As the nation inches closer to Nov. 4, the election barnstorm will continue barreling forward at full speed.

Vanderbilt University should be commended for its intended celebration of Constitution Day.

The horror of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 is difficult to encapsulate in words.

This school year's first installment of what should prove to be a long string of meaningless Vanderbilt Student Government elections hit most undergraduate students unknowingly on Tuesday.

When U.S. News and World Report announced last month Vanderbilt ranked 18th among national universities, there was little discussion about the merits (or lack thereof) of this ranking. After all, Vanderbilt has found itself consistently within the "top 20" for a generation, so a tie with peer universities Emory and Notre Dame would probably arouse neither excitement nor disappointment.

For two decades, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has updated public smoking policies to reflect the idea that smoking “should not occur on a hospital campus.” First with a (reasonable) ban on indoor smoking in 1989, the policy expanded to defining and enforcing designated outdoor smoking areas around the hospital. This week, those smoking areas were abolished as all outdoor smoking on hospital grounds is prohibited.

This weekend, as the waters from Hurricane Gustav’s wrath recede and the damage done to the Gulf Coast is cleared, the Vanderbilt community can reflect on its small role during this crisis.

The media firestorm in response to Sen. John McCain's vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has been, for the most part, shameful.

With the convention beginning today after an unexpected vice presidential candidate announcement bounce, the GOP looked to be heading into a week of celebrating their ticket and platform in St. Paul. Instead, the Republican National Committee will be toning down the party for the party as Hurricane Gustav makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the coast.

The Hustler is pleased to see that Dean of Commons Frank Wcislo agrees with Wednesday’s editorial that Tony Brown’s satiric letter should not have been written.