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Brock Commons Dedication This Saturdaij Shawn Garrett Xeus I.ditor

After nearly five months of delays. Phase I of Brock Commons will be formally dedicated at noon on Saturday April 24th. The massive pedestrian mall, meant to connect Longwood's historic northern core with the rest of campus, will stretch from High street between Lancaster and Grainger halls south all the way to Franklin street.

"In its 165 year history, nothing has transformed the Longwood campus like Brock Commons," said Longwood president Patricia Cormier.

"What were two busy pedestrian streets through the middle of campus has turned into an architectural wonder," Cormier added.

"By utilizing the natural topography of the campus, the creative design of Brock Commons has unified the university community" A wetter-than-usual spring and summer, and the more than 10 inches of rain left behind by hurricane Isabel, forced the postponement of the originally projected November 8th dedication date.

The dedication ceremony will begin with registration starting at 8:15am. Following will be the Orr Auditorium dedication in Hull and then the main ribbon-cutting on Brock Commons at 11:00.

From 11:30 to 1:15pm will be a campus-wide picnic (free to students, faculty and staff with ID, 10 dollars for Alumni, friends and family).

Three local bands-Woodburn Road, Junction and BASIC-will also be performing during the celebration.

The Commons consists of a large, raised concrete platform that spans the gap between the two small hills that used to exist between Lankford and the Library. In addition to several large grassy areas, Brock Commons also contains several brick pathways, trees, pre-cast concrete features, a large pavilion

and two fountains, the "CHI" fountain between I^ankford and the Dining Hall, and another in front of the new pavilion.

"The purpose of a raised pathway was to create not only a beautiful pedestrian promenade, but also to allow easier access to the buildings along what used to be Pine street," said Brent Douglass, longwood Director of Planning and Construction.

"Brock Commons does just that, and we're glad it's finished."

Along with Brock Commons comes a kind of campus-wide makeover in the form of new building identity signs.

The signs, created by Richmond-based Sign Graphics, inform readers of not only the building name but either the departments or facilities contained therein. Three new campus directories have also been erected at the main entrance, in front of Grainger Hall, and on Brock Commons itself.

In addition, Brock Commons also houses Longwood's new 137-space parking garage.

Although understood by many to have been an afterthought, the garage had been long planned, and the 7.5 million dollar project actually began as two separate projects melded into one.

"The University was in need of a parking garage initially," said Douglass, "but when the Brock's donated the money for a pedes-

trian mall, it was a huge plus."

Douglass was also intent on dispelling a recent rumor about the underground stream that runs through campus. Reports have been swirling around the Longwood community that claim Brock Commons is too heavy for the land beneath it, and is in fact sinking into the ground due to a

large sink hole created by the stream.

"It is absolutely untrue," Douglass commented. The underground stream is not a threat to Brock Commons, Douglass pointed out, and the Commons is capable of supporting both itself and students.

"Although it was necessary to

relocate the concrete pipe which encases the stream under that pan of campus, it is not an issue anymore," he added.

The birth of Brock Commons began with the generous gift of 3 million dollars from alumna Joan Brock '64 and Macon F. Brock Jr. of Virginia Beach. The largest capital donation in the history of the University, the Brock's gift was intended specifically to be the financial foundation of Brock Commons.

The Brocks are major shareholders in, and co-founders of the Dollar Tree retail chain.

Brock Commons is the most major and recent addition to Longwood's campus in a long list of newly constructed buildings and landscaping to be completed over the next three years. .Slated to begin directly after commencement is the final closure of and deconstruction ofPine street between the See-BROCK p. 5

LCVA Brings Outdoor Art to Longwood Shawn Garrett News Editor

In addition to a new parking garage, new pavilion, two water fountains and Brock Commons itself, visitors to Longwood will now notice two new items: a pair of sculptures. The two sculptures are part of the newly created Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Program.

The program, sponsored by the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, the Art Department, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the Office of Financial Management, seeks to install large works of art suitable for outdoor exhibition all over campus.

"We're trying to encourage and heighten the level of intellectual discourse among the student body," said Johnson Bowles, Director of the LCVA and assistant professor of the art department.

"We want to bring in current artists to showcase their artwork

on campus, and work with stu- been placed just outside of Wygal dents," said Bowles. "We want to Hall. Be Gardiner's black marble invite sculptors who will bring sculpture entided "Misguided new ideas about art to Angel" was the first artwork Longwood." acquired for the project The two sculptures have "The program is an integral presendy been placed at opposite part of the overall beautification ends of Brock Commons. and redevelopment of The more visible of the two is Longwood's campus," said the massive "Triportal" by East Johnson. Each piece will remain Carolina University professor on display for a total of two years Carl Billings. The large, stainless before being replaced. Over the steel piece currendy sits on a next 2 years, the program direcconcrete and brick platform at tors hope to install a total of 10the northern end of Brock 12 pieces around campus.

Commons in front of Iler Hall.

The project requires no addiThe second of the two has tional funding from the University.

Editorial

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rom Well.

It's almost one in the morning. Our four iu\v~ pages just crashed.

1 have yet another paper due tomorrow, books to read, and this newspaper to produce.

I do believe I won't be sleeping tonight.

1 didn't come here to complain, though. Everyone has school work. For this kind of article, see Bobbi's below. I love her dearly, and she says it nicely.

What I really want to do is wrap up the year and share with you our grand plans for next semester.

This semester has been one of the biggest learning experiences I've had in a while. I miss I jz, but I'm glad I got to opportunity to

be the editor for a spare semester.

I'm also glad we all got the opportunity to work with Naomi for her solitary year here at I.ongwood. I shall shed a tear or two when she leaves for Chapel Hill to work on her PhD. But in her place (in title, but not in our hearts. How is that for sap?) comes Dr. Lucinda Sinclair.

How amazing is she?

Already, in just the couple weeks she's been getting to know the staff and how The Rotunda works, she's done more for us than several of our past advisors.

Here's a run down for what we've seen: For next year, we will have had four advisors, been in two different departments, and undergone several structural

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changes, most of which, I'm proud of.

Man, I really can't get away from the prepositions as of late.

For this semester, above all, I'd really like to thank my darling Bobbi for really stepping up and becoming just the most ama/ing assistant I've ever seen. She's in here right now, by my side, working away, no questions asked. She's been by my side all semester, walking to the printer with me to drop off the paper. She meets me not too many hours later to help distribute the papers around campus.

This summer, the two of us are going to finally put together a style guide for The Rotunda. We've also got some changes planned for several of the sections; the school as a whole has come to the consensus that we need a stronger paper. We here on staff concur. One thing we'd like to see gone are the horo-

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Editor scopes. We'd also like to open a classifieds section for the students, as well as advertisers in town.

Just in case you're wondering, you, too, are more than welcome to share any ideas with us. We've got four long months to figure out all of it.

But I'll leave you at that. It's been a long year; we all need the rest. So enjoy some of the lyrics to one of my favorite Susan Werner songs, "May I Suggest," which is off of her album, new non-fiction.

Cheaters way out, I know: May I suggest This time is blessed for you This time is blessed and shining almost blinding bright Just turn your head ÂŤ And you'll begin to see The thousand reasons that were just beyond your sight The reasons why Why I suggest to you

Why I suggest this is the best part of your life There is a world That's been addressed to you Addressed to you, intended only for your eyes A secret world like a treasure chest to you Of private scenes and brilliant dreams that mesmerise A lover's trusting smile A tiny baby's hands The million stars that fill the turning sky at night Oh I suggest Oh I suggest to you Oh 1 suggest this is the best part of your life

Amy Whipple Editor-in-Chief

Words From tke Assistant Editor When I sat down to write tonight, it took me all of 10 seconds to recognize what has been on my mind lately.

