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November 18, 2005
Staff Editorial | Task force for big picture, nurse needed now
The formation of a student task force is a step in the right direction to insure that Vassar’s health services are meeting student needs, but there are immediate problems that demand attention, such as the lack of 24-hour student care.
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VSA forms task force on student publications
Hayley Tsukayama
On Nov. 6, the Vassar Students Association (VSA) created a new task force to look into creating guidelines for student publications.SASA dinner celebrates Diwali/Eid
Nate Kimball
This year’s combined Diwali Eid dinner, hosted by SASA was an unforseen success. The dinner celebrated Diwali, which is a Hindu New Year holiday that celebrates the hope of success in the coming year.After Goodman lecture, delving into WVKR charts
Freddy Deknatel
During her lecture on campus, Amy Goodman spoke extensively on the importance of non-corporate, independent media outlets, including Vassar's own WVKR.Young team heads into season
Sarah Palermo
Four freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors and one lone senior have combined to form the 2005-2006 Vassar men’s basketball team. That may sound like a young and inexperienced team, but they are ready and working hard to prove themselves otherwise.The FATastic 4
Molly Finkelstein
There’s only one group of super heroes who can save Thanksgiving...Student rally against racism held in Retreat
Juliana Kiyan
More than 115 students, administrators, faculty, and other members of the College community gathered in the Retreat on Nov. 9 for an anti-racism rally held by a group of students called Students Allied for Equity and Justice (SAEJ).NYU graduate students continue protesting in Washington Square
Ariel Schwartz
The New York University (NYU) graduate assistant union began the strike they had been threatening for months on Nov. 9. The decision to strike came after an August ruling from the National Labor Relations Board saying that universities are not legally obliged to recognize their graduate unions.News Briefs
Students hit polls in elections, stir debate
Asya Magazinnik
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Vassar students went to the polls to elect representatives to the Dutchess County Legislature. They cast their ballots in spite of the nation-wide debate over the right of college students to vote in local elections.This Week at Vassar | 1988
Walker family brings contra dance to campus
Nate Kimball
On Monday, Nov. 14, 30 people looking for a good time and a reason for procrastination gathered in the student’s building to honor a growing Vassar College tradition: the art of contra dancing.Fast aims to generate awareness, promote change
Sarah Brown
Next Monday, Nov. 21, Hunger Action, in conjunction with the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Dutchess Outreach, Inc., will be sponsoring their annual Hunger Awareness Fast activities. This event represents the culmination of Hunger Awareness month, four weeks of events in November aimed to generate more consciousness about issues of hunger in the Vassar and surrounding community.Martians change name, tour campus
Mike Newmark
The Martians have only been together for three months, but the band members are no strangers to music or to each other.New Yorker art critic Schjeldahl explains what art is, for now
Marcella Veneziale
Not many art critics would hazard to answer the daunting question, “What is art for now?” But Peter Schjeldahl, resident art critic of The New Yorker, plans to do just that in his Nov. 17 lecture entitled “What Art Is For Now.”Culling Nirvana’s old and shoddy
Mike Newmark
Sliver extracts the “best” songs from last year’s overblown box set and adds three new tracks as bait: “Sappy,” a demo of “Come As You Are,” and “Spank Thru” from the famous you-know-what demo tape. Are the three new Sliver tracks worth shelling out 15 bucks for a batch of songs that most Nirvana diehards already own? This reviewer doesn’t think so.What’s to do? | New York City Edition
Athlete of the Week
Sarah Palermo
This past weekend, according to women’s cross country coach James McCowan, “the team really shined” at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships and one runner in particular capped off a “perfect senior year.” Tri-captain Elizabeth Hixson ’06 claims that while she had a really good race, finishing seventy-first of 207 runners, the team’s tenth place finish is just as important to her.NFL at mid-season: the good, the bad, the ugly
Ross Weingarten
The NFL season is more than halfway over, and it has been quite a memorable first half. There are a number of remarkable story lines worth following.Intramural Sports | Answers to your burning questions
Steven Buonfiglio
Here’s everything you’ve always wanted to know about IMs, but were afraid to ask. Or at least everything you need to know about last week’s competitions.Weekly Calendar 11/18-11/24
Concerns about Baldwin spark task force
Lauren Sutherland
The disinclination of Vassar students to visit the Baldwin Medical Center has become a concern among students and administrators, and has prompted the VSA to approve a new task force that will examine the potential sources of this reluctance.
The student task force, which will be headed by Noyes President Chelsea Backer ’07 and Ezra Markowitz ’07, will be comprised of representatives from a number of organizations, including CHOICE and the Office of Health Education. The task force will address concerns regarding Baldwin’s administration, its staff and the EMS system, as well as widespread feelings about health services in general.
