Famed author Ghosh discusses 19th-century opium trade
Prolific author and thinker Amitav Ghosh visited Vassar on Wednesday, Oct. 25, to give a lecture titled “Chasing the Dragon: Traveling the Opium Route to Qing China.” Ghosh’s lecture was…
Day: November 1, 2017
Political Roundup
In this week’s headlines… Updates on the investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election exploded on Oct. 30, beginning when President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign…
News Briefs Nov. 1st, 2017
Opioid crisis a public health emergency Last Thursday, Oct. 26, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and announced that the government would take several actions to…
Updates from the VSA
Committee Summaries Board of Residential Affairs — Chair of Residential Affairs Takunda Maisva ’19 has a meeting with President Brad- ley to discuss her perceptions about reslife and whether she…
Preliminary scouting reports: NBA season tip off
Although not too many may be paying attention quite yet, the 2017-18 NBA season has tipped off to an exciting start. After a riveting, wildly entertaining offseason, new superteams have…
Superteam culture sets up fourth Cavs-Warriors Finals
Last year the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers played each other in the NBA finals for the third consecutive year. The meeting marked the first time in NBA history…
NFL: Ravens, Seahawks, Bengals win big in Week 8
Another week of NFL football, another set of riveting games. The action kicked off Thursday night with the Baltimore Ravens 40-0 rout of the Miami Dolphins. The Ravens improved their…
Spacey’s response to allegations damaging, shameful
[Content warning: This column contains discussion of sexual assault.] On Oct. 29, Buzzfeed published an interview with actor Anthony Rapp—best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in “Rent”—in…
H2A reflects on events of last week
The following article is Healing to Action’s timeline from Monday, Oct. 23, to Wednesday, Oct. 25, as well as our official statement to Vassar College. Monday, Oct. 23 10:47 a.m.…