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CALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 19 • Israel Fest Celebrate Israel’s 62nd Anniversary at Israel Fest, Vanderbilt graduate featuring free falafel and music on the grass next to the Wall at Rand. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is sponsored by Dores for Israel. Kyser Miree killed at 23
by KYLE BLAINE Miree graduated in 2009 him,” he wrote. Asst News Editor with a bachelor’s degree in “ is is a tragic loss,” Director SUPPORT engineering. He was president of Greek Life Kristin Torrey RESOURCES Vanderbilt alumnus of Vanderbilt’s chapter of Sigma wrote in an e-mail Sunday Christopher Kyser Miree was Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Fellow night. “Kyser was a wonderful Grieving students are • Marsha Blackburn found with a gunshot to his fraternity brother Wyatt Smith young man who will be sorely encouraged to use the The Vanderbilt College head this past Friday in his commented on the death of his missed.” campus resources such Republicans will Mobile, Ala., apartment. He former president in an e-mail Torrey said the brothers as the Psychological and present a discussion with Congressman was pronounced dead Saturday correspondence with e of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, in Counseling Center (322- Marsha Blackburn, who afternoon. Hustler. Florida over the weekend for 2571), the Offi ce of Religious represents Tennessee’s e investigation into his “Kyser was an incredible the chapter’s spring formal, Life (322-2457) and the Uni- Seventh Congressional death is ongoing. e Mobile individual, loved and respected suspended their traditional versity’s GriefNet service. MIREE District. Unable to appear Police Department ruled it a by all who knew him. He was formal activities Saturday night For more information on on campus a few weeks ago, Blackburn will speak homicide and will be available a chipper, energetic guy who to share memories of Miree. GriefNet, call (615) 322-2457 at 7 p.m. in Sarratt 189, and to make a statement regarding “My heart writhes in anguish modeled the Vanderbilt ideal of Miree’s funeral will be held or see http://www.vander- free pizza will be available. the investigation on Monday. over the senseless murder of academic, social and personal this Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the bilt.edu/religiouslife/test. On his personal blog, Miree’s the most peaceful and chipper balance. Kyser carried so much Independent Presbyterian htm. Campus residents may TUESDAY, APRIL 20 younger brother, Harry, described man this world has ever seen,” promise and the world is most Church in Birmingham, Ala. e also contact their Resident • Jesus of Montreal The International Lens the loss to the Miree family. he wrote. assuredly a lesser place without funeral is open to the public. ■ Advisors for assistance. fi lm series will present the 1989 fi lm “Jesus of Montreal,” directed by Denys Arcand, at 7 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Susan Kevra, Senior Lecturer in the Department of French & Italian, will lead an Diverse enough? introduction and post- screening discussion. iversity is a buzzword on college campuses. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 DAs a discussion topic — lumped with stereo- • Crazy Sale Vanderbilt Bookstore’s types and cliques — it nds its place on the list of annual “Crazy Sale,” Vanderbilt Visions agendas. featuring $2 T-shirts, $8 hats and other discounted And it’s a highly valued quality for an institution, school merchandise, will too. In the last 10 years, Vanderbilt’s undergraduate be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the bookstore. minority population has surged from 16.2 percent • Meloship of the Ring in 2000 to 24.8 percent at the beginning of 2009. Vanderbilt’s newest a But achieving diversity on paper — and discuss- cappella singing group, the Melodores, will hold ing it in abstract classroom settings — may only a concert at 7 p.m. in be half the battle, some students suggest. the Student Life Center. Tickets are $5 on the card To explore the issue, The Vanderbilt Hustler and and $7 at the door, with proceeds benefi ting the InsideVandy.com has taken a closer look at the Pearls for Life campaign. way under-represented students are recruited and the social and political landscape they must navigate. Look for multimedia online discussing the topic this week. Go to InsideVandy.com for JUSTIN MENESTRINA / The Vanderbilt Hustler a more in-depth, multimedia investigation of the Saturday’s InVUsion, the Multicultural Leadership Council’s annual cultural showcase, featured per- issue. formances by a variety of student organizations, including Bollywood, Latin and African dances.
DIVERSITY BY THE NUMBERS IN THIS ISSUE Racial divisions OPINION: 64.7% 83% 85.0% Claire Costantino on campus, but of all respondents think of all respondents said of all respondents do not gives readers an in- Vanderbilt’s campus is the campus is not ethni- think Vanderbilt should side perspective on impact unclear ethnically diverse cally integrated set quotas or specifi c the writing process. goals on the number of See by SYDNEY WILMER % % ethnically diverse stu- page 4 Multimedia Editor 54.9 92.2 dents it admits of minority respondents of minority respondents When sophomore Seraiah Vinson arrived on campus said they believe said the campus is not her freshman year, her rst friends were her hallmates. Vinson, a black student from Cookeville, Tenn., lived Vanderbilt’s campus is ethnically integrated with girls of a variety of racial backgrounds, many of ethnically diverse % OPINION: which di ered from her own. 47.1 Letters to the Edi- Shortly after her arrival, she said she began to notice IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS: of minority respondents something odd around campus. tor in defense of the 45.8% estimate that 11-17% of “Whenever I would meet someone black, I wouldn’t Vanderbilt students self- Catholic Church. of non-minority respondents have eaten a meal 1-2 times always be with another black person. It was something identify as minorities. In See page 5 I felt like (other black students) would judge me for,” she with an individual of a different race 2009, 24.8 percent of all said. “ ey didn’t see me always associating (with black 3.9% people), so therefore, I wasn’t really one of them.” undergraduates were of minority respondents did not have a meal with a stu- WEATHER Two years ago, e Hustler looked at the issue of self- self-identifi ed minorities WEATHER.COM segregation, speci cally, the lunchtime breakdown in dent of a different race TODAY Rand. 65.2% Two years later, self-segregation is still on the minds of non-minority respondents have eaten a meal with an of Vanderbilt students. Last week during VanDiversity The data came from a poll Week, there were two programs devoted to the topic. individual of a different socioeconmic status more than conducted by The Vanderbilt And according to a poll by e Hustler and three times Hustler and InsideVandy.com InsideVandy.com, 83 percent of respondents said the from April 7 through April 11. 63.1% Of 500 randomly selected campus was ethnically not integrated. of all respondents never had a meal with an international But what is at stake when students self-segregate? students e-mailed the closed HIGH , LOW 67 48 Please see DIVERSITY, page 4 student online survey, 184 responded. Mostly Sunny 2 Monday, April 19, 2010 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com
