by Olivia Banks | Mar 29, 2018 | News Slider
Lipscomb students were given the opportunity to come together and go out all over Nashville and serve others Wednesday afternoon. Classes were cancelled from noon – 4 p.m. to allow students the opportunity to go out into the community to give back. Around 1,200 students, faculty, and staff members participated in Service Day. Sam Smith organized the annual event. Service Day started with the students gathering in Allen Arena to eat lunch and meet with their service teams. After taking a group picture, the teams departed to go to their service locations. Students were able to choose to go to one of multiple locations offered, such as Healing Hands, ThriftSmart, Room in the Inn, Save the Cumberland and more. Freshman Savannah Royston volunteered at “Soles4Souls,” sorting hundreds of shoes by rubber-banding them and separating by size. The shoes that Lipscomb students sorted will be sent to people to provide disaster relief in Alabama. “The whole experience was really meaningful because I knew what I was doing would help someone,” Royston said. “A lot of times I want to help, and I don’t know how to, so this gave me purpose while serving.” Other students from Lipscomb traveled to “The Branch” to volunteer. The Branch is an organization that gives food to people in the community and also provides English tutors. The students’ jobs yesterday afternoon varied from cleaning classrooms, organizing storage areas and building greenhouses. Freshman Sam Gerard was on the team who built a greenhouse. “It was a lot of fun because I enjoy building things, and I had a great group to work with,” Gerard said. The College...
by Olivia Banks | Mar 23, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
Imagine having a plan for your life and then one day it’s interrupted and you’re told you’ll never be able to do what you love again. Freshman Lindsey Marriott went from competing nationally in cross-country races and track events to having her whole life thrown off course after a brain aneurysm rupture at 16 years old. Marriott started running at a young age and instantly became passionate about it. Her career officially began on the middle school track team. Her coaches noticed her skill for the sport and advised her to look for additional coaching and teams outside of the school team, so she got started with a national team. She continued to compete on the national team in high school, but also ran for her school. She qualified for state competitions in cross-country and outdoor track her freshman year and broke many of her school’s records. Marriott’s sophomore season was a career year. She was getting a personal record at every race, qualified for state, and got 10th place overall in the USATF Junior Olympic meet. Nineteen days after her success in the USATF Junior Olympic meet, she was celebrating her birthday in Disney World when she collapsed while walking due to a brain aneurysm rupture. She was rushed to the emergency room where she remained in a medically-induced coma for 16 days. After 10 days in the hospital, the staff decided that they were going to take Marriott out of the coma. When this happened, her right lung collapsed and she went “code blue”. She remained in the hospital for 9 more days until she was able to...
by Olivia Banks | Mar 20, 2018 | News Slider
In honor of W.O.W. Week, The Gathering on Tuesday focused on Lipscomb alumnus Angad Madra. Madra shared the challenges he faced as an international student and how he grew in his faith. Madra started his Lipscomb career his second semester of his freshman year. Coming to Lipscomb, he was unaware of the school’s Christian affiliation. “The only thing I knew about Jesus was that his birthday was the 25th of December, and that wasn’t even true,” he said. His only knowledge about America came from how Hollywood portrayed the country. This is why he was so surprised when he first heard the announcement, “There will be a man on the second floor,” when entering Fanning Hall. Madra wanted everyone to see the value in learning about other cultures because of the growth he experienced in his adjustment to the American culture. He encouraged students to get to know international students because learning about them and their culture will give a true representation of where they’re from. A huge challenge Madra faced when coming to Lipscomb was that he didn’t share the same faith of the majority of the students. He practiced Sikhism and wanted to continue growing in that faith. While at Lipscomb, he said, he felt attacked by people wanted him to get baptized. He would meet Christians who would tell him that he was going to hell because he didn’t believe in Jesus. In conversations, he felt as if no one truly heard him, so he felt isolated. Rob Touchstone was the person who changed this pattern that Madra kept witnessing. Touchstone approached him and told him that...
by Olivia Banks | Feb 9, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
This could be the year for Bison softball. “We truly feel like we have the pieces in place to do it this year,” coach Kristin Ryman said. “I just think the work ethic about this group; there’s something different about it. They’re very, very driven, which I think could pay off big for us.” The ASUN coaches’ poll picked Lipscomb to finish fourth in the conference. Seniors Caitlyn Plocheck and Abby Fenichel topped the team last season in batting average and on-base percentage, respectively, and are stepping up to lead the team again this year. “The way Abby and Plocheck have gone about leading the team so far works because the girls respect them and they respect how hard they work,” Ryman said. “I think the girls are just following their lead.” Fenichel said the pressure to win isn’t getting to her this year. “This year, that talk isn’t really amongst us,” Fenichel said. “We’re just trying to play. We have things to work on, but I’m just excited to play without worry and expectations.” One Bison volleyball player traded in her knee pads for a bat and a glove. Chloe Rogers joined the team in January after her eligibility for the volleyball team ended. Ryman said Rogers is adapting quickly. “She’s already done the quick observe and ‘let me feel out my place,’ but she has a lot of good things to say and has good insight from being on a different team here.” Ryman said of Rogers. She’ll have one more year on the softball team after this one. They’re coming into the season a little banged...