It's that time of year and everyone is on edge. Trust me, I know!

I think I must have one of the worse cases of "I'm done with school; I don't want to be around any of you; I'm over it all" syndromes ever.

As my time here progresses, it seems that with each passing semester the end gets worse and worse. Freshman year before Christmas break, I could hardly believe that my first semester at college was over, and I wasn't excited at all.

After that spring semester, I was ready to see my friends from home again, but I was really sad to be leaving my roomates and the girls here. I actually cried when mom came to pick me up and take me back.

Before Christmas break this year, I was majorly stressed and extremely sick. It seemed like I would never get to the end of the day, much less the end of the

semester. Maybe it was because I was so sick, or maybe it was because I was so busy, or possibly a combination of both, but the frustration level just wasn't what it is this time around.

I'm not quite sure what it is, but my patience is gone. I don't have any. None. You can ask anyone who sees me on a regular basis, and they will tell you that I'm just not myself. What makes it even worse is that I feel bad for being rude, but I just can't help it.

The littlest things that I would never think twice about set me off to the point where I just want to throw something and quit school then and there. My problems don't end there either.

My mind has been rapidly shutting off since coming back from spring, break. It may be that I had so much fun in Panama City that I never wanted to come back. I really thought about it for a coupleof minutes on the day I was supposed to leave. Lately, there are days when I feel like this really is the end.

So earlier today I was discussing my problems with friends, and I was relieved to find that I wasn't the only one suffering through this horrible plague. It's apparent that all of us feel like

we're standing on the edge and a wrong look will send us over.

After my discussion, my advice to you is this: try to switch up your normal routine. Go to lunch at a different time, maybe with different people. Instead of studying or doing homework in your room or in the study lounges, take advantage of the nice weather! Grab a blanket and let the atmosphere of spring replace the stuffy and cramped lifestyle that you've been living for the past eight months or so.

No matter how much you have to do, set aside a chunk of time large enough each day to do something you really enjoy. Go to the park, make a quick trip to Richmond, or maybe just go visit a friend you don't see around often and watch a favorite movie!

And above all, understand that everyone feels like you do, and it's just that time of year!

To all my friends who have been dealing with my other personality that I knew nothing about, thanks. Hove you all so much!!

Bobbi Thibo Assistant Editor

April 22, 2004

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Condom Overload Not a Problem The following letter is in response to the April 15th article "Longwood's Condom Overload" by Staff Writer Raven Stanley.

I'm writing this because I feel the author is extremely misinformed and uneducated regarding this subject. I am also a female student, and 1 don't understand how you arrived at the "idea" that all college students are depicted as sexually active, uninformed on sex, and unwilling to purchase contraceptives here on campus.

1 have lived on this campus for three years and have gone to many of the events and never once have I witnessed an organization just "handing out" condoms. I think it is a bit extreme and misleading to say they are given out at every event. 1, nor my friends, have ever had condoms forced upon us, "at ever}- turn," as you put it.

Also, in my three years of living on this campus, I have been to the Student Health Center several times. I

don't know where you get your you in no way take this to make information, but a nurse holding you believe condoms are passed condoms and a pamphlet telling out at the health center. Nurses me to, "be safe," has never and doctors ask you, as well as approached me, nor have I ever- other females, if they are currendy been given them with prescrip- taking birth control because many tions or treatment. females forget to list it under other The health center, as well as RAs medications. Birth control isn't and other school officials, supply considered a typical medication by condoms to students in hopes that some people, and is often just if they are going to have sex, it will looked at as another form of conbe done safely. traception.

They are only attempting to I know sometimes I forget make it so that students who may about it because it's so typical to not have money or a way to the my every day routine, and it just store have contraceptives that are slips my mind. And yes, if you easily available to them. need to be treated for a non-sexuIf you took the time to read the al virus by prescription, the doctor signs, pamphlets, and folders on does need to know if you are curRAs' doors and around campus, rendy taking birth control. you would find pieces of informaJust like any other medication, tion simply for the education of birth control can also react with a sexually and non-sexually active prescription medicine; for examstudents, not just a packet of con- ple, some medications make birth doms. control less effective.

Your last issue with this whole The nurses in the health center idea about birth control shows how ask questions with the intention of misguided you are about sex and trying to ensure safety and alert contraceptives. If a nurse or doc- males and females of the dangers tor inquires about birth control, it of sex. It's called growing up, and is again for your protection. safe sex is nothing to be embarJust because a nurse asked you rassed about your use of contraceptives, should -Anonymous

Sexual Pleasure: Notking But an Instinct The following article is in response to the April 15th article "Sexual Intercourse" by Opinion Editor Tanner Keith The author made several references that he deemed as factual but were his own opinions. He stated incorrecdy that if a child grew up with no human contact they would have no sexual drive. This is incorrect.

In a sociology class I took here, as well as a psychology class I took in high school, I watched a documentary video on a child removed from a home where she had been forced to live in a closet (I believe it was) where she received no human contact

except for feeding. The basic skills she possessed when she was removed were only how to eat and how to masturbate - she couldn't even talk.

It has been awhile since I have seen the film though, and I don't remember all of the details. Even though she had no competition for the food, she would hoard it like a hungry animal. Both of these actions, defending food and masturbation, show basic instinctual skills. In the article there was a reference to Charles Darwin. Well everyone who has taken basic sociology, psychology, or anthropology has heard of "survival of the fittest," coined by Darwin.

This means basically that the most fit survive by any means possible. Two basic survival skills are

eating and reproduction. These are not learned behaviors but instinctual.

Every animal or human has the need to eat and reproduce (passing on their genes) that is why males in all species compete for females. That is why children with no concept of masturbation touch themselves. Even in the womb children touch themselves; it gives them sexual stimulation without knowing why.

In the movie Blue Lagoon the children figured out how sex gives them pleasure; they knew it was good but not what it would do.

This is why they knew to have sex but not that she would become pregnant. Sex is instinctual, it is sex education that is environmental (learned behavior).

-Anonymous

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props and drops Props: + To the weather. + To Midnight Breakfast. + To air-conditioning, flaunt it if you've got it. + To the approaching end of The Brock Clock. + To chocolate milk. + To the end of the semester.

Dupe - To The Grand Dinning Room being closed again.

- To the large thing in front of Her. - To having to pack and move all of your stuff out of your room.

- To sunburn.

- To more papers to write than our computers have space to store.

Speak Out What do you think of the sculpture in front of Her? If you locked me in a room for 12 hours with an arc welder, I could make it, and I have no takent.

-Brad Tuggle, Sophomore

It's kind of an eyesore.

-Eboni Corprew, Junior

It gives a nice accent to one end of Brock Commons.

-Owen Davis, Senior

I guess I was asleep when they voted "Large Chunks of Metal" as a form of art.

-Bendey Gettings, Freshman

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NAACP Ckairman Julian Bond to Speak at Longwood Commencement, Saturday Mau O Kent Booty Lengvood Public Relations Julian Bond, the chairman of the NAACP, will be the speaker for Longwood University's commencement on Saturday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m. on Wheeler Mall.

In his address, titled Greater Efforts, Grander Victories, Bond will discuss race and the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision. His appearance will culminate Longwood's year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in public education. One of the five cases that formed the basis of Brown v. Board originated in Prince Edward Count}- and was argued by NAACP attorneys from Richmond.

