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LeCrae & Rock City!
Apr. 15, 2011—Last Friday, I went to go see LeCrae, a Christian rapper, at a Rockettown. LeCrae has had an amazing past. He grew up in a very poor community and used to live with what he calls “selfish ambition” (quoted from his concert). He now is a very successful music artist and inspires millions with his...
RIP Kevin Putney – you will be missed
Apr. 3, 2011—This past week, a Vanderbilt student by the name of Kevin Putney passed away. No official statement has been released about how he died. I did not know Kevin, but I had friends who did. These friends remember him fondly. This past Friday, Vanderbilt held a service for him at Benton chapel: “At 3:00pm on...
Cafe Con Leche!!
Mar. 28, 2011—Every year, the Vanderbilt Association of Hispanic Students (VAHS) puts on a performance called Cafe Con Leche with some of the hottest Latin dancing! This year’s theme was “Meet Los Padres.” The VAHS president was Teresa Temkin this year, and the co-chairs of the performance were the Ojeda twins (all 3 dear friends of mine)....
Vanderbilt 2017
Mar. 25, 2011—This Wednesday I formally accepted the Vanderbilt Law and Economics PhD/JD Program offer. This program is 6 years, so I’ll be a Vanderbilt 2017 graduate! I think it’s appropriate now to post some snippets from my personal statement (for law) and economics (statements of purpose). (You may not recall but I applied to law schools...
Tim Pawlenty and Christina Romer at Vanderbilt IMPACT Symposium 2011
Mar. 22, 2011—Tonight I went to go see Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota, and Christina Romer, former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, speak on “Bridging the Gap: America’s Middle Class,” which is the theme of Vanderbilt’s 2011 IMPACT Symposium. IMPACT is put on by the Vanderbilt Programming Board’s Speakers Committee each year. The...
My 5th Annual MOSAIC!
Mar. 21, 2011—At the beginning of last semester, I had lunch with Michael Flores, one of last year’s MOSAIC prospective students. With shining eyes, he spilled, “JEAN! I absolutely LOVE Vanderbilt. I love the food. I love my house Murray. I love the people I’ve met here. I love everything about it!” Besides our love for Vanderbilt,...
Hula, Hula, Hula!!!
Feb. 23, 2011—One of my first friends at Vanderbilt was Annalise Miyashiro (who was Panhellenic Council president 2010-2011). Annalise is Hawaiian, and I am Chinese, but neither of us are in the Asian American Student Association. Every year, the Asian American Student Association puts on Asian New Year Festival (ANYF). Although Annalise was not part of the...
Emory Law Woodruff Scholars Finalist Weekend
Feb. 16, 2011—This past weekend, I went to the Emory Law Woodruff Scholars Finalist Weekend. Earlier this year, I had applied to Emory Law School and had applied to the Woodruff Fellows Scholarship: ” In 1980, Emory University established the Robert W. Woodruff Scholars and Fellows Program to recruit and reward students with exceptional character, scholastic abilities...
MLC Social Networking Semiformal & RA Super Weekend
Feb. 8, 2011—Every year, the multicultural leadership council at Vanderbilt put on a semiformal. This year, the theme was social networking (the facebook brand). It was hosted at a downtown party venue called One Eleven. The size was medium, but it had a separate area for dancing, food & sitting, and an outside rooftop patio, which was...
A Downtown Excursion: Demos’ and The Big Bang
Jan. 30, 2011—One of the perks about Vanderbilt is that we live so close to downtown, where there are many music and food venues. Yesterday, a group of my friends went out downtown to celebrate my friend Martha’s 22nd birthday. First, we took a walk downtown and went to get ice cream from Mike’s Ice Cream Fountain...