Why We Play: Jonah Strand, Swimming
I didn’t go any best times during my freshman year. It was the first instance that I hadn’t improved during a season, and it destroyed my confidence. That summer, I…
Day: May 10, 2018
Computer science pushes for tenure-track faculty
[Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the name of a Haverford College student quoted. He is Daniel Feshbach, not Daniel Feschbach.] The boom in student enrollment for computer science courses…
Vassar Food Community teams up with Big Night In for collaborative cooking
April 20, better known as 4/20, is a date inextricably tied to substance use. This year, however, Big Night In (BNI) and the Vassar Food Community (VFC) co-hosted the Off-Campus…
Why We Feature: Former editors recount experiences with section
The Features section today is a collaborative effort among all of the writers and editors of past and present. For the final issue of the school year, we invited two…
Two years after its release, Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” remains influential in current music scene
Could I ever give this album anything less than five stars? Is there anyone at this school who can honestly say that they haven’t listened to this album? The answer…
Student theater community expresses appreciation for Shiva Theater
Before a Vassar student theater production begins auditions, there’s the infamous spaces meeting. During this time, members from all of the upcoming productions gather together to debate where each show…
Democrats should not take midterm elections for granted
The Democratic Party has good reason to be optimistic about the midterm elections. President Trump has proven to be a consistently unpopular president, with FiveThirtyEight putting his most recent approval…
Why Hawking’s popularity comes down to accessible science
In the modern field of theoretical physics, there is certainly no shortage of brilliant minds who have worked tirelessly to solve the mysteries of our universe. Consider Kip Thorne, a…
Letter to the Editor
As a former Division III student-athlete and as someone who has spent the last decade and a half working with student-athletes in higher education, our athletes’ well-being and overall experience…
This isn’t an article about finals
As the headline for this article suggests, this is not a 700- to 800-word article about finals. It will not mention the massive workloads, nor the panic associated with waking…