After battling injuries last fall, redshirt sophomore Felix Kandie looks to carry a fantastic end to the outdoor track season into the cross-country season this semester for the Liberty Flames. During the fall 2018 cross-country season, Kandie injured his back, hindering his ability to perform to expectations. Kandie regained his health and came into form during the outdoor track season, […]
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The brand-new Training Table on the 2nd floor of Carter Tower in Williams Stadium is exclusively for the use of select NCAA athletes, unlike the old table in the Reber-Thomas Dining Hall, that allowed use for any athlete. The Training Table moved this semester to focus more on giving athletes the best possible nutrition for their recovery after practice or […]
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The Liberty women’s soccer team spent its offseason focusing on one aspect of their team philosophy: building a culture where everyone believes each game is an attainable victory. Despite a demanding season schedule where non-conference powerhouses are listed regularly, including Duke, North Carolina and the University of Virginia, the players are confident in their ability to compete and win because […]
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The Liberty Flames field hockey team seem primed for regular season action after concluding their preseason with a dominant 5-2 victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday. Junior midfielder Jill Bolton ignited the Flames attack with two goals and an assist, and forwards Victoria O’Keefe, Daniella Rhodes and Olivia Klopp each notched a goal for a Flames offense that […]
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Though change always comes with a new year, this year’s season for Liberty’s men’s soccer brings with it a unique period of transition for the Flames under new Head Coach Kelly Findley. Taking over after last year’s season from Jeff Alder, former Flames player and coach of the team for 19 years, Findley comes to Liberty having coached college […]
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How do you take notes – do you look for your laptop or grab a pen and paper? When it comes to most exams, class lectures contain the most content. As students enter the classroom, a wide variety of laptops sit on desks along with spiral-ruled notebooks and Pilot G2 pens ready to write down everything the professor at the […]
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The fear that promised him safety almost stole his voice. Almost. Clay Finnesand, Liberty alumnus and familiar face from the Liberty Worship Collective, dropped his second album, “Springside,” Aug. 2. The album’s 11 tracks carry pieces of Finnesand’s hopes and hardest moments. The album blends bright rhythms with mellow singer-songwriter tunes, taking listeners through the whirlwind of love to the […]
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The month of August confuses everyone: the first half is dominated by final trips to the beach and backyard cookouts, and the second by alarm clocks and syllabi. As September closes, a student bound for academic success will need to shift his or her attention from poolside daydreams to a studying game plan. For many students, this shift does not […]
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Her childhood ended with an earthquake. It was 2007 in Lima, Peru, and Liberty University student Olivia Williams was seven years old. The earthquake lasted three minutes, and nothing would be the same after. Williams grew up as a missionary kid, hopping from South America to the United States, never staying in one place for very long. However, she spent […]
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Mission House Coffee, a local coffee shop business, finds itself at a crossroads of redevelopment and renewal with the construction of its second location in downtown Lynchburg. The journey of running two coffeeshops, one in the River Ridge Mall and the other on Commerce Street, is one of urban restoration and suburban retrofitting. An overhauled mall and a gradually growing […]
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Liberty University’s 2019 Human Powered Vehicle team, of Liberty’s engineering department, placed fifth overall in the Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC) at Michigan State University Saturday, April 6. The students, comprised of engineering students from freshmen to seniors, were tasked with crafting a tricycle-like mechanism, then testing its performance amidst 50 other competing engineering schools including Ohio University, Michigan State […]
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As Commencement approaches and the school year comes to an end, construction teams are still hard at work on the new projects coming to Liberty University. Vice President of Major Construction Dan Deter said the work is going well, but some unavoidable set-backs have caused some minor delays. “Liberty Arena has been slow out of the gate,” Deter said. “It’s […]
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Liberty University School of Law placed seventh out of 203 schools for passing the bar exam, based on the American Bar Association’s pass rate data. Liberty ranked the highest in the state of Virginia, coming in right above University of Virginia School of Law and right under Yale University and Harvard University. Law school Dean Keith Faulkner said the high […]
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The past two years at the Champion have been such a formative experience for me. Having the opportunity to practice journalism outside of the classroom gave me confidence and a skill set I couldn’t have gotten from class projects alone. I’ve had the opportunity to interview a variety of interesting people, including Lynchburg Mayor Treney Tweedy and the University of […]
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