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What came first, the Ryman or the Opry?
Republished from Boot Scootin’: a backstage look into country music, February 8, 2023. We all know and love the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry, but which came first? The two share a close-knit history and are among the most popular stages every country artist dreams of performing on. The RymanLet’s start with the Ryman. The Ryman Auditorium is Nashville’s Mother Church and is a great venue to see some of your favorite artists perform. If you’re a history buff like me, you will also love the history that comes with the building. Thomas G. Ryman was a captain who lived in Nashville in the 1800s. After attending a…
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Lipscomb by the numbers – WiFi
This week’s edition of Lipscomb by the numbers takes a look at none other than the campus’s WiFi. With so many students coming back to campus from break this week, and all of their devices rejoining the school’s WiFi network, the WiFi is going to be busier than it’s been in the past week. But the WiFi sees peak hours, and those are the numbers we’re going to talk about this week. There are three WiFi’s on campus: staff, student and guest. All of the peak time numbers come from IT. The first of these, the staff WiFi, sees its peak demand from basically 1-3pm. After three, the majority of…
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Good Morning Lipscomb Athletics! – Weekly Sports Update.
Even though its Spring Break at Lipscomb, the athletes have still been working hard. Check out our Instagram for a video update from Brady Yingst, Kylie Kissler and Micah Barkley. This week in Baseball: Our bisons lost 0-3 to Mississppi State in their weekend series. On Tuesday they traveled the Knoxville to play the University of Tennessee Volunteers, they took a tough 0-10 loss but will be back home this weekend hosting at Ken Dugan Field a three-day series against Jacksonville. Softball has been busy… last weekend they went 1-4 against Akron, Evansville and Indiana in the Lady Bison Classic. On Wednesday they faced off against Green Bay and Eastern…
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Three Big Ten teams to watch out for in March
Republished from The 5 Banner Blog, March 9, 2023. The Hoosiers are well on their way to March Madness for only the second time since the 2015-2016 season. The reason they are the number one threat out of the Big Ten is because of their three major wins on the season and they firepower they have on their roster. Players to watch: Projected first-round-picks Jalen Hood-Schifino and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Jackson-Davis is a first-team All-Big Ten selection and Hood-Schifino won Big Ten Freshman of the Year. There aren’t many Big Ten teams that have two projected first round picks on their team and that is what separates the Hoosiers. The resume: Indiana’s best five wins are:…
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Good morning Lipscomb Athletics – Weekly sports update
Check out our Instagram for a live video update from Micah Barkley. This week in Lipscomb Athletics: Women’s Golf came in first out of 11 at the Samford Intercollegiate Tournament. Softball did well in their weekend series this past weekend, playing four games and winning three of them to take the series. Their only loss was to Providence, in their second game against the team. They will be hosting another invitational this weekend with Akron, Indiana and Evansville. 🚨 𝑩𝑰𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑾𝑰𝑵 🚨 W: @EmilyYakubowski (6-3)L: Chloe Wendling (3-6)@EmilyYakubowski throws a three-hit shutout in our final game of the Purple & Gold Challenge❗️#IntoTheStorm ⛈️| #HornsUp 🤘 pic.twitter.com/hYFmpgCq01 — Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB)…
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Lipscomb by the numbers: Lippy Lunatics trip
This week’s Lipscomb by the numbers goes back to Thursday the 2nd, when Lipscomb’s Lippy Lunatics traveled 232 miles to Kennesaw State University to support the Lipscomb Bisons men’s basketball team at the ASUN championship semifinals. Lippy Lunatics worked with Lipscomb to get two charter buses for the drive and 100 tickets to the game. They put the word out, and 66 people boarded the two 50-passenger charter buses at 11:45 in the morning on March 2nd. Together those 66 students rode for over three and a half hours on the 232 mile trip to KSU. The students packed into KSU’s Convocation Center, after out-cheering a group of KSU students…
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Good morning Lipscomb Athletics– Weekly sports update
This week in Lipscomb Athletics: Baseball wins on a walk-off homer on Saturday to tie the series against the University of Illinois Chicago. Softball wins late game over Hofstra. Track and Field finishes indoor season with the Women's team coming in 3rd and the Men 7th at ASUN Championship meet.
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Lipscomb by the numbers: Giving Day
This week with Lipscomb by the numbers we’re looking back at the university-wide Giving Day, which took place on Thursday, February 23rd. There are a lot of numbers from Giving Day, so let’s dive into some of them. Giving Day this year was a success, with over two million dollars raised. The official final number is $2,097,446. To put this into perspective, the highest Lipscomb has raised in the past was $2,330,643 during former Lipscomb President Willard Collins’s “Million Dollar Day” in 1985. Let’s look at some more numbers… Lipscomb broke up their donors by affiliations, separating them into groups like “Faculty/Staff,” “Friend,” “University Parent,” and more. The leading group…
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Good morning Lipscomb Athletics – Weekly sports update
Good morning to everyone but especially to… Lipscomb Baseball The Bisons overcame Notre Dame 2-1 in the opening weekend series. The power 5 team came to Nashville hoping to continue its Omaha success from last year but fell short to the herd. Honorable Mentions… Men’s Basketball defeated Jacksonville with a last second three-pointer. Softball defeats MTSU to close out the FGCU Invitational. What we are watching this weekend📺 Men’s Basketball will be wrapping up the regular season on Friday at Stetson. Baseball takes on University of Illinois Chicago in a weekend series. Track and Field will be competing in the ASUN championships this weekend. Women’s Basketball takes on Austin Peay…
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Lipscomb by the numbers: Men’s basketball at Liberty
This week’s Lipscomb by the numbers heads back to an epic conference upset game – the Lipscomb Bison’s against the Liberty Flames. The men’s basketball game on February 4th against the Flames featured a lot of numbers. The Flames were the number one team in the ASUN conference, with a 9-1 win-loss. The Bisons were the number six team in the ASUN, with a 5-5 win-loss. Despite what those numbers might suggest about the outcome of the game, the Bisons beat the number one team in the ASUN 69-64. Beyond those numbers, the attendance at the game was a huge number: 3,587 students and fans packed into Allen. Compared to…
