Day: September 19, 2019
Coming climate strike heats up campus
Young people have had enough of dire climate predictions and presidential candidates saying they have a “comprehensive” plan for dealing with climate change. Young people have had enough of bipartisanship…
Abdul Khabeer lectures at the nexus of faith, art, academia
Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer sat poised, legs crossed, at the front of the lecture hall. Even before she introduced herself, the audience thrummed, more lively than the hushed and severe…
Superstitious squad shows superiority at Scramble
Every athlete has their own set of superstitions: putting on your right shoe before your left, always wearing the same headband or sitting on the same side of the bench…
Greek residents cook up take-home tastes of culture
It was a rainy Saturday, with a certain gravitas in the air. A hoodie-and-sweatpants kind of day, with a cup of mint green tea lifted from the Deece and a…
Enchanting, enigmatic, enduring: RIP Daniel Johnston
As far as mythic stories of the tortured singer-songwriter go, few are more fascinating than that of folk legend Daniel Johnston, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday at…
New security guard union contract promises raised wages
“It’s only fair that a College with an endowment over $1 billion and an annual tuition over $50,000 give its guards a raise.” Vassar security guard of 20 years and…
Humans of Poughkeepsie: Tree Arrington
Humans of Poughkeepsie is an ongoing project seeking to highlight Poughkeepsie residents and community members. Each featured member will share a collection of stories—connected or not—that reveal the multifaceted nature…
Earth is on fire. You are nothing but complicit at best
Plainly, the earth is burning. Though reified in the burning of the Amazon rainforest, the conflagration is not a crisis that cropped up out of nowhere. There are currently comparable…
American exceptionalism dead: US loses FIBA World Cup
American exceptionalism is an idea that frustrates a lot of people. Displayed most flagrantly on shirts that read “America: Don’t Like It? I’ll Help You Pack,” the idea that we…