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Liberty University DigitalCommons@Liberty University 2010 -- 2011 Liberty University School Newspaper 4-5-2011 04-05-11 (The Liberty Champion, volume 28 issue 18) Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_10_11 Recommended Citation "04-05-11 (The Liberty Champion, volume 28 issue 18)" (2011). 2010 -- 2011. Paper 18. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_10_11/18 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Liberty University School Newspaper at DigitalCommons@Liberty University. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2010 -- 2011 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Liberty University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FASHIONSHOW FACS department showcases talent B8 liberty Tuesday, April 5, 2 0 1 1 • V o lu m e 2 8 Is s u e 18 m M m m k m m m s cliillin in the sun Liberty responds to student concerns ASHLEY BOLLINGER akbollingerdJliberty.edu As university improvements continue to unfold, changes in academics have caused students and faculty to question the admin istration’s reasoning regarding recent cut backs. Over the past 40 ... years, LibertyT 1 TUniver , . sity has maintained a steady increase of stu dents, academic pro grams and facilities. Liberty's Senior Vice i i ; ' President of Academ ic Affairs and Provost Dr. Ronald Godwin said. “Liberty has ex perienced dramatic improvements in the quality of its academic SPRING FEVER — As the weather begins to get warmer students are beginning to relax and study outdoors. programs and more recently, under the leadership of Chan cellor Jerry Falwell Jr., remarkable expansion of its buildings and campus,” Godwin said. “We have cut or are going to cut some Liberty ranks 8th in enrollment courses that are not necessary to complete degrees,” Godwin said. “Courses that have based on data from 2009, be suffered from chronically low enrollment Student count reaches 64,610 tween 1992 and 2009, the uni over the past three years. “ versity’s fall enrollment increased However, Liberty’s Vice President for Ad from 8,500 to 46,949, an increase TAYLOR OVERHULTZ among nonprofit universities ministrative Information Management and of 452 percent. Over that same [email protected] in online education,” Chancel Registrar Lawrence Shackleton said that the . period, Virginia’s other four-year lor Jerry Ealwell Jr. said. “These changes in course offerings will not hinder private non-profit colleges and Liberty University now ranks students average 35 years of age students from reaching their desired gradu universities grew by 32 percent, eighth in the nation as the largest, and many have lost jobs and are ation date. and Virginia’s four-year public four-year university according to in need of learning new skills to The rapid growth of the university has colleges and universities grew by new numbers from the U.S. De succeed in the new economy \R1ELEI RINZER caused some students such as current junior 29 percent. partment of Education. With a that has emerged. They cannot STUDENT LIFE — Student Beki Eisentrout to question why the univer “Liberty is growing because total enrollment of 64,610 stu relocate their families to attend population grew 452 per sity is in need of cutbacks at all. Liberty is unique. We offer an dents, Liberty is also the largest college so Liberty is providing cent between 1992 and “It doesn’t make sense to me,” Eisentrout- alternative to the religion of secu university in Virginia. these families a second chance, 2009. said. “W hy would we need to make cut larism and the political correct Enrollment has increased by and we are the only major on enrollment of over 12,000 while backs? We have heard numerous times that ness that is so pervasive at most 40 percent since 2009, according line university to provide this re online enrollment was over we are in good financial standing. I was un universities,” Falwell said. “We to data from last year that report training in the context of a Chris 52,000. der the impression we were growing.” have also worked hard to keep ed a total enrollment of 46,312. tian worldview.” According to a study by the The administration, however, focused its education at Liberty affordable. ”We are proud that Liberty University figures from fis Mangum Economic Consulting, See C H A N G E on A3 has become the national leader cal year 2010 report residential LLC of Richmond, Va., See E IG H T H onA2 Redistricting the state Student dies in Africa OMAR ADAMS was assigned to U.S. proposed by [email protected] Army Special Opera Parties to deliberate plans the Dem o tions Command, Fort cratic Party Master Sgt. Jamal H. Bowers, a Bragg, NC. and passed AMANDA SULLIVAN Friday 41-year-old Marine from Raleigh, N.C., Liberty