by Kyrsten Turner | Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
The third floor of Beaman Library is home to the Lipscomb archives, including those of The Babbler, the university student print publication that ceased in 2009. The third floor is also where Marie Byers, the Beaman Library archivist, volunteers her time, scanning in old stories and photographs to use in The BabblerExpress. “I like to show off my stuff,” said Byers, motioning to the archive room in the corner behind her chair. The BabblerExpress is a new Lipscomb paper, published by the Senior Alumni Council and mailed out to alumni ages 55 and older. Similar to the Nashville Retrospect, The Babbler Express pulls from old student publications to compose a bi-yearly newspaper for the senior alumni. “The idea came from the Nashville Retrospect, which is the newspaper that’s published, I think monthly. It is a newspaper – only it’s bigger than the current Tennesseean, and it’s larger, like the old newspapers used to be, but it just re-prints articles from The Tennessean, the Nashville Banner and earlier Nashville newspapers from, say, the 19th century.” Byers emphasized that although everyone reading the Nashville Retrospect doesn’t remember what happened fifty years ago, the people who lived at that time do and the stories are sentimental. The same is true of The BabblerExpress. The committee makes it a priority to include a “little of this, little of that” in order to connect with all the alumni, many of whom enjoyed different interests, Byers said. “We do have some guidelines,” Byers said. “We don’t have all sports. We don’t have all beauty queens, and we don’t have all Singarama. We try to show student activities. We try to have something about faculty. “This was the campus newspaper for many...
by Kyrsten Turner | Sep 10, 2013 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s Student Government Association gathers every other week to hear proposals, vote on events, discuss student involvement on campus and partake in other matters. On the off-week, SGA members meet in their separate committees (academic, student life, spiritual) to plan and prepare for events. Senate meetings are open to students who are interested in learning more about SGA. Meetings are bi-weekly on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.. The next SGA senate meeting will be Sept. 23. It is Lumination’s intent to attend the SGA senate meetings this year to inform Lipscomb’s student body about the ongoing decisions that SGA makes. ______________________________________________________________________ Notes from the Sept. 9, 2013 meeting Lipscomb’s Student Government Association met on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m.. Roll was called and all members were present. Four student groups submitted proposals for funding to SGA. The proposed funding will be voted on at the next senate meeting on Sept. 24. The following groups asked for SGA to sponsor their Lipscomb-based event: Relay for Life – Cece Ramsey proposed that SGA partner with Relay for Life with a $8000 sponsorship. The funding will cover t-shirts, Relay materials, and ETS. Relay for Life has set a goal to raise $37,000 this year. The theme is Olympics, as the relay is set for one week before the winter Olympics in Russia. Relay for Life will be Friday, Jan.24 – Saturday, Jan. 25 in Allen Arena at Lipscomb University. LU Department of Theatre – Will Miranne and Brooke Ferguson proposed that SGA fund up to $16,500 for student ticket sales for the department’s four upcoming shows. The shows include two fall events: Les Misérables and a choreographed dance show, and two spring events: Shrek the...
by Kyrsten Turner | Sep 9, 2013 | News Slider
One of Lipscomb’s Student Government Association’s aspirations is to help create an energized campus atmosphere every year. To SGA President Andrew Hunt, this year will hold plenty of exciting opportunities for LU students. “I feel like it is our responsibility to make sure students have a good experience,” said Hunt, a Corporate Management senior from Centerville, Tenn. “We are going to provide events . We want people to have fun, but we want to provide spiritually uplifting opportunities and academically challenging opportunities, too.” SGA is partnering with Residence Life and the Student Activities Board to bring bigger and better events to students on campus. Among this year’s anticipated events are Lipscomb’s annual Paint the Herd, a fall concert and a spring concert. “We can have a whole lot more events [if we partner with Residence Life and SAB],” Hunt said, affirming that the events can be of better quality with the partnership. “In the end, it’s not about if this is a SGA event,” Hunt said. “It’s about students having the opportunity to do this because SGA had a part in it.” Students can be looking forward to this semester’s fall concert with Dave Barnes, which will be on Oct. 1 in Collins Alumni Auditorium at 7 p.m. The spring headliner will be announced at a later date. Dining still a central focus for SGA SGA has been pushing for off-campus meal plans for a long time. Patrick Grace, the 2012-2013 SGA President, officially announced the soon-to-be off-campus meal plans last year. This year, Hunt is proud to see the hard work pay off. “We’ve been working toward that for years,...
by Kyrsten Turner | Apr 19, 2013 | News Slider
The Lipscomb community gathered Thursday in Beaman Library to honor local author George Spain with a book signing. A Lipscomb alumnus and retired health professional, Spain is a well-known author in the Nashville area. The writer has been published in the Williamson County Historical Review and in an anthology for the Written Word entitled Gathering: Writers of Williamson County. He spent the afternoon shaking hands and introducing his newly published book, Our People: Stories of the South. Spain also read several excerpts from the book. A historical fiction writer, most of Spain’s stories are set in middle-Tennessee and range from the 1700s down through slavery and the Civil War Era. Our People is a culmination of 16 short stories. The characters themselves are fictitious, but Spain said his inspiration comes from real individuals. “The inspiration I guess is just things out of my past, my wife’s past, which are interesting enough to tell people about,” Spain said. “I take those little bits of truths and create something that’s not-truth.” Spain attributes his career to Lipscomb professors and close friends who encouraged his writing talents. “I probably would have given up if it hadn’t been for people listening to my writing,” Spain said. “Very early on I started out writing poetry,” Spain said. “I wrote poetry for years and years, and a few short stories. When I started to retire, a few people said, ‘You ought to write.’” Spain credits his talent to his love of literature and encourages young authors to read constantly. “As Dr. Landiss said to me: read a lot of poets,” Spain said. “If you’re interested in...
by Kyrsten Turner | Apr 3, 2013 | News Slider
Walk into the front door of The Well Coffeehouse and your attention might be drawn to the wall just left of the cashier. The thin wood shelving holds numerous bags of brightly colored coffee with names of foreign countries in bold across the label. The coffee is Just Love Coffee, and it’s packaged right here in Tennessee. Just Love Coffee Roasters is headquartered in Murfreesboro, but the company ships its products all over the nation. The local coffeehouse was started in 2009 by Lipscomb alumni Rob and Emily Webb. The Webb’s had just adopted two little girls from Ethiopia and had witnessed first hand the growing orphan crisis. Webb wanted to find a way to help other families through the adoption process, therefore, Just Love Coffee was born. Families who are adopting can set up a fundraising storefront through Just Love and receive a proceed of the items purchased through that storefront. Over the past few years, Just Love has expanded the fundraising program to help non-profits and other mission groups, giving over $250,000 to families and organizations across the United States. The hand-roasted artisan coffee is considered fair and sustainable. Fair, because the coffee farmers are paid a wage for their work, and sustainable because the coffee beans are harvested in such a way that protects the environment. But, you don’t always have to buy Just Love Coffee in a bag. The Well Coffeehouse, located right off of Richard Jones in Green Hills, brews Just Love Coffee in house. With a wide variety of roasts, from Cinnamon and American, to Full City and French, the blend of flavors...
