‘on campus events’
Quality of Life?
Feb. 9, 2012—The other day in my “Environment, health: the real issues” course, we talked about how the perception of what quality of life means is different from person to person. For example, people in industrial cities tend to talk about pollution and green spaces as taking away from or improving, respectively, their quality of life whereas...
Practice MCAT
Feb. 5, 2012—Yesterday morning, instead of finally catching up on my sleep, I woke up at 8 am to take the MCAT. Not the real thing, thank god, but a practice test administered by Kaplan.
Commons Dining
Feb. 2, 2012—So….as y’all know by now, I love to eat….and one of my favorite places to eat is the Commons.
Dore for A Day
Jan. 24, 2012—Today, I missed the first half of the Vandy vs. University of Tennessee basketball game. Shame on me, I know, but no fear, I was there for the second half and stayed to sing the alma mater with my team after their dominating win. (In case you missed it, the final score was 65-47 and...
What’s in store for semester four…
Jan. 21, 2012—The second week of second semester is already nearly over! I can’t quite believe it—and clearly time has flown by so quickly that I haven’t had time to blog (I’m making it up to you with a catchy title for this post)! Here’s the lowdown on what I’ll be doing this semester so you can...
Sophomore Slam-Dunk Tailgate
Jan. 19, 2012—I just got back from watching the Commodores dominate the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Admiral’s Club at Memorial Gym. The Admirals Club is a state-of-the-art lounge with TVs, trophies and an awesome view of the court. You may be asking yourself how I was able to get to such an exclusive room. Well, Vanderbilt’s...
DORES dominate in SEC play (and the Magic of Memorial)
Jan. 16, 2012—This Saturday, the Commodores men’s basketball team improved their record to 13-4 with their win against the Georgia Bulldogs. They also remained undefeated in conference play, with a record of 3-0!
Professors…They’re Real People Too
Nov. 1, 2010—This week for Vanderbilt Visions, the freshman orientation program, my group went to an event called Talking Heads at Dean Wcislo’s House. The ‘talking heads’ were three of the Faculty Heads of Houses of the Commons. This installment of the Talking Heads series featured Chalene Helmuth, of Sutherland House, and Tony Brown and Chase Lesane-Brown,...
Family Weekend
Oct. 12, 2010—This weekend, Vanderbilt celebrated official ‘Family Weekend,’ so my parents and grandparents made the trip and spent the weekend with me.
Journaling the Experience
Oct. 5, 2010—Hey everybody out there! I’ve always wanted to have a journal I could look back on and do all the corny things you see in the movies—laugh at the funny memories, shed a few tears over the tough times, but mostly just remember. Remember my initial impressions of friends; remember running through the V at...
So Many Speakers, So Little Time
Mar. 31, 2010—Tonight I am going to see former Massachusetts’s governor Mitt Romney speak at Vanderbilt’s own Langford Auditorium. Last night political activist Ralph Nadar and John Stossel were here as well. These lectures are a part of Impact Symposium. This year’s theme: “The Future of Capitalism.” Last year former U.S. Secretary Madeline Albright and former Israeli...
At the Tips of my Fingers
Mar. 8, 2010—Two days ago I downloaded the brand-new Vanderbilt dining app to my iPhone and never again will I go hungry! It tells me all the restaurants around Vanderbilt where I can use my Vandy card, when they are open, how far away they are, and their phone number. It really is the coolest thing since...