The Rotunda Wednesday, March 25, 2015 ighting cancer since 1920 Gamma Psi Perfect Pair Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Student Athlete of the Month by briana adhikusuma by stephanie mendoza by natalie joseph by halle parker Fraternity making effort to Individuals compete together Men wear high-heels around Women’s tennis player excels come on-campus. for the perfect title. campus for a good cause. during month of Feb.

page 4 page 7 page 9 page 15 Relay for Life Raises $64,456.45 Longwood University gathers to ight cancer by stephanie mendoza features editor She worked closely with Co-Chair Heather Hudson, who was in charge of Production; with 15 students on the committee, everyone had A committee of 15 students, one advisor and one American Cancer a very important role throughout the event. Society member helped the Longwood University community put on “We have everything from sponsorship to publicity, to mission and the annual Relay for Life event. advocacy,” said Graybill. “hey are primarily broken up into growth Relay for Life began with Dr. Gordy Klatt, who in 1985 ran for or production, whereas, fundraising and recruitment chairs would fall 24 hours in Tacoma, Washington raising $27,000 for the American under the growth.” Cancer Society. A year later, hroughout the event, 300 plus supporters joined 60 plus girls donated their the event, thus forming the hair to Pantene Beautiful Relay for Life event and Lengths to make wigs raising at least $5 billion in for the cancer patients, the ight against cancer. including Hudson. On March 20-21, Relay here were at least 42 for Life came to Longwood booths in the gym with a University starting at 5 variety of food, clothing, a.m. to 5 p.m. with events, cozies and many more activities, booths, food and being sold by organizations, music provided. as well as 10 in the lobby he event began with selling food and drinks, the opening ceremony including free snow cones. known as the Luminaria Performances at the event ceremony, where participants included Pitch Perfect, illuminated the bags Blue Heat Dance Team, representative to cancer FIERCE, Belly Dance, patients. Basic Gospel Choir, Cruz Lindsay Graybill was Co- Productions and many Chair in charge of Growth. more. She and her committee Students played a variety handled how much money of games, including a the teams and participants dodgeball tournament, raised. a foosball tournament, “To me, the opening photo by staff photographer matt alexander Bufalo Wild Wings hot and closing ceremonies are Students, faculty, and staf joined together to host the annual Relay for Life event in wing eating contests, Mr. the most important,” said the Health & Fitness Center. Student organizaions set up booths with food, games and Ms. Relay Pageant, Graybill. “his is where and prizes for the community to enjoy in between walking laps around the track. musical chairs, a glow-stick everyone comes together and rave and wake up yoga at 4 realize the reason why we are a.m. here. While the entire event is fun and uplifting, these events ground Organizations competed to see who could raise the most money us and highlight the importance behind all the fun and fundraising.” throughout the night, and the winner for having the most money was he event itself takes almost an entire year to plan, starting in August Zeta Chi Alpha and one of their sisters, Colleen Cofer who won for once college students return to campus. raising the most money individually. “In the fall, we work primarily on raising the numbers,” said Graybill. Relay for Life raised at least 64,456.45 dollars. “In the spring, it’s all hands on deck to make sure the event goes on without a hitch.” vol. 93, issue no.19 2 NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com EDITORIAL BOARD 2015 Missing student’s father faces unrelated charges

BY BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA NEWS STAFF her instead of her father. “Anjelica is who should be important. It seems like Wesley Missing student Anjelica is the top subject now. What “AJ” Hadsell’s father, Wesley about Anjelica, why is she not Hadsell, was charged with four the top subject anymore?” Wendy felony obstruction of justice Hadsell-Stokes, Hadsell’s sister, victoria walker charges, possessing ammunition told 13News Now. editor-in-chief as a convicted felon and felony Hadsell’s arrest marked the nick conigliaro breaking and entering. twentieth day that Anjelica has editor-in-chief pro tem On Monday, March 23, been missing. Wesley faces a sports editor Hadsell was arraigned in Norfolk preliminary hearing on April 29. jeff halliday General District Court after being “here’s 100 girls missing in lauren karidis mike mergen arrested this past Saturday, March . I don’t want Anjelica faculty advisers 21. A search for AJ was conducted to be 101 or 102 that disappear the same day Hadsell was arrested. without a trace. We’ve got to keep According to 13News Now, her fresh. We’ve got to keep her travis lyles jason tsai the search was conducted in out there. We’ve got to ind her,” news editor opinion staf Chesapeake after Norfolk police Hadsell-Stokes told 13News Now. stephanie mendoza briana adhikusuma received a tip. Although clothing If you have any information features editor news staf was found during the search, it regarding the disappearance of meghan west jordyn oglesby has not been conirmed that the Anjelica, contact Norfolk police at a&e editor layout staf clothes belong to AJ. 757-664-7026. Although Hadsell’s arrest As new developments in this emily haswell natalie joseph assistant a&e editor features staf comes as an interruption to the story continue to roll in, follow he process of inding AJ, the Hadsell Rotunda for updates. carly shaia payton conway family wants the focus to stay on opinion editor features staf jessica godart orlando peyton event coordinator rotunda studios staf madi turner bri dewulf assistant event coordinator rotunda studios staf kayla baldino kira zimney layout editor social media editor monica newell halle parker business manager assistant sports editor alana mackey laura clarke assistant business manager photography staf carson reeher marlisha stewart photograpy editor photography staf ashley bender lindsay graybill copy editor graphic design staf ashlyn kemp whitney scott assistant copy editor rotunda application editor jennifer thompson matthew alexander copy staf online editor photography staf

