Basketball keeps heads high after league upsets on the road
Coming off a four-game winning streak against Bard, Clarkson, St. Lawrence and RPI, the Vassar women’s basketball team struggled to find their rhythm. They fell to William Smith and RIT…
Day: February 1, 2017
Women’s squash regains momentum, honors seniors
This Saturday, Feb. 28, the Vassar women’s squash team secured two wins in emphatic fashion to celebrate Senior Day. Returning home to Kenyon Hall for the first time since December,…
Executive order presents threats to athletes’ careers
In a new act of racial and religious exclusion, President Donald J. Trump signed one of his first executive orders, banning non-American citizens of seven countries from entering the United…
Underdogs prepare to take Super Bowl by storm
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Atlanta Falcons will be in the Super Bowl this year. They have had several strong seasons during this span, but rarely…
Talented opponents test prowess of VC winter sports
Men’s Swimming and Diving The Brewers started off the spring semester with a splash as they earned first place in the Skidmore Sprint Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 29. To earn…
Contemporary feminisms must include sex workers
The week before the Women’s March on Washington, coordinator for Sex Workers Alliance Ireland Kate McGrew noticed that the platform for the event no longer showed explicit support for sex…
Economies must adapt to technological advancement
More than a month has passed since the historic upset that took place during the US Presidential Election of Nov. 9, 2016, in which Donald Trump against all odds defeated…
Journalism will continue to suffer, decline in the Trump era
Unless you have been living under a rock since break, you probably saw Donald Trump’s press conference at which he called out CNN for being “fake news.” While this comment…
Public misconceptions of Vera Rubin’s career pervade news cycle
On Dec. 25, 2016, astronomer and Vassar alumna Vera Rubin ’48 sadly passed away at the age of 88, a solemn yet graceful conclusion to a life rich with brilliant…
More nuance needed in discussions of Vassar finances
English Professor Don Foster recently published two op-eds in Boilerplate discussing the College’s financial situation. His most recent article refers to our college’s recent endowment decline as a “budget-busting collapse”…