Liberty U to feature Bernie Sanders @ convocation!

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http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/bernie-sanders-scheduled-for-liberty-university-student-convocation-next-month/article_46412694-3bb4-11e5-ac01-c7ae137f1a8c.html

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Ok, that’s weird.

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Whaaaat?!?!?

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It’s not your old Jerry Falwell LU anymore.

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Is this from “The Onion”?

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True!

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Wow, providing college students the opportunity to listen to someone whose point of view might be different. What a concept! I wonder if safe spaces will be provided or if the senator will be booed off the stage. I’m betting no.

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lol…

nah…only if Sarah Palin was speaking at a progressive univ.

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Sanders is the candidate who is most Christ like in his political beliefs.

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I gotta give them props.

As a liberal myself, I am not at all impressed with how college students have protested / prevented various notable people from speaking on campus - Condolleeza Rice and others.

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I’ve found conservatives (both political and religious) to be much more tolerant than the liberals for the other side of the argument. The conservatives may disagree with you, and may pray for your doomed soul, but I think on the whole are polite and interested in your opinions.

Not including the Westboro ‘Church’.

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Perhaps Ben Carson will speak at Smith.

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Undergrad residents students are required to attend convocation! Should be interesting.

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Well, if you read down through the article, LBC says that their lawyers said they should invite all of the presidential candidates to avoid threatening their tax-exempt status. On the other hand, it appears that all LBC undergraduates will be

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I’m sorry, I mean LU. I’m from the area, and still think of it as LBC.

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Dang glitchy site. All undergraduates will be required to listen to Bernie Sanders.

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Got to love the hypocrisy…

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/liberal-education-no-conservative-commencement-speaker-at-top-10-colleges/article/2564294

Kudos to LU and Bernie for stepping outside their boxes

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Check back with us when Bernie is LU’s commencement speaker.

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I don’t know if Ben Carson will speak at Smith, but he will be heard at Liberty this fall.
http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=162165

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@fractalmstr Commencement and convocation are two very different types of events. Also note, that all undergrads are required to attend convocation at LU.