by KJ Lauck | Nov 30, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons (1-6) fell to the rival Belmont Bruins (4-4) 100-62 on Tuesday night at Belmont’s Curb Event Center. Belmont outscored the Purple and Gold 27-10 in the first 10 minutes and never looked back, as the Bruins would pour on 16 three-pointers. “Too many points, too many easy baskets we gave up,” head coach Greg Brown said. The rival Bruins also had five players score double-digit points, including leading scorer Darby Maggard, who had 18. Lipscomb’s leading scorer was senior Alex Banks, who also had 18 points to go along with seven rebounds. “Being a senior that’s what we need the most from her,” Brown said. “She played very physical and played efficient inside.” Lipscomb looks to right the ship Saturday against Morehead State at 11 a.m. in Morehead, KY. Additional reporting and photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Charissa Ricker | Nov 29, 2016 | News Slider
In an effort to raise awareness about the growing number of on-campus sexual assault, seven students in the Graduate Counseling Program at Lipscomb presented the documentary The Hunting Ground in Stowe Hall on Monday night. Students Madison Nunneley, Alyse D. Woods, Caitlin Coile, Emily Desalvatore, Laura Spehar, Ashlyn Leatherwood and Lauren Burgen hosted the film and answered questions about sexual assault and Title IX. As a precursor to watching the film, the graduate students invited Pieter Valk, graduate assistant to the Title IX coordinator, to speak on Lipscomb’s policies and the seriousness of Title IX. “If you are a survivor of sexual assault or sexual harassment you are in control of where your story goes next,” Valk said. “You can talk to the Counseling Center, you can talk to someone in the Campus Ministry Office or someone in the University Health Clinic; all three are confidential resources.” Due to Lipscomb’s policy on alcohol consumption and drug use, many students are afraid to report sexual assaults and do not receive justice. However, what students don’t know is that Lipscomb has an amnesty clause for reporting sexual assault. “Lipscomb has a policy that if you report a sexual assault, or you aid a survivor and report their assault, you are immune from any other policy violations that happened at the event,” Valk said. “We want students to be able to get justice and resources they deserve.” In an effort to raise student awareness about Lipscomb’s victim resources these graduate students from large and small undergraduate universities shared their motives for sponsoring the event. “I went to a small Christian school similar...
by Erin Franklin | Nov 27, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider, Opinion
Moana isn’t your typical Disney princess. In fact, despite being the daughter of the village chief, having an animal sidekick and occasionally breaking out into song, even Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) herself insists that she is not a princess. Originally, I thought Disney was trying to make Moana the newest installment in the Disney princess franchise, but it appears they’re trying to mix it up a bit by providing an animated young female who doesn’t have to be a princess and doesn’t have to have a love interest to be a heroine. The film is reminiscent of Pocahontas with its focus on heritage and mythology; the story places a heavy emphasis and theme on mythological Hawaiian island gods and demigods, perhaps Disney’s most religious-oriented film to date. In fact, this focus is almost a little unsettling for an animated movie. The story is a journey, typical of a Disney animated tale with a young girl simply trying to “follow her heart.” She’s smart, capable, encouraging and independent — a heroine who does not incessantly complain about the problems of her situation before attempting to fix them; rather, she solves them by initiating the action herself. On this journey, its beginning and its end are its strong points. The story seems to get a little lost in the middle, especially when the quite odd and unlovable coconut-pirates come into play, but it finds itself again with the fiery ending and Moana and Maui finally working together as a team. Speaking of Maui, he’s not quite as lovable a character as Moana. Even after his heroism at the end, it still feels difficult...
by Brooke Dorris | Nov 23, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider, Opinion
When first seeing the trailer for Rules Don’t Apply and all of the A-list actors involved, one would think that it would be a hit. However, it was more confusing than anything. To briefly summarize the plot of a two-hour movie that felt more like five, small-town beauty queen and devout Baptist Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) comes to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting. Under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), she works and works to get her name out there, but of course that doesn’t happen at first. She then meets her personal driver Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich), who is also from a very conservative and religious background. Of course, they are immediately smitten with each other, but it is forbidden for a driver to have a romantic relationship with one of the contracted actresses. It also risks their religious views. So after hearing that, one would expect this movie to be a compelling love story about two people meant to be together and defy all the odds and make that happen, right? Wrong. Instead, viewers are told about three to five different stories in one, with confusing jump cuts, overly-dramatic acting by some of the actors and a crazy old man (a.k.a. real-life Old-Hollywood-film-tycoon Howard Hughes) who is slowly but surely losing his mind (Beatty). I’m all about throwing audiences off and not sticking to the norm, but there is also risk in that, and that shows in Rules Don’t Apply. Walking into this movie, I was actually pretty excited to see it. I love Lily Collins, and being a huge Star Wars fan,...
by Lindsey Nance | Nov 20, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The perfect word to describe the Bison’s play Saturday night is relentless, as the team came onto the court with a fiery will to win and a refusal to be defeated. The crowd was alive in Allen Arena for the second face off between Lipscomb and FGCU in an ASUN championship game. The Bisons went into the game 21-7. No. 3 seed FGCU was 27-5. “It is part of the program,” Rosenthal said. “Since 2007 we have been in every championship match except for one.” Although Lipscomb was the favored winner, the victory did not come easily. Lipscomb took sets one and two before falling in the third set. The Bisons rallied together to take set four in a nail biter 25-23. The Bison dominated the first set with hard hitting kills 25-16. The second set was back and forth with Lipscomb ahead most of the match all the way up to 16-14. Taylor Racich took control of the set with her legendary jump serve and pushed FGCU to a timeout to recoup. Carly Nusbaum and Maddie Phillips continued to read the defense flawlessly and find the gaps. Whereas FGCU tried to smack the fire out of the ball, Lipscomb played to FCGU’s weaknesses and tipped the ball within the gaps, forcing FGCU to scramble. The Bisons quickly took the momentum and refused to let any ball hit the ground. At 22-18, Brittany Thomas did her best to make contact on FGCU’s hard hits but was unsuccessful in controling the ball. Maddie Phillips finished off the Eagles with a hit straight through the middle that deflected off of FGCU’s...
by Erin Franklin | Nov 19, 2016 | News Slider, Newscast
Brooke Dorris and Lindsey Nance lead this week’s Lumination news, bringing the latest in Lipscomb and Nashville news. In recent years, Lipscomb basketball attendance has gone down. Reporter Todd Lamberth looks in to this recent decrease. Lumination’s Patrick Carpenter has the story on Lipscomb potentially adding a football team, and Ellen Butterfield reports on the jazz ensemble holding its first improvisational concert. With the semester soon coming to a close, many students are trying to fulfill their SALT Program requirements. Myckelle Williams reports on the bests ways for students to complete their SALT credits. Hosted by Kappa Iota Theta, Stomp Fest is one of the biggest events that happens during the fall semester. Brooke Dorris updates us on how this year’s Stomp Fest went last Saturday. Andreas Deja recently came to campus to speak about his life and career as a Disney animator. Lumination’s Whitney Smith has the story. Asbestos has been found in the chemistry department floors, but a professor tells students not to worry. Reporter Cole Gray has more. Thanksgiving break for Lipscomb students is officially here, and Myckelle Williams updates us on what the weather will be like when traveling for the holiday. Anna Rogers has entertainment, and Todd Lamberth brings us into the wonderful world of sports....
