 44% from the field and 63% at the line. Injured junior Timos Papadimitriou/Athens, Greece (11 games) is averaging 4.0 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 53% from the field and 59% at the line. Marable (19 games) and Donohue add 2.6 and 1.6 points, respectively, and senior walk-on David Bridges/Charlottesville has not scored in four games since recendy joining the program. Following the games at Erskine and Pfeiffer, Longwood completes the CVAC regular season on the road at conference opponent Coker (S.C.) (9-15, 711) Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast in Farmville on WFLO, 95.7 FM, and is available on TEAMLINE as well. It also appears that Longwood will host a CVAC Tournament first-round game Monday, Feb. 25, in Lancer Hall ÂŤ opponent and game time to be determined.
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Women s Basketball Continue Their
Tennis Off to
Winning Ways Against tne CVAC Melissa Kristofak Sports Information Intern
Longwood posted a 2-1 record last week in women's college basketball. The Lancers defeated Anderson (S.C.) 76-64 Feb. 14 on the road, while routing Limestone (S.C.) 86-58 Feb. 11 in Lancer Hall. LC also dropped a disappointing 80-71 decision to CVAC opponent Pfeiffer (N.C.) Feb. 16 at home. Longwood is now 13-11 overall, 12-6 in the CVAC and is scheduled to travel to Due West, S.C. to take on league member Erskinc (S.C.) Feb. 19 - the game time is set for 5:30 p.m. At Anderson, Longwood freshman Tokisha Burton/ Danville scored 19 of her careerhigh 23 points in the second half to lead the Lancers past the Trojans. LC trailed Anderson 34-33 at the intermission; however, Longwood outscored the Trojans 43-30 in the second half, to record the third-straight win for the Lancers. LC also controlled the boards throughout the conference contest - out-rebounding AC 55-42. The two teams played to 11 lead changes and four ties, before the Lancers finally began to pull away with 13:09 remaining in the game off a three-point play from Burton (47-44), as the Lancers never looked back. Sophomore Toni Matkovich/ Wheeling, WVa. also contributed during the Longwood scoring spree, scoring 12 of her 16 points in the second half off the bench, including two treys, to give the visiting Lancers the road win. In addition to her game-high effort, Burton also finished with nine rebounds and two assists. Matkovich added five assists and two steals to go with her 16 points, while redshirt sophomore Leigh Farmer/Vansant finished with 15 points - 13 in the first half - and seven rebounds. Longwood shot 42% (29-69) from the floor and 54% (13-24) at the line. Anderson shot 33% (23-69) from the field and 71% (15-21) at the free throw line. Against Limestone,
Longwood had four players score in double figures as the Lancers rolled past the Saints. Freshman Marita Mcldere/Rujiena, Latvia paced LC with a double-double her ninth of the season - of 17 points and 12 rebounds, while sophomore Ebony Smith/Kcnts Store also finished with 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Farmer had a double-double her second of the season - of 14 points and 10 rebounds and classmate Erica Marcum/ Charleston, WVa. recorded 12 points and a game-high seven assists en route to a commanding I-ongwood victory. Longwood scored 42 first-half points, as the Lancers entered the intermission with a sizable 13point lead (42-29). LC shot 52% (15-29) from the field in the second half, including 2-3 from beyond the arc to seal the home win. Longwood also dominated Limestone defensively, scoring 33 points off of the Saints 25 turnovers. For the game, Longwood shot 44% (30-68) from the floor, 80% (4-5) from the three-point line, and 61% (22-36) at the free throw line, limestone shot just 34% (21-62) from the floor, 33% (2-6) from the three-point line, and 70% (14-20) at the foul line. Against Pfeiffer, the visiting Falcons led the entire first half, however Longwood freshman Monica Mason/Virginia Beach made a lay-up and sank two free throws early in the second half to put the Lancers within one (4443) of the Falcons. Farmer followed Mason with a jumper to give I.ongwood their first lead of the game. The two teams then played to 11 ties and six lead changes, before Pfeiffer junior Shannon Reid drained a three-pointer with 5:24 left on the clock to give the Falcons a 68-65 lead and PU never looked back. Farmer and Mason each finished the conference contest with 16 points. Farmer also added seven rebounds and two blocks, while Mason had six rebounds, four assists, and two steals in addition to her careerhigh effort. Matkovich contributed 13