will posthu when voted [email protected] With the new redistricting died at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Africa mously award Bowers' on during the plan to be passed by the Virginia of a non-combat related incident March degree to his family — Monday ses- “God has given me the oppor State Senate in the coming days, K 18. Bowers was finishing up a bachelor Bowers is survived by BOWERS N EW M AN Sion. Four tunity to represent the people of Newman’s district, along with of science in multidisciplinary studies liis parents, Leroy and other plans Virginia at this level for 20 years, most other Virginia State Sena degree from Liberty University Online. Mary Bowers; wife, and if tomorrow if God said ‘it’s tors, will be opening a new chap were proposed, including the Bowers sei-ved more than 20 years in Kawana King-Bowers; son Jamal, who is Republican’s plan, referred to as time to open a new chapter in ter in the political — and maybe locations around the world including also a U.S. Army Special Operations sol your life’, I would gladly do it,” personal — lives. The new plan, the Watkins-Vogel Plan. Japan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, two tours dier; daughter Surita; and step-daughters Sen. Steve Newman (R-23) said known as the Flowell Plan, was SeePLANo«A8 in Iraq and a tour in Afghanistan. He Clarice and Denise Ki'mp. Inside the Champion News A1 M Opinion A4 Sports B1 Feature B6 . I A 2 / L iberty C hampion NEWS A pril 5, 2 0 1 1 Senior class gives back Bus stop shelters to benefit students ALLYSSA HINCKLE ahlnckle@)llberty.edu Students liuJclling arouiul bus stops in rain, snow or slcol will soon have a lu’ttor option, thanks to the Senior (lass ofZDl 1 "\Vc wanted to give I.ALff^.^ r<mn< soniethini’ that would actu DISTRACTED DRIVING — Proposed changes to distracted driving bills have yet to ally help students for years make it past the General Assembly. to come." Class I’resiilent Joel Krautter said. The Senior Class Project Distracted driving legislation IS an annual tradition. I'he gratluating class wanted to give a gilt that would carry SHELTER — 10 new bus stop shelters will be added falls flat in General Assembly on their legacy 1 lowever, around campus. they still wanted .something MARY SEILKOP Johnson said she does not of cell phone users, accidents practical to give back to The result is a design fea classgift2011. So far Fund- mlsellkop(§)liberty.edu feel safe driving when so many and environmental factors that their university turing the pillars and hrick raising has been successful. people are looking down at deal with distracted driving. Measures to limit distracted ’{'he result will be 10 new that characteri/.es much of The website for the project their phones instead of on the "With the number of peo driving have been a popular bus stop shelters around Liberty University’s build- was launched two weeks road. ple who are involved in acci campus. The plan was un ings. ago, according to Krautter. topic in this General Assembly it is a safety' issue she hopes dents, laws will probably pass session. Although several bills veiled Monday, March 28 Another helpful feature "Without even announc will become less common in in the future,”’Johnson said. “1 have been proposed, none of at the Senior Appreciation of the shelters will include ing it to anyone, we already the future. She is not alone as hope they do.” Meeting. The idea was first advances in technology raised $ 1,000 ju.st by online them have made it out of the studies and awareness projects With these studies .ind na committees. brought up last fall. Students will be able to g:t and people finding it and have been conducted across tionwide efforts to cut down Virginia, lawmakers pro " I’he Alumni ("jflice pre weather updates and an donating. So were feel the nation to address the issue. on distracted driving, many posed several distracted driv sented the idea to the senior nouncements on displays ing really good about this,” “Close to half of all adults are wondering why Virginia ing bills during the General class who made the actual inside the shelters. Krautter said. Faindraising who use text mes.saging say lawmakers would kill the legis Assembly session, and none of decision to adopt this as Perhaps the most helpful will be continuing until they have sent or read messag lation, including the Manager them succeeded. their class gift," saiil senior feature, the displays will also graduation. es while behind the wheel,” a of Public and Government 'Hie 10 bills would have Morgan Kane. show the estimated arrival I’he upcoming junior/ 2010 project conducted by the Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic been much stricter on distract Kane works with the time of the next bus.