Joseph Who is:Hamilton Teaches: Physics for non-science majors, seminars for phys- Page Two ics majors and nuclear and particle physics Attended: Mississippi College (B.S. in Physics and Mathematics), crime log compiled by justin tardiff Indiana University (Ph.D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics) Thursday, April 15 between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. What’s one thing students would be surprised to find out about you? A cell phone was stolen from a first-floor room in Sutherland House. I was the only person in my undergraduate college to earn a varsity letter in sports (football) and a varsity letter in music (traveling choir). Thursday, April 15 at 7:50 p.m. A person was very unsteady on her feet at the corner of Vanderbilt Place and 29th If you weren’t a professor, what would you do? Avenue S. Her speech was slurred, and she smelled of alcohol. She did not have Be a research scientist in a national laboratory. any identification on herself, and she had no one to contact to verify who she was. What do you like to do in your free time? Friday, April 16 at 4 a.m. Read Western novels, go to the beach and occasionally play golf. A person was found vomiting in her dorm room. She was very intoxicated and was arrested. She reportedly had eight or nine drinks at several bars downtown. What’s your favorite vacation destination? Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. Friday, April 16 at 6 a.m. A person was sleeping on the floor in the hallway of the third floor of Vaughn Hall. If you didn’t live in Nashville, where would you want to live? He was coherent and stated that he was trying to see his girlfriend. He also admit- My son once asked me while we were on a trip to Africa, “Dad, you have traveled all over the ted to consuming alcohol and was arrested. world. If you could live any place you wanted, where would it be?” I said Nashville. I do not have a second place. (Professor Hamilton was most recently part of the team that discovered a new element, Ele- ment 117.) Around the Loop compiled by justin tardiff snapshot compiled by adriana salinas Do you believe there is ethnic self-segregation Pongo’s play day on campus? Is it worth addressing? “It’s not really something you can address because it is self-segregation. I think it just kind of is what it is. People are going to hang out with whomever they want to.” —Varun Kumar, Class of 2012
“There’s obviously self-segregation, but it’s to an extent. I think it’s all a personal choice. You can’t tell someone, well, because you’re white and you’re white, you can’t hang out together; I think that’s just causing problems more than it’s trying to solve anything.” —Mathew Getzin, Class of 2012
“I do believe there is self-segregation on campus. I think it is worth addressing eric glasser / The Vanderbilt Hustler Junior Karen White plays with a puppy at VandyPAWS’s Puppy Play Day on Library Lawn on Saturday after- because a lot of it is based on precon- noon. The group brings dogs from local rescue shelters to campus once a semester to give students a study ceived notions.” break as well as to raise awareness and funds for the rescue organizations. —Allie Trant, Class of 2012
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From diversity, page 1 turn an innocuous social action political correctness that marks the opportunity to connect with you come in as a Hispanic, you “You can’t force friendships,” Dr. Frank Dobson of the into a political one. most college campuses. other students. leave as a super Hispanic.” Dobson offered. Bishop Joseph Johnson Black “Nashville was one of the sites But Vinson said she still sees According to data Professor Noble said he thinks students Some students agree with him, Cultural Center said he would of the sit-ins. We have to realize self-segregation as an important Roosevelt Noble has been lose out on opportunities saying it isn’t the institution’s challenge students like Vinson the fact that those courageous issue on campus. gathering over the last seven because of this effect. While it job to foster these relationships, to re-evaluate their concerns students were doing something Sophomore Nate Marshall, years in a research project on is a difficult problem to address, it’s the students’. about self-segregation. was against the law, they were a member of Kappa Alpha Psi the topic, 30 to 40 percent of he said, institutionally, there are “Vanderbilt is as diverse or “Race is a political reality, challenging an unjust law,” he fraternity, said self-segregation graduating black students he has ways the university can help. as little diverse as you want to not a social one,” Dobson said. said. “If students eat together can be an exaggerated problem, interviewed say they regret having Respondents of the Hustler be,” said sophomore Desmond “When we are with our friends, in The Commons, they aren’t but that students suffer from the not maintained connections that poll seem to agree, with 62.9 Dennis. “It’s about stepping out eating dinner, lunch, it’s social, breaking unjust laws.” reality, nonetheless. they had made with non-blacks. percent saying achieving of your comfort zone. And that is nothing else. The kids in the And he is not convinced that it “There are two sides of the “Vanderbilt can have the ethnic diversity should be an up to every student.” lunchroom — they’re just eating is an enormous problem. coin. What happens in the tendency to make people feel institutional priority. But Noble said he would like with their buddies.” If there are racial issues that lunchroom is an overblown more sensitive about race,” Dobson, however, said it to see additional programming. Dobson said he worries that need to be addressed, this action problem; people take it as more Noble said. “If you came as an would be difficult to totally “This is a loss in connections by focusing on where and with will not solve real problems, he than it is.” African-American, you leave solve the problem from an — which is hard to see — but it whom students eat lunch, they said. It is simply another sign of What may be lost, instead, is as a super African-American. If institutional standpoint. is there,” he said. ■ Minority recruitment efforts Student panel: focus on multicultural campus MOSAIC doesn’t tell whole story Steady increase of is to highlight all of the opportunities that students incoming freshmen minority population have at a predominately by sydney wilmer white institution who are not diversity Multimedia Editor with recruitment Caucasian,” said coordinator efforts like MOSAIC and Senior Assistant Director 100 Four students with a variety of experiences with of Admissions Brandi Smith. 95 MOSAIC and multicultural programming on campus sat Weekend. According to former MOSAIC 90 down with The Hustler to discuss diversity and ethnicity on attendee and committee 85 Vanderbilt’s campus. Three of the students, junior Teresa 80 member Cathya Olivas, the 75 Temkin, senior Nancy Tan and freshman Trevor Gellar, by conrad goeringer event offers potential minority 70 each of whom has served as either a host or participant Staff Reporter students an in-depth glance 65 at the four-day-long recruitment event, shared their into campus life. 60 different perspectives on MOSAIC. To view other portions In 10 years, the number Students who participate 55 of the panel discussion, covering self-segregation, the of incoming self-identified in the program arrive on 50 definition of diversity and pressure to conform in certain minority students has Thursday night and stay with 45 ethnic groups, go to InsideVandy.com. spiked 11 percentage points, student hosts through Sunday. 