Interview Project+Sound Bite

Q. 1: How have the recent changes to convo, campus community, and community groups affected you?

A: There has not been much affect on her since she lives off-campus and does not participate in either campus community or community groups. However, she does attend convocation and likes the new changes to convo and thinks it helps to bring everyone together as one campus, rather than separate dorms.



Q. 2: Do you like the new "convo-in-the-round"?

A: Yes, she feels like the front stage made everyone on the stage look "high-and-mighty". The circle stage brings people together, which she feels is the reasoning behind bringing in this new stage.

"I like that they have changed it up a little bit to make it feel like the students are all kind of one group and not separate little groups of Annex and. . . whatever those other dorms are. I like that they kind of bring everybody together; I think that's what convo's supposed to do, make everybody feel like they're together as one student body."



Q. 3: What did you think of the new (first) prayer-dedicated convo they had on Monday?

A: "I really enjoyed it. When he [David Nasser] first talked about it in the fall, I thought the idea was fantastic. It kind of changes things up a little, makes Mondays more exciting since Mondays are so, you know, drab anyways. Some people might not look forward to prayer on Mondays, or praise on Mondays, but I definitely look forward to it. I think it's exciting. I think it's awesome that they brought in . . . church pastors from Lynchburg. I like that they remember that we're part of Lynchburg and not just part of Liberty. So it's very, again, unifying, and that's what they're going for, so I think they're doing a good job."



Q. 4: You said you go to convo but not campus community; is there anything that keeps you from going or any changes that might persuade you to come?

A: Katie does not attend campus community because she is already involved in a local church's young adult small group. Even if they did make changes she likes, she would probably still choose not to attend.



Q. 5: Resident Assistant Alonna Cherry stated that the exegetical teaching, or verse-by-verse study, now happening at campus community and community groups will be beneficial and unify the student body. Do you agree with this or do you think the students will be dis-unified because they are upset with change?

A: There is always difficulty with change, but she personally likes the idea of exegetical teaching. It puts everyone living on campus on the same page and provides something that everyone can talk about after community groups, since everyone is discussing the same thing. This should be unifying for the student body.



Q. 6: Do you think Pastor Nasser is too new to Liberty to be making all these changes, or is he making welcome and needed changes?

A: She believes Nasser's changes are very effective. Some students may be upset, but this is common; change and new leadership are things that people just have to get used to. When a new leader comes in and starts changing things it can be touchy, but this does not mean they are bad changes.