Welcome to Belmont! Whether you are a new freshman or a sophomore who has never stepped foot on our campus before, here are some important hacks about life at Belmont you might not know. From the quietest bathrooms on campus to the tourist spots in Nashville you may want to avoid, here are a few fast facts to help kick off the semester. Learn where the Nashville tourists go: And then don’t go there on the weekends. Don’t let the glamorous-looking Instagram posts fool you, man

Presiding over his first Opening Convocation as president of Belmont University, Dr. Greg Jones welcomed students into the academic year with a call to action. Speaking to a masked-up crowd at the Curb Event Center Wednesday morning, Jones set the tone for his tenure by looking forward through uncertain times while challenging students, faculty and staff to play an active role in bringing change to their communities. “What I want to ask you today is to be an agent of hope,” h

This weekend, Belmont welcomed its largest freshman class in university history. Orientation leaders, Towering Tradition leaders and resident advisors helped unload cars and move students into their dorms in preparation for the first day of school on Aug. 25. Danielle Fite and Matty Bradham outside of Patton Hall. Towering Tradtions leaders welcome a new student outside Wright-Maddox Hall. TT leaders and members of Belmont Residence Life move students in to Potter Hall. A stu

With the opening of the Crockett Center for Athletic Excellence, Belmont University is making a statement to recruits — come play here. The facility, which houses a state-of-the-art weight room, brand-new locker rooms and two full-size basketball courts, is the new headquarters for men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and tennis, and it’s space that Belmont Athletics has been desperately needing. “It’s unbelievable to have a space that is dedicated to our players,” said B

VNN’s Jordan Shatto asked representatives from Belmont’s College Democrats and Republicans to learn about how students can stay politically active in 2021. — Produced by Jordan Shatto and Marissa Avnaim. #Belmont

Most students come to college with a wealth of academic achievements under their belt, but not many can say they have more than 93,000 YouTube followers like sophomore entrepreneurship and marketing major Meredith Edwards can. Edwards got her start in the YouTube world almost four years ago during her junior year of high school. From her own personal interest in beauty and fashion videos, Edwards decided to go out on a limb and create a channel with videos of her own. “For th

Nominated among the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Childish Gambino for “Best Rap Performance” at the Grammys, Lecrae is no stranger to the rap world. Despite his success, Lecrae described not being fully accepted in the inner circle of celebrities in an excerpt he released on Medium from his book “Unashamed.” “As I’ve said in songs and speeches, if you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection. This belief has made it possible to keep doing what

The Belmont men’s basketball team opened up its home season with a 90-85 win against Western Kentucky on Wednesday. Junior forward Evan Bradds led the team with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Sophomore Amanze Egekeze followed him closely with a 15 point contribution. The home game saw many festivities to herald the start of the basketball season, including the University’s tradition “First on the Floor,” where freshmen students gather on the court before the game to welcome the ba

The feature photo was taken by Evan Davies as part of the International Day of the Girl event Soles for Souls. Beyonce had it right. Girls really do run the world. Or, at least they have overrun Belmont, according to statistics released earlier this semester by the university in its 2015 official enrollment report. It revealed that Belmont’s student population is made up of 61 percent women, meaning only 39 percent of students—both undergrad and graduate—identify as men. To p

In honor of Belmont’s 125th anniversary, the university debuted its first two segments of “Stories of Belmont” Wednesday morning at a convo hosted by StoryCorps Production Consultant Eve Claxton. StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recording personal stories and interviews for preservation. By removing cameras from the equation and giving subjects control over the topic and privacy of the conversation recorded, StoryCorps creates a comfortable space and time t

Abundant light streams through the windows of the chapel on a sunny September Sunday, mingling with the flicker of candlelight and the lilt of liturgy. A small group of congregants, heads bowed in prayer, kneel and prepare for the communion they are about to receive. A priest, enrobed with heavy garments and authority, stands behind an altar draped with a white cloth. Atop the cloth sit a crucifix and candlesticks. Music wafts through the chapel, worshipful and warm. All of t

1. Pfunky Griddle Bored with the Pancake Pantry? Make your own pancakes at the Pfunky Griddle. Try to get there early, because the weekends are the busiest. On Friday, it opens from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Saturday, it opens from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. http://www.thepfunkygriddle.com 2. Loveless Cafe or Monell’s Craving authentic, southern soul food? Loveless Cafe has the best biscuits, and Monell’s has the best fried chicken. You haven’t experience the real Nashville until you ea

Senior leadership decided this summer to convert the Hitch and Massey Performing Arts Center parking lot on 17th Avenue into a visitors-only lot this summer–thus closing its 43 spots to the students and faculty the lot once served. And many of them are not happy about it. “It’s a slap in the face to staff in particular,” said art professor Jim Meaders. Meaders teaches in the Leu Center for Visual Arts, one of the buildings affected by this decision; the others include the MPA

Student Government Association looks to the new year to elect a congress under the leadership of President Jonathan Rankin, Vice President Jade Cooper and its new adviser Jessica Dykes. During the 2015 spring semester, SGA’s activities were suspended, and the group could not hold elections, and the only decided members of SGA were in the executive branch. Unlike past years, due to their activities being suspended, no members of Congress have been elected. In light of SGA’s co

Editor’s note: The following is a staff editorial written by the staff of the Belmont Vision. From time to time, the Vision editorial staff may deem it necessary to comment on campus events, attitudes and atmosphere as a collective, and not just an individual writer. This is one of those times. If you would like to share your thoughts, we always welcome letters to the editors at our email belmontvisionsnews@gmail.com. Here at the Belmont Vision, we pride ourselves on being as

Transfer student Hannah Pike was trying to leave the Johnson Center Monday night when she hit an obstacle that for any other student would be a breeze – four stair steps. Pike has cerebral palsy. Though she can walk a few steps, she uses a scooter to navigate campus. She was trapped at the bottom of the atrium stairs — the door to the handicap exit was locked. The only way out was up four steps on the Maddox side of the building. She was stuck. “Someone called campus security

If there is one thing I wish I had known as a freshman three weeks into my first semester of college, it is this: The high school attitude toward failure and the college attitude toward failure are not– and never should be– the same. If we boil high school down to its base elements, most of us would find that the latter half of our early education placed huge focus on one thing: test-taking. Whether it was the ACT, SAT or the newest mystifying mathematical torture, exams– and

Editor’s note: The following is a piece submitted by a Belmont student. The views and opinions expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Belmont Vision. Letters to the editor help us accomplish our mission of expressing “student news, student views.” The Vision welcomes readers to submit letters to the editors through our email at belmontvisionnews@gmail.com. Sophomore Scott Frenzel wrote this letter. I did not like the word when I saw

After 42 years of operation, local running store and Belmont University neighbor The Athlete’s House is approaching the finish line and is slated to close its doors in October. “It’s been a good run, but it’s time at 71 to find something else to do,” said owner and founder David Graeflin. “You have to change with the times, but we’re fortunate to have weathered 42 years.” Graeflin founded the store in 1973, five years before he set up shop in the historic, light blue brick bu

Breaking from the tradition of giving a state of the university address at the opening convocation, President Bob Fisher celebrated 125 of Belmont’s unique aspects at the Curb Event Center Wednesday morning. “If this was a work of art,” Fisher said at the start of his remarks. “Belmont would be called a mosaic.” The bulk of Fisher’s speech centered on a slideshow celebrating Belmont’s past, present and future in accordance with its 125th anniversary. The slideshow featured  i