by Leslie Newman | Jul 6, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s three swings and a ring saying likely grew because there are so many swings on campus and so often passers-by see couples sitting on the swings. The basic premise of “romantic” myth is that if a couple is spotted swinging three times, then the woman will get a ring. Sometimes love does spring from those swings, other times not. “My brother and his girlfriend used to sit on the swings on campus all the time and they did get married,” 2010 grad Rachel Stevens said. “He even built a swing just like the one on campus in their backyard.” Beaman Library Archivist Marie Byers added another detail to Lipscomb students’ pursuit of a college-romance-turned-lifelong-commitment. Byers said before there were swings there were signature green benches all over campus which were known as “office spotlights.” The benches were placed in very public areas to make sure modesty was a part of any heterosexual seating. The swings of love didn’t even arrive on campus until the spring of 1989, when students spied them upon returning from spring break. The swings accompanied plans for some major buildings on campus. The new library, athletic facilities, an addition to Johnson Hall, more parking spaces and a new baseball field were all to begin construction that July. To make room six run-down houses — they must have been, as students referred to them as “the ghetto” — were demolished. That neighborhood stood where the baseball field is now. Ronnie Farris, head postmaster for The Connection, used to live in the old neighborhood that was displaced for the baseball field. He remembers having a picture of his son on a...
by Janice Ng | Jan 23, 2015 | News Slider
Mignonne Bryant and Katie Bianchini led this week’s Lumination News from the news desk, delivering Nashville community and Lipscomb headlines. Construction on the 17-story Green Hills 4000 Hillsboro building has come to a halt. See how local businesses and Lipscomb students are responding to the Southern Land project. The Connection at Lipscomb is a full-service post office in the basement of the Bennett Campus Center. Recently, shipments to The Connection have peaked, piling the shelves high with online shopping and book orders. Reporter Leslie Newman takes us behind the scenes of this busy mailing system. Sarah McGee has highlights from President Obama’s State of the Union address, Madeline Montgomery has the weather, Erin King delivers Hollywood drama and Brianne Welch has NFL and hockey updates. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director at...
