Posts Tagged ‘Lisa Howe’

Time is right to raise your voice

The end is near. According to the logic inside my head, it’s a statement that doesn’t need to wait until next year’s Mayan maybe-apocalypse. After this edition is published, the last of the semester, logic tells me it’s time to kick back, focus on finals, and start looking ahead to Christmas...

November 29th, 2011 | Blogs/Opinion, Featured Opinion | Read More

Fisher Q&A focuses on parking, new schedule, sexual orientation

Dr. Bob Fisher’s opened the second “Ask Dr. Fisher” convo of the semester by noting what he saw as a small crowd at the Curb Café Wednesday. “We’ve got a small audience, which means either everybody’s perfectly happy or they’ve given up,” he said. He then addressed the crowd with an...

November 9th, 2011 | Featured News, News | Read More

Belmont hires former ETSU coach to lead women’s soccer

Belmont announced the hiring of former East Tennessee State head soccer coach Heather Henson on Wednesday. Henson is replacing former BU coach Lisa Howe, who garnered national media attention after her controversial exit from the university in December. “Heather Henson brings a wealth of experience...

February 2nd, 2011 | Sports | Read More

Christian faith compatible with diversity

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”...

January 27th, 2011 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Belmont adds ‘sexual orientation’ to nondiscrimination policies

Belmont’s Board of Trustees voted to add the words “sexual orientation” to the school’s current nondiscrimination policy, university president Dr. Bob Fisher announced on Wednesday afternoon. “Belmont University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national...

January 26th, 2011 | News | Read More

Fallout from coach’s exit persists

It started with a women’s soccer coach who left her job, but Lisa Howe’s exit from Belmont was just the catalyst for a larger debate on campus and in the Nashville community about sexual orientation. And even though several weeks have passed, the discussion regarding sexual orientation nondiscrimination...

January 26th, 2011 | News | Read More

Players press on; search for new soccer coach under way

When the 2010 women’s soccer season began, there was an air of optimism surrounding the veteran Belmont squad. Just four months later, after posting a disappointing 5-11 record, the program received national attention when head coach Lisa Howe exited the university after telling the team that she and...

January 24th, 2011 | News | Read More

Proposal could halt Rose Park renovation

A proposed Metro Council ordinance could halt or delay renovation of Rose Park, intended to be the future home for six Belmont sports teams. Belmont President Bob Fisher quickly responded to the proposal in a statement in which he said, “I am surprised that two Metro Council members would offer...

December 13th, 2010 | Sports | Read More

Howe speaks out for civil rights

Former Belmont women’s soccer coach Lisa Howe speaks softly, but with clarity. Her voice level rarely rises. It always maintains a calm, comfortable consistency. She is more likely to raise her voice over a blown crossing pass on the field, rather than champion for civil rights. But last week she...

December 10th, 2010 | News | Read More

Howe praises nondiscrimination statement

In light of Belmont President Bob Fisher’s statement to the media Wednesday night, former soccer coach Lisa Howe has released a statement of her own. In particular she addressed Fisher’s comments regarding nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation. “I congratulate and praise Dr. Fisher...

December 9th, 2010 | News | Read More

Neighbors association urges nondiscrimination

A group of Belmont’s neighbors is asking the board of trustees to “do the right thing.” The right thing, in a letter from Belmont Hillsboro Neighbors Inc. to the board Wednesday, is “to take a stand … by adopting a broad nondiscrimination policy.” The letter is posted...

December 9th, 2010 | News | Read More

Fisher apologizes for ‘pain, hurt’ among students

For the first time since the exit of Lisa Howe, former women’s soccer coach, President Bob Fisher spoke publicly to the media. Fisher acknowledged and apologized for the “poor job in communicating” and the “pain, hurt and fear created among our students and community.” In the press...

December 8th, 2010 | News | Read More

Video: Dr. Fisher gives himself ‘low marks’

Video by Erin Carson Read the Vision’s coverage of Fisher’s statement.

December 8th, 2010 | News | Read More

Demonstrators want LGBT equality

More than 100 people protested the exit of Lisa Howe and Belmont University’s hiring policy related to sexual orientation Wednesday afternoon. The demonstrators marched from the Beaman Student Life Center to outside the Inman Health Science Center on Wedgewood Avenue. The events, which included...

December 8th, 2010 | News | Read More

Donor Mike Curb calls on Belmont to correct ‘injustice’

Major Belmont donor Mike Curb is calling on Belmont to reconsider its hiring policies. “I will do everything I can to try to get the Board of Trustees to reconsider their position based on the fact that this is a basic civil rights issue,” Curb said with reference to the recent exit of...

December 7th, 2010 | News | Read More

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