by KJ Lauck | Oct 19, 2016 | News Slider
The Counseling Center and Honors College hosted the first-ever Lipscomb Spoken Word Festival, featuring performances from current students and one professional on Tuesday night in Ward Lecture Hall. The poetry slam consisted of five Lipscomb students: Salah Salman, Sherrod Foster, Leslie Garcia, Christopher Hebert, Joshua Yarborough and one professional slam artist, Emily Joy. “Both Andrea Mills of the Counseling Center and I had a common student who introduced us to the poetry of Emily Joy, and we thought it would be an interesting thing to have a night of spoken word,” Honors College director Paul Prill said. The night started with the students taking turns delivering their poems at the front of a mostly-filled Lecture Hall. Each student who shared his or her thoughts and vulnerabilities through poetry were greeted with snaps of affirmation and supportive applause. “I knew I had some students who had done this competitively, and so I thought it would be good to have some student talent along with somebody who does this professionally,” Prill said. Many of the students who participated are in Lipscomb’s Honors College. The students talked about everything from race and religion to societal norms and stereotypes, as each student recalled personal experiences that have encouraged them to transform their thoughts about these topics into spoken word. One of the students, Leslie Garcia, talked about her struggles of feeling comfortable in her own skin and the nuances of “womanhood.” “We still have a long way to go here, obviously, to try and recognize gender issues on this campus,” Prill noted. The special guest, Emily Joy, also spoke of her struggle to...
by KJ Lauck | Oct 12, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Dove Awards artists were practicing their pitch while the Lipscomb men’s soccer team (7-5-1, 2-2) played its way to victory on the pitch, defeating the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers (6-4-3, 2-1-1), 1-0 on Tuesday night at Lipscomb’s Soccer Complex. Through the first 10 minutes of play, Lipscomb controlled much of the possession through the midfield and had three shots on goal adding to the two free kick opportunities, which pressured the Blazers. “I thought our midfield play was fantastic tonight,” head coach Charles Morrow said. “A good emphasis for us was to win first and second balls, and I thought our midfield did a great job of that.” Lipscomb senior goalkeeper, Micah Bledsoe, made a save right in front of Lipscomb’s goal in the 17th minute to preserve a 0-0 score. Shortly after, UAB had a breakaway chance, but the Blazers were unable to take advantage of the breakdown in Lipscomb’s defense. After the chance, the pressure shifted to Lipscomb. UAB controlled the next 15 minutes of possession as Lipscomb struggled with the Blazers’ pressure. The Bisons found their footing for a short burst before halftime, firing off four shots in a short five-minute window. The score remained 0-0 at halftime. Lipscomb began the second half with a goal from junior forward Ivan Sakou (4), as he received a low-arching cross from sophomore, forward and leading goal-scorer, Logan Paynter, who added his third assist on the year. The goal gave the Bisons a 1-0 lead. “I thought Logan Paynter gave them all that they wanted today, and we were able to find him high and wide right away...
by KJ Lauck | Oct 9, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons soccer team (9-4-2, 3-1-1) tied the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (9-4-1, 3-0-1) on Sunday afternoon at Lipscomb Soccer Complex. The Eagles controlled possession for the first 25 minutes of play and spend a lot of time in the Lipscomb defensive third. Florida Gulf Coast finally capitalized in the 26th minute with a goal from senior forward Tabby Tindell, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead. Freshman forward Emilie Olsen assisted. Lipscomb did not get many chances after that goal and went into the half trailing 1-0. The Eagles’ dynamic duo came out in the second half and struck again in the 48th minute with a goal from Olsen, extending the Florida Gulf Coast lead 2-0, with Tindell assisting. The Bisons responded with a well-executed set piece that led to a shot on goal in the 60thminute; however the Eagles’ goalkeeper, freshman Melissa Weck, made a jumping save to preserve the Eagles’ lead, 2-0. After the Eagles second goal, both teams traded possession, and each kept the other from many quality chances. Lipscomb then drew a penalty kick in the 76th minute, and redshirt-junior Ellen Lundy cut the deficit 2-1, which gave the Lady Bisons new energy. “Ellen’s a great target player – she was conference freshman of the year and scoring a ton of goals for us,” Head coach Kevin O’Brien said. The Lady Bisons pressed the Eagles late in the match, trying to mount a comeback, and with 10 minutes remaining, O’Brien put in his leading goal-scorer, freshman Olivia Doak. The goal made the Lady Bisons hit another gear. “Yeah, I think we did actually,” O’Brien said. “I felt like the whole...
by KJ Lauck | Oct 8, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons (10-5, 3-1) volleyball team defeated the Stetson Hatters (4-15, 1-3) in four sets on Friday night in Allen Arena. Lipscomb came out swinging, serving and scoring early and dominated the first set, blitzing the Hatters to take the first set 25-14. The first set saw the Lady Bisons accumulate more kills (15) than the Hatters had points (14). In the second set, Lipscomb came out and set the tone early, taking an early 10-1 lead. Lipscomb received some of that help from the bench. “Some of our bench got some valuable experience today,” head coach Brandon Rosenthal said. The second set ended with Lipscomb pulling away from the Hatters 25-13 for another double-digit set win. “I thought we came out and did a really nice job executing in the first two sets,” Rosenthal said. Sophomore Lauren Anderson, who is third on the team in kills, (131) lead the Lady Bisons with six kills in the first two sets. Two Lady Bisons, senior Katie Bradley and junior Brittany Thomas, finished the second set with 1.000 hit percentages. However, the Bisons began the third set flat, and the Hatters would take their first lead of the match in the third set 10-9 and increase it to a 13-10 lead. “We didn’t necessarily come out with as much urgency,” Rosenthal said. “It was one of those situations where she (Thomas) wasn’t necessarily playing her best and being asked to lead.” Stetson would not allow Lipscomb’s early dominance to keep them down, increasing their lead to 17-12. “Any leadership role — when you’re not at your best you kind of...
by KJ Lauck | Oct 3, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider, Opinion
Pressures mount in Peter Burg’s Deepwater Horizon, which tells the true story of the biggest oil disaster in US history. The film chronicles the events of April 20, 2010 when the oil spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s headed by Mark Wahlberg (Mike Williams) and Kurt Russell (Jimmy Harrell). John Malkovich (Virdine) plays a good, yet unlikable, greedy and I-only-care-about-the-bottom-line kind of business man. The movie makes no point of hiding what will happen as obvious visuals and bits of dialogue foreshadow the coming events. The first instance involves a Coca-Cola can that gushes like Old Faithful; Jimmy receives a safety award for the not-so-lucky seventh straight year, and a magenta tie appears. The vibe on the rig is one that oozes with the blue-collar, hardworking mentality, and most of the cast develops a southern accent, since it is set off the Louisiana coast, allowing for the characters to feel honestly relatable and real. Once everything seems to be OK and all of the safety procedures have cleared – everything starts to head south — and fast. It is a sprint to the end of the movie once the rig begins to have some malfunctions. This is when the film really shines. The fast-paced sequences and cuts in between different characters’ views are shot nicely and are not too jumpy. Each character receives enough screen time to make the viewer sympathize with his or her experience. Wahlberg and Russell really make a deep connection with not a whole lot of screen time. Another character that Wahlberg strongly interacts with is Andrea Fleytas (Gina Rodriguez), especially as the...
