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Green (and Orange) Walks

Dec. 2, 2018—Walking across campus is electric; people are in constant motion going to one activity or another, the buildings all hum with academic energy, and the sun radiates down on the whole scene. The constantly available stimulus of people and papers is enough to capture anyone’s attention for a lifetime. The last thing on anyone’s mind...

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Spring Time = Squirrel Time

Apr. 17, 2017—How the heck is spring semester already almost over?   I knew when I first visited Vandy’s campus that it was one of the most beautiful college campuses I had ever seen, but I underestimated just how lovely it would be in the springtime. Although we lost our arboretum status because of the loss of...

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Out of the Vanderbubble: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

Mar. 6, 2016—A quiet, pensive afternoon spent at Cheekwood Gardens with family. Definitely on my Nashville bucket-list for prospective students and their families, especially if you're visiting in the fall, summer, or spring!

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Movies for Homework

Nov. 19, 2015—To do your homework or not to do your homework-- that is not the question in this class where our homework is to watch films!

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First-Month Adventures in Vandyland: Music, Ice Cream, and Trees

Oct. 10, 2015—A list of 5 things I would never have expected to have done by the first month of freshman year

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Why You Should Add Vanderbilt to Your College List

Nov. 9, 2014—If you’re currently a high school senior, and you’re anything like me, the list of colleges you’re applying to is still in flux, and probably will be up until the very last day before apps are due. You’ve probably been looking forward to going to college for some time now, and it’s crazy to imagine...

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Treeking

Nov. 7, 2013—Are you allowed to come up with new words? I think it's almost legitimate. Do you remember the Tebowing movement, the planking craze, or the milking silliness on YouTube? I'm calling it now: treeking started here. If you were wondering about the etymology of "treeking," the words "tree" and "freaking" were combined one day in the fall at Vanderbilt to describe the state of a particular student. So treeking is exactly that: freaking out about trees.

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