Letter to the editor: From the Chancellor
I asked our Provost, Dr. Ron Godwin, and his staff about one year ago to carefully review all of our existing academic programs before we proceeded with the launch of new programs […]
Read moreDay: March 8, 2011
Out with the Old, In with the New
In response to the rapidly growing school, Liberty has begun construction of a new welcome center where the old Hancock Athletic Center once stood. The goal is to better accommodate visitors and potential students who are interested in learning more about the school.
Read moreLady Flames clinch No. 1 seed on senior night
Senior night for Dymond Morgan, Rachel McLeod and Kittery Maine ended with an exclamation point to usher out the trio’s careers. The Lady Flames topped UNC Asheville 72-58 in the second to last home game of the season. The Bulldogs opened the game on a 13-4 run favoring execution to the Lady Flames emotion. “There was a lot of emotion […]
Read moreThe 2012 Olympic outcry
If you have not seen the official logo of the 2012 Olympics, then you are behind the times. In the past week, this little symbol has caused something of an uproar in the Middle East. The logo itself is a pretty simple affair and is absolutely unworthy of any kind of controversy. It is a jagged rendition of the numbers, […]
Read moreHonor at all costs
Losing a player to injury just a few weeks prior to a national tournament is a big deal, but it happens to most teams at some point in their history. But losing a player to an honor code violation is something that few schools have to face. Brigham Young University (BYU), affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day […]
Read moreSgt. Stephanie Gardner: Translating Babel
Upon graduating high school in 2000, Stephanie Gardner followed family tradition and joined the military. She signed up with the U.S. Marine Corps just in time to take action when the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. Gardner was two months into her Arabic course at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif. when the 9/11 tragedy happened. Gardner and […]
Read moreStepson of C.S. Lewis speaks at convocation
Clad in knee high boots and a large cross necklace, Douglas Gresham, stepson of British author C.S. Lewis, addressed students in Convocation Monday Feb. 28. Gresham is the artistic director of the Narnia series and recently wrote a personal biography of Lewis entitled Jack’s Life. In a rich British accent, Gresham told of his testing American childhood, growing up with […]
Read moreExercise becoming extinct
Pristine rows of treadmills, rowers and stepmills wait to be used. According to ABC, Centers for Disease Control released a study saying less than two out of ten Americans are getting the recommended level of exercise. Professor Brianne Kilbourne did not bat an eyelash at the statistics.
Read moreLight ready for trips
Light Ministries (Light), a part of Liberty University’s Center for Global Ministries (CGM), offers students short-term missions trips each semester. According to the CGM website, Light has existed for the past 20 years, fulfilling more than 220 evangelistic campaigns and sharing the gospel with more than three million people. Since Light began, more than 7,000 students have helped to spread […]
Read moreEnding war one movie at a time
Invisible Children uses media to change the world Twenty-five years ago, a war began in northern Uganda that has consequently robbed an entire generation of their childhood and caused the lives of millions to be ruled by fear and violence. But it is time for the war to end. The Liberty chapter of Invisible Children (IC) is seeking to end […]
Read moreEnchanted April
Thunder crackles and booms throughout the first act of “Enchanted April,” as two London women search for meaning and happiness within their marriages and themselves. It started with a simple dream – a holiday far away from rainy post-World War I England. Housewives Lotty Wilton and Rose Arnott trudge through their daily lives, struggling with boredom and distant husbands.
Read moreRiding with strangers
On July 11, 1979, Liberty Baptist College student Steven John Hofer said goodbye to his friends and packed his car for his return trip home to South Dakota. Before leaving campus, Hofer stopped to visit the family of Pastor Dane Emerick to drop off a gift for their newborn daughter.
Read moreRMA winner promotes Buy Local campaign
Jennifer Mellinger won a prize just for doing her homework. Mellinger, who thought nothing of submitting a poster she designed to a contest held by Lynchburg’s Retail Merchants Association (RMA), was surprised when she was told over winter break that she had not only won but also would receive a prize of $500.
Read moreTeen found guilty
A Lynchburg teenager was found guilty of murder by the Lynchburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court on Monday, Feb. 28. The boy is being charged as a juvenile since he was only 13 years old when the crime occurred.
Read moreAn Xtreme Impact
Xtreme Impact (XI) works to combine youth ministry and missions. This ministry is fully devoted to sending high school students from all over the country into other parts of the world on mission trips where they are able to impact lives regardless of their age. XI is looking for two to four Liberty University students to serve as small group leaders on some of their mission trips taking place this summer July 9-30.
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