The Miscellany Crossword: “Pickup Lines”
ACROSS 1. Unhappy 4. “Take a ____!” 8. Screenplay direction 14. Supplier 16. Beehive locale 17. “Are you a banana? Because I find you ________.” 18. On the waterfront 19.…
Day: November 5, 2020
Word on the Street: November 5
What is the best way to prep for a test? Wrong answers only. Interviews by Madi Donat. All photos courtesy of Grace Rousell.
A poem dedicated to Vassar’s pumpkin patch
Where did they come from? All out on the lawn All without stems And suddenly gone Like oversized acorns All scattered around As if two produce trucks Suddenly just broke…
Dr. G’s Love Advice: Worried my hookup is sleeping around
Dear Dr. G, I am worried that my hookup buddy for the semester might be sleeping around. How do I ask him about it in a cute, sexy, flirty way?…
Horoscopes: November 5
Would you be Godzilla? If, you know, you were given the opportunity and all of the technicalities and logistics were handled and all that. Is it preferable to whatever this…
Creative chaos: Barefoot Monkeys’ experience in COVID times
Flames whip through the air. The heat of unruly licks of fire reaches for the audience’s faces as they gasp and shout in awe. As campus life withered in March,…
Love in the pandemic: Vassar couples battle touch starvation, distance
Where have the Vassar couples gone? Gone are the sights of them cuddling inside Deece booths and making out in the library’s 24 hour section—sometimes I can barely remember eavesdropping…
‘The Aliens’ brings back student storytelling, community
The setting is the quiet back patio of a coffee shop, somewhere in rural Vermont. Three young men, KJ, Jasper and Evan, sit among the folding chairs and picnic tables,…