On Monday, April 23, Radley Balko delivered a lecture on “the collateral damage of America’s 100 year war on drugs”. Balko is a senior writer and investigative reporter for The Huffington Post. He previously served as a policy analyst for the Cato Institute and a senior editor at Reason magazine. Vanderbilt’s chapter of Young Americans [...]
The white crosses are back. As the Board of Trust meets again this week, the religious organizations of Vanderbilt Solidarity—along with Vanderbilt Catholic and the Thomas More Society—have made plans to make their voices heard. These thirteen student organizations have open acknowledged that they anticipate being considered unregistered organizations in the fall. The Board of [...]
Ah the life of a President- not really being able to say what you want to say. A few weeks ago President Obama came under fire for not realizing his mic was on and saying what he really wanted to say. The gaffe happened while talking to Russian President, “Give me space. This is my [...]
With Rick Santorum suspending his Presidential campaign, Mitt Romney has sealed the deal. Party leaders from around the country including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, and Florida Governor Rick Scott endorsed Romney following Santorum’s announcement. Santorum’s decision comes on the heels of his three-year-old daughter’s hospitalization. It was also becoming increasingly clear [...]
On Thursday, April 19, renowned Conservative thinker and Christian apologist Dinesh D’Souza will be presenting a lecture titled “How Christianity Shaped America: Religious Liberty and Liberal Intolerance” at Vanderbilt University. The lecture will be held at 7 o’clock in Sarratt Cinema and will be over before Rites events kick off on Alumni Lawn that evening. In [...]
While Super Tuesday saw Mitt Romney strengthen his delegate totals, Rick Santorum would not be dispatched so easily. For much of the night, it appeared as if Santorum might pull out an upset win in the crucial swing state of Ohio, only to be overtaken by Romney as the night wore on. The message coming from [...]
You’ve probably seen or heard stuff about Kony on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s a special announcement from Vanderbilt Invisible Children about next week’s important event. Hope to see you there! At 6 p.m. on Friday, March 16th, Vanderbilt Invisible Children will host the Invisible Children Roadies in Furman 114. Invisible Children is a non-profit organization that promotes peace in central Africa by [...]
Yesterday the U.S. and North Korea agreed to a food aid program that would send nutritional supplements to Pyongyang in exchange for halting uranium enrichment and allowing IAEA inspectors to visit North Korea’s main nuclear facility, Yongbyon. Although the temporary cessation of testing programs at this facility is definitely a step in the right direction, [...]
It is now believed that some type of U.S. intervention is likely in Syria. According to the Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, the U.S. is planning to provide a “secure zone” for Syrian refugees at the Turkey-Syria border as well as humanitarian aid for all Syrians. An aerial blockade is also possible, but it is unclear [...]
While religious freedom has been a controversial issue at Vanderbilt in recent weeks, one man in Iran is likely to lose his life over the desire to practice his religion freely. Iran has been on a lot of people’s minds lately, mostly because of concerns over their burgeoning nuclear weapons program and cessation of oil [...]
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