Quiet room provides escape without ever leaving campus
photo by Jacob Brody It is hard to find time to truly relax when you could be writing a paper or watching Netflix. But when it comes to mental health,…
Day: September 16, 2015
Finding the perfect family weekend in Poughkeepsie
This year, Vassar has rearranged Parent’s Weekend so that All Families Weekend is now Sept. 18 through 20 instead of in April. With having families of students of all years…
Convocation Address uses Loeb artifact to speak to change
courtesy of Bert Lott On Sept. 9, 150 years after the college welcomed its first group of students, the Vassar community started off the academic school year with Fall Convocation…
New library director looks to connect with community
After a year-long search, Andrew Ashton has been selected to become the College’s new Director of the Libraries. The Director of the Libraries oversees all operations and activities for all…
Outside the Bubble
Mount McKinley Called Denali Once More On Aug. 30, President Obama officially announced that after almost a century of being known as Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain will again…
Friends from the first flush: the story of bathroom buddies
We met on move-in day. The air was thick with anticipation and sweat from our fatigued bodies as we dragged our meager, yet still bulky possessions through the house and…
Tisci forces NY Fashion Week to confront city’s past
The line between creating commentary on social events and exploiting them as a commercial endeavor is dangerously fine in every industry. The art world, however, is often given a little…
Engaging in VSA fosters student discourse
As a first year attending Vassar College, I don’t really have the authority to distribute advice to people who know far more than I do. Freshmen are supposed to be…
Improvising adulthood: how to conduct yourself at college
Ah, College; a murky, drunken twilight zone whose inhabitants clumsily straddle the line between adolescence and adulthood. But not you, right? You’re the physical embodiment of maturity and self-sufficiency. Never…
The Misc presents the first ever Deece monologues
Ok I have to try really hard to not make eye contact with anyone. I should have picked out a table first, someone’s probably going to ram right into me…