by Joel Clinger | Feb 21, 2017 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons battled hard in Allen Arena on Saturday but dropped their fifth game in a row to Jacksonville 73-67. After falling to a 10-2 deficit at the beginning of the game, Lipscomb went on a 12-2 run and ended the first quarter with a 19-18 lead. Following that run, Jacksonville led most of the first half, holding a 39-35 lead at halftime. Loshaveon Jones filled in well, keeping Lipscomb in the game in the first half scoring 11 points with 5 rebounds. Alex Banks took charge in the third quarter scoring 12 of her 18 points on four three pointers in that quarter alone. Assistant Coach Courtney Locke praised both Jones and Banks’ performance. “The biggest thing that Shay (Loshaveon) and Alex did was hit the offensive boards, and I think that was crucial in putting Jacksonville on their heels,” Locke said. Riley Northway, who has seemed like a sparkplug at times this season for the Lady Bisons, took a seat on the bench as she picked up her third foul just 38 seconds into the second quarter. The teams traded the lead back and forth throughout the rest of the game. Jacksonville forward Kayla Gordon fouled out, and two other Dolphins finished with four fouls. “The one thing that Jacksonville doesn’t want to do is foul, so putting them into position to guard us off the dribble was a big part of the game plan,” Locke said. “I thought we executed it very well.” That game plan kept the game close all the way to the end. Meredith Lovelady’s attempt of a go-ahead three for Lipscomb rimmed...
by Joel Clinger | Jan 27, 2017 | News Slider
At the dawn of the spring semester, room registration has been a hot topic for many Lipscomb students thanks to a game called Lord of the Keys. During the fall semester of 2016, Lipscomb began construction on a new residence hall on the north side of campus. It will have hotel-style rooms for both male and female juniors and seniors during the school year. The Office of Student Life needed a way to get students excited about the new building. After some brainstorming, they came up with the idea for a scavenger hunt. Five keys were hidden on campus at various locations. The first five eligible students to find them received priority room registration in the new dorm. Hidden locations included the fountain, on the cross next to the Bison and inside a flowerpot at the entrance to Fanning. “We knew that if we could get our students involved in a hunt like this, then the event would be much more effective than simply hanging posters and sending emails,” Dean of Student Life Sam Smith said. “We’ve had students spending all of their free time looking for keys. Students were constantly stopping by my office begging me to provide them with a hint.” Another person involved in the creation and promotion of Lord of the Keys was Student Activities Director Louis Nelms. He said he was unsure how to generate interest in the new residence hall. “How am I supposed to get people that excited about dorm registration” Nelms said. “I maybe had my doubts that people were going to get this excited. It honestly took off a lot better than I thought it was going to.” Junior...
by Joel Clinger | Dec 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Students looking for music, fellowship and free coffee flock to Coffeehouse. Coffeehouse not only means good music for listeners but also important performances for local songwriters. Scott Wilson, a freshman at Lipscomb, played at Coffeehouse in September and said he was thrilled by the opportunity to perform for his peers. “Someone is there to receive what I’ve created and worked really hard on,” he said. Coffeehouse is a small, intimate concert performed by Lipscomb students for Lipscomb students. Every Thursday night at 10 p.m. the Starbucks located in the Bennett Campus Center is booming with people and tunes. Coffeehouse is popular for the obvious reasons, among them the fact it gives the spotlight to songwriters who usually remain anonymous. Wilson said Coffeehouse was the first live show he had ever done by himself, even though he records his own music and puts it on the Internet. “I liked the first experience of that, and I liked getting to perform some of the music that I had written,” he said. Coffeehouse is a place that can provide a live atmosphere without a scary audience for performers, but it also provides a platform for artists to get their point across through their music. “Something about an audience changes the way you would perform”, Wilson said. “I think it gets me out of perfectionist mode, and it makes me not think about as much as how perfectly I’m playing but how well I’m conveying what I’m...
