When Zachary Kelly got on a 30-hour bus ride to Paris after finishing up his summer missions internship in Bosnia, he had no idea what to expect. This probably had something to do with the fact that he did not speak French, knew no one in Paris and was traveling alone, his only plan being spontaneity. His spontaneity led to […]
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Student Activities hosted its annual homecoming bonfire Oct. 8, bringing students and alumni together to kick off homecoming weekend. People gathered in the parking lot of Thomas Road Baptist Church Friday night to join in the celebration, roasting marshmallows and making s’mores courtesy of Student Activities. The night commenced with a performance by the Alpha Delta Omega sisterhood.
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Students, faculty and members of the Lynchburg community gathered at Camp Hydeaway on the brisk fall morning of October 9 with one goal in mind — the finish line. The Deep Hollow Half-Marathon and 5k kicked off the Liberty Mountain Trail Series with more than 200 runners participating. The blast of a foghorn interrupted the silence of the cool morning. Cheered on by family and friends, 114 half-marathon runners began the race, followed 15 minutes later by 97 5k runners.
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From the front, it just looked like an unassuming one-story house, except for the driveway large enough to hold painted lines for multiple parking spaces. Walking up the front steps, the heavy glass paned doors become evident as well. What would be the living room, however, is richly decorated and warmly colored, with a bright oil paint mural stretching across the far wall at the other end of the room.
Read moreAuthor, commentator and Yale graduate Eric Metaxas spoke in the Towns Alumni Hall Tuesday, Oct. 5, on his critically acclaimed book “Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery” as part of the English and Modern Languages Alumni Lecture Series. “If you are here, raise your hand,” Metaxas said, bringing the over-crowded room into laughter. “I’m happy […]
Read moreWhen the campus food gets tiresome and students need a change of pace on a tight budget, there is nothing better than an all-you-can-eat buffet. To help students know where to go, the Champion writers have selected the top three Chinese buffets in the area.
Read moreChallenge: Pick seven items of clothing from your closet. Now, only wear those pieces for an entire month. Based off the “Six Items or Less” challenge created by Heidi Hackemer, Dorm 13-2 RAs Ashley Miranda and Amanda McGee have created a fashion diet for their own hall. According to Miranda, a first-semester graduate student, their goal is to open eyes, change mindsets and ultimately mend hearts. “Sometimes, especially as females, we tend to focus too much on material items,” Miranda said. “We need to truly realize how self-absorbed we can be.”
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As the lights went down in the Thomas Road auditorium, the volume rose and fans went wild. The Almost took the stage first, performing songs from their latest album “Monster Monster.” Fans flooded the front of stage, with the occasional bodysurfer wafting over the heads of the crowd. The Almost revved up the crowd with their hits “Say the Sooner,” “No I Don’t” and “Monster Monster.”
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Liberty University hosted the 7th biennial Writer’s Conference on Sept. 23-24, 2010. About 100 people attended the event. “This is the 7th Writers Conference sponsored jointly by the Integrated Learning Resource Center and the English Department. It has been offered every two years beginning in 1997,” Co-Chair of the Writer’s Conference and Head of ILRC Public Services Rachel Schwedt said.
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What started out as a humble evangelical theater troupe is now Liberty’s oldest ministry, seeing 200 people on average dedicate their lives to Christ each year, according to Dr. David Allison, current director of the King’s Players.
Read moreThe beat at the new Liberty Tower Theater can’t be stopped in its debut production “Hairspray.” The play, starring senior Sarah Seaman as the lead, follows plus-sized heroine Tracy Turnblad as she obsesses over heartthrob Link Larkin, played by junior Caleb Hughes. She fights for integration in turbulent 1960s Baltimore and climbs her way to stardom on the hit teen […]
Read morePeople from all over Central Virginia will soon be lining up for a haunted house experience unlike any other. Liberty University’s Center for Youth Ministry will put on its annual Scaremare function opening Oct. 14, taking a pagan holiday like Halloween and turning it around to glorify God. According to Scaremare supervisor Mike Aldridge, Scaremare was started as a ministry […]
Read moreThe Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center (BRPC) received $250,000 in donations at their annual benefit Sept. 14. The benefit featured internationally acclaimed author of “The Prayer of Jabez,” Bruce Wilkinson. Roughly 130 people attended the event, yet the amount the center received was more than four times what has been raised at past benefits. Previous benefits were by invitation only, but […]
Read moreStudent Activities will be hosting its first race in the Liberty Mountain Trail Series bright and early the morning of Saturday Oct. 9 at Camp Hydeaway. The Deep Hollow Half-Marathon and 5k will give students, faculty, staff and members of the community the ability to test their endurance as they run the hills of the Liberty Mountain Trail System. Those […]
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Amid the chaos of the band practicing on stage while students chatted and scuffed their metal folding chairs on the gym floor in the Schilling Center Friday night, something holy was taking place. Behind the double doors to the hallway that doubled as a green room, the 10 Liberty Idol contestants stood arm in arm, circling their vocal coaches who […]
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