The Lady Flames beach volleyball team ended its season on a high note on Friday April 21, dominating the NCAA DIII University of Lynchburg Hornets, 5-0. The match was the ladies’ last one of the season as well as the only home match, as the Flames got the chance to recognize their seniors in front of the home crowd. Before […]
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The month of April has been a lively one for the Lady Flames figure skating team. Months of hard work came to fruition at the team’s national competition in Southern California April 16-18, where the ladies finished a program-best sixth out of 16 teams at the U.S. Figure Skating Collegiate National Intercollegiate Finals. Just one weekend later, the team had […]
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The rain did not dampen the outpour of Flames, as the women’s lacrosse team scorched the Lindenwood Lions 22-8 in its final home appearance of the season on April 22. The victory improved the Lady Flames record to 10-6 over the year and 6-0 in the ASUN. The contest was originally scheduled to be played at noon but was moved […]
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The Flames are clawing their way back into contention. After a rough start to the season that left Liberty 11-14 at the end of March, the Liberty Flames baseball team has fought its way to just one game below .500 after a weekend series win over North Florida. “I think overall, this weekend, I’m proud of our guys,” Flames Head […]
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The Liberty Flames enter into the ASUN Championship after a strong showing in the Mason Rudolph Championship, where the team tied for sixth place. The Flames saw multiple golfers hit the top 20 during the event as Isaac Simmons breached the top 20 on the first day, along with Austin Barbin in the second day and both Jonathan Yaun and […]
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Liberty’s Reagan Underwood and USA Field Hockey brought home the gold medal at the Junior Pan American Championship (JPAC) after defeating field hockey’s perennial powerhouse, Argentina, in a dramatic shootout. Underwood was one of 18 players chosen to represent the stars and stripes on the national team based on her performance at a Pre-JPAC Preparation Camp in mid-March. From April […]
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Some see fashion just as clothes, changing trends or artistic expression, but for many, fashion is also a means of communicating. The FACS department held its 17th Annual FACS Fashion Show Saturday, April 15 in the School of Music Concert Hall. The designers and models in this year’s fashion show had the opportunity to speak to attendees through their creative […]
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Christians hear the term “called” a lot. It may seem like everyone feels “called” to a job field, school, internship or life-long career, even as they are asking the question “What does it mean to be ‘called’ by God to something?” Liberty University English professor Sandra Smith had to learn what her calling was through a long but creatively interesting […]
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Most students have more than enough to keep them busy just with their classes, homework and social lives. For student artist Anna Moore, though, the extra commitment of producing and selling art on campus is the thread that pulls it all together. Moore, a strategic communications major, has pursued art for most of her life, but not always with […]
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Unknown to many students at Liberty, April is autism awareness month. For this reason, Jonathan Falwell did a shoutout for Liberty’s Autism Speaks U club at the April 5 Convocation. The club connects students on the spectrum with others around campus to help provide community and opportunities for fellowship, student leadership and self-advocacy. Autism Speaks meets twice a month and […]
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Math. A subject that makes some students shudder, while others get ignited by the challenges it presents. Though some students may despise the very idea of math, others harbor a deep passion for it. Liberty’s Kappa Mu Epsilon, or KME, is a specialized honor society that was founded to promote the interest of mathematics among students. Andrew Volk, professor of […]
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The new year is full of hopes for the future, resolutions that haven’t yet been abandoned and the Christmas high slowly waning. But for Kenneth Smith and his family, the new year of 2021 was a time of heartbreak and disaster. In January 2021, Smith suffered a traumatic car accident that left him with compound fractures in both legs, a […]
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The very definition of jubilee is a celebration of sorts, and the Jubilee Family Development Center strives to celebrate the Lynchburg community by coming alongside youth and adults to help them be the best that they can. Jubilee’s goal is to “provide high quality academic, athletic and occupation programs to foster personal, social and spiritual growth and stability of families,” […]
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Twelve-time All-American swimmer Riley Gaines made a splash when she became one of the first people to stand up and speak against the unfairness of transgender women competing in women’s sports. Liberty’s Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Truth club, sponsored by the Leadership Institute, hosted Gaines on Tuesday, April 11. Gaines spoke to hundreds of students and visitors about her […]
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