[ATrain]

150 years after freedmen departed Lynchburg for Liberia, a Liberty University student heads the other way


Liberty University student Moses Harris poses for a portrait at the Falwell Library on campus. Harris started attending classes at Liberty after he was stranded in the country following an Ebola outbreak in his home country of Liberia.

Posted: Saturday, December 5, 2015 7:09 pm
Sherese A. Gore

The growing chill that may have permeated the Baltimore harbor would have been replaced by the hot Sahara wind of the dry season.

Christmas was less than two weeks away, and behind them, the wide expanse of the Atlantic stretched back to Virginia to the only home the group had ever known.

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This article is a great lesson in history as well as the impact that LU is having around the world. This is the type of article I wish to see more of when it concerns our school (along with articles of athletic success).

[Sly Fox]

Awesome story!

[bballfan84]

does JFJR get any credit for this or does he just get blasted when he makes a mistake?

[adam42381]

does JFJR get any credit for this or does he just get blasted when he makes a mistake?

Did I miss something? What did Jr. do? Was he involved in this story at all?

[bballfan84]

he is the leader of the university..obviously plays a role in this

[bluejacket]

does JFJR get any credit for this or does he just get blasted when he makes a mistake?

Did I miss something? What did Jr. do? Was he involved in this story at all?

No, he wasn't. But when you are high on who cares about reading.

[Purple Haize]

does JFJR get any credit for this or does he just get blasted when he makes a mistake?

Did I miss something? What did Jr. do? Was he involved in this story at all?

No, he wasn't. But when you are high on who cares about reading.

Alcohol, drugs and are cool

[bballfan84]

ha i do like a good beer or wine every now and then..however far from a kool aid drinker...too much sugar

[Purple Haize]

ha i do like a good beer or wine every now and then..however far from a kool aid drinker...too much sugar

Heathen

[adam42381]

he is the leader of the university..obviously plays a role in this

Maybe I should thank him for the fact that I have a job lined up in NC starting in January. He is, after all, the leader of the school where I graduated.

[bballfan84]

They are hiring you not Falwell..congrats on the new job.

[ATrain]

I am where I am today because of LU and the leadership at LU...and the LCA scholarship that enabled me to go there.

[adam42381]

They are hiring you not Falwell..congrats on the new job.

How is that different from the guy in the article?