Timeless truths from The Champion that span generations
THEN
From Tony Virostko’s “Perspective determines success or failure in life” (Vol. 3, No. 2; September 1985):
Perspective. What could be more difficult, especially at a place like Liberty University?
… You can’t be successful until you put your life into the right perspective.
Now look at where you want to go. See where God wants to put you. Difficult?
Yes. Keeping the right perspective is the hardest thing about college — knowing where you’re going with God. But it’s also the most important.
Get the right perspective on homework, required meetings, rules, roommates, long lines or dusty car hoods.
And then get going. Move on to where God wants you to go and don’t look back.
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Choosing a perspective still remains difficult to this day. You can’t be successful when you look at everything through a worldly perspective. The world’s perspective usually is a self-serving one, which leads to unsuccessful mindsets like this: “College is too hard. I’m just going to drop out. I’m not smart enough.”
Now, if we view a situation like that through God’s perspective, we could ask for guidance and prayerfully consider what he wants from us before making rash decisions.
When I take my eyes off what college is or isn’t doing for me, I can hear God asking me to go to him instead of the world. “How can I serve you in my career field, in my friendships, in long meetings, in tough roommate situations?”
Perspective will always be something we confront. It is our choice to take God’s way or the wrong way.
THEN
From Tony Virostko’s “Absentee votes count” (Vol. 2, No. 4; October 1984):
Conservatives and liberals canvass the country urging and pleading people to get out and vote Nov. 6.
… Those out-of-state college students who failed to register to vote for this presidential election have forfeited the right to vote for the leader they feel would best represent the nation.
These same people complain later when the president, senator, congressman or local legislator they oppose is elected.
But for those who have registered, the easiest method is the absentee ballot.
… When that “X” marks the box, we exercise our Christian responsibility to this government and voice our opinion in a way that makes the biggest impact.
Voting absentee ensures that we still take part in this important election even though we aren’t home.
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Today’s students can register to vote in Lynchburg and cast their ballot in the Vines Center as they make their way to class. This wasn’t always the case.
The 2008 election was the first time that students were allowed to register and vote locally. In an effort to encourage students to do so, Liberty News reported there was a voter campaign that “netted 4,200 registration forms and drew high-profile coverage from national and international media.”
If you feel called to do so, you are able to vote on Liberty University’s campus after becoming a registered voter in the state of Virginia. We have been given a voice in this country, and we are able to use it on Election Day.
Denny is an opinion writer for the Liberty Champion
