by Myckelle Williams | Oct 26, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
The John C. Hutcheson Gallery, which showcases a variety of exhibits each semester by local artists, students and faculty, opened an exhibit entitled, “And Most Slow I Have Been” on Monday, featuring local artist Karen Speaker. The exhibit was unveiled at 6 p.m. shortly after Speaker gave a brief lecture. After the presentation, she fielded Q&A for the moderately large crowd of curious students, faculty and local art-enthusiasts. “I love the physical connection that I am able to make when creating art,” Speaker said. “I don’t want to only relate to [my work] visually. Paintings have an interesting way of calling to our senses, but because they are images by nature, they are an illusion — so it is like a virtual sensation. I want people to imagine physically engaging in my work.” Speaker’s gallery paintings were all created in the past three years. Speaker said she has a fascination with creating “rockstacking” images, which initially presented a challenge for the new artist. She said was inspired by novelist Virginia Woolff, who committed suicide at age 59 by filling her overcoat pocket with rocks and drowning herself in a river near her home. Speaker cited historical French artist Henri Matisse as another main influence for her work. Matisse was famous in the early 1900s for his use of color and fluidity in his paintings. Fine Arts major and art-lover Ian Corvette expressed a great appreciation for Speaker’s artwork. “The pieces spoke to me,” Corvette said. “The sensitivity of the figures and colors have a dramatic, almost theatrical affect.” Speaker’s work will be featured and sold at Zeitgeist Gallery, located...
by Katie Bianchini | Oct 25, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
Junior Brianne Hoglin opened an email from Assistant Athletic Director Dr. Linda Garner that offered her an opportunity she could not turn down this past March. The email explained application details for the annual NCAA Career in Sports Forum, a conference that invites just 200 student-athletes nationwide to learn about possible careers in athletic leadership. At the time, Lipscomb had never sent any applicants to the forum. However, that did not stop Hoglin, a track and field athlete with a goal to coach a collegiate team herself, from sending in her application. Two months later, the conference selected both Hoglin and former Lady Bisons pitcher Kelly Young, who graduated in May 2016, to attend. “It opened my eyes to the role of a coach as a servant leader,” Hoglin said. “The reality is that most head coaches started from the bottom and rose through a serving attitude.” On Sunday, Hoglin refreshed her thoughts from the summer’s conference at the Women in Athletics Leadership Panel at Vanderbilt’s McGugin Center. “I was reminded of the same attitude they talked to us about: if you have a passion for something, you have to go do it,” Hoglin said. “Usually the main person standing in your way is yourself. “It also reminded me of the depth of commitment a position in sports requires,” Hoglin continued. “It’s not always glamorous and glitzy; it’s a lot of work. But it’s fulfilling if your heart is in it.” Vanderbilt panelists included Tennessee State University’s Athletic Director Teresa Phillips, Vanderbilt’s Deputy Athletic Director Candice Lee, Nashville Predators’ Executive Vice President Michelle Kennedy, SEC Associate Commissioner Tiffany Daniels...
by Whitney Smith | Oct 24, 2016 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s political science department hosted another “Pizza and Politics” presidential debate watch party in Swang 110 on Wednesday evening for the last presidential debate before the election. Senior mechanical engineering and mathematics major, William Sisson said the third and final presidential debate differed from the prior two as both candidates were less aggressive in their attacks. “What you get is you have Trump being pushed less and less to be bombastic and to make himself look bad, and so I know there was a lot of criticism in the last debate about them being too antagonistic towards each other,” Sisson said. “I think Hillary backed off a little bit on that, and the result is that it ended up making Trump look a little bit better which is interesting.” Sophomore psychology major Jacqueline Herrera originally supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.) in the primaries, but shifted her support to who she felt represented her best on the issues when Sanders did not become the Democratic nominee. “I also looked at third parties and who was more inline to the side of the issues that I am passionate about, and overwhelmingly they all coincided or correlated with Hillary Clinton.” Herrera said. “Things like LGBT rights, immigration rights and things like that.” With early voting in Tennessee opening on October 19 and lasting until November 3rd, the votes are already rolling in. Many students are voting in their first presidential election, some students find themselves torn between both major party candidates and some are unwilling to vote for either. For history major Patrick Russell, choosing a candidates in this election reflects a deeper...
