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Students forced to shelter as campus floods
Lipscomb University faced yet another set of evacuations Wednesday night, as several tornadoes wreaked havoc in the area. Round after round of severe weather struck the state of Tennessee last night and at least four people are dead, while over two dozen are hospitalized with weather-related injuries. Fortunately, none of those were Lipscomb students, as one tornado came close, but eventually all swung clear around campus safely. Four tornadoes touched down Wednesday night, one of them running up Granny White Pike for a while and coming close to campus. Lipscomb students were forced to evacuate twice into their respective safe places, the first time around 2:00 a.m. and the second…
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Winter storms impact on Nashville plants
Last December brought the lighting of the green, but now all the evergreen on campus has turned brown and dead. Some may be wondering how this happened. Will the plants and trees revive themselves before spring? This past December a winter storm hit the midwest and parts of the south. From Dec. 21-26, temperatures dropped drastically and Tennessee even experienced a little snow. Following the drop in temperatures, the plants and evergreen shrubbery around campus and Nashville are more brown and dead looking than the usual winter lull. Mary Weber, the director of horticulture at Cheekwood, helped provide some insight into the impact the weather had on plants and gardens…
