by Camryn Given | May 17, 2021 | News, News Slider, Travel
After more than a year and 50 cancelled trips, Lipscomb Missions finally got to announce some good news. The program is set to resume in San Francisco this summer after recieving a green light on domestic travel. This mission trip will take place at the end of July in San Francisco with an organization called City Impact. The group focuses primarily on poverty, hunger and at-risk youth in the community. According to an email sent to students, “[City Impact] has been serving the city of San Francisco since 1984 addressing poverty, hunger, education, community outreach, and homelessness.” Some of their specific projects include a health clinic and academic programs for children. For more information about the work of this organization, their website can be found here. There is also a podcast available from Lipscomb members in conversation with City Impact’s Mission Director. They address the impactful work of the program and the partnership between Lipscomb and City Impact that began in 2013. If you’re interested in joining the team on Lipscomb’s first mission trip post-COVID, the Google Form to express your interest can be accessed on the email sent May 13. Since one mission has now been planned, the question arises if more will continue to be announced soon or if the missions department will take a slower return to their usual packed mission schedule. Lumination will continue to update you with Lipscomb Missions and the resuming of programs post-COVID. Photo via...
by Hannah Cron | May 14, 2021 | Galleries, News Slider
Fresh produce, food trucks and music have returned to Sevier Park, offering one more destination for those who have felt locked up during lockdown for the last year. The local favorite 12 South Farmers’ Market has just reopened for the summer of 2021. Established in 2011, the Farmers’ Markets 10th-anniversary season is sponsored by local independent radio station Lightning 100 and features vendors from around Middle Tennessee. Nashville favorites such as Amelia’s Flower Truck, Music City Popcorn and The Peach Truck often make appearances as well as many other local businesses and farms. Located just down the road from Lipscomb in Sevier Park, the 12 South Farmers’ Market is a convenient option for off-campus entertainment. In addition to fresh produce and handmade goods, the 12 South Farmers’ Market hosts events each week for visitors of all ages. The Farmers’ Market has live music each week from a local act for shoppers to enjoy. This season, Outdoor Voices will host a free outdoor workout class for attendees. Visitors will also have access to a variety of local food trucks offering anything from snow cones to grilled cheese sandwiches. The 12 South Farmers’ Market is open from 4-7 p.m. every Tuesday from May to October in Sevier Park. For information on vendors and events, visit the 12 South Farmers’ Market website, Instagram or Facebook page....
by Kathryn Farris | May 12, 2021 | BREAKING NEWS, News, News Slider
Drivers across Nashville are facing empty pumps and long lines, following the cyberattack-related shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. Local gas stations and federal agencies attribute the problem to panic buying rather than a shortage of gasoline. “Let me emphasize that much as there was no cause for say, hoarding toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic, there should be no cause for hoarding gasoline,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. The Colonial Pipeline accounts for the transportation of about 45% of fuel the East Coast uses for driving and flying. The FBI confirmed May 10 that “Darkside ransomware” was responsible for the compromise of the Pipeline networks. The resulting gas outages hit all the way from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic states and then up to parts of the East Coast. Nashville and the rest of Tennessee are affected by the shortage. Interestingly, many gas stations in Nashville told customers they were down to just premium gasoline on Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday, at least one gas station in Brentwood, just south of Nashville, told customers that premium and mid-grade were gone, but regular had been restocked. CBS News has reported that Colonial Pipeline paid millions in ransom to the hackers whose cyberattack caused the shutdown. Bloomberg News was reporting Thursday afternoon that the figure is $5 million, though CBS hasn’t reported that. Operations were restarted on the pipeline Wednesday, though it is expected to take up to a week to get things back to normal, according to national news reports. Gasoline costs rose considerably during the shutdown, but are expected to go back down...
by Lumination Staff | May 11, 2021 | News Slider
While Lumination Network looks to the future in its evolving coverage of things Lipscomb, there remains a bit of melancholy as on graduation day, May 8, we had to say goodbye to the class of 2021 contributors. Each one of the seniors was a talented and integral part of the website reports as well as the TV broadcasts and the radio station. And sometimes, they had to work in all those areas in their efforts to gain practical experience as well as, we hope, have a little fun building their resume of communications skills. They’ll be missed by all in the Journalism and New Media Department, but we trust their talents will take them far in their upcoming careers. We didn’t let them get off-campus and into the “real world” without answering a few questions or commenting about their time with us. Abby Davis 1. What professor has shaped you the most here? In what way? I would be remiss not to mention both of the professors that have poured into me a great deal during my time at Lipscomb. The first, I met very early on. It was my junior year of high school and I was battling cancer. Rather than our usual trip to the beach, my doctors recommended that we take a spring break trip to somewhere closer in case of emergency, so my parents and I took a trip to Nashville. During our trip we scheduled a few college visits and one was at Lipscomb University. I set up a meeting with Professor Alan Griggs in the Journalism department, and, from that meeting, I knew...
by Kathryn Farris & Hannah Cron | May 9, 2021 | News, News Slider
This year’s commencement, flavored by COVID-19 precautions, marked not only the graduation of Lipscomb’s class of 2021 but also one of President Randolph Lowry’s final major events as president of the university. Lowry announced earlier this year that this summer he will begin transitioning to the role of chancellor. While an in-person graduation was able to happen for the first time since December 2019, several changes were made to ensure the proceedings were COVID-safe. All 2020 graduation ceremonies were done remotely because of the pandemic. Rather than having one large ceremony as was usual in the pre-COVID days, graduates were divided by college across four separate ceremonies on Friday and Saturday (May 7-8). Masks were worn during each ceremony, and all graduates were seated several feet apart to allow for social distancing. “Resilience” of the Lipscomb community throughout the past year was a consistent theme in the ceremonies. In his final speech in the role, Lowry thanked the students for their commitment to Lipscomb. “I was thinking in this COVID world, in this particular moment, what is it that I as the president would suggest you take with you? I want to suggest just one thing: I hope from this experience at Lipscomb University you take a sense of character,” said Lowry. “I thought if there was any group of students around that will come back, will come to this institution and follow the protocol, will understand why we are trying to be respectful of everyone — it was Lipscomb students, because you have character.” President Lowry also reflected upon his shared experience with the graduates. “I feel a...
by Mckenzi Harris | May 8, 2021 | News, News Slider, Opinion
Mckenzi Harris already has transitioned from her job as editor of Lipscomb’s Lumination Network student news website to the “real world.” But before she graduated, May 8, she offered up some final thoughts on being a student, photographer, editor and news-gatherer for the website. Here are her thoughts: It’s here. My last day as an undergraduate college student. I’m officially an alumna from Lipscomb University as of May 8, which means I’ve passed the Lumination “editor-in-chief” title on to a new leader. I began my staff duties with Lumination as a sports photographer the spring of 2019, and I began to occasionally write a piece for two. I took on the “editor-in-chief” role in the summer of 2019. I have enjoyed every minute of my time at Lipscomb, but my best memories came from being a part of the amazing community of Lumination staff writers. As I leave Lipscomb to enter the workforce, our Lumination leadership roles are being turned over to a great, new team of editors. Starting tomorrow (May 9), rising senior Kathryn Farris will be taking over as the new editor-in-chief; rising sophomores Camryn Given and Hannah Cron will build on their duties as managing editors; and rising junior Danny Kotula is becoming the sports editor. Lumination Network is being left in the best possible hands with this new editorial staff. I have so many amazing memories from my time as Lumination Network’s editor-in-chief and want to share a few, as well as some gratitude I want to publicly express to the communication faculty and Lipscomb community members who have entrusted me to bring the news to our audience over the past two...
