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Torch in Brief: Early April 2011
The She-Hadi Al Quaeda has launched a women’s magazine comparable to the popular American magazines Elle or Cosmopolitan. Al-Shamikha, loosely translated “The Majestic Woman,” is published by Al-Fajr, a jihadist media outlet, and is geared toward a female jihadi audience. The 31-page magazine includes tips such as “not [to] go out except when necessary” and [...]
Who is John Galt?
“Who is John Galt?” asks the new movie Atlas Shrugged Part 1, directed by Paul Johansson and produced by Harmon Kaslow and John Aglialoro. This movie adaptation is the first in a film trilogy of Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Set to be released on April 15, the movie will be shown locally at the [...]
Introducing the social honor code
In an article published last semester, I focused on how some of the values of the Community Creed, if enforced, would contradict the promises of free speech made to students. Since then, Associate Provost and Dean of Students Mark Bandas has stated that the creed “is not part of our code of conduct and is [...]
Feminism discussion reflects misunderstanding
Virginity doesn’t exist. Or at least, that’s what Jessica Valenti told a crowd of Vanderbilt feminists two weeks ago. On Wednesday, March 16, Valenti gave the 24th annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society, sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. Her talk was titled “The Purity Myth: Moving past shame towards a [...]
Siao to run for chairman of TN College Republicans
Stephen Siao, sophomore and Chairman of the College Republicans at Vanderbilt, announced his candidacy to run for Chairman of Tennessee College Republicans this month. Tennessee College Republicans is an overarching body of 19 individual College Republican chapters that stretches from Memphis to UT-Chattanooga.
IMPACT Symposium speakers overview
Tim Pawlenty is a lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 39th Governor of Minnesota. After serving as a city councilman in the late 1980s, Pawlenty was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1993. He became the Majority Leader of the House in 1999 and served in that position until he became [...]
Kristol and Huffington provide insightful perspectives
On Monday, March 22, Vanderbilt hosted the first night of its annual IMPACT Symposium with Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post and Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard as guests and Ben Smith of Politico as moderator. The theme of the night was, “How Does the Media Speak to the Middle Class.”
“I share that story because . . .”
Night two of IMPACT contained an unforeseen opportunity: the chance to see an almost-certain presidential candidate in action. On Monday, March 21, Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota, announced the formation of an exploratory committee, positioning himself as the first Republican certainly in the running. And just a day later on Tuesday, March 22, Pawlenty [...]
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From the Editors: Mission in Libya is unclear
President Obama recently (or perhaps finally) gave a speech regarding American intervention in Libya. Not surprisingly, his speech was short in details and lacked a coherent vision that most presidents usually provide in similar situations. According to Obama, “Libya sits directly between Tunisia and Egypt—two nations that inspired the world when their people rose up [...]