by Emily Snell | May 3, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
NASHVILLE – They will be in two different conferences next season, but they still share the same boulevard. Lipscomb University remains in the Atlantic Sun Conference, but Belmont shifts to the Ohio Valley Conference beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year. But that doesn’t mean the basketball rivalry between the two schools, known as the “Battle of the Boulevard” is over. Today both schools are announcing that the rivalry will remain intact with Lipscomb hosting the first meeting on Friday, Nov. 9. It will be the regular season opener for both teams. The rematch is Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Belmont. “It is a good thing for both teams and for both universities to continue playing,” Lipscomb Coach Scott Sanderson said. “There is so much attention put on both of those games every year. “The biggest difference is the games will be played in November and December instead of January and February. We will play the first game of the season here at Allen Arena. It will be a great atmosphere for both programs and both programs will benefit from it.” Ticket information will be available in early fall. Press release from Lipscomb...
by Emily Snell | May 2, 2012 | News Slider
Lipscomb senior Bethany Eldridge was announced last week as a Fulbright U.S. Student grant recipient, allowing her to study global development in The Netherlands. The grant will send Eldridge, a soon-to-be graduate in law, justice and society, to the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands to obtain her master’s degree in European Studies on Society, Science and Technology. Eldridge said the first half of the one-year program is focused on background, study skills and techniques on how education and technology are used in global development, and the second half allows participants to do their own research. “It kind of means to me that all of my dreams and goals are happening, and there was a reason I’ve had this desire to do something larger than myself,” Eldridge said of what the award means to her. “Now I have the platform to do it. It kind of makes my life make sense now that things match up.” Eldridge said she hopes to use her Netherlands experience to learn how to better educate girls in developing nations. “I want to learn the practical steps in how you help the underserved girls in the world with education,” Eldridge said, “and how people have overcome [barriers] and what needs to be done still.” Paul Prill, director of the Honors College, serves as the faculty adviser for students interested in applying for the Fulbright program. He said the U.S. only awards 800 grants for undergraduate students, and he estimates that more than 15 thousand students apply each year. “She’s in the top one tenth of one percent of students in the country in terms of her intellectual ability...
by Carly Bergthold | Apr 25, 2012 | News Slider
Have you ever wondered how the bells in Allen Bell Tower chime? And no, there’s no tiny man with mallets jumping around from bell to bell. What is in the bell tower is a called a carillon. A carillon is an assortment of various sizes of bells, controlled by a wooden structure similar to a piano. In order for a bell to ring, its corresponding wooden handle is pushed down. Songs can be programmed and produced automatically, though, so no one has to sit in the bell tower staring at his watch, waiting to ring the bells so that students will know chapel is starting. Donna King, Lipscomb’s resident carilloneur, is in charge of playing and recording music for the carillon. Most of the melodies you hear are recorded, but for special events like graduation, King plays live music. “It really makes a difference in the sound,” King says about playing live. When the carillon plays automatically, the bells are struck from the outside rather than the inside, and so the sound loses the nuance of a live performance. King learned how to play the carillon when Allen Bell Tower was built in 1999. Then a Lipscomb piano teacher, she was selected to learn, care for and record melodies on the carillon. “It’s easy to learn the carillon,” King said, “but it’s hard to be good at it. A carillon is a quirky thing.” For those desiring to play better, some universities offer majors in carillon. There are even carillon schools where students’ only option is studying carillon performance. The carillon in Allen Bell Tower is made up of 35...
by Brynn Watkins | Apr 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Style is found everywhere, from the hectic streets of New York City to the rolling hills of Tennessee. Style even appears at Lipscomb University. These are our stories – your stories. This is Lipscomb Street Style. Name: S H A N E P A T R I C K Year: Junior Style: urban / classic / americana Inspirations: Giraffes Marc Jacobs River Viiperi 1.jeans-Urban Outfitters 2. shirt-Altru 3. watch-Timex 4. sunglasses-Ray-Ban Name: J E S S I C A S M O T H E R M A N Year: Freshman Style: adventurous / bold / classic Inspirations: The Sartorialist The Man Repeller J.Crew Audrey Hepburn 1.shoes and shirt-Goodwill 2. pants-Urban Outfitters 3. statement necklace-gift from Grandmother Name: ELIZA EUBANKS Year: Sophomore Style: versatile / earthy / comfortable Inspirations: Forever 21 People that stand out 1.shirt-Walmart 2. harlem pants-Connaught Place in...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 20, 2012 | News Slider
On the semester’s final installment of Lumination News, Hunter Patterson and Caitlin Selle are behind the news desk bring you up to speed on what’s happened in the last week and what is going to happen next week. Plus, the latest in entertainment from Jessic Burke, weather from Clay Smith and sports from Wade Funderburg round out the rest of the week’s show. Lumination Newscast, April 20, 2012 from lumination Network on...
