In the few months since the November 2012 presidential election, the state of Texas has been ablaze with that ages-old and quintessentially Texan question—to secede, or not to secede? Deeply frustrated by the re-election of President Obama, many conservative and Republican Texans have been throwing around the idea more and more seriously, citing the supposed [...]
After a successful term, Lori Murphy said her last words as president of Vanderbilt Student Government (VSG). Murphy handed the power over to new president, Adam Meyer, during a turnover ceremony last Wednesday, March 23. In an interview before the event, Murphy seemed ready to retire and satisfied with a job well done. “This has [...]
I must admit I first felt a little awkward sitting in Langford Auditorium on March 14. Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson was in town, and the talk was entitled “Being Gay: Does It Really Get Better?” The people in the room were friendly and the atmosphere was jovial, but one comes to expect a certain condemnation [...]
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty recently visited Vanderbilt University for our annual IMPACT Symposium. His visit happened to occur just one day after he became the first major candidate to announce an exploratory committee for president. Sitting across from Christina Romer, the former Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Gov. Pawlenty exemplified that [...]
FIRE is a national organization dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of students on college campuses. Recently, they announced an updated initiative: to “provide teaching materials to the nation’s schools, support[s] educational events on America’s campuses and remind[s] the public that the First Amendment serves everyone, regardless of faith, race, gender or political leanings.” A [...]
One hundred years ago this February in rural Illinois, a little boy named Ronnie was born. In 1976, a no-name Democrat by the name of Jimmy Carter ran for presidential office on his humility and his dedication to bringing change to Washington. Instead he led the United States through one of its worst periods of [...]
To be honest, I was not happy to hear that Lila Rose was the keynote speaker for last month’s FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Conference in Nashville. I had just been marching for life in DC, and I was ready to hear someone talk about our faith and what students can do to pursue [...]
The conservatives voted into the 112th Congress unanimously promised to work to repeal Obama’s health care reform bill in order to set the stage for a more free and prosperous United States. A quick snapshot of the situation in 2011 reveals that those in the House have certainly got their work cut out for them. [...]
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