It has long been believed that the battle for equal rights for gay Americans would be most successfully waged along the Blue State coasts, where progressives provide a more sympathetic audience to the movement’s advocates. In early April, however, that assumption was challenged by significant victories for gay rights advocates in Iowa and Vermont.
At the beginning of this year, we published a progressive wish list. It included several changes we wanted to see on campus, including divestment from Sudan, a revived living wage movement, and increased recycling facilities. While we didn’t get many of the things we wanted, we saw many indications that Vanderbilt is continually moving in the right direction.
This month, I am graduating with only the vaguest notion of what comes next. I’m not alone in having no set plans for next year, and but I’m happy with that. Whatever happens, a wise person once told me, one should stay open to new experiences.
