To the Editor:

“You must live your values,” General David Petraeus admonished the full house at the Student Life Center on Monday evening. “If you don’t live your values," he said, "you’re going to pay for it in the long run.

Don’t be sad that your brain is fuzzy from watching Bravo show marathons for a week. Don’t worry that you may have gotten skin cancer from passing out on the beach.

It was 4 a.m. and the first all-nighter of my semester. I was kind of getting lonely in that windowless Stevenson classroom.

We have all heard the phrase before (usually coming from some adult, female family member as we reach for a second dessert): too much of a good thing is not a good thing.

“Take a logic class,” they say when I express my opinion. “Oh yeah? Well, I learned this in my econ class,” they say to refute something I have argued.

General David Petraeus, general in Iraq during the initial phases of the surge and current Commander of CENTCOM, spoke at the Student Life Center Ballroom on Monday.

I am a proud Texan. Most Texans are. Part of the reason we’re proud is because our state is totally boss, but we have also created a culture of pride within the state.

Most people have some kind of opinion on almost everything. If you’ve ever taken an English class at Vandy, you know what I’m talking about.

I will come right out and say it: I am not a fan of the Winter Olympics.

As a freshman currently trudging through the requirements of AXLE, I’ve realized: Vanderbilt could make things a lot easier.