MECHA holiday celebrations offer elements of home
courtesy of Mecha “Being Latino is pivotal to my time here at Vassar. I really couldn’t imagine being any other race.” Sergio Perez ’18 shared this thought to a small…
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Celebrators of High Holidays find mixed spiritual support
For many students, adding on extracurriculars to their academic schedules can be very difficult to manage. For some, their spiritual life is another element to balance. And sometimes all of…
Holiday Hour: Valentine’s Day closer than you think
Packing away my house’s ghoulish decorations the other night, I was struck with the sadness that follows every Halloween. Each year, I am reminded that it is one of my…
Holi celebration explodes with flying colors
On the Quad, billowing pink clouds of smoke encased students. Friends and strangers alike grabbed handfuls of green and red powder, decorating each other’s faces and clothes with a spatter…
VC community rings in Lunar New Year on and off campus
Last Friday, most students were either sleeping in or attending class, but for a select group of students studying Chinese, it was showtime. Belting out Beijing opera, singing group songs,…
Origins of holiday cheer not entirely unique to the season
It’s that time of year again. With the year’s most popular holidays all falling in the span of just a couple months, the holiday season takes the country by storm…