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Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives 9-30-2019 Rotunda - Vol 98, no. 5 - Sep 30, 2019 Longwood University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda The ROTUNDA Providing discounts for pizza since 1920 MAKING A CHANGE NEWS PAGE 3 Dissecting LU’s banded tuition policy OPINIONS PAGE 6 Keeping the suicide prevention discussion alive SPORTS PAGE 11 WSOC attempts to find SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 common ground VOL 98. ISSUE 5 SHANNON HENSHAW | CONTRIBUTOR 02 > NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com EDITORIAL BOARD 2019 In SGA: Upchurch updates, TJ WENGERT voter registration managing editor information by Allison Turner | News Staff | JEFF HALLIDAY, CLINT WRIGHT AND ASHLEY JONES @allisonkturner . organizational advisers Longwood University Chief of Police Col. Robert R. Beach informs senate NEWS about precautions students can take when approached for information ROTUNDA relating to voter registration. ALLISON TURNER staff STUDIOS ELLIE STUCK n this week’s Student this year, to ensure nothing A&E staff Government Association dangerous is being brought JACOB DILANDRO ADDIE CLARKE I(SGA) meeting, Susan to campus. An e-mail editor staff Sullivan, director of the regarding all Oktoberfest LEDANIEL JACKSON SUTTON REEKES university center and student information will be sent out staff staff activities, came to senate soon, according to Beach. LIAM WELLS OPINIONS staff to give an update on the In the Advisers Report, TAIYA JARRETT XARIAH GODFREY Upchurch University Center, Vice President for Student staff staff just shy of the one year Affairs Dr. Tim Pierson DAVINA APPLEWHITE JEN HALL anniversary of its opening. discussed that the university staff staff There is now a printer has contractors working on a SPORTS LAYOUT located on the third floor “punch list” for Frazer Hall, KURT MARTIN ANGELI LEONG in room 305, the clubs and which is a list of tasks still editor editor organizations space, that all needed to complete. They are editor-in-chief pro-tempore LAUREN QUEZADA students can access. Sullivan currently continuing to work PATRICK SANDERSON assistant editor said marketing work for the on projects from the list, such assistant editor MASON VEST different meeting rooms in as fixing the elevators. COPY staff Upchurch is being done, In the Fiscal Technician ISABELLA CORBO PHOTO which includes directions on Report, Trish McGregor staff TAYLOR O’BERRY how to use the printer, which urged students to forward events staff editor will be coming soon. any spam emails that are CHELSEA MOORE BRANDON CHEUNG staff Col. Robert R. Beach, received to the help desk. assistant editor director of public safety & She said, “If you clicked on EVENTS JACOB PUTERKO assistant editor chief of police at Longwood the link, you need to contact AMANDA KING University, also came to the the help desk right away, they coordinator CARRIE BAILEY copy staff staff meeting to urge students may need to get a hold of the RENEE COTTON KC MCALLISTER to register to vote. He computer to get the system assistant coordinator staff encourages students to back.” GISELLE VELASQUEZ SOCIAL MEDIA register online and not give Students can forward staff their information out to the emails to helpdesk@ MIRANDA FARLEY JESSICA PAQUETTE editor staff organizations that come to longwood.edu or call 395- TAYLOR JENNINGS campus, solely for safety and HELP immediately if assistant editor BUSINESS security reasons. anything suspicious pops up. IRIS HAMMOND Beach said, “If someone In the Presidents Report, manager is asking you for private Haleigh Pannell urged information, make sure that students to attend the Town LUPD is notified so we can Hall, which will be held check and verify where the on October 22 at 6 p.m. information is going.” in Blackwell Ballroom. Its FOLLOW US ON Beach added LUPD will purpose is to educate and SOCIAL MEDIA continue their security inform those in attendance efforts at Oktoberfeston Title XI, according to INSTAGRAM @rotundaphotos this year, which includes Pannell. FACEBOOK @longwood.rotunda having fencing around the The next SGA meeting TWITTER @longwoodrotunda perimeter, as well as two will take place on Tuesday, entry points and a clear bag October 1 at 3:45 p.m. inside policy. The department has of the Wilson Chamber at SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER http://tiny.cc/longwoodrotundaonline also added a magnetometer the Upchurch University (an instrument used for Center. measuring magnetic forces) SEPT. 30, 2019 03 > NEWS Longwood switches to banded tuition for new academic year by Allison Turner | News Staff | @allisonkturner ongwood has changed Pope said, “we want people to its tuition model back to graduate in four years, and students L“tuition by the semester” for do a lot