by Cory Woodroof | Apr 25, 2014 | News Slider
Metro Police Officer Andrew Nash, a former Yellow Ribbon scholar, was remembered as “a hero” during a memorial service Thursday in the Ezell Center’s Swang Chapel. “Andy was, by all measures, a hero,” said Jim Thomas, the executive assistant to university president Randy Lowry, during the memorial. “One who has given his or her life to something bigger than self – that was Andrew David Nash. A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities – that was Andrew David Nash.” Nash, 30, who graduated from Lipscomb in December 2013, died April 14 of apparent natural causes. “This is a person who had a strong adherence through his faith and through his daily practice of life, of adhering to character and sacrifice,” said Thomas, a professor in the communications department and a veteran himself. Nash had been a member of the Metro Police Department since 2007. He also served the Andrew Jackson Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police as a board member. “Officer Nash was an extremely well-liked and respected officer who was carrying on his father’s fine tradition of service to Nashville and its citizens,” said Chief Steve Anderson in a press release.“The Nashville Police Department is a family. Our hearts are deeply saddened by Andy’s untimely passing.” Nash’s father, Bob Nash, is a retired East Precinct Commander. Nash served in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007 and served two tours in Iraq. A Yellow Ribbon student, he completed his bachelor’s degree in law, justice and society in December. Randy Spivey, academic director of the institute for law, justice and society, met...
by Bridgette Begle | Mar 25, 2014 | News Slider
Author Elizabeth Cox will be the centerpiece of Thursday’s Landiss Lecture. The Swang Chapel in the Ezell Center will host the free lecture, as well as the reception and book signing beginning at 7:30 on March 27. Cox has written four novels, as well as two other books of short stories and poetry. She has spread her knowledge through teaching at universities; namely teaching creative writing at Duke for 17 years. Her résumé includes being a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and winning the North Carolina Fiction Award amongst other awards. She is now teaching at Wofford College in South...
by Janice Ng | Mar 14, 2014 | News Slider
The semester may quickly be drawing to an end, but Lipscomb’s Student Government Association is still in planning mode, working with administration to govern students more effectively. “Something that we’re currently working on internally is that we’re trying to revise the constitution,” SGA President Andrew Hunt said. “We have found that Lipscomb has changed a lot in the past few years,” Hunt said. “We feel like we can better work with the administration.” The constitution was last revised in 2010. “Things have changed a lot even since then,” he said. “We’re trying to restructure SGA.” Hunt, a senior and corporate management major, also said SGA is working with the provost’s office to revamp certain majors. “We recently sent out some surveys to students to see what the demand for each major is,” Hunt said. “They are some departments that are more adult study heavy, like business, [law, justice and society], social work, where classes are only offered at night.” Hunt says SGA wants to give a chance for students to be able to get more involved in night activities. “We’re working with the provost to see if there’s any way we can take students out of [night classes] by offering the classes during the day as well,” Hunt said. Some SGA plans are already in motion, such as adding a new printer to the Ezell Center. “Hopefully, after spring break, we’ll have a printer in Ezell,” Hunt said. “We’ve been working with a lot of the departments in Ezell to see who can fund it. We’re trying to find sponsorship for that directly.” SGA is also working on meal...
by Erin Turner | Mar 13, 2014 | News Slider
Graduate film and creative media students joined professionals from Town Square Pictures on the production of The Secret Handshake in the Ezell Center Thursday. The upcoming family comedy stars Kevin Sorbo (Andromeda) and was written and directed by Howie Klausner (Space Cowboys). The production is being filmed on Lipscomb’s campus along with several other locations in Nashville. Graduate students in Lipscomb’s Film and Creative Media Program gained hands-on experience and insight to the field by working with crews from Town Square Pictures. Graduate student Wes Speight joined the electric crew during production in Ezell. “I’ve learned more than I could possibly learn in a classroom,” Speight said. “I’ve learned a great deal about lighting and how that works. Also, how they communicate with other departments and how the director communicates with them.” Because Speight hopes to one day become a director, the hands-on experience he gained from this experience will help him build his career in directing. “I think it’s good to have a general knowledge of how it all works, and I think I’ve gained that by being here and simply just observing,” Speight said. Lipscomb theater majors Abigail Minor and Sydni Hayes joined the set as extras. “We had to audition for this part,” Minor said. “It was a really fun experience, and it was pretty awesome to meet Kevin.” Not only did filming some of the production at Lipscomb benefit film graduate students and theater majors, but it also brought lead actor Sorbo back to his college days. “I’m a college guy, so coming to Lipscomb really brought me back to my college days,” Sorbo said....
by Janice Ng | Jan 22, 2014 | News Slider
WSMV Channel 4 News chief investigative reporter and anchor Jeremy Finley says investigative journalism is outrage. “That’s what investigative journalism is all about,” Finley said at this month’s edition of Media Masters Tuesday evening to a crowd of communication and journalism students at the Ezell Center. “It is outrage on a lot of different platforms,” Finley said. “When I come on the air with a story, that’s what I’m bringing. I’m bringing outrage of some kind.” To Finley, investigative journalism involves digging deeper than just reporting on a story. “I knew what I wanted to do. I didn’t just want to cover, I wanted to uncover. That’s the difference between general assignment and investigative.” Uncover, he did. Over the course of his career, Finley has exposed corruption, crime, how taxpayer dollars are being used, what public officials are doing and many scams that are out in the nation. Finley discussed an unusual case involving prison inmates updating Facebook pages from behind bars. The inmates had smuggled cellphones into their cells, and were using social media to show the public their life behind bars. Finley and his team did an investigative piece on the issue, which led to 15 more investigative stories on the smuggling activities of prison wardens and inmates. The story also led the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to investigate the state prisons. Finley said that although investigative journalism has given him a lot of experience, some of his most memorable experiences came before he stepped into that field. Finley recalled helicopter rides, cave expeditions and covering the Summer Olympics in Greece. Besides investigating, Finley also anchors the...
