Rotunda vol 84, no 10 nov 18, 2004

Volume 84, Number 10

Smoking On Brock Commons Since 1920

Wellness Center, Student Volunteers Stage Anti^Smoking Demonstration on Brock Commons Shawn Garreit \eas hditor

I^ongwood students, faculty and staff, smokers and nonsmokers alike, awoke to a blunt and sweeping reminder of the informal ban on smoking on Brock Commons yesterday.

As a result of a coordinated effort between 1-ongwood's Student Health and Wellness center, Student Government Association (SGA) and S.E.A.L., members of Longwood's community were confronted with A "No Smoking" banner put up overnight on Brock what looked to be hundreds of Commons.

Photo by Shawn Gaireu small orange flags as well as a handful of large, hanging ban- on December 10th if smoking on in the grass and not have smoke the Commons will be made a blown in their face." ners.

"The majority of students on According to SGA President permanent, punishable offense, Alicia Moody, the banners and according to Moody. Confident campus don't smoke," said flags are meant to be temporary the Board will vote in favor of a Moody, "and we're siding with the signs, not unlike "No Parking" ban, Moody said the offense majority."

Wellness Center Family Nurse signs, which have been put up to would be immediately listed in deter smokers until more perma- the Student as well as Faculty and Practitioner Beth Poore-Bowman Staff handbooks. reiterated Moody's statements, nent signs arrive next semester. confirming that "most students at While some feel that the possiMany students, however, feel Longwood don't smoke." mislead by the banners, According to studies conbelieving that a smoking ducted by the Wellness ban on Brock Commons Center, on average, only 3 actually exists. out of 10 students have used "I saw the signs any kind of tobacco product [Wednesday] and in the last 30 days, and only assumed you couldn't 11% of students smoke, smoke on Brock including occasional smokCommons," said junior ers.

Kimberly Ambrose, who According to Pooreadded that she was Bowman, Longwood's shocked that no such ban smoking policy has been is on the books. gradually evolving since Junior Kimberly 1997, when smoking was Herborn said that she 0ne , , , , , , '" " lon8 ,ine of orange Hags outside . " . . ... . . . had heard of people .■ r ■ ? £ 7 .. banned in all admirustrauve r ' the Cunninghams.

Photo by Shawn i Garten and academic buildings on getting ticketed" for campus. smoking on the Commons, and ble closing off such a large and Smoking was still permitted in was under the impression that the heavily used area of campus area had been officially designat- would be an infringement on the most residence halls-as well as ed smoke-free. rights of smokers, Moody said the burning of candles and Moody admitted that the ban that there arc still several areas on incense-until as recendy as the on smoking is unofficial. "No campus where students, faculty 2002-2003 school year. The fines have been issued for smok- and staff can smoke, such as the change, Poore-Bowman claims, was a direct result of the fire that ing [on Brock Commons]," said so-called "smoke huts.""

"We waited three years for the consumed the Ruffners in the Moody, who confirmed that a fine has not yet been established, completion of a muddy hole on spring of 2001. "The Rotunda because smoking on the the ground," said Moody, who burned down...and people were Commons is not actually listed as emphasized the need to keep the still allowed to smoke in the an offense.

Commons free of cigarette butts, dorms. It was crazy," said PooreLongwood's Board of Visitors and make sure it is a place where Bowman.

See SMOKING P. 4 will decide during their meeting "students can sit on the stone or

November 18, 2004

Catch The Spirit: 31 Years At Longwood and Still Going Strong Special Events," said I.ongwood President Patricia Cormier.

"Bittersweet because although Brenda will be retiring from I-ongwood after 31 years of Ferguson mill join ARA exemplary service, she will remain MARK as dine tor of Catering a I.ongwood devotee as she Services aftir retiring as direcassumes the position of director tor of Conferences, Scheduling. of catering services for ARAJennifer Wall MARK." Office of Public Relations Brenda replaces Jeanie who became Working 31 years at one institu- Campbell, tion would be enough for most ARAMARK's director of dining people, but not for Brenda services earlier this year.

"Not only am I delighted to Ferguson. "Why retire when you love where you are. After all, I continue to be a part of the came to Longwood at the tender 1-ongwood community that I love, age of four and I still have some but 1 now have walked into an incredible organization that is kick in me!!!" said Ferguson.

"It is with bittersweet emotion solid, professional and organthat I announce the retirement of ized," said Brenda Ferguson.

"Becoming a part of the ARA Brenda Ferguson, director of Conferences, Scheduling, and

See SPIRIT p. 1

LU Political Forum Provides Analysis ol 2004 Election

From left to right, panel mem bers Lindsey Reynolds, Clarke Hogan and Dr. Geoffroy de Laforcade discuss the 2004 Election.

Photo by Shawn Gorrtlt Shawn Garrett News Editor from Virginia's Republican and The hour-long Political Forum, Democratic parties, as well as a sponsored by the Department of Longwood professor, analyzed History, Political Science and and responded to questions about Philosophy and the Civic the 2004 elections and the ramifiI-eadership Institute, touched on cations of Bush's re-election at a wide range of topics from gay home and abroad.

A capacity crowd of Longwood marriage and abortion rights to the war on terror, but focused on students and a handful of faculty the relative successes and failures members listened intently this of the Democratic and past Tuesday night to Lindsey Republican campaigns for the Reynolds, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Virginia, White House.

For nearly and hour and a half See FORUM p. 1 Thursday night, representatives

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Editorial

November 18, 2004

Words from tke News Editor: A Patk to Nowkere Fall is the most beautiful season for verdant with the industrial, seem and the Hams would become so colleges and universities in the east, tacked on as an afterthought. overcrowded that whatever new and Longwood is no exception.

Would it have been such a prob- lawn that was created would deterioLongwood transforms during the lem to have a merely straight, nor- rate into a muddy, barren mash of Fall into the kind of picturesque, mal-width sidewalk to connect the impromptu cut-throughs? noble setting that has come to walks behind Lancaster and aside Is the giant "X" near the bottom define the iconic image of Grainger? And what of the "Y" of the hill that was once Madison American academia. shaped paths that alternate sides street truly necessary? Could not a Longwood's historic north core between the buildings? Was it real- straight continuation of the sidewalk is a place of red bricks and high, ly so vital that students and facul- behind Coyner be just as efficient? white columns; of majestic arch- ty be spared an extra half step to And what is the use of two sideways and broad, lush malls. The turn onto these sidewalks? walks, not more than a foot apart, in typical Jcffersonian architecture Between Hiner and the front of the entrance to Willet Hall that has become a staple of Cunninghams, an oversized (Lancer gym), when, just yards later, Virginia's institutions of higher pedestrian highway and series of students are having to make a small learning is brought to full glory dur- garish, asymmetrical staircases has path through the grass to maneuver ing October and November, giving turned any possible "greening" of around the foot-wide sidewalk that our small university a palpable the former Pine street into simply pathetically inches around the •sense of scholarly reflection. a smaller, ecru version of what columns of Hull?

