Day: April 21, 2021
Vassar students run small businesses—a little ray of sunshine
It’s spring and the weather is perfect for outdoor activities. Many of us are shopping for accessories to style our clothes. Some Vassar students have launched on-campus artsy shops, selling…
Outdoor activities take ‘Spring Break’ by storm
With magnolia trees blooming on campus amid patches of sunshine, Vassar students took advantage of the warm weather to relax and spend time with their friends outside, attending a variety…
Small but mighty: How pantless tree frogs are withstanding the sixth mass extinction
As ecosystems across the globe transform due to climate change, the resilience of organisms is being put to the test. Fluctuations in atmospheric composition, global temperature and other climatic measures…
VassarHacks seeks to welcome computer science enthusiasts
Five years ago, Jayce Rudig-Leathers ’16 and Tim Brown ’16 created VC++, a group that sought to cover ground on more practical components of computer science that got little attention…
Loeb exhibit captures ‘the ongoing moment’ in photography
What is “the ongoing moment?” It’s a phrase, coined by Geoff Dyer, that contrasts with Henri Cartier-Bresson’s iconic “the decisive moment.” Dyer proposes that photographs add on to a collective…
The highs and lows of YSL’s second studio album ‘Slime Language 2’
Midnight April 15th could have been, without hyperbole, the most anticipated drop day of 2021 for hip hop fans. For the first time in months, a big-name artist—namely Young Thug—was…
New Orleans sludge metal embodies the spirit of collaboration
If you know anything about me, you know I love metal. As an explorer of the genre and connoisseur of all things heavy, one of the things that truly fascinates…