by Whitney Jarreld | Nov 5, 2010 | News Slider
Sponsored by SGA, Kappa lota Theta and Residence Life, Trunk-or-Treat: A Halloween Block Party provided an opportunity for Lipscomb students to have some fun before Halloween. There were an abundance of music performances by Lindsey Latimer, The Mason Jars, Thomas Rhett Akins with Joseph Whitaker and Kirk and the Crazy Kats. Students collected candy from trunks sponsored by dorms, social clubs, academic clubs and other Lipscomb organizations. The night also included a pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving, along with bonfires for marshmallow-roasting. Many people dressed in costumes for the night. Check out the pictures below. Please upgrade your...
by Rachel Carden | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider
On September 9, Room in the Inn’s new downtown Nashville campus at 705 Drexel Street officially opened its doors and welcomed in all those who don’t have a place to call home. November 1 began the 2010-2011 Room in the Inn season with more than 160 congregations around the city opening their doors to the homeless for one night when the downtown campus closes. The new $13 million, 44,000 square foot state-of-the-art building features a café and stage, 13 classrooms, storage facilities, a chapel, a rooftop garden, a built-in giant chess board and three stories of permanent and affordable apartments. It is the completion of a dream 25 years in the making by founder Father Charlie Strobel. “It’s amazing how much difference a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can make,” are the words of Strobel displayed in the lobby of the building for all to see. Room in the Inn operates under seven missions: “Through the power of spirituality and the practice of love, Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development provides hospitality with a respect that offers hope in a community of non-violence.” They strive to provide these fundamental needs to the over 400 visitors struggling with homelessness every day. One of the main goals of Room in the Inn is to educate its members so they one day can get back on their feet and provide for themselves. Literacy programs, computer skills training, and art and music classes are just a few of the many programs offered to anyone who is willing to take them. Vanderbilt University Law School and Belmont University assist with these programs as well...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider
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by Jeremy Keck | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
For the first time in 10 years, Lipscomb will be taking on former rival Trevecca Nazarene in an exhibition game Thursday night at Allen Arena. With so much time having passed since the last time these two teams matched up, some people say this installment might not match up to the storied games of yesteryear. Former star player and current athletic director Philip Hutchinson thinks differently. “A lot of people who go to school in Nashville stay in Nashville,” said Hutchinson. “There [are] a lot of loyalties to both schools. A lot of Lipscomb and Trevecca fans in Nashville were around whenever the rivalry was at its peak; this game should be a lot of fun.” Mark McGee, Lipscomb instructor and sports information director, who covered the games for Lipscomb when the rivalry was at its peak and Hutchinson both described the battles as “intense.” “It was every bit of the Belmont rivalry we have today and then some,” said Hutchinson. “A lot of the players grew up playing against each other, so bragging rights were always at stake each time we faced them.” “The fans were not ugly,” said McGee. “But it would get so loud that you couldn’t hear yourself think. The Lipscomb-Trevecca rivalry was edgier and grittier back then in some ways than Belmont games get today.” Andy Lane, who broadcast the Lipscomb basketball games during the 1980s, proclaims the meeting between these two schools was “The Game.” “Back when the games were played in McQuiddy, each time Trevecca would come to our place it would get packed,” Lane said. “It was a hot, loud, crowded atmosphere. The games would be...
by Hunter Patterson | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider
Students at Lipscomb are recognized for the numerous hours of service they complete each year. But it’s pretty astonishing what some students completed in just an few hours. Freshmen Nathan Owens and Zac Riedford, along with the help of countless friends, surprised a fellow student with something that not only brought tears to his eyes, but to almost every eye at last night’s Wednesday Night We Eat. Take a minute to think about living and going to school more than 7,000 miles away from home. That is what freshman history major Caesar Tang has to deal with everyday. He’s from Hong Kong, and he moved here his sophomore year of high school. Tang has only been home to China a few times since moving to Texas three years ago. With that in mind, Owens and Riedford began to wonder if it would be possible to send Caesar home for Christmas. “It started with about five of us sitting in a room,” said Owens, a biology major. “And we just started thinking it would be really cool to send Caesar home.” During a Tuesday night devotional, started by a group of freshman in 2008, the idea was born. “After devo one night we voiced the idea aloud once Caesar had left,” Owens said. “Our RA, Mark Wilkins, told us that it was a good idea and that we should run with it.” After thinking about it for a few days, Owens, Riedford and few others got together and talked about the options that they had. “Finally about a week later I decided that we needed to do something right then,”...
by Kathryn Claire Watts | Nov 3, 2010 | News Slider
Eleven Lipscomb students spent Tuesday evening at the WSMV studios, where they collected poll results from Tennessee counties to help in the televised news coverage of the heated elections. They were asked by WSMV’s Belinda Coffee to assist the regular news team by making phone calls to election results from each county. The students began the evening by getting a quick tour of the studio and then they received instructions on how to make the calls. While the task was simple, the students learned important details on the relationship between politics and communications. Click here for more information on election night. Leah Raich, a junior public relations major from Memphis, said she enjoyed the lessons learned. “This experience has really exposed me to technicalities that come with not only reporting but with preparing information for the air,” Raich said. Kathryn McKinley, a sophomore public leadership major from McMinnville, Tenn., said the experience exposed her to some of the ins and outs of the broadcast news industry. “You always hear people say a lot goes on behind the scenes, and I didn’t realize how true that was until this experience,” McKinley said. Dasha Tammark, a junior mass communication major from Okinawa, Japan, said the exercise — which was sort of a “field trip” by members of COMMA (Communication Majors and Minors Association) — offered up a lesson in American politics. “Being from Japan I know very little about politics,” Tammark said. “This experience has made me want to be more involved with politics and just generally more aware of what’s going on.” Please upgrade your...
