by Eric Ansett | Nov 16, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
George Brammeier and Rob Marberry scored 15 points apiece to lead the Lipscomb men’s basketball team to a 99-70 drubbing of Piedmont on Tuesday in Allen Arena. The Bisons (2-1) successfully pounded the ball inside all night, outscoring the Lions (0-1) 46-20 in the paint. “Getting the ball inside is always a part of our game plan and it needs to be where we start,” coach Casey Alexander said after the win. “Rob and George had a lot of success tonight and anytime they’re scoring effectively that’s gonna be good for the rest of our offense.” Lipscomb used a dynamic attack offensively to gain the victory, with seven players scoring in double figures. Brammeier and Marberry were followed by Freshman guard Michael Buckland and Sophomore Garrison Mathews, who both scored 13 points. Guards Josh Williams and Aaron Korn scored 11 each for Lipscomb, while Freshman guard Kenny Cooper finished with 10 points. The Bisons also shared the ball well, assisting on 29 of their 38 field goals. “29 assists has to be close to a team record and seven guys in double-figures also, so I was really pleased with our offense,” Alexander said. “It shows that we have a lot of versatility and punch offensively.” Sophomore forward Eli Pepper made his first appearance of the season in the contest, playing limited minutes as he returned from an ankle injury. He finished with seven points on three-of-four shooting and corralled a team-leading 10 rebounds in just 14 minutes of action. “We didn’t really have a plan for him, and we knew he wasn’t going to play his normal role,” Alexander...
by Cole Gray | Nov 15, 2016 | News Slider
Chemistry students are concerned about the presence of asbestos in the chemistry department on the fourth floor of the McFarland science building, but a professor in the department is adamant that students are not at risk. Asbestos is a naturally-occurring fiber that was used in construction, insulation and manufacturing for its fire-resistant qualities. In 1955, a study discovered that asbestos workers are ten times more likely to develop lung cancer than the rest of the population. Public and non-profit private schools are required by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect students and employees from asbestos exposure. The asbestos in McFarland is contained in the tile floors that cover the various chemistry labs in the “Old McFarland” hallway, and in the approximately seventy-year-old lab benches. Senior chemistry major Rachel Brooks said that the asbestos in the floor is something that she jokes about with her classmates, but it is still a danger that they must remain aware of. “Because of the damages that asbestos can do, the department and the students have been jokingly saying, ‘we really need to get rid of the asbestos because if we drop something in the floor, and it’s heavy enough, it will crack the tiles,’” Brooks said. “And as soon as the tiles crack, that’s the danger. Even just a hairline fracture, it’s a danger.” Though she confirmed the presence of asbestos in the chemistry department’s tile flooring, chemistry professor Dr. Linda Phipps said students don’t have much to worry about. “As long as the floors are in good shape—and through McFarland, they’re usually buffed and waxed and held down—those [asbestos-containing tiles] don’t pose...
by Erin Franklin | Nov 13, 2016 | News Slider
Additional reporting by Lorena Coleman Teams ranging from Phi Nu’s pageant girls to Delta Omega’s marching band performed at 2016’s Stomp Fest, but ultimately Theta Psi’s monks took home the win Saturday night in Collins Alumni Auditorium. “It felt absolutely incredible,” Theta Psi member Dalton Wanser said. “I wasn’t expecting it, and your heart kind of just explodes with happiness. We had a goal going in to have 100% participation from the crowd, and then our ultimate goal was to win it.” Sponsored by SGA and African American Student Services and presented by Kappa Iota Theta, the seventh annual event featured men and women’s social clubs on campus performing an approximately 10 minute, student-choreographed stomp routine. The Phi Beta Sigma stomp team was the guest performance at the show for the second year in a row, and students Conner Crocker and Jacky Gomez hosted. Junior Roman Ottinger choreographed Theta Psi’s prize-winning stomp routine and said he was glad all the hard work and long nights they put in paid off. “It feels really good,” Ottinger said on his win. “We put a lot of work into it this year. For the past three months we’ve been coming up with stomps, teaching them, mixing the music, choreographing the dances and practicing up to 15 hours per week — up until last week when we started practicing 20 to 30 hours per week.” Men’s social club Sigma Iota Delta received second place for its caveman-inspired stomp, and women’s social club Pi Delta received third place with its flight-attendant theme. A guest panel of judges was brought in for the Saturday performance, and...
