News Briefs Nov. 8th, 2017
Eight killed in NYC terror attack On Tuesday, Oct. 31, there was a terrorist attack in New York City. Just after 3 p.m., a rented Home Depot truck swerved into…
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Updates from the VSA
By Sarah Jane Muder – 9 years ago
Committee Updates Operations Committee: — They are going to try to schedule a joint meeting between Finance, Operations and Planning to discuss Finance restructuring. — They had a discussion on…
Prevalence of sexual harassment demands intervention
By Roger Han – 9 years ago
[Content warning: This column discusses sexual harassment and assault.] Before I came to Vassar, I lived in a conservative setting where discussions regarding social change rarely occurred among high schoolers.…
Dems must dismantle ICE, anti-immigration
By Sylvan Perlmutter – 9 years ago
Finally, the Democrats are beginning to think correctly about immigration. During the Obama administration, the Democrats sought to work out bipartisan immigration reform with the Republican Party, only for their…
Need a lift? Vassar’s ten sexiest elevators revealed
By Chris Allen – 9 years ago
Life at Vassar College certainly has its ups and downs. One of the advantages is having so many great buildings (in varying stages of dilapidation) in which we can live,…
Up-and-coming artist’s new work proves worse than old
By Blair Webber – 9 years ago
When I was 13, I was in middle school. I had braces, I had bangs, and I had a spray can full of dreams and aerosol. For a kid like…
Coughing plague ravages first-year population as roommates reinfect each other
By Frankie Knuckles – 9 years ago
The first runny nose of the season might as well be a rail in the coffin of any first-year student. Exposed to a new communal microbiome due to living in…
How to survive release of your fave band’s new content
By Tanya Kotru Gode – 9 years ago
A few weeks ago, one of my favourite K-pop groups, BTS, released a new music video. Being a fangirl, I’m still recovering from all that joy. I absolutely adore those…
VCLU lecture creates campus controversy
By Clark Xu, Additional Reporting by Yoav Yaron – 9 years ago
The tension between the open expression of ideas that contribute to a just society and the preservation of human dignity by limiting certain forms of hate speech continues to sustain…