by Erica Aburto | Nov 22, 2011 | News Slider, Opinion
People will wake up before dawn Friday to get a head start on Christmas shopping, and Lipscomb students are no exception. Heck, some have even been camping outside the Best Buy and other “big box” stores for days before Thanksgiving. Ahhh the hallmarks of the holiday season: leaves falling off trees, the ubiquitous smell of pumpkin pie and apple cider, get-togethers and awkward small-talk with distant relatives, and the plethora of food that calls for elastic waistbands.The holiday season is also that time of the year where rules are bent. This isn’t more true than during Black Friday, when millions of people get an early start on their holiday shopping by waiting in lines, for hours at a time, in order to get discounts that more sane people likely will be able to get later. It’s common to see people fight for the same item, cut in line, kick, shove and elbow each other in order to get their items. Fortunately, here are some tips from Lipscomb students in order to avoid disaster and make sure your shopping is as pleasant and safe as possible. 1.) “Get there earlier than they open… make sure to eat and stay hydrated, and be careful of all the other shoppers that may knock you down or steal your items,” said Haleigh Seifert, a junior nursing major. 2.) “From personal experience I think people really need to price check different places. Last year me and my uncle went to three different places looking for the same TV. At the last stop (Costco) we found it for $30 cheaper,” said Josh Asres, a sophomore...
by Sydney Poe | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
While Thanksgiving is a national holiday, that doesn’t mean everyone celebrates it the same way. Sometimes having small families means you have a small close knit dinner, while others celebrate the holiday with their extended family and have close to thirty people in one home. For other students, location is a factor in how they celebrate their Thanksgiving. Besides offering a week off of classes, the Thanksgiving holiday break allows Lipscomb students to reflect on many traditions, some that may be a little comical. “My grandpa always cuts the turkey and manages to cut his finger every year,” said Amber Leach a junior finance major from Jackson, Ohio. While some may have unique or crazy traditions, Leach says her Thanksgiving is pretty consistent. “We always break the wishbone, and it’s always at my house,” she said. Some families like to celebrate Thanksgiving as a big family meal, with turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and anything else you might think of as traditional. On the other hand, a few Lipscomb students say that their families use it as a way to prepare for Christmas. Please upgrade your browser “We always make plans for Christmas at Thanksgiving,” said sophomore Jessica Royster, a psychology major from Fayetteville, Tenn. “We do things like swap names for gifts and make sure everyone knows what they’re bringing for dinner.” She also gets a luxury that many students would love to have: two Thanksgiving dinners. “I go to my grandmother’s on my step-dad’s side, and then I go to my dad’s for a second Thanksgiving.” Royster says her Thanksgivings are usually more traditional and family-oriented, while Christmas...
by Kathryn Claire Watts | Nov 14, 2011 | News Slider, Opinion
Commercials litter football games and Thanksgiving Day programs, and the newspaper is stuffed with ads the day before Black Friday. Some people stay up the night before to make sure they’re at the store on time, others sleep off the turkey and others go all out. Eric Heath, a senior law, justice and society major from Atlanta, Ga., has been planning a Black Friday Bash for the past five years. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving night in the Best Buy parking lot. Extension cords are brought in to generate power to the multiple televisions, heaters and even crock-pots. Lawn chairs are set up in theater style seating in front of one TV playing movies and another with video games. There is no doubt they go all out for this event. “This has been a tradition in my friend group for many years,” Heath said. “We’re being stupid in a safe way. Everyone comes for the experience, but only half of us really stay for the shopping. We’re not there for the consumerism; it’s for the friendship, the community and the experience, not for the sales.” Some have strict traditions. “On Thanksgiving, we lay out all the ads and map out our plan,” said Sydney Hale, a sophomore nursing major from White House, Tenn. “You have to really organize to get the best deals. We usually hit up Target and Toys-R-Us first, and then the mall once we’ve had some sleep.” Others are not so enthused. Many find it annoying and unnecessary. “I don’t go out on Black Friday because of all the crazy people,” said Megan Inman, a...
by Jadrienne Myhre | Dec 15, 2010 | News Slider
Interested in writing? Want to be heard? Want to win a $25 iTunes gift card? Sign up for the Christmas holiday story contest!Write a story over the Christmas break – reviews, features, news stories, short stories (fiction), columns – you decide! To enter your story in the competition, send it as an attachment to editor@luminationnetwork.com. Stories should be from 200 -500 words. You can also enter edited video stories, no longer than two minutes, or audio stories, no longer than one minute. The story contest will happen three times– once during each full week of Christmas break. The deadlines to email your stories in are Saturday, Dec. 18; Saturday, Dec. 25; and Saturday, January 1. The top three stories each week will be published on Lumination’s website, and the overall winner each week will receive a $25 iTunes gift card! The judges, Kate Keith and Hunter Patterson, are editor-in-chief and managing editor of Lumination Network, respectively. So get writing, have fun, and enjoy the holiday...
by Rachel Carden | Nov 23, 2010 | News Slider
As Lipscomb students head home for Thanksgiving break, we asked them what traditions they are looking forward to this coming week. Please upgrade your...
