by Savannah Stewart | Nov 14, 2017 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s Homecoming celebration was revitalized through the restoration of Bison Day last Friday. Last weekend, Bison Day brought about cheers, dances and skits in the square and tailgating festivities before the opening home basketball game against the Emory Eagles. Greek Life took the charge on the revival of Bison Day. Each club did a choreographed dance or cheer to express how the Lipscomb Bisons were going to beat the opposing Emory Eagles. Kelsey Davidson, president of social club Phi Sigma, said she enjoyed seeing everybody happy to participate in Bison Day. “I loved seeing everyone on campus being excited about the same thing,” Davidson said. “I walked into the student center to loud music and people I had never seen before getting others to come to the game.” Davidson said that Bison Day was even better than she expected. “Beforehand, everyone was trying to wrap their minds around what it was supposed to look like,” she said. “I loved seeing what each club had interpreted the instructions as and really making their skit time their own. “The Greek clubs have done a great job in revitalizing Homecoming because it’s something that hasn’t been a big deal in a really long time,” Davidson said. “I always love when there are events that not only connect my club, but connect all of Greek life and in turn, hopefully connect more of the campus.” Sam Smith, Dean of Student Life was largely responsible for Greek Life’s participation in Homecoming. “Our Greek Life really took the lead in putting this whole thing together starting with the Bison Day cheers in Bison Square, then...
by Savannah Stewart | Oct 31, 2017 | News Slider
The Mr. Lipscomb philanthropy event hosted by Delta Omega social club raised over $3,000 for “Best Buddies” last night in Shamblin Theater. The students participating in the pageant raised money individually by getting donations in the student center and then performed on stage at the show. Elizabeth Cluck, the philanthropy coordinator for Delta Omega, announced that the club had raised over $3,000 for the “Best Buddies” program. Last year, the club raised over $1,600. “I was shocked,” Cluck said, adding, “also so excited and humbled and thankful that we could raise that money for such an awesome organization.” Will Huff won both the Mr. Lipscomb title and the crowd favorite award, while Ben Warren and Ralston Drake tied for runner-up. To start off the night, the candidates for Mr. Lipscomb came out in their formal attire and then proceeded to show the audience their Halloween costumes. Luke Shoulders came out as the Kool-Aid Man yelling, “Oh Yeah!” while Drake walked out as a lumberjack carrying “Brawny” paper towels. Jobane Stockard brought out some familiar dance moves as Michael Jackson. The question round was the second phase of the pageant. Drake was asked what holiday he would create if he could. “I would make a holiday called Blairsville Day because I am from Blairsville, Georgia, and I love my hometown,” Drake said. “We’d go bobbing for peaches.” Fourthly, each contestant was asked to perform a talent. Warren did a math equation and showed the audience how two can be equal to one. Pageant-winner Huff performed an interpretive dance to Celine Dion music. The IDEAL program at Lipscomb is a part of Best Buddies and facilitates it on...
by Savannah Stewart | Oct 30, 2017 | News Slider
On Friday, the Student Activities Board (SAB) hosted the annual dodgeball tournament to celebrate Halloween. The event, usually held in Fanning’s courtyard, was held in the Student Activities Center due to rain. Each team pre-selected a theme and came to the event dressed as a representation of the theme chosen. The night began with 16 teams. While being introduced, each team emerged performing a short scene to music. A few of the teams included Jail Birds, Ghostbusters, and Harry Potter. The Harry Potter team came out riding on brooms around the dodgeball court. The Oldie Goodies squad walked in with canes and walkers falling down along the way. As they fell to the ground, a person dressed as the Life Alert button came running in. The final two teams were ‘Fake News’ and ‘Lipscomb Security’. To introduce themselves, Fake News came out interviewing a man in a Donald Trump mask. The rest of the crew ran in wrapped in newspaper. Lipscomb Security walked in with their badges on and writing tickets for the audience. The finals had to be won 3/5. The Lipscomb Security team won the last battle, granting them 4/5 wins for the evening. Heath Bridges from the Lipscomb Security team said their strategy to win was, “Play hard. Go win.” Annie Moore, a junior on the SAB, said she loves how the dodgeball tournament brings the campus together. “With this event, everyone comes together to cheer for their friends and the teams are always so funny and creative with their costumes,” she said. “It helps me meet more people than I would if I was inside my own little bubble.”...
by Savannah Stewart | Oct 20, 2017 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Bisons volleyball squad heads into tonight’s match with first-place Kennesaw State two games back in the conference. The Lady Bisons (11-9, 4-3 ASUN) rattled off three wins last week and are playing some of their best volleyball of the season. After knocking off Belmont on October 10th, the Bisons swept NJIT on October 13th and USC Upstate the next day to put themselves right back in the conference race. Lady Bisons’ coach Brandon Rosenthal said he is very encouraged by his team’s recent play. “I’m really pleased with what we’ve seen over the past week-and-a-half as far as practice and play.],” Rosenthal said. “The big part for us was eliminating the unforced errors that we were making.” The win against Upstate was one of the most dominating of the season for the Lady Bisons, as they completed their 15th sweep of the season thus far (25-18, 25-14, 25-18). Lipscomb’s hitting percentage was .317, .484, and .387 in each set respectively in comparison to Upstate’s .256, .148, and .161. Lauren Anderson, a junior outside hitter, led the team with a career-high 15 kills on 33 attacks, to go along with three aces, two blocks, and eight digs. Maddie Phillips, a sophomore middle, and Chloe Rogers, a senior right side, had 11 kills each. Phillips had five blocks and Anderson had two. Carlyle Nusbaum had 12 kills and nine digs to round out a balanced attack. Morgan Elmore, a sophomore setter, tied a career-high for the second time in a week with 49 assists. Rosenthal spoke highly of the other programs in the league and their continued improvement in...
by Savannah Stewart | Oct 9, 2017 | News Slider
Tau Phi took some inspiration from country music star and club alum Thomas Rhett as the men’s social club hosted its 38th annual Cowboy Show Saturday night in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The night began by recognizing and praying for the victims and family members affected by the Las Vegas shooting at the country music festival last weekend. The show featured the men of Tau Phi and the women of Lipscomb singing country music hits varying from Charlie Daniels’ “Devil Went Down to Georgia” to Thomas Rhett’s “Playing with Fire.” The money the club raised through ticket sales went to its philanthropy, Room in the Inn. Tau Phi member Hunter Taylor directed this year’s show and said he really loved the job of directing. “It has been a stressful few months but seeing the show go off without a hitch made it all worth it,” Taylor said. Taylor noted his favorite part of the show was singing “Forever Country” with Lipscomb student Peytan Porter. “It was a tough song to pull off, and I couldn’t have done it with out my assistant directors, Amy Hurd and Jonathon Flatt,” Taylor said. “Having that song run smoothly with so many moving parts was a great feeling.” Austin and Colin, most recognizable from their viral videos “Welcome to Nashville” and “We Want to Be on the Jimmy Fallon Show,” hosted the show, filling the night with sarcastic humor and “dad jokes.” The duo sang the first song, “Something I’m Good At,” to kick off the night. The rest of the singing acts were a mixture of group numbers, duets and solos with the men of Tau Phi and Lipscomb women who had auditioned to help out with the show....
