Governor Bob McDonnell proposed spending $50 million on a wide-range of higher education initiatives Friday. McDonnell announced the investment plan during the governor’s Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment meeting at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, according to a news release. “We must reverse the trend of disinvestment in higher education,” McDonnell said in the news release. “We […]
Read moreTexting while operating a vehicle equals drunk driving Many teenagers use their thumbs nowadays to make plans with their friends on a Friday night. Since its debut in 1989, texting has become a phenomenon across the United States. According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, over 1.6 trillion text messages were sent per day in 2009. The key selling point […]
Read moreLiberty University sold $120 million worth of tax-exempt education facilities bonds on Tuesday, which will allow the university to usher in a new era of growth and development. Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. and a contingent of Liberty officials traveled to New York City for the sale and pricing of the bonds at its initial public bond offering. Liberty benefits from […]
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Snow fell, ghosts flew and townspeople danced and sang their way through the Liberty Theater Departments production of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” The new Tower Theater’s special capabilities faced a new challenge with the production, in which characters attached to harnesses “flew” through the air.
Read moreIf the 2010-11 NFL season had to be summed up in one word it would almost certainly be “controversy.” Before the season was even under way, there were scandals brewing, and almost every week there was something to talk about that habitually had very little to do with the actual game of football.
Read moreThe Liberty Flames track and field team hosts a meet each December in order to prepare for the official season that will take off in January. The purpose of the meet — which is not a scored meet — is purely diagnostic.
Read moreEvery January, the summation of a season comes to its climax in the pitting of the BCS No. 1 team and the BCS No. 2 for the NCAA National Championship. After Saturday’s action, the top two teams in the country were decided and the BCS championship all but officially balloted.
Read moreMkimbiaji is the Kinswhahili noun for “runner.” For instance, native Kenyan and Liberty senior cross country sensation Sam Chelanga is a mkimbiaji. For the second year in a row, Chelanga was named national cross country Athlete of the Year after winning NCAA championships in 2009 and 2010.
Read moreMy articles about the men of the 1-116th Infantry Battalion have not been earth-shattering. They probably will not propel me to the height of the journalistic world or qualify me to win a Pulitzer Prize, but they are probably the most important articles I have ever written. When I was presented with the chance to interview soldiers in Iraq, I […]
Read moreAssistant professor in the Helms School of Government and Director of the Pre-Law Society Dr. Michelle Crawford Rickert, is starting her own non-profit organization, the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking. The coalition, which has been in the works for more than a year, will be based in Lynchburg, Va. It will unite anti-trafficking organizations such as Not For Sale, Free […]
Read moreCommunicating the gospel message is a Christian’s top priority. Many Christians think this means knocking on doors, going through the Romans Road or hearing a powerful sermon. Senior Studio Art and Graphic Design major Lorena Palma uses her art to share the gospel and her testimony. Palma learned to use art to communicate powerful messages to the world around her. […]
Read more“Being here is kind of a mini-miracle,” Professor Monique Maloney said. The fashion-forward VCAR professor smoothed her black silk dress and smiled as she recounted all the events that brought her and her husband from Pensacola, Fla. to Liberty. “Art runs in my family,” Maloney said. “I just never thought I would be teaching it.”
Read moreThe Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Graduate School released an update on Nov. 10 that illustrated substantial growth in the Center for Ministry Training (CMT). The CMT is the dynamic hub of recruiting, training and sending pastors, church planters and missionaries that are impacting the world for Jesus Christ from Lynchburg, Va, according to the CMT website. This year, 30 […]
Read moreTwo local restaurants offer opportunities for a different atmosphere and affordable meals for students according to Liberty University alumna Robin Dimond. “I wanted to give students options to eat off campus besides the cafeteria,” Dimond said. “I just left a couple years ago and so much has changed. When I was at Liberty we didn’t have many options.” Dimond owns […]
Read moreBoth Moot Court, mock trial teams of the Helms School of Governemnt (HOSG) placed, with one at a close second, in a new tournament held at Mercer University’s School of Law in Georgia. According to Coach and Professor Scott Thompson, this was Liberty University’s first tournament of the competition year. The tournament ran Nov. 13-14. The team of Hannah Reichel […]
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