by Cory Woodroof | Dec 28, 2013 | News Slider
Pizza Perfect Kebob, a favorite pizza shop for many in the Lipscomb community, closed its doors last Saturday after 30 years of business. In a note to patrons, the restaurant announced that the shop owners will be retiring from Pizza Perfect Kebob. “Since opening, we have served a lot of Pizza’s and made many friends,” the note read. “Many of our customers and employees have become like family to us and we love you all!!! “After much consideration and prayers, we are announcing our retirement from Pizza Perfect Kebob.” Below is the full note distributed to vendors. Pizza Perfect Granny White Pike Only!! When Pizza Perfect opened in April of 1983 we had no idea of the changes that would take place through the years. Since opening, we have served a lot of Pizza’s and made many friends. Many of our customers and employees have become like family to us and we love you all!!! After much consideration and prayers, we are announcing our retirement from Pizza Perfect Kebob. Our last day to be open will be December 21, 2013. We appreciate your business for the past 30 years but more importantly, your friendship. As we move out of the building, we may be closing Pizza Perfect but we take many memories with us of the people we have met and incidents that have happened such as, Raouf throwing a pizza dough on top of the old vent hood when he was trying to toss it really high for a kid. They both laughed and Robert thought that was the greatest thing!! Many memories of love, support and kindness...
by Cory Woodroof | Jan 23, 2012 | News Slider, Opinion
At the age of six, I was a Star Wars kid. During the dog days of my early youth, the epic story of Luke Skywalker’s quest to defeat the Empire captivated me more than any other silly children’s entertainment. I proudly owned the original films on VHS. I collected a large group of action figures from the Star Wars universe – even those random aliens that only appeared in a frame or two during the cantina scene of A New Hope. I even saw The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi during their theatrical re-releases. So, obviously, May 19th, 1999 meant more to me than my birthday, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, or any other organized holiday that warrants a sort of reward or present. On this fateful day, writer/director George Lucas unveiled the first new Star Wars film in sixteen years. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace changed my six year old world like nothing ever had. The spectacle, the action, the peril – everything collided to create a gigantic supernova of wonder and amazement. All those years of persistent enjoyment had paid off immensely. A few years passed, two more prequels made their way to the screen, and I couldn’t have been happier. Shift to this past week. George Lucas announced his retirement from the big budget film industry on the heels of his newest production, Red Tails. Lucas says he wishes to switch his focus onto smaller, more personal projects. “I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” Lucas said in the statement. No one can argue that Lucas,...
by Kelsey Durnin | May 16, 2011 | News Slider
Nearly 54 years ago, a confused and fascinated hoard of students, faculty and news reporters gazed at the multi-colored smoke billowing from the old chemistry building. Among them was a freshmen named David Howard, who you may know now as Beaman’s periodicals librarian. That event, which marked the beginning of his decades at Lipscomb, has stuck in the mind of Howard ever since. Howard grew up in a small town in southern Illinois and was brought to Lipscomb mainly through the influence of a 5th grade teacher who had also attended here. His visit in July of 1957 sealed his decision to attend school here rather than at Harding. “There’s hardly anything for me that is pre-Lipscomb,” Howard said. “[My teacher] was always so happy about my decision to go here.” Howard graduated in 1961 with a degree in Psychology and a minor in German. He then left Nashville for a little over a year to take classes back home in Southern Illinois University’s sociology graduate program. During the summer of 1962, Dr. Mack Craig convinced Howard to return to Nashville and Lipscomb as a German professor while also taking graduate classes at Vanderbilt. In 1972, after obtaining a library science graduate degree from Peabody and again at the request of Dr. Craig, Howard began his 39 years as the periodicals librarian. However, for the first three years he was also still teaching German fulltime until Dr. Charles McVey took over. Over the course of his 49 years in the library, Howard has witnessed the evolution of the library as well as the campus as a whole. “[The Library]...
