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 [...]
Lt. Colonel James Wilburn was serving as Chief of Operations in Iraq three years ago when he received his Vanderbilt assignment. He had been a professor of military science at West Point and was interested in teaching again. He applied to the Army ROTC program, and his first choice was Vanderbilt. He wasn’t expecting the [...]
When I took the assignment to cover Dr. Michael Kimmel’s lecture “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men,” I assumed the presentation would focus on, well, guys. While I certainly did not expect hordes of Vanderbilt men to fill the Student Life Center ballroom to listen to a noted sociologist explain to them how [...]
Professor Awadh Amir Binhazim, the Vanderbilt Muslim Chaplain, recently caused controversy with some of his remarks at “Common Ground: Being Muslim in the Military” on January 25th. Professor Binhazim’s response to whether as a practicing Muslim he must accept the Islamic teaching which condemns homosexuals to death was, “I don’t have a choice as a [...]
January 27 marked another successful event for the revamped Vanderbilt chapter of the College Republicans. The group invited prominent conservative commentator, author, and Vanderbilt law professor Dr. Carol Swain to address the group on issues pertaining to the future of the GOP and its need to reach out to racial minorities in order to ensure [...]
Maybe fratstars lack George Clooney’s telethon appeal, but Vanderbilt students are raising money and goods for the people of Haiti. Students have probably noticed the giant red cross with messages spelled out in duct tape like, “Hank 4 Haiti,” “VOB hearts Haiti,” and perhaps the most poignant, “We are all Haitians.” All across campus, student [...]
This sounds like a pretty cool book from Gene Dattel, a Vanderbilt Law alumnus who grew up in Mississippi. The AP reports on Dattel’s book, “Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power,” and calls it “a compelling story of how the cash crop shaped the 19th-century global economy [...]
I was glad to see this story on Inside Vandy about Vanderbilt Student Government’s stand against a smoking ban on campus: The Vanderbilt Student Government Senate unanimously passed a resolution regarding smoking regulations on campus Wednesday night in response to recent actions taken to make Vanderbilt smoke free. Executive Adviser Theo Samets, along with Senator [...]
Look, I know it is really easy to knock the Tennessean. Whether it’s liberal bias in the headlines, gimmicky features, or the simple lack of creative, engaging journalism, there’s something for everyone from Nashville’s favorite punching bag. Sometimes it’s deserved–see their recent coverage of Steve McNair’s murder–and sometimes it’s a knee-jerk reaction along the same [...]
What gives? From a high school graduation story at the St. Augustine Record: …Salutatorian Laura Albert emphasized graduates cherishing the day. Albert is headed to Vanderbilt University, where she is preparing for a football let down after her years at Nease [High School]. “I’m so used to the score being 49-0,” Albert said. “But going [...]
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