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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Empowered Women Empowering Women: Vanderbilt's New Women in Government Organization

Empowered Women Empowering Women: Vanderbilt’s New Women in Government Organization

Kate Weaver October 7, 2019

There is a new community on campus for women interested in public service called Women in Government (WIG). The successful Elect Her program that occurred in the spring will now be a program of WIG,...

DACA Student Activists Lead Discussion on Inclusivity

DACA Student Activists Lead Discussion on Inclusivity

Roshan Natarajan October 5, 2019

This past Thursday, Vanderbilt played host to the activists behind the documentary film THE UNAFRAID. The documentary follows a group of young DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients...

Actor and Activist George Takei Reflects on His Remarkable Life

Actor and Activist George Takei Reflects on His Remarkable Life

Ben Lackner October 5, 2019

Speaking to a crowd of students, faculty, and quite a few Star Trek enthusiasts on Wednesday evening, actor and activist George Takei reflected on his life, from his time in a Japanese American internment...

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The State of Space: The Future of Space Law

Holly Deng October 2, 2019

“The realm of space activities is booming…so does the space law.” On Monday, September 30, the Vanderbilt Innovation and Entrepreneurship Society (VINES) presented a seminar on the topic of the...

ROCCA Delivers Collaborative Collective Action Research

ROCCA Delivers Collaborative Collective Action Research

Grace Adcox September 30, 2019

Note: Grace Adcox is a researcher in the ROCCA Lab. Established in January 2019, the Research on Conflict and Collective Action (ROCCA) Lab has already made its mark in social science research at Vanderbilt....

Recap: God’s Not Dead on Vanderbilt’s Campus

Recap: God’s Not Dead on Vanderbilt’s Campus

Chloe Hall September 27, 2019

On September 24th, Dr. Rice Broocks hosted an event to convince the Vanderbilt community that faith in God is not a delusion but rather a conclusion arrived at through evidence. Dr. Broocks is the author...

Lawyer Nikolas Nikas Predicts the Fate of Roe v Wade

Lawyer Nikolas Nikas Predicts the Fate of Roe v Wade

Tanya Tejani September 26, 2019

“I’ve never sued a doctor...yet!” Nikas joked as a room full of medical students let out light chuckles interspersed with sighs of relief. On September 24th, in a half-full room in the Eskind Biomedical...

Flulapalooza! and the Politics of Vaccination

Flulapalooza! and the Politics of Vaccination

Gavin Yuan September 26, 2019

Beginning in 2010, one day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is set aside every fall to conduct a mass vaccination event now known as Flulapalooza. The event, which was held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m....

“J’Accuse..!” - The Endless Recurrence of History

“J’Accuse..!” – The Endless Recurrence of History

Guest Submissions September 13, 2019

An Alumnus’ Response to “OP-ED: What Do We Gain from Allowing Chinese Espionage” It was a sunny winter morning in the year of 1898, when the bourgeois class of French Third Republic woke...

A Response from the Editorial Board

A Response from the Editorial Board

Vanderbilt Political Review September 11, 2019

Many have read or heard about a Vanderbilt Political Review article published in April 2019 entitled, “OP-ED: What Do We Gain from Allowing Chinese Espionage?” We as an editorial board object to...

Recap: Terry Crews Visits Vanderbilt

Recap: Terry Crews Visits Vanderbilt

Jacqui Pittman September 10, 2019

On Monday September 8th, Terry Crews opened the 2019-2020 Chancellor’s Lecture Series in Langford Auditorium by talking to students about toxic masculinity and gender equality. Terry Crews, a retired...

Zeppos's Legacy, a Decade of Vanderbilt

Zeppos’s Legacy, a Decade of Vanderbilt

Alejandro Monzon August 26, 2019

After eleven years as Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and more than thirty years into his career at the institution, Nicholas Zeppos stepped down as Chancellor on August 15. Citing health concerns...

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