Bond, a former Georgia state legislator, has chaired the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People since 1998. He is currently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University in Washington, D.C., and a professor in the University of Virginia's Department of History, where he is co-director of Explorations in Black leadership.

Since his college days more than 40 years ago, Bond has been an active participant in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, and peace.

As a student at Morehouse College in 1960, he was arrested for sitting-in at the then-segregated cafeteria at Adanta City Hall, helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCQ, and shortly thereafter became the organization's communications director.

He worked in the SNCC's voter registration drives in rural Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.

Bond served four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and six terms in the Georgia Senate. He was first elected in 1965 to a one-year term in the Georgia House in a special election following courtordered reapportionment, but members voted not to seat him because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. After being re-

elected to his own vacant seat the next year, the House again barred him. I.ater that year, after he won a third election, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Georgia House had violated Bond's rights in refusing to seat him.

Among the successful legislation that he authored was a pioneer sickle cell anemia testing program. He waged a successful two-year fight in the legislature and the courts to create a black majority congressional district in Atlanta and organized the Georgia legislative Black Caucus, then the nation's largest.

In 1968 he co-chaired a challenge delegation from Georgia to

the Democratic Convention that succeeded in unseating the handpicked regulars. He was nominated for vice president - the first African American to be nominated by a major party but withdrew because he was too young to serve.

Bond has since 1980 been host and commentator on America's Black Forum, the oldest black-owned show in television syndication. He has narrated several TV documentaries, including the critically acclaimed PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize, about the civil rights movement.

He will be introduced to the Class of 2004 by Viola O. Baskerville of Richmond, who has represented the 71st House District in the Virginia General Assembly since 1998. Delegate Baskerville served on the Longwood Board of Visitors from 1989 to 1997 and is the mother of a Longwood graduate.

Her son, Timothy Ryan Baskerville, received a B.A. in Engjish in 2000.

For more information on commencement, visit www.longwood.edu/commencement

April 22, 2004

Students Bemoan Science Building Construction new science building, hasn't been named after anyone right now, but that may change in the A new science building is in the future. The tradition of process of being built between I>ongwood has been to name Wheeler and Jarman. This buildings after people.

Many are wondering what is project is only one of the many construction plans Longwood in store for the old science has made for the next five to building. ten years.

Douglass said there are three After being asked her options for the future of thoughts on the new science Stevens / Jeffers / McCorkle, building Sharon Kania, a junior the current science building. at Longwood said, "I think it's The possible options for this taking entirely too long to building include renovation for build, like everything else on student housing, office space for this campus." staff members or tearing it According to the Longwood down to build something else in website, this new building's its place. estimated completion date is According to Douglass, in Summer 2005 and will cost reference to the existing science approximately 17.6 million. It building, "it's old and obsolete will contain 20 new state-of- and too small." He explains that the-art classrooms and labs the program in Natural Science along with 28 faculty offices. is growing and the department Monica Tibbarts, a resident of facilities management is of Wheeler, the residence hall required to support this increase next to the construction site, in demand. says, "I don't like that [the conTo see this new science buildstruction] wakes me up in the ing in the making there is a 24morning, but it'll be good for hour live web cam available on the campus and the science the Internet. This is open to the department." public and can be found on the Brent Douglass, Director of Longwood University website, Facilities Management said the longwood.edu.

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Rufiner Construction Update Pkotos Jenn Dize and I got the wonderful opportunity yesterday to get the grand tour of the Ruffner construction.

It was an amazing time, and I promise you, everything is just coming along wonderfully. Here is what we saw:

Linda Ford, chosen Supervisor of the Year, and Lit Flaherty, chosen Student Employee of the Year

Longwood Supervisor and Student Emploijee of tke Year Ckosen Kent Booty Public Relations Offict

Liz Flaherty, a student supervisor in the dining hall, recently was named the Student Employee of the Year in I-ongwood's student employment program.

Linda Ford, the administrative assistant to the provost/vice president for academic affairs, was chosen Supervisor of the Year.

The awards are given annually by the Work Experience Program in connection with National Student Employment Week.

There are more than 700 student workers and over 70 supervisors in the program, which is coordinated by Nadine Garrett in the Career Center.

The awards, given in a student dinner April 6, include a cash prize for the winners.

Ms. Flaherty, a junior communication studies major from Chesapeake, has worked in the dining hall for ARAMARK since the first semester of her freshman year.

She supervises five to seven students per shift and works about 15 to 20 hours a week.

She also is involved with campus radio station WMLU. Mrs. Ford, who currendy supervises two student workers and at other times has supervised three, has worked in the office of the

provost/vice president for academic affairs for threeand-a-half years.

Previously she worked part-time in the president's office for two years.

A Richmond native and Radford University graduate, she taught high school English in Floyd County for two years and middle school English in Lynchburg for two years before moving to Farmville with her husband, Ed, in 1998.

Her husband, who is the pastor of Worsham Baptist Church, was formerly an adjunct instructor in Longwood's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

In the Student Employee of the Year competition, Bianca Conn (English and Modern Languages) and Nicole Principino (Education, Special Education and Social Work) tied for 1st runnerup, and I-indsay Clark (Honor/Judicial Programs) was 2nd runnerup.

For Supervisor of the Year, I isa Seamster (English and Modern Languages) was 1st runnerup.

The Student Employee of the Year and the Supervisor of the Year are chosen by separate five-person committees, neither of which is associated with the Work Experience Program.

Top Left: A nearly completed hallway. One might note that, in color, it is two shades of pink.

Top Right: An ariel view of the CHI tunnel.

Above: The old door to the bookstore.

Above Right: A remaining podium with fake flowers.

Right: The sign that still glows in the window by Grainger.

Bottom Right:The structure of the Rotunda dome.

BROCK from p. 1 Cunninghams and Hiner / Coyner. When students return in the Fall, that area of campus, along with large sections of Madison street, is set to be completely under new grass and sidewalks, thus regulating cars to the edges of campus and creating a more pedestrian-friendly and bucolic campus center.

Also coming to campus in the near future are the new, 17.6 million dollar Science Building set to open in the fall of 2005 and the new Student Recreation Building, estimated to begin mid to late 2004.

Construction on Longwood's flagship Ruffner Hall is also in full swing and set to be finished near Christmas 2004.

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April 22, 2004

Environmental Groups Favor Kernj Over Busk U-Wirt LOS ANGELES - With the media debate over the presidential election in full force, many students are disappointed by the lack of attention given to an issue prevalent to many - the environment.

The voting records of George W. Bush and John Kerry show their notably different approaches toward pollution, conservation, and other environmental issues.

Kerry's voting record has been much more favorable than Bush's to environmental organizations.

As the election nears, members from environmental groups say they are trying to hold the Bush administration accountable for what they consider to be its negative environmental impacts.

Dan Sullivan, the only California representative on the 10-member National Political Committee of the Sierra Club, said the Sierra Club has not officially endorsed a candidate, but that Bush's environmental record

as president is abysmal.

"There is an enormous mass of areas where the Bush administration has made policies that seem to be negative to the environment," Sullivan said. "They seem to favor short-term consumption over long-term consequences."

Similarly, the League of Conservation Voters gave Bush a failing grade on his environmental report card, the first president to receive a failing grade since the league began scoring in 1970.

Kerry received a 96 percent for the same report card.

Many Republicans feel the criticism of Bush's environmental policies is unfair.

"Being in his position, he has to form a compromise between the economy and the environment," said Jennifer Otter, the chairman of California Students for Bush. "He has to be pragmatic."

