The Best Intramural Volleyball Team, Ever
Mar. 29, Kenyon Courts, sometime in the evening. Two teams, sweaty and exhausted—but ready to sweat some more—stand on either side of the court. Knees are slightly bent, torsos lean…
Kai Speirs
Taking Walt Whitman on the Road
I have found that any mention of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass comes with a lot of grand praise—the great American book of poetry, the foundation of the American literary…
Stories worth sharing: Lesser-known Vassar alums
Everyone knows the famous Vassar alum—Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Jane Fonda—but I found that there are many lesser-known Vassar alums that have interesting lives worth highlighting, some of which I…
“A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall”: Finding Resolutions in a Bob Dylan Classic
At a party in the early 1960’s, Allen Ginsberg heard a new song by an up-and-coming folk singer named Bob Dylan. The song was called “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna…
Expanding on the Blodgett Hall Anthony Bourdain tribute
Anthony Bourdain, revered cook, writer and TV icon, only attended Vassar for two years before dropping out and making his way across town to the Culinary Institute of America. Despite…
Highlighting some cool thrift finds while avoiding thrift crimes
Smelly old clothes including sweaters that are older than you, odd nature paintings in surprisingly ornate frames, randomly organized furniture that looks like it would collapse if it was used—is…