B-ball seniors raise parting glass
For the seniors on Vassar’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, the past four years have been anything but consistent. Both teams have experienced coaching changes, the departures of teammates and…
Travel
Student taken with trip to Tokyo
If you have one week to go anywhere, halfway around the world may not be the most logical choice, but it certainly is an exciting one. Over October break, I…
Escape to Lake George allows for post-midterm repose
My family picked me up at the Fort Edward train station and, after some embracing, we got into a car and headed towards a small cabin some 20 minutes away…
Digging out Roman pasts from historical ruins in Italy
“Tazio, stai diventando un italiano,” said Gabriele, my Italian field director of the San Martino archaeological site after the farewell diner. I laughed, remembering. For a year, I lived an…
Panama beyond the Canal
Whenever I told people that I was going to Panama, they always asked if I was going to the canal. And while I did go to the Miraflores Locks and…
Visiting the Woolf museum
Virginia Woolf’s house from the perspective of the traditional English cottage garden. The garden itself was mostly Leonard Woolf’s passion project and was known to host writers like T. S.…
Spring break travel brings Vassar students to Mount Rainier, Puerto Rico, Europe
Mount Rainier In Seattle, it rains. It rains 155 days out of the year. Luckily for us, however, the stormy city plays…
Vassar students share recent travels abroad
courtesy of Julia Pollack Mexico and Oaxaca Cities “Me gustarían las champulines con avocate, por favor.” I muster whatever remaining energy my jetlagged self has in vocalizing my dinner order,…
October Break Travel
Cape Cod, M.A. Having hardly ever ventured outside of Los Angeles, Calif., I had no idea what the East Coast had to offer me. This October break I was fortunate…
Summer travel: Hong Kong, Colorado, London, Williamsburg
Hong Kong, China Christopher Brown Over the summer, I had the privilege of working in Hong Kong for a summer job with the Center for Talented Youth as a Residential…