Four former Vanderbilt football players have been indicted on five counts of aggravated rape each of an unconscious 21-year-old student at a campus dormitory in June.
It just didn't seem to me that headline was very respectful.
Inside the article they refer to the men being former Vanderbilt Football players. Using the term "Vandy" as a headline for a report on men accused of rape, seemed to be a bit casual.
Out here on the West Coast, I had never heard the term Vandy before. I was fairly sure what it referenced. Should I and others need to guess what it means when skimming headlines? Use the word Vanderbilt.
If they're discussing the sports angle, then by all means refer to them as Vandys or whatever.
So I guess saying SoCal sucks ass is worse than saying University of Southern California sucks Ass.
Get a grip.
The common name for Vanderbilt in Tennessee in “VANDY