by Erin Turner | Nov 14, 2015 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Story by Erin Turner, Becca Risley and Stephanie Schiraldi Updated at 11:59 p.m. Several of Lipscomb’s Global Learning students are currently in France, near where over 150 people have been reported dead after a series of apparent coordinated attacks across Paris. Eight attackers involved are dead. Lipscomb’s Global Learning students are safe and accounted for, according to Lipscomb University’s Facebook. But the students may be stuck there as President Francois Hollande has closed that nation’s borders as a response to the terrorist attacks. Police evacuated roughly 100 hostages held captive in the Bataclan concert venue Friday evening, the site of one of the attacks. Two men dressed in all black entered the concert hall. Upon entering, the men started firing what appeared to be AK-47s. French reporter Julien Pearce said the shootings occurred execution-style. During a soccer game at the Stade de France, a dismembered body was found at the scene, according to a Western intelligence source. This attack was reported as a suicide bombing. Additionally, attacks occurred at restaurants Le Petit Cambodge and La Belle Equipe, Avenue de la Republique and Rue de la Fontaine au Roi. “This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people in France, but an attack on all humanity and the universal values we share,” President Barack Obama said at the White House during a live press conference Friday evening. A few Lipscomb students in the London Global Learning program are currently spending the weekend right outside Paris, France. Lipscomb Assistant Vice President of Communication and Marketing Kim Chaudoin said the students are staying in a facility away from where Friday’s attacks took place....
by Erin Turner | Nov 10, 2015 | News Slider
They didn’t come to discuss politics, but instead shared stories of faith and how that influences their daily actions in the political eye. Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady of Tennessee Crissy Haslam shared their testimonies with the Lipscomb community at The Gathering in Allen Arena Tuesday morning. “It is important for me to remember God’s faithfulness,” Gov. Haslam said. “I keep a journal and I write in it everyday to remember those hard times I’ve been through in the past. That journal reminds me that through lots of different circumstances, good and bad, God has been faithful.” Gov. Haslam was not originally planning on going into politics. In fact, he first thought he wanted to become a minister. “I first kind of understood the Gospel when I was a junior in high school and that changed everything for the rest of my life,” Gov. Haslam said. Three weeks after returning from a YoungLife camp he was involved in through church, his mother passed away. “This new faith of mine was challenged instantly,” he said. But after becoming involved in his church, he said he realized that his calling was found somewhere else. “What I didn’t recognize at that time was that everything I was doing was preparing me for what I really think is the best fit for me,” he said referring to his political leadership roles. Even during his early career as a businessman and politician, he kept his faith near. “In my mid to late twenties I started meeting with a group of guys called the ‘Friday Five,'” Gov. Haslam said. “Four other guys would show up in...
by Erin Turner | Nov 10, 2015 | Galleries
Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady of Tennessee Crissy Haslam shared their testimonies with the Lipscomb community at The Gathering in Allen Arena Tuesday morning. Photos by Erin Turner...
by Erin Turner | Nov 9, 2015 | News Slider
Watching her grandfather suffer from lung cancer inspired her to not only launch a career in the medical field but also raise awareness for a form of lung cancer called Mesothelioma. Brianne Hoglin, a junior pre-med molecular biology major from Monument, Colorado is spreading awareness through a scholarship competition. “No one in my family has ever had Mesothelioma but my grandfather passed away from lung cancer, so I saw the effects cancer has on both the person that suffers and the family,” Hoglin said. During her freshman year, Hoglin received news that her grandfather lost his second battle to lung cancer. “The summer before I left for school I watched him lose his quality of life,” she said. “Watching him go through the pain of lung cancer — both the physical and emotional toll it took on him was really hard to watch. “I know that for me and my family it was taking such a toll on us because we felt so helpless to do anything.” It was through that experience that she realized she wanted to do something about that helpless feeling. “I came to school thinking I wanted to do physical therapy, but through life experience, like watching my grandfather, and taking a couple kinesiology classes, I realized that my heart really wasn’t in it,” she said. “Knowing that feeling of complete helplessness makes me want to be on the other end of the table.” Soon after, Hoglin began medical volunteer work and learned that she could alleviate some of that helplessness for others. Now she is pursuing a career in the medical field and has recently...
by Erin Turner | Oct 31, 2015 | Galleries
Returning champions, the “Canadian Lumberjacks,” took home another trophy Oct. 30th during Lipscomb’s annual dodgeball tournament held in Fanning’s courtyard. The “Canadian Lumberjacks” defeated the Tiger Woods inspired team “Tiger’s Back” in the championship round of the Space Dodgeball themed tournament. Photos by Erin Turner « ‹ of 2 › »...
