“A Day On”: Campus Celebrations, Events Honor MLK's Legacy
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TODAY’s WEATHER OPINION SPORTS Columnist Matt Popkin explains Men’s and women’s basketball the stages of Bid Day grief teams fall short on national stage SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 5 Rain, 46 / 40 THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011 WWW .INSIDEVANDY.COM 123RD YEAR, NO. 3 CAMPUS NEWS “A day on”: campus celebrations, events honor MLK’s legacy Today is the first time Vanderbilt has canceled TODAY’s EVENTS classes in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, marking the end of a historic weekend for 9:30 a.m. the university, which commemorated the legacy City-wide MLK March of King through a weekend of service projects. begins on Jefferson Street ALISHA WASHINGTON The university made multiple Staff Writer efforts to encourage the 12:30 p.m. student body to view the “day Lunch roundtables at The celebration of King’s life off” as a time to commemorate began Saturday with a series and serve King’s legacy. Rand and Commons of service projects organized In an e-mail sent out on Jan. by ASB, SPEAR, Grassroots, 11, the university quotes Julian American Red Cross at Bond, the keynote speaker 1:30-3:20 p.m. Vanderbilt, Muslim Student for Vanderbilt’s MLK Day of Teach-ins: A unique Association and several Greek Commemoration, to remind learning experience chapters. students of the purpose of the Grassroots, a student day. organization aimed at serving “We ought not view King Day 4:30 p.m. the poor, hungry and homeless as a day off; instead it should in Nashville, volunteered at be a ‘day on’ when we try to Keynote in Langford Second Harvest Food Bank, do—not just for a day—the Auditorium with participants sorting and things we believe he might do packing over 5000 pounds of himself or would want us to food. do,” Bond said. 9:30-10:00 p.m. “We definitely felt like we The university has organized Vespers and Candlelight made a difference in helping multiple events occurring fight hunger around Nashville,” today, including transportation Vigil at Benton Chapel said sophomore Will Taylor, for students to the Nashville the Grassroots service project MLK Day March, “teach-ins” organizer. “Afterward, we by faculty on themes related Go to InsideVandy for debriefed by discussing the to the life and work of King, more info impact of MLK.” Please see MLK., page 2 SOURCE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CAMPUS NEWS CAMPUS NEWS Hooks, Meyer to face off in What’s my sign? presidential election Campus reacts LUCAS LOFFREDO and to get them to vote, to get Staff Writer them to care what’s going on.” Campaign finance was a focal to zodiac Juniors Zye Hooks and Adam point of Sunday’s meeting. Each Meyer will compete against each ticket will be allowed a budget of other in the Vanderbilt Student $500, with $250 coming from the Government presidential candidate’s own finances and controversy election set for early February. the rest coming from individual The candidates gathered at contributions of up to $20 per KRISTEN WEBB the Presidential Candidates person. Staff Writer Elections meeting Sunday night According to VSG Attorney to discuss campaigning rules General Rohan Batra, there will The campus community reacted on social networks Friday to the and regulations. be zero tolerance for negative “news” that the stars have shifted alignment and that the astrological Hooks has chosen junior Kate campaigning. identity they have known may have changed. Yet, according to most Goudge as his running mate, and “There’s no negativity involved astrologers, the zodiac chart remains the same. Meyer has chosen sophomore in this campaign,” Manard said. ZYE HOOKS “(I) will always be an Aries! Stupid zodiac changes… How would I Maryclaire Manard. “We’re just interested in clean be a Pisces? That’s just plain silly,” read one Vanderbilt sophomore’s Hooks and Goudge said they competition and promoting Facebook status. want to get in touch with the VSG more than anything else. Astrologers across the country reported a wave of calls, e-mails or student population. “The elections are a great website hits from concerned clients. “Primarily I want it to be opportunity to showcase the “People are more attached and loyal to their signs than they people-centric campaign,” efforts of VSG in the past year thought,” said Eric Francis, editor of PlanetWaves.net, who said he Hooks said. “We’re looking and to highlight the direction the had had 25,000 hits on his site since midnight. “It’s interesting how forward to having a great organization is going towards in many people are panicking their sign is wrong.” dialogue.” the future,” Batra said. “It’s really Reaction on campus to the alleged zodiac changes has been Meyer