
Students broaden identity talks
At Vassar—an institution founded by and for (and in many ways, still dominated by) the wealthy, white, able-bodied and cisgender—students who fall outside these categories often need to make a…
At Vassar—an institution founded by and for (and in many ways, still dominated by) the wealthy, white, able-bodied and cisgender—students who fall outside these categories often need to make a…
On the night of Dec. 2, student comedy troupe Vassar Improv presented their last show of the fall semester. The event’s description read, “For 99 Nights of improv by the…
Although “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” remains an unwavering staple to the theatrical canon after four centuries, the Experimental Theater was undaunted in its quest to uniquely reinterpret the classic play…
This past Saturday, Dec. 3, both the men and women of Vassar’s swimming and diving program ventured to Rochester, NY to compete in the Liberty League Championships. The men held…
On Nov. 23, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced that billionaire education lobbyist Betsy DeVos would be his administration’s nominee for Secretary of Education. An adamant proponent of charter schools, DeVos…
On Friday, Dec. 2, the Vassar Conservative Libertarian Union hosted a discussion in Rockefeller Hall on trigger warnings and their implications for free speech. Before the presentation began, Treasurer of…
Katie Jensen ’09 is currently doing her dissertation at the Univeristy of Texas-Austin. She’s studying the refugee status determination process in Brazil, where she was doing research for the past…
Just a few hours north of Poughkeepsie lies the Adirondack Park, the largest protected area in the lower 48 states and larger than the Yellowstone, Glacier, Everglades and Grand Canyon…
On Nov. 29, Vassar College’s Office of Alumnae/i Affairs and Development (OAAD) launched #OurVassar on the collegiate crowdfunding website Give Campus. The fundraiser was created in the spirit of Giving…
A symptom of rising socioeconomic inequality in America is the emerging gulf between those who always have enough food to eat and those who regularly worry about where their next…