by Travis Byrd | Feb 12, 2014 | News Slider
Friends are supposed to prevent each other from making bad decisions. On Tuesday, Lipscomb students were informed how to keep their friends from dating dumb. Michael Johnson (pictured to the right), the co-founder and and dean of dating of Future Marriage University, spoke to Lipscomb students during Tuesday’s Gathering. His foundation centers on how to date the right way. John Conger, who is the chair of department of family and consumer sciences, hopes that Lipscomb students will take Johnson’s message to heart. “I hope the take away will be that students and faculty will become more aware of the importance of relationship choices, not only for themselves, but also that friends don’t let friends date dumb,” Conger said. Johnson gave students a unique view into the world of dating by sharing ways to not date dumb, such as not dating because everyone is or just because they can. “A lot of people are making many fatal errors in relationships, and these cause untold suffering to individuals,” Conger said. “If there are children involved, these problems perpetuate into coming generations.” This chapel also signaled the start of what is being called Relationships Week. Students are going to be challenged to start taking a serious look at how their relationships are functioning. “It is a three day conference focusing on relationship choices and processes in today’s culture,” Conger said. “It’s time we had some serious conversations about this, and what better place and time than in college, when many will make these relationship choices.” Lipscomb students can get involved by attending various events throughout campus. Guys will be able to hear the second half of Johnson’s speech...
by Logan Butts | Feb 11, 2014 | News Slider
For the 2014 spring semester, Greek life on Lipscomb’s campus will be in the midst of a redefining stage. In the continuation of a process that started during the 2013 fall semester, both the campus life and Greek life teams are coming together to make Lipscomb a better place. The campaign to redefine Lipscomb’s social clubs has been spearheaded by Sam Smith, the associate dean of campus life, and Sam Parnell, the head of Greek life. Together, along with the International Code Council, they spent all of last semester fine-tuning the new club definition into the version seen today. “We’ve gone through a redefining stage of what Greek life is and what it means to be a part of Greek life,” Smith said. “What we’ve tried to do is we’ve tried to stage the setting for Greek life to be viewed in a positive light. This is the most powerful organization on campus. We want students to see it for how powerful and how good it is and really impact the reputation that it had by redefining what it will mean to be a part of Greek life.” One of the main goals of the redefinition process is to erase any lingering effects of what Smith called “a nationwide bad stigma” when people think of Greek life for any college, including Lipscomb. The plan is to highlight all of the positive aspects of Greek life, as well as to show what it can bring to the Lipscomb community, including non-Greek students. “I think nationwide there’s a bad stigma with Greek life,” Smith said. “They’re the frats – the sororities...
by Sam Jokisch | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Students go to college for one reason alone – to follow some ambition. Whether this be simply money or a passionate dream, it’s easy to forget amongst our own ideas that those who stand at the front of the classroom are just as ambitious. Enter Jeff Barrie, an independent filmmaker who has been teaching film production at Lipscomb since 2010. Barrie’s classes are small, and his area of study is very particular. But his work is award-winning, and he has been the main topic at film festivals across the state on more than one occasion. Every dream has a beginning, and Barrie says his passion stemmed from his first time seeing Star Wars in theaters as a child. “I was captivated by the images, the effects, the story, the characters, and I was powerfully moved,” Barrie said. ” I wanted to be part of creating those positive feelings for others. My uncle George noticed my fascination and loaned me the first movie camera he had bought as a teenager in the 1950s. From that moment on, I made one short film after another, year round for the next 10 years.” But as many independent filmmakers know, the road to success, or failure, is never straight. Barrie’s film school application to UCLA was declined two years in a row during his college years, devastating him and forcing him to choose an alternate major. But, the change led to a new opportunity. “I graduated with a degree in geography and environmental studies,” Barrie said. “I loved the classes I was taking and made many good friends in the major. During a...
by Kyrsten Turner | Feb 7, 2014 | News Slider
Music legends are heading to Lipscomb this spring for the fifth annual Copperweld Charlie Daniel’s Scholarship for Heroes event. The concert, which will be on Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in Allen Arena, will feature performances from Charlie Daniels, Kellie Pickler, Clint Black, The Grascals, the American Hitmen, the Navy Band Sea Chambers and other special guests. The Charlie Daniels Scholarship for Heroes tour is a benefit to raise funds for American veterans’ education. The event was started in March 2010 by Daniels to promote the Yellow Ribbon education program. Lipscomb participates in the Yellow Ribbon program at the highest level, offering free tuition for eligible military veterans and their families. Veterans may pursue an undergraduate degree through the program. Specific master’s programs are also available tuition-free. Servicemen and women, veterans and their families are invited to the concert as guests of corporate sponsors. In Lipscomb’s press release about the event, Jim Humphrey, the associate dean of campus life and director of veterans services, thanked Daniels for his support of veterans and the Yellow Ribbon program at Lipscomb. “We appreciate Charlie Daniels and his organization as well as those artists who have joined us for this event the past five years,” Humphrey said. “The awareness and funds that they raise for our program are impacting the lives of our veterans and their families in significant ways.” “Our veterans know that freedom isn’t free, but we think their education should be,” Humphrey said. “At Lipscomb we have a very unique opportunity to help open doors for our veterans through higher education.” Tickets are available to the public through to the generosity...
by Cory Woodroof | Feb 6, 2014 | News Slider
The Well Coffeehouse, the non-profit coffee venue co-founded by Lipscomb professor Rob Touchstone, has made plans to move into a new home. The coffeehouse will move to a new location at The Shops at Seven Springs, located off of I-65 on Old Hickory Boulevard in Brentwood. “The Well Coffeehouse has officially signed a long-term lease in The Shops at Seven Springs,” shop co-founders Rob Touchstone and Chris Soper wrote in an open letter on The Well’s website. “We’ll be inhabiting a new 2100 sq ft space in a brand new shopping center in one of the busiest parts of Nashville! Our new store will be located just east of I-65.” “We are so blessed that we were offered the opportunity to lease this space and so grateful for your support as a customer. “This location is strategically positioned to help us take our missional nonprofit coffeehouse to another level of being able to make money for the sake of the impoverished. And we look forward to continuing to serve Nashville what we believe is the best cup of coffee in town.” The current shop, located on Richard Jones Road by campus, must be vacated by mid-March and is set to be demolished to make room for a new high-rise complex. The new venue aims for a late April opening. The Well also hopes to keep a location in Green Hills. There are tentative plans for The Well to transition into the now-vacant Pizza Perfect and Kebob space on Granny White Pike across from Lipscomb University. The shop must raise $75,000 in the next two weeks to do so. “Lipscomb has the lease...
