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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

SATIRE: The Dishonorable Treatment of the Honorable George Santos

SATIRE: The Dishonorable Treatment of the Honorable George Santos

Matthew Moy, Staff Writer November 10, 2023

The Honorable George Santos, M.D., D.O., Ph.D., D.V.M., O.D., D.B.A., Ed.D. D.M., D.S.W., D.F.A., J.D., Pharm.D., D.D.S., in a gross perversion of justice, was unfairly accused of a number of crimes including...

SATIRE: VPR Endorses Jay Cutler for School Board

SATIRE: VPR Endorses Jay Cutler for School Board

Patrick Tolan, Contributor November 13, 2021

Image: “chicago-bears_jay_cutler” (unmodified) by Chris C. is licensed by CC BY-ND 2.0 While we at VPR have never made a political endorsement, as we are an apolitical forum, the strength of Jay...

SATIRE: The Case for Confederate Cannons

Cory Wurtenberger, Contributor October 31, 2021

  “Boom”   - Cannon According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 114 Confederate monuments have been removed from public spaces since 2016. For the average Robert E. Lee stan,...

SATIRE: Texas Requires All Males to Undergo Vasectomies

SATIRE: Texas Requires All Males to Undergo Vasectomies

Stanley Zhao October 19, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas – In a virulent showdown of shrewd political posturing and cutthroat negotiations, the Texas Legislature passed a landmark bill, SB9, which mandates that all male residents of the state...

SATIRE: We'll Miss You, Andrew Cuomo

SATIRE: We’ll Miss You, Andrew Cuomo

Indraneel Pai, Contributor August 30, 2021

Andrew Cuomo, longtime political powerhouse and a man once heralded as the face of the Democratic Party, has made the entirely voluntary and not at all politically motivated decision to step down as Governor...

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SATIRE: A Short Article on Bathrooms and Biological Sex

Benjamin Newcomb, Staff Writer July 27, 2021

            Note: The following anonymous piece of writing was procured by VPR when a manila envelope containing a longer version of the article in an incomprehensible scrawl was slipped under...

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SATIRE: Maybe it’s Time We Revisit Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”

Sarah Schwartz, Contributor May 9, 2021

Let’s talk about population growth, or rather, overgrowth. Not only is it ravaging our global food and water supplies, but in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, large oversized populations spark a...

SATIRE: Trump Demands DC Hotel Be Declared a National Crisis

SATIRE: Trump Demands DC Hotel Be Declared a National Crisis

Stanley Zhao, Contributor May 2, 2021

News flash: for the first time, former president Donald Trump took his own advice from The Art of the Deal— and he is paying for it dearly. The Trump Hotel in Washington is going under, adding to a diverse...

Study Finds That White Banners Hung From Frat Houses Cure Mental Illness

Study Finds That White Banners Hung From Frat Houses Cure Mental Illness

Joshua Mendelson November 5, 2018

In a stunning finding from Vanderbilt Medical Center, mental illness is on its way to being cured on Vanderbilt’s campus. A team of researchers at the medical center investigated the impact of mental...

Why Betsy DeVos’ Policies Are Too Lax

Why Betsy DeVos’ Policies Are Too Lax

Palmer Montalbano September 19, 2018

*The following piece is satirical and in no way reflects the opinion of the writer or Vanderbilt Political Review In recent headlines Betsy DeVos has expressed her desire to use federal funds to arm...

Leaked Images Reveal Vanderbilt Speakers Committee Brainstorming

Leaked Images Reveal Vanderbilt Speakers Committee Brainstorming

Avi Mediratta September 14, 2018

It was a quiet and cool Sunday evening at Vanderbilt University, and the Vanderbilt Political Review (VPR) was having an executive board meeting in Kissam C216. In the minutes leading up to 8:00pm, VPR...

Donald Trump Shocks World with Grammatically Coherent Book (Satire)

Donald Trump Shocks World with Grammatically Coherent Book (Satire)

Joe Lovinger September 12, 2018

Disclaimer: the following article is satire, and it should not be taken as truth. 11:00 AM Today, veteran journalist Bob Woodward  joined the ranks of notable authors to publish tell-all books from...

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