But that sense is slowly slipping was.

And what of the sidewalks away. Longwood is gradually loosIn some ways, the old asphalt behind Lankford? Although Brock ing her verdant splendor. divide between these buildings, Commons was the most inconvenThe introduction of Brock relatively flat and long, was prefer- ient during its construction, the large Commons has turned Blackwell able, allowing for the occasional concrete...patio? behind the student Plaza (the area surrounding the cir- tossing around of a football or union and the spider web of sidecular fountain behind Grainger) Frisbee, but no longer. Why could into a harsh web of angled side- there not have simply been grass walks. The triangular patches of laid where the blacktop had been? grass, while, from a design stand- Were there serious concerns that Mr. Kroger, point may seem to incorporate the the sidewalks in front of Hiner First off, I would like to say that if my word choice when voicing my opinion on partial birth abortion offended you, then I apologize for the fact that you were offended. However, 1 used the diction that I did because it best expressed Box 2901 Phone: 434-395-2120 my opinion on the matter, and that I.ongwood University Fax: 434-395-2237 is why my piece was in the opinion Farmville.VA 23909 rotunda@longwood.edu section of the paper.

Second, never in my article did I Editor-in-Chief Amy Whipple comment on the current laws for Asst. Editor Bobbi Thibo partial-birth abortion or the health PR Manager exceptions that are made.

Copy Editor Patrick Trate My entire opinion piece was a Copy Editor Janet Jones "what-if" scenario as seen from News Editor Shawn Garrett my point of view, not based on Opinion F^ditor Tanner Keith fact as of 11-4-04. If you reread Style Editor Leslie Smith the first line of the article it states, Asst. Style Editor Sarah Barkdull "My fears are that if he is elected, Features Editor Amanda Segni John Kerry will play God." Sports Editor Patrick Sullivan It was my worry that the partialPhoto Editor Scott Dill birth abortion laws would get Cartoonist Ellie Woodruff lenient and misused under the Faculty Advisor I.ucinda Sinclair command of John Kerry, and that he would attempt to do all of the The Rotunda, the student newspaper at I-ongwood University, is pubthings stated in the piece. lished weekly during the academic year (except holidays and exam The purpose of the article was periods) and is printed in the offices of the Yarmrille Herald, Farmville, to "predict" the worst that would VA. happen if John Kerry had indeed All articles, advertisements, letters to the editor, and pictures must been elected, and while no one can be received by nine p.m. the Sunday prior to die next Thursday's pubtell the future, everything that I lication. All letters to the editor must be typed and include name and used in my piece, including the part telephone number. Any person wishing to have his/her name not on partial-birth abortion, was appear on the published letter must request so in writing. All letters are based on the platform that Kerry subject to editing. presented.

The Rotunda is an equal opportunity volunteer organization and is Third of all, since you want to looking for people who are interested in writing or layout. We curtalk misrepresentations of fact, rendy have positions available and ask anyone who is interested to The Partial Birth Abortion Ban come to our meetings, Mondays at 9:15 p.m.

Act of 2002 (also known as H.R.

walks that slice across Stubbs lawn is the one "improvement" I hear most disparagingly discussed. "Why is it so big," students ask? "Why so bright?" In older photographs I have noticed the single long sidewalk from Stubbs to the union. Two angled sidewalks would have been a help, but six?

I wonder, with a campus as small as ours, with little green space, would we not want to preserve every inch of grass, every large, ancient tree?

It seems the planners have attempted to anticipate every conceivable, every remotely possible path someone might take across campus and provide them with a sidewalk twice the usual width. And why are they so wide? It is difficult not to imagine these oversized paths as a kind of metaphor for the gluttonous, bigger-is-better mindset of the stereotypical

American.

Although pedestrians, it might seem, have more influence on where sidewalks are placed, I submit that it is the sidewalks themselves that determine where individuals will walk. The northern end of campus, with so few paths and so much green, is a perfect example.

When planning future construction, I recommend we look to the wide green, and narrow walkways that stretch from French to the new science building along the front of campus. I ask we consider the success of the broad mall behind Lancaster.

How about, instead of a little grass with our sidewalks, we have a sidewalk or two with our grass?

Shawn Garrett Ntms Editor

Response to Trevor Kroger s Letter to tke Editor

The Botunda

4965) describes in detail the procedure for partial-birth abortions.

Directly from the Congressional definition, I quote, "As defined in the act: the term "partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which (A) the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentional vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus: and (B) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus; Partial-Birth Abortion includes but is not limited to D&X performed on live fetuses.

"It would also include a procedure used in China where formaldehyde is injected into the baby's brain through its fontanel (soft spot), after the head has been delivered, in order to kill it prior to completing the delivery.

"It does not prohibit medical abortions, D&C with suction, or D&E procedures. It would not cover Induction unless the physician intentionally intervened during the delivery portion of the procedure and killed the fetus after it had been "partially born."

"It would not cover a D&X on a dead fetus nor would it cover the accidental death of baby during the normal birth process."

Here is another fact for you, and again I quote, "In D&X, the fetus is still alive when everything but the head is delivered into the vagina, but then dies when the head is crushed or the brains are suctioned."

As evident above, The Partial Ban Act of 2002, which was what I was afraid would be dissolved under John Kerry, does not ban the use of these procedures when the fetus is already dead, as you incorrecdy implied in your letter.

There are also exceptions made for those instances when this type of procedure is absolutely necessary to save the life of the mother. Once more 1 quote, "The ban on partial-birth abortion would not endanger a woman's health because it isn't medically necessary and there are standard alternative methods available at every gestational age.

There's also an exception if her life is truly threatened."

All of the fact that I addressed in my letter can be found at: http://commdocs.house.gov/co mmittees/judiciary/hju80553.00 0/hju80553_0f.htm and I suggest you take a look at those facts if you wish to better understand my opinion.

