VSA debt raises tough questions about budget oversight
Shahid Naeem had a bad feeling. The third year political science major, who has served as the Vassar Student Association (VSA) 2016-17 Chair of Finance, had a gnawing suspicion all…
Laurel Hennen Vigil
Despite rain, Earth Day festivities shine across community
For the past two years, the city of Poughkeepsie has organized a citywide clean-up initiative on Earth Day, which this year fell on Saturday, April 22. “We want to celebrate…
New VSA Exec talks goals, motivations for next year
In a few short weeks, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) will usher in a new administration to serve throughout the 2017-18 school year. As announced last Thursday, April 13, the…
2017 Krieger Lecture features Zadie Smith
The Villard Room hummed with excitement on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, as hundreds of students, professors and locals crowded in to hear Zadie Smith speak. The turnout was…
Jahren discusses interdisciplinary ‘Lab Girl,’ plant science
On the evening of Thursday, March 30, the Taylor Hall auditorium was packed with students and professors eager to hear scientist and author Dr. Hope Jahren discuss her acclaimed book,…
Commencement Speaker Deborah Bial discusses Posse
On Mar. 6, Vassar College announced that Deborah Bial, President and Founder of the Posse Foundation, would be this year’s Commencement Speaker. Bial, who attended Brandeis University for undergraduate and…
H2A rallies Vassar against oppression
[Trigger warning: racist and anti-Semitic hate speech.] On Saturday, Feb. 25, just over a month after Donald Trump’s inauguration and a day after the second of two consecutive incidents of…
Lecturer advocates recognition of Russian democracy
Walking into Nicolai Petro’s lecture, “Are We Reading Russia Correctly?” on Thursday, Feb. 16, many students expected to leave with a better understanding of Russia’s role in the United States’…
Protest draws rivals on abortion dispute
At Planned Parenthoods in more than 40 states across the nation on Saturday, Feb. 11, thousands of demonstrators from both sides of the abortion debate gathered to both decry and…
News Briefs- February 16, 2017
National Security Advisor Forced to Resign On Monday, Feb. 13, President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Michael Flynn, resigned after it was discovered that he had not been honest with…