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Lipscomb student highlights women’s impact on the Appalachian Soundscapes
A Lipscomb Senior is shining a new spotlight on some musicians who don’t often get noticed. The women in Appalachian music! Georgia Leonard, a senior American Studies major from Mt. Airy, MD, presented her research on April 11, 2024, as part of the annual Student Scholars Symposium. Her senior thesis titled “She’s An Eagle When She Flies: The Lives and Legacies of Women in Appalachian Music During the 20th Century” discussed four women who changed the music industry forever. “I have always had this love for Appalachia,” Leonard said. It tends to be a very forgotten area of the country and I wanted to highlight its beauty and culture. Additionally,…
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Kickin’ It – The data behind NFL kickers, how they make and how they miss
Not many positions in pro sports are as much as an anomaly as an NFL kicker. Kicking in the NFL isn’t just as simple as having a strong leg. It’s about accuracy and refinement. It’s about your other ten teammates stepping up and doing their job correctly; from the snap, to the hold, to the blocking, all the way to the kick itself. And even if some of those things go perfectly, a simple push of wind can turn a game-winning field goal that leaves you a hero, into a missed opportunity that sees millions calling for your job. It’s a job that despite all of these factors, it’s comes…
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Black holes may be capable of resonance
The only two Physics majors at Lipscomb University presented at the annual Student Symposium on Thursday, April 13th. This year, Jocelyn Howland and Søren Thompson walked through several different theories and equations that led them to their final conclusion- that spacetime may be capable of resonance. If that doesn’t make sense to you yet- hang on, we’ll get there. To make this final conclusion, the two Physics majors used thermal physics, general relativity, and quantum mechanics- all of which they had little or no experience with prior to their time working on this presentation. Now, what is a black hole anyway? A black hole is created when a star collapses…
