SAO moves to DeMoss Hall

The Student Advocate Office (SAO) will be moving Feb. 19 from Green Hall to the DeMoss Learning Center. Their new location will be on the second floor between the grand lobby and the computer lab in suite 2247, according to the SAO. “We decided to move to DeMoss Hall so that we could better assist students,” Director of Orientation and […]

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Author inspires

Liberty University students and faculty members alike packed into DeMoss Hall 1090 to hear author and speaker Leslie Leyland Fields talk about a new way for evangelical Christians to interact with the surrounding culture. Fields was introduced by professor Karen Swallow Prior, who had developed a relationship with the writer after hearing one of her lectures. “My specialty is 18th-century […]

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Summer registration opens

Liberty University students may not be thinking about schoolwork in the summer, but for some, the chance to accelerate their education in summer school may be a good option. The resident summer school registration opened for students on ASIST Feb. 4. Liberty offers many different courses during the summer from desktop publishing to biology, among others, which are listed on […]

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Lady Flames keep on winning

Liberty earns its seventh straight win and sixth straight 20-win season with a 69-60 victory over Radford Dominant post play and solid contributions from the bench propelled the Liberty University women’s basketball team to a 69-60 win over in-state rival Radford University, Saturday, Feb. 16. Liberty, which is now 20-6 overall and 12-2 in the Big South, extended its winning […]

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Runners brave the cold during 5K

Nearly 200 participants span Liberty Mountain to complete the 3.1-mile race hosted by Student Activities Despite some light snow flurries, almost 200 runners showed up to the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre to participate in the Liberty Mountain 5K hosted by Liberty University Student Activities last Saturday, Feb. 16. The chilly morning did not stop those who showed up prepared to […]

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‘Burg population grows

Numbers continue to increase in and around Hill City In a recent report from the Weldon Cooper Center in Charlottesville, N.C., the City of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties saw their populations increase by a combination of about 3,180 residents since the 2010 Census. The report estimated that the City of Lynchburg had the biggest change in numbers — 1,635 […]

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Sign Language becomes major

The Department of English and Modern Languages adds American Sign Language and Interpreting to course studies Liberty University will become the first institution in the commonwealth of Virginia to offer a bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language and Interpreting (ASLI), according to the Office of English and Modern Languages assistant professor Nicole Thorn. The ASLI track will ensure that students […]

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From the desk

Provided that plans proceed as intended, Saturday mail might be a thing of the past starting August, 2013. Losing one day of mail might not seem like that big of deal to most people. However, if you are as avid a lover of getting traditional mail — letters from friends and family, cards, invitations, etc. — as I am, then […]

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Reel talk

Warning: the following article may contain disturbing content pertaining to undead corpses, apocalyptic plague and hunger for living human flesh. Sound like the precursor to another generic zombie movie? Well, think again. Though blood-encrusted, brain-eating zombies hardly seem to be the most promising premise for a romantic comedy, “Warm Bodies” manages to be surprisingly entertaining and touching. Clever and original, […]

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Super Bowl MVP: The commercials

The downtime spent in-between the action of the big game gives companies the opportunity to leave their mark It occurred to me as I viewed the second most-watched annual sporting event worldwide that the commercials capture the audience more than the greatest game-changing play. Nothing holds the attention of an audience more than a library being destroyed over America’s favorite […]

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