As October comes to an end, Halloween isn’t the only thing on the mind of Lipscomb students. Many highly anticipated events are returning this fall and promise to bring even more fun and excitement.
Paint the Herd returned Friday, Oct. 25, in it’s fourth year under the sponsorship of the Lipscomb Student Government Association.
Student Activities Director Louis Nelms said Paint the Herd started his junior year in 2010 at Lipscomb University, and it has been a hit every year since.
“It’s one of Lipscomb’s bigger events,” Nelms said. “There is always several hundreds of people there. It’s going to be one students talk about for a while. It’s one that students look forward to all year.”
“It’s fun, it’s this Friday, and it’s going to be a blast,” he added.
Paint the Herd isn’t the only exciting event that has been planned. The always popular annual dodge ball tournament put on by Campus Ministry is also just around the corner. This years ninth annual tournament is comes back to campus on the first of November in Bison Square.
“It started off as just a goofy event for people to dress up around Halloween and play dodge ball and it sort of evolved into this massive celebration of what I think is the Lipscomb culture,” Nelms said.
“I always tell people there is two ways to win dodge ball. One, you can win the actual tournament and you take a trophy home, but no one remembers you. Two, you can have the best costume and everyone remembers you.”
If getting paint on your body or getting hit by dodge ball isn’t your idea of a good time, how about winning tickets to a Justin Timberlake concert?
“November 14, the night before the Justin Timberlake concert we are doing a trivia night,” Nelms said. “The team that wins trivia night will win four tickets to the concert the next day.”
If a Justin Timberlake still doesn’t excite you, there are many other events coming to campus such as Running of the Bison and Stomp Fest. Be sure to check your email for event updates.
Nelms says the events are always fun and they are here to enhance your college experience.
“What I remember about college is my relationships with people and the relationships I had with those people were formed from Lipscomb,” Nelms said. “Your college experience is what you make of it.”