Otter noted how some of Bush's environmental policies, such as "Clear Skies" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a policy

which set up a market system of emission caps and trades for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury - are good for the economy because the companies do not have to spend large amounts of money now, but can instead wait until better economic times.

Bush analysts have predicted "Clear Skies" will cut air pollution by 70 percent over the next 15 years.

But Democrats often contend this claim and say the initiative would actually allow pollution to increase. Although it significandy decreases the amount of pollution allowed per million dollars of gross domestic product, they say the overall GDP will rise so much that it will counteract the decrease.

Sean Hecht, the executive director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, also noted that while a market system of caps and trade for pollution can be productive environmentally and economically, it can also be problematic when dealing with a

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Quick Tips for Job-Seekers Raven Stanley Staff Writer As the year draws to a close, and many here at Longwood begin to look for summer or long-term employment, there are several things to keep in mind.

First an application and resume must be legible and easy to understand.

A company or organization normally has many applications for a single position and may not even read an application that is overly difficult to read.

Secondly it is often beneficial to research a company before going for an interview so that if you are asked a question such as why you want to work there, you know the things that the company values in themselves and in their employees, and can use this to stress personality traits that sill benefit you in that company.

Thirdly make sure to write every company their own cover Icaer so that it is job and company specific.

Do not under any circumstance lie in the interview or the application.

If the company picks up on the fact that there are inaccuracies they will not hire you do to a concern of what will happen once they hire you.

If they do not pick up on the inaccuracy until after they hire you, there is a high likelihood that you, as an employee will be fired leaving you to deal with that issue in locating a job later.

If asked questions about why a GPA is not higher or other potentially uncomfortable questions try to be honest by pointing out the positive factors that caused this such as "I took classes that were both challenging and difficult which unfortunately heart my GPA." Or "I have a tendency to over commit, but that I have learned to be careful in the past several years."

You may not want to point out that you also spent most Mondays recovering from the

weekend.

If you are an underclassmen in the coming year consider attending events put on by the Career Center.

Seniors next year may want to consider establishing an Employment Portfolio, which may be mailed to potential employers upon request.

For more information about this and other programs offered by the Career Center you can locate them on the internet at http://www.longwood.edu/care er/ or in Lancasterl39.

To the underclassmen looking for summer jobs keep in mind that it is possible that a summer job can be recurring or even lead to employment after graduation.

It is also important to stay in the best terms possible because it is possible that future employers may contact them for a recommendation.

Best of luck all those looking for a job over the next several weeks and months.

pollutant such as mercury.

Mercury, he said, tends to concentrate in hot spots near the place it was released. If each location is not regulated individually, some communities would bear a disproportionate amount.

The Bush administration has also come under fire for its rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement which would have required the United States to reduce emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels during the period between 2008 and 2012.

Bush has said he does not support the protocol because it would cause great economic harm and because of the ByrdHagel Resolution.

In 1997, the Senate passed the Byrd-Hagel Resolution, which declared the United States would not ratify the Kyoto protocol unless it involved meaningful contributions from developing countries such as India and China. The resolution passed with a vote of 95-0, including a

vote of support from Kerry.

No matter who wins the election, many people now agree that the Kyoto Protocol is a lost cause because of Byrd-Hagel and because the protocol would require emissions reductions that might have been feasible in 1997, but are not in 2004.

Kerry has voiced his support for some sort of international treat)'. He has also said he did not intend to kill the protocol with his vote of support for Byrd-Hagel, but had instead wanted to work with the protocol and fix some potential problems.

Bush has also been accused of loosening the environmental regulations already in place at the beginning of his administration by changing the interpretation of pre-existing laws.

"The Bush administration has a very sophisticated public relations approach. 'Clear Skies,' 'Healthy Forests,' it all sounds really good," Sullivan said.

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by Sam Wise-Ridges

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan 19) Feeling under the weather lately? Get some medicine and get on with your studying.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Pay someone a visit that you haven't seen in a long time and it will make their day.

Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) Your exams will go well, lucky you.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Don't give into temptation so easily.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Just remind yourself... only one more week.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Time management is very important this week!

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You know what they say about all work and no play.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23.-Nov. 21) In some sort of a bind? You'll get out of it soon.

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Kill Bill Shines in Conclusion; Punisher Falls Rat U-Wk* After months with audiences holding their collective bated breath, Tarantino has delivered the second half of his grind house epic and has finally delivered the movie that Vol. 1 promised. Kill Bilk VoL 2 has the centered emotional grounding and heartfelt maturity lacked in the first installment and throws the entire enterprise in a whole new light. Tarantino is no longer an arrested adolescent indulging in his tastes for 70s exploitation schlock - he tempers his baser instincts with a grown-up wisdom that makes for a film as moving as it is ingenious.

Once again Tarantino cycles through beloved B-genres of old.

This go-around has been heavily influenced by the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, what with its gurgling Ennio Morriconeesque score (it's courtesy of rapper the RZA and Tarantino's brother-in-arms Robert Rodriguez) and desert vistas, but

there are elements of Italian giallos and old-school martial arts melodramas complete with a white-bearded, hard-assed Chinese mentor. It's the same kind of mix tape assemblage that formed the structure of the first film, but this time the pacing is slower and more langurous, with more attention paid to dialogue (it's pretty crackling too, as befits a man as known for his screenplays as Tarantino) and characterizations. The time is longer too - well over two hours this time and the action scenes are fewer, which gives the movie breathing room to stretch and flex its cinematic muscle. No longer is the screen crowded out by Tarantino's endless homages and gore-soaked ultraviolence; now we get the chance to understand the motives of Tarantino's band of misfits.

Tarantino has a reputation for resuscitating the careers of hasbeens and never-weres. Here, in this case, he does that to a gaggle

of them. Thurman has never been better than when she's worked with Tarantino, giving the Bride (her real name, it turns out, is ... ah, you didn't really think I was going to spoil it did you?) a fierce glint in her eye and a heartwrenching humanity that Hannah and Thurman engage in a close-quarters fight that may be amongst the best-choreographed brawls documented on film, while Tarantino — with the judicious use of tense sound effects - builds one of the scariest buried alive sequences in film history (does anyone else have the sense that Tarantino may have added to cinema's legacy by freely borrowing from it?) When the Bride finally takes on Bill the action results in ... talk. Lots of it.

Kill Bill: VoL 2 plunges into the realm of the domestic drama and it is as piquant and touching as the rest is savvy and eventful.

When the climax rolls around, you don't feel catharsis or relief, but heartbreak. That's Tarantino's

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greatest achievement as an auteur, and an indication that he's becoming a real filmmaker as well.

There's revenge in The Punisher but it's not nearly as artfully staged as in Kill Bill The movie is based on a Marvel comic book, but it's really just a thuggish and junky vigilante cartoon, the kind of overheated testosterone fest that would have felt right at home amongst the early action-hero escapades of Stallone and Segal.

Where Kill Bill wts fleet and lightfooted. The Punisher manages to be glum and leaden, more brutal and preposterous than imaginative or cool. This movie does more than lives up to its title.

Frank Castle, the character that would become known as the Punisher, is unique amongst Marvel characters in that he's not a superhero - he's just an angry guy with lots of guns and a high tolerance for pain. Castle himself is beaten, shot (point blank in the chest too) and blown off a pier yet he manages to survive, with

only the tiniest of scars on his body.

