by Charissa Ricker | Feb 14, 2019 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
In a ‘ring by spring’ world, how are all the single students supposed to find love on campus? The Lipscomb College of Computing and Technology designed a matching service that helps students find a date just in time for Valentine’s Day. Lipscomb’s chapter of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) hosts Bison Match every year to raise money for their events and to help students work on creating algorithms. The quiz starts with basic information and lets students upload a picture and a short bio. It then moves into more creative questions, such as an ideal date and how students would describe themselves using social media apps. ACM President and senior computer science major Andie Goode shared how the matching system works. “It’s really simple, we are not psychologists,” Goode said. “It’s ten questions and the matching is based on if you have the same answer for a question, then that’s your percentage. It’s kind of made to be a fun, goofy Valentine’s thing.” Despite having a matching percentage, it’s not guaranteed that students’ matches will see them. A student could be matched with someone who has a larger number of matches with a higher percentage, and the results only show the top five. “It’s kind of nice, because if you take the quiz and you don’t see anything that looks good, somebody else could still approach you that you didn’t get matched with,” Goode said. “It’s nice to have that extra [boost to] get your name out there.” Due to the fact that Lipscomb has more female students Goode said the number of students that participated were one-third...
by Logan Butts | Mar 31, 2014 | News Slider
The cast and crew of “Stop”, one of the three segments in the 51st installment of Singarama, have been working together almost every day and night for over a month. With only a few days remaining until one of the biggest events on Lipscomb’s campus, the members of “Stop” are anxiously awaiting opening night. The overall theme of Singarama this year is “Singarama’s On Fire” and the individual segments of the show are titled “Stop,” “Drop” and “Roll.” The first of the three shows, “Stop,” will be put on by Delta Omega, Delta Xi, Phi Nu, Sigma Omega Sigma, Theta Psi and friends. “Stop” revolves around Rick and Louis, two crossing guards, who encounter an unexpected theft while on their morning shift. The theft causes the two guards to embark on a twist-filled mission for justice and love. “Throughout the story, they are going from place to place and finding different clues, trying to figure out who stole from the jewelry store,” show director Makenzie Kanyuh said. Kanyuh has participated in Singarama all three years that she has been at Lipscomb, but this is the first time she has held the position of director, a position that she says has both its perks and problems. “I’m just really excited to see it all come together,” Kanyuh said. “As director, it’s so much fun, but it’s really stressful to see it all piece-by-piece and have some holes still in it as you’re a week away. There are always holes when you’re a week away. That’s just the nature of it. Seeing it all come together is what I’m most looking forward to.” Rick and Louis,...
by Crystal Davis | Mar 30, 2012 | News Slider
You would think walking in to a Green Hills movie theater at 10:25 on a Sunday night that it would be empty. Not that night! It was full! Friends with Kids, the new movie with several members of the Bridesmaids cast, had minimal promotion in Nashville, but apparently it was a smash. Newcomer Jennifer Westfeldt and Jason Scott find themselves the only single people in a group of close-knit friends. The movie addresses that sensitive time of people’s lives when they make the transition between life without major responsibilities to life with families and kids and all that comes after. Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm and Chris O’Dowd round out the cast and provide most of the comic relief. Westfeldt and Scott play best friends who decide they want to have kids after their close friends have children and embrace married life. The movie addresses the good times and the rough times throughout the journey of Westfeldt and Scott having a child and raising it in a divorced-parent-like style. It gives some alternative views of how to raise a family in a non-traditional lifestyle. It’s not something most people are familiar with coming out of a Christian school, but it has become more and more the norm in the last couple of generations. This R-rated film includes some scenes with semi-censored sexual activities, which may be offensive to some people. There’s an abundance of foul language, not appropriate for a younger audience. I think all of these situations are intended to be funny and thought provoking; the director tries to produce a bigger picture–a romantic comedy wrapped up in the...
by Chris Walker | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well folks, the day so many men – even the bravest among us — dread is quickly approaching. The day where men spend too much money, and women are consistently disappointed. Valentine’s Day. OK, turn that dread into something of the past. Make this Valentine’s Day tasty by perhaps trying out one of the following recommendations: 1. For an early dinner with your main squeeze, perhaps before your third viewing of Black Swan, I recommend Burger Up, a relatively new 12 South spot. The small burger joint not only offers delicious food, but is also “cutesy,” describes fellow dining buddy AJ Bentz, with community dining option. “All our beef is raised and purchased from Triple L Ranch in Franklin, Tenn.,” said owner Mike Pontes. “We try to get everything locally, from the veggies to the buns.” Prices ranging from $8-15, the menu offers gourmet burgers and mounded salads without depleting the cowhide in your back pocket. The menu offers new takes on old burgers, and an option to upgrade to truffle fries (totally worth the extra buck). 2. For the next level of dining atmosphere, try Tavern Mid Town. With its opening last Monday, Tavern is making its stamp on the trendy area of Nashville. The assorted menu, ranging from $6-19, is not only tasty, but filling. Culinary Director Robbie Wilson and Executive Chef Ray Whitlock use fresh ingredients, from the salmon to the in-house guacamole. The location is also convenient walking distance to after-dinner venues. 2. Bring out your big guns and try a Nashville classic, Jimmy Kelly’s. The old steak house (literally an old house), directly across...
by Jadrienne Myhre | Nov 24, 2010 | News Slider
Tory Wolf, a sophomore social work major, just returned from delivering letters of Christian encouragement and love to Ugandan kids. The Brentwood native previously visited Africa twice, going to Rwanda, Ghana, and Uganda. This time she went toting the letters written by members of her Lipscomb social club. Heather Hall, sophomore elementary education major from Louisville, Ky., and service coordinator for PKS, said Wolf’s enthusiasm inspired the project. “Tory Wolf thought it would be a great idea if fellow Christians wrote letters to the kids there,” Hall said. “We all decided that that was a wonderful idea – spreading God’s love, even if it’s as simple as drawing a picture and writing a short note.” Wolf is devoted to this type of mission work. “This is my passion,” Wolf said. “Since there are a million displaced people, there is a huge need. This is my plea to the Lipscomb community – that people would be willing to reach out and help in any way they...
