Student reviews ‘Foundations of Computer Science’
I chose my seat, a chair with a nice view of Ben Franklin’s behind, as a silent wish for a lucky semester. The class occurred on Tuesdays and Thursdays at…
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Exploring U.S. health care in “Health Economics”
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
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…
Meet Professor Rebecca Edwards, anticipated Town Supervisor
Professor Rebecca Edwards has long been known to the Vassar community as an exceptional scholar of women’s history and 19th-century America. But, starting on Jan. 1, 2024, she will be…
Literature and Music Unite in ‘Faust, Music, and Romanticism’ (MUSI 232)
It was a reflection I never thought I would make, but as I sat in the library one evening, it struck me: “Wow, writing this essay is pretty fun!” I…
Sad music makes for happy girls: Why sad music is cathartic
On Sept. 29, 2023, my friends and I embarked on an adventure to Washington, D.C. for the “All Things Go” music festival. Normally, I would not call a mere six-hour…
‘Priscilla’ gives a voice to an unsung heroine
[TW/CW: This article makes mention of domestic abuse, drug use.] Despite being an expert on portraying isolation within the female experience, Sofia Coppola was faced with a challenge when conceiving…
Boxtroll reflects on a Halloweekend night
I found peace while taped inside a box. Dressed as the protagonist from the 2015 stop-motion film “The Boxtrolls,” I approached the Friday of Halloweekend with a lucid sense of…
History Department welcomes Professor Smyth
Noel Smyth, Vassar’s newest tenure-track history professor, has always loved stories. He began his academic career hoping to write fiction. Now, he teaches about the stories of people who were…
Spooky stories from the medieval world enchant and bewitch
Around this time of year, I often return to an anthology of stories about the undead—“The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters”—primarily because I find…