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Day: February 22, 2023
How to sleep as snug as a bug in a rug
A lot of people ask me, “How do you sleep at night?” and I tell them, “Certainly not by mulling over my past transgressions. Irreparable damage is a daytime thing,…
How to beat the disastrous lunch rush
As a busy Vassar student, it isn’t always easy to find time for a nice lunch. With four classes, 40 hours of homework and 400 extracurricular activities to balance at…
‘Stop calling me the Sex Tree’: Campus landmark speaks out
Please stop calling me the Sex Tree. I do have an actual name, you know. I think “The Class of 1963 Tree” has a very nice ring to it, and…
The Love Queen: Ghosting and kinks and bad dates, oh my!
I recently went on a first date with someone and we ended up hooking up later that night. I wasn’t that into him, yet I slept with him regardless—a girl…
SERVILE SUBVERSION
An exceedingly menacing maid Loved to creep through the halls in the shade. Whispering oaths no one knows, She’d leap about on her toes And take jabs at the air…
Letter to the Editor: The case for more than a history initiative
Your Feb. 15 article (“Inclusive History initiative unearths complicated legacies”) revealed months-long advocacy by the Ad Hoc Committee of Black and African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AHC) underlying the…
Letter to the Editor: Commemorating one year of Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Feb. 24, 2022, will forever be etched in the hearts of Ukrainians as the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia, continuing the annexation of Ukrainian lands and military…
Track and field looks forward to first indoor championships
The addition of an indoor track and field season during the winter months has been a major goal since Vassar sponsored outdoor track and field as a varsity sport in…
Formula 1 returns for the 2023 season: A primer
The 2023 Formula 1 season starts at the end of the month with preseason testing and the first race in Bahrain. The sport, which has long been popular in Europe…
The Miscellany Crossword: “Willpower and Wordplay”
Across 1. Appropriate rhyme for snips 6. Show a feeling 11. Blood pumping organ 12. Purplish-pink, or Riff-Raff’s counterpart in “Rocky Horror Picture Show” 15. Those who violate the 10…