It's that type of overkill that crushes the movie. The Punisher is ripe with Iudicrousness, and as the movie goes along, it grows more numbing with each scene of assaultive violence. Kill Billworks with the finesse of a swordsman, but The Punisher, for all its unearned gravity, operates with a grim and bludgeoning ferocity.

The movie pays token lip service to the line Castle's crossing (his actions are as bad, if not worse, than the villain's) but it always goes back to making a fetish of its bloodshed. That is, when it bothers to be violent; The Punisher spends way too much time with Casde planting the seeds of doubt within Saint's organization, when he could have just as easily taken out Saint in one fell swoop. But that's the level of thought that's been put into The Punisher, which lumbers through the vigilante genre in the way that Kill Bill flies right through it.

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Englisk Faculty Developing Creative Writing Concentration Janet Jones Staff Writ*

Lately Longwood University has been undergoing many changes and prominent advances have been made to help the students.

Upon the arrival of Mary Carrol Hackctt.a new professor in the English Department, the beginnings of a creative writing program are now underway.

Hackett has been pushing for this program for several months now.

She says she understands the importance of having this program and ensuring it assist the English majors at Longwood University.

Hackett is currently receiving support and aid from English professors Craig Challender,

Hood Frazier, and Susan Stinson.

The Rotunda spoke with Hackett about the content of this new program.

She is very excited and hopeful that many students are anticipating the start of this program, and also that they will decide on it for a concentration.

She admits that it is a very rigorous program, but adds that a challenging curriculum is necessary to become a good writer.

The Creative Writing Program will be a part of the English major.

It will combine traditional and contemporary literature with creative writing workshops.

If your future plans include becoming a successful contemporary writer you may want to

consider joining this new program.

It would be beneficial, in fact necessary, for you to understand and think critically about what you are reading and planning on

writing.

Hackett recalls her personal experience of leaving school and having to learn many practical elements of the writing world on her own.

She wants her students to be more prepared than she was, so she is ensuring that this is incorporated into the program at Longwood.

The curriculum will prepare young writers to go on to graduate school or into the world as a writer.

The new program here is comparable to that of Hollins

Yellowcard Comes to Longwood Brette Lawrence Staff Writer

Yellowcard's Ben Harper insists that he, and the members of his punk rock band are just like any other people their age.

Except that they get to travel all over the world to perform their music for screaming fans everywhere.

The band has come a long way since their beginnings in Jacksonville Florida, and several changes have taken place along the way.

The band formed in 1997, with all of the members knowing each other from high school.

Another change that took place was the bands move from Florida to southern California.

Key told the band that if they wanted to have any chance of succeeding, this was the place they needed to be, and off they went.

The move to California proved to be a good one.

They were eventually picked up by Capitol Records and have been very successful with their newest record, Ocean Avenue.

It includes ballads of love and

homesickness as well as discovering what you want to do in your life, and then actually doing it, as in the song Way Away. Key describes it as 'Talking about really owning up to what you want to do in your life," They are "inspired by everything man, I mean we're inspired by music, and a bunch of different bands.

I mean we are just inspired by life in general," according to

Harper.

They write about what they know, and what their listeners will be able to relate to.

They spend a lot of time traveling to their nearly 300 shows a year, which in turn means a lot of time on their bus.

They are all good friends and spend their time playing video games, watching television or

just jamming.

Although one would think that they would get sick of playing on their guitars since they not only do that for a living, but also in their free time, however, they say it is one of their favorite things to do in their free time.

They have been steadily holding onto a spot on TRL and have appeared on shows such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," as well as making a guest appearance on the popular drama "The O.C." Spring weekend was the first performance for Yellowcard at Longwood University; however, the band loves playing for college crowds.

They have a solid fan base around the country who will do almost anything to get their attention, "holding up large posters of a young Michel Jackson and waving it around in our faces," according to Harper.

Yellowcard made a big impression on the Longwood community. With their growing popularity and catchy songs they are sure to be around for a while.

University, which is one of the most respected programs in the country.

The Rotunda spoke with a student here at Longwood who is considering picking up the new concentration.

Walter Gray, who is currently an English major, feels this will be a fantastic program for potential writers.

He believes that, "It allows them to write their heart. This provides an outlet from academic writing, which many people need. I think the English Department is an outstanding institution and feel lucky to be part of what is to come. The students as well as the faculty are highly intelligent and helpful for the program and individuals involved."

This new concentration encompasses such a variety of

topics and issues, it would be valuable for anyone to participate.

With the help of this highly challenging and intellectual program, students will undoubtedly leave Longwood with a very strong reading and writing background.

These are two qualifications Graduate School applicants should have.

Your days here at Longwood could be overflowing with fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing.

The English faculty at Longwood are already exceptional. Adding a much needed concentration will only serve to better the already qualified department.

In the words of Irvine Welsh, "Choose your future...choose life"...choose creative writing.

National Day of Silence JennDize Futures Editor

Each year on April 21st college students around the nation stop talking for a day.

Their silence is symbolic of the silence that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons are subjected to each day of the year.

The Day of Silence started 1996, and has since has become the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for diverse students.

The original Day of Silence at the University of Virginia in 1996 was organized by only a few students and had 150 participants.

Since then, the organizing efforts have expanded to include over 1,900 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities across the country in 2002.

The National Day of Silence website (http: / /www.dayofsilence.org /) explains that The Day of Silence is a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in collaboration

with the United States Student Association (USSA).

It is a day of action where students who are against making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools take a 24 hour vow of silence to recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment - in effect, the silencing - experienced by LGBT students and their allies.

Students around the nation, in high school, college, and even younger, all participate in this act of protest Longwood students participated last year and held a candle light vigil at the end of the day.

Students were welcome to share stories in a symbolic breaking of the silence.

This year individual students chose to participate but the program was not carried out campus-wide.

Many people wonder about the effectiveness of being silent.

It seems that making a difference would require more speaking, not less.

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Gay and lesbian students are tion, the national organization using silence as a way to call responds that the silencing of attention to the harrassment they individuals has gone on too endure daily. long.

In 20(12 the FBI received 8,825 "The Day of Silence moves reports of hate crimes, 16.4 perthe power of these personal cent of which were perpetrated experiences to a community against perceived homosexuals. focused effort. The Day of This is the third largest perSilence is a way of turning centage of hate crimes, coming in silence on its head, of reclaim- . behind race and only slighti\ ing silence as a tool.'* behind religion.

In 1995, sexual orientation motivated 13 percent of all hate crimes.

This constitutes an increase of. 3 percent over the last nine years.

Often we hear that minorities are making progress but unfortunately the statistics do not support this claim.

This is also evidenced by the fact that statistics show anywhere from 65 to 85 percent of anti-gay

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hate crimes go unreported, according to a recent article in the Santa Cruze Sentinel.

In 2002, 13.4 percent of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation occurred on college campuses.

Most gay and lesbian students here at I.ongwood have not experienced overt hostility, but do encounter instances of rude comments and occasional comments written on white boards.

Almost half of the crimes took place in the victim's own home.

Gay males were nearly eight times more likely to he victims than lesbians, and eight\ times more likely than heterosexuals.

These facts and figures are n< it just something that happens to other people, Virginia has recenth had its own issues regarding sexuality.

In February of this year The Virginia General Assembly vetoed a bill that would have given sameKx partners the same rights as heterosexual couples in the workplace.

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Assistant Bill Janis was quoted as saying, '"the obvious longterm costs to 'Virginia] taxptj ers of extending benefits to a segment of society that is at a dramatically increased risk of HIV/AIDS and a host of other sexually-transmitted diseases, cancers and infections."

