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Belmont students gathered in the Beaman Student Life Center to kick off Homecoming Week 2012 Monday evening. As students waited in anticipation for their homecoming T-shirts, tables were set up with free Krispy Kreme doughnuts, SAPB had candy grams available just in time for Valentine’s Day, and the Bruin Blast Pep [...]
A&E / Music
Twang, rhinestones, and cowboy boots all made an appearance at 2012 Country Showcase, but the main highlight of the night was the performers. Matt Enik, Kaileigh Bullard, Nate Montgomery and Tristen Smith stirred the Curb Event Center with their high energy performances Saturday night. Competition between the acts was [...]
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February 13 marks the week that brings together all Belmont has to offer: culture, intelligence, basketball and free t-shirts. Next week marks the beginning of Destination Belmont, the annual homecoming week at Belmont. The week begins with a kick-off event on Monday in the Beaman with many free t-shirts and [...]
Blogs/Opinion
This week, ya need a little twaaaaaang? Well, we’re bringing it when all four contestants of this weekend’s Country Showcase drop by to chat. Plus, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and we’re celebrating early with a few related convos like “The Valentine’s Day Massacre” and “Cooking For Your [...]
News / Sports
The inaugural Battle of the Bruins student-athlete talent show brought dancing, singing, and a variety show atmosphere to the Curb Event Center Tuesday night. The event, where every team produced an act for the show, was for a cause. All of the money raised Tuesday night went to Nashville Special [...]
News
A life interrupted. That’s exactly what Jason Baldwin, one of the West Memphis Three, experienced. Baldwin, along with Damien Echols and Jesse Misskelley Jr., were released last year from prison after serving 18 years for a crime they didn’t commit. Following a controversial trial concerning the murder of three eight-year-old boys [...]
Sports
The Belmont men’s basketball team’s 26-point win against Lipscomb Friday apparently wasn’t large enough for them. In the latter end of a home-and-home series, the Bruins defeated the Austin Peay Governors 94-55 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Scott Saunders led all scorers with 18 points, and was one [...]
A&E / Music
Homecoming 2012 arrived early for numerous Belmont alumni as they took the stage with some of Belmont’s finest current music students at the annual Commercial Music Showcase. Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the showcase in Massey Concert Hall and the Belmont School of Music shared this milestone with many [...]
News
Elections for the majority for SGA Congress will now be held in April, instead of early in the fall semester as they were previously. Representatives from rising sophomore, junior and senior classes will now be elected to office at the end of the spring semester after a new by-law was [...]
Sports
Drew Hanlen thinks he missed his two best looks during his last regular season Battle of the Boulevard game. If he hadn’t made his first seven three-point shots though, his teammates wouldn’t have gotten on to him for the misses. “I didn’t wanna miss,” he said. “Obviously there was extra [...]
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Local viewers of the American Idol premiere on January 18 may have caught a familiar glimpse of Belmont University as the school unveils its newest local television commercials during its current marketing campaign, beBELMONT. Annie Mitchell, director of university marketing and special initiatives, explained in an email that the marketing [...]
Blogs/Opinion
Ever wanted a law school, but didn’t have the spare change to finance it? Well, in typical TWAB fashion, we’re topping out this week with Correspondent Katie Greene’s “Financing A Legal Education.” Then, the real Correspondent Jessica Adkins stands up and hits the streets to ask some heavy-hitting questions. Plus, [...]
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Most of the departments in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the School of Religion tentatively will move to a new building at 15th and Wedgewood avenues that is scheduled to open in the summer of 2014. Construction on the new building, which will also include a 430-car [...]
A&E / Art
Robbers, murders, gangsters. These qualities make Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow an unlikely cast for a student’s first musical composition. While senior Chris Rayis recognizes their evildoings, he is more intrigued by the beauty of hope in humans; the power of redemption. Rayis, a composition major at Belmont, will premiere [...]
Sports
Led by stellar performances by junior Kerron Johnson and sophomore Blake Jenkins, the Belmont Bruins defeated the North Florida Ospreys 83-69 at the Curb Event Center Monday night. Johnson led the Bruins with 16 points, and Jenkins scored 15 points and made seven rebounds. This was Jenkins’ second consecutive game [...]
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