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Dance Marathon: For The Kids

Dec. 19, 2014—One incredible thing I’ve gotten involved with this semester is Dance Marathon, an organization that works to plan events and fundraise for Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Read about the great service I get to be a part of!

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Fast Times at McGill High

Dec. 19, 2014—I want to share with y'all the love for my home, the unique McGill House. I shall give example after example of the crazy awesome shenanigans that I have personally experienced throughout the semester. The hope is, if any of y’all resonate with what is written, that you come check out my humble abode!

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Just Another Manic Monday

Dec. 19, 2014—Experience the exciting conclusion to a day of the week that is mondane but certainly not mundane!

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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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Vandy’s Got Talent

Dec. 18, 2014—So in case you haven’t heard yet, Vanderbilt is home to students with UNBOUNDED TALENT. One incredible thing about our students is the amount of performing arts talent they have. Not trying to brag or anything, but we are home to the first collegiate a cappella group to EVER win NBC’s Sing Off as of...

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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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An End to 4 Years of Football

Dec. 1, 2014—With Vanderbilt’s last game of the season against Tennessee, it capped the last football game of my undergraduate career. Sure, by the end of the Tennessee game, I was bitter that we had not finished the season with a win, losing by a narrow margin of 7 points. But, it was time for the season...

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A (Tues)day in the Life

Nov. 23, 2014—Froyo, friends, philanthropy, newspaper, workouts, chicken wings AND class? Is my Tuesday too good to be true?!

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