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Hoedown Throwdown

Oct. 3, 2012—Last week, my friend Monica asked me, “Hey, do you want to get off campus? Come to Cru Fall Getaway!” Even though I wasn’t a member of Cru, I was excited hop out of the Vandy Bubble for a weekend and had lots of fun with Capture the Flag, a hoedown, and making new friends!

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Time for a break!

Oct. 3, 2012—This has been, by far, one of my busiest semesters here at Vandy, but I love everything I’m involved in too much to complain. 

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Hellooooo Blog World!

Dec. 24, 2011—Hi y’all! I took the semester off of blogging…. I had way too much going on, as I have often admitted! So… as I sit at home, recuperating from the stress of finals, blogging, drinking hot chocolate and listening to Christmas music, I am going to share my reflections on the past semester with y’all....

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Oh, those Blue Ridge Mountains

Nov. 20, 2011—10/10/11: For the past 3 days, I’ve essentially been my own pack mule, hauling my food, shelter, and clothing up and down the Blue Ridge Mountains. And oh! What a great 3 days it was!

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Fall Break with Memaw and Poppa

Oct. 12, 2011—I spent fall break on the beautiful Lake Hartwell in Lavonia, Georgia with some of my sorority sisters and our friends at the lake house of my friend Jennifer’s grandparents.  I had never been to Georgia before, and this was an amazing first trip!  We spent four days laying in the sun, swimming in the...

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Movies fo’ Free: The Man Who Fell to Earth

Oct. 10, 2011—In celebration of the beginning of Fall Break, a group of my friends and I decided to attend a free movie screening at the Belcourt theater.

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My Kind of Fall Break

Oct. 8, 2011—While some people like to actually be productive during school breaks and stay at Vanderbilt and study or participate in mission trips, I like to just take a breather.

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Prevailing in Political Science

Oct. 5, 2011—Fall break is so close!  I know everyone’s stressing out about papers and exams and projects and presentations and an array of other types of anxiety-inducing events that our professors dish out to see what we’ve learned so far.  As of 10 AM this morning, I have only one more midterm to go: a beast...

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Home for the Weekend: Lotus Festival

Oct. 5, 2011—This weekend marked my first and only trip back home (the wonderful Bloomington, IN) until the end of the semester. And what a great weekend it was: international music, dancing, and home-cooked meals! Oh my!

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Midterms are here…

Oct. 4, 2011—It’s that time of the semester again–that time when sleep and sanity are hard to find in many students’ vocabularies, when being surrounded by flawless weather makes you a little angry because you know you can’t let yourself be distracted…but you do anyway. Well, it’s that time for me, at least! 

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