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BY TRAVIS LYLES NEWS EDITOR @TRAVISLYLESNEWS Madness, put an emphasis on commenting on how to be generating more support for the annual giving, through a more successful in fundraising despite department.” $12,212 in seven days—the “organic” process. controversy. According to Bacon, this is the amount of funds the Longwood “It is hugely important for us to “We haven’t always let people irst campaign of ‘micro-giving’ athletics department was able garner private support, and we are know what the Longwood story is, in Longwood athletics’ history. to raise this past week through certainly conscious of the fact that and that’s the exciting thing about he premise behind the technique their self-promoted event, ‘Lancer we need to generate more revenue Longwood athletics—we’re an involves donors giving small Giving Madness.’ from our donors,” said Associate opportunity to tell the Longwood portions, so more people can get While facing future revenue Athletics Director for External story. I think when people ind out involved. “With Lancer Giving cuts, and ongoing controversy Relations, Scott Bacon, during a what that is, they will want to be a Madness, the idea is to get more with men’s basketball player Jason Monday interview. part of it.” people engaged with what we are Pimentel, the department went by According to Bacon, the He added, “I think athletics doing,” said Bacon. “Five minutes the tried and true adage ‘the best department had no set goal, going supporters have a lot of similarities of your time, and a ive-dollar gift.” defense is a good ofense.’ he into the fundraiser, but said they to people who support the Final documentation from event, which ended Sunday, totaled were pleased with the amount university. We don’t want to the athletics department shows 366 gifts from over 340 donors. given. see ourselves on an island from that even prior to Lancer Giving In the wake of proposed budget “Since we had never done a the university…we feel like our Madness, the department had cut legislation, by Del. Kirk Cox in micro-giving campaign before, we supporters don’t want to just surpassed its donor count from the General Assembly, the athletics weren’t sure what to expect—we support Longwood athletics, but the year prior, which ended June department was able to surge to had very modest expectations,” he the university as well.” 30, 2014. From then until now, their largest one-week fundraising said. Two petitions collected just the department’s fundraising has event in recent memory. Self-inlicted controversy over 1300 signatures combined, skyrocketed 36 percent. If House Bill 1897 does indeed involving the department occurred involving issues related to “I think Longwood athletics go into efect, it’s set to initiate with the reinstatement of Pimentel Pimentel’s reinstatement. Some serves as a front porch for the major cuts to the amount of to the Lancer men’s basketball alumni directly said they would university,” said Bacon. “Our goal funds Virginia public institutions’ team—opinions were voiced from no longer be donating to the at Longwood athletics is to raise athletics departments gain from the community, university students university, but while under ire, the proile of the university with student fees. and alumni on both sides of the the department was still able to national marketing and engage In a Rotunda article from January fence. harvest immense support. our alumni—we play a role in referencing the cuts, Director Pimentel, who was convicted “Athletics fundraising is a unique trying to raise the awareness about of Athletics Troy Austin said, of a class 1 misdemeanor of sexual challenge in comparison with Longwood and what we are doing.” “We know we have to privately battery last month, was allowed general fundraising—you need Bacon added, “I can say without fundraise and generate more to play via a decision made by to ind people who are passionate a speciic expectation in mind, this money for scholarships. We will Director of Athletics, Troy Austin, about athletics and passionate has deinitely exceeded anything try to increase private giving and after the guilty verdict was dealt about what athletics can do for the we thought possible.” fundraising in big ways.” in court, and he went through the university,” said Bacon when asked his past week, that’s what the student conduct process. if controversy makes fundraising department has been able to do. “We have to let people know more diicult. “I think we embrace he support during Lancer Giving what our story is,” said Bacon, the challenge and look forward to LU alum speaks out on sexual violence

BY EMILY HASWELL ASST. A&E EDITOR President Reveley reached out to Gomez after her blog picked up a signiicant amount of attention. According to Gomez, she did not ind When SarahGrace Gomez, an alumna of Longwood University, any comfort in his correspondence. decided to create a blog post detailing her disgust with the university’s “he president personally emailed me and I understand he is just decision regarding basketball player Jason Pimentel, she was unaware of doing his job. I understand the president of a university can’t just come the uproar it would cause. right out and say you’re right we messed up, but just as students weren’t Her post entitled ‘Longwood Dearest, An Open Letter’ was shared satisied with the mass letter he sent out, I’m not satisied with the letter over 9,000 times. In the post she detailed her own experience with he sent me.” sexual assault, as well as her disappointment in her alma mater’s decision Gomez felt that a portion of his email that stated, “Sexual assault, to allow Pimentel to continue to play after he was found guilty of sexual a heinous felony crime, is not at issue in this instance. A misdemeanor battery, a class 1 misdemeanor. is, in the same classiication as reckless driving” was a slap in the face to “Because I am a survivor of sexual assault, and I don’t want a single those who have been victims of sexual battery. goddamned dime of mine to even have the slightest chance of supporting “I don’t think that administrations like admitting that bad things a man who has been convicted of sexual battery.” happen on their campuses,” said Gomez. his issue hits home for Gomez, as she was a victim of sexual assault “I think that’s bad PR. So it’s hard to handle it, especially when it’s during a trip to . “hat’s why I was so angry two students, because you do want to give the accused a chance. He or that this happened on Longwood’s campus. Because after my assault, she deserves due diligence. hey have a right to a proper investigation. when I came back to Longwood …I felt Longwood was my safe haven,” But I think with (campus administration) it’s just not a priority.” said Gomez. “I got some messages from Longwood students telling me they are “Had I not been a part of that community, had I not been a Lancer afraid on their own campus and I gotta tell you, that really hurt. here who had other Lancers on my side, I don’t know what I would have are students at Longwood who are scared and that’s just wrong,” said done. So when I found out that it happened on my campus, the place Gomez. that I felt safe at, I was so mad,” she added. 4 NEWS TheRotundaOnline.com Gamma Psi in process to come on-campus

