No excuses, rise above,” is not simply the motto of the women’s basketball team, but also motivation to redshirt sophomore Devon Brown. “It motivates us to have no excuses, and if we do have excuses to rise above them,” Brown said. The ‘no excuses’ attitude has helped Brown balance schoolwork and basketball. “It’s hard when you first come to college […]
Read moreStudents crowded into DeMoss 1101 Thursday night to hear Brett O’Donnell, who has worked on presidential campaigns, address his alma mater. The event was put on by Liberty’s chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America and the American Advertising Federation. Cindi Fahle, a public relations major who helped coordinate the event, was excited to hear O’Donnell speak. “He left […]
Read moreFast skating and aggressive play were showcased in the LaHaye Ice Center this weekend as Liberty University lost two hard-fought, unlucky competitions against the University of Delaware. Liberty faced an imposing challenge to try to outscore the notoriously speedy Delaware team that is undefeated in regulation time.
Read moreThe overwhelming excitement of the final home swim meet this weekend was a special treat for CFAWers. Fans were on the edge of their seats cheering for the Lady Flames as they competed against Gardner-Webb and VMI. There were some close calls, but Liberty prevailed over VMI, but were unable to secure a win against Gardner-Webb. “We’ve definitely improved not […]
Read moreThe Lady Flames soccer team’s season ended Saturday as they were making a push to win the Big South Tournament. Play started against Coastal Carolina on Friday. “Coastal is a physical team,” coach Jessica Hain said. “We want to take the referees out of the game and play well so one call doesn’t make or break the game.” The Lady […]
Read moreGleaning For The World (GFTW) is a group whose effort is not in recruiting and sending people, but in meeting the tangible needs of those who supply the manpower in times of great devastation. Organizations need supplies, GFTW Communication Director Ismael LaBiosa explained, they have people and they can send some help, but what they really need is tangible support. […]
Read moreDuring the third quarter of Liberty’s football game against Gardner-Webb, 2007 Liberty alumni and Jacksonville Jaguar running back Rashad Jennings stopped by press row for an impromptu interview with Chris Lang of the News and Advance and Nate Brown of the Liberty Champion. Q: On injury? A: It’s a long season. You have to make sure you come back right. […]
Read moreWe salute the men who fight for our freedoms overseas. We respect them and honor them. We pray for them and send encouragement and we so often forget about their wives, fiancées and families. One club on campus is trying to change that. Silent Ranks with a Vision (SRV) was started last April by Amanda Daugherty, who is a military […]
Read moreA debut show will be held at the Riverviews Artspace Dec. 4 for a group of young entrepreneurial-minded artisans seeking to spread artistic expression for fine arts and commercial production. The group of five Liberty students, seniors John Gosslee, Adrienna Hood, Rhonda Anderson, junior Lauren Baker, sophomores Jacob Siner and Philip Andrews, along with students from Lynchburg College, are a […]
Read moreThe Lady Flames wowed the crowd on senior night Friday at home against Presbyterian College and edged out a 1-0 victory. Tied 0-0 going into the last five minutes of the game senior Maria Owen scored the goal (4) that put the Lady Flames up and sealed the deal.
“It was a great feeling to score the winning goal especially on senior night,” Owen said.” The beginning was a little shaky starting all of the seniors in the line up, but we adjusted.”
Read moreThere was plenty of sunshine, smiles and Sheetz-donated sandwiches at Peaks View Park on Saturday, Oct. 30 to kick off the first annual disc golf tournament. The event was sponsored by Sheetz, Apple Auto Glass, Stand Up Inc. and Peaks and Creeks Disc Golf Club as a fundraiser for the upcoming Polar Plunge. Although the fundraiser was primarily geared toward […]
Read moreThe locker room was tense and silent as each player’s mind raced about the upcoming game. In the middle of it all stood David Sills, the world’s greatest eighth-grade quarterback. On a college campus, the excitement of a high school football game under Friday night lights is forgotten in the wake of Saturday’s collegiate games. For the students of Liberty […]
Read moreSadness struck many generations when Sony announced last week that the Walkman would stop production after 31 years of creating beloved music players. Through nostalgia, we can all remember a time when we listened to cassette tapes. “First introduced in 1979, it has sold more than 220 million units worldwide,” according to Leslie Horn of PCMag.com. Whether we borrowed our […]
Read moreTen years. That’s all it takes to turn an entire sub-population from public enemy number one to public sympathy number one. In the months following 9/11, Muslims in the United States were afraid of being associated with the extremists who took down the World Trade Centers and parts of the Pentagon. Fast-forward a decade. Many moderates and liberals have adopted […]
Read moreShe was hired to be a sales representative, but ended up working in the stock room. The reason was not due to unsatisfactory job performance on her part, but rather that management did not consider her face to be pretty enough to work in the front of the retail store. Although this scenario may seem outrageous, it is a true […]
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