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Liberty University DigitalCommons@Liberty University 2006 -- 2007 Liberty University School Newspaper Spring 5-1-2007 05-01-07 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 24, Issue 21) Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_06_07 Recommended Citation "05-01-07 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 24, Issue 21)" (2007). 2006 -- 2007. Paper 18. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_06_07/18 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 2006 -- 2007 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Liberty University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. C^T HE LIBERTY SERVING LIBERTY UNIVERSITY" FOR 24 YEARS MAY 1, 2007 VOL. 24, NO. 21 VISIT WWW.LIBERTY.EDU/CHAMPION .HAMPTOSpiritual Warfare Lions, tigers and... N What kind of battle are Life! brings you the circus and Christians a part of? A4 what you missed. B6 Construction begins on Towns Center By Amy Field What began as the convene dream or a great teacher has now become one of to discuss Liberty's greatest ven tures. "I was in the hospital security • ti" L two years ago with can cer," said Dr. Elmer Towns. "(One night, while I was there), I measures dreamed I was teach By Amy Held ing a classroom of ASST. NEWS EDITORT^ .• . .•.•'.•..'.?/.-.' ^ 1,000 students and they all had laptops." In response to the recent Wednesday, April 25 at events at Virginia Tech, 2:00 p.m., Towns Liberty administration offi related this stoiy of the cials, called a meeting in vision he to the more order to "reassess 'emer than 70 people who gency event' plans," accord attended the ground ing to Dr. Mark Hine, who breaking of the Towns is the vice president for stu Alumni Training Cen dent affairs. Others who ter. attended the gathering The classroom, which included Dr. Jerry Falwell, will seat 900 students, Dr. Ron Godwin and Chief will be an addition onto of LUPD, Randall Smith. the B.R. Lakin School The meeting, held on April "f >Wai6 of Religion and will be 23, covered current and built along with a future security plans facelift for the present Liberty officials are consid structure. ering to alert individuals on campus. Please see TOWNS, page A3 BUILDING A LEGACY — (L to R) Dr. Elmer Towns, Dr. Jerry Falwell and Dr. Ron Godwin take the first steps to completion. "After discussing what is currently in place, we talked about additional measures that we could take in light of recent events," said Hine. Students urged to be aware of fire safety rules "(Chief Smith) and his staff have already been By Erin Fit* fires in Lynchburg and working on enhancements NEWS REPORTER . the surrounding coun to our current plans." ties," said Public fire The enhancements dis When 189 students were evacuated Education Officer Cap cussed included the possi from a burning dormitory on die cam tain Robert Lipscomb bility of a siren being pus of Virginia State University in of the Lynchburg Fire How to handle a Fire Extinguisher... installed on the Campus Petersburg, Va. on April 14, questions Department. North tower that would were raised about what college stu "But we are coming sound off in case of an dents can do to prevent such calami out of the heating sea "extreme emergency," said ties at their residences. son, the wintertime, PULL AIM SQUEEZE SWEEP' Hine. Although officials declared the and it's not unusual to SAFETY NOZZLE THE FROM Another security measure source of the dorm fire to be the base have a large number of PIN FROM AT BASE TRIGGER that is being taken into con ment, no known cause has been deter fires." SIDE TO sideration is the addition of mined. Students at Liberty are cau Lipscomb, who has HANDLE OF FIRE HANDLE SIDE a "reverse 911" system, with tioned to be aware of the measures been with the Liberty officials alerting used to prevent fires, especially in light Lynchburg Fire students and faculty by text of the number of fire incidents that Department for the Fire safety checklist messaging, e-mails and have occurred in the Lynchburg area. past 17 years, has Q 1: Electrical cords are not running under carpets, doors or furniture, j announcements on the According to the News & Advance, advice for Liberty stu splash page. in the past month alone fire has affect dents on ways to avoid and also make sure multiple extension cords are not connected. « Students were asked in ed two Lynchburg residences, one in fire hazardous condi :Q -fj Windows and doors are not blocked from the inside or outside. j Wednesday's convocation Amherst County and one in the popu tions in their living