The Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center (BRPC) received $250,000 in donations at their annual benefit Sept. 14. The benefit featured internationally acclaimed author of “The Prayer of Jabez,” Bruce Wilkinson. Roughly 130 people attended the event, yet the amount the center received was more than four times what has been raised at past benefits. Previous benefits were by invitation only, but […]
Read moreDuke University’s College Republicans student group faces university de-charterment and is under risk of being de-funded after the removal of its president during the spring semester. The student senate of Duke University recently voted 20-3 to de-fund the political group, as ramifications to former President Justin Robinette’s impeachment in April, according to University of North Carolina’s The Daily Tar Heel. […]
Read moreSenior Sammye Spillar was walking through the back hallway of DeMoss two weeks ago, on the way to study in the biology department. She had just stepped out of the sudden rainstorm when a familiar face greeted her. “I saw one of the professors, and I said ‘This weather is crazy,’” Spillar said. Then the professor pointed farther down the […]
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Daniel Crossman’s hospital room was a revolving door of friends four weeks ago. As Crossman, a sophomore, waited on test results for what he thought was mononucleosis, friends from his hall flooded his room. When Crossman was alone, doctors came to him with the diagnosis: lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Sergeant David L. Porter of the 1-116th Infantry Battalion has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Even though his first tour was almost twice as long as his second, Porter said his most recent tour felt much longer. “The first time I had been divorced about two years, and it was a different situation for me, I was single,” […]
Read moreCongress recently had a very unusual, yet well-known speaker. Comedian Stephen Colbert gave a testimony on migrant labor issues during a hearing of Congress referred to as “Protecting America’s Harvest” Sept. 24. The hearing was for the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, according to the Huffington Post. Colbert testified with United Farm […]
Read moreThe Lady Flames Volleyball team split their conference weekend, dropping one to Winthrop and winning against Charleston Southern. The Lady Flames played extremely competitive games against Winthrop. They were in every game and had their chances to put Winthrop away, but fell short. “We have five freshman compared to their five seniors,” coach Shane Pinder said. “We had our chances […]
Read moreThe youngest son of Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea, was promoted to a military general on Sept. 27, a clear sign that he is to succeed his father as the country’s leader. Kim Jong-un has, for his entire life, remained one of the most elusive people on the planet. Only one photograph of him has ever been released, […]
Read moreWouldn’t it be nice if fairy tales were real? That thought suddenly hit me this summer. My hairdresser Sara was cutting and coloring my hair, and her daughter was watching a Walt Disney movie in the living room (not the Pixar ones. Think more old school, like the Lion King). I could not help but hear her enthusiasm. Her laughter […]
Read more[Letter to the Editor] Dear Editor, Recently the Champion (Sept. 21 issue) posted an opinion piece on the one-child ban in China. There were various portions of that article that I felt needed to be addressed. I would like to respond to the following statement that the opinion editor made. She wrote, “Now, China is re-thinking their strategy, since the […]
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“With 32 days until the election things are very tense in Washington, D.C. People are very charged, and new scandals are breaking daily, Republicans are trying to focus on the economy and Democrats are trying to portray Republican and tea party candidates as extreme, this is the current narrative of Washington,” Scott Whitlock of the Media Research Center said. The […]
Read moreLeslie Gahagan fondly recalls her grandfather smiling and dancing during her wedding last month. “He was having a great time,” Leslie, who graduated from Liberty last spring, said. “He was happy to see everybody.” Her husband, Joe, also a Liberty graduate, described George Baker III as the “life of the party.”
Read moreThe National Bureau of Economic Research announced last week that the recession ended a year ago. The news has not alleviated the unemployment problem facing many students at Liberty. The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics defines “unemployed” as someone who is available to work but does not have a job, despite actively searching for at least a month. […]
Read moreAlthough students sometimes gawk and gripe about the rules at Liberty University, policies here have evolved considerably since the school’s formation—to make life easier for everyone. The first statement of the first Liberty rule book was: “Attending Lynchburg Baptist College is a privilege, and there are policies, and you will want to keep the policies and rules at the college […]
Read moreStudent Activities will be hosting its first race in the Liberty Mountain Trail Series bright and early the morning of Saturday Oct. 9 at Camp Hydeaway. The Deep Hollow Half-Marathon and 5k will give students, faculty, staff and members of the community the ability to test their endurance as they run the hills of the Liberty Mountain Trail System. Those […]
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