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King's Players hit the road, Pg. 5 SpOftSI Hockey team puts Pack on ice, Pg. 10 Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Vol. 15, No. 14 Godparent Home remembers Milestone for Kisseleva LU forward Elena Kisseleva recently scored her 1,000th abortion victims, moves monument point as a Lady Flame during a game against By JENNIFER PILLATH tiny red roses which were representative of over unborn, it also became a memorial service, a Charleston Southern. Copy Manager 1.5 million babies that had been aborted in tiie time of remembrance. Here, Kisseleva fs pre^ last year. These roses, along with a granite "We want more than anything else, not to sented with the game Although Lynchburg had not witnessed an marker placed high on the hill, reflected die now demonstrate, but to disturb Uie hearts of ball by Athletic Direc­ accumulation of snow during the Christmas 25-year-old Roe vs. Wade court decision. Americans," said Ryan Rush, director of the tor Kim Graham and season, the bottom hill of the Liberty Godparent Students, Liberty faculty, Lynchburg resi­ Liberty Godparent Home. Chancellor Jerry FaK Home still gave the impression of a frozen tun­ dents and members of the local press huddled By creating memorials such as this, building well. For more on dra. Ironically, this illusion was not created by together in the cold morning air around die 100 homes for unwed mothers like the Liberty Kisseleva's achieve­ an act of nature. by 50 foot area which contained die roses. Godparent Home and educating the public ment, see KISSElEVA These white sheets that blanketed the ground Although the ceremony was designed to dedi­ oh Page 10* on Thursday, Jan. 22 contained the images of cate this new location of the monument for the Please see GODPARENT, Page 2 Williams' SACS generosity reaffirms revealed school By CHRIS EDWARDS By LANCE OLSHOVSKY and TIM FARRANT Champion Reporter One of the biggest mysteries The Soudiern Association of surrounding Liberty University Colleges and Schools' (SACS) was revealed last Wednesday, Commission on Colleges voted to Jan. 21 during convocation as reaffirm Liberty's accreditation LU Chancellor Dr. Jerry Falwell on Dec. 8, 1997 at its semi-annu­ publicly acknowledged A.L. (Art) al meeting in New Orleans. and Angela Williams as the The SACS committee came to largest donors to the campus, Liberty on Oct. 19 - 21 to investi­ with overall gifts totalling $70 gate areas of concern such as million. advances in technology, the The Williams family has external degree program and die always preferred to donate with­ financial status of die university. out public recognition, but After about a montii of deliber­ Liberty officials • requested to ation, the decision of reaffirma­ release their names in connec­ tion from SACS was forwarded to tion with their large gifts to pro­ Liberty University President, Dr. i mote giving toward the recently John Borek, Jr. launched Next Century Cam­ "I am really proud of die facul­ paign. ty, staff and students," Borek This campaign is designed to said. "While all praise and honor double the number of resident goes to God, there is no doubt students within the next five tiiat this was a collective effort." years while raising $100 million Upon carrying a SACS accredi­ to fund campus expansion. tation, a school is considered Williams was named honorary equal to other accredited colleges chairman of the campaign. GLIMPSE OF TOMORROW—Atlanta artist Andrew King's rendition of Liberty's future campus shows parking decks, and universities which allows When asked about the moti­ new dormitories and additions to DeMoss Hall. them to recognize course creden­ vation behind the Williams' tials and also ensures quality in donations, LU President Dr. educational programs. Accredit­ John Borek, Jr. said that, "He ation also allows students to fWllliams) loves God; he loves receive federal financial aid. higher education and he In addition to the university believes Christian education is being reaffirmed and removed the way to go." from probation, SACS did, how­ Success has followed Williams ever, have one recommendation BCYOND 2000 for the university. wherever he has gone. His days as a high school football coach * According to Borek, the SACS led to two Georgia State Coach committee wants to be updated of the Year awards. After selling Facilities Master Plan readies Liberty for the next milleniumon th e condition of faculty sup­ term life insurance part-time, he port for its programs. By JASON INGRAM onslaught. future education using "full