Dear Readers: A Letter of intention
Over the past few months, the Vassar community and world has experienced a sudden change of life. Stores, schools, restaurants and other places of gathering have closed; at Vassar and…
Opinions
Statement from the College: COVID-19 action plan
Dear community, It is after much deliberation that I and the senior team—with input from faculty, students, administrators, staff, and alumnae/i—have come to the following difficult decisions about how to…
An Open Letter to the Vassar History Department
I wrote this letter as a way to process my grief surrounding both the discovery of the bodies of Native people on Vassar’s campus and the experiences I’ve had continuously…
Fulfillment in unexpected places: why I’m a Russian major
Once upon a time, I was a diligent high school student researching my college options, trying to gauge which school had the best program for what I knew I wanted…
Trump and Senate are steamrolling the DOJ
Our democracy is in danger. The Senate is no longer an effective check on the president. They voted to acquit Donald Trump, but that is not even the key issue.…
Quite Frankly
Hi Frankie, How do I expand my friend group outside my dorm? xoxo, Lonely Boy Dear Boy, Quite frankly, going beyond the ready-made friend group of those in dwelling places…
Sanders isn’t Trump, but they’re both populists
Hatred of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A ravenous and uncouth fan base. A belief that an entire swath of the United States population shouldn’t exist. Government spending…
There is no ‘us’ in ‘caucus.’ Primaries are the only way forward.
This primary season has seen substantial debate about whether Iowa, a primarily white state that has a complicated system for reporting results, should be the site of the first caucus…
Trump focuses on imaginary issues, punishes innocent people
In 2016, Donald Trump ran his campaign around a plan to buckle down on immigration and build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Remember that? Well, here we are, four…
Quite Frankly
Hey Frankie, I like this guy and we say hi to each other every time we see each other. I’ve decided that I need to just make a move, so…