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Scholars Crossing 1997 -- 1998 Liberty University School Newspaper 10-7-1997 10-07-97 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 15, Issue 7) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_97_98 Recommended Citation "10-07-97 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 15, Issue 7)" (1997). 1997 -- 1998. 7. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/paper_97_98/7 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 1997 -- 1998 by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Lite: Desperately seeking employment S |) 0 F t S! LU wins Battle of Fighting Christians Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. Tuesday, October 7, 1997 Vol. 15, No. 7 Third Day erupts in Pro-life organization Furnace Christian alternative bands • f • • Third Day, All Star United faces sition and Switehfoot blanketed the sanctity of life. This fall, the "Those funds go to help poor Reyes feels this program is "an By SARAH POLLAK group began a new campaign to Vines Center with a wall of Champion Reporter women be able to afford abor old tactic used by the pro-abor sound last Saturday, Oct. 4. pray and picket in front of the tions. The combined pledges tion forces to try to Intimidate The show, sponsored by Stu Liberty University's pro-life local Planned Parenthood office. amount to now, in the Blue Christians to not get out there dent Life, was the third date outreach, Students Active for Planned Parenthood opened in Ridge area, about $85 per day on the streets to proclaim the on Third Day's "Conspiracy Life and Truth (SALT), continues Lynchburg in the fall of 1995 per picket that is raised to help truth. They don't want us out Tour," which was designed to to protest every Saturday morn and Its supporters have since poor women." there proclaiming the truth and promote their new album, ing in front of the Lynchburg started a program called SALT director John Reyes showing what they do. What "Conspiracy No. 5." Planned Parenthood on Lang- "Pledges for Pickets." said he had been informed of they do is to come up with these For more on the concert, home Road even though its "People in the area who sup this program a few weeks ago types of harassment to get presence leads to more funding please see related article on THJWOOLFORD port choice have pledged every when he was confronted by an Christians to stay away." page 6, THIRD DEGREE—Third for abortions. thing from 25 cents to a dollar employee of Planned Parent Even though the Planned Day's Mac Powell croons SALT, formerly Students per picket per day," said Joan hood. Reyes said he and the Parenthood office Is closed on Active Against Abortion, is a MacCallum, the Community organization stand firm in their Saturdays, SALT still goes out to for the Liberty crowd. ministry to educate the commu Development Coordinator of belief that picketing Is still nity about abortion and the Lynchburg Planned Parenthood. Important. Please see SALT on Page 2 City registrar warns against possible And the winner is election fraud they lacked a domicile, effective By JASON INGRAM News Editor ly removing them from the vot ing process in two states. Students that tried and failed In addition to the inconve to register to vote in the city of nience, Spencer-Read also said Lynchburg during the '96 that any person that knows an Election now have the Informa individual Is not a resident of tion necessary to avoid a repeat Virginia and encourages or aids of last year's fiasco. that person in the registration Lynchburg Registrar Carol process can be found guilty of Spencer-Read said that In order election fraud. for an Individual to vote in Travis Griffin, the Chairman of tiMc- Z-XJ " CoMcgo Republicans, have a domicile, or permanent noted that registering in another residence, as well as an abode, state as a domicile could also or temporary residence, In affect a student's financial aid. Virginia. Plus, students who are "(When a student) suddenly attending school in Virginia but declares himself a Lynchburg are still financially dependent on voter, It may affect a whole laun their parents are still considered dry list of things," Griffin said. residents of their home state, "If someone wants to register in regardless of whether they have Lynchburg, (the College Repub an abode In Virginia or not. licans) will give him information, The problem with students is but we warn against things like that most of them are in the area (losing) scholarships, grants and to go to school and the city does insurance." not consider them residents," Spencer-Read suggested that Spencer-Read said. students attending schools out According to Spencer-Read, side of their home states should students encountered problems vote by absentee ballot In their last year when they registered to respective home districts. vote in Virginia, thereby can "Our desire and responsibility celling their rights as voters In is to assist anyone In becoming a SABHUBEASLST their home states. However, registered voter within compli ISN'T SHE LOVELY?