Everything seniors miss about how Vandy used to be
Freshmen – the Vandy you know is a lot different from ours
DKE
DKE always had the best music. Hands down (sorry SAE y’all’s is pretty sub-par). They also had a “loggers vs. joggers” day party my sophomore year. For no reason. I still don’t understand that theme.
Beta
This past semester the fresh and new Beta house made its debut. It looks stellar thanks to substantial alumni donations. Too bad Beta volunteered themselves to leave campus.
Lambda Chi
Most of you probably didn’t know many LXs. It doesn’t really matter now after they were kicked off in 2014. DTD now occupies Lambda Chi’s old house on campus.
An SEC-quality football team
There was a time when we had a winning record, even against SEC teams. No one can forget our destruction of UT in 2012. Except you, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.
We went to – and won (!) – bowl games in 2012 and 2013. Hopefully in a couple of years Coach Mason will bring us back up there.
Sportsman’s
Sportsman’s was THE place once you were a sophomore. Receipt from Mapco as an ID? It has your name on it, come on in. However this year VUPD raided it and now no one goes there anymore.
Shrooms guy
I don’t have a picture of him. But every senior remembers the kid from our freshman year who took a bunch of shrooms and jumped out of a Commons window.
The OG Lonnie’s
The ability to stick bottle caps into the ceiling – perpetually leaving your starry-eyed freshman mark on a Nashville bar – coupled with decades of grime made the old Lonnie’s more endearing than the new one.
P.F. Chang’s on the card
P.F. Chang’s wasn’t even on the card for a year before two students were caught having sex in the bathroom. Needless to say it was a great part of a year.
This Mr. Commodore
Every Mr. Commodore has looked sinister. We’ve just transitioned from one version to another.
Dank New Rand
Remember freshman year when campus was so stoked that we had a whole new section of seating in Rand where Pi and Leaf now are? Of course most of you don’t.
But maybe you can imagine how much worse sitting in Rand was five years ago.