by Cavin Jacobson | Feb 15, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Over the span of 12 hours between Sunday night and Monday morning, a burglary spree hit Lipscomb’s parking lots, according to a campus-wide email sent out Wednesday afternoon. On Sunday night, multiple cars were reportedly broken into and robbed, while one car was reported stolen. Another vehicle was stolen from the parking lot by the softball fields early Monday morning. The email said the cars were unlocked. The cars that were stolen had their keys inside of them. Lipscomb Security is currently working with the Nashville Police Department to find the cars. Both Campus Security and NPD were unavailable for comment. Campus Security currently suspects that this was allegedly done by a single perpetrator who is not a Lipscomb student, according to the email from Josh Roberts, Dean of Student Development. Roberts reminded students that even though Lipscomb is a safe campus in a safe neighborhood, it is always best to lock all cars, leave no valuables in them and keep the keys. Due to these events, Campus Security is upgrading its patrol routine to be more aggressive and alert. In August, a woman was mugged by four men while approaching her car on campus. All of the perpetrators of that crime were apprehended within the month of August. This story will be updated if more details...
by Ellen Butterfield | Feb 10, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Lipscomb University’s Department of Cinematic Arts is undergoing drastic departmental changes after over $25,000 worth of lenses, cameras and accessories disappeared from the department at the end of January. Chair of Cinematic Arts Melissa Forte reached out to cinematic arts students on Jan. 30 in an email informing them of the incident, and asking for the return of the equipment so the department wouldn’t need to involve the police. “We are not taking this lightly,” Forte said in the email. “The value of this equipment is very high and the security of the remaining equipment very important.” Since the Cinematic Arts department has existed for only three years, a theft of this magnitude is a crushing blow to their resources. However, this is not the first theft within the department. Both a Mac computer and money from an office were stolen previously, so the department is now altering their checkout policy in order to safeguard against further theft. Students will no longer be allowed to use departmental Macs to edit at night, as they will be kept under lock and key. Further changes have yet to be announced. Lipscomb security was contacted for all key logs and surrounding video footage of the time, but nothing conclusive has yet arisen. The basement of Sewell has yet to be fitted with cameras as the area is awaiting renovation by the theatre department, for the cameras would not only take months to install and connect, but they would cost around $8,000 to install. Security is hesitant because they would only to have to redo the installation with the theatre renovation. Lumination reached...
by LeBron Hill | Feb 2, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Nashville mayor Megan Barry admitted Wednesday to having an affair with the head of her security detail dating back to spring 2016. The controversy comes while Barry is trying to sell the public on her $5.2 billion transit plan. The Metro Council votes next week on putting the transit plan on the ballot in May, a key step for the mayor’s plan. Barry’s affair with Metro Police Sgt. Robert Forrest Jr. reportedly lasted for a year. Sgt. Forrest earned $50,000 in overtime wages during that period. “I’m embarrassed, and I am sad, and I am so sorry for all the pain that I have caused my family and his family,” she said at a news conference Wednesday. “I know that God will forgive me, but that Nashville doesn’t have to. … I hope that I can earn your trust back and that you will forgive me.” Lipscomb professor of political science Dr. Marc Schwerdt agreed that the scandal will affect the voting for the transit plan. “It’s going to personalize this referendum from her,” Schwerdt said. “It becomes a referendum on her instead of just about the merits of that plan.” A metro council committee chairwoman announced Friday that she planned to create an investigative special committee to look into the use of taxpayer dollars and Barry’s trips around the time of the affair. The mayor spoke at the youth summit held at on campus last...
by Cavin Jacobson | Jan 19, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider, Uncategorized
There is a new way on campus to receive Amazon packages: Amazon Locker. Located next to Starbucks in the Bennett Campus Center, the bright yellow locker, labeled Karlek, is hard to miss. To use the locker, first, go to Amazon.com and enter your location to see the Amazon Lockers near you. Second, add the locker to your Amazon address book. Then, when you shop and place an order, you will have the option to send the delivery to the Amazon Locker. When the delivery arrives, you will receive a code from Amazon to enter on the locker kiosk to retrieve your delivery. When your item arrives, you have 3 business days to pick up the delivery or it will be returned to Amazon. If your item is eligible, you can even return it through the Amazon Locker. Anybody can use the lockers, not just Prime members. Unfortunately, there is a limitation on the size of the object you can have delivered to the Amazon Locker, since the largest lockers are only the size of a kitchen cabinet. You also cannot order anything from the kiosk itself. It is strictly for inputting your delivery code. “You can get in the lockers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which is pretty neat,” Walker Cheatham, an employee of the campus post office, said. “The locker was supposed to be running today (Friday), but due to the weather it has been delayed to opening up on Monday or Tuesday,” Walker added. Starting next week, you can start using the Amazon Locker for all your Amazon deliveries. Click here for more information...
by Cole Gray | Jan 16, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Classes starting after 3:00 PM Tuesday and before 10:00 AM Wednesday are cancelled due to inclement weather, the University announced in chapel and via email Tuesday morning. “Food service, campus safety and other student services for students living on campus will be provided and available,” the official announcement read. University offices will be closed at those hours as well. Classes beginning after 10:00 AM Wednesday are subject to the Class Schedule Disruption Policy until further notice. The announcement said the University will make a decision on the rest of Wednesday’s classes by 8:00 AM tomorrow. Wednesday’s expected high temperature is 27 degrees. Middle Tennessee State University, Belmont, Fisk and other Nashville-area colleges cancelled classes for the full day Tuesday. Some public school districts have already made the decision to remain closed Wednesday. photo by Anna...
by Erin Franklin | Jan 12, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS
Lipscomb University has cancelled day and evening classes today due to the severe weather that is expected to roll in to Middle Tennessee Friday morning. Food service for on-campus students will still be provided. Kim Chaudoin, Assistant Vice President of Communication and Marketing, released the information on lipscomb.edu, where students can find weather updates. “Due to winter weather conditions, Provost W. Craig Bledsoe has cancelled classes for Friday, January 12,” Chaudoin said in a statement, “and President L. Randolph Lowry has declared an administrative leave...
