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Students celebrate 18th annual Kaleidoscope kickoff

By Emma Brown – 5 days ago

Vassar’s Office of International Services (OIS) and the Vassar International Students Association’s (VISA) annual Kaleidoscope event kicked off Wednesday, Nov. 15, celebrating the College’s cultural diversity in a week of…

Ranking the ‘Peanuts’ holiday specials

By Jesse Koblin – 5 days ago

Although I cannot remember my first interaction with “Peanuts,” it was probably watching 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on TV. The opaque whimsy of the holiday special’s first scene, synchronized…

Vassar Tiny Desk showcases music on campus

By Sadie Keesbury – 5 days ago

Watching musicians perform live allows an audience to feel personally connected with the music and the personality of the artist they are watching, and catching a live set can also…

What makes a long film engrossing?

By Allen Hale – 5 days ago

One of the key barriers of entry to films are their runtimes. Movies which extend well past the two hour mark are often slandered as boring, pretentious or outright excessive.…

Madison Beer’s second album will cure your winter blues

By Alyvia Drapeau – 5 days ago

Madison Beer’s long-anticipated second studio album, “Silence Between Songs,” was released back in September. This album is a perfectly cohesive collection of songs that flows smoothly—just like Beer’s angelic voice—from…

Exploring U.S. health care in “Health Economics”

By William Sorge – 5 days ago

As a political science major pursuing a correlate in economics, I am deeply interested in the interplay between economic systems and other areas of society. ECON 220: “Health Economics,” taught…

Underlining architectural modernism at Vassar

By Kai Speirs – 5 days ago

Information for this article was taken from “John McAndrew’s Modernist Vision: From the Vassar College Art Library to the Museum of Modern Art” by Mardges Bacon. The book contains a…

No! Don’t you dare pour that down the drain!

By Nicholas Tillinghast – 5 days ago

There is no worse feeling than coming back to campus and seeing that your favorite dorm bathroom sink is hopelessly clogged. Apparently someone didn’t know soil is not an acceptable…