points, including three treys, and five rebounds. Marcum finished with 10 points and three assists, while sophomore Kanee' Booth/ Woodbridge and Burton each Melissa Kristofak had eight points. Burton also sophomores Danielle Hess/Bel Sports Infatuation Intern grabbed a game-high 11 Air, Md. (#1, 6-4, 6-2) and rebounds for the Lancers. Cecelia Robinson/Lynchburg Longwood shot 38% (23-60) I-ongwood dropped a 9-0 deci- (#3, 6-3, 6-4), freshmen Cori from the floor and 82% (22-27) sion to visiting nationally-ranked Fisher/Aberdeen, N.J. (#4, 6-4, at the line. #25 Anderson (S.C.) Feb. 16. 6-3) and Catherine Mclvin/ Through 24 games. Farmer The lancers are now 1-1 overall, Newport News (#5, 7-5, 6-1), continues to lead I-ongwood with 0-1 in the CVAC, and were along with sophomore Meredith her 14.0 points per game average. scheduled to play Feb. 18 at Pack/Keysville (#6, 6-0, 6-0). In She also contributes 6.6 Lynchburg College, and Feb. 20 doubles, Fisher teamed with senrebounds, 1.7 blocks, 1.1 steals, at Mary Washington. Longwood ior Laura Veazey/Carson to win along with 0.8 assists. Smith aver- will return home to host CVAC at #2 (8-2), and Robinson ages 10.0 points and 5.6 opponent Belmont Abbey (N.C.) teamed with junior Laura rebounds a game, while adding Feb. 23. Whitehurst/Chesapeake to win 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals. Longwood women split 2 at #3 (8-0). Meldere continues to average a CVAC matches last week, defeatAgainst Anderson, longwood double-double of 10.2 points ing St. Andrews (N.C.) 7-2 on the received wins in singles from and a team-high 10.4 rebounds, road Feb. 13 before falling 6-3 at sophomore Loren Roberton/ while Matkovich contributes 10.0 home to Anderson (S.C.) Feb. 16. Fairfax (#3, 6-3, 6-0) and Fisher points and 3.3 rebounds an out- The Lancers are now 1-1 overall, (#5, 6-2, 6-3). In doubles, ing. 1-1 in the CVAC , and were Robertson and Hess won at #1 Booth averages 9.7 points and scheduled to play Feb. 20 at Mary (8-2). 4.4 rebounds a game and claims a Washington. I-ongwood will return home to team-high 49% (79-162) field At St. Andrews, Longwood host CVAC opponent Belmont goal percentage. Burton chips-in received wins in singles from Abbey (N.C.) Feb. 23. 8.8 points and 6.6 rebounds a game, while Mason adds 5.2 points i » K« ■!" 'i." i■» i >■ i u i••• ii« ipi i « |iH iiii i iii« J;I , and 2.2 rebounds. Mason Hi' i also contributes 2.8 <&\ assists and 1.3 steals per <i" contest and owns a team- ^\ i high 79% (34-43) free An. throw percentage. i £. .\ Marcum averages 4.6 Are You Satisfied With Your Residence? I points, a team-high 3.5 .\ I assists, and a team-high i ' .- .\ 1.8 steals a game. Are You Satisfied With Your Landlord? I ' Sophomore Chelsea .\ Bruce/Pittsburgh, Pa. - .\ .\ adds 1.4 points, 1.7 ', i Tell Us About Your Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction. assists, and 1.2 rebounds „\ -i ' a game, while senior .\ The Commuter Student Association .\ Jessica Royl Wants to Make Commuters Aware of Harrison/Columbia, Md. 4b. .\ i > Good Landlords and Bad Landlords l contributes 0.5 points .\ and 1.0 rebounds per ■ l We Are Compiling a Top Ten List .\ contest. i of Good and Bad Landlords I Following the Erskinc contest, I-ongwood will _2* return to the road, as the l Vote Your Landlord a "GOOD Landlord" or a "BAD Landlord" ^.\ i Lancers travel to &\ i ! Hartsville, S.C. to tip-off 4»» against CVAC opponent i Coker, Saturday Feb. 23 at A9\ A Fill Out Your Ballot in the Commuter Student Lounge I 5:30 p.m. - the final game in Room 211 of the Student Union .\ of the regular season. I (that's the Lankford Building) 49*
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