Branscomb – Upperclass dorms on Greek row; consists of Lupton, Vaughn, Stapleton, and Scales. Vanderbilt’s party dorm. Highland – Upperclass housing by the Rec center; consists of Morgan, Lewis, Mayfields, and Chaffins. On the Card – Restaurants and services (both on and off campus) that take Meal Money. Unfortunately does not include Lacoste. The Wall [...]
A lot of students have similar political stances to their parents. This is natural and by no means problematic. Your parents shape your values. But you are at an age, now, where you should be discovering your own values for yourself. To do this, to live a happy life, and to have a good college [...]
I am not a defender of the traditional institution of marriage. In my last article (written during the dust-up over same-sex marriage which was then making its way through the Supreme Court) I made an admittedly preliminary and slipshod effort to explore why I believed conservatives and liberals have come to an impasse over the [...]
Last week, yet another step toward the inevitable legalization of same-sex marriage took place in Washington, D.C. That is an odd masthead to an article discussing same-sex marriage from the “conservative” perspective. The posturing in recent days has been of either embitterment or sullenness. Facebook was practically awash with red equals signs; less present, but [...]
As of Monday, March 25, Tennessee State Representative Mark Pody has decided to drop a controversial bill relating to Vanderbilt University’s recently instituted nondiscrimination policy. The bill (HB 1150/SB 1241), which would have rendered Vanderbilt’s police force unable to legally make arrests or otherwise carry out its regular duties, is only the latest of several [...]
preme Court of the United States will have a number of choices in its decision on California’s hotly contested Proposition 8. The amendment, which was passed during the state elections of 2008 and added to the California Constitution, provides that “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” While [...]
“The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent is this: that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot.” -Lysander Spooner The Obama administration’s drone war has come under recent attack and rightfully so. A recently released Justice Department memo reveals the justification used by [...]
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, permanently altered the dynamic of the gun control debate in America in a way that other recent mass shootings simply could not. No, it may not have had the shock factor that Aurora had, as Sandy Hook was not our first experience with a school [...]
Over 1,400 students and alumni gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 2013 International Students For Liberty Conference. The annual conference offers students the opportunity to learn from the best contemporary thinkers in the libertarian community, network with representatives from prominent local, national, and international organizations, and meet other student leaders from around the world. The [...]
On February 11th of this year, Pope Benedict XVI made an unprecedented announcement that rocked both the secular and the spiritual communities—that as of February 28, he would no longer hold the office of pope. Stepping down in the name of his health and advancing age—and, some say, due to the stress of several recent [...]
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