by Rachel Tipton | Aug 28, 2018 | News Slider
Along with lots of other changes occurring around the University’s campus this year, one new policy in particular affects all students here at Lipscomb: chapel credits have been reduced from 30 hours to 25. However, students are no longer able to use service hours in order to fulfill their chapel credits. Lipscomb senior Alex Ondrus said she had noticed stress across campus due to unfamiliarity with the policy. Additionally, she noted that she was curious if working or interning students will be able to fulfill requirements by attending chapel twice a week with their busy schedules. “Service hours were a really good opportunity for people to go out in the community and serve, especially for those involved in Greek life,” Ondrus said. Cyrus Eaton, one of Lipscomb’s campus ministers, said that the heart behind the change is simply to encourage students to “build community” by attending chapel twice a week. Eaton also stated that while accountability with service hours has been a small issue in the past, it is simply a small factor in a larger scenario. “Our ultimate goal for chapel is to create rhythms in spiritual formation,” Eaton said, regarding the motivation behind the change in policy. Steve Davidson, senior campus minister, expressed the ministry team’s desire for students to recognize their importance by connecting with others through Christ-like community. “Thursday breakout chapels and chapel opportunities at other times will create space for connecting and reflecting on the goodness of God,” Davidson said. Eaton said that struggling students, or those experiencing extenuating circumstances, should not be afraid to seek counsel from the ministry team if they need...
by Carly Reams | Aug 26, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb women’s soccer team found themselves back at Vanderbilt for the Music City Invite on Sunday, where the Bisons played the ACC’s Miami Hurricanes. The game remained scoreless until the last 10 minutes when Miami took the 1-0 win on a goal from junior midfielder Kristina Fisher in the 82nd minute. On Friday night, the Lady Bisons (2-1-1) played to a scoreless, double-overtime draw against Ohio before their loss against the Hurricanes (3-1) on Sunday. The contest was fairly equal and made for a match full of shot opportunities and aggressive defense. The Lady Bisons kept up with Miami’s scoring chances but couldn’t seem to get the ball into the back of the net. Lipscomb coach Kevin O’Brien said that this wasn’t due to his team’s efforts but rather the skill of Miami’s goalkeeper and defenders. “I felt that Miam’s goalkeeper kept them in the game, while (Friday) night it was harder to get through Ohio’s back four,” O’Brien said. “The fact that we are creating chances is what I am happy about.” Locked in a scoreless tie with only 10 minutes left, Miami attempted a few shots on Lipscomb senior goalkeeper Kate Mason. On Miami’s third shot attempt, Fisher slipped the ball past Mason despite the efforts of senior defender Justis Bailey, who nearly saved it. Lipscomb continued to play with high energy despite the late score. Sophomore defender Kaitlin Echols believes that the encouragement from the sideline helped the team stay motivated after Miami’s late goal. “We have a ton of support on the sideline, and we all just picked each other up and realized that it wasn’t...
by Spencer Boehme | Aug 26, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
The eighth-annual LUV Invite has concluded, and the Lipscomb Bisons (2-0) stand as the ultimate victors in the tournament hosted in Allen Arena. A 3-2 victory for the Bisons capped off the weekend, which featured visiting teams SMU and Iowa. “It’s great just to get that momentum from the start of the year,” Lipscomb senior outside hitter Lauren Anderson said. “And playing on your home court is incredible, too.” SMU (0-2) got the short end of the stick in the tournament. The Bisons opened with a 3-0 win over the Mustangs on Friday night. Senior outside hitter Carlyle Nusbaum and junior middle blocker Maddie Phillips tied for a Lipscomb-leading 10 kills. Iowa then took down SMU with a 3-1 win on Saturday afternoon. Senior outside hitter Taylor Louis provided the Hawkeyes with a team-leading 19 kills. The final contest proved to be the closest one of the trilogy. The Bisons carried most of the momentum throughout the first set, with the outside hitter Anderson featured as the Bisons’ libero. Nusbaum and sophomore outside hitter Megan Kuper both contributed four kills each for Lipscomb as the Bisons ultimately took the first set 25-13. This included a 15-3 run to cap things off. The Hawkeyes shut down the Bisons’ momentum in the next two sets. They controlled much of the second set, finishing with a 25-20 victory. Iowa also dominated for most of the third set, aided by six unanswered points when they were down 6-7. The Bisons struggled to prevent Iowa’s persistent kill attempts, and they fell 16-25. “I didn’t think we passed extremely well,” Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal said....
