by Wade Funderburg | Apr 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Nashville is home not only to multi-platinum artists but also to sidewalk musicians. Meet three of them in this audio slideshow, produced by Nicci Carney and Wade...
by Wade Funderburg | Apr 26, 2010 | News Slider
Physics students and professors were outside of McFarland on Friday making ice cream in a rather unusual way. In honor of national physics day, students and professors were mixing cream, sugar, and milk with three different flavors. However, instead of using a traditional ice cream maker, they just poured liquid nitrogen into the bowls to freeze the mixture. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., anyone could get a free cup of their choice of chocolate, caramel, or vanilla ice cream. A variety of sprinkles were also available. Christopher Martin, a junior biomedical physics major from Rochester Hills, Mich., was making liquid nitrogen ice cream before lunch. Though Physics Day was actually on Saturday, he was glad to be celebrating early. “We actually get a whole week,but we just throw an extra day in there to show our dominance over all other sciences,” Martin said. Dr. Alan Bradshaw, a physics professor here at Lipscomb, was bringing out the liquid nitrogen and helping to make all the ice cream. “The Society of Physics students wanted to have a celebration,” Bradshaw said. “What better way to celebrate on a hot day than with ice cream? We just have a unique way of making ice cream.” Conveniently, as the ice cream melted on this hot afternoon, more liquid nitrogen was added to keep refreezing it, but the consistency and taste never changed, no matter how many times they refroze...
by Wade Funderburg | Apr 20, 2010 | News Slider
“The Secret of Kells” is an Irish movie that was nominated for best animated picture in the Academy Awards, is an entrancing animated film that showed at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville. The fanciful storybook animation is reminiscent of Samurai Jack and Kim Possible, though the animators don’t hide from the two-dimensional look for the majority of the film. I’ll be looking forward to seeing how good it looks on Blu-ray. The plot revolves around a young Irish lad, Brendan, living in Kells, a community surrounded by walls. The walls are to protect the people from the Norse invaders whilst they complete a book that will “bring light to the darkness.” The plot is fairly simple and easy to follow overall, but a lot is going on in most of the scenes of the film and it can be hard to take it all in at first. It was, however, enough to grab and hold the attention of me, a college student. Though the “Abbot,” “brothers” and Celtic crosses would hint at Catholicism, the filmmakers seemed to avoid any kind of religious agenda. If you do your research, you will see that the Book of Kells is actually a heavily illustrated and ornamental book containing the four Christian gospels in Latin. I wouldn’t recommend the movie to people with small children, as I imagine a few scenes (such as when the Vikings attack, or when Brendan encounters the cave of Crom Cruach) might be too frightening for them. The soundtrack to the film was also incredible. Mostly featuring classic instrumental Irish folk music, it’ll definitely be one to pick...
by Wade Funderburg | Apr 12, 2010 | News Slider
If you’re in the mood for fresh, quality Mexican food, it’s now just past Belmont Mansion in Edgehill Village. Taco Mamacita is an up-and-coming taco restaurant with two locations, one in Chattanooga, Tenn. and the other in Nashville, Tenn. More specifically, Nashville’s Taco Mamacita is located in Edgehill Village, an area of town only about 10 minutes away from Lipscomb’s campus. The vibe of the restaurant is fun-loving and lively. Patrons have the option of indoor, bar, or patio seating in their street corner location. The noise level inside the restaurant wasn’t loud enough to keep me from conversing with my friends, and it wasn’t quiet enough to make me feel like the tables around me were eavesdropping. The service was friendly and quick, though it was getting busier when we were leaving around 6 p.m. Our waitress was happy to make recommendations and tell us her favorite dishes. The menu offers a wide variety of specialty tacos, enchiladas, roasted Peruvian chicken, starters, and sides that differ from the stereotypical Mexican food joint. Some of the available sides were cilantro-spinach rice, charros beans, chipotle turnip greens, and sweet potato fries. We started out with the mango jalapeño salsa and chips. The chips and salsa are not free, but one shouldn’t expect them to be considering how good they were. Heeding our waitress’s advice, I ordered the Taco Royale the Oy Vey with the Mexican street corn, while my friend got the chicken enchilada and sweet potato fries. We could guess by looking at it that our food was made with fresh quality ingredients, and the taste confirmed this observation....
by Wade Funderburg | Mar 30, 2010 | News Slider
“The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi,” said comedian Fred Allen. Thankfully the eight Lipscomb students who spent spring break in France as part of the course “Paris as Classroom” have far happier memories of their times spent at The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arch de Triumph, and other famous attractions in Paris. Professor Cliff Tierney led this group from Sunday, March 14, to Monday, March 22 as they traveled from Nashville, Tenn. to Paris, France, where they stayed in Mary’s Hotel outside the tourist-oriented area of Paris. The students were there specifically to study art, but also learned much more about Paris. Every day in Paris, the students had a scheduled time to go somewhere as a class, such as a museum or park, and then free time to experience the city on their own. Joe Ernst, a sophomore studio art major from Stratford, Conn., had never been out of the country before, but embraced the culture, lifestyle and food of the city. Ernst said Paris felt very different than the U.S., but in a way he couldn’t quite explain. “The experience as a whole was eye-opening for me as it was my first time being immersed in a non-American culture and learning how to navigate a non-English speaking city,” Ernst said. Katie Dillard, a junior art major from Hyattsville, Md., also encountered several differences between the U.S. culture and that of Paris. “The way of life was very different [in Paris],” Dillard said. “It’s a fast paced city that you have to slow down to enjoy. Everyone seemed to be smoking...
