by Bracey Wilson | Mar 8, 2010 | News Slider
Alice in Wonderland is a great family movie. It is rated PG and produced by Disney. Beside some complex wordplay intended for adults, the film is made for children. The only difficult things to understand are the intricate metaphors. The images in the picture are amazing and don’t require any analytical skills to enjoy. Tim Burton’s work in 3D is about as close as film can come to a hallucinogenic experience for the viewer. The combination of computer-generated animation, special effects, and make-up almost make the cartoon version more realistic than this one. Once entering Wonderland, the new film’s plot is mostly similar to the book by Lewis Carrol and the 1951 film version with Kathryn Beaumont as the voice of Alice. However, Burton’s version does have some differences in the plot, such as depicting Alice at almost age 20. Instead of visiting Wonderland, she is returning to Underland, where all the characters are at odds about whether or not she is the same young woman who came to visit them as a girl 13 years earlier. The prologue tells how Alice — before falling into the rabbit hole that leads to her adventure — is the daughter of Helen Kingsleigh. With her father Charles dead, Alice is about to marry the son of Lord Ascot for the security of his family’s wealth and status. A crowd of hundreds watches as young Ascot asks for Alice’s hand in marriage. She retreats to the garden, following a curious rabbit, instead of attending to the pressing matter at hand. Once falling down the rabbit hole at edge of the Ascot’s property, Alice encounters...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Mar 4, 2010 | News Slider
With snow comes fun. That’s an opinion you may not agree with but President Randy Lowry does. Presidential Snowball Fight from Ryan Malone on...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Mar 4, 2010 | News Slider
If you are entering the second semester of your sophomore year you should have an internship already, or be looking to land your first one. Many students fret about finding their first internship, but it is surprisingly easy with the help of the Career Development Center (CDC). All students at Lipscomb University are required to have at least one internship credit to graduate. Students fulfilling this requirement gain work experience in the real world before entering it. Leslie Shelby, Assistant Director of the CDC says that students who graduate without work experience will have trouble landing their first job. “Finding a job can be really difficult for graduates who don’t have multiple internships,” said Shelby. “Employers look for prior experience in a position that is directly relevant to the one they are interviewing for.” In this economy, finding a job after graduation might prove to be difficult, even for those with prior work experience. An added bonus of holding internships while still in school is that many interns receive job offers before they graduate. Internships are exciting, but they often build on each other as your experience builds. Students often balk at the idea of working an unpaid internship, but many of the best opportunities don’t have to pay—because there is already so much demand for them. “If a student can start small with an unpaid internship, they get the initial experience they need to get started on a professional path,” said Shelby. “It becomes like a snowball effect from there. Each experience builds upon the other and you can move from internship to internship very easily.” Some of...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Mar 3, 2010 | News Slider
10. Madagascar President Visits Marc Ravalomanana, president of the Republic of Madagascar, visited Lipscomb and spoke to an arena full of university and K-12 students, along with faculty and staff. Afterward, he met with local business leaders and Randy Lowry to discuss the program created to allow selected Malagasi students to study at Lipscomb University. 9. Kaia Jergenson Fundraiser Diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis, Kaia’s story impacted Lipscomb deeply. Lipscomb students organized a round-the-clock prayer vigil. Within two months, the school raised 130,000 for her cause. After five months of therapy, Kaia walked out of the student center fitted with two prosthetic legs and addressed 2,000 of her fellow students. 8. The Lighting of the Green The Lighting of the Green is something that is very new to Lipscomb University. Dr. Lowry created this event in 2005 after seeing similar ones on the West Coast. It is a night full of Christmas cheer with music headlined by Amy Grant and several others, along with free hot chocolate. The evening begins with the lighting of a 40-foot Christmas tree and ends with Christmas carols and holiday excitement. 7. Yellow Ribbon Program The Yellow Program was started in 2009 to help our military troops gain an undergraduate education. The Department of Veterans Affairs administers this program for those who were on active duty after 9/11. The Veteran’s Liaison Office is set up on Campus to help them transition from Military life to University Life. There is also a Veterans Career Development Center to help these men and women find jobs when they finish their education. 6. Lipscomb 2010 Project Lipscomb developed a...
by Allison Woods | Mar 3, 2010 | News Slider
John Seigenthaler and Howard Gentry Jr. — two Nashvillians who were instrumental in the civil rights struggle — spoke to Lipscomb students as part of the observance of Black History Month. Seigenthaler, former editor and publisher of the Tennessean, worked as an adviser to Robert Kennedy and also covered the civil rights strugglet throughout the South. He was present at many of the sit-ins and white reactions. Growing up on the other side of the issue, Seigenthaler said he had to be educated on the struggles of African-Americans. “Martin Luther King had to expose it however he could and he had to dramatize it,” Seigenthaler said. He spoke of the freedom riders and Diane Nash leading the sit-ins in Nashville. He recalled the Ku Klux Klan attack in Alabama, perhaps the worst reaction of the nonviolent protests by African Americans. In Montogomery, Ala., Seigenthaler was hit in the head with a pipe and rushed to the hospital. Seigenthaler was with Robert Kennedy when he made his famous speech announcing the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. He remembered being the note taker when the two men first met. Gentry, the first African-American to be Vice Mayor of Nashville, grew up in segregated Nashville. His youth was filled with separate water fountains and second-hand textbooks. He was not allowed at the public swimming pool. Gentry said that his parents were the hopeful voice in his life. They taught him patience and hope for the future. He even remembered talking about John Seigenthaler in his home growing up. “There were people in the world that cared. And we will overcome, and they will help...
