In all honesty, I still don’t really know what a Letter from The Editor is. I’ve been the Editor in Chief of Slant for two whole years and I could not tell you. And now, I sit here writing my final letter as Editor, realizing I not only don’t know...
Recently, The Hustler posted an article showcasing the pets of their staff writers. While The Slant is not a political paper and traditionally does not take a side, our entire staff agrees that every single one of these creatures should be the first in line to be euthanized. Their pets...
August 1886: The Slant, Vanderbilt University’s humor and satire publication, was founded by an elite group of students who aimed to bring laughter and social commentary to the student body a mere 13 years after the University’s founding. Named after Cornelius Vanderbilt’s penis, this new organization recruited the brightest and...
Vanderbilt announced last week that Mark Bandas, who has served as the Vanderbilt Dean of Students for 14 years, will be stepping down in May. This news came just days after I alerted the staff of The Slant that I, too, will be stepping down from my position as Editor-in-chief...
By Madison Hitchcock, Estelle Shaya and Zak Stengel Dear Slant Readership, In the 134 year history of our publication, no Editor-in-Chief has ever publicly endorsed a presidential nominee. The one exception was in 1964 when the Editor at the time made the unprecedented decision to back Lee Harvey Oswald as...
