Category: Features

How do you take notes – do you look for your laptop or grab a pen and paper?  When it comes to most exams, class lectures contain the most content. As students enter the classroom, a wide variety of laptops sit on desks along with spiral-ruled notebooks and Pilot G2 pens ready to write down everything the professor at the […]

The fear that promised him safety almost stole his voice.  Almost. Clay Finnesand, Liberty alumnus and familiar face from the Liberty Worship Collective, dropped his second album, “Springside,” Aug. 2. The album’s 11 tracks carry pieces of Finnesand’s hopes and hardest moments.  The album blends bright rhythms with mellow singer-songwriter tunes, taking listeners through the whirlwind of love to the […]

The month of August confuses everyone: the first half is dominated by final trips to the beach and backyard cookouts, and the second by alarm clocks and syllabi. As September closes, a student bound for academic success will need to shift his or her attention from poolside daydreams to a studying game plan.  For many students, this shift does not […]

Her childhood ended with an earthquake.  It was 2007 in Lima, Peru, and Liberty University student Olivia Williams was seven years old.  The earthquake lasted three minutes, and nothing would be the same after.  Williams grew up as a missionary kid, hopping from South America to the United States, never staying in one place for very long. However, she spent […]

Melania Trump Visits  First Lady Melania Trump spoke on the national opioid crisis at Liberty’s convocation Nov. 28, 2018. Her segment preceded Eric Bolling’s first Town Hall national television program highlighting the epidemic that claims 100,000 American lives every year. Bloodroot Bloodroot, an original play written and performed by a group of female students debuted at Liberty in November 2018. […]

Allison Heise, Assistant Photo Editor During my year at the Champion, I learned what the phrase “if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life” meant. I had the opportunity to grow and take risks as a photographer surrounded by people that supported and loved me well. I could not have imagined a better place […]

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Assistant Professor Larry Presley is not in his office.  Rather, he is sitting in Argo Tea. On the back of his laptop reads “Professor Presley, Criminal Justice, Argo Tea Office: I am in.”  Presley’s office is located in Green Hall, but all of his criminal justice classes are held in DeMoss. Rather than make his […]

Ben Perry went from novice to No. 6 harmonica player under 21 years old in the United States  in less than two years.  Perry, a junior theater performance major at Liberty University, nonchalantly but thoughtfully described his journey to harmonica fame.  During his senior year of high school, Perry read an article that said one of elderly people’s biggest regrets […]

As finals week approaches, college stresses quickly creep up on students. To combat these stresses, the Jerry Falwell Library hosts a variety of De-Stress events throughout each concluding semester.  In 2014, the Jerry Falwell Library held its first De-Stress events during finals week. Created by Liberty’s previous library dean Marcy Pride these events became a tradition throughout campus and have […]

“What’s it like on the other side of the glass?” Jane Claudio of Nightbirde sent this question into the airwaves in her single “Girl in a Bubble.” The feeling of being seen but not known was the driving idea behind the song, a feeling that is laced throughout Claudio’s story.  Claudio’s journey from small-town stardom to self-discovery to a cancer […]

The Montview steps will witness an overflow of talent on Wednesday, May 1, during Reading Day, featuring an all-girls music set for Concert on the Steps.  Leah Castlebury, Julia Rothenberger, Hope Cross, Nicole Miller and Samantha Iveliz will perform for students on a day filled with food, nice weather – hopefully – and fun activities. Wanting to bring a little […]

A hush fell over the darkened room, bare and empty except for the black-clothed stage. Neon lights covered the faces of the concertgoers as they sat in groups of two on the floor, quietly talking to one another. A subtle ambience draped the LaHaye Event Space at Liberty University. It did not stay that way for long.  Lights and moods […]