On Thursday, March 2, the Vassar student body received an email from Dean Jaeger, the Grounds Manager for Facilities Operations, detailing the reasoning and process for the removal of the large Dutch elm tree in front of Josselyn House. The…
March—the month of mad. This angry period is accentuated by two college basketball tournaments in which the maddest team wins, a festival known as “March Madness.” Yet year after year, I watch as college coaches overlook the maddest individuals in…
As the academic year draws to a close, so do Vassar athletic seasons. Some sports have already wrapped up for the year, while others have just a few more months of training and competition. Senior athletes are playing—or perhaps already…
Every year, the NCAA brands its men’s basketball tournament as “March Madness,” confident that the field of 64 teams will deliver on what the promotion promises. The first two rounds of this year’s tournament did just that, as improbabilities seemed…
The Vassar Class of 2023 went on spring break its first year of college and didn’t return to campus until the following fall. Students took online classes in their childhood bedrooms. Their social lives condensed to pods. They lived in…
