The last month has been SO busy for me! I've been trying to balance so many different things. It's kind of stressing me out, but Spring Break is coming up pretty soon!! I'm very excited to finally be able to rest and just spend time doing absolutely nothing. I, unfortunately, am not going to the beach, but I'm sure I'll still have fun at home! The best part about SB is being able to take spontaneous trips, so while I say I'm not going to the beach as of now, you never know! I may pack my Vera Bradley bag, put some gas in the car, and head off for a couple days in the sun!

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Posted by Tucker at 08:09 PM on March 12, 2008 | Permalink

I had an absolute blast at the first men’s basketball game of the season! They played the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. I thought it was going to be a close game, but it wasn’t anything along those lines. The Belmont men completely owned the court! I was very proud to call myself a Bruin that night! I mean, I’m always proud to be a Bruin, but I was ESPECIALLY proud that night!

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Posted by Tucker at 10:34 AM on November 30, 2007 | Permalink

Well, Thanksgiving break is over and it’s time to get ready for finals. Today is Tuesday and I already feel like it should be the end of the week. I guess I didn’t realize how much work I still have to do before the semester ends! This week I’m working on a 10-page paper in addition to studying for my finals and completing a few last-minute assignments. It’s going to be a very busy week, but the end is near!

Thanksgiving was wonderful. I had a chance to spend lots of time with my family, catch up with friends and, of course, eat plenty of good meals. It was still hard to leave my family at the end of the week, but it feels like it gets a little bit easier each time. (It also helps to know that I am going to see them again in two weeks!)

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Posted by Alex at 02:45 PM on November 27, 2007 | Permalink

I'm finally back at Belmont and I couldn't be more excited! It took me forever to move into my dorm because I am in the process of recording my demo, so I gradually started the process of moving in on Saturday morning before going to the studio and then finished moving in by Monday night. I love my roommate! Her name is Tori and she is one of the sweetest, most down to earth people and I'm excited to live with her this year! Wednesday was the start of classes, which I hope went well for all the new freshmen and transfer students! I know it can all be a lot to grasp when first coming to a new campus and lifestyle.

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Posted by Tucker at 02:50 AM on August 24, 2007 | Permalink

After six seasons of American Idol, one of Belmont's own is finally being represented. As many of you all might know, Melinda Doolittle is a Belmont graduate! She was a Music major here and she graduated in 1999. From the start of the season, she has been recognized as being one of the greatest talents to ever step on the Idol stage. Melinda, a self-proclaimed back up singer, has clearly risen to the challenge and can easily shine in center stage. If you don't believe me, just watch her sing once. You will be blown away. She, in my opinion, could easily win the whole competition! So everyone should vote for her after every performance!

Another Belmont Alum is doing very exciting things right now. Rachel Smith, who recently graduated in December of 2006, is the reigning Miss Tennessee and will be competing in the Miss USA pageant tonight! Miss USA will aire live from Los Angeles on NBC @ 8:00 pm CT. Good luck Rachel!!

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Posted by Tucker at 11:36 AM on March 23, 2007 | Permalink

It's kind of crazy all the stuff that's been going on around campus lately. Well, of course were still buzzing and proud of our men's and women's basketball teams a week ago, but there is just tons of "other" things going on as well. For one, there is the Other Showcase this weekend, which is the last showcase before the "Best-of the-Best" showcase. The showcases are always produced and performed very well by the music business majors. If you take a good look at the picture, the band is "Soul Force" and they were the winners of last years' Other Showcase. But look really close and there is none other than Melinda Doolittle, a front-runner contestant on American Idol. She was here performing just a couple years ago, now on her way to maybe becoming the next big star from Belmont.

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Posted by Josh at 09:11 AM on March 23, 2007 | Permalink

Hey friends!

