by Amelia Ong | Apr 26, 2011 | News Slider
Sponsored by SGA, Kappa Iota Theta, and local businesses, Lipscomb University celebrated its 12th Annual International Square fair on April 14. Lipscomb University is home to thousands of students from various backgrounds, countries and cultures. Food, fun and laughter filled the square as faculty and students gathered to celebrate Lipscomb’s diversity. More than 25 countries were represented during the fair. Students from all over the world set up booths displaying their cultural heritage. Each country’s table showed indigenous products, clothing and food of all sorts, such as horchata, a Mexican drink, German sausages, Asian confectionery and more. There were also numerous performances depicting the culture of each country. Students and performers entertained us with dances and songs from different Latin American countries and also from Madagascar. The International Fair Square was enlightening, entertaining and educational. Check out the photos below from the event. Please upgrade your browser Photo Credit: Whitney...
by Amelia Ong | Mar 29, 2011 | News Slider
Spring has been full of honors for Lipscomb journalists and Lumination Network. Honorees from the Lumination staff attended the Southeast Journalism Conference in February and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 conference at Lipscomb this past weekend to receive their awards. The Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) held its 25th annual convention in Troy, Ala. on Feb. 19, 2011. The conference was a learning experience for the students as well as a competition. Twenty professional journalists from magazines and newspapers around the country judged entries submitted prior to the conference. The SEJC judges named 126 of the 331 applicants the “Best of the South.” Three Lumination Network writers were honored at the conference, as well as the overall website being named the seventh best college website amongst the 33 eligible schools in the area. Lumination’s managing editor Hunter Patterson, a junior journalism major from Waverly, Tenn., was awarded second place in the category of Best Multimedia Journalist. Rachel Carden, a junior multimedia production and journalism double-major from Smyrna, Tenn., placed ninth in the News Reporter portion of the competition. Carden was extremely pleased with the level of hospitality that Troy University showed the conference attendees, as well as how well manicured the campus was upon their arrival for the event. The final honoree from Lipscomb was junior multimedia production major Ryan Malone, from Wellington, Fla. Malone snagged fifth place in the College Journalist of the Year category, and is multimedia manager for Lumination Network. As for the most recent event, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 12 conference was held at Lipscomb University. The Lipscomb SPJ chapter and...
by Amelia Ong | Mar 8, 2011 | News Slider
One of the advice session parents give their college-bound children is how to do their laundry. But who’s to teach college freshmen about laundry room etiquette? Probably the biggest laundry etiquette questions is this: if someone leaves their clothes in the washer or dryer , how long do you wait after the cycle’s done before you take out their clothes and put yours in? Students’ answers ranged from when the buzzer rang to signal the cycle’s end, to five to 10 minutes after the cycle ended. However, there were students, who disagreed that you should take people’s laundry out at all, with reasons concerning courtesy, safety and hygiene. Freshman nursing major Sherumika Perry from Lavergne, Tenn., doesn’t approve of anyone touching her clothes. “People take my stuff out of the washing machine or dryer and put their stuff in when it’s not done, like it’s more important than my stuff drying,” Perry said. Sophomore English education major from Nashville, Matthew Inman, said that taking someone else’s stuff out can result in theft or clothing mix-ups. “I’ve come up with mismatched socks [before],” said Inman. There have been a few reported, but even more unreported, incidences of missing laundry in different dorms. Jeans have been reported stolen from Elam laundry rooms. The Village residents have also claimed missing clothes. However, Resident Life director Dr. Sam Smith sent an email out regarding the case to all the Village residents, asking the person to return the laundry. Apparently, it was only a mishap. In majority, most people dislike their laundry being taken out. Inman feels that people should just wait. “It’s impolite to...
by Amelia Ong | Mar 3, 2011 | News Slider
Of “sex, death, and algorithms!”–Arcadia, written by Tom Stoppard and Directed by Ted Swindley, premiered on February 26, 2011 by Lipscomb University Department of Theatre in conjunction with Blackbird Theater. Set in the picturesque estate of Derbyshire, England, its mind boggling plot is interweaved throughout the timelines of classicalism and romanticism. Through a mixture of mystery, romance and comedy, it engages the intellectual mind to think about one’s theories and approach to life. The theme throughout the play was “what do we know, how do we know, and do we know?” This theme unfolds as the hilarious clash of personality opposites, Hannah Jarvis and Bernard Nightingale, collaborate to solve the mystery concerning “Sidley Park.” The young Thomasina Coverly and her modern counterpart Chloe Coverly inspire the revolutionary thinkers in all of us. The characters, in the splendor of their costumes, were brought to life by a team of seasoned professional actors and talented university students, each adding their own flavor and uniqueness to the story. The actors portrayed their characters so well that you’d feel as though you were time travelling back and forth between old England and modern day England. The clothing, accents, architecture and everything everything was extremely impressive and believable. If you’re a fan of romance, comedy and a twist of mystery, then this is definitely the play for you. It inspires both artists and scientists alike to think about what we know and how we know it. I do warn you however, that this play will evoke your senses. You’ll want to discover the meaning of life, find the meaning behind the phrase “Et in...
by Amelia Ong | Feb 14, 2011 | News Slider
Did you see a boy walking around the halls of Elam last Friday night, without climbing out of a window for a quick escape when an RA came around the corner?Well, it’s because that is now perfectly legal in the dorms on Lipscomb’s campus. After listening to the desires of students to have somewhere to hang out with their friends on campus, SGA realized the need for a change in the dorm visitation policy. It conducted an 1,100-person poll among students, and made some suggestions for change based on the polling results to the office of Residence Life. Residence Life then organized student focus groups, which eventually led to the new policy. With this much research done on what students want and need, you’d think the policy would be welcomed by all students living on campus. But with any and all changes, some welcome the new and others reject it. Caitlin Selle, a freshman communication major from Tega Cay, S.C., said she likes that the policy change allows students more leniency, but parts of it frustrate her as well. “I don’t want to walk from my shower [to my room] in my towel and meet some guy walking in the hall,” Selle said. “So, it’s a nice thing to have, but it’s not like I’m crazy about it.” The new policy, implemented on Jan. 12, is focused on helping students find gathering spaces and to provide the “opportunity to share their ‘home away from home’ with their friends across campus,” said an email from Dr. Sam Smith, associate dean of Campus Life and director of Residence Life. The effectiveness...
