An obituary to Campus Patrol, 1969-2017
Since 1969, Campus Patrol has been one of the longest running and largest student run organizations in Vassar’s history. Yet in May of 2017, after 48 years of history and…
Day: February 22, 2017
‘Wherefore tap thou Romeo?’ asks collaborative show
Perhaps one of the most well-known pieces of English literature in history, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” has been adapted for many stages since time immemorial. Yet theatre students never fail…
Tournées Film Fest brings francophone world to Vassar
Now that the snow is beginning to melt, the roads are clear and everyone’s Netflix queue has been entirely drained (is anything good ever released in February?), why not spend…
Workshop delves into gender divide in radio industry
“Music is a very lopsided field in general—it’s extremely male-dominated,” feminist Laura Pfeifer said, casually sitting at a sunny desk in Rockefeller Hall to the few nodding women who gathered…
Harry Potter world reinvigorated in West End production
Since J. K. Rowling released “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in 2007, the future fate of her beloved characters has been unknown. She’s written a bit on Pottermore, the…
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ season 2 still searching for voice
“I’m just a girl in love. I can’t be held responsible for my actions,” Rachel Bloom, as the title character Rebecca Bunch, sings in the season two opening sequence of…
Lego aesthetic built upon in new film
I’m going to start this review by saying that if you missed 2014’s “Lego Movie,” you missed out on one of the best movies in recent years. That movie was…
Why doing your laundry makes your clothes (and you) dirtier: Analysis of a dorm laundry room
I live in Jewett, and I’d be willing to bet a pack of mini Tide pods that my clothes are infested with more grungy filth when they exit the fingerprint-smudged…
A plea to Kim Kardashian: expose these ‘celebrities’
On July 17, 2017 (otherwise known as my own personal Christmas), Kim Kardashian exposed Taylor Swift via SnapChat. In an act of pure justice, Kardashian released a recording of a…
After twenty years, ‘Space Jam’ is still a uniquely bad movie
I need to preface this article by saying that I have never seen the classic docudrama “Space Jam.” That being said, this is a review, and I give “Space Jam”…