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LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY The Rotunda Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Supporting Hazing Prevention since 1920 Page 2 Longwood Snapchat creating issues for university PHOTO BY CARSON REEHER PHOTO EDITOR Lancers approach See the answers to Humans of Farmville conference with win last week’s crossword BY DERRICK BENNINGTON BY MARLISHA STEWART BY TORI WALKER AND CARSON REEHER PAGE 14 PAGE 11 PAGE 9 vol. 94, issue no.4 2 NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com EDITORIAL BOARD victoria walker Athlete stipends editor-in-chief jeff halliday bring possible issues lauren karidis mike mergen faculty advisors briana adhikusuma cassie tagert news editor copy staf position open ryan quigley features editor a&e staf emily haswell pamela dahl a&e editor layout staf natalie joseph payton conway assistant a&e editor features staf rotunda studios staf position open opinion editor derrick bennington sports staf halle parker sports editor blake cole sports staf taylor o’bier rotunda studios producer orlando payton rotunda studios staf austin berry layout editor matthew alexander online editor meghan west photography staf business manager jessica groff kira zimney features staf PHOTO BY LAURA CLARKE PHOTO BY MATT ALEXANDER social media editor copy staf Men’s and women’s basketball will be receiving athlete sipends due to new NCAA regulaions event coordinator opinion staf layout staf by end of October. Sipends bring possible issues to Longwood such as budget, recruitment, carson reeher and compeiive advantage. photography editor thomas schweighardt BY BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA opinion staf NEWS EDITOR According to CNN, “he stipends, available at carly shaia @BRIADHIKuSumA most of the country major sports programs, range assistant photography editor dustyn hall from about $2,000 to $5,000 a year, although some opinion staf New regulations have been passed by the NCAA schools are reportedly ofering a few thousand more ashlyn kemp regarding the allowance for cash stipends to be given than that.” copy editor emily neighbors to college athletes. he Big South Conference, which Longwood staf event coordinator hese cash stipends are also referred to as “cost of Athletics is included in, decided to require colleges joey burns attendance.” he purpose of these stipends are to ill and universities within the conference to provide copy staf alex kiszka the gap between scholarships for tuition, room and “cost of attendance” stipends to their men’s and staf event coordinator marlisha stewart board and the actual cost of attendance. he stipends women’s basketball teams. photography staf could be used to cover items such as laundry, food According to Troy Austin, the director of and student fees. Each player will receive a diferent Athletics, the Big South Conference determined amount based on inancial need. that the men’s and women’s basketball teams brought /longwood.rotunda /@longwoodrotunda Many colleges are only providing stipends to in the most revenue and were identiied to be priority football and basketball teams which bring in the teams for the conference. /therotundalu /he Rotunda News most revenue. Although colleges are also allowed he “cost of attendance” stipends will be contact information to give these stipends to “non-revenue” teams, it is implemented into this calendar year by Longwood determined by the size and budget of the school. Athletics. [email protected] September 23, 2015 NEWS 3 Longwood Snapchat creating issues BY BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA NEWS EDITOR to anyone who is following the account. In turn, the user(s) would be held appropriately accountable it is questionable as to whether a user could be @BRIADHIKuSumA followers could screenshot the photo in order to through the policy. deceptive about their age and be successful in save it on their phones. his would then give them “So we need to explore our options and see creating an account anyway. A student-run Longwood Snapchat account has the ability to distribute it in any way they wanted. what all those options are and see which diferent Users are able to report content to Snapchat been laring up conversations around campus this Another concern and issue is the content that avenues we can take before coming to a decision as on their website, but Snapchat states that they semester and is causing issues for the university. displays the use of marijuana. Although many users to how that can absolutely be handled. I think, just are unable to take action when reports are made UPDATE: Since the article’s online release shown using marijuana in the Longwood Snapchat in general, that the concerns have been raised and through third-parties. Monday, the account for the Longwood Snapchat “story” will hide their faces, others do not. that’s half the battle. So I think the more people “We may share information about you in response has sent out notiications to the account’s followers his could potentially open the door for that are concerned about it, more people that are to legal process or a request for information if we to add a new account for a Farmville Snapchat. Longwood police to become involved in the like ‘Oh, that’s not appropriate. hat’s not where believe disclosure is consistent with, or required Although the new Snapchat account’s name is no investigation regarding the use of marijuana on we want our community to be and how we want by, any applicable law, rule, or regulation; to longer ailiated with the university, this does not campus. our community to be represented,’” says Fraley. investigate or remedy potential violations of our mean that the new account could not be reported Jen Fraley, the associate dean of Conduct and Snapchat’s policies user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, by the university. Integrity as According property, and safety of us, our users, or others…” Follow he Rotunda for another update should well as the to Snapchat’s states Snapchat’s privacy policy. the university take action in an investigation. university’s c o m m u n it y his could possibly allow the university to How it works Title IX g u i d e l i n e s request basic information about the user of the Snapchat features a “story” function with which coordinator, and rules, account, which could then lead to the individual(s) users who follow the account can view photos and says that the users should running the account. videos sent to the account. In order to send or view university refrain from How the university plans to respond these photos or videos, a user would need to add will need to “snapping” As far as how the university plans to respond, the account to their “friends.” Once added to their conduct an content they have not conirmed any actions except that account, you are able to send photos and videos to investigation including they plan on investigating the situation. the account, which could possibly end up on the in order to pornography, Mary Jo Stockton, the director of web and social account’s “story.” conirm the nudity or content, says that they became aware of the account his “story” is a collection of selected photos and inappropriate s e x u a l l y around a few months since before the summer. videos sent to the account in order to be featured. content on s u g g e s t i v e Stockton says that the content would need to Typically videos cannot be saved and photos can the Snapchat content be investigated, and that if inappropriate content only be saved if a screenshot is taken of the image. account involving was conirmed, they would then follow up with However, these photos and videos sent to this before being minors Snapchat in order to take appropriate action. account are saved through the use of a diferent able to take (people under As far as responding with a Snapchat of their app. his allows the account user to post any more action. the age of 18), own, Stockton says that it isn’t really an option for photos or videos sent to the account. F r a l e y and invasions them. Anyone who is added to the account can see the says she has of privacy. “I can say that we’ve looked at Snapchat, and photos and videos on the “story.” contacted Snapchat’s how that could it into our social media eforts. Of he issue the university’s social media personnel and hasn’t community guidelines state, “Violating these rules them all, Snapchat takes a lot of work and a lot of he Snapchat account is not ailiated with the heard back from them yet in terms of what they are may result in the removal of content, the suspension manpower to do something that isn’t lame, to do university except by name and is not run by any doing in the situation. of your account and being prohibited from using something that actually worked. Snapchat works university oicials. he username can still lead “Well we would have to do an investigation. Snapchat in the future. Please take these rules very diferently to other social media platforms. So students, or even potential students, to believe that If we could determine, you know, who was seriously and honor them in the spirit in which it really takes some manpower that can be engaged it is the university’s oicial Longwood Snapchat behind the Longwood Snapchat, if that could be they are intended. he rules will change and evolve on a constant basis, and that just isn’t possible for account. identiied, if those individuals do fall within our along with the Snapchat user community. We will us,” says Stockton.