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The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University since 1888
First-years, fill out The Hustler’s annual First-Year Survey for the chance to win Vanderbilt merch!
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University since 1888
First-years, fill out The Hustler’s annual First-Year Survey for the chance to win Vanderbilt merch!
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Hustler
The official student newspaper of Vanderbilt University
First-years, fill out The Hustler’s annual First-Year Survey for the chance to win Vanderbilt merch!
E. Bronson Ingram Residential College stands amongst trees, as photographed on Oct. 3, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/Shayna Kar)

VSG surveys reveal most students are opposed to Trump’s higher education compact

By Salma Elhandaoui and Christopher Lee
Oct 27, 2025
Associate professor in social movements, indigenous rights and political anthropology Carwil Bjork-James speaks at the Teach-In against the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” as photographed on Oct. 17. 2025. (Courtesy of Ethan Thorpe)

Vanderbilt Student Government and the Vanderbilt chapter of American Association of University Professors host campus Teach-In in response to Trump administration’s higher education compact

By Ella Crocco, Staffer-in-Training
Oct 24, 2025
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "THE MASSES GREATER THAN THE FASCIST" with the Tennessee State Capitol in the background, as photographed on Oct. 18, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/George Albu)

RUIZ-ZEPEDA: Vanderbilt, stop the conversation and reject the compact

By José Ruiz-Zepeda, Deputy News Editor
Oct 22, 2025
A view of the Vanderbilt bridge connecting Main Campus to Peabody Campus, as photographed on Oct. 10, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/Brinkley Whiteman)

BREAKING: Chancellor Daniel Diermeier fails to reject higher education compact, reaffirms Vanderbilt’s values and openness to discussion

By Charlotte Castle and Jacob Stoebner
Oct 20, 2025
A graphic depicting a man in a suit standing at a podium surrounded by red and white question marks. (Hustler Multimedia/Zarrin Zahid)

RAJAN: The war on education: How anti-intellectualism in America is eroding innovation

By Fanga Rajan, Staffer-in-Training
Oct 11, 2025
A graphic depicting the silhouette of a confused Chancellor Daniel Diermeier examining a letter, with the White House centered on the page. (Hustler Multimedia/ Lexie Perez)

GUEST COLUMN: Vanderbilt, don’t compromise student belonging at the cost of a Trump negotiation

By Jorie Fawcett, Former Editor-in-Chief
Oct 5, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Trump administration asks Vanderbilt, eight other universities to sign compact in exchange for preferential federal funding access

By Jacob Stoebner, Editor-in-Chief
Oct 2, 2025
From left to right, Tasfia Alam, Alison Winters, Brina Ratangee, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Barrie Barto and Charlotte Castle, as photographed on April 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Julia Jordan)

Debrief with Diermeier: Responding to federal policy changes

By Tasfia Alam, Alison Winters, Brina Ratangee, Barrie Barto and Charlotte Castle
Apr 10, 2025
A protestor holds up a sign in support of several federal programs, as photographed on April 5, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/Alex Brodeur)

Community members rally together at Centennial Lawn in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protest

By José Ruiz-Zepeda, News Beat Head
Apr 8, 2025
A man holding up two signs at the Stand Up for Science demonstration by the Tennessee State Capitol, as photographed on March 7, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/George Albu)

Students, faculty and community members rally in support of science, medical research funding

By Alison Winters, News Editor
Mar 14, 2025
An entrance to Buttrick Hall, as photographed on Jan. 19, 2025. (Hustler Multimedia/Alice Tang)

Provost Raver serves as declarant in lawsuit to block NIH research grant ‘indirect cost’ cap

By Brina Ratangee, Editorial Director
Feb 23, 2025
Campus greenery on a sunny day, as photographed on Aug. 25, 2024. (Hustler Multimedia/Alondra Moya)

Fact checking Vanderbilt’s and VUMC’s responses to executive orders about DEI

By Brina Ratangee and Alison Winters
Feb 16, 2025