Horoscopes: April 14
Is there a hobby you’ve always wanted to take up but haven’t yet? Here are some examples: Photography! Baking! Soccer! Money laundering! It’s never too late to learn something…
Day: April 13, 2022
The Nature Report: Whose cat is this?
The flowers are finally starting to peek out. The bulbs I planted around campus six months ago (as seen in Nature Report #5) are finally blooming. On a more solemn…
We should care about avian influenza
Although COVID-19 is perhaps the most pressing public health issue in the minds of the general public today, other diseases do not stop proliferating as a result. One cogent example…
‘Gay Can’t Play’: Bryan Ruby talks about homophobia in athletic culture
On April 7, Vassar alum Bryan Ruby ’19 returned to campus to give a talk entitled “Gay Can’t Play: Breaking Ground in Professional Baseball.” Ruby was a transfer from Emory…
Vassar Sports Roundup: Apr. 14
Women’s Tennis | 5-4 W vs. RPI | April 9 Vassar Women’s Tennis ground out a 5-4 win against Liberty League opponent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) this past weekend, moving…
The no-fuss side hustle: Making financial desperation trendy again
In our modern world, liberal arts graduates have it tough. You work four long years, finally snag your degree, and then find that the only openings in your field require…
You can’t escape your fate of being a control freak
College is the perfect time to learn and grow. You are in a place with all of your peers who did not have the “pleasure” of knowing you in high…
An Indecorous Match
The dancer, though dainty and lithe, Sports manners egregiously blithe. For she vexed the well-bred When she waltzed with instead That grim looking man with a scythe. – Anna…
Noyes makes some noise this spring
On the evening of April 8, students gathered in Noyes Circle to enjoy the annual all-campus music celebration hosted by Noyes House, cleverly named “Noise on Noyes.” Groups of people…
Eight great poems to read this National Poetry Month
Every time a break rolls around, I resolve to read more books, and I do. I get reacquainted with my love of reading, feel really motivated to keep up my…