40 increasing from 17.2 percent Activities for the prospective 35 Teresa Temkin: MOSAIC itself is both (about) socioeconomic 30 to 28.5 percent — an outcome students include visiting classes, and ethnic diversity. They’re also looking at students who are 25 likely fostered by recruitment interacting with other students, 20 interested in Vanderbilt and would contribute to Vanderbilt’s events like MOSAIC, the listening to presentations 15 community, and who gets invited to MOSAIC — even amongst eight-year-old multicultural from cultural organizations g e o f ethn i c ty dis t ri but on pe r centa 10 the minority students — just depends on when they read your recruitment event that aims and attending events like the 5 application. They do try and pull from all sorts of areas and try to encourage students from a National Pan-Hellenic Step 1 and get people who are interested in coming here. Because of diverse background to attend Show and MOSAIC Lounge, an 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 that, they think those people then have a higher chance of being Vanderbilt. event that includes live music, White interested overall in coming to Vanderbilt. That’s the purpose of Dean of Admissions Douglas entertainment, food and more. MOSAIC. Total minority Christiansen explained that The ultimate goal of the weekend Race unknown Vanderbilt’s focus on building is to persuade prospective Nancy Tan: (MOSAIC is) put on the weekend that the Step Show a well-rounded student body students, all of whom have is going on, when you have “multicultural events” tailored for *Domestic/permanent residents only. International students has led the university to be been offered admission, to these specific people and they only go to multicultural events. totaled 5.3% of the 2009 freshman population. ranked among the most diverse attend Vanderbilt. I’ve never seen Greek Life on display for these MOSAIC kids. top schools. But not all believe that Source: Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group Factbook I’ve never seen even other things like ASB or Dance Marathon. “We have a task force that MOSAIC paints an accurate Why do we only sell a limited view of Vanderbilt to these MOSAIC looks at the types of high picture of the university. Senior kids? That’s been my issue with it. It’s kind of like whenever schools and where we are Nancy Tan, who has hosted led to more organizations yield rate, or the number of anyone comes to Vanderbilt, they have to take time to find their recruiting to make sure we are prospective students for the taking part in MOSAIC. But attendees who choose to enroll, mold and see where their little niche is. And MOSAIC kind of pre- recruiting from areas that were program, said the weekend Temkin acknowledged that it is between 50 and 60 percent, carves their little niche for them. And a lot of those things are not just the highly successful fails to expose prospective is a “work in progress. ... We compared to Vanderbilt’s 41 cool — they are — but I feel like the kid that comes to MOSAIC privates or in suburban public students to anything more are trying to make it more all- percent overall rate. weekend automatically goes to that, self-segregates himself schools,” he said. than multicultural programs encompassing.” “Any time you host a program because that’s comfortable, that’s what they have seen. I guess Christiansen explained that and groups. Olivas agreed that MOSAIC where the yield rate is better that’s the frustrating part. I think that it’s effective; the stats show Vanderbilt focuses on recruiting “I have never seen Greek Life has come a long way and than the overall yield rate, we that it’s effective in bringing these students here because those from different geographic areas on display for these MOSAIC that certain accusations are feel pretty good about it,” said programs are great, the things we show them are great. But we and socioeconomic levels, as kids. Even things like ASB or less warranted today than in Director of Admissions John do a lot of other things great, too. And why can’t we show them well as ethnicities. Dance Marathon are not sold the past. While she felt her Gaines. that as well? “We try and get the message to them. Why do we only sell experience at MOSAIC was not “The truth of the matter,” to a cross-section of what the a limited view of Vanderbilt?” representational of actual life explained Gaines, “is that TT: It is a multicultural weekend, so they do display the multicultural world has to offer, not just the Tan explained how she believes at Vanderbilt, she noted that diversity at Vanderbilt has groups on campus. But when they do have those things, you’re same type of student,” he said. this restricted glimpse fosters she was told up front that the improved drastically in the past not forced to go to your multicultural group. As part of this strategy, self-segregation, as students multicultural population rose decade, and I think MOSAIC a minority student might inevitably limit themselves to during the event. has to have been part of that.” NT: Yeah, that’s good, and within the multicultural world, the different receive general admissions the events they are exposed to “But that was four years But raw numbers are cultures are being more accepting of each other. But at the same information in the mail, but during MOSAIC. ago,” she said. “Now, I think just one manifestation of time, there’s not that much non-multicultural presence. also specific information Junior Teresa Temkin, (those in charge of) minority diversity. “Pure diversity is and offerings tailored to the incoming president of recruitment have done a when one can understand TT: But it has been invited. And it is a work in progress. their background. One such Vanderbilt Association of pretty good job getting more diversity of thought and think example would be an invitation Hispanic Students, said these multicultural students here.” through a different opinion Trevor Gellar: I just think it’s bad to give prospective students a to MOSAIC, which stands for problems are becoming less Statistics from the Office of because they’ve been exposed false representation of what Vanderbilt is like. And I’m not saying Medley of Students and Ideas of an issue, as the initiation Undergraduate Admissions to multiple viewpoints,” Vanderbilt is not diverse, because I think it is very diverse, but Connecting. of Live VU — a showcase of indicate that MOSAIC has been Christiansen said. ■ to only allow them access to one group of people or groups of “The overall goal of MOSAIC various student groups — had a proven success. MOSAIC’s people and not Vanderbilt as a whole is an issue. I think it does a disservice to those students who are making a decision about where they want to spend four 33RD ANNUAL years of their life. NT: But at the end of the day, it’s still a recruitment event to get more diverse students to get here COOLEST THING IN FITNESS! or to choose Vanderbilt. And I think what Teresa’s saying is that CRAZY SALE APRIL 15 - MAY 30, 2010 we are taking the steps to try and ALL CLEARANCE MERCHANDISE AN expose them to a larger view of ADDITIONAL 25% OFF Vanderbilt. What we have seen in BOOKS - A BUCK A BAG (LIMIT 1) the past is it’s been limited. T-SHIRTS AS LOW AS $1.99 TT: We’re spearheading it to try HATS AS LOW AS $4.99 and change it. 