Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives 1-27-2014 Rotunda - Vol 92, No 12 - January 27, 2014 Longwood University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda Recommended Citation Longwood University, "Rotunda - Vol 92, No 12 - January 27, 2014" (2014). Rotunda. Paper 2117. http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rotunda/2117 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]. New year, new look: in two weeks, we are Men's Basketball Pg. 7 going to temporarily Lancers face archrivals Liberty Flames The switch to the "tabloid" tonight at 7 p.m. in Willett. newspaper pictured on the left. Let us know Sorority Walk Pg. 3 what you think on Girls go through recruitment to Facebook and Twitter choose sororities to join. R tunda @longwoodrotunda! Tuesday, January 22, 2014 Check out The Rotunda Online at TheRotundaOnline.com Longwood University Frolicking through the snow since 1920 Vol. 92, Number 12 Martin Luther King Challenge Brings 91 Volunteers Together STEPHANIE MENDOZA it’s great to see students give Features Staff Reporter back to the faculty. He, too, was touched by On Monday, Jan. 20 around Longwood University and 9 a.m., the Leadership and hopes that with more people Service Learning Department volunteering and helping the at Longwood University held community, they’ll want to give the annual Martin Luther King, more back to the institution. Jr. Challenge with a total of Some of the volunteer 91 students and faculty who organizations that the color attended and helped serve the groups went to were: Holliday Farmville community. Lake State Park in Appomattox, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Clean Virginia Waterways came to Longwood once again in Rice, FACES Food Pantry, by means of the MLK Challenge. Habitat for Humanity Restore, A total of seven color groups Longwood Center for Visual went around the community Arts, New Horizons Resources and gave different organizations Community Agency and a helping hand. Each color Stepping Stones Preschool. C group had at least 13 people and Fraley was extremely proud one advisor to help out and keep of the outcome. She said, “It’s a M it in order. great number for this small of a The MLK Challenge is the community. It’s a great outcome, Y “kick-off” of the Martin Luther especially since it’s a long [Top] Justin Reid speaks to the crowd of volunteers about the importance of giving back to the community. [Bottom Left] Volunteers pull Photos By: Mike Kropf King, Jr. week-long celebration. weekend and everyone wants nails for the Habitat for Humanity Restore. [Bottom Middle and Right] Volunteers decorate for the Valentine's Day event at the LCVA. K Throughout the week, there will to go home and see their family, be different events to celebrate which is well deserved.” the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. She continued, “But we have The MLK Challenge is about a lot of people that are very giving back to the community. concerned and very committed Martin Luther King, Jr. had a to community service and giving vision about the community; back and helping serve in that he emphasized how important portion of things. We encourage both leadership and service are. people to take the day on rather The theme of this MLK than taking the day off.” challenge celebration is about The MLK challenge began at 10 “Bridging the Gap” from civil a.m. on Monday and concluded rights to human rights. at 1:30 p.m. Although there were “When talking about human some volunteers who did not rights and civil rights in show up, the girls’ soccer team general, you talk about [what] came and helped volunteer, your community can do and making a total of 91 people. how important change [in] a Afterwards, the volunteers community is,” said Jennifer arrived at the Moton Museum Fraley, associate director located on Griffin Boulevard of Leadership and Service across from the old Kroger Learning, who organized the Shopping Center. first day of the celebration. At the end of the show-and- “Especially here at Longwood, tell, Longwood University’s very Longwood and Liberty Renew Rivalry we emphasize how important own President W. Taylor Reveley being a citizen leader is because IV gave a closing speech of how it’s such an important part of important getting involved Tonight: What to Keep an Eye out for our institution: making citizen within the community is and ERIC HOBECK with the team. For starters, Longwood’s the rest of the conference for leaders.” he commemorated the students Sports Editor This time around, Longwood senior wing TT Carey will that matter, knows exactly what Justin Reid, associate director and faculty who came out doesn’t look like the surging undoubtedly be the most Carey is capable of and has of the Moton Museum in during their day off to help It’s that time again. team they were at this point last talented player on the floor; surely been preparing his team Farmville, arrived to the MLK Call it a grudge match, call it year; they instead haven’t won he averages 17.9 points, 5.9 for the multi-faceted threat the Challenge talking about how a rivalry game, call it whatever in over a month and are 0-4 in rebounds and 1.5 steals per LaSalle transfer brings. He was important this day is and how you wish, but this much is conference play. Liberty, on the game and is knocking down held scoreless over the last 11 clear – one of the most heated other hand, is the defending shots from the field at a rate of minutes versus Campbell, but rivalries in the Big South conference champion and .439. The popular co-captain that probably won’t happen restarts tonight in Farmville 2-2 in the Big South and 8-11 has started every game and is against Liberty. as Longwood welcomes overall. Antwan Burrus and also well-remembered for his Liberty into Willett Hall for the John Caleb Sanders combine performance in last year’s game Late Night with Lancer 12th time. It’s the first game for 24 points a game on average, against the Flames in Farmville. between the two teams since whereas Longwood guard His 40-point, 12-rebound and See 'Longwood and last Feb. 19, when Longwood Lucas Woodhouse is first in the eight three pointers were good Liberty,' Pro and Campus Rec beat the Flames 102-101 in an conference for assists with 7.6 enough for some recognition instant classic, leading to the per game. With that said, here from ESPN and had an Page 2 KAYLA BALDINO We are trying to steer away Longwood students storming are three storylines to keep an enormous impact on the game’s Features Editor from gender-specific sports,” the court afterward to celebrate eye out for tonight. eventual result. Dale Layer, and Hamilton said. An event The Late Night committees happening in the future will be of Lancer Productions and the return of bongo ball, which Campus Recreation are Lancer Productions brought to collaborating to host an event campus last semester. Hamilton Students Play in Snow after Classes Cancelled on Jan. 31 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. described bongo ball as a “safer in the fitness center that will version of paintball.” feature entertainment such as In addition to laser tag, eight laser tag, game shows and trivia game shows will be set up for with big prizes. students to compete against Jessie Hamilton, the Late Night their friends for prizes. These director of Lancer Productions, game shows are modeled after explained why this event was big name shows like "Family organized. “We needed events Feud," "Survivor" and "The to get kids out on the weekends Price is Right." Longwood trivia and keep them from drinking games will also be held during and things like that. It’s safe and the Late Night event. fun here, so we try to offer things The numerous prizes for this that can appeal to everyone.” event include a 40-inch TV, a Tron laser tag will be held in PlayStation 3 and an iPad. These the fitness center and is open to can be won through not only the all students who would like to game shows and trivia, but also participate. In the past, Lancer in a raffle. Productions has hosted other Students who attend and stay events like this one, and they for a certain amount of time have brought laser tag in hopes get tickets, which will be used of appealing to men just as in a raffle by the end of the much as women. night. Even if students didn’t “We are trying to appeal to participate or win in a game men also because a lot of our show or trivia, they still have a past events are mainly focused chance at the prizes through the on girls, and our campus is so raffle. full of girls that I think laser tag Photos By: Photo Editor Caleb Briggs See 'Late Night,' Classes were officially cancelled at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and at press time, Longwood University was set to reopen at 10 a.m. today. Marissa Long is a good way to appeal to the catches snowflakes on her tongue as she enjoys the rest of her day without classes.