by Kara Philpot | Nov 5, 2010 | News Slider
Does the the mention of dodgeball spur images of friends and enemies running around throwing red foam balls at various targets? Well Lipscomb University is striving to change that opinion and promote the “life” of dodge ball and its purpose on the campus. “Dodgeball is a meant to be a saga,” said Garner Goode, director of student involvement. “We watched dodgeball as it was played over and over on the Lipscomb campus. It was in fact, overplayed, and so we killed it. “Then we watched as it was brought back from the dead and was reborn into our events here at Lipscomb last year. This year, we have to watch it and try to figure out where dodgeball has gone wrong.” This year’s theme in dodgeball is “No Escape,” named for the prison-like features of Fanning . “The purpose of the audience is to try and decipher why dodge ball needed to go to prison and what went wrong,” Goode said. “The Lipscomb campus has been so wrapped up in the life of dodgeball since we began the program several years ago. We need their help to get into the personality of dodgeball.” In 2004, dodgeball was played in the fall and spring semester and then again in the fall 2005 semester. In the spring semester of that year however, dodgeball was “killed” so there were no dodgeball games in 2006 or 2007. However, in 2008, dodgeball was brought back to life and reborn in 2009, and featured teams such as the ones pictures: the Indianapolis Cults (above), including Jim Jones and his followers, and Team Belmont (left). “The goal is to have fun,” Goode said....
by Whitney Jarreld | Nov 5, 2010 | News Slider
Sponsored by SGA, Kappa lota Theta and Residence Life, Trunk-or-Treat: A Halloween Block Party provided an opportunity for Lipscomb students to have some fun before Halloween. There were an abundance of music performances by Lindsey Latimer, The Mason Jars, Thomas Rhett Akins with Joseph Whitaker and Kirk and the Crazy Kats. Students collected candy from trunks sponsored by dorms, social clubs, academic clubs and other Lipscomb organizations. The night also included a pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving, along with bonfires for marshmallow-roasting. Many people dressed in costumes for the night. Check out the pictures below. Please upgrade your...
by Rachel Carden | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider
On September 9, Room in the Inn’s new downtown Nashville campus at 705 Drexel Street officially opened its doors and welcomed in all those who don’t have a place to call home. November 1 began the 2010-2011 Room in the Inn season with more than 160 congregations around the city opening their doors to the homeless for one night when the downtown campus closes. The new $13 million, 44,000 square foot state-of-the-art building features a café and stage, 13 classrooms, storage facilities, a chapel, a rooftop garden, a built-in giant chess board and three stories of permanent and affordable apartments. It is the completion of a dream 25 years in the making by founder Father Charlie Strobel. “It’s amazing how much difference a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can make,” are the words of Strobel displayed in the lobby of the building for all to see. Room in the Inn operates under seven missions: “Through the power of spirituality and the practice of love, Room In The Inn’s Campus for Human Development provides hospitality with a respect that offers hope in a community of non-violence.” They strive to provide these fundamental needs to the over 400 visitors struggling with homelessness every day. One of the main goals of Room in the Inn is to educate its members so they one day can get back on their feet and provide for themselves. Literacy programs, computer skills training, and art and music classes are just a few of the many programs offered to anyone who is willing to take them. Vanderbilt University Law School and Belmont University assist with these programs as well...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider
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by Jeremy Keck | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
For the first time in 10 years, Lipscomb will be taking on former rival Trevecca Nazarene in an exhibition game Thursday night at Allen Arena. With so much time having passed since the last time these two teams matched up, some people say this installment might not match up to the storied games of yesteryear. Former star player and current athletic director Philip Hutchinson thinks differently. “A lot of people who go to school in Nashville stay in Nashville,” said Hutchinson. “There [are] a lot of loyalties to both schools. A lot of Lipscomb and Trevecca fans in Nashville were around whenever the rivalry was at its peak; this game should be a lot of fun.” Mark McGee, Lipscomb instructor and sports information director, who covered the games for Lipscomb when the rivalry was at its peak and Hutchinson both described the battles as “intense.” “It was every bit of the Belmont rivalry we have today and then some,” said Hutchinson. “A lot of the players grew up playing against each other, so bragging rights were always at stake each time we faced them.” “The fans were not ugly,” said McGee. “But it would get so loud that you couldn’t hear yourself think. The Lipscomb-Trevecca rivalry was edgier and grittier back then in some ways than Belmont games get today.” Andy Lane, who broadcast the Lipscomb basketball games during the 1980s, proclaims the meeting between these two schools was “The Game.” “Back when the games were played in McQuiddy, each time Trevecca would come to our place it would get packed,” Lane said. “It was a hot, loud, crowded atmosphere. The games would be...
