March, 2010
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...
Results are in! Blair makes strong showing at competition
Mar. 31, 2010—This past weekend, the voice department from the Blair school of music competed in the “Mid-South Regional” NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition at the host, Lee University in Cleveland, TN. While Blair has a very good reputation in terms of talents in the realm of competitive singing, I had no idea how...
A Commodore Cruise
Mar. 30, 2010—This weekend I went to my first ever Predators game. Vanderbilt students often support Nashville’s own professional hockey team but I hadn’t had the chance to make a game. The Predator’s often have “College Nights,” a promotional night where college students can get $10 dollar tickets.
Internship Help!
Mar. 28, 2010—As a Human and Organizational Development major in the Peabody College I am to complete a semester long internship with a company around Nashville next year, my first semester of my senior year. (There are other city and semester options, but I chose Nashville cause it’s awesome!) While there is a whole office set aside...
ASBuffalo + ASBadlands = Awesome Spring Break
Mar. 28, 2010—When you think of spring break, you probably think of tanning on the beach in Cancun or skiing in Colorado. At least that is what I always thought, and did, until this year. This year I found Alternative Spring Break. ASB is a program that provides service oriented spring break programs to Vanderbilt students in...
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...
Competitive Singing – Not just on American Idol…
Mar. 24, 2010—Big week. On Friday comes the collegiate NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition where many students from a variety of colleges will be competing against each other in the category of classical voice. Intense, it will be. In pretty excited, I must say, to display my collegiate year’s work in an audition setting...
These Are a Few of My Favorite (Nashville) Things…
Mar. 23, 2010—PART ONE Centennial Park – Right across the street from Vanderbilt is Nashville’s best urban park. It centers around a replica of the Parthenon (with a huge statue of Athena inside, as well as rotating art exhibits) There is a great mile loop around trees and duck ponds for avid runners, and lots of green...
“Cowboy, Take Me Away” – Thoughts after Spring Break
Mar. 22, 2010—(In response to “Thoughts Before Spring Break”) It’s just about a week after Spring break and I’m sitting in Rand dining hall with three new friends friends – people that I hadn’t known at the beginning of the month. This is the third time in one week my Alternative Spring Break group has hung out....
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...