Trading spaces: Offices, lounges turned dorms for juniors
Each spring, a large number of third-year Vassar students return to campus from semesters spent abroad. This year, over twice as many students went abroad for fall semester than left…
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ResLife tackles spring housing shortage
On Jan. 15, Vassar students returning to campus in the spring semester received an email from the Office of Residential Life explaining that, although traditionally returning juniors could expect to…
JYA office needs to revamp programming
Study abroad programs are often considered to be one of the hallmarks of a Liberal Arts education. It is a privilege, an educational experience that immerses students in other cultures…
Junior year experiences make Rieur a stand-up veteran
For most Vassar students, the idea of a Junior Year Abroad (JYA) would not include spending a semester in the Midwest. For Lucia Rieur ’14, however, spending her JYA in…
Messing with the new freshmen: the plottings of a mad JYA-er
I’ve come to the realization that it’s possible no one at Vassar knows I’m gone. I don’t mean this in a self-pitying Charlie Brown kind of way—I mean it more…