Last thursday (March 1) I was able to attend the Country Radio Seminar! It was a lot of fun to meet and greet with some of the biggest songwriters in Nashville. Artists such as Jack Ingram and Danielle Peck from Big Machine Records were there as well. There were a lot of performances going on that night, and among these performers were Taylor Swift, Jeffrey Steel, and Megan Mullins, to name a few. Jeffrey Steele is absolutely AMAZING! He is the biggest songwriter in Nashville! Not only has he written some of the biggest hits this year (does "What Hurts the Most" ring a bell?), his performance skills are equally amazing. He can play guitar, piano, he has an amazing voice, and he's an extremely talented songwriter. Megan Mullins from Broken Bow Records is also a great up-and-coming country artist. That girl can SING! She's so much fun to watch while she's singing. She started off by singing while playing the guitar, then she proceeded to put her guitar down and walk over to pick up her fiddle. I was really impressed! Taylor was also very entertaining as usual. She played two of my favorite songs : "Our Song" and "Stay Beautiful". If ya'll haven't bought her CD yet, you should! I highly recommend it!

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Posted by Tucker at 01:23 AM on March 11, 2007 | Permalink

Okay, so March Madness is here and just take a guess who's going dancing? Yep, you already know, two years in a row we're in the Big Dance, or NCAA Tournament (just in case you don't keep up). The guys' team is riding a 7 game win streak into the tournament, so the momentum will hopefully help us out playing a power school in a week or two. I can't really think of a school right off the top of my head to get a tourney bid around here, wait maybe Vandy this year beating Florida, Memphis is always pretty good but choke sometimes, and the Bisons sorry not quite. But anyways back to Belmont, the guys are getting some good buzz around town with being on ESPN2 for the championship game and one of the players Justin Hare being recognized as a Academic second team All-American. On top of that Belmont has won the Academic Athletic Trophy for five straight years, possibly six with the highest GPA per student-athlete in the A-Sun conference.

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Posted by Josh at 02:11 AM on March 09, 2007 | Permalink

I'm going to kind of miss staying up in the wee hours of the morning, and getting up after lunch time every day. Man, that was the life, yeah for about two weeks or so. As much as I wanted to be out of school and take a break from everything for a while, I just couldn't wait to get school started again. One reason is because of being able to finally see all of your friends. But the main reason is the BIGGEST game/event on campus, which is the Battle of the Boulevard. For those of you who don't understand, I'll just have to explain.

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Posted by Josh at 09:01 AM on January 12, 2007 | Permalink

A one-stop flight from Nashville to my home state of Wisconsin departs on Tuesday, December 12th. I cannot believe that there are only fifteen more days left of the semester! In the next few weeks, I expect myself to be remarkably absorbed in the overabundance of homework I still need to complete. With that said, I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!

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Posted by Ben at 05:40 PM on November 27, 2006 | Permalink

So, these past few weeks have been extremely tough and I’m not quite sure how I’m getting through them right now, but I’m trying hard. I have to say though, as the year winds down and the weather gets cooler and basketball is in season I’m looking forward to the men's and women’s teams. Here's a link for more about Belmont Athletics, BU Athletics.Hopefully, we can improve on last season. But this is going to have to be a short entry because I’m on my way to a regional flag-football competition at Western Kentucky University. But I hope everyone reading this stays safe.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Posted by Amaryah at 04:27 PM on November 19, 2006 | Permalink

Well, this is my first entry into my blog and I'm very excited to be a part of this. I guess I should start off with a little introduction. My name is Amaryah. Most people have a hard time pronouncing it correctly, so I use a pronounciation key. It sounds like, Uh-More-Yuh, but it doesn't have anything to do with love. At the moment I am currently undecided but leaning strongly to English Lit. I know it's kind of odd to come from Miami, Florida, just to be an English Lit major, but Belmont was too hard to resist. I knew I wanted to be a Bruin from the first moment I set foot on campus.

So, finally, after two long summer months spent twiddling my thumbs in anticipation and working trying to save up money, I arrived at Belmont University. My first thoughts upon entering the campus were something like this, "Wow, I'm finally here! This is awesome!" And then, "Gosh, is that the line of people moving in?" It was an exciting and slightly overwhelming day. I moved into my triple occupancy dorm with little problem other than three girls sharing one room (can anyone say lack of closet space?). Little did I know, that was just the beginning of the fun.

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Posted by Amaryah at 03:06 PM on September 12, 2006 | Permalink