BY BRIANA ADHIKUSUMA NEWS STAFF international organization from process can occur one of three IFC and everything. We’re just selecting undergraduates for the ways. An open invitation from trying to get oicial approval from Gamma Psi, an of-campus purpose of establishing a chapter IFC to colonize, a petition to them and SGA, and then we can organization not currently on the campus,” states the IFC join, with a Letter of Intent sent start the whole process of actually ailiated with Longwood, is in the constitution. to the IFC president or student going through all the paperwork process of coming on-campus and It continues, “(hey) will not interest group colonization which and logistics and stuf,” said Dey. being recognized as a fraternity deter expansion by withholding involves a group of students Gamma Psi currently has 12 by the university, a process which membership in the IFC for forming a chapter ailiated with active members and two students takes around three weeks. any international member an established international going through their recruitment he organization has attempted organization.” organization and submitting a process. to go through the process before, According to the IFC Letter of Intent for approval. but has never completed it due to constitution, the expansion “We’ve already met with the inhibitions from past members, and the inability to inalize an agreement with multiple on- campus subsidiaries. “We’ve tried to go on-campus in the past, but we just couldn’t reach an agreement with the IFC and Longwood together,” said Douglass Dey, Gamma Psi’s president. Recognition from the university would allow the fraternity to hold fundraisers and events on- campus, something which they are unable to do as an of-campus group. Dey stated that the recognition would also allow more opportunities for community service and recruitment. Gamma Psi was founded in 1969 and stemmed from Gamma Delta Psi, a high school fraternity that was founded in 1879. Gamma Psi has had a chapter at Longwood for the past 22 years, but has not yet been oicially recognized as a fraternity by the university since FACEBOOK the chapter’s creation in 1993. Members of Gamma Psi and Alpha Beta Psi, another orga nizaion that just moved on-campus, pose for a group “he Member Fraternities of photo. Gamma Psi hopes to follow Alpha Beta Psi’s le ad to get recogniion on-campus. the IFC will not prohibit an Longwood’s Wildlife Society clears the path to progress

BY SARAH SLAYMAN CONTRIBUTOR a path in a patch of woods, by with the Wildlife Society and of the outdoors, to undertake; I the big house, in order to begin willing SOLSTICE volunteers, felt very immersed in the natural what is looking to be a long-term “he work of the Longwood world.” his past weekend the students project. his project will become a Wildlife Society was such a he Wildlife Society, President of Longwood’s Wildlife Society demonstration garden, which can wonderful way to kick of this Caryn Ross, states, “Our trip to became master gardeners at be utilized by classes that want to project that, in a few years, will be Hull Springs Farm embodied a Hull Springs Farm, a 662-acre get out and soak in some nature, a premier demonstration garden of lot of what we hope to accomplish farm found nestled by the bay in or by anyone looking to escape for shade loving plants that are native with this student chapter: an Westmoreland County. a moment. to the area.” adventurous time outdoors mixed he Society is an organization, he Society cleared out a short Our team had a wonderful in with a little hard work and here at Longwood, dedicated to path winding through beautiful time taking in the beautiful great service to a local Virginia promoting a love of all things wild pines, magnolias, azaleas, along scenery around the area. While environment.” and wonderful. Barrett Nicks, a with a great deal of other native at the farm, the students enjoyed If you, or anyone you know, is member of the society, encourages Virginia plants. hey weeded spending time kayaking out on interested in joining our Wildlife newcomers, saying, “we are always though brambles and uprooted the water, roasting hot dogs and Society at Longwood, ind us in search of motivated students to hazardous stumps in order to marshmallows on the ire. on Facebook at he Wildlife engage with nature!” create what will become a leisurely Jef Wagstaf promoted the farm Society: Longwood or contact Working together with the help stroll through the woods. stating, “a trip to Hull Springs the President at: caryn.ross@live. of Liberal Studies Director, Pat Dr. Lust is hoping that this will Farm is something I would longwood.edu. Lust, the society helped to clear become an ongoing collaboration encourage any student, with a love BY KIRA ZIMNEY

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Representaive Ryan Carey, SDIC Representaive Melanie Books, HSA Representaive Keaton Unroe and Senator Mary Callender listen to funding reallocaions for various organizaions. 6 FEATURES TheRotundaOnline.com Drop and give me 50 heta Chi G.I. raises over $1,500 for the USO BY NATALIE JOSEPH FEATURES STAFF