-Bobbi Thibo

Opinion

November 18,2004

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Marriage Is Not Purely Religious Jacob Turpin Student Writer

How is Marriage purely Religious?

I must say that I am quite displeased with an article in the latest edition of The Rotunda.

In "Marriage is Purely Religious," Patrick Sullivan, your "Sports Editor" decided to rant about a topic that he obviously doesn't know the first thing about Just by looking at the tide of the article, one can assume the lack of validity it merits within.

The article states that two same-sex adults can exchange oaths of loyalty and love equipped with matching rings "without having to sign a marriage certificate."

The process of marriage

Name Withheld Student Writer

I read the Activist because it calls itself an outlet for battling social injustice, but I feel that The Rotunda seriously needs to change its claims.

It is extremely misleading.

The only thing you are doing about societal evils is spreading them.

How is one male student being okay with me not getting the opportunity to marry battling social injustice?

He is the one who is unjust.

He is the problem for millions of Americans.

His mentality is what went out to the polls this past election and voted against my right to equality.

Marriage is not just religious anymore.

It has never really been strictly religious in the first place.

Imagine living in another country and having your par-

has been an institution held within the sanctity of a religious setting long before this country was founded.

However, the United States government has since then adopted the practice and made marriage available to Christians and Pagans alike.

If marriage is "purely" religious, then why would a non-Christian go through all the trouble?

The fact of the matter is that the practice of marriage boils down to one thing; taxes.

By signing a legally binding document, a couple can receive more tax breaks than simply promising "your undying and everlasting love to one another" as Patrick Sullivan put it.

The issue isn't religion; it's a separation of church and state.

In the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan,

Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah, the government is allowing the majority to bully the minority around.

Voters were quick to ban gay marriage based on personal religious beliefs and did not look at the legality of such an amendment When will this country that 1 live in realize that freedom does not mean the freedom to persecute a minority?

As a straight Christian male, I've learned to tolerate people of all walks of life.

Coming from a rural setting in the "Bible belt" of the country, I have seen ignorance and what prejudices can do to an individual.

This land of the free cannot and should not deprive two individuals their right to a legally binding marriage and the benefits that come with such a union.

ents arrange your marriage because of land and property owned by another family.

Do you know how many tax cuts there are for married couples in America?

Do you understand that if my partner is being rushed to the hospital I cannot ride in the ambulance and she riiay die while I am not at her side?

Do you realize that civil unions are not equality?

It's like we're using "separate but equal" all over again.

Nothing divided can stand for equality.

So it's not a big deal to you Patrick?

I can see how it wouldn't be; you ended your article writing that "One persons opinions, especially on something as solemn as marriage should never be forced on another person," yet you forced yours on me.

Everyorte that went to the polls in those eleven states and voted against my rights are forcing their

opinion on me.

You tried to teach to me about democracy.

It only works when you get what you want.

Don't you dare believe that.

Trying to amend the constitution to exclude me is not democracy.

Democracy would say that it's ridiculous to try.

Democracy would say that equality is important.

It's not like that one piece of paper is going to make or break a relationship. You wrote, "but it can .make or break my life with another person."

It can give me the right to be at their side in an emergency, and it can give her the right to be at mine.

Getting that paper means I don't have to die alone with someone who loves me in the waiting room.

We can still wear "matching wedding bands."

Thanks Patrick.

I'll go buy those right now.

A "wedding band," without a

+ To the Charlottesville City Council for standing up against the Affirmation of Marriage Act. £>IQPfii - To spilling coffee on your shirt 4 times in one day.

- To blatant lies about smoking on Brock Commons.

- To running out of cafe dollars on your card.

- To not standing behind your own opinions.

- To one thousand orange flags.

Speak Out Do you think that Brock Commons shoulc be smoke-free, why or why not?

No, I don't think there should be smoking on Brock Commons. You can smoke anywhere else on campus and it would be nice to have a place that's not covered in cigarette butts. But that's just me.

-Alicia Raymond Sophomore If I am within the legal smoking age of 18,1 should be able to smoke anywhere on campus. It makes no sense why^people can smoke outside Frazier, Wynne, or -Wygal, but not on Brock Commons on the way to class.

-Slavo Zolotovsky Senior All H€tm ijWUI hub

wedding means so much.

You mentioned finding a church that would perform the ceremony for my partner and I, and even though the government would still treat me as a secondclass citizen, it would be "sacred"?

I guess that all men are created "equal" really means that we can live and die beside one another, but what happens in the middle is just plan unfair.

We are created equal but we don't treat one another as equals, and now the government we live in is embracing the spread and

amending of the constitution to permanendy make me lesser than you Patrick, simply because you were born heterosexual.

Congratulations.

I am extremely disappointed in The Rotunda's publishing of this article in the Activist.

If there were another section in the paper for regular opinionated guest columns, sure, print it there.

But in a section set aside and designed for articles about fairness and injustice; printing this is deceptive to your readers.

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PAGE 4 FORUM cont'd p. 1 Clarke Hogan, Republican 60th District representative in the House of Delegates, and Dr. Geoffrey dc Laforcade, assistant professor of History here at Longwood.

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SMOKING cont'd p. 1 As of the 2003-2004 school year, all buildings on campus were designated smoke free.

Poore-Bowman attributed the low rate of smokers to the increasing regulations. "What we have seen in the last fire years," she said, "is a significant drop in the number of smokers on campus."

Between 11pm Tuesday night and lam Wednesday morning, volunteers placed nearly 1000 small orange flags along sidewalks and lawns, even above the brick wall in front of the Cunninghams, in an effort to mark the sometimes misunderstood boundaries of Brock Commons.

The flags, reminiscent of construction flags often used to mark underground pipes or wiring, outlined the entire perimeter of the Commons, which stretches from High street between Grainger and Lancaster, South along what ■ws formerly Pine street to

fessor of Political Science, was given twenty minutes each to give their own unique insights to the recent elections from the standpoint of their particular party, or, in the case of Dr. Laforcade, from the perspective of the international community.

See FORUM p. 5 ment company around the world with accounts in Europe, Asia, Canada, and Latin America.

Brenda, a Farmville native, began working at Longwood Library in June 1973 after attending Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg. She was the administrative assistant to the director of Public Relations from 1982 to 1994.

She was director of events and ceremonies in the University Advancement office in 1995-96, and then performed the same job in the president's office from 1996 through December 2002 when she assumed her position as Director of Conferences, Scheduling, and Special Events.

Brenda lives in Farmville with her husband, Donnie Ferguson.

