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Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives 10-20-2018 Rotunda - Vol 97, no. 8 - Oct 22, 2018 Longwood University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda FRONT TheROTUNDA Keeping our heads above water since 1920 A WHIMSICAL PERFORMANCE PAGE 3 SPORTS: Jeremy Jacquier brings national experience to LU PAGES 4 & 5 NEWS: Hurricane Michael touches Farmville PAGE 7 A&E Review: Myer’s 40 year follow up is a OCTOBER 22, 2018 cut above VOL 97. ISSUE 8 BRANDON CHEUNG | THE ROTUNDA 02 > AD TheRotundaOnline.com EDITORIAL BOARD 2018 ADVERTISE CHRISTINE RINDFLEISCH editor-in-chief WITH THE ERIN EATON managing editor JEFF HALLIDAY, MIKE MERGEN AND ROTUNDA CLINT WRIGHT faculty advisers NEWS ROTUNDA CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE JESSE PLICHTA-KELLAR STUDIOS THEROTUNDAONLINE.COM/SITE/ADVERTISE.HTML editor NICOLE DEL ROSARIO A&E executive producer ALAINA JACQUES JACOB DILANDRO staff editor OR ELLIE STUCK TAIYA JARRETT staff staff TJ WENGERT LEDANIEL JACKSON staff CONTACT OUR BUSINESS MANAGER staff AUTUMN HIGH OPINIONS staff RACHAEL POOLE ADDIE CLARKE SARA HOLDSWORTH editor staff SUTTON REEKES [email protected] SPORTS staff PATRICK SANDERSON LAYOUT editor editor-in-chief pro-tempore ANGELI LEONG KURT MARTIN assistant editor staff LAUREN QUEZADA staff DEATH CAFE COPY MASON VEST SARA HOLDSWORTH staff Tuesday, October 23, 2018 @ 6PM editor PHOTO business manager LCVA HAYLEY KASSERAIE TAYLOR O’BERRY staff editor JESSICA CUBILLA EVA WITTKOSKI staff assistant editor CARRIE BAILEY EVENTS staff CHRISTEN WALLACE MIRANDA GOMEZ coordinator staff JAQUELINE BONNIVILLE JACOB PUTERKO staff staff RENEE COTTON KC MCALLISTER staff staff AMANDA KING GISELLE VELASQUEZ staff staff SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDON CHEUNG staff MIRANDA FARLEY editor TAYLOR JENNINGS staff RSVP: CONTACT INFORMATION [email protected] [email protected] www.therotundaonline.com 434-395-2409 OCT. 22, 2018 03 > SPORTS CARRIE BAILEY | THE ROTUNDA FROM A NATIONAL TO A COLLEGIATE STAGE Jeremy Jaquier brings expertise from Swiss National team to LU by Kurt Martin | Sports Staff | @IamKurt14 Freshman midfielder Jeremy Jaquier took his talents from the Swiss national team to America to play NCAA Division I soccer for Longwood. hen a player steps on the pitch in the team, and there were like maybe 70 Attacking Player of the Week and twice for for the first time, there is a players from the German part,” said Jaquier. Big South Freshman of the Week. W dream to represent his or her “The communication was difficult, but wasn’t “(Jaquier) is very passionate about the game, country, playing the game they love so much. impossible.” sometimes to the point to where he will be For Jeremy Jaquier, he was able to live out Longwood Head Coach Jon Atkinson emotionally drained at the end of games, that dream by playing for his home country of admires Jaquier's level of expertise at the whether the game (was) for him or against Switzerland and now finds himself playing for highest level, and is battle-tested after having him. He has a lot of passion for his trade,” said Longwood in Division I NCAA soccer. these experiences. Atkinson. “He has without a doubt all the Even though he stands at 5 feet and 5 inches “You’re playing against, and you’re tools necessary to make an impact in Division tall, Jaquier has represented his home country challenging yourself with teammates at that I soccer.” of Switzerland on some of the biggest stages. level, and against competition at a higher level Jaquier has started every contest for the He played for the Swiss National Team too,” said Atkinson. “The game at higher levels Lancers and currently sits tied for second in for a double digit amount of games in his is all about execution and decision making the team with two goals and also sits second developmental years. and Jeremy has been able to taste that level on the team in assists with three. To this point, Jaquier has made 15 of football and the challenges that translate at As Jaquier moves through his Longwood international appearances on the U15, that level.” career, Atkinson knows the target will start U16, U18 and U19 Swiss National Teams, Now at 20 years old and a freshman at to grow on his back with the passing of time. accumulating 417 minutes of action for the Longwood, Jeremy can be found weaving “He can get double-teamed, triple-teamed red and white. in and out through the midfield, constantly and we are encouraging him to bring all the “I was very proud to play with my national looking to free up his teammates, showing off elements of our team out,” said Atkinson. team. It’s an honor to play for your country, his electrifying speed