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DAVID NAMM diversity — it’s on the tip of every fact that most Greek organizations have been Sports Editor recruiter’s tongue and highlighted traditionally white and groups like AASA have a Twitter Twitter got a plug from President Barack from the very beginning. It’s pretty certain targeted demographic, but most students Obama’s spokesman, Robert Gibbs, who obvious why; diversity looks good are involved in multiple on-campus groups and called the Internet medium an “amazing The Vanderbilt Hustler on paper and might improve the have a social life that extends further than just tool.” Funny, I would use that same STAFF LIST overall campus experience. I use their extracurricular involvement. description for Gibbs. THOMAS “might” not because I doubt that e social segregation is particularly NHL Playo s The Stanley Cup Playo s got underway on Editor-in-Chief SHATTUCK diversity is a positive thing, but concerning considering how much e ort the Wednesday in exhilarating fashion, with HANNAH TWILLMAN Opinion Editor that the impacts can be somewhat Vanderbilt community puts in to combat the 11 of the rst 15 games being decided by intangible and next to impossible issue. Events like Cafe con Leche and ANYF only one goal; ve of these games went News Editor to measure. bring foreign cultures into the mainstream, and into overtime. Unfortunately, nobody on JUSTIN TARDIFF What you can measure is the number of minority various departments provide speakers with Vanderbilt’s campus could watch any of the students on campus, which is somewhere around politically and socially diverse backgrounds. games on TV because of the awful, awful Asst. News Editors 28.5 percent of the student body. is being said, Still, the clique-ish behavior lingers. television deal the NHL has with Versus. KYLE BLAINE LAURA DOLBOW what e ect does the recruitment have on campus? ere’s got to be a strong motivating force Turning 18 Uganda’s King Oyo, who assumed the throne RUTH KINSEY Is there anything to it besides making Rand feel behind it, most notably comfort. People don’t at age 3, turned 18 and is now allowed to ALLIE MORRIS less like Martha’s Vineyard? actively try to make themselves uncomfortable, it’s take full control of the western part of AMANDA NIEMAN As someone who grew up in a neighborhood an anathema to the human experience. Programs the African country. Oyo hosted a four-day ADRIANA SALINAS whiter than Dan Quayle and as socio- like MOSAIC and VUcept help nudge students celebratory ceremony, which was cut short economically homogenous as “ e Hills,” though into experiencing the world a little di erently, but when cops arrested the country’s chief Opinion Editor neither as rich nor as glamorous, I lacked a certain such intermittent exposure will accomplish little decision-maker for underage drinking. THOMAS SHATTUCK amount of exposure during my childhood. I without students’ taking initiative. With most European airports closed was, however, lucky enough to spend my day in We are able to insulate ourselves within a Celebrities Sports Editor due to the ash cloud spewing from Mt. various environs that were quite di erent from small group of friends and can easily avoid DAVID NAMM Eyja allajoekull, the rich, powerful and where I actually lived. Not everyone can drive Admissions’ attempts at diversity. is isn’t famous were stranded along with the rest 10 minutes and be in a completely di erent really a problem with the university; I’m sure Asst Sports Editors of the traveling masses. Although Angela MEGHAN ROSE situation. I’ve spent some time in rural Virginia they could do more, but if what they do now Merkel could not gure out a way to get ERIC SINGLE and Pennsylvania, and I can, in all honesty, say isn’t working as planned, throwing money at from Lisbon to Berlin, the ever-ingenious you might actually have to drive for hours for the situation couldn’t accomplish much more. John Cleese hopped a cab from Oslo to Life Editor the scenery to change. A university setting is for Unsurprisingly, increased student activism is Brussels to catch the Eurostar to London, CHRIS MCDONALD many the rst chance to interact with people of the only practical solution. Unless students spending over $5,000 to get home. di erent backgrounds. take charge and actually start caring, social Asst Life Editors GRANT DARWIN I actually, to some degree, enjoy talking to segregation will continue. people with various viewpoints, but recruiting LAUREN JUNGE COLUMN CHARLIE KESSLERING students won’t do any good if the student — omas Shattuck is a junior in the MATT SHELTON body does not interact. e fact of the matter School of Engineering. He can be reached at is the student body is somewhat segregated. [email protected]. Multimedia Editor A Bear Grylls SYDNEY WILMER COLUMN Supervising Copy Editor kind of weekend MEDORA BROWN A friend and I were recently looking through someone’s InsideVandy Editor latest Facebook album, and the contents of it were so KATHERINE MILLER Remembering our bizarre that the only way to describe the experience was like being in this person’s crazy head. To paint a picture, a InsideVandy Developer trip through this person’s mind looks rather like o -center BEN GOTOW landscapes, some pictures that looked like still shots from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” and, my personal favorite, Versus Editor-in-Chief common humanity CLAIRE some photos of artwork from a museum where you most AVERY SPOFFORD COSTANTINO certainly aren’t allowed to use your camera. I love Facebook Columnist Marketing Director ARI In a packed auditorium that remedy can we o er to assuage the demented for allowing me to keep tabs on an individual’s madness GEORGE FISCHER STILLMAN seats 1,200 people, Holocaust prejudices of the world? Education and faith. without actually having to interact with him or her. Guest Columnist survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Education is the cure for the infectious disease With this voyeurism in mind, I o er you all a trip through my brain. Advertising Manager recipient Elie Wiesel spoke to me. of ignorance. Education makes the di erence in I’ve dropped enough hints at my weirdness in this column that you’ve CAROLYN FISHER He didn’t look me in the eye or acknowledge mollifying enmity toward other people. e idea got to be intrigued. I perch on A/C units when I’m sick, my mother me by name, yet he spoke directly to me. His is to see one another as human, for we are more is like a sitcom character, I play croquet and I’m a Texan who hates Asst. Advertising Manager message was that of life. similar than di erent. sports and loves Democrats. When I’ve been working in Central DAVIDA MAJORS Life is the Jewish value par excellence. Yet, Faith comes with reference to belief. While Library for too long, I take solo dance party breaks with my iPod Wiesel did not speak to an audience of only Wiesel professes he was angered at God for among the stacks. And yes, I’ve been caught doing it. ere is almost Advertising Assistants STEPH GOLDBERG Jews. Life is a value we all share; else we would allowing the Shoah to happen, he did not lose certainly someone in the world who stalks my latest Facebook album JACKIE KONOPA not be here today. It is because of our belief in faith. Faith, according to the renowned Rabbi because she think it’s a funny trip through my crazy mind. LAUREN MENINO the inherent value of life that we are all called to Joseph Soloveitchik, is bringing a redemptive So here’s a verbal trip through my weekend: I