by Emily Snell | Mar 25, 2011 | News Slider
Lipscomb students were turned away at Scotland’s border during spring break when they tried to enter the country for their mission trip. The team was denied access by Scottish customs officials when they arrived on Sunday, March 13, to start their work with Westmaines Church of Christ. The situation is currently under investigation. Katie Dillard, senior in studio art, was one of the team’s student leaders. She said it is still somewhat unclear why the group was detained, but she said she thinks they were targeted by the officials. “We’re all white Anglo-Saxons,” Dillard said. “But none of us look at all suspicious. I guess the moment we showed up on the UK border, I felt like we were profiled as Americans.” Dillard, who is from the Washington D.C. area, has travelled internationally before and said that she worked hard to prepare her team for the trip. But things started to go wrong, she said, when one of the customs officials began questioning a student. “She was asking very intruding questions,” Dillard said. “He was not expecting her to interrogate him like that.” “Everything started snowballing downhill from there.” One team member, Emily Millstead, a freshman social work major, was cleared to enter the country but was sent back when the officials decided to detain the whole group. Millstead, who is originally from Grand Blanc, Mich., said she has traveled internationally before but felt nervous in Scotland. “That’s the most intimidating customs I’ve ever been through,” Millstead said. “It was kind of intense.” Millstead said she was putting away her passport when she heard some commotion and realized there...
by Kelsey Durnin | Mar 25, 2011 | News Slider
The second annual Operation Yellow Ribbon event will be this Tuesday, Mar. 29 at 7 p.m. in Allen Arena. “We hope this inspiring evening of stories and songs will do three things,” said David Hughes, assistant dean of students and director of the Yellow Ribbon Program. “We want it to raise awareness about the Yellow Ribbon Program, honor the military and veterans and help raise funds to support Yellow Ribbon.” General Tommy Franks, who is also the author of New York Times bestseller American Soldier, will be the keynote speaker again this year. General Franks spoke at last year’s Operation Yellow Ribbon on the importance of family, faith and flag and will be delivering a message just as strong this time around. Hughes describes him as a dynamic speaker who can “have you in stitches one minute, then crying the next.” The event’s evening benefit concert has been arranged by the Charlie Daniels Band production team absolutely free of charge to show their support for the military. “Without the Charlie Daniels Band production team this event would not happen,” Hughes said. “They are that integral to this.” The benefit concert will feature acoustic performances by Charlie Daniels, Wynonna Judd, Montgomery Gentry and the Grascals. Hughes says, however, this will be much more than a concert as each performer will also be telling stories. Funds raised by the event will go to support the Yellow Ribbon Program, which has been established at Lipscomb since Aug, 1, 2009. This program is part of a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs which allows veterans to pursue an education at public or...
by Madalyn Chaffin | Mar 25, 2011 | News Slider
This Friday, will you be saying “TGIF?” The Student Government Association hopes so. SGA will be giving you something more to look forward to than just the weekend. The 1990s TV-inspired event will be turning the square into a Friday night fit for a kid. During the day, visit the square for corn-hole, games and snacks you cherished through your childhood– yep, Dunkaroos and Capri Sun. However, the fun does not stop there. That evening will offer more food and the entertainment of the original TGIF TV lineup. SGA will be showing episodes of Boy Meets World, Clarissa Explains It All, Hanging with Mr. Cooper and more in the square. These classic shows were good, wholesome entertainment for preteens, teens and the whole family on Friday nights. Unfortunately the ending of shows, competing networks and ratings brought the primetime sitcoms to an end. ABC attempted to have TGIF comebacks, but they had poor ratings due to other shows, reality television and the basic fact that it was a Friday night. In case you don’t get enough Friday night, some can still be seen on day-time television on channels such as ABC Family, Nick at Nite and Ion...
by Cooper Torrez | Mar 24, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
An hour and a half rain delay hindered the Bisons and Vols’ start time, but fans didn’t shy away. The Vols came into the game 16-4 while the Bisons were 7-13. Chris Nunn got the call for the Bisons and had a solid first inning. However, in the top of the second Tyler Horne got the Vols rolling with a two-run homerun deep over the left center field wall. The Bisons stormed back in the bottom of the second and the third. Josh Chism singled to right field followed by a Tennyson Dodd double. Logan Hostettler’s sacrifice fly scored Chism to bring the score to 2-1 Vols. In the bottom of the third M.L. Williams’ grounder scored T.J. Hoelzer to tie it up 2-2. The Vols got the bats rolling and in a three-inning stretch never looked back. In the top of the fifth a double by Ethan Bennett scored Matt Duffy to put the Vols up 3-2. A Davis Morgan single then scored Bennett to make the score 4-2. Khayyan Norfork then scored Morgan to extend the Vols lead to 5-2. In the top of the sixth Josh Liles then extended the Vols lead to 6-2 when he doubled and brought home Duffy. Morgan continued his good play and singled in the top of the seventh and was sent home by Norfolk two batters later to put the Vols up 7-2. The Bisons threatened but could not capitalize. The Bisons scored the game’s last run in the bottom of the seventh when Hostettler scored Dodd to bring the Bisons within four runs. However, the Vols pitcher Matt Ramsey...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 24, 2011 | News Slider
Last night on Survivor, things got deep. Our friend and classmate, Matt Elrod, is still on Redemption Island. At the end of last week’s episode we learned who was going to be joining him there. Krista Klumpp, a pharmaceutical rep from South Carolina, was to be Matt’s next competition. Usually when two people compete on a reality show it is very bitter and lots of hatred is involved. However, last night was different. After talking to one another, Matt and Krista soon found out that they were both believers in Christ. While the two prepared for their challenge, they prayed together. “He seems to have more substance than most of the people I’ve been on a team with for the past 13 days,” Klumpp said on the show. Matt had similar views of Krista, like how much of a relief it was to talk to someone with similar interests. “Krista’s different from the other competitors I’ve faced for one key reason,” Elrod said. “It’s just that both of us have really been struggling with not having a faith community and other believers to kind of lean on and talk with about our beliefs and how we feel.” Ultimately, Matt won the challenge on the island. The pair had to throw grappling hooks at three separate bags with balls in them to retrieve them. Once they got the bags, navigating the ball through a maze by tilting a board was the objective. Matt failed on his first attempt, and so did Krista. However, on the second try, Matt was able to guide the ball in the final hole. It was...
