January, 2011
“Spirit-Fingers”
Jan. 20, 2011—Yesterday evening, the Vanderbilt Athletic Department and Vandy Fanatics held their biggest event of the year, Memorial Madness, an annual basketball pep rally that ushers in the start of the SEC season. With the promise of the company of close friends, free pizza, jersey/ticket give-aways, prize drawings, the chance to win $10,000 upon successfully landing...
Memorial Madness
Jan. 19, 2011—Tonight was the one-a-year basketball event, coined “Memorial Madness.” Students piled in Memorial Gym for the game against Ole Miss tonight…which we ultimately won. Yeaaa. There were a lot of promotional events going on before and during the game – In addition to a big pep rally, Vanderbilt gave out free Jeffrey Taylor #44 jerseys...
The PCC
Jan. 19, 2011—Today I walked to the Baker Building to pick up a copy of my transcript from the Registrar’s office on the 1st floor. It’s such a big building, I thought to ask the receptionist what else was housed here. I learned that Vanderbilt’s Psychological and Counseling Center is actually located on the top floor. The PCC has...
Graphs
Jan. 19, 2011—As I browsed the Vanderbilt Admissions pages, blogs, and various resources in a vain search for inspiration, a horrifying fact became apparent. Despite the large number of available lists, links, articles, pictures, and videos, the Vandy Admissions page is home to not a single graph. Zero. ZERO.
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...
MeloPreparation
Jan. 16, 2011—The beginning of this semester becomes even busier, as the Melodores have had a lot on their agenda. From beatboxer auditions to practicing for our big competition, the next few weeks are sure to stretch us in a good way. Congratulations to our newest member, the talented beatboxer Justin Kenney! The International Championships of A...
Vanderbilt Chapter 2, Part 2
Jan. 15, 2011—The first (half) week back has been quite eventful. First off, on my way back to Nashville from central North Carolina I got caught in the sizable storm system that dumped snow on the south…more specifically – I40, my path back to school. After an impromptu stay at a hotel for the day (as the...
What is Life?
Jan. 13, 2011—I am an arts and science college scholar, and so I have the privilege to take honors seminars. They are small, writing seminars that 2-13 students take on a special topic, related to the professor’s research or teaching interests. This semester I am taking HONS 185 (description quoted below): “HONS 185 01 “What Is Life?” TR...