did not go on a fraternity KELLY SMITH action. interpretation to the meaning of existence. Put formal. In our weekly phone call, my mother suggested I didn’t go to ANDREA WEIAND “When language fails,” he said, “violence di erently, faith is subscribing to an abstract one because I make myself sound so strange in these columns that becomes the answer; but it is the wrong answer.” optimism. “If one does not have faith in God,” people would be afraid to take me. She may be right. Instead, I went Art Director So what is the right answer? What is justice? Wiesel o ers, “have faith in humanity, for surely to Loveless Cafe (great), saw “ e Runaways” (not great) and watched MATT RADFORD “Justice is the basis of faith and civilization. We you must believe in something.” a “Man vs. Wild” marathon with some friends (hilarious). Everything must remember that there is ‘civil’ in civilization. As Jewish scholar Judith Plaskow has about Loveless is delicious and perfect. Go there for your next meal. Designers JENNY BROWN We are de ned by our attitude toward the written: “Torah is Jewish memory as it lives Don’t go see “ e Runaways” unless you’re ready to see Dakota EMILY GREEN otherness of the other, so let there not be other. in and forms the present, and Israel is the Fanning’s “O” face. I was unprepared for this trauma, and I left the IRENE HUKKELHOVEN Let us be human.” people that remembers and transforms theater feeling that my innocence had been shattered. KAT MILLER “Become the judge of yourself,” he implored, memory.” Metaphorically, Elie Wiesel is Torah’s Even though “Man vs. Wild” has been exposed as a cheap hoax, I’m still ELIZABETH VINSON “for we cannot judge others.” What is just for imperative form, for he and his message inform enthralled by watching Bear Grylls run around inhospitable environments. KRISTEN WEBB those with plights di erent from our own? Born the present. at makes us, the audience of Last night alone, he wrestled a wild boar, built two rafts (pronounced in 1928 in Romania, Wiesel didn’t feel shame Wiesel’s message, the de facto people of Israel “rohfts” in his preposterous British accent) and gave himself an enema on Editorial Fellow until 1954 when he visited the American South. — charged with remembering the Shoah and TV. is man’s single-minded obsession with obtaining enough vitamins ERIN PRAH ere, he noted Jim Crow laws. It was then that what led to it. (also amusingly pronounced) and nutrients wherever he goes o ers the Director of Photography he felt shame — “not for being Jewish, but for “Whatever happens to one group a ects all viewer hours of entertainment. I would like to see him make a series MARGARET FENTON being white.” “ ere is shame,” he said, “in a groups,” he warned. “ ere is no collective guilt of spin-o s called “Man vs. Urban Squalor” (the search for safe shelter perverse law of inequality.” A law is by de nition or collective innocence,” only the individual who would be priceless), “Man vs. Vanderbilt” (how to stay hydrated while Photography Editor just by its equal application to all citizens. us, makes the decision and must be his own judge. aggressively day-fratting) and “Man vs. Interacting with Humans” (can he ERIC GLASSER I am reminded of a maxim contained in Martin Our role is to bear witness to his testimony encounter another living creature without killing and eating it?). Luther King Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham and keep the memory of the Shoah and the So there you have it. ose were all my half-baked column ideas VSC Director County Jail: “An unjust law is no law at all.” is circumstances that led to it alive — that we squashed into one disturbing paragraph. I’ve weirded myself out here CHRIS CARROLL resonates with the Jewish imperative found in might become empowered by knowledge of the with the realization that I even considered writing at length about Deuteronomy: Justice, justice shall you pursue. past enough to speak out and take action for Dakota Fanning’s sex life or Bear Grylls’s enema. I think the only thing Asst. VSC Director JEFF BREAUX From this imperative comes Wiesel’s call to ourselves and all others. to do now is to ee this unsettling self-examination and go play with PAIGE CLANCY action. the puppies on Library Lawn. “Never again,” we say regarding the Holocaust. —Ari Stillman is a Master’s candidate in Yet, genocide has hardly been absent from history the Graduate School. He can be reached at —Claire Costantino is a junior in the College of Arts and Science. She can — Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Serbia, Congo … what [email protected]. be reached at [email protected].
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column letter Feminist jurisprudence Faith, not scandals, hurts men and women define the church For feminism, spring is an “no aspect of male-to-female relations can be aphrodisiac for histrionics and considered without first accepting the male as all- To the Editor: resulting clericalism, these acts as it has surfaced in too many unadulterated stupidity. The powerful and the female as powerless.” Men batter of infidelity betrayed the priestly other religious and secular University of New Hampshire’s their wives not due to psychopathology, but out of The abuses taking place in the commitment to be an imitator of organizations in the past. In Womyn’s Club spent all of last a desire to subordinate and control women. The Catholic Church have captured Christ on earth and a proponent the Catholic cases, the scandal week fighting the local fire feminists have spoken. Abusive women cannot be the attention of worldwide of his greatest commandment has resulted from both the department over the right to burn recognized. Men cannot be victims. media and Vanderbilt students — to love. Sexual perversion sexual perversion of individual Mike smutty magazines wherever the Feminist “theory” has not only infested the justice alike. As a representative and the failure to eradicate it priests and a disregard for the Durakiewicz “womyn” pleased. Last month system, but it has also elevated its leftist lunacy to of Catholic undergraduate are extreme violations of the canon and criminal disciplinary Guest Columnist Sen. Harry Reid uttered perhaps the level of disinterested scholarship and is now students, I appreciate this truly selfless vocation of the protocols that exist for such the stupidest remark by a feminist ubiquitous in this country’s major universities. In opportunity to explain our priesthood as lived by thousands circumstances. Blame can in history: “Women don’t commit domestic 2006, Crystal Gail Magnum, a prostitute and drug response to the scandals taking of faithful priests. be assigned to innumerable violence.” abuser, falsely accused three Duke University place in the Church and to offer Despite this terrible example failures, including the lack of This is false. In a report published in 2003 in the men’s lacrosse players of beating and gang-raping an alternative perspective of the of sin within the clergy, the fraternal accountability among Florida State University Law Review, Professor her in their fraternity house. The district attorney, situation. Catholic Church remains a priests, poor moral formation Linda Kelly from the Indiana University Law in line with Kelly’s research, withheld exonerating More than anybody, Catholics legitimate source of good in and correction and the absence School states, “Men and women commit violence DNA evidence from the judge for over one year. themselves are concerned