Amey resigns from VSA presidency
[Additional reporting by Laurel Hennen Vigil, News Editor] On Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, Miranda Amey ’19 announced her resignation as the 2017-18 president of the Vassar Student Association (VSA) in…
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Alumnae/i share wisdom, advice with the Class of 2017!
“Congratulations! Be proud of everything you’ve accomplished and let everyone who helped you get here know how grateful you are. The most important thing you can do after graduation is…
‘Medea’ revives tragedy
“Now all love is turned to hate, and tenderest ties are weak,” laments the Nurse in the opening to Euripides’ tragedy “Medea.” Both ancient theatrical genres, comedy and tragedy, relied…
Ribicoff Lecture champions expanded view of African art
“The future belongs to Africa, because it seems to have happened everywhere else already.” These thought-provoking words by Nigerian writer, art critic and curator Okwui Enwezor and his optimistic attitude…
Historic VC course now available for 2017 fall semester
Rooted in aporia, the Ancient Greek idea— literally meaning a lack of egress—that only through intellectual impasse or doubt can one reach new understanding, Vassar’s academic model, like many liberal…
Pokrywka chosen as guest expert
“There is a scientist out there somewhere who is dedicating their entire life to just studying how ostriches make love. There’s another person studying what would happen if monkeys used…
Play by Drama Dept. chair explores identity, resilience
“I was, and remain, fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness,” stated playwright August Wilson. Mere listening and watching…
Loeb Art Center showcases vibrant Indian miniatures
College art museums serve many functions, from showcasing student art to serving as renowned exhibition spaces in their own right. Most often, however, these museums shine the brightest when they…
Rock musical lays ‘bare’ the difficulties of fitting in
[Additional reporting by Sam O’Keefe] “Here in a world, where there’s safety in falsehood, I have discovered the one thing that’s real,” sings one of the main characters at the…
Drama project probes identity
In a New York Times review of the original 1977 production of the Tennessee Williams play “Vieux Carré,” critic Clive Barnes wrote, “It is a play of blatant melodrama and…