General Information Category
How Do I Know?
Sep. 21, 2013—Answering the real question at the root of my family's inquiries: how do I know that I'm in the right place here at Vandy?
Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me
Sep. 20, 2013—Yesterday, the whole world celebrated a very select group of people: pirates. International Pirate Day, September 19, allowed our inner pirates to be free for a little while. Shiver me timbers! And of course, we pirates sought hidden treasure, which we found and looted from Krispy Kreme!
Reasons I am Excited for Fall
Sep. 17, 2013—In light of the recent media buzz surrounding the coming of fall (most clearly marked by the pumpkin spice latte coming back), I figured I’d share some of the reasons why I personally am excited for fall here at Vanderbilt. After all, being from Florida, this is really only the fourth year I’ve lived in...
Home for the Holiday
Sep. 17, 2013—This year, for the first time, I was able to go home for Yom Kippur, which is the holiest day of the Jewish year. I do love Vanderbilt Hillel and the Jewish community on campus, but because the holiday was on Saturday and the Commodores were in South Carolina, I decided to take a quick trip to Miami Beach and see my family.
Chaos!!!!
Sep. 17, 2013—The beginning of this semester has been so chaotic that I haven't even had the time to write my first blog until almost a month after the semester started! I love beginning a new year because it means seeing old friends again, starting to acquire new knowledge, and taking on new projects. This semester in particular I have been revamping my life a little bit and am embarking on several new uses for my time...
How to be a Problem Set Pro
Sep. 17, 2013—As I find myself pumping out four problem sets a week, with my first round of tests looming around the corner, I'd consider myself slowly becoming a problem set pro. After one month into my hardest semester yet at Vandy, I thought I'd offer some study tips I've picked up along the way, that particularly apply to all those engineers or soon-to-be engineers out there.
“I Will” Weekend of Service
Sep. 16, 2013—For the past few years, Vanderbilt has sponsored a weekend of service in honor of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Organizations set up events in the Nashville community to help others and students all across campus sign up to join (even if they aren't in that organization).
Soaking up the Sunshine…
Sep. 16, 2013—Nashville is squeezing every last degree of summer warmth for outdoor recreational purposes. Here's to giggling at the Marx brothers, thanks to Belcourt Theatre's outdoor feature, and chomping on kettle corn with the fairies--and almost choking on it from laughing so hard--at Shakespeare in the Park's production of Midsummer Night's Dream!
Friday I’m In Love
Sep. 15, 2013—Who said Friday the 13th is automatically a terrible day? Whoever it was, I have proved them wrong and avoided the supposedly inevitable bad luck.