Bouncy castles, bean bag toss games and costumed children spanned Liberty’s Tolsma Indoor Track at Green Hall on Oct. 28, for Thomas Road Baptist Church (TRBC)’s annual Harvest Festival for children with special needs. This evening event ran from 6 to 8 p.m. and allowed the children to have time to enjoy a Halloween-harvest themed event away from the other […]
Read more“Lights. Camera. Fashion. Iconic Design.” That is the theme for the 6th annual Family and Consumer Science (FACS) department’s fashion show. The theme and plans for the upcoming fashion show were announced to a group of 30 designers who met in the Reber Thomas executive dining room to attend the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) department’s Launch Party on Oct. […]
Read moreWinter is just around the corner and that means one thing — cold season. But before rushing to the drug store to stock up on the usual tissues, cough drops and cold medicine, a person should consider one of the most important vitamins needed to stay healthy — Vitamin D. Vitamin D is key to many important aspects of a […]
Read moreLocal members of the community got the chance to indulge in all of fall’s defining activities and foods at the Lynchburg Community Market this past weekend for Harvest at the Market. Harvest at the Market was held Oct. 29 downtown. The event […]
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Sparks were flying long before the Liberty Flames took to the field for their Homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 15. The fervor, fanfare and fire shown by students and alumni at the game may have, for many, begun at the Homecoming bonfire the night before. On Friday, Oct. 14, hundreds of students and alumni gathered in the Evans parking lot […]
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Snowflex hosts colorful late night event Midnight Madness, an approved late night event for Liberty students, was held Friday night. “It’s Liberty, so I’m expecting something great,” freshman Justin Gibson-Faber said. Expectations for a large crowd were also high. “These guys (professional Snowboarders and Transworld Magazine) draw a good crowd, and we expect to see people from North Carolina, Tennessee, […]
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Start flipping those couch cushions and digging through the floorboards of your car to find spare change for the Baby Bottle Campaign, which kicked off Oct. 12. The Baby Bottle Campaign is an annual campus wide fundraiser hosted by the Liberty Godparent Home. During the campaign, Liberty students and faculty are given baby bottles to fill with change, bills or […]
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The fall season has arrived, and at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, students will pull out their best Halloween costumes to participate in the second annual Halloween event, the Costume Fun Run at Snowflex. Halloween is a time for people to buy candy and get dressed up in their most elaborate and creative costumes. Liberty is getting in the spirit […]
Read moreThe warm, vibrant reds, oranges and yellows of the autumn season create the ideal setting for fall fun in the Central Virginia region. Numerous fall festivals and Halloween events are being held all over Central Virginia, allowing everyone from children to students to athletes to participate in the spirit of the season. Fall Festival & Country Store Relive childhood fall […]
Read moreHometown pride, red ties and Batman may seem like a strange combination, but at Liberty University, it means Spirit Week. Liberty students celebrated the university’s 40th anniversary Homecoming weekend with their first Spirit Week, dressing up for specialty themed days throughout the week of Oct. 10 through 14. “Spirit Week was the perfect way to get students pumped up for […]
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Floats filled the streets and candy flew through the air, landing in the hands of sugar-loving college students who cheered the parade on from the sidewalks. Liberty University’s 40th anniversary homecoming parade was held at 1 p.m., Oct. 15, on University Boulevard and many students, as well as alumni, showed up for the event. The parade, which lasted an hour, […]
Read moreThe list of options for Liberty students to fulfill Christian and Community Service (CSER) requirements is always growing. Choices can include helping the elderly, tutoring kids from local schools — or in the month of October, chasing people around the woods with a chainsaw. From Oct. 13 to 29, hundreds of visitors to Scaremare will line up for hours for […]
Read more70s Number of students who enrolled in classes: 6,037 Largest major: Pastoral ministries and training (1,075) Style: Big hair, granny dresses, leisure Top Movies: Godfather I & II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Star Wars Popular Musicians: Simon & Garfunkel, Captain & Tennille and Rod Stewart 80s Number of students who enrolled in classes: 43,537 Largest major: Business […]
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Rich (adjective): having high quality; magnificently impressive. The Merriam-Webster website must have had student life at Liberty University in mind when defining this term. Snowflex, open mic nights, horseback riding, concerts, movie nights, ice skating and club sports, such as archery and racquetball, are just a few of the many activities offered to Liberty students looking to have a good […]
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The Integrated Learning Resource Center (ILRC) did not exist in the 70s and by the 80s a few students were bringing a new gadget called a laptop to school. The 90s ushered in the computer lab and as buildings went up, miles of hard wire cable were run to connect the computers to the world wide web. By 2000, Liberty […]
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