by Stephanie Schiraldi | Sep 15, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lipscomb is home to a wide range of musically talented students such as The Arcadian Wild and Abbi Scott; newly formed band RAINEY has joined the mix. The band first appeared at the Black & White dinner this August and also played at SAB’s first block party in the square. The indie-rock pop group formed in May 2015 by several Lipscomb students. RAINEY is composed of senior business entrepreneurship major Lana Rainey from Temecula, California, junior youth ministry major Trevor Ault from Denver, Colorado, junior history major Landon Woods from Southeast Missouri and junior biomedical physics major Benjamin Siebold from Denver, Colorado. Senior accounting major Hadley Kelsey from Madison, Mississippi is their manager. Rainey joined Ault, Siebold and Woods after recording a solo EP which debuted on Nashville radio station Lightning 100. She met Woods while studying abroad in Vienna, but Ault said the three boys had already been playing together in their dorm for a semester. “We started writing songs and playing music together,” Ault said. “Then we decided we were going to do a coffeehouse at the end of the year. Landon was going to sing, but then we were like we could actually get a singer so we practiced with Lana two or three times.” Though the band identifies as an indie-rock pop group, each member brings their own unique style. “We all have different influences,” Ault said. “We all want to sound like something different and it just comes out sounding like us.” Ault said his influences include Two Door Cinema Club and Bombay Bicycle Club. Rainey’s influences include Sylvan Esso, Arctic Monkeys and Kings of Leon....
by Stephanie Schiraldi | Aug 30, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects, helping dreams like The Arcadian Wild’s first official full-length album come true. The indie-folk group is composed of Lipscomb students Sarah Wood, Everett Davis, Isaac Horn and Lipscomb graduate Lincoln Mick. In February, the group started a Kickstarter campaign to fund their album, surpassing their goal of $9,000 in just 15 days. The group celebrated their new album with a release party in a crowded Shamblin Theatre Saturday night. “We weren’t expecting our Kickstarter to be such a success,” said Wood, a junior music major from Pueblo, Colorado said. “We got emails every single time someone donated and our phones just started blowing up and I would just sit there crying because I just couldn’t believe it.” Rewards for donating to the Kickstarter campaign included Arcadian Wild stickers, signed copies of the new album, an awkward family photo shoot with the band and even a chance to “tame the mane” and cut Horn’s hair. Sophomore Hannah Taylor, a studio art major from Louisville, Kentucky, praised the band for having a great stage presence, making Shamblin a “fun and lively place to be.” “What’s blowing all of our minds is the support from all of the people,” Wood said. “The support that we have is so humbling and amazing.” The album was recorded and produced by Belmont graduate Vian Zaayman, who the group met at a coffee house and gave much praise to during the release party. “Everyone tonight has been saying they can’t believe how much we’ve grown since last year and I think a lot of that growth came out of making...
by Stephanie Schiraldi | Apr 19, 2015 | News Slider
The student body has spoken and the Student Government Association’s new president and vice president said they are ready to deliver. Jordan Beale, a junior biochemistry major from Benton, Kentucky, was recently voted the new president of SGA after a close race with junior Julia Allen. “I was confident in my platform, but my competition was so good and the race was so close that it was such a toss up,” Beale said. “It’s really neat to look forward to something so big and so cool — I see so much potential and believe it’s going to be a great year.” As president, Beale will be in charge of calling and planning meetings along with taking charge of any proposals. She already has several plans for what she wants to personally accomplish next year. One of her main goals is improve the academic advising system. “I would love to see each student be designated two advisors — one from their department and one from the Career Development Center who’s just really focused on seeing you succeed as a student,” Beale said. Beale will be working closely on accomplishing these goals with vice president Hannah Passamonte, a junior social entrepreneurship and international business major from Maui, Hawaii. Both leaders already have one goal in mind to work on together – a tuition lock-in. Passamonte’s other plans include combating food waste in the cafeteria and even trying to improve parking. Passamonte said along with combating food waste, she wants to see healthier food options on and off campus. “I would really like to see different ways for students to get healthy,...
by Stephanie Schiraldi | Apr 7, 2015 | News Slider
The women of Lipscomb learned what it meant to anchor themselves Monday night in Collins Alumni Auditorium. Campus Ministry hosted the event “Anchored,” featuring singer/songwriter Ellie Holcomb; creator of She Reads Truth, Raechel Myers; and blogger and author of “If You Find This Letter,” Hannah Brencher. “Tonight is about anchoring ourselves to the truth of who God is and who God says we are,” said Caroline Morris, campus minister for women’s ministry. “When we do that, we begin to feel the freedom that we are destined for when we anchor ourselves to truth.” As each of the three guests told their stories, they revealed the truths they anchored themselves to in order to gain the freedom Morris described. After graduating college and moving to New York City, Brencher began leaving love letters around the city for people to find as a means of dealing with her depression. As Brencher struggled through her fear of being alone, she said she began to find God’s purpose for her life by anchoring herself in love. “I am learning that whatever you feed will grow, whether it is lies or truth,” Brencher said. “I’m either going to choose to be rooted in love or I’m going to choose to be rooted in fear, and I don’t want to be rooted in fear anymore.” Myers discussed the hardship of losing a child and clinging to God during rough times. She said that in this season of her life is when she realized that there is no truth but God’s truth. “The reality is I found God in the valley and I found God on the mountaintop, but...
by Stephanie Schiraldi | Mar 29, 2015 | News Slider
Collins Alumni Auditorium was full of life Saturday night — life that will help bring water to those in need. The 13th annual Anteater’s Ball brought incredible vocals, comical dance routines and a lip sync battle. The variety show is hosted by Alpha Phi Chi and Pi Kappa Sigma. Director of Anteater’s Ball Chris Netterville, a junior English major from Nashville, said putting the show together is a big task, but the end result is worth it. “What separates Anteater’s Ball from Singarama or anything that the performance art departments put on is that Anteater’s Ball is solely aimed towards serving,” Netterville said. “We aim to use our performance talents to directly impact the world around us by raising money for local nonprofits.” This year, all proceeds went toward the Well Coffeehouse’s Groundswell Project .95. The Well is a non-profit missional coffeehouse providing quality coffee in exchange for funds to provide clean water for people around the world. The Groundswell Project .95 is raising $38,000 to support the Well’s next well drilling project in Nairobi, Kenya. The project plans include building three wells around that area. “Project .95 is designed to be able to help an area of Kenya that has not had rain in over seven years,” said Steve Morrow, secretary of the board for the Well Coffeehouse. “I can’t imagine what it’s like to be raised in a nation that might not potentially see rain for that long.” The Well has built six wells in Africa, three wells in Haiti and five water filtration systems around the world since opening two years ago. “It’s been a thrilling ride to watch God,...
