Category: Features

As the lights went down in the Thomas Road auditorium, the volume rose and fans went wild. The Almost took the stage first, performing songs from their latest album “Monster Monster.” Fans flooded the front of stage, with the occasional bodysurfer wafting over the heads of the crowd. The Almost revved up the crowd with their hits “Say the Sooner,” “No I Don’t” and “Monster Monster.”

Liberty University hosted the 7th biennial Writer’s Conference on Sept. 23-24, 2010. About 100 people attended the event. “This is the 7th Writers Conference sponsored jointly by the Integrated Learning Resource Center and the English Department. It has been offered every two years beginning in 1997,” Co-Chair of the Writer’s Conference and Head of ILRC Public Services Rachel Schwedt said.

What started out as a humble evangelical theater troupe is now Liberty’s oldest ministry, seeing 200 people on average dedicate their lives to Christ each year, according to Dr. David Allison, current director of the King’s Players.

Amid the chaos of the band practicing on stage while students chatted and scuffed their metal folding chairs on the gym floor in the Schilling Center Friday night, something holy was taking place.  Behind the double doors to the hallway that doubled as a green room, the 10 Liberty Idol contestants stood arm in arm, circling their vocal coaches who […]

The Internet is a primary form of communication for most people today. However some people, mainly senior citizens, have yet to learn how to use this technological medium, despite the growing dependency on Internet-based tasks, such as e-mail or online banking. This is where Whitney Coleman does her CSER. Coleman, a sophomore business and human resources management major, has volunteered […]

On Friday mornings at 9:45, at a time when most commuter students are taking a break, senior Lauren Joy heads to William M. Bass Elementary School. After she rings the bell to open the door and signs in as a visitor, Joy set off to find Addison. Sometimes Addison is in Ms. Robinson’s second grade class. Sometimes she is in […]

When it opened in 1998, the Jubilee Family Development Center was designed to provide low-income youth and their families a constructive recreational and educational environment to enrich their lives. “We designed (it) to serve people in this area,” Jubilee executive director Sterling Wilder said. “We had to address the fact that a lot of working families had parents that had […]

Filing and inventory are seemingly insignificant tasks, yet someone has to do it. Kaitlin Royer spent 40 hours of her semester at LAUREL Regional School accomplishing behind-the-scenes work to benefit students with disabilities. LAUREL Regional School provides education for students with severe disabilities. Royer, a psychology major, has a passion for students in such circumstances. “They have to learn so […]

Some names in this article have been changed to protect privacy. There are two kinds of students — those who never venture beyond Wards Road, and those who pursue Dr. Jerry Falwell’s vision to become salt and light soldiers in the Lynchburg community. Senior education major Aly Sievers, and the students who serve with her, are reaching people in Lynchburg and […]

The only thing better than eating good food is eating good food while listening to good music. The music and humanities department gave that opportunity to a room full of family, friends and students who attended the Jazz Ensemble’s Spring Recital April 26 as the 17-member band played in the Reber-Thomas Executive Dining Hall. This is the first time the […]