On hursday, March 19, heta Chi Fraternity hosted their irst annual heta Chi G.I. Obstacle Course event, which beneited the United Service Organizations (USO). he USO helps provide support to active soldiers and their families. All the money that the fraternity raised from the event went towards care packages for the USO. After planning the event for over ive months, sending out sponsorship packages, getting funds for the event, tabling and preparing obstacles, hursday was the day where the fraternity got to see all their hard work come together. heta Chi chapter president Gibson Hawk said, “It was a really large undertaking and probably the biggest thing this chapter has done.” ailiated groups of campus, he entire event lasted about because the majority of the people an hour, starting with registration who competed were Greek.” from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.. here It was a close race, and the were ield games, a WMLU DJ winning team got to take home and light refreshments for about the ultimate American prize box, 150 people who came out to illed with an American lag, watch. By 4:30 p.m. it was time t-shirts, a customized plaque, gift for the main event. cards, USO/military stickers and Hawk said, “Once it got going, a lot more. it was like a well oiled machine.” After the event was inished, he obstacle course started of teams who participated got to with 10 push ups for each team reverse the roles on the brothers, member, then a tire run, an Army by making them run through the crawl under a net while fraternity obstacles while getting to yell and brothers shot water guns and a shoot water at them. he average balance beam. hen the teams had time through the course was to simulate throwing a grenade 1:34 seconds, but next year the by throwing water balloons at fraternity would like to get it up to the heta Chi brothers. he inal three to four minutes, with more obstacle was to grab a sled that obstacles and less running. PHOTOS BY MALIKA MUSAWWIR had a brother sitting inside of it, Hawk said, “We want to (Top) Paricipants in the Theta Chi G.I. Obstacle Course event can be seen pull it all the way across Iler Field hopefully add twice as many and then sprint back to the inish obstacles for next year to make it Army crawling while brothers of the Theta Chi fraternity spray them line. more diicult.” with water guns. (Botom) Paricipants seen crossing the balance beam A total of 12 teams of four to After raising over 1,500 dollars, obstacle. ive people participated in the the fraternity plans to host the obstacle course, and despite the event again next year. According Other sponsors for the event this is a new philanthropy for rain making it harder for the to Hawk, some of the new ideas were he Fishin’ Pig, Bufalo the fraternity, who is making a teams, Alpha Delta Pi came out that they want to implement, Wild Wings, Red Front and national movement to have USO with the win. Other teams such would be more tires, more mud, various donations from private at every single chapter across as heta Chi new guys 1, 2 and 3, tire lips and possibly build a wall parties. America. Tri Sigma, Alpha Sigma Tau had to climb over. hey also would like Hawk said, “We want to reach Sophomore heta Chi brother two teams, , Delta to push it back later in the semester out to more of the small, local Josh Harkema said, “It means a lot Zeta, and a team in hopes of better weather. business next year. We need to do to our chapter. We like to pride of irst year students participated Hawk said, “It required a lot more community outreach as far ourselves on being American and in the event. more work than we had originally as sponsorship goes. We want to showing youthfulness, so it means Hawk said, “We want to do anticipated, so because of that, we give as much money as possible, so a lot that we get to partner with it bigger and better than this couldn’t do as much. Next year, that we can give a very noticeable such a great philanthropy such year of course. We want twice we have a whole year to plan for care package. Something that as the USO and give back to our as many teams. We also want it, and we are going to work even really means a lot.” country and the people who are more outreach to the non-Greek harder and make it even bigger.” Along with this new event, serving for us.” March 25, 2015 FEATURES 7 Perfect Pair BY STEPHANIE MENDOZA FEATURES EDITOR hese organizations each submitted one pair atriums allow kids to break away from the to best represent their organization. monotony of hospital life and have an hour or A new event swept the Longwood University “his was our irst time putting on the event, so to play and forget their troubles.” campus as held their but it deinitely won’t be our last,” said Jenn Winter also mentioned that her sorority irst “Perfect Pair” competition, raising $300 Winter, the Philanthropy chair for Tri-Sigma. makes frequent visits to UNC Chapel Hill to towards their philanthropy. “he pairs who entered had a blast and we are play with the children in the atrium. he event featured any big/little, mom/kid so thankful to everyone who came out and he winners of this year’s “Perfect Pair” and mentor/mentee pair to compete against made it a success!” competition were Alpha Phi Omega’s pair one another through a series of introductions, a he planning committee consisted of Winter Emily Grandield and Felicia Totorici with short dance, having each organization wearing as well as six other sisters. he event was put on their dancing moves and perfect introductions. their letters as well as dancing on stage while in a month,” said Winter. “[Erin] Frye had the As far as future expectations of the event go, trying to collect pennies. idea at the beginning of the spring semester Winter and the rest of her sorority hope that he grand prize was a pair of roses, as well as and put it into action very quickly.” “more participants and many more spectators a sash that indicated the “Perfect Pair.” he proceeds collected from the event went are able to attend” because the irst time he “Perfect Pair” was held on March 19 in towards Tri-Sigma’s national philanthropy around it was such a huge success. the Jarman Auditorium. he participants were “he Robbie Page Memorial Fund.” Kappa Delta, , Zeta Phi “he fund raises money for play atriums to Beta, Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Phi Omega. help hospitalized children,” said Winter. “he

PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA MATT ALEXANDER (Top) The sisters of Kappa Delta sorority and others demonstrate their dancing skills onstage. (Middle) Sisters from Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Kappa Delta, Alpha Phi Omega wait to hear which pair the judges decide as the winners in the irst annual “Perfect Pair” event. (Botom) Sisters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. proudly represent their fellow sisters in the “Perfect Pair” event. 8 FEATURES TheRotundaOnline.com Chaos allows students to defeat faculty in basketball game

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he Arc and Stubbs RAs Nearing the end of the successfully put on LU Hearts second half, the faculty was Basketball, the irst student vs. leading by one point. With only faculty basketball game in the mere seconds left in the game, Willet Gym. he not-so-serious everything turned into complete event, helped spread awareness chaos, as all the members of the of the very serious issue of heart student team, ran out onto the disease, and heart care, to the court to keep the faculty from crowd in attendance hursday scoring. night. he rest of the faculty team, in While the turn, came out to even the odds, weren’t playing, students still but were too late as the students came out to cheer on their managed to get away with the friends as they faced several controversial win, by one point, members of Longwood 29-28. University faculty in a ierce “It was a lot of fun getting to game of basketball. play,” said Cainan Townsend, he crowd could be heard a member of the student team. shouting with excitement “here was a general feel of as members of each team, good spirit and fun.” especially the student team, were Fresh of the loss, Professor introduced. he student team Shannon Salley, of the consisted of: Geof Goodwin, department of Communication Erin Hessler, Cecelia Howard, Sciences and Disorders, Daishun Johnson, Natalie Joseph, spoke on how she felt during Noah Lovely, Molly Monaghan, the game: “It was fun, it was Praise Nyambia, Alyssa Taylor, exciting, but it was also a little Cainan Townsend and Holly nerve-wracking, ‘cause I don’t Watson, with Emily Russell as play basketball.” their coach. When asked about their hey faced of against the controversial loss, she joked, faculty team featuring: Consuelo “hey cheated, so we didn’t Alvarez, Dee Battle, Troy Gee, really lose. Cheaters never win.” Greg Miller, Jake Milne, Michael he students, of course, saw it Mucedola, Shannon Salley, Larry diferently, including Townsend, Watson, homas Wears, Rondel who stated, “I think it was a White and Wade Znosko, with tough game, but the referee Courtney Everhart as faculty called it, right?” coach. he oicial for the evening One of the people responsible was Josh Harkema. for setting up the event was While the event highlighted Monique Bates, the area a serious issue, there was plenty coordinator for Cox, Wheeler, of excitement, not only from the Arc and Stubbs. She explained game, but the prizes being raled that the RAs of Arc and Stubbs of during the media timeouts. had been planning the event By the end of the night students since last year, and were inally won gift certiicates to Red able to put it on this semester. Front, Uptown Café, Sweet Frog, When asked if the event would Mainstreet Lanes and several become an annual afair, she other local establishments. A responded, “he students got few members of the audience to let us know if they want it. If even walked away with exclusive so, we will try our best to do it “Longwood Hearts Basketball” again.” t-shirts. If the crowd’s reaction was any he game, overall, was intense, indication, the student versus and the crowd was invested from faculty game could become beginning to end. Within the another Longwood tradition. irst few minutes of the game, the PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER LAURA CLARKE students were taking the lead, but (Top) Enthusiasic paricipants embrace their hard-earned trophy in the LU the faculty managed to catch up, Hearts Basketball game. (Middle) LU Hearts Basketball paricipants show and eventually take the lead by their love ater playing a hard game. (Botom) Acion shot of basketball halftime. game paricipants batling it out for control over the basketball. March 25, 2015 FEATURES 9 Men of Longwood literally Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

