May 13, 2008
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TUESDAY, MAY 13- 11:54 AM
Happy Tuesday to everyone.
Here are some quick notes for all of you browsing the web right now, even though you should be working.
As I mentioned in my last post, Vanderbilt’s spring graduation took place last Friday. Katie Feyes, one of the academic counselors, was nice enough to share a few photos from the ceremony… so here are two you might enjoy (make sure you click on the image to see a bigger version of the pic).
First, here’s the entire group of student-athletes standing outside of Kirkland Hall with Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos.
And here’s a photo of the 2008 baseball graduates…
If you want to read a good article about the success of our student-athletes in the classroom, then click here.
Now, not only did graduation take place that morning, but our nationally-ranked baseball team also hosted SEC-leader Georgia that same night. After receiving his diploma earlier in the day, senior Dominic de la Osa provided one of the highlights of the year with this video clip below. Just one of several clutch homers that Dom has hit during his time wearing Black and Gold. (Make sure you visit our VUcommodores YouTube Page for more videos)
And since we’re on the topic of graduation…. I will never forget where I was when Donna Martin graduated.
And if you didn’t know, I celebrate Beverly Hills 90210’s entire catalog…. which is why one of the biggest things I heard all week (thanks to LG) was that the CW channel is going to bring back the kids from West Beverly in a spinoff scheduled to air this fall.
Of course, the high schoolers will consist of a bunch of new faces, but some of the oldies are jumping back on board like Jennie Garth. Garth has already signed on to play Kelly Taylor once again, this time as a guidance counselor.
One of the students will be Shenae Grimes, who was a regular on Degrassi “The Next Generation” as Darcy Edwards. Not surprising that the new 90210 studio execs got someone from that show… the “Next Gen” was sort of the same concept as this new nine-oh show, where the originals came back as teachers and parents.
Also joining the cast is Lori Laughlin, who’s best known to me from Full House and some really bad but great 80’s movie like Secret Admirer (oh and congrats to C. Thomas Howell, also from Secret Admirer, on his role in VH1’s reality show on magic called Celebracadabra.. check it out because it will be worth your time).
Now, who really knows if this new 90210 show will be any good… but if Steve Sanders comes back as a regular, it’s bound to be TV gold… and I’ll put my stamp on it. Maybe Stevo can pass the legacy key down one more time to the next generation.
And you can’t have a reprise without Nat and the Peach Pit. Execs must make it a priority to lock down Joe E. Tata to a lifetime contract (really, it shouldn’t be hard since he hasn’t had a gig since 2001).
Well, have a good rest of the day and check back for a blog update or two later this week.
