by Erin Turner | Feb 19, 2015 | News Slider
As Nashville’s winter weather has hit its ultimate lows, the homeless community has been struck with even more adversity — but that’s nothing Green Street Church of Christ and Open Table Nashville can’t help diminish. “It’s really heart-wrenching to see the amount of suffering that there is in our own city — in our own backyard — when we’re so warm,” said Lindsey Krinks, Director of Street Chaplaincy and Education of Open Table Nashville. Wednesday night the temperature plummeted into the negatives, but organizations like Open Table and Green Street alleviated a lot of the suffering. But even with all of Nashville’s warm shelters, Krinks said the city has already seen six exposure-related deaths in the homeless community this winter. “In the last couple of days I’ve tended for four people with frost-bitten feet and we’re finding so many people out still,” she said. Krinks said the need is overwhelming, but as a non-profit, interfaith community, Open Table is working hard to put a dent in Nashville’s homeless community. “We help people navigate the very complex social services and housing systems,” Krinks said. “Instead of people coming in to us — like the mission [Nashville Rescue Mission] and Room In the Inn [where] people from the streets come in and receive services – we go out to where people are and we take that [services] to them.” Krinks and the Open Table team are on the lookout, especially with more snow and low temperatures on the way for Friday. “We do outreach canvasing at night, so when it gets this cold we go out on the streets and we’re driving around, and we go...
by Cory Woodroof | Mar 9, 2012 | News Slider
Around 3:30 Friday morning, students living in High Rise awoke to another evacuation. The High Rise dormitory was evacuated for a second time, sparking disbelief and frustration among residents of the hall. Emergency vehicles were quick to respond to the scene. The possible cause for the evacuation lies once again in the dorm’s boiler room. Sophomore biology major Brennan McNeil was one of the first people to spot the hazard. “I was the first one down in the electrical room,” McNeil said. “There was smoke coming out of the main conduit in the back – white smoke. It smelled like a fire – a chemical. So, campus security came up, we met them in the lobby. They declared that we needed to be on alert. We called the fire department. At that point, we decided that it was best to evacuate everybody.” From Kim Chaudoin, Lipscomb’s director of corporate communication: Work to repair the line began at about 5 a.m. this morning. Emergency generators for affected areas are in transit to campus. At this point, it is not known if this is related to yesterday’s water line incident. The university is in the process of bringing in outside contractors to thoroughly review all utility issues that might be related. During the evacuation, many students noticed the smell of smoke while they were exiting the dormitory. “It smelled like smoke in the stairwells,” RA Adam Sain said. “About 3:15 this morning, a breaker blew in a substation that we have here on campus,” Chaudoin said. “It kind of threw a surge through the line, and there’s a conduit that’s near the...
by Emily Snell | Oct 7, 2011 | News Slider
Lipscomb University’s 120th birthday was Wednesday, and students recognized the event just like they would celebrate a friend’s birthday. Lipscomb in Motion hosted the “birthday extravaganza,” which took place in Bison Square from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students enjoyed chocolate cupcakes and free drinks. Some played “pin the beard on David Lipscomb” while others made music with brightly colored kazoos (another freebie at the party). There was music, balloons, streamers, a piñata and, of course, a birthday cake with 120 candles. In 1891, David Lipscomb and James A. Harding established Lipscomb University. According to the lipscomb.edu, both men believed Bible study was critical to the foundation of education. Since then, the school—originally called Nashville Bible School, then David Lipscomb College, and now Lipscomb University—has taught Bible classes for all full-time students. But both men wanted the university to be more than a seminary. “We aspire to stand in the front ranks of the great educational institutions of the world,” Harding stated. Today, this conviction is still evidenced in the university’s mission “to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence.” To read more about the university’s history, click here or visit this page for an in-depth look at Lipscomb’s...
by despotmj | Jul 28, 2011 | News Slider
As part of an effort to recruit more students from David Lipscomb High School to Lipscomb University, the university offered a trip to London for any DLHS senior who chose to attend college at Lipscomb. The eight-day trip departed July 23 and will return July 31. Students are staying in the dormitories of the century-old Imperial College London, and as part of the trip, each new Bison will receive a three-hour humanities credit. This first-time program is part of an ever-expanding international curriculum Lipscomb has put together in order to broaden the cultural, communication, arts and business minds of students. Led by Randy Lowry, president of Lipscomb University; and Mike Fernandez, chair of theatre Department; students will be immersed into British culture through theatrical performances, religious services and local cuisine, among other activities. Students will witness the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, a trip to Oxford University, a workshop at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and a visit to the Houses of Parliament. Students will even have the opportunity to experience a local worship service with the All Soul’s Church and will be greeted each morning with a full English breakfast. Near the end of the week, students will have a chance to travel in groups to either Windsor Castle, the Natural History Museum, Tate’s Modern Art Museum or Cotswolds – the birthplace of Shakespeare. “We are having a great time in London,” said Mike Fernandez via email. “We have been many places and talked with some great people.Among them Dr. Michael Ward, considered to be a preeminent C.S. Lewis scholar.” “British people have been very receptive,” Fernandez said....
by Benjamin Seamon | Mar 30, 2010 | News Slider
With the 2010 gubernatorial election approaching this fall, 1979 Lipscomb graduate Bayron Binkley has begun to hit the campaign trail. Binkley said dating back to his days at Lipscomb, he has always had a desire to get involved in politics. “Being a political science major in college, you always had that kind of fire of wanting to do something,” Binkley said. “I guess it was probably the tail end of the presidential election when I started to think hard about it. Then about a year-and-a-half ago we actually started going through the motions of making that happen.” Binkley, a Middle Tennessee native, announced his intent to run for office earlier this year. Well-known by many in the Lipscomb community, he has had numerous ties to both the campus school and university. His wife, Patricia, has taught at David Lipscomb Middle School for the last 19 years. Also, all three of Binkley’s sons attended Lipscomb University, including Dale, who currently is enrolled as a junior. Binkley will run as an independent in next fall’s election using the slogan, “An independent voice…an independent choice for Tennessee.” Although running as an independent will give Binkley freedom in choosing his platform, he said there are some challenges that come with not having the support from a party. “From the media standpoint, if you don’t have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ next to your name you are going to get very little coverage,” Binkley said. “They basically have deemed that if you don’t have that ‘D’ or ‘R’ beside your name that you are probably not worthy or a viable candidate. That is a big challenge.” He also said...
