As the restriction on leaving campus stays rigid for on-campus students at Vassar, the sense of closed borders has exacerbated the ubiquitous mid-October ennui. While restlessness and exhaustion around this…
Amid a contentious election season, a Court of Appeals judge has been nominated to the Supreme Court in the wake of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Sept. 18.…
Every generation has its defining characteristics. They manifest into the stereotypes we all know and hate. Most infamously, Baby Boomers were idealistic activists who protested the Vietnam war and the…
We are under two weeks away from a presidential election and already eight months into a deadly pandemic, but we still have time for the little things. No, I don’t…
On Oct. 7, 2020, Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in the field of gene editing. On top…
Donald Trump’s supporters have demonstrated time and time again that their loyalty knows no bounds. They see his authority and wisdom as ultimate. While many in the liberal world chuckled…
So far, Vassar’s administration has much to be proud of in its COVID-19 safety policies for the fall semester. While other schools have struggled to even stick to a plan,…
I wanted to write about a potential second stimulus bill. The unemployment rate is at 8 percent after starting the year at around 3.5 percent and four out of 10…
No leader or candidate can be flawless. Every politician has shortcomings, be it in their record, policy proposal, character, or insufficient open-mindedness, and the story of American democracy has revealed…
Donald Trump’s antipathy towards the press is notorious. And he is not alone—Republicans have long criticised the “lamestream media” for its supposed liberal bias. As journalist Lawrence Light wrote in…
