Vassar College announced plans last week to resume intercollegiate athletic competition and other supervised off-campus travel starting on March 22. A now-closed Change.org petition called for the College to reevaluate…
In the run-up to Election Day, Town of Poughkeepsie government officials had to make a decision without direct voter input: who to appoint to the Town Board seat vacated by…
In February 2019, Vassar’s Board of Trustees approved the construction of Vassar’s Institute for the Liberal Arts and an Inn (the “Inn and Institute” or I/I), a two-story conference center…
Poughkeepsie and other Mid-Hudson area residents have joined in protests against police violence and racism taking place across the country, a movement most recently ignited by the murder of George…
As online classes come to a close, students and administrators across the world move onto the next unprecedented challenge: online graduation. Commencement addresses, for example, can be moved to a…
Since quarantine became a thing, all the usual (read: Zuckerberg-owned) apps have been hopping—whether with news, memes, recipes, unwarranted opinions, dangerous advice, or what have you. But we at The…
Over the past few months, the Vassar community and world has experienced a sudden change of life. Stores, schools, restaurants and other places of gathering have closed; at Vassar and…
[CW: This article discusses eugenics, anti-Black racism, and anti-Semitism and references a history of genocide.] Vassar College is situated on Delaware Nation, Delaware Lenape Tribe and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican lands. On…
Coming developments may change the local landscape. In the summer of 2014, the historical Arthur S. May school, located on the fringes of a pedestrian-friendly stretch along Raymond Avenue that…