They have two grown children, Randy and Ashley.

Franklin Street.

The Commons also includes the new green space along Madison street.

The banners, which read "No Smoking on Brock Commons," were placed on the small section of colonnades opposite the pavilion, and on a tree adjacent to the tennis courts. A third banner between Hiner and the Cunninghams had been reportedly stolen by 9am Wednesday morning.

Longwood's policies toward smoking are "pretty progressive for Virginia," said Bowman, who added that few state institutions take the threat as seriously as Longwood does.

"I've spent an awful lot of time walking up and down Brock Commons saying, 'no smoking, no smoking, no smoking,'" said Wellness Center Family Nurse Practitioner Beth PooreBowman. "We wanted to make sure students got the message."

November 18, 2004

Congress Considers Education Agenda U-Wm

grants has increased by $3.2 billion over the past three years, the maximum authorized grant has remained frozen at $4,050 per student, largely due to a significant increase in the number of students eligible to receive Pell funding. In the first three years of Bush's term, the number of students receiving Pell grants rose by over one million, to 5.3 million.

President Bush has asked Congress for an almost $1 billion increase in the program during the next fiscal year, a change that would bring the total Pell budget to $12.9 billion.

Scott Fleming (SFS 72), assistant to the president for federal relations, said Georgetown strongly supports increases in Pell grant funding. He raised concerns about two Bush administration initiatives to distribute "targeted" grant funding to students specializing in math and science courses and students who have taken challenging courses in high school.

"We would be better served in making those funds available across the board," Fleming said.

Georgetown officials said they are also concerned with what they believe is the Bush administra-

Fresh from an election victory and bolstered by a reinforced Republican majority in Congress, President Bush is prepared to enact a higher education agenda that could leave his mark on American colleges and universities for years to come.

The Bush administration's proposed policies, which congressional officials say will be considered soon after the new Congress convenes in early January, include several issues that were hotly contested during the election.

Proposals include funding for student financial aid -- most notably federal Pell grants - and financial support for profit-based institutions.

Pell grant funding is a top concern of Georgetown administrators, who argue that increasing costs and a government-imposed enrollment cap have pressed the university into increasing tuition to make up for reduced federal aid.

Officials say that Georgetown, with its relatively small endowment, is more dependent on federal aid than other comparable universities.

Although funding for Pell

tion's emphasis on primary and secondary education funding, causing less attention to be focused on higher education needs.

Fleming criticized Congress' characterization of higher education appropriations as a "zerosum game," in which the amount of funding given out each year is kept constant. In a time of record tuition levels, record attendance at colleges and universities and an increasing need for an educated population, federal funding for higher education is more necessary than ever, Fleming said.

"I think it's very unfortunate that there hasn't been a way to find additional resources," he said.

Government professor Clyde Wilcox said that discussion of a broad mandate for the president to enact his higher education agenda is premature given the closeness of the election.

"Bush can claim a mandate, but it was a close election so he can't claim it on everything," Wilcox said. "That is, he can't expect to get his way on all issues, and I would guess that the [higher education] issues ... would be lower down his list."

See EDUCATION p. 5

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November 18, 2004 FORUM cont'd p. 4 The panelists then took questions from the audience.

Reynolds, the democratic representative, focused largely on the need for what she called "national soul searching" within the democratic party to figure out what mistakes led to John Kerry's defeat earlier this month and how to fix them and move on.

She mentioned Kerry's seeming inability to connect with voters as a major stumbling block of his campaign, though added Kerry had been innovative in what she referred to as "porch visits," where, instead of going door to door, Kerry chose a single home within a community and invited all the neighbors over to discuss the issues.

Although the Democrats lost Virginia in 2004, Reynolds pointed to a strong and growing base within the state.

"I thought Bush was going to lose this election," said Delegate Hogan in a surprising admission.

With the war in Iraq, which Hogan described as "troublesome at best" and the largest national deficit in history, Hogan said that

many in the Republican Party "saw the President as vulnerable."

"This is not a recipe for success," said Hogan.

Hogan added that he did not see the election as a mandate, or as "a seed of change in the American consciousness."

To Bush's credit, however, Hogan said the Republicans were able to steer clear of focusing too closely on the common needs and beleifs of specific demographics, which he said the Democrats did all too often.

Dr. I.aforcade said that Bush's victory is seen as a clar victor)' for the hawks in U.S. foreign policy.

"Japan and China were both desperately rooting for Bush," said Laforcade because of their dependance on trade with America. Other allies include Australia, Italy, Columbia and Mexico, as well as the usual Great Britian and Isreal.

Interestingly, though the majority of South American nations are left leaning, according to Laforcade, only Cuban Dicator Fidel Castro openly supported a Kerry-Edwards Ticket.

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EDUCATION cont'd p. 4 strongly for a plan to introduce string theory mathematician who The administration has proposed several measures that would make it easier for proprietary institutions to receive federal aid. The proposals have stoked fears among Georgetown administrators that for-profit institutions could begin competing for a fixed amount of federal aid, possibly reducing the university's share of federal funds, Fleming said.

"If we now add a whole new slew of institutions that are eligible for a piece of the pie, and we aren't growing the pie, it's going to come right out of our hides," he said.

The Bush administration's tax proposals, however, have won support from several higher education groups. The White House's tax package currendy includes provisions that would make permanent certain benefits, such as allowing graduates to deduct interest paid on student loans from their federal income taxes, and creating incentives for investing in a federal college savings account.

Fleming said that the administration had lobbied particularly

charitable Individual Retirement Arrangement rollovers, which would allow individuals over a certain age to donate their IRAs as charitable gifts without suffering tax penalties.

Georgetown administrators have estimated that the university could receive approximately $20 million from alumni IRA donations if the proposal is adopted, Fleming said. The plan is part of Bush's faith-based initiative and has attracted broad support in Congress. Many faculty members were concerned, however, with the possibility that Republicans in Congress could act on the "academic bill of rights" proposal, a measure backed by some conservatives that would require colleges and universities not to consider political beliefs in their hiring and tenure decisions.

The proposal would also require institutions to invite speakers to campus and structure courses and curricula in a manner that would attempt to give both sides of contentious political issues equal rime on campus.

"We might need a particle physicist who is liberal and a

is conservative," Wilcox said. "(That) would make hiring quite an interesting challenge. Or how about ignoring ideology and focusing on issues, so we would need lots of creationist biologists, and some flat earth geologists, and lots of Muslims and Buddhists in religion departments."

