The spotted lanternfly must die
Carcasses litter the ground. This is the new New York summer, marked by the emergence of the invasive spotted lanternfly, or Lycorma delicatula, which is too lyrical a name to…
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Copenhagen Chronicles Ch. 3: Thrifting and thinking in Nørrebro
I have been very inspired by the Danish style here; people ooze aura. They wear sunglasses—even in cloudy weather—and lots of bandanas: around the waist like belts and on their…
Sitting in with the Poughkeepsie Jazz Project
It was dinner time at Mahoney’s Irish Pub. While the house band counted off the popular jazz standard “Night and Day,” Charlie Koons ’29 decided between a burger and the…
What’s Brewing?
Hello! I’m a songwriter and I’ve been working on releasing music for the last few months. I wrote a song a little bit ago about an ex, and not to…
Copenhagen Chronicles Ch. 2: Moving from A to B
Bikes. When the Danes say to watch out for bikes, they are not joking. Nine out of 10 people living in Denmark own a bike, and there are five times…
Printing Vassar in Prussian blue through cyanotypes
There is something magical about watching an image bloom on paper, ghostly whites emerging against a background that shifts from a dull sage green to a brilliant Prussian blue. We…
Meeting Assistant Professor of History Whitney Fields
When I was pre-registering for classes over the summer, a course that immediately jumped off my screen was AFRS/HIST 131: “Narratives of Black History: Lives and Archives.” I pulled it…
Celebrating the vibrancy of Latine Heritage Month
As Latine Heritage Month grows closer, the pride and celebration of all aspects of Latin culture bloom. Visual arts, music, dance and storytelling are all vital parts of each country’s…
Vassar reacts to nationwide Meta lawsuit
Just last week on Aug. 26, the technology company Meta settled in a historic federal lawsuit brought by 47 states, as well as the Washington, D.C. and multiple U.S. territories.…
Skate punk is alive at the skatepark
The sounds of distorted guitars and whiny vocals shot through the air. Through a chain-link fence I saw a stage no bigger than a car, surrounded by a small, scattered…