“Finstas” breed realistic, healthy self-presentation
I ’m very taken with Instagram. I don’t really understand it, but there’s something very satisfying to me about editing and sharing photos and videos. Curating my Instagram is like…
Emily Sayer
CHAS brings Crenshaw, ‘Hidden Figures’ to campus
This Friday, seminal feminist thinker and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw will be giving the Keynote Lecture for the Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS) Women of Color conference: (Re)defining…
Celebrities flaunt designer gowns, activism at Oscars
This awards season, celebrities are taking to the red carpet with unprecedented political fervor. Supporting the American Civil Liberties Union’s “Stand With the ACLU” campaign, stars like Ruth Negga, Lin-Manuel…
Nature mag to debut
Aside from the occasional deer or “womp womp” spotting, Vassar students often fail to take note of the diversity of our surrounding ecosystems. To remedy this, Stephen Kovari ’19 is…
Alum settles down in California, bemoans San Fran hills
Q: What are you doing? A: Working for the world’s largest social media network. Q: Where are you living? A: San Francisco, CA. Q: Why are you working at Facebook?…
Students march, decry Trump administration
On Jan. 21, five million individuals marched on major cities worldwide in an act of defiance against the inauguration of President Trump. The Women’s March on Washington and rallies in…
Trigger warnings questioned
On Friday, Dec. 2, the Vassar Conservative Libertarian Union hosted a discussion in Rockefeller Hall on trigger warnings and their implications for free speech. Before the presentation began, Treasurer of…
First generation grad student, alum delves into research
Katie Jensen ’09 is currently doing her dissertation at the Univeristy of Texas-Austin. She’s studying the refugee status determination process in Brazil, where she was doing research for the past…