Despite Embezzler Gee's claims that Vanderbilt has been on the rise for the past 5 years and the University website's proud announcement that "The Commons" (Read: evil entrepeneurial scheme to force all undergrads to live on campus) has been named "Program To Look For" by the 2008 US News Report, arrogant Vanderbilt students have a bitter pill to swallow.

We are Number 19. Of course, this still ranks us above Berkeley, Michigan, BU, Wisconsin, Tufts, NYU, GW , Penn State & UMD (not to mention the Liberal Arts Colleges, which in their Liberal Arts Elitist Manner, have an entirely separate set of rankings)...we were 18th last year.

At a school where immeasurable amounts of time, energy, and money are spent proving to others that we are happier, smarter, more well-rounded, wealthier, and all around better than them, a fall in the rankings is unacceptable.  Whether it was Chancellor Gee's sudden leave from the school and our subsuqeuent lack of leader, or some wise soul's decision to replace the nail salon located in the freshman dorms with a shitty energy drink venue, Vanderbilt has fallen from grace, despite higher incoming SATs, ACTs, and GPAs than ever before.

This OTR blogger hopes she had nothing to do with it.