College Life Category
Visions: My First Vanderbilt Family
Nov. 17, 2014—Visions: A tradition I am going to miss.
A Not-Quite-Winter Wonderland
Nov. 17, 2014—I’ve been at Vanderbilt for just over three months now, and some pretty cool things have happened. I made some great friends, learned a lot from my awesome classes, and even saw Bill Nye. But all of that pales in comparison to what happened today. Yes, lovely Inside Dores readers. Today, it snowed. I had...
The VU from the StamBalcony
Nov. 10, 2014—Hey guys! So today I want to talk to you about one of the best parts of the freshman experience at Vanderbilt…the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons! As you may already know, all first year students at Vanderbilt live in one of ten Houses on the Commons: Crawford, East, Gillette, Hank Ingram, Memorial, Murray, North, Stambaugh,...
Workin’ Hard For The Money
Nov. 9, 2014—Heather gets a job, and of course it involves food...
Corn Mazing
Nov. 5, 2014—This past Halloween, I was able to combine my two loves of corn mazes and petting zoos by going to a place called: Shuckles. Shuckles is a corn maze located in Gallatin, Tennessee which is about 40 minutes away from Vanderbilt’s campus. Although its a bit far away, its totally worth the drive since corn...
The dumbest person in the room
Nov. 4, 2014—Everyone kills it in their comfort zone, but that's not where the magic happens.
The North House Commons Mix Up
Nov. 2, 2014—Are you ready to crash the North House Wedding?!
Retreat Weekend
Oct. 28, 2014—This past weekend I spent Friday evening through Sunday afternoon as a staff member for the Nashville Awakening Retreat at Camp Marymount, a camp ground that’s just a quick drive headed south along West End. I have participated in this retreat every single semester since I went on it my first semester as a retreated and...
How to Get Exercise Without Setting Foot in the Gym
Oct. 28, 2014—Don’t get me wrong: the Student Rec Center here at Vanderbilt is great. With the swipe of your Commodore Card, you get free access to an indoor track, a basketball court, more treadmills and weight machines than I can count, and even a couple of rooms for racquetball that I’m dying to try out. And...
Passport to Nashville Weekend
Oct. 27, 2014—At the beginning of this month I was very, very busy. With it being midterm season AND Homecoming week my weekdays were packed with lots of time spent studying, finishing projects, planning birthday surprises for friends, seeing Bill Nye the Science Guy (Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!) and going to Commodore Quake. This meant carefully...