by Kyrsten Turner | Oct 25, 2013 | News Slider
Students and faculty, along with members of the Nashville community, came together Thursday evening to hear an extraordinary story of forgiveness and love. Stephen Owens and his mother, Gaile Owens, were on campus Thursday to share the story behind Owens’ new book, Set Free: Discover Forgiveness Amidst Murder and Betrayal. “This journey is about moving forward,” said Stephen, author and teacher at Christ Presbyterian Academy. “This journey has always been about moving forward.” The book tells the story of how Stephen found peace and forgave his mother after her incarceration for attempted murder of his father. Hosted by the Lipscomb University Serving and Learning Together Program, the Institute for Law, Justice and Society and the LIFE Program, the evening circled around themes of forgiveness, reconciliation and justice. In 1984, Gaile was convicted of paying someone else to kill her husband, and she was sentenced to death until her sentence was reduced in 2010. Stephen shared his memory of finding his father beaten and lying on the floor with students, sadness etched on his face. A year later, he testified at his mother’s trial and cut off all communication with her for over 20 years. In 2008, Stephen took the first step to reconnect with Gaile and begin establishing a new relationship with her and in 2009, Owens saw Gaile face-to-face for the first time since her trial. Attributing his journey to forgiveness to Proverbs 3:5, Stephen said he believes God laid out the path He wanted him to walk. “I’m telling you today God was directing my path,” he said. “Nobody else could do that.” Stephen admitted to the audience that forgiveness is not easy, but it is well worth the effort. Quoting Lewis...
by Jesica Parsley | Oct 25, 2013 | Sports
By Brianne Welch and Jesica Parsley Four transfers and five freshman bring a new dynamic to the Lady Bison Basketball team’s 2013-2014 season. Beginning his second year as head coach, Greg Brown has seen great development in the young team during the pre-season while teaching the four transfers and five freshmen the Lady Bison dynamics. “We are teaching the basic dynamics and breaking habits of the new girls,” Brown said. “But we have seen all the players develop to what we are trying to do across the board.” With so many new faces on the court, the team dynamic is different, but the players are embracing the new team. “I think we’re definitely clicking,” redshirt sophomore Danay Fothergill said. “Coming from the summer to now we know each other’s tendencies and strong points. We are getting to know each other on the floor better.” The flow between the girls as well as the team connection will drive them through a season that has already deemed the Lady Bisons the “underdog”. “I think it’s cool to be the underdog,” Fothergill said. “Our mindset is, you all have no idea what we’re about to do.” Coach Brown says he is pushing the team to be a little better every day in order to be in the best position to perform well and come out on the winning side. “We always tell them we can prepare you but then competing is what you do in the game,” Brown said. “We have to get better every day, play hard and play smart. That’s what we want people to see and if we do...
by Sydney Poe | Oct 18, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In the eighth week of the 2013-2014 school year, Joe Sanderson and Madeline Smith are behind the news desk to update you about what is happening on campus and around the Nashville community. Savanna Schubert fills you in on the week’s top world news headlines, Ariel Jones give the scoop on all things with Nashville entertainment, including an extended look at winners of the 2013 Dove Awards. Aaron Schmelzer gives you the weather forecast and Carter Sanderson brings you up to speed with sports. This week, we’ll bring you all the details on the 44th annual Dove awards including words from some of the night’s top winners, a look at the red carpet and what Lipscomb students thought of the event being held on campus. We’ll also give you a look at Lipscomb’s art scene around Nashville, check out a free event hosted by the Student Activities Board and see how Lipscomb students are preparing for the upcoming flu season. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
by Monaih Sam | Oct 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you spend time in the Lipscomb administration office, studied abroad recently or have a passion for fashion, you know Alisha Robinson. Robinson is a Lipscomb Senior from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada who is double-majoring in Textiles and Apparel and Fashion Merchandising. It may be a long title, but clothing and textiles studies involve more than just designing clothing. Students also learn how to create a product that consumers will want to purchase. Plus they learn how clothing is designed, created, advertised and sold. “I spend a lot of my time sewing and doing crafty things,” Robinson said. She is focused on costume design and has dreams of winning an Oscar one day for costume design in a movie. “I enjoy the creativity and I enjoy people being able to reflect their personalities through clothing,” Robinson said. “I buy the majority of my clothes from the thrift store and I sew them or change them to fit me or to be something different.” Robinson says Canadians are a bit different than the United States when it comes to fashion sense. And though she doesn’t consider herself a fashionable person, she does have some fashion advice for Lipscomb students. “The guys who wear the sunglasses with the elastic strap on the back drive me crazy,” Robinson said. “Camo is never a good fashion pattern. If you’re out hunting, that makes sense. If you’re walking on campus, that doesn’t make sense. There’s nothing to hunt.” Guys who wear short pastel shorts and girls who wear heels to class are also a fashion “no-no” for Robinson. The future fashion merchandiser urges students to...
by Brianne Welch | Oct 13, 2013 | News Slider
The 2013 full-time record enrollment numbers show that Lipscomb currently has 2,590 undergraduate students along with 813 graduate students. Statistics show that in nearly every ethnic category, Lipscomb is made up of a predominantly female population. The full-time enrollment summary that can be seen online and was also sent out in an email by Matt Rehbein, lays out Lipscomb’s gender diversity as well as the ethnic diversity. The Lipscomb population is made up of a variety of ethnicities including: African American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hispanic/ Latino, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Nonresident alien, Two or more races, unknown ethnicity or White/Caucasian. The following list lays out all of the statistics regarding Lipscomb’s current student enrollment as it pertains to Graduate and Undergraduate students. The rest of the statistics can be found on the Lipscomb site. Undergraduate Full-Time Enrollment Race/Ethnicity Total Numbers Male Female Nonresident/alien 51 21 30 Black or African American ...
