Liberty University saw enrollment numbers skyrocket for the 2020-2021 academic year despite predictions that enrollment at Virginia’s universities could decrease this year due to COVID-19. For fall 2020, Liberty enrollment grew 10.5% in comparison with numbers from fall 2019. Overall, Virginia public and private institutions saw an enrollment decrease of 1.3%, according to a report released by the State Council […]
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Across Lynchburg, students and residents are gearing up to vote for the future of the nation in the 2020 presidential election. Officers of election at every polling place will keep the voting process running smoothly the moment the polls open on Nov. 3 until the last ballot is cast. The city of Lynchburg is split into 18 voting precincts, with […]
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Student Activities is hosting this semester’s Binge and Banter event where students will come together to discuss and react to Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the LaHaye Event Space. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” was a hit cartoon on the children’s network Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. However, the show has seen a recent spike […]
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Sports, more so than possibly any media product, is the most unifying and symbolic piece of American culture. Throughout American history, the teams and athletes, the victories and failures, the spectacle and the drama all serve as a mirror of the American psyche. Americans often fall into the temptation to interpret political events through the lens of sports and vice […]
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Witnessing the complete abandonment of Scripture from the pulpit/stage strikes my heart with sadness. Unfortunately, this happens more than I want to admit. As a new generation of pastors begins to take leading roles at churches across the country, a shift to topical preaching has ushered in with them. Despite being used as a tool to further a congregation’s understanding […]
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Middle school teacher Brendan Stanton asks his students the same question every day: Who do you admire the most? This question, meant to help the students reflect on people’s influence in their own lives, quickly became too personal for the teacher when one of his students named Donald Trump as the person he admires most. The 10-year-old student said that […]
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There is no doubt that the onset of the coronavirus and the upcoming presidential election have had an effect on firearm and ammunition sales. Although the pandemic and election year have sparked this trend, the mystery behind the intent can be attributed to many factors. The coronavirus outbreak in January placed fear and uncertainty in the lives of many people […]
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The Liberty Flames women’s hockey team returned to the ice after several months out with two victories over the Washington Pride in exhibition games this past weekend, winning 7-0 and 10-2 Saturday and Sunday. The team began the second gameon a high note with a score by Valeriia Manchak in the first 20 seconds. The Flames continued to dominate as the period […]
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Tomorrow, Liberty will be in upstate New York battling the Syracuse Orange for a chance to improve to 5-0. Should Liberty win, the Flames will exact revenge for a 24-0 loss last year on opening week and increase their credibility on the national stage. Should Syracuse win, the Orange will set themselves on a path to redeem a season that […]
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William Byron continued his mini hot streak on Sunday during a historic and chaotic Bank of America ROVAL 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL. Byron finished in sixth place and tied teammate and eventual winner Chase Elliot for the most laps led, with 27. However, the race was anything but straightforward. Byron started in the 13th position, but with […]
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Q: Why did you decide to run for office? Cline – A:Two years ago, I was urged by constituents across the 6th Congressional District to enter the race to succeed Rep. Bob Goodlatte in the House of Representatives. Humbled by the trust placed in me by the voters back in November of 2018, I have sought to put my past […]
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Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, stepped off a big pink tour bus Friday afternoon to a crowd of Liberty students and faculty, showing support for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The crowd gathered on campus near the food court at Reber–Thomas to hear from Nance and other speakers and rally behind Judge Barrett as she begins […]
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Liberty has seen a steady and continuous decline in coronavirus cases since a spike three weeks ago. The updated dashboard saw the numbers decrease to double digits for the first time since the page went up. After the university broke into the hundreds at the end of September, departments began cracking down on further social distancing guidelines to slow the […]
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The second weekend in October brought unprecedented darkness to Liberty’s campus. A power outage stretched from South Tower to Green Hall at approximately 12 a.m. Friday. The lights eventually came back at around 8:15 that morning, a delay that cancelled the first classes of the day. According to Senior Vice President of Facilities Management Charles Spence, the cause of the […]
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Behind the fenced-off barriers, cement mixers and cranes on campus is a diligent team of construction personnel working around the clock to complete various construction projects. This semester has been particularly busy for Liberty’s construction teams, with numerous projects in progress on campus. With so much work to be done, a number of construction personnel are logging upwards of 80 […]
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