According to this article from Wednesday's Hustler, the Vanderbilt card may promote "unhealthy spending habits." Um, duh.

Despite the fact that every penny spent on the Vandy Card will be paid for, we affectionately refer to Vandy Card expenses as "monopoly money." When normal commodities can easily be acquired by simply clicking a button on a computer screen and sending the bill straight to your parents, it just seems like a game!

The Munchie Marts sell everything from chips and sodas to cigarettes, shampoo and Cab Cash (yes, cab cash...who wants to walk to Peabody classes?). The student bookstore, other than selling actual books, provides makeup, clothing of all sorts, every magazine in publication, and has recently started stocking Vera Bradley bags, wallets and stationary (yes, this is why people hate us). 

Best of all, the Taste of Nashville program lets us eat out four times a week without ever personally paying for our meals! College-friendly establishments such as Roma Pizza & Pasta, Roly Poly Sandwiches and Chili's accept the card, as do Sunset Grill & Cabana, two of the finest restaurants in Nashville. Never mind that your fake ID doesn't have the same name as your Vandy card: servers are more than willing to serve glass after glass of the finest drink to your table of pre-gaming 19 year olds.