the world. At the heart of the of firm, open discipline by the at similar rates.” Kelly’s research, which cites But before the case even entered the courtroom, about the safety and well- Catholic faith is the recognition appropriate authorities. various in-depth studies from over three decades 88 Duke professors, including 72 percent of the being of all members of the of the dignity of every human The exposition of these crimes of legal scholarship, found that “women match, women’s studies department and 80 percent of church, particularly the most person as a child of God, created has forced a recommitment to and often exceed, husbands in the frequency the black studies department, published a letter in vulnerable. No one condones in his image and likeness. This the church’s disciplinary actions with which they engage in violent behavior,” and The (Duke) Chronicle citing anonymous reports of the perpetration of the vile is the foundation for Catholic and reinforced the standards to “wives were found to engage in more severe acts “racism,” “sexism” and “terror” on Duke’s campus. crimes of sexual abuse, least of teachings on social justice, which its leaders are held. Efforts of violence than husbands.” In 1975, for example, Even after the charges were dropped, the three men all the faithful members of an global health and education, by the Catholic Church in the 3.8 percent of husbands and 4.6 percent of wives were ostracized, given failing grades and eventually institution that was founded on family values and moral United States have dramatically engaged in “severe violence,” defined as “kicking, driven from the university. Even liberal New York the Gospel of Love — a church ethics. The Catholic Church improved the protection of biting or hitting with a fist; hitting or trying to hit Times columnist Peter Applebome was appalled. that centers itself on the family takes these responsibilities young people. While outraged with something; beating up; and threatening with The relevance of Kelly’s study to the Magnum and that preaches the inherent seriously, both in philosophy by the scandals, American or using a knife or gun.” Kelly identifies another case became apparent when, on Feb. 18, 2010, dignity of every human person. and in action, boasting an Catholics are grateful that public disturbing trend: since the 1970s, the incidence Durham police received a disturbing 911 call Therefore, the presence of impressive record of service scrutiny has produced effective of male violence “has declined steadily”; female from Magnum’s nine-year-old daughter. Ms. such grievous offenses within through religious orders such as reform for future generations. violence “has remained virtually the same.” Magnum now stands charged with identity theft, the Catholic Church is a tragic Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Still, the majority of Catholics are To add insult to injury, or rather, injury to injury, communicating threats, damage to property, abomination, and righteous Charity, organizations including proud that the church continues “female violence is not recognized within the resisting an officer, misdemeanor child abuse, indignation is an appropriate Catholic Relief Services and to be a leader in the fight for extensive legal literature on domestic violence” arson and attempted murder. Kelly’s study, which response to the grave abuses of thousands of schools, hospitals justice and the welfare of every and is instead “denied, defended and minimized” states that punishing female batterers protects not these last decades. and other humanitarian aid human person. by the legal and judicial establishments. only men, but also women and children, was not While these injuries that establishments. “Female violence,” Kelly writes, “presents both only near-prophetic but a bold call to action. came at the hands of the It is clear that pedophilia and Peter DelNero a threat to feminist theory as well as to the church’s representatives are clerical abuse are not products Junior practice of domestic violence law.” According —Mike Durakiewicz is a sophomore in the horrendous, the crimes are not of the Catholic Church but School of Engineering to feminist theory, “society is controlled by an College of Arts and Science. He can be reached at reflective of the Catholic faith. rather problems that have Chairman, Vanderbilt all-encompassing patriarchal structure,” and [email protected]. In both the sexual abuse and the tragically arisen within it, just Catholic Community
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To the Editor: drives, making them more prone to men believe that condoms are an of other prevention methods, abstinence sex abuse cases against the wishes of sexual misconduct. If repressing sexual affront to their masculinity and refuse to isn’t as backward as Todd makes it out his superiors. As pope, he instituted a For his 13 years of parochial desires simply meant not acting upon use them, I find it rather odd to believe to be. zero-tolerance policy for clerical sex education, Hudson Todd’s recent article, them, he might have a point. Repression, that condom distribution is an effective So much, then, for Todd’s gross offenders. He may not be blameless, “Catholicism poses problems” (April however, is an involuntary refusal to method of HIV/AIDS prevention. More misrepresentations of Catholicism. The but Todd cannot reasonably claim that 16, 2010), makes it painfully clear that consciously acknowledge one’s desires, importantly, despite the vast influx of larger issue is that he seems determined Benedict has not worked to atone for his he knows very little about the church he not a voluntary refusal to fulfill them. A condoms to Africa over the last years, to judge the Catholic Church in general mistakes. Ditto for the Catholic Church claims to reject. Despite his implication Catholic priest is not asked to repress the HIV/AIDS pandemic has not abated. and Pope Benedict in particular as a whole; its mistakes were serious, to the contrary,Was the Catholic that Church hisyou sexuality, with but to control your it. Everyone friendsIf condom distribution supporting alone were so solely on Dance the basis of their failures.Marathon? but let’s not pretend that it hasn’t tried . . . Take a peek at p. 219 does not teach that Pope Benedict XVI is is free to decide whether this is a fair terribly effective, surely we would be No one is arguing that then-Cardinal to remedy them. More importantly, unable to sin. Papal infallibility extends request, but the facts indicate that it is seeing results by now. On the contrary, Joseph Ratzinger was right to resist the let’s not pretend that we can judge the only to a very small portion of basic not a dangerous one. some of the countries with the greatest defrocking of Rev. Lawrence Murphy. Catholic Church without considering its Christian doctrine, not to the pope’s Todd then jumps to the Catholic condom availability — Botswana, However, it is worth remembering that radical commitment to social, economic moral conduct. This power, by the way, Church’s stance on birth control and the Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa Ratzinger was following the standard and legal justice for all, especially the has been used exactly once since its HIV/AIDS pandemic. For the record, — also have some of the highest HIV/ canon laws of the 1980s. Since then, marginalized. I trust that is a goal that all concrete articulationWere in 1870. I amyou not Catholic andwearing do not agree AIDS rates. I don’t expect Toddblack (or most he has been instrumental and in changing of goldus, religious or not, can support. Next, Todd articulates the with Catholicism’s anti-contraception Vanderbilt students, for that matter) those laws to better protect children (unfortunately) common belief that doctrines. I do think, however, that Todd to agree with the Catholic Church that from clerical abuse. As head of the Benjamin Wyatt Catholic priests’ vows of celibacy drastically oversimplifies Africa’s HIV/ abstinence is the best tool for HIV/AIDS Congregation for the Doctrine of the Sophomore amount to a repression of their sex AIDS crisis. Given that many African prevention. But given the mixed results Faith, Ratzinger pushed to prosecute College of Arts and Science
