by Hunter Patterson | Apr 20, 2012 | News Slider
On the semester’s final installment of Lumination News, Hunter Patterson and Caitlin Selle are behind the news desk bring you up to speed on what’s happened in the last week and what is going to happen next week. Plus, the latest in entertainment from Jessic Burke, weather from Clay Smith and sports from Wade Funderburg round out the rest of the week’s show. Lumination Newscast, April 20, 2012 from lumination Network on...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 19, 2012 | Sports
If you’ve walked through Bison Square, saw some guys throwing a Frisbee, and thought, “Man, I wish I had a disk…and some friends to throw it with,” you’re in luck. The Lipscomb men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams will be in the square Friday, giving students the chance to not only win their own Frisbees but also sign up to play pickup. The teams are not giving you the chance to be too busy to see them, either. They’ll be there from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The team will also teach you how to throw, if you don’t already know. If you are a step above novice, you can try to throw a disk through a hula hoop or into a trash can. If you succeed, the team says, you’ll get your own Frisbee. The teams asks if you just want to throw around, hang out, win something, or learn more, be sure to come by the square on Friday. The teams are looking for people who are interested in playing competitively in local and travel tournaments. They’ll be the ones in the ultimate jerseys – really, they should be hard to miss. And if you do happen to overlook what’s going on in Bison Square, you may just get hit with a Frisbee. Lipscomb Ultimate – Battle of the Boulevard from Jackson Sprayberry on Vimeo. Lipscomb Ultimate, UT Invitational from lumination Network on...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 18, 2012 | Sports
Over 120 Nashville Predators fans waited outside of Signature Terminal in the early hours of Wednesday morning to welcome their hockey team back to the city the team calls “Smashville.” Why? Because It’s The Cup. The 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs’ tagline is reason enough for fans to welcome their team back to their hometown at 1 a.m. after a game. However, the team gave the fans more reason to show up Wednesday. When the Predators landed at approximately 12:35 a.m. the team was fresh off two wins at Joe Louis Arena, the arena of the Detroit Red Wings. The two wins put Nashville (3-1) in position to win the series on Friday at their home rink, Bridgestone Arena. Some fans showed up as early as 10:00, knowing the team would not land for at least two more hours. The weather cooperated, but was by no means perfect at a misty, brisk, 52 degrees. The fans waited. Because It’s The Cup. When the team finally walked out the doors of the terminal, the inspired crowd gave each member of the hockey team as well as coaches, staff members and front office people an ovation that sounded like it could have easily came from 501 Broadway instead of 960 Hangar Lane. Why? Because It’s The Cup. Television news crews and folks with iPhones captured the moment when Predators enforcer Brian McGrattan walked through the line of people. Head coach Barry Trotz and his assistants Peter Horacek and Lane Lambert soon followed. The foursome passed out fist-bumps with wide smiles. Other players took an alternate route, dodging the crowd hoping to...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 14, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
“Goals are important. Having a vision is important. Commitment to the process is more important,” Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens told the crowd at the fourth annual Don Meyer Evening of Excellence on April 14. And Stevens knows the significance behind not just winning, but figuring out what it takes to win. Character, Commitment to Details, Performance and Results – those are the levels of Stevens’ pyramid he has used each of the five years of his head coaching career at Butler to help his players remember to keep their priorities straight. In those five years, he’s managed to get his team two Final Four appearances. “You have to simplify things, but have to do a lot of work to before you can simplify things,” the two-time Horizon Coach of the Year said. With guidance from two notable coaches, Thad Matta and Todd Licklighter, Stevens learned he had to “think like a head coach every day,” and to “just be yourself.” On the bottom level of the pyramid, Stevens listed character as the most important attribute. “You can be humble, but you need to balance that with courage,” Stevens said. He said there have been seasons where the team has lost players to the NBA draft or graduation, and the younger players were not ready to “take the reins.” While the players may not have been physically or mentally prepared, near the season’s end, Stevens said the same players were playing with a courage that allowed them to “not care about anything and give everything.” The second level is preparation and attention to detail. “In basketball, we look at...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 13, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week on Lumination News, anchors Jessica Burke and TJ Ojehomon update you on everything from SGA elections to why the head coach of the Tennessee Titans visited Lipscomb’s campus. Plus, Jameson Roper has the latest entertainment news, Ariel Jones gives the sports report and Hunter Patterson takes a look at this week’s weather. Lumination Newscast, April 13, 2012 from lumination Network on...
