COVID-19 dashboard returns by popular demand
In response to student criticism, Vassar College has reinstituted the COVID-19 dashboard, which will be updated with the number of positive student and employee cases every Thursday at noon. “We…
Day: September 7, 2022
Passport-ordering event returns for third year
Study abroad is considered to be an important part of Vassar’s liberal arts curriculum, and the College offers a long list of successful programs for students to take part in.…
Palmer Gallery exhibit provides a fascinating look at life
How does nature impact us and the way we reflexively view the world? How are we molded by the spaces we live in? These are some of the questions that…
Is Roger Waters more important than Drake and The Weeknd?
The image of a rainbow refracted into pure light by a triangular prism is iconic and inescapable, printed on endless t-shirts, postered on college dorm walls and notably stamped on…
Video games are art, and I’m not sure if that’s still controversial
Video games are an artform, one that is well-established and incredibly diverse. This perspective is a given for many familiar with the medium, but others may find it surprising. They…
The Mug has finally reached its glow-up era
A big, bright sign welcomes students back after a long year of renovations to The Mug, the small but mighty space underneath the College Center. The Mug is finally open,…
Foundations laid the foundation for me
The day I was dreading had finally arrived. I woke up on Aug 15, 2022 early in the morning, body caked with sweat from the night before. My eyes were…
Editor recommends the best of Manhattan’s Chinatown
Picture this: Sometime this semester, you find yourself on a day trip to New York City. Before you know it, it’s lunch time and you’re hungry. Now tread carefully, you…
John Williams explores literature and passion in novel ‘Stoner’
It is seldom that a book draws me into a story so thoroughly that I feel completely renewed in my love for literature and the art of language itself. “Stoner”…
Horoscopes
Aries New beginnings are always hard. Sometimes you just need to listen to some weird music to clean out your brain. Put on some beeps and boops by a German…