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Tornados in Switzerland? Nope. In Nashville at 3am? Of course.

Feb. 1, 2013—Wednesday morning everyone was buzzing about each student’s experience of Tuesday night, and since it affected me greatly, I figured it would make a great blog post! At about three in the morning, Davidson county’s tornado warning sirens went off...

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Burns Night, Fiestas, Pedi Cabs, and more

Jan. 27, 2013—Hello again! This past week was filled with a myriad of activities! Wednesday: The food in Edinburgh is actually amazing (specifically indian, chinese, and italian) but the Mexican food is horrible (so they say). I was craving me some tacos and nachos, but did not want to make a taco platter for myself. So I...

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Adventures of a Tuesday Night

Nov. 25, 2012—Last week, Dexy and I decided to go to Target to pick up a few things we needed. We eat oats by the bucketful (overnight oats are my absolute favorite!!) and so we obviously finished all of the ones my mom and I bought during family weekend. We had absolutely no idea how the night would unfold.

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It’s always fun to give thanks

Nov. 25, 2012—This past week was Thanksgiving break and I had a totally awesome time even though I wasn’t able to go home! That is one of the pitfalls of being an international student—since you live so far away, it is difficult to see your family during short-term breaks like Thanksgiving. But, that means that you can go home with friends (or in my case, my boyfriend) and get to experience the fun that is Thanksgiving in a different setting...

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Some BIG news!

Oct. 25, 2012—Click here to find out!!!

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Fall break!

Oct. 8, 2012—This fall break, I decided to visit Atlanta with a bunch of my friends in Vanderbilt.

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The Chillaxing To-Do List: What to do over Fall Break…

Oct. 3, 2012—Staying at Vanderbilt over fall break? No need to be bored...there is only room for more fun! Here is my Top Ten things I am going to do this Fall Break. All are not to be missed.

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To Study or Not to Study: that is THE question…

Sep. 17, 2012— It was the last weekend of Shakespeare in the Park and I REALLY wanted to go. But, with my big biology exam coming up the next week, and two more exams, two quizzes and a large project, it wasn't actually an option.

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Its Always Fair Weather (at Vandy)!

Sep. 9, 2012—It rains one minute, shines the next...here's how to deal with it.

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Hello, blogging world.

Sep. 3, 2012—This isn't my first time writing a blog post, and yet I'm still pretty nervous about it. Maybe it's because I know that there will definitely be at least SOMEONE reading this very post (fellow Inside 'Dores writers?)... And since I'll be blogging for the Insides 'Dores for a while, I thought it would be nice to at least introduce myself a bit and let you know what kind of person this new blogger is.

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