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Art on display Alumni Ballroom features milliondollar collection Valerie Pors vpors@liberty.edu
A $1 million collection of 20 paintings depicting the life of Christ was recently donated to Liberty University’s permanent art collection and is currently displayed in the Montview Student Union Alumni Ballroom. The families of Dr. Troy L. Day and the late Alton H. Thigpen donated the collection painted by Robert Wilson Sr., hoping to find “a permanent home that could really tell the story of Christ and be a blessing to the body of Christ,” Todd Smith, director and founder of the Liberty permanent art gallery, said. “One of our goals is to be a repository for artwork that tells the story of the Gospel,” Smith said. “This goes a long way in helping fulfill that goal.” According to Wilson’s website, the paintings have appeared before President Jimmy Carter at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1978. They also inspired filmmaker Earl Owensby to create a documentary which features the paintings and follows the life of Christ, according to the Earl Owensby Studios website. The oil-on-canvas paintings are seven feet tall and five feet wide, with some being larger. “There’s nothing like that in this whole region — nothing like it at all,” Smith said. The ballroom will be open to spectators at various events throughout the year, but specific dates are still undecided, Smith said. Smith recommended entering the ballroom to the left, where the story begins with Christ’s birth and progresses around the room to the ascension. “Even though the Alumni Ballroom was designed before the donation of the paintings was received, the setting is just perfect,” Eva Palmer, associate professor of studio art said in an email. “It is well-lit and modern and contrasts nicely with the ‘classic’ style of the artwork. (The ballroom) reminds me of the banquet room all believers will one day enjoy at the marriage feast of the Lamb.” Both Smith and Palmer agreed that the paintings are “world-class” — the type of work one would see in world-renowned art museums. See ART, A7
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ELECTION — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to a crowd at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, Virginia Sept. 24. He talked on matters pertaining to immigration, healthcare and the economy.
Presenting a plan Republican presidential candidate holds Roanoke rally Jacob Clarke jlclarke3@liberty.edu
Donald Trump rallied thousands of supporters in Roanoke for the second time in two months Saturday, Sept. 24, just 44 days before the election. Trump covered almost every one of his major campaign policies, speaking on everything from economics and healthcare to education and illegal immigration. Trump began by casting the vision for his campaign, painting himself as someone who will fight the “big donors, big business and big media.”
“We’re going to take on the rigged system that has shipped America’s wealth to other countries, and they keep doing so,” Trump said. “We’re going to replace our failed and corrupt establishment with a government that serves you, your family and your country.” From there, Trump sounded off on the failed healthcare and trade policies of the Obama administration, promising competitive healthcare deals and calling current trade deals “a one-way highway out of this country for our jobs and our money.” Trump took the opportunity in Roanoke to address his energy policy, specifically how his presidency would impact miners. Back in March at a CNN town hall, Hillary Clinton said she would put coal miners and coal companies out of business. She
followed her comment by stating that she wanted to move those jobs to other types of energy, but Trump took advantage Saturday of her lack of clarity. “Here in Virginia, we are going to end the war on American energy and on our miners,” Trump said. “Hillary Clinton says she wants to put the miners out of work. … The Clinton regulatory agenda will drive up electricity prices for Virginia families … and will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion.” While Trump rarely focused on one subject for more than a few minutes, he did fixate on education and extending school choice to all disadvantaged children in America. He proposed lowering college tuition costs by See TRUMP, A6
‘Are you registered to vote?’ A look at election day through the eyes of Lynchburg City’s registrar’s office Kirkland Gee kgee10@liberty.edu
The 2012 presidential election was a logistical nightmare according to Lynchburg city officials Vicki Bradlee and Kim Conner. So for 2016, they are doing everything in their power to make sure things are in order for the Nov. 8th election. Bradlee, chief election official
for the Vines Center, said in 2012, she did not leave her voting precinct until almost 11 p.m., even though the polls closed at 7 p.m. Conner, Lynchburg city deputy registrar, said she was in the Registrar’s Office until 1 a.m. that day. Not wanting to replicate those events, the office is taking steps to improve their process and make sure they are ready for this year’s election. Bradlee said one of the
most important things they have done is speak in Convocation at Liberty University. “That is one of the key things we’re doing to prepare to receive the students on Nov. 8,” Bradlee said. “A step that we’ve recently taken that we’ve never been able to accomplish before was getting into See REGISTER, A2
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