May 2013 graduate Meghan Day dies suddenly Wednesday; celebration of life set

The Lipscomb community is mourning the death of recent Lipscomb graduate Meghan Day. Day, a May 2013 graduate and fashion merchandising major, died suddenly on Wednesday. a May 2013 graduate and fashion merchandising major Day was active in campus events as a member of social club Delta Omega. She also participated in the 2010 Lipscomb in Vienna Global Learning program. The Lipscomb community came together Thursday night in Ezell’s Swang Chapel for a time of prayer and remembrance. In a message to the student body, Senior Vice President for Student Life Scott McDowell said to “please lift this family up in your prayers.” To honor Day, a celebration of life will take place at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Patten Chapel on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 2 p.m. Additional reporting by Cory...

Alisha Robinson gives fashion advice

If you spend time in the Lipscomb administration office, studied abroad recently or have a passion for fashion, you know Alisha Robinson. Robinson is a Lipscomb Senior from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada who is double-majoring in Textiles and Apparel and Fashion Merchandising. It may be a long title, but clothing and textiles studies involve more than just designing clothing. Students also learn how to create a product that consumers will want to purchase. Plus they learn how clothing is designed, created, advertised and sold. “I spend a lot of my time sewing and doing crafty things,” Robinson said. She is focused on costume design and has dreams of winning an Oscar one day for costume design in a movie. “I enjoy the creativity and I enjoy people being able to reflect their personalities through clothing,” Robinson said. “I buy the majority of my clothes from the thrift store and I sew them or change them to fit me or to be something different.” Robinson says Canadians are a bit different than the United States when it comes to fashion sense. And though she doesn’t consider herself a fashionable person, she does have some fashion advice for Lipscomb students. “The guys who wear the sunglasses with the elastic strap on the back drive me crazy,” Robinson said. “Camo is never a good fashion pattern. If you’re out hunting, that makes sense. If you’re walking on campus, that doesn’t make sense. There’s nothing to hunt.” Guys who wear short pastel shorts and girls who wear heels to class are also a fashion “no-no” for Robinson.  The future fashion merchandiser urges students to...