‘on campus events’
Are You Ready for Some Football?
Feb. 25, 2011—Ok, so maybe I’m a little early, but I am getting excited for next football season. Wednesday night, new Head Football Coach, James Franklin, was invited to speak at Gillette Gelato. Gillette Gelato, held every Wednesday night, is a chance for the residents of Gillette to socialize with each other and their residential staff, over...
The Nashville Intercollegiate Activism Conference
Feb. 21, 2011—Last Thursday, the Vanderbilt Political Review (VPR) hosted the Nashville Intercollegiate Activism Conference (NIAC). Being the treasurer for VPR, I was somewhat active in putting on this conference and was really excited to see it finally happen.
An hour of calm.
Feb. 2, 2011—College is stressful. This is particularly true of Mondays for me, as I have class from 9-4 with only an hour break, and then a meeting afterwards. By the time I make it through two more classes on Tuesday, I tend to feel a little stressed that the week isn’t even halfway over.
NINE
Jan. 22, 2011—Keepin’ it short and sweet here. I went to see Vanderbilt Off Broadway’s (VOB) production of NINE: The Musical tonight at Blair (after journeying to the wrong part of campus… One could logically assume a musical would be in the “theater.”), and it was phenomenal. There were parts where a few singers were pitchy, or...
Music and Food…Who Knew?!
Jan. 18, 2011—“Commons Seminars are optional, one-credit, spring-semester seminars for first-year undergraduates only. The semester calendar can be flexible (weekly, bi-monthly, over several weekends) and courses meet for the equivalent of fifteen contact hours. They are open to first-year students from all four undergraduate schools and colleges and have no pre-requisites.” (http://commonplace.vanderbilt.edu/?s=0&v=11)
Outside of Greek Life
Jan. 17, 2011—This week, about 50% of the women in the class of 2014 participated in Panhellenic Recruitment, which ended with yesterday’s Bid Day. The week was full of fun activities and girls were extremely busy mingling with sorority sisters and finding the right house for them. All five of my closest friends went through recruitment and...
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...
Never a dull moment at Vandy
Feb. 12, 2010—Events on campus are starting to pick up intensely. If you have been following college basketball, you would know that we are well within the top 25 in the NCAA Division I rankings. Tuesday night was an incredible game where we took on #12 ranked Tennessee and topped them by 19 points. It was an...