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LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 8:39 am
by ATrain
NewsAdvance.com wrote: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The growing chill that may have permeated the Baltimore harbor would have been replaced by the hot Sahara wind of the dry season.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).
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 11:36 am
by Sly Fox
Awesome story!
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 2:17 pm
by bballfan84
does JFJR get any credit for this or does he just get blasted when he makes a mistake?
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 2:43 pm
by adam42381
bballfan84 wrote: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?
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 3:28 pm
by bballfan84
he is the leader of the university..obviously plays a role in this
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 3:40 pm
by bluejacket
adam42381 wrote:bballfan84 wrote: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.
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 3:52 pm
by Purple Haize
bluejacket wrote:adam42381 wrote:bballfan84 wrote: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
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 4:09 pm
by bballfan84
ha i do like a good beer or wine every now and then..however far from a kool aid drinker...too much sugar
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 4:11 pm
by Purple Haize
bballfan84 wrote:ha i do like a good beer or wine every now and then..however far from a kool aid drinker...too much sugar
Heathen
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 8th, 2015, 6:32 pm
by adam42381
bballfan84 wrote: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.
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 9th, 2015, 10:01 am
by bballfan84
They are hiring you not Falwell..congrats on the new job.
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 9th, 2015, 10:31 am
by 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.
Re: LU Student from Liberia
Posted: December 9th, 2015, 10:46 am
by adam42381
bballfan84 wrote:They are hiring you not Falwell..congrats on the new job.
How is that different from the guy in the article?