Going the Distance at Deep Hollow

Students, faculty and members of the Lynchburg community gathered at Camp Hydeaway on the brisk fall morning of October 9 with one goal in mind — the finish line. The Deep Hollow Half-Marathon and 5k kicked off the Liberty Mountain Trail Series with more than 200 runners participating. The blast of a foghorn interrupted the silence of the cool morning. Cheered on by family and friends, 114 half-marathon runners began the race, followed 15 minutes later by 97 5k runners.

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A Safe Place: The Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center

From the front, it just looked like an unassuming one-story house, except for the driveway large enough to hold painted lines for multiple parking spaces. Walking up the front steps, the heavy glass paned doors become evident as well. What would be the living room, however, is richly decorated and warmly colored, with a bright oil paint mural stretching across the far wall at the other end of the room.

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Engaging the culture: Eric Metaxas challenges students

Author, commentator and Yale graduate Eric Metaxas spoke in the Towns Alumni Hall Tuesday, Oct. 5, on his critically acclaimed book “Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery” as part of the English and Modern Languages Alumni Lecture Series. “If you are here, raise your hand,” Metaxas said, bringing the over-crowded room into laughter. “I’m happy […]

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Men’s Soccer Slumps

The Flames men’s soccer team hit a slump last week and fell to the Virginia Cavaliers Tuesday, 2-1, on the road before returning to Osborne Stadium Saturday and getting shut out by the High Point Panthers, 2-0, on homecoming weekend. It has been a season of highs and lows for the team.  Entering last week, they were in the middle […]

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Last Minute Heroics

Saturday was packed with homecoming events and ended with a successful women’s soccer game against Winthrop. An unseasonably warm day turned into a crisp fall evening, for a supportive crowd. Defense was the thematic element in this game, but in the first half, the Lady Flames played […]

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Whoa! There, Tex

A weather-beaten,  burnt-orange flag whips on a pole protruding from Tex’s porch. A faded white silhouette of a longhorn dips and curls in the sigh of the breeze. Okie naps behind his thick glasses with a white ball cap with a black and orange “O-S-U” embroidered on the front pulled low. Tex sets his lemonade on the tablestand and slaps […]

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Div. I Hockey now live on website

The Liberty Flames Division I men’s hockey team and the New Media Communications department have teamed up to bring all home games live to the Club Sports website. “(Division I Coach) Kirk Handy called me and asked if there was any way we could video stream the games,” Director of New Media Communications Bruce Braun said. “I knew that the Chancellor had a passion for involving students by providing to them meaningful mentoring and hands on opportunities, so I saw this as a perfect fit.” Since Braun saw the opportunity to give students production experience, the crew is completely made up of students.

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MLB Playoffs

Call it the Year of the Pitcher. Call it the Year of Comebacks. Call it the Year of Surprises and Sweeps. Call it anything, but the fact is the MLB Postseason has already been one for the record books, and it only started last Wednesday. Two Division Series have already been decided with the New York Yankees moving on to the ALCS and the Philadelphia Phillies advancing to the NLCS. The Yankees and the Phillies each swept their opponents en route to the Championship Series. What made each team so successful? Let’s take a look.

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Fasting from Fashion ­— Seven Items or Less

Challenge: Pick seven items of clothing from your closet. Now, only wear those pieces for an entire month. Based off the “Six Items or Less” challenge created by Heidi Hackemer, Dorm 13-2 RAs Ashley Miranda and Amanda McGee have created a fashion diet for their own hall. According to Miranda, a first-semester graduate student, their goal is to open eyes, change mindsets and ultimately mend hearts. “Sometimes, especially as females, we tend to focus too much on material items,” Miranda said. “We need to truly realize how self-absorbed we can be.”

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Educational Entertainment

Part history. Part entertainment. The historical sites in the City of Lynchburg and surrounding counties offer a number of options for something to do. Historic Sandusky Located a short five minutes from campus is Historic Sandusky. The site tells the tale of Charles Johnston who built the home around 1797. Prior to this, in 1790, Johnston was on an exploratory […]

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