ACDC renovations to continue
Vassar’s All Campus Dining Center (ACDC), colloquially known as the Deece, is often the subject of students’ derision. “The Deece is not great,” said Nic Gedigk ’19. “The variety of…
Day: October 5, 2016
Posse students flourish
Like every other member of the Class of 2020, Brian Lepak arrived on campus for orientation on Aug. 22. Originating from Newport News, VA, Lepak acts just like many…
Exhibit features Marist artwork
Over Under: A way of working, making use of actions; adding, removing, stacking, pairing, compressing. After Over: Circling back around to layer a gesture, thought, moment. The cryptic description…
Vassar coaches score big with new careers
The athletic department lost two esteemed coaches as the women’s squash coach Jane Parker and men’s baseball coach Jon Martin stepped down from their Vassar posts in August to…
In name of academic equality, Vassar must go test-optional
On Sept. 21, Reuters released an expose detailing that the College Board–the not-for-profit company responsible for designing and administering the SAT–acknowledged that the newly redesigned SAT was unfair, according to…
VC wants diversified courses
Vassar’s Philosophy Department features courses on the birth of Western philosophy, on Neo-Confucianism and on Hegel and Taoism. However, the bulk of upper-level classes still focus on European and…
Rosh Hashanah celebrations address diverse traditions
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, an important fall holiday that calls for both rejoicing and introspection. From Sunday evening to Tuesday night (Oct. 2 through Oct. 4), students…
Students organizations work to improve voter registration
Voter registration day was last Tuesday, Sept. 27. Symbolically, it’s an important day, reminding us that November is approaching fast, that we all need to get it together and re-register.…
Macs dominate PCs at Vassar, CIS tries to support both
Glowing Apples abound at Vassar. No matter where you are on campus, a MacBook is almost sure to be near. You can often witness herds of them congregated in the…
Never pay for vegan yogurt again with this frugal hack
There is a prevailing notion on this campus as well as outside of it that being vegan is expensive. As a vegan from a low-income household, I would love to…