Democrats have no one but themselves to blame
In the waning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 5, Chris Wallace of CNN said what I think is the most prescient line of the 2024 election cycle. Watching as the nation’s…
Willem Doherty
Student gives five should-be-obvious NFL takes
Halfway through the NFL season, it is hard to be wrong if you are in sports media. The battle lines are drawn, playoff spots are already clinched and breakout stars/unmitigated…
Oarsmen win IM volleyball title
In a rousing end to the fall intramural (IM) volleyball season, Oarsmen (6-0) defeated both Mind Goblins (6-1) in the semifinal and Safe Sets (7-0) in the grand final to…
Students discern NBA contenders and pretenders
Every year in the NBA, there are about eight teams that think they have what it takes to win it all. This level of delusion is unprecedented outside of sports:…
Rating struggling NFL quarterbacks
Are we back? Are we goated? Is it over? Are we washed? We are constantly asking ourselves these questions; it’s the human condition. But it is also the NFL condition,…
Discussing the ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Postcards’ exhibition
The Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library, in collaboration with Dr. Jonathan Ellis of the University of Sheffield and Associate Professor Susan Rosenbaum of the University of Georgia, is…
“Station Eleven”
As we’ve learned from COVID-19, pandemics are slow and boring. Even a phrase as catastrophic-sounding as “lockdown” mostly consists of staying inside and endlessly refreshing news sites. The virus isn’t…
New ‘Dune’ adaptation places humanity in a sci-fi world
In Roger Ebert’s review of the 1984 movie “Dune,” the legendary critic does not hold back: “This movie is a real mess, an incomprehensible, ugly, unstructured, pointless excursion into the…
Baby Keem impresses with debut album ‘The Melodic Blue’
What sounds come to mind when you think of Baby Keem? Is it the smooth, confident voice he started out with on his breakout hit, “Orange Soda”? Is it the…