Town of Poughkeepsie acquires IBM land for public park
In July 2025, the Town of Poughkeepsie signed a contract with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to acquire 100 acres of land off of Route Nine—between the IBM campus…
Hadley Amato
Employee union negotiations mark ongoing labor struggles
On Thursday, Sept. 25, around 30 members of Vassar’s workers’ union and eight Vassar students gathered in the third-floor lobby of Baldwin Hall to support the union’s ongoing contract negotiations…
Students reflect on military in DC, LA
This summer, the typically picturesque Lafayette Park, located in front of the White House, was closed to the public by a tall black fenceline—the place Washington, D.C. residents and tourists…
Norman Finkelstein gives lecture at Vassar
On Friday, April 25 at 6 p.m., over 130 people packed tightly into Taylor 101 in anticipation of Norman Finkelstein’s lecture, “The Gaza Genocide and Freedom of Speech.” Finkelstein is…
Vassar community reacts to rise of student deportations
As of Thursday, April 17, at least 70 international students at colleges and universities in New York state have had their visas revoked. Across the country, nearly 1,700 international students’…
Event revisits 1969 Main Building occupation
Vassar’s Race and Racism in Historical Collections Working Group held a workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 19 revisiting the Black Studies sit-in that took place in Main Building 55 years ago…