Vines announced a significant eventually formed A.L. Williams "When you think about it, if electronic means." reduction In die university's "This is not a recommendation News Editor related to sanction, they want to and Associates in Atlanta. you almost double die student Currendy, a committee is long-term debt. Liberty Chan­ know how we are progressing on In 12 years, Williams accumu­ body, you don't have to double reviewing various artists' pro­ cellor Dr. Jerry Falwell revealed f David Young's projections our faculty load. The important lated 225,000 sales people and everything else, but everytiiing posals for die design of die the Strategic Facilities Master- are accurate, some 3,000 thing is that the university was became the largest seller of indi­ structure, but Young is confi­ plan. Ifreshmen will overtake the has to increase," Young said. reaffirmed and removed from vidual life insurance in the campus of Liberty University The increases will affect every­ dent tiiat once ground is bro­ Students received tiieir first probation," Borek said. United States. He sold his busi­ this fall, raising the number of tiiing from die post office to ken, die additions will progress glimpse of die proposed changes Recommendations from the ness in 1989 to New York-based on-campus students to 6,500. parking decks to a proposed vis­ rapidly. over the semester break, when SACS committee are not neces­ Primerica Corporation, a sub­ itor's center, and could begin as "I'd like to say that we will be die school mailed postcards And, if David Young's projec­ sarily a bad thing. The recom­ sidiary of the Traveler's Group. early as tiiis semester, bearing an artist's rendition of tions are accurate, die total holding classes In (die remod­ mendations are given tiirough The Williams family first visit­ when as many die campus to all students. number of on-campus students eled DeMoss Hall) in September the committee in order for a uni­ ed Liberty In 1985, touring the will continue to rise, reaching as four addi­ of 1999," Young said. "If (a stu­ "I'm a firm believer tiiat if campus with Chancellor Dr. versity to become a more efficient 8,000 In 1999. tional floors dent) came in as a freshman this (Liberty) builds sometiiing like and esteemed institution and are Jerry Falwell. And 10,000 in 2000. are slated year, he or she could be study­ (die artist's rendition), and tiiat "I learned later that God usually given to any university And 10,500 in 2001. to be con- ing In DeMoss, taking 400-level if you, as a prospective high when it is visited by SACS. spoke to them during that first s tructed courses in there (by next year)." school junior or senior comes to And ... you get die picture. According to Vice President of day in Lynchburg about making atop Uie In addition to meeting a des­ die campus just to check it out "Anyone witii an IQ of two or Planning and Research, Dr. Ellen Liberty 'their ministry,'" Falwell higher can figure out tiiat (witii DeMoss perate need, the structural ... tiiat you will look at it and said in a National Liberty Learning Center. say, 'Wow, I wouldn't mind com­ Black, Liberty went from 106 rec­ a larger student body) you're improvements serve anotiier ommendations at die beginning Journal article. going to need more classrooms, Each floor would add 113,000 purpose; that of attracting ing to tills school,'" Young said. According to the NLJ article, square feet to die existing struc­ of die SACS visit to only one out­ you're going to need more dor­ prospective students to the uni­ standing recommendation. Mr. Williams said, "Angela and I ture, for a total of 350 — versity. In the coming weeks, the mitory space and you're going to 'This is a historic turnaround feel that the Lord blessed us in 400,000 square feet. "The more you look like a win­ Liberty Champion will pre­ need to feed more people," in an institution of higher learn­ business so that we could help Included in die architectural ner, die more people want to be sent a series of articles Young, die vice president of ing and is die result of die prayer Dr. Falwell build a great designed to keep the student administration, said. plans for DeMoss Hall are plans a part of it," Young said. of God's people and die extraor­ Christian university where Enter the Strategic Facilities for possible library expansion, The student body was first body abreast of these changes young people could be trained to dinary effort of many people on Masterplan, a comprehensive elevators, a state-of the-art air made aware of die possibility of and how their implementa­ campus," Black said.