Vanderbilt
Fresno Resident Graduates From Harvard With a 4.0 GPA, Now Works at Blockbuster
Brittney Lane is only the sixth person in the last 30 years to graduate from Harvard with a perfect 4.0, and now, she works at Blockbuster Video. Ah, the power of an Ivy League education!
Vandy Assistant Prof Pierre Colas Killed
By Southern Gentleman (08/27/2008 4:15 PM) Tags: Vanderbilt, Pierre Robert Colas, Pierre Colas, assistant professor of anthropology
The talented scholar will be missed.
UCLA and USC Make "Discovery"
By Southern Gentleman (08/20/2008 11:59 AM) Tags: taxes, joint study, toll roads, california road improvement
Road tolls are about as fun as waking up for 9am church service the morning after a night of drunken Saturday night debauchery (i.e. not), but a new study from those crazy kids at UCLA and USC suggests toll roads are more fair than traditional taxes. Then again, love and war are the only things actually
... MORE »Vandy's Receiver Laughs In The Face Of Death
By Southern Gentleman (08/19/2008 5:19 PM) Tags: acute transverse myelitis, 50 cent, superman, George Smith, football
Forget Michael Phelps, Vanderbilt’s receiver is the real Superman.
George Smith has survived it all and still plays for the Commodores.
The Tennessean.com gives us a small look at the struggles the football star has endured:
The senior receiver is in his sixth year in the Commodore p
... MORE »Professors Get In Each Others' Faces
By Tracy O'Neill (08/14/2008 2:29 PM) Tags: professors fight, ceda 2008, debate competition
Professors almost break faces at CEDA 2008.
Invisibility Cloaks Not So Imaginary, Scientists Prove
By CommodoreGirl (08/11/2008 9:44 PM) Tags: Invisibility Cloak, Invisible, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Science, Research
No, this post won't reference the (super highly awaited) 6th Harry Potter movie. Instead, even cooler straight-from-Hogwarts news.
According to this CNN article, scientists in Berkeley, CA are getting close to creating an actual invisibility cloak, a la HP. Researchers have be
... MORE »Web Obsession Just Monster Marketing?
By CommodoreGirl (08/09/2008 02:55 AM) Tags: Darell Goldberg, Splinterheads, marketing hoax, Montauk Monster
Could it be we were scammed? The Montauk Monster that captured our hearts may have really just been a heartless hoax.
How To: Celebrate The Olympics Without Being An Athlete
By CommodoreGirl (08/08/2008 4:03 PM) Tags: SideBar, Gym, Village Pourhouse, Drink Specials, Happy Hour, Olympics Drinking Games
You Are At Risk Of Becoming Overweight. Yes, You.
By CommodoreGirl (08/07/2008 3:45 PM) Tags: Overweight, obesity, health, diet, excersize
According to this Reuters article, if eating and exercise trends continue, it is possible that within the next four decade 100% of the American adult population will be overweight.
Lets say that again. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. WE WILL ALL BE FAT larger than is considered physically healt
Olympic Sports We Wish Existed
By CommodoreGirl (08/07/2008 3:26 PM) Tags: Flip Cup, Beer Pong, Quidditch, Beijing, Olympics, Baseketball Flonkerton
No Hos Allowed!
By CommodoreGirl (08/06/2008 11:55 AM) Tags: No Ho Zone, Frat Row, The Commons, Sherrie Lynn Palmer, class of 2012
No, this isn't one of the Freshman Commons' new rules. It's an actual sign posted outside a Michigan home. Sherrie Lynn Palmer, home owner, was so fed up with the frequent prostitution in her native town of Flint, Michigan, that she tacked this up outside her house. According to her, there's been less activity on the
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