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Inside Blair: Shopping for Supplies
Nov. 16, 2013—The winter weather is upon us, and we are fearful for our instruments. Poor Dmitri, his string height keeps getting lower and lower because of this bipolar weather we've been having. Did y'all see the flurries on Monday?
Why Vanderbilt: A Musician’s Perspective, Part 2
Nov. 8, 2013—Last time, I left you with a cliffhanger. Why did I choose Vanderbilt over a conservatory?
Treeking
Nov. 7, 2013—Are you allowed to come up with new words? I think it's almost legitimate. Do you remember the Tebowing movement, the planking craze, or the milking silliness on YouTube? I'm calling it now: treeking started here. If you were wondering about the etymology of "treeking," the words "tree" and "freaking" were combined one day in the fall at Vanderbilt to describe the state of a particular student. So treeking is exactly that: freaking out about trees.
Why Vanderbilt: A Musician’s Perspective, Part 1
Oct. 22, 2013—Usually at the end of sophomore year, when we have to choose our majors, we hit a wall. We figuratively hit it really hard. We come to that point where we ask ourselves the academic existentialist question, "Why am I in school?" For me, specifically, it was the question, "What I am doing.... as a musician?"
Vanderbilt Brings Out My Inner Cookie Monster
Sep. 25, 2013—With words like "free," "milk," and "cookies," it didn't take much to convince me to stop by the Commons lawn yesterday.
Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me
Sep. 20, 2013—Yesterday, the whole world celebrated a very select group of people: pirates. International Pirate Day, September 19, allowed our inner pirates to be free for a little while. Shiver me timbers! And of course, we pirates sought hidden treasure, which we found and looted from Krispy Kreme!
A Malaysian Sensation
Sep. 6, 2013—After giddily accepting the invite to Malaysian Night on Facebook the day before, I was so excited when my friends and I actually stepped into the SLC on Saturday night! The Malaysian Student Association at Vanderbilt (MSAV) put on a night of festivities, food, and fun in celebration of Eid, a religious holiday for Muslims, and Merdeka, the Malaysian Independence Day!
Guest Blog: In a Nutshell
Aug. 21, 2013—College. With impeccable timing it conveniently crashes down onto our lives, leaving us in desperate search for the chips of our identity and the task of piecing them back together again. After packing up all of our belongings we begin triple checking our list to make sure we have all of the essentials: shower shoes, No. 14 pencils to last a lifetime, and enough Target dorm décor which we hope can transform a 10x10 room into a rough version of the Pottery Barn catalog.
Kids, Let’s Go to the Symphony!
Aug. 21, 2013—As a cellist at Blair, I get geekily giddy about the Nashville Symphony’s upcoming concert season. As a poor college student, I am sorely short in trying the funds to buy tickets. A huge “however” is in order though, because the Nashville Symphony has a program called SoundCheck for classical music loving students like me and you to be able to soak in some fantastic orchestral performances and bask in all the grandeur of the Schermerhorn Hall!
Legitimately Screaming at the First-Years
Aug. 19, 2013—Sometimes, it’s good to yell at people. In the instance of Move-In Day and the Founder’s Walk, we were very much encouraged to make as much noise as possible to cheer on the Class of 2017!