by Sarah McGee | Jan 25, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
It was Star Wars night Saturday in Allen Arena, but the Force was not with the Bisons. Lipscomb lost 75-66 to North Florida, with first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference on the line. This game brought in over 3,000 fans — one of the largest crowds of the season. The Bisons entered the first half strong, with forward Malcolm Smith scoring the first goal of the game. The Bisons ended the first half with a 29-19 lead. “The first 20 minutes are easily the best 20 minutes we’ve played all year on both ends of the floor,” head coach Casey Alexander said. “We made very few mistakes in the first half.” In the second half, North Florida led by 13 points, sparked by 24 from Beau Beech in the second half. Beech led all scorers with 27 points. The Bisons did not go down easily, cutting the UNF lead to single figures. Guard Josh Williams led the team with 21 points. He has double figures in 21 of his last 22 games. “Josh is playing so hard,” Alexander said. “He wants the ball. He wants to be the guy and deliver.” Also in double figures for the Bisons were Smith with 13, followed by guard J.C. Hampton with 12 and forward Talbott Denny with 11. The men’s basketball team was 0-4 in the Atlantic Sun Conference at the beginning of the 2013-2014 season, but this year the team is 4-1 — the best conference start in the history of the program. “Nobody’s happy about the result by any stretch, but this loss is better than several of the wins we’ve...
by Sam Jokisch | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Students go to college for one reason alone – to follow some ambition. Whether this be simply money or a passionate dream, it’s easy to forget amongst our own ideas that those who stand at the front of the classroom are just as ambitious. Enter Jeff Barrie, an independent filmmaker who has been teaching film production at Lipscomb since 2010. Barrie’s classes are small, and his area of study is very particular. But his work is award-winning, and he has been the main topic at film festivals across the state on more than one occasion. Every dream has a beginning, and Barrie says his passion stemmed from his first time seeing Star Wars in theaters as a child. “I was captivated by the images, the effects, the story, the characters, and I was powerfully moved,” Barrie said. ” I wanted to be part of creating those positive feelings for others. My uncle George noticed my fascination and loaned me the first movie camera he had bought as a teenager in the 1950s. From that moment on, I made one short film after another, year round for the next 10 years.” But as many independent filmmakers know, the road to success, or failure, is never straight. Barrie’s film school application to UCLA was declined two years in a row during his college years, devastating him and forcing him to choose an alternate major. But, the change led to a new opportunity. “I graduated with a degree in geography and environmental studies,” Barrie said. “I loved the classes I was taking and made many good friends in the major. During a...
by Cory Woodroof | Jan 23, 2012 | News Slider, Opinion
At the age of six, I was a Star Wars kid. During the dog days of my early youth, the epic story of Luke Skywalker’s quest to defeat the Empire captivated me more than any other silly children’s entertainment. I proudly owned the original films on VHS. I collected a large group of action figures from the Star Wars universe – even those random aliens that only appeared in a frame or two during the cantina scene of A New Hope. I even saw The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi during their theatrical re-releases. So, obviously, May 19th, 1999 meant more to me than my birthday, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, or any other organized holiday that warrants a sort of reward or present. On this fateful day, writer/director George Lucas unveiled the first new Star Wars film in sixteen years. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace changed my six year old world like nothing ever had. The spectacle, the action, the peril – everything collided to create a gigantic supernova of wonder and amazement. All those years of persistent enjoyment had paid off immensely. A few years passed, two more prequels made their way to the screen, and I couldn’t have been happier. Shift to this past week. George Lucas announced his retirement from the big budget film industry on the heels of his newest production, Red Tails. Lucas says he wishes to switch his focus onto smaller, more personal projects. “I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” Lucas said in the statement. No one can argue that Lucas,...
