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VOLUME 78, NUMBER 3
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Sports CVAC Soccer Tournament Players of The Week ECAC Hockey Tourney
PARTYING DOWN IN THE LONGWOOD COMMUNITY SINCE 1920
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NOVEMBER I I, 1998
Totalitarian Farmville Town Government Threatens To Jail And Fine Drunk Students By GEORGE LANUM and MELANIE BARKER Section Editors As Longwood continues to restrict alcohol consumption on campus and news of the college's expected growth makes its rounds, the town of Farmville has become more concerned with the increase of off-campus parties, intending to crack down on these 200 to 300 person parties. With representatives in the newly formed task force, both school and town officials intend to devise a solution to solve this problem. Gerald Spates, Town Manager of Farmville, remarked, "The problem we are faced with now is that we are getting complaints from residents about the parties. It's
been building up with more students moving off campus and more houses becoming available for rent in what are primarily residential neighborhoods. It's not an every night or an every weekend thing, but it's an occasion. We have several places in town that have been problems for some time. We are taking the position that we are going to address those problem areas." The first step in combating the problem is to begin strict enforcement of the nuisance sections of the Virginia State Code, a solution that is concerning many students. The ordinance specifies a certain decibel level by a certain number of feet from the house. Violation of this ordinance carries a fine up to $2500 and up
to 12 months in jail. Many students feel that this policy is unfair. Current senior E.G. Staton said that he felt parties were much smaller and tamer compared to visi in 1992 prior to his ei in 1997. "I think th has diminishejfl six years. Idfl Mere in 1992, jM Kder now a sjfl iti only imagi abou
Longwood Students Back The Night At Ral By MELISSA GOSS Staff Writer
The "Take Back the Night" rally was held October 28th in Lankford Student Union. Many Longwood students showed up to what turned out to be a very powerful rally. No one in the audience uttered a word as true sto-
ries, facts, and poems were presented at the podium. Candlelight glimmered at the front, getting stronger every few minutes as another candle was lit, signifying that another person was raped somewhere. The rally started off with statistics about rape, stating facts such as that most rapes are not reported, that drinking can be a prominate factor, and
that the creasing. What dience were the true st told by the victims themscl One person told of how was almost rs>fÂťd, but roommate came back just her assailant was pinning her SEE NIGHT, PAGE 5
Is Hurried ted about many if i in the un not to ca "better them ] r people in pi] fected by hurricanes or i sasters, take granted. Longwood, unfortunately, has three students in
ir majors. th majories NK-8. lealth and major. udents is at school. nt teachers their students, the SEE HONDURAS, PAGE 6