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Scholars Crossing 2002 -- 2003 Liberty University School Newspaper Spring 1-21-2003 01-21-03 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 20, Issue 13) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_02_03 Recommended Citation "01-21-03 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 20, Issue 13)" (2003). 2002 -- 2003. 13. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_02_03/13 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Liberty University School Newspaper at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2002 -- 2003 by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LIBERTY UNIVERSITY . LYNCHBURG, VA - VOL. 20, NO. 13 ioTUESDAY, JANUARnY 21, 200 3 INSIDE Record growth reached in spring By Mariel Williams, news editor the fall semester. The number of leaving will not be known until the attended LU a couple of years ago, * FOOD DRIVE A SUCCESS: The new students in the spring is gen end of the add/drop period, but if but withdrew for a few semesters SGA Christmas canned food Liberty University admitted a erally considerably smaller. For the trend of past years holds true, and returned this spring. There collection exceeded the pro record number of new students example, in Spring 2002, the the number of students attending have been a lot of changes made to ject's goals. Find out where this semester. For the first time in school admitted 398 new students. LU will not drop. the school since Matthews left. your donations went on page 3. the school's history, the student Though they will not know the Freshman Jheanell Burnside The refurbished Arthur S. DeMoss body is not expected to shrink in exact number of new freshmen and said she has been impressed with Learning Center was the first alter • NEW MAJOR OFFERED: MIS stu the spring semester. transfers until the end of the both the students and the teachers ation she noticed. dents can now declare their According to Chris Johnson, add/drop period, the school that she has met. "It's so huge," Matthews said. major, executive director of recruitment, expects well above 500, or at least "The teachers are a good exam "[Liberty] actually looks like a col rather than an average of 550 students usually 125 more. ple [as Christians]," Burnside said. lege now." simply graduate or withdraw at the end of The final number of students Junior Victoria Matthews have a business concentra tion. See page 2. • TWO CENTS WORTH: The Surprisin•**—f.-.y, • »••»' g,.•» snow day Commentary crew opine on abortion, the selective service and spreading the Christian message. See page 6. • EATING OUT? Life! reviews five local restaurants—both popular and lesser-known hangouts. See page 7. • SPORTS: Men's bas ketball beat Radford in a blow-out home vic tory Saturday night. See page 12. BRING IT ON — With only two days of classes down, Liberty University experienced Its first &OUT snow day of the semester on Friday, Jan. 17. Chancellor Jerry Falwell had his PA •TUESDAY announcer tell fans at Partly cloudy. Thursday nights basketball High 36. game that classes would be Low 15. cancelled the following day. — Though barely over an inch of snow fell on Thursday night, • WEDNESDAY it left icy roads throughout Partly cloudy. central Virginia, leading to High 32. many closings, cancellations Low 14. and car accidents. SUSAN WHITLEY • THURSDAY Snow. High 28. Housing WinterFest rocks Low 9. the mountain « FRIDAY plans Partly cloudy Stewart of Creative Activ ice. Led by renowned youth minister High 28. ities, Programs and Ser Dawson McAllister, more than 250 Low 12. vices, was the first of its teenagers went forward during the changed kind to be held at LU. invitation. By Jiilleamia Outten, editor in chief More than 200 church "Winterfest was truly a life-chang * SATURDAY groups from 22 states, ing experience," Stewart said. "It was Partly cloudy. Plans for Liberty's new apartments some coming from as far exciting to watch thousands of young High 36. have changed since Thomas Road away as Wisconsin, Idaho people join in praise and worship Low 22. Baptist Church's purchase of the Eric and even California, and to see hundreds make a variety sson property last semester. attended the event that of decisions for Christ." In Fall 2002, Liberty University included praise and wor During the four day event, youth announced plans for the construction PHOTO PROVIDED ship, youth rallies and pastors attending the event reported of apartments for on-campus stu TAIT— This former DC Talk member performed at various contemporary that hundreds of life-changing deci LOOKAHEAD dents. Administration had hoped that WinterFest with his new band Tait. Christian music acts. The sions were made by teens during the additional housing for about 1,000 By Rhiannon Berry, assL news editor largest group attending the event sessions as well as during devotions IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE students would be ready by this was from Abilene Baptist Church in at hotels around Lynchburg. Deci semester, but for various reasons that Liberty University welcomed in Martinez, Ga. Liberty alumnus Paul sions for salvation, recommitment to • Interested in attending LU's plan has changed. 