by Emily Snell | Sep 1, 2012 | News Slider
In the semester’s second installment of Lumination News, Clay Smith and Brynn Watkins are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happened on campus during the past week. Whitney Jarreld gives you the political low-down in a new segment, preparing you for the November presidential election. Crystal Davis shares what’s new in entertainment news, while Jeremy Keck brings you up to speed with Lipscomb sports and local football teams. Kelly Dean offers a look at the weather forecast. Videos feature a recap of the President’s Convocation; a look at Futuro, a Hispanic student organization; details about a Relay for Life event planned by Lipscomb students; tips about purchasing books on campus; a look at what students think about having Maggie Moo’s on campus Thursday nights; and a Nashville Spotlight on Hillsboro Village....
by Emily Snell | Aug 27, 2012 | News Slider
Two armed Campus Security and Safety officers are on patrol during every shift this semester. Brad Wyatt, director of security, and Phil Ellenburg, Lipscomb’s general counsel, said the university has been working on the arming process for a few years. “For the last five years, we’ve been really intentional about upgrading all of our security and safety, emergency planning, everything across the board for the institution,” Ellenburg said. “We’re trying to improve and increase our professionalism. Over the last five years a lot of improvements have been made, but over the last two years, we’ve had a very intentional process where we’ve done several things, and the arming component was a part of that whole process.” Ellenburg said there weren’t specific events that prompted the decision to begin the armed patrols over the summer, rather it was “a normal step in enhanced service.” Wyatt said Lipscomb’s security and safety department, in recent years, intentionally has been hiring officers who would fit the qualifications for an armed officer. The department created a “Security Officer II” position, which requires an advanced security background for example as a police officer, military police officer, armed hospital or prison security officer. Wyatt and Ellenburg said all of the university’s security officers are licensed with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, which handles both unarmed and armed security licensing. “Our internal policies as far as training and standards for officers are a lot higher than the baseline for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance,” Ellenburg said. In addition to licensing, Lipscomb hired a security expert from the Boston area to analyze the campus...
by Emily Snell | Aug 24, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
In the semester’s first installment of Lumination News, Caitlin Selle and Nick Glende are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happened on campus over the summer and during the first week of classes. Madeline Smith shares what’s new in entertainment news, while Kelly Dean brings you up to speed with Lipscomb sports. Jeremy Keck offers a look at the weather forecast. Videos feature comments from friends of Matt Deery, whose memorial service took place on campus Thursday; a recap of QuestWeek; details about changes to campus buildings, meal plans and parking; and information about the Joshua Project, a mentoring program started by the Campus Ministry...
by Emily Snell | Aug 20, 2012 | News Slider
Hello and welcome to Lipscomb! I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Emily Snell, and I’m the editor-in-chief this fall of Lumination Network, Lipscomb’s official student-run news service—created for students, by students. Lumination exists to inform the Lipscomb community about newsworthy and interesting things going on around Nashville and on campus. This year we’ll cover a variety of social issues, noteworthy events, entertaining places and shows and a host of other things. We hope you’ll find our articles, videos and photos both interesting and informative. We value you as our audience, and we hope that you find value in the work the Lumination staff does this semester. In addition to visiting our website, we encourage you to follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/luminationnet) and Twitter (@luminationnet). Thanks and have a blessed semester!...
by Emily Snell | Aug 17, 2012 | News Slider
Some students may find it difficult to locate a parking spot on Monday morning when the fall semester begins, because the university’s overflow parking location has changed at virtually the last minute. Parking at the Stokes Elementary School lot, which previously was used for university overflow parking, will be significantly limited this year, Lipscomb announced in an email Thursday evening. “That school is still owned by Metro Schools. It’s their property, and they just didn’t want to lease it to us anymore,” said Kim Chaudoin, director of University Communication and Marketing. She sent out the emails announcing the changes to students and faculty. “Maybe someday it will become available again. It’s just not right now. We don’t really know what they have planned. We just know that it’s not available to us anymore.” Overflow parking will now be located at the Lipscomb Academy high school football field lot at Caldwell and Lealand lanes. “In the simplest terms, if it were this easy, you’re kind of taking what’s at one lot and moving it, still on the north end of campus, but moving it down and parking at the high school field,” Chaudoin said. “It’s not really that simple, but that’s kind of what the problem is that we’re trying to resolve.” According to Chaudoin, the loss of parking at Stokes was made official “just within the last few days.” “I think negotiations have been going on over the last few weeks, and I think it’s just, the final answer is ‘no,’” she said. “I know this week we’ve been working very hard on figuring something out, getting the shuttles...
