Letter to the Editor 3/5/15 – Bill Plapinger
Last week, I and more than 15 other members of the Vassar College Board of Trustees, in small groups, met with a number of student groups. While members of the…
Day: March 4, 2015
Letter to the Editor 3/5/15 – SLD
Last Thursday, students disrupted a Trustee dinner and confronted the college about the racist termination of Kemar Williams, a Vassar security guard. We demanded that the Trustees show accountability to…
Letter to the Editor 2/5/15 – Zack Struver
Last week’s staff editorial on the student-faculty relationship policy bravely lambasted the college administration for its lack of transparency about Vassar College’s policies and operations. “This act by the Administration,”…
Resources few, far between for undocumented students
As a predominantly white institution, Vassar has historically excluded a great deal of oppressed bodies, including people of color, women and LGBTQ students. Lately there have been some incredible efforts…
One student’s call for more time in school
For some reason, it seems as if the more you pay for college, the less time you actually spend there. The majority of colleges and universities in the United States…
Race, rhetoric from across the Atlantic
We all know the world is messed up. At least the self-aware people do. Inequalities regarding race, gender, sexuality and other identities exist in all forms and in every country.…
Media attitudes toward hair reveal racism
this week, the Internet has been ablaze regarding Giuliana Rancic’s comment on E!’s “Fashion Police” about actress Zendaya Coleman’s dreadlocks at the Oscars. Rancic remarked that Coleman’s hair looked like…
Walmart’s wage increase mediocre against living costs
Walmart, the multinational retail corporation popularly credited with the degradation of American culture and infamous for its pitifully low wages, announced on Feb. 19 that it would implement an entry-level…
Seasoned dancers reflect on first positions in VRDT
Just like every writer likes to imagine her name appear on the front cover of a book, every dancer probably has pictured a day when her performance is announced at…
Sketch comedy blends with sounds of No-ViCE bands
This past weekend, the Mug held a dual-genre event for audiences to laugh and jam out, in that order. No-ViCE and Special Events collaborated to host comedians and musical guests…