by Janice Ng | Mar 14, 2014 | News Slider
In this week’s Lumination News, Madeline Smith and Joe Sanderson keep you updated on the latest events and news from Tennessee and Lipscomb University. Smith kicks off the newscast by informing you about a new bill in Tennessee concerning same-sex marriages, and Martin Baker gives you an update on the legalization of marijuana in Tennessee. Sarah McGee brings the news to your front door with a report on social clubs’ Full Moon Festival. Want to know what Google Fiber is and what it has to do with Nashville? Mason Griffin gives you the scoop. If you’re graduating or planning to attend graduation, things will be different. Lumination gives you the details on this year’s graduation. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director...
by Janice Ng | Mar 11, 2014 | News Slider
Al Jazeera America Nashville’s national correspondent Jonathan Martin likes the competition, creativity and spontaneity of his craft. “These three things really drive me to get up every morning and to work in news,” Martin said to a group of student communicators at Lipscomb University’s Media Masters event in Ezell. “Something is always going, always changing,” Martin said. “You’re competing against yourself. You’re competing against other stations and companies. I love that competition. “Second of all, I love the fact that there is creativity involved in this business,” he said. “You can make it your own. Finally, I think the spontaneity of things is really what drives me.” Growing up in Atlanta, Ga., Martin always knew he wanted to pursue a career in news. His passion started when he was only six or seven years old. “I always wanted to watch the news,” Martin said. “I was obsessed with the production, the anchors, the current events.” Martin began his career in the city of Augusta, Ga. Two years later, he got a call to be the morning anchor at WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville. From there, he was able to work his way up to a weekend anchor position. When he got the call to join Al Jazeera America’s Nashville bureau eight months ago, he said he was “all about it,” and has been working there for six months. Martin took some time to discuss the type of stories he gets to cover and showed a clip of one of his latest stories about undocumented immigrants qualifying for in-state tuition. “Today, I was covering another story at Vanderbilt Hospital and...
by Janice Ng | Mar 5, 2014 | News Slider
Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has done it all. Tuesday night, Bredesen spoke at the most recent “now that you ask…” conversation series hosted by Tom Ingram. Lipscomb’s Shamblin Theatre was full of attentive students and community members listening to Bredesen talk about his early life and career. During his term as governor, Bredesen tackled education, finance and health care in Tennessee, establishing large financial reserves, a statewide Pre-K program and a children’s health insurance program. Bredesen was also mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999, during which he recruited the NFL Tennessee Titans and the NHL Nashville Predators. However, before Bredesen accomplished those tasks, he started out on a track quite far away from politics. “I wanted to be a forest ranger,” Bredesen said. “In high school, I had no interest in politics at all. But when JFK became president, I realized that politics was something that good people could do, and make it good.” Bredesen then recalled his interests shifting from forest ranger, to geology, to physics. “When Sputnik was launched, I thought it was a sign that I should go into the sciences,” Bredesen said. “The hard sciences are a good field to go into.” Bredesen got into Harvard College “almost on a whim,” where he studied physics. “Growing up near Cornell University and Columbia, I always thought I’d go to one of those colleges, but I applied late to Harvard and ended up getting in,” Bredesen said. When Bredesen finally became involved in the political world, the losses seemed more than the wins at the beginning. “There were a lot of losses, but I learned a...
by Janice Ng | Feb 25, 2014 | News Slider
Lipscomb University’s Rush Hour Concerts are aptly named, as people can pop in for a one-hour concert to wait for traffic to clear up before heading home. Gary Wilson, director of vocal and choral activities, first came up with the idea that soon became a reality last spring. “The idea was born while looking for a creative way to handle our performance schedule toward the end of the year,” Wilson said. The department of music sponsors over 100 concerts every school year. These include individual students performing a solo recital as part of their degree requirements, groups of students performing as part of an ensemble such as A Cappella Singers or Wind Ensemble and faculty or guest artists presenting professional concerts. “At the end of the year, there are so many students needing to give recitals and ensembles wanting to perform that it’s difficult to get everything done,” Wilson said. “We do not schedule two concerts at the same time, so the Rush Hour Concerts were created to alleviate some of our scheduling issues.” The first Rush Hour Concert last spring featured the ChamberMen ensemble, Lipscomb’s male choral ensemble that began as a quintet in 2012 and has since expanded to include 11 singers. This month’s concert featured the AronBerkner Duo, with Jane Berkner and Stephen Aron. “Rush Hour Concerts have become a very popular part of our concert offerings,” Wilson said. “No one is in charge, but any music faculty member can schedule a performance at this time. Typically, these concerts are less than an hour, and have no intermission, so they’re over by 6 p.m.” Photo courtesy of...
by Janice Ng | Feb 1, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
In the second installment of Lumination News for the 2014 spring semester, Caitlin Selle and Aaron Schmelzer are behind the news desk to update you about campus Greek life and how the local community celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Martin Baker fills you in on the week’s top world news headlines, Savanna Schubert gives the scoop on all things entertainment, Sarah McGee gives you the weather forecast and Sydney Poe brings you up to speed with sports. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