by Russell Vannozzi | Aug 23, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider, Sports
Fresh off its first-ever NCAA basketball tournament appearance, the Lipscomb men’s basketball team announced its 2018-19 schedule Thursday. The slate features 29 total contests, including 14 home games and six away games within a four-hour-drive of Nashville. The non-conference schedule will be challenging as the Bisons make trips to SMU (Nov. 18), TCU (Nov. 20), Louisville (Dec. 12) and Clemson (Dec. 30). Eight of Lipscomb’s non-conference foes finished higher than the Bisons in the final 2018 Pomeroy Ratings. “We talked to the team about how great it is to have expectations placed upon us, but at the same time, we showed them eight of our nonconference opponents who were better than us last year,” coach Casey Alexander said in a release provided by Lipscomb’s athletic department. “We have plenty of work to do.” Alexander also scheduled several local opponents for non-conference matchups. The Bisons will host Sewanne (Nov. 6), Tennessee State (Nov. 10) and rival Belmont (Nov. 15) to open the season, before traveling to Morehead State (Nov. 25), Middle Tennessee (Dec. 1) and Belmont (Dec. 4). The Bisons’ date with the Blue Raiders will be the first time the two teams have met since 2007. Middle Tennessee has appeared in two of the last three NCAA tournaments, including a shocking, 90-81 upset of No. 2-seeded Michigan State in 2016. “I am really excited we were able to get something worked out with Middle Tennessee,” Alexander said. “I have great respect for what they’ve done as probably the best program in the state of Tennessee over the last few years.” Other non-conference home games include Covenant (Dec. 17), Vermont...
by Erin Franklin | Aug 20, 2018 | News Slider
Hi, Bisons! It’s hard to believe summer is already over, but here we are entering the 2018-2019 school year already. So, I thought I would give you all an update on Lumination Network for this upcoming semester. First things first, we have a couple of additions to our editorial staff. Senior Russell Vannozzi, our previous sports editor, is now our co-managing editor along with senior Cole Gray. Sophomore Spencer Boehme will be joining the editorial staff as our new sports editor. Both Russell and Spencer are excellent, hardworking reporters, and I know they will do great at their new positions. As editor, I’m looking forward to the growth of Lumination, and I hope to continue to build the site into something that all students, alumni, faculty and parents read each day. Russell, Cole, Spencer and I most certainly couldn’t do it alone, though! We have several talented students contributing to Lumination this year. Check out our “About” page to see our full list of gifted writers and photographers on the Lumination staff. Notably, one of these trusted staff members, senior Ben Davis, is back as our Chief Photographer. Ben has won back-to-back national Excellence in Journalism awards for his photographs of the total solar eclipse and of president’s convocation. He is the first in Lumination history to do so! On the radio side of things, Cavin Jacobson and Lebron Hill are teaming up as our co-Radio Directors. Make sure to tune in to hear some of your favorite Lipscomb artists. Starting senior year leads one to reflect, and I can safely say that serving as Editor-in-Chief of Lumination has truly...
by Cavin Jacobson | Aug 14, 2018 | News Slider, Opinion
Ah, summer school. The movies portray it as some kind of dungeon that sucks up your summer while all your friends who did good in school enjoy the pool. Summer school does have a negative connotation to it. Some people view summer school as a place where degenerates go after partying too much and flunking their fall and spring classes. When college students hear that the classes are typically three weeks to eight weeks long yet still jam a whole semester into them, they think only sadists would do that to themselves. Summer school, however, is not only easier than traditional school, it’s faster, and it keeps you in the rhythm of school. At Lipscomb, there are four summer semesters: Maymester, Junemester and Julymester, and also a full summer semester that stretches throughout June and July. This summer, I took two classes in Maymester that lasted only three weeks, four classes in the full summer semester that only took eight weeks and another final class in Julymester that went along with the final three weeks of my full summer classes. I took 19 credit hours in the span of 12 weeks, as opposed to a 16-week traditional semester. I still get a three-week break before classes start up again in the Fall, which is the same amount of time as Christmas break, and all the time away I need. The pacing of summer classes is fantastic. Too many times in too many classes I have spent what feels like an eternity on one chapter or one concept that I got down in the first few days. Meeting twice a...
