Over the summer, Bed Bath & Beyond contacted Belmont University’s Admissions about sponsoring showrooms. Residence hall tours giving potential students an example of dorm rooms at Belmont are included in the tours given Monday through Friday between noon and 1:00 p.m., Preview Days and Be Belmont days. There is one showroom located in Patton Hall and one in Heron Hall. The residents who live in these rooms receive a small room grant. In order to live there, they must be out o

Students living in Patton Hall got a rude awakening early Wednesday morning after an electrical malfunction set off the building’s fire alarms. A pipe in the fire sprinkler system burst behind the washers and dryers in the Patton laundry room around 12:10 a.m. The flooding resulted in an electrical short in the dryers, causing the dryers to smoke and trigger the fire alarms, according to an email sent out by Patton’s resident director Bryan Miller. The laundry room is located

Something is off about Bear House 436. The room still has the feel of a freshman dorm room, complete with Audrey Hepburn posters and Christmas lights that stay on the wall throughout the year. But the 16-by-16 space is much more cramped than a double room should be. Looking up can begin to explain the lack of space. Two beds are bunked, while another is lofted with a desk under it. Two desks are strutted out in the middle of the room, necessary for just two of the residents o