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Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives Summer 9-9-2004 Rotunda - Vol 84, No 1 - Sept 9, 2004 Longwood University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda Recommended Citation University, Longwood, "Rotunda - Vol 84, No 1 - Sept 9, 2004" (2004). Rotunda. Paper 605. http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda/605 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]. Volume 84, Number 1 Waiting for the On-Duty Electrician Since 1920 September 9, 2004 Student Walter Gray Longwood Opens with Highest Tuition Costs, talks with Debra Nystrom after a pres- Freshman Enrollment Ever entation Monday Shawn Garrett aid, facilities maintenance, faculty March to take unusual measures, night. Nystrom was Sews i.ditor initiatives and marketing efforts. approving a range of tuition and the first reader for Also, the new General Funds and fee increases of between 5 and 9 this year's Author's Total costs at I.ongwood Series. the tuition increase will enable us percent. It was the First time University increased by 6.2 per- to better handle the increased tuition and fees for an upcoming cent for in-state undergraduate Picture taken by Shown darrctt enrollment." school year were not set at the residential students and 7.1 per- The proposed state budget March Board meeting. cent • for undergraduate out-of- Autkor s Series Returns for 21st Year . provides an additional $1,864,535 Funding issues in the form of state residential students for the Leslie Smith in General Funds for I.ongwood state-mandated tuition rollbacks Prize, and the UVA Postgraduate 2004-2005 school year. Freshman Style- Editor for fiscal year 2005, an increase and consecutive years of tuition Fellowship in Poetry. She has enrollment also rose 12 percent A little after 8 o'clock in the of 10.9 percent over fiscal 2004. freezes have dogged higher educa- two books of poetry out: A over last year. Wygal auditorium last night. "However, with the $4.6 mil- tion in Virginia for much of the Quarter Turn and Torn Sky. Overall charges, including Dr. Craig Challender intro- lion in cuts in base operating past decade. This, in addition to a Many of her poems related room and board, increased by duced the first reader of the funds and additional cuts in statewide $617 million cut in tax- much of her high school and $690, to $11,865 for an under- 2004-2005 Author Series, equipment trust fund and main- payer support over the current college experiences, such as the graduate from Virginia living on Debra Nystrom. tenance reserve over the past two-year budget cycle (2002- first poem she read, 'To Keif", campus, and $1,224, to $18,375 A poet who has been fea- three years, this does not bring us 2004), and rising operating costs, which was based on an old high for an out-of-state undergrad. tured in many prominent liter- back to where we were three contributed to the hikes. school boyfriend. The tuition hike represents an ary magazines, including the years ago, especially with a much Comparatively, Longwood's Many of her poems are also overall increase of 9 percent for Yale Wtview and Crasghorse, larger student population today tuition rate increases stand as a based on her experiences with all undergraduates. Nystrom grew up in South than we had then," Worster said. average barometer for similar the plight of the Native "The combination of General Dakoda, and came to The tuition increases came tuition increases at state-support- Americans, both personal and Funds (from the state) and the Charlottesville, VA, for UVA's after an unprecedented series of ed institutions across Virginia. political. "Half Time, Oglala tuition increase will enable creative writing MFA. tense and delayed budget negoti- The University of Virginia's High, 1970" is a good example I-ongwood to move forward on She ended up joining the cre- ations in the General Assembly Board of Visitors in April of a this relationship. its strategic initiatives," said Kathy ative writing faculty after gradu- in Richmond. The uncertainty announced an overall tuition and Nystrom's poetry is full of Worster, vice president for ating. surrounding Virginia's two-year fees increase of 12.6 percent beautiful language and thought- administration and finance. She's won prizes such as the budget forecast forced provoking syntax. It is sure to "Those initiatives include safety Heart Borders Books Poetry Longwood's Board of Visitors in please any learning poet. and security, increased financial See TUTION p. 4 Lancer Gum Floor Ruined Bvj Hooding Shawn Garrett seep into the building, and even- responsible for the emergency When asked about responsibil- which has been actively seeking News Editor tually the gym, causing a severe changes and all involved for their ity for the flooding, Mr. Bratcher NCAA Division I reclassification, On Sunday, August 1st, buckling, rendering the entire quick action. declined to implicate either the was held off from joining the Longwood officials discovered floor unusable. "They really need to be com- architects or engineers responsi- Division I Big South conference. the severe buckling of the Lancer The replacement of the floor mended. It really was indicative of ble for the drains' installation, but The Big South delayed in send- Gym floor in Willet Hall. was declared an emergency proj- the Longwood way. Everyone confirmed that an investigation ing Longwood an invitation to Following a heavy storm the ect and provisions were made to came together to solve a major was ongoing. join the conference in June, citing night before, a Brock Commons begin the work immediately. problem and really came through "We are not calling this an act the need for better assurances that storm drain just off the main A group of faculty members for the students." of God," he said. Longwood would upgrade its ath- entrance overflowed and leaked and administration officials rep- To combat the problem, a larg- Formerly Lancer Hall, Henry I. letic facilities by 2007-2008, when into the building, university offi- resenting Campus Recreation, er main drain has been installed, Willett, Jr. Hall is home to it is expected to become a full cials have determined. the Department of Health, as well as a second, smaller drain. Longwood Basketball and the Division I member. "No one really saw how much Recreation, and Kinesiology, The University has also been in Department of Health, President Patricia Cormier has water there was," said Richard Facilities Management and the contact with Brock Commons' Recreation, and Kinesiology. committed to the upgrades, and to Bratcher, Director of Facilities athletic teams were also hurriedly architects to find a long-term The center of Longwood ath- building a new multi-purpose gym Management, though water assembled to make emergency solution. letics, the facility includes a with a capacity of about 4,000, marks indicated as much as two provisions for classes and other Inside, the floor has been com- weight-training laboratory, a which will cost an estimated $25- inches stood in the 2,522 seat events that require use of the pletely dismanded, removed and human performance lab, a dance $30 million. gymnasium, causing an irrepara- floor. new replacement materials have studio, an Olympic-size pool, and Though construction is not ble warping of the hardwood "Classes were moved and already arrived on campus. a 500-seat natatorium as well as expected to begin for at least two floor. recreation activities were put else- At the time of this article, work other facilities for the University's years, sources familiar with the The flooding stemmed from where," said Bratcher. "So far, all was being done to sand and level 14 sports. proposal say the new gym is the storm drain's inability to deal immediate needs have been taken the concrete floor below, and the It was completed in 1980 at a expected to be located on the cur- with the heavy rains. The inade- care of." relaying is expected to be com- cost of $4.5 million. rent site of Wynne Hall. quate capacity led excess water to Mr. Bratcher praised the group pleted by mid-semester. Over the summer, Longwood, PAGE 2 Editorial September 9, 2004 Words From tke Editor: A Little Something Different Wclco m c I'm-studying-to-do-and-does- Mundy and Gene Weingarten in And then I saw my idol (Carole quickly growing staff, but this is back! I hope any-of- this -mean -any thing- the front of the magazine. Then King) in concert. also a quicklv growing school. everyone had rescmbling-anvthing crisis. I'd flip to the last page and read And then I spent time at three We try our best to find out the a stellar sum- Most of this started when I Dave Barry. Finally, I'd turn to the different Dar concerts. interesting things this school has mer. It sure finally got around to reading backside of Barry and indulge in a And then I read some new to offer, but we need your help. If was some- Jeanne Marie I.askas's new smart, witty, and poingant look at favorites, namely Virginia Woolf. your organization is doing some- thing differ- book. The Exact Same Moon: lift)' friends, family, strangers, and tin- And then I remembered how thing exciting, we would love you ent. Different good or different Acres and a Family.