College Life Category
No Ceilings: James Franklin’s Debut
Jul. 23, 2011—The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Media Days came to a conclusion in Hoover, Alabama on Friday afternoon with James Franklin fielding questions from a room full of a few hundred media reporters and personalities. Franklin sounded excited and committed to the job ahead. It has been a whirlwind for the new Commodore head football coach as...
SEC Media Days
Jul. 19, 2011—Calling all college football fans, in particular those whose allegiances lie in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). For those die hard SEC football fans, this marks the beginning of the end of the sleepy summer news cycle; football is almost back! Starting tomorrow, the coaches of the twelve member institutions and three representative players for each...
Que Chilero!
Jul. 11, 2011—“Very nice!” or “So cool!” are common phrases in English. “Chilero,” a word unique to Guatemala, expresses the same sentiment. “¡Que Chilero!” was my favorite of the new phrases I learned while on my sixteen day Guatemalan adventure. Immediately after completing spring semester finals, I departed for a Guatemalan service trip with my 18-year-old brother...
Fourth of July in Nashville
Jul. 10, 2011—Typically I spend my Fourth of July weekend with my extended family in Chicago, Illinois but this summer was a little different. As I have mentioned before in previous posts, I have a research position on campus here at Vanderbilt University this summer and I decided to spend the holiday in Nashville this summer.
Language Barriers
Jul. 10, 2011—One of my primary classes was teaching high school students (age 16 and 17) English after their school finished. There were four teachers for a class of about twenty, so there was plenty of one-on-one time. And while our class was five days a week, we needed A TON more time to teach them. Teaching...
Fish Heads and Floods
Jun. 28, 2011—In my last post, I said I would be spending a month in Zanzibar, Tanzania teaching English and other things. I got back from this amazing trip in the middle of June, and can’t wait to tell you all about it. For the geography impaired (me), Tanzania is on the east coast of Africa, under the...
Summer Part I
Jun. 25, 2011—Summer has been great so far. I left Vandy soon after classes ended and returned to my hometown of Auburn, Alabama. It was great to see old friends and share college experiences from our previous semesters at various schools. Overall, it was a very enjoyable and relaxing three weeks at home.
Guest Blog by Scott Moskowitz ’11
May. 30, 2011—Two weeks after graduating college, I feel I’m finally able to reflect on my experiences at Vanderbilt and the impact that four years here had on my life. When asked why I chose Vanderbilt, my typical reply is that my naïve seventeen year old self thought it was a good idea. Looking back, I can...
Summer Classes
May. 10, 2011—Well, that was a short vacation. Summer classes started today. I am taking Physics I and II at Florida International University, which is about 40 minutes south of my house.
Summer Plans
May. 6, 2011—As the school year draws to a close and summer gets ready to start, I’m looking forward to my summer plans. While I’ll be spending most of the summer in St. Louis working as a tour guide at the St. Louis Gateway Arch (come and visit me!), I’m especially excited for my upcoming trip to...