Category: Features

Liberty University’s bi-annual mosaic of missions opportunities was held Feb. 13-17. This semester’s Missions Emphasis Week (MEW) was themed “[un] Reached,” offering students a chance to speak with missionaries from across the world and experience different cultures through seminars and other events. The Founder and International Director of Empart Jossy Chacko was the first guest speaker to address students during […]

Art majors display portfolio collections Art can take many shapes and forms. It can be molded, sketched or painted but no matter the form, the Senior Portfolio Exhibit at Liberty University offered a gallery of student rendered art to be admired from Feb. 10-18. The Senior Portfolio Exhibit was a culminated collection of student’s art that was displayed in the […]

What began as an office joke has become a growing business for Liberty employee Paul Mignard, designing mugs with attitude and function. “It started as a side project. We always draw little pictures and things like that. I work in creative media so we do a lot of art-type things,” Mignard said. “The one image that kept on coming up […]

“I like singing. My favorite song is Happy Day,” Angel said. Angel is one of the 15 children who travel with Children of the World, a choir composed of orphaned and disadvantaged children from all over the world. She is from Uganda and smiled as she explained she has known Jesus since she was a little baby. Liberty University students […]

Locally owned Italian restaurant offers Lynchburg fresh, organic options Nothing says “I love you” as well as a delicious meal and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the restaurant choice for that special evening may very well say more to your date than you can before curfew rolls around. Mangia – Italian for “eat” – offers a solution to […]

Who said Valentine’s Day was only about romantic love? While the more cynical may claim that Feb. 14 is nothing more than a money making scheme for Hallmark and candy makers, the day can be a great excuse to go out of your way to show love and appreciation to the people in your life — whether or not you […]

For those wishing to stray away from the commercial side of Valentine’s Day, Old City Cemetery held a vintage valentine workshop for the community on Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Guests were able to learn a brief history about Valentine’s Day and how the cards were made years ago, and then were able to try their hand […]

Hours of practice and preparation are underway in anticipation for the opening of Liberty University’s upcoming theatre production, “Ragtime.” The show, named a modern classic by the show’s director Chris Nelson, will fill the Tower Theater with epic tales that characterize the changing times in America at the turn of the century. “The show is a sung-through musical. The music […]

Group fitness instructor Kimberly Graves inspires students With the new year officially underway, students are working diligently to maintain resolutions of making good grades, getting organized or, in this case, getting healthy. LaHaye group fitness instructor Kimberly Graves teaches a variety of different exercise classes available to students. Graves reminds students that making a New Year’s resolution to get healthy […]

The bi-annual Lynchburg Bridal Expo, hosted by Capture It Events, will be held Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Holiday Inn located in downtown Lynchburg. This will be the fifth consecutive year for the expo. Kim Jennings owns and runs Capture It Events out of her home in Forest, Va. This multi-faceted company includes both wedding photography and Lynchburg Shows, through […]

“She doesn’t always get to participate in the same activities that I do,” Liberty University junior Victoria Petrocelli said when describing her 18-year-old younger sister, Alexandra, who was born with Down syndrome. “They offer her something special, something that makes her so happy.” Petrocelli is referring to the Special Olympics, the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with […]

Sweet Stellas and Yogurt Yeti are the newest additions to the list of merchants that now accept Flames Cash from Liberty University students. Sweet Stella offers a variety of baked goods, including brownies, muffins, cakes, cookies and cupcakes. Owner Linda Conley prides the bakery on the fact that everything is 100 percent made from scratch. The “Lobster Tail,” a top […]

Liberty Alumni open new yogurt location in Lynchburg, offering health and a chance to help those in need When students returned from Christmas break, they were greeted with a new frozen yogurt shop just minutes from campus. Bloop frozen yogurt is located in the small community of Wyndhurst and will soon open in Candler’s Station. Bloop is the creation of […]

Students come together to watch live simulcast featuring leading pastors Addressing the elephant in the room can be a dangerous and intimidating task, but on Wednesday, Jan. 25, seven leading pastors banded together for the Elephant Room 2 Simulcast to unearth issues that Christian leaders often avoid discussing on a public platform. Armed with pens and notebooks, an attentive audience […]