Articles By: Erin Carson

The Week at Belmont – Oct. 7, 2009

This week– we’re battling the rain and a stuffy nose. We talk about the Edge Christian Showcase, flu vaccination, and the new Princeton Review ranking, all while busting some dance moves in honor of ATO’s 16th annual Disco is Dead?
October 7th, 2009 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

The Week at Belmont – Sept. 30, 2009

While we don’t know what’s to account for the shenanigans happening over in Bruin Hills and Hillside, we do make sure to write a witty super for it. This week– magazine subscriptions, banned books and food consciousness. We guarantee you’ll never look at corn the same way again. And we apologize.
September 30th, 2009 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

For 50 years, Gabhart served, loved Belmont

For 50 years, Gabhart served, loved Belmont
Few people can claim to be in any one place for 50 years, yet Belmont University now finds itself reflecting on the loss of a man who was a fixture and more importantly, a leader here, for exactly that amount of time. Retired president and chancellor Dr. Herbert C. Gabhart, died on the morning of Sept....
September 24th, 2009 | News | Read More

‘Quality Enhancement’ targets campus needs

Last Spring, students may have noticed a button on the side of their BIC home page, saying something about “QEP” and inviting them to click through. While that button has long since been gone, the efforts behind it have only just begun. QEP, is an acronym that stands for “Quality Enhancement...
September 4th, 2009 | News | Read More

Nashvillest: Belmont alums build following for quirky blog bout Music City

Nearly one year ago, Belmont alumnae Christy Frink and Morgan Levy had an idea and some time on their hands. They created a blog about Nashville and within the first two weeks, Nashvillest received between 400-600 page views. Four months later they won Best Local Blog from the Nashville Scene and were...
April 25th, 2009 | News | Read More

Rites of Spring 2009: Day Two

Day two on the Alumni Lawn was a decidedly different atmosphere– fewer hippies, fewer frats, a slightly upward shift in the age demographic.  The Vision braved mosh pits, crowd surfing and rain in the hopes of seeing The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne climb in that giant inflatable hamster ball...
April 19th, 2009 | A&E | Read More

Rites of Spring 2009: Day One

The 2009 Rites of Spring Music Festival officially kicked off around 3:20 p.m. Friday. The Vision arrived around 6 p.m. to document the ensuing 6 hours of thundering bass, bright lights, diminishing elbow room, and collective catharsis. K’NAAN K’NAAN took the stage opening  with “In...
April 18th, 2009 | A&E | Read More

SGA and the student body

Late Monday evening, Student Government Association presidential candidates, Wesley Rainer and D.J. King (accompanied by runningmate Eric S. Deems) sat in the Bunch Library multimedia hall, awaiting the start of the scheduled Q & A session on the first day of voting. At a few minutes past five, there...
April 8th, 2009 | News | Read More

’40 days’ modified

“Think of Lewis and Clark – they didn’t have an agenda.” Dr. Bonnie Smith discussed the nature of travel, a nature prone to “bumps and uncertainties.” For the students and professors embarking on the “Rediscover America: 40 States in 40 Days” cross country road trip this summer, a few...
March 25th, 2009 | News | Read More

‘Random things’ multiplying

Leg warmers. The Atkins diet. Furbies. People get swept up in fads on a regular basis, but a Facebook note? In merely a few weeks, over 5 million “25 random things about me” notes were posted on the social networking Web site Facebook. That’s 125 million “random” facts, according to ABC News. The...
February 25th, 2009 | News | Read More
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