Supreme Court case spurs protest
On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court heard two landmark cases, Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Sebelius vs. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp, regarding religious freedom and women’s health.…
Day: March 26, 2014
IS trip sparks tension, debate on VC campus
The International Studies (IS) travel class recently returned from their spring break trip to Israel; however, campus debate and activism surrounding Israel-Palestinian issues seems unlikely to die out anytime soon.…
New review pinpoints MTA safety priorities
Prompted by the Dec. 1 Metro-North train derailment on the Hudson Line, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has undergone a comprehensive review of operations by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).…
High expectations for baseball season ahead
Coming off a season in which the team qualified for the Liberty League tournament for the first time in school history, expectations are at an all-time high for the 2014…
Night Owls tour East Coast cities
As legend has it, the Vassar Night Owls—a campus all-female jazz a capella group—was founded in the wake of the 1942 polio epidemic, when the entire campus was quarantined. A…
Orgs deserve more autonomy with funds
Every year, each student contributes $320, amounting to more than $750,000 to fund the Vassar Students Association (VSA) and all of its projects and activities, as well as support over…
Neuroscience student puts biology notes to good use
It was through helping others learn that Alexandra Hamilton ’15 learned something new about herself. Hamilton has composed a series of online study guides for high school students studying biology,…
Pike-Tay’s canine companion provides therapeutic comfort
Canis lupus familiaris. Worker, helper and man’s best friend. For 30,000 years, dogs have held many jobs, from housepets to bomb sniffers. One professor here at Vassar is teaching her…
Plant sculptures foreground Southwestern water shortage
Late in every spring semester, many seniors find themselves slaving away in their carrels in the library basement, pouring through stacks of books and sorting through accumulated piles of notes.…
College serves as wedding venue
White flowing fabric. Exchanged rings. And the Vassar chapel. These are the beginnings of the checklist for a Vassar wedding. Each year, for a fee of $150, couples across the…