When COVID-19 regulations shut down all sporting events back in March, the opportunities for Liberty broadcasting students working for the Liberty Flames Sports Network faded to black with seemingly no return to live action in sight. Terence Robinson, a junior integrated communications major and audio engineer for LFSN, became one of many LU students locked in a holding pattern because […]
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The LaHaye event space sizzled with excitement Thursday as conservatives from around the country gathered to encourage others and hear from notable speakers and activists. The Faith Summit, hosted by Liberty’s Falkirk Center, held the “Get Louder, Fighting for the Soul of America” conference. The event was closed to the public but broadcast online on America’s Voice News, Falkirk’s YouTube […]
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Like many coaches around the world, Liberty gymnastics club sports Head Coach Timothy Kappel was faced with many questions after the untimely end of last season due to COVID-19. “The biggest (thing) we were concerned with was, are we going to come back to school, will we be allowed to train, and will we actually compete?” Kappel said. After […]
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Liberty University has faced backlash in the past few weeks for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students, staff, government officials and news organizations have released content in the past weeks criticizing the university’s approach to the situation. During a March 25 ABC News interview, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. addressed the concerns regarding the safety of Liberty students and the […]
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With a pandemic upon us with the recent outbreak of the coronavirus, we must modify the ways we typically interact with those around us to protect them and ourselves from COVID-19. Welcome to the concept of social distancing. Though the idea of staying physically away from other people as much as possible might be an introvert’s dream and an extravert’s […]
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Former vice president Joe Biden remains the front-runner in the Democratic primaries after Super Tuesday, the one-day race across 14 states that awards one-third of the nation’s delegates. Biden has 565 overall pledged delegates while Sen. Bernie Sanders trails behind with 506 delegates, as of Thursday morning. The numbers will rise as March 3’s votes continue to be counted, according to […]
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President Trump delivered his third State of the Union address in the House chamber of the United States Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 4 on the cusp of his impeachment trial and just a day before the Senate voted down his impeachment charges. Trump said the economy is the best it has ever been, with a rebuilt and unmatched military, secure borders, flourishing […]
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An enthusiastic Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party, spoke at Liberty University’s Convocation Wednesday, Feb. 5 to explain Brexit and to celebrate Great Britain’s official separation from the European Union (EU). Farage even compared Great Britain’s leave to President Trump’s 2016 victory. After voting to leave the EU four years ago, Farage continued to push the decision through. Farage […]
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The Senate voted down both articles of impeachment Wednesday, Feb. 5, 84 days after the first House trial regarding impeachment, according to Fox News. This ruling acquitted President Donald Trump and allows him to remain in office. A vote of two-thirds majority for just one article would have removed the sitting president. The first article of impeachment received a vote […]
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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. glanced up from the crowd of media members flocking around him and locked eyes with a Flames alum who slowly smiled and pumped his fist with joy. Falwell Jr. looked down at the ground, smiling as he shook his head in wonder and contentment. University Founder Jerry Falwell Sr., who passed away in 2007, […]
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It’s bowl week, and Orlando is preparing to host thousands of football fans as the Cure Bowl takes place Saturday, Dec. 21, in Exploria Stadium. Though Saturday is the fifth annual Cure Bowl, Saturday is the first time the Bowl will be played in Exploria Stadium, home to Orlando City Soccer Club. Saturday is also the first time a non-soccer […]
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My father, grandfather and countless other Falwells throughout history lived amazing lives as entrepreneurs. They built businesses and buildings from scratch and created institutions that impacted our city, state and nation. With Liberty University students now coming from and going to the four corners of the earth, the entrepreneurial legacy of my father lives on through our graduates and their […]
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A long, silver Chinese dragon slithers along the exotic Koa wood, and its jaw stretches open, ready to spit angry flames. Scales and horns coat a dragon’s back, which glide down the wood in a zig-zag motion until its tail curls at the end. Liberty University senior John Cramer Jr. thought the Chinese design would look beautiful on a writing […]
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Liberty University’s degree in entrepreneurship has inspired the tight-knit group of students who earn the degree every year to change their communities and empower others to use their God-given abilities. Sara Kindt is a senior entrepreneurship student, but she came to Liberty with a different major in mind. “(There) was kind of a heart change of what I wanted to […]
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Entrepreneur: one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. —Merriam-Webster While authors are not typically thought of as entrepreneurs, many are self-started and self-supported, offering their stories as their products to the public. TARYN AZIMOV After reading a book about the Holocaust soon after graduating high school, senior journalism student Taryn Azimov traveled to Jordan […]
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