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It has been a trying stretch for the Vanderbilt by ERIC SINGLE hitters. After scoring just seven runs in three Asst Sports Editor games against South Carolina, Vanderbilt beat Middle Tennessee at home last Tuesday For a team with three starting pitchers capable by a score of 1-0. They were again stymied at of stifling top-10 offenses, they have struggled the plate in Saturday’s 12-2 loss to Auburn, as to find one among them capable of stringing Tigers starter Cory Luckie threw a complete together consistent outings. For a team that game five-hitter. has scored in double digits 11 times already Opposing pitchers have kept the ball low this season, they have a nasty tendency to run in the zone for the Commodore hitters as of dry against the top half of their Southeastern late, neutralizing the home-run power that Conference competition. broke so many games open earlier in the year And for a team with only a month left to make for Vanderbilt and forcing groundout after a move up the SEC East standings before the groundout. A hamstring injury to slugger Curt SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., the Vanderbilt Casali early in the season has not helped the Commodores have some important questions offense’s cause either. left to answer about how exactly they will be The Commodores currently sit in third place able to challenge the best baseball teams in the in the SEC East after the weekend’s games, conference. looking up at No. 10 South Carolina and No. After losing three starters from last year’s 7 Florida. Their 3-2 win on Sunday afternoon rotation, the pitching staff’s impressive play over Auburn moves them one game over .500 has proved itself a pleasant surprise for in conference play. Commodores fans. Sophomore Jack Armstrong e Gamecocks have found a rhythm over the is 5-1 on the season and was moved up to the past two weekends, using dominant pitching to Saturday slot in the weekend rotation for the take two out of three from Vanderbilt in Nashville Auburn series. Taylor Hill and Chase Reid have and then clinch a home series win over No. 14 given quality innings both as starters and in Mississippi with a 9-5 win on Saturday. e long relief in a variety of situations for head Gators have won three SEC series in a row, going coach Tim Corbin. back to their series victory in Gainesville over Sonny Gray’s success on the mound has been the Commodores at the beginning of April. much less of a surprise. The sophomore right- If Vanderbilt has any hope for a hot streak hander has established himself as the staff ace of its own, it will need to start coming through and Friday starter after entering the season away from Hawkins Field, an assignment it has with high expectations to fill the hole left by had trouble with all season. Tuesday’s game at first-round draft pick Mike Minor. Gray is 5-4 cross-town rival Lipscomb marks the start of a with a 2.34 ERA and 61 strikeouts this season six-game road trip for Vanderbilt in which they and has pitched at least 13 more innings than visit Middle Tennessee, Tennessee and Austin any other member of the Vanderbilt pitching Peay. The team is 5-6 on the road so far this staff. year and must improve that mark if they intend However, the early story of the second half of to contend. the season has been the Commodores’ inability The Commodores play two more SEC series to provide run support to Gray and to the rest at home against Georgia and Arkansas, before ■ of the pitching staff. Vanderbilt has not scored the SEC Tournament starts on May 26. MURPHY BYRNE / The Vanderbilt Hustler more than two runs in any of Gray’s four losses Sophomore Aaron Westlake and the Commodores have looked equal parts impressive and inconsistent. this year. Westlake’s walk-off homer Sunday afternoon could spark a fi nal month surge in the SEC.
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SEC BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS by GEOFF HUTCHINSON Still in the Woods by DAVID NAMM 1. South Carolina (28-8, 2-0 Southeastern 7. Mississippi (24-13, 8-7) Sports Editor Dear Tiger, Conference) The Rebels have struggled as of late, losing “Have you learned anything?” The Gamecocks have been the most consistent four of their last ve matchups. Junior ose words, spoken by your late father in your newest Nike team in SEC play, as they are the only team to starter Drew Pomeranz has been phenom- commercial, echoed across national airwaves in an attempt to convince your faked-out fans that you have changed, that you win every weekend series this season. enal for Ole Miss this season with a 6-0 have improved, that you are better. record and a 1.38 ERA. e scene was a captivating one: You stood there in black and white bearing a somber stare as you were confronted by the most prominent voice from your past. Nice touch, really, and it almost 2. Arkansas (31-6, 12-3) 8. Alabama (22-15, 5-10) worked, except for one minor, ironic detail: You haven’t learned anything. Arkansas swept the lowly Georgia Bulldogs Alabama su ered a tough 6-5 loss in 14 e sincerity of your Nike message — or lack thereof — comes this weekend to maintain their one-game lead innings on Sunday to complete a weekend to light when examining the wise, now-bastardized words of your over the LSU Tigers. sweep at the hands of the LSU Tigers. father. Let’s examine them, shall we? “Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive to promote discussion.” Your father and I have this in common, Eldrick, and this is my 3. Louisiana State (30-6, 11-4) 9. Kentucky (22-14, 5-10) question: Did you ever consider your family when composing this appalling, self-promoting attempt at manipulation? Imagine, if LSU came into the weekend as one of the The Wildcats avoided a weekend sweep by you will, your mother watching this commercial. hottest teams in the SEC and continued its defeating No. 7 Florida on Sunday after- Imagine her hearing the voice of her deceased husband dominance, sweeping the Alabama Crimson noon 6-5. clouding the restorm that is her son’s sex scandal. Imagine her seeing you staring blankly into a corporate-sponsored camera Tide. with forged remorse and forced guilt. While you are essentially at the mercy of the sporting behemoth that is Nike, you showed about as much class here as you do when you shank a drive. You had a chance to change here, Tiger. When this marketing 4. Florida (25-10, 10-5) 10. Mississippi State (19-17, 5-10) tool crossed your desk, you could have said, “No, this is unfair to my family. No, I don’t want my two young children to see this Florida went on the road to Lexington and Mississippi State is holding onto its slim when they are old enough to understand. No, my wife has been took the