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Current Athletic Director Ian McCaw was hired by Liberty only a few months after McCaw was forced to resign as [[Baylor University]] Athletic Director in the wake of Baylor's scandal involving football players assaulting females and the university not taking appropriate action to protect them.

Current Athletic Director Ian McCaw was hired by Liberty only a few months after McCaw was forced to resign as [[Baylor University]] Athletic Director in the wake of Baylor's scandal involving football players assaulting females and the university not taking appropriate action to protect them.

===Convocation<ref>Convocation is a thrice-weekly gathering of the student body, featuring music and a guest speaker; attendance is mandatory for students except they are allowed two excused absences a year, to be approved ahead of time.</ref> Speakers===

===Convocation Speakers===

Liberty has also been criticized, even by alumni and supporters, for inviting speakers to its Convocations who do not necessarily agree with the school's doctrinal position or having past conduct issues.  Among the criticized invitees are:

Liberty has also been criticized, even by alumni and supporters, for inviting speakers to its Convocations<ref>Convocation is a thrice-weekly gathering of the student body, featuring music and a guest speaker; attendance is mandatory for students except they are allowed two excused absences a year, to be approved ahead of time.</ref> who do not necessarily agree with the school's doctrinal position or having past conduct issues.  Among the criticized invitees are:

*socialist Presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]]

*socialist Presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]]

*former NFL running back [[Ray Rice]] (who was infamously captured on video assaulting his then-fiancée in an elevator)

*former NFL running back [[Ray Rice]] (who was infamously captured on video assaulting his then-fiancée in an elevator)