You walk onto campus after Thanksgiving Break, stomach and heart hopefully full. Your suitcase rolls over the fallen orange leaves, and you grunt under your breath as you drag it into the dorm, knowing that …
Continue ReadingCMA Awards 2018: An Insider’s Perspective
I’m writing this post about the single greatest night of my life. Two weeks ago, I attended the CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena. In the pit. And then went to class the next day because …
Continue ReadingCommonsCast Episode 14-November 28, 2018
On this episode of your CommonsCast Dean Melchor-Barz talks about sharing meals and ideas with students, Zoe delivers your weekly calendar of events and has a terrific interview with Dr. Frank Dobson, Faculty Head of …
Continue ReadingThe Girl Next Dore: To Listen, To Watch, To Read
We all know that we are in the final push before Thanksgiving Break … seeing as I have a scene performance for my acting class tomorrow and I have not finished memorizing my lines (@ …
Continue ReadingMCL Top 5: Things To Do in Nashville Before the Winter Break
Yeah, yeah, we know … right now you are swamped with work, trying to knock out three papers and study for a couple of exams that your loving profs dumped on you between Fall Break …
Continue ReadingMCL News Minute-November 14, 2018
Taylor has your pre-Thanksgiving break news minute with events happening around campus, including the Swingin’ Dores Fall Concert, Interfaith Thanksgiving, and men’s and women’s basketball games
Continue ReadingCommonsCast Episode 13-November 14, 2018
On this episode of your CommonsCast Dean Gregory Melchor-Barz discusses the Vanderbilt Visions program and has a special shout-out for the VUceptors, Zoe delivers the weekly Commons Calendar of events, and then she has a …
Continue ReadingMCL Top 5: Nashville Concert Venues
It’s no secret that I go to a lot of concerts. I can’t count the number of times people have asked what my last concert was (Julien Baker, if you’re asking) or how I afford …
Continue ReadingThe Girl Next Dore: Submit
As I stare blankly at a white screen, void of any writing that needed to be done for this blog, I realize what I’m doing: procrastinating. Since I evidently had writer’s block and was procrastinating …
Continue ReadingMCL Student Spotlight- Study Spaces
With finals just around the corner, here are some study spots to get you fellow ‘Dores motivated!
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