February 21, 2002
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L-R: Brooke Quintan, Gene Muto, Ariana Ortega, Lanie Pep ton "I am the president of Longwood's Unity Alliance GBLTS organization on campus. Every year UA does a play to promote Unity Alliance. So this year we decided to do a play co-sponsored with Longwood's theatre department. In the past it has only been run by UA members and other students. The whole reason I am doing this play is to promote gay awareness." Lanie Pepiton "There is an Epilogue after the show Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Epilogue is a forum for the students/faculty /staff to talk about the matter at hand and answer some questions.'' "Unity Alliance and the Longwood Players chose to do this ploy because it is a fairly new topic and can be interpreted. The show took a lot of labor and over 100 people helped out for the show"
"Since the play is co-sponsored with Unity Alliance they need theatre majors to be involved. When I first became involved I did not know what the ploy was about, but since then I have learned a lot and 1 am glad to be a part of it." Brook Quintan
February 24th marks the beginning of a tradition of selfacceptance. Eating disorders awareness week will be celebrated nationally the 24th of February through the 3rd of March. Longwood has pulled together an extensive team to represent the cause on campus as well. The week, known for the celebration of self-esteem and the abolishment of insecurity, will feature daily events campus wide. A clothing drive will begin Monday the 25th. The drive supports the motto "Accept your GENES. Donate your JEANS." The motto and the clothing drive encourage students to accept their bodies at their current state by donating clothes
remain in closets in hopes to be worn in the event of weight loss. There will be drop boxes in the Dining Hall, Counseling Center, Student Union, and at the front desks of French, Stubbs, Arc and Curry residence halls. Donations will be accepted until Friday the first of March. Tuesday's events include a presentation made by a Longwood student and Miss Virginia contestant that is a survivor of Bulimia Nervosa. She will tell of her battle and provide information on the prevention of eating disorders and the ways in which college students can assist friends they suspect might be suffering. The presentation will be given in the grand ballroom of the Dining Hall at 7:30 Tuesday evening. There will be a reception fol-
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which students, faculty, and staff will be invited to sign the Declaration of Independence from Dieting. The declaration encourages selfacceptance by declaring a weeklong personal ban on dieting in celebration of eating disorders awareness week. Thursday will feature an exhibit entitled "A Room with a View: the Evolution of an Eating Disorder." The ABC rooms of Lankford will be decorated in three-dimensional art showcasing the four stages of an eating disorder: image, distortion, despair, and hope. "A Room with a View" will be open all day and evening Thursday and Friday morning. Throughout the week there will be awareness-raising campaigns displayed in most every See DISORDER p.4
1 Oetry Alive! Adds a Twist to Interpretive Reading Michele Thompson Co0 Editor Poetry Alive.', a national group of touring performance poets, came to Longwood on Monday, February 18 sponsored by Students of Longwood Association of Teachers of English (S-LATE). The two performers, Ken and Nadine, gave a dramatic poetryreading, which included physically acting out the poems, changing accents and voice pitch, and the use of audience "volunteers." Their first volunteer was Gordon Van Ncss, IV, who played the part of a sleeping knight kissed by an angel, played by a student from Dr. BrockServais's Young Adult Literature course. The poems performed included A Red Wheelbarrow, by William Carlos Williams; The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; and On the Rise, by Sarah Holbrook. The performance of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere called for audience participation.
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who whines for a nice, safe cage until a pirate attacks and Custard shows her bravery by saving her owner and the other pets that ran away to hide. See POETRY p.Sfor a sample of poems read and story cont'd