Beginning in the spring semester, Liberty University will add a variety of technical courses to the course catalog. Liberty will be working with the Virginia Technical Institute to offer classes in electrical, HVAC, carpentry, plumbing, and welding. While these for-credit courses will not themselves be a major, they will serve to enhance a wide variety of majors. Students majoring in […]
Read moreIn the spring semester of 2012, students enrolled in Math 100 and Math 110 will be the first Liberty learners to go through a new system of learning. Called the Math Emporium, this innovative way of learning was originated by the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT). NCAT, according to Dr. Kathy Spradlin, coordinator of developmental math at Liberty University, […]
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case involving a male same-sex couple who wanted their names on their adopted son’s birth certificate as both being his parents. Mickey Smith and Oren Adar, the unmarried same-sex male couple, adopted a Louisiana-born child in 2006 and wanted to change the child’s birth certificate to state that he had two fathers. […]
Read moreThe Valley View 5-Mile Trail Race, which will take place Nov. 12, will offer students an opportunity to warm up and get going as the weather gets colder. The annual Valley View Trail Race takes place each year during the fall semester. It is the second race in the Liberty Mountain Trail Series. In previous years, this event has hosted […]
Read more#2 Rebecca Warren Virginia Beach, Va. Elementary Education Career Highlights: Recorded 14 kills against Virginia Commonwealth University Nov. 28, 2009 14 career aces Warren on Liberty: “In high school, I thought that I wanted to go to a secular school. I’d been in a Christian school all my life, but I came to one of (Liberty’s) games and I sent […]
Read moreLiberty’s club ultimate team participated in a six team co-ed tournament Even during the off-season, teams still compete. The Liberty University’s club Ultimate Frisbee team hosted a co-ed tournament Nov. 5-6 and will also host a men’s tournament Nov. 12-13. “We wanted to have a tournament for the girls this weekend, but several things didn’t work out,” head coach Jason […]
Read moreAfter weeks of preparation, the Lady Flames will officially kick off their 2011-12 season on Nov. 11 against the UNC-Greensboro Spartans. Their last meeting was in 2009 where the Lady Flames defeated the Spartans, 60-42. According to Libertyflames.com, the Lady Flames have made an appearance in CollegeInsider.com Women’s Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll for their second consecutive season. They will […]
Read moreComing off back-to-back weekends of hard fought games against Davenport University and Adrian College, a stretch in which the Flames went 1-3, Liberty swept Big South rival Stony Brook, winning 8-5 on Friday and 5-3 on Saturday. Junior forward Andrew McCombe was invaluable to the success of the team this weekend, scoring four goals, including a hat trick on Saturday, […]
Read moreNo.1 seeded Radford knocked off the Lady Flames, 4-1 With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, and regular season play over, all eyes of the Lady Flames women’s soccer team were on one thing — the playoffs. “The best way to prepare for post-season play is to begin preparing for it immediately after the season ends the year before,” […]
Read moreThe NBA is still locked out. The ABA is only growing. Their mission is to provide superior entertainment, while practicing what they preach in partnership through community outreach. They are here to entertain. This is the message that forward Fayid Williams stressed about the professional local basketball team formed in Lynchburg. It took two years, but a professional basketball team […]
Read moreProjects will create 200 new commuter and employee spaces and open up view of campus from Route 460 Liberty University is continuing its building and construction trend as work takes place on several sites on and around campus. Construction of a new parking lot is taking place on the property beside the Extended Stay America on University Boulevard, where dirt […]
Read moreThe College Constitutional Conservative Christian Coalition, also known as C5, is an organization that was started by Liberty students to shed light on politicians and political issues. The club is a spin off of Dr. Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority. C5 does not support a political party, but they support the ideas of adherence to the United States Constitution, conservative economic […]
Read moreCommuter students will have the opportunity to vote on whether a new parking plan designed by the administration will be put into effect next spring. Liberty University’s administration met Friday to address the parking complaints voiced by students and to finalize a solution. Because of the increase of students on main campus, parking issues have arisen primarily surrounding the commuter […]
Read moreLiberty University is still on track to receive its own polling location, following approval by the City Council during an open hearing Oct. 25. The redistricting changes must be approved by the federal government, but the polling location should be in place for spring elections. Only students who are registered as living on campus will be able to vote at […]
Read moreA blood thirsty, talking plant, evil dentist and nerdy florist all came together on the Tower Theater stage this past weekend for Little Shop of Horrors. The show tells the story of Seymour, a poor floral shop worker who discovers and breeds a new plant, similar to a Venus fly trap. However, this plant is not hungry for flies, rather, […]
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