by Erin Turner | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
April 3-5 marked Lipscomb’s 51st Singarama production, entitled “Singarama’s on Fire.” The show featured three groups: “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Just Drop It” and “Roll With Me.” Pictures from this year’s Thursday show can be seen below. Update: Photos from the Saturday evening show have been added as well. To see the full gallery, visit Lumination’s Flickr page. Created with Admarket’s...
by Jael Teme | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
This week’s Lumination News features a special report from international reporter Brianna Langley on the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile. We also keep you updated with events on campus. Martin Baker gives you a look inside Bison Brawl, based off the ABC show Shark Tank. Savanna Schubert tells you all about a new bill concerning religious freedom that could affect public and private schools. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director...
by Brianne Welch | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s 51st edition of Singarama is in full swing, and the six hosts and hostesses are excited to share the hard work they have dedicated to the show. Senior Lincoln Mick, sophomore Michael Oruma, junior Caitlin Phelps, senior Lacey Printz, junior Tyler Russell and junior McKenna Smith are the hosts and hostesses of the 2014 Singarama. This year’s theme is Singarama’s On Fire. The show will consist of three different smaller themes that will be broken up by performances from the hosts and hostesses who vary in Singarama experience. Three have hosted the show before, and three are new to the hosting lineup. Smith and Oruma hosted last year, and Mick hosted his freshman year. “I’ve wanted to do it for the past four years, but because of track, I haven’t been able to because I’ve been competing, but since I’m injured, I have the opportunity to, and I’m just really excited about it,” Printz said. “This is my first year, also,” Russell said. I saw the show last year and loved it. “It just looked like so much fun, so I just thought I’d try out.” The hosts and hostesses’ job is to entertain the audience and keep the flow of the show going. “We kind of kick off the show, and then we help entertain the crowd in between social club shows,” Russell said. The group had been rehearsing at a recording studio away from campus, SIR Nashville. “It’s making it real being off-campus,” Printz said.”That’s such a cool environment with so many people that are so passionate about music. “It’s all business, too. We have a great...
by Kyrsten Turner | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
The Lipscomb community gathered on Thursday to hear Terry Waite, a globally known humanitarian and peace worker, speak in The Gathering at Allen Arena. Waite was introduced by university president Randy Lowry, who called Waite a “hostage negotiator,” paving the way for Waite to share his story of captivity and survival with students. In 1987, Waite was taken hostage while negotiating the release of several hostages in Beirut. Before his abduction, Waite had been recognized for championing the release of hostages in Iran and Libya, all in the 1980s. Waite said his approach to negotiating the release of hostages meant that he had to meet the abductors face-to-face. It is a “risky approach,” Waite said, but worth the effort. “The first thing was to seek a face-to face meeting,” said Waite, who is the scholar-in-residence in Lipscomb’s Institute of Conflict Management this year. “Now, that is risky, because you are dealing with people who are often in a precarious situation, who are highly suspicious and who may well easily take you captive.” This approach, Waite said, requires a level of trust, especially when working with people from different backgrounds and different beliefs. “Somehow, you have to be able to stretch out a hand and form a bridge, and grasp the hand of the other in order to build a relationship of trust,” Waite said. Waite went through his entire negotiating process, building trust and relationship, and seeking a face-to-face meeting with those in Beirut. He was on his way to meet them, or so he thought, when he was abducted. It was not until he had already been held captive for...
by Jesica Parsley | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
“Just Drop It” took home the Theme Category Award Thursday night in the 51st annual Singarama show, Singarama’s On Fire. The cast of the “Drop” theme show includes Delta Sigma, Kappa Chi, Pi Delta, Sigma Iota Delta and friends. Director Aaron Joseph said he was glad to see all the hard work pay off. “I’m so excited right now,” Joseph said. “It’s just been a blessing to see the story that we came up with come to life on stage and win an award for it.” The next show will take place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Collins Alumni Auditorium with the Music Category Award on the line. Joseph said he thinks winning the award in the first show helps the team’s chances of maintaining success. “I think this win has given our cast momentum going into tomorrow night’s and the next shows, which is huge,” Joseph said. The Staging Category Award will be given away Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Sweepstakes Award will be given away that night at the conclusion of 7:30 show. Carousel photo and gallery credit: Erin Turner To see the full gallery, visit Lumination’s Flickr page. Created with Admarket’s...
by Savanna Schubert | Apr 3, 2014 | News Slider
Don’t stop them now. One of the themes for this year’s Singarama show Singarama’s On Fire is “Stop.” Director of the “Stop” cast and Delta Omega member Makenzie Kanyuh is very excited about this show, cast and overall production of Singarama. The show itself is around 20 minutes, but it’s the preparation behind the scenes that really counts. “I pretty much spend every waking moment of my day doing something for Singarama any chance I can get, from calling a place to get a costume to putting the design team together, I’m doing it,” Kanyuh said. A director’s job is never done. Kanyuh explains what a normal day in the life is like for a Singarama director. “I wake up and have a million e-mails from the cast, texting people back about costumes, making sure the script is correct, it’s just a different thing each day,” Kanyuh said. “Six o’clock is usually when everything comes together, and we go over everything. It’s an all day job.” The cast, crew, ETS, design staff, choreographers and director all spend many hours putting together the show. “We have 65 friends with us this year in our cast,” Kanyuh said. “That’s the majority of our cast this year. We love having all of these new people. They work really hard for our group.” Although there are different groups performing and the competition is tough, Kanyuh says that it’s not about the competition, but the friendships that the practice and experience build. Kanyuh’s main goal for this cast is to just have fun and get to know one another. “I have developed some great friendships throughout...