BY NATALIE JOSEPH FEATURES STAFF Over a hundred spectators came out to support the approximately Men in high heels. For some, 50 men who participated in the that may seem like an odd event, which was record breaking sight, but for men at Longwood for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes at University, they strapped on their Longwood. he spectators held stilettoes for a great cause. supportive signs to encourage and he Walk a Mile in Her support the men as they walked. Shoes event involved men from After walking through the Longwood literally walking a mile whole route, on the home stretch in red or black high-heeled shoes. of the walk, many of the men ran Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, to the inish, feeling empowered the International Men’s March (and some with foot pain) from to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & the event. Gender Violence, took place on Junior Boone Kirkpatrick, who Wednesday, March 18, 2015. It is participated and helped with the a fun way for men to get involved marketing of the event, said, “he in order to raise awareness in actual walk itself was a mile in their own community about ladies high heels, which was fun, the serious causes and efects to [and] a little painful. I think some men’s sexualized violence against people stumbled and struggled.” women. After the walk, there was a he event began at 3:00 p.m., but reception with refreshments and each man was instructed to come mingling inside the ballroom. at 2:30 p.m. in order to receive Walk a Mile in Her Shoes their high heel shoes, that were was sponsored by the Student provided by an outside source, so Educations for Active Leadership that each man could have a pair of (S.E.A.L.), the Inter Fraternity shoes that it their feet. Council (IFC) and the Student he event started out with a Diversity and Inclusion Council speaker in the Ballroom of the (SDIC). Lankford Student Union. hen, he work was split up amongst it moved outside to start the walk. the sponsors, with S.E.A.L. With water stations set up along and SDIC doing most of the the route around campus, the coordinating by getting the shoes mile-long loop started at the Chi and the speaker, then IFC handled Fountain and inished there as the tabling and marketing side for well. the event.

PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERA MATT ALEXANDER Students from organizaions all over campus came out to raise awareness for the prevenion of rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an internaional men’s march that Longwood University paricipates in annually. The paricipaing men strap on sileto heels for the duraion of the mile-long trek around campus. Faculty and students all around campus came out to support and cheer on the men that were walking. 10 FEATURES TheRotundaOnline.com Extraordinary heroes Vietnam veteran feature

BY VICTORIA WALKER EDITOR IN CHIEF (Top) Veteran Neil @THETORIWALKER Chamberlain, middle Veteran Neil Chamberlain was man, takes a well-needed crawling through a Vietnamese nap while standing up in sugar cane ield when he witnessed Vietnam. a miracle. When they came to an opening, there was a canal bank in the clearing, and they were cornered. “We were crawling forward, stuck in a crossire, when all the sudden I see the second guys head gets slammed to the ground,” Chamberlain said. “I crawled up next to him, I didn’t want to take his helmet of, because he had a hole in the back of his helmet.” Chamberlain, an Army infantryman at the time, started to move him and took his helmet of after the heavy blow to the head, (Let) Chamberlain, middle what he saw was shocking, the man, and his fellow soldier with a bullet stuck in his soldiers dressed in their helmet, wasn’t hurt at all. uniforms in Belgium. “When I lipped his helmet over, inside he had a scapula taped to it. A scapula is like a paper or cloth cross (Right) Chamberlain pendant like a patch,” Chamberlain visiing Longwood said. “Its called the bleeding heart University to share his of Mary, and it shows Mary holding story to others. Jesus, the bullet had penetrated the COURTESY OF NEIL CHAMBERLAIN helmet, helmet liner and just pierced the scapula.” made two things abundantly “his was from 30 yards away, that clear. guy had us dialed in,” Chamberlain “I only have two things I want said. y’all to do--one, make sure According to Chamberlain, the nothing bad about the battalion Army had actually given him the gets in the news, two, make helmet back, a neighboring platoon sure none of them dumb sons- had new technology, and had of-bitches from the press get asked if they could have the helmet killed while they’re with us.” analyzed. Chamberlain decided to enlist “hey actually did give it back in the military when he was 20 to him and said there was no years-old, because of his family physiological reason for this background within the military. helmet to have stopped this bullet,” “My dad was in the military, Chamberlain said. “It’s not like there he was 4F and my grandfather was a thicker patch on this piece of got drafted at 42, because he steel, they tried all these diferent abandoned his family, I also just things, and this was an AK-47 from got tired of wasting my dad’s 30 yards.” money,” said Chamberlain. As well as being an infantryman, here were about 10 men Chamberlain was a photographer from his neighborhood that throughout his service in Vietnam. signed up to go overseas, and According to Chamberlain, luckily all 10 wound up coming the usual military training for home. a photographer was 26 weeks, By the end of his service, he compared to an infantry man, had reached the rank of Buck which was 12 weeks, because they Sergeant, and was awarded the taught them how to build cameras Purple Heart and the Combat from scratch. Infantry Badge. When he met the Colonel, he had March 25, 2015 ART & ENTERTAINMENT 11 The results are in...

