Her ancestors were murdered, enslaved and robbed of their native tongue and spiritual practices. One by one, those not slaughtered endured the bodily terrorism of foreign illnesses. Deprived of food…
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, Diego Betancourt ’21 returned from the bathroom to his seat in the library and found that his backpack had been stolen. Footage displayed the culprit: a…
[CW: The following paragraph discusses a shooting.] In Our Headlines… The City of Sacramento reached a $2.4 million settlement with the family of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who…
A master’s in law from King’s College, London, at age 23. An internship in the Obama White House, along with a gig at the United Nations. A degree from the…
Over the past two weeks, Vassar has hosted both a climate strike and a community tree planting day to fight climate change. Although these events were led by students, the…
With the picturesque autumn leaves turning red and yellow, fluttering onto Vassar’s quad, the annual change in the season brings cough drops and tissues alongside foliage and apple picking. In…
In Our Headlines… The Ukraine Scandal continues to unfold following Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Shortly after Pelosi’s announcement, the…
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, students gathered in Rocky 300 to watch the 13 first-year candidates for the Board of Elections and Appointments (BoEA) and VSA positions debate campus issues and…
The vacant, cement YMCA on Montgomery Street in the City of Poughkeepsie has been abandoned for nearly 10 years, but now there is hope of new life for the former…
On Sept. 15, I awoke to the steady sound of buzzes emitting from my phone. A quick look through my texts and news headlines provided me with the cause of…
