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Community gathers to discuss conservation research

By Clark Xu – 9 years ago

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, conservationists from Vassar College and the surrounding area gathered at the Barn on the Environmental Cooperative to share ideas about scientific research, social action and pedagogy…

Students get to know Healing to Action

By Dylan Smith – 9 years ago

On Friday, Oct. 20, Healing to Action (H2A) had its first all-campus meeting of the year. H2A is a young org at Vassar, whose goal, according to founding members and…

Professors discuss memorials in light of Charlottesville

By Youngju Chang – 9 years ago

On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Vassar History Majors Committee and History Department Academic Intern Maya Sudarkasa ’18 hosted the second of the series of “History and Memory after Charlottesville” lectures.…

Political Roundup

By Talya Phelps – 9 years ago

In this week’s headlines… On Oct. 18, President Trump made a controversial condolence call to the widow of Sergeant La David T. Johnson, who was killed on Oct. 4 in…

News Briefs Oct. 25, 2017

By Marusa Rus – 9 years ago

Trump won’t con rm Iran nuclear deal On Friday, Oct. 13, President Trump announced his decision to disavow the Iran nuclear agreement. For the time being, the agreement remains in…

Banning hate speech ultimately hurts progressive cause

By Andrew Solender – 9 years ago

In politics, always respect the rule of unintended consequences. That is to say, politics is chess, and you must anticipate the consequences of every action, the consequences of those consequences…

Data accessibility trend overlooks systematic biases

By Griffin Berlstein – 9 years ago

Recently there has been a trend to expand and improve open data initiatives for the simple reason that big data problem-solving can help everyone. On paper, that prospect sounds quite…

Student surely, irrefutably knows about everything

By Blair Webber – 9 years ago

In case anyone’s been wondering, I totally know exactly what “decolonize” means and how to use it in a sentence. I know some doubts have been raised on this subject,…