by Brianne Welch | Jan 16, 2013 | News Slider
Get Fit Month, Campus Recreation’s January health initiative, offers many diverse programs – from weight loss to yoga to a mild kick- boxing/dancing hybrid – all designed to help students fulfill their New Year’s resolutions and live healthier. “Everyone sets goals to have better health, to have more fitness, and we are trying to help everyone go along with that,” said Callie Shanks, facilities and marketing graduate assistant, in talking about the Student Activities Center’s Get Fit Month programs. One of the more popular events the SAC is sponsoring during is the Biggest Loser competition, which began January 14. “It is for individuals who really want to make big lifestyle changes,” Shanks said. Unlike The Biggest Loser reality TV show, Lipscomb’s event is not simply dedicated to weight loss, but instead uses a “swap points” system to put the focus on overall healthy lifestyle adjustments. “Some swap points could be along the lines of: Instead of drinking soda, you drink water,” Shanks said. “So someone who is overweight, but has made a ton of healthy decisions, is able to win as well.” Shanks said the winners will be encouraged to continue their lifestyle choices. “They can win prizes such as yoga, ballroom dancing and tons of fun fitness activities to help them be active,” Shanks said. It costs $45 for students to compete in the Biggest Loser challenge. While the Biggest Loser program is currently the largest Get Fit Month activity at the SAC, there are many other fitness programs – such as spin classes and Monday night yoga – that are designed to help students get moving. Shanks...
by Cory Woodroof | Jan 16, 2013 | News Slider
On a cold Tuesday night that was believed to be offering up quite a winter’s storm, a group of close to a thousand college students from Lipscomb, Belmont and Vanderbilt all gathered in Allen Arena to take part in AfterDark. AfterDark, a large event started in 2000, features a variety of different acts that are designed to promote spiritual change in the hearts of its attendees. Headlined by noted speaker Dr. Joe White, a former college football player for SMU and the founder of Kanakuk Kamps, the event attracted many from around the middle Tennessee area looking for spiritual growth. After a brief introduction by the event’s announcer, local band Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors entertained the crowd by playing three quick songs, including one of their forthcoming record, entitled ‘Good Light.’ After this, the announcer returned to the stage to introduce Dr. White, describing him as someone who honors the lessons he preaches. “He’s a man full of integrity,” said the announcer. Following this, a short video was screened, showing members of Dr. White’s family talking about their father/husband/’pops.’ Building on a lesson he had earlier shared in Lipscomb’s Tuesday chapel, Dr. White told the crowd stories about his wife, daughter and his battle with leukemia. Following this, the speaker segued into what he called an ‘imagination drama,’ a spoken word dramatization telling the story of the man who built Jesus’ cross. At the same time while Dr. White recited a long poem telling the man’s story, another man began to make a cross live on the stage. Echoes of an axe striking the long beam of cylinder-shaped...
by Bridgette Begle | Jan 14, 2013 | News Slider
Former Lipscomb professor Dr. Axel Swang died Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the age of 91. Students who did not know him can get a hint of his importance and impact on those he taught by simply walking across campus: Home to most business and accounting classes, the Swang Center for Business and Administration was named after Dr. Swang in 1984, after his former students raised more than $2 million to dedicate a building in his honor. Swang not only had knowledge of the business and accounting worlds, he preached for more than 50 years. The funeral was at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Hillsboro Church of Christ. Professor Charles Frasier, a former student, co-worker and friend of Dr. Swang, was asked to speak at the funeral service. He shared what it was like to be in Dr. Swang’s presence on an everyday basis and shared numerous stories, inspiring and funny. “Dr. Swang loved to teach. He was devoted to his students. He was devoted to the accounting profession,” Frasier said during the funeral. “But what I appreciated most was his genuine interest in people.” Even now, 20 years after Dr. Swang left the Lipscomb classroom, students who were told of his death felt a connection. Although most did not ever even have a conversation with Dr. Swang, they knew who he was. Former students of his reacted by writing and sending personal reflections to the university. For example, Lipscomb received an email the day before the funeral from Roy Wagers, a former student of Dr. Swang’s. Wagers wrote that “Dr. Swang was an awesome FRIEND, MENTOR AND PERSON. This world has lost a real treasure. I...
by Cory Woodroof | Jan 11, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In this semester’s first installment of Lumination News, Nicolette Carney and Jeremy Keck are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Ariel Jones brings you up to speed with sports, Jessica Burke gives the scoop on all things entertainment, and Brynn Watkins delivers your weather forecast. Videos feature a look into how Lipscomb students spent their winter break, highlights of Monday’s Bison basketball match-ups, an update on the new shuttle changes, interviews with a few Predators players and Coach Trotz concerning the recent end of the NHL lockout, a look into ‘senoritis,’ some information on Campus Recreation’s Get Fit initiative, information on AfterDark’s visit to campus, a look into campus’ recycling efforts, a few student opinions on why the Mayan’s supposed apocalypse didn’t happen, and our weekly Nashville Spotlight/Tweets of the Week. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
by Cory Woodroof | Jan 7, 2013 | News Slider, Opinion
Well, folks, the spring semester is upon us. With the mentioning of spring comes the thoughts of newness. New flowers grow in the wake of winter’s barren landscape, heavy coats are tossed aside in favor of lighter apparel and the joys of pollen return to torture those of us with allergies. While we’ve got a ways to go until March weather, the spring semester takes on that idea in the world of academics and social surroundings. We here at Lumination are experiencing our own changes, so to speak. Since our beginning in 2010, the official student news service of Lipscomb University has seen new redesigns, new writers, new readers and of course, new editors. Ever since I got here in 2011 (well, technically I’ve been here since 1997 since I’m a lifer – fun fact!), I’ve had the chance to work with two different editors – two people with tremendous talent and vision. Hunter Patterson ran the site from the time I arrived at the university until May of last year, and Emily Snell was the editor from then until just a few weeks ago. Both individuals have helped make this website a cornerstone of the Lipscomb experience – a source of vital information for students whenever news needs to be shared. I was blessed to have the chance to learn from both of them on how to be a good editor. Now, I get the chance to put those lessons to work. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be the guy making sure Lumination continues to be your number one source of news as a Lipscomb student. My two...
