by Emily Snell | Nov 1, 2012 | News Slider
The Pajama Game, a musical about strife and romance in a 1950s pajama factory, opens Thursday in Collins Alumni Auditorium at 7 p.m. and is free for Lipscomb students. Director Beki Baker said the show, which won a Tony Award in 1954, is a classic example of a Broadway musical. “It’s about as classic a Broadway style musical as they come,” she said. The theatre faculty chose this fall’s musical together, Baker explained, saying they decided to pick something that contrasts with what they’ve done in the past couple of years. “We’ve been doing more contemporary musicals the last few years, so we wanted to do something classic,” she said. “We have a lot of females in the department this year, so we thought this would be a good way to showcase them.” Baker, who has worked as an adjunct professor at Lipscomb for four years, said she enjoys working with college students because “they’re willing to work hard.” “I really enjoy working with university students because I love seeing them learn and grow,” she said. Baker encouraged Lipscomb students to attend the show and support their classmates. “It’s good to support each other,” she said. “It’s easy to support just the sports, but we have to remember to support the arts and all types of work. We’d love to see everybody there.” The Pajama Game will be performed in Collins Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Lipscomb students can get in for free, courtesy of SGA. Other student tickets are $5, faculty tickets cost $10 and all other tickets are $15. For...
by Bridgette Begle | Oct 31, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
Campus ministry came together before the semester started to find a way to work with “two groups of people that are smaller to campus but also contain a lot of leaders,” according to Lauren King, a campus ministry intern. Once a month, athletes and social clubs will have a designated Thursday for a breakout chapel specifically for them. However, these chapels are not limited to just these groups; anyone can go to either chapel. King is a sophomore member of Pi Delta who also works with the campus ministry staff. King and the rest of the ministry team wanted to give athletes and those in Greek life the opportunity to learn and grow together in a chapel-like setting. Junior Erin Gupton, a member of Phi Sigma, said she loves the idea of the new Greek chapel. She said she wants people to feel welcome and not like socials clubs are private. “I hate when Greek life comes across as exclusive because that is not the point,” Gupton said. There have been three Greek life breakout chapels so far this semester, and they’ve been going very well, according to King and Gupton. The idea is to include multiple clubs in each devotional, Gupton said, explaining that one club will lead the singing, one will lead the prayer, one will do the message and so on. Athletes are also breaking in a new breakout chapel this semester. Those who have attended athlete’s chapel have now heard from two different speakers. The first was Athletic Director Philip Hutcheson and second was Brent High the associate athletic director for spiritual formation. It has been...
by Whitney Jarreld | Oct 30, 2012 | News Slider
There are many food venue options on Lipscomb’s campus. However a growing concern for the United States is having the opportunity to buy more natural, local and healthy options for consumption. The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics put on Food Day in the square on Oct. 25. Emily Brunson, along with other dietetics majors at Lipscomb planned and hosted the event. Brunson got involved with Food Day when she attended a real food challenge in Chapel Hill, N.C. “It is a nationwide celebration of local, substainable and affordable food,” she said. The day provided Lipscomb students with free samples and information on healthy living and local foods. Some music was also provided while the event took place in the square. Vendors who attended support local business and farmers. Ric Ously of Ously Ouch Salsa says he makes his salsa from locally grown food. “It’s important to support our local farmers, and that’s why we use [local produce],” Ously said. Adam Curtis is a part of Good Food For Good People. He says his organization “acts as a local food hub with about 85 farmers and food artisians here in Middle Tennessee.” He believes it’s important to support local food “because it helps build a green econmoy because the money stays within your local area and you just get healthier, better quality food.” Tennessee is known for crops like tomatoes, corn and soy beans, but there are still some communities who are struggling to aquire better options for their food intake. Some vendors who participated include: The Well Frothy Monkey Nutrisha The Jam...
by Michael Fox | Oct 29, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
With “brotherhood” as their mantra, the fresh crop of Lipscomb Bisons focuses on getting to know each other while tuning up for the historic Battle of the Boulevard rivalry Nov. 9. “That’s a pretty big game,” sophomore forward Martin Smith said. “It’s the first game of the season, and everyone is really looking forward to that–getting hype–and we’ll be ready for it.” The 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9 tipoff at Allen Arena will begin the game that is for the first time a non-conference matchup. Belmont left the Atlantic Sun this past year to join the Ohio Valley Conference. Nine new players have joined the squad, and coach Scott Sanderson said he knows that the focus of practices will be coming together internally as one group of players. “Right now we are more focused on what we’re doing,” he said, adding that what concerns him most is “our day-to-day process, our day-to-day work ethic, you know, how we are paying attention to detail and getting ourselves better individually to help our team get better.” Key additions to the team are: junior Khion Sankey from Stockton, Calif.; freshman John Ross Glover from Jackson, Tenn.; junior Oscar Garcia from El Paso, Texas; freshman J. J. Butler from Abingdon, Md., freshman Dylan Greene from Anaheim Hills, Calif.; and freshman Stephen Hurt from Murfreesboro, Tenn. With so many new faces, the Bisons are keying on the word “brotherhood” as their team motto. “I think when you look at our team currently, they’ve really come together as a brotherhood,” said Assistant Coach Pete Froedden. “They actually came up with that term brotherhood, and that’s something...
by Anne Paquin | Oct 27, 2012 | News Slider
As we near the end of October, Halloween isn’t the only thing on the mind of Lipscomb students. Paint the Herd was Friday night and, as predicted by many, was a major success. The Student Government Association sponsors Paint the Herd each year in the lower level of the Allen Arena West parking garage on the last Friday of October. This was the third year that SGA has sponsored the event. Paint the Herd allows students to spend several hours together as a community partying, singing and throwing paint at one another. One of Lipscomb’s own students served as deejay of the event, and the crowd’s approval of his skills was overwhelming. And, unlike in years past, SGA brought out the paint early, nearly as soon as a majority of the partygoers were in the basement of the parking garage. For a $5 cover charge, students were able to be involved in one of the biggest events of the fall semester. Here are some of the highlights. Please upgrade your browser Photo Gallery Credit: Whitney...
by Emily Snell | Oct 26, 2012 | News Slider
In this week’s installment of Lumination News, Madeline Smith and Nick Glende are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Brynn Watkins brings you the latest information in political news, Nicolette Carney delivers your weather forecast, Crystal Davis gives you the scoop on all things entertainment, and Ariel Jones offers a look at sports. Videos feature the Nursing and Health Sciences Center dedication, Pizza and Politics, Food Day, HumanDocs, the documentary “Fresh,” Paint the Herd, fall break, dodgeball and Nashville Spotlight on Performance Studios located on Thompson Lane....
