By Amy Rieth The low hum of a scooter engine gets louder and louder, a sound that almost outweighs the sound of your heart beating in your ears. A bead of sweat inches down your neck and your hands start to shake. You slowly turn your head, preparing yourself for a sight you’ve seen a thousand times. Mere inches from your face, you’re confronted with the lifeless, … [Read more...] about Which Makes You A Bigger Asshole: Screaming “On Your Left” While Scootering Past Someone, Or Saying Nothing At All?
Op-Ed
If You Killed a Larger and Larger Animal Every Day, at What Point Would It Become Fucked Up?
Some articles tell stories. Others give suggestions. This morning, I would like to try something a little different and ask you, the reader, a question that has been on my mind for quite some time. You’ve read the title (real clickbait-y, I know) but I’ll give you a quick reminder. If you killed a larger and larger animal everyday, at what point would it become fucked up? … [Read more...] about If You Killed a Larger and Larger Animal Every Day, at What Point Would It Become Fucked Up?
I Used To Think A Woman Couldn’t Be Chancellor. Then I Saw “Hustlers.”
By Taylor Lomax By now, every gay person with a Twitter account has seen the movie Hustlers. For the uncultured, this is a film about a group of strippers who begin to drug Wall Street higher-ups and run up their credit cards (a thing I also do on occasion. Where’s my movie?). Yet as I left the theater, I was stuck on the obvious question: What does this mean for … [Read more...] about I Used To Think A Woman Couldn’t Be Chancellor. Then I Saw “Hustlers.”
Let’s Face it, Blakemore Residents Shouldn’t Get to Vote
Folks, it’s time someone around here just said what’s on all of our minds. With our futures in the hands of the Vanderbilt Student Government electorate in the coming days, I write to you urgently in a time of life-and-death. I don’t care if you’re Reaching Higher with Nico and Taylor, Let’s Going with Frances and Veer or Making Vanderbilt A Clothing-Optional Campus with … [Read more...] about Let’s Face it, Blakemore Residents Shouldn’t Get to Vote
Why America Needs More Predators On the Supreme Court
With Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court approved, only two of the nine justices serving on the highest court of the land will have been publicly accused of being predators. Fortunately, with Ginsberg being 85 years old and weighing only 60 pounds, a new seat should be opening up soon. This time around, Mr. Trump, let’s make America great again by cutting the B.S. and … [Read more...] about Why America Needs More Predators On the Supreme Court