The Commuter Affairs Office (CAO) helped students start the semester bright and early with their Commuter Coffee Kick Off. CAO staff passed out free coffee and snacks to students coming onto campus for their first classes of the semester. The CAO has held this event every semester since fall 2009 to establish themselves with commuter students.
Read moreHide your kids, hide your wife, hide your Christmas carols. This past Christmas Coffeehouse, Vision ministries combined a popular YouTube phenomenon and Christmas carols. The resulting video of the performance blew up on YouTube, recently receiving more than one million views and more than 5,000 “likes.” Senior Bethany Carroll said the team never imagined the video would become so popular, […]
Read moreLadies clad in silk, flirtatiously fluttering their fans, sashay across the Tower Theater’s stage in this semester’s opera, “The Mikado.” One of British opera-composing duo Arthur Gilbert and W.S. Sullivan’s most famous works, the opera is set in a fictitious town in medieval Japan.
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“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13 This captivating verse is engraved on a sterling silver friendship bracelet which held Dr. Hila Spear and her close colleagues together, but now holds a tighter bond with memories after her passing because of a year of illness. According to Spear’s obituary, a commemoration of life was […]
Read moreGuitar ensemble visits Germany over winter break While Liberty faculty and students were preparing for exams at the end of the Fall semester, the guitar ensemble traveled to perform in churches all over the country of Germany. Ten students and four faculty members from the Center for Worship left Lynchburg on Dec. 7 and returned on Dec. 20. In 12 […]
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Forensics testing causes a delay in court The trials of two Lynchburg teenagers charged with murder have been rescheduled. As reported by the Lynchburg News & Advance, the trials were delayed because of forensic testing that would not be completed in time for the initial January trial dates. Vernon Jackson, 16, and Kenneth Jerome Davis, 17, have been charged as […]
Read moreThe beginning of a new semester means many things for a college student. Books must be bought, supplies purchased and class scheduled. With all the schoolwork and stress of academics, activities are needed to allow students to have an enjoyable college experience. At Liberty, one of these activities is participating in intramural sports. Dodgeball, soccer, pool, basketball, softball and now […]
Read moreThe women’s basketball team won five out of the six games they played over winter break. The Lady Flames played the Presbyterian College Lady Blue Hose Jan. 8 in a conference game. With help from sophomore Devon Brown’s 13 points, the Lady Flames beat the Lady Blue Hose 51-40.
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Psychology students study chivalry Originating from the valor of knights in medieval times, chivalry is an art of lost courtesy in a world of newfound offence and independence that came from the feminism movement of the 1960s. At the start of each semester, the Psychology Department of Liberty University prepares hundreds of students to embark on a study of this […]
Read moreThousands of Liberty University students were welcomed back to campus with a newly designed bus system formatted specifically to better accommodate their needs. LU Transit put forth extra effort to ensure that students would be taken care of during this campus-wide adjustment. Methods included packets of information distributed to every dorm room on campus, e-mails sent out to the students […]
Read moreProgram to offer free tax assistance For the third year in a row, Liberty University Law students will offer the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. The program is a pro bono service, which assists taxpayers who make $49,000 or less annually in preparing their income tax returns Volunteers are comprised of Liberty law students, and each volunteer has been […]
Read moreLynchburg residents will plunge into wintry water in support of the Special Olympics Virginia (SOVA) on Feb. 26, at the Hill City Polar Plunge Festival. Liberty University is the first university in Virginia to host a Polar Plunge Festival. The Event has been a great success, according to Josh Walker, director of Special Olympics Piedmont region.
Read moreMinistry teams hold auditions If you feel you can show Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood what a real American Idol is, then the Deaprtment of Ministry Teams (DMT) is looking for you. Liberty’s nine worship ministry groups form the DMT. Each team has a distinct identity and purpose and many are well known on campus and around the nation. The […]
Read moreIn recent weeks those who monitor major news outlets have been bombarded by news of the Arizona shooting and of Congresswoman Giffords’ miraculous recovery. The cause of the shooting has many different faces to many different people. Many members of the liberal media attribute the shooting not to alleged shooter Jared Loughner and not to inefficient gun laws. Talking heads […]
Read moreYou could say guns are what brought me to Liberty. As a senior in high school, I interviewed for a prestigious scholarship at a North Carolina school. The interview went well, and I was confident that my pre-rehearsed answers were impressive. That was until the last panel judge asked me my view on gun control. Needless to say, I didn’t […]
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