Liberty University’s Love Your Melon crew, under new leadership, is looking forward to the “Be the Match” drive happening throughout the spring 2019 semester. The goal of this initiative is to raise awareness of leukemia, the most common form of pediatric cancer. Jade Walker, a senior majoring in Family and Child Development, was recently appointed to head up the initiative […]
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Journalism professor Deborah Huff watched her dream of hosting a sports reporting seminar unfold as students gathered in Green Hall Feb. 11-12 to participate in Football & Facebook. The idea for the seminar surfaced when Huff wrote a paper for her graduate class on social media and how it has shaped the sports reporting field. As part of her paper, […]
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Lynchburg City School Board unanimously approved the reallocation of $1.2 million Feb. 5 to fund maintenance and facilities costs as well as purchase new marching band uniforms for the two high schools in the district. “First of all, this is not asking for an increase in our existing budget. I’m not asking for an increase. We are just asking to […]
Read moreBy 2030, 167 million children worldwide will live in poverty. Liberty students in the Liberty University United Nations Association want to change that. Around 30 members of LUNA assembled in the Jerry Falwell Library Scholar’s Lounge for its first official meeting Feb. 11 to discuss the topic of poverty. “I want this club to not only be called the United […]
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The Liberty Forensics Speech Team competed in the last regional tournament of the season at Gaston Day School Feb. 8-9, bringing home 11 individual awards and clinching the third-place spot. With 84 awards already under their feet, the team has two national tournaments on the schedule for March. Sharpe, Evan Young, Lily Mathes and Kay Wills will be attending the […]
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Over a chocolate fountain, the Liberty University Family and Child Development Association (FACDA) hosted its first meeting of the semester Monday, Feb. 11, and brainstormed ways to partner with a local organization. The 60 attendees made valentines for children involved with Park View Community Mission, a Lynchburg organization that, according to its website, “works to restore the lives of families […]
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“An entertainment variety show featuring club sports athletes and their lives,” was the pitch that kickstarted Liberty University’s new student-run television show: FUSE. FUSE began in 2018 when Liberty Flames Sports Network student workers decided they wanted to get more out of their college experience. “It was time for a student-run show to happen on campus that wasn’t involved […]
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Liberty University’s spring Global Focus Week offered a score of opportunities for college students to learn about life overseas and contribute to missions around the world. With dozens of outreach organizations represented on Liberty’s campus, students were exposed to the common goal of meeting spiritual and physical needs across the globe. Representatives from Compassion International and Christar epitomized the heart […]
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At least eight people were killed during a panic at Court Street Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, when a fire was reported in the building on Oct. 16. More than 2,000 people were packed into the single-exit church for a wedding and religious service, and many were trampled or smothered to death as they scrambled out of the building. Maria […]
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A new mobile coffee shop, Bouncing Bean Coffee, will seek to serve the Lynchburg community in a unique way. The Bouncing Bean is not just any coffee shop. Once a month, it will do business a little differently than usual. Owner Andrew Robinson said once a month, the Bouncing Bean will go downtown and let customers get coffee without having […]
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Commuter Student Life will host its fanciest event of the year Feb. 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. — the second annual Winter Gala in the LaHaye Event Space. Commuter Student Life is holding the event to raise money through a raffle for Miriam’s House, a local charity that supports homeless families. Gretchen Cline, assistant director of graduate student life, […]
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On Jan. 20, Liberty Debate teammates Michael Harrington and Briana Thomas won the Rutgers University Round Robin debate tournament, defeating teams from Baylor and UC Berkeley. “It was a long process,” Harrington said. “The teams who went there were really talented teams. A little work and faith, and we got it done.” Harrington had never debated before coming to Liberty. […]
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Jefferson Street in downtown Lynchburg – a street lined with small businesses and local restaurants – experienced a change Feb. 4 when paid parking was implemented in three parking lots where customers and employees could previously park for free. According to Lynchburg Parking Manager Dave Malewitz, the decision to implement paid parking is part of city hall’s long-term project to […]
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The U.S. Department of Education, under Betsy DeVos’s leadership, proposed to amend regulations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which federalizes more Title IX procedures, including a narrow definition of sex discrimination and procedures for mandatory cross-examination. “I don’t think mandating live hearings with cross-examination is going to help universities or students,” Executive Director of Equity & […]
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Internationally-known pastor and speaker Francis Chan challenged students to do great things for God, no matter what others think of them, at Liberty University’s Convocation Wednesday, Feb. 6. Chan opened by asking stu- dents to picture Jesus on the stage with him because at the end of the Great Commission, Jesus told his disciples he would be with them to […]
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