by Emily Snell | Feb 23, 2011 | News Slider
The Contributor is not just a street newspaper. For three Lipscomb seniors, it’s on-the-job training. Students in Dr. Jimmy McCollum’s Capstone in Journalism class are working with The Contributor, Nashville’s street newspaper, this semester. Funds generated by the newspaper help Nashville’s homeless and formerly homeless citizens. The three students—David Adams, Julie Williams and Allison Woods—attend staff meetings and produce written content for the printed version, as well as photography and video for the organization’s website. “It’s nice to be helping The Contributor,” said Williams, a multimedia production major from Anniston, Ala. “It’s a good cause. We’re helping put original content into The Contributor, which I know they appreciate.” Andrew Krinks, editor for the paper, said that his staff contacted several Nashville universities looking for students who might be interested in working with The Contributor. Starting with the March issue, he said that students from Lipscomb and TSU will be producing content for the paper. David Adams, a mass communications major from Memphis, said initially he wasn’t sure what the experience would be like, but has already learned from it. “After writing the first article, my interest in homelessness and poverty has really piqued,” Adams said. “These are people who have been successful. How easily their lives can change with a downfall in their life. It’s just crazy. It gives you a sense of thanksgiving and gratitude because you see how fortunate you are.” The Contributor, which is part of the North American Street Newspaper Association, sells about 100,000 copies per month, more than any other street newspaper in the country. The paper’s vendors can be found on sidewalks throughout...
by Amy Estepp | Feb 22, 2011 | News Slider
For three months, the Lipscomb junior lived within walking distance of Tahrir Square, the massive traffic center of Cairo, Egypt, that served as staging ground for the revolution that is currently changing the shape of the Middle East. It was quiet when she lived there, but change was in the wind. The mostly peaceful revolt that ended in the resignation of President Mubarak after three decades in power “was kind of in-waiting,” said Kimery Cockrell, a social work major who lived in Cairo during the fall semester of 2010. The Memphis native lived just five minutes away from Tahrir Square during the semester she studied abroad in Egypt. Blue eyes shimmering, she reminisces on what Egypt was like when she was there and ponders what direction the country is taking now. “It was understood that people didn’t vote,” Cockrell said. “It was understood that there weren’t a lot of rights, and the main opposition party was the Muslim Brotherhood. They were arrested on a daily basis for any kind of protest.” Back home safely, she watched as the 18 days of protests and occasional violence played out on the television screens, culminating when President Mubarak resigned and fled Cairo. The success of that revolution has sparked similar, less-successful and more bloody uprisings in Yemen, Lybia, Jordan, Iran and Bahrain. “It is great Egypt finally stood up and stood for freedom,” Cockrell said. “It is so different from their way of thinking. They think [Americans] have too many freedoms.” There is worry in Egypt and among Cockrell and her friends about what happens next, now that the military is in control, albeit...
by Emily Snell | Feb 22, 2011 | News Slider
The second film this semester in Lipscomb’s Human Docs series will feature Inside Job on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Ward lecture hall. Students who attend the event can receive one chapel credit. Inside Job is a documentary that details the economic meltdown of 2008, the United States’ greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. It has won or been nominated for at least seven awards. It is a nominee for this year’s Best Documentary at the Academy Awards, which will occur on Feb. 27. The film is written, produced, and directed by Charles Ferguson and is narrated by Matt Damon. It is rated PG-13 “for some drug and sex-related material.” The event is sponsored by Lipscomb’s College of Business and will include a panel discussion after the film with various guests including members of Lipscomb’s Dean...
by Hunter Patterson | Feb 21, 2011 | News Slider
See a music legend preform on campus, take in the sun at Ken Dugan field or thank Lipscomb’s donors and get a free t-shirt! It’s all part of this week’s Lipscomb in Motion! Tuesday: It’s been long enough, Lipscomb is getting it’s very own WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM! If you are a girl and you are interested, come to our informational meeting. TUESDAY, February 22nd from 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm on the 3rd floor of the Bennett Center in front of the cafeteria. You don’t have to be an expert to join us, so come out if you just enjoy the game! If you are interested will be unable to make the meeting, email us at womensultimate@gmail.com. 5:00 p.m. – Ezell 256 Global Learning “Discovery Meeting” to give students general information about Lipscomb’s Global Learning opportunities throughout the year. Wednesday: “Tuition Freedom Day” sponsored by the Student Philanthropy Council. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in the Bennett Campus Center Baseball vs. Western Kentucky at 3:00 pm Thursday: TOKENS at 7:00 pm in Collins Alumni Auditorium Friday: In Shamblin Theater: Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece, will be staged by the Blackbird Theater, Lipscomb’s artist-in-residence theatrical company. 1st 100 students get in free Shows will take place February 25-27, March 4, 6, 11, 12. Tickets cost $20 and are on sale at the Lipscomb box office ext. 7075. Baseball vs. Marshall at 4:00 pm Saturday: Baseball vs. Marshall at 2:00 pm Sunday: Baseball vs. Marshall at 1:00 pm Lipscomb’s largest chorus conducted by Dr.Gary Wilson will perform selected choral works. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4:00 p.m. 33 Burton Hills Dr., Nashville Free and open...
