by Katie Bianchini | Apr 12, 2016 | News Slider
Student Government Association candidates offered their ideas from decreasing the cost of summer internships to increasing availability of gluten-free food options at the debate on Monday night in Stowe Hall. Moderator Becca Risley opened up the night by introducing each candidate and allowing them to share their platforms. Running unopposed, Treasurer candidate Sarah Lavoie greeted the audience with a wave and a smile, while Secretary candidates Caroline Hensley and Vince Law shared a few ideas they would each implement or continue if elected. Vice Presidential candidates Matt Gibson, Carson Panovec and Sinny Chan Chan shared their passion for Lipscomb’s unique campus. Each candidate spoke about the ways he or she would pour into the student body through food service improvements, library hour extension and events to foster relationship building. Risley posed the following questions to the three presidential candidates Jackson Smith, Katie Scholl and Anna Cannone. Q: “What would be your main priority to support student life on campus? What is most lacking on campus and how would you address it?” A: Jackson Smith said he wants to improve communication between student life offices and campus ministry to encourage more student participation in events. “I’d like to bridge a gap between the Joshua Project and student life to make a mentorship program for students who have gone through disciplinary procedure,” Smith said. “I’d like to plant seeds to actually be able to help them in the future.” A: Katie Scholl said she hopes to merge the different “pockets” of students on campus through advertising and mixers. “People are always going to have their closest group of friends, but I think through...
by Charlie Bateman | Apr 10, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb baseball team took two of three games against USC Upstate in this weekend’s series at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium in Nashville. The Bisons fell 7-6 to USC in the first matchup, but came back with a 7-6 win Saturday afternoon and a 5-4 win Sunday. In the first game, Lipscomb fell to the Spartans 7-6. The big hit for the Bisons came on a home run by sophomore Allan Hooker. This home run was his first of the year. Lipscomb had a chance at a rally thanks to a balk by the Spartans’ pitcher that put Lipscomb only behind by one. The rally came up short as Lipscomb was unable to drive a runner home from third to tie the game. The second game for the Bisons ended in a walk-off hit by freshman Zeke Dodson in the bottom of the tenth to put the score at 7-6. Hooker also got his second home run of the year in the game. “He [Hooker] has been working hard on his swing,” said Lipscomb head baseball coach Jeff Forehand. “Hooker took advantage of good pitches to hit. We know that Hooker is very capable of hitting home runs, and I am proud of what he has been able to do at the plate.” The Bisons took the third game 5-4 on another walk-off from Dodson. “It is always great to have the winning hit,” Dodson said. “I can’t say enough about my teammates putting me in a great spot — I was just fortunate to be in the right spot both times.” With this series...
by Becca Risley | Apr 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lively characters, music and the age-old tale of Charlie Brown bring Lipscomb Theatre’s spring musical to life opening April 8th in Collins Auditorium. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown is told in short vignettes, pulled straight out of the Peanuts comic strip, but will feature original music. The story follows a day in the life of Charlie Brown and his friends. Audiences will follow their successes, joys and various shortcomings as they go through the day at school, at home and during extra curricular activities. Kari Smith, the show’s director, said she wanted to stay faithful to the cartoon and create characters that are familiar to the audience while producing unique content as well. “We even found places in script where we can pop out of that fourth wall on the stage and interact with the audience a little bit, which is fun when there are kids in the crowd,” Smith said. The musical is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic, Peanuts. Written in 1967 by Clark Gesner, the musical follows Charlie Brown in his attempts to win the heart of the Little Red-Haired Girl. Senior Elijah Wallace plays Charlie Brown and is joined on stage by sophomore Haley Sue Pearson as Lucy, sophomore Scott Wilson as Schroeder, junior Bekah Purifoy as Sally, and sophomore Connor Weaver as Snoopy. Among these, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Pig Pen, Woodstock, Freida and Marcie will make appearances as well. “Preparing for the role, my cast mates and I were encouraged to dig deep into ourselves and find our childlike nature and qualities that we would give our...
