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Fourth-year School of Medicine students kick up their heels at this year’s Cadaver Ball. (photo by Mary Donaldson)
![First-year medical student Lane Crawford gets into the festivities. (photo by Mary Donaldson)](https://vumc-reporter.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/reporter_22208_20.jpg)
First-year medical student Lane Crawford gets into the festivities. (photo by Mary Donaldson)
![The first-year men give it their all on the dance floor. (photo by Anne Rayner](https://vumc-reporter.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/reporter_22208_22.jpg)
The first-year men give it their all on the dance floor. (photo by Anne Rayner
![Catherine Fuchs, M.D., was honored with the Shovel Award for teaching excellence. (photo by Anne Rayner)](https://vumc-reporter.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/reporter_22208_21.jpg)
Catherine Fuchs, M.D., was honored with the Shovel Award for teaching excellence. (photo by Anne Rayner)
![VUSM Dean Steven “Al Gore” Gabbe, M.D., cuts a rug with Hilary Clinton, aka Patricia Temple, M.D. (photo by Anne Rayner)](https://vumc-reporter.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/reporter_22208_23.jpg)
VUSM Dean Steven “Al Gore” Gabbe, M.D., cuts a rug with Hilary Clinton, aka Patricia Temple, M.D. (photo by Anne Rayner)
Political pollsters would have declared the 2008 Cadaver Ball a winner long before election results were in. With the theme "Doctor the Vote," last weekend's event at the Opryland Hotel featured original videos and live music and dance numbers by medical students, while Dean Steven Gabbe, M.D., portrayed Al Gore as the peace(prize)maker uniting the Democratic candidates.