Freshman Life Category

March Madness – On and Off Campus

Mar. 24, 2010—Off campus – the week in review: Everyone’s bracket has been completely destroyed. Who would have called some of these upsets? Vanderbilt basketball… oh well. All is not lost. Yea we lost our chance at playing Kentucky and finally handing their rear ends to them, but in talking with the team last night at Sigma...

Health Care For All!

Mar. 22, 2010—No, this blog is not political at all, but it sure got your attention. Whatever happens on capitol hill happens. Truth be told, if you were to give a student the option of reading the over 2000 pages of proposed legislation or taking 5 of the most boring lectures back to back, we’d choose the...

Mother Hen

Mar. 12, 2010—As a resident adviser, I feel like my girls are my chicks and that I am the mother hen. It has truly been a pleasure watching them get plugged into the Vanderbilt community. During late January and early February, I had the pleasure of getting lunch, dinner or coffee with each of my residents. Talking...

Back to School

Jan. 17, 2010—The first official week of classes are done, albeit only a three-day week. What counts is that I have met all of my professors, gotten all the syllabi and received the expectations of each class. My schedule is a lot fuller than it was last semester, so I have done something I never thought I...

Life as a Freshman

Dec. 15, 2009—So I’m pretty new here – I’m finishing up the first semester in the Blair School at Vanderbilt. I have to say, from the get go this place was a blast. I was delighted that as soon as I got here everybody was so welcoming and kind. Being a new student anywhere can be nerve-wracking;...