In fact, heterosexuals are currently the most likelv group t<> contract HIV/AIDS. Currently, according to the Washington Post, the beteio sexual elderly are the fastest rising group to contract the virus.

For all of these reasons and the innumerable other issues that have not been covered in this article, students chose to take action on April 21st and remain silent Silence may, in fact, be golden when it comes to making a statement and letting students' voices be heard.

It's rather ironic, isn't it?

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The Rotunda would like to wish everyone a safe, fun, and happu summer break!

Come back in August, and join the paper!

Until then, enjon.

Dearest Friends and Readers: With graduation and Mother's Day almost here, I would like to thank you once again for letting Charleys be part of your special occassions!!! As many of you may know, my Mom, Alice Timpone, has been a fountain of unconditional love and inspiration in my life.

I'd like to share some of her thoughts on life's lessons she's learned.

Recall for me some of the most important lessons you have learned in life: Family is Paramount.

Forgiveness is Essential.

Kindness is a Must.

Compassion is important.

Love never ends.

Friends are important, Part of Our Extended Family.

Sharing is Healthy.

Hoarding is Foolish.

Humor gets us through the heaviest part of our live's trials.

Prayer is the lifeline of Faith.

Faith is our Reality.

God's Love for us is Perfect.

God's Mercy is Everlasting.

Fairness is Mandatory.

God's Forgiveness is our inheritance to Eternal Life.

Congratulations to the Class of 2004!!!

Love and Peace Always, Mama Simboli

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BASEBALL RECORD: 5045 Sports Information

Longwood University dropped four games at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown April 17-18, falling by scores of 5-4 and 6-4 on the 17th and 4-3 and 8-7 on the 18th. A scheduled doubleheader against Virginia Intermont on April 13 was canceled due to rain. The lancers have lost sevenstraight games and arc now 3015 overall. Longwood will play again this Wednesday, April 21, hosting Hampdcn-Sydncy for a 3 p.m. game at Lancer Stadium in Farmville.

At UP] in the scries opener, Longwood led 4-2 in the 6th inning before the Mountain Gits scored three runs in the 6th inning for the victory.

Junior Chris Balus/Newport Neva (Denbigh) (2-3, 3 RBI) led the Lancer attack with two home runs, including a tworun shot in the 6th inning after a solo blast in the 4th inning.

Senior Brian Medley/ Halifax (Halifax Co.) (2-3, RBI) added two hits as well, including a double.

Freshman Alan Moore/Richmond (Monacan) (7-4) took the pitching loss, allowing five earned runs with three strikeouts over the first 5.2 innings. In the nightcap, Balm (3-3, RBI) led the 12-hit attack with three hits, including a solo home run in the 1st inning to increase his season total to eight homers. Medley (1-4, 3 RBI) added a three-run home run in the 3rd inning for the Lancers, his team-best and career-high 16th homer this season.

Junior Robert Gillis/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Auburn Drive) (2-3) and freshman Matt Fitzgerald/Fairfax Station (Hayfield) (2-2) also had two hits each. Freshman Zach Zigrang/Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (7-1) took the mound loss in relief, his first loss this season, allowing two unearned runs with two strikeouts over the final 3.2 innings.

At UPJ in the opener of the second twinbill, Longwood trailed 4-0 after five innings before scoring three runs in the 6th inning to come up a

run short Sophomore Danny McCraw/Pamplin (RandolphHenry) (1-1, RBI) had a pinch-hit RBI single in the 6th inning for the Lancers. Medley (0-0), who leads the team with 16 home runs this season, drew four walks in the contest. Freshman Brian McCullough/Virginia Beach (Princess Anne) (3-2) went the distance and took the pitching loss, allowing one earned run with three strikeouts over the 6.0 innings. In the nightcap against the Mountain Cats, the lancers plated six runs in the 3rd inning and led 7-5 into the bottom of the 7th inning before the hosts rallied for three runs and the four-game sweep of Longwood.

Freshman Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (2-4, 3 RBI) led the effort with two hits and three RBI along with Gillis (1-3, 2 RBI) who had two RBI. Medley (2-2) also collected two hits. Junior Darin Knicely/Elkton (Spotswood) (22) took the mound loss in relief, allowing three earned runs with one strikeout over the final 3.2 innings.

Season Statistics through 45 games, Medley continues with his phenomenal senior campaign and leads Longwood with his .516 batting average (83-161, 83 hits 1st all-time). In addition to being the all-time hits (252) leader, he has moved into several other career hitting categories, and currently ranks tied for 1st in runs (186), 2nd in games (173), tied for 2nd in home runs (39), 3rd in at-bats (625), tied for 4th in RBI (167), as well as 6th in doubles (46).

Medley is followed by Ames and his .428 batting average (65152), adding 11 doubles, a teambest five triples, one home run, and 33 RBI. Others include Zigrang (.389, 3-HR, 24-RBI), Fitzgerald (.385, 5 RBI), freshman Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (.374, team-best 20-2B, 7-HR, 43-RBI), Balus (.372, 8HR, 30-RBI, team-best 17-17 SB), junior Brett Mooney/Virginia Beach (Salem) (.357, 5-HR, 31-RBI), freshman Hunter Williams/Richmond (Varina) (.356, 13 RBI), McCraw

(.343, 2-HR, 23-RB1), Gillis (.303, 3-HR, 21-RBI), Childress (.294, 4-HR, 25RBI), senior Louis Shackelford/Newport News (Denbigh) (.265, 3-HR, 28RBI), and freshman Nathan Marti n/Chesterfield (Manchester) (.256, 7-RBI).

Pitchers - Knicely (.750, 2 RBI) and sophomore Mike Brown/Courtland (Southampton) (.500) have fared well in four at-bats each.

On the mound, among the four regular starters, Moore (74, 1 save) sports a 4.26 ERA through a team-best 67.2 innings with 56 strikeouts (7.45). McCullough (3-2) follows with his 5.23 BRA through 41.1 innings with 32 strikeouts (6.97), along with Brown (3-2) who has a 5.56 ERA through 43.2 innings with 34 strikeouts (7.01), and Weinstein (4-1) who has a 6.04 ERA through 44.2 innings with 31 strikeouts (6.25). In the bullpen, Zigrang (7-1) leads the way with his 2.15 ERA through 29.1 innings with 24 strikeouts (7.36). Knicely (2-2, 1 save) follows with his 4.36 ERA through 33.0 innings with 32 strikeouts (8.73).

Others include McCraw (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.1 IP, 1K-3.86), Martin (1-0, 2.25 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3K-6.75), Fitzgerald (1-0, 3.86 ERA, 4.2 IP, 4K-7.71), Shackelford (1-0, 5.40 ERA, 5.0 IP, 4K-7.20), Gillis (0-1, 7.71 ERA, 2.1 IP), sophomore.

Mike Williams/Hampton (Kecoughtan) (0-0,10.03 ERA, 11.2 IP, 8K-6.17), and Balus (10, 1 save, 12.54 ERA, 9.1 IP, 10K-9.65). The Lancers continue to hit for a high-average with an outstanding team batting average of .366 with 52 home runs and 356 RBI while scoring 9.20 runs per game.

Longwood has posted a team ERA of 5.37 through 316.2 innings with 253 strikeouts (7.19).

Following the action against Hampden-Sydney, Longwood will travel to Ashland April 22 for its 2004 season finale at Randolph-Macon College.

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Mens Rugby Janet Jones Staff Writer

This year many students at Longwood University witnessed the return of the men's rugby team. I-ast semester they were suspended, but made a triumphant return this season.

