Vassar must not give up on composting
Vassar College’s Dining Services have officially rolled back the semester’s effort to compost in the Gordon Commons, an act that could have environmental ramifications for years to come. For the…
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Has sweater weather gone too far?
While trying to pack my clothes upon returning to campus from October break, I realized that my sweater collection was bigger than I remembered. Is it excessive? Perhaps. After rummaging…
Green Hydrogen: can China fuel the global energy transition?
Americans should use green hydrogen as public infrastructure for the industries that cannot be electrified yet, and refuse to dilute it into the existing gas system. Markets and tax credits…
U.S. neo-imperialism is trying to destroy Brazil
On Aug. 7, 2015, standing before the Brazilian Criminal Court in Curitaba, was a key witness to what was initially assumed to be a small-scale money laundering scheme. Black-market banker…
The humanities are useless
In September, an op-ed was published in The Washington Post titled, “The ‘safe’ college majors are gone. So study something useless.” In summary, the two authors, Joshua T. Katz and…
What I learned from a month of limited mobility
It was early September, the first week of classes and my second week on Vassar College’s campus. While in a rush to my class in Kenyon Hall, I tripped, fell…
Kathy Hochul has a mandate to protect election integrity
In an effort to safeguard the November midterm elections, five states have signed bills that protect the right to vote, including Colorado, California, Connecticut, Maryland and Washington. To prevent federal…
What happened to ‘Carbon Neutral by 2030’?
In 2016, Vassar College released a Climate Action Plan (CAP) stating their goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2030. In her introductory cover letter, former President Catharine Bond Hill wrote…
Why the Endangered Species Act still matters
Let us play a game. What counts as harming an endangered species? Illegal poaching? How about cutting down the forest where the species nests? Draining the wetland where it just…
We are enforcing the digital surveillance state
We were never meant to be this invested in everyone else’s lives. As much as the digital age may have fostered connection, the societal expectation to constantly feed our lives…