by TJ Ojehomon | Nov 4, 2011 | News Slider, Opinion, Sports
What comes to your mind when you think of Division I Athletics? Upper echelon athletes doing their thing in their respective fields? That buzz that is around campus on gameday? The thrill of cheering with your friends and classmates in your school’s colors? Recently, it’s felt like Lipscomb has had two of three. Sure, there is that buzz on campus when it’s gameday, but do the students and fans really bring it when the whistle blows? Honestly, Lipscomb lacks the school pride. Lipscomb is a small, private, predominantly Caucasian, Church of Christ university. Not surprisingly, the school tends to draw a fairly conservative body of students. They come from private schools, Christian schools, home-schools, smaller schools and the university’s neighboring campus school. These schools pride themselves on developing a student’s character and academics over athletic ability, and Lipscomb follows suit. For better or worse, we just don’t focus on school spirit much around here. And school spirit means being proud of your school – where it’s going and where it’s been. A student with school spirit is a constant reflection and representation of the school. They own half the campus bookstore, they’re always thinking of ways to make the school better, and they take pride in everything that the school stands for. By contrast, Lipscomb students come from conservative backgrounds, which makes them more reserved and less inclined to go crazy over a basketball game. Ironically, I hear students complain all the time about how Lipscomb doesn’t have a football team. Why should we field a mediocre football team? We have two teams that make it to national tournaments...
by TJ Ojehomon | Sep 25, 2010 | News Slider
Many universities will often consider faculty members as nothing but a number. But here at Lipscomb University, that is certainly not the case. The university embraces every faculty member as an individual and will properly acknowledge their accomplishments when the opportunity presents itself. Three faculty members had that chance this past Thursday, as Dr. Kim Reed, Dr. Tim Johnson and Dr. Richard Goode were honored with a book signing party on the upper level of the Beaman Library for the release of their three new books. The party consisted of other faculty members and professors of Lipscomb University, as well as supportive students, friends of the authors and other interested guests. As the three honorees stood up to make their speeches, they each had very individual messages with one similar characteristic: they had a passion for the subjects about which they wrote. The professors told the audience each of their stories, as well as background information about the topics of their books. Dr. Kim Reed’s book, The Turn of the Screw and other Tales, focuses on a collection of ghost stories that Henry James has written over his literary career. She describes Henry James as a writer that she originally disapproved of after first reading one of his books (which she threw across the room as she explains in her speech) but found him so compelling enough to where she could not stop reading his works. “I hope [my readers] develop a greater appreciation for Henry James,” said Dr. Reed. Dr. Richard Goode’s Crashing the Idols: The Vocation of Will D. Campbell discusses how the message of “be reconciled”...
