by Aaron Schmelzer | Oct 18, 2010 | News Slider
The Lady Bisons softball team plays their last game of the fall, the university wind ensemble performs, chapel credit is offered Wednesday night at the HumanDocs film series and sports and free food abound. It’s all happening this week at Lipscomb. Monday: University Wind Ensemble Collins Alumni Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. MNF in ARLOs at 7:30 p.m. Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Free Food Wednesday: Wednesday Night We Eat at 10:00 p.m. in front of High Rise Last Fall Softball Game- Doubleheader vs. Trevecca at 5:00 p.m. Cyntoia Brown received a life sentence at age 16 for murder. She is now a student in the LIFE (Lipscomb Initiative for Education) program at the Tennessee Prison for Women. At 8:00 p.m. in Shamblin, Lipscomb’s HumanDocs film series will show Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story, a look at both Cyntoia’s life and complicated issues of Tennessee justice. Guests include USC filmmaker Daniel Burman and Cyntoia’s adoptive mom. 1 CHAPEL CREDIT Friday: Men’s Soccer vs. USC Upstate at 7:00 p.m. They will be honoring cancer survivors in a coaches vs. cancer game Saturday: Women’s Soccer at Belmont at 1:00 p.m. College Football in ARLOs Sunday: Men’s Soccer vs. ETSU at 2:00 p.m. NFL Sunday Ticket in...
by Emily Snell | Oct 18, 2010 | News Slider
More than 100 faculty members and students received flu shots during Lipscomb’s first vaccination clinic of the school year. Students from the College of Pharmacy volunteered to administer the vaccines as a service to the campus community. The college gives flu shots every year, and last Wednesday’s clinic was the first of three for this fall. Zac Cox, event coordinator and pharmacy professor, said that using pharmacy students to help with the clinic is mutually beneficial. “They all get immunization-certified in the first year that they get here,” Cox said. “It’s good for them to get the practice in and keep their skills up to date, and it’s a service to Lipscomb. It’s a win-win.” The second clinic will be Oct. 26 in Burton Hall, and the last clinic will be Nov. 16 in the student center. Cox said that he is encouraging more students to get vaccinated this year because of a new recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since the H1N1 virus last year affected many young people the CDC is suggesting that everyone over the age of 6 months get a flu shot. “The risk of complications [from the shot] is very, very low,” he said. “And the benefit is very, very great.” Cox said that he thinks some students seem hesitant about getting a flu shot because they’ve been told that it might make them sick or because they’ve heard stories about people who have severe reactions to the vaccine. He said that the shot cannot cause the flu and that the risk is minimal for serious reactions. He encouraged students to...
by Hunter Patterson | Oct 15, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
MACON, Ga. – A year after sharing the regular-season crown, Lipscomb emerged as the favorite in both the Atlantic Sun preseason men’s basketball coaches’ poll and media poll. The Bisons senior All-American Adnan Hodzic garnered unanimous preseason Player of the Year honors. Hodzic and fellow unanimous preseason All-Atlantic Sun performer Josh Slater look to lead the Bisons to a first NCAA appearance. Last season the pair represented the highest scoring teammates in the conference, averaging close to 40 points per game. Hodzic paced the league at 22.7 points per game, the highest average in the conference in 20 years in earning the Player of the Year award. He enters this season carrying the nation’s longest active streak of scoring in double figures, at 57. Since the start of 2000, the streak ranks as the ninth-longest in nation. Last season’s General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Champion, ETSU, took second in both polls. The Buccaneers made their ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament by beating Mercer in the A-Sun title game. The Bucs return with the MVP from last year’s Championship, Micah Williams, and Second Team guard Tommy Hubbard and welcome back Mike Smith ¬– who missed all but four games last season. In ETSU’s 2008-09 championship season, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. All three landed on the preseason All-Atlantic Sun squad, giving the ETSU the greatest representation on the team. Belmont, one of the league’s four co-champions a season ago, placed third in both preseason polls. The Bruins return 11 letter winners and four starters from last year’s 19-win team headlined by last year’s Freshman...
by Jeremy Keck | Oct 15, 2010 | Sports
The time has finally come for the Lipscomb Bisons men’s basketball team to officially begin practice. However, due to the Nashville Symphony using Allen Arena this weekend, the Bison will be begin practice out of town at the University of the South at Sewanee. The first practice will be held on Friday night with two to follow on Saturday. The weekend will wrap up with a practice on Sunday before the team heads back to Nashville. “I want there to be an emotional attachment among each other,” said Bisons’ coach Scott Sanderson. “That’s why on opening weekend we’re going to go out of town and practice and do some team bonding type of stuff.” Coming off of a 17-13 regular season and having won a share of the conference championship last year, many would feel that Lipscomb has accomplished a lot. However, Coach Sanderson feels differently. “In my opinion, and in the players’ opinions, we really haven’t done anything,” Sanderson said. “A lot of teams might be satisfied with winning a conference championship. Now obviously that’s exciting, but as you keep winning, your goals get higher and higher. “We have a lot of motivation and our preseason has shown that we have a lot of motivation to continue to go that one step further.” The players will be staying at a hotel on Sewanee Mountain. They will spend every moment of the weekend with each other, both on and off the...
by Hunter Moss | Oct 14, 2010 | News Slider
Lipscomb students are finding relief at Chegg.com, a new site offering to rent textbooks at a reasonable price, providing an option from the campus bookstore. According to the National Association of College Stores, students can spend as much as $667 per year on required course materials. This semester is well under way, but it won’t be long before it’s time to buy — or rent — books for the next semester. The Chegg label on textbook bindings means that students have at least shopped around. “I have used Chegg for two years, and I’m very satisfied with the service after saving nearly $500 dollars,” said Elizabeth Hooper, a junior elementary education major. “Textbooks arrive within two days after the order was placed.” Hooper said students should use Chegg.com for all textbook-related deals. Several rental companies are involved at campus bookstores. Lipscomb’s campus bookstore — owned by Follett Higher Education Group — uses the “Rent-A-Text” program. But Chegg remains the leading rental company in the country. Chegg might be the only option for some students, according to senior Kyle Chapman. “I was disappointed to learn my books were not offered in the (Rent-A-Text) program,” Chapman said. “I’ll definitely explore Chegg.com next semester.” Chegg’s environmental commitment also is a plus to some students. For every book rented, the company said it will plant a new tree in the country chosen by the renter. According to Chegg.com, the company planted over one million trees in...
