freshmen vs.

byJoanna Tedder

Freshmen come to Libertywith anxietyabouta new year,as seniorsleave withanxietyabouta new life.

Whilefreshmenaretrying to figure out how to sneak out ofthedorm to put soap in the fountain again,seniors are trying tofigureout what toput on their resumes

Freshmen spend their evenings having fun. They run around inside Marriott,actingmuchlike

Though stressed with resume revisions, graduation checklists, capand gown costs, early exams,and confused career paths, seniorsstill anticipate theirfreedom schoolchildrenat recess. They spend thenextseveralhourspullingpranks ontheirfriendsortalking on the phone to their friendsathome.

Seniorsspendtheirevenings preparing for the future.

Theyspendhoursin the libraryresearchinga topicfora400-levelclassonly tofind out that someone else has checked out the materialsthey need.

And, ofcourse,thelines atthe ProQuestmachines are a mile long because there are hundreds of freshmen who are stressing out over a GNE D projectthatisdue thefollowing day.

Seniors then return to their dorms or apartments, after walking a milefromwheretheyhad topark, totype out a10page researchpaper.

Halfway through the paper they realize that they have a major exam the nextdayintheir8 a.m. classes.

A fewhoursbeforesunrise,everyone hops into their beds, praying that theywon'tsleep through theiralarm again.

"Being a freshman is greatbecauseyou canact obnoxious and nobody really cares.It's kind of expected of you," freshman Keith Johnson said. "We're having fun now becausewe have yearsof studying ahead of us."

by Laura Sipple

To most people, the sounds of a ringing telephone, a honking horn and a friend's voice are quitefamiliar Occurring everyday,they are often taken for granted. Yet, some LU students have neverhadthisexperience and neverwill.

The first deaf student entered LBI in 1974 and the followingyear,Liberty Baptist College enrolled its first deaf student.Studentsgainedbiblicalbackground through atwo-yearprogramatLBI