Rain was in the forecast last May 1. It rained, and it rained, and it rained. When the power went out in my dorm, Hail, and on the North Lawn, I thought it was just some fluke on a stormy day. By the time I got to a functioning TV [...]
Food on wheels no longer means sitting in your car at Mickey D’s, tapping the steering wheel while a harried mom chooses gender-specific happy meals. Now Nashville has food trucks, a leap up the food chain that can give you food that’s pretty fast, really varied and totally without toys [...]
Over the past year, Belmont University has gone though substantive and sometimes controversial changes, the most widely publicized being expansion of the non-discrimination hiring policy to include sexual orientation. Belmont’s sports complex at E.S. Rose Park has a celebration May 3 to officially open the facility, although some fields will [...]
Plans are under way for a new Metro police precinct in the Edgehill neighborhood that would serve Belmont, Lipscomb and Vanderbilt universities, along with the Edgehill, 12South, Green Hills, Hillsboro Village and Oak Hill neighborhoods. While negotiations to secure land in Edgehill are ongoing, Police Chief Steve Anderson says they [...]
When Mom says,”Eat fresh veggies,” you can no longer say, “Oh, but it’s a long, long walk to the grocery store.” Beginning this summer, Beaman will become a drop-off point for Real Food Farm’s CSA program, giving students and faculty an opportunity to purchase a weekly supply of fresh organic [...]
Less than two years after Belmont announced it would open a College of Law, 125 students have accepted the school’s offer of admission and are ready to start classes this fall. Many of the incoming students, chosen out of a group of approximately 400 applicants, say they are excited about [...]
After 16 years on the Belmont basketball bench, associate head coach Casey Alexander will move on, but he’ll still be in the conference—Alexander texted players on April 19 and told them he would join A-Sun rival Stetson as head coach. “Stetson is gaining a person who has a great work [...]
Any boy who grew up with his hand in a baseball glove and a bat on his shoulder dreams of making it to the big leagues. For Belmont senior Nate Woods, the past four years has brought him even closer to reaching his dream. Even before he came to Belmont, [...]
When I walked onto the court at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., my senses heightened. I scanned my surroundings, looking up in the rafters and then down to the floor—which is named after basketball creator James Naismith. My spine tingled. It was the second game I covered for the Belmont [...]
After a nomadic stint using fields at Columbia State, Tennessee State and rival Lipscomb, Belmont’s softball team played the inaugural game at the new E.S. Rose Park and Sports Complex, winning the first game of a doubleheader against North Florida. The 1-0 win gave the Bruins their first Atlantic Sun [...]
It all starts with a post. “You were wearing a purple sweater and a matching purple headband. Those colors on a guy are usually questionable, but you pulled them off really well. Hope to run into you again soon.” People writing under the names of various fruits ask for more [...]
Jordan Hull has the sound of a musician years older than he is, and he has a taste in music to match. From early blues legends like Son House and Blind Willie McTell to the more modern legend that is Bob Dylan, Hull doesn’t mess around with musical influences. He’s [...]
Everything’s falling apart. The dilapidated house leans a little too precariously to the right. Inside is a reliquary for debris and dust worn objects of lives once lived. Green overgrowth snakes its way from the floor entangling itself in everything. Turn the corner and there’s an overturned blue bird cage [...]
Sometimes a bad situation can lead to a better one, one that fulfills an original dream – at least it did for Sean Giddings. “It’s a completely new phase in my life,” said 2009 Belmont alumnus Giddings. Giddings came to Belmont as a commercial voice major, but changed to English [...]
“The Happy Prince,” based on the book by Oscar Wilde, will kick off the Theater Extravaganza at 7 p.m., May 3, in the Troutt Theater. The annual showcase of student-created plays and monologues. An integral part of theater is the presentation of the “The Happy Prince,” courtsey of Deen Entsminger [...]
04/19/2012
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