Lynchburg entrepreneurs aim to bring music entertainment to the city Lynchburg, Virginia is a historical town that is home to multiple universities. Four young men have recently introduced an entertainment side to the city by bringing renowned musical guests such as DJ Pauly D and country icon Chase Bryant. Four Liberty students and friends Jonathan Slye, Mark Cloutier, Michael Fiedler […]
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Liberty’s global studies program allows students unique travel experiences At about 5 a.m., four Liberty Students stepped off a plane and into a different world where they would be making their home for the next three months. Traveling the world and getting to live in new cultures is a dream that many people share. Through Liberty’s global studies program, this […]
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Discussion event explores the stigma around video games The popularity of video games is hardly breaking news to the average college student, but the culture that has developed due to their popularity is a conversation topic that few seem to engage in. Such was the idea behind “Rise of the Gaming Culture,” the Center for Cultural Studies’ first “Grub and […]
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Natatorium offers 50-meter pool and new opportunities Danielle Boothe and the rest of the women’s swimming and diving team have been swimming for years in the public LaHaye Aquatics Center non-regulation sized pool. Boothe, a junior at Liberty University, is excited about the prospect of being able to train in a new facility during her senior year. Coming in August […]
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Jars of Hope helps raise awareness against trafficking For every jar of broken and glittering pieces of glass she sells, Jennifer Tartini, junior global studies major at Liberty University, spreads awareness and hope for girls in human-trafficking in nations all over the world through her non-profit organization. The idea for Jars of Hope came a week before the Fall 2015 […]
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Abigail House aims to offer victims of sex trafficking long-term shelter and care As co-founder of the Lighthouse Community Center, Martha Brown already knew what it was like to serve those who are trapped in the darkest corners of society. About two years ago, the Lighthouse Community Center, a non-profit organization that serves the physical and spiritual needs of those […]
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Nationally-known bands Switchfoot and Relient K play at the Vines Center Liberty University’s Vines Center played host to alternative rock groups Switchfoot and Relient K Thursday night for the Lynchburg leg of the “Looking for America” tour Oct. 20. “So we’ve been on this tour, ‘Looking for America,’ and it feels like America’s kind of looking for itself right now,” […]
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Liberty alumni seek to open “Meeples,” Lynchburg’s first board game café For many people, board games are a fun party activity or a way to ease boredom on a rainy day. But for Patrick and Whitney Logan, who graduated from Liberty in 2016, board games are more than just entertainment – they are a hobby. Both played what Patrick Logan […]
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Liberty’s first all-female musical shares stories of life through quilt blocks Through 16 quilt patterns, the all-female cast of “Quilters” shared the stories and struggles of pioneer women. “Quilters,” a workshop musical, is comprised of seven cast members who collectively play over 50 separate characters. The characters tell the stories of pioneer life through song, dance and monologue. The story […]
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Lynchburg’s annual downtown music festival debuts fall edition of Lynchstock The Lynchstock Music Festival has been delivering music and arts to the city of Lynchburg for several years with concerts in the summer and winter featuring local bands and artists. For fall 2016, co-founder Jonathan Smalt decided it was time to try something new. “We did a winter event,” Smalt […]
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Professor-turned-artist Dan Mitchell describes how he found painting at 73 Before Liberty University Professor Dan Mitchell picked up a paintbrush a year and half ago, he saw himself primarily as a teacher concerned with abstract ideas and doctrines. More than 200 paintings later, the professor of theology is known by many as an artist. However, Mitchell says he was unaware […]
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Bouldering event offers competition and entertainment Planning and creating the bouldering competition that took place Oct. 14 at Liberty University’s LaHaye Recreation Center rock wall was not as easy as one might anticipate. Elliot Gaunt, 2014 Liberty graduate and rock wall coordinator, and Tristan Landon, Liberty junior and rock wall monitor, were among the few that worked to transform the […]
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Photographer offers views of Native American life Liberty University’s Center for Multicultural Enrichment (Center4ME) is hosting a Deliberate Dialogue event Nov. 3 to share information about Native American culture. This event is one of many that the Center4ME hosts throughout the year during different celebrated heritage months, according to Associate Director for the Leadership Excellence and Academic Development Fellowship program,Stephanie […]
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Bean Tree Café moves to larger location and menu to better serve its customers After seeing Liberty University students standing on a sidewalk waiting for their bus to come to The VUE at Cornerstone in the middle of January, Josh Allen and Keith Johnson decided to do something about what they witnessed. “(We said to ourselves), ‘They need a coffee […]
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Forensics team competes nationally with public speaking At Liberty University, “forensics” does not look like its crime-drama television counterpart. Rather than analyzing crime scenes and evidence, Liberty’s forensics team analyzes arguments and speech components. Forensics refers to public speaking and performance and can be a powerful communication tool. Denise Thomas, head coach of Liberty’s forensics team, has spent more than […]
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