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Exploring faith with literature: Department chair shares how she came to Liberty and expresses her love for teaching English

April 23, 2024 Kayla Santos Leave a comment

Teaching requires time, effort and dedication to the students and the subject. Virginia Dow is an associate professor of English and chair of the Department of English. She has been teaching full time at Liberty University for 15 years. Before moving to Virginia, Dow’s husband, Mark, worked as a law enforcement officer in Maine, and she worked as a teacher. […]

Roll ’em Solem

April 23, 2024 Zack Solem Leave a comment

Dear Reader, The time has arrived, and we find ourselves in the last column of this semester. Thank you for rolling with the trends with me over the last few months, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus as we examine the ever-changing dynamic of popular culture. As the semester’s end quickly approaches, the bright daylight graces our lives with a […]

Digital media professor releases scriptwriting book and recounts his faith journey

April 23, 2024 Morgan Sowell Leave a comment

Educating others in the arts of scriptwriting and storytelling is how Carey Martin, a professor of digital media and journalism at Liberty University, has been helping students discover their passion for journalism since 2007. This year he released a new book called “Applied Screenwriting: How to Write True Scripts for Creative and Commercial Video.” While Martin has written many articles […]

Taking national ice: Figure skating competes for national championship

April 23, 2024 Maria Pais Leave a comment

The Liberty University figure skating team took the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating National Intercollegiate Final April 12-16 in Lake Placid, New York. The Lady Flames faced a high level of competition, placing 15th out of 16 teams. The competition was held on the ice of the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics, an experience many only dream of. “It […]

Flames to compete in ALC Playoffs in Lynchburg

April 23, 2024 Tyler Hill Leave a comment

The weather is heating up all across the country, and the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association is following suit. It’s postseason time, and the conference tournaments are up first. Across nine different conferences, 56 teams will be battling it out to earn auto bids into the Division I MCLA National Championships in Round Rock, Texas. One of those teams is Liberty […]

Palsgrove’s Points

April 23, 2024 Aaron Palsgrove Leave a comment

Welcome back to another week of Palsgrove’s Points. This week we’re covering the first round of the NBA Playoffs and who I think will come out on top of each of the eight series, and I’ll be pairing that prediction with each team’s Achilles’ heel or what might cost them the series. Also, if you’d like, you can turn past […]

Open Mic concludes: Final performance night of the semester held

April 23, 2024 Carlisle Jarnigan Leave a comment

Student Activities hosted their final Open Mic of the semester on Tuesday, April 16, gathering crowds of students to the Academic Lawn. The Open Mic event series is a student favorite, filling the Montview Starbucks seating area with listeners eager to support singers trying Open Mic for the first time as well as beloved returning performers. Provided with snacks and […]

Chamber Singers perform: Professor Wayne Kompelien conducts final recital

April 23, 2024 Rylee Garman Leave a comment

The Chamber Singers held a spring recital April 15 in the Old Pate Chapel. After 38 years at Liberty, Wayne Kompelien, professor of music and voice, directed his final recital before his retirement at the end of this academic year. “Directing this group has been a privilege over all these decades,” Kompelien said. “It’s fun to see the growth in […]

Updates on Lynchburg news

April 23, 2024 Paige Sturek & Jaida Barber Leave a comment

More than 47 face charges after drug bust More than 47 people are facing charges after a drug bust where the Lynchburg Police Department seized large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and firearms. According to WSET ABC 13, “‘Operation Shockwave’ has been in the works since March 2023.” “Operation Shockwave” was an undercover operation aimed at uncovering the purchases of […]

FACS students plan and participate in second Maker’s Market April 20

April 23, 2024 Kristina Smith Leave a comment

Students from Specialty Markets (FACS 324) and Event Planning (FACS 351) came together to plan, execute and participate in the second Maker’s Market event April 20. Students in both FACS classes began their semester conducting a gap analysis in an area of their interest to come up with a unique idea for their business. Throughout the semester, they gained practical […]

Presenting research: Students participate in annual capstone event April 15-18

April 23, 2024 Codie Nichols Leave a comment

Liberty University students from all different backgrounds and majors gathered to present their research projects April 15-18 at the Jerry Falwell Library for Research Week. The research projects included everything from poster and oral presentations to performing arts, juried art, aviation and 3MT (three-minute thesis) presentations. Most of these projects took a semester or more of dedication from both students […]

Growing up in faith: The moral of Taylor Swift’s ‘Peter’

April 23, 2024 Luke Kilker Leave a comment

Every year since 2019, Taylor Swift has released or re-released one or more studio albums, including last week’s addition, “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.” This 31-track album is a combination of disappointing, throw-away songwriting and messages that will outlast any mention of the singer, specifically in the track called “Peter.” Initially, I heard this song thinking that it was […]

Civic Scholar

April 23, 2024 Ava Bear Leave a comment

The UN Scientific Conference of June 1972 raised the issue of climate change for the first time. According to the UN’s website, as the decisions of the conference gained traction, international concern for the climate grew. Now, more than 50 years later, climate change remains a highly contested issue in our society. The UN defines climate change as the “long-term […]

The Bear Cave

April 23, 2024 Ava Bear Leave a comment

Growing up in suburban North Carolina, I passed no fewer than half a dozen Baptist churches on the way to school every morning. As a born and raised Roman Catholic, I hardly ever considered that those churches were at all different from my own. Even when I got into high school and started taking my faith more seriously, I was […]

Educating wisely: Why school choice is imperative

April 23, 2024 Jesse Hughes Leave a comment

Since 2020, education has played a large role in political and cultural discussions in the United States. The conversation surrounding the topic has grown more polarized and more prominent in the past four years. The pandemic lockdowns allowed parents a rare opportunity to see what their children were being taught, and they were not pleased with what they saw. These […]

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