by Bridgette Begle | Oct 11, 2012 | Sports
Sabrina Ferreri, a junior from Franklin, Ky., has learned to balance being captain of the women’s golf team and a member of the Pi Delta social club at Lipscomb since fall of her sophomore year. Golf runs in the Ferreri family. Her mother, Robbie, was on the first women’s UK professional golf team and is now a pro-golf teacher. She played in Europe for a while as well as in Japan. “She is a big influence on me and is the reason I play golf,” Ferreri said, noting that she has been driving and putting pretty seriously since sixth grade. But golf isn’t the only thing on this athlete’s plate. Ferreri has begun to broaden her horizons by interacting with some new people in a setting a little different than the fairway. “The best part of being in a social club, for me, is meeting new people besides athletes,” Ferreri said. When Ferreri decided to pledge her sophomore year, she surveyed the clubs and made the choice based on the members of the club and where she would fit in. “I liked the girls in Pi Delta the best,” she said of her social club, which has about 50 members. “There seemed to be a good variety of girls in the club.” With both her club and the golf team requiring a lot of time, Ferreri said she has had to learn a lot about time management. “Since golf is the reason I came to school here, it takes priority,” she said. “The social club was something I decided to add on.” According to Ferreri, there have been some hectic...
by Bridgette Begle | Oct 4, 2012 | News Slider
A Presidential debate watch party gave students and staff in Shamblin Theater on Wednesday night a unique opportunity to hear expert advice on who “won” and how the debate could impact the election. The event, which was open to the public, had a high turn out and featured a panel of experts who gave a brief informational introduction and some predictions about the debate. Lipscomb Communications Professor Alan Griggs hosted the two experts, one democrat and one republican, who shared their opinions on stage before and after the debate. Toby Compton, who served as the Republican representative on the panel, works in the administration of Gov. Bill Haslam. Compton and democratic representative Lisa Quigley, who serves as chief of staff for Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), spoke respectfully about their own parties and the other’s party on what to expect in the debate. “He is going to lay out his case for why he should be re-elected… He has to come out today looking like the strong leader that Americans expect,” Quigley said laying out her expectations for President Barack Obama. Compton said Gov. Mitt Romney needed to focus on being relatable during the debate. “There is a lot of pressure on Romney to do well,” he said. “He has to present himself as human, as someone who can relate to other people.” Domestic issues were the intended topic of the debate but, according to Quigley, were passed right over. Instead, “Obamacare” and Medicaid were a central topic for the night. The debate also hit a range of topics from budget and taxes to cooperation between parties and Big Bird....
by Brianne Welch | Sep 17, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons softball team volunteered to work with the Boys and Girls Club at their annual fall picnic Saturday. This was the first year the softball team has worked with the Boys and Girls Club. The team assisted with a variety of activities including arts and crafts, face painting, hula hooping, kick ball and many other outdoor games. “We wanted to do something different this year,” said Head Coach Kristen Ryman. “We wanted to work with a different organization.” Ryman said the Boys and Girls Club is a great organization, especially since it gives older people the opportunity to mentor a younger generation. “It makes you realize there are people out there that are always looking up to people like us,” Ryman said. The girls on the team said they had a great time being around the kids and getting to play games with them. “It was good to just be a kid for a day ourselves and, at the same time, do something for them,” said junior Bridgette Begle. Begle and several other girls said they enjoyed face painting with the kids. Sophomore Gracey Aguirre was the celebrity of the day, doing the majority of the face painting. “My favorite painting was this little shark I did for this little kid,” Aguirre said. “He was having a blast with it, and I truly enjoyed it all.” Several team members said it was easy to connect with the kids by playing games with them. “I loved working with one little boy who loved to hula hoop,” said junior Kristen Sturdivant. “It was really fun getting to hang out with...
by Bridgette Begle | Sep 11, 2012 | News Slider
In remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001, the Lipscomb community hosted a special event to honor the victims and the heroes of the tragic terrorist attacks 11 years ago. Tuesday morning the Allen Bell Tower became a place of observance and remembrance. Lipscomb students and staff, as well as the surrounding community, gathered to recall the events of that day and pray for those affected and for the future of America. At the conclusion of the service, the bells tolled 11 times at 7:46 a.m., representing the time when the first plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center. “We are grateful for the changing fortunes of our lives. We know all comfort and consolation comes from you,” said Randy Bostic, who led the group in prayer before the bells chimed. “Let the heroes of this event be an example of courage, and let us apply it to our life with you.” Jim Humphrey, assistant dean of students and director of veteran services who retired from service last November after 22 years, organized the event. Humphrey said he wanted it to take place at a convenient time for those with 8 a.m. classes, which happened to line up with the original time of disaster. Humphrey led the group in reflecting on the events that forever marked Sept. 11, and then a moment of silence followed. The 16-minute ceremony was meant to be emotionally light but significant in its meaning, he said. “These aren’t just numbers, but real people who died,” Humphrey said, referring to the 3,000 people who lost their lives that day. “To me, it’s almost...
by Emily Snell | Sep 11, 2012 | Opinion
Most students at Lipscomb remember details about where they were, what they did and how they were affected on Sept. 11, 2001. Each of us has a unique perspective about what took place that day, but we all share in the way that it changed our nation forever. On this eleventh anniversary of 9/11, a handful of Lumination staff members share their experiences from that fateful day. Erica Aburto, senior studying journalism & new media; in Chicago on Sept. 11, 2001: The chilly gusts of wind were making a presence early in the year. It was a murky morning that day, almost as if foreshadowing something ominous was going to happen. I was in fifth grade at Nightingale Elementary on the southside of Chicago at the time. About thirty minutes after school had started, I remember one of the teachers from another hall coming into the classroom, sobbing, and whispering something into my homeroom teacher’s ear. My teacher, Ms. Hillman, gasped and put on her glasses to turn on the TV. She lowered the volume and told us that there had been some very bad men doing bad things. She said we wouldn’t be able to understand but that some bad guys flew a plane into a building, killing people. I remember one of my classmates breaking into tears and asking the teacher if we’d get hit too, since we also have big buildings. Ms. Hillman tried to put her at ease but said she hoped not. The rest of the day, we switched classes, but in every class we saw the same thing–the planes crashing into the towers....
