by Whitney Jarreld | Jan 13, 2012 | News Slider
Met by a cheering crowd, Taylor Swift joined The Civil Wars Jan. 12, at the Ryman Auditorium for a surprise appearance, debuting their new song “Safe and Sound.” The Staves opened for The Civil Wars. The sold-out show’s audience was enthralled with The Civil Wars, giving them a standing ovation after the song ‘Barton Hollow.’ Before the event, Nashville was buzzing with rumors about a possible Swift appearance during the concert. After performing several of their songs, the duo began joking that they like helping other artists and asked the audience to be nice to their guest because she was new and wasn’t well known. As soon as she stepped onto stage, the audience welcomed Swift with a long and loud cheer. The song “Safe and Sound” was written by all three artists for the “Hunger Games” soundtrack. It mashes together their talents for a folky, harmonious and mellow ballad. The Civil Wars are on the rise in the indie music scene, and Swift by all nature is a hit country music star. The musical duo has a natural talent for this type of song, but Swift was surprising in her mature lyrics and soothing voice. After another standing ovation at the end, The Civil Wars performed two encores, the latter one being all...
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by Whitney Jarreld | Oct 31, 2011 | News Slider
Bright fluorescent lights, loud music, fog and everyone dancing while throwing paint at each other isn’t something that happens on a regular basis at Lipscomb. But this Friday, Oct. 28, based on last year’s success, SGA is bringing back Paint the Herd. According to SGA member Amy Estepp, one reason why the Paint the Herd tradition is continuing is because “we received amazing support from students last year and even greater responses after the party.” “This year we are having a different DJ and will be expanding the cage to make the space a little larger than last year,” Estepp said, explaining a few changes to the event. Also, this year’s Paint the Herd will last one hour longer. While Paint the Herd is considered a paint-rave, Estepp said the administration is supportive. “We have an amazing administration that supports students and their ideas,” she said, “so it made it an easy decision for us to continue this tradition.” DJ Telemitry will be mixing the music for the night. Last year, many students dressed for the night and wore white t-shirts and SGA handed out white paint suits. Students also brought goggles and wore clothing, including shoes, that they didn’t mind getting paint on. Come prepared to have paint splattered on you and be ready to splatter others. Like last year, the event will take place in the lower level of the Arena West parking garage. Paint the Herd will start at 10 p.m. and end at 1:30 a.m. Lipscomb students can attend for $3 with an ID. Non-students can attend also but for $10. To see what happend last year click...
by Danielle Boyd | Oct 4, 2011 | News Slider
Brad McCoy, father of Daniel Colt McCoy (the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns), athletic director of Flippen Sports and published author of the book Home Field Advantage spoke to parents as a part of Lipscomb’s annual Family Weekend. Family Weekend is a popular time for many Lipscomb students to reunite with their parents and give their family an opportunity to visit the city and engage in fun-filled festivities for an entire weekend. McCoy was the guest speaker Friday night and spoke to parents about “the home field advantage” they can give to their children and the importance of being “intentional.” McCoy introduced the audience into the discussion by asking, “What does the word intentional mean in our lives? What is intentional in our lives, and how does that captivate us to do better?” Leaving the audience to contemplate, McCoy talked about personal anecdotes and real life experience as a father of three. In order to explain how to be more intentional, McCoy presented four cultural issues that prevent us from being the kind of people we want to be: First is our “lust for laziness.” Second is “the want to be popular instead of respected.” In reference to the meaning of this statement, McCoy referred to Rick Ashley’s tweet saying “I am tired of the approval addiction…Let God’s love push out the need to be applauded by the crowd.” Thirdly, “we have this culture that says we have no obligation to responsibility…because it is easy to quit things.” Fourth, is “our fear of failure.” McCoy referenced a tweet from well known Christian author Max Lucado, saying “Fear should not...
by Amelia Ong | Mar 29, 2011 | News Slider
Spring has been full of honors for Lipscomb journalists and Lumination Network. Honorees from the Lumination staff attended the Southeast Journalism Conference in February and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 conference at Lipscomb this past weekend to receive their awards. The Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) held its 25th annual convention in Troy, Ala. on Feb. 19, 2011. The conference was a learning experience for the students as well as a competition. Twenty professional journalists from magazines and newspapers around the country judged entries submitted prior to the conference. The SEJC judges named 126 of the 331 applicants the “Best of the South.” Three Lumination Network writers were honored at the conference, as well as the overall website being named the seventh best college website amongst the 33 eligible schools in the area. Lumination’s managing editor Hunter Patterson, a junior journalism major from Waverly, Tenn., was awarded second place in the category of Best Multimedia Journalist. Rachel Carden, a junior multimedia production and journalism double-major from Smyrna, Tenn., placed ninth in the News Reporter portion of the competition. Carden was extremely pleased with the level of hospitality that Troy University showed the conference attendees, as well as how well manicured the campus was upon their arrival for the event. The final honoree from Lipscomb was junior multimedia production major Ryan Malone, from Wellington, Fla. Malone snagged fifth place in the College Journalist of the Year category, and is multimedia manager for Lumination Network. As for the most recent event, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 12 conference was held at Lipscomb University. The Lipscomb SPJ chapter and...
by Whitney Jarreld | Dec 2, 2010 | News Slider
A little bad weather moved the sixth annual Lighting of the Green indoors to Allen Arena, but that didn’t stop the fun and festivities. Amy Grant hosted the evening, and also performed some of her famous Christmas songs. Other artists featured were Dave Barnes, Susan Ashton, the Black Natvity Ensemble and some of Amy Grant’s family members. David Lipscomb’s elementary school choir and Lipscomb University’s A Capella Singers accompanied the performers on several occasions. Guests enjoyed free hot chocolate and cookies, and children took free photos with Santa Claus. Allen Arena was also filled with vendor booths deemed the “Merry Marketplace.” The concert was better than ever, and the night ended with the tradition of everyone singing Silent Night. Please upgrade your...
