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November 12, 2004
Comics
The Devil and Matthew Vassar, Underverse.
The Flaming Chef | May the best chef win: The ACDC recipie contest
Craig Libman
A few weeks ago, I briefly mentioned that ACDC is holding a recipe contest this month for all Vassar students..
When students go to prison:
Vassar class has weekly dialogue with inmates
Daniel Morgan
Thirty minutes away but worlds apart from the arboretum-like landscape of Vassar lies the maximum security Greenhaven correctional facility.
Behind Academics at Vassar
Tiffany Chow / The Miscellany News
A special report on the numbers, policies, and programs that define academics at the College.
Now and Then
Taking a look at the popularity of majors, 30 years ago and today
Larissa Pahomov
In 1974, 34 courses of study were available to students as a major. In 2004, the number had increased to 47. In the interim, the College has seen changes in which majors attract the most students.
How to major in everything
Multidisciplinary programs turn ideas into reality
Laura Attanasio
Today, the College offers 13 multidisciplinary programs available as majors, and all of which have been created in the last 50 years. The trend toward multidisciplinary learning is one general reason that so many programs have developed and flourished in a relatively short time, but the story of how each program was created is different.
Going Independent
Independent Program lets students pursue their own ideas, but not without serious planning
Aaron Biberstein
The independent major allows students to craft their own focus to their coursework.
Tripling your major
Katie Aberbach
The next time you find yourself regretting this semesters five class course load, or your decision to double major, think of Steve Gilhool. The senior has not one, not two, but three (thats right, three) majors: astronomy, physics, and Japanese. He is the sole triple major in the entire Class of 2005.
The Ratio Game
Emma White
Though the number of faculty who actually teach each year varies due to sabbaticals and administrative assignments, these absences are filled by visiting faculty members.
Phocus brings alumnus to teach
John Palmer
Phocus, the campus photography club, is hoping to revitalize their club and share a wealth of knowledge with the Vassar community through a lecture by photojournalist Serge St. Levy ’95.
Students gather for post-election discussion
Walter Padilla
Shortly after the media announced the predicted re-election of George W. Bush to the presidency, a group of students from various on-campus political organizations, including members of the Students Activist Union and the Forum for Political Philosophy, got together and planned the next immediate phase of student political activism at Vassar.
Jewish Alumni Organization hosts conference on identity
Hayley Tsukayama
Dozens of Vassar alumni will return to campus from Nov. 12 to Nov. 14 as part of the Jewish Alumni of Vassar College (JAVC) organization’s program, “Jewish Identities: At Vassar and Beyond.”
VSA distributes capital funds
Larissa Pahomov
On Friday, Oct. 29, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) announced the recipients of the Capital Budgeting Fund for Fall 2004. Out of 50 applications, 40 groups were awarded parts of the $8,025 total budget.
Vincent Harding urges students to take social action in daily lives
Janine Parziale
Thus, his speech, which was more of a reflective and exhortative conversation, with the entire Vassar community, entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?,” was placed specifically in the context of this year’s presidential election.
ERC launces energy conservation campaign
Jamie Rosen
In an ongoing effort to add wind power to Vassar’s current energy sources, the Environmental Responsibility Committee has started a campus-wide energy conservation campaign. Money saved as a result of the campaign will subsidize the premium required for the New Wind Energy Company to add wind energy to the output of power supplier Central Hudson.
Chapel celebrates 100th birthday
Janine Parziale and John Palmer
As the Chapel turned one hundred, members of the College community congregated to reflect on the history and purpose of this spiritual space. Throughout the afternoon of Nov. 4, a number of different activities helped illuminate the role of the Chapel and visions for the future.
The Vassar Chronicles | A history of the Chapel : serving spiritual needs since 1904
Jon Cruz
Chapel Services were a required part of campus life for decades, and the removal of such services from student life sparked a series of discussions and debates that continue to affect us today.
Director of Geese: A dog with a job
Sarah De Filippe
There are dogs, and then there are dogs: the kind of animals that deserve praise, admiration, and lots of doggie biscuits for the amazing feats that they accomplish in their daily routines. At Vassar, we have one such dog here.
Letters to the Editor
Comments on problems at the campus Halloween party, and a response to a recent post-election protest "designed to inflame."
Political funeral procession takes to city streets
Anita Varma
A somber funeral procession made its way through the streets of Poughkeepsie on Sunday, Nov. 7. Accompanied by a drummer and hushed talk, 16 pallbearers carried four coffins. Three of these coffins read “Justice,” “Liberty” and “Peace.” The fourth was solid black.
Students can affect housing policies
Jessica Gentile
As students, we often fail to recognize the complexities involved with bringing about new policies and more importantly, fail to recognize how we can influence such changes. The Office of Residential Life is more willing to take student input into consideration than one might expect.
Another Angle | Morality should be kept from politics
Amanda Melillo
In electing Bush, not only did America validate and support his presidency for the last four years by granting him another term, but the identity of this country has been reaffirmed: historically, we are not a land of equality and freedom...
Activism on campus self-righteous
Marvin Campbell
In response to the recent spate of articles that have examined and analyzed the political atmosphere of this campus, only one phrase seems appropriate by way of response: Give me a break.
Security not actually cracking down
Recently, campus grumblings of a renewed effort by security to ‘crack down’ on Vassar’s party scene have risen to an audible level. These disgruntled rumors arise from the feeling that an increased number of parties being shut down and students reprimanded for their illegal behaviors.
News Briefs
Underage drinking in the mug, bikes recovered in New Paltz, and several marijuana confiscations.
