Future IMPACT: Next Year’s Speakers Announced

This most recent IMPACT Lecture Series had an excellent lineup. Every speaker contributed in their own unique way this year. John Stossel allowed all of Langford auditorium to bask in his mustache’s aura and Mitt Romney gave us an extra ten pounds of reading material. Ralph Nader even presented the audience with definitive proof that [...]

Winter Olympic Sports Finally Explained! Sort of….

The Olympics are widely celebrated throughout the world as a time for all the people of the world to come together, hold hands, and try to embarrass each other in competitive blood sports. As a good American citizen, I of course take pride in my country’s near literal rape of other countries in sports that [...]

Counterpoint: No Party like a Vandy Party!

Ok, I know that “New Orleans” sounds great and all but people really have to slow down and think about what is there and what we got there. I’m pretty sure that if you really think about it you’ll realize that there’s no party like a Vandy Party starting with the….
Vandy Cards! Oh yeah sure [...]

Haitians Fake Disaster

Within the rubble of Port-au-Prince surprising facts about the “earthquake” have slowly emerged that the Haitian government doesn’t want the general public to know. However this reporter has managed to get the inside story on what really happened in Haiti on January 12th, 2010.
“It all started with the Indonesian Tsunami a few years back…. I [...]

Slant Obituaries

GPA:
Birth- 1st day of school
Death- Fall 2009 Exam Week
GPA passed away this week in Central library. The causes of death include frustration, lack of sleep, and engineering. GPA was last heard screaming after the last Economics Exam “What the fuck is a flow chart?!” GPA is survived by more relative skills in the college life, [...]

Around The Loop

Hey here’s my around the loop. I tried to use really generic people for pictures, since I will be unable to get any pictures. Classes + 2 french tests in the next 2 days= doom.  Sorry again, and good luck.
Do you think Vanderbilt is a Party School?
Fratstar- If it were a real party school I [...]

Obscure Majors, Obscure Reasons

Everyone knows the “big majors” at Vanderbilt. We all recognize a HOD student when we see him or her downing a beer and we even all know what a pre-med major looks like when we catch a rare glimpse of one running from Rand to Stevenson. However, there are also some lesser known majors. For [...]

Vanderbilt Upgrades Locker Room in Hope of Competitive Edge

I wasn’t quite sure which direction to take this or how to expand it into a full blown article but here it is:
A few years ago, Vanderbilt University conducted a massive survey of what students wanted from their college experience. One of the most common comments was a better football team. And so, the University [...]

It’s a Major Eat Major World Out There

By: Andrew Ligon
In this economy it’s becoming increasingly obvious that all majors are not created equal. Some are simply better (and harder). Now I know what you’re thinking, “How can I possibly know which one to pick?” Well, fear not my freshman friend or indecisive sophomore friend, or incredibly screwed junior friend, or not-gonna-graduate “senior” [...]

Vandy’s Ranking Improves, Students, Administrators Despair

Some people would argue that the U.S. News and World Report Rankings are not important. Those people do not go to Vanderbilt. This year Vanderbilt University reached a new high in the Rankings, reaching #17. “We really are proud of all our upward movement! $300 million dollars spent on the Commons and we moved up [...]