If you have been following the news, you have probably heard about the recent surge in asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The United States has seen an influx…
For me, the beginning of spring is marked by cyclical beauty: the dripping sound outside my window as the snow begins to melt, the squishiness beneath my feet as the…
This year will be the first time I spend Thanksgiving with my family since 2016. I’m from Iowa. When getting home takes an Uber, a train ride, a flight, two…
This time last year, I was living in Valparaíso, Chile and witnessing the country’s historic explosion of protests that began on Oct. 18, 2019. The protests were sparked by a…
Student theater is an integral part of campus life at Vassar. The sheer number of orgs that produce theater—seven—means that in some semesters, there is a show going up almost…
When pre-registration began last spring, then-seniors Nicole Kormendi ’20 and Sylvia Peng ’20 impatiently opened AskBanner, eager to confirm that the class they had long campaigned for would be offered…
Fall has always been my favorite season. I think it has to do in part with growing up on a family farm in the town of Decorah, tucked away in…
This January, I wrote an article about the massive protests that erupted while I was studying abroad in Valparaíso, Chile last fall. I had never witnessed social unrest on such…
Whether it’s from knowing one of their myriad passionate student interns or donating to their biannual fundraising drives, most students at Vassar have probably heard of local activist organization Nobody…
[CW: This article contains descriptions of political violence.] If you’ve never experienced tear gas, you might not know that it actually hits your throat and nose before your eyes. You’ll…
