[Kiwon]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

Sacred ground.

[BCXtreme]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

You mean this?:



I truly have no idea whatsoever about this one. One of the oddest things I've seen during the last few years of construction. Just going to have to watch it to see if they expand it, put something on it, et cetera. Seems to be something in the middle of it … maybe a drain? Hard to tell.

[PAmedic]

well this is unacceptable. get on it man. Get down there and sniff around.

I'll be right here waiting.

[flamehunter]

Yeah looks like a drain and the sod is there to filter mud/soil from plugging it up.

[thepostman]

I love how xtreme has become our unofficial source of all things liberty construction. I love it! By far the best new poster we have had around here in a long, long time.

Minus BJWilliams, that guy will never be topped!

[Cider Jim]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

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My third floor office overlooks that area. I'll give it a look tomorrow and try to update you all.

[Kiwon]

I love how xtreme has become our unofficial source of all things liberty construction. I love it! By far the best new poster we have had around here in a long, long time.

Minus BJWilliams, that guy will never be topped!

I think he should post his grades so that we can ensure that we constructionphiles aren't distracting him too much from his studies.

[Kolzilla41]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

You mean this?:



I truly have no idea whatsoever about this one. One of the oddest things I've seen during the last few years of construction. Just going to have to watch it to see if they expand it, put something on it, et cetera. Seems to be something in the middle of it … maybe a drain? Hard to tell.

There is a memorial going there. That's all I can say right now but more info will come out soon enough.

[Flamesfanva]

Speaking of memorials, when will LU build a memorial to honor those military members who lost their lives defending liberty, while also being either a current student or alumni? LU claims to be so military friendly, yet no memorial?

[Flamesfanva]

One more question for those in the know When will the new Liberty Channel go on the air with the station they purchased in Danville? As far as I remember it will then be a must carry on Directv in the Lynchburg area.

[BJWilliams]

My guess is that since it isn't a significant number (2 that I know of), that wasn't a major priority, not that they don't care.

[PAmedic]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

There is a memorial going there. That's all I can say right now but more info will come out soon enough.

Hmmm. Truett Cathy (Mr Chic Fil-a) passed early this am... We have a shared mission from what little I know of him

Wonder if its related

[Kolzilla41]

XTREME what is with the fenced in rectangular area of sod now visible on School of Music Cam 2? That's new

There is a memorial going there. That's all I can say right now but more info will come out soon enough.

Hmmm. Truett Cathy (Mr Chic Fil-a) passed early this am... We have a shared mission from what little I know of him

Wonder if its related

It's not medic. It is more to honor a local family who originated on the land of the current buildings going up.

[PAmedic]

ah ok

thought I was onto something

like Chic Fil A Field at PAmedic Stadium

[Sly Fox]

Speaking of memorials, when will LU build a memorial to honor those military members who lost their lives defending liberty, while also being either a current student or alumni? LU claims to be so military friendly, yet no memorial?

Great idea!

[PAmedic]

Speaking of memorials, when will LU build a memorial to honor those military members who lost their lives defending liberty, while also being either a current student or alumni? LU claims to be so military friendly, yet no memorial?

Great idea!

Agree wholeheartedly

This is overdue

[Flamesfanva]

My guess is that since it isn't a significant number (2 that I know of), that wasn't a major priority, not that they don't care.

In my view any death of a service member is significant. I will however look over the fact that you have never served in the armed forces and therefore can not know the sacrifices involved. Sure seems to be a major priority attracting military members online. It ought to be a major priority honoring them. A memorial can both honor those who have died in service as well as those who continue to serve and be in harm's way.

By the way, try telling the families of the 2 that you know of that their loss does not add up to a significant enough number. I can guarantee you that there has been more than just two deaths of either current LU students or alumni.

[Kolzilla41]

ah ok

thought I was onto something

like Chic Fil A Field at PAmedic Stadium

[PAmedic]

My guess is that since it isn't a significant number (2 that I know of), that wasn't a major priority, not that they don't care.

In my view any death of a service member is significant. I will however look over the fact that you have never served in the armed forces and therefore can not know the sacrifices involved. Sure seems to be a major priority attracting military members online. It ought to be a major priority honoring them. A memorial can both honor those who have died in service as well as those who continue to serve and be in harm's way.

By the way, try telling the families of the 2 that you know of that their loss does not add up to a significant enough number. I can guarantee you that there has been more than just two deaths of either current LU students or alumni.

Well said

BEEJ this is where your blind defense of all things LU crosses the line to offensive ignorance.

Get your head out of your rectum

[bluejacket]

I think that the new prayer chapel would be an excellent place for the memorials. One example that Liberty could follow is Harvard's Memorial Church. (http://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/)

[BCXtreme]

well this is unacceptable. get on it man. Get down there and sniff around.

I'll be right here waiting.

A square of grass is a square of grass. I really don't think looking at it closer up is going to help.

I love how xtreme has become our unofficial source of all things liberty construction. I love it! By far the best new poster we have had around here in a long, long time.

Minus BJWilliams, that guy will never be topped!

Aw thanks postie! Although it's interesting that I showed up here to ask questions and ended up answering questions. But I'm happy to contribute!

I think he should post his grades so that we can ensure that we constructionphiles aren't distracting him too much from his studies.

