MLB Wild Card games injustice to teams
2,600 miles may separate Oakland, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but that didn’t stop the same cloud of disappointment from covering both cities as Major League Baseball’s postseason came into town…
Day: October 8, 2014
Barca in process of renewal
Players come and go, but Barcelona’s style of play will continue to be its driving force on the world stage. Barca’s recent winter of discontent has been a wake-up call…
Pipeline expansion threatens Native lands
On April 26 of this year, environmentalists rallied in the Washington D.C. area to march on the capitol in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. It was a Saturday, and…
Facebook testing encroaches on privacy
In Fall of 2013, there was news that a scientific paper was being submitted based on a social experiment using Facebook. In the following months, the media poured out that…
Senior administrator compensation should provoke scrutiny from Vassar community
Is there such a thing as making “too much” money? What if you work for a not-for-profit? These are questions I think we, as the collective Vassar community, ought to…
Climate march provides space for change
At 12:38 p.m. on September 21, the streets of Manhattan were dead silent. And a minute later they were filled with the cheers of the activists participating in the People’s…
Atheist church creation antithetical to ideological system
Waking up at 7 a.m. for Sunday Mass had to have been one of my least favorite activities as a child. Even more trying for my young self was remaining…
Profiling increases post 9/11
Racial profiling refers to any use of race, religion, ethnicity or national origin by laws enforcement as a means of deciding who should be investigated. With this in mind, it…
Actions of environmentalists hypocritical
I spent the last couple weeks learning about the various environmental clubs, groups and organizations on Vassar’s campus. As someone who was never particularly taken with those kinds of activities…
Printed news becoming obsolete
Newspapers were always a huge part of my life growing up. Whoever was up first in the house would bear the cold to go outside and pick up two little…