Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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1. WHAT DOES LIPSCOMB AS A SENSE OF PLACE MEAN TO YOU? Friends. | guess that’s the biggest reason that it will always remain a “Sense of Place” to all of us. | don’t think that any- where in the world one can find the kind of people we have here. Friends at DLC are the type who will do anything for you and never wonder when the favor will be returned. As long as we live after we leave school, | can’t help but think that Lipscomb will be a “Sense of Place” in our memories, and we'll see it as a place we belonged and never really wanted to leave. 2. HOW DO YOU THINK LIPSCOMB BEST PREPARES YOU FOR A MODERN WORLD? Lipscomb has prepared me, and | imagine a lot of people here, for the modern world in a way that we aren’t expecting until we stop and think about it. It’s true that DLC is in a somewhat shel- tered atmosphere, but in a sense, that’s good. We've each had several years of concentrated study in the Bible and related Chris- tian areas, and to me, that’s the most important preparation. 3. HOW DO YOU THINK WORLD HISTORY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE OIL CRISIS? | really don’t think that the oil crisis is going to make a large impact as far as world history is concerned. In American history, there will probably be a point in time where the American people finally wake up to the fact that once again, as in the early 1900’s, we're being manipulated by big business looking for big profits. In addition, it will also be the same point in time that we realized that resources are capable of depletion, even for Americans. 4. WHAT EFFECT WILL WATERGATE HAVE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? In some ways, Watergate will have the same startling effect on Americans, as the oil crisis. It will make us wake up. | im- agine the conditions that existed in the Watergate situation have existed for some time, but were unknown to the American public because of their non-involvement in the affairs of their country. Maybe now, people will be afraid that the government is getting away from them and drifting into the hands of unfair or dis- honest politicians, and get involved. Marcille Durham INTERVIEW 23

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es awn = : | , 7 t 22 ites Se ee INTERVIEW Dan Dozier 1. WHAT DOES LIPSCOMB AS A SENSE OF PLACE MEAN TO YOU? Unlike most Lipscomb students, | have been a student nine years, five of them as a high school student. Although Lipscomb as a place means much to me, it has significance only because of the people | have known here. Most of my ideals, my hopes, and my ambitions | owe to the marvelous people on this campus. It is them | will remember. 2. HOW DO YOU THINK LIPSCOMB BEST PREPARES YOU FOR A MODERN WORLD? My education at Lipscomb has helped me see that everything around me is changing, and how to understand those changes. But more important, it has taught me to evaluate this change in light of the Christian framework. That frame of reference will help me the rest of my life. 3. HOW DO YOU THINK WORLD HISTORY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE OIL CRISIS? Our world may be slowed momentarily by the oil crisis, but not stopped. Certainly, the present problem can be called a crisis in terms of the shortage of oil, but mankind will solve this difficulty by developing new sources and harnessing present re- sources of energy. Until then maybe we can all slow down and get to know each other better. 4. WHAT EFFECT WILL WATERGATE HAVE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? Watergate has forced more Americans to distrust their govern- ment than ever before, and that is regrettable. But if it has a good effect, it will be evidenced in a more concerned and involved electorate—people trying to make sure that the coming adminis- trations practice more integrity, honesty, and leadership.

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24 INTERVIEW Gary Underwood 1. WHAT DOES LIPSCOMB AS A SENSE OF PLACE MEAN TO YOU? A person must first determine where he is before he can know where he is going. Lipscomb has helped me obtain that sense of place, so that | can better pursue my goals. 2. HOW DO YOU THINK LIPSCOMB BEST PREPARES YOU FOR A MODERN WORLD? Obviously, Lipscomb has helped prepare me academically for the modern world. More importantly, however, Lipscomb has confronted me with questions and ideas that have helped me evaluate my goals, my purpose, and myself. 3, HOW DO YOU THINK WORLD HISTORY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE OIL CRISIS? | hope that the most profound result of the energy crisis will be an auspicious change in American economic position and pol- icy. The American people represent only 6% of the world’s population, but they consume roughly 60% of the world’s pro- duction from natural resources. The energy crisis has not only encouraged frugality, but may also precipitate scientific and technological achievement that can provide a more equitable dis- tribution of the world’s resources through new energy sources. 4. WHAT EFFECT WILL WATERGATE HAVE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? In the short run, Watergate will continue to produce bad effects—frustration, disillusionment, insecurity. However, in the long run this fallen countenance may have desirable effects. The public may become less susceptible to unwarranted authoritative intimidation. This less submissive public attitude would make it mor e difficult for unscrupulous politicians to deceive the public and would ctieck capricious government actions.