by Tim Ghianni | May 18, 2011 | News Slider, Opinion
Sitting in Intermediate French Grammar class trying to translate English into French, I browse through the French vocabulary stored in my head searching for the right noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and preposition to correctly get my point across. What to say? How to say it? Time is running out. If I do not put something together to say, humiliation will appear across my face. So, French blurts out of my mouth. Of course, immediately my professor corrects me because I used the wrong form of the verb. The past tense of the verb was used instead of the necessary subjective form. Wait. What is a subjective verb? I would guess the majority of people could not classify all the parts of speech and how we use them. Why? Because speaking English is second nature to us. We learned the names of all the different types of speech starting in elementary school. We were like sponges absorbing everything taught to us without hesitation. Now, we use what we learned without thinking about it. However, if we try to break down a sentence now, it is nearly impossible to get everything right. If it is so easy for children to learn and absorb learning the English language at a young age, why is it that schools are not taking advantage of the vital state of mind of these children by teaching them a second language? Most schools in the United States start teaching foreign languages to students once they reach the high school level. Whereas, children in other countries are almost fluent in two other languages plus their own as...
by Tim Ghianni | May 17, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
With the season said and done and exams winding down, the Lady Bisons bid farewell to two influential seniors, Kara Jackson and Julianne McMeen. “We are graduating two seniors who have laid a great foundation for our team,” women’s assistant coach Jamie Aid said. “I appreciate all the hard work they have put in for their teammates and for this program. I wish these two ladies all the success in the world.” Jackson spent four years as a Lady Bison, playing consistently at positions 1-4 throughout her career. Aid said Jackson’s willingness to compete and heart for the game were greatly respected by her coaches and teammates. “Kara is a strong-willed, determined individual,” Aid said. “Kara always did two things for me that I respected as a coach” 1) when it was time to play, she was out there on that court to compete; and 2) her heart was always in the right place. “She will be missed next year as a part of the Lady Bison tennis team; however, I am so happy for her as she is starting a new chapter in her life with marrying another Lipscomb grad and pursuing her passion for teaching. I have no doubt that she will be very successful” After graduation, Jackson, an education major from Dayton, Ohio, said she has big plans for the summer. “I’m getting married May 21st and have already begun the process of moving to our new home in Ohio and looking for a teaching position,” Jackson said. When looking back on her career as a Lady Bison, Jackson said she knows Lipscomb was where God...
by Tim Ghianni | Apr 29, 2011 | News Slider
Taking classes during the summer allows students to focus on one class at a time, making the used-t0-be break from school the perfect time to take study-intensive classes. And Lipscomb students are taking advantage of the opportunity. For example, about 36 percent of students who attended Lipscomb in the spring of 2010 enrolled in classes last summer. You can register until the day classes begin, but registration has already begun for summer and fall classes. “Now is the time to start thinking about registering and talking to your advisor. But it’s never too late to go back and take a summer class,” said Susan Galbreath, director of Lipscomb summer programs. People already are enrolling, and several online classes are already full. Lipscomb offers six different options for summer classes: Maymester, Junemester, Julymester, Term 1, Term 2, and Full Term. The most popular terms tend to be Maymester (three weeks, Monday-Friday) and Term I (five weeks, Monday-Friday). More classes are offered in these terms because of their popularity. Summer
Term 2011
Dates Class
Days Maymester May 9-27 (3 weeks) M, T, W, R, F Junemester May 31-June 24 (4 weeks) M, T, W, R Julymester July 5-29 (4 weeks) M, T, W, R Term I May 31-June 30 (5 weeks) M, T, W, R, F Term II July 5-August 4 (5 weeks) M, T, W, R, F Full Term May 31-August 4 (10 weeks) M, T, W, R, F
or one night a week Housing is also available in the summer for students who wish to live on campus. For those taking six or more hours, students get 50 percent off...
by Tim Ghianni | Jun 15, 2010 | News Slider
With red-hot Lady Antebellum as the closers, the Grand Ole Opry’s second visit to Allen Arena tonight promises to be memorable. Allen Arena became one of the flood-relief homes of the Grand Ole Opry on June 5, when the world’s longest continuously running radio show arrived at Lipscomb University. And tonight the music fills the arena again. The Opry House was damaged severely in the May 1-May 2 floods that devastated parts of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The Opry House will be repaired and is scheduled to reopen in the autumn, and the show can return to its home. But for now the Opry wanders around Nashville and demonstrates that the music – not the structure — is the heart of the iconic broadcast. While waiting for the repairs to be completed at the Grand Ole Opry House, the broadcast is setting up shop in such sites as Two Rivers Baptist Church, War Memorial Auditorium, the Ryman Auditorium (which regularly houses the show during the winter months), TPAC’s Jackson Hall, Municipal Auditorium and the Allen Arena. Prior to the first visit by the Opry to Lipscomb, Pete Fisher, Grand Ole Opry vice president and general manager, expressed excitement at adding Allen Arena to the list of places that can call the venerable show “home.” “The Grand Ole Opry is looking forward to presenting ‘The Show That Made Country Music Famous’ at Allen Arena,” he said before the June 5 show. ”We are grateful for the hospitality that Lipscomb University has extended to us. In its 85-year history, the Opry has only a handful of homes and we are excited...
by Tim Ghianni | Jun 4, 2010 | News Slider
Little Jimmy Dickens will escort Lipscomb University into the history books at 7 p.m. Saturday when he takes the stage and officially makes Allen Arena one of the homes of the Grand Ole Opry. The short-in-stature, rhinestone-and-smiles showman, who had a country song on the charts in every decade from the 1940s through the 1970s, is host of the Dollar General segment, the first half-hour of the legendary country variety and radio show. Allen Arena is stepping in to serve as host of the Opry both this Saturday and on June 15, as the world’s longest continuously running radio show lives out something of a gypsy existence in the wake of the May 1-May 2 floods. Those floods, which ravaged much of Nashville, severely damaged the Grand Ole Opry House as well as adjacent Opryland Hotel and Opry Mills mall. The Opry House will be repaired and is scheduled to reopen in the autumn, and the show can return to its home. But for now the Opry wanders around Nashville and demonstrates that the music – not the structure — is the heart of the iconic broadcast. While waiting for the repairs to be completed at the Grand Ole Opry House, the broadcast is setting up shop in such sites as Two Rivers Baptist Church, War Memorial Auditorium, the Ryman Auditorium (which regularly houses the show during the winter months), TPAC’s Jackson Hall and the Allen Arena. “The Grand Ole Opry is looking forward to presenting ‘The Show That Made Country Music Famous’ at Allen Arena,” said Pete Fisher, Grand Ole Opry vice president and general manager. ”We are...
