My Name Is–What?

Woah, hold on a second, who does this crazy guy think he is to come over on this page and put his face over there? Well, public, I suppose this is my introduction to you, the most loyal fans and readers on Vanderbilt’s campus. I’m Clay, and I am The Slant’s new editor-in-chief for the [...]

What a glorious year

I can’t believe it’s already here—this is my last issue as editor-in-chief of The Slant. It’s the end of an era… well, it’s at least the end of my reign. Every year, it’s tradition for the next year’s editor-in-chief to put together the last issue of the current year. Thus, in two weeks time, the [...]

Free Food: a McTyeire survival guide

With my sophomore year about ¾ of the way through and my editorship wrapping up fairly soon, I have to say I have learnt a lot. I have discovered that buying more underwear when you should really just do laundry is only hurting yourself, Easy Mac doesn’t have the actual word “cheese” in its name [...]

The Olympics are over!

I am glad the Olympics are over. Now, don’t get me wrong—I love the obnoxious yelling of “USA! USA! USA!” and spandex-covered (and toned) athletes, but my grades do not. The Olympics are one of the best things to happen every two years, and one of the worst.
With a full waste-time schedule already of YouTube [...]

Editor Update

Everybody rags on Valentine’s Day as being a Hallmark-produced, candy-coated, pseudo-genuine holiday. I realize as Slant editor I should probably jump on this bandwagon, since The Slant historically casts out more zingers than Triumph the insult-comic dog. However, this time I am not. There are a lot stupider holidays out there.
On Easter, is the miracle [...]

Llamapalooza– you should give us money

¬    Llamas are wonderful animals. They provide meat, transportation, and their hair can be used to make rugs, garments, ropes and handicrafts. This versatility makes them invaluable animals and sources of income to many South American peoples. That is why The Slant is staging Llamapalooza. By letting you write shit in our paper for a [...]

Editor Musings

What is the easiest part of this paper to prepare beforehand? This column. What is the largest irony in this issue of The Slant? This was the last article to be finished. Alas, I have not practiced my preaching.  These past few issues I have really struggled with what is supposed to go in this [...]

Haunted rambling

There is a dorm located in the perfect center of campus, with its own sand volleyball court, shady trees, cozy single rooms and dining center—which no one knows about. This dorm is McTyeire, home to foreign exchange students, squirrels without tails (truth), a confused hoard of Spanish immigrants and me, a Russian and European studies [...]

An explanation of changes

So The Slant has gone through some changes. Everyone should take note of the new section, TFLVP (Texts From Last Vandy Party), and oh yeah, our pages look different and we’re inside of Versus.
            All of Vanderbilt’s publications are funded by one organization: Vanderbilt Student Communications (VSC), a non profit-organization designed to keep Vanderbilt University [...]