by Erin Franklin | Apr 7, 2016 | News Slider
Service Day is a special day for Lipscomb students, faculty and staff to gather together to serve their community. This year, Service Day celebrated its 10 year anniversary with over 900 students, faculty and staff volunteering at multiple locations. All Wednesday afternoon classes were cancelled so students could participate. Service Day was directed by Keela Smith. Students began the afternoon by meeting with their service groups and having lunch in Bison Square, and then left to go to their service locations. Service opportunities varied from sorting clothes at the local ThriftSmart to helping out the School of Music on campus. Students serving at ThriftSmart worked on sorting various items before they will be put out in the store to be sold. 100 percent of ThriftSmart’s profits go to charities such as “The Belize Project,” New Hope Academy, Mercy Children’s Hospital and “African Leadership.” “It was certainly interesting sorting through all the things ThriftSmart has. It was good to know that it was going to a good cause,” freshman Sarah Baxley said. At ThriftSmart, Baxley sorted through a wide assortment of items, and said she even found a can that was labeled that it contained an armadillo. Sophomore Lauren May said it’s great to see how ThriftSmart’s cause helps other people all over the community. “Thrift Smart has a lot of unique stuff, and it’s nice to see that things other people are throwing away are going to help other people in multiple ways,” May said. A vocal music education major, sophomore Sarah Sharp served with the School of Music on campus. “Our project was to help organize the choral music...
by Lyndi Locke | Apr 7, 2016 | News Slider
From dirndls to sombreros, an entire world of fashion was represented at the Intercultural Fashion Show Wednesday night in Shamblin Theatre. The event, which is part of Lipscomb’s “Welcome to Our Worlds” week, was held to give students a glimpse into fashion statements from around the world. “For those who won’t have the chance to see the world, we wanted to bring the cultures here so students could experience them,” fashion show coordinator DJ Alejandre said. In addition to a runway, the event consisted of live music from Daves Highway and the performance of a spoken-word poem. “Lipscomb is blessed with so much diversity and it’s wonderful for us to get to display the beauty of different cultures,” said Paulette Cathey, Coordinator of African American Student Services. Putting together the event was no easy task, according to fashion show coordinator Paulina Martinez. “One of the biggest challenges was getting the outfits,” Martinez said. “We had a lot of models, but not as many outfits.” The fashion line-up consisted of handmade and donated articles of clothing from both Lipscomb and Belmont students. Several Belmont students participated in the show as well. “I thought it was neat that the models incorporated other pieces of culture into their performances, like dancing and music,” senior Alexis Weems said. Countries represented in the fashion show were Germany, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Somalia, China, Japan, Pakistan, Mexico and the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Sarah...
by Brianna Langley | Apr 6, 2016 | News Slider
1.8 million. That’s how many foreign refugees the Iraqi portion of the Kurdistan region cares for. A region of about 15,692 square miles and only 5 million native people has found itself with an extra 1.8 million people seeking refuge. According to Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan’s volunteer army, the Peshmerga is fighting for the Kurdish cultural tradition of equality and freedom rather than for Iraq or ISIS, despite a severe lack of resources. “Today because of the economic crisis we have in Kurdistan, many Peshmerga are not paid for five months at a time,” Rahman said. “They’re facing great financial hardship and their families find it difficult to pay the rent and put food on the table, and yet the Peshmerga still continue to fight against ISIS.” In 2014, ISIS attempted to attack and take control of Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil. It engaged in a campaign of genocide against several religious and ethnic minorities. “Fortunately, at that moment in 2014, President Obama ordered airstrikes and the airstrikes changed everything,” Rahman said. “We knew the United States was with us and would not leave us to face ISIS alone.” Since August 2014, the Peshmerga has been able to push ISIS out of all the Kurdish areas of Iraq, with the help of U.S. airstrikes. Although the United States and coalition forces continue to provide weapons and training to the Peshmerga, Rahman has asked the government on behalf of Kurdistan for more advanced weaponry and direct military trade. “We are carrying very light weapons. We cannot fight against tanks and armed vehicles with this kind of weaponry,” Rahman said. “So we’re asking for...
