Ending the season on a good note

Omotola career high 22 points and key free throws late, help the Lady Flames put away the Highlanders Perhaps it was due to the 35 minute delay to the start of the game, or perhaps it was because Liberty already owned the top seed for the upcoming Big South tournament going into Friday’s contest, but Liberty did not play its […]

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A look at GOP Primary candidates

When the Virginia Republican primaries are held Tuesday, March 6, only two candidates will be on the ballot, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. The information below profiles each candidate’s stance on key issues, and can be found on their official campaign websites. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Romney has promised a historic day if sworn into the presidency Jan. 20, […]

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Abortion bill on Gov. McDonnell’s desk

Virginia’s legislature passed a new abortion regulation March 1, and the bill is now awaiting Gov. Bob McDonnell’s signature to become law. The bill updates the preexisting Informed Consent law that was championed by then-Delegate McDonnell in 2001. Representing the 22nd District Del. Kathy Byron sponsored the new bill to provide women accurate information before having an abortion. “Ultrasounds are […]

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SA to host ‘God’s Not Dead’ tour

The Christian rock group, Newsboys, will bring their signature sound to the Vines Center at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, as part of Compassion International’s “God’s Not Dead” tour. “We’re very excited to be hosting their new ‘God’s Not Dead’ tour,” Student Activities (SA) Promotions Manager Stephanie Ward wrote in a recent email. “It’s been quite a while since we’ve […]

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Tornadoes kill 39 Friday

A series of twisters throughout the Midwest and South claimed the lives of 39 people. More than 300 tornado warnings plagued the Midwest Friday, March 3, according to the National Weather Service. The tornadoes spanned a total of 100,000 square miles and touched down in 10 states. The twisters spread from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and endangered […]

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Seeking to solve the water crisis

Local teen partners with Causelife to bring clean water to Guatemala After seeing the physical needs of the Guatemalan people on a church mission trip, 16-year-old Lynchburg resident Hunter Smith is on a mission to raise funds and awareness for their country. “While I was there in Guatemala, I fell in love with the country and its people,” Smith said. […]

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Former Liberty student dies of cancer

Former Liberty University baseball player Joseph J. Feeley III, 23, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 27, 2012. Feeley was a beloved son, brother, grandson, boyfriend, nephew, cousin, friend and teammate. Feeley attended Tall Oaks Classical School and Red Lion Christian Academy, where he graduated with honors in 2007. A member of the National Honor Society, Feeley […]

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Coffey’s creations take the cake

Wendy Coffey provides high quality cakes for special occasions According to Wendy Coffey, everything happens for a reason. In fact, when she was laid off from her job, she said she was given the opportunity of a lifetime — starting a small business of her own. Coffey Cakes, owned and operated by Coffey, is a small bakery in the Timberlake […]

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Spc. Aaron Sterling: Leaving history behind

Spc. Aaron Sterling, an advertising/public relations major at Liberty University, recently returned from his first deployment with the Army National Guard. Sterling deployed to Iraq on July 28 from Camp Atterbury, Ind., serving until the end of the war in December. Transitioning from a humid Lynchburg summer to the scorching deserts of Iraq shocked Sterling and the other soldiers of […]

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Hackers team up with WikiLeaks

What began as a group of pranksters trolling the web for laughs has evolved into a political cyber movement bent on attacking some of the most powerful entities in the world. Anonymous, the mysterious hacker collective, is growing exponentially, both in capability and notoriety, but can they focus that expanding power into socially positive acts or are they only acting […]

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Student wins national competition

Public relations senior Keri Cook wins first place at PRWeek Student of the Year competition in New York City Senior public relations major Keri Cook won first place at the PRWeek Student of the Year competition in New York City, March 1. “In my Public Relations Strategies class last semester, Dr. Widgeon asked each of us to create a comprehensive […]

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Living for God after tragedy

Jennifer Barrick does not remember what she had for breakfast yesterday morning. Nor does she remember whether she has met the person standing in front of her. Many of Jennifer’s memories were ripped away from her like the hood of her family’s minivan after a head-on collision Nov. 5, 2006. After an intoxicated driver of a pick up truck struck […]

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MCAT predicted to become harder

Aspiring medical school students will take an updated and more difficult medical school entrance exam (MCAT) beginning in 2015. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently approved significant changes to the MCAT, according to a press release by the Washington Post Company. The changes include adding a behavioral and social sciences section and more advanced biology and biochemistry content. […]

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Commencement housing fills up almost instantly

Liberty University’s commencement housing slots have sold out just three weeks after registration opened for the available Campus East and Liberty Annex residences. This will be the second year that the university has opted to provide some on campus housing to graduating student’s families for the weekend of Commencement. “The response from guests last year was positive. As a result, […]

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