Lipscomb University - Backlog Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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aking a closer look is exactly what the people at David Lipscomb College did during the ‘84- ‘85 school year. Most of the faculty served on special committees, a service which they all thoroughly enjoyed. These committees studied every aspect of the school, including the administration, the library, the individual departments, and the quality of our graduates. Our programs were tested and compared to the national standards. All of these meetings and questionnaires and reports and requests and suggestions and surveys and, primarily the self-study itself, were for one purpose: to make David Lipscomb College the best it can be. We here at the Backlog have joined these ranks and conducted our own evaluation involving the students and their views on the college experience. Our research team worked diligently and faithfully, scouring the campus with the hope of finding answers to some very basic questions: ‘Why is there something instead of nothing? Order instead of chaos? Life instead of nonlite? Morality instead of nonmorality? A swish of the hands, utterances sounding something like ‘You're Crazy! and rolling eyeballs were our only answers. So much for the intellectually stimulating introduction we had hoped for. We were crushed; however, we continued our search with even greater fervor for the transcendentally complex being we call ourselves.

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(t) | he idea of a Liberal Arts educa- wi tion is quickly losing its power due to emphasis of the times upon busi- ness, computers, and economics. According to Lisa Birnback, author of The College Book, limited time and money are the main concerns of many students when choosing areas of study, instead of experimentation and ideals. In this age of high-tech and getting ahead, it is hard to think otherwise. Lipscomb has joined schools nation- wide by falling victim to the decline of the so-called humanities. A majority of students major in accounting or some other field in the Department of Busi- ness Administration. However, this business-like attitude attracts many oth- er students who want to enter the job market trained and prepared immedi- ately. A national trend of double-majoring helps solve some of these problems, combining the humanities with earning power. For instance, art and physics may be chosen for an architectural em- phasis. At this point, prospective students are unaware of the opportunities and chal- lenges within a business career, in which a background of training in the humanities would prove valuable, and businesses are unsure of contributions these students can make without having completed substantial technical train- ing. The humanities may again regain the strength enjoyed during more laid-back times of past eras (dating back to the earliest universities) when ‘time means money’ is no longer the prevalent atti- tude. Chances of that are slim, but what if a medical student could not only learn how to save a life, but know the value of that life, too? 3) oerewan | LAMENTATIONS LANGE | LANGE COMMENTARY] | COMMER ON THE OM THE ROLY scnuprins | - i E SER Sp Sa eat = 2 : SS