by Erin Turner | Mar 14, 2015 | News Slider
It was a dark and rainy day on campus, but smiles and cheers lit up Allen Arena during the Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament Friday evening. The basketball games that continued into Saturday night marked Lipscomb’s 11th year of hosting the tournament. The special bond between Lipscomb athletes and the Special Olympics athletes make the teaming of the tournament and the university a natural fit. “There is a competitive rivalry, but there is also much more support of fellow athletes no matter what team they’re on,” said Lin Garner, Lipscomb’s Associate Athletic Director for Academics. A spotlight was put on the athletic camaraderie at the opening ceremonies, where Lipscomb athletes joined the Special Olympics athletes to cheer them on before they stepped on court. Terry Watkins, Special Olympics Director for Area 1 Nashville, said that in that short time of fellowship, the Special Olympics athletes made connections with the college athletes. “Love is love,” Watkins said. “You can love a sport, whether you’re really good at it or not. “College athletes are generally good at sports. There are some of our [athletes] that may not be, but they still have that love — that common love of sports that comes together when we do things like this.” Watkins, who also teaches Special Education at Nashville’s Glencliff High School, is a veteran of three decades as a Special Olympics coach. He said he loves what he sees on the court, but wishes more would would take the time to cheer in the stands. “Most of our [coaches’] job is encouragement — building on the good things — and when the fans cheer, that...
by Janice Ng | Jan 23, 2015 | News Slider
Mignonne Bryant and Katie Bianchini led this week’s Lumination News from the news desk, delivering Nashville community and Lipscomb headlines. Construction on the 17-story Green Hills 4000 Hillsboro building has come to a halt. See how local businesses and Lipscomb students are responding to the Southern Land project. The Connection at Lipscomb is a full-service post office in the basement of the Bennett Campus Center. Recently, shipments to The Connection have peaked, piling the shelves high with online shopping and book orders. Reporter Leslie Newman takes us behind the scenes of this busy mailing system. Sarah McGee has highlights from President Obama’s State of the Union address, Madeline Montgomery has the weather, Erin King delivers Hollywood drama and Brianne Welch has NFL and hockey updates. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director at...
by Joel Clinger | Dec 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Students looking for music, fellowship and free coffee flock to Coffeehouse. Coffeehouse not only means good music for listeners but also important performances for local songwriters. Scott Wilson, a freshman at Lipscomb, played at Coffeehouse in September and said he was thrilled by the opportunity to perform for his peers. “Someone is there to receive what I’ve created and worked really hard on,” he said. Coffeehouse is a small, intimate concert performed by Lipscomb students for Lipscomb students. Every Thursday night at 10 p.m. the Starbucks located in the Bennett Campus Center is booming with people and tunes. Coffeehouse is popular for the obvious reasons, among them the fact it gives the spotlight to songwriters who usually remain anonymous. Wilson said Coffeehouse was the first live show he had ever done by himself, even though he records his own music and puts it on the Internet. “I liked the first experience of that, and I liked getting to perform some of the music that I had written,” he said. Coffeehouse is a place that can provide a live atmosphere without a scary audience for performers, but it also provides a platform for artists to get their point across through their music. “Something about an audience changes the way you would perform”, Wilson said. “I think it gets me out of perfectionist mode, and it makes me not think about as much as how perfectly I’m playing but how well I’m conveying what I’m...
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...
by Janice Ng | May 23, 2014 | Opinion
The life of a one-day NBC/Lipscomb student runner does not actually involve a lot of running. In my short time helping out the NBC Nightly News crew, I got tasked with all manner of things to help the on-the-road broadcast happen. The clock read 10:25 a.m. There was no thermometer in the room, but I could gauge the temperature. It was roughly 80 degrees, and beads of perspiration could be seen on people’s foreheads. It was discussed that a fan should be procured, and I should be the one to fetch it, and so I did. I placed the fan in the very office where anchor Brian Williams would soon be stationed. At precisely 11 a.m., I pointed out the nearest restroom to an NBC employee. “Do you know where the closest restroom is,” the employee asked. “It’ll be right over there,” I said while pointing expertly in the general direction of the restroom. The employee was grateful. At 12:30 p.m., an NBC photographer needed to get footage of Lipscomb’s campus, and I was the chosen one to drive him around in a golf cart. “You,” an NBC employee pointed to me and said, “You’re a student, yes? So you would know all the pretty places around campus?” “Yes, I am and I do,” I said. “Great. You can take our photographer around campus to get some shots.” The next hour was spent chit-chatting with the photographer as he got his shots, telling my beginnings and background as a student journalist at Lipscomb, and hearing about his career. At precisely 4:06 p.m., I spotted Williams walk into the Bennett Campus Center accompanied by Lipscomb...