by Karina Gutierrez | Oct 23, 2016 | News Slider
Runners decked out in costumes ranging from a minion to a Wookiee raced in the Bision Boogie 5k and Fun Run to raise money for the IDEAL scholarship fund on Saturday morning. Campus Rec, the IDEAL Program and SGA partnered together to host the event. Runners and volunteers alike came out to support the IDEAL program, which provides education and career development opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “This is the first year we’ve hosted this event, so hopefully this will continue to happen every year after this one,” senior volunteer Madison McClure said. “There was a lot more people than we thought there was going to be.” McClure assisted runners to check in before the race and directed them after the race was completed to the refreshments area behind the Bell Tower. The race began and ended at the Allen Arena Circle, and the runners were required to pass through the Lipscomb themed balloon arch to complete the race. Sophomore Amy Carpio said she was very excited about running in the 5k, and she even brought her brother along to join in the fun with her. “I love to run, and I just thought this was a great fundraiser I could take part in,” Carpio said. “My parents even came to cheer my brother and me on. Even though I was not feeling great this morning, I still came and made great time.” Carpio finished with a time of 25:50. Zeke Cutts, Graduate Assistance with Campus Rec, took responsibility of decorations and tech while he sat at the audio booth. “It was kind of hectic in...
by Micah Dempsey | Oct 22, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
In the final game of the regular season, the women’s soccer team (11-4-2, 5-1-1) beat ASUN opponent NJIT (6-9-3, 2-5) 3-0 Saturday afternoon at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. For senior day, the Lady Bisons celebrated four senior student-athletes: Anna Buhigas, Alesondra Colbert, Lyndie Donegan and Carolyn Springsteen. This group will graduate with the highest win total for a class in the program’s history. “They mean the world to this team in the sense that they were the first recruiting class of mine,” head coach Kevin O’Brien said about the seniors. “They really show that we can have a winning Christ-centered soccer team, mixing character and caliber.” Lipscomb came out strong in the first half, pressuring on both sides of the ball and dominating time of possession. The physical style of play led to many steals on defense and constant passes through holes of the Highlanders’ defense. Eventually this lead to an arching pass from freshman forward Olivia Doak that junior midfielder Natalie DuBoise crushed with a header to the left side of the net in the 26th minute. Just three possessions later in the 33rd minute, a counterattack for the Lady Bisons left sophomore forward Maycie McKay open in the left corner of the final third. She sent a quick cross to junior forward Ellen Lundy, who turned and scored to the top right corner of the goal, giving Lipscomb a 2-0 lead. The two goals in the first half were DuBoise and Lundy’s sixth goal of the season for each player. The Lady Bisons look the lead into halftime, outshooting NJIT 11-2 with a 7-0 advantage in shots...
by Becca Risley | Oct 22, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lipscomb resides in the heart of Music City and sophomore Nordista Freeze has single-handedly brought that music mentality to campus over the past two years. Not only is he a prominent member of the contemporary music program, but he has also taken over as host of SGA’s weekly “Coffeehaus” live music night, started an annual music festival geared specifically for college students and performs constantly in Tennessee and surrounding states. “When I make music, I want to make something that’s beautiful, something that resounds, something that people can experience in their heart,” Freeze said. “Whether it’s for healing purposes or something that inspires them, I want to be a part of that cultivation, sewing seeds in their heart of beauty, love and ideas that unify everyone and help us to all move forward as better people.” Freeze began his journey as a musician in junior high. He would make music and upload the content to YouTube before making CDs and sharing them with his friends and family. Making and sharing music always been a passion of his, and he recognizes growth in his music as he matures from a teenager to a young adult. “[My music has] evolved just from understanding it more and observing music more,” Freeze said. “I’ve definitely started to understand the the theories; I’m studying songwriting and wordplay, focusing on what makes me like a song and how I can mimic that or adopt that idea, whether its like melody or a type of song or style.” In the name of making music, Freeze has traveled cross-country, performing with friends and fellow musicians in houses, churches, dorms, coffee shops and more. Over the summer,...
