Athletics Category
Vanderbilt Football WINS on the Road
Oct. 7, 2012—Last night, the Vanderbilt Commodores beat the Missouri Tigers 19-15! This marked Vanderbilt’s first SEC win of the season. To make things even sweeter, this was the first time that the Commodores have faced the Tigers since the Tigers joined the SEC. I was relieved that the team was away this weekend, since I was...
Race in Review
Sep. 24, 2012—Have you ever seen the Amazing Race? This past weekend, we got the opportunity to live the experience by participating in an urban scavenger hunt called Challenge Nation around the city of Nashville.
Intramurals
Sep. 20, 2012—As the intramural season approaches, I prepare for my breakout season in which I become a professional athlete
Just another fall weekend
Sep. 17, 2012—This weekend, I stuck around campus and just enjoyed the beautiful weather and this great campus. I finally feel like I am settled in and out of summer-mode. On Friday night, I went to Hillel for Shabbat dinner. Most of my close friends here are not Jewish, so when they all decided to go to...
New Season, New Hopes, New Dreams
Sep. 6, 2012—We're one game in and football season has officially started. Here's to a good season.
ORC Staff Training
Sep. 3, 2012—Each semester the Outdoor Recreation Center staff go on a training trip to hone our soft and hard skills in the wilderness. This semester, we had the extreme honor of participating the second ever Adventure Race! It tested our ability to orienteer, use gear, and work as a team to hike and then canoe from...
First Football Game
Sep. 1, 2012—Last night, the Commodores kicked off their 2012 football season. Actually, they kicked off the entire SEC season, welcoming the University of South Carolina Gamecocks to the brand new stadium.
Student Org. Fair
Aug. 22, 2012—Welcome back! In preparation for the new school year, don’t forget the most exciting part — the Student Organization Fair! It is going to take place on Friday August 24th outside of the Commons Center from 3-6pm. Each year, over 100 of Vanderbilt’s student organizations set up booths to show the incoming freshmen and transfer...
“If I knew then what I know now…”
Aug. 20, 2012—Today, I partook in a first-year orientation panel themed “If I knew then what I know now…” Dr. Karen Campell, one of the Deans of Undergraduate Education invited several upperclassmen to give 1-2 suggestions to the first-years and then participate in a Q&A session.
Try a Tri
Jul. 27, 2012—Hello again, summer readers! One of my very last posts on the blog was about my experience running the Rock & Roll Marathon (I ran the half) at the end of spring semester. Coming to you now from Knoxville, TN, I bring you the next of my silly sports adventures – my first triathlon!