by Andrew Thetford | Oct 4, 2012 | Opinion
Review: Live on the Green, Nick Waterhouse My musical weekend started Thursday night at Live on the Green. This week was the most anticipated lineup I had ever heard of for Live on the Green. To start the night off, some friends and I arrived early (around 5:30) because we had heard they were preparing for a crowd of 20,000 attendees. After hearing this we knew we had to get there early to get a good spot. After about an hour, the first band hit the stage. Fly Golden Eagle, a local electronic grunge rock band, started their set with a song featuring some fiery saxophone and keys. Fly Golden Eagle is a band that has recently been gaining exposure and hitting the festival circuit with appearances at Bonnaroo and other festivals. These guys from the east side of Nashville (including a Lipscomb graduate, Richard Harper), started the night better than most any local band could. The next band on stage was the local former Belmont students, The Apache Relay. With this being their second Live on the Green, they were seasoned and ready to go. You could tell the maturity they had gained due to their recent touring with bands such as Dawes and Mumford and Sons while they entertained what now seemed like 10,000 people in the crowd. Once their set ended, everyone knew what was next. Alabama Shakes was setting up. This time last year I don’t think anyone in the crowd even knew who these guys were, but you better believe they did last Thursday. Finally, after what seemed like forever, they took to the stage...
by Makenzie Kanyuh | Sep 28, 2012 | Opinion
“I will hang out with you for free.” That is a statement I’ve often heard from friends outside the Greek system since I joined Delta Omega last year. I do not enjoy hearing comments like these, but I know the people that say these statements don’t truly understand the bond that comes from being in a social club. “From the outside looking in, you can never understand it. From the outside looking out, you can never explain it.” That is one of my favorite TSM (Total Sorority Move) quotes. But bear with me as I try to explain the importance of it to you. The hope for my club is to be Christian examples, bonded sisters, and servants on Lipscomb’s campus. We aren’t really paying for our friends, we are paying for the T-shirts, the formal, the events and the philanthropy that we do! These girls were my friends before I joined this club, and they remain my friends outside of club events. I hang out with them on an everyday basis, and I live with two of them. I found a statement on Pinterest that really shows how positive joining a sorority can be. “A sorority is more than letters on a sweatshirt, traditional songs, rituals, an obligation, or a way of life. A sorority is learning about people and giving without expecting a return. It’s earning respect from others, as well as for yourself. It will not solve all your problems. But I have made good friends and found confidence there to help me take life one step at a time.” Since a decent amount of people...
by Emily Snell | Sep 26, 2012 | Opinion
You’re driving down Woodmont Boulevard, heading back to campus. As you pull up to the traffic light at Granny White, you look up and slam on your brakes, realizing the car in front of you is just a few inches away. You let out a sigh of relief and finish the text you were just sending. I would bet almost all of us have been guilty of texting and driving. Most people say they know it is unsafe, but an unfortunately high number of them admit they do it anyway. Until last Thursday, I was one of those people. On Thursday in women’s chapel, a former Lipscomb student shared her testimony about how she killed a man because she was driving drunk. She spent three years in prison because of it. Now she’s just 23 years old and has to live with the fact she took someone’s life. No, texting and driving isn’t the same thing as drinking and driving. It’s actually worse. Did you know that some studies show it’s even more dangerous? Think about that next time you see someone who you believe is obviously under the influence and is drifting across lanes. Then realize that what you are doing when texting and driving is probably even more hazardous. That means you could be forced to live life knowing that you took someone else’s … because you just had to send that text. Rolling your eyes about this? Stop and pay attention. This is serious stuff. Just last Wednesday, I read an article by Lipscomb’s own Professor Debi Tate about the prevalence of texting and driving and...
by Madeline Smith | Sep 25, 2012 | Opinion
After copious amounts of peer pressure I finally succumbed to getting a Twitter account, one of the most popular trends in social networking. I was surprised and delighted to discover I enjoy that I can pick and choose whose thoughts I read, and they are limited to only 140 characters, sparing me a paragraph-length thought that ended up only being a “repost” like on Facebook. My relationship with Twitter seemed perfect! I could say witty thoughts, read silly comments and stay connected with my friends. Everything seemed perfect until now. Campaign season is going to cause me to break up with Twitter. Gone are the inspirational Bible verses and ironic song lyrics. Gone are the “total frat moves” and Instagrams. Now my feed is all about who should or should not win the upcoming election. I am fine with reading about a sweet thing your boyfriend did. I enjoy seeing a picture of a cute kitten! But please spare me your thoughts on politics, whether I agree with them or not! I understand that the Internet seems like a great place to express your thoughts, but why turn something fun and casual into something so serious? Why Twitter? Letting out your political thoughts on Twitter is not going to change people’s vote. You do not have enough room to persuade anyone! All that is changing is my decision to follow you! And deep, intellectual thought is not going to spring forth from a 140-character tweet! I just wish people could turn back to the old Twitter, where they just talked about their lives and put up pictures. I enjoy knowing about...
by Cory Woodroof | Sep 24, 2012 | Opinion
While Clint Eastwood has recently been grabbing headlines with his RNC “empty chair” speech, let’s try to remember that this guy is one of the greats. Many believed Eastwood, a master-class actor and director, had made his grand exit from acting with 2008’s deeply affecting “Gran Torino.” But roughly four years later, Eastwood is back in his longtime collaborator’s (Robert Lorenz) first directorial effort. “Trouble with the Curve” suffers from its silly desire to be too much at once. First-time director Lorenz wanted this movie to be a moving sports drama, an affecting story about family and a 90s-era Disney comedy with bite. The film takes an almost Hallmark-ian approach to its material, giving its characters forced relationships, contrived dialogue and eye-rolling sentimentality. It’s a hammy affair, for sure – one anchored in a sea of sap. Eastwood stars as Gus Lobel, a veteran talent scout for the Atlanta Braves who is on the other end of his career. After realizing that his eyesight might be not up to par with that of a younger individual, he decides to make one last trip to North Carolina to see if a highly regarded high school player is worth a top draft pick. Eastwood’s busybody lawyer daughter Mickey (Amy Adams), who doesn’t exactly have a close relationship with her grumbly pop, reluctantly joins her father on the trip to help him with the scouting process (at the behest of John Goodman’s concerned head of scouting, Pete). While there, the duo runs into Justin Timberlake’s affable Johnny Flannigan (a fellow scout and former player), who, naturally, takes a liking to Mickey. Performance...
