Well, the Atlantic Sun has finished up another crazy year with an astounding FOUR co-champions.  Lipscomb, won the tiebreaker and will be the No. 1 seed going into the A-Sun tournament.  Jacksonville and Belmont follow close behind at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, and Campbell—who came into the weekend...

In the summer of 2007, an episode of ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” sparked discussions around the country about issues involving pregnant student-athletes.  The issue is often overlooked or brushed aside on college campuses, and Belmont athletic director Mike Strickland said he had not considered...

Trey Flowers and the rest of his church group were running late to a 4:45 dinner. They just got in the van parked outside the grocery store when it started shaking. He barely had time to think. His body went into “survival mode.” Maybe someone was after them, trying to turn over the van. He heard...

When Belmont junior guard Shaunda Strayhorn plays basketball, her passion is evident. There’s a fire in her eyes as she pounds the ball hard into the floor with each deliberate dribble. The sound echoes throughout the Curb Event Center. Every pass is sharp; every shot is well-calculated. If things...

Your final semester as an undergrad student is perhaps the most nerve-wracking four and a half months of your life. The pressure is on to finish your convos (only 14 more to go!), complete your most significant work in college and find a job before your student loans come back to haunt you. In two months...

Reporting involves asking questions. Sometimes the questions are easy, sometimes they’re uncomfortable and sometimes they’re unusual. Most of the reporting I’ve done for the Vision has been fairly straight forward– news, the occasional profile, but from time to time I get to do a piece that...

Last week I had the privilege of sitting down with Eric Schlosser, acclaimed “Fast Food Nation” author and producer of the documentary “Food, Inc.,” the assassination of America’s corporate food industry that has been creating considerable hype among socially conscious 20-somethings. Sitting...

Sports veterans have traditionally dominated the world of sports radio. In Nashville, men with decades in the business of sports broadcasting like George Plaster and Joe Biddle make up a significant part of local sports radio. The old guard of sports radio speak to a similar demographic of older devotees...

January 26, 2010. That night, the sold-out Curb Event Center became a sea of red as thousands of students watched the Belmont Bruins lose a heartbreaker Battle of the Boulevard against Lipscomb. Flash forward to February 5. Nearly 1,500 people saw the Bruins defeat then-conference leader Jacksonville...

Let’s pretend for a moment that is it acceptable to talk about Belmont students according to their stereotypes. One of the most interesting aspects of attending Belmont is observing the strange cultural dichotomy that exists here. I have felt its presence pervading my life here since I was a freshman....