by Janice Ng | Mar 14, 2014 | News Slider
The semester may quickly be drawing to an end, but Lipscomb’s Student Government Association is still in planning mode, working with administration to govern students more effectively. “Something that we’re currently working on internally is that we’re trying to revise the constitution,” SGA President Andrew Hunt said. “We have found that Lipscomb has changed a lot in the past few years,” Hunt said. “We feel like we can better work with the administration.” The constitution was last revised in 2010. “Things have changed a lot even since then,” he said. “We’re trying to restructure SGA.” Hunt, a senior and corporate management major, also said SGA is working with the provost’s office to revamp certain majors. “We recently sent out some surveys to students to see what the demand for each major is,” Hunt said. “They are some departments that are more adult study heavy, like business, [law, justice and society], social work, where classes are only offered at night.” Hunt says SGA wants to give a chance for students to be able to get more involved in night activities. “We’re working with the provost to see if there’s any way we can take students out of [night classes] by offering the classes during the day as well,” Hunt said. Some SGA plans are already in motion, such as adding a new printer to the Ezell Center. “Hopefully, after spring break, we’ll have a printer in Ezell,” Hunt said. “We’ve been working with a lot of the departments in Ezell to see who can fund it. We’re trying to find sponsorship for that directly.” SGA is also working on meal...
by Bridgette Begle | Sep 3, 2013 | News Slider
Students entering the 2013-2014 school year may have immediately noticed the changes to Lipscomb’s meal plans upon returning to campus. In the past, Sodexo, Lipscomb’s dining company, offered meal plans with a set number of Bison Café meals and dining dollars per semester. This year, Sodexo has changed the meal plans to offer a set number of meals per week and a set number of dining dollars per semester. The company has also added the Bison Bucks system, a program that allocates funds to be used at select Lipscomb and off-campus locations through the use of new ID cards. Although the meal plan for Village residents is the only one that currently includes Bison Bucks as a part of the package, any student can purchase Bison Bucks with their own money online. As this is the first semester for Bison Bucks, some students are currently contemplating the benefits of taking part in the new program. According to Wolcott Fary, Lipscomb’s Food Service General Manager, there are three main benefits to Bison Bucks. Budgeting: “It’s geared to you personally,” Fary said. Fary suggested that is a good way for students to budget their money by knowing exactly how much they have to spend. Future specials: Although there are no automatic price reductions on products bought with Bison Bucks, Fary ensures that this is an investment in these restaurants, and he foresees some specials for student’s benefit could be added in the future. “The restaurants, as we get rolling with it, will probably run some specials that will only be available to folks with Bison Bucks. That will be up to them specifically,”...
by Anne Paquin | Mar 1, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In this semester’s seventh installment of Lumination News, Kelly Dean and Jeremy Keck are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Kage Sanderson brings you up to speed with sports, Nick Glende fills you in on the week’s top technology news headlines, Caitlin Selle gives the scoop on all things entertainment and Jessica Burke delivers your weather forecast. This week’s newscast features information about the resignation of campus safety’s Brad Wyatt, insight into at the current usage of ‘Dining Dollars’ on student meal plans, different tips on how to succeed on upcoming midterm exams, information about what is going on at the Student Activities Center, some news on this month’s SGA spring concert and our final look into last month’s celebration of Black history month. We also take a look at the Jazz and the University Wind Ensemble concerts held recently in Alumni Auditorium, some Bison basketball road highlights and the most recent Ultimate Frisbee tournament, as well as our weekly Nashville Spotlight, which highlights the best place in Nashville to find some good Southern biscuits. We also have the Tweets of the Week, and the anchors say goodbye to a staff member that will be missed. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
by Emily Snell | Aug 14, 2012 | News Slider
Students who complained about leaving too many flex dollars unspent at year’s end along with a survey that showed a desire for more options are in part responsible for Sodexo’s big changes planned for the new school year. “It was actually a collective decision,” said Wolcott Fary, Sodexo general manager, explaining that the changes “came partially from a survey that was done last year…the result being the addition of unlimited options and redirecting of the flex money and adding the dining dollars to get to a point where you had more options…that most likely would fit a broader range of students.” Students who are willing to sacrifice some of their flex dollars can sign up for one of three “Bison All Access” meal plans, which offer unlimited meals in the dining room along with flex dollars in the amount of either $400, $200 or $0, with the cheapest option. “The unlimited meal plans give students more flexibility in the dining room, thinking that the dining room is the primary usage area, and that’s where they’re going to take the bulk of their meals,” Fary said. “The dining dollars then, in place of the flex, give the students the opportunity to supplement their late hour needs for food and their Saturday needs for food when the dining room would either be closed, after hours, or typically on Saturday’s is not open at all.” Elizabeth Wilson, Sodexo’s marketing coordinator, said students, university officials and Sodexo were displeased with the old system which left students with too many unspent –and wasted – flex dollars at the end of the year. “That was...
by Caitlin Selle | Jan 23, 2012 | News Slider
To share or not to share, that is the controversy. The enforcement of not being able to share meals with others has some students confused and upset. Lumination’s Kelly Dean and Caitlin Selle take you behind the meal plan for more details on this current issue. Please upgrade your browser The recent confusion has evolved around the fact that students can no longer float other meals in the cafeteria. In years past, students have been able to use their meal plan to “float” or use one of your meal plans for a guest, family member or a friend who may have forgot their Lipscomb ID. Although this sounds like a crucial change, it in fact is not. The reason for this is the addition of a larger Flex sum to the students meal plan. So, although floats cannot be used to cover another person dinner, the additional flex dollars on one’s card can. Another controversial feature in this policy is the fact that students are not provided with a contract they can read and sign when purchasing their meal plans, which is pretty significant considering the lowest on campus housing meal plan starts at $1,745. “I’m not a policeman, I don’t want to be a policeman,” said Roy Platt, General Manager of Lipscomb dining services. “I just ask people to do what is asked.” Further questions regarding meal plans can be addressed to Platt at his email, roy.platt@lipscomb.edu. Kelly Dean and Cailtin Selle each contributed to this...