and Manard discussed a great opportunity for students mostly confusion and disappointment. an increased voter turnout to get invested in student “I’m quite disappointed that I’m no longer an archer because as a large component of their government.” archers rock,” said sophomore Lora Schaefer. campaign. Campaigning will begin this “I think that’s so weird. I hope I’m still a Taurus,” said junior Sarah “We’re shooting for more Thursday, January 20, at 8 pm. Reid. than half of the students voting,” Voting in the general election Junior Andrey Drozd made light of the controversy. Meyer said. “We’re really just will start February 2 at 8 a.m. and “I’m switching to the Chinese zodiac only,” Drozd said. trying to connect to students end on February 3 at noon. ■ ADAM MEYER Please see ZODIAC., page 2 Sibelius’s Violin Concerto January 20-22 615.687.6400 $10 tickets for students! NashvilleSymphony.org CLASSICAL SERIES Visit NashvilleSymphony.org/soundcheck for info. 2 Monday, January 17, 2011 THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER www.InsideVandy.com MLK: policy change a result ZODIAC: chart of united student effort remains the From MLK, page 1 believe this single day of remembrance following a united effort led by student same roundtable lunch discussions and a will enhance all that we do to build leaders to reconsider the policy. candlelight vigil. The events are part community on campus.” “Martin Luther King Jr. said that a ‘man From ZODIAC, page 1 the Moorehead Planetarium at of the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior Sarah Goodrich, president of that doesn’t stand for something will fall Astounded by all the kerfuffle the University of North Carolina, Commemorative Series, which began in the Multicultural Leadership Council, for anything’,” said senior and President was the man who started it, Chapel Hill. 1985. said that students are going to be taking of the Black Student Alliance Gabrielle astronomy instructor Parke Linda Zlotnick, an astrologer “I am impressed with the sincere part in Vanderbilt’s history tomorrow. Westbrook. “I truly believe that the Kunkle. for 32 years in St. Paul, Minn., approach taken by our students on this “Students are able to learn form students will see today as a manifestation In an interview Sunday in the said she and fellow astrologers issue,” Provost and Vice Chancellor for peers, professors, staff and community of and a testament to successful non- Star Tribune of Minneapolis, have long known of the issue Academic Affairs Richard McCarty said members in a different light tomorrow,” violent protest and group cooperation. Kunkle explained that the raised by Kunkle, but that the last fall. “With a range of opportunities Goodrich said. It is proof that we, the students, have a Earth’s wobbly orbit means it’s most commonly used zodiac — for engagement available to our students The university made the decision to voice and can form our own grassroots no longer aligned to the stars tropical — isn’t affected by it. and the entire Vanderbilt community, I cancel class in honor of the King holiday movement in order to reach our goals.” ■ in the same way as when the Zlotnick said the sidereal zodiac, signs of the zodiac were first which isn’t as widely used, IS conceived, about 5,000 years based on the constellations. ago. That means, Kunkle said, Other astrologers expressed that when astrologers say the resentment that the brouhaha Sororities welcome new members sun is in Pisces, it’s really in had been launched by an Aquarius, and so on. astronomer. after week-long recruitment “Astronomers have known While astronomy is a science, about this since about 130 B.C.,” astrology is not recognized as Kunkle told The Associated having any scientific basis. Press Friday in his office at the “This is an attempt to show Minneapolis Community and ignorance on the part of Technical College, his phone astrologers,” said Jim Sher, who ringing constantly, as it had runs an astrological institute in since the article came out. (One Los Angeles. person had even demanded: “We do know about this,” he “Give me my sign back.”) said of the planetary wobble. “This is not new news. Almost Added Craig Martin, another every astronomy class talks Los Angeles astrologer: about it.” “It’s unlikely the astrology New news or old, most people community is going to accept had never heard it before. And what an astronomer is trying to one of the more fascinating put on them.” elements of the story was talk of A spokeswoman for the a new sign altogether. American Federation of By the reckoning of Kunkle and Astrologers, Shelley Ackerman, other astronomers, astrologers said she’d been swamped with are not only a month off in e-mails from worried clients. She their zodiac signs, but they are advises them not to overreact.