Lauren has the details on events leading up to and immediately after spring break on campus, including women’s sporting events and a talk on understanding election issues and candidates.
Continue ReadingCommonsCast Episode 50-February 26, 2020
On this edition of the podcast Dean Melissa Gresalfi uses her Dean’s Minute to discuss kindness. Estelle delivers your weekly Commons Calendar of events, and Andrei has a great interview with first-year student Jessica Barker, …
Continue ReadingThe Introvert’s Guide to College: The (Spring) Break
Finally. It’s 1 in the afternoon. You’ve just woken up and the sun is shining through your windows. It’s spring break and you have nothing to do and no one to- Bzzt- Bzzt. You reach …
Continue ReadingWhere are First-Years Going for Spring Break?
With a school as geographically diverse as Vanderbilt, we knew that y’all would be going all over the place for spring break. So, we asked over 100 Vanderbilt students where they would be going for …
Continue ReadingMCL Top 5: Most Influential Songs Released in 1970
We live in musically exciting times! Lizzo and Billie Eilish are in the process of changing the aesthetics, values, and tonality of popular music — and, in the process, they’ve introduced personable and woke ways …
Continue ReadingCommonsCast Episode 49-February 19, 2020
On this episode Dean of the Commons Melissa Gresalfi discusses anxiety, how it can get in your way, and how you can overcome it. Andrei delivers your weekly Commons Calendar of events, and he also …
Continue ReadingMCL News Minute-February 19, 2020
Chioma has the details on events coming up on campus this week, including the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, the Harvest Festival, and the Lunar New Year Festival.
Continue ReadingIndie and Folk Music Lovers: This One’s for You
Last week I had the opportunity to review Cold War Kids’ and The Wood Brothers’ concerts here in Nashville. Along with some of the highlights from both nights, I’ll also be sharing some songs I …
Continue ReadingCommonsCast Episode 48-February 12, 2020
On this episode of the official podcast of The Commons, Dean Gresalfi shares details on The Murray Lecture, Estelle delivers the Commons Calendar of upcoming events, and she also has a great discussion with Carolyn …
Continue ReadingThe Introvert’s Guide to College: V-Day Edition
An introvert being in a relationship sounds like an oxymoron. How does someone who prefers to be by themselves most of the time end up in a situation where they have to be with another …
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