—The 21 semi-finalists for the Miss Liberty crown line the steps behind the Vines Center. The those students failed to qualify ance with the law," Spencer- field of 21 was narrowed to five finalists on Monday, Oct. 6. The winner of the Miss Liberty Pageant will be as voters In Virginia because Read said. announced during the Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 11. •;';.,,., A WIC gift to help University updates Russian church students on SACS "What The Bible Is All About" dents that on Oct. 19-21 the By LANCE OLSHOVSKY and translating It from English Black speaks on Southern Association of Colleges Champion Reporter to Russian," said Dr. Elmer and Schools Visiting team will be Bill Grieg, Jr., Chairman of Towns, Dean of Religion. coming to explore LU's campus. Gospel Light Productions, re "What the Bible Is All About", progress, SACS The main purpose of their visit ceived a $4,000 check from the originally a book by Henrietta will be to examine past areas of university during Ministry Mears, was written to give an upcoming visit concern such as technology Chapel on Friday, Oct. 3. easy-to-understand survey of advances, the external degree The grant was given as a result the Bible. Towns has taken By JENNIFER BONA program and Liberty's financial of the university students' dona Mears' book and compiled six Champion Reporter debt. tions of $10,220 during the teaching videos which cover the University President Dr. John Representatives from the M. Borek, Jr., along with other annual World Impact Confer complete canon of the Bible. I.KZAII CROSBY Liberty administration held an members of the faculty and staff, ence, Sept. 22-26. The remain "From Genesis 1:1 to GO YE THEREFORE—Jim O'Neill presents Gospel Light der of the donation will be used Revelation 22:21, we've covered informative meeting and ques have written and directed the Chairman with a check for $4,000 raised during WIC. to build two churches In India. the Bible In story form and tion and answer session last production of an 11 -volume set The donation to Gospel Light developed doctrines In story the Russian Orthodox Church because they were ordered by Wednesday night, Oct. 1 after of books with six exhibits. These will be used to fund the transla form." Towns said. the official church of Russia. the Orthodox church. the regular campus church ser editions have been presented to tion of evangelical teaching On Sept. 27, Russian Pres According to this law, no new The genius of this system, said vices in regards to the current SACS to increase Liberty's prob videos from the English lan ident Boris Yeltsin signed into missionaries will be allowed Into Towns, is that the tapes will be reaccredltatlon process. ability of reaccredltatlon. The guage to Russian. law an order that had been the country. Despite the closed able to evangelize Russia using Dr. Ellen Black, Vice President administration has spent many "What we are doing is taking a passed through the Russian doors to missionaries, the videos its own church. "We will cover of Planning and Research, led six part training video called assembly 60 days earlier making will make it into the country Russia like the snow." the forum. She informed the stu Please see SACS, Page 2 -4 Rick wants more than fire insurance I'K 8 Words of Wit... V-^d Inside: "Now we're talking Matt on the real dis about changing our Here & There l>8 2 criminated group pg. 8 lifestyles. No one Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. Laurelei's first wants to do that." Partly sunny. Partly cloudy. Partly cloudy. Partly cloudy. Partly sunny. Selah honors Dr. impressions pg. 14 Elmer Towns pg. 4 Convocation: High 84, High 85, High 78, High 83, High 81, Randy bites the long Wed.—Dr. Falwell Rick probes the depths Low 55 Low 60 Low 62 Low 59 Low 64 Fri.—Dr. Bill Anderson arm of the law pg. 0 Mon.—Dennis Agajanlan of our Christianity. Page 2, Liberty Champion Tuesday, October 7, 1997 SALT to protest Planned Parenthood despite intimidation' tactics Continued from Page 1 because of the "Intimidation." office provides are: all basic localities in the state of Virginia Reyes believes that "although gynecological services and birth in out of wedlock births, which suggests that for a lot of women, JKSf protest and to share with (Lynchburg Planned Parent control, PAP tests and examina Lynchburg "that the largest tions for sexually transmitted family planning services are Writer'* Conference: The Hall.