Articles By: Jessica Walker

Training, discipline pay off for runners

For some Belmont students, the pain of running 13.1 miles was worth the pleasure of crossing the finish line during the Country Music Half Marathon. This year marked the 11th anniversary of the event, which also included the 26.2-mile Country Music Marathon. The race began at Centennial Park and ended...

April 30th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

From here to Ghana

After Abby Selden decided she wanted to volunteer in Africa after graduation, she began looking for ways to make that dream a reality. Selden, a senior journalism major, heard about the Lumos Student Travel Award, a grant awarded to help students volunteer abroad. Cynthia Leu, a member of Belmont’s...

April 29th, 2010 | News | Read More

Lovin’ from the oven

The delicious biscuits and preserves served at Loveless Café are almost as well known as the country music singers Nashville is famous for. It’s more than a restaurant; it’s a place both tourists and natives have been going for six decades. In 1951, the Loveless Café and Motel began as a pit stop...

March 24th, 2010 | A&E | Read More

Belmont hosts gubernatorial forum on education

This year’s first major gubernatorial forum took place on Thursday, January 14, in Belmont’s Curb Event Center. The event was co-hosted by SCORE, former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist’s State Collaborative on Reforming Education, and Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF-TV. News Channel 5 anchor/reporter Rhori Johnston...

January 16th, 2010 | News | Read More

‘Meet the Bruins’ at 6 Thursday

The men’s basketball team hits the court on Thursday, Nov. 5, for the second annual “Meet the Bruins,” beginning at 6 p.m. in the Curb Event Center. The event, presented by Pepsi, will showcase the 2009-10 Bruins for the first time this season as they compete in an open scrimmage with Head...

November 3rd, 2009 | Sports | Read More

White House staffer to speak on faith-based partnerships

A little piece of Washington, D.C., comes to Belmont’s campus this week—and no, it’s got nothing to do with “Debate 08.” This D.C. connection comes in the form of Joshua DuBois, the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He is scheduled to speak at...

September 28th, 2009 | News | Read More

Tissues 1st line of defense in ‘Boar Wars’

Whether H1N1 rumors leave you scared silly, utterly unconcerned or somewhere in between, this illness has made its way to Belmont’s campus and the surrounding areas. Commonly called “swine flu,” this strain is different from the seasonal flu. “It (H1N1) is a pandemic, which means it’s all over...

September 24th, 2009 | News | Read More