by Becca Risley | Feb 4, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
It all started with an idea – a dream to give students a place to further their musical education and talent, while growing as an artist and a person as well. Now, years later, Lipscomb students can do just that. With the newly renovated Music Row styled house sitting on the corner of Caldwell Lane and Granny White Pike, music students have a place to write, practice, perform, study and otherwise advance their skillset. “This is a place that creative people show up every day to do meaningful work in the business,” artist-in-residence Charlie Peacock said. Peacock began his career in the music industry back in the ‘70s between the ages of 14 and 15 and has since produced hundreds of albums. Among several other credits, Peacock co-wrote the popular Christian hit “Dare You to Move” alongside Switchfoot, worked on the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning production Twelve Years a Slave, produced two albums for The Civil Wars’ and continues to work in the industry today. “It’s all I’ve ever done and all I’ve ever known,” Peacock said. “A whole trajectory of things involving the music business, all of this experience was sort of brought together with my natural inclination to teach. “For 25 years, I’ve been speaking on university campuses all across America but being brought in for one day. I love students. I love to teach. It was just the right moment for this to happen. I’m just grateful that the dean and the administration thought it was the right time, too.” In addition to Peacock, contemporary music students are under the direction of several other music faculty...
by Becca Risley | Jan 26, 2016 | News Slider
Coming to campus Friday night is the first annual Laser Night for the Fight, a fundraising event sponsored by girls’ social club Phi Nu. For a five-dollar donation, students can experience a custom-built laser tag stage inside the Student Activities Center. Once completing a round of laser tag, students can enjoy concessions, a photo booth, enter into a raffle or play volleyball and other games set up on the second court of the SAC. “We wanted to offer something new, something different,” Phi Nu senior treasurer Jaime Pawlitschek said. “We really looked at events that were held on campus and things that were different from what other clubs do. This event is something that we don’t have anything comparable to.” All proceeds and donations go toward the Gardner family and will benefit the Live Like Bella organization, a childhood cancer foundation. “Our official philanthropy for the club is breast cancer awareness, but cancer in general is something that God really laid on our hearts to build awareness and support,” Pawlitschek said. “Because we saw it affecting one of our own sisters, we could not think of any organization more deserving, at this time, of our donation in the Gardner’s family time of need.” Sophomore Ryann Gardner, an active member of Phi Nu, has a younger sister who is in remission from cancer. The club saw a need within the Gardner family and began searching for ways to contribute. “My family was fortunate enough to be able to afford my sister’s treatment, but I know that for many families that isn’t an option, so organizations like Live Like Bella really...
by Becca Risley | Jan 14, 2016 | News Slider
Like many college students before her, junior Anne Ware hoped to find a home within the Greek life community while at Lipscomb. After being invited to join Phi Sigma last spring and leaving Phi Nu’s rush process this fall, Ware said she finally felt what God had been placing on her heart all along. “I was actually in my interview for Phi Nu,” Ware said. “They asked me if there was anything holding me back from joining the club and I just had word vomit and ended up saying ‘I want to start my own club.’ “I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t need to do something about it; God put it on my heart.” Ware, the club’s president, met with Laurie Sain and Sam Parnell of the Student Life department last semester to discuss what it would take to start another female social club on campus. During the meeting, Sain and Parnell offered the idea of reviving an old club on campus – Gamma Lambda. The club died out roughly five years ago due to dwindling membership and increased popularity among newer clubs. Gamma Lambda was founded in 1967 and was among the first 28 original clubs founded on campus. The club’s mascot is a lady bug, the flower is the iris and the colors are green and navy. Gamma Lambda embodies the motto ‘A friend isn’t always a sister but a sister is always a friend.’ “We reached out to the alumni to make sure it would be okay with them to start it up again, since it’s their club too,” Ware said. “They were so...
by Becca Risley | Jan 2, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
For sophomore musical theatre major Sarah Johnson photography is about more than telling a story with simple snapshots. It’s about opening people up and discovering who they are at their very core. “I think photography is about capturing people as they truly are,” Johnson said. “It isn’t about the right angle making (someone) look thinner, more mature, less award or more natural. It’s about capturing [them] as a person.” Johnson developed an appreciation for photography at a young age. Thinking back to her pre-adolescent years, Johnson said she could hardly remember something if there wasn’t a picture to set the scene. During high school, Johnson dabbled in portrait photography and provided free senior photo shoots to friends. She carried a camera with her everywhere she went, sometimes to the dismay of close friends and classmates. “I would take it into classes and if one of my friends said something funny, I would take a picture of their face,” Johnson said. “It became annoying for all of my friends in high school.” Around the same time, Johnson became interested in performance photography after scrolling through several artistic photos of a famous friend. “My friend Manna Nichols in on Broadway in Allegiance,” Johnson said. “We grew up in the same church, same schools and she kind of took me under her wing. “I saw pictures that a photography friend of hers put up on Facebook and it sparked my interest in the performance side of photography.” Since entering college, the freedom to explore different areas of photography presented Johnson with several unprecedented opportunities. Being a part of the theatre department, it...
by Becca Risley | Dec 2, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Festive music, hot chocolate and Christmas lights welcomed the 11th annual Lighting of the Green Tuesday night in Allen Arena. Amy Grant returned as the host of the evening with guest artists Steven Curtis Chapman, Odessa Settles, Jon and Valerie Guerra, 3for3 and a group of over 150 academy and university chorus students. Lipscomb’s own Arcadian Wild also performed during the show. Sarah Wood, a junior and founding member of the band, was awarded the first Amy Grant scholarship. Wood was selected based on her artistry within the College of Entertainment and the Arts as well as her philanthropy work with the Tennessee prison ministry. “Not only is she someone with great talent,” Presidential Spouse Rhonda Lowry said. “But she’s one that does something that matters.” Before the show began, guests were invited to take a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus and visit several local business venders made available inside Allen Arena. Attendees also received hot chocolate and cookies courtesy of the Lipscomb Theatre Department. “Doing this is a great way to hand out Christmas joy, especially to families with young kids who just get so excited to be here,” sophomore Katie Woytach said. Grant performed a number of her Christmas-themed hits during the show, including “Emmanuel” and “Tennessee Christmas.” “I grew up listening to Amy Grant on tapes in my mini van with my mom, so I hear these songs and it brings back memories from Christmases my entire life,” sophomore Caroline Sutton said. During the show, Grant discussed her partnership with the Barefoot Republic summer camp. She invited founder Tommy Rhodes on stage with her to...