iQ 3: Flammables, such as towels and curtains should be tucked j service to fill out cards with lar ski resort Wintergreen Resort in areas. their cell phone numbers Wintergreen, Va. I saroly away from the stove', oven and the toaster, j and other contact informa GRAPHIC BY ALEX TOWERS AND JESSICA WEBER "There have been a large number of Please see FIRE, page A3 tion, enabling Liberty to send them the text mes sages. For those who were unable to attend that con Liberty students take part in "Displace Me" in D.C. vocation, a link to the form has been provided at By Joanne Tang selves wearing a white T-shirt with a red "x" on it, a fice of time" because she has so much to do in www.liberty.edu/alert. A NEWS EDITOR box of saltine crackers and an unopened 1.5 liter school, and that she wanted to "spend that time on Liberty username and pass bottle of water. These items were collected upon something bigger," she said. word is required because it In an effort to raise awareness at the large num entiy and rationed among all the people. is posted on ASIST. bers of families in Uganda forced from their homes, This year, Displace Me challenged attendees to be Please see DISPLACED, page A2 Submitted information is 67,800 people across the country committed to outdoors for a night to understand what secure and will not be used for any other purpose aside attend "Displace Me" on Saturday, April 28. it is like for families in Uganda who have from security alerts. The event, started by Invisible Children, a foun been forced to flee the Lord's Resistance dation that aims to spread awareness about the Army by leaving their homes and belong Liberty's administration poverty and plight of Ugandans, was held in 15 ings. will be in touch with stu cities. Many of these families are forced to in dents in the future, regard Invisible Children had previously organized the camps established by the Ugandan gov ing more security measures. Global Night Commute on April 29, 2006, in which ernment with hopes of defense from the "Further details will be Lynchburg was a participant. LRA, but these camps are poorly defend presented very soon regard Many Liberty students participated in Displace ed and riddled with disease. According to ing all of this," said Hine. Me, driving to Washington, D.C. to sleep on the cor an ABC News article, as many as 1,000 "It is our intention to pro ner of Constitution Avenue and 15th Street on the people die eveiy week in the camps. ceed carefully but quickly in National Mall. With the tag line "Every War Has an Tati Cunningham, a youth ministry order to continue ensuring End," Displace Me also gave those in attendance major from Ohio, attended Displace Me. the safety of our communi time to write letters to their local politicians and to Before April 28's event, Cunningham ty." news outlets such as the Washington Post. said she wanted "to leave behind (her) Attendees were asked to bring a sleeping bag, luxuries, to make that connection." JKNNA Hll.l.KS Contact Amy Field at cardboard to make a tent, a photo showing them She said that Displace Me was a "sacri WITHOUT A HOME — Thousands voluntarily left their homes for the night. [email protected]. Page A2, THE LIBERTY CHAMPION MAY 1,2007 BEST GOVT 497 to teach students SERVED ...OR NOT AT ALL the fine art of campaigning it it it it it it it it it Dave Thompson it it it it it it it it it it By Lydla Christoph closely with the institute to develop young Well, everybody, I guess this is goodbye. may be) will not stand for, "Well, the compa CONTRIBUTING WRITER conservative leaders. Graduation is coming up, and my name ny looked good in the area of corporate Campaigns and Elections will involve won't ever appear in this paper again on a spending in several different areas, but not This fall, the Helms School of not only lecturers from the Leadership regular basis. And if it does, it's more likely good in some others. I'm going to talk to Mike Government will offer a new course, Institute but also local office-holders, tra that I'm making the news than reporting it. at acquisitions when I get a chance and go GOVT 497, Campaigns and Elections. This ditional textbooks and classroom time, Since I've never graduated college before, from there." course is specifically designed for stu Blackboard postings, papers and projects. and have no idea what it's like out in the "real Also, Cindy didn't answer her phone when dents who hope one day to run for local Witham said that the class will have a very world." I don't have any of my tried and true I called her three minutes a go, so I've got and public office.