by Maria Morales | Apr 25, 2018 | News Slider
With finals rapidly approaching and senior students soon graduating in May, the last chapel service of the year was held in Collins auditorium on Tuesday morning. Cyrus Eaton shared a message with students at The Gathering about learning how to receive God’s love. Eaton said love within the community is the best way to learn how to receive and give love. Being part of a house with roommates, Eaton shared his experience on how they took care of each other. He consulted the book of John that described how Peter questioned Jesus when he washed his feet. Like Peter, Eaton said man tends to reject the chance others have to be kind to one another. Not because man is mean, but because he might not ask for anything in return if he does something for others. God wants man to know how to receive love from others in order to grow. “Our capacity to love is not determined by our position in regards to others,” Eaton said. “Our ability to love others will always be tied to our willingness to receive His love. We cannot give what we have not learned to receive.” Eaton noted how oftentimes man can feel comfortable helping others, but it’s hard to let others help you. If man receives generosity, he will eventually learn how to give them to others. Those who look at you should almost desire and envy the life of sacrificial living that you have,” Eaton said. He noted that others like you encourage the community to live how Jesus taught. He provided an example through a Mother Teresa saying: “Little...
by Maria Morales | Apr 7, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Singarama’s second performance took place Friday on Lipscomb’s campus. “Rise and Fall” took home the award for Friday’s category: voice quality. This year marked the 55th time Singarama has given students the chance to show off their talent, creativity and leadership that contribute to an amazing show. The show consists of three separate teams competing by producing a small musical and a story. Students delighted the packed auditorium with their well-practiced routines and choreography. The three directors and the responsible for each group’s performance are Christian Foster, Taylor Sain and Vince Law. The students entertained their audience with unique and humorous storylines and a selection of songs that the public could sing along with. Many people gathered to support the participants. Hosts Peyton Porter, Savannah Stewart, Berkeley Boglin, Hudson Parker, Luke Howard and Madeline McPherson, gave amazing performances that included other songs that the audience recognized. These performances took place between each team’s acts, giving them adequate time to set the stage. Each performance, teams are judged on a different category. Since “Rise and Fall,” directed by Sain, has taken the lead by winning two nights in a row, it has a chance of winning the final award: sweepstakes. Sain is a senior member of Pi Delta who has participated in Singarama in both 2016 and 2017. While Singarama is a competition, it is clear that it is about more than just winning. Besides giving the opportunity to students to show their skills, it also brought them new experiences such as being part of a team and having fun with it. Most students say they have gained great memories and friendships...
by Maria Morales | Mar 24, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Lipscomb students raised $6,130 for inner-city Nashville kids Friday evening at Full Moon Fest, a student-led, 1950’s-themed benefit concert and dance party in the Student Activity Center. Each spring semester for the past five years, the Full Moon planning committee chooses an organization to support. This year, the committee chose Youth Encouragement Services here in Nashville. The organization offers after school programs, tutoring and summer camps. “I’m really excited to support YES because I think they’re doing a really great thing with the community,” student Allie Chambers said. Chambers performed “Redbone”by Childish Gambino during the event. Senior Olivia Waldorf came to support her friend and roommate who was performing at the event. “The music has been so great tonight. There’s hot dogs, soda, it’s just all around a good time in the 50’s,” Waldorf said. Students Elizabeth Cluck and Joel Clinger headed the planning committee on behalf of their respective social clubs. “It’s really awesome because both Theta Psi and Delta Omega got to do their service project there together, which was a cool way to inspire passion within the club to get excited and get behind the organization,” Cluck said. Gallery by Anna Rogers « ‹ of 3 › »...
by Maria Morales | Mar 1, 2018 | News Slider
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, campus sexual assault awareness and prevention group The Leading Edge brought a self-defense expert Wednesday night to teach female students basic protective skills. Brandi Pharris taught the class in the Student Activity Center along with her husband. She said it is necessary for women to know effective ways to protect themselves. “We did some research and came up with all the other witnesses of defense classes, they were like, ‘you had to know martial arts of some sort,’ and they would teach you martial arts,” Pharris said. “So we came up with this curriculum, so simple, with stuff that you’ve been doing all your life.” For example, they told the class to scream “Fire!” instead of “Help!” to alert others, because bystanders are most likely to call the police. “I think it’s important as females to know how to protect yourself, because even though people think Green Hills is safe, anything can happen,” nursing student Rachel Hunter said. “We can’t just be seen as passive people that let anything happen and we should let people know that we are strong,” said Carley Gilson, also a Nursing student. This is the fourth year that The Leading Edge is hosting a sexual assault awareness event at Lipscomb, but the first year that it is extended to a full week. Senior Delaney Gilbert, a founding member of the group, and The Leading Edge team organized a series of events to educate people about sexual assault. Anonymous sexual assault survivors will speak on campus Thursday evening as part of the “Confessions” series. Gilbert said the main...
by Maria Morales | Feb 15, 2018 | News Slider
Since President Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals last September, many students in the program have been left wondering if they can remain in the U.S. “I honestly don’t feel safe anymore,” psychology major Zuriel Godinez said. The 21-year-old remembers how he felt when the president ended DACA. “I know no one can take away the education that I receive here, but still knowing that I could be deported at anytime Trump decides makes me nervous,” he said. DACA was introduced by President Barack Obama in 2012. It shields those who were brought to the U.S. as minors from deportation and allows them to work legally. Now DACA is up for debate–and one of the causes of the recent government shutdowns. Democrats in Congress want a “clean” bill reauthorizing the program that doesn’t come with any strings attached. Republicans say that the left’s focus on Dreamers, comes at the expense of legal immigrants and citizens. The U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 4th congressional district, Luis Gutierrez, said in a statement after Trump’s State of Union Speech that it would be unfair to other immigrants as well as the Dreamers to choose between them. He says he will not allow Republicans to force a choice to prioritize one of these two groups. Trump said he would extend the program if Congress agrees to fund the $18 billion he needs for a border wall, one of his first campaign promises. DACA students, also known as Dreamers, feel that they are being used as bargaining chips to build the wall as well as more border security. “I feel used. I’m angry. My hopes of...
