The certain celebration of spring
Needless to say, this is not how I pictured my last quarter at Vassar. The first time I visited campus, I sat beneath the saucer magnolia tree near Ely Hall…
Alice Woo
I’m striking for grade equity, and you should, too
Let’s stop pretending that school isn’t stressful. Deadlines and grades create pressure, and this pressure is supposed to motivate students to work hard and care about classwork. This is the…
Don’t beg me to vote for Biden
If you’ve made up your mind to vote for Biden, I’m not trying to convince you otherwise. Thanks to the two-party system, many of you believe that not voting for…
To policymakers, health care is a right—but only during a pandemic
The current COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on a number of issues with public policy, and it’s difficult to think about anything but the virus these days. In the wake of…
Andrew Yang’s lesson in performing Americanness
Ever since his weak performance in the first Democratic debate back in June, Andrew Yang’s reputation has taken hit after hit. When your tie (or lack thereof) is the biggest…
Fulfillment in unexpected places: why I’m a Russian major
Once upon a time, I was a diligent high school student researching my college options, trying to gauge which school had the best program for what I knew I wanted…
Confessions of a former Warren supporter
Let me begin by stating that, no matter the results of the primary, the Democratic party must unite behind whoever wins the nomination. In the event that Senator Elizabeth Warren…
One hapa’s take on white-passing biraciality
My ethnic makeup is 50 percent Chinese (mainland) and 50 percent white (European mutt). Even as I write this, I feel the need to apologize for the invalidity of my…
The costs and benefits of single-sex schools
For years, I was staunchly against the concept of single-sex schooling on the basis of my rejection of the gender binary and the “gender differences” so often proliferated by stereotypes.…