The Republican-led House of Representatives passed spending cuts that would eliminate all federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in an attempt to help balance the deficit-laden federal budget. This group—also known as the CPB—funds a significant portion of PBS and NPR stations around the country. While these cuts [...]
If there’s one thing I have learned at Belmont over the past four years, it’s to marvel and shrug at the hipster. They’re all over the place. I’ve been involved in countless conversations about what exactly a hipster is and what differentiates one from an indie kid or a scene [...]
This week it’s Homecoming and there’s stuff going on this week, like basketball games. Luckily Junior correspondent Kevin Heim is here to take us through the tricky sport. Also, Eurydice opens and Chief correspondent Dustin Stout tells us all about online communication. It’s The Week at Belmont!
In recent weeks, Belmont University has been called many things: bigoted, closed-minded and unloving. It has also been called righteous, wonderful and a defender of traditional Christian values. I’m not going to talk about whether or not women’s soccer coach Lisa Howe should have “mutually agreed” to leave Belmont after [...]
If you drive over to the Green Hills mall anytime soon, you’ll probably see a blank storefront as you find a place to park. The missing store? Davis-Kidd Bookstore. The local store closed, with little fanfare, on Dec. 29, a month after its parent company filed for bankruptcy. When Davis-Kidd [...]
It does not take long to realize that people constantly complain about the weather. The old ladies in the library, the supermarket cashiers, it’s like the only innocuous small talk anyone can muster is eternally tied to how hot or cold it is outside, and it plays on loop all [...]
Just before New Year’s, while most Belmont students were still tucked away in the out-of-town comforts of home, an announcement hit Nashville like a linebacker—a 120 lb., scantily clad female linebacker, that is. Lingerie Football League founder Mitchell Mortaza made the local media rounds on Dec. 29, touting Nashville as [...]
This week we bring you all kinds of tips on how to better your life. Become an RA! Ask out that girl you’ve been sheepishly circling for months! It’s all here.
The first days of classes might not be your favorite event of the year, but we’ve got a fresh new episode of The Week at Belmont to get you through it. This week, Battle of the Blvd, lots of snow-related violence, and a crash course on how to play indie [...]
Has another semester really gone by? This week we bring you a quick rundown of happenings, a montage for out-going Correspondent Cassidy Hodges and submissions to be Intern Kevin’s new fake girlfriend. Happy Holidays and we’ll see you next year!
There is an extreme group of worshipers lurking within our borders. Their only allegiance is to a foreign power, and their religious order is considered incompatible with our democratic system. They have separate schools, and their worship services are held in a language other than English. They claim to be [...]
The victory lap of my college career is finally coming to a close. I have three gray hairs, two apartment applications, and one insatiable urge to knit. Aside from my 11 o’clock bedtime and frequent back pain, age has given me distance from and perspective about the Belmont community. I [...]
If you’ve opened up iTunes within the past two or so weeks, you’ve noticed that the homepage is plastered with The Beatles. After years of dispute, the Fab Four finally reconciled with Apple (the software company, that is) and worked out a deal to sell Beatles music on iTunes. It [...]
This week is a total blast. (That’s a pun. You’ll see.) We bring you Urban/Pop showcase results, the Ballad of Baby Doe, 33 Variations and Correspondent Cassidy Hodges finds herself a hubby in under 60 seconds. It’s The Week at Belmont!
This week we’re all up in each others’ business. Harvest party, Fiesta in the Beaman mid term elections and academic advising. It’s all here! It’s The Week at Belmont.
04/19/2012
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