David Nasser jokingly calls Judson Harris “Liberty’s Thor” because of the musician’s long blonde hair and beard, but his real superpower comes from a powerful voice, talented musicianship and a heart for spreading the love of Jesus. Harris’ ability was thrown into the spotlight recently at the Dove Awards when Vertical Worship’s song “Yes I Will” was nominated as one […]
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On Oct. 29 Liberty University held a simulation of an aviation crisis hosted at the Lynchburg Airport to give students a chance to practice responses in their respective majors. Aviation, nursing, reporting and public relations all played a role as students simulated characters for roles in an aviation catastrophe by acting as spokespeople, airport and company officials, first responders and […]
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Does Tom Brady go to Liberty? No, but his doppelgänger does. Jacob Couch, a senior at Liberty, walks around campus as a spitting image of the NFL Patriots quarterback. From his hair to his jaw, the similarities often cause heads to turn and stare. Couch said a week doesn’t go by without a stranger asking about his celebrity look-alike. In […]
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As Leah Stauffer, the current assistant director for Game On, was preparing to leave for Spain, she asked herself: “What impact are you leaving to glorify God?” Stauffer wasn’t exactly sure how to answer that question for herself. She was not sure what she could do to help people. Stauffer, a former photographer for the marketing department, began to think […]
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On Oct. 29, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced a unanimous decision to start the process of allowing name, image and likeness opportunities for student-athletes. But, as is typical with this institution, the devil is in the details. The organization makes clear in the statement they will only consider these types of opportunities “in a manner consistent with the collegiate […]
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Many athletes work their whole lives to fulfill their dreams of performing at a high level. They dedicate countless hours to their craft from a young age to excel at the collegiate level one day. Senior Joseph Liederbach was never one of these athletes. Growing up, Liederbach never participated in sports. He arrived at Liberty University from his home in […]
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Allowing athletes to profit off of their names and likenesses was not the only news concerning the NCAA this week. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) released the “Justice and Opportunity for Athletes” portion of his platform this week, which lays out a plan to introduce more comprehensive regulations for schools about their NCAA athletes – specifically, for their health. Right now, […]
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Whether getting Chipotle or playing soccer, the Liberty men’s DII hockey team always has a unique way of preparing to hit the ice before a game. For the 2019 season, the DII team is 13-1-0 in division play, keeping the goal of winning nationals in the back of their mind. While it is easy for a team with their […]
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The Liberty men’s and women’s cross-country teams celebrated second-place finishes at the ASUN cross-country championship meet Saturday. The Flames saw three top-five finishers with redshirt sophomore Felix Kandie coming in second in the men’s 8K race and freshman Adelyn Ackley and sophomore Callie Parlier making a 1-2 finish in the women’s 5K. Ackley set a program record 5K time of […]
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Back in 2017, quarterback Stephen Buckshot Calvert broke the program’s previous record for passing yards in a game, amassing 447 yards against Baylor. Calvert threw the ball 60 times in that game and completed his last pass with less than 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Against UMass (1-8) Saturday, Nov. 2, Calvert shattered his own record, throwing for […]
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Daniella Rhodes received the right-side feed from Maddie Hosler and forced the ball into the goal in the 48th minute to seal the deal, spurring the Lady Flames to their first field hockey victory over a ranked opponent in the 2019 season. The goal was Liberty’s second in a 2-0 victory over Providence Friday, Nov. 1. The Lady Flames outshot […]
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The Lady Flames basketball team dominated the Big South for nearly two decades before joining the ASUN last season. The expectations for the team were high. But the team struggled through an up-and-down season before finally losing in the ASUN conference title game against Florida Gulf Coast. This season, the team is looking to fully settle into its new conference […]
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Many freshmen experience their first months away from their homes and families when they come to college. But Flames freshman goalie Cedric LeSieur is older than most freshmen, and has been away from home since he graduated high school. LeSieur spent a few years after graduating high school playing for a junior hockey team on Vancouver Island, on the opposite […]
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NASCAR driver William Byron cruised to a second-place finish Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. The Liberty Online student and second-year Monster Energy Cup Series driver battled Martin Truex Jr. for the lead over the last 24 laps of the First Data 500. Truex won, securing his spot in the next round of playoff races. Byron began his third Cup Series race […]
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On the morning of Oct. 24, 2019, the music community stopped to mourn the sudden death of TobyMac’s 21-year-old son, Truett Foster McKeehan. This news struck the Liberty community’s heart as we watched an alumni experience something so heartbreaking that words seemed meaningless. As celebrities, pastors and musicians hit Twitter to offer condolences and prayer in honor of Truett, my […]
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