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Day: February 1, 2023
New org combats inaccessibility throughout campus
In an effort to streamline accessibility to on-campus accommodations, students have banded together to create ACCESS, Vassar’s new disability club, where they hope to foster universal solutions for problems that…
Indoor farmers market fosters local business connections
Thursday, Jan. 26, marked the opening of the new Indoor Farmers Market. Moving forward, the market will be open every Thursday until May 4, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.…
Wrapping up an understated, quality musical month
Listening to more music feels like a cop-out New Year’s resolution. Of course, discovering more artists to binge and songs to stream for hours on end is a goal for…
MODfest explores displacement in ‘Requiem for Ashokan”
This year marks the 21st season of MODfest, a Vassar festival celebrating modern art across disciplines. As part of this year’s events, visual artist Kate McGlouglin will exhibit and speak…
Highlighting the best and worst of reality TV
The winter break was dark and cold, and towards the end of it, I found myself very bored, despite the fact that I absolutely had things to do that I…
Meet Rafa: The Amazon Hub Locker that no one knows about
It stands still and sturdy, hidden in the shadow of Jewett’s tower. The segmented lockers join together in a rectangular prism of cool metal and matte grey. It is unassuming,…
Celebrating the blissful Lunar New Year at Vassar
Lunar New Year is a very special time for many Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities around the country. In this span of two weeks, Asian families reconvene to…
Exploring benches through the lens of ‘Anna Karenina’
Leo Tolstoy opens his famous “Anna Karenina” with the now iconic line: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This quote has evolved…
‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ is a must-read before release of TV series
Over winter break, I pulled myself out of a nearly six-month-long reading slump with Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel “Daisy Jones and the Six.” Chronicling title-character Daisy Jones’ odyssey to international…
Ali’s Smith ‘Winter’ is a novel of the earth
Released in 2017, “Winter” marks the second installment in Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet. Although each novel has its own distinct plot and characters, and thus the four books can be…