by Cory Woodroof | Apr 28, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Lumination Network and the Department of Communication and Journalism recently held the first ever Lumi Awards, an event that honored some of Lumination’s finest contributors. The ceremony was held at the Ezell Center on Thursday evening and was hosted by Anne Paquin, the news director for Lumination News. The awards were both voted on by Lumination’s readers, as well as student leaders and faculty members. For Lumination’s newly launched radio station LU Radio, Ariel Jones won the award for Best Music Show, Emily Poe won the award for Best Talk Show and Jeremy Keck won Best On-Air Personality. Thomas Jones of Sports 60 with Tom & Aaron accepted the Best Sports Show Award and Brianne Welch won the award for Best Overall Show. Nicci Carney, the station’s program director, awarded Thomas Jones with the student award for his work on the station, and Aerial Ellis, the station’s faculty sponsor, awarded Carney with the faculty’s choice award. For the Lumination Newscast, Caitlin Selle won Best Female Anchor and Jeremy Keck won Best Male Anchor. Brynn Watkins won Best Feature Reporter, Jessica Burke won Best Show Segment, Nicci Carney won Best Weather Anchor and Ariel Jones won both Best Sports Anchor and Best Entertainment Anchor. Kage Sanderson and Joe Sanderson were awarded the newscast’s MVP awards, and Brianna Langley and Janice Ng were awarded the Rookie of the Year honors. Savanna Schubert won Best All-Around Anchor. Anne Paquin awarded Sydney Poe, the station’s assistant news director, with the student award, while Alan Griggs, the newscast’s faculty supervisor, awarded Jael Teme with the faculty’s choice award. Whitney Jarreld was awarded the Best Photographer...
by Anne Paquin | Apr 17, 2013 | News Slider
UPDATE: Voting has now ended. Check back Friday for the results!! Attention all Bisons! Lumination Network is in need of your assistance. We are preparing to hand out our very first Lumi Awards. The Lumi Awards will honor the outstanding contributions of from print, broadcast and radio. As a member of the Lumination audience, you have the chance to vote in all the categories! We thank you for your continued loyalty to Lumination....
by Emily Snell | Aug 20, 2012 | News Slider
Hello and welcome to Lipscomb! I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Emily Snell, and I’m the editor-in-chief this fall of Lumination Network, Lipscomb’s official student-run news service—created for students, by students. Lumination exists to inform the Lipscomb community about newsworthy and interesting things going on around Nashville and on campus. This year we’ll cover a variety of social issues, noteworthy events, entertaining places and shows and a host of other things. We hope you’ll find our articles, videos and photos both interesting and informative. We value you as our audience, and we hope that you find value in the work the Lumination staff does this semester. In addition to visiting our website, we encourage you to follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/luminationnet) and Twitter (@luminationnet). Thanks and have a blessed semester!...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 14, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
“Goals are important. Having a vision is important. Commitment to the process is more important,” Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens told the crowd at the fourth annual Don Meyer Evening of Excellence on April 14. And Stevens knows the significance behind not just winning, but figuring out what it takes to win. Character, Commitment to Details, Performance and Results – those are the levels of Stevens’ pyramid he has used each of the five years of his head coaching career at Butler to help his players remember to keep their priorities straight. In those five years, he’s managed to get his team two Final Four appearances. “You have to simplify things, but have to do a lot of work to before you can simplify things,” the two-time Horizon Coach of the Year said. With guidance from two notable coaches, Thad Matta and Todd Licklighter, Stevens learned he had to “think like a head coach every day,” and to “just be yourself.” On the bottom level of the pyramid, Stevens listed character as the most important attribute. “You can be humble, but you need to balance that with courage,” Stevens said. He said there have been seasons where the team has lost players to the NBA draft or graduation, and the younger players were not ready to “take the reins.” While the players may not have been physically or mentally prepared, near the season’s end, Stevens said the same players were playing with a courage that allowed them to “not care about anything and give everything.” The second level is preparation and attention to detail. “In basketball, we look at...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 9, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, Jessica Burke and Wade Funderburg fill you in on what’s happening at Lipscomb, from the figurative flood of musicians on campus to the actual flood of the High Rise dormitory. Plus, Clay Smith has the latest in entertainment news, Sydney Poe gives the sports report and Hunter Patterson brings you the weather forecast. Lumination Newscast, March 9, 2012 from lumination Network on...
