by Amy Estepp | Apr 11, 2011 | News Slider
After failing to become a hit Christian music artist, Constance Rhodes joined the 75 percent of women to struggle with eating issues. She tasted bits of all eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, binge eating, etc.) before founding FINDINGbalance Inc. and becoming an author and advocate who endorses positive body images for all women and men. Last Monday, Lipscomb women listened to her candid conversation that stripped to the bone the lies of eating disorders and body image during the first NAKED event. The NAKED series continues for the next two Mondays. Rhodes set the stage for events to come when she spoke from her heart about her own experience and her personal mission to demystify and attack eating disorders. Her non-profit, FINDINGbalance, is the first national organization for creating consumer awareness and understanding of Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). The mission is to remove the stigma of eating disorders and body image issues and to promote prevention while encouraging a path to freedom for those effected by EDNOS. The Dallas native now lives in Franklin, Tenn., with her husband, AJ, and three kids. Rhodes moved to Music City as an aspiring Christian radio artist with sky-high aspirations. “I dreamed of being the next Amy Grant,” Rhodes said. “But then I flopped.” After her dreams of becoming a Christian music artist fell, Rhodes had what she referred to as a “story change.” She soon began climbing the corporate ladder in music business and worked for six years at EMI Christian Music, where she ended as marketing director. At this point she recognized herself as being “a highly productive person [whose] life...
by Emily Snell | Apr 11, 2011 | News Slider
Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Weston W. Fields will be presenting at the Prentice Meador Distinguished Lectures on Monday, April 11 in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The event will begin at 7 p.m., and students who attend will receive chapel credit. A question and answer session and a book signing will follow the lecture. Terry Briley, dean of the college of Bible and Ministry, said the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was important because it offered insight into the Bible that was 1000 years older than previous manuscripts. “This has been, for the last 50 or 60 years, one of the most significant Biblical discoveries that has been made,” Briley said. “It’s very revealing in terms of the text of the Bible.” Briley said that Fields is “one of the leading scholars in the world on the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Fields has been the executive director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation since 1991. He has written four books, the most recent of which is The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Full History, Vol. 1. Briley said he thinks the event will give attendees greater confidence in the reliability of the Bible. “I think they’ll have a clearer picture of the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Biblical study,” Briley said. “I think they will probably come away with a better appreciation for how reliably the Biblical text has been handed down over time.”...
by Ashlan Williams | Apr 8, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
Friends, family, food and tennis– the makings of a perfect Saturday afternoon on the Lipscomb campus. From 4-6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, the Lipscomb Racquet Club will host its second annual Tennis Block Party at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center. The Lipscomb tennis program will host the free block party that is open to students and members of the community. Head coach Andrew Harris said the event will be open to all ages and levels of ability. “One of the great things about the sport of tennis is that, no matter the age, anyone can participate,” Harris said. “We will have clinics for kids from 4-7 years old all the way up through adults. Beginners, intermediates, and advanced players are welcome to come out.” There will be prizes and giveaways throughout the afternoon as well as free refreshments. Harris said after a positive turnout last year, he hopes to see another big group on Saturday. “Last year we had over 200 people from the community come enjoy the festivities, and we are looking forward to another big turnout this year as well to come and see the Lipscomb Racquet Club,” Harris said. The block party will follow Lipscomb’s men’s and women’s tennis teams’ matches against Atlantic Sun rival Belmont in the Battle of the Boulevard. Match play will begin at 10 a.m., and party participants are encouraged to come early and support the...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 8, 2011 | News Slider
OMG, did you guys hear about this? Some new words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary, my writing BFF, last week. Some of you may think this is NBD, but some people are saying otherwise. For instance, my BFF Jill may not agree. Without these “words” being added to the dictionary how will the next generation ever know about text-speak and other words added this year like doughnut hole and wassup? Try typing wassup into a Word document and you will still get a red line underneath it telling you that you are wrong. Now try OMG, NBD and BFF – you’re totally cool. BFF was actually added to last year’s edition of the Oxford Dictionary. Most of these new words are things that we type with thumbs, not things that we say with our tongues. A person usually does not run up to someone screaming, “OMG, I totally just saw Brad’s GF with another boy!” That is why these new words that stand for other words are causing a stir with the literary community. This isn’t the beginning either. To ‘google’ something is now a universally understood verb for several countries that are introducing Internet slang to their language. These new ‘words’ such as OMG and NBD are examples of text-speak, though. Linguists are worried, but only a little. Given the rise of iPhones and Android phones, only about 10% of words in text messages are abbreviated or shortened. That’s a lot less than you thought, isn’t it? Oxford has taken a stand to admitting these words. They’ve actually come out and said they are not words,...
by Kelsey Durnin | Apr 8, 2011 | News Slider
Buying a sandwich from someone selling food out of their truck seems pretty shady to some people. But the mobile food industry is sweeping over Nashville, and the idea seems to be sticking. As of last Saturday the city has 13 food trucks, carts and vendors serving a variety of foods in many different locations. Barbie Burgers, The Grilled Cheeserie and other mobile food trucks have adapted a concept similar to that of an ice cream truck, and they use social networks to communicate with their customers. Every time a truck moves to a new location people are notified by status updates on each company’s Twitter and/or Facebook, along with an estimated time the truck will remain there. So far, this unity between mobile food trucks and social media has proved increasingly successful. Eden Luquire, a sophomore psychology major from Weaverville, N.C., can attest to their success as a loyal customer. “I follow The Grilled Cheeserie on Twitter and make it a point to stop by when they are close,” Luquire said. “It’s a really interesting concept, and very accessible.” The Grilled Cheeserie began running a truck in the Green Hills area on April 1, which began what the Cheeserie successfully deemed National Grilled Cheese Month. According to their Twitter, day three of Grilled Cheese Month resulted in over 300 grilled cheeses sold in three hours. Although The Grilled Cheeserie’s main menu item is obvious, customers will also find other types of melts and sandwiches sold at the truck. In addition, their daily Twitter updates announce what kind of pudding they will be serving that day as well as any other...