As if the Master Plan had never distracted me from my studies before now?

There is a memorial going there. That's all I can say right now but more info will come out soon enough.

I hope that "more info" will include why they're putting it up in the middle of a restricted construction zone instead of waiting for the adjacent buildings to be completed. That to me is more interesting than the memorial itself, though I am curious about it.

One more question for those in the know When will the new Liberty Channel go on the air with the station they purchased in Danville? As far as I remember it will then be a must carry on Directv in the Lynchburg area.

I would love to know that as well. It sounded like there was a regulatory time constraint on getting it up and running that has long since passed, with no further mention of it from Liberty. Possible Liberty couldn't make the deadlines and somehow had to forfeit the whole thing?

Speaking of memorials, when will LU build a memorial to honor those military members who lost their lives defending liberty, while also being either a current student or alumni? LU claims to be so military friendly, yet no memorial?

My guess is that since it isn't a significant number (2 that I know of), that wasn't a major priority, not that they don't care.

I think that the new prayer chapel would be an excellent place for the memorials. One example that Liberty could follow is Harvard's Memorial Church. (http://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/)

If someday they were to build a dedicated research clinic and administrative facility for the Institute for Military Resilience and Office of Military Affairs, it would be highly appropriate to place such a memorial in that location. Bluejacket's prayer chapel idea would work as well, especially in the interim.

Hmmm. Truett Cathy (Mr Chic Fil-a) passed early this am... We have a shared mission from what little I know of him

Wonder if its related

Truett Cathy actually came to Liberty to help cut the ribbon on the campus' first Chick-fil-A location several years ago. I would definitely like to see Liberty do something down the road in memory of him. It's been said that the campus will get a second CFA location in the new Campus Center food court, perhaps something could happen with that.

In my view any death of a service member is significant. I will however look over the fact that you have never served in the armed forces and therefore can not know the sacrifices involved. Sure seems to be a major priority attracting military members online. It ought to be a major priority honoring them. A memorial can both honor those who have died in service as well as those who continue to serve and be in harm's way.

By the way, try telling the families of the 2 that you know of that their loss does not add up to a significant enough number. I can guarantee you that there has been more than just two deaths of either current LU students or alumni.

Well said

BEEJ this is where your blind defense of all things LU crosses the line to offensive ignorance.

Get your head out of your rectum

I don't think BJ worded that particularly well, but I really don't think y'all took that comment in the spirit in which it was given either. But as I said above, honoring our troops is not just about engraved slabs of granite. Scholarships are established to help them earn degrees while deployed so they can easily enter the workforce after discharge. Memorial services are held on campus to remember their sacrifices, and attended by resident students and faculty who never even met them. University officials announce the sacrifices of LUO military students and alumni in Convocation and pray for their families and for troops currently serving. One of the university's first research efforts, the Institute for Military Resilience, will be working with the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Department of Psychology to study, develop, and deploy Christ-centered treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD and other ailments when they return home. These are all ways in which Liberty actively supports and honors the military. I don't blindly defend all things Liberty, in fact I transferred to LUO because I outright hated almost everything about their campus life. But I think the above is more than sufficient to show that any criticism of Liberty for not supporting the military enough simply because they haven't built a stone monument is completely unfounded.

[bluejacket]

But I think the above is more than sufficient to show that any criticism of Liberty for not supporting the military enough simply because they haven't built a stone monument is completely unfounded.

Agreed. Our actions should speak far louder than any stone memorial.

[BJWilliams]

BC is correct in stating that my comment may not have been worded well...as the son and nephew of former military, I have the utmost respect for all that they do for us. That said, my comment was not intended as a disrespect toward those current and former students who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of this country. As BC astutely pointed out, just because there is not some concrete (physical) structure in place does not somehow mean the school is not placing the military in high regard.

If someone is willing to place the idea in JLFJR's ear to consider putting one in, I'm sure that he would consider it. The deaths of these young people are significant to their families, as should be the case, but if the school were to put one in, it would be for all of those who sacrificed, but, to say as BC did, that because a stone mnmonument of some sort takes something away from their emphasis and support of the military is not true.

[Flamesfanva]

Well...building a memorial would be an action.

Having worked in the Department of Military Affairs at LU, I am well aware of what takes place to support the military. What that department does is a great asset to the school. However, a memorial would honor those whose loved ones who may never step foot on campus. What an honor to a family to know that their loved one's memory is forever memorialized by the school they decided to attend.

Dr. Falwell actions were many and great and yet there is a memorial for him, as there should be.

A memorial is simply another way to honor, not the only way.

Liberty has taken ideas from other schools, such as the monogram and the new tower, why not a memorial to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and those who are willing to give it if called upon?

Does LU support the military? The answer is yes. Could LU build a memorial to honor the military? The answer is yes.

How nice would it be to have those memorial services at a memorial on campus. How many of us can name those who have fallen while attending LU or were alumni?

Memorials live on long after one generation is gone. It you want to see the impact a memorial can have visit the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. If you don't leave there with a sense of gratitude and honor, well you may never.

Get the alumni involved, the ROTC department, all of the military online students. I imagine there would be great support.

[Flamesfanva]

If someone is willing to place the idea in JLFJR's ear to consider putting one in, I'm sure that he would consider it.

Hmmm I wonder who could get the ear of JF? Have any ideas?