Administration prepares for class of 2024 admittance day
This past weekend marked another successful Admitted Students Day here at Vassar. This yearly event is where soon-to-be high school graduates can come and decide once and for all if…
Day: April 18, 2019
Despite Vassar ‘wokeness,’ microaggressions persist
If Vassar could be described in one word, it would be “woke.” Every conversation on this campus is done through the lens of consciousness, which extends well beyond the classroom.…
Solange dazzles in celestial, entrancing new release
The best album of the year (so far) has been going critically and overtly under appreciated. This oversight of Solange’s “When I Get Home” is a slight of colossal proportions.…
Lacrosse squanders lead to drop to 1-5 in Liberty League
The Vassar men’s lacrosse team traveled up to Clarkson University this past weekend for a clash between two programs in the Liberty League’s bottom half. Clarkson got on the board…
Please, Tell Us More!
I’ve been teaching at Vassar since the late twentieth century (1991, to be precise, if you can believe it) both in Religion and Jewish Studies. I’m interested in majority-minority relations:…
EPI explores multilingual narratives, encourages globality
“When a senior administrator at Duke sent an email to international students, asking them not to speak their mother tongue in public spaces…it was a sort of small-scale explosive: piercing,…
Original musical doubles as senior thesis, garners acclaim
Set on an airship captained by Hope Goodwell, “The Northern Skies” hit the ground running on Thursday, April 11. An original musical written by Drama and Music double majors Emily…
College student tropes revealed: Which one are you?
In the wake of admitted students weekend, I’ve noticed a few things. Over and over again, there’s the repetition of popular tropes by these new and tragically bright-eyed recruits, and…
Workshop teaches simple skills, seasonality
A library may seem like an unlikely location to cook, but last Wednesday, April 10, I was happily chopping parsnips and tearing kale leaves at Adriance Memorial Library. As part…
Tech glitches subvert election legitimacy
Student self-governance has been the pride of Vassar since the founding of the Vassar Student Association in 1868. As the backbone and voice of the student body, the VSA is…