@belmontcrushes

You’re on it. Your friends are on it. Don’t lie. You’ve posted on it. It was April 2nd when I first heard about it. While sitting at Bongo Java with my friends, I received this text: “Found this. You’re famous.” After appropriately throwing a tantrum, I immediately turned on my laptop to find out what […]

Lulu: an app for girls, by girls

#Mama’sBoy #SexualPanther #PlaysDidgeridoo These are some of the hashtags used to describe men on Lulu. Lulu is a new “girls only” app that connects with Facebook to allow girls to rate, share and comment on men. The app uses the Facebook’s gender information to grant or deny access to the application, which allows girls to […]

A TORRES de force

On Tuesday, Mackenzie Scott packed up her mother’s Ford Excursion and headed to St. Louis. Inside the car were her band, band manager and band equipment. “It’s going to be cramped,” Scott said. That Tuesday, Scott had a show in St. Louis. On Wednesday she had a show in Chicago. On Friday it was a […]

Blake Mankin, M.r. B., Chasing the Dream

Not many students have released a second EP, been featured on the Today Show and opened for a hip-hop group in Texas all while still in college. But freshman Blake Mankin has. “I plan on continuing being an independent hip-hop artist simply because it’s possible,” Mankin, songwriting and entrepreneurship major, said. “I’ve already caught the […]

Something for Everyone

You are what you eat. Really—think about it. We’ve all used this idiom one too many times, usually jokingly in reference to lousy eating habits. Nevertheless, we are a culture of people branded by what we eat. We are carnivores. We are vegetarians. We are vegans. We are raw foodies. We are organic. The list […]