Novelist Junot Díaz talks writing, immigrant experience
In 2008, author Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, “The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” In 2012, he received a MacArthur Fellowship, colloquially…
Day: April 25, 2018
Why we play – Zamir Birnbach, tennis
Bounce the ball three times, pause and breathe. I need this point. I’m getting this point. My left arm shoots up, launching the ball above my head as my hips…
Baseball splits matches in non-conference play
The Vassar baseball team took on two opponents in back-to-back double headers this past weekend. The Brewers hit the road to compete with Moravian College on Saturday, April 21, and…
Track & Field breaks records at sole home meet of season
On Saturday, April 21, Vassar Track & Field honored its graduating seniors at the beginning of the Vassar Invitational. The men’s and women’s teams recognized six members each for their…
Spring is here! Let’s draft the NBA’s All-Lawn team
Folks, there is a new Dream Team in town. That’s right—inspired by the fantastic overlap of the return of the warmth with the NBA playoffs, I’ve drafted a lawn game…
The culture of courtside
In the NBA playoffs, all of the stars come out. LeBron James is turning up the intensity in an attempt to single-handedly will his lethargic team past the scrappy Indiana…
Show us the money! NBA season lacks incentives
April couldn’t come soon enough for basketball fans, who rejoice when the calendar flips into the heart of spring. No further need for argument over whether this matchup or that…
Students, Houses Light the Night
As May rolls around and stressed Vassar students hustle from one class to the next, bounce from office hours to endless group project meetings and of course prepare for those…
Philaletheis presents interactive Shakespeare production
In general, theater audiences adopt a passive role in a performance. They sit and receive the information the characters give them on a journey that the playwright has constructed for…
Queen Bey, Yodeling Boy and SZA dazzle at Coachella
To see an internet sensation, a reunited Destiny’s Child and the Queen Bey herself all in one place, would be legendary. At this year’s annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts…