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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

VSG Election Results

VSG Election Results

Joshua Mendelson March 20, 2019

VPR has just received word that Frances Burton and Veer Shah have won the 2019 Vanderbilt Student Government Presidential Election. Burton and Shah faced off against Nico Gardner-Serna and Taylor...

Tour Guides Demand Compensation In Protest, Threaten Strike

Tour Guides Demand Compensation In Protest, Threaten Strike

Joshua Mendelson March 20, 2019

**This is an ongoing story and will be updated as more information becomes available** This morning at 11:00am the Vanderbilt Tour Guides launched a demonstration on Alumni Lawn in a call for compensation. According...

Dean Beasley: Presidential Rhetoric and Who is "Worthy" in the United States

Dean Beasley: Presidential Rhetoric and Who is “Worthy” in the United States

Joshua Mendelson February 28, 2019

On Thursday, February 21 at the Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean Beasley delivered the 2019 Mafoi Carlisle Bogitsh Lecture. Her speech, titled “Enough: Imagining a Political Culture of Worthiness in...

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...

April 23 Repeal Date for Net Neutrality Looms, Uncertainty Remains

April 23 Repeal Date for Net Neutrality Looms, Uncertainty Remains

Joshua Mendelson April 23, 2018

Net neutrality is a term that has been in the political lexicon for almost 15 years. For many though, it has only entered their consciousness in the wake of heated debates over its repeal. Vanderbilt...

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...

Vanderbilt Greek Life's Money Problem

Vanderbilt Greek Life’s Money Problem

Joshua Mendelson February 15, 2017

A recent New York Times article cast doubt over higher education’s promise of opportunity and social mobility, putting Vanderbilt's own inequity front and center.  The article cited research from...

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Mendelson: the Sanctuary Campus protesters owe Chancellor Zeppos an apology

Joshua Mendelson November 22, 2016

While many rejoiced at the anticipated shakeup that a Trump presidency would bring, a large portion of America perceived his win as both a threat to American democracy and to personal security. Many, particularly...

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