Decked out from head to toe in a motion capture suit, Kaylee Franzen opened her mouth to make her TV singing debut, and her vocals soared from a teal-skinned, magenta-haired avatar displayed a screen away. Psychology junior Franzen — or Aster, as she is known on Fox’s “Alter Ego” singing competition — introduced herself to a national audience as one of 20 contestants on a reality show made for a digital generation. Singers on “Alter Ego” perform with their identities hidden b

When Dr. Ryan Fox, an assistant professor of math education, talks about using math “in the real world,” he may be talking about more than just the grocery store or the office. Fox graduated from Berry College in 1998 with a degree in math and from the University of Georgia in 2006 with a doctorate in mathematics education. He relocated to Belmont from Philadelphia at the beginning of the 2014 academic year, bringing with him prior experience teaching high school and middle