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3 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters |Brina Ratangee
With data from the Student Organization Fund, The Hustler took a look at the annual budget allocations granted to 298 registered student organizations by Student Organizations, Leadership and Service over the past three years. SOLS allocated a total of $2,049,555 across all RSOs for the 2024-25 academic year — a nearly 6% increase from the $1,941,904 total allocated for 2023-24. The proposed budget for the 2025-26 academic year totals $2,126,878, a nearly 4% increase from last year.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.github.io | Katherine Oung |Coco Louie |Sean Onamade |Nafees-ul Haque |Ethan Xu |Hoang Tran | +6 more
Every year, The Hustler conducts an in-depth survey of Vanderbilt's newest class to understand who they are and what defines them, from academic achievements to campus life preferences. What began as a simple questionnaire has evolved into a comprehensive snapshot of each incoming class. What are the Class of 2028’s views on political issues? Are they planning on joining Greek life? How many first-years are already wishing they were in Peabody College?
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters |Jorie Fawcett
Summit Sisters Coffee is led by Camie Carlisle and Chelsea Lanier, who told The Hustler their story and explained their company’s coffee roasting system and house-made blends.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
The LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reported a total of $9.6 million lost in federal grants from the National Institutes of Health following recent changes in federal policy, effectively terminating three of the lab’s projects. These research projects were all previously funded by five-year federal grants that were intended to provide support until 2029.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
The American Association of Colleges and Universities published a public statement on April 22 titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,” criticizing recent federal policy changes that have affected institutions of higher education and have led to research funding cuts. As of publication, 514 leaders of colleges, universities and scholarly societies have signed in support of the letter — no Vanderbilt administrators are listed.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Tasfia Alam |Alison Winters |Brina Ratangee |Barrie Barto
The Hustler spoke with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for the last debrief of the 2024-25 school year. He shared insight into the university’s response to federal policy changes, cuts to federal funding and limitations on initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as immigration enforcement on college campuses. Additionally, Diermeier discussed March Madness, this year’s commencement speaker and his advice to the Class of 2025 ahead of graduation.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters |Tasfia Alam
Former undergraduate student Douglas Norman filed a civil lawsuit against the university in Middle Tennessee’s federal district court on March 13, alleging he was falsely arrested by Vanderbilt University Public Safety on April 16, 2024, and that officers knowingly entrapped him into this arrest. This was Norman’s second arrest by VUPS following an initial arrest on Nov. 14, 2023.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Vanderbilt University Public Safety sent an email to the Vanderbilt community on March 26 at 6:48 p.m. CDT announcing an “unplanned electrical outage.” Approximately 30 minutes before, the power went out in buildings across campus, and the email labeled the affected areas as “much of main and Peabody Campus,” with the reason for the outage specified as the failure of a transformer on main campus. “Major portions of campus have been affected by a loss of power,” the VUPS email reads.
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Mar 22, 2025 | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Dialogue Vanderbilt hosted Jonathan Greenblatt, Chief Executive Officer of the Anti-Defamation League, on March 18 in Central Library for a discussion with author and professor of African American and diaspora studies and ethics and society Michael Eric Dyson.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Approximately 250 students, faculty and local community members rallied at the Tennessee State Capitol on March 7 to protest against President Donald Trump’s executive orders to cut the federal workforce and halt federal funding to scientific research.
