by LeBron Hill | Mar 27, 2018 | News Slider
Over 10,000 people attended the March for Our Lives event in Nashville Saturday. Led by Vanderbilt University freshman Abby Brafman, the march took place a week after the one-month anniversary of the Parkland school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 students were killed. Attending the march were supporters of gun reform and people affected by gun violence. Photo by LeBron Hill. Listen to the radio story below. ...
by Maria Morales | Mar 24, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Lipscomb students raised $6,130 for inner-city Nashville kids Friday evening at Full Moon Fest, a student-led, 1950’s-themed benefit concert and dance party in the Student Activity Center. Each spring semester for the past five years, the Full Moon planning committee chooses an organization to support. This year, the committee chose Youth Encouragement Services here in Nashville. The organization offers after school programs, tutoring and summer camps. “I’m really excited to support YES because I think they’re doing a really great thing with the community,” student Allie Chambers said. Chambers performed “Redbone”by Childish Gambino during the event. Senior Olivia Waldorf came to support her friend and roommate who was performing at the event. “The music has been so great tonight. There’s hot dogs, soda, it’s just all around a good time in the 50’s,” Waldorf said. Students Elizabeth Cluck and Joel Clinger headed the planning committee on behalf of their respective social clubs. “It’s really awesome because both Theta Psi and Delta Omega got to do their service project there together, which was a cool way to inspire passion within the club to get excited and get behind the organization,” Cluck said. Gallery by Anna Rogers « ‹ of 3 › »...
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 Charissa Ricker | Mar 21, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lipscomb’s neighbor school Belmont University announced in early February its acquisition of the O’More College of Design, currently located in Franklin, Tennessee. The expansion will commence in fall 2018 and will add three new design majors to Belmont’s undergraduate program. The competition between Lipscomb and Belmont is deeply rooted, and this acquisition has the potential to spark major changes on Lipscomb’s campus. The almost-50-years-old O’More College will be shutting the doors to its Franklin school, and students will have the choice to commute to Belmont’s campus. Belmont’s Editorial and News Content Director April Hefner gave an official statement regarding the transition. “Belmont is proud to welcome new programs in interior design, fashion design and fashion merchandising when O’More joins our campus this fall,” Hefner said. “Our design communications major will also see an expansion with the influx of O’More graphic design students.” O’More was founded with interior design roots and has a fully accredited interior design program while Lipscomb has a minor interior design program that is not popular among students. However, the other design majors Belmont is collecting have yet to be accredited, leaving Lipscomb and its fully-accredited fashion program a major step ahead. Kathy Bates, the chair of the fashion and design department at Lipscomb, taught a few adjunct classes at the O’More College of Fashion and Design several years ago and shared how she thinks Lipscomb will stand next to Belmont’s addition. “We have been the only one in Nashville that’s a fully accredited university that has a fully accredited fashion program,” Bates said. “I feel like we have pretty good ground to stand on.” Despite...
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 Russell Vannozzi | Mar 20, 2018 | News Slider, Opinion, Sports
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Season-ending losses are typically filled with tears and disappointment, frustration of what could have been had a certain play or shot fallen differently. But when Lipscomb lost to North Carolina by a score of 84-66 in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament on Friday, it didn’t bring the type of shock that usually comes in March. Yes, there were a few hung heads and some tears from the Bisons, who had hoped to pull an upset against the defending national champions. However, when the team returned to their Holiday Inn in uptown Charlotte, the lobby wasn’t filled with sadness. Seniors Aaron Korn and George Brammeier were seen hugging family members. Rob Marberry took a seat on a couch to talk with friends, sporting a bruise after taking an elbow to the face early in the game. Other players opted to get up to their rooms and pack for the team’s charter flight back to Nashville. Junior forward Eli Pepper leaned over to me and said, “We’ll be back…just need to put together a 40-minute performance next year.” There were no signs of a crushing defeat. How could anyone be overly upset? The Bisons won their first-ever ASUN tournament title and stood their ground in their March Madness debut. “It’s an honor just to be part of this Lipscomb basketball team and what the program has become,” sophomore guard Kenny Cooper said. “(Making) our first tournament and being part of (the Big Dance) exceeded our expectations.” Sure, it’s cliché to say that one loss doesn’t define an otherwise successful season, or to call the team...