better when taking a full the 2019-2020 academic year. course load of 15 credits.” On May 21, students and families By charging students the flat rate received an email from President for 15 credits, the university hopes W. Taylor Reveley IV announcing students will take advantage of the that Longwood would be freezing model and take a full course load tuition and would be each semester. switching back to the Casey Vandegrift, a banded tuition model. junior at Longwood, is This model will now taking less than the 15 charge all students who credit hours the new take between 12 to 18 15 model suggests, and is credits per semester a not in favor of it. flat tuition rate that is credit hour She said, “I do think based off of a full-time flat tuition rate that Longwood could load of 15 credit hours. have come up with a Students who are taking less better option for tuition payments.” than 12 credits or more than 18 The goal of the banded tuition CARRIE BAILEY | THE ROTUNDA will continue to be charged by model is not to anger students, it is the credit hour, like in years past. to increase the four-year graduation Summer and winter intercession rate, as well as the student retention classes will continue to be charged rate. "The goal of the per credit hour. Pope added, “students who are banded tuition Longwood traditionally followed full-time and committed are much the banded more likely to model is not to tuition model graduate and anger students, it is until 2007, when "...the university come back. Cost it was decided switched back to is front and center to increase the four- to switch to the get in line with what because that fifth year graduation “pay-per-credit” other colleges do or sixth year model. is underrated, rate, as well as the Justin Pope, vice and to lower the where student president and overall cost for debt becomes an student retention chief of staff, said, college students." issue.” rate. " “the university — Vice President and Chief in Staff, Justin Pope In addition switched back to to creating the — Allison Turner, The Rotunda get in line with banded tuition, what other colleges do and to Longwood has also frozen the lower the overall cost for college tuition, so the rates did not change students.” from the last academic year to this This model is supposed to help new one. Longwood does not have ensure that Longwood students plans to switch back to the “pay- graduate on-time in four years. per-hour” tuition model anytime For most undergraduate degrees at soon. Longwood, if a student takes 15 credits per semester every semester then they will graduate in four years. GRAPHICS BY LAUREN QUEZADA 04 > FEATURES TheRotundaOnline.com Longwood Art Students Showcase Work in Greenwood Library by Victoria Thompson | Contributor JESSICA PAQUETTE | THE ROTUNDA JESSICA PAQUETTE | THE ROTUNDA Natalie Byers talks to the audience about her art pieces. Byers was one of the four winners in the art show. n Thursday, September 26, One of Byers’s pieces, Jungle Walk, dark blue bubbles and an oval full of 2019, faculty members of the was created using digital pigment octopus tentacles in the center. Olibrary and various art students print and shows a green-haired woman She explained how this work was gathered at the Greenwood art gallery surrounded by jungle leaves in various made as a project that required her to see the art work of juniors and shades of blue. to use a large amount of different seniors at Longwood University. During her discussion, Byers materials including string, glitter, Brent Roberts, the dean of admitted that she did not have a name acrylic, clay and puffy paint on canvas. Greenwood Library, began the for this work, but different people told When talking about the inspiration gallery by quoting the library’s her that they thought of the woman as to use an octopus, Chambers noted motto: “Celebrate Curiosity”. Then, a fairy. that they are her favorite animal. She he congratulated the participants for Her other work called Self Inspiration then added, "I think they have such receiving the Student Art Award this was displayed through a TV in the unique physical traits, and they are year. library, because it was made from represented in different cultures as Meagan Martz, administrative storyboards and digital editing. She intelligent, flexible, and creative that I assistant to the dean, helped to host relate to in a way.” and set up the event. Every student involved has a unique When asked about what students are theme to their work as well as a given with the Student Art Award, different approach in terms of material she stated, “They receive a $200 check, use. However, they are united by the a certificate, and their art is displayed application process to achieve the in the library for one year. The Student Student Art Award in addition to Art Award has been given out since dedication.