There is no such thing as a trustworthy rich person
Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush walk into a football game—that sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but on Sunday, Oct. 6, it actually happened. The two shared…
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Students shouldn’t be doing work for administration
Members of the VSA Executive Board get paid. When I first learned this, my initial reaction was disgust and disapproval. The antagonizing voice in my head wondered: Why are some…
No matter what, you should be reading the news
It would seem that the news has become an increasingly frustrating affair to keep up to date on, whether that be because of the increasing amount of horrifying content or…
Fashion Week fails at environmentalism
Paris Fashion Week, in an apparent attempt to shed its stuck-up, exclusionary reputation, is extending its accessibility through Virtual Reality (VR) technology and the power of social media. Continuously evolving…
So many art spaces, but it’s all just self-aggrandizement
Art critics can either take the individuated shapes of social media users, or of multi-personal entities within larger publications. There are bona fide publications for art at Vassar (for example,…
America is ready for Elizabeth Warren, female president
Elizabeth Warren, who was elected as the first female senator of Massachusetts in 2012, is the only top level Democratic candidate running for president who has steadily climbed her way…
When mass shootings are the new normal, guns must go
Thousands of feet hit cement as throngs of people tear through the street. From above, the rapidly moving bodies look like a swarm. A sharp bang and the mass heaves…
Campus Climate: Oct. 10
We wanted to know how much Vassar students knew about the Vassar board of trustees. To find out, we asked around! I don’t know anything about Vassar Trustees. Shai Wexler…
Impeachment draws nigh, and it’s certainly time for it
President Trump’s record should be familiar to all of us, but a quick reminder of what the Special Counsel determined in its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election…
Police unions are vicious thugs supporting each other
[CW: This article mentions suicide, police brutality and racism.] When you think of “Left” and “Right” in a political sense, I can almost guarantee one of the first words that…