by Brianna Langley | Nov 7, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
Check out the Lumination newscast this week, where Aaron Schmelzer and Sarah McGee give you updates on the latest and most current news events from behind the desk. Madeline Smith gives you all the updates from the recent nationwide election in our politics segment, Carly Bergthold takes you through the latest entertainment news, Travis Byrd gives you a look into this week’s weather forecast and Brianne Welch lets you in on all the latest in the world of sports. This week’s show also features updates on the changes being added to Lipscomb dining and a popular Nashville bakery that is opening up a new franchise overseas. Want to know details about a Lipscomb science professor’s medical research being conducted on campus? Jesica Parsley gives you the scoop. If you’re wondering about how the annual Lipscomb Dodgeball Tournament recently played out, Gemikal Prude gives you a firsthand look. Remember to check next week’s newscast for the most up-to-date community news. Have any events or story ideas you want covered? Contact our News Director at...
by Cory Woodroof | Nov 7, 2014 | News Slider
For one night only, Lipscomb stood center stage at one of the nation’s premiere venues for the “Lipscomb: On a New Stage” program. “Lipscomb: On a New Stage” brought hundreds from the Lipscomb community together Thursday night to the historic Ryman Auditorium to enjoy a night of tunes, tributes and takes on the school’s past, present and future. University president Randy Lowry gave the evening’s keynote address. He shared a few important moves that will have Lipscomb grow exponentially from now to 2020. To Lowry, holding such an event at the Ryman meant more than the other option. “You know, the alternative to this was a chicken dinner at some restaurant,” Lowry said. “Where we would have sat there for 45 minutes and eaten and had a very, very short program, and as we were thinking about the day, we said, ‘Let’s do something more interesting. How about the Ryman? How about coming down here and celebrating? How about being a community in a different place to think about a different future?’” Lowry touched on a variety of advancements for the university in his address, including the addition of the new McFarland lab, new residential space, the new Civil Engineering building, the new Performing Arts Center, a new College of Education building, the new School of Public Policy and Civic Leadership, the school’s new Mobile Medical Units (deploying in 2015) and other updates. For Lipscomb Academy, a new middle school, the new McCadams field house at the Reece Smith Athletic Complex and the possibility for LA students to earn a year’s worth of college credits while still in high...
by Chad Johnson | Nov 1, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
The Power Rangers rarely, if ever, have been defeated by their opposition, and Friday night was no different…kind of. In the annual Lipscomb dodgeball tournament (this year’s theme being the pirate-influenced “Jolly Dodger”), Team “Power Rangers” defeated “Lipscomb Volleyball” in an epic championship held in the Fanning Hall courtyard Friday night. Senior Ben Ashley explained what was going through his head during the final one-on-one showdown. “Honestly, I was just thinking, ‘This is the end, this is it. But after it’s all over, I’m still going to have a blast because we’re all friends’,” Ashley said. Part of the show included the teams’ theme and costumes. Sophomore Cedric Duncan explains how they came up with the idea for Power Rangers. “We had several ideas at first,” Duncan said. “Husband Housewives was the original one, but decided to go with the Power Rangers.” Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. En route to their championship, they beat the defending champions, “Team Belmont.” “Everybody wanted us to beat them, so it felt great to come out on top,” Duncan added. However, the fun didn’t stop there. Since it was Halloween, students had the chance to win $100 for the best costume. Via crowd vote, the winner was a student dressed as Batman. While the competition was fierce, many teams like the Power Rangers were in the tournament to have fun and entertain the crowd. “We had a plan up until the second round, but we weren’t thinking in terms of championship,” Ashley said. “We just wanted to put on a good show.” Carousel photo and gallery credit: Erin...
by Sam Webb | Oct 30, 2014 | News Slider, Opinion
I am not a huge fan of scary things. However, I found myself crashing through the darkened hallways of Haunted High Rise with my friends. Residents of High Rise began preparing for the event around the beginning of October, and the decorating started around 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Each floor had a different theme, ranging from hotels to butcher shops. Freshman and High Rise resident Ethan Osborne spent the night startling people on the fifth floor. To Osborne, being as groggy as a zombie was well-worth it. “We don’t get much rest but [Haunted High Rise] is all in good fun,” said Osborne. One floor that received a great deal of attention was the contagion floor, which appeared to play off of the publicity from the Ebola virus. As for me, one go-around through the horrifying halls of Haunted High Rise was enough to remind me that I am not as brave as I...
by Erin Turner | Oct 28, 2014 | News Slider
Prayers were answered when Dr. Klarissa Hardy received a $660,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund her investigation of effective cancer treatments. Hardy, a researcher and assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in Lipscomb University’s College of Pharmacy, began writing her proposal to acquire a postdoctoral fellowship at the same time a woman at her church was asking for prayers during her battle with breast cancer. “She had asked for prayer several times in our Bible classes, and so I’m thinking about that and I’m thinking about other individuals who were struggling with the side effects of the drugs that they take,” said Hardy. “As I was writing that, it really kind of all hit me: that this is really important.” After her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington, Hardy made her way to Lipscomb University. A chemist at heart, Hardy has always enjoyed studying the effect drugs have on the human body. “I think at the end of the day, for me, what I like is being able to link the very like detailed basic work that we do in the lab to something that can potentially impact and improve the way people are treated.” Now she has the means to dig deeper in her investigation of effective treatments. “We’re trying to get the best treatment for the individual patient, based on their genetic make up, based on their lifestyle, whatever they’re exposed to in their environment, seeing how that unique individual can best respond to a drug.” The research involves genetic factors and how they contribute to a patient’s reaction to the drug. “What I’d really...
