The Lady Flames softball team (36-12, 15-3) swept the Charleston Southern University Buccaneers (25-27, 6-12) in a three-game series Friday and Saturday. The series consisted of one game Friday evening and a double header Saturday afternoon. Liberty dominated the series by a cumulative score of 18-4. The three wins pushed the Lady Flames to first place in Big South play and […]
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Three years ago Ritchie McKay was an assistant coach to Tony Bennett, one of the most decorated coaches in college basketball, for the University of Virginia, one of the most successful teams in the ACC. Despite having secured an assistant coach position at one of the premiere teams in college basketball, he left UVA to return as head coach at […]
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Track star Kimone Green has done a lot to impress people since transferring from Abaline Christian University this past year — so much so that she was named the Big South Female Athlete of the Week this past week. But to the Jamaican native, it is not just about titles. “I just love running,” Green said. “I guess I […]
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Fighting is what the Liberty women’s tennis team does best, according to freshman Grace Hashiguchi. In her opinion, the team has been successful this season because each athlete is not simply fighting to win a match for themselves; they fight for each other, too. This freshman tennis standout’s favorite thing about her first year in college has been experiencing the […]
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The conference matchup between Liberty University and Presbyterian University Thursday, March 29, was just like every other game. The score went back and forth, and Liberty held a one-point lead following the fifth inning. But in the sixth inning, everything changed. As routine, Liberty’s sophomore pitcher Garrett Price briefly surveyed his surroundings before starting his wind-up. Presbyterian’s outfielder Nick Guimbarda […]
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In a record breaking election, Jacob Page and running partner, Derek Rockey won the Liberty University Student Body Presidential election April 20 with more than 3,000 votes. Between the three tickets, students broke the previous record for total number of votes in an SGA student body election, with 6,196 votes for the 2018-2019 race. During the 2017 student body election, […]
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More than 2,000 Liberty students, faculty, staff and alumni took to the city of Lynchburg Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, to serve alongside over 80 local organizations, share the love of Christ and support their community at Serve Lynchburg. “Christ’s love and his example was of humility — he was the greatest example of humility and sacrifice when […]
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While Democrat Tim Kaine will be running as an incumbent for the Virginia U.S. Senate seat, three Republicans are chasing the position as the Republican nominee for Virginia’s open Senate seat. Those candidates took the stage of Liberty University’s Center for Music and the Worship Arts concert hall Thursday, April 19 to debate topics such as the federal budget, foreign policy […]
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that the Center for Energy Research and Education at Liberty received a $300,000 grant as one of five projects funded by Growth and Opportunity for Virginia. According to the Virginia governor website, the five GO Virginia grants total $1,115,300. “We have industries who have stated that, based on the labs being created and skill sets […]
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Liberty University’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty hosted a civil liberties debate Thursday, April 19, where members of the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties gathered to discuss pressing issues in social reform. Party representatives debated a series of five topics that represent the most contested issues in today’s political climate. Tori Mabry, a Liberty senior who attends College Republicans […]
Read moreLynchburg is seeking counsel as the elections for the new city representatives on Lynchburg City Council will be held May 1, inducting three new members for a four-year term on the seven-person board. The Lynchburg City Council makes decisions that affect the city’s budget, environment and building projects, among other things. The adage that “every vote counts” is especially pertinent […]
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The Center for Multicultural Enrichment hosted its last Diversity, Integration, Reconciliation and Transition Talk of the school year by discussing and encouraging “Student’s Responsibility for Positive Climate Change.” The DIRT Talk was not solely focused on racial and ethnic diversity, but also the diversity of backgrounds, gender roles, denominational preference and political views. “A place like Liberty is so beautiful […]
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New on- and off-ramps are being built to create another connector to Liberty University’s East Campus from Route 460. The on-ramp will shift about 100 feet north of its current location off of Liberty Mountain Drive across from David’s Place, and the new off-ramp will be a mirror image of the on-ramp. A traffic circle will connect the two ramps […]
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A meeting was held by Lynchburg City Parking Management Thursday, April 12, to discuss its proposal of instituting paid downtown parking to deal with the limited parking availability in the downtown area of the city of Lynchburg. During the meeting, David Malewitz, the parking manager for the city of Lynchburg, discussed the need for more parking and better parking enforcement […]
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The grand opening of the Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark April 14 celebrated not only the formal opening of the skate park to the city of Lynchburg, but also the journey it took to get there. In August 2017, Lynchburg resident Lauren Dianich began to encourage her son and his skateboarder friends to contact the Lynchburg City Council and push for […]
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