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News Roundup

Ex-Baylor Athletic Director: Black Athletes Made Scapegoats

AUSTIN, Texas – The former athletic director at Baylor University alleges that regents schemed to make Black football players scapegoats for a decades-long problem of sexual assault at the nation’s largest Baptist school, and that he resigned rather than be part of a massive cover-up. Ian McCaw said he was “disgusted” by the racism and […]

June 28, 2018

News Roundup

Jimmy Carter Gently Jabs Trump at Liberty Commencement

LYNCHBURG, Va.— Former President Jimmy Carter started his commencement address at Liberty University in Virginia with a gentle jab at President Donald Trump. Carter’s speech Saturday came a year after Trump spoke to Liberty graduates. Carter began by noting the crowd was even bigger than 2017. Carter said, “I don’t know if President Trump would […]

May 20, 2018

News Roundup

Liberty University Plans To Add New Arena To Virginia Campus

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University plans to add a 125,000-square-foot arena to its Lynchburg campus. The new arena will be attached to the Vines Center and used mainly for volleyball and basketball games. It will accommodate 4,000 to 4,500 people. Men’s basketball will continue to play in Vines when attendance is expected to be above […]

March 18, 2018

Students

Liberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest Falwell

LYNCHBURG, Va.  —  A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]

August 21, 2017

Students

Title IX Investigation Closed at Liberty University

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The U.S. Office for Civil Rights is closing a Title IX investigation at Liberty University, saying it lacks jurisdiction over an off-campus sex assault allegation against a university employee. In a June 15 letter to university President Jerry Falwell Jr. obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, the office said it’s closing the […]

June 20, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Trump Uses Liberty Commencement to Justify Trump

After one of the worst weeks of his truth-challenged presidency, Donald Trump was fortunate to have a “just what the doctor ordered” platform: a commencement speech, and at Liberty University, at that.

May 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Trump to Deliver Liberty University Commencement Address

WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump will deliver the keynote address at Liberty University’s commencement ceremony. Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. provided the details of the May 13 graduation ceremony in a statement Wednesday. Falwell was a close ally to Trump during his campaign and told The Associated Press in January that he’d been asked […]

March 22, 2017

Students

Title IX Investigation Opened at Liberty University

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The U.S. Office for Civil Rights has opened a Title IX investigation at Liberty University that the school says is related to an off-campus sex assault allegation against an employee. Dorie Nolt, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said Friday the investigation was opened Nov. 28 “based on a complaint about […]

January 8, 2017

Students

Liberty Names Former Baylor AD Ian McCaw New Athletic Director

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ian McCaw, former athletic director at scandal-plagued Baylor, is the new athletic director at Liberty University. The school made the announcement on its web site Monday. McCaw replaces Jeff Barber, who resigned abruptly on Nov. 18. McCaw spent 13 years at Baylor, and the school won four national championships and 56 Big […]

November 28, 2016

News Roundup

Falwell says Trump Offered Him Education Secretary Job

RICHMOND, Va. —Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. says President elect-Donald Trump offered him the job of education secretary, but that he turned it down for personal reasons. Falwell tells The Associated Press that Trump offered him the job last week during a meeting in New York. He says Trump wanted a four- to six-year […]

November 27, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

Terrorist Fear Emerges as Biggest Threat to Diversity on Campus and Our Nation

America is getting even crazier than you thought. It’s gripped by an irrational fear.

December 6, 2015