by Hunter Patterson | Mar 30, 2012 | News Slider
This week on Lumination News, anchors Kelly Dean and Hunter Patterson give you the latest on High Rise’s repairs as well as the expansion of the theater department. Also, Erica Aburto and TJ Ojehemon make their newscast debuts and Caitlin Selle has a look at the upcoming week’s...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 17, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, anchors Caitlin Selle and Michael Fox are behind the news desk. Also, Clay Smith fills you in on some warmer than usual temperatures, Connor Prady gives us the scoop on the latest Bachelor drama and Hunter Patterson gives you the Bisons’ lucky number. <iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/38650026?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”549″ height=”309″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 12, 2012 | News Slider
Soulforce members are trained to face hate and discrimination when they arrive on a Christian campus. However, they were met with optimism and gratefulness during their three sessions with the Lipscomb community on Monday. Soulforce is a “national non-profit that works nonviolently to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQ people.” Since 2006, Soulforce has used their Equality Ride to initiate conversations and promote dialogue on Christian college campuses that “discriminate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer individuals and their allies.” On Saturday, the Equality Ride bus rolled into Nashville. Since then, members of Soulforce have met with students, faculty and administration from Lipscomb as well as other faith-based universities in Nashville such as Trevecca and Belmont. Soulforce said the university has been very hospitable to its group. This is not always the case for the LGBTQ organization when they approach a campus asking for dialogue and discussion. Last week in Atlanta, the group encountered resistance from Carver Bible College when trying to establish a dialogue on their campus. On its blog, the group says they were forced to stay on the sidewalk outside the gate. Because of the decision to lock them out, their communication with students was limited to singing and holding up signs that could be seen through the windows of Carver’s chapel. Attending Monday’s event at Lipscomb came with strict guidelines. All attendees were told to arrive at least 10 minutes early and to have their Lipscomb IDs in hand. The doors closed on the hour, every hour, to prevent any sort of interruption during the session. Students and faculty who arrived late...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 10, 2012 | Opinion
Rumor has it, before High Rise’s water problem on Thursday that classes have not been cancelled for a non-weather related event in over 30 years! During the news meeting on Friday, Lumination Network staff compiled a Top 10 list a la David Letterman. Staff members Emily Snell, Hunter Patterson, Whitney Jarreld, Nicci Carney and Cory Woodroof all contributed to the list below. 10. The bison statue’s head is cut off, prompting a student-led search party headed up by Garner Goode dressed as the LU Bison 9. Belmont students litter campus with cups from Bongo Java 8. A group of High Rise freshmen organize a campus-wide simultaneous toilet flushing, causing the campus to overflow 7. Student leads a revolt after being turned away from singing praise chapel in Shamblin for third time in three weeks 6. Fire Marshal shuts down campus after trying to attend singing chapel in Shamblin with his daughter, a prospective student 5. Nicolas Cage discovers the Ark of the Covenant in the LU cave system 4. All students get chapel credit on time, prompting the university to give the students a day off 3. Network frame crashes after absurd amount of Blackboard and Academic Workshop emails 2. Squirrels invade student center before storming the Campus Life office, holding Dean McDowell for ransom 1. Professors run out of paper to use in classes after security fills year-long parking ticket quota in a single day Have one better than ours? We think you can probably do better. Comment below or tweet at us at @LuminationNet with your suggestion. We’ll publish the...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 9, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, Jessica Burke and Wade Funderburg fill you in on what’s happening at Lipscomb, from the figurative flood of musicians on campus to the actual flood of the High Rise dormitory. Plus, Clay Smith has the latest in entertainment news, Sydney Poe gives the sports report and Hunter Patterson brings you the weather forecast. Lumination Newscast, March 9, 2012 from lumination Network on...