BY STEPHANIE MENDOZA FEATURES EDITOR

On March 19, Lancer Productions hosted their weekly #hirdhursday concert in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom with 50 students in attendance. his would be the night that Lancer Productions would reveal the band line-up for Longwood’s Spring Weekend. he line up will consist of: Cloudwalkers he Middle Ground Chiddy Bang SoMo Cloudwalkers consists of a men’s a capella band. While the Middle Ground is a four man band from Milwaukee with inluences of pop, blues and alternative. hough Chiddy Bang and SoMo are going to be the headliners for this year. Chiddy Bang is a hip-hop artist that is based outside of Philadelphia. he artist has a fusion of both hip-hop as well as alternative music. PHOTOS BY MALIKA MUSAWWIR his year’s Spring Weekend is scheduled A hand-made banner is held up to announce the headliners, as well as other bands, that will be to take place the weekend of April 10. performing this year at the annual Spring Weekend on Longwood’s own campus.

Comic Corner THOMAS WISE/ MARCH 2015 12 ART & ENERTAINMENT TheRotundaOnline.com I binge watched the Unbreakable Kimmy Kendrick Lamar Schmidt and I’m alive…Damn it. continues reign as King of Hip-Hop

BY RYAN QUIGLEY A&E STAFF

King Kendrick has taken the hip-hop world by storm in a matter of just a few years. With his phenomenal debut “Section.80,” followed by one of the greatest hip-hop albums of the modern era, “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” the hip-hop game undisputedly belongs to Kendrick now and “To Pimp a Butterly” only conirms that notion. “To Pimp a Butterly” isn’t quite as dark as “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” but it is certainly on an equal scale. Unlike “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” the overall message portrayed in “To Pimp a Butterly” is GOOGLE actually positive to an extent. BY EMILY HASWELL ASST. A&E EDITOR lot of characters and backstories, Make no mistake though, “To Pimp a Butterly” has the hard- all the while attempting not to be hitting bass-thumpers that made Kendrick Lamar the monster he is If you love “30 Rock,” you’ll boring or tedious about it. “he in the irst place. “he Blacker the Berry” is one of the most intense love “he Unbreakable Kimmy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” songs on the record, where Kendrick criticizes his own culture. hen there’s “Hood Politics,” which showcases Kendrick comparing Schimdt,” If you hated “30 pulls this of without a hitch. We get Kimmy’s whole sorted America’s political parties to the Crips and Bloods, rhyming, “Ain’t Rock” (you’re wrong), you’ll still nothin’ new but a low of new DemoCrips and ReBloodlicans, Red love “he Unbreakable Kimmy backstory in a kind of montage, state versus a blue state, which one you governin’?” Schmidt.” It’s just hard not to which bleeds into that catchy he album is a treat for any hip-hop enthusiast. his record adore this delightful little series. theme song that you will never does not supply the hits that dominated much of “good kid, m.A.A.d Like the titular character herself, be able to get out of your head, city,” but it contains a 16-track series of chapters that lead to a truly the show is warm, funny and just which was smart move. hen we breathtaking inale, which will not be spoiled in this review. It is pleasant to be around. hrow in a get right to the action, Kimmy is surely one of the most memorable hip-hop records since, well, “good theme song that will make you feel introduced and man, is this girl kid m.A.A.d city” and it’s well-deserved. “To Pimp a Butterly” like you can both ly to the moon lovable. perfectly captures the racial, religious and political tensions currently and graduate from law school, and She’s a manic, pixie dream girl enguling America and curbstomps them into oblivion. Enjoy this you have one hell of a sitcom. with an actual good reason to be one, folks. hese don’t come around often. acting like a child, even though It’s a hilarious show with a plot My rating: 10/10 that when described sounds more she’s a grown woman. Take note like an episode of 60 Minutes, young male ilmmakers (Zach then Netlix’s irst ever original Braf), if you want your female sitcom. Kimmy (Ellie Kemper), lead to be a lady-child, give her has been trapped in a bunker a believable backstory and all is since the age of 14, by Reverend forgiven. Richard Wayne and Gary Wayne Kimmy is looking for a job and Calendar of Events (Jon Hamm). an apartment with the same wide- he Dj/Reverend/Senior eyed wonderment as someone who Prophet and CFO of Savior was moving to Sesame Street, March 26th: Rick’s Spooky Church of the and Ellie Kemper manages to Scary-Pocalypse, had Kimmy make it sweet, and not insulting Chamber Music Series: Cellist Matt Haimovitz and three other women convinced to her entire gender. Along her 7:30 p.m. Wygal for ifteen years that the Rapture way, Kimmy meets her new Lion had occurred and that earth was a King loving, kimono wearing barren wasteland. When Kimmy roommate, Titus Andromedon and the other “mole women” are (Tituss Burgess). March 28th: inally found, they are interviewed his hilarious piece of self- Kathryn Perry, Senior Recital 7:30 p.m. Wygal on Good Morning America. described “beef jerky in a ball Kimmy, who is basically a 14 year