Vassarites create with lasers, drones in Innovation Lab
“Can we really use everything here for free?” I hear Vassar students and faculty members ask in astonishment when they come to the Vassar Innovation Lab, where I work as…
Day: October 3, 2019
Campus Climate: Oct. 3
We wanted to know how much Vassar students knew about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. To find out, we asked around! I know about it, but I don’t know…
‘Tall Girl’: Representation everyone’s been waiting for
I’ll begin this review by advising anyone under six feet tall who is currently reading this to stop reading. Being tall is something very few of us have to live…
Why we play
[CW: This article mentions death and cancer.] I first started playing field hockey when I was eight years old. My mother had played field hockey at Middlebury College, and she…
Vassar students get down and dirty, inspired by the Lorax
Thanks to Dr. Seuss’ famous children’s book The Lorax, many people grow up believing that planting trees is a conscious act of doing good. Perhaps this lasting impact of The…
Quite Frankly
Hey Frankie, Recently, two of my friends expressed sexual interest in each other and presumably started having casual sex. That’s fine. The problem: I’m really interested in one of them.…
Kaepernick is face of a movement, history in the making
Knee bent and unwavering, staring deep into the face of centuries of unchanging oppression, serenaded by the same “Star Spangled Banner” built on the backs of chains and shackles, Colin…
Poet Robert Hunter brought the Dead to life, dies at 78
I’d like to think that I’m self-aware. Which means I have to be honest when it comes to my clichés, and being a crunchy dude among many crunchy dudes here…
Horoscopes: Oct. 3
This week is your week! No matter what happens throughout the week, just know that it ends exactly how you’ve been hoping it would: alien abduction. Taurus, I know you’ve…
Campus Canvas: Oct. 3
A weekly space highlighting the creative pursuits of student-artists. Lucy Ackman | Class of 2022