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Home Court Advantage

Feb. 27, 2012—Carolyn recaps ESPN College GameDay's appearance on Vanderbilt's campus.

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Representing Your Culture at VU

Feb. 22, 2012—Carolyn highlights some of the many cultural student organizations on campus.

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Memorial Momentum

Jan. 26, 2012—Carolyn fills us in on the progress of our men's basketball team.

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Get Me to the Greek!

Jan. 9, 2012—Carolyn discusses what makes Greek life at Vanderbilt special

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Sweet Melodies

Dec. 29, 2011—In the fall of 2009, three Vanderbilt juniors and one freshman got together and decided to form an all male a cappella group call the Melodores.  By September, they had fourteen members.  Two years later, they finished third in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella finals.  Recently they were named one of the top...

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Kathryn Stockett: A Different Kind of Celebrity

Nov. 28, 2011—Carolyn Pippen reflects on the recent visit to Vanderbilt of Kathryn Stockett, author of the critically acclaimed novel "The Help."

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Women’s Cross Country Team Takes Home First SEC Title

Nov. 1, 2011—It's an exciting time to be a Commodore fan.

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What “Type” Are You?

Oct. 21, 2011—Undergraduate Admissions Counselor Carolyn Pippen breaks down the myth of Vanderbilt as a "type" school.

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Greek Life at Vanderbilt

Jan. 26, 2011—Outside of admission-related questions, the two most frequent questions I receive are 1) how Southern is Vanderbilt? and 2) how Greek is Vanderbilt?  In past posts I addressed the Southern question (answer: as Southern as you want it to be).  The Greek life question is particularly timely as we just completed formal rush on Vanderbilt’s...

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