by Madeline Smith | Jan 21, 2015 | News Slider
Campus may have appeared eerily quiet on Wednesday night, but that’s because most the student body was inside Alumni Auditorium cheering on pledges at Bid Night. This semester’s Bid Night began differently than most — a Greek-wide devotional was held to kick off the evening. The devotional included a short prayer time before bids were given out to new members. “Pledge week is such a hard, stressful time,” said Lauren King, a member of Pi Delta. “I’m glad we could start it off thinking about what really matters at the end of the day.” The noise of pledges chanting and clubs cheering consumed the auditorium as new social club members were introduced. Every club had a different way of introducing itself and its new members to Greek life. Female clubs Delta Sigma and Pi Delta’s pledges sang songs, while Kappa Chi’s girls did their best strut. Male social club Delta Tau caused a ruckus with their insane skits, while Theta Psi awed with a miniature stomp routine. “Everyone always does the same boring things, so DT likes to add a little fun into the night with our skits,” said Tate Dalrymple, a member of Delta Tau. Now that the introduction is over, the eleven-day pledge week begins. “Pledging really is about growing close as a club,” said Carli Stump, president of Delta Sigma. “It all seems silly but all has a purpose in the end.” Greek life is expected to attend Lipscomb basketball games on Thursday and Saturday with their new pledges. The game on Saturday will feature a new event called Alumni Fair, where alumni will be invited back to check out their respective club’s table....
by Madeline Smith | Sep 5, 2014 | News Slider
If sleep-deprived, goofily-dressed students are running around Lipscomb, do not worry, it just means Pledge Week has started. Bid Night kicked off the pledging process Thursday night in Alumni Auditorium. Pledges, or “new member orientees,” were introduced on stage in front of all of Greek life and many other members of the Lipscomb student body. “It was definitely nerve-wracking getting up on stage in front of everyone,” said Nola Mullican, a pledge of Delta Sigma who had to “grr” when she introduced herself as part of the process. The pledges of the various social clubs cheered and chanted in the auditorium, waiting to be called on to the stage to be formally introduced into Greek Life. Each club president announced the number of pledges they were taking, and then allowed the pledges to introduce themselves. Many of the female clubs had their pledges sing a song and do a dance number, while the male clubs took a more serious approach to introductions, but there were a few exceptions. New male social club Theta Psi had their pledges perform a stomp routine, and female club Kappa Chi had their pledges do their best runway walk while introducing themselves. Male club Sigma Omega Sigma had their pledges hold a garden gnome as they belted their introductions to the crowd. One spectacle that was missed at this semester’s Bid Night was male club Delta Tau’s skits that are usually performed by pledges. “This year is a little different because we decided not to take pledges,” said Blake Mitchell, a member of Delta Tau. “I missed seeing our guys up on stage, but...
by Erika Thornsberry | Feb 12, 2013 | News Slider
On Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium, the Lipscomb’s Theatre Department will be opening their performance of the childhood favorite, James and the Giant Peach. The children’s production will be coming to life in a unique fashion, as the stage will be designed like a giant pop-up book. The department decided to put on this particular show last spring. To ensure the performance’s success, everyone has been working to prepare since they got back to the university after Christmas Break. Deb Holloway, the director of the show, has been thinking/dreaming about this production for about 9 months. She said that the show’s goal is to benefit those in the audience, as well as those on stage. “Our first goal is to entertain children, which includes special school performances February 14 and 15 at 10:00 a.m., and our second goal is to train our students, whether it’s performing or working in the technical aspects.” Holloway said. “I think Jesus sets the example of wanting children to come to Him, and that’s what we are trying to do also.” Holloway noted that the play reaches a wide audience, whether it be families with small children or students right here on campus. “James and the Giant Peach will be a great presentation for the entire family to enjoy, but it also will be appreciated by college kids,” Holloway said. “James and the Giant Peach was a great choice since not only is it a very popular play, but it also is a story and movie that college age kids grew up with.” Taylor Browning, a theatre major, is the mother and the second...
by Cory Woodroof | Mar 7, 2012 | News Slider
This past Friday, Lipscomb students were given a rare treat. Mat Kearney, best known for hit songs “Nothing Left to Lose”, “Undeniable” and more recently, “Ships in the Night” and “Hey Mama”, headlined the free SGA-sponsored spring concert alongside Kiernan McMullan in Alumni Auditorium. Kearney, a resident of Nashville, offered insight into his past, his music, his faith and his love of everything Lipscomb. A native of Eugene, Ore., Kearney’s found his musical influence from A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Dylan and Weezer. Growing up, any sort of hip-hop music caught Kearney’s attention. In college, Kearney started to write his own music. “I would steal my roommate’s guitar and go sit on the front porch, and I was so bad at covering other people’s music that I would just start writing my own songs.” Everything changed when Kearney helped a friend move to Nashville. As a junior soccer player at the University of California State, Chico, Kearney agreed to help a friend drive to Tennessee. “We drove across country in the summer in our un-air-conditioned Chevy S-10 and got to Nashville. And by the end of the summer, I was hanging out at Fido; that was it,” Kearney said. “I was like ‘I’m not going back. I’m not going home’.” Kearney, who had just started to record music here in town, saw that Nashville was the place to be. “I just called home and said ‘I’m moving to Nashville’.” Kearney, a Christian, wants his faith to play a major part his music. “I think my faith is a huge part of what I do,” Kearney said. “Being a Christian,...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Jan 20, 2011 | News Slider
Anteaters’ Ball is Friday and Saturday night at 7pm in Collins Alumni Auditorium. Check out some of what you can expect to see at the show in the video below. Anteater’s Ball is a variety show put on by Alpha Phi Chi, the men’s service club. The proceeds from this year’s show go to benefit World Health Innovations, a non-profit that provides insecticidal mosquito nets for the people of Malawi, Kenya, Ghana and Liberia. Please upgrade your...
