by Cory Woodroof | Aug 20, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
A trip to Rupp Arena, Oxford, Miss., and Memphis are just a few of the highlights on the Lipscomb men’s basketball schedule for the 2012-13 season that was unveiled today. The Bisons are set to take on a few big-name teams this season, including the defending National Champions, the Kentucky Wildcats. Outside of conference games, the men’s team will play Kentucky, Ole Miss, Memphis, Gardner-Webb and Austin Peay at their respective stadiums. At home, the Bisons will play Freed-Hardeman, Maryville, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin and recent NCAA tournament participants Murray State in their non-conference match-ups. The annual Battle of the Boulevard series against Belmont will take place at Allen Arena on Friday, Nov. 9, and at Belmont on Tuesday, Dec. 4. This is the first series in which the Bruins are competing outside of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the team moved into the Ohio Valley Conference earlier this year. Coach Scott Sanderson, entering his 13th season as head coach of the men’s basketball team, told Lipscomb Athletics that he believes having home games against notable, non-conference opponents is very significant for the team. “Those games are important to us,” he said. “Having a couple of marquee games at home like Belmont and Murray State, who will be the first top-25 team to ever come in here and play, is huge.” Sanderson also believes that the lofty schedule might be one of the team’s toughest in recent years. “This is probably one of the most challenging schedules we’ve had,” Sanderson said. “With Memphis, Kentucky and Ole Miss, who I think is going to be a really good SEC team, along with...
by Danielle Boyd | Feb 18, 2012 | News Slider
To take a deeper look into the history of the civil rights movement, a group of Lipscomb students traveled to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The one-day trip was led by Dr. Lee Camp, a Bible professor, who sought to give students the opportunity to visit the history of the civil rights movement. Most students had never been to the museum, so it was “an eye-opening experience.” “It’s one thing to hear about it all the time, but to actually be in a place where history happened…it just made it so real for me,” said Natilan Crutcher, a Lipscomb student who went on the trip. The museum takes students through the history of African Americans from the early 1600s to the recent years of 2000-2012. The museum is made up of exhibits, artifacts, sculptures and remakes of events which led to the civil and human rights movement. “I came to this museum as a child, and I didn’t really know much about it,” said John Brownlee, a Lipscomb student from Memphis, Tenn., “but now that I am older I’m starting to appreciate it more, now that I understand the struggle of people like my grandmother and great grandmother.” For some students, the museum opened their eyes to appreciate life and the struggle of so many African Americans reaching for freedom, justice and equality. “I have a better understanding of how things went down,” said Lipscomb student Day Day Wells. Wells said the experience led her to think about the things people often take for granted such...
by Emily Snell | May 31, 2011 | News Slider
The deadliest tornado to occur within the last 60 years, decimated Joplin, Mo., on May 22, killing 122 people, injuring hundreds more and destroying thousands of homes. Tornadoes and flooding, which began tearing into the Southeast and Midwest in April, are spurring some Lipscomb students to get involved in the recovery. Others feel personally touched or wonder how they can help. There already had been plenty of violent weather and destructive storms before April 27, when the worst tornado outbreak in decades tore into Mississippi and then cut a deadly swath across Alabama before slamming into a few counties in East Tennessee. Alabama’s destruction and death toll was the worst — a huge section of Tuscaloosa, home of the Crimson Tide — was erased from the earth. Other, smaller towns were virtually wiped out. On May 6, a group of LU students traveled to Arab, Ala., to help storm victims there. Many students in Memphis know how dangerous flooding has been and how it could get worse as it moves down through the delta and toward New Orleans. Brandy Richardson, a sophomore in missions from Memphis, said that there are shelters in several areas of the Bluff City. “My church is a Red Cross shelter right now,” she said. “There’s been lots of help with that for displaced families.” Richardson said she thinks the flooding is mainly in north and northwest Memphis but also downtown and areas outside the city. “Pray for those parts of the city,” Richardson said. “I feel like Nashville is able to recover a lot quicker. There’s a lot more means to recover. The areas [of...
by Rachel Carden | Sep 5, 2010 | News Slider
Arrangements of large sunflowers and peach-colored roses line the front wall of the Ezell Chapel on August 31, the day of the memorial service honoring Liz LaVelle’s life. Liz was a 2009-2010 freshman at Lipscomb from Germantown, Tennessee. She was killed in an auto accident on her way to Nashville on July 28. To the right of the room stands a large portrait of Liz lying in the grass with a beautiful smile from ear to ear. As her family begins to arrive, laughter, hugs, and the murmurs of conversation slowly begin to fill the room. The mood overall is not a somber or sad one as reminiscent stories are shared. Dr. Scott McDowell welcomes the throng of people who have come to honor Liz. There is not an open seat in the room as more and more people pile in and stand in the back. Dr. Harold Hazelip prays the prayer of Psalm 23 and introduces Dr. Dave LaVelle, Liz’s father. A teary-eyed Dr. Lavelle accounts the story of Liz’s life and restates over and over again how much Liz was loved by her family and was very close to her cousins. He said she was very committed to the Lord and was spiritually growing all the time. Liz was baptized when she was 10 years old, stating that she “wanted everyone in the family to baptize her.” Liz was a psychology major pursuing a career at Agape. “Liz’s future was bright,” said her father. “She could draw, paint, sing and write. She had a lot of talent and a bright future. “We’re faced with reality. The reality...
