by Clay Smith | Feb 20, 2012 | News Slider
Whether you’ve been at Lipscomb for 4 years or 4 weeks, it’s clear that development is playing a huge role in the future of our campus. We’ve already seen a lot of changes in the last few months, what changes can we expect in the months ahead? Please upgrade your browser Tom Wood, Director of Campus Enhancement filled Lumination in on many of the current construction projects. “The north of the [Hughes] building which is currently under construction is our new nursing building, about a 25,000 square foot [facility],” Wood said. It’ll be state of the art for our nursing students. On the south side of Hughes, we will have in a short time frame a “U” shaped complex. The pharmacy research building will go on that south side of Hughes.” “In the future, there will be two more [health science] buildings. One will be in from of the nursing building and the other will be in front of the pharmacy research building.” There are two pieces of land that the university will have to buy, but Wood said that eventually with their purchase and completion of the addition health science buildings, the area will form a five building health science quad on the north side of campus. Also, students and faculty may be excited to hear that there will be some temporary parking that will be created in the coming months with the construction. “Also, part of this program is a temporary lot which will be behind the Village, which will accommodate about 50 additional cars,” Wood said. “So out of this project here in the next few...
by Clay Smith | Apr 25, 2010 | News Slider
If any group of American children today was asked, “Can black and white people use the same bathrooms? Can they eat together at the same table in a restaurant?,” the answer would be a resounding, “of course.” Many children, teens, and young adults today will never be able to understand the hostile segregation that was prevalent in the South just 50 years ago. They owe this to the civil rights movement and to those who began to draw national attention to the movement in 1961: the Freedom Riders. The documentary Freedom Riders had its premiere Tennessee showing at Regal Cinema Green Hills as a part of the Nashville Film Festival on Wednesday, April 21. The film was followed by a question-and-answer session where actual Nashville Freedom Riders voiced their opinions about the movie and their experiences in the rides. The film was sponsored by Lipscomb’s School of Humanities, and was moderated by Norma Burgess, dean of the Lipscomb College of Arts and Sciences. Also in attendance were Ted Parks, associate Spanish teacher at Lipscomb, and Richard Goode, a professor of history at Lipscomb who teaches a class on the Civil Rights Movement. Freedom Riders takes an in-depth look at the journey of over 400 Americans who helped bring some of the first national attention to the physical abuses of protesters of segregation in the South. While teachers and history books give great detail in Dr. King’s involvement in the movement, the Freedom Riders get little attention. The concept of a Freedom Ride first arose from a group called the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Washington, D.C. The group...
by Clay Smith | Apr 16, 2010 | News Slider
Click to expand the video player. Kangaroos, cooks, and dancers could all be seen roaming Bison Square Thursday afternoon. The occasion? The International Square Fair hosted by Kappa Iota Theta, formerly known as Lipscomb University Multicultural Association (LUMA). This was the ninth annual International Square Fair held at Lipscomb. This celebration was created to highlight the diversity of our campus and the local community, and is one way for students to celebrate their heritage and learn about other cultures. Here is a video highlight of the International Square Fair. International Square Fair 2010 produced by Heather Gleason on Vimeo. The event lasted from 12 to 4 on Thursday, April 15th. Numerous groups set up booths representing countries such as Italy, Ethiopia, Japan, Germany, Honduras and Madagascar. Also represented were nonprofit organizations like United Way, Healing Hands International, Italian is Fun and the Metro Human Rights Commission. A stage set up in front of Alumni Auditorium showcased a wide variety of talent from all different musical styles. The common thread? A cultural heritage distinctly inherent in each group. The Love Drums opened up with a blend of unique drumming styles from West Africa. They were followed by some of Lipscomb’s own Malagasy students who danced in skirts to a traditional Malagasy song, later dancing to the song “I Like to Move It” which is featured in the movie Madagascar. The Nashville International Folk Dancers presented dances to a number of Bulgarian, Romanian, and Armenian folk songs. The group got a number of students involved on their last song, a Transylvanian circle dance. Other student groups followed. Latin Rhythm showcased typical...
by Clay Smith | Apr 12, 2010 | News Slider
Bob Dylan, Bridgett Bardot, Julie Christie, Richard Price, Damien Hurst. What do all of these people have in common? They were all directly impacted by the life and work of Andy Warhol. The Art department presented its second event in the 2010 Presidential Lectureship series Thursday night in Ezell. Dr. Thomas Crow, the featured speaker, addressed the topic “Understanding Andy Warhol.” Crow is a distinguished art historian who has written six books and has taught at both Princeton University and Yale University. He now teaches modern art history at New York University. Crow was answering two main questions in his lecture: what makes Andy Warhol such an iconic figure, and why is his artwork still considered relevant, even though most of his paintings are nearly 50 years old? He began by addressing the direction of art before Warhol. Artists like Richard Hamilton began to experiment with creating art from arising celebrities and iconic figures. This reassembling of advertising and media allowed for the beginning of a new type of artistic expression, called pop art. Crow quoted Mark Rothko, who said, “The familiar identity of things has to be pulverized in order to destroy the finite associations with which our society increasingly enshrouds every aspect of our environment.” Warhol is an icon himself in art, and each of his paintings has been meticulously scrutinized for any shred of meaning. However, few people have been looking at how his works resemble one another. Crow suggested that the common motifs in Warhol’s paintings might speak as loud as each painting individually. Crow pointed to the different depictions of people, such as the...
by Clay Smith | Apr 1, 2010 | News Slider
Cries of “God bless America” and “God bless our troops” rang out loud and clear in Allen Arena during Operation Yellow Ribbon recently. Lipscomb presented recording artists and some special military guests for a fundraising event for the Yellow Ribbon Program on March 23. The G.I. Bill was passed after Sept. 11, 2001, to ensure that people leaving the military could pursue a college education at any state university at no cost. Lipscomb’s Yellow Ribbon Program pays the difference between Lipscomb tuition and what a state university education costs in Tennessee, about $7,000. The evening was not short on entertainment. Among the artists who performed were Larry Gatlin, Gretchen Wilson, Amy Grant, Kix Brooks (of Brooks & Dunn), Charlie Daniels and Lipscomb’s A Cappella choir. Each artist made a point to mention his/her great appreciation for members of the military. “It just feels good to love on people who have served you,” Grant said. Brooks spoke on how emotional it was to play a concert the day after Sept. 11, 2001, near Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines Flight 93 went down. He also spoke of his own personal visits to the Middle East. “I wish every American had the opportunity to see the good work that’s been done,” Brooks said. Daniels also commented on Americans’ attitudes today versus in years past. “Back during the ‘hippie days’ we had a lot of disrespect for the flag, the country, and all things American,” Daniels said. “But, the spirit of patriotism has always been there.” Thirty Lipscomb students are enrolled through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Each of them made contact first with...
