Students seek answers over recent dining changes
To accommodate kitchen repairs, grab-and-go hot food in the College Center is no longer available for the fall semester. The Office of the Dean of the College announced these changes…
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VSA bike share program brings eco-friendly option to campus
The Vassar Student Association (VSA) plans to launch the Dynamic Bicycles bike share program on campus in the Fall 2023 semester. Students will be able to check out a VSA-branded…
Alumni, students connect at San Francisco MoMA
Over spring break, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MoMA) hosted the second “Celebrate Vassar” event in support of the Fearlessly Consequential campaign. The event boasted over 260…
Elevators on campus: A story that uplifts
Riding the elevator is a beautiful and mundane process. It’s not often that a group of strangers are wedged in a six by six foot box with, temporarily at least,…
‘Little America’ does immigrant storytelling right
During winter break, I watched the first season of “Little America ”—a series on Apple TV+ where every episode tells a different immigrant story that is based on a real…
Accessibility Plan aims to tackle campus inequities
The 2022-2024 Accessibility Plan implemented through the Fearlessly Consequential campaign is the first in a series of plans to broadly audit and improve upon on campus accessibility and guide future…
Schools in Arlington shed light on community racism
To educate about and dismantle local racial educational inequities, Arlington Partners Against Racism (OnPAR) hosted a panel discussion on “Racism and Identity in Dutchess County Schools” at the Vassar Farm…
Careers in migration and displacement alumnae/i panel opens career paths
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Local independent redistricting could challenge gerrymandered campus
Split between three legislative districts, Vassar students vote in two locations for three legislators, which has, in part, lowered county voter turnout and gerrymandered one of the highest concentrations of…
Students surprised by reduced CARES grant
Starting in May 2020 in response to the financial toll of the pandemic, the federal government’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) CARES grant has provided three direct emergency cash…