By Connor Pattinson In 2011, Jessica Samakow changed my life. It might seem funny how as a nine-year old, overweight, nerdy little piss goblin I could say a journalist at the Huffington Post changed my life, but maybe you missed the part where I said I was nerdy. You see,...
The Lorax this, the Lorax that. When are we going to talk about Dr. Seus’s greatest, hottest, most beastiality-inducing creation: The Cat In The Hat, a 2003 film and cinematic masterpiece? I’m tired of hearing about how “everybody needs a thneed” — who’s “everybody”? I reject this capitalistic agenda. I...
By Megan McGrath After a string of failed initiatives to reduce food waste in dining halls on campus, Vanderbilt has devised an innovative solution: hiring celebrity competitive eater Joey Chestnut to perpetually reside at the end of the Rand conveyor belt and consume any and all leftovers. Vanderbilt is currently...
By Adaora Dike A new research initiative examining the potential of male validation as a treatment enhancing psychological and physical wellbeing brings VUMC to the bleeding edge of evidence-based alternative medicine. If successful, it will completely transform the landscape of the field. Principal Investigator Dr. Frida Nipp, M.D. Ph.D, wasn’t...
By Connor Pattinson As a straight-presenting, cisgender, white man, I basically have to take every flimsy shot I can to get ahead in an increasingly DEI focused world. This isn’t your grandpa’s level of diversity where saying “Yeah, well, I mean I had a crush on a Latina woman in...
