Serving others is a core component of being a champion for Christ, so it is no surprise that Liberty University offers students multiple service opportunities throughout each semester. One hundred twenty students served 10 organizations in the Lynchburg community on the first ever Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Liberty. MLK Day is known as a national day […]
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Liberty University’s on-campus dining company Sodexo is calling to fill over 100 part-time student positions around campus. Over the past semester, Sodexo has struggled filling part-time positions, mainly due to nationwide staffing and applicant shortages resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the most pressing needs on Liberty’s campus are the dining positions at the north campus Tilley Student Center, […]
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Butterfly Field Farm is like a hall on a college campus: a mix of personalities living together and sharing common spaces. None of those personalities are perfect, but the communal living space develops friendships and builds comradery. Residents learn how to live together and love one another through similarities and differences. Despite the similarities, Butterfly Field Farms, located in Bedford, Virginia, has […]
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With the stroke of a brush, local Lynchburg artist Joy Morykon can turn any canvas or journal into a beautiful work of art. Morykon, or Joy Starbright as she is known on Instagram, has many titles: mom, believer and local Lynchburg artist. Before she became an artist, Morykon grew up in a missionary household in Chile. According to Morykon, growing […]
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Camp fashion is an idea that has been lost in the bustling traffic of the fashion industry. Attempts have been made in prior years to encapsulate this fashion trend. The 2019 Met Gala aimed to embody the idea of “camp fashion.” According to Vox, “camp used to be a curiosity, but in 2019, it became one of the dominant sensibilities […]
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As college students with busy lives, it’s easy sometimes to leave behind a jacket or water bottle while rushing to the next class or grabbing a quick bite to eat before Convocation. It’s good to know that when this happens, there’s a safety net for Liberty students to recover these items: the Lost and Found. The Lost and Found at […]
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A music competition on campus has allowed students to connect with influential figures in the fields they want to pursue in post-graduation, creating original songs in the process. The Greatest Hits Remix Project, which has been happening since the spring 2021 semester, offers student artists a chance to work with successful professionals, most recently this past fall with Tommee Profitt, […]
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Imagine waking up to a blizzard outside. You crave a filling breakfast, but snow falls steadily between you and the closest open dining facility. While a blizzard is not quite what Liberty’s snow days looked like this semester, many people didn’t want to face the cold, snow and wind to find their three meals for the day. Instead, students across […]
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Success is not without sacrifice. For one pageant hopeful, sacrifice meant teeth covered in Vaseline, holding up an obligatory smile and aching ankles from 13 hours in heels made to look far better than they feel. As then 16-year-old Blandicah Cadet stood on stage alongside her competitors — all as anxious and hopeful as she was — she bunched […]
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Williams Stadium has undergone significant renovations over the past few seasons of FBS football, and more changes were announced Jan. 20. Seats are the focus of the upgrade this time as the new plans aim to improve every non-student seat during this round of renovations. All seats on the west side of the stadium will become chairbacks while all seats […]
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The Flames men’s volleyball team started the 2022 season strong with a win over the Virginia Cavaliers Jan. 22 at Liberty Arena. The Flames played host to UVA, trying to assert themselves as a dominant force to open the season. The team defeated UVA in all three sets, winning the match 3-0. In the first set, Liberty came out roaring, […]
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After being on hold for two years because of COVID-19, the Liberty ski and snowboard team traveled to compete in the USCSA Rail Jam at Beech Mountain Resort in North Carolina Jan. 22-23. Head Coach Isaac Gibson was excited to get his team back on the slopes for their first United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association competition since 2020. […]
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Very rarely does a basketball team win a game after being held without a bucket for an entire quarter, but that is exactly what happened in the Lady Flames’ narrow 49-48 victory over the Jacksonville Dolphins Jan. 19. The Lady Flames started the game slow, going almost four minutes without a basket. This changed when center Mya Berkman scored two […]
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Multiple meet records and top performances highlighted Liberty’s track and field teams in the three-day Brant Tolsma Invitational Jan. 20-22. Sophomore Meredith Engle opened up the first day of competition in the pentathlon, scoring 3,722 points, which was good for second overall and the top collegiate finish at the meet. This new personal record puts her at No. 5 on […]
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The Liberty men’s wrestling team secured its fourth straight title and dominated the mats in the National Duals championship Jan. 21-22. The No. 1 Flames decisively won each of their duals throughout the tournament. They clinched the title with a 39-7 victory over the No. 2 Apprentice School. For the fourth time in the past six years, the National Duals […]
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