The crackdown on teen vaping is missing a key component
Max Schulman, Opinion Editor
April 10, 2019
Teen vaping is ubiquitous. From Branscomb’s Lupton Lounge to Mayfield singles to your younger sister’s tenth grade bio class, kids are sneaking Juul and Suorin rips under the cover of long sleeve shirts or their mighty inhales. While we often make light of the issue, teen e-cig usage is a seri...
Opinion: Don’t give to Vandy this Giving Day
Charles Kotrba, Author
April 4, 2019
It’s Giving Day. Vanderbilt will be asking you for money. They’ll allow you to direct your donation to any number of great programs, from Opportunity Vanderbilt to McGill Hall. You or your parents are perfectly reasonable if you choose to #give4thegold. But before you do partake in this type of ph...
The Vanderbilt Hustler and Hot Takes Podcast: March Madness and who will replace Bryce Drew?
April 1, 2019
Johnny Dawkins and Jerry Stackhouse are hot candidates to be the Newest Vanderbilt Head Men’s Basketball coach
President Trump’s executive order on free speech is both unnecessary and unwarranted
James Lucas, Author
March 28, 2019
The most recent executive order issued by the Trump administration, entitled “Executive Order on Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities,” was signed by the President on March 21. Its stated aim is to “promote free and open debate on college and un...
The Vanderbilt Hustler and Hot Takes Podcast: How the College Bribery Scandal Reflects on Vanderbilt
Zeke Berger, Author
March 25, 2019
In this episode of The Vanderbilt Hustler and Hot Takes podcast, Opinion editor Max Schulman sits down with host Zeke Berger to discuss wealth inequality in college admissions. Is donating a building different from bribing an admissions officer? How will the scandal affect the college admissions process?...
Opinion: Vanderbilt needs a 24/7 gym
Tim Rice, Author
March 24, 2019
The importance of regular exercise on overall well-being has been proven in countless studies, and is increasingly being linked to academic performance and mental health, too. From my casual observations of our student body, I’d say Vanderbilt is generally a “fit” school – most students recog...
On whiteboard markers and the importance of small things
Winston Du, Author
March 19, 2019
There’s an oft-told, apocryphal story about President John F. Kennedy when he visited NASA in 1961. The President took a wrong turn and happened to run into a janitor carrying a broom. Curious, President Kennedy asked what the janitor was doing. As the legend goes, the janitor responded with these wo...
The Vanderbilt Hustler and Hot Takes Podcast: Vanderbilt Student Government elections
March 17, 2019
Both presidential candidates for VSG sit down to discuss their candidacies
Roundtable: Which Democratic presidential candidates will most appeal to young voters?
Opinion Staff
March 15, 2019
Content warning: sexual harassment The transcript below has been edited for clarity and flow. Voters won’t hit the polls to select the Democratic nominee for 2020 for about a year, but most of the major candidates have already jumped in. Young voters are a key constituency in the Democratic b...
Meme Culture dilutes discussion of real issues
March 14, 2019
On Feb. 3, popular rapper 21 Savage, born Shayaa Bin Abraham-Johnson, was stopped while driving in Atlanta and arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. An ICE official would later specify that Abraham-Johnson had, like millions of people in the past few decades, originally been brought to the United States as a child, overstayed hi...
Ralph Northam and his ilk are not going to resign. That’s a huge problem for accountability on college campuses.
Max Schulman, Opinion Editor
March 10, 2019
Content warning: racism and sexual assault You probably remember the media circus in Virginia about a month ago. On Feb. 1, right-wing outlet Big League Politics released a disturbing photo from Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook – on Northam’s page was a picture of two men, one in blackface and one in Ku Klux Klan robes. ...
Opinion: Vanderbilt students should receive more than half of Bush Chancellor Lecture Series tickets
Alexa Bussmann, Content Development Director
February 28, 2019
When Vanderbilt University students, faculty and staff filled out the interest form for a ticket to hear former President George W. Bush speak at the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, the form notified applicants that half of tickets will go to students and half will go to faculty and staff via random selection. For the 2018-2019 academic year,...
Bigger than Baseball: Michigan, Vanderbilt and Negro League Baseball Museum to honor David Williams
October 18, 2019
Head Coaches Tim Corbin and Erik Bakich team up with the Negro League Baseball Museum to pay tribute to the late David Williams.
Vanderbilt’s defense hopes to handle Kelly Bryant and the Missouri offense
October 17, 2019
Vanderbilt has had its struggles with dual-threat quarterbacks in the past, and Kelly Bryant will put the Commodore defense to the ultimate test Saturday.
A24 brings supernatural thrills to campus with “The Witch”
October 17, 2019
Overheard at Late-Night: student opinions on new after-dark meals
October 17, 2019
Vanderbilt admissions to begin superscoring the ACT
October 17, 2019
Behind Enemy Bylines: Missouri Tigers
October 17, 2019
The Vanderbilt Hustler caught up with Emily Leiker, the deputy sports editor of The Maneater, to preview Vanderbilt's upcoming game against Missouri.
