December, 2009
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot?”
Dec. 27, 2009—It is the time between Christmas and New Years that everyone really struggles to find something to do. During this time certain things make it feel more trying than others: Family has left, friends are away, no shopping to be done, the good movies have already come out, people don’t have much money to spend...
Finals Week
Dec. 22, 2009—Finals week: full of long days, late nights, caffeine, junk food, and plenty of stress. Some people are more fortunate than others when this week rolls around. I was one of the luckier few. With a presentation and test earlier in December, I was left with only a take home test and two finals as...
Hip Hop at Vanderbilt?
Dec. 21, 2009—When I decided to come to Vanderbilt there were a lot of things that attracted me to the school and to the city of Nashville. Music was not one of them. I love hip-hop music and even though Nashville is known as Music City, it’s not exactly the type of stuff you’ll find in my...
I am large. I contain multitudes!
Dec. 21, 2009—I’m sitting now at the kitchen table of a Florida apartment, watching an old episode of The Daily Show with LeBron James as a guest, and I am exhausted. Woke up today, around 530 A.M. hopped on the plane—actually saw and spoke with a girl I knew from Vanderbilt who was on my plane—and landed...
‘Tis the season to be…anxious!
Dec. 21, 2009—After a long and hard semester in Vandyland, now is the time that matters most. With finals out of the way, all that is left to do is wait… Wait to see if all of our hard work paid off. During the days leading up to the dreaded “finals week”, something strange happens. Each of...
Finals Week Sanity
Dec. 16, 2009—Being that it is Finals week, I would like to take a small study break and enlist some help from my keen eavesdropping ability to being some funny quotes from common areas around campus. “If I see another math equation I am gonna go Crazy like Issace Newton claiming that Chuck Norris doesn’t push the...
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;...
December
Dec. 11, 2009—Well it’s become that time of year again… Strange things start happening around campus. My laundry is strictly t-shirts and gym shorts; people play Christmas music during breaks in long classes; you go to 3 sorority/fraternity formals in one weekend; and you start seeing a few less squirrels on campus. This time of year is...
Finals….
Dec. 3, 2009—It’s that time of the year again: finals. Today marked my last exam before going into “finals mode.” During this mode, I become a social hermit. Unless you’re studying with other people (and hopefully, you’re really studying and not slacking off – although that does tend to happen sometimes), most of your friends don’t see...