Katie Jones Senior Profile

by | Mar 12, 2010 | News Slider

1. Name, hometown, major Katie Jones, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., journalism 2. What’s next for you after graduation? I am going to continue my internship with SouthComm and job hunt. I am also going to get married this summer. 3. Long-term career goals? I would love to get a job at Her Magazine because it is a fun and creative atmosphere. I would also get to work with really great people. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? Lipscomb has helped me become the person I wanted to be. I have learned how to come out of my shell and meet new people. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? Dr. Paul Prill has influenced me most here at Lipscomb because he would always tell us to think outside the box. All the friends I have met here at Lipscomb have also helped me shape my viewpoints about...
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

by | Mar 8, 2010 | News Slider

Alice in Wonderland is a great family movie. It is rated PG and produced by Disney. Beside some complex wordplay intended for adults, the film is made for children. The only difficult things to understand are the intricate metaphors. The images in the picture are amazing and don’t require any analytical skills to enjoy. Tim Burton’s work in 3D is about as close as film can come to a hallucinogenic experience for the viewer. The combination of computer-generated animation, special effects, and make-up almost make the cartoon version more realistic than this one. Once entering Wonderland, the new film’s plot is mostly similar to the book by Lewis Carrol and the 1951 film version with Kathryn Beaumont as the voice of Alice. However, Burton’s version does have some differences in the plot, such as depicting Alice at almost age 20. Instead of visiting Wonderland, she is returning to Underland, where all the characters are at odds about whether or not she is the same young woman who came to visit them as a girl 13 years earlier. The prologue tells how Alice — before falling into the rabbit hole that leads to her adventure — is the daughter of Helen Kingsleigh. With her father Charles dead, Alice is about to marry the son of Lord Ascot for the security of his family’s wealth and status. A crowd of hundreds watches as young Ascot asks for Alice’s hand in marriage. She retreats to the garden, following a curious rabbit, instead of attending to the pressing matter at hand. Once falling down the rabbit hole at edge of the Ascot’s property, Alice encounters...

Career development aids students in finding internships

by | Mar 4, 2010 | News Slider

If you are entering the second semester of your sophomore year you should have an internship already, or be looking to land your first one. Many students fret about finding their first internship, but it is surprisingly easy with the help of the Career Development Center (CDC). All students at Lipscomb University are required to have at least one internship credit to graduate. Students fulfilling this requirement gain work experience in the real world before entering it. Leslie Shelby, Assistant Director of the CDC says that students who graduate without work experience will have trouble landing their first job. “Finding a job can be really difficult for graduates who don’t have multiple internships,” said Shelby. “Employers look for prior experience in a position that is directly relevant to the one they are interviewing for.” In this economy, finding a job after graduation might prove to be difficult, even for those with prior work experience.  An added bonus of holding internships while still in school is that many interns receive job offers before they graduate. Internships are exciting, but they often build on each other as your experience builds.  Students often balk at the idea of working an unpaid internship, but many of the best opportunities don’t have to pay—because there is already so much demand for them. “If a student can start small with an unpaid internship, they get the initial experience they need to get started on a professional path,” said Shelby. “It becomes like a snowball effect from there. Each experience builds upon the other and you can move from internship to internship very easily.” Some of...