How to Win the Dorm Energy Competition: Save and Sabotage

Most people can agree that saving the Earth is important. We can all relate to the rallying cry of “going green.” Breast Cancer Awareness has taken over the color pink, Livestrong has laid claim to the color yellow, and Gay Pride, in a joke shamelessly stolen from comedian Demetri Martin, has appropriated the entire color [...]

Squirrels Upset Over Prevalence of Students

As classes started at Vanderbilt University, the squirrels are adjusting to another year. There are many differences; for example, a new meal plan which limits nut consumption to a mere 14 nuts a week. In addition, new squirrels in the area were barred until last Friday from entering the trees on Greek Row, a notorious [...]

Shakespeare Inspires Carnal Lust

Over the summer, scholars discovered that a painting, wrongly identified as the likeness of Sir Walter Raleigh, is actually the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. The literary world was rocked to its core, yet the influence of this new portrait of The Bard would goes far beyond the reaches of academia.
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