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The latest on sexual harassment at Liberty University

John Fea   |  May 10, 2022

Fourteen women have sued Liberty University since July, accusing the school of a “long-standing pattern of mishandling sexual assaults.” Here is Josh Moody at Inside Higher Ed: Liberty University is under fire, facing a barrage of allegations that it mishandled...

The director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center knows who we are. Is he rounding-up a posse and coming for us?

John Fea   |  February 13, 2022

Ryan Helfenbein’s Twitter bio says that he is a “Christ Follower,” a “Husband and Father,” and a “Texas native.” He also uses the Latin phrase “Soli Dei Gloria” (“glory to God alone”). Helfenbein holds a Master of Divinity degree from...

Jerry Falwell Jr. is apparently a Christian again

John Fea   |  February 5, 2022

Last month Vanity Fair ran a piece on Jerry Falwell in which the disgraced president of Liberty University said that he was not “a religious person.” See our coverage of that article here. Falwell Jr. has now told the Washington...

Nyquil is “Baptist wine” and more things I learned from the recent Vanity Fair piece on the Falwells.

John Fea   |  January 24, 2022

Check out Gabriel Sherman’s piece on Jerry Falwell Jr. at Vanity Fair. Here are a few of the new things I learned from it: Falwell Jr. claims that he is not religious: “Subconsciously, yeah, I believe that’s true,” he said,...

Yet another student sues Liberty University for failing to investigate her rape

John Fea   |  November 30, 2021

Last summer twelve former students and employees of Liberty University sued the school for “creating a campus environment where sexual assaults and rapes are forseeably more likely to occur than they would in the absence of Liberty policies.” Today we...

The Moral Collapse of Liberty University

John Fea   |  November 21, 2021

David French tells it like it is: Rarely in my life have I ever seen a single significant American institution face such a staggering run of scandal and controversy as Liberty University, and Liberty happens to be America’s largest Christian...

Former Liberty University fellow and Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis helped plan the attempted undoing of the 2020 election

John Fea   |  November 15, 2021

Ellis was a former fellow at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center (now Standing for Freedom Center). Here is a taste of Libby Cathey’s piece at ABC News: In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark...

1200 Covid-19 cases later, Liberty University returns to in-person classes without an indoor mask requirement

John Fea   |  September 18, 2021

Here is WSLS News: Liberty University resumed in-person classes Monday, following a two-week mitigation period to slow the spread of COVID-19. On September 8, the university reported 463 active cases, with more than 1,800 people instructed to quarantine. “I think it’s too little and late....

COVID-19 at Christian colleges: update

John Fea   |  September 8, 2021

COVID-19 at Liberty University is still out of control, but this did not stop the university from having full capacity at their football game last weekend. Cedarville University seems to be getting things under control after a disastrous first week...

COVID-19 continues to sweep through the Liberty University campus

John Fea   |  September 3, 2021

488 cases and over 1000 students in quarantine. Get up to speed here and here. Here is the local ABC affiliate: Even though Liberty University implemented a temporary campus-wide quarantine on Monday, the total number of active coronavirus cases and...

COVID-19 at Christian colleges

John Fea   |  August 31, 2021

With the Delta variant moving rapidly through the campus of Liberty University and Cedarville University, we thought we would check-in on some other Christian colleges and universities to see how things are going. (NOTE: Some of these campuses started classes...

Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center just released the summer issue of its journal “Reclaiming 1776.” Let’s take a look.

John Fea   |  August 29, 2021

Liberty University president Jerry Prevo begins the journal with a quote from John Adams: Before my God, I believe the hour has come. My judgement approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and...

Members of the Liberty University community speak-out about COVID-19 spike and move to online learning

John Fea   |  August 28, 2021

Last night we posted about the rise in COVID-19 cases at Liberty University and Cedarville University. Here is how students and other community members are responding to Liberty University’s “temporary period of mitigation.” Nearly 500 students and employees are in...

COVID-19 cases on the rise at Liberty University; classes move online.

John Fea   |  August 27, 2021

Here is the press release: As part of its ongoing monitoring of positive COVID-19 rates on campus as well as active community cases and local hospital capacity, Liberty University administration announced on Thursday that it is enacting a temporary mitigation...

An evangelical anti-vaxxer in the Olympic pool

John Fea   |  July 30, 2021

His name is Michael Andrew and he ran out of gas on the last leg of yesterday’s final in the 200 meter individual medley. Watch: Rowdy Gaines said it all: “He’s done.” Out of the pool, Michael Andrew is a...

Jerry Falwell says Liberty University is shaming him

John Fea   |  June 5, 2021

As you may recall, Liberty University is suing its former president Jerry Falwell Jr. Now Falwell is asking a Virginia court to dismiss the lawsuit because he believes his former employer is merely trying to shame him. Here is the...

Is Jonathan Falwell the future of Liberty University?

John Fea   |  June 2, 2021

After Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned in disgrace as president of Liberty University, rumors circulated that either Mike Pence or Mike Huckabee might replace him. But the frontrunner in the race for the next president of Liberty is Jonathan Falwell, Jerry...

Jerry Falwell Jr. is throwing a graduation party for Liberty University seniors

John Fea   |  April 30, 2021

He claims that the event on his 500-acre farm is going to be the “real Liberty graduation.” Here is Emily McFarland Miller and Jack Jenkins at Religion News Service: Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., who left the school...

Liberty University sues Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

I can’t keep up with all these Liberty University stories. Last week disgraced former president Jerry Falwell Jr. was touting the COVID-19 vaccine and catching a lacrosse game on campus. Earlier this week Liberty fired Trey Falwell, Falwell Jr.’s son....

Mike Huckabee and Mike Pompeo join Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center (formerly Falkirk Center)

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

Charlie Kirk and Sebastian Gorka are out. Huckabee and Pompeo are in. Here is Kate Andrews at Virginia Business: Liberty University’s newly renamed think tank, the Standing for Freedom Center, has announced a slate of five new fellows, including former...

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