by Katie Bianchini | Sep 9, 2016 | News Slider
Lipscomb women have two unique opportunities to cultivate community and vulnerability through Delight and Zion Bible studies. Originally started by two Belmont University students five years ago, Delight Ministries holds meetings at over 70 universities in the United States, now including Lipscomb. Junior Hailey Gilliland felt called to start a Delight group at Lipscomb after falling in love with the devotionals herself. “I just remember reading the devos and feeling like they were so real and relatable,” Gilliland said. “A lot of people feel like there’s things they can and can’t say on campus and Delight is just one of those things that opens the doors to share struggles with each other.” Senior Erin King, a leader for Delight, said she is excited about the way the group will impact women at Lipscomb. “We want to be unified under the fact that we’re all broken and we’re all struggling with different things,” King said. Beyond weekly reading from a devotional book, the Delight program offers ideas about building community in other ways. Delight participants will have opportunities to work on service projects together, spend time with a prayer pal on “Delight Dates” and meet up for events. “The goal is to create community…not a social event or something surface-level, but something that goes a lot deeper than that that’s founded on Christ,” King said. Besides Delight, Lipscomb upperclassmen host Zion, a Bible study for freshman women. Junior McKamie Walker said Zion helped her feel comfortable at Lipscomb during her freshman year. She and several friends wanted to re-start the group this year to help younger students in the same way. “It...
by Todd Lamberth | Sep 8, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb baseball program has experienced its share of success over the last decade, in large part due to the quality of players brought in. That quality was evident over the summer as three Bisons found success playing in the Cape Cod summer league. The Cape Cod league is the most prestigious summer league for college baseball players. Multiple future Major League Baseball All-Stars and Hall of Famers have played for the league. Junior centerfielder Michael Gigliotti and classmate-pitchers Brady Puckett and Jeffrey Passantino participated in the league this summer and played for the Falmouth Commodores. This marked the first time Lipscomb has ever sent more than one player to the league. For Gigliotti, getting a chance to play in the league was a dream come true. “It’s a lot of kids’ ultimate goal to play there for the summer,” Gigliotti said. “To finally go there and have a full summer there and have success is unexplainable.” The members of the Bison trio were all named All-Stars of the league and recruited to the “All-League” team at the season’s end to help Falmouth get to the league championship series. “That was the best part,” Gigliotti said. “To go there with my two other teammates and them have success too. We went and represented our school really well, but it was more than just for ourselves.” Gigliotti posted a .310 batting average during the summer and accounted for 18 RBIs, ranking him third and second respectively in the league. His play helped him earn the ranking as the eighth-best player in the league according to D1baseball.com. Puckett picked up the most wins for a pitcher...
by Whitney Smith | Sep 8, 2016 | News Slider
With the general election right around the corner, senior political science and philosophy major Jay Klein has a busy semester ahead. Klein is continuing in his position as the field director for the reelection campaign of state Representative Jay Reedy (R – District 74) after a successful primary in August. “He won the primary this summer by 80%, so we’re really excited about that and hoping for a similar result in the fall,” Klein said. Although Klein is a Colorado native, he connected with the Reedy campaign during his time as an intern this spring at the Tennessee General Assembly and hit the ground running with the campaign. Through these experiences, Klein said he’s seen how important state and local government can be. “I recognize that state politics are maybe not as exciting or scandalous as national, but they are incredibly impactful in our day-to-day lives,” Klein noted. “Really, our state and local government shape the very way that we interact with each other and the world we live in.” While Klein’s political involvement is not the standard for college students, Dr. Marc Schwerdt helps provide ways students can get involved in other ways without leaving the campus. As a political science professor and Lipscomb alum, Schwerdt sponsors several politically active clubs on campus such as College Republicans, College Democrats, Pi Sigma Alpha and Young Americans for Freedom. One of those organizations Schwerdt sponsors is Lipscomb Democrats — founded by sophomores Alyssa Ollis and Mason Borneman. The group began last fall, and Ollis said she is excited to have more events this election season as more students get involved....
by Charissa Ricker | Sep 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider, Opinion
Well known director Clint Eastwood displays a traumatic, touching, and at some times humorous true story about Chesley Sullenberger, the brave captain who landed a plane, carrying 155 passengers, on the Hudson River, in 2009. The film not only shows the media blitz and public spotlight projected on Sully, but also features the personal trauma and stress he is put through after the incident. Tom Hanks delivers another great performance as he displays the inside story the public never heard. As the aftermath of the accident unfolds, Captain Sully and co-pilot Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) remain in New York City to deal with legal issues and insurance investigations. With the world calling him a hero and the lawyers questioning his every move, Sully has to decide if he supports the decision he made after 208 seconds of crisis or believe the science that could end his career and shame his legacy. Through flashbacks and memories, the film shows the incident as it happens as well as the passengers’ stories. Nervous travelers may want to wait to see this film, but anyone else looking through movie showings should check out Sully, opening in theaters this Friday. Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers...
by Emily Wieman | Sep 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lipscomb alumna Lacy Hartselle is chasing her dreams, as she appears in the recently released cross country film Remember the Goal. The faith-based film tells the story of a new, young female coach who comes to an all-girls private school in hopes of leading the cross country team to their first state title. Remember the Goal is Hartselle’s first feature length film. She plays Kristen Sims, the lead varsity runner, who essentially steals the joy of running from her teammates. “Playing roles so different than you are allows you to dive deep into another person’s mind and allows you to love the role that much more,” Hartselle said. Acting has always been Hartselle’s dream career. When she was just seven years old, she began participating in school theater; now, she’s pursuing her passion through television, short films and feature films, like Remember the Goal. A Huntsville, Alabama, native, Hartselle chose Lipscomb because she wanted a close-knit community to grow intellectually and emotionally. She had attended Impact at Lipscomb multiple times, and ultimately decided to become a Bison, majoring in theater. During her time at Lipscomb, Hartselle said she had the opportunity to be in a TV pilot called “Drama Majors.” She cites this role as one of her favorites to date. Hartselle also left some advice for those who are wondering how they could make their acting dreams come true. “The most important thing that you need is passion, and for acting to be something that you love,” Hartselle said. “Be on film as much as you can regardless of if you will be paid or not. Work with the...
by Becca Risley | Sep 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Set here and now, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s production of the classic tragedy Macbeth spins the bloody horror in a modern light. At the top of the show, the stage is set with an interactive element in mind. The entire cast is dressed in unkempt, contemporary clothing and presents the majority of the story on the back of a pick-up stage left, a sound stage set in the center, a side platform stage right and the grass encompassing the three. The show opens with Macbeth, a Scottish general, receiving a prophesy from three witches, claiming that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth proceeds to kill anyone that poses a threat to his crown, but he manages to lose his humanity in the process. Junior Morgan Bowling plays Seyton. “He’s Macbeth’s personal mercenary, but I also represent the death that’s happened because of him,” Bowling said. Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, become hungry for the power they are set to inherit and do whatever it takes to get what’s promised to them, including taking responsibility for the murders of close friends and innocent little ones. The murders are executed by Seyton and his army. After each character suffers a tragic death, they then rise from the ground and join the army of Seyton in accompanying Macbeth throughout the story. “I play The Porter,” junior Mary Elizabeth Roberts said. “I am the gatekeeper for the Macbeth household. The Porter just kind of comes out in the middle of all this tragedy and chaos and is very vile and crude. “It’s so fun to interact with...
