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Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives 10-28-2015 Rotunda - Vol 94, no. 9- Oct 28, 2015 Longwood University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda Recommended Citation Longwood University, "Rotunda - Vol 94, no. 9- Oct 28, 2015" (2015). Rotunda. Paper 2141. http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda/2141 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Library, Special Collections, and Archives at Digital Commons @ Longwood University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rotunda by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Longwood University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY The Rotunda Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Avoiding the ghosts of Longwood’s past since 1920 Halloween 2015 Nursing Haunted House Page 8 DÍa de los Muertos Page 9 Rotunda Row: Costume clash Page 12 Dr. Jordan’s ghost stories Page 16 Longwood not placing bid for 2016 men’s President Reveley speaks at SGA For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf basketball tournament BY CHRISTINE RINDFLEISCH BY DAVID PETTYJOHN BY HALLE PARKER Master plan and vice presidential Read more about this production Tournament no longer at Coastal debate discussed in detail put on at the Moton Museum Carolina, says Big South PAGE 5 PAGE 7 P A G E 1 5 vol. 94, issue no.9 2 NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com EDITORIAL BOARD victoria walker Alcohol and drugs: editor-in-chief jeff halliday lauren karidis top violations for mike mergen faculty advisors briana adhikusuma kiersten freedman students news editor copy staff emily haswell ryan quigley BY BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA NEWS EDITOR a&e editor a&e staff @BRIADHIKUSUMA changes in law and definitions for different violations. This can change the perception natalie joseph pamela dahl of crime on campus through these reports. assistant a&e editor assistant layout editor According to data which is gathered on crime Beach says the main change in laws regarding and law violations and listed onto different definition for different violations is related to halle parker payton conway reports, not much has changed in the amount Title IX. sports editor features staff of crime or law violation activity on and around “We haven’t seen a significant influx in any of rotunda studios staff campus. the stuff that we haven’t normally seen, except in taylor o’bier An annual safety and security report for crime all the areas that are touched by Title IX. Once rotunda studios producer derrick bennington and disciplinary statistics for 2014, and the daily Title IX started to come out, the requirement for sports staff crime log for 2015 showed little changes in reporting and capturing information was going austin berry these violations across the board. to skyrocket around those areas,” said Beach. layout editor blake cole The two main law violations which were The confusion with different definitions of sports staff reported in these two reports in between the these violations may be cleared up with a new meghan west past year and this year are alcohol and drug crime analysis program for the campus police, business manager orlando payton violations. which will help to clearly identify trends in rotunda studios staff There hasn’t been much of an increase or different types of crimes and violations. kira zimney decrease even with the fairly new campus policy “We’re in the process of a great partnership social media editor matthew alexander on possession of marijuana. with the town of Farmville doing a crime event coordinator online editor “It speaks to the 18-22 year old’s mindset. analysis. We’re attaching crime analysis to our photography staff It does speak heavily on the culture of the records management system. It’s a very powerful carson reeher community, of the nature of their sense on the program that will allow us to be able to not only photography editor jessica groff use of alcohol and the use of drugs,” Longwood identify trends, but to predict trends based on features staff Chief of Police, Robert Beach continued, historical data and current data,” said Beach. carly shaia “There’s a percentage of young people that will This data will turnover every 24 hours, assistant photography editor thomas schweighardt come here, either they haven’t been exposed to allowing university officials to see new data opinion staff it, and they get caught up in it for a period of every day. The program has been in the process ashlyn kemp time, or they have been and this is where they of being integrated for three months and the copy editor dustyn hall think they can come and do those things.” campus police are currently waiting on the secretary These top violations are not completely a program company to fully connect with the joey burns surprise since universities and colleges are records management system. Beach said that copy staff emily neighbors known to have these issues. this will probably be done in the next couple of staff event coordinator “I think if you check any university crime weeks. marlisha stewart statistics in the country, you’re going to find the The program is on schedule officially run next photography staff alex kiszka same thing. Drugs and alcohol are going to be semester. staff event coordinator the two major things,” said Beach. cassie tagert One issue that these reports have are the copy staff thomas wise a&e cartoonist •Opinions Editor •A&E Special Section Writers /longwood.rotunda /@longwoodrotunda POSITIONS •News Staff •Sports Staff /The Rotunda News app /therotundalu •Online Staff Come to our meetings contact information •App Coordinator on Wednesdays at 6:30 [email protected] OPEN October 28, 2015 NEWS 3 New policy brings concern about minority membership BY RI’SHAWN BASSETTE CONTRIBUTOR of the time participation is low because succeeding, a new policy has been put into students. “This is why we are not thriving students don’t know or understand the place for all student-based organizations on this campus, it’s because we are not set importance of minority organizations ... on campus. This policy mandates that up to thrive,” she said. Minority student organizations on campus Our campus participation is small and even clubs and organizations on campus have a Although there is the opportunity to are suffering from a lack of involvement being a part of a minority organization minimum of eight members maintained in possibly be exempt from the policy, many from incoming students at the university comes with negative connotations, and the their organizations. members of the minority groups still feel because of the seeming disinterest in many carrying out of minority organizations falls After becoming aware of the policy, concern that the policy will mainly affect of these organizations. on the few. We just have to work to get Quincy Goodine, president of the Black their organizations. According to Andrea These organizations operate under the those who can and want to be a benefit to Student Association, said, “It begs the Martinez, the Assistant Director for realistic possibility that they could become the minority organizations,” said Christian question, are they saying that these Fraternity and Sorority Life, the policy is extinct on this campus without student Kearney, the president of the Youth and organizations are not worth having because for everyone to adhere to. involvement. College Division of the NAACP. they do not have eight members?” “It has never been our intention to hinder If these organizations want to continue As with any organizations on campus, If an organization is unable to maintain the success of our minority organizations on the campus, then increased recruitment students are continuously graduating or the minimum amount of participation, that with this policy,” says Martinez. “... When efforts may be necessary. sometimes choose to no longer participate organization is asked to complete a form, we make our expectation higher, people “There a[re] various reasons why students because of personal reasons. which details their past and future efforts work harder to meet those expectations.” choose to participate or not to, either Some of the organizations that support to increase participation. In adherence with Although the policy has the ability to because they have a genuine interest in minority students on campus include the the policy, organizations that complete close an organization on campus, it also minorities’ issues, or either because [they] Youth and College Division of NAACP, the the form may be granted a temporary has the ability to bring a higher rate of aren’t interested or are unaware of the Black Student Association, the Hispanic exemption from the eight member rule. participation by encouraging an increase in different organizations on campus, or they Latino Association and the National Pan- Deja Mills, the vice president of the Black recruitment efforts from minority groups. only become interested when they need Hellenic Council organizations. Student Association, believes the policy help or feel hurt by the majority. Most In order to aid these organizations in is somewhat of a hindrance for minority New broadcast studio to be best in Virginia schools studio almost complete, members of allow students to do virtual sets, simulated the communication studies (COMM) backgrounds and graphics, such as a department are excited to learn more about weather background. the facility. Digital Video Group, a company that has The studio includes a green screen, a fully previously installed broadcasting equipment operational control room that will act as in news stations, schools and production the home of the studio, a green room, six companies across the country, installed editing suites which feature state-of-the- the equipment and network system for the art Mac systems that are equipped with studio in French Hall.