2003 by hosting the first ever Win Perkins brought 96 youth to Lynch Christ and accepting God's call for new Law School? The school "We believe that everyone wins terFest, a music and youth outreach burg from the church. full-time service were made by a host is now accepting applications with the changes that have occurred," extravaganza that was attended by According to Stewart, the most of young people, Stewart said. for the Fall 2003 semester. Jerry Falwell Jr., general counsel for about 5,000 teenagers and -idults. exciting thing to happen during the the university, said. By eveiyone, he The event, organized by Mike event was at the New Year's Eve serv Please see 2003, page 4 • LIGHT Ministries sent stu means the university, the contractor dents on a short-term mis and the city of Lynchburg. sions trip to El Salvador over The current plan is for 154 units to Christmas break. be ready by this fall, according to Fal Schedule changes for DH 1113/1114 well Jr. Each unit will have three bed By Laura Beaton, reporter class while other students are this semester. rooms, three baths, a living room, SEW COMING THIS WEEK headed for the dining hall. Twenty Sarah Smith, a sophomore and a kitchen and laundry room. The Some of you may be wondering minutes after the normal end-of- commuter student, was excited i • Spiritual Emphasis Week, three-story apartments will have 12 why your classes in DeMoss Hall period lunch rush, the students in about the new change. "I think it is a LU's biannual on-campus units each, therefore there should be rooms 1113 and 1114 start at odd the university's two largest class good thing because I can sleep a lit revival, takes place Sun., Jan. around 13 apartments and room for times. This change was made in rooms. tle later," said Sarah Smith. 26- Fri., Jan. 31. Larry Grays nearly 1,000 students. hopes that it will make the lunch Last semester the lunch line just While waiting for her Theology will be speaking in nightly The process leading to the new lines shorter. after class let out sometimes class to begin in DeMoss 1113, services and in three convo dorms began more than a year ago Since not everyone is on the same extended all the way to the stairs Senior Cara Woody said she feels cation services. when TRBC Ministries sold the site schedule, during the hours when the that lead up to the dorms on the hill. that the new class times are neither on top of Candler's Mountain near Reber-Thomas Dining Hall is The administration noticed the good nor bad. opened for lunch, students in problem and decided to make some Please see HOUSING, page 4 DeMoss 1113 and 1114 will still be in changes in class times beginning Please see SCHEDULE, page 4 » JANUARY 21, 2003 Page 2, THE LIBERTY CHAMPION The price LU unveils new major By Rhiannon Berry, asst. news editor ment and the Department of core business classes to reach Mathematics, it was developed the 50 hours needed, Barnett Liberty University students "to serve as a showcase for the said. MIS courses are identified is Right who have yet to declare a major university's academic curricu by the CMIS prefix. Students now have another choice. The lum" and to "provide students looking for BUSI102 can now Management Information Sys with the skills and knowledge find it renamed CMIS 201, tems (MIS) major was recently necessary for impacting tomor where it was placed under the developed by the Center for row's socio-technological cul new program. By Chris Price, columnist Computer and Information ture," Barnett said. The center is "The MIS major is designed Technology. adjacent to the ILRC, housed on to combine technology-related In my month long absence from writing this column, I have had time Until the end of last semes- the second floor of the Arthur S. courses with core business to sit back and observe the general public and the things that it does. The courses in order to way that some people think and behave never ceases to amaze me. So prepare students to here is a list of things people do or beliefs that they have that baffle my be able to apply tech mind. nology to solve busi Vegetarians— Let me start off by saying that if it is for health rea ness problems in a sons, it makes it slightly more acceptable.