Early Monday afternoon students and faculty were evacuated from Patton Hall after smoke was detected in the elevator motor. “The motor for elevator number two caught fire and burned itself up,” Geauthor Hayes of the Nashville Fire Department said. According to an email from the Office of Communication, a belt began smoking in the elevator, which triggered the smoke alarms. All residents in the building were evacuated for a short time, as well as the students in the basement l

Belmont’s Campus Security is working to be more visible and engaged with students following the settlement of a sexual assault case from 2008. The case involved a former Belmont student suing the university for allegedly inadequate security measures that contributed to her being raped. While the books are closed on both the incident and the suit, Chief of Campus Security Pat Cunningham says the job of improving on-campus safety is never finished. “Security is an ongoing proce