weekend series from the Kentucky College World Series hopes after winning through enough.” Instead, you threw your family under the bus Wildcats. It marked the rst time the Gators the rubber game against Tennessee on once again, sacri cing the sanctity of your loved ones’ privacy for sneaker sales. Seeing as you are the world’s rst billion-dollar won a series in Lexington since 2004. Sunday afternoon. athlete, I can’t help but wonder why. “I want to nd out what your thinking was. I want to nd out what your feelings are.” 5. Vanderbilt (29-9, 8-7) 11. Tennessee (18-19, 4-11) I have no clue how you could have posthumously abused your father — whom you idolized — in this manner. If your father The Commodores took two out of three from Tennessee dropped to under .500 for the were alive, do you think he would have approved of this? Do you the Auburn Tigers this past weekend, ending season, losing two of three to Mississippi think he was the type of man who would be ne with you using a the series with a 3-2 win on Sunday. An Aaron State this weekend in Starkville. shortcut in any situation, not to mention at the most important juncture of your life? Westlake walk-o solo home run was the As the story goes, Earl was a man who pushed you at every turn, di erence. who was obsessed with perfection, who believed in your power. ough his incessant parental pressuring could have contributed to the massive fracturing of your psyche, do you think he would 6. Auburn (24-13, 8-7) 12. Georgia (11-25, 3-12) want you to use a cheap hoax as you attempt to answer your critics and resurrect your career? The SEC leaders in home runs were unable The Bulldogs have struggled mightily this No way, but that thought never crossed your mind. Instead, you to win their weekend series against the season, and the team has failed to win a let your brain trust think for you. You let your brain trust fail you Vanderbilt Commodores. The loss put them weekend series thus far. again. You let the world see that you are as obsessed with yourself as your father was with you. into a tie with division foe Ole Miss. “And did you learn anything?” No, Tiger. You most certainly did not. Sincerely, Your missing conscience www.insidevandy.com The Vanderbilt Hustler Monday, April 19, 2010 9 Weekend update for Vanderbilt sports by peter nygaard strokes behind at even for the Georgia. Senior Hudson Sports Reporter tournament. Sophomore Marina Johnson paced the Commodores Alex tied Tennessee’s Erica with a team-best of 4 over par. Popson for the best score of Sophomore Trey DelGreco Women’s golf the tournament at 5 under par. finished a step behind at 5 over Senior Brooke Goodwin posted par. Women’s golf had a chance 2-under on Friday but slid back to win the conference title but to even by the tournament’s Baseball came up short, finishing second conclusion. at the Southeastern Conference The runs that were absent last Championships at the North Men’s golf weekend against South Carolina River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa, appeared in No. 18 Vanderbilt’s Ala. Vanderbilt entered the The men had a rougher go of weekend series against No. 23 final round in a first-place tie it, finishing 11th out of 12 in the Auburn, as the Commodores with Alabama at 3 under par. SEC Championships at the Sea took two of three in a high- However, the Commodores Island Golf Club in Seaside, Ga. scoring series. Vanderbilt faltered, and Alabama pulled Vanderbilt finished at 27 over outscored their entire South away, leaving Vanderbilt four par, 23 strokes behind winners Carolina series in the first game, scoring 11 to earn sophomore Sonny Gray his fifth win of the season. Freshman Connor Harrell belted a grand slam to give the Commodores a 4-0 lead, and they never looked back. Beck Friedman / The Vanderbilt Hustler Game two went the other way, Sophomore Ally Carey scored four goals and added two assists for the Commodores in their 12-7 victory as Auburn raced out to an early over Florida yesterday. Vanderbilt has won 10 in a row, establishing themselves as a national power in the lead, dominating Vanderbilt process. The No. 8 team in the country finishes their regular season Saturday against Northwestern. 12-2. The decisive game came down to the bottom of the ninth Carr finished third in both the school outdoor pole vault inning when sophomore Aaron Men’s tennis the 100- and 200-meter dash. record, each clearing a height Westlake crushed a walk-off Junior Taylor Jackson was hot of 11–11 3/4. home run, giving Vanderbilt a The No. 31 Vanderbilt men’s on her heels, finishing fourth 3-2 victory. team was less fortunate against and sixth in the same events, Women’s lacrosse No. 8 Kentucky on Saturday, respectively. Buky Bamigboye Women’s tennis dropping their season finale by posted two top-10 finishes a 7-0 tally. Despite entering on on the weekend, garnering In their penultimate game No. 30 Vanderbilt romped a three-match winning streak, fourth place in the javelin and of the season, No. 8 Vanderbilt against Kentucky Friday, the Commodores were unable eighth in the long jump. The won their 10th in a row, taking the overall game 6-1 as to close out any of the number Commodores also got very defeating Florida by a score of they concluded their regular of evenly contested sets on the impressive runs out of the 12-7. Senior Carter Foote and season. The doubles team of day. The Commodores finish at distance team, with four top- sophomore Ally Carey scored senior Hannah Blatt and junior 13-9 on the season with a 5-6 10 finishers in 1500-meter run. four goals apiece with Carey Rachel Dillon combined for a conference record. The men will Junior Rita Jorgensen posted a also adding two assists. Junior perfect 20-0 in games on the also open the SEC Tournament personal best and nearly beat Katherine Denkler scored day, taking their doubles match on Thursday against Mississippi multi-time national qualifier a pair of goals and notched 8-0 and winning both of their State. Heidi Dahl, finishing second. three assists, adding to her singles matches in straight 6-0 Sophomores Alexa Rogers impressive season totals. sets. No. 29 senior Catherine Women’s track and Louise Hannallah and Sophomore goalie Natalie Newman, No. 32 sophomore freshman Kristen Findley Wills turned aside 10 of the Jackie Wu and junior Keilly School records fell at the finished fifth, sixth and 17 shots she faced, earning Ulery were Vanderbilt’s other Vanderbilt Invitational, seventh, respectively. On her 11th win on the season. singles winners on the day. Vanderbilt’s last home meet of Saturday, Jorgensen finished The Commodores finish Vanderbilt finished 12-8 overall the season. Sophomore Anna second place in the 800-meter the regular season Saturday murphy byrne / The Vanderbilt Hustler and 7-4 in the Southeastern Carr rewrote her own school run and inched closer to the against Northwestern before Nationally-ranked sophomore Jackie Wu and the Commodores beat Conference. They will open the record in the 100-meter dash, school record. Freshman turning their attention to the the Kentucky Wildcats 6-1 in their regular season finale. They finished SEC Tournament on Thursday beating her previous time of Morgan Toone and junior American Lacrosse Conference their season 12-8 overall and will be the sixth seed in the SEC tourney. against Mississippi State. 11.92 with a new mark of 11.80. Katherine Hendricks captured Tournament. ■ Get your photos published in the The Commodore yearbook!
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