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Monday Monday so Good to Me

Dec. 19, 2014—Mondays: you either hate them or you really hate them. Just like gender and sexuality, I don’t believe in such a polarizing angsty Monday-themed binary. For me and “The Mamas and the Papas”, Monday is “so good to me” and “all I hoped it would be”. To redeem Monday’s status, let’s go on a journey chronicling a (Mon)day in the life of one Jose Palmer.

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A Weekend to End All Weekends (Part II)

Dec. 19, 2014—It is now Saturday. I wake up naturally at the absolutely wondrous time of noon to light gently pouring through my fourth-story windows, filtered by some positively green trees. Life is good.

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Family Time

Dec. 19, 2014—Reflecting on why I'm thankful for all of the families that I have at Vanderbilt.

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Cuz You’re Hot Then You’re Cold

Dec. 18, 2014—Dedicated to one of my favorite Nashville locales, Hot & Cold

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My First Thanksgiving Dinner!

Dec. 16, 2014—Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday to "thank," or be grateful for, the harvest of the previous year. Thanksgiving is a very North American tradition, and most international students do not know much about it. As for myself, celebrating an American tradition for the first time could not be better than a dinner at the Cones' (Faculty Apartment of Murray House).

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Only at Vanderbilt: A Class Full of Tap-Dancing, Fashion, and Symbiosis

Dec. 11, 2014—Okay, shameless plug: take The Art of Blogging with Professor Little before you graduate, and I promise you'll thank me later.

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Goodbye, Girlmore Girls

Dec. 8, 2014—Heather stops watching Netflix...well, at least during finals week.

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A Day in NashVegas

Nov. 27, 2014—A Nashville newb discovers the art, music, and fashion that the city offers.

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Diwali 2014: She’s The Man!

Nov. 16, 2014—Experience Diwali: the biggest multicultural performance at Vanderbilt!

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Blurring the Color Lines

Nov. 10, 2014—Do you prefer to date within or outside of your race––or do you care at all? Why? These were the questions posed to panelists at this evening’s event, “Blurring the Color Lines,” presented by NAACP and co-sponsored by the Caribbean Student Association and the Department of African-American & Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt. I wanted to...

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