International student center helps foreign students feel at home

The academic lawn was abuzz Friday night, Sept. 4, as international students gathered to mingle, celebrate their home cultures and worship together at the Worldwide Welcome event, organized by the International Student Center (ISC). This event is one of many the ISC puts together every year to cultivate international student engagement on campus. Events include open houses, international education week […]

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Opinion: A Vote for Joe Biden is a Vote for Planned Parenthood

The pro-life movement, which staunchly believes that a successful abortion requires the murder of an unborn human, has shown glimpses of steady growth under the Trump administration. President Trump was also the first sitting U.S. president to attend the March for Life, a prominent annual pro-life event attended by tens of thousands of people. There, he gave a speech in […]

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Quarterback competition takes center stage as football looks for buckshot replacement

One of the bigger questions looming over the 2020 Liberty football season is who will replace four-year starter and program-record-holder Stephen Calvert as the new quarterback. Calvert graduated in 2020 after leading the Flames to their first bowl game victory and finishing his Liberty career with a program-best 12,025 yards passing and 93 touchdowns. Liberty has big shoes to fill […]

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Liberty Custodian Describes How the Cleaning Staff Strives to Serve the Students on Campus

As thousands of LU residential students return for the fall semester, the pressure remains high for the campus custodial staff as they face unprecedented regulations due to COVID-19. Amy Stone, a member of the custodial staff working on the Hill, is excited for the ministry opportunities this semester will bring, despite the pandemic-related safety measures in place.  Stone has worked […]

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Three Friends Use Podcast to Spread Understanding Across Diverse Groups

Three friends and LU students created The Interracial Podcast with the goal of spreading joy while engaging in Gospel-centered conversations about racial and cultural differences. Kevin Hernandez, Stevie Taylor, and Jake Kahn met during their time at LU. They met frequently to play soccer and remained close even after Kahn graduated and Hernandez transferred to a community college. Taylor is […]

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Liberty Welcomes New Leadership to Carry Out the Mission of Training Champions for Christ

Liberty students and staff move forward into a new school year amidst major leadership changes in the university. Shifts in administration began Aug. 7, when Jerry Falwell Jr., son of the late founder Jerry Falwell Sr., was asked to take an indefinite leave of absence by the Executive Board of Trustees of the university. Falwell agreed, and former Anchorage Baptist […]

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Jonathan Falwell speaks in Liberty University’s first convocation of the 2020-2021 school year, emphasizes original mission: Training Champions for Christ

Jonathan Falwell, senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and younger brother of Jerry Falwell Jr., and acting President Dr. Jerry Prevo, opened the fall convocation season by strongly emphasized the original mission of the university: to train champions for Christ.  The leaders spoke to viewers through a new livestream format that all residential students are required to watch in […]

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Scaremare, one of Liberty’s longest traditions, will be canceled for the first time

Almost 50 years in a row. Scaremare, one of Lynchburg’s premier fall activities, and a popular avenue for Liberty students to obtain Community Service hours (CSER), has been canceled for the first time in it’s almost 50-years of operation, starting their first scare and evangelism experience in 1972.  The Rawlings School of Divinity issued a statement regarding the cancellation.  “It […]

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Liberty University cancels 2020 Commencement

Liberty University announced that the 2020 Commencement scheduled for Sept. 11-12, will be cancelled.  The university sent out an announcement to families and students registered to attend the already postponed event.  “The year 2020 has brought significant uncertainty and unforeseen changes,” the announcement read.  “With the unprecedented times this year has brought us, we planned to hold Commencement. However, we want […]

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Liberty University announces acting president following Jerry Falwell Jr.’s indefinite leave of absence

Liberty University Board of Trustees Chairman Jerry Prevo will serve as the Acting President of the university. This appointment follows Jerry Falwell Jr. taking an indefinite leave of absence from the position announced August 7. The decision was made earlier today with the complete support of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.  Prevo has been a member of the university’s […]

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Chairman of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees makes statement following Jerry Falwell Jr.’s indefinite leave of absence

Chairman of Liberty University’s Board of Trusties Jerry Prevo has called on the entire Liberty community “to lift Jerry Falwell Jr. up in prayer” following the Board’s decision, asking Falwell to step down as President and Chancellor of Liberty University. Falwell Jr. agreed Friday afternoon to the university’s Board of Trustees’ request that he “take an indefinite leave of absence […]

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A story of perseverance: LUO student and lieutenant fighting the COVID-19 outbreak in one of the hardest hit locations: jail

Plenty are facing difficulties due to COVID-19, but a Liberty Online student is rising above, combatting the virus at work while also working toward his degree.  Lt. Vincent Red, a shift commander at a Florida jail, was completing paperwork in his office when he received a call from the deputy running the scanner at the jail entrance. Red went straight […]

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Liberty Champion Staff Goodbyes

Emily Wood – Editor-in-Chief  Words cannot express my gratitude for the Liberty Champion. I grew both personally and professionally and became a better writer, communicator and leader through my time at the Champion. The real-world newsroom experience contributed so much to my journalism education and gave me opportunities I never even imagined.   Through the long production days, many rounds of […]

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The last Convocation of the year hosted on the Montview Academic Lawn, altering it to an online platform and calling it “Front Lawnvo”

Photo taken in 2018 (Nathan Spencer – Liberty Photography) The Office of Spiritual Development (OSD) hopes students will pull out their lawn chairs and gather around the computer screen May 1 for the final Convocation of the year.  After seeing many cancellations to popular events on campus, OSD plans to continue with the annual Lawnvo, the last Convocation of the […]

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