[View the story "Our favorite Tweets of the week, Nov. 9-16" on Storify ]Our favorite Tweets of the week, Nov. 9-16 There was a lot of excitement in the Vanderbilt Twitterverse this week, as our fans and followers reacted to some big news stories and events: The Dores' bowl eligibility; David Price; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Toni Morrison; and the new College Halls. Join the conversation @vanderbiltu. Storified by VanderbiltU · Fri, Nov 16 2012 11:33:44
Vanderbilt alumnus David Price wins the Cy Young award (read more ): David Price wins AL Cy Young - great day for him and for @VanderbiltU and @RaysBaseballClay Harris
. @VanderbiltAlum David Price won the AL Cy Young!!! Let's go @VanderbiltU.Francisco Garcia
So @vanderbiltu alum @davidprice14 and @montgomerybell alum @RADickey43 both win @mlb Cy Young Awards. Way to be! Big day for #nashville!The Skillery
“@VanderbiltAlum: David Price won the AL Cy Young!!! Let's go @VanderbiltU.”//Congrats @DAVIDprice14 #VANDYloveDr. D'Lorah Hyacinth
As far as I can tell, David Price is the first graduate of @VanderbiltU to win a major award in professional sports. @SI_LeeJenkinsJesse Golomb
Congratulations to @VanderbiltU alum @davidprice14 for winning the Cy Young award tonight!Elizabeth Jenkins
The new College Halls at Kissam will be named for distinguished figures from Vanderbilt's history (read more ). Hey @Grantland33, @VanderbiltU is finally naming a hall after alumnus Grantland Rice. #ANCHORDOWNDave Sund
The names for these buildings are refreshingly donor- or faculty- or administrator-free http://bit.ly/SW9TczKatherine Miller
Awesome choices RT @VanderbiltU The new College Halls have been named for people significant to VU's history & culture http://vanderbi.lt/jlekyVU baseball tweeting
@mcleodwl @vanderbiltu @erfedida Im liking Grantland Rice and Robert Penn Warren getting some loveMatty Roberts
Writer Toni Morrison will be the Senior Day speaker at Commencement 2013 (read more ): Toni Morrison to be Senior Day Speaker @VanderbiltU Very excited to see this. #VU2013Dwayne V. Elliott
2013 Senior Day Speaker @VanderbiltU is Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison! #WINNING http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement/week/senior-day-speaker/c.mitch
More cool news MT @VanderbiltUToni Morrison will be 2013 Senior Day speaker & receive VU’s Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal http://vanderbi.lt/h7bwvCountry Life
Lucky! Lol 2013 Senior Day Speaker @VanderbiltU is Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison! #WINNING http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement/week/senior-day-speaker/” Ashlee DeLyne
Nice. MT @VanderbiltU: Writer Toni Morrison will be 2013 Senior Day speaker & recipient of VU’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s MedalPeter Martino
This year is the 25th anniversary of publication of Beloved- how exciting Toni Morrison is coming to @VanderbiltU this spring!Heather Lefkowitz
Toni Morrison is the 2013 @VanderbiltU Senior Day Speaker. I'll take it. #seniorsParks Hewitt
Tooooo excited about Toni Morrison and of course Commencement 2013! 5.10.13Thanks @VanderbiltU!!Jakerra R. Simmons
After defeating Ole Miss Saturday, the Dores are bowl eligible! Visit Bowl Central . Bowl eligible! #whoyawith #godores @VanderbiltUParks Hewitt
Sweet! @VanderbiltU is headed to back-to-back bowl games. Am I dreaming? #anchordownElizabeth Jenkins
Way to go @VanderbiltU !! Bowl eligible #AnchorDown Shannon McCoy
@vandybuzztap @VandyFootball @VanderbiltU @jamesfranklinvu I believe in CJF. I believe in new prgrm. We play 6 secs at time. #bowlingbabyVU Dores On Top
Can't think of a better time to be a @VanderbiltU senior - what an incredible turnaround in 4 years. Congrats @jamesfranklinvu #anchordownMelissa McKittrick
