by Brianne Welch | Sep 14, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
Lipscomb men’s golf hired a new coach, Will Brewer, a Lipscomb alum and NAIA Hall of Famer, to bring fresh leadership to the team this season. Coach Brewer is a Lipscomb graduate and was a golfer during college. Brewer was a three-time NAIA All American, the NAIA National Champion in 1976 and is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame. The current golfers said they feel they’re benefitting from being coached by a Lipscomb legend. “It’s beneficial for us because he knows what it is like to be in our situation,” said junior golfer Dustin Wilder. “He knows what it takes to succeed at the college level.” Comparing last season to the current season, the golfers said they are excited and anxious for what a new coach with a new plan can bring to the table. “It’ll take a little bit of time for Coach Brewer to really get his system implemented,” said junior golfer Ryan Terry. “As far as the ways a coach can help a team, this year we’ll definitely improve a lot more than last year just because we’ll have someone who can solely devote his time to our team.” In past years, Buddy Harston was the head coach of both the women’s and men’s golf teams. One coach dividing his time equally between two teams can be challenging for the coach as well as the players, Terry said. “It is difficult for one guy to coach two teams,” he said. “Things have been going a lot better just because we have had one coach that has been able to devote himself to just one team,...
by Brianne Welch | Sep 7, 2012 | News Slider
Following seventeen years of service in the Army, Jay Saar, a senior at Lipscomb, has come back to school to further his passions. Saar, a member of Lipscomb’s Yellow Ribbon program, works in the Veterans’ Services office on campus while he finishes his degree. The Yellow Ribbon program, part of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, enables veterans who served on active duty after Sept. 11, 2001, to obtain an undergraduate degree with discounted or free tuition. Saar can normally be found at the front desk of the Veterans Services office, which is located on the lower level of the student center. “I am a VA work study in the Veterans’ Services office,” he said. “I do administrative and support functions to ensure veteran students receive their benefits.” Originally from Bemus Point, New York, Saar now lives in Bellevue after spending the last ten years of his service overseas. Saar spent that time in Kuwait, Turkey and Iraq. “It’s different, but you get used to it,” he said about his time in the service. Saar has been married for almost eleven years and has two children, a 7 year-old son and a 5 year-old daughter. “They are so fun at that age and are just fun to watch,” Saar said. After having a seventeen-year military career and a family, Saar decided Lipscomb was a good fit for him to get his degree because “it had the program I was interested in, was high up on the list of things I wanted to study, it was convenient and here.” Saar has a heart for “the green stuff,” which is how he playfully refers...
by Brianne Welch | Aug 28, 2012 | News Slider
Students noticed a variety of changes to campus when they returned to school this fall. Over the summer break, the student center received major renovations as did Elam dormitory, McFarland, the new nursing building and several other areas around campus. Students seemed to take most notice of the renovations to the student center. From freshmen to students who have already graduated, many students seemed eager to share their opinions about the new setup. Several students said they appreciated the additional seating that now exists in a new lounge area where the bookstore used to be located. “I really like the way the student center is set up because everything is in a very convenient place, and there is a lot of seating,” said freshman Tanner Sanders. “I like the renovations at the student center because it gives you more room for seating,” said junior Ashley Anderson. Anderson and other students noted that they were disappointed with the removal of Sub Connection to make room for the bookstore downstairs. “I don’t like that they took out our only sub shop,” she said. Some students saw the increase in seating as an opportunity for even more growth. “I like that there’s more seating,” said Lipscomb graduate Alex Ross, “but if [the school] has that much seating, I wish they would have put in another store.” To hear more of what students think about the renovations, watch this video by Ariel...
