by Nick Glende | Dec 8, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
New York Mets pitcher RA Dickey shared his triumphs and struggles in and out of baseball and how God has inspired him when he spoke in Allen Arena Dec. 6. Dickey was on campus as the featured speaker for the 2012 Forehand and Friends/Golden Bisons Luncheon. Dickey is the first knuckleball pitcher to earn the National League Cy Young Award, the highest honor in pitching, and he was recognized by Lipscomb’s College of Business as part of its “Heroes of Business” series. Dickey spoke about overcoming obstacles in his career, his path to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and how it all helped him solidify a great relationship with God. Dickey announced the climb in November 2011, following his inspiration from reading Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro. He completed the climb and returned to his team in January, risking his 2012 season salary with the Mets. The Mets threatened to void his contract–a salary of $4.25 million, but Dickey said he wasn’t intimidated because there were bigger things at stake. “They told me, ‘if you get hurt and fall off that mountain, we’ll void your contract.’ I said, ‘If I fall off that mountain, that’ll be the least of my worries.'” Dickey climbed in support of Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization which ministers to victims of human trafficking and their children in the heart of the redlight districts. Dickey and other members of his team raised over $100,000. Ascending Kilimanjaro was much less a physical challenge for Dickey but more of a spiritual reinforcement, he said. Dickey described a moment at the mountain peak when he looked out over cloud shelves...
by Nick Glende | Oct 16, 2012 | Sports
Sami Khan, a sophomore from St. Louis, has been playing golf competitively since she was 10 years old. The fashion merchandise major got started when she was only 6 because her family was involved in the sport.“I guess I’m just like my family,” Khan said. “My uncle played and taught me when I was 6, and my older sister played too. She’s 10 years older than me. Her high school team won state, and that’s kind of why I started doing it competitively.” Just like her sister, Khan’s high school team also won state, and she was a state medalist all four years. Currently, Khan plays with a four handicap and averages high 70s each game. Khan considers her best golfing game to have been at a very early age. “My best game? I don’t know… I know I had my first hole in one when I was 10,” Khan said. “It’s pretty funny. My sister was playing with me and she got a hole in one, and then I got one right after. And neither of us have had one since then. That was probably my best game.” It is Khan’s second year on Lipscomb’s golf team under Coach Buddy Harston, and she said she really enjoys her coach and her teammates. “My coach is a character,” she said. “He always takes us to Dairy Queen after tournaments or always takes us out to eat. He’s a really good coach. Even at tournaments he just likes to have fun. He has us practice really hard, and that helps us qualify for everything. We work really hard, but once we...
by Nick Glende | Oct 6, 2012 | News Slider
After hearing from students, the dining hall has moved up its opening time to 7:15 a.m. instead of 7:30. At last month’s food committee meeting, students expressed their difficulty in eating a healthy breakfast and still making on time to 8 a.m. classes. Junior biology major Cristina Kelley said she never had time to get a balanced meal before her biochemistry class prior to the extra 15 minutes of eating time being added this month. “I still don’t know why they don’t go back to opening at 7, I mean, it’s only 15 minutes earlier. But at least they open at 7:15 now because there was no way I had time to eat breakfast with the old schedule.” In addition to the dining hall, Common Grounds, the coffee shop in Ezell, has also reworked their hours of operation. Common Grounds now will be open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Though changing the Common Grounds schedule never came up at the food committee meeting, general manager of Sodexo Wolcott Fary did have a reason for the change. “We found out that Tuesdays and Thursdays were more likely days when the graduate classes would need to have food and beverage options,” he said. Also for the month of October, Blue Coast Burrito and Auntie Anne’s will be offering specials. Customers can participate in “build your own soup and fish taco Fridays” at Blue Coast and purchase almond pretzels at Auntie Anne’s. The October specials listed in the email from Lipscomb dining sent out to the student body also include...
by Nick Glende | Sep 24, 2012 | Opinion
Sixty percent of Lipscomb students polled say they would text before using any other means of communication. A survey from Sept. 10. asked students “When you wish to contact someone, how would you normally do it? (assuming all options are available at the time you want to contact them).” The four options to choose from were phone call, text message, instant message (email, Facebook, etc.) or knock on their door (face to face). A few years ago the polls would have shown different results, but now most Americans, especially college students, carry a mobile phone. Rebecca Clark, a Lipscomb junior, has seen a decrease in the amount she calls and said she has grown maybe too comfortable with texting. “I used to call people a lot more, but texting just seems so much easier,” she said. “I’ve grown used to it, and now I tend to feel more awkward about calling someone. And I’d much rather send a text so I have time to respond, instead of be on the spot.” Judging by the poll results, 60 percent of the time, when communicating, nobody is actually talking. Things like tone of voice and body language are not a factor in a text message, meaning a lot of the time what you say can easily be misinterpreted. President of Lipscomb’s IT Department, Nick Painter, is familiar with this situation. “I can see how most people text instead of call nowadays, but texting is not always the best method,” he said. “Sometimes I’ll text my girlfriend and say something completely harmless, or I’ll be joking, and she’ll get mad at me, or it...
by Nick Glende | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
In an almost last-minute decision, senior Erica Aburto became president of Lipscomb’s Futuro chapter this year. Aburto, a member of Lipscomb’s student newscast and writer for Lumination, had been a member of Futuro last year but was unable to participate as much as she’d hoped due to work and school responsibilities. Futuro is a professional development organization designed “to provide Hispanic college students with networking opportunities, leadership skills, communication skills and real-world exercises in order to equip them with skills they can take to the workforce.” Originally from Chicago, Aburto now has apartment in the Nashville area and has big aspirations for her future. “After graduation I may do grad school, corporate management or education,” she said. “I volunteered three years at Woodmont Hills Church as a tutor, and I like working with kids. Those are some possibilities. Maybe translating, since I speak Spanish, and I could help other kids with that.” Education is very important, Aburto said, adding that she has learned a lot from being at Lipscomb. “Ultimately the goal of education is to not only have your questions answered, but to raise more questions,” she said. “And that in and of itself–critical thinking–is one of the most important pillars of education.” Aburto said Jackie Corley, a Lipscomb alumnus was a major influence, for her. Corley is now director at Christian Community Services, Inc. “The way she’s influenced me is her serving heart,” Aburto said. “She’s never met a stranger. That’s just who she is. Whoever she encounters is automatically a friend of hers. That’s someone I aspire to be like, someone who never meets strangers and...
