December 26, 2020. ESPN’s Roy Philpott makes the call. “To force a second overtime, a 42-yard field goal attempt from the right hash, Massimo Biscardi,” Philpott said. Everyone knows what happened next. The kick was swatted by senior defensive tackle Elijah James, and suddenly, the Flames were back-to-back Cure Bowl champions. The scenes of ecstasy echoed around Camping World […]
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Back in April, Liberty men’s soccer fell to Lipscomb 2-0 in the ASUN quarterfinals, an early end to a shortened spring season. Now, the team looks forward to the fall, desperately eyeing another shot at the ASUN crown. Kelly Findley returns for his third season as Liberty’s head coach. Coming off a 7-3-2 season, he said the Flames are […]
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Liberty’s softball program set the tone for its future earlier this month by re-signing Coach Dot Richardson to a six-year deal. Coach Richardson has been at the helm of the softball program for eight years. She has served an important role in helping the program transform into a consistent contender for the conference championship. After the team’s fourth winning season in […]
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After an unusually short offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty’s cross-country team, led by first year Head Coach Isaac Wendland, prepares for the upcoming season. Wendland stepped into his new role with the team after previously serving as the assistant track and field/cross-country coach since 2019. Prior to coaching, Wendland competed for Liberty in track and field as well […]
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The current conflict in Afghanistan has consumed the news, social media and casual conversations. Over the last two weeks, a nearly endless stream of information on the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has flooded the media. Everything from the safety of women and children to interviews with the Taliban themselves has been covered. One area receiving less coverage is […]
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America is in the middle of an identity crisis. We are bound to a web of contradictions. We support women’s rights, but don’t believe in gender. We promote pornography, yet speak out against sexual abuse. We want to save the starving children, yet have aborted over 60 million. We want to defund the police while simultaneously wanting guns to be […]
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Enneagram culture at Liberty University runs strong. Many people casually add it to their social media profiles and dive deep in enneagram guides. Others don’t believe in it at all. According to The Enneagram Institute, the enneagram is a tool to help individuals learn more about themselves. “At its core, the enneagram helps us to see ourselves at a deeper, […]
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Last Tuesday, Pluto-lovers and most children who went to elementary school before 2006 grieved on the 15th anniversary of the greatest tragedy in astronomical history: the demotion of Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on Aug. 24, 2006, to accept a definition of “planet” that had three criteria: A planet must orbit the […]
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The woman who inspired Americans with her hope-filled story and music will not be able to continue on “America’s Got Talent” this season. 30-year-old Jane Marczewski, who goes by the stage name Nightbirde, announced Monday on social media that her health has taken a turn for the worse, demanding all her attention and energy. The Liberty University graduate received Simon […]
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After Liberty alumna Jane Marczewski’s (’13) stunning and emotional performance of her original song “It’s OK,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell only had one option: the golden buzzer. Each of the four judges may hit his or her golden buzzer only once each season, reserved only for the best talents. Receiving the golden buzzer on AGT sends Marczewski […]
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Evangelists Tim Lee and William Graham will serve as the new chairman and vice chairman of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees. Lee replaces Dr. Allen McFarland who served as the interim chairman since Dr. Jerry Prevo assumed the position of university president in August. Lee has been on the Board of Trustees since 1991 and served on the Spiritual Mission […]
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Hattie Troutman, Editor-in-Chief The little news office tucked in the side of Green Hall’s main entrance doesn’t look special from the outside. Many people walk by never realizing the bustling work happening on the other side of the glass door. This little office, however, became more than an office space throughout my last three years of college. I first walked […]
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As college students at Liberty University are wrapping up their classes and anticipating the upcoming summer break, questions regarding the fall semester are beginning to rise. The most prominent one is: what does the reopening of the school in the fall look like? Liberty University has officially announced that the campus will be returning back to normal in the upcoming […]
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Astronauts have a strange way of impacting our world by leaving it. An image taken on July 21, 1969 shows nearly all humanity has ever experienced – the blue and white, half-illuminated Earth, its desolate and cratered moon and the silver and black Lunar Module Eagle containing the men who just stepped foot on the moon’s surface. In the corner […]
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I said goodbye to my parents on the sidewalk between Commons One and University Boulevard when they dropped me off at college for the first time. I remember little things about that moment –the sounds of hall leadership cheering and packed cars going by as we prayed, and some of my dad’s final words to me: “Whatever you do, don’t […]
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