by Hunter Patterson | Oct 31, 2011 | News Slider
Senior law, justice and society major Brett Flener was arrested on Friday night along with 26 other protesters on Legislative Plaza as part of the Occupy Nashville movement. The arrest was captured on video by Nashville Scene reporter Jonathan Meador. The video is currently making its rounds on YouTube. At the :06 mark you hear Meador introduce himself as a reporter with the Nashville Scene to the protestors At the :13 mark Brett Flener, the Lipscomb student, introduces himself At :22, an office, over a bullhorn, tells the protestors that their “time is up” (the new Plaza curfew is at 10:00 p.m. with 10 minutes given to demonstrators to leave the area) At :26, you hear a protestor say, “they are approaching!” At :35, the trooper, pictured above, approaches Meador At :38, Meador, tells the trooper that he is “getting off” several times At :40, Meador is told that he is under arrest, and at the same time, Meador exclaims that he is a member of the media At :45, the trooper tells Meador that he “had his time” At :46 The troopers tells Meador that he is “resisting arrest” At :54, the initial trooper tells a fellow officer to “tell him when you get him up there, charge him with resisting arrest” At 1:10 you hear a very distinct sound of handcuffs clasping around Meador’s wrists At 1:38, the officer tells Meador, or “Hoss” at this point apparently, that the camera is going in his pocket The group was released later that evening by night court magistrate Tom Nelson. Earlier this month, senior Clay Smith gave us a video...
by Emily Snell | Apr 15, 2011 | News Slider
Nearly 700 people gathered in Allen Arena for the 37th annual Tennessee Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning. Gov. Bill Haslam spoke at the event, which was his first appearance at Lipscomb as governor. The president of World Vision, Richard Stearn, was the keynote speaker. Melinda Doolittle, a Christian recording artist and former American Idol contestant, performed, as did the Nashville Choir. “We hope this event will motivate us to pray,” said Joey Ivey, chair of the Citizens’ Committee. The committee plans everything prior to and during the breakfast. It is made up of 41 men and women—pastors, business professionals, community members and political leaders. According to the Tennessee Prayer Breakfast’s website, the purpose of the breakfast is “to seek the blessing of Almighty God for our governor, general assembly, the judiciary and others in positions of leadership throughout the State of Tennessee.” The Soul Choir opened the event by singing a song saying, “Lord, we need you to show up.” Ivey then welcomed the attendees, recognized the sponsors and said the opening prayer. The first few minutes of the meal were filled with musical performances by Dan Oxley and the Nashville Choir. Beth Harwell, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, read from Philippians 2. Chaplain (Major) Thomas J. Faichney prayed for government leaders, drawing attention to the government’s role to humbly execute justice under God’s authority, rather than as a substitute for God. He asked for “grace, teachability, selflessness, joy, peace and love” on behalf of federal and state leaders. David Perry prayed on behalf of families, asking for “a spirit of reconciliation.” He prayed that family members would...
by Hunter Patterson | Nov 2, 2010 | News Slider, Opinion
On a night during which many voters expressed disapproval for the Obama administration and the Democrats, Tennessee became one of many states from around the country to elect a Republican governor. And voters in the Volunteer State didn’t have to wait long to find out all the pre-election prognostications were correct: By 7:28 p.m. the Associated Press declared Bill Haslam the winner. Republican Haslam, mayor of Knoxville, and Democrat Mike McWherter, a Jackson businessman and the son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, sought to succeed outgoing Gov. Phil Bredesen. With nearly half of the precincts having reported, Haslam controlled about 70 percent of the vote. During his victory speech Haslam — who had spent a part of the evening chairing the Knoxville City Council, one of his mayoral duties — expressed excitement about the tasks at hand. “I am looking forward to working with Gov. Bredesen–we are starting as early as (Wednesday),” Haslam said. “It is my duty to make certain that Tennessee continues to move forward. While it’s time to celebrate the victory, we must not forget that we face some major social issues.” It also appears that Tennessee has approved a constitutional guarantee to hunt and fish. Much like what other Southern states have done — South Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas — Tennessee will now have the right to hunt and fish implanted into the state’s constitution. While it does not change the law, it prevents from hunting and fishing from being outlawed without changing the constitution. Several participants from COMMA volunteered at the News Channel 4 studios Tuesday night. The COMMA students (members of the Communication Majors and Minors Association) answered phone calls from all around the state to...
