Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel spoke to students about his experiences and hopes for the future Wiesel urges remembrance of victims, work for a just future
Project Dialogue continued a 20-year tradition of dynamic conversation with a speech by Nobel Laureate, human rights activist, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Wiesel's April 12 speech came the night after Holocaust Remembrance Day, adding poignancy to the event's theme of civility and justice.…
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Member of Vanderbilt TOMS Club and community members work together to customize TOMS shoes. For every pair of shoes that TOMS sells, it provides a pair free of charge to a child in need. Spotlight: Vanderbilt TOMS Club finds its footing
Vanderbilt students who want to support the TOMS Shoes initiative can now do so through Vanderbilt TOMS Club, a recently founded student organization.
Last semester, junior Alex Ernst and sophomore Stephanie Brennan applied to be campus representatives of TOMS.…
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VSC discontinues Versus MagazineLongstanding arts and entetainment publication will not return in fall 2010
The last issue of Versus will hit the stands this semester, ending a 42 year Vanderbilt media institution. Spurred by the tough economy and the changing market for print media, the Vanderbilt Student Media Board of Directors laid the publication to rest after a career spanning five Vanderbilt chancellors and nine U.…
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FeaturedModern Slavery Awareness Week is a call for actionThe Global Poverty Initiative concluded its series of events highlighting Modern Slavery Awareness Week by sponsoring a luncheon with the topic of "What You Can Do." The April 16 luncheon featured speakers from the Nashville community who advocated for fair trade policies, involvement in combative social groups, and more government attention to human trafficking issues.Transfer student finally finds nicheK.C. Potter Center serves as loving communityAfter discovering the Center and the individuals within it, I started actively reporting on the LGBTQI community on campus. I gained a new interest in LGBTQI issues and even researched the process of "coming out" for a class on gender and sex trauma.Local clinic teaches med students, treats uninsuredSecond annual Shade Tree Trot provides funds to keep free clinic runningA family clinic operating out of a doublewide trailer gives many Vanderbilt medical students their first experience in hands-on patient care. The Shade Tree Clinic in east Nashville has connected the university's future doctors with the city's uninsured population since 2004.Is Vanderbilt University a community or a commodity?I can still remember opening my desk drawer for the first time my freshman year and seeing a card displaying the Vanderbilt Community Creed. I was impressed by the description of "a common set of values" that unite the people of this university - students, faculty, and staff.New Kissam Project KLICKs into placeThe Kissam Learning Initiative in Collaborative Knowledge Program (KLICKs) wrapped up its inaugural year with presentations on campus diversity, job opportunities for engineering majors, and social capital in impoverished countries at the Program's year-end event on April 15.InVUsion 2010 celebrates campus diversityStudents on Alumni Lawn celebrated Vanderbilt's multicultural environment April 17 with food and performances provided by member organizations of the Multicultural Leadership Council (MLC) at the third annual InVUsion. The event's theme, "Spice Up Your Life," resonated both in its wide-ranging cuisine, from Mediterranean, Cuban, and Mexican to Chinese, Indian, and southern American, and its variety of ethnic performances.Earth Day Festival attracts fair-weather environmentalistsMusic City celebrated Earth Day with all-day live entertainment in Centennial Park on Saturday, April 17. The ninth annual Nashville Earth Day Festival included environmental education seminars, food and live music, and quite a few skeptics. This year, the Festival's theme was "Strike A Chord. |