Pandemic proves technological strain to Vassar online services
On March 12, 2020, Vassar College announced that all classes would be conducted online for the rest of the semester to comply with New York State COVID-19 guidelines. Since that…
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TikTok ban could herald new era of internet policing, social upheaval
The popular video-sharing app TikTok has recently come under fire in many countries, allegedly for user privacy issues. First, India banned it entirely, alongside 59 other Chinese-owned mobile apps. Shortly…
“It’s art!” exclaim students holding crayon drawing of poop
Olivia Verwerked ’21 sits in her room, drawing a large landscape she has been commissioned online. In between her schoolwork and her campus job, she creates, perfecting her craft and…
NSO brims with planeswalkers, collaborators, nerds of all sorts
For most, Saturday is a day of recovery— nursing hangovers and the week’s pain in time to party again that night, or to just chill with friends. However, for the…
‘How was your break?’ ask emotionally broken students
Every Poughkeepsie winter, thousands of college students leave Vassar College and do without classes for a forced month-long break. Luckily, after what feels like an eternity, the break ends and…
Innovative office hours greet students, reinvent learning
Even in the worst of times, when course material is confusing and you’ve missed several classes and your paper is (long) overdue, or you need general life advice, Vassar students…
Google claims quantum supremacy
Revolution is a term that inspires both hope and fear, but for the most part, the world has embraced the information revolution we currently live in. Despite the problems that…
‘Presentable Liberty’ derives power from powerlessness
Ostensibly, we play video games because they give us a degree of power and responsibility unattainable in the real world. The stakes of a plot are higher when you’re the…
Debater finds low-key team a healthier one
Formal debate, at least at the collegiate level, was something I had always assumed would be endlessly competitive, time-consuming, over-structured and just generally harsh. Understandably, I wasn’t particularly looking forward…