by Camryn Given | Aug 31, 2021 | Arts and Entertainment
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will not take place again this year. The festival announced in an email and via social media that it would be canceling the event in the days leading up to its launch. Instead of being shut down for COVID like in 2020, this year it’s because of heavy rain. Bonnaroo has faced flooding from the rain that is impacting most of the southeast due to Hurricane Ida. In the email, they said, “While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely.” This past day in Middle Tennessee has been raining nonstop, contributing to the flooding that has led them to deem the grounds unfit for concerts this year. The event was supposed to take place this upcoming weekend. Those with tickets will receive a refund within 30 days. Their message ended with the hope that Bonnaroo will return next summer. “WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE FARM IN JUNE...
by Camryn Given | Aug 13, 2021 | News, News Slider
Summer can be a brutal time for hot temperatures. The past week in Nashville has been especially extreme, which is easily noticeable as soon as one leaves the air conditioning. A heat advisory was declared for Middle Tennessee for Aug. 11 and Aug. 12. With temperatures in the upper 90s residents were encouraged to stay out of the heat as much as possible. The Nashville Weather Service projects highs to remain in the 90s till Sunday, Aug. 15. Although the southeast has been especially hot, many others across the country have also been affected. According to NBC, almost 200 million people were under a heat advisory as of Aug. 12. As the rest of the week continues to present these high temperatures, stay hydrated, don’t spend too much time in the heat, and keep an eye on those vulnerable to heat such as senior citizens and...
by Mckenzi Harris | Sep 5, 2019 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
As Hurricane Dorian hits the east coast, Lipscomb students and faculty have started to reflect on the university’s direct connections to the areas affected. This week at The Gathering, Vice President of Student Life Al Sturgeon spoke about how there are 4 students from the Bahamas living on campus. All of the students’ families have evacuated to safer areas, but Sturgeon still began chapel with a special prayer for those in the Bahamas and any others soon to be affected by the hurricane in the United States. The National Hurricane Center released an update saying that Hurricane Dorian has ramped its self back up to a category three and is expected to hit the coast of South Carolina later this evening with winds of 115 miles per hour. Lipscomb Alum Madeline Montgomery of WPEC CBS12 News, based in Palm Beach, was sent to Stuart Florida to watch and report on the storm. Madeline said that as the hurricane gets closer, officials advise citizens of each area to, “Pack a hurricane kit, which is everything from food to water, clothes and anything they might need in their car. And then from there, the closer they get to the storm they start closing government buildings, schools and then they start ordering evacuations.” “How the evacuations work is everyone is evacuated by zone. Everyone is zoned, by A, B, etc. and evacuated in that order.” Colleges in the area also have procedures for evacuation “Most of the schools shut down and decide to close kind of early on in the process” Montgomery said. “When I was in South Carolina the schools made the...
by Janice Ng | Feb 20, 2015 | News Slider
Sarah McGee and Carly Bergthold lead this week’s Lumination News, giving the latest on the icy weather that took Nashville and Lipscomb by storm. Ice and snow covered campus earlier in the week, calling for canceled classes and activities. Leslie Newman has more on how the campus handled the freezing temperatures. If you spent the snow days on the Internet, you might have noticed that several websites are blocked. Sarah McGee breaks down how Lipscomb’s Information Security controls what students can and cannot access on the web. Lumination also features a look at Nashville’s refugee population, and a look to warmer weather with Lipscomb’s spring break mission plans. Erin King has weather updates, Mignonne Bryant provides a mix of world news headlines and Katherine Harris delivers the most recent Hollywood buzz. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director at...
by Carter Sanderson | Feb 7, 2014 | Sports
You can hear them now. The loud chants from the dugout of a softball field are right around the corner as the team gets ready for another season under head coach Kristin Ryman. The Lady Bison softball team has worked hard in the off season after a tremendous effort last year and have high hopes as they start to prepare for the new season ahead. The team dusted off the gloves and shined the bats earlier in the semester for their upcoming season as Monday, Jan. 13, marked the first official day. “Right now, we’re getting a lot of hitting trying to work around the weather,” said assistant coach Megan Smith. “The field has been a little bit wet, but we’ve been able to get outside.” The Atlantic Sun conference schedule starts a week earlier this year, which eliminates the opportunity to play in a lot of additional tournaments, so the Lady Bisons will play a bit of a shorter schedule than the usual tournament run. The team has spent most of their first week in McQuiddy Gym due to the weather and the fields being wet; however, Smith says she is pleased with the work they are able to get in. “We’re trying to do some of those little things that we need to finish right before we get going and really don’t have time to work mechanics,” Smith said. Ryman also chimed in and said she expects another tough A-Sun season with the top teams in the conference returning the majority of their players, and Smith is excited about who the Lady Bisons have coming back as...