gown,” is the perfect antithesis of old in a 29 year old’s body, decides Kimmy’s Polyanna personality. to stay and make a life for herself We also get briely introduced April 1st: in New York. to Lillian Kaushtupper (Carol String Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m. Wygal So, you have a very optimistic, Kane), Kimmy’s wacky landlord, emotionally stunted, ex-victim, and Jacqueline Voorhees (Jane trying to make it in what is Krakowski), her new employer. distinctly Liz Lemon’s version of We only see the tip of the April 2nd New York City. If you guessed iceberg with these two characters Departmental Recital 3:30 pm Wygal that hilarity and wacky hijinks in episode one, but it seems as take place, you’d be right. though great things are to come. Pilot episodes are tricky, because you have to introduce a March 25, 2015 OPINION 13 Feastivities Dear Girl Scout Cookies, Bites of local food culture in spoon-sized blurbs BY CARLY SHAIA OPINION EDITOR consume all of the cookies at BY JASON TSAI OPINION STAFF once since they do not have a well sealing package, like Oreos Dear Girl Scout Cookies, or other packaged cookies. If Every college town has its cafes and Farmville is no exception. Once a year you come into our the sleeves were individually Downtown Farmville not only hosts the j fergeson gallery, lives. Once. When spring inally packaged, in plastic, then one Longwood Center for Visual Arts and antique shops, but also the comes around, it’s a ight to the wouldn’t have to worry about the curiously named and well-lit Uptown Cofee Cafe. Quickly growing death for that last hin Mint. beloved cookies going stale. On in repute as a performance hub for local musical talents, it is a For the Girl Scouts, it’s an the other hand, then the cookies gathering place serving up hearty cafe favorites. opportunity to become young wouldn’t get consumed as rapidly In this week’s Feastivities, owner Jason Mattox recommended his entrepreneurs and learn more and people wouldn’t be rushing own go-to philly cheesesteak sandwich and the crowd favorite, a about handling money. And for about to every grocery store to gyro-inspired shrimp taco fusion. their mothers, it’s an opportunity ind the next troop for a fresh Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich: to show of their child. he supply. he sweet, summery pickle medallions ofer just the right amount daughters that were signed up, Location is also key for inding of vinegary zest to dive into this melty classic. Uptown’s version of partially against their wills, won’t the best of you, Girl Scout the philly is sandwiched in a French bread roll that is light and soft, be the ones selling the cookies. Cookies. Not that the cookies toasted right on the grill to snuggle the irst bed of soft caramelized It’s their mothers that do the themselves are diferent, but onions. talking and taking of the money. with inner incentives, troops can Most importantly, the meat: shaved steak is packed full with cheese Honestly, it’s quite scary for a get competitive and even harsh melted in between every layer to make for a full bite, without the young Brownie or Daisy Scout towards other troops trying to grease-soaked wax-paper feel from dive version’s of the sandwich. to deal with you, Girl Scout stake out another troop’s territory. Uptown’s version comes in an eight inch roll, that is sliced diagonally Cookies. Although there are Local places, like the campus and then double-speared to contain all of this elegant, hot mess. some very outgoing girls within quad, Brock Commons, the A cafe sandwich at its core - but most deinitely still one to be a troop, it can become very grocery stores or movie theatres, enjoyed with fresh steak fries. intimidating to the rest of the can be prime real estate for a Shrimp Taco: girls to talk to complete strangers; troop to sell hundreds of boxes of Beef tacos are overrated. Fish tacos are nothing new. And, yes, however, there isn’t much talking you, in the span of a few hours. shrimp tacos may seem like a menu item at a family restaurant. that needs to be said, as the It’s hard to stay angry at you, Uptown’s shrimp tacos have been making waves lately for its bold cookies sell themselves. Girl Scout Cookies. One blames lavor. Whether it’s hin Mints or you for their new love handles, Although the plate comes with only one taco, it is practically a Tagalongs, the cookies are known or having to stay at the gym dragon boat in the form of a latbread. Inside every bite is sliced for their distinct lavors and fun longer. How can one stay mad avocado slivers, a house-made ranch dressing and lumps of breaded names. 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Or just putting could then become your loyal one’s hin Mints into the freezer customers, if you actually had a to have a new twist, on their lavor they could have. already-addicting taste, can be a Everyone has a favorite lavor way to add some creativity to you. of you, Girl Scout Cookies. And Oh, Girl Scout Cookies, you whenever one opens a package, always ind ways into our hearts it’s hard to stick to the serving and stomachs, even if your season size of only two of your cookies, is so short. and not consume a whole sleeve. Hugs and Kisses, Yet, with the packaging of Hungry college students Girl Scout Cookies, it’s best to everywhere

