The three best O’s on campus (organizations/offices):
Vanderbilt Global Education Office (GEO):
Here at Vanderbilt we are all smart(ish). Because we are smart (or like to think we are), we appreciate puzzles. Sudoku lovers and completers of crosswords in the middle of Economics lectures, look no further for your next riddle fix than the Global Education Office (GEO). These guys love to perplex, baffle and stump the international-minded students of Vanderbilt. Unlike a Sudoku where one fills in numbers, at GEO you fill in your name, financial information, social security number, dog’s name, mother’s grandmother’s cousin’s place of birth and everything else about yourself. After you have completed the forms there are whole new series of hoops (and not the delicious fruity kinds) to jump through before finally you are ready to turn in your application. Even this process can be baffling, as there are multiple due dates (and the secretary at the front tends to get them confused). Now what makes this better than just doing a jigsaw puzzle? At the completion of a jig saw you get a short surge of pride before you realize you haven’t been outside in 3 days. At the completion of your GEO application, you get to go to Hondorus! ¡Buena suerte!
Vanderbilt Commodore Card Office:
One of my favorite things about Vandy is the obvious socio-economic superiority that all of us have. However, every now and then someone of a lesser caliber gets in. The Commodore Card Office is one of the best establishments on campus for then crushing them. Want to wash your clothes? Swipe. Want to print your paper? Swipe. OMG, you’re out of meal money? SWIPE. When students don’t have automatic monies added to their Commodore Card from their parent’s bank accounts, the only way to add Commodore Cash is to go to the card office, itself (which has inconvenient times). Unlike richer students who can add online, automatically and conveniently charging student accounts or credit cards. To make matters better, the CCO doesn’t accept credit cards or debit cards from poor students and limits people to $20 a day. Thus, the less fortunate of our community are forced to wear dirty clothes (there are no change machines by any of the laundry facilities on campus and most Munchie Marts have stopped accepting cash, thus making them also unavailable for change), and pay more for printing (commodore cash payments for printing are several cents cheaper than using cash). Thus, the divide in socio-economic levels prevalent in our community is thankfully maintained. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and smellier.
Vandy Fanatics Student Organization:
The point of this club is to increase Vanderbilt student attendance and enthusiasm at sports events. What makes them awesome is that instead of “Fanatics,” they should really change their name to “Free stuff.” At a recent Vanderbilt Baseball game, Fanatics gave out free Snuggies at a tailgate that was scheduled to start 30 minutes before the game. Fanatics then let people get tickets claiming their spot to get a Snuggie over 2 hours before the game. The students thus left and then came back at the appointed tailgate time to grab their Snuggie only to once again leave. The 5 people who actually went to the baseball game sat uncomfortably in the bleachers, Snuggie-less. As someone who just isn’t that into sports, I can’t think of a better dynamic. Vandy Fanatics are fanatical; but about free t-shirts, Snuggies, beer coozies and jerseys. Go ‘Dores!
