Several Belmont students were involved in a series of wrecks earlier today on Compton Avenue near campus. More than six cars were involved in at least two wrecks on the street adjacent to Belmont’s Troutt Theater around 10:30 a.m. due to icy roads. One driver suffered a bloody lip after, as one responding...

In an unusual quirk of nature, Nashville is sitting under several inches of snow. According to The Tennessean, between 4 and 10 inches of snow fell on Friday, in Nashville and surrounding areas. Classes continued on Friday and Belmont should be open Monday as well. Many local businesses stayed open through...

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest,  January 14 – 31 at Belmont’s Troutt Theater. This is the third annual Winter Shakespeare production. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $19 in advance/...

On the morning of Dec. 5, 2008, a Belmont sophomore reported she was raped in the Bruin Hills apartments by an intruder. The student, identified only as Jane Doe in court papers, has now filed a lawsuit against Belmont University claiming that “insufficient security measures contributed to the...

Belmont’s women’s basketball team returns to action at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, when the 4-1 Bruins open A-Sun Conference play against Kennesaw State. The contest comes after they women recovered quickly from their first loss of the season in which highly competitive Oregon State beat them by a score...

Today, more than 143 million children around the world have lost one or both parents. The African nation of Uganda has 2.3 million orphans, many of which have been forced into sex slavery and rebel armies.  For many people, these overwhelming statistics are discouraging.  How can one person begin to...

If bus-engines responded to recitations, we would have been fine. Instead, our motley crew of Belmont students and faculty were grounded, surveying a pumpkin patch in the middle of Virginia. What was I doing the week before fall break seeing Shakespeare performed in a town I’ve never heard of and wasn’t...

Women’s cross-country to defend title Oct. 31 For the third time in her career, senior cross-country runner Bethany Thune was recognized as the Atlantic Sun Runner of the Week. This time, the recognition came her first-place performance at the Evansville Invitational Oct. 21. On muddy terrain,...

Editor’s note: Sophomore Amanda Stravinsky spent the summer of 2009 working with Appalachian Outreach, a program that works with families in poverty in East Tennessee. Plastic bags rustle. Glassware clanks. Metal hangers ding and squeak as they’re pushed back and forth on four towering clothes racks...

In the fall of 2011, just two years from now, Belmont expects to welcome its first class to the College of Law announced Wednesday. President Bob Fisher and senior leadership said an initial $25-million investment will provide a 75,000-square-foot building, hiring faculty and staff and other costs to...