VSA funds disputed panelist
Breaking from the run-of-the-mill law and order of chair updates and speedy consensus agendas, all attending the March 24 VSA Senate paused to hone in on a series of images,…
Day: April 3, 2019
Faculty housing to be demolished
In a letter early this February, Professor of Chemistry Miriam Rossi invited President of the College Elizabeth Bradley to read the lyrics of “Big Yellow Taxi,” by folk singer-songwriter Joni…
RecWeek refocuses restfulness
“I am a sex addict,” declared a written statement on the dusty window of an abandoned storefront in Chinatown, Manhattan. While thousands of New Yorkers power walked past the dilapidated…
Series explores ‘passing’ narratives
The idea of “passing for white” has held historical significance for people of color in America since it emerged as a prominent literary theme during the abolitionist movement, the postbellum…
Baseball drops first four in league play
Baseball season is notoriously long. With their first home series of the 2019 campaign in the books, the Brewers of Vassar baseball are glad of that. After getting swept in…
Quite Frankly
Have a question you want answered? Submit your quandaries at http://bit.ly/2RFnXfk Hey Frankie, I love my close friends, who happen to be bro-ey, straight white men. Unfortunately, they are subscribers…
ASA Fashion Show displays dazzling array of inspired attire
Before the doors opened at 6:30 p.m. last Saturday, March 30, the College Center Multi-Purpose Room (CCMPR) was populated with empty chairs and filled with silence, except for a few…
Political Roundup
In Our Headlines… President Donald Trump is currently fighting growing opposition to his administration’s announcement that a citizenship question will be added to the 2020 Census. He attacked Democrats via…
Vigil grieves, honors victims of New Zealand shootings
[Content Warning: This article discusses mass violence.] I remember where I was when the news first broke out. Ensconced in my comforter at 3 a.m. on a break-time television binge,…
Dutchess Toastmasters bond through public speaking
Thirty minutes before the first inter-collegiate Toastmasters event of its kind in Dutchess County, students from Marist College and SUNY New Paltz convened in a haphazard semi-circle in a New…