“@VanderbiltU: Final score: Vanderbilt 27, Ole Miss 26. Vanderbilt is bowl eligible! #anchordown” WERE GOING BOWLING YEEEAHNikki Zenkel
Let's go bowling! #ANCHORDOWN @VanderbiltU @jamesfranklinvuNikhil Goel
@VanderbiltU Woooo Anchor Down!! Great Job Commodores! I really hope I get to be a commodore when I apply!! #2014 #IBleedBlackAndGold?Christian Zimmerman
Pretty awesome day: Group of us gave away $105k to fund cancer research at @VanderbiltU and @VandyFootball comes back to win on road. #DoresTodd Jackson
Mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas yesterday. Now I can tell her tickets to the @VanderbiltU bowl game! #GoDores #anchordown #vandyKyle W. Jacobs
Lou Holtz gives Jordan Rodgers a helmet sticker! #AnchorDown #GoDores @VanderbiltU #VandyJoe Foster
"A goal without a plan is just a wish" ... #AnchorDown #VandyNation & @VanderbiltU ! #VANDERBUILD @vandyfootball w/ @jamesfranklinvu #6secs!Mike Rose
Jay Cutler AND Earl Bennett went to @VanderbiltU!? Success is in their blood.Heather Wilt
Haha! #letsgobowling #anchordown #bnv #beatutChris Collier
@VanderbiltU thankful for @jamesfranklinvu and the bowl-bound Commodores! #AnchordownLucas Scholl
My new gloves I got at work! #free go Dores! #vandySyd
@VanderbiltU I'm #thankful for Coach James Franklin #thanksgivingShane Levan
Just met James Franklin! He's the Man. #godores #vandySam Boyette
Coach Franklin rallying student support for Saturday's ball game...#AnchorDownMichael Hazel
I'm ready now... #godores #anchordown #blackandgold #nails #mycreationKatie King
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson speaks to a very enthusiastic crowd at Langford Auditorium Tuesday (read more ): no words can express my excitement over seeing @neiltyson at @VanderbiltU tonight better than the Symphony of Science:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84PoeynkSherry Chen
can't wait to hear @neiltyson speak at @VanderbiltU tonight #BadGrasse http://pic.twitter.com/C31suB1ikkhoo
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is speaking at Vanderbilt tonight! If that doesn't brighten up my week I don't know what will.Rani Banjarian
Come hear world renowned astrophysicist Neil Degrasses Tyson tonight..We'll be there! Thanks to the @VanderbiltU Speakers Committee! #BeMoreVanderbilt Chi O
@AstroCaribe: Wish that I could attend @neiltyson talk at @VanderbiltU! Graduating does have its downsides!Thompson Le Blanc
@neiltyson in the house! @VanderbiltUBruce Melancon
@neiltyson forgot his shoes. He is lecturing in his socks to @VanderbiltU. He's on to something here...Seth Bordenstein
Learned how the Earth is out to get us from @neiltyson tonight @VanderbiltU #scienceisamazingRyan Higgins
@bncmusic @astro_flow @neiltyson @VanderbiltU wow! So cool! And he's hilarious! But #themightysky gang is missing you Leland! ;)Beth Nielsen Chapman
so excited to get my space and science geek on with a talk from @neiltyson @VanderbiltUTracy Shields
First @AudraEqualityMc last year, and tonight @neiltyson. Man I love @VanderbiltU. http://pic.twitter.com/6OmT2QVTSeth Friedman
Neil degrasse tyson nonchalantly talking about his own internet fame to the vanderbilt student body #lookslikewegotabadassErik Andersson
Listening to Neil Tyson. It is like time traveling through science from past to future with a highly evolved H.sapiens. http://pic.twitter.com/bBpEgo8WSeth Bordenstein
I saw Neil DeGrasse Tyson at Vanderbilt tonight and it was so great. Science! http://instagr.am/p/R_l6ZJlXgP/Lance Conzett
@neiltyson MINDBLOWN. haha thanks for an awesome, badly-needed lecture at Vandy last night.Rani Banjarian
There was a lot of excitement in the Vanderbilt Twitterverse this week, as our fans and followers reacted to some big news stories and events: The Dores’ bowl eligibility; David Price; Neil DeGrasse Tyson; Toni Morrison; and the new College Halls.