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Day: October 21, 2015
New coach, new season, new reason to keep on swimming
Courtesy of Vassar Athletics Looking to make a splash with the help of their newly hired dive coach, the Vassar men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are more than…
Fall for all: Brewers drop like leaves over October break
Courtesy of Vassar Athletics Women’s Cross Country Women’s VCXC traveled to Bryn Mawr College, Pa. for the annual Seven Sister’s tournament, where the Brewers competed against Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, St.…
Bol brings together lab, classroom with ancient recipes
As the Bridge Building nears completion, the discussion of the role of hard sciences in a liberal arts curriculum has reemerged. The turnout for Professor Marjolijn Bol’s Monday lecture would…
Artoberfest to spotlight local marginalized musicians
Courtesy of PWR BTTM via Facebook As college students living on a pretty small campus, we are constantly within a bubble. Most of us stay on campus and rarely leave.…
Devised play hopes to embody issues of race, gender
Courtesy of Vassar College Drama Department Lacuna is defined as a blank space or a missing part. At once, the locution brings to mind a sense of ambiguity and…
Sextet premiers eclectic set on Music Department stage
Photo by Katie de Heras The Vassar Music Department’s fall concert series will continue this Saturday, October 24th, with its Jazz Event. A medley of faculty members will be…
Odom situation more than sensational media fodder
For those unaware of the situation, on Oct. 13, former NBA player Lamar Odom was discovered unconscious at the Love Ranch, a brothel located in Crystal, Nevada. Reports from the…
Chinese film achieves festival successes
I remember when the Chinese film “Black Coal, Thin Ice” (2014) won the Golden Berlin Bear, mainland Chinese critics gave it universal acclaim. In the eyes of the Chinese mass…
New lessons in Arden revamp
Reasonable criticism arose when Deaf West announced that they would be taking their production of “Spring Awakening” to Broadway, slated for a mere six years after the original production. Critics…
Babysitter studies existential crises within Frog and Toad
Over October break, I went back to my summer job. This statement is proof of how words can be misleading. What I really did was babysit again for the family…