As if we didn’t already spend this entire election season questioning our sanity as a nation, it seems to be a common occurrence for controversy and Donald Trump to go hand-in-hand. Disregarding the past negative backlash about shady business deals and off-color remarks, now there are cabinet appointees to consider, question and critique. A few of Trump’s recent selections have […]
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It is safe to say that President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations have turned some heads and raised a number of concerns. However, this is hardly unexpected from the most controversial and unorthodox presidential candidate in history. Trump ran his campaign on the promise to end the overreach of federal bureaucracy and to “drain the swamp.” By appointing many candidates […]
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Pvt. Manning will be released from prison in May 2017 During his last days in office, former President Obama commuted the sentence of Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, along with more than 200 other prisoners. While deployed in Iraq in 2009, Manning had access to classified information that she subsequently leaked to WikiLeaks in early 2010. In 2013, Manning was sentenced […]
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Liberty University begins construction on a new natatorium for fall 2017 The Liberty University swimming and diving team competed in the last meet at the LaHaye Aquatics Center Jan. 20 against Campbell. The women’s swimming and diving coach Jake Shellenberger said the race was a “flood of memories” from the last seven years, reaching all the way back to […]
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The City Council approves the formal change of street names on campus In order to update city address databases used by emergency responders, the Lynchburg City Council approved the formal change of seven street names on Liberty University’s campus at their meeting Jan. 10. Although several campus street names have changed over time as the university has grown, Lynchburg’s […]
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Sarah Said The millennial generation is practically synonymous with technology, social media and smart phones. Just walk in a mall or step foot on a college campus, and you’ll probably run into someone from Generation Y because their heads are down focused on their iPhones. However, evidence says millennials are not the most addicted to social media. It’s their parents. […]
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Trump’s order halts U.S. entry for seven countries, refugees Making good on one of his most scoffed at campaign promises, President Donald Trump imposed a ban on individuals entering the United States from Muslim countries in yet another executive order Saturday, Jan. 28. The United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave — […]
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LU Send Now builds a team bound for Georgia to aid storm victims Angharad Hatt, Liberty University senior psychology student, was planning to travel with an LU Send Now team to provide relief for a severe storm. However, it was another storm that provided her the opportunity to go. In the first week of January, a powerful storm system […]
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Step-by-step spiritual diet plan keeps the focus on faith, food, fitness, and friends The latest diet fad hits the mainstream media, and people flock at the first thought of losing weight. Even Christians who are supposed to treat their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit turn their heads when news of a new diet breaks. The Daniel Plan, which […]
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Flames sweep Virginia Tech at Midnight Mayhem Payback was sweet for the Liberty men’s volleyball team as it shut down Virginia Tech in the third annual Midnight Mayhem game 3-0 early Saturday morning, Jan. 28 in the Vines Center. The first set ended 23-25, the second 18-25 and the final 21-25. Liberty’s team made quick work of the Hokies, […]
Read moreAfter an emotional, hard-fought victory against UNC-Asheville Thursday night, the Flames hosted the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs Saturday Night. The Flames easily handled the Bulldogs 67-51, boosting Liberty’s record to 15-7, and 10-1 in the Big South conference, while Gardner Webb fell to 7-16 (2-9 BSC). Throughout most of the first half, both teams struggled from the field with Liberty shooting […]
Read moreSteps to skis, backpacks to boarders There were no students lugging heavy backpacks up and down the steps of DeMoss, per usual, Saturday night. Instead, there were skiers and snowboarders competing in a freestyle competition, flipping and flying through the air at the DeMoss Rail Jam, Jan. 29 at 7:00 p.m. The DeMoss Rail Jam was an individual freestyle, ski […]
Read moreLiberty Counsel’s health care lawsuit was dismissed in federal court in December, but the battle in court is not over yet, according to Dean of Liberty Law School and President of Liberty Counsel Mat Staver. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond has set the oral argument for the week of May 10-13. Staver will argue the case […]
Read moreThe General Assembly has been busy dictating the outcome of several bills that have been proposed for 2011. So far, the General Assembly has voted on matters such as health care, sexual slavery, state-owned liquor stores, transportation, education, the use of GPS spy technologies and synthetic marijuana. Lynchburg’s representative Del. Dr. T. Scott Garrett’s, R-Lynchburg, bill on hospital staffing was […]
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Liberty offers a variety of new special interest courses for the spring semester This semester Liberty University students have the opportunity to participate in special interest courses including Intro to Scuba, Wilderness First Aid and Karen Kingsbury’s Writing and Publishing Fiction. Liberty students and the general public can learn how to scuba dive under the teachings of J.D. Emerson, a […]
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