Kelsey Pristach (SFS '07) said she was confident in Bush's ability to enact an agenda beneficial to students and faculty alike.

"If there's a budget deficit, I think it's more important to fund financial aid than fund research," Pristach said. "Overall, I do have confidence that the Republicans can effectively manage higher education policy."

Some students were less confident in their assessments of Congress' ability to craft a broadbased plan for colleges and universities.

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Tke World Has Turned and Left Me Here Mandy Aniason Staff Writer Dear Mandy, I really need some honest advice, and I really think you are the one to give it to me.

I have been with someone for a few months, and as much as I would like for things to work out with him, I just can't see it happening; though I do want to give him a chance. I love him, and doesn't everyone deserve a chance?

He is a really great guy, hut his friends hate me and make me feel like crap whenever I'm around them. My boyfriend doesn't stand up for me, but I think it is because he just wants to stay neutral and not rock the boat be/ween everyone. It's when we are alone that his true self comes out, and that's ivbat makes me really love him. He is sweet to me and takes me out a lot.

A lot of my friends don't talk to me anymore, because they say I have changed since being with him. But I think they are jealous because we are so

happy.

I don't know... What should I do?

C.C.

Dear C.C., So your friends are jealous because you guys are so happy?

Honey, if you were happy, you wouldn't be writing me, now would you?

1 have been in the same boat as you. I dated a guy who was my best friend in the entire world.

He was perfect and really nice.

His good friends liked me and treated me with respect. We dated for two years, and then something happened. He started to hang out with the wrong people and, unfortunately, he called them his friends.

I hated these friends. But I stood by him and put up with all their crap. To make an extremely long story short, his wonderful friends decided it would be great to get in my face and try to bring me down. Do you know what my nice, wonderful, and perfect boyfriend did? He stood there and watched, not saying a word.

So here is my advice: WALK AWAY. By doing that, you will be walking away with your dignity and heart. It might hurt for a really long time, and it might hurt even more when you think he has moved on, but you know what? You still have you.

I looked my ex right in the eye and told him it was done and walked away. It was honesdy the hardest thing I have EVER had to do.

Here is the problem: we as women make up many excuses for the guys we love.

HE WILL ALWAYS PICK HIS FRIENDS ABOVE YOU. I mean, wouldn't you? Oh wait, no, you didn't. You ditched some great friends who are looking out for you over a guy that

could give two craps about you.

Talk about sacrifice. Way to go with that one. My advice is to leave that guy in the cold.

If he doesn't have the balls to stand up for the one he "loves" then what makes you think he ever will?

NEVER GO BACK. Does he deserve another chance: hell no - in my opinion, he already had his. You can not always change someone. Don't offer him that chance. That lets guys think that it's okay to do that to you, and they will keep on screwing you over.

Be strong and surround yourself with the right people, and they will get you through. Raise your standards.

I read this book, and it is the best thing you will ever read. It even told me stuff that I needed to hear. It's called He's just Not Into You. I would suggest it to everyone who is having this problem. Go out and get it; it is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Remember, it is all about you.

Make it about you always and you won't fail yourself.

Until next time, boys and girls, Mandy Amason If you would like to write to Mandy for some advice, please email the Rotunda at rotunda@./ongwood. com and in the subject as ADVICE COLUMN QUESTION. Thanks!

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Life Abroad: Tke Gkana Journals This year, as most years, Longwood University has students who have chosen to study abroad through the International Studies program. Through out the next several months one of these students, Katie Harrison, a Junior Anthropology major, will be sharing some of her experiences in day to day life and her academic life while she is studing in Ghana on the west African coast.

3 November 2004

Wednesday afternoon we arrived at the STC bus station at noon and waited past 2:00 when the bus was supposed to leave, and finally left Accra around 4:00.

I'm getting quite used to the absence of being on time here.

The bus only took about 22 hours to reach Ouagadougou, where we got a hotel and crashed for the night.

Friday morning we walked to what we thought was the bus station to catch a bus to Ouiygiha

(sp).

But it turned out that it was closed, and so we had some random guy walk us to the newer bus station, which took about an hour and a half! We ended up walked clear across the other side of the city.

We caught the bus though, and got to Ouiygiha around 3:00 in the afternoon. Once we got there, Nozomi and I started asking people where a hotel was, but since neither of us spoke French, we didn't get very far.

We happened to find the owner of the Hotel Dunda who spoke a little English and had someone drive us to the hotel. It was a really nice hotel run by a Syrian couple and their two kids.

The power went off during

the night, and without a fan the room was like a furnace. Saturday morning, we caught the bus to Koro in Mali, which wasn't so bad.

There was a lot of dust, but other than that the ride was pretty nice.

After all of the boarder crossing stops we had to make, we arrived in Koro around 4:00 in the afternoon.

I still don't understand the point of stopping at customs so they can check everything then load it back on the bus, only to stop half a mile down the road for immigration.

In Koro we met our tour guide for the Dogon Country. His name was Omar, and he was absolutely the best guide ever!

There was a Slyvanian couple, Mathais and Ana, who we met at the Hotel Dunda who trekked through the Dogon Country with us, and they had a friend who recommended our tour guide be Omar.

After we figured out how long we all wanted to trek through Dogon Country, we all piled in a beat-up station wagon which Malians call taxis, and headed to Bankass. In Bankass, we slept on the roof of Omar's brother's hotel. It was amazing!

The sky was filled with bright stars and the sounds of the village were unreal.

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My Fiftk Year: A Classic Freskman Story, Part II Lee French Staff Writer

The next thing we know the police arrive and start pushing everyone back.

Then the fire alarms go off.

First in the Colonnades, then the Cunninghams and then in every other residence hall because apparendy gas lines were said to interconnect every building on campus.

Suddenly, there was this mass exodus of every student at Longwood pouring out into the streets. Meanwhile, that small fire on the roof of Grainger really wasn't all that small anymore. I think it would be much better described now as quite large.

Still no fire trucks. 1 was fortunate enough to have left the building wearing shoes with my keys in one pocket and my wallet in the other. This is more than I could say for a lot of the confused, panicked, and barefoot fellow students around me. But my car! My car is parked on Tabb Circle.

And even worse than that my bike was sitting in the handicap shower with its front wheel off, standing upright on its fork after

an exceptionally filthy ride earlier that afternoon out at Hampden-Sydney. I did pause for a moment then and seriously consider dashing back inside for a hot second to snag her (no pun intended).

