Let’s get away from football this week. It seems like everything sports from August until February is somehow centered around college football or the NFL, so here’s your break from the football media circus. Instead of thinking about the big upset last weekend or whether Buckshot is actually injured, think about the simpler times. The times when you only liked […]
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Liberty University has provided not one but two disc golf courses for students and non-students to utilize. Coach Steve Bowman has been with Liberty since the beginning of the disc golf program seven years ago when he designed the first Liberty course. “I built both of the courses here at liberty, both the Hideaway course and the East campus course,” […]
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Imagine walking into a facility on campus where faculty greets you excitedly with a small cup of thick green juice, cheering you on to drink the substance and writes the names of those who do on a whiteboard in celebration. This is the reality Liberty University student-athletes happen upon when they enter the Liberty Athletics Center (LAC), which houses a […]
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There was one minute, 45 seconds left in the game when the play-by-play announcer for Liberty field hockey called for SportsCenter to put the following play on the top-10 plays. Liberty and Virginia were tied at two. Junior defenseman Mallory Fortenbaugh passed the ball to senior midfielder Agueda Moroni from the corner. Moroni took the shot, which looked too far […]
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Star Flames wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden demolished any discussion of the Flames suffering from jetlag with his record setting 245-receiving-yard performance that silenced the New Mexico Lobos and headlined the Flames 52-43 victory Saturday, September 29. Flames junior quarterback Buckshot Calvert silenced critics by dissecting the Lobos defense, throwing for 417 yards and three touchdown passes on 24 completions. Following […]
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When the word concussion is said, many automatically think of football, a sport saturated with head injuries. However, concussions are prevalent in lacrosse as well. As more concussion research unveils, coaches across the world are realizing that some of their players may have concussions. Concussions may look different in lacrosse, because it is not a collision sport but a […]
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The Liberty men’s hockey team played through fatigue after playing a midnight game Saturday morning before their second game of the weekend Saturday at 7 p.m. against Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Liberty played the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and came out on top both times. Liberty would score a combined 12 goals, scoring six in both games. Saturday night, the […]
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The energy in the LaHaye Ice Center climaxed when the puck dropped at 11:59 p.m. Friday September 28. The sell-out “Midnight Mayhem” game between Liberty University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania shook with dancing, jeering, singing and screaming Flames fans. Kirk Handy, now in his 19th season as Liberty University’s Division I men’s hockey head coach, said that it was […]
Read moreKim Kardashian West is no stranger to publicity, but recently, she found herself in the spotlight for her fight to reform criminal justice in America. Kardashian West has proven a good advocate for justice reform, as she campaigns for the release of several individuals serving prison terms that are longer than necessary. She recognized that individuals were being sentenced more […]
Read moreFor decades, secular individuals have assumed that the faith-driven framework of Christian belief is forced to turn a blind eye to science. Even some Christians believe their faith can never be fully reconciled with scientific facts — the faith component seems too abstract and absurd. But today, a war on science is being waged, and not by conservative Christians. Rather, […]
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Liberty University’s LU Send department monitors global activity and looks for ways to involve students in providing aid and ministry in the United States and abroad. So, when the department noticed a surge of refugees entering the country of Spain, they decided to designate the European nation as the focus of this year’s G5 initiative. The G5 initiative was born […]
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With luxury and elegance as its theme, Freedom 4/24’s fifth annual Freedom Gala, taking place Oct. 5 at Amazement Square, will be an intentional contrast to the problem of human trafficking in the U.S. Freedom 4/24 is a nonprofit organization that exists to bring freedom and justice to victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Since the organization […]
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Liberty University’s School of Nursing is improving its programs and growing avenues for student success. In July 2018, its 14,000 square foot simulation center was accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. According to the Liberty News Service, the stimulation center had to meet the SSH’s core standards for accreditation, which are established by the International Nursing Association for […]
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D) and candidate Corey Stewart (R) spoke to constituents on issues like immigration, the student debt crisis, MS-13 violence and weapons in school at a U.S. Senate Town Hall Sept. 21 in Liberty University’s Center for Music and the Worship Arts’ Concert Hall. Former U.S. Rep. Robert Hurt, who is also the executive director of the Center […]
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Children know more than you think, and at 5-years-old, I obtained extraordinary knowledge. One of my father’s early commitments as a parent involved teaching Christian principles to his kids. He frequently quizzed my knowledge of God, Jesus and salvation. My older sister and I even recited catechisms growing up. The Bible demands that parents “train their children in the way […]
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