by Carly Bergthold | Sep 4, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
Lipscomb University is in the spotlight once again because of the upcoming film My Many Sons. The movie, former Bison Casey Bond’s tribute to legendary basketball coach Don Meyer, has been filming in and around campus since mid-August, and several of Lipscomb’s own were involved. Mark McGee, Lipscomb Athletics’ media relations director and adjunct professor in the communication department, offered some insight into his experience. “I play Chuck Ross, Lipscomb’s number one fan,” McGee said. “Chuck was at all of our events, and he was usually very vocal.” McGee didn’t get the part by accident. His imitation of Ross’s signature slogan, “beat ‘em and beat ‘em bad,” prompted his co-workers to record it on a camera phone and send it in as an audition. That day McGee got a call from Bond asking him to play Ross. McGee is a featured character, meaning that he has no lines. However, he will have some close ups in crowd scenes, which are close enough for an interesting wardrobe. “The wardrobe lady gave me a plastic bag and a couple of hangers with Chuck’s jacket and t-shirt on them,” McGee said. “The bag had his shoes, his shakers, his megaphone, plus his hat. Everything I had on was Chuck’s.” The combination of McGee’s authentic clothes and Ross’ imitation impressed those on set. “On filming days, people I didn’t even know came up to me and said they wanted a picture made with Chuck,” McGee said. “They didn’t want to pose with me, they wanted to pose with Chuck.” The life of a featured character isn’t all fun and games, though. “It’s a...
by Carly Bergthold | Mar 26, 2013 | News Slider
Within five minutes of Lipscomb alone, there’s the Frothy Monkey, Bongo Java, The Perch, Starbucks, The Well and Fido. The campus is almost surrounded by coffee shops. And there are plenty more, with new ones opening seemingly every week or so in and around Nashville. The number of shops makes it easy to jump around from place to place, but there is something about the familiar look, feel and taste of a coffee shop that lures people into going back again and again. For some, it’s the atmosphere that makes them a loyal customer. For others it is the location. Here’s a sampling of three that Lipscomb students have visited and recommend. Brianna Langley, a freshman communications major from Knoxville, finds a favorite in Cafe Coco at 210 Louise Avenue, down near Centennial Park and the Exit/In. “They are open 24-7, which is unique,” Langley said. “They’re also like a bar-slash-restaurant-slash-live-music venue, so they’re more than just a coffee shop. And the atmosphere is so different there. You can go at any time and see all walks of life.” For other students, coffee shops are all about the basics – the taste and quality of the coffee itself. “The Well is great,” said Mackenzie Carter, sophomore youth ministry major from Huntsville, Ala. “I go for coffee there more for the taste than the atmosphere, because if I have homework, it’s easier just to go to the Starbucks on campus.” The Well is an easy desination for Lipscomb students as itis located at 2035 Richard Jones Road in Green Hills. Well organizers have been discussing expanding to new locations and...
by Carly Bergthold | Apr 25, 2012 | News Slider
Have you ever wondered how the bells in Allen Bell Tower chime? And no, there’s no tiny man with mallets jumping around from bell to bell. What is in the bell tower is a called a carillon. A carillon is an assortment of various sizes of bells, controlled by a wooden structure similar to a piano. In order for a bell to ring, its corresponding wooden handle is pushed down. Songs can be programmed and produced automatically, though, so no one has to sit in the bell tower staring at his watch, waiting to ring the bells so that students will know chapel is starting. Donna King, Lipscomb’s resident carilloneur, is in charge of playing and recording music for the carillon. Most of the melodies you hear are recorded, but for special events like graduation, King plays live music. “It really makes a difference in the sound,” King says about playing live. When the carillon plays automatically, the bells are struck from the outside rather than the inside, and so the sound loses the nuance of a live performance. King learned how to play the carillon when Allen Bell Tower was built in 1999. Then a Lipscomb piano teacher, she was selected to learn, care for and record melodies on the carillon. “It’s easy to learn the carillon,” King said, “but it’s hard to be good at it. A carillon is a quirky thing.” For those desiring to play better, some universities offer majors in carillon. There are even carillon schools where students’ only option is studying carillon performance. The carillon in Allen Bell Tower is made up of 35...
