Hypothetical monorail system revolutionizes campus
Picture this: It’s Monday morning, and you spent the night in your situationship’s Jewett coffin. You’re running late for your 9 a.m., already out of breath from running down eight…
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Gun violence prevention requires systemic change
[CW: This article discusses gun violence and school shootings.] Five minutes. I can be across campus from any classroom to my son’s daycare in five minutes if I sprint.…
Letter to the Editor: Why Conversations Unbound matters for Vassar students
As avid language learners, all three of us wanted a chance to regularly practice the languages we were learning in the classroom. Through Conversations Unbound’s programs at Vassar College, we…
Letter to the Editor: Where Is Vassar’s Disability Studies Program?
The events of recent years should have made clear by now that few topics lie closer to the core of today’s pressing issues related to social injustice and inequality than…
Letter to the Editor: The case for more than a history initiative
Your Feb. 15 article (“Inclusive History initiative unearths complicated legacies”) revealed months-long advocacy by the Ad Hoc Committee of Black and African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AHC) underlying the…
Letter to the Editor: Commemorating one year of Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Feb. 24, 2022, will forever be etched in the hearts of Ukrainians as the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia, continuing the annexation of Ukrainian lands and military…
Why you should care about avian flu in new animals
For most of us, the flu is not much more than an annoyance. Cold-like symptoms for a week, missing classes and then the worst of it is over. For those…
State of the Union demonstrates progress, room for improvement
This week, we heard from President of the United States Joe Biden in the annual State of the Union address. Many topics were covered, from transportation to the Chinese spy…
Vassar needs free laundry for its students
Every year the students of Vassar College move into their various dorms, TAs and THs, and make their spaces their own for the following year. For many, that includes washing…
AI art is not ‘inspired’ by its sources—it is exploiting them
Every time I see someone comparing the process of Artificial Intelligence (AI) art generation to inspiration, I am infuriated to no end. To quote “John Rosemond: Why you shouldn’t high-five…