by Aaron Schmelzer | Jan 19, 2011 | News Slider
Aesthetic Apparatus, a graphic design firm based out of Minneapolis, has some work for all to enjoy on display in the Hughes Center. Among other works, Aesthetic Apparatus makes limited edition screen print posters, some of which are on display in the gallery. The founders will be speaking on Friday night at 7 p.m. in Ward Hall. For more information and to see some examples of their work, watch the video below. Please upgrade your...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Jan 18, 2011 | News Slider
There are plenty of things going on the rest of the week to get involved with. Be entertained by Zach Brantley, check out Alpha Phi Chi and friends as they entertain the masses during Anteater’s Ball or go caving. It’s all part of this week’s Lipscomb in Motion! Thursday: Coffee House in Starbucks: Free Drinks and Music by Zach Brantley Friday: Anteater’s Ball Saturday: Anteater’s Ball Cave Trip Sunday: Come to ARLOs to watch the NFL Playoff Games **Be on the look out for more information on Running of the Bison this coming...
by Leah Raich | Jan 18, 2011 | News Slider
New York City holds a different place in the hearts of this year’s winter break mission trip participants, after having seen the city in a different light than most tourists.. Coby Davis, assistant professor of education, along with 15 students and 2 alumni traveled to The Big Apple with a unified purpose: service before self. In a city, or shall I say, City, with so many distractions and tourists traps, it is rather easy to overlook the needs of the people who live there. The majority of our time was spent at P.S. 179, a school in the Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City. This school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. I had the opportunity to be a teacher’s aide in a third-grade class. My goal was to foster good relationships with my students, in hopes that they would feel comfortable talking and reading to me and asking for help as needed. Although I have been on several other mission trips to Mexico, Honduras and Africa, this was my first chance to work with this age group. Was it challenging and frustrating at times? Certainly. Would I go back tomorrow? Absolutely. Another aspect of our trip included service projects at both World Vision and Momentum. World Vision is an international evangelical relief and development organization whose primary objective is to “promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.” This organization receives school supplies, clothing, food commodities and medicine from vendors across the world that seek to engage in the act of giving to the less fortunate....
by Emily Snell | Jan 17, 2011 | News Slider
Protesters stood in the cold outside Allen Arena. But this wasn’t a typical demonstration. Students re-enacted protests against integration before chapel last Thursday, Jan. 13, in recognition of a visit from Freedom Riders who are here observing the 50th anniversary of their historic stand for civil rights. Dr. Bernard LaFayette, a civil rights activist, spoke to the student body in the arena before joining two fellow Freedom Riders, Etta Simpson Ray and Mary Jean Smith, for a session in Shamblin Theatre. LaFayette said the purpose of the Freedom Rides was not simply to desegregate the bus system. As part of the Freedom Rides, Americans from the North and the South banded together in an effort to change segregation that was still in pratice in the transportation industry. The riders were “combating the false notion” that black people were inferior to white people, LaFayette said. According to the riders, their decision to participate in the non-violent activities did not come easily. They knew that violence was a common response when the buses arrived in various cities. They said they had to consider their own safety and the safety of their families when choosing if they should go on the trip. “I was supposed to go all along, but I was stubborn,” Smith said, explaining that she resisted getting involved for quite some time. When they stopped in various cities along the journey south, many of the riders were beaten. Most were arrested and imprisoned. Some, like Smith and Ray, were expelled from their universities. “We could not avoid the violence,” LaFayette said. “There was not an easy way to make this happen....
by Aaron Schmelzer | Jan 17, 2011 | News Slider
If you’re thinking about rushing a social club this semester (that means you, freshmen), all the information you need to know about the rush schedule is right here on Lumination...