The rapidly deteriorating circumstances of the evening did prompt me to take action, deducing that there were probably better places for this vehicle to sleep tonight. Plus, for crying out loud, where on god's green earth were the fire trucks?!?

So hell yeah I ran back; it's not like I was going inside. I guess I can see how all those people that were yelling at me might have thought that but no. Man, I remember hearing this one girl shouting, "no Lee don't do it! Don't go back inside; it's not worth it!" Calm down now; I'm just getting my car.

This place was turning to a giant mess fast. I just wanted to get out of there, so I drove to Par-bills to call my parents.

What a great phone call that was.

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I'm fine." Anything new happening at Longwood? "Well the schools burning down right now." That's nice son, have you

thanking my lucky f@$#ing stars that the good lord decided to rain hellfire and brimstone upon Farmville tonight. Quite the cynic, but he sure wasn't wrong. That fire 1 ■ scrapped the entire last two % weeks of school 0 fll a J m and all the * exams and research papers associated with it. For the first 1 • time in my life, inexcusable prow crastination appeared to Repnmeo from IfrFannvitie Herald have paid off. been drinking tonight. "No really It really wasn't until I had I swear, turn on the news or wrapped up my conversation something." Then Mom freaks with the 'rents and turned out, like I guess all good moms around to face the school, that it probably would and should do. all began to sink in.

She actually wanted to drive Next time you're up at Pardown and come find me. I'm like, bills in the evening turn and face Mother, do you realize that every the campus from the store front single student is homeless right near the pay phone and try to now, just like Homeless Rob? envision what it would look like How on earth do you expect to to see the entire horizon find me? engulfed in orange with smoke Dad was much more apathetic just billowing into the night sky. and pointed out that based on my I just stood there feeling so mid-semester grades I should be small and simple for joking about my grades and classes and all that, when in reality this wasn't a joke.

This is your school burning (ZZ<% to the ground.

Left with really no alternative I reunited with my fellows and assumed the default collegiate position in times of duress, drugs and alcohol. We sat out on the statue across from the Rotunda sipping on our nine ^reat pizza, pasta, parts rum, one part Coke cocksubs and salads at tails with front row seats while our buddy haggles with a news fair prices. reporter over how much he was going to pay him for his video tape he shot of the whole thing 'Sive us a try and you (He made $100, that's not bad). will wonder why you But the Rotunda was lost, Grainger was lost, and Ruffner ever went anywhere was on its way out. It seemed else! there really was nothing the firemen could do about those buildings. They seemed to be focused f)ine in or take out on keeping it from spreading by smashing out the roof of Tabb 315-0023 and pumping the better part of the Appomattox River into the 100 9flgb Street building.

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At one point someone asked if I lived in one of the buildings. I said that I did and stood up to point out to her which room was mine. "It's that one right down there," I said. "See it, it's right there...where the firemen appear to be dragging hoses through my window." Fabulous. I see a building full of perfectly good windows, why do you pick mine?

Oh well, I wasn't all that attached to any of that stuff anyways, except for my bike of course. I was a little distraught about that, and an overwhelming feeling of guilt that I had left my precious sitting there in the bathroom. My baby might die in there tonight. What would 1 tell my friends and family? That I had just sat there and did nothing while she burnt inside?

Fortunately, I hadn't been drinking when it had come time to make that judgment call.

The firemen ended up saving most of Ruffner and Tabb. The Gary Fisher was in bad shape but nothing a S200 overhaul didn't fix courtesy of an insurance claim god-send from heaven that I would continue to benefit from for several years to come afterwards. It sure did make moving out a snap though.

We didn't get to actually go back into the building for about another month or so, and even then most of the stuff in my room that wasn't trashed by firemen, smoke or water, oh wait that would be everything in my room, that's right, never mind.

But it's just stuff. Really, that's all it was.

The most important thing was that not one person was injured throughout the entire ordeal and wow, what a story to tell.

I think perhaps the most aweinspiring and humbling moment of the entire evening would be when the dome of the Rotunda finally collapsed, and in its place this tremendous burst of flame followed by the thundering crash of the dome smashing into the ground floor.

Everyone on the street just fell silent witnessing history with a grim and sadistic overtone. But I was drunk, so I was probably peeing in a bush or something.

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Professor Profile: Dr. Brett Hursey, Teacker and Poet Sarah-Tyler Moore St^ Writer

"I am interested in [students] succeeding, but I'm more interested in making them aware that they need to be concerned about their success - students have to have the desire to be motivated in the first place," said Dr. Brett Hursey.

Hursey, with a PhD in Creative Writing and Contemporary British and American Literature, is one of the newest additions to the English and Modern Language Department.

Dr. Hursey's resume, no doubt, is quite extensive and diverse. Prior to his lectureship in English and Modern Languages, he taught at East Carolina University for seven years.

Hursey attended East Carolina University for his undergraduate study, New Brunswick University in Canada for his Master's work, and finally he received his PhD at Oklahoma State University.

Dr. Hursey's decision to study English was perhaps an unconventional one, "I knew I wanted to be a writer since I had flunked out of college at ECU in my freshman year, [and] when I came back I already knew what I wanted to do. [I wanted to pursue] something I loved instead of something that would make a lot of money.

For my own personality I Hursey stands decided to go Oktoberfest. into the creative writing end of [English]," he said.

In addition to Dr. Hursey's degree study work, his background and outside publication are also impressive. When Hursey was growing up he was very involved in acting and the-

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can be successful in types of writing I haven't tried before. I think that's important for any type of writer."

What other types of writing, excluding plays, can Hursey add to his list? He has published three full length poetry books, two chapterbooks, 150 separate poems, and approximately 100 journals across the United at the Pie Your Professor booth at this year's States and Photo by Amy Whipple Canada.

Although Hursey admits he is all the parts as a writer." more partial to writing poetry Hursey, motivates himself to merely because of time contry other forms of writing, straints, and wishes he had more "Outside of the classroom I'm time to write plays. always trying to push myself to He has written two full-length stretch my own abilities as a plays that have been acted out writer and develop abilities I over six times, one of which. don't naturally have, to see if I ater, and as he got older he decided he favored playwrighting more because he got to play

"Figment" was performed on Broadway in 1992.

Hursey, as every good English professor should, has a passion for writing and reading "In my field it's indispensable.

