Comfort through caps

‘Love Your Melon’ donates beanies, activities to children fighting cancer All over the United States, there are tiny warriors nestled uncomfortably in hospital beds with needles and tubes prodded deep into their fragile, pale skin. For days, months and sometimes years, they will fight painfully against a common enemy through countless surgeries, treatments and transplants in hopes that the battle […]

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Cancer claims teacher’s life

Robert “Bob” Mateer passes away after fighting long battle with disease Former Liberty University business professor Robert “Bob” Mateer died Monday, April 6, at the age of 81 after losing a battle with cancer. Bob Mateer was born in New Jersey and spent much of his childhood in Louisiana. He had an extensive background in finance and served as vice […]

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Heart for homeland

Dr. Ben Kalu returns to Nigeria in attempt to find cancer cure Dr. Ben Kalu, an assistant professor in Liberty University’s Department of Biology & Chemistry, spent Christmas break researching, teaching and training at Abia State University in Uturu, Nigeria. Kalu was selected for the second round of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program, which awarded 33 scholars an opportunity […]

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Fighting against cancer

Liberty student starts organization to help families and suffering children No one fights alone. This is the goal of Crush Childhood Cancer, an organization that was founded in order to help families who have children with cancer offset the financial burden associated with their diagnoses. Crush Childhood Cancer began in 2012 at Hope Community Church in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, […]

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