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Nashville native drives to make hometown proud
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Nashville native drives to make hometown proud

Making the town that shaped his childhood and supported his dream proud was always the inspiration for Greg Bates and the direction of his music. In 2012, that inspiration turned into debut success for the 2010 Belmont alum. The Nashville broke onto the country music scene when his first single [...]

Bruins fight off Tiger comeback for a win
Sports

Bruins fight off Tiger comeback for a win

After a slow second half start, the Belmont men’s basketball team held on to defeat the Tennessee State Tigers 78-66 at the Curb Event Center Saturday night. In a battle between the crosstown rivals, the Bruins bounced back with a series of 3-pointers after their 20-point lead was narrowed to [...]

Witty remarks overstep after off-campus assault
Blogs/Opinion

Witty remarks overstep after off-campus assault

At 10:59 p.m. Monday night, I, just like the rest of campus, received a emergency text from Belmont concerning an off-campus assault behind Circle K. An hour later, a more detailed email arrived in university inboxes. What had been listed in the text message as a minor assault with no [...]

Belmont rebounds to beat Colonels
Sports

Belmont rebounds to beat Colonels

After weeks of double-digit wins in conference play, the Belmont men’s basketball team had to hold off a second-half rally to beat the Eastern Kentucky Colonels Thursday night at the Curb Event Center. Even with the seven-point margin behind the 83-76 win, coach Rick Byrd was more than happy to [...]

Newest residence hall named for longtime supporters
News

Newest residence hall named for longtime supporters

Yards away from where Belmont’s last ribbon cutting took place at Dickens Hall, the university revealed the name of its newest residence building, Horrell Hall, on Thursday morning. The hall initially called Magnolia Hall was named after the Horrell family, long-time university supporters. Henry Horrell, the founder of the commercial [...]

The Week at Belmont– January 17, 2013
Blogs/Opinion

The Week at Belmont– January 17, 2013

We’re back!!! And some how survived the impeding apocalypse … Oh those silly Mayans and their world ending predictions! Chief Correspondent Katie Greene returns with a solution for all your Blackboard problems, call now and she’ll throw in a special television offer. But wait there’s more! Introducing for the first [...]

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Cornwall named Educator of the Year

Belmont professor and the Jack C. Massey Entrepreneurship Chair Dr. Jeff Cornwall was named the Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year award from a national small business organization last week. The United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship gave Cornwall the honor as their national conference Friday. He led the [...]

New motion pictures major wants to draw hundreds
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New motion pictures major wants to draw hundreds

What started as a conservation in the middle of a Boy Scout camping trip has now turned into Belmont’s newest major – motion pictures. Announced last fall, the film-making major housed in the Interdisciplinary Studies will begin accepting majors in the fall of 2013. The program will be led Will [...]

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Former vice president to speak at McAfee

UPDATE: The Al Gore discussion has been changed to McAfee Concert Hall from the Massey Performing Arts Center as previously reported. Former Vice President and Tennessee senator Al Gore is coming to campus next month to speak about his new book. The 2000 presidential candidate will talk with former Newsweek [...]

Coleman finds second home after Belmont transfer
Sports

Coleman finds second home after Belmont transfer

On paper, it should be no surprise senior transfer forward Jordan Coleman has earned the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year award five times this season. It’s an honor Coleman never thought she would receive a year ago though. Then, she was playing basketball not as a Bruin, but [...]

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MLK, Career in Calling weeks dominate January convos

As the spring semester goes into full swing, so do the number of convocation events being planned. If you’re needing to get some quick convo credit this month, here are some events in scheduled in each category: Tues., Jan. 15 Curtain Call Award The School of Music is slated to [...]

Clark’s career-high 32 points close out Skyhawks
Sports

Clark’s career-high 32 points close out Skyhawks

Senior guard Ian Clark scored a career-high 32 points in a 90-53 Belmont victory against UT Martin Saturday evening at the Curb Event Center. Clark was all the Bruins needed to take control of the game early as he outscored the Skyhawks on his own with 24 points in the [...]

Brooks jumper gives Bruins win
Sports

Brooks jumper gives Bruins win

When guard Katie Brooks sank a jumper to give the Belmont Bruins a two-point lead with two seconds left in the game, the senior wanted to celebrate a little prematurely. “At first I was super pumped, I wanted to give everyone chest bumps,” Brooks said. “But then I realized that [...]

New building to house Media Studies being discussed
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New building to house Media Studies being discussed

Campus officials are discussing constructing a new building that will at least house the Department of Media Studies, according to top university and department officials. At a presentation discussing the features of the Wedgewood Academic Center Friday morning, Provost Thomas Burns acknowledged the Media Studies department would be built new [...]

Brian Wilson
Blogs/Opinion

Students need greater access, input

So if anyone missed it in the push to finals last semester, some Belmont school decided to cut tuition by a third next fall. Now before anyone calls home saying Bob Fisher has done the best thing of his 11-year tenure, let me clarify – it ain’t us. Belmont Abbey [...]