by Monaih Sam | Apr 4, 2013 | News Slider
There’s a new sheriff in town. Lt. Col. Jim Humphrey, a 22-year veteran of the Army and Air Force, brings enthusiasm and experience to his new job as director of security at Lipscomb. Humphrey served as a long range surveillance scout in the Army and a mission support officer in the Air Force. He said his military background and personality seemed to be a wise fit when senior administrators presented him with the offer. “It rolled in pretty well with me and my personality,” Humphrey said. “I was intrigued by it, and I like a new challenge so I took it on.” In addition to his new role, Humphrey will continue to work as the assistant dean of students and the director of veteran services. When asked about how he manages all of these roles, Humphrey said it has a lot to do with time management and being surrounded by a host of additional leadership. “I’m very blessed I have an assistant director to help me run veteran services in April Herrington. I have two assistant directors to help me run security in Patrick Cameron and Davis Cagle,” Humphrey said. “Without those folks and those key leaders, it would be an overwhelming challenge.” Humphrey said he is comfortable in his new role as the director of security and that the state of security on campus is “very good.” “Five years ago they had just a handful of people walking around with a polo shirt and a pair of pants, so the ability to enforce anything was difficult at best,” said Humphrey. Campus now has a 24/7 dispatch center and...
by Makenzie Kanyuh | Apr 1, 2013 | News Slider
The seeds have been planted by a few charter members who are planning to add one new men’s social club in the fall. The new club in question is Theta Psi. Theta Psi has a variety of members with different majors and personalities, as well as a few athletes. Their mascot is the wolf, and their colors are gray, crimson, and gold. The goal of the new organization is to build on the current successes of greek system at the university. “We are here to help advance the growth of the system, rather than destroy what has already been built,” said Evan Kersten, vice president of Theta Psi. With 25 planned new members of Theta Psi, the new club wants to be a group that loves Lipscomb and is genuine and comfortable with each other, while also being followers of Christ in the midst of social club activity, according to Kersten. “They have to be passionate about the club,” said Kersten. If not, it won’t work, he added. “This isn’t a numbers game, and we aren’t forcing anyone into joining our club. We just want to present all of the options to them, and let them choose for themselves,” said Zach Bowen, president of the new organization. “Our goal is to have a group of nice, goofy guys that are invested in Lipscomb,” Bowen said. One of the other charter members, Brock Erb, had looked at the different clubs in the spring, but decided not to pledge any of them. After another charter member, Devin Clark, asked him to come to a meeting with Theta Psi guys, Erb said he was happy...
by Cory Woodroof | Mar 29, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
On Thursday night, students packed the gym floor of the Student Activity Center to watch a few friends duke it out in the ring for Delta Tau’s Fight Night. The boxing event is the social club’s way to raise money for Youth Encouragement Services, an organization dedicated to bettering the lives of inner city children. For a $5 fee at the door, those in attendance surrounded the makeshift boxing ring to watch and cheer on their fellow Bisons through three rounds of boxing. Laced with gloves and wearing protective headgear, members of Delta Tau, Tau Phi, SID, Delta Nu and SOS (and even two independents) entered the ring to see who would be crowned the victor. Delta Tau member Evan Webb declared the group’s event a unique way to bring the Lipscomb community together. “It’s fun because it’s a little bit different than all the other events,” Webb said. “It’s the only event on campus like it.” In the night’s first fight, Delta Tau’s Tate Dalrymple took on Delta Nu’s Andrew Rios, with Dalrymple emerging the victor. To follow, SOS’s Andrew Gallaher defeated Delta Tau’s Geoff Patterson. Gallaher started the night off right for the social club, who went on to be undefeated for the evening. Other SOS wins included Tyler Hickey’s victory over independent fighter Aaron Schmelzer, Connor Ray’s victory over Delta Tau’s Ty Ragsdale and Austin Nichol’s victory over independent fighter Matthew Proctor. Gallaher said that the fight was challenging in the first round, but later efforts helped solidify his win. He expressed his enjoyment of the fighting experience. “It was a lot of fun,” Gallaher said....
by Janice Ng | Mar 29, 2013 | News Slider
The horrific rape and murder of a young woman last December in New Delhi sparked conversations and protests in favor of the rights of women globally. Lipscomb’s international students are in unique positions to examine women’s rights in the United States versus the rights in their homelands. Samha Siddiqui, a junior from Pakistan, said there is little similarity between what she experiences here as opposed to the experiences of women in her homeland. “In comparison to the U.S. where almost all women have protected rights, in Pakistan, especially in rural areas, even if they do have rights (and) even if the government does grant them, they are not protected,” she said. However, Siddiqui pointed out that Pakistan already had its first female prime minister. Benazir Bhutto took office in 1988 and was re-elected in 1993. Bhutto later was assassinated in 2007 after returning from years of exile to once again seek the nation’s top office. “Women do have rights that protect their opportunities for getting jobs in all kinds of fields, be it educational institutes, or banking or maybe the political offices,” Siddiqui said. Pipe Del Basto, a freshman from Colombia, provided a historical background on the escalation of feminism there. “A movement called feminism has been rising since before World War I, with women asking for the right to vote, the right to participate in politics, to get involved in public life,” Del Basto said. “When World War I came around, feminism took place, and, well, first of all, you have to understand what feminism is. Feminism is where they wanted the equality between genders. They didn’t want...
by Nicci Carney | Mar 27, 2013 | News Slider
One of the biggest weeks in Contemporary Christian and Gospel music will be coming back home to Music City. After spending the last two years in Atlanta, the 44th annual Dove Awards will be back in Nashville, Tennessee on Oct. 15. The taping of the awards will be on the grounds of Lipscomb University in Allen Arena. The news regarding return of the Dove Awards broke March 19 on the Gospel Music Association website. Along with the move back to Nashville, the taping has been moved into the month of October where sales in Christian music are on the rise. The event has previously been held in the month of April. With moving back to Music City, GMA also announced that they have added a film category to the list of categories this year. This primarily comes from the rise in Christian filming production companies and quality films that have been released over the past few years. Last year, Jason Crabb, Laura Story, Lecrae, NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot and Chris Tomlin were among the winners. The hosts, performers and nominees will be announced on Aug. 22, 2013. To be apart of the voting process, become a member and apply on the GMA website by March 30. For more information on the Dove Awards and other GMA Events, go to...
