
Senior Retrospective: Knitting together a newspaper: Thoughts from a past EiC
This semester, the final spring of my senior year, I learned how to knit. On a dark Sunday evening sometime in February, my friend Taylor sat down next to me…
By Leila Raines – 2 weeks ago
This semester, the final spring of my senior year, I learned how to knit. On a dark Sunday evening sometime in February, my friend Taylor sat down next to me…
By Leila Raines – 6 months ago
Is the book better than the movie? This age-old question continues to persist as more books and written texts are translated onto the big screen. As a book-loving English major,…
By Leila Raines – 7 months ago
Students, faculty and other members of the Vassar community lined up outside the Vassar Chapel on Thursday, Oct. 13, as rain trickled down from a gray sky. For almost a…
By Leila Raines – 8 months ago
Conversations about moth-catching spiders, webcam eye-tracking software and more filled the buzz of the College Center last Wednesday, Sept. 28. Students, faculty and numerous other members of the Vassar community…
By Leila Raines and Nina Ajemian – 9 months ago
Last April, Campus Activities announced that esteemed actor Meryl Streep ’71 will receive the Distinguished Achievement Award granted by the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC). However, on April 19,…
By Jacques Abou-Rizk and Leila Raines – 1 year ago
For the first time since before the pandemic, Vassar’s graduating seniors and their families will have a ceremony without many restrictions to celebrate the accomplishments of the departing Class of…
By Leila Raines – 1 year ago
A new garden of sorts has sprouted on the second floor of the College Center. Posters hanging from the walls capture the spiraling branches, ornate leaves and bundles of flower…
By Leila Raines – 2 years ago
Courtesy of Elena SeibertCourtesy of Elena SeibertCourtesy of Elena SeibertCourtesy of Elena Seibert Photo courtesy of Elena Seibert. On the chilly night of Monday Nov. 8, the Villard Room bustled…