Debate attends world tournament
Many college students’ winter breaks include some sort of travelling, whether to a foreign country, or just somewhere a train ride or road trip away. Less often does this almost…
Day: January 28, 2015
Students demand College accountability
On January 26, a letter was disseminated to the campus community via email which called for a major change in the upper levels of administration at Vassar. The letter, authored…
Gregoline thesis fuses text, image
When many Vassar students hear “graphic novel,” they immediately think Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Now, there is a new graphic novelist on Vassar’s campus–and she’s a student. Emma Gregoline…
Athletics Department embraces young talent
This semester Vassar Athletics is joined by two new faces. Mike Callahan will be coming in as the assistant director of Athletics for Sports and Recreation, while the training room…
ResLife must create space for students to air grievances
Just before the semester began, Juniors returning from study abroad received an unpleasant surprise from the Office of Residential Life. On Jan. 13, Residential Life sent an email explaining that…
ResLife tackles spring housing shortage
On Jan. 15, Vassar students returning to campus in the spring semester received an email from the Office of Residential Life explaining that, although traditionally returning juniors could expect to…
Vassar Pronouns Project aims to end misgendering in classroom, community
While Vassar prides itself on being a safe space for members of the LGBTQ community, there are still some areas where it falls short. The Vassar Pronouns Project hopes to…
Flash in the pan: CIA opens new six-month restaurant
Trends in the culinary world change just as fast as our tastes do. However, there is one trend that is simultaneously temporary and enduring: the pop-up restaurant. These short-term eateries…
Vassar hosts Warrior Scholar Program
For incoming freshmen, the transition from high school to college can be a hard adjustment period, but debatably not the hardest. Consider what it might be like to put college…
On Wednesdays we eat green: trendy health foods for 2015
Over winter break, I had three friends text me and ask for restaurant recommendations in New York City, where I don’t even live. I am a huge nerd who…