In order to do your job, you have to write, you have to read. I think sometimes students that are not English majors fail to understand that having a diverse background through literature allows you to experience a lot things you do not get to experience in your every day life."

Among his passions, is the urge to push his students to care about their own success in writing.

"I take a lot of pride and personal satisfaction in the success of my students [especially] in creative writing; if they are successful I feel like I've done a great job. I may have pointed them in the direction where they can be successful," said Hursey.

To learn and experience more with Dr. Hursey, he will be teaching Introduction to Fiction, English 400, and English 203 next semester.

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Men s Basketball Looking Forward to NYC Opener Patrick Sullivan Sports Editor Although "disappointment" best describes last years basketball season after posting a dismal 5 - 22 record. However this year's upcoming word could become "optimistic" as Longwood's 'Big Three' of sophomores Mike Jefferson, Husein Pistoljevich, and Maurice Sumter, who all started the majority of last year's games, and coach Mike Gillian's second Longwood recruiting class. Gillian is confident in the Lancer's ability to improve in his second year as head coach. "My expectations are for us to contin-

ue to improve," Gillian said. "If we follow our system, the results will take care of themselves."

Ready to put last season behind them Gillian said, "The only thing we can take from last year is how Husein, Mike, and Maurice learned the system."

Last year, Jefferson established himself as the Lancers top scoring threat, leading the team with an average 15.1 points a game with a season high of 28 points against Saint Augustine.

"He is capable of affecting the game in many different ways.

Mike is coming off a superb freshman year in which he not

Lancers Lunatics Gone Crazij Kyle Martin Stoff Writtr The athletics department seeks to increase student turnout and create crazy basketball fans at both the men and women's basketball games this season with their new 'Lancer Lunatics' program.

Assistant Athletic Director/Development Mike Mitchell is responsible for the instatement of the program.

"One of the thoughts 1 have from a marketing and promoting standpoint of the basketball programs is to get the students more involved in attending basketball games," Mitchell said.

To achieve the goal of increasing attendance, incentives for students will be the focal point of the program.

Mitchell notes that the incentive program will rely on a points system and create competition between residence halls. "You receive points for your attendance including one point per men's game, 10 points per women's game, and 10 points for being a 'super fan,'" Mitchell said. According IO Mitchell, 'super fan' activities that include willbody painting and bringing banners to the games.

To participate, students will sign in on a sheet for their residence hall before each game and students will be able to access the point standings at http://www.longwoodlanrprs r om.. As a result of their atten-

dance, "The first 100 students who attend 10 or more games will receive free t-shirts and become inaugural members of the 'Lancer Lunatic' student section," Mitchell said.

In addition to individual rewards, the most supportive residence hall will receive a benefit as well. Mitchell stated, "At the end of the year, the residence hall with the most points wins, and the students from that residence hall who have attended 12 or more games will receive a cookout pool party courtesy of Aramark, Longwood Basketball, and Sunchase Apartmantes and will be eligible for (additional) prizes."

Sophomore Resident Assistant (RA) Emily Gratzke is supportive of the program. "I think it's a really good idea because it'll get the students out and get them more involved in the school and the athletic department. Gratzke also sees the program advantageous for freshmen. "Instead of having them out partying on a Friday night, they can go to a basketball game and they get rewarded for that," RA Gratzke said.

"I challenge every student to pack that student section every single game. The goal is to have the student section packed for men's and women's basketball games because the excitement comes from the students and we want to entice them to come here," Mike Mitchell said

only scored effectively but improved a great deal defensively and as an all-around player," Gillian said according to a press release.

Stretching opposing teams perimeters will be Longwood's record breaking guard, Pistoljevich. Establishing himself as Longwood's premier long-distance threat, Pistoljevich lead the team last year in three pointers, sinking 65. He also broke the Longwood record for three pointers in a single game with nine against #23 Virginia Union.

Pistoljevish said he wants to, "Do it the right way. Obviously, win and just try to progress in school and on the court. Since we have a young team, I want to help the young guys on and off the court.."

Sumter led the team last year with rebounds (145), blocks (35), and steals (37). He also has the highest shooting percentage of

all the returning starters.

"Maurice is a fantastic multidimensional player, "Gillian said in a press release, "This season, he will have the opportunity to utilize his talents in playing primarily his natural position, small forward."

The young Longwood team will be leaning strongly on their 'Big Three' for not only scoring but also leadership. "It's really important because we're the most experienced guys on the team. Hopefully, we can teach them how to compete at the Division I level, " said Pistoljevich.

Another returning sophomore who is expected to contribute as far as leadership and a starting role is Leland Beale who averaged 5.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 15 games last year. At 6 -8 and 250 pounds, Beale looks more like he should be a defensive end for Florida State than a starting

foward but according to a press release by Gillian, "(Beale) has very good basketball skills and is a fine athlete for his size."

Comprised of six freshmen, eight sophomores and one transfer junior, the Lancers will have to mesh quickly in order to compete in probably Longwood's toughest schedule ever. With the exception of rival Hampden-Sydney, all the teams Longwood faces this year are Division I. Longwood will face two pre-season Coaches Poll Top 5 teams, #5 Illinois and #2 Wake Forest. "It's going to be exiting to play some of the major schools like Illinois, Cincinnati, and Wake Forest. It's going to make our team better playing these opponents because you try to be like them because they are the best of the best," Pistoljevich said.

Longwood will begin their season Friday as they travel to New York See LANCERS p. 11

Basketball Teams Going into Bobcat Country Sports Information

Longwood University assistant athletics director for development Mike Mitchell has announced an agreement for lancer men's and women's basketball games to be broadcast this season on Blackstone radio stations. Bobcat Country, WBBC 93.5 FM and ESPN, WKLV 1440 AM. The broadcasts will include 21 men's contests during the upcoming year, along with seven women's contests, and all 28 broadcasts will be available worldwide via the Internet as well at Longwood Athletics website, wrww.longwoodlancers.mm.

"It was important for us to be able to carry as many women's and men's basketball games as possible this season," explained Mitchell.

"Both teams have tough but exciting road schedules and this will allow us to bring those games to our fans. WBBC and WKLV are very strong stations in this region and after they carried our games last season, give us a familiar and welcome home this season."

Bobcat Country and WKLV are owned and operated by Denbar Communications, Inc. and the Bobcat is a 25,000 watt FM station that reaches east from

Farmville to Richmond, west to Appomattox, north to Goochland County, and south from Farmville to the North Carolina border. WKLV, ESPN is a 5,000 watt AM station.

