On Feb. 2 the San Francisco 49ers will play against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. Both teams played impressive regular seasons, with the Chiefs regular season record at 12-4 and the 49ers record at 13-3. Led by former Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers showcased an elite offense this season, with Garoppolo accumulating 3,978 yards and […]
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Liberty University’s synchronized skating team will compete at nationals for the third time since its conception in 2011, a remarkable achievement for a program so young. Synchronized skating is one of the disciplines of figure skating. Twelve to 20 skaters perform simultaneously, competing by performing a wide variety of moves on the ice as a consistent unit. The program was […]
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While college students lead busy lives, scrambling to complete schoolwork and arrange their upcoming careers, they often live under financial stress. Their time is eaten up by academics, they do not yet have a degree to get a high-paying job and student loans are burgeoning like anvil-shaped thunderclouds overhead, ready to strike after graduation. Yet in the meantime, they have […]
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When Liberty junior Bailey Duran opened her Twitter at the end of last semester, she never imagined one retweet would connect her with one of the loudest voices in the gun rights movement. After Antonia Okafor tweeted a response in support of nationwide campus carry Dec. 7, Duran commented on the tweet, expressing her agreement on the need for this […]
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“Abbey Road,” arguably the Beatles’ most hailed record, will be the topic of discussion at the Academy Center of The Arts in Lynchburg Feb. 29. Beatles expert Scott Freiman will break down the journey the band took to make the record. But Freiman won’t just cover each song from Abbey Road, discussing the evolution and inspiration of each timeless track. […]
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For Noah Snively, a senior studying fashion merchandising and business at Liberty University, most young men at college don’t relate to his typical day of classes. Originally a strategic intelligence major, the New Jersey native realized pursuing an area of study he cared about was more important than getting a degree that “sounded right.” “I’ve always been into rap and […]
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Once upon a time, a secret kingdom hid just inside the woods at my home in Pennsylvania. An outside observer would have just seen a cluster of oddly-shaped trees, but my siblings and I glimpsed something much grander. One tree, which split into three trunks barely inches from the ground, formed an excellent and inexplicably magical place for a child […]
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The best movies are the ones that provide a stark contrast to the worst aspects of our culture. In a time when our culture is as politically, religiously and socially divisive as it has ever been, the desire to prove a certain agenda can conveniently sweep aside the one thing that should unify rather than divide: truth. Uncompromising, impassioned and […]
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Two pieces of paper. Two signatures. Two changing powerhouse economies. The new U.S.-China trade agreement is through its first phase. Though the details began under lock and key after the initial announcement in December, the release of the full document – January 15 according to NBC – reveals that it may contain more benefits for the U.S. than expected. Although […]
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I was first exposed to the reality of abortion in 8th grade. My class was assigned an argumentative essay, and I insisted that I write about this topic. I began to research, and my young mind was exposed to this inhumane threat to unborn lives, plaguing modern culture. I had notecards worth of stats and felt armed with the facts […]
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Millions around the world witnessed the magic of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. An American girl becoming a real-life princess seemed to be nothing short of a Disney fairytale, complete with a carriage and royal treatment for a royal family. The estimated $45.8 million taxpayer-funded event cost 1,000 times more […]
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More than 100 Liberty students made their way to Washington, D.C. Friday, Jan. 24 to join tens of thousands of other pro-life supporters at the 47th annual National March for Life held on the National Mall. The Liberty students and faculty joined political activist Charlie Kirk and other representatives of the Falkirk Center to march from the National Mall to […]
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This past Monday, a Liberty University history professor was taken by surprise when her class was interrupted for a random announcement. Little did she know, the announcement was meant for her. She was about to be recognized as one of Lynchburg’s top teachers for 2020. Donna Donald has been teaching at Liberty’s history department for several years, and she had […]
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Liberty University hosted author and activist Dr. Alveda King at Convocation Friday, Jan. 17, to discuss a range of topics including civil disobedience, rights for the unborn and her family’s legacy. The niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Alveda King discussed her journey from having multiple abortions and voting as a Democrat for decades, to eventually being […]
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Lynchburg was the most recent city in Virginia to consider becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary City, as the City Council met Tuesday, Jan. 14, to vote on the matter. At the end of a six-hour city public hearing, Lynchburg City Council voted 5-2 against becoming a Second Amendment sanctuary, according to WSET. In response to the recent proposals by the […]
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