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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

Vandy First Years & Their Quest for the Fake: Purchasing Fake IDs

Vandy First Years & Their Quest for the Fake: Purchasing Fake IDs

Palmer Montalbano November 6, 2017

Note: All students who currently have or will obtain a fake identification (ID) in the article spoke to VPR under the condition of anonymity. The gender of pseudonyms used throughout the article has no...

OPINION: On rightness

OPINION: On rightness

Simon Silverberg November 1, 2017

Let’s face it Vanderbilt: being right-handed is under attack. During my over two and a half years at Vanderbilt, I have been dismayed by the lack of attention paid to this issue. If we really pride ourselves...

BREAKING: Chad Floored by Rampant Halloweekend Cultural Appropriation

BREAKING: Chad Floored by Rampant Halloweekend Cultural Appropriation

Connor Saeman October 30, 2017

  NASHVILLE, TN: In an astounding turn of events, Chad, of an undisclosed “top tier” house, reported yet another incident of cultural appropriation on Halloweekend. A reportedly “absurd”...

Sex for No Student Debt?

Sex for No Student Debt?

Jacqui Pittman October 27, 2017

$63,532.  The annual total cost of attending Vanderbilt University.   Although 70% of Vanderbilt students come from top 20% of family incomes in the United States, many students walking across campus...

Why It's Time to Resist Wall Street and Embrace National Service

Why It’s Time to Resist Wall Street and Embrace National Service

Joshua Mendelson October 25, 2017

Ask Vanderbilt students their post-graduation plans and you will typically receive a response consisting of consulting, banking, or engineering. You are far less likely to encounter students who plan to...

Campaign Contributions of Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff in 2016

Campaign Contributions of Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff in 2016

Stephanie Wang October 24, 2017

Perhaps due to its location in the south as well as generalizations as to who has historically gone to the school, Vanderbilt has always had the reputation of being conservative relative to other elite...

Professor Carpenter on LGBT Research and Initiatives on Vanderbilt Campus

Professor Carpenter on LGBT Research and Initiatives on Vanderbilt Campus

Stephanie Wang October 9, 2017

Marriage equality has undoubtedly been a contentious issue. Even with the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the 2015 court case Obergefell v. Hodges, a number of state and national...

ALAIN MCLAUGHLIN/INDEPENDENT LENS AND ITVS

‘The Invisible War’ and Kori Cioca: The parallels between rape culture on college campus and the military

Josh Lehrer October 7, 2017

CONTENT WARNING: Some brutal details regarding sexual assault are written about in this article. I’m left emotionally drained and powerfully moved after attending the Vanderbilt University Project...

OPINION: Football’s Woman Problem and How Vanderbilt is Contributing to it

OPINION: Football’s Woman Problem and How Vanderbilt is Contributing to it

Lindsay Williams September 28, 2017

My dad is an avid sports fan. If I make it to one game in an entire semester, it’s a miracle, but I can always expect score updates from him to keep me in the loop. Even from afar, I always get really...

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Vegetables: A Liberal Conspiracy

Collin Hong August 30, 2017

For decades, liberals have been conspicuously promoting the consumption of vegetables in our society. The latest transgression, and arguably the most sinister, was Michelle Obama’s incessant forcing...

Healthcare In Animalia

Healthcare In Animalia

Avi Mediratta August 7, 2017

Far away, in a land called Animalia, the animals prepare for the winter. It will be one of the coldest winters in recorded history, so it is imperative that the animals look out for each other so that...

Superhuman "KT" Brings Phi Psi Formal Bus to Justice

Superhuman “KT” Brings Phi Psi Formal Bus to Justice

Avi Mediratta April 18, 2017

Over the past semester, multiple Greek organizations have found themselves in hot water with Vanderbilt’s Greek Life Office for allegations of hazing, unregistered events, and an overall lifestyle of...

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