"We're very excited about our relationship with the Longwood Lancers this year, and with the addition of seven women's games to our scheduled 21 men's games," said Dennis Royer Sr., President of Denbar Communications, Inc. "We look forward to a long relationship with the University."

The 21 men's scheduled game broadcasts highlighted by: Hampden-Sydney (Nov. 29), Howard (Dec. 4, WKLV), UC Davis or Saint Joseph's (Dec. 11,

WKLV), #5 Illinois (Dec. 27, WKLV), Cincinnati (Dec. 30, WKLV), and #2 Wake Forest (Feb. 23). Handling the play-byplay for the men's broadcasts will be Jon Schaeffer, director of broadcasting and voice of the Lynchburg Hillcats, the Class A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The seven women's scheduled game broadcasts include the following contests: UNCWilmington (Nov. 26), Norfolk State or St. John's (Nov. 27), West Virginia (Dec. 1), George Mason (Dec. 21), Kentucky (Jan. 4), Liberty (Jan. 20), and Southern Virginia (Feb. 26, WKLV).

Handling the play-by-play for the women's broadcasts will be Mike Mitchell.

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NFL REPORT: Scores Settled In Week Ten Coach to be on ESPN Radio Patrick Sullivan Sports Editor

The Jets and the Ravens both reside in second place in their respective divisions, trailing two of the hottest teams in football.

The Jets headed into this week one game behind the Patriots, and the Ravens trail the team with longest active win streak in the NFL; the Steelers, by two games.

Neither team could afford to sacrifice a potential win if they were to have any chance of claiming the tide of divisional champions and a home game in the play-offs.

However, the Jets headed into this game without the greatest offensive weapon, quarterback Chad Pennington. While his replacement, ex-Cowboy Quincy Carter, played decently it was not enough to overcome Baltimore's defense.

New England increased their lead in the AFC East over the Jets to two games by crushing the

Bills. The Steelers were able to hold their lead over the Ravens as they extend their impresive winning-streak to seven straight, after defeating the Browns. The Falcons increased their divisional lead by defeating division opponent, the Buccaneers. The NFC North divisional lead became tied this week as the former second place Packers were able to overcome the high-powered former first place Vikings.

At another meeting of division leaders, the Seahawks were once again upset by the Rams.

Super-Bowl runner up, Carolina, doubled their win total this week by defeating the struggling 49ers.

Pre-season Super Bowl favorite Kansas City continues their abysmal slide as they lose another game, this week to New Orleans.

The Giants continue on a slide of their own. After starting off the season strong their latest

loss to the Cardinals has Coach Tom Coughlin switching his starting quarterback to rookie Eli Manning. His brother, Payton Manning, devastated the Texans on his way to yet another Colts victory. Another team switching quarterbacks after a demoralizing loss to the Bengals are the Redskins, who have handed the starting job back to Patrick Ramsey. Even without their starting quarterback, Byron Leftwich, the surprising Jaguars were able to put away the upstart Lions.

Player of the Week: Donavon McNabb exposed the Cowboys horrendous passing defense, as he made throwing five touchdowns against them look like childs play in the Eagles win.

Game of the Week: Nothing ends a game more unexpectedly than a safety in overtime. The Bears luck extends another week as they are able to accomplish just that to defeat the Titans.

Trey Deal Named Best Putter in DI Collegiate Golf Rankings Sports Information

Longwood University senior men's golf standout Trey Dealfrom Martinsville, Virginia is ranked number one in putting per the GOLFSTAT Division I statistical rankings of November 5.

Deal is atop the putts on greens in regulation with his 1.650 average, just ahead of VCU's Daryl Chappell (1.651) and Notre Dame's Shane Sigsbee (1.656).

Others ranked among the top 10 include collegiate players from Texas, USC, Augusta State, Louisville, Indiana, and East Tennessee State.

"There's no doubt Trey makes a lot of putts," explained eight year head golhcoach Kevin Fillman. "He'll make a long one LANCERS cont'd p. 10 City for the Columbia Classic held by Ivy League memeber Columbia. Then the I-ancers return home on Tuesday to battle Radford. Also over the winter break the Lancers travel to the Las Vegas Classic with also plays host to #5 Illinois along with Cinncinnati, Valparaiso and Nothern Iowa. Another tournement will be held in San Fransico and feature Saint Joseph, UC Davis, and host San

every once in a while, but the key for him is that he makes an extremely high percentage of the putts a high-caliber player expects to make. Trey just believes that every putt he hits is going in, and the vast majority of them do." â&#x2013; Through the fall portion of the 2004-05 schedule, Deal led Longwood with his 73.00 scoring average through 12 rounds of golf, including three rounds in the 60s with a low round of 67. He had two top 20 individual finishes during the fall, including a 14th-place tie at the James Madison Invitational October 9-10 when he fired his collegiate-best 213 (72-67-74).

Longwood will open the

spring season at the Charleston Southern/Spring Kick-Off Classic, Feb. 21-22, at the Coosaw Creek Country Club in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Sports Information

Longwood University men's basketball head coach Mike Gillian will be a guest on Sports Radio 910, WRNL's Mike Maniscalco Show this Wednesday, November 17, at 4:05 p.m.. Coach Gillian will join the Richmond AM station's Mike Maniscalco on his daily sports talk show, the capital city's most popular daily sports talk program that airs from 3-7 p.m.. The Lancer men's basketball head coach is scheduled for bi-monthly visits to the daily program, and will be on the show again December 1, also at 4:05 p.m..

"I'm really looking forward to being on the air with Mike Maniscalco on Sports Radio 910 during this upcoming season," said Gillian. "Mike is knowledgeable and energetic, and hosts the most listened to sports drive time show in Richmond and the Central Virginia area."

"This opportunity will allow us to to publicize Longwood Basketball and raise the profile of the program while we are doing it. It promises to be entertaining and fun and I can't wait to get it started Wednesday afternoon at 4:05 p.m."

Longwood will open the 2004-

Fransico. And finally end their road season against #2 Wake Forest.

Despite the competition, the Lancers continue to remain optimistic about the upcoming season despite the tremendous odds stacked against them.

According to freshmen guard Kevin Schneider, "I think we're hungry. We've got heart.

We're not the tallest team, but I think our heart makes up for that."

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The Lancers open against Columbia on Friday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m., and will play cither Morehead State or Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Longwood will host Big South Conference member Radford University for its home opener next Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. in Willett Hall on-campus in Farmville.

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