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Day: November 14, 2019
Charge dismissal delayed for Julissa and Jamelia
[TW: This article contains descriptions of police brutality.] Approximately 933 students from the City of Poughkeepsie attend Poughkeepsie Middle School. On March 11, 2019, then 15-year-old Jamelia Barnett and 12-year-old…
Vassar 2020: A campus under construction
An uphill trek to Health Services. A new admissions building on the north side. A completely carbon neutral campus. These and various other proposed changes compose the latest iteration of…
Innovative office hours greet students, reinvent learning
Even in the worst of times, when course material is confusing and you’ve missed several classes and your paper is (long) overdue, or you need general life advice, Vassar students…
‘The Last Airbender’: Shyamalan is trying his best, okay?
Imagine that you are M. Night Shyamalan, and one dark, scary night, an idea pops into your head. You know that this idea is ludicrous—how on earth could you possibly…
Columbia student Maude Latour redefines pop genre
“I’ve had a great time tonight sharing my secrets with strangers,” quipped Columbia student and rising pop star Maude Latour before closing her Mug performance with the syrupy song “Superfruit”…
Workshop aims to ‘undo’ racism
As I wind through the corridors of Thompson Memorial Library, I wonder if preparing for a workshop that has the goal of undoing racism is possible. It seemed unlikely we…
Brewers become Jedi
When the average layman first hears about the sport of fencing, I would bet that most would conjure up their favorite scene from Star Wars. They’d daydream in streaks of…
The costs and benefits of single-sex schools
For years, I was staunchly against the concept of single-sex schooling on the basis of my rejection of the gender binary and the “gender differences” so often proliferated by stereotypes.…
Baba Kazi Oliver drum circle harnesses hope, healing
I was shivering and a little miserable. I shook out my umbrella, heaved the Chapel door open and was greeted by a grinning man. He held his hand out for…