‘Little America’ does immigrant storytelling right
During winter break, I watched the first season of “Little America ”—a series on Apple TV+ where every episode tells a different immigrant story that is based on a real…
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Students share qualms and credences in New Year’s resolutions
Whether in the unusually crowded Thompson Memorial Library—each table occupied by earnest academics—or the bustling athletics center filled with sweating gym rats, it seems that each student on campus is…
Vassar builds geothermal wells to heat new buildings
Just before the end of last semester, I was granted the opportunity to take a hard hat tour of Vassar’s Inn and Institute for the Liberal Arts construction site. As…
I saw ‘Saw’ I-VI so you don’t have to
The year was 2022. The date was lost somewhere in the haze between Christmas and New Year’s. The place, a U-shaped sectional. Cuddled like puppies on the café au lait…
Urumqi fire, restrictive COVID policies prove deadly
[CW: This article discusses death.] On Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, a fire broke out in an apartment building in Urumqi, China, killing at least 10 people. Many surmise that…
Ratajkowski owns her experience in ‘My Body’
“My Body” is an exhalation. In her debut collection of essays, Emily Ratajkowski finally breathes out: repressed memories, indignation, youthful ambition. The result is profoundly personal, reading more as something…
MBK programs support youth of color in Arlington
It has been nearly two years since the Arlington School District adopted a branch of “My Brother’s Keeper” (MBK) in February 2021. Since then, the Arlington program enrolls 20 to…
Student experiences, re-experiences a New York snowfall
As I embarked on the long walk back from the Vassar Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC) to my cozy dorm in Lathrop, I felt a little droplet of water fall…
Joan Didion’s treasures auctioned in Hudson
Two plain couches covered in white slipcovers greet visitors walking into the Stair Galleries auction space in Hudson, NY. Despite their unassuming looks, the couches once resided in the living…
Wandering through a downpour of rain-related art
It has been raining a lot as of late, a sign of the changing seasons as warmth leaves us until May (except for the odd warm day that seems to…