by Russell Vannozzi | Jan 19, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
Just three games into the ASUN slate, the Lipscomb women’s basketball team has already equaled its total of six victories from last season. That includes two conference wins and three victories in the last four contests. What’s been the difference this time around? Coach Greg Brown said he believes it’s a combination of new coaches, new personnel and a focus on continual improvement. “We’ve tried to teach a growth mentality,” Brown said. “We played some tough games in the non-conference schedule and tried to learn from each of them. [The team] is putting some of those lessons in action now, and they’re reaping the benefits.” The Lady Bisons (6-12, 2-1 ASUN) are fresh off a 73-69 win at North Florida on Monday, when senior guard Loren Cagle poured in a career-high 31 points. Cagle’s offensive production has nearly doubled – she’s up to 17.4 points per game this year versus 8.9 points per game last season – thanks in part to the emergence of young point guards like Lauren Rau, Lexi Manos and Carleigh Short. “Last year we relied on [Cagle] a lot,” Brown said. “Rau was sick and [Manos and Short] were both freshmen. We’ve been able to take the pressure off Cagle and that’s allowed her to be more aggressive.” In addition to Cagle’s improvement, redshirt freshman Emily Kmec has challenged opposing defenses with her height and shooting ability. The Carmel, Indiana, native is 47-of-133 (35 percent) from beyond the arc and is second on the team in rebounds with 79. “Kmec has come in and changed some of our dynamics by being able to stretch the floor,”...
by Tyler Harvey | Jan 19, 2018 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s basketball team fell to conference rival Florida Gulf Coast Thursday night in Allen Arena after losing an 18-point second half lead. Coming into the game, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles had an undefeated conference record winning all three of its conference games so far. The Eagles also had a five-game winning streak going into Thursday night. However the Bisons came into the game on a bit of cold streak having lost three of their last five games. Despite this, Lipscomb Head Coach Casey Alexander said the game would not be a problem for the Bisons. “We shouldn’t have a problem keeping the intensity up,” Alexander said. “This is a big game.” The Eagles started off the game strong by making four of their first four shots to take the lead 8-2. However, Lipscomb didn’t let FGCU extend the lead any further at that point. The Bisons stormed right back and tied the game at 13-all two minutes later. The lead went back and forth until Lipscomb junior Garrison Mathews was able to spark the team late in the first half. Mathews, who is having a standout season, made a three-point shot to break the tie and put the Bisons up 41-38 with 2:14 left in the first half. That shot sparked the Bisons, and they went on a 13-2 run to end the first half. At halftime, the Bisons led 48-40. While the Bisons were able to extend their lead by halftime, the men still had a lot to work for the next half as went into the locker room. Florida Gulf Coast’s field goal percentage...
by Jade Spilka | Jan 18, 2018 | News Slider
Deion Sims, a senior biology major at the University, spoke at the Gathering Tuesday in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Sims opened his message with a personal story from his life that pinpointed the exact moment he realized his privilege. He saw a boy and a pig rummaging through the trash in a third-world country and realized he was put in a position of opportunity from the time he was born. Sims said this privilege was not something he earned. It was freely given to him by chance. He highlighted the fact that each Lipscomb student is privileged and each student has a choice on how to use his or her privilege. “Dr. King used his privilege to put himself in the mess,” Sims said. He offered an unexpected viewpoint to the audience: our privilege comes with a purpose and if we choose to not acknowledge the blessing we have been given, we may not be able to impact the world to our fullest potential. “To deny our privilege is to forfeit our purpose,” Sims said. He then said there were three points students must recognize in relation to their privilege. The first point is to recognize we are privileged. The second is to recognize our privilege is not earned. Lastly, we must realize we have a choice of what to do with our privilege. Once Sims ended his message, Cyrus Eaton offered his own words of encouragement. “The Kingdom of Heaven is locked inside each of you and it is waiting to get out,” Eaton said. Eaton closed with prayer, thanking Jesus that He did not...
by Cole Gray | Jan 16, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
Classes starting after 3:00 PM Tuesday and before 10:00 AM Wednesday are cancelled due to inclement weather, the University announced in chapel and via email Tuesday morning. “Food service, campus safety and other student services for students living on campus will be provided and available,” the official announcement read. University offices will be closed at those hours as well. Classes beginning after 10:00 AM Wednesday are subject to the Class Schedule Disruption Policy until further notice. The announcement said the University will make a decision on the rest of Wednesday’s classes by 8:00 AM tomorrow. Wednesday’s expected high temperature is 27 degrees. Middle Tennessee State University, Belmont, Fisk and other Nashville-area colleges cancelled classes for the full day Tuesday. Some public school districts have already made the decision to remain closed Wednesday. photo by Anna...
by LeBron Hill | Jan 13, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
The Lipscomb choir partnered with the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Intersection and MET Singers to present Upon These Shoulders last night at Fisk University’s memorial chapel. The evening featured music, spoken word and Negro spirituals. The purpose of the night was to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the many heroes of the Civil Right Movement. Intersection, which included current Lipscomb students Scott Brons and Samson Tucker, performed the song Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, composed by Joel Thompson. Junior Lipscomb student and piano performance major Brons said that singing the words to the song meant a lot to him. “It’s such a powerful piece,” Brons said. “Joel Thompson did such a great job composing it. There are all kinds of little things in it that make it both musically and emotionally mature and sincere.” The song is composed of the last words of seven unarmed black men: Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Kenneth Chamberlain, Amadou Diallo and John Crawford. Diallo’s last words were: “Mom, I’m going to college.” The song is intended to show those words being cried out as a powerful moment and message of pain and realization. Freshman and philosophy major Tucker took this opportunity to look more into the victims. “It led me to do more research on it because a lot of the names I didn’t know.” The MET singers, led by conductor Margaret Campbelle-Holman, started the concert with I-She-0-Lu-Wah, a Liberian chant followed by a Negro spiritual, My Lord, What a Morning. The Fisk Jubilee Singers sung Negro Spirtuals such as Oh, Holy Lord and The Battle of Jericho. The night...
by Tyler Harvey | Jan 11, 2018 | News Slider
Dr. Chris Gonzalez, a professor in the psychology department, spoke in chapel Thursday morning. Dr. Gonzalez began his message by inviting the audience to participate in a poll. He asked who was the better theologian: Chance the Rapper or Kendrick Lamar. After an overwhelming applause for both, he decided Kendrick Lamar won by a “voice vote.” Gonzalez then went into his talk about the topic of “In -> Tolerance,” or, intentionally moving toward tolerance. He began a thought experiment by telling the audience to “imagine you’re in a room, and there’s one other person in this room. This other person is a different gender than you are. You don’t know this person. They have a different skin color than you, a different religion than you and a different culture than you. “Once you start talking to this person you realize they’re not just different than you, you also have a lot of disagreements with them,” Gonzalez said. “The more you talk to them the more you realize they are strongly holding to their views. How are you feeling?” He said most people would probably feel uncomfortable, defensive or judgmental, and some might want to walk away. Dr. Gonzalez then confessed that he likes being around people that agree with him. Then he can have conversations that are enjoyable, and he can let his defenses down. “It’s completely normal to like to be around people that are like me, but it starts to fall apart when I get tricked into thinking I have a right to feel comfortable,” he said. “Sometimes I get tricked [into thinking] that protecting my comfort is the right...
