by Katie Bianchini | Feb 9, 2016 | News Slider
Students converged in McQuiddy Gymnasium Monday evening for a unique and “puzzling” event sponsored by Lipscomb’s Campus Ministry team. Puzzle Mania, the brainchild of Women’s Campus Minister Caroline Morris, invited students to put their heads and hands to the test to solve 500-piece puzzles as quickly as possible. Morris said she found inspiration for the event over Christmas break when she was “puzzling” with family. “I just wanted to create something super fun and random this semester for students who love to puzzle,” Morris said, “something totally different than anyone’s done before.” Morris added that events like Puzzle Mania and the new bi-weekly Wednesday night devotional called “Recess” are meant to remind students that they can spend time with God in an informal setting. “I think it’s really good to not always be thinking we need to be having devo, but just having fun with God sometimes,” Morris said. While prizes included a $75 gift card to The Cheesecake Factory, $50 to Edley’s Bar-B-Que, $30 to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and $15 to Sprinkles Cupcakes, many students said they came to Puzzle Mania for other reasons. Freshman Jared Peters, a member of the men’s track team and team Keepin’ the Piece, said he and his twin brother assembled a group because they grew up doing puzzles together as children. “Back when we were in elementary school, Austin and I did a lot of puzzles, so we wanted to bring that back here in college,” Peters said. “We wanted to test our [track] team’s chemistry.” Junior Elyse Youngdahl called a group of her friends together to create team Threat Level: Midnight for puzzle night. She said they saw the event...
by Katie Bianchini | Jan 24, 2016 | News Slider
After Nashville received heavy snow Friday, icy roads surrounding Lipscomb’s campus persuaded student churchgoers to stay a bit closer to campus Sunday and attend Granny White Church of Christ. Located directly behind Lipscomb Academy, Granny White Church of Christ opened its doors to students and regular congregation members for a morning service they could attend on foot rather than by car. “Even though I don’t usually go there, it felt very familial,” junior Hannah Feiten said. While Granny White always offers liturgical services at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sundays, one student said he prefers the more modern atmosphere at Ethos Church. “It’s mostly different because of the instrumental music,” said junior Alec McDowell, who regularly attends Ethos. “It was the same sort of message but just a different type of service this Sunday.” Twelve Lipscomb students started Ethos Church eight years ago at the home of a pastor. Today Ethos serves thousands of Nashvillians each Sunday at the Cannery Ballroom in downtown Nashville, Marathon Music Works in East Nashville and The Ruby in Hillsboro Village near Vanderbilt. While some students missed Ethos, others said they felt right at home at Granny White. Junior Kelli Messmer, who usually attends Brentwood Hills Church of Christ, said the service at Granny White was almost identical to her usual Sunday experience. “This one just had more students this time, because they couldn’t travel so well,” Messmer said. One long-time Granny White member said the congregation hopes a Sunday like this will encourage more college students to attend in the future. “We have quite a few young couples and singles, but we don’t have a whole lot of college students, sadly,”...
by Katie Bianchini | Jan 18, 2016 | News Slider
Lipscomb University students and faculty usually deck out in purple and yellow, but during the month of January, they embrace all of the diverse colors of the world in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. While Americans nationwide wait until the third Monday in January to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lipscomb kicked off the month-long celebrations last Friday at the annual MLK Diversity Breakfast. Lipscomb President Randy Lowry said he hopes that events like the breakfast will inform students on King Jr.’s social accomplishments in civil rights across America. “Unless we’re deliberate and create the opportunities, we’re not going to understand what that’s about,” he said, educating students on diversity and inclusion. “God, in His wisdom, chose to create cultures and ethnic backgrounds, and we either share that, or we miss the richness of it.” Guest speakers partnered with Lipscomb’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Department of Communication and Journalism to embrace King Jr.’s “dream” of diversity and inclusion. Rose Jackson Flenorl, keynote speaker and Manager of Social Responsibility for FedEx Global Citizenship, said King Jr.’s legacy inspires her to live as the best version of herself every day. “I often wonder as I serve in my community, if he would be proud of me,” she said. Javier Solano of the Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce shared the same thought. He said King Jr.’s message encourages him and his peers daily to work toward equality in Middle Tennessee. “Attention to things like diversity and inclusion are very important everywhere,” Solano said. “But I think that these are some issues people in our area are thinking...
