Horoscopes: September 10
Enthusiasm will take you far, but don’t confuse energy for optimism. Allow yourself to experience all emotions, even the ugly ones. Without anger, sadness and jealousy, what kind of humans…
Day: September 9, 2020
Student employees adapt to new normal, hybridized jobs
Classes aren’t the only things going hybrid this semester. For those studying on campus or within New York State, Vassar employers have found ways to adapt and offer many of…
Orchestral and vocal performers adapt to campus mandates
Six months ago, music would consistently flood Skinner Hall. On any given day, the sound of students practicing floated out of open windows while ensembles gathered in the recital hall…
“Chemical Hearts” subverts tired teen tropes
On a recent Saturday morning—the kind where the cloud cover is high and the only source of entertainment is watching my pour-over coffee drip, drip into a mug, during the…
Common Council weighs bill on civilian oversight of police
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor called the nation to action this summer. Demonstrators across the United States mobilized during a global pandemic in enormous numbers…
First week of classes brings technical difficulties, pedagogical reimaginings
As September begins, students and faculty are partaking in all the usual back-to-school rituals—finalizing schedules, searching for the right classrooms in disorienting academic buildings and seeing familiar faces around campus.…
Remote students face challenges, FOMO
Grace Han ’21 spent her entire junior year abroad at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Upon returning to the United States, she made the difficult decision to spend yet another semester…
Getting the bands back together: through hell or high water, StuMu wants you
If you moved into a dorm this semester, you probably caught a glimpse of a guitar case or keyboard among the endless heaps of baggage and bedding. To what rooms…
Democrat Karen Smythe makes bid in rematch for Sue Serino’s senate seat
For the most part, New York State basked in the so-called “blue wave” of the 2018 election, as Democrats flipped eight state senate seats and took control of the chamber…
The irony of sending our children back to school
Across the country, school boards and administrations are holding Zoom meetings to discuss how to safely phase children back into the classrooms. The main concern of parents and teachers alike…