Articles By: Amanda Stravinsky

Optional chapel Fridays at 10

You’re on track with convo, and it’s too early for a nap, so at 10 a.m. on a Friday, you amble over to Massey to sit in the courtyard and just be. As you walk up to the courtyard, you hear something. Music flows from the Neely Dining Hall. The glass doors are wide open and a handful of students are...

January 27th, 2010 | News | Read More

Veggie options?

d themselves as vegans in 2008. and another 7.2 million people or 3.2 percent were on a vegetarian-based diet, eating no meat or fish. Some of those people have found their way to Belmont University. To cater to the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle, Belmont’s dining service, Sodexo, has formed a section...

January 27th, 2010 | News | Read More

“The Tempest” impresses in Troutt Theater

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival took the Troutt Theater by storm January 15 with their rendition of “The Tempest.” Blue, violet and sea green pieces of cloth dangled from the rafters. Two “rock” formations took up most of the stage. When the lights dimmed, the audience was taken on a fun...

January 21st, 2010 | A&E | Read More

Plastic spreads despite water bottle ban

When a water bottle is carelessly tossed into a landfill and sets in the ground, its plastic decomposes within 1,000 years, seeping chemicals into the earth. If the plastic is burned, toxic fumes are released into the air. One out of five bottles is actually recycled in the United States, leaving 80...

October 28th, 2009 | News | Read More

Just say ‘no’

It’s a cool, spring night in Nashville. The trees around Belmont sway lazily with the breeze. On the side of the Beaman, a group of students congregate. They stand cigarettes in hand. Some of their cigarettes are half finished; others have just started. Laughter and conversation is exchanged between...

April 29th, 2009 | News | Read More

On vast reservation, Pine Ridge faces extraordinary need

Poverty. Alcohol. Suicide. Hopelessness. Driving through the expansive state of South Dakota, the thought that such depressive destruction is rampant wouldn’t cross the mind; mountains and widespread fields stretch serenely for what seems like an eternity. Yet for the people of the Oglala Lakota Sioux...

March 25th, 2009 | News | Read More

Chekhov’s ‘Vanya’ continues in Troutt

The costumes are ready. The set is complete. The actors know their lines. Anton Chekhov’s play, “Uncle Vanya” debuted in the Troutt Theater on Feb.19 where it runs through March 1. “It’s a classic in theater repertoire and it’s a very important play every student needs to be exposed to,”...

February 25th, 2009 | A&E | Read More