by Erin Turner | Jan 21, 2015 | News Slider
In the next few weeks, students can expect to see some major changes at the future location of Au Bon Pain, such as a new door leading to an outdoor patio. This healthy sandwich and pastries shop that will be making its new home in the SAC missed its target opening in late fall 2014, but it is now scheduled to open in early March. Greg Mercer, superintendent for Solomon Builders Inc., explained that the plans have changed over time, creating a lengthy waiting period for construction. “At first it was going to be a fitness studio and a restaurant, they came back and changed their minds and decided they wanted a restaurant only,” Mercer said. “So then it has to go back through the examiner, back through the codes, back from the start, then back to the architect, back to us to price, then back to architects to revise, and back to us to start building. So that’s been part of the delays is that right there — the changes that have been made and the revisions that have been made in the project.” The space that was once an auxiliary training room has been missed by gym-goers during the last few months. “The gym is like already small and now there’s like six of us working out in the hallway,” sophomore Ashley Haley said. “It’s kind of annoying because I pay to go here, so I would like to see my money going to something that I feel like people would use more,” sophomore Morgan Goodlow said. Matthew Abplanalp, director of campus recreation, explained that with construction it...
by Janice Ng | Jan 16, 2015 | News Slider
Lumination News brings a new show for the 2015 spring semester, with Madeline Montgomery and Carly Bergthold behind the news desk to inform students of Lipscomb events and happenings. This week’s show provides a variety of updates, from hard-hitting world news headlines to entertaining celebrity gossip, and even NFL and Lipscomb sports scores, with student reporters Mignonne Bryant, Sarah McGee and Charlie Bateman. A Lipscomb student’s YouTube video is causing uproar in the Church of Christ community. Senior Lauren King posted a video of herself preaching that went viral. Reporter Madeline Montgomery spoke with King and Lipscomb faculty about the new-found attention. In the Student Activity Center, renovations for the addition of Au Bon Pain, a French eatery, is causing trouble for students, taking up former fitness space. Leslie Newman reports the latest updates on the construction. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here at Lumination Network. LUmination Newscast 1-15-2015-H.264 for Apple TV from lumination Network on Vimeo. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director...
by Erin Turner | Nov 6, 2014 | News Slider
The completion of Au Bon Pain has been put on hold while measures required by the Metro Codes Department are put into place. Director of Campus Plant and Retail Operations Jeff Wilson said that the original goal was to complete construction by mid-semester this fall. “We’ve hit delays there [the future location of Au Bon Pain] because of getting plans through metro codes and so we’re still anticipating an early spring opening, hopefully by mid-January,” Wilson said. The delays may have put construction behind, but they have not been a major interruption to the SAC. “There’s been a little more dust and debris than we would like in the ideal situation, but we feel like overall, the SAC is able to run just fine.” In the meantime, plans are being made for Common Grounds, located on the third floor of Ezell. “We’re still trying to figure out what exactly we will be doing with common grounds, but it looks like we will simple close that and move that business and those items to the Au Bon Pain store there in the SAC.” Au Bon Pain will provide coffee, sandwiches and pastries, much like Common Grounds and ZeBi Bistro do, but the menu will be more extensive. ZeBi Bistro may be potential competition for the new café, but the location is what will make the difference. “I think it could compete with ZeBi some, but the really unique thing about where Au Bon Pain is located is that we will not only have the SAC traffic coming in and out of there, but that’s going to be a really key,...
by Colleen Casner | Jul 14, 2014 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s Auntie Anne’s Pretzels is no more, paving the way for a new campus dining option. The famous pretzel chain’s campus location has closed, allowing new dining spot Au Bon Pain to open in the lobby of the Student Activity Center, according to Wolcott Fary, General Manager of Lipscomb Dining Services. Fary says that in order for Au Bon Pain to open up shop, another on-campus dining location had to close. Auntie Anne’s was chosen because it had not appealed to Lipscomb students as much as the dining office had expected. Overshadowed by more popular student center offerings such as Chick-fil-A and Starbucks, Auntie Anne’s was not making much of a profit on the few pretzels it sold. The pretzel stop opened in 2012 and was located in the Bennett Campus Center. With a menu featuring hot and cold sandwiches, salads, coffee, fresh-baked bread and pastries, smoothies, different kinds of soup and entrees ranging from pasta to Indian dishes, Au Bon Pain’s large selection will make this new addition second only to the dining room for the number of food options. A health-conscious chain, Au Bon Pain focuses on creating healthy foods from quality ingredients. It posts the ingredients in all of its foods on its website. The franchise’s second location in Nashville, Au Bon Pain will feature extra seating to accommodate students in a larger SAC lobby. Au Bon Pain will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Starbucks renovation to begin later in the month In the meantime, Starbucks is getting a new look with a renovation later this month. The back wall and counter will...
