Students accept imperfect planning
As the midterm season rolls in, alongside the turning leaves that gather on the ground, there’s just one thing I wish I had more of: time. I wish I had…
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Costume Shop stitches together past, present
A bustling, colorful workspace in the lower level of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film is unbeknownst to many Vassar students. Behind the scenes of every mainstage production, senior…
‘A Duty to Die?’ STS class ponders life-and-death bioethics
While walking to the Deece and even after sitting down for lunch, students coming out of the Bodies into Other Bodies course keep debating the topic of the day. One…
Great British Bake Off gives rise to scones, relaxation
“On your mark, get set, bake!” Co-host Sue Perkins’s lilting British accent is light-hearted. From a fun family past-time during high school to a late-night reprieve from studying during college,…
Vassarites create with lasers, drones in Innovation Lab
“Can we really use everything here for free?” I hear Vassar students and faculty members ask in astonishment when they come to the Vassar Innovation Lab, where I work as…
Quite Frankly
Hey Frankie, Recently, two of my friends expressed sexual interest in each other and presumably started having casual sex. That’s fine. The problem: I’m really interested in one of them.…
Alumnae/i administrator spotlight: the coffee, tea of SAVP
Vassar administration. The enemy. In student discourse, the two terms are usually interchangeable. Vassar’s administrative bodies are the faceless entities that reduce a student’s financial aid, demolish faculty housing for…
Student-run repair shop kicks sustainability into gear
Sounds of bike-tinkering accompanied the bop of the radio in Strong basement at 11:30 a.m. on a Monday morning. Lily Feingberg-Eddy ’21 knelt down to examine her current project. “Look…
Kombucha enthusiasts cultivates cultures of bacteria, generosity
It all began with a round, yellow-colored gelatin glob. This clump, known as Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast (SCOBY) would transform tea into the fizzy nectar we know as…
Four roommates sQUAD up in former Cushing parlor
Cushing 151A is a parlor on the east side of the dormitory. Or rather, it used to be one. In its heyday, it was a communal space used and beloved…