Arlington Bucks insulate campus
When the weekend rolls around and Vassar students tire of Deece pasta and Global Kitchen experiments, Arlington eateries are the typical go-to. Afterall, it only takes five to 10 minutes…
Tiana Headley
Humans of Poughkeepsie: Tree Arrington
Humans of Poughkeepsie is an ongoing project seeking to highlight Poughkeepsie residents and community members. Each featured member will share a collection of stories—connected or not—that reveal the multifaceted nature…
ALANA fellow continues under College funding
To be a student of color at a historically white college is to question, at one point or another, whether you truly belong there. Far from their neighborhoods and cultural…
An open letter to first-generation students
You will be reminded countless times that this place was originally not built for you.
Forum envisions Ethnic Studies at Vassar
Historically, institutions of higher education were intended to educate the white, wealthy and male elite of colonial America. Heralded universities such as Harvard and William and Mary groomed the ministers,…
Vassar hosts state legislative forum for women’s rights
“I just wanted us to remember that this was a women’s college,” President Elizabeth Bradley acknowledged, a recognition that was met with the whoops and claps of those in attendance.…
Hudson Valley deportations devastate local communities
“I didn’t know the extent to which people were living in fear and suffering in my own community, and it was heartbreaking to hear that a place where I feel…
Dutchess Toastmasters bond through public speaking
Thirty minutes before the first inter-collegiate Toastmasters event of its kind in Dutchess County, students from Marist College and SUNY New Paltz convened in a haphazard semi-circle in a New…
‘Hate Has No Home Here’ combats Dutchess bigotry
On Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, students and faculty found numerous posters containing anti-Semitic imagery and text around Vassar’s campus. The posters blamed Jews for sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court…
Poughkeepsie police seek positive community relations
Stories of antagonism between communities of color and law enforcement are ubiquitous in American society. News reports on police killing unarmed people of color are more than just a media…