by D'Nashia Jenkins | Apr 19, 2015 | News Slider
Junior marketing major Michael Oruma is better known as Mic-O on campus as he aims to be a positive reflection to his audiences through his music. “I try to be a positive light with my music and encourage others,” Oruma said. Oruma is releasing his new EP “Light of the World” that includes a collection of songs he said he believes will be an inspiration to listeners. Oruma said he does not want to be another face that can sing or play an instrument, but he wants his music to show his personality. His musical roots came from his father, who taught him how to play the keyboard at a young age. From that moment, Oruma said he knew he wanted to do something with music. Oruma said he does not place himself in any musical category because he wants to be able to perform anywhere, but his beliefs do play a major role in his music. “My music is positive music that comes from a Christian background,” Oruma said. An EP release concert will be held Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Shamblin Theater. “I just want people to hear my music,” Oruma...
by D'Nashia Jenkins | Mar 26, 2015 | News Slider
When she’s not in the classroom or studying for her next test, she’s laying down tracks in the recording studio or singing on stage. Freshman Abbi Scott’s love for music and school brought her to Music City to study public relations. She got her start in music at a very young age, though. Scott was influenced by the music her parents listened to — a mix of ’80s Southern rock. By the time she turned 14, she was singing professionally. Scott now performs on college campuses and venues in the area. Though Scott said a day in her life can be a challenge, juggling school and a music career, she manages to hold a 3.5 GPA. “When it comes to classes and music, I devote a lot of time to each,” Scott said. “I’m very driven, so I make sure my grades are up.” But when she’s not doing school work, she said she is writing a new song or doing sound checks for a concert. Recently, Scott made an appearance at Lipscomb’s Relay for Life event and the benefit concert for Libraries of Africa at Shamblin Theater. She said that during each performance she “feels invisible.” Scott said she hopes all her fans are impacted by her music. To have a close relationship with her fans, she interacts with them on social media. “I believe it’s extremely important to run my own social media strictly because it shows your fans that you are really engaged with them,” Scott said. Scott’s new single “Flying” will be released April 7, 2015. For more information on Scott and her music, her website can be found here. Photo courtesy...
by D'Nashia Jenkins | Mar 7, 2015 | News Slider
The group Ready or Not took away the staging category award at Singarama’s matinee show Saturday afternoon in Collins Alumni Auditorium. “We felt great about the win because we worked really hard on our lines, choreography and costumes,” senior Taylor Cao said. “I feel like we deserved it. We are so thankful.” Ready or Not also won the award for theme at Friday night’s opening show. “I was happy with our performance today,” freshman Sheley Hiter said. “I thought we brought a lot of energy. I’m excited to see how sweepstakes goes tonight.” The final showing of Singarama will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Collins Alumni Auditorium, where one team will take away the Singarama Sweepstakes Award. Photo gallery by Erin...
by D'Nashia Jenkins | Feb 19, 2015 | News Slider
The Honors College has resurrected what once was called Exordium into a new online publication for Lipscomb’s creative. Lipscomb’s rising literary publication, Calliope, is a new form for students to express their own creative work, poetry or visual art. The previous literary magazine Exordium died off when students who were involved graduated. No student expressed interest in the magazine until sophomore Alycia Gilbert came to Lipscomb. Gilbert now serves as the editor of Calliope and came up with the name of the publication. “Calliope is described as the Chief of the Greek Muses and presides over eloquence and epics, so we thought it was fitting,” Gilbert said. Alongside Gilbert is a staff of students who will collaborate for each genre of the magazine. The first edition of Calliope is expected out in April of 2015. Gilbert and the staff said they anticipate Lipscomb students to get involved and express their creativity through Calliope. “We’re excited to see Lipscomb’s creativity and to give it a place where it can thrive,” Gilbert said. The requirements for getting work published are as follows: Fiction and creative-nonfiction short stories must be approximately 3,000 words Poetry submissions must be under 100 lines Visual art works — photography, paintings, sketches and short films — must be sent through email, like any other medium for submission. All visual artwork should be submitted in high-quality resolution. Students can submit creative work to...
by D'Nashia Jenkins | Feb 3, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb students united in Shamblin Theater Monday night to kick off Black History Month. Marketing events coordinator, Carly Detzner, and President of Kappa Iota Theta, Melba Buchanan, put together this year’s black history month event, which began with a slide show of facts about famous African American people. The event was meant to be a fun event for students to come together and talk about black history month. Students enjoyed various forms of entertainment such as music, food and drinks. The focus for 2015 is around African American students at Lipscomb University and celebrating unity. “Celebrate unity and Martin Luther King Jr., that was his goal,” Detzner said. “He wanted us to be unified with everybody. He didn’t want to oppress the oppressors. He wanted to just be unified, so we are celebrating that unity that we have out here on Lipscomb’s Campus.” A short film was played in reference to Martin Luther King Jr. and his vision of unity and dream to change the world. After the film, students discussed it and related it to today’s society. Buchanan led the event offering questions for the students to discuss. Some of the questions included, “How the world would differ today if MLK did not exist?” Some students felt people would not have taken the same approach as MLK did with peaceful and non-violent protest. Buchanan also asked in what ways people can practice unity as Lipscomb students. Several answers from students were that they believed if they stop defining each other by the color of their skin that they can come together as one and be unified. Other events for Black History Month will be held on campus...
