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On January 9th, 2023, Vanguard University was again filled with love and joy as the beginning of the Spring Semester kicks off. As many students moved back in and commuters began their preparation to return, the environment was fantastic. With their return, … [Read more] about New Year, New Vanguard
As we all know, navigating Vanguard’s cafeteria can be difficult. It gets extremely crowded during designated meal hours, all of the tables get taken, and you find yourself not knowing what to do. Some students resort to making Top Ramen in their rooms, … [Read more] about Samson’s is opening back up!
January 9th kicked off many things at Vanguard University: the spring 2023 semester, the usual parking frenzy, and rehearsals for the Lyceum Theater’s spring musical The Drowsy Chaperone. The Drowsy Chaperone is an award-winning 1998 play-within-a-play style … [Read more] about From Page to Stage: The Lyceum Theatre’s Rehearsal Process
Vanguard undergraduate students, student leadership is officially hiring for the 2023-2024 academic school year. Student leadership is a great opportunity for students to become more involved around campus, gain internship hours, and learn valuable work … [Read more] about Student Leadership Hiring
The holiday season is the busiest for travel. So many people return home to spend Christmas with their families, including many U.S. troops. Yet, hundreds of thousands of military personnel also remain on deployment over Christmas time in order to continue … [Read more] about Holiday Cheer- Abroad and Near
By Isabella Perez on Nov. 16, 2022 at 7pm As November swiftly comes and goes, the joy of Christmas rolls in, bringing its traditions with it. Christmas movies have been a staple in many lives during the holiday season. They often bring reminders of sweet … [Read more] about VU Votes: Best Christmas Movies
The weather is cooling down, faint smells of peppermint begin to linger, and holiday festivities are quickly approaching. Students are getting excited as the semester comes closer to an end. Christmas events are starting to hit the calendar, and there is … [Read more] about A Very Vanguard Christmas
Michelangelo Beals is a peacock that graced Vanguard University with his presence on Tuesday, October 4. He was the honorary Vanguard mascot for the two days he was on campus until his removal at the end of the day Wednesday, October 5. Our honorary mascot was … [Read more] about Michelangelo Beals: The Peacock
The Line is a $1 trillion smart renewable energy mega-city that houses nine million people into living quarters of a condensed society cutting through the Saudi Arabia skyline. This unique design is meant to eliminate streets, cars, and carbon emissions; as … [Read more] about Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Project, “The Line”, Futuristic or Farfetched?
By Emily Miller Currently in the United States, Native American and Alaskan Native women face a disproportionate amount of gender-based violence, mostly perpetrated by non-Native men. The federal laws and Supreme Court decisions regarding tribal … [Read more] about The Epidemic of Violence Against Native American Women
VU Living Well holds Samson’s Swap, a free clothing shop, every Thursday outside of Smith Hall. Living Well has served students of Vanguard University for years, offering resources from a food pantry to Samson’s career closet. This year, they introduced a … [Read more] about Thrifty Thursdays at Samson’s Closet
By Emily Miller On Thursday, October 20th, Vanguard University’s Live2Free club held their 7th annual Fair Trade Fashion Show. Live2Free and the Global Center for Women and Justice partnered alongside Goodwill of Orange County, the Human Trafficking Task … [Read more] about Live2Free’s 7th Annual Fair Trade Fashion Show
On Thursday September 29, 2022, Vanguard University’s History and Political Science department held a Childhood Cancer Awareness Event where speakers from different non-profit cancer organizations spoke about their testimonies and involvement with the fight … [Read more] about Childhood Cancer Awareness Event
In California, the constitutional right to abortion may protect its residents, but questions remain around what effect the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have on protecting students coming in from out-of-state as well. Young people … [Read more] about Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade
This semester, for the first time ever, the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanguard University is starting a chapter of TriBeta, the National Biological Honor Society. This will be the first time that biology students at Vanguard will have the … [Read more] about First Ever Biology Honor Society at Vanguard University