They started out their season with a Mardi Gras tournament in Baton Rouge. February marked their first Virginia Rugby Union game held here in with a 12-13 loss to William & Mary.

However, they played Hampden Sydney on March 4th and won 39-0. Hampden Sydney forfeited with 25 minutes left because longwood injured too many of their players for them to continue. This was a disheartening, yet amusing game to watch.

Longwood continued to dominate teams in the VRU by onlylosing one other game, to George Mason's A-side. Some of their other conquests included Christopher Newport University, George Mason's Bside, Dan River men's club and Southern Pine men's club.

Last Saturday there was a Spring weekend tournament held here at Presidents field, across from the golf course.

Dan River Men's club and Southern Pine men's club came here on a beautiful sunny Saturday, only to be defeated by Longwood 31-0 and 12-7.

Among those that scored on Saturday were Todd Heine, Paul

Weltz and Patrick Gorham, who had an 85-meter run. Steven Davis and John Clegg were both successful in kicking their penaltyconversions, longwood showed their strongest defense yet, and ended the season on a very high note. Sadly this was the last game tor the departing seniors Matt Farrell, Todd Heine, Scott Prunty, Carl Shultz and Paul Weltz. I spoke with Scott Prunty, the current president, about his expectations for the future. He said that despite the fact that the team is so young they did very well this season overall. There are about 15 rookies who show a lot of potential and provide hope for the team next season.

One of the rookies, Patrick Gorham who plays fullback, is taking control and will be the new president next year. He would like to add that they are the best guys on campus and he hopes to bring a lot to the team.

Patrick wants to show his openmindedness and bring his teammates to their pinnacle. If you are interested in further information or playing you should visit their website at http://lancer.longwood.edu/org /rfc/index.htm. Or if you would like to play for the women's team, which would be the best decision you will ever make, you should visit our website at http://rugbychicks.topcities.com/index.html.

This would behoove you since both teams look very promising for next semester.

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Women s Lacrosse Comes Back witk Two More Wins Sports Information

I-ongwood University swept two women's collegiate lacrosse matches last week, rolling past NCAA Division I Howard 2210, April 14 in the nation's capital, before defeating Division II foe West Chester 16-10, April 17 at Lancer Field. With the backto-back wins, the Lancers improve to 13-1 on the season, while posting a 6-1 mark against Division 1 competition.

I-ongwood is scheduled to play its final match of the 2004 campaign Thursday, April 22, as the I-ancers host in-state Division I opponent Virginia Tech. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m. at lancer Field.

At Howard, Longwood led 11-7 entering the intermission before scoring 11 more goals while limiting the host school to just three goals - in the second period to remain unbeaten (6-0) on the road this season. Junior

Leanne Kibler/Oakton (Oakton) paced the 22-goal attack with her team-best four goals, while the senior trio of Tia Richardson/Ellicott City, Md. (Centennial), Kristy Taylor/Lorton (Bishop Ireton), and Carlee Ullery/Keswick (Albemarle) along with sophomore Ali Shafer/Fairfax (Fairfax) contributed three goals apiece.

Ullery also dished out four assists for a team-high seven points on the afternoon, while Taylor and Shafer had three and one assists, respectively.

Other scorers include juniors lsa Cohen/Mineral (Fairfax) (2g, 2a, 4p) and Emily Bikowski/Fairfax (Bishop O'Connell) (lg, 2a, 3p), along with freshman Jenn Shipp/Charlottesville (Albemarle) (2g, la, 3p) and junior Sophie Dress/F.llicott City, Md. (Howard) (lg, lp).

Keepers senior Stacey

Schmidt/Berlin, N.J. (Eastern Regional) and sophomore Emily Wilson/Owings, Md. (Northern) split the game in front of the net, combining for 12 saves against the Bison. Schmidt made five stops, while Wilson had six stops.

Against West Chester, the two teams remained evenly matched through the opening minutes of the first half, until junior defender Leah Graham/Salisbury (Bennett) scored her second career goal at 10:26 and I^ongwood's first of five answered goals to enter the intermission with the 8-3 advantage ~ its largest lead of the half.

The I-ancers opened the second session with another goal, just 25 seconds into the half, as Bikowski netted her third goal of the match off a pass from Cohen to extend the margin to 9-3. The visiting Rams answered with a goal of their own at 27:33, cutting the deficit back to five goals,

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before Longwood put three more unreciprocated goals in the net courtesy of Ullery, Taylor, and Bikowski, stretching the advantage to eight goals (12-4).

West Chester cut the lead once more, scoring three-straight goals (12-7), including a free position goal from Kathleen Sheehan - her third of four goals in the match.

Taylor and Cohen followed with back-to-back goals for the I-ancers at the 15:15 and 13:15 marks, respectively and freshman Kelly Gaines/Fairfax (WT. Woodson) along with Shafer each scored before the final buzzer to secure the home triumph.

Bikowski paced the Lancers with her five points on a teambest four goals and one assist, while Ullery finished with four points on two goals and two assists. With her four points, Ullery surpassed 200 career points during her four years in a Lancer uniform. Cohen also fin-

ished the game with two goals and two assists for four points and Taylor closed out the match with two goals of her own.

Schmidt recorded 60 minutes between the pipes, while making eight stops in front of the net.

Ullery continues to pace the Lancer offense, registering a team-best 52 points on 28 goals and a team-best 24 assists Cohen has earned 47 points on 25 goals and 22 assists, while Bikowski and Taylor are close behind with 45 and 44 points, respectively.

Bikowski has netted a team-high 32 goals and passed out 13 assists, while Taylor has recorded 25 goals and 19 assists. Other scorers include Leanne Kibler (21g, 12a, 33p), Shipp (18g, 8a, 26p), Shafer (19g, 5a, 24p), Richardson (12g,2a,14p),Drcss(9g,5a,14p), freshmen Cathleen Strain/Alexandria (Mt. Vernon)

see LACROSSE p. 18

Longwood Men s Golf: Updates and Averages Poor finish in Greg Palmer Eagle Classic Sports Information

Longwood University shot a team score of 322 to finish ninth among 12 teams April 13 at the rain-shortened Greg Palmer Eagle Classic hosted by NCAA Division I Morehead State University in Kentucky.

Tournament host Morehead State and Murray State tied for first place in the event with their respective rounds of 298 at the 6,902-yard, par 72 Eagle Trace Golf Club as 36 of the scheduled 54 holes were canceled due to heavy rain causing unplayable course conditions.

The Lancers were scheduled to compete at the Norm Bullock Intercollegiate April 18-19 hosted by Wright State University in Ohio.

In Kentucky, junior Trey Deal/Martinsville (Martinsville) led Longwood with his 77 for a 13th-place tie among the 70 collegiate golfers.

Deal was followed by freshmen Chris Shuford/Fredericksburg (Colonial Forge) (78, t-22) and Brett

Chambers/Mount Sidney (Fort Defiance) (82, t-44), along with sophomores Michael Joyce/Peterborough, Ontario (Peterborough Collegiate) (85, t-55) and Kevin Johnson/Forest (Jefferson Forest) (87, t-63).

Season averagees are as follows: through 20 rounds, Deal has posted a team-low scoring average of 73.65 with a school-record low round of 66. Deal is followed closely by Chambers (74.30, 66), along with Joyce (76.25, 68), Johnson (76.86, 69, 7-rounds), senior Carl Magnusson/Linkoping, Sweden (Katedralskolan) (77.80,75,10-rounds), Shuford (77.83, 74, 12-rounds), along with seniors Matt Paciocco/ Richmond (Mills Godwin) (78.79, 71, 14-rounds) and Mike Nemcosky/Chesapeake (Great Bridge) (80.83, 76, 6-rounds).

