Recent grad to return for VC performance, kick off tour
Just a few months after graduating in May, musician Mara Connor ’13, who performed countless times during her time at Vassar, will be returning to campus to grace the stage…
Arts
D’Ambra embraces hands-on approach to ancient art
Professor of Art Eve D’Ambra is busy this semester, immersed in cultures of the past— ancient Greece and Rome. She teaches seven lectures in the Art History 105-106 course, Greek…
Poring over the origins of a Netflix hit
After binge-watching Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, arguably this summer’s most talked about television series, I decided to go to its source: Piper Kerman’s 2011 memoir Orange is the…
Gordon-Levitt script looks at vice, morality
Due to “no pants Friday,” a history paper on the horizon and the incalculable impact of a solid outline, I am going to review the odd film Don Jon in…
Salinger fails in attempts to define author
Imagine a slightly unpleasant man who returns from war with post traumatic stress disorder and wants to stay inside most of the time. You would probably have no problem leaving…
Palmer Gallery to display Freed exhibit on historic D.C. march
Fifty years ago, nearly 250,000 people from across the United States traveled to Washington, D.C. to march for civil rights. Students, clergymen, women, children, the young and the old all…
Unravelling history through the art of dress
To study clothing is to study the very fabric of history. To that end, Arden Kirkland ’93 weaves together the passing of time, the changing of trends in order to…
HEL show to launch Vassar comedy season
Happily Ever Laughter (HEL), one of Vassar’s many comedy groups, will kick off a semester of laughs this weekend with a night of sketch comedy. The show will be performed…
Merely Players modifies classic play Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound, directed by Steven Wooley ’14 and starring Zachary Boylan ’16, premieres September 27 after a rather unconventional rehearsal schedule. Normally, a show’s process follows the schedule of the…
Concertmaster reflects on personal music career at VC
For Kevin Lee ’14, choosing to play the violin was not a thought out decision. “I just randomly chose the violin,” remarked Lee, a Biology major, research assistant and chair…