After watching the trash presidential debate hosted by The #fakenews Hustler, The Slant decided out of concern for the Vanderbilt community to ask the hard hitting questions that students want to know. Below you’ll find a full portrait of candidates you didn't even know existed until they requested to follow you on Instagram. Base your votes accordingly. (Editors Note: While … [Read more...] about The Slant’s Guide to the VSG Election (The One You Actually Want to Read)
Politics
Trump Administration Places Background Checks on Gum Purchases After 3 Choking Deaths Reported in the Last Twenty Years
By Zak Stengel The news comes after an unprecedented visit from Baron Trump to the White House to actually see his parents for the first time since Childish Gambino came out with his “This is America” music video. Insiders say that he claimed feeling “unsafe” in school due to tweens using and loading up on gum without any caution. One student apparently offered him a mint … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Places Background Checks on Gum Purchases After 3 Choking Deaths Reported in the Last Twenty Years
Assessing the 2020 Presidential Candidates
Kamala Harris She’s a woman, Jamaican, and Indian, ‘nuff said. If you read that as a good thing, congratulations, you’re woke, but also, Dems may need to reign in identity politics if we want to win elections. She’s a cop. But not a fun one, like Ice-T in SVU. She’s more like the judge who, off-screen, locks up the guy Ice-T caught earlier in the episode. Going off … [Read more...] about Assessing the 2020 Presidential Candidates
Should Confederate Statues be Demolished with a Bulldozer or a Wrecking Ball?
I recently came across this interesting debate while reading my second favorite Vanderbilt news source, the Hustler. The article (found here), posed an interesting question: Should Confederate statues be demolished with a bulldozer or a wrecking ball? Admittedly, I only had the time to read the title, but I still feel as though I should give my two cents on the matter. I must … [Read more...] about Should Confederate Statues be Demolished with a Bulldozer or a Wrecking Ball?
TIME Wanted Me to Be Their Person of the Year, but I Just Want a Baby: A Series of Tweets by Donald Trump
The LAZY writers at failing #TIME Magazine called me on their GREEN telephone and asked me to be their Person of the Year but said I would need to do a photoshoot at their headquarters, so I said no and thanks anyway and that actually I really just would like a baby. (1/9)I would just like a BEAUTIFUL baby with CHUBBY cheeks that I can take care of and #BREASTfeed. Everybody is … [Read more...] about TIME Wanted Me to Be Their Person of the Year, but I Just Want a Baby: A Series of Tweets by Donald Trump