The Lancers average 300.20 as a team.

Following the Wright State tournament, Longwood is scheduled to complete its season at the Scotty Duncan Invitational April 24-25 hosted by the University of Delaware.

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April 22, 2004

Annual Athletics Banquet Award Winners Sports Information

I-ongwood University announced its student-athlete award winners at the institution's annual Athletics Awards Banquet sponsored by Sunchase at Ix>ngwood Apartments Wednesday night in Farmville. The NCAA Division II lancers field 14 intercollegiate sport programs and this year have compiled an overall won-loss record of 141-100-3 (.584%) during the first year of a four-year reclassification transition to Division I certification in September 2007. Beginning next year (2004-05), Longwood must operate under all NCAA Division I rules and regulations, including all scheduling requirements.

The two top award winners for 2003-04 were seniors Brian Medley/Halifax and Heather Williams/Brookneal, named the male and female Athletes of the Year, respectively. Medley is a right fielder on the baseball team (31-15) who has started all 46 games this season and leads the team with his .516 batting average (83-161), 63 runs, 16 home runs, 70 RBI, a .913 slugging %, and a .577 on-base %; adding 16 doubles, 17-18 on steal attempts, and a .975 fielding %. He holds the school season-record for hits (83), and his career totals include 174 games, .403 average (252625), 39 home runs, 4 triples, 46 doubles, 167 RBI, 186 runs, 76 walks, and 50 steals. Medley ranks 1st in career hits (252), runs, and total bases (423), 2nd in games and home runs, 3rd in atbats (625) and slugging % (.677), 4th in average and RBI, and 6th in doubles. He is a physical education major and the son of James and Diane Medley.

Williams plays third base for the Softball team (36-12) and has started all 48 games this season with a .364 average (48-132), 31 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs, 33 RBI, a .614 slugging %, a .435 on-base %, 2-4 on steal attempts, and a .915 fielding %.

She tied a school-record for home runs in a game twice this year with two each against Division I opponents Coastal Carolina and Hampton, and her career totals include 158 games, .290 average (82-283), 11 home

runs, 1 triple, 16 doubles, 58 RBI, 50 runs, 29 walks, and 2 steals. Williams ranks 6th in career home runs, and 8th in games. She is a physical education major and the daughter of John Williams Sr. and Deborah Burch.

A complete list of the major award winners is below, and following are individual biographies on each major award winner recognized at the banquet.

2004 Sunchase at I-ongwood/ Longwood University Athletics Banquet Award Winners: Male Athlete Of The Year: Brian Medley/Halifax, Virginia * Senior * Baseball Female Athlete Of The Year: Heather Williams/Brookneal, Virginia * Senior * Softball Male Henry I. Willett ScholarAthlete Of The Year: Evan Weinstein/Toronto, Ontario *

Senior * Baseball Female Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Of The Year: Mary Millage/Ennismore, Ontario * Senior * Women's Golf Freshman Male Athlete Of The Year: Brett

Chambers/Mount Men's Golf

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Freshman Female Athlete Of The Year: Abbey Welch/IaPlata, Md. * Softball SAAC Coach Of The Year: Rich Firth * Men's & Women's Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year: BRIAN MEDLEY Senior * Baseball * Halifax, Virginia Has started all 45 games this season for baseball team (3115) and leads team with his .516 batting average (83-161), 63 runs, 16 home runs, 70 RBI, a .913 slugging, and a .577 on-base, adding 16 doubles, 17-18 on steal attempts, and a .975 fielding * holds season-record for hits (83) * Longwood Baseball career totals include 173 games, .403 average (252-625), 39 home runs, 4 triples, 46 doubles, 167 RBI, 186 runs, 76 walks, and 50 steals

* ranks 1st in career hits (252), runs, and total bases (423), 2nd in games and home runs, 3rd in atbats (625) and slugging (.677), 4th in average and RBI, and 6th in doubles S physical education major S son of James and Diane Medley.

Female Athlete of the Year: HEATHER WILLIAMS Senior * Softball * Brookneal, Virginia Has started all 48 games this season for softball team (36-12) with a .364 batting average, adding a career-high 8 home

Hampton * Longwood Softball career totals include 158 games, .290 average (82-283), 11 home runs, 1 triple, 16 doubles, 58 RBI, 50 runs, 29 walks, and 2 steals * ranks 6th in career home runs, and 8th in games * physical education major * daughter of John Williams Sr. and Deborah Burch.

Male Henry I. Willett ScholarAthlete of the Year: EVAN WEINSTEIN Senior * Baseball * Toronto, Ontario, Canada Business Administration Major * Finance Concentration * 4.000 GPA Has started 10 games on the mound for baseball team (31-15) * pitcher is co-leader on team in shutouts (1), adding 4-1 record, 6.04 ERA, 1 complete-game, 44.2 innings pitched, and 31 strikeouts * 2003 CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica 3rd-Team * Longwood University President's List.

Female Henry I. Willett ScholarAthlete of the Year: MARY MILLAGE Senior * Women's Golf * Ennismore, Ontario, Canada Therapeutic Recreation Major * 4.000 GPA Played all 21

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runs, 31 runs, 48 hits, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 33 RBI, a .614 slugging, a .435 on-base, 2-4 on steal attempts, and a .915 fielding * tied a school-record for home runs in a game twice this year with 2 each against Division I opponents Coastal Carolina and

(8g, 5a, 13p) and Kathleen Barry/Annandale (W.T. Woodson) (5g, 3a, 8p), along with Gaines (3g, la, 4p), fresh man Glenna Kibler/Oakton (Oakton) (2g, 2p), sophomore Kerry Ryan/Springfield (West Springfield) (lg, la, 2p), freshman Missy Rumbley/Baltimore, Md. (Parkville) (lg, Ip), Graham (lg, p), and junior Shawn Slotke/Baltimore, Md. (Roland

rounds for women's golf team * had an 83.67 stroke average * low 18-hole score of 76 * low 36-hole score of 158 * low 54-hole score of 240 * 2003 and 2002 NGCA All-Scholar Team * Longwood University President's List.

Freshman Male Athlete of the Year: BRETT CHAMBERS Men's Golf * Mount Sidney, Virginia. Has played all 23 rounds for men's golf team § co-leader on team with 74.65 scoring average * low 18-hole score of 66 (ties school-record) * low 36-hole score of 137 (school-record) * low 54-hole score of 216 * individual winner at Eastern Kentucky/Colonel Classic * two Top Five individual finishes.

Freshman Female Athlete of the Year: ABBEY WELCH Softball * LaPlata, Maryland Has started 37 of 40 games for softball team (36-12) * pitcher leads team with 33 appearances and 17 complete-games, including 21 starts * has team-best 19-5 record, 0.89 ERA, 2 saves, and a school-record 178 strikeouts * 1 no-hitter (Hampton, 8-0) * t- 14th in Division II wins, t-26th in saves, t-35th in ERA * West Virginia Wesleyan AllTournament Team. i |]|

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In goal, Schmidt has posted 558:59 minutes played, including 74 saves for a .477 save percentage. The senior also owns an 8.69 goals against average. Wilson has played 281:01 minutes; recording 43 saves for a .597 save percentage, while posting a 6.19 goals against average. Combined, the duo has made 110 stops for a .515 save percentage and a 7.86 Js against average.

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