Archive for November, 2008

2008: tales of a first-time voter

Election night 2004: I was 15 years old. My parents were out and I was home by myself not studying for an AP European history test, standing in front of the TV yelling like it was a football game. Four years later, I’m still plenty invested, but a little less cranky. The difference, I think, is getting...

November 6th, 2008 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Who’ll gimme $5? For a Pembroke guy, there’s a price

“I’ll take what I can get. As long as I get bought, I’m good.” Freshman marketing major Lucas Wynne voiced his expectations for the Eighth Annual Pembroke Date Auction, the one night a year when freshman guys, or “man meat” as emcee Sean Giddings put it, “strut their stuff” and try to...

November 6th, 2008 | News | Read More

Pharmacy building under way

Belmont pharmacy students, trustees, donors and administration gathered to break ground at the site of the new health sciences building on Oct. 28. The $30-million building, which will house the schools of pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, social work and psychology, is slated for completion...

November 6th, 2008 | News | Read More

Nashville gets a dose of ‘Girl Talk’

When Gregg “Girl Talk” Gillis mixes a song out of manipulated pop samples, he means business. Girl Talk’s latest album, “Feed the Animals” manages to squeeze 300 samples into 53 minutes, producing unlikely pairings like Radiohead and Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and Rick Derringer and even MC Hammer...