props and drops

Props to: Drops to: - Studying abroad - Parking tickets - March Madness - Forgetting supplies at home - The Junior Show - Conlicting class schedules PHOTOS BY OPINION EDITOR CARLY SHAIA Depicted above are the two dishes detailed in the aricle. The philly - D-Hall red velvet brownies - Overscheduling cheesesteak sandwich and the shrimp taco. 14 @LWRotundaSports SPORTS TheRotundaOnline.com Pitching proves difference maker Longwood baseball able to ride pitching to 2-1 series win received dominating performances to Longwood’s oicial athletics Two errors from Longwood from their starters. website. “I’ve been struggling in ended up being the deciding factor Game one consisted of a pitcher the past with my curveball, and for game two as both allowed duel between Longwood ace, senior I was able to get it over for more the Bucs to score three runs. Aaron Myers (3-3, 2.68 ERA) and strikes today.” Charleston Southern took the Buccaneers No. 1 pitcher, junior With this Myers is now tied second game 5-2. Andrew Tomasovich (4-2, 2.13 for second place on Longwood’s he third game saw the least ERA). Myers took the win 4-1. all-time strikeout list with 231 amount of ofense from both PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER LAURA CLARKE Tomasovich allowed two earned strikeouts throughout his career at sides of the diamond. Both Kyri Washington (let) scored the runs in the bottom of the irst on the University. teams registered ive hits as game winning run in game three three hits, including a leadof triple In the second game, Lancers’ starting pitchers Travis Burnette against Charleston Southern. from junior center ielder Colton struggling left-handed pitcher (Longwood) and Kyle McDorman BY NICK CONIGLIARO SPORTS EDITOR Konvicka. After the irst inning, Brandon Vick went into his (Charleston Southern) were @NICKCONIGLIARO Tomasovich went on to deal ive matchup with Bucs’ junior pitcher equally matched throughout. more scoreless innings. Overall, Evan Raynor posting a 9.82 ERA In the end, junior Burnette came After opening Big South he pitched six innings, allowing with a 0-3 record. Raynor on the out on top as senior McDorman conference play with a 3-0 sweep at eight hits, two earned runs, while other hand came into the game allowed a run on a double by the hands of Campbell University striking out ive and walking two. with a 2.92 ERA and a 1-1 record. freshman shortstop Michael (19-5), the Longwood Lancers He was credited with the second Raynor walked away with his Osinski that scored junior Kyri (10-12) won two away games loss of the season. second win on the season and a Washington. against non-conference opponents On the other end of the diamond, lowered ERA (2.67), while senior Burnette pitched eight innings before going to Farmville, Virginia Myers had a night to remember as Vick walked away with his fourth with no earned runs, ive hits, for their irst home series of the he lirted with a complete game loss, after allowing four runs; one ive walks and six strikeouts; season. shutout, pitching eight innings of which was earned. McDorman went 6.1 allowing 3 In Longwood’s irst home series before being pulled in the ninth. Vick pitched 6.1 innings, hits, two walks and ive strikeouts. the team played Big South foe Myers had a career night against allowing nine hits, two walks he Lancers are scheduled to Charleston Southern University the Bucs as he threw 10 strikeouts, and four strikeouts; while Raynor travel to Richmond, Virginia to (11-11). he biggest storyline from while walking two batters. pitched a complete game allowing face the Virginia Commonwealth the series comes from atop the “Just being able to hit my locations two earned runs on seven hits, one University Rams tonight at 6:30 pitchers mound as both teams today, that was it,” said Myers walk and nine strikeouts. p.m. for a one-game series. March 25, 2015 SPORTS @LWRotundaSports 15 Swedish senior serves ‘A’ces to opponents and professors Malin Allgurin earns he Rotunda’s February Student-Athlete of the Month

BY HALLE PARKER ASST. SPORTS EDITOR @_HALPARKER

During February, women’s tennis senior and captain, Malin Allgurin, won half of her singles and doubles matches (four singles, four doubles) from the No. 1 spot. Of the court, Allgurin earned similar success as she inished the fall semester with a 4.0 GPA--one of two on the team-- and positively contributing to her 3.769 cumulative GPA. “Sometimes I think when people look at her, they’re like be careful of her and it’s just because she cares so much which is kind of refreshing,” said women’s tennis Head Coach Bruce Myers. “If she is down mentally during a match the team is down, the team feeds of her…If she’s up high then the team follows suit.” Allgurin came to Longwood from Värnamo, Sweden, a change she was forced to adjust to as a freshman due to the language and diferent tennis styles.

Over her career, Allgurin has PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER LAURA CLARKE won 62.5 percent (45-27 record) of Following a solid month of singles play and four years of success in school, The Rotunda has decided to name her singles matches. Since freshman senior women’s tennis player, Malin Allgurin, the February Player of the Month. year, she has always played upper “She is deinitely the player walk back up because we don’t Sweden for work. She hopes to tier competitors. She began at leader, everything goes through take the elevator,” said Myers. ind a job she enjoys, possibly the No. 3 spot, became No. 2 her her,” said Myers. “She’s good about “And they did it.” working for an international sophomore year and has led the taking the pulse of the team. For Allgurin, while tennis isn’t business one day, and inish team as the No. 1 since her junior Without the beneit of having an necessarily a team sport, a player college maintaining her GPA. year. assistant coach, she’s kind of like a has to ind the right balance of Last summer she inished an “I think there was a huge player-coach.” team dynamics while focusing on economics internship in Sweden. step between two and one,” said Myers described Allgurin as her own match. “I know she wants to end with Allgurin. “You always play the best “passionate about tennis and the “You don’t just play for yourself, a bang…While she could coast player and you never have an easy team” and the amount she cares you play for everyone on the team right now, I know she isn’t. And match. Even if you play a bad team, for the team as being “refreshing,” and your coach. You want to play that’s good, you know, you want I always play a good girl. When I despite hearing she was going to well for him, too,” said Allgurin. to end strong,” said Myers. played two and three, I was like, give him trouble as the new tennis Between tennis and school, Allgurin brings the same ‘okay, I know I’m going to win coach and was one to “keep an eye Allgurin feels she’s managed the intensity from the court to today,’ but this season I think I’ve out for.” balancing act well. her schoolwork. She believes only had maybe one or two games Allgurin has the respect of not “When I’m studying, I’m there’s always something she can I knew I’d win, all the others have only her coach, but her teammates studying, when I’m playing, I’m improve on, even if she earns a been ity-ity or I’ve been the as well. playing,” said Allgurin. “I’ve win. underdog.” “We were up in the team room always done a lot of sports since “It’s going to be a tough loss to As the lone senior on a team of on the third loor (of Tabb Hall) I was young and done school. It have to send her back to Sweden,” mainly sophomores, she eagerly and we got up there and the kind of forces you to study when said Myers. “he sad thing is I took the role of a “player leader” others came up and they took the you don’t have practice.” only got her for a year, I would and assisted Myers in his irst elevator. Malin (Allgurin) said go As a senior, Allgurin will have loved to see her grow over season. all the way downstairs and then graduate this May and return to four years.” 16 RElAy FOR lIFE TheRotundaOnline.com

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