Sports Roundup
Men’s Tennis | Sept. 26 and Oct. 1-2 | TCNJ Invitational and ITA Northeast Regionals Vassar men’s tennis took the court two Sundays ago at The College of New Jersey…
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Title IX investigation calls future of Vassar Track Team into question
[TW: This article discusses sexual assault and abuse on campus.] Additional reporting for this article was done by Lucy Brewster and Annabelle Wang. On Saturday, April 17, Vassar’s Track…
Well-intentioned MLB All-Star move manages to disappoint
On April 2, Major League Baseball (MLB) decided to move this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in response to outcry over new voting restrictions passed along party lines…
Stat Chat: The Answer (Pt. 2)
Analyzing a psychological process and determining the circumstances under which it impacts behavior is all well and good. However, I find that the real fun often comes from thinking about…
Stat Chat: The ‘Answer’
What bearing does a player’s defense have on their offense? Ideally, players would be able to separate the two, for in a literal sense, they do not impact each other:…
Vassar Athletics, Liberty League announce spring plans
Additional reporting for this article done by News Editors Annabelle Wang and Lucy Brewster. Making good on her promise to deliver a decision on spring sports around March 1, President…
Stat Chat: Scrutinizing The Sophomore Slump
“Pity the sophomore. You are feted as a freshman, but no one seems to care that you’re back on campus … With the newness of college gone, malaise sets in.”…
What is America?
January 6, 2021. A day that will forever live in infamy began as late-night tallying of the vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs extended into early morning. I finally began…
Stat chat: the big money Mets
The last time the New York Mets made the World Series was in 2015, led by a youthful starting rotation that promised to erase years of mediocrity—in the 14 years…
Let them speak: why “stick to sports” advocates are misguided
In this day and age, everything is political. It is damn near impossible to say anything without planting yourself firmly on one of two incredibly-far-apart sides, each associated with two…