and looking to put the and I think it’s the same here in America if Lancers ahead. you play for the national team. It’s like ‘Wow, “He’s a very you’re one of the best players’ and you’re very easy on the eye glad to play for your country,” said Jaquier. player, very Getting selected to play for a national team technical player, is no easy feat - excellence on the pitch is he can get people required. off their seats, “Every month we have communication, and and when you you can be picked (to play) or not picked (to talk about having play). It depends on your performance,” said that ‘it’ factor to Jaquier. “You have to be one of the best 24 be able to create players to be in the national team.” and produce Another difficult aspect of playing for a excitement on the foreign national side is a language barrier field he certainly between the players. has that in “In Switzerland, we have four different abundance,” said languages, so we cannot communicate well Atkinson. with our players and teammates. For example, Jaquier has been I speak French, and there were like four nominated twice players from the French part of Switzerland for Big South Jeremy Jaquier uses his speed to find an opening during practice. 04 > NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com Hurricane Michael takes Farmville by surprise by JESSE PLICHTA-KELLAR | News Editor | @JesseKellar COURTESY OF ALEC HOSTERMAN Located on 2nd St. where flooding took over from the 2.5 inches of rain per hour Farmville received on the evening of Oct. 11. TIMELINE Hurricane Michael brought 2.5 inches Farmville “requested all vehicles stay off Pierson said. of rain an hour to Farmville and caused the roads until conditions improve.” UCC was temporarily affected but not power outages at Longwood University At 8:16 p.m. Pierson sent an email seriously damaged, per Pierson. on Oct. 11, per Dr. Tim Pierson, vice announcing that Friday’s classes were “Food service happened to be in the president for student affairs at Longwood canceled, although the dining hall would building anticipating the opening and University. be open. so they and housekeeping worked about According to Pierson, the university Per Pierson, some students who lived getting that water up immediately.” had monitored Hurricane Michael for a off-campus were still on campus after the According to Susan Sullivan, director few days beforehand and expected rain, FAB stopped, so shuttles were arranged. of the university center and student but the path of the hurricane shifted and “Anybody that could get to the library, activities, the hurricane did not delay the “Michael surprised everybody” and “the (we had) go there, and then we would soft opening for UCC, but the process of storm took a late turn.” shuttle folks back to wherever they needed moving in was delayed. Per Pierson, after faculty senate ended to go,” Pierson said. “It delayed us by a day because we weren't and he returned to his office, he received able to finish the move on Monday, so on a call from music Professor Lisa Kinzer AFTERMATH Friday so we ended up actually finishing about the storm. Based on the information During the hurricane, several campus a lot of it,” Sullivan said. “We had most from Kinzer, he called the president’s buildings flooded, per Pierson. Willet of the stuff that we needed over here on office for a meeting. Hall, Wygal Hall, Bedford Hall, Curry Wednesday and Thursday before the rain.” “I didn't even call the police. I didn't call Hall, the Communication Studies and According to Jean Wilwohl, director emergency services. It was happening that Theatre Arts Center (CSTAC) and of housing, some Longwood managed quick. You could feel it and so that's when Upchurch University Center (UCC) all housing experienced power outages and I called the president's office. We have to had water. Curry Hall had water running flooding during the hurricane. close, so we immediately got a notice out. through the elevator shaft and sandbags “Part of the main campus was out for a At that time it was 5:30ish,” said Pierson. protected Willet Hall to an extent. brief period of time that evening, but that Classes were not canceled then “We opened up Willet (Hall) over fall was back on the same evening that the according to Pierson, as students were break for faculty who were in the area to storm came in,” Wilwohl said. already in evening classes. The group of be able to come in and shower because so Per Wilwohl, Longwood Landings' administrators that determine what to do many were stranded here with no power power was restored that evening as well. in emergency situations continued to meet and couldn't shower (at home),” Pierson Lancer Park and Longwood Village were for the next four and a half hours said.