by Nicci Carney | Aug 25, 2012 | News Slider
Record-setting enrollment, the start of a new semester and changes to overflow parking have students concerned about the on-campus parking situation. Most of the overflow parking lot at Stokes Elementary School has been closed for Lipscomb parking, and the closest parking lot near the campus is at Lipscomb Academy’s football field, 10 minutes away from campus. Students affected the most by this change are the upperclassmen, commuter students. Lipscomb senior Gillian Pulley said she is not happy about how parking has been managed since she has been a student here at Lipscomb. “I feel like parking should not be as bad as it is,” she said. “As an upperclassmen, I don’t want to park 10 miles away or 10 minutes walk away from campus.” Students say parking far away from campus is not only inconvenient, but at night, it can become an issue of safety. “When I leave campus and come back late at night, I can’t find parking near my dorm, and I have to park very far away,” said freshman Michaela Canter. Junior Daniel Cal said the move from Stokes to the high school football field could result in even more difficulty getting to school on time. “We already had a far walk [from Stokes],” he said. “Now that we are at the football field, it’s that much farther. If you’re already late, then it makes it that much harder.” Kim Chaudoin, director of University Communication and Marketing, sent emails to students and faculty announcing the sudden changes to parking and updating the Lipscomb community mid-week. “Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we...
by Nicci Carney | Feb 4, 2012 | News Slider, Opinion, Sports
This year’s Super Bowl is a rematch of the 2008 NFL competition between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. For our Question of the Week video, Lipscomb students weighed in on who they think will win the big game on Sunday, Feb. 5. Tune in to NBC at 5:30 p.m. (CST) for televised coverage of the event. Please upgrade your browser ...
by Nicci Carney | Jan 30, 2012 | News Slider
R.A.D. classes are underway once again this semester, educating Lipscomb women about personal safety. R.A.D., which stands for Rape Aggression Defense, is a nationwide self-defense program with the main goal of providing realistic self-defense options to women regardless of their physical conditioning. Lipscomb’s department of Safety & Security , for the second year in a row, is offering this course that has helped hundreds of women learn the basics of defending themselves if they are ever in a dangerous situation. David Cagle, class instructor and campus security officer, teaches the basics in ground fighting, punching, kicking, risk reduction, awareness and prevention of possible rape and sexual assault incidents. Learning to defend yourself and being mentally prepared is very important, Cagle said. “Every young lady or any faculty member and staff should take this class,” he said. “If not this class, some sort of self-defense course.” Due to the success of the previous year’s course, the university has added one more class and is also in the works of adding four certified R.A.D. instructors to teach the classes. For the women who attend, not only will the class teach them physical methods of defending themselves but will help them mentally be aware of their surroundings. Over the years, Cagle has seen R.A.D. empower the women who complete the course. He said many times women enter the course feeling unprepared to protect themselves but leave feeling equipped and confident. This month’s course is already underway. The course, which lasts for three sessions, will also be offered Feb. 13, 20 and 27 from 6-10 p.m. Registration is in progress, and the course costs $10 for Lipscomb...
by Nicci Carney | Nov 30, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
The next days two days is all about preparation for the Lady Bisons third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. The three time A-Sun Champions will play No. 16 ranked Texas A&M one Thursday, and head coach Brandon Rosenthal is thrilled about the draw. “I thought it was a great draw for us. We don’t know that much about them but they don’t know that much about us,” Rosenthal said. “We are excited about the new opportunity about playing someone different and get to do a little bit of traveling.” This will be the team’s first trip to the Lonestar State and the team’s first tournament outside the state of Ohio. Seeing that this is the Bisons first time playing the Aggies, Rosenthal says the strategy that will be used during the match is defense. “We have done well over the past five years using hard nose defense,” Rosenthal said. “Once you get through that the speed of the game will be big for us and for the speed we are going to have to pass well. We build this team on defense.” The Lady Bisons’ third NCAA appearance is just another step forward for the program. Out of the last five years this year marks the fourth year making a NCAA appearance. These feats have made larger programs take note to how serious Lipscomb is about making a quality program and Rosenthal gives credit to just good hard work from the players. “The message is getting out is what [we] are all about and t that is we are a good quality program,” Rosenthal said. “We talk about...
by Nicci Carney | Nov 2, 2011 | News Slider
Forty students from across disciplines come together beginning Thursday for the Lipscomb University theater presentation of a family friendly take on “Hairspray.” This story tells of the dreams of a Baltimore girl who hopes to make it on a popular 1960s TV show. However, once she makes it, she realizes dreams don’t always matrch reality. The story also has her encountering issues of the day, or any day for that matter, personal appearance and race. The main character is Tracy Turnblad — played by junior Whitney Vaughn — the Baltimore teenager who sees past appearance and race and her goal is to make the “Corny Collins Show” (Corny played by junior Luciano Vignola), but she comes across some obstacles that make her almost lose this dream. Amber von Tussel and her mom Velma (played by Sydni Hayes and Leslie Marberry) pull out all the stops to stop Tracy from being on the show. The musical will take you on a comical, thought-provoking journey. The Lipscomb touch makes this popular Broadway show Saturday Morning-kid friendly so the entire family can come out “from 2 to 102,” said Mike Fernandez, co-chairman of Lipscomb’s theater department. The musical runs Thursday-Sunday, with a Sunday afternoon matinee. Tickets are $15 dollars and student tickets for $5 dollars. However SGA has just announced that 800 students will receive free tickets and they will be available this week at the Lipscomb Box Office or a “Hairspray” display table in Bison Square or in the Student Center. The free tickets are available for a limited time. For more information and where to purchase tickets go to www.theater.lipscomb.edu....
