Actor Angus T. Jones denounced his popular television show as ‘filth’ while begging viewers to stop watching “Two and a Half Men,” CBS Network’s hit comedic sitcom, has had quite a successful run during its nine years on the network. Each season, the show has brought in more than 12 million viewers and an abundance of DVD sales. But there […]
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For those of you who have parents paying for your college education or the government giving you a Pell grant to round off what is not covered in scholarship money, this From the Desk will not really benefit you — though, you may glean some advice on how to pay off future debt, should you acquire any. For those of […]
Read moreCan we avoid a fiscal disaster? The uproar that became the norm of the 2012 election season has now officially come and gone, and a new political chapter is soon to be written. In these next four years, new challenges will face Congress, many of which deal with the national deficit, the economy and how the U.S. will balance the […]
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Penalties, poor line changes, trips to sin bin foil LU comeback in third period Victory flirted with the Liberty men’s DII hockey team but sided with Rider University, Saturday, Dec. 1. Liberty went down 1-0 in the first period but came back to overtake the Broncs, earning a 2-1 advantage by the second period. However, Rider played a better third […]
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With the start of the baseball season less than three months away, the construction of Liberty University’s new ballpark is slated to be completed in time for the Flames’ 2013 home opener Feb. 22. “With the athletic expansion, one of our goals was to have a nationally-prominent, known athletic program,” Executive Vice President Neal Askew said. “We think (the new […]
Read moreThe Lady Flames volleyball team fell short against the No. 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers in three sets (25-21, 25-10, 34-32) Friday, Nov. 30 in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Liberty concluded its 2012 season with a 25-8 record. The match against Minnesota was the Lady Flames seventh national tournament appearance. Liberty entered the match […]
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Liberty University sent a group of 17 students and four faculty members to Rwanda for the fourth university-sponsored trip to the African nation from Nov. 8 to 18.
Dr. Kevin Corsini, Administrative Dean for Graduate Students, and Kevin Struble […]
Read moreLiberty partners with Virginia Blood Services Students and faculty filled the back hallway of DeMoss Tuesday, Nov. 26 for the final blood drive of the semester. Virginia Blood Services, a local blood bank that coordinates with Liberty University, hosted the blood drive. Even late into the afternoon, students were lined up, waiting to give blood. “I was nervous to give blood […]
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Liberty University continued its Christmas tradition Monday, Nov. 26, when students gathered in front of DeMoss Hall to celebrate the third annual “Christmas in Lights.” The unique event gives students the opportunity to celebrate the Christmas season on their college campus.
Read moreStaff Sgt. Greg Copes was a Liberty University online student at home and an advocate for freedom deployed as a Marine. As a student, Copes worked on schoolwork diligently between deployments, spending time with his wife and four kids. Tragedy struck when Copes lost his life during a deployment in Afghanistan when an Afghan soldier pulled his gun on two […]
Read moreFinal exams are just around the corner, and as the sports desk we feel an obligation to stir the competitive drive and can-do spirit of the student body. In this spirit, we offer to you the words of Mohammed Ali on the eve of a fight against heavily-favored George Foreman. If we prepare with the same intensity and confidence for […]
Read moreLiberty’s women’s basketball team kicked off the Big South Conference Saturday, Dec. 1 when they took on Radford in the Highlander’s Dedmon Center for the 12th time in the last 13 years. The Flames took the lead at the end of the game when Tolu Omotola put up a basket with 43.1 seconds left in the second half, ultimately leading […]
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The Liberty School of Aeronautics (SOA) has recently accepted a 1931 Travel Air Plane, the same one to win the Powder Puff Air Derby, which would later become the Air Race Classic, back in 1929. This race was the first solely women’s air race. David Lowe, an avid pilot whose goal is to promote aviation and future pilots, donated the […]
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The Dept. of Theatre Arts wraps up its fall schedule with a musical love story The Theater Arts Department has put on many successful shows this semester, but they are not finished quite yet. With the themes of love and Christmas floating across the stage “She Loves Me,” is set to be the last production for the fall semester. “She […]
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With 48 seconds to go, Devon Marshall hit his sixth three-point shot to give Liberty a 63-58 lead and what was believed to be the dagger against the Georgia State Panthers.
However, the Panthers stuck around and clinched a 67-66 victory.
The loss gives the Flames an 0-8 record — their […]
