Analyst recounts time covering Middle-Eastern conflicts
Former Chicago Tribune journalist Deborah Horan discussed her experiences reporting in the Middle East, as well as the history of the Arab Spring and its effect on the Middle East…
Day: February 17, 2016
Findings on zebra finches open biology seminar series
On Saturday Feb. 12, the Vassar Biology Department held the first talk of the Spring Semester Biology Seminar Series. This semester, the Seminar Series consists of five lectures conducted every…
Outside the Bubble
Polar Vortex Brings Severe Cold to Northeast On Saturday, Feb. 13, A polar vortex sent temperatures plummeting to seasonal lows across the Midwest and Northeast. Some regions received below negative…
Tennis served up rough competition to start spring
After a lengthy off-season, Vassar’s Women’s Tennis Team has begun their spring season action. The Brewers traveled to West Point, N.Y. last weekend to compete against Division I Army where…
Vassar Swimming steps up to block at UNYSCSAs
This week marks the singularly most important meet of the year for the Vassar College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. For this year’s seniors, it also marks the…
Corruption rampant in pro-tennis world
It’s not a secret that corruption is prevalent in professional sports, whether it be questions of an athlete’s actual age at the Olympics or who gets to host the next…
Manchester United: downfall
Just when it seemed that Louis Van Gaal’s Manchester United had finally turned the page on their relatively dismal season, Sunderland brought every fan’s hopes back down to earth. What…
Family support shines through on court
Before coming to college, I played several sports: tennis, cross-country, volleyball and even a little basketball (the latter of the four was a complete disaster), but I ultimately ended up…
Winter meets spring, Brewers keep doing their thing
Women’s Basketball Vassar’s women’s squad went up against the same competition as the men’s, facing Union and Skidmore on Friday and Saturday respectively. While the matchups were the same, the…
Shareholder role crucial in climate reform
Climate change is a crucial challenge facing our world and members of our campus community are absolutely right to be concerned and to demand action. The world that we inhabit…