Volume 83, Number 6
October 2, 2003
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Reviving the Goddess: Wicca 101 Leslie Smith Xews Hditor Yesterday kicked off "Wednesday with Women Studies," with the subject of "Reviving the Goddess in Modern Times," featuring Dr. Carl Riden. Her talk centered on Wicca, Goddess Worship, and Earth Spirituality. She covered the theology, history, academic analysis, and pagans' point of view.
Riden became interested in this topic when studying for a portion of her Sociology of Religion class labeled "Neopaganism and Witchcraft." She acknowledges that all types of pagans have different idea's and preferences when talking about rituals, gods/goddesses, pantheons (the different sects of gods, such as Greek or Celtic), the usage of magic, etc. "There's no way to get around it. Part of the belief system is that each individual, each
organization, can establish their own rituals, or write their own guidelines in respect 'to their own practice," Riden said. Rituals are fairly similar, though, as most aspects are usually kept throughout the different types of Wiccan and pagan ritual. The majority of pagans "believe that you are responsible for your own actions," she said.
See WICCA p.5
A Celebration of Diversity Ellie Woodruff Cartoonist September 27th, Longwood held its 3rd annual Citizen Leader Day at the Moton Museum, sponsored by SEAL and New Student leadership Programs. The program consisted of 3 separate sessions in which volunteers would attend a seminar explaining the history of the Moton School, Farmville's recent history in desegregation, and Prince Edward County public school's role in the Brown vs Board of Education legal batde. After the seminar on Saturday morning, volunteers spent the
afternoon serving plates of food donated by local businesses for five dollars a piece. The funds raised are to be matched and doubled by government agencies The effort raised some five hundred dollars, a cheering prospect for the oft-ignored museum. . Previous Citizen Leader Days have addressed the crisis situations in New York City following 9/11 and a series of individual monologues focusing on student issues ranging from eating disorders to academic honesty to sexuality. SEAL and the office of New Student and leadership Programs, an organization of young men and
In hopes of improving faculty and student awareness, the Longwood Environmental Awareness Foundation (L.E.A.F.) is working with the administration and student body to provide a recycling program here on campus for this semester. Organized in 1996, LEAF, has been involved in such activities as tree planting, water quality monitoring, programs with speakers involving learning activities, "Paint the Town Green," International Coastal Clean-up, and an upcoming trip to
Fox Island for a two week activity that teaches one to live self sufficiendy. L.E.A.F. is known for their con-
tributions in helping improve the environment, but according to Juliette Enfield, "I wanted a way to
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The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha (above) pose for a picture before WALK commences. The sister of Alpha Delta Pi (below) crowd around one of their newest members, greeting her with the traditional "shirting," in which the initiated sisters run out to the girl who has accepted their bid and give her a shirt displaying the sorority's greek letters. For the full story on recruitment, see p.5
women driven to make a difference on Longwood's campus have headed all these. The current advisor for both is Sarah Schoper, Iowa native, who is ecstatic about the record number of volunteers this year, an excess of 300 people. The program attracted faculty, staff, and students from both Longwood and Hampden Sydney and members of the Farmville community. Faculty and staff applauded the effort. The reactions from students, however, were mixed. During the initial seminar, numerous students had the "courtesy" to doze off, but were thank See CITIZEN p.4
L.EA.F. Initiated Campus-Wide Recycling Effort Stacey Kluttz Staff Writer
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be involved with issues on my campus and it first started because there was no recycling on campus. I wanted to get it going." In 2001, LE.A.F. sent out a petition with 500 student and faculty signatures showing their support for the program. Jennica Ames, Vice President of LE.A.F, said, "My goal is for the recycling program to be successful and for people to become environmentally aware." The effort to arrange recycling has not been an easy task according See LEAF p. 4
New Contraceptive: Seasonale Shannon Harrison PR Manager The FDA approved a newly developed Seasonale birth control pill that cuts periods from 13 a year to 4.
clen. The only key difference is the pill js taken consecutively for 84 days of active pills followed by 7 days in-active pills throughout which time you have your period. As said by the FDA the use of
•seasonale WMQIIHllWlllllilfall'.iy.'t'i Developed in Norfolk by BanLaboratories the pill will be in drugstores the beginning of November. The pill is the first of its kind, and works similarly to pills we are all familiar with like Ortho-tricy-
SEASONALEÂŽ provides women with more hormonal exposure on a yearly basis than conventional monthly oral contraceptives containing similar strength synthetic ~
See SEASONALE p.4