I’ve been talking to some CFAWs this weekend, our special College for a Weekend guests, and I realized something. For a long time, I’ve wondered why Liberty needs to put on CFAW. It’s not like we’re hurting for prospective students. In 2014, the acceptance rate into Liberty was 20 percent. With some quick math (outsourced to a math major, of […]
Read moreNational retail chain Target, in collaboration with the Walt Disney Company and actress Julie Andrews, will host National Princess Week April 22-28 — a week-long event for children to celebrate their inner princess through Disney’s Princess Line of movies, books, apparel and toys. With movements such as #MeToo and Time’s Up promoting women to speak up, National Princess Week can […]
Read moreDear Madame or Sir, On behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association, I would like to thank the Liberty Flames baseball team, Tyler McNamara and his staff for hosting the Alzheimer’s Association for Alzheimer’s Awareness night April 3. We are grateful to the Flames baseball team’s support in helping us raise both awareness and funds for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. […]
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Google recently unrolled a new advertising campaign across New York City, emblazoning subway station walls with minimalist posters, many suggesting that we should just “Let Google do it.” But while the newest tagline of the tech titan has been slowly swallowing the Big Apple, it’s the company’s much older motto that’s making headlines. “Don’t be evil.” An […]
Read moreAny person who steps onto the campus of Liberty University can see evidence of Liberty’s rapid expansion. Construction projects are spread across the grounds, and cranes decorate the skyline. The loud beeping, whirring and clanging of construction machines has become the natural ambience of the Liberty experience. Most students grin and bear the inconveniences of constant expansion by […]
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Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, first lady and literacy activist. These are a few of the roles that former First Lady Barbara Bush held during her 92 years of life, and they are each an instrumental part of who she was. When Bush was campaigning with her husband, George H. W. Bush, for the 1988 presidential election, she presented herself as the […]
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Like all people my age, I was not alive while former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush were in the White House. And if I am going to be completely honest, it was not until recently when I read the various obituaries of the late Barbara Bush that I really understood the impact she had in advocating […]
Read morePreacher and author A.W. Tozer famously stated in his book “Knowledge of the Holy” that what a person thinks about God is the most important thing about him or her. Continuing this line of thinking, it would follow that what a worship song causes those singing to think about God is the most important thing about the song. What then, […]
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Eight candidates are vying for the three open positions on Lynchburg City Council, and it’s up to you to decide who wins. The News & Advance reported that in 2016, only 11.9 percent of Lynchburg’s registered voters voted in the last city council elections. Out of 80,000 people, that’s a mere 10th that chose the people to oversee infrastructure, […]
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AJ and Chris Lillian Abbatacola In my three years at Liberty, I have seen SGA do little for the majority of students here. From the outside, the association looks like a bunch of government majors playing Congress in an effort to burn the Liberty Way to the ground. The importance of this election is underestimated, as the […]
Read moreWith this month being National Autism Awareness Month, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and more autism acceptance organizations are pushing towards celebrating the acceptance of autistic people this year, rather than simply being aware of their existence. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “Awareness is knowing something exists and understanding a situation or subject based on facts or experiences.” Acceptance, however, […]
Read moreThe rationality of gun-free zones is again under fire after the shooting in gun-free YouTube headquarters of San Bruno, California, on April 3 and from new murder statistics released by London’s Metropolitan Police. It should be. New data is showing that London’s murder rate is topping New York City’s, as homicide numbers for February and March are 32 in NYC […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum has been met with much opposition both at home and abroad. The biggest concern on everyone’s mind has been the initiation of an all-out trade war. Democrats and Republicans alike are pleading with the president to reconsider his decision. “You’re punishing the American taxpayers, and you are making […]
Read moreThe party of former President Ronald Reagan is gone. When Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced his retirement on April 11, it not only sent shock waves through the Republican Party and across Capitol Hill, it also highlighted an increasing trend of Republican lawmakers who are choosing not to seek reelection this year. For the most part, these law […]
Read moreAs both the Capitals and the Wizards make less-than-promising starts to their sure-to-be-short playoff appearances, I once again find myself sinking into the bottomless pit of disappointment and dejection that I have become more than accustomed to in the past 22 years as a Washington, D.C. sports fan. To pick those of you who are not familiar, Washington has four […]
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