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Lipscomb Updates Alcohol Policy: Grants Off-Campus Drinking Privileges
Lipscomb University recently updated its alcohol policy to permit students aged 21 and older to consume alcohol off-campus, provided they return to campus sober and remain responsible. This change marks a shift from previous rules, which prohibited alcohol consumption and possession for all students, regardless of age or location. However, the university remains dedicated to maintaining a safe, substance-free campus in alignment with its Church of Christ values.The 2024-2025 student handbook clarifies that “Intoxication is prohibited for all members of the Lipscomb community, regardless of age, on and off campus at all times,” and that “Alcohol possession and/or consumption is prohibited on campus … [and] at any Lipscomb-sponsored event or…
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A look back at Halloweek – a photo gallery
At the end of October, Lipscomb students geared up for a long-awaited week of spooky festivities – “Halloweek.” The campus’s residence halls put on different themed events, ranging from Elam Hall’s Yeehaw to High Rise’s Haunted Wednesday Nights We Eat. Members of Dr. Lois Jones’s Photojournalism Class covered the events, resulting in this photo gallery. Students covered Scare in the Square, Haunted Wednesday Nights We Eat and the traditional Lipscomb Halloween Dodgeball Game. Featured image taken by Maggie Burke.
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Dining Revamp: Bison Café Refreshes Menu and Layout
A major component to the Lipscomb experience is dining on campus. Entering the fall 2024 school year, students noticed a refresh of the Bison Cafe, also known as the Caf. While most food options remain the same this year, the largest change has been to the Bison Cafe. The Caf now features vibrant new signage, updated plates and utensils, and a revamped layout designed to improve traffic flow and dining experience. Dining on campus has been a center point for several Lipscomb student leadership groups. Fall of 2021, the inaugural school year for President McQueen, featured various changes to dining on campus. Changes included the installation of Freshens, Creekstone Grill,…
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From Hiatus to Revival: The history of the Lipscomb pep band and its recently announced return
When you walk into the arena for a college basketball game, there’s a few things that will immediately catch your attention. The chatter and cheers from fans around the arena. The mascot that is running around to hype up those same fans. The raucous crowd of students that is screaming at the top of its lungs. And of course, the school’s pep band that is next to them playing their favorite fight songs. These are some of the many things that make the college basketball experience so unique, but at Lipscomb one of these things hasn’t been present over the past few years and has the potential to return to…
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Hamlet opens: An inside look at the collaboration
Lipscomb University retold the timeless tale of Hamlet in a unique partnership between the Lipscomb Department of Theatre and The Nashville Shakespeare Festival. The Nashville Shakespeare Festival prioritizes educating and entertaining local audiences, including transporting students of participating schools to special student shows. These require a separate script to meet limited time requirements, and the cast and crew must learn new changes and transitions. They also must stage two shows a day during the week, alongside the busyness of college classes and finals season. This partnership between the Lipscomb Department of Theatre and The Nashville Shakespeare Festival is not the first. They collaborated on Richard II in 2017 and As…
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From coffee to classroom: Lipscomb’s College of Business transforms entrepreneurship
At Lipscomb University, The Well Coffeehouse does more than just serve coffee to its community. Founded by the current Director of the Center for Vocational Discovery, Rob Touchstone, it exemplifies how business ventures can extend their impact from local communities to a worldwide mission, and has inspired an innovative academic program for Lipscomb students. Since founding The Well in 2012, Touchstone has opened six locations across Nashville. The location, across from Lipscomb’s intramural field, has become a place where students, faculty and community members meet for coffee, work, and occasionally listen to live music. After its establishment, Touchstone wanted The Well’s profits to transition entirely to helping impoverished places around…
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Impact 360 seeks to maximize not expand campus as enrollment increases
Lipscomb University has broken the record for biggest freshman class for the past three fall semesters, and the University hopes to continue that streak. In August of 2022, the university unveiled its plan to keep itself on track in alignment with growth. You might see the words “Impact 360” on binders, posters, the Lipscomb website and more. Impact 360 is the name of this plan. As total enrollment and undergraduate enrollment continue to climb it would seem physical expansion is imminent. But it isn’t in the cards just yet. Byron Lewis is the vice president for enrollment management at Lipscomb. He spoke about our projected growth and the root of…
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April is Autism Awareness Month: learn how to treat peers with different conditions
April is Autism Awareness Month, and organizations on campus are working to debunk common misconceptions about disabilities and conditions. One of the organizations dedicated to promoting inclusiveness for students with all abilities on campus is ABLE. It stands for advocate, believe, lead and empower, and its mission is to spread disability awareness on campus and to host intentionally inclusive events. “Everyone deserves to feel welcomed and valued on our campus,” said Bayleigh Pirtle, a sophomore disabilities studies major from Hendersonville, TN, and who is one of the ABLE officers. Two percent of U.S. adults have autism, a condition that can significantly cause social, communication and behavioral challenges, according to the…
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Navigating the ethics of artificial intelligence through the lens of Aristotle
Artificial intelligence has been on the rise lately. A.I., specifically text-based artificial intelligence, is a tool that can help students, professors and anyone who is looking for help with their work. As more people begin to use A.I., some are questioning the ethics involved with its use. Mary Mousa, biology and philosophy major, addresses A.I. ethics with an Aristotelian approach. Mousa describes Aristotelian philosophy as being focused on the being doing the action, not the action itself. She introduces Aristotle’s idea of eudaemonia, often described as living a life of virtue, as being the ultimate goal for mankind. “Action begets habits, habits begets virtues, virtues begets character,” says Mousa. Mousa…