by KJ Lauck | Nov 13, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons (20-7, 12-2) clinched the #1 seed and a first round bye in the A-Sun Tournament by defeating the North Florida Ospreys (18-13, 8-6) in three sets during the regular season finale on Friday night in Allen Arena. Lipscomb also clinched its 6th A-Sun regular season title and its 9th season with at least 20 wins, while also extending its win-streak to 13 games. “It means a lot from the standpoint of the grind of regular season conference play,” head coach Brandon Rosenthal said. “It’s at least 10 weeks and a ton of pressure on those girls, but the pressure’s what we want.” Both teams came out with a lot of energy but the Lady Bisons, lead by the energy of senior Taylor Racich, took early advantage with a score of 12-6 in the first set. “Taylor’s got a heck of an arm – one of the best in the country,” Rosenthal said. “She’s coming off an illness and we encouraged her to get in a spot where she could bring that energy. “It was a huge difference maker, especially in the third set.” It was a hard-hitting rest of the set, as both teams fired off missile-like serves and spikes that led to kills and a 17-10 score. The Lady Bisons took the first set 25-15, pulling away from the Ospreys late in the set to take a 1-0 match lead. Freshman Lauren Anderson started the second set giving Lipscomb an early 5-0 lead. However, North Florida battled back to trim the Bison lead to 13-11 after some Lipscomb miscues. Still, Lipscomb was doubling North Florida in kills 32-15, assists 31-15...
by Cole Gray | Nov 12, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
Led by Rob Marberry’s 22 points and 6 offensive rebounds in his first game as a Bison, the men’s basketball team beat down the Division III Sewanee Tigers 96-53 in an exhibition in Allen Arena Friday night. “Marberry had a nice game,” head coach Casey Alexander said. “He was really efficient from the floor and rebounded the ball really well.” Marberry transferred to Lipscomb from Western Kentucky University after the 2014-15 season and was forced to redshirt last year as a transfer. The Bisons out-rebounded the Tigers 47-27 and scored 20 second-chance points. Alexander noted that Sewanee was built around the three-point shot, and that Lipscomb did a good job taking it away. “Their best chance to stay in the game was to make a lot of threes. That’s really how they play and what they try to do,” Alexander said. “I thought we guarded the three-point line very well. We had hands up, and they went 5-for-22.” Senior forward Josh Williams played his first game since tearing an ACL in December 2015, but finished efficiently, shooting 5-8 in the second half. “We’re just glad to have Josh back out on the floor after being hurt last year,” Alexander said. “He had a little bounce in his step. He’s an important player for us so having him back…that was the best thing I liked seeing out of Josh.” The Bisons’ 2014-15 scoring leader provided one of the only highlights of the second half with an emphatic rejection of Sewanee’s Taylor Howell at the rim. Freshman guards Michael Buckland and Kenny Cooper played a combined 54 minutes despite not starting. Cooper played...
by Anna Rogers | Nov 12, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Friday night was a memorable night for the band RAINEY, as it was their last-ever performance. The band is comprised of Lipscomb’s alumna Lana Rainey, alumnus Ben Siebold, senior Trevor Ault, senior Landon Woods and sophomore Andrew Grasso. The indie-rock pop group announced their split over social media, where they also advertised dates and times for their final concerts. Opening for RAINEY’s concert were two other Lipscomb groups: The Vangos and Nordista Freeze. The Vangos opened first and featured many of the University’s contemporary students including senior Jasmin Bridgeforth, sophomore Riley Adkisson, sophomore Zach Daves, Grasso and non-Lipscomb sophomore Trent Briden. Following The Vangos, Freeze performed his usual set and announced his upcoming annual music festival, “Freezefest,” in April. “There are 200 bands on the bill,” he said. “I’ll probably have to narrow it down before then.” After Freeze and his peers finished, the small house packed even more. Many fans had come, not just from Lipscomb, to see RAINEY’s last performance. The band hardly stopped performing to talk to the crowd, other than to thank them repeatedly for their love and support. “We’ve used music as a creative outlet for these past few years,” Wood said, “and it’s hard to see that go away for us as a group. So thank you for supporting us while we could make music together and giving us that...
