by Emily Snell | Mar 29, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb softball team was robbed in San Francisco Sunday night while doing some site seeing at the conclusion of its spring break tournament trip. After traveling back to San Francisco from one of their games in San Luis Obispo, the team went on a night tour of Alcatraz and then out for dinner. When the team returned to the vehicles around 10 p.m., the girls said they saw glass on the ground and then realized that two of the four team vehicles had been broken into. “I freaked out and I immediately looked to see if my computer had been taken,” said Vanessa Medina, a senior public relations major. Medina was one of the lucky team members whose stuff was not stolen, but five others were not so fortunate. Brianne Welch, a freshman communications major, had her backpack stolen, including a Mac laptop, which she had just purchased in August, and a Kindle Touch, which her mother had purchased as Welch’s birthday gift only two weeks ago. “I felt like I was kind of in shock a little bit,” Welch said. “I called my mom. I cried; I don’t think I’ve ever been so mad before.” “As a collective group of girls, we were just so angry,” she continued. “It’s a terrifying feeling. You feel violated.” After realizing they had been robbed, Assistant Coach Lexi Myers called the police, and then the team waited in the parking lot nearly two hours before they arrived. “[Myers] was great when this happened,” said Bridgette Begle, a sophomore, whose stuff was not stolen. “I felt secure while I was there. She...
by Cory Woodroof | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
If you have ever walked past High Rise or taken a drive down Granny White, you might notice a booming building with large smokestacks, constantly pouring steam into the sky. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside? The Steam Plant, one of campus’ primary HVAC facilities, serves as an important part of our community. Dave Sutton, the HVAC supervisor on campus, gave me a look inside the Steam Plant, offering some insight into his job and the services offered by the large facility. Sutton, going on eight years as the HVAC supervisor, oversees the Steam Plant, as well as other heat and ventilation facilities on campus. Sutton offered insight on what really goes on inside the Steam Plant. “The main function for serving campus is just to provide heat and domestic hot water during the winter time,” Sutton said. The Steam Plant is made up of different boilers, pumps, tanks and other machines. A water treatment facility also finds its home in the Steam Plant. Modern advances in technology have allowed for automatic controls to monitor the boilers. Previously, a coal fire boiler was used to carry out the functions the current boilers perform. “[The boilers] used to have to be manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Now, we just do controls. We only have to check [the controls] twice a shift,” Sutton said. Sutton must remain vigilant with his job in case of any on-campus emergencies regarding utilities. “I’m pretty much on call 24/7, so I’ve been called in here numerous times in the middle of the night. When a boiler goes down or...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 17, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, anchors Caitlin Selle and Michael Fox are behind the news desk. Also, Clay Smith fills you in on some warmer than usual temperatures, Connor Prady gives us the scoop on the latest Bachelor drama and Hunter Patterson gives you the Bisons’ lucky number. <iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/38650026?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”549″ height=”309″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen...
by Emily Snell | Mar 14, 2012 | News Slider
The immediate excitement surrounding a High Rise dorm flood, fire and two evacuations may have calmed down after last week, but the repair work for Lipscomb facilities staff is still underway. Generators are supplying power to High Rise while the facilities team continues to inspect and repair electrical issues related to the building, said Kim Chaudoin, director of university communication and marketing. “I think they’re still exploring and trying to get to the root of the problem,” she said, “trying to make sure when they repair it that they’ve caught everything that there is to repair at this point.” Chaudoin said the facilities crew plans to do more work over spring break in order to avoid disturbing students. Michael Engelman, associate director of the physical plant, confirmed that power to a few buildings on campus will be turned off briefly during the break to allow facilities to replace cabling that was damaged last week. He said the power outage will last just long enough to replace the cable and safely get the workers out of the manhole. Engelman said the main issue with repairs is the time required to get new parts, especially for older buildings. “It just takes so long to get these parts in, that’s what people don’t understand,” he said. “It just takes time to get parts because nobody in Nashville stocks some of this stuff.” Engelman said he’s not sure yet of the total cost of the dorm’s repairs. Reports have circulated saying that a fire occurred in High Rise last week, but Engelman said that’s not really accurate. The fire occurred in the manhole...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 12, 2012 | News Slider
Soulforce members are trained to face hate and discrimination when they arrive on a Christian campus. However, they were met with optimism and gratefulness during their three sessions with the Lipscomb community on Monday. Soulforce is a “national non-profit that works nonviolently to end the religious and political oppression of LGBTQ people.” Since 2006, Soulforce has used their Equality Ride to initiate conversations and promote dialogue on Christian college campuses that “discriminate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer individuals and their allies.” On Saturday, the Equality Ride bus rolled into Nashville. Since then, members of Soulforce have met with students, faculty and administration from Lipscomb as well as other faith-based universities in Nashville such as Trevecca and Belmont. Soulforce said the university has been very hospitable to its group. This is not always the case for the LGBTQ organization when they approach a campus asking for dialogue and discussion. Last week in Atlanta, the group encountered resistance from Carver Bible College when trying to establish a dialogue on their campus. On its blog, the group says they were forced to stay on the sidewalk outside the gate. Because of the decision to lock them out, their communication with students was limited to singing and holding up signs that could be seen through the windows of Carver’s chapel. Attending Monday’s event at Lipscomb came with strict guidelines. All attendees were told to arrive at least 10 minutes early and to have their Lipscomb IDs in hand. The doors closed on the hour, every hour